your sustenance to the bread which you cast on the waters long ago,

Such is God's husbandry. Do the right deed. Do it in faith, and in prayer commend it to the care of God. And though the waves of circumstance may soon waft it beyond your ken, they only carry it to the place prepared by Him. And whether on an earthly or a heavenly shore, the result will be found, and the reaper will rejoice that he

was once a sower.

Dr. Dwight of America tells how, when the country near Albany was newly settled, an Indian came to the inn at Lichfield, and asked for a night's shelter, at the same time confessing that from failure in hunting he had nothing to pay. The hostess drove him away with reproachful epithets, and as the Indian was retiring sorrowfullythere being no other inn for many a weary mile--a man who was sitting by directed the hostess to supply his wants, and promised to pay her. As soon as his supper was ended, the Indian thanked his benefactor, and said he would some day repay him. Several years thereafter the settler was taken a prisoner by a hostile tribe, and carried off to Canada. However, his life was spared, though he himself was detained in slavery. But one day an Indian came to him, and giving him a musket, bade the white man follow him. The Indian never told where they were going, nor what was his object; but day after day the captive followed his mysterious guide, till one afternoon they came suddenly on a beautiful expanse of cultivated fields, with many houses rising amongst them. "Do you know that place?" asked the Indian. "Ah! yes; it is Lichfield;" and whilst the astonished exile had not recovered from his first start of amazement, the Indian exclaimed, “And I am the starving Indian on whom, at this very place, you took pity. And now that I have paid for my supper, I pray you go home."-The Royal Preacher.

MY FATHER.

"WILT thou not, from this day, cry unto me, My Father, thou shalt be my guide?"

"ALL-WISE" He is knowing every step of the journey, and having guided all the pilgrims of earth, that have ever reached heaven safely, there.

"ALL-POWERFUL " He is able to drive back every foe, lift over every difficulty, heal every disease, and supply every want that may come upon you in your pilgrimage.

"ALL-LOVING" He is more loving than any earthly friend or parent. Loving in dark days as well as shining ones-in trouble as well as joy.

Oh! will you not take Him for your guide? Thousands have tried Him,-will not you? Bad companions, your wicked hearts, sinful pleasures, will all offer to guide you safely on. But they will only deceive and ruin. God, never! "I will guide thee through life," He says-"I will receive thee to glory.

"Yea, all through life He'll be thy guide,

At death thy soul receive,

And after death, in realms of joy,

A crown of glory give."

-Lamp of Love.

OUTLINES OF SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS.

FOURTEENTH MONTH.

LIFE OF CHRIST.

I. LAST CIRCUIT OF GALILEE.
(Read Luke xv.)

PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP.-(Verses 1-7.)
PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN.-(Verses 8-10.)
PARABLE OF THE LOST SON.-(Verses 11 to the end.)

II. LAST CIRCUIT OF GALILEE.
(Read Luke xvi.)

PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD.-(Verses 1-13.)
THE DERIDING PHARISEES REBUKED. (Verses 14-18.)
PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN And Lazarus.—(Verses 19
to the end.)

III-LAST CIRCuit of Galilee.—And in Perea. (Read Luke xvii.)

OFFENCES.-FORGIVING TRESPASSES-INCREASE OF FAITH. --HOLY SERVICE-(Verses 1-10.)

THE TEN LEPERS HEALED.-(Verses 11-19.)

THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.-(Verses 20 to the

end.)

IV.-IN PEREA.

(Read Luke xviii. 1-30; Matt. xix. 13-30; Mark x. 13-36.) PARABLE OF THE UNJUST JUDGE AND WIDOW.-(Luke xviii. 1-8.)

THE PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN.-(Verses 9-14.)

THE LITTLE CHILDREN.-(Matt. xix. 13-15; Mark x. 13-16; Luke xviii. 15-17.)

THE RICH YOUNG RULER.-ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. (Matt. xix. 16-30; Mark x. 17-31; Luke xviii. 18-30.)

MISSIONARY TIDINGS.

THE MISSION AT SALONICA.

A FEW weeks ago a new labourer was added in this interesting scene. Her name is Miss Smith. After the most careful training in Edin. burgh Normal School, in the course of which she shewed great intel. ligence and piety, she, of her own accord, offered herself to the Ladies' Committee that she might proceed to the East. She has now arrived at Salonica, and has written letters home, giving a sketch of her voyage thither, and the kind reception she everywhere experienced. On her arrival, she says, the children of the place literally flocked round her in their gladness; and we have no doubt that by and by we shall hear of her having set agoing a flourishing school. This is a most promising enterprise; and for the good lady who has so devotedly given herself to the cause of Jesus in seeking to feed His lambs, we ask our readers' prayers and aid. We shall give an account of Miss Smith's labours from time to time.

THE MISSION AT ALEXANDRIA.

(Extract letter from Rev. J. W. Yule, who, with his wife and niece, have recently arrived in this quarter, and opened a station there.)

You will be glad to hear that our ever-gracious God has brought us in safety to the place of our destination. We arrived here on the evening of the 12th instant, after a pleasant voyage of fourteen days. The captain, officers, and passengers, were all very kind and agreeable, which tended in no small degree to our comfort. On the two Sabbaths we were at sea I held service in the saloon, all the passengers who were not sea sick, and the sailors not on duty, being present.

At Gibraltar we received some native passengers, among whom was a Jewish Rabbi, on his way to Jerusalem in order that he might die there. During our voyage I endeavoured once or twice to get into conversation with him, and once or twice he read some portions of the Psalter with me. As long as I said nothing about Jesus being the Christ he was willing to listen to me, but the moment I touched in conversation on this great truth, he shut his teeth, and gave a serpenthiss, which indicated but too clearly his bitter hatred of that name.

On landing, I was fortunate in meeting with Dr. Philip, though only for a little, as he was on the point of embarking for Malta. He had drawn out a long letter of counsel for me, which will be useful in course of time. There is a Jewish girls' school here, which Dr. Philip had under his care, and the expenses of which were borne by the Ladies' Association in Faisley. You will perhaps understand the present state of the school, if I copy what Dr. Philip has written respecting it. "They (i. e., the ladies in Paisley) sent out a lady from home as a teacher, and the school was daily increasing under her, but she lost her health and was obliged to return home, and there were no funds to send out a successor to her. The ladies here promised to support a teacher for the sewing department, and pay other small incidental expenses, which promise they have hitherto promptly fulfilled, and there are several among them who take a deep interest in the Institution. In the time of the former teacher there were about eighty girls in attendance, and of that number about seventy were Jewesses." Such is the account which Dr. Philip gives of the school. At present the number of scholars is not great, but the field appears to be a promising one; at the same time we must keep in mind that to cultivate it properly will be attended with con. siderable expense.

HYMN FOR THE EVENING.

GLORY to thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath thy own almighty wings!

Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

Teach me to live that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die that so I may

Rise glorious at the awful day.

O let my soul on thee repose!

And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep that shall me more vig'rous make,
To serve my God, when I awake.

If in the night I sleepless lie,

My soul with heavenly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,

No powers of darkness me molest.

RECOLLECT, in my childhood, a story I somewhere read making on me a very deep impression. To this day I have not lost it. It was the story of a venturous lad who followed the dangerous craft of gathering birds' eggs from the cliffs on the wild west shores of Ireland. Some of these cliffs rise sheer from the water's edge many hundred feet in height, and to look even from their margin down on the white hovering sea-birds that haunt them in flocks, and on the surfy waves far beneath, is enough to fill the eye and brain with terror. Picture, then, what it must be to be lowered down midway over their face in a sort of wicker basket, attached by a single rope, as is the custom with many of the natives who make a kind of livelihood by taking the eggs of the wild fowl from the shelves and crannies of the rocks.

In the case of which I wish to tell you, a pair of very large and fierce eagles had made their nest on a jutting point that was seen hanging far out above the abyss. It

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JUNE 1, 1858.