to their great comfort, and the renewal of their strength.

Would it not be an example indeed, to the tender youth, thus to behold those who are parents and heads of families, engaged to worship God, in awful stillness,―waiting to be fed with the bread of life that cometh down from heaven? Were we thus exercised and engaged, the living streams of Shiloh would flow through our hearts, in such a manner, as would often affect the minds of those present, so that they would have to acknowledge that the presence of the Lord was there-and especially the tender youth would be reached; whose hearts are not hard, but easy to be wrought upon by the power of the Lord.

Now, were this the case, what life would be witnessed in our religious meetings! and what a comfort it would be to those who are engaged for the welfare of Zion! But now these go mourning on their way, and their paths are become lonesome, because so few travel therein. Yet the Lord is striving with all, in order to gather them; but too many regard not his calls, nor his reproofs, by reason of their careless walking.

Thus, for the want of that tender care which ought to be taken of children at home, their minds. are suffered to wander after this toy, and that play or amusement, and after this thing and the other thing, which are the inventions of the enemy; and, appearing pleasant to the natural part in children, serve to draw away and divert their minds from attending to that divine Light, which often makes its appearance to those who are very young, and even in the dark hearts of mankind. But may it not be

truly said, "the light shineth in darkness, but the darkness comprehendeth it not."

Thus the minds of many of the dear youth are tossed about, for want of timely and proper help, which occasions them to be unsettled and restless in our religious meetings. For we find there is a continual presentation of something to divert the mind, and claim the attention, from youth to manhood; beginning with small toys, then with plays, then with games and diversions, of one kind or another, which draw young people into company. Here, one not liking to be outdone by another, things are often carried to great extremes, by which they are led into grosser evils. Thus the seed of God in their hearts becomes choked, and more and more pressed down, and the innocent life becomes. slain in them.

Now, seeing this is the case, is there not something for parents to do, for the preservation of the minds of their tender offspring, from the many allurements that tend to draw them aside from the paths of virtue? In order to this work, let us look back even to the cradle; there we shall find a tender babe, clothed with innocence, and immediately fit for an entrance into everlasting rest. Children are not given to any, or born into the world, in a state of hardness of heart, and alienation from God. Parents have not to labour to bring them out of that state; no, no: but their business is to preserve them in that innocence and simplicity, which they are in, when given. This might, in a good degree, be effected, were there but a timely application and watchful care extended to them; instead of gratifying the cravings of the natural inclination, which

grows stronger and harder to be overcome or regulated, as the child grows older, if not timely prevented. Endeavour, therefore, to quench every appearance of wrong things, by denying or restraining them from every thing that might have a tendency to feed that unprofitable craving in them.

Thus would they learn to deny themselves, when young; their tender parents thus helping them to bear the cross, it would become easy; and by taking every opportunity, as they grow up, to impress their minds with a sense of their duty to God Almighty, who created them, they would become established in the truth. It was by giving way to the cravings of their own wills, that our first parents fell, they choosing rather to believe the serpent and satisfy themselves with that which pleased the eye, the forbidden fruit being supposed good for food, and pleasing to the eye, and to be desired to make one wise. Mark, it being pleasing to the eye, and desired to make one wise. Thus they eat thereof, contrary to the express command of God; for which they were driven out from the presence of the Lord. And those little ones, by choosing the things which are pleasing to that hurtful nature, are driven out of that state of innocence, in which they were created, and by disobedience they become aliens and strangers to the Lord; until, if happily it may be, they come to close in with the offers of divine grace, by which they are enabled to deny themselves and follow him who will give them life eternal.

Thus, for want of timely care in parents,-endeavouring to lay the yoke of Christ upon their children, and to lay the axe to the root of the cor

rupt tree, they suffer many losses.

Oh! what a por

tion this godly care and discipline would be to children! How they would have to rejoice, when grown up, under a sense of it! Yea, they would not part with it for a thousand other portions. And what an example it would be to them, when it might please the Lord to give them some tender lambs to take care of! Then they could look back, and behold the tender care of their parents, and the fruits of it. Would it not encourage them in providing such a portion for their own children, instead of suffering their time and their thoughts to be taken up in seeking earthly treasures for them?

And what a satisfaction it would be to such parents, when enjoying the fruits of their labour, in having tender-hearted, obedient children, seeking to please them, as knowing that the care and discipline of their parents, had always been for their good! Not like some, whose parents have gathered much earthly treasure for them; by means of which they have been lifted up in pride, even above their counsel, being wholly given up to the gratification of their own wills. These often bring grief on such parents, and instead of being a comfort to them, are often the occasion of much sorrow and trouble, in which many end their days.

HUSON LANGSTROTH.

A brief memoir of Huson Langstroth was published in page 35, vol. 2nd of this work, to which the reader is referred.

The Moral Sense.

A few months ago we published the journal of Ephraim Tomlinson. The perusal of it revived the recollections of several aged friends, who knew the old man in the days of their youth, and the following story was related:-Ephraim Tomlinson, on walking through the woods, discovered a young apple-tree growing wild. It occurred to him, that, as it had the appearance of thrift about it, it might become of use were it transplanted to his own farm. He marked the spot, went for his grubbing hoe, and having carefully dug up the tree, shouldered it, and walked homewards. On the way, a thought took hold of his mind:-this tree is not mine-I have taken it from ground that does not belong to me. He felt uneasy with the transaction-and returning to the spot, he replaced it as well as he could, in the position it stood in before.

Such scruples as this may seem to some people like being more nice than it is necessary to be; but it is frequently owing to such discriminations between right and wrong, as relate to small concerns, that the mind of man is preserved lively in the practical knowledge of moral obligation. All the deviations that present, in the history of human crimes and corruptions, however wide and extensive, and involving in their consequences the utmost misery, devastation, and wretchedness, have resulted from small beginnings. Little departures, in little things, prepare the mind for greater, till at length the moral sense is overpowered-the mind is familiarized to acts of encroachment and aggression, adopting selfishness for the governing principle; the