"Well; but you have no time to tell us so on weekdays," said the little boy. "You have to work; and father has to go off early to his work, and is so tired when he comes home!" but on Sunday he takes me on his knee and tells me Bible stories; and we go to God's house together; and, Oh, it is such a loving day!" 66 Yes, my child," said the father; "it is a holy loving day. God gave it to us in love, that tired men might rest from their hard work, and fathers, who see but little of their children on other days, might teach them and enjoy them on that day. God is love, and Jesus Christ is love, and the Sabbath is a gift of love." Are there any parents whose duties will not allow them to pay special attention to their children on Sunday? The above question of the little boy contains a hint so suggestive of what might be done to make children love the Sabbath that earnest attention to it by parents would well repay them. ETERNAL NIGHT. A dear little girl, who had lost a pet she valued highly, was urged not to grieve so much for her bird. “I would not care so much, mother," she answered, "if Robbie only went anywhere, but he just died and did'nt go ing example of the craving anywhere." It was a touch in every human soul after immortality. The doctrine of annihilation is one dreadful that it seems wonderful it could ever have found believers. While life and health last, and all is prosperous about us, it is easy to put far off the evil day, to fill the mind so full of worldly plans and schemes that it is little troubled with thoughts of the hereafter Indeed, those who believe this fearful doctrine, consistently strain every nerve to make the most of the present. See! he stands at Pilate's bar, He who wears the crown of thorns, On the cross 'tis still the same, of lords. POETRY. THINGS TO REMEMBER. And that He looks on all we do Remember, oh, remember, That all the day and night He knows our thoughts and actions; For we are ever in His sight. Remember, child, remember, That God is good and true, Remember, too, that He forbids Remember that all who offend Remember, oh, remember, That God is our best friend, And that He wishes us to be Good, and happy in the end. Remember, child, remember, To pray to Him in heaven; And for every fault in word or deed, Oh, ask to be forgiven. Then He will hear thee, and forgive, So remember, child, remember, The holy God who lives in heaven, A SCENE IN JAMAICA. HE island of Jamaica abounds with scenes of great beauty; one of these, called Cornwall, on the sea coast, containing a station of the United Presbyterian Missionary Society,is represented in the preceding engraving. It is thus described by the author of "Twenty-nineYears in the West Indies.' "The house stood on a considerable eminence facing the sea, with a high range of hills behind,covered with wood, and surrounded by fertile fields of the sweet cane. It was in the vicinity of the Negro village, and overlooked the sugar works; the finest fruits grew in abundance everywhere, and an unfailing spring of delicious water gushed from the rock at the foot of the hill. The great charm and attraction of the place, however, was, that it was encircled by numerous estates within an hour's ride, containing thousands of people, to whom I expected to obtain access, that I might preach among them the glorious law of God, and the more glorious Gospel of Christ Jesus, which magnifies the law and makes it honourable, and among whom I had the prospect-yea, the ambition, of founding a Christian Church, that would endure and confer blessings for ages to come." Jamaica, notwithstanding the beauty of its scenery, and the productiveness of its soil, is cursed by many social and moral evils. There are, however, many Christian missionaries labouring among its people, whose labours God has greatly blessed. The United Methodist Free Churches have many mission stations in the island, and several missionaries. May the Divine Being increase the number of both, and soon make Jamaica holy and prosperous. |