too many of them are not, nurseries for the churches; the young be trained up in the way they should go; they would reverence, and yet delight in the Sabbath; and attached to our sanctuaries, and habituated to the solemnities of public worship, they would be pillars in the temple of our God, to go no more out," Rev. iii. 12.

(To be continued in our next.)

JESUS RAISING THE DEAD.

“DEAR mother, now you are at leisure, will you tell me about Jesus raising the dead?”

"Yes, dear. The first instance that occurs to me was the widow's son. Jesus and his disciples (that is, those who went along with him,) were one day about to enter a city called Nain, when they met a number of people. A young man, 'the only son of his mother, and she was a widow,' had died, and they were taking him out of the city to bury him, at the time Jesus passed by. And when he saw the poor woman, and beheld her distress at the loss of her son, he pitied her, and said, 'weep not.' 'And he came and touched the bier, and they that bare him stood still.' And he said, young man, I say unto thee, arise. And he that was dead, sat up and began to speak."

“Oh, mother, what a sight that must have been! What joy the poor mother must have felt when her son came to life again; and how much she must have loved the Saviour."

"No doubt of it, Mary."

"But, dear mother, can you tell me of any other instance?"

"Yes, the daughter of Jarius, a ruler among the Jews. She was an only child, and but twelve years old when she died."

"Twelve years did you say, mother? and I am just seven.'

"And can you tell me, Mary, how much older she was than yourself?"

'Let me see eight-nine-ten; just five years was she not, mother?"

"Quite correct."

"But were they taking her out to bury her, too, mother, when Jesus met them?"

"No, my dear; for as soon as her father heard of the fame of Jesus, and of his power to heal the worst diseases, he went to him, and fell at his feet, and besought him that he would come into his house, and heal his daughter. And this was the wisest step he could have taken; for no doubt he had proved that the most skilful doctors were not able to cure his child; without God's blessing, no means we may make use of can be of any service."

"And did Jesus go to the ruler's house mother?" "After some litle delay, he did. The Saviour knew all things, and he was aware that, before he who was asking his aid went to his home, his daughter would be dead. On his way thither, therefore, Jesus cured a poor woman of a disease which she had had for twelve years, and in order to obtain the cure of it she had spent all her living. Though this delay and seeming want of kindness on the part of the Saviour, in not going at once to

save the life of a sick daughter, must have been trying to the anxious parent, yet Jesus had a wise end in view. He knew that as soon as Jarius heard his daughter was really dead, his hope would be likely to fail him, as did that of his servants, who we read, while he yet spake, came and said

to him, thy daughter is dead, trouble not the master.' He therefore wrought this cure in his presence, that he might behold his power, and thus

have a still greater reliance on what his mighty arm could do."

"What a kind Saviour, mother!—I wonder he could take so much pains to teach such poor crea

tures as we are.

He was indeed a kind Saviour, Mary! and it was, as he himself said, 'his meat and drink,' that is his delight, 'to do the will of him that sent him."

"How I should like to have lived at that time, mother! that I might have seen the Saviour. But, pray go on."

"Well, my dear, when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And all wept and bewailed her: but he said, weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.""

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Laughed at Jesus, mother! O how wicked! I am sure I never should have done that!"

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"Say not so, dear Mary; you know not how you would have acted had you been present. likely you would have done as they did. conduct was, as you remark very wicked; but it was only a sad proof of the blindness and the weakness of our nature. If the followers of Jesus had had a proper sense of who he was, and of the greatness of his power, they would have paid him more homage, and not have been so ready to doubt the fulfilment of their wishes. Ever bear in mind one thing, dear Mary, that though Jesus, was in fact, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace,' yet having taken the form of a

servant, he showed himself on earth as a man, yea, a 'man of sorrows and acquainted with grief:' and, though many were struck with his wisdom, and the mighty acts which he did, yet it was only those, unto whom he was pleased more fully to reveal himself, that could behold in him the God-head as well as manhood. And it is so still, for since Adam fell, we have been 'as sheep going astray,' we have left him, the good Shepherd-we have run away from the fold where alone his sheep are safe and happy; nor should we ever return, if he did not follow us, and bring us back.'

"And did the young lady come to life again, mother?"

"Having put all those out who laughed, ‘he took her by the hand, and called, saying, maid, arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose."" -The Gospel Preached to Babes.

JUVENILE MISSIONARY MEETING, AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.

Os the afternoon of Sunday, the 2nd of February, the second annual meeting of the Juvenile Missionary Society, in connection with our schools at Ashton, Hurst-brook and Waterloo, was held in Ashton Chapel. Owing to the severity of the weather, the scholars from Hurst were unable to attend.

The meeting commenced with singing and prayer, after which Mr. S. Mills, the president of the Society, was called to the chair; he opened the meeting by stating how happy he was to meet them on such an occasion, and he said he should always feel pleasure in presiding over their meetings. The secretary then read