eration does not depend upon him but upon God who giveth the increase. We must be in the use of means, Isaac, in spiritual as well as temporal affairs." "Aye, aye!" replied Isaac, "I see you're as great a legalist as our minister-But that's no gospel, I say." " And what is gospel, Isaac ?" asked I. Isaac was rather nonplussed by this unexpected question. "Gospel! gospel!" said he, and was rallying all his divinity to answer me, when we were interrupted.

On Bigotry.

THE readiest way in the world to thin heaven and replenish the regions of hell, is to call in the spirit of bigotry. his will immediately arraign, and condemn, and execute, all that do not bow down and worship the image of our idolatry. Possessing exclusive prerogative, it rejects every other claim" Stand by, I am sounder than thou. The temple of the Lord-the temple of the Lord-the temple of the Lord are we !" How many of the dead has this intolerance sentenced to eternal misery, who will shine like stars in the kingdom of our father; how many living characters does it not reprobate as enemies to the cross of Christ, who are placing in it all their glory! No wonder if under the influence of this consuming zeal, we form lessening views of the num ber of the saved. I only am left-yes they are few indeed, if none belong to them who do not belong to your party-that do not see with your eyes. Eut hereafter we shall find, that the righteous were not so circumscribed, when we shall see many coming from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in JAY. the kingdom of heaven."

The Progress of Genius

FROM OBSCURE, AND LOW: SITUATIONS, TO EMINENCE AND CELEBRITY

"Genius is that gift of God which learning cannot confer, which ne disadvantages of birth or education can wholly obscure.”

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ROBERT BLOOMFIELD,

THE celebrated author of the Farmer's Boy and other poems, was, at eleven years of age, a poor fatherless Farmer's Boy himself, and in consequence of his mother finding it difficult to find him in clothing and other necessaries, was sent for by his brother to London, with whom he learned the profession of a shoemaker.

And it was while following this employment in à garret, (which his landlord from whom he hired a room kindly gave him the use of,) and amid six or seven other workmen, his active mind is said to have been engaged in composing the far-famed poem of the Farmer's Boy.

JAMES BRINDLEY,

A most uncommon genius for mechanical inventions, and particularly excellent in planning and conducting inland navigation, served an apprenticeship to a mill-wright, near Macclesfield in Cheshire; but his fame as a mechan: ic spreading widely, he was soon called upon to exert himself otherwise than in the business of his profession.

To the genius of Brindley the country is indebted for the projecting and commencement of those great navigable canals, which have since proved of such high importance to the trading and commercial interests of the kingdom.

Benevolent Institutions.

EVERY attempt by those in affluent circumstances to ameliorate the condition, and add to the comforts of the poorer classes, is laudable and praise worthy; and when such takes place under dur own eyes, and in the county which gave us birth, we cannot refrain from recording them with peculiar satisfaction.

Two Institutions of the above description, we are proud to say, at present exist in HADDINGTON, the first is

THE HADDINGTON DISPENSARY,

which, 'under the superintendence of the Rev. Mr. JackSon of the Episcopal Chapel, the Rev. Drs. LORIMER and SIBBALD of the Established Church, has supplied, during the last year, 58 persons with flannel clothing, 2 with blankets, 2 with clothes, and 26 with port-wine and bark, &c.

The Dispensary is supported by Subscription, and the accounts kept, and disbursemefits made, by Mr. JOHN CROUMBIE, the Treasurer, who gratuitously contributes his services, and the use of a room in his house to the Charity.

The second, to which we alluded in our last, THE HADDİNGTON SÉHOÓL OF INDUSTRY, has more recently sprung up, under the patronage of the Right Hon. Lady ELCHO, and other distinguished ladies among the nobility and gentry of the county.

The object of this Intitution (which is supported by voluntary subscriptions and donations) is to instruct the Female "Children of the Poor in the duties of Servants, and in the principles and duties of Christianity.

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From the printed Rules to be observed in this School, we select the following, as judiciously adapted to promote the ends of the institution, which cannot fail, eventually, to be productive of much good among the humbler classes, as well as to benefit those in more elevated stations by furnishing them with servants so well qualified and fitted for the situations assigned them by Providence.

"As soon as the girls come to school in the morning, "and before leaving it at night, a prayer is to be read ❝aloud by one of the girls in rotation.

"The girls will be taught to sew, to read, spin, and "knit; to wash, iron, and clean the house.

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"They are to make shirts, shifts, aprons checked and "white, child-bed linen of a common sort, bed gowns, caps; in short, all things that can be useful to the poor, or their children, of all ages, which will be sold "at a moderate rate.

"Whole pieces will be bought at a time of the differ"ent articles required; and, at the end of the year, a "calculation will be made of what they have cost, and "for what they have been sold; and an exact account "6 being kept of the work done by the different girls, a proportion of the profits will be given to them, and "the remainder will go to the school funds.

"Each girl is to knit a pair of stockings every year "for each of her parents, which will be given them on "New Year's Day.

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"The girls are allowed to bring their own or their parents' clothes to mend on Tuesdays, provided they are clean.

"Every girl is to learn her Catechism and Hymns, 'which she will repeat on Sundays.

"The girls are to attend the mistress to church twice every Sunday."

"The girls are to dine at school, except on Saturdays and Sundays.

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"On New Year's Day the girls will have a dinner of "foast beef and plum-pudding, of which any girl whọ "has conducted herself particularly ill is to be debatred "partaking.

"Premiums will be given to the most industrious "and deserving at the end of the year.

No girl will be considered as capable of service, "unless she can receive a written recommendation from some of the ladies who attend the school."

Such institutions as these, should inspire the lower orders of society with sentiments of gratitude to their benefactors, and stimulate those who fill the higher ranks, and possess the means of doing good, in a similar way, to imitate the example, and, while they admire the laudable exertions of their equals, to go and do so likewise.'

TO THE EDITORS OF THE CHEAP MAGAZINE.

GENTLEMEN,

THE professed design of the Cheap Magazine is cer

tainly laudable; and as I am persuaded that such a publication is calculated for general usefulness, I have been endeavouring to promote its circulation; and being "a labourer in the vineyard of Instruction," I may also comply with your request, and throw my mite into yoi your treasury, in the way of occasional communication. As I presume that my present communication will neither be thought tedious nor unsuitable, perhaps you may find room for it in some early Number of your Magazine. Let it be denominated

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