Early days; or, The Wesleyan scholar's guide

"For ever here my rest shall be,
Close to Thy bleeding side;
This all my hope, and all my plea,
For me the Saviour died."

"I shall, on eagles' wings upborne,
To heaven ascend."

And again

"I shall behold His face,

I shall His power adore,

And sing the wonders of His grace
For evermore."

She prayed much, and with great fervenc Coming to Christ as 66 a little child," she 66 receiv the atonement." When the following couplet w repeated,

"Him eye to eye we there shall see ;

Our face like His shall shine:"

"Yes," she replied, "I shall see Him, close to. Again: How beautiful I shall appear, robed i white!"

The earthly tenement was fast sinking; it wa now weariness and painfulness:" yet the Lord wa her stay. He refreshed her with His presence His abiding and strengthening love. She cried out "He can save to the very uttermost, and He wil

save me.

As the Sabbath dawned, she was approaching her "Father's house." The severity of pain was abated; but it was evident to her sorrowing relatives

that she must soon pass through the "dark river." Much prayer was offered with her, and in the sanctuary; and God graciously heard and answered. She became calm, and to some considerable extent unconscious of suffering. To obtain a last token of recognition, one whispered to her, "Jesus." She raised her dying eyes, and, with a last effort, sweetly smiled; then lay quietly for two hours, and gently breathed out her happy spirit into the hands of her

Saviour.

Shortly before her power of utterance failed, in Consequence of slight delirium and partial loss of sight, she addressed one of her relatives, mistaking her for a beloved aunt, who had been in close attendance upon her, and who has since joined her in the world of light and glory,—" Aunt R—, ‘In my Father's house are many mansions:' there is one for me, and one for you." O! how much of matured experience was crowded into that one short week! It appeared as though the ordinary work of years had been effected in her prepared spirit, by the abundance of the Divine communications, making her meet to behold the vision of God. "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, Thou hast perfected praise."

Precious are these remembrances. She was endeared to her parents and friends by her virtues; but how much more by the assurance that she is now ong the glorious company of the redeemed; her immortal spirit having winged its way to realms of everlasting glory, there to dwell before the throne of God and the Lamb, and "with angels and arch

angels, and all the company of heaven," to "la and magnify" the Triune Deity for ever and ever

LUMINOUS MARINE ANIMALS.

THE phosphorescence* of the sea presents a most beautiful appearance. Sometimes a ship, passing over the billows, seems to leave a furrow of fire; and each stroke of an oar gives rise to sparks of light, sometimes tranquil, at others brilliant and dazzling. These beautiful lights are grouped in endless varieties, like stars appearing to float on the surface, and forming one vast sheet of light. The

* This word is used to signify the quality, or state, of becoming Juminous.

bright waves heave up, roll, and break in shining

foam.

During a run of fifty leagues, Capt. Scoresby says, the sea was constantly of an olive green; but on the 17th of April, it changed to transparent blue. This green appearance was occasioned by myriads of small marine animals. A calculation of the number of these animals, in the space of two miles square, and two hundred and fifty fathoms deep, gave an amount of 23,888,000,000,000!

How wonderful are the works of Providence! God's ways are past finding out. If we look into the sea, or up to the spangled sky, or on the green herbage upon the face of the earth,-all, all will constantly remind us of His almighty power, and of care He bestows upon all His creatures. The lustre of which we speak is most remarkable in tropical seas. It is produced, in a very considerable degree, by various kinds of jelly-fishes.

the fatherly

PAUSE BEFORE YOU FOLLOW EXAMPLE. A MULE laden with salt, and an ass laden with wool, went over a brook together. By chance the mule's pack became wetted: the salt melted, and his burden became lighter. After they had passed, the mule told his good fortune to the ass, who, thinking to speed as well, wetted his pack at the next water; but his load became heavier, and he broke down under it.