are many pleasing illustrations of the power of early impressions thus made upon the minds of the young, and of the earnest and decided Christian character of the converts. son. A police officer passing the Institute became interested in it by the politeness of the pupils when out at recess. He applied to the missionaries to receive his He entered on November 1st, 1860, and remained till February 14th, 1861, when he died. When asked whether he loved Jesus, he replied, "My hope is in him." When asleep and dreaming, he seemed to be preaching, and often said, "My dear young friends, trust only in Jesus: none can save you but Jesus Christ." One of the lads who watched beside him asked him, "Would you like to have the priest?" "What for?" he replied. "To confess you." "I confess to the Lord." "You are right," was the remark of his friend. His mother was so pleased with the happy Christian spirit that he manifested, that she came and watched beside him, refusing to take him from the Institute, for, as she said to the missionaries, "While he is with you he is with God." She found several passages of Scripture in his handwriting, which he had committed to memory, and which she now keeps with religious The parents asked permission to send their only remaining child, a little girl, and they now also read the Scriptures themselves. care. TIME. ONE hour lost in the morning will put back all the business of the day; one hour gained by rising early will make one month in the year. LITTLE ROSALIE'S SOLILOQUY ON HER BIRTHDAY. FIVE years ago, a little speechless babe, But now, O Lord, that infant heart can prize, To seek my Saviour in the courts above. Oh grant me faith to give each circling year, Alike from pride and from vainglory, free; And grant me strength to choose the humble path Like him may I, with meek and patient mind, To do, to bear, to wait thy will, resigned, And when the gloomy shades of death descend, And nature shrinks amidst the last alarms, Dear Lord, from heaven in smiling mercy bend, And snatch my trembling spirit to thine arms! Dr. Huie. REMEMBER ME. Words and Music by W. Moss. :ms:-.ss: S | 1: -.1|8 : 8 hast died Up 7 dd-d|md| f1.81:1. t d t1 Id: mf.m:t.ds1:--: d | f:-.fm:f 8.fm:-.mf.m:f. rm.d1 cru · cified, In love re-member me, In 8.81 Id: -.dr. dr. s1d: m rld: r1.tdl:-.s |1 r.fm:r d:-1 love re-mem-ber me, In love. remem-ber me. : [f.m:f.sd:-.d |f : -.rs S1a:— Thine agony and bloody sweat, Was borne to make my bliss complete, The cross, with all its shame and pain, But now my Saviour lives again, Pleads, and remembers me. He stands in heaven, and with his blood, That all-prevailing plea, Presents it to his Father, God, And thus remembers me. When at the closing scene of time I'll look to Calvary, That all-atoning blood of thine, Oh then remember me. ALPHABET OF RELIGION. A DISTINGUISHED lawyer came to his pastor by night, anxious about his soul, and inquired the way to be saved. He said : "I confess I am strangely ignorant of matters pertaining to religion. Proficient as I may be of the knowledge of what belongs to my own profession, I know nothing of Divine truth-not more than a child of that science which treats of the salvation of the soul. I come to you to learn-as a child. I come to learn the very alphabet of religion." His pastor replied, "My friend, when you return to your home, open your Bible and read prayerfully the third chapter of John. Think of it. Study it. That will be A. Then turn to Isaiah, fifty-fifth chapter. Study it. Believe it. That is B. A, B, ab, almost Abba, Father." THE PROMISE. "I will never leave the nor forsake thee." |