may not be neglected, even to view the works that he has made, or the phenomena he has instituted.

With this pious thought, Horrox left the room, and repaired to the sanctuary. Here then, amid the many deceptions of mankind, do we find one soul whose principles were fundamental. We may doubt the correctness of his reasoning at that momentous hour, but we cannot withhold our admiration from the

man.

When the church service had ended, he returned to his observatory, and once more bent over the sheet of paper.

As his eye fell upon the smooth white surface, he saw that the hand of the Invisible was writing! On the open sheet was a shadow; and, in that shadow, a new revelation of science to excite the wonder of the world.

We love to dwell on those moments of sublimity, that to the true worshippers of science repay the toils and sacrifices of a life. But in all our researches after gems from this

precious mine, we have never found anything more sublime than the young astronomer's own account of the event; especially the reason he gives for suspending his observations as he did. "I observed it," says he, "from sunrise till nine o'clock; again, a little before ten; and lastly at noon, and from one to two o'clock; the rest of the day being devoted to higher duties which one might not neglect for such pastimes."

The prayers of Kepler were answered.

XIII.

FRENCH PIETISTS.

Blaise Pascal, a

PASCAL.

French philosopher and

religious writer, a Port Royalist, and one of the most able defenders of experimental religion was born 1623 and died 1662. The height of his religious attainments often showed him the depth of his own sinfulness, and the measure of his unworthiness, and his mind was sometimes deeply depressed.

PERFECT REST IN THE WILL OF GOD.

"O Lord, take from me that sorrow which the love of self may produce from my sufferings, and from my unsuccessful hopes and

designs in this world, while regardless of thy glory; but create in me a sorrow resembling thine. Let me not henceforth desire health or life, except to spend them for Thee, with Thee, and in Thee. I pray not that Thou wouldst give me either health or sickness, life or death; but that Thou wouldst dispose of my health and my sickness, my life and my death, for thy glory, for my own eternal welfare, for the use of the church, for the benefit of the saints, of whose number, by thy grace, I hope to be. Thou alone knowest what is good for me; Thou art Lord of all; do, therefore, what seemeth Thee best. Give to me, or take from me; conform my will to thine! and grant that with humble and perfect submission, and in holy confidence, I may be disposed to receive the orders of thy eternal providence; and may equally adore every dispensation which will come to me from thy hand, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."

MADAME GUYON.

This eminent Quietist was born at Montargis 1648. Her religious experiences, devotions and hymns are among the choicest treasures

of French religious literature. She was imprisoned in 1688, on account of her Protestant tendencies. She was again imprisoned in 1695 in the Castle of Vincennes, and afterwards in the Bastile. She was banished to Bois where she died in triumph in 1717.

The following is one of her prayers in the Bastile.

"I, being in the Bastile, said to Thee: "O my God! if Thou art pleased to render me a spectacle to men and angels, thy holy will be done! All I ask is, that Thou wilt be with and save those who love Thee; so that neither life nor death, neither principalities nor powers, may ever separate them from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ. As for me, what matters it what men think of me, or what they make me suffer, since they cannot separate me from that Saviour whose name is engraven in the very bottom of my heart? If I can only be accepted of Him, I am willing that all men should despise and hate me. Their strokes will polish what may be defective in me, so that I may be presented in peace to Him, for whom I