couldn't bear to hear that. I tell you," said she, again pressing my arm, "because you praise Him.”

And indeed I could not but praise Him, and rejoice with her at the mercy she had found in this her time of need, and I said

"You remind me of the borrowed axe in Elisha's time, which is quoted in the sixth chapter of the second Book of Kings."

"If God in such a small affair

A miracle performs,

It shows His condescending care
Of poor unworthy worms.

"Though kings and nations in His view Are but as motes and dust, His eyes and ears are fixed on you Who in His mercy trust." -Newton. (Copied from an old magazine by J. C.)

THE LUXURY OF DOING GOOD.

YOUNG man of eighteen or twenty, a student in a university, went one day to take a walk with a professor, who was commonly called "the students' friend," such was his kindness to the young men whom it was his office to instruct. While they were now walking together, and the professor was seeking to lead the conversation to grave subjects, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in their path, which they supposed must belong to a poor man who was at work in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work.

The young student turned to the professor, saying

"Let us play the man a trick. We will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and watch to see his perplexity when he cannot find them.

"My dear friend," answered the professor, "we must never amuse ourselves

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at the expense of others, especially of the poor; but you are rich, and you may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of this poor man. Put a dollar in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves behind the bushes."

The student did so, and then placed himself, with the professor, behind the bushes close by, through which they could easily watch the labourer, and see what wonder or joy he might express.

The poor man had soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While he put on his coat, he slipped one foot into one of his shoes; but, feeling something bard, he stooped down and found the dollar.

Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the dollar, turned it round, and looked again and again; then he looked round him on all sides, to see who might have put it there, but could see no one. Then he put the money in his pocket, and proceeded to put on his other shoe; but how great was his amazement when he found the other dollar! His feelings overcame him. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven, and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving to God, in which he spoke of his sick and helpless wife, and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty from some unknown hand would save from perishing.

The young man stood deeply affected, and tears filled his eyes.

"Now," said the professor, "are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?"

"Oh, dearest sir," answered the youth, 'you have taught me a lesson that I hope never to forget. I feel now the

truth of the words which I never before understood: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.""-Selected.

To get rid of your troubles, stop thinking of them.

BIBLE QUESTIONS ON THE BOOK

OF GENESIS.

CHAPTERS XXV. TO THE END. I. WHO was both blessed and envied? 2. Who despised a privilege when he possessed it, and wept when he had lost it? 3. Who was rebuked in a dream?

4. Who was both hated and loved by his relatives?

5. Who had years of sorrow because he believed men rather than God?

6. Who was made most unhappy by being deceived?

7. Who prospered while suffering unjustly?

8. Who were made fearful of the future by the recollection of the past?

Give examples and lessons from each of the above questions.

[Answers must be sent in this month by the 10th.]

company through the love of wealth, but in the end he is made poorer. The righteous and the wicked, though they live together now, are to be separated at the end. A godly man cannot be happy in the company of the wicked; Lot was grieved with them while he dwelt among them. The rich are not always happy.]

"We should not go into bad company for the sake of worldly gain."-E. Hope.

"If we keep from bad company we shall not be in danger of catching their bad talk and wicked habits."-Z.Hockley.

"The evil of keeping bad company. We should shun evil men, and seek companionship with those who will not lead us astray."-T. V. Soddy.

3. [That we have to suffer for our faults. Hagar had despised her mistress, but we see God's care and kindness to her when she was in distress.]

"Shows a mother's love."-4. Royston. "Great maternal affection."-T. V. Soddy.

4." A God-fearing, faithful servant, praying to God for help in carrying out his master's business. We should pray to God for help in temporal things as well as spiritual. Before undertaking any business we should ask God's blessing upon it, and seek His guidance in all our difficulties. It also shows us the benefit of sincere and heartfelt prayer (as James v. 16). Prayer should be offered up on behalf of others as well as ourselves."T. V. Soddy.

"It is an advantage to have such in our employ as fear God and pray to Him."-E. Hampton.

"If we are entrusted with other people's business we should do it as faithfully as we would our own."-J. Tyler.

"Pray for divine guidance in all things."-C. Horton.

5. [When we make any change, or a removal, we should seek to know the mind of the Lord in the matter.]

"When we see it is the Lord's will we should do a thing, we should do it directly."-E. Hampton.

"We should be willing to part with

every earthly possession, if it were the Lord's sovereign will, and, like Abraham when commanded to offer up his only son Isaac, be prompt in putting that will into execution."-T. V. Soddy.

"Willingness to follow the Lord's will." -A. M. Lower.

6. [Not to give cause to any person to hate us, for some would be ready to kill one for a little injury done to them. If we give occasion for a person to hate us, we cause them to sin.]

"God can change the heart of the most bitter enemy."-C. Horton.

"This should teach us not to bear malice, but forgive injuries."-E. M. Orman.

"God protects the righteous, and often frustrates the designs of the wicked against them."-T. V. Soddy.

[The portions marked by inverted commas are selected from the best answers given.]

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Rejoice evermore," is the sentence I find These letters compose, when together combined:

'Twas written by Paul, when he sojourned below,

To a church which in grace he was anxious should grow,

And abound in the fruits of the Spirit Divine,

That as lights in the world they might faithfully shine.

Such sweet exhortations e'en now may be spoken

To those who in spirit are contrite and broken,

Who, burdened with sins and felt need of a Saviour,

Desire to be blessed with a mark of His

SCRIPTURE RIDDLE.
THERE was a thing in days of old,
Of which I've read with wonder,

It had in it a living soul,

That after God did hunger.

And yet this thing it knew not God,
Nor had it ever seen Him,
Had never known His powerful rod,
Nor had a heart to seek Him.
And yet this thing obeyed God,
Though it was no professor,
And 'twas made use of as a rod,
To punish a transgressor.

H. WOOD. [We hope that some of our young readers will not only be able to give a correct answer to the above, but also a good definition of what is taught in the narrative connected therewith.]