and skilfully and constantly observed, led us safe upon the awful deep. They were little matters to appearance; but, nevertheless, it was these kept us safe on the unseen gulfs we were passing by and over. So, to you, the compass is-God's Word. It points always true. It explains the chart of your voyage. Its finger, gentle but steady, is homeward and heavenward. You just need to keep it open before the eye,-quite familiar to you, but still always open, and placed where, in a moment, the glance can light upon it. This is one guide. Again, to you the lighthouse beacons are-the lamps of faith. They are set everywhere along the dangerous shore. You do not read that shore by sight, but faith kindles gleams enough upon its edge to shew you what the general region is, so that you may be guided boldly, yet not presumptuously-confidently, yet not without a sense of how suddenly these lights may be dimmed or darkened, and you wrecked in the treacherous night. You need to have these beacons, too, well by heart; so that, even when sometimes they may fail to rise and shine, you may still have a ready instinct that will lead you, were it in the deepest gloom. Here is your second guide. To you, lastly, the looking forward and upward is-prayer. It is the most constant, the most absorbing, the truest, of the three. As you move, keep this gaze upward to where Jesus is. As you glance often and quietly at the compass and at the beacons on the shore, yet revert always and most chiefly to prayer. While your hands work with diligence and energy, keep looking up. This shews greatest progress. It gives you the sense most of drawing nearer and nearer home. lts signs are of most importance, its warnings are the truest. From that gaze, forward and upward, never turn aside, if you are to be wise, skilful, safe, in your way towards the better land. Recollect what perils, deep waters, and mighty depths, that way lies across. Prayer, then, is the third guide; and this guide, most of the three, dear reader, will, linking you to Jesus in the heavens, "save your soul from death, your eyes from tears, and your feet from falling.” W. R. "NONE OF THEM IS LOST." "I HAVE often promised to relate to you some of God's most gracious dealings towards me in my early life, shewing how manifestly His people are preserved in Christ Jesus, and called. With Paul I may say, I have been in deaths oft by land and sea, by fire and water. The first remarkable event of my life was a sudden recovery from illness when about five years of age, after I had been given over by my father to die. But a more striking providence followed. Soon after my almost miraculous restoration as from the grave, I accompanied my parents, during the French war, on a visit to England. Our vessel was a light barque, carrying a few guns, and but ill furnished for severe conflict with the enemy. On entering the Channel, and midway between the English and French coasts, a ship of war hove in sight. It was towards night, and as she appeared to bear down upon us, our captain prepared for action. My mother and I were hurried from the cabin to what was thought a place of greater safety below. My father remained on deck. All was confusion above us, while I was astonished at being thus suddenly removed from my comfortable berth to the dismal quarters beneath the decks. We had not been long there, when I observed a boy come occasionally to the place of our imprisonment, and, with a large horn in his hand, take something from out of a barrel, having first fixed a lighted candle upon its edge and leaving it there. Observing, as I sat upon my mother's lap-who was too absorbed in anxiety to notice the circumstance that the piece of candle was nearly burnt to the edge, I got down, put out my hand and took it away, saying, 'Mamma, this will burn the barrel.' It was a cask of gunpowder! Had I not removed it at that moment, or, in removing it, had a spark fallen from the lengthened wick, the vessel and all on board must instantly have been blown to atoms. What a wonderful preservation from instantaneous and eternal destruction; for it is not supposed that there was a single person on board who knew the Lord!"-Life of Mrs. Winslow. THE LIGHT WITHOUT AND WITHIN. If you stand outside any building that contains a painted window and look up at the window, how dull and cold do the colours appear! You see indeed the light streaming through, and you fancy you can trace out some of the patterns on the window. But enter the building, and what a rich sight do the varied colours of that bright window present; how minutely is every tracing visible! How gloriously is the light reflected on all things around! Just such is the Christian. You can see indeed from his outward conduct, that he is illuminated by the light of God's Spirit; but if you want to know the workings of that light you must look within. Look, if you can, right into his heart, and see how gloriously does the light illuminate him, and extend its irradiating influence to all his thoughts, motives, and actions! He is indeed a light shining in a dark place.-Church of England Sunday School Quarterly Magazine. A GOOD LESSON. I.-THE matter of the lesson; including under this head, the aim of the teacher in giving it, the value of the information conveyed or of the mental exercise involved, its fitness for the class to which it is given, the completeness and accuracy of the teacher's knowledge of his subject, the logical sequence and proportion of his divisions and subdivisions, the logical soundness of his reasonings. II.-The manner of the lesson, meaning by this the gesture and bearing, the energy and vivacity of the teacher, the sympathy which he succeeded in creating between himself and his class, the vigilance with which he controlled all tendency to inattention, and the skill with which he adapted himself to incidental circumstances, especially to the children's answers. III. The illustration, including here the proper use of the black board; the supply of all suitable apparatus, models, maps, and the like, or fertility in the invention of substitutes; and, lastly, and especially, the suggestion of sound and striking analogies. IV. The language, that is, both the correctness of pronunciation and grammar, and also the choice of simple and appropriate expressions.-Ibid. OUTLINES OF SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS. LIFE OF CHRIST. I.-DISCOURSE IN THE TEMPLE. THE HIRELING DENOUNCED.-(John x. 1-6.) II. JESUS IN BETHANY. (Read John xi. 1-44.) THE SLEEP OF LAZARUS.-(John xi. 1-16.) THE RESURRECTION-THE SORROW OF JESUS.-(John xi. 17-33.) LAZARUS RAISED FROM THE GRAVE.-(John xi. 34-44.) III.-BETHANY TO EPHRAIM-THENCE TO CAPERNAUM, (Read John xi. 45-54; Luke ix. 51-62; Luke x. 1-24.) THE HIGH PRIEST'S PROPHECY.-(John xi. 45-54.) INCIDENTS AND SAYINGS BY THE WAY.-(Luke ix. 51-62.) THE SEVENTY SENT FORTH-THE POWER GIVEN THEM.(Luke x. 1-24.) IV. CAPERNAUM. (Read Luke x. 25, to the end; xi. 1-13.) PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.-(Luke x. 25-37.) DEATH OF A CHRISTIAN HERO. IN a foremost rank among the unhappy results of the Indian mutiny stands the death of the gallant General Havelock, who died from the effects of fatigue and anxiety on the 25th of November, the day before a baronetcy had been conferred upon him. He lived to see the desire of his heart accomplished in the relief of Lucknow, and the security of the women and children for whom he had so bravely fought. As a true Christian, he has entered into the enjoyment of purer happiness and nobler honours than this world can afford. God has rewarded him. We cannot therefore grieve on this account, great as is the loss to the nation. We are glad to learn that a life of this excellent Christian soldier is in preparation. MISSIONARY TIDINGS. BOMBAY BAPTISM OF A HINDOO. "I MUST leave to Mr. Sheriff the pleasing duty of informing you of his own operations, and of the success and cheering promise bestowed on his indefatigable labours. He baptized a Hindoo clerk in the General Post Office named Tyan Amboo, on Sunday week-a man of mature years, who was duly admitted to the Lord's Table at our communion in St. Andrew's Church, Madras, last Sunday. He continues at his duty in the Post Office; and I do not apprehend that he will experience any formidable_annoy. ance from the step he has taken."-Letter from Rev. Mr. Cook. ALLAHABAD-A MOHAMMEDAN CONVERT. At this place, after the mutiny broke out, the atrocities of his brethren had a remarkable effect upon a venerable Mussulman of eighty years of age, named Mohammed Taki. He had long been an inquirer into Christianity, and had protected a son of his, who was baptized in 1844, from the persecution of the rest of the family, but he could never decide on professing the faith of Christ until the mutiny broke out. When he saw the fiendish spirit manifested by the Mohammedans, he resolved to cast away all human considerations, and asked for baptism, which was administered on the 19th of July. CHRIST THE BEST FRIEND. ONE there is above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end. They who once His kindness prove, Which, of all our friends, to save us, Reconciled in Him to God: This was boundless love indeed; When He lived on earth abased, Friend of sinners was His name; Now, above all glory raised, He rejoices in the same; Still He calls them brethren, friends, Oh, for grace our hearts to soften! Teach us, Lord, at length to love; We, alas forget too often What a Friend we have above: But, when home our souls are brought, |