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UNCLE JOE is a queer old man, and "Uncle Joe" to half the village. The boys all like him. Many a joke do they crack together, and many a capital piece of good advice do they get from him without knowing it. Boys are not fond of good advice, but they take it from Uncle Joe, smack their lips, and ask for more. "Uncle Joe is

so droll," they say.

"Boys," said he, one day, to a parcel of them gathered round, "boys, did you ever hear about the two Roman Catholics who made a pilgrimage to Loretto?"

No, they hadn't, but wanted to hear.

"Well, the priest told them, in order to reap the most good from their pilgrimage, they must put peas in their shoes. So they did, and set out, and went and came home again. One looked as bright and cheerful as when he set out, and said he got along first-rate.

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'Ah,' cried the other, with a long face, 'I've had a hard time. Those terrible peas almost killed me; they hurt my feet, blistered my skin, and it is hard telling when I shall get over it; a most miserable time I had of it. How is it you came home looking as comfortable as if you rode in your carriage all the way?"

"Oh,' said the other, 'I had no difficulty with them at all; I boiled my peas.'

"Good!' shouted the boys, laughing, 'good!'" "Yes,' chuckled Uncle Joe, 'yes; sensible fellow, to my thinking. Now, boys, when your lessons are hard, or your work is hard, or your masters are hard, and everything seems to strain andb lister you, why, “boil your peas.' There is always some simple way to soften down difficulties, and ease the ruggedness of the road you have to travel.'"-Child's Paper.

"PRAY FOR MINE FRIEND."

"I COME here to-day," said a German gentleman in the daily prayer-meeting in New York, "not to tell you what the Lord has done for me, so much as to tell you how much I want you to pray for mine friend. He is one bad man-bad as I-and needs salvation just as much. The Lord Jesus has put him in mine heart, and I cannot get him out, but he lies there a heavy burden on my soul. I know Jesus can save him, and all time I cry for God to have mercy on him for Jesus' sake, and show what great mercy he has for the chief of sinners. I come here to have you help me. May God put this poor sinner in your hearts, so as he is in mine. Then you pray and God will hear. I know it, and the poor sinner will be saved for Jesus' sake."

The speaker was evidently a man of the sea. He said he was himself converted in answer to prayer.-Revival.

DON'T JUDGE TOO FAST.

Joy must not always be judged of by the outward expression; for a man will laugh more at a jest than he will at the news of a pardon.-Philip Henry.

SATURDAY NIGHT,

A TEXT FOR OUR TEACHER.

September 1862.

Sept. 6. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.--Ps.

xxxiv. 9.

13. One Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.-1 Cor. viii. 6. 20. Being defamed, we entreat.-1 Cor. iv. 13. 27. Fear not, for I am with thee.-Isa. xliii. 5.

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BE A DILIGENT SCHOLAR.

HE who trifles when he ought to be learning at school, will be an ignorant fellow when he grows up to be a man. He who is careless, and lazy, and inattentive, during his apprenticeship, will turn out a useless workman, whom nobody will employ.

Think on these words, dear young friends. They are true words. Think on them while you look at James and Tom, the two boys in the picture. It is the hour for arithmetic. James is fond of it, as most thinking boys are. Tom hates it. He trifles the whole time, and so, though he has been many months in the class, he can scarce yet do a sum in addition. To hide his ignorance, he is trying to copy from James, who is diligently working out the sum upon his slate.

Most young people have some holidays in summer. Soon winter will come, when all are again at school. We want you all, dear young readers, to resolve that, by the blessing of God, you will be more attentive to your teachers, and more diligent in your lessons, than you have ever been. That is the way to be happy at school, to please your teachers, to please your parents.

Young people do not think of what sin they are guilty when they neglect their lessons. Their parents pay, sometimes much money, for teaching them. If they do not learn, they are wasting all that is paid for them. They might as well take the money out of their father's pockets, and throw it out of the window. How heartless, how wicked! But if spared to become men and they will come to rue it when too late.

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A BAD AND GOOD CONSCIENCE.

As no flattery can hurt a bad conscience, so no cruelty can hurt a good conscience.-Dyer.

DESPAIR NOT, PRESUME NOT.

NONE should despair, because God can help them. None should presume, because God can cross them.-Philip Henry.

THE 60th RIFLES.

Work of Grace in the Regiment in India.

IT has been my desire for many weeks past to give you some account of the Lord's work among the soldiers of Her Majesty's 60th Rifles, before they left Wellington, Neilgherry Hills.

came.

At Wellington, about the middle of December last, I was invited by the men to a tea-meeting. Several of their unconverted comrades were also asked, and a few I heard afterwards that this social tea-meeting was the means of bringing some to know and love the Lord. A more happy and blessed season I never remember having spent in my life. The room was most tastefully decorated with flowers, and on the walls were painted in large letters, passages such as these, "Love one another,' Stand up for Jesus," "Unity," &c. On one wall, covering the whole side, they had painted a large open Bible, and written round it the words, "England's strength."

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After tea, many of the men related to their comrades what great and wondrous things the Lord had done for them, and how they had been "plucked as brands from the burning." They entreated any and all who had not given themselves fully to the Lord to come then, and taste and see how good, how loving, and how gracious he is. They sang many beautiful hymns, and it was indeed a delightful evening.-Revival.

GOOD WORDS AND GOOD WORKS.

I TELL you, sirs, good words without good works will never turn to a good account.-Dyer.

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