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"Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father." Not their father, he says, but your Father. "Fear ye

not, therefore, for ye are of more value than many sparrows" (Matt. x. 29-31).

Dear young readers, think of this. know, have this winter been badly off.

Some of you, we

Work has been scarce, and provisions and clothing have been dear. Hard times are dark times if we have not the love of God in our hearts. Look to Him. Be diligent, and patient, and faithful, and he will care for you. As Samuel Rutherford said, "The God that feeds his birds, will not forget his bairns." When you hear a sparrow chirping at your window, does it seem to be crying to you, "Fear not!"

"Set thou thy trust upon the Lord,

And be thou doing good;

And so thou in the land shalt dwell,
And verily have food.

Delight thyself in God; he'll give
Thine heart's desire to thee.
Thy way to God commit-him trust,
It bring to pass shall he."

A THOUSAND SABBATHS.

FOR every twenty years of our lives, we live upwards of one thousand Sabbaths: these all must be accounted for in the day of judgment. How important, then, to improve them, and "remember the Sabbath to keep it holy."

"GIVE ME THINE HEART."

Ir is not great knowledge that God sets a value upon, so much as true and hearty devotion and love.-Matthew Henry.

THE SHEEP AND THE FOSTER-LAMB.

A SHEPHERD one day found a little lamb by the side of its dead mother. The poor sheep had died in the night. In the same flock there was a fine Brittany sheep, whose little lambs were dead. The good shepherd therefore took the little lamb to the Brittany sheep, and said, "Nurse this lamb for me!" The pretty creature bleated assent, and soon became a very good step-mother to the foster-lamb. The lamb grew so large that it had not a little trouble in getting its milk. Let all step-mothers try to be as kind as the Brittany sheep, and all step-children as affectionate as the foster-lamb.-Children's Friend.

HOW TO KEEP OUT OF DANGER.

If we would not be entangled by the lusts of the flesh, we must bring forth the fruit of the Spirit.-Matthew Henry.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

A TEXT FOR OUR TEACHER.

March 1863.

Mar. 7. O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

Hab. iii. 2.

14. Fight the good fight of faith.-1. Tim. ii. 5.

21.

Let us put on the armour of light.-Rom. xiii. 12.

20. Doing the will of God from the heart.

Eph. vi. 6.

FEEJEE AND THE FEEJEANS.

THIRTY years ago perhaps there were not more savage heathens in all the world than the inhabitants of the Feejee Islands. They were ferocious cannibals, delighting to feast upon human flesh. Here is a picture of a chief. In those days, when such a chief went to any place a little way from his own village, it was common for his people to take a human body with him to be cooked and eaten as his food during his stay.

On the 12th October, 1835, William Cross and David Cargill, two devoted Wesleyan missionaries, landed from the Friendly Islands on those shores of darkness and blood. Long they and other brethren laboured and prayed, with little encouragement, and often amid scenes of fearful trial and peril. But at last the blessing came. In the whole history of Christian missions there is nothing more wonderful or more intensely interesting than the history of that mission during those twenty years. In 1856 the Spirit was remarkably poured out upon those islands, shown not merely in the seeming conversion of many souls, but in the turning of thousands of the people from their dark and bloody superstitions, to at least the outward service and worship of the true God. In January 1857, the Rev. W. Wilson thus writes:

'Throughout Feejee, nearly 15,000 converts (outwardly) have been added during the past year; there are 2,677 on trial for church membership; the number of attendants on public worship is 54,281, and the scholars of both sexes amount to 20,185. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

"O sing a new song to the Lord,

For wonders he hath done!"

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ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.

"WHAT would my dear children like to read about this morning?" asked mamma, as she entered the schoolroom. "Oh, please mamma, about Ananias and Sapphira,” said Alfred; "I should like that very much." "And so should I," cried Emily.

"And I," echoed little Minnie.

"Very well, my dears. You will find it in the 5th chapter of Acts."

When the chapter was finished, Mrs. Wilson spoke to the children solemnly and earnestly about the sin of deceit and falsehood.

"Ask God to help you, my dear children," she said, "always to speak the truth. A truthful child is always loved and trusted,

'But liars we can never trust

Though they should speak the thing that's true.'

When you have done wrong confess your fault, and do not try to hide it. I want you all to learn this verse, 'Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are his delight.""

"Please, mamma, may I say my little hymn about the boy who never told a lie?" asked Alfred.

"Yes, my darling, and then you may all have a run in the garden before dinner."

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Oh, thank you, dear mamma!"

"Now, Alfie, begin."

"Once there was a little boy,

With curly hair and pleasant eye,
A boy who always told the fruth,
And never, never told a lie.

And when he trotted off to school,
The children all about would cry
'There goes the curly-headed boy,
The boy who never tells a lie.'

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