know the Bible says, "Thou shalt not kill;" pronounces a woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink ;" and enjoins me not to "put a stumblingblock in a brother's way." I also read that "no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God." and I cannot expect the drunkard-maker, without repentance, to share a better fate; but I wish a lazy living, and have deliberately resolved to gather the wages of iniquity, and fatten on the ruin of my species. I shall therefore carry on my trade with energy, and do my best to diminish the wealth of the nation, impair the health of the people, and endanger the safety of the State. As my traffic flourishes in proportion to your ignorance and sensuality, I will do my utmost to prevent your intellectual elevation, moral purity, social happiness, and eternal

welfare.

Should you doubt my ability,

I refer you to the Pawn-shop, the Poor-house, the Policeoffice, the Hospital, the Jail, and the Gallows, where so many of my customers have gone. The sight of them will satisfy you that I do what I promise.-JUDAS HEARTLESS.

N.B.--I teach old and young to drink, and charge only for the materials; a very few lessons will be sufficient.

"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also" (Hab. ii 15).

"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk Wherefore do ye spend money for without money and without price. that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness" (Isa. lv. 1, 2).-Sterling Tracts.

1. IT IS A SIN AGAINST GOD. -It is an evil and only evil, and that continually. David understood both human nature and the law of God. He says, "Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil." That is, never fret or scold, for it is always a sin. If you cannot speak without fretting or scolding, keep silence.

2. IT DESTROYS AFFECTION. -No one ever did, ever can, or ever will love an habitual fretter, fault-finder, or scolder.

peevish, complaining fault finder in a family is like the continual chafing of an inflamed sore. Woe to the man, woman, or child who is exposed to the influence of such a temper in another. Nine-tenths of all domestic trials and unhappiness spring from this source. Mrs. A. is of this temperament. She wonders her husband is not more fond of her company. "That her children give her so much trouble. That domestics do not like to work for her. That she cannot secure the good will of young people. The truth is, she is peevish and fretful. Children fear her and do not love her. She never gained the affections of a young person, nor never will till she leaves off fretting.

4. IT DEFEATS THE END OF FAMILY GOVERNMENT. -Good family government is the blending authority with affection, so as to secure respect and love. Indeed it is the great secret of managing young people. Now, your fretters may inspire fear; but they always make two faults where they correct. Scolding at a child, fretting at a child, sneering at a child, taunting a child, treating a child as if it had no feelings, inspires a dread and dislike, and fosters those very dispositions from which many of the faults of childhood proceed. Mr. G. and Mrs. F. are of this class. Their children are made to mind; but how? Mrs. F. frets and scolds her children. She is severe enough upon their faults. She seems to watch them in order to find fault. She sneers at them.

Treats them as though they had no feelings. She seldom gives them a command without a threat, and a long-running fault-finding commentary. When she chides it is not done in a dignified manner. She raises her voice, puts on the cross look, threatens, strikes them, pinches their ears, slaps their heads, &c. The children cry out, pout and sulk; and poor Mrs. F. has to do her work over pretty often. Then she will find fault with her husband, because he does not fall in with her ways, or chime with her as chorus.

5. FRETTING AND SCOLDING MAKE HYPOCRITES.-As a fretter never receives confidence and affection, so no one likes to tell them anything disagreeable, and procure for themselves a fretting. Now, children conceal as much as they can from such persons. They cannot make up their minds to be frank and open-hearted. So husbands conceal from their wives, and wives from their husbands. For a man may brave a lion, but he likes not to come in contact with nettles and mosquitoes.

6. IT DESTROYS ONE'S PEACE OF MIND.-The more one frets, the more he may. A fretter will always have enough to fret at, especially if he or she has the bump of order and neatness largely developed. Something will always be out of place. There will always be dirt somewhere. Others will not eat right, look right, talk right. And fretters are generally so selfish as to have no regard for any one's comfort but their own.

In the neighbourhood of a lady who was in the habit of visiting the poor for benevolent purposes, took her little daughter with her. The child saw, heard, and was interested. But there was something which the child could not exactly make out. So, on the road home, she said, "Mamma, when you are out visiting the poor, you are always talking about Jesus Christ to them, but you don't talk of Him at home."

I need not say one word about how the lady felt, but if the remark had been made to us how should we have felt? Would it have been just? Could it have been said with truth? In reference to too many, I fear it may be said with too much truth. Many parents seem to think that if they take their children to public worship, if they put good books into their hands, and if they have family prayer, they have done all that is necessary. They talk of almost all subjects before their

children, and they talk with them on many points, but they do not talk of Jesus. They act as if they fancied that their children heard enough of Him, or knew all that was requisite for them to know. But is it so?"

Reader, are you a parent? Have you little ones around you? Do you notice how attentively they often listen to you? Do they hear you speak of Jesus? Do they hear you speak of Him as your highest love? As of that Saviour who for you performed wondrous deeds, who for you suffered tremendous agonies, who for you achieved a most glorious conquest? Do they hear you speak of what He was, when in the bosom of his Father; of what He became when a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief; and of what He is new, exalted above all principalities and powers? Do they hear you speak with admiration of his loving heart, of his all-atoning blood, and of his prevalent in

tercession at the right hand of God? Do they hear you dilate on his amazing condescension, in the visits he paid, the miracles he wrought, and in receiving and blessing even little children? Do they hear you speak of Jesus as of a subject in which you feel a deep interest-of a Saviour to whom you feel the warmest love, and a Friend in whom you place the strongest confidence? Could they conclude, from the frequency of which you speak of Jesus, the tender and majestic manner in which you

speak of Jesus, and the reverence and gratitude that you feel towards Jesus, that He is your all in all ?

Parents parents! by all the tender ties that unite you to your children, I beseech you to seek, first, principally, and most earnestly, the conversion of your children in early life. Never let a child of yours be able to say, with truth, "You do not talk about Jesus Christ at home;" or, 'my mother or my father did not make my salvation their first concern."

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PRAYER is at once a duty and a privilege.

I. We have many commands to pray.

Pray without ceasing."1 Thess. v. 17.

"In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God."--Phil. iv. 6.

"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving."-Col. iv. 2.

"Brethren, pray for us."1 Thess. v. 25.

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed." -James v. 16.

II. We have many promises annexed to prayer.

"All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."-Matt. xxi. 22.

"Every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."

"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him."-Luke xi. 13.

"Before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear."Isa. lxv. 21.