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then get from her was, "It partly about you;" after which she took her into another room and said she was sorry because she had "told a lie." She did not speak of it to her mamma till after their usual reading, and just before she was going to bed, when she threw herself into her mamma's arms, while her little heart seemed almost bursting, and she could not speak for sobbing. Her mamma soothed her, and asked her what was the matter with her? She said, "O come, come with me quite alone!" They then went to another room, when Maggie said, with many tears, "Oh! mamma, I've told a lie!" Her mother asked her when and how she had done that. She said, "Yesterday I came down to the dining-room seeking for you, but you was not there; soon after Ann came in, and said to me, 'Surely you are not playing with the ink!' I said, 'No;' but, mamma, I had been playing with the ink, so that was a lie." Her mamma told her that the "blood of Jesus, which cleanseth from all sin,” could blot out lies, so they prayed together " for forgiveness, for the white robe of Jesus Christ's righteousness, and for the Holy Spirit to make them holy;" after which she was quite happy, as a child, and a forgiven child, should be.

About this time, her mamma was sitting one afternoon with her work in the nursery, and also taking part in a game which was going on, when dear Maggie, in her play, acted a little roughly to her brother, who is not strong. Soon after, her mamma said quietly to her, "Maggie, was that like a Christian?" At first, she looked a little sad when she thought of what she had done. The next moment, she gave a bright, happy smile, as if delighted at the thought that she was a Christian, and even at her play should act as such.

She was a very affectionate child, and very obedient and docile. She loved all whom she thought Christians, and was anxious for the salvation of those who were not

so. The night before she was taken ill, as her mamma was sitting with the children in the nursery, Maggie took her hand, and asked her to go with her, "quite, quite alone." She took her to the drawing-room, when she said, "I just want us to pray together." Her mamma was suffering from cold and sore throat at the time, and could hardly speak, so she said to her, "Then Maggie, dear, you will pray to-night, and I will join with you.” She at once knelt down and prayed "for pardon and mercy to her, a poor sinner--for God to give a new heart to her, a poor sinner-that Jesus would be her Saviour, and that her goodness might not be like the morning cloud and early dew, which goeth away," &c. It was a most earnest and affecting prayer; but how little did her mamma then think it was the last time she was thus to join with her!

On Saturday the 4th November, 1848, scarlet fever of a bad kind appeared on her. She was most willing to take whatever was ordered. She told her mamma that she had been thinking of Jesus, and asked her to pray with her. Soon her mind began to wander, but even then, it ran on spiritual things; and those who were watching her heard her repeating, "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever;" also, the words of the Lord's Prayer. A stupor came on that evening, and only once, shortly before her release, did she seem conscious. Her papa then told her she was dying. "Am I?" she answered. He asked "if she was willing to go to Jesus?" She said, "Yes;" and soon after her ransomed spirit was gently dismissed to go to that Saviour whom, while in health, she had so anxiously sought. She died on the 6th November, 1848, aged seven years and thirty-four days.

May those who read of little Maggie not delay till illness comes before they seek Jesus, but, as she did, "seek Him in earnest, and seek Him in time."

On looking at a Pocket Edol from Endía,

IN THE MISSIONARY MUSEUM.

'Tis said the blinded Hindù wears
This idol near his heart,
And fancies, in his ignorance,

It will a charm impart.

But, ah! it cannot hear his sigh,
Nor can it soothe his grief;
In vain he sends the piteous cry—
In vain he seeks relief.

"Tis only God-the living God,
Who can remove his fears,
And take away sin's heavy load,
The cause of all his tears.

Then, children, look at this strange thing,
This useless piece of stone,

And praise your great and glorious King
For all that he has done:

That you were born where you may hear
Of Him who came from heaven,
An ignominious death to bear,
That sin might be forgiven.

And pray that Hindù children now,
Who worship wood and stone,
May soon be brought, in faith, to bow
Before Jehovah's throne;

That soon religion's holy light

May on their pathway shine,

And chase the shades of heathen night,
Through power and grace divine.

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THE EDINBURGH NORMAL SEMINARY,

MORAY HOUSE.

THE adjoining sketch is a representation of Moray House. It was erected about two hundred years ago, by Mary, Countess of Home, and not, as many suppose, by the "Good Regent Murray."

The building is large and massive. The rooms are lofty and spacious. Two of them are beautifully ornamented by fretted ceilings, rising in the form of domes. One of them is also embellished by numerous wainscot paintings. By referring to the wood-cut, it will be seen that a finely carved balcony stretches along part of the front, which commands a view of the Canongate for a considerable distance.

Behind the house, lies an extensive garden, descending by terraces, according to the fashion of those times. An old manuscript mentions them as being "of such elegance, and cultivated with so much care, as to vie with those of warm countries, and perhaps even of England itself."

Dukes, lords, and nobles, have graced these splendid apartments, the witnesses of many scenes of revelry and mirth, but also of serious and midnight counsel.

It becomes still more interesting from its connexion with some of the more important events in Scottish history. Cromwell, on both of his visits to Scotland, when in Edinburgh, made it his head-quarters. About sixty years after that event, the articles of the Union between England and Scotland are said to have been signed in a summer-house in the garden.

After undergoing many other changes, the Free Church recently purchased it, for the purpose of converting it into a Normal Seminary. After being thoroughly repaired (without in the least destroying the marks of antiquity), upwards of six hundred children now acquire, within its aged walls, the knowledge which, under the divine blessing, will enable them to perform their duties both to God and man. Besides these, ninety students, male and female, are also trained up, under a most efficient staff of teachers, to the same arduous, though highly honourable, profession. Thus Moray House, we trust, will make its power to be felt through the length and breadth of our beloved Scotland, and influence powerfully the education and general improvement of our native land.

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