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Then blest art thou! and blest be He,

Whose grace alone this change hath given! But lest again ensnared thou be,

O! bend in daily prayer to heaven.

A. Opie.

THE following were found amongst the memorandums of Eliza, the sister of John Woolman:-

"Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes as a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, until acquainted with my God!

O Lord, that I may enjoy thy presence, or else my time is lost, and my life a snare to my soul.

O Lord, that I may receive bread from thy table, and that thy grace may abound in me.

O Lord, that I may be acquainted with thy presence that I may be seasoned with thy salt-that thy grace may abound in me."

THOU art the source and centre of all minds,
Their only point of rest, Eternal Word!
From thee departing, they are lost, and rove
At random, without honor, hope, or peace.
From this is all that soothes the life of man,
His high endeavour, and his glad success,
His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
But, O! thou bounteous Giver of all good,
Thou art, of all thy gifts, thyself the crown!
Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor,
And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.

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I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little and that where the heart was set upon greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving; but that commonly, with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased. There was a care on my mind, so to pass my time, that nothing might hinder me from the most steady attention to the voice of the true Shepherd.

J. Woolman.

ANTONINUS PIUS, the Roman Emperor, was an amiable and good man: when any of his courtiers attempted to inflame him with a passion for military glory, he used to answer, that he more desired the preservation of one subject, than the destruction of a thousand enemies.

An eastern sage said to a prince, who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child, "I will restore thy daughter again to life, provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb the names of three persons who have never mourned." The prince made inquiry after such persons, but found the inquiry vain, and was silent.

SAFETY is purchased at too dear a rate, when, in order to secure it, we are obliged to be always clad in armour, and to live in perpetual hostility with our fellows. This is, for the sake of living, to deprive ourselves of the comfort of life.

The man of candour enjoys his situation, whatever it is, with cheerfulness and peace: prudence directs his intercourse with the world; but no black suspicions haunt his hours of rest.

To watch the spirit of children, to nurture them in gospel love, and to labour to help them against that which would mar the beauty of their minds, is a debt we owe them and a faithful performance of our duty, not only tends to their lasting benefit, and our own peace, but also to render their company agreeable to us. J. Woolman.

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THE kingdom of God is within you, saith our blessed Redeemer. Abandon therefore the cares and pleasures of this wretched world, and turn to the Lord with all thy heart, and thy soul shall find rest.

If thou withdrawest thy attention from outward things, and keepest it fixed upon what passeth within thee, thou wilt soon perceive the coming of the kingdom of God; for the kingdom of God is that peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, which cannot be received by sensual and worldly men.

Christ will come to thee and bless thee with the splendour of his presence, if thou preparest within thee an abode fit to receive him: all his glory and beauty are manifested within, and there he delights to dwell; his visits there are frequent, his condescension amazing, his conversation sweet, his comforts refreshing, and the peace that he brings passeth all understanding. Thomas a' Kempis.

THAT divine light, which enlightens all men, I believe, does often shine in the minds of children very early; and to humbly wait for wisdom, that our conduct towards them may tend to forward their acquaintance with it, and strengthen them in obedience thereto, appears to me to be a duty on all.

J. Woolman.

ONE formerly, speaking of the profitableness of true humility, saith, "He that troubles not himself with anxious thoughts for more than is necessary, lives little less than the life of angels, whilst, by a mind content with little, he imitates their want of nothing."

Cave.

"It is not enough," says Tertullian, “that a Christian be chaste and modest, but he must appear to be so a virtue of which he should have so great a store, that it should flow from his mind upon his habit, and break from the retirement of his conscience into the superficies of his life."

HUMILITY, the fairest, loveliest flower,

That grew in paradise, and the first that died,
Has rarely flourished since on mortal soil.

It is so frail, so delicate a thing,

'Tis gone, if it but look upon itself;

And, she who ventures to believe it hers,
Proves, by that single thought, she has it

not.

C. Fry.

THE best proof that can be given of our having attained some degree of wisdom and discretion, is a modest deference to the opinions of those, who, in the natural order of things, may reasonably claim it. The young and the ignorant are prone to be self-opinionated, and impatient of control, simply because they are young and ignorant; ignorant especially of themselves. Mrs. Taylor.

RIGHTS OF MAN.

WITH the enemies of freedom, it is a usual artifice to represent the sovereignty of the people as a licence to anarchy and disorder. But the tracing up of the civil power to that source, will not diminish our obligation to obey; it only explains its reasons, and settles it on clear and determinate principles. It turns blind submission into rational obedience, tempers the passion for liberty with the love of order, and places mankind in a happy medium between the extremes of anarchy on the one side, and oppression on the other. It is the polar star, that will conduct us safely over the ocean of political debate and speculation--the law of laws, the guide for legislators. Robert Hall.

GOING OFF.

A person once visiting the museum of the celebrated gunsmith, Mr. Wallis, at Hull, happened to take hold of a very curious fowling-piece, and fixed his attention very particularly upon it. Mr. W. not liking the appearance of the man, requested him to replace the gun

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