and was ready to leave her book, or her play, in moment, to go an errand, or to do anything he mother wished her to do. She was very fond c reading, and when not at school (she went to a day school) had almost constantly a book in her hand She delighted in learning hymns; and the one, "I think when I read that sweet story of old," was a very great favourite. She loved the Bible and frequently asked for her mother's Bible-"th beautiful, big Bible," as she called it-to be got out And she would ask her father to read the firs chapter in John, or some other portion. She par ticularly enjoyed hearing the account of Samue when he was a little child, and the Lord called him Lucy loved to talk of Jesus; and now she i gone to "View the Lamb in His own light, And gaze, transported at the sight, This dear child was fond of going to the Sundayschool. No weather ever made her wish to stay away for, when it was unfit for her to walk, she would ask her father to carry her thither. She was very anxious, also, to be in time, and would often scarcely stay to finish her meals, lest she should be a little too late. She loved her Teachers, and prized very highly the little tickets of merit given her, always learning the texts printed upon them. Lucy had a great reverence for the Lord's day. As soon as she awoke on a Sunday morning, she would say, "This day belongs to God alone; He chooses Sunday for His own ; She loved the house of prayer, and not unfrequently, when she got home, would repeat parts of the sermons she had heard during the day. The last time she was at chapel, the Rev. F. J. Sharr delivered an address to the Sunday-school children, and related some accounts of little boys, found in a degraded state, who had had religious instruction given them, and through it had risen to great eminence in the church. She was deeply interested, and on her return home repeated much of what she had heard to her parents. This thinking child would often puzzle her friends by the questions she asked. She seemed to have perceptions beyond her years. When she was four years and a half old, her little brother died. When he was dying, she looked up at her mother, and said, "And many dear children are gathering there." Her last illness was very short. She was attacked by fever on the Wednesday following the last Sunday she was at school and chapel; and at the end of one week was numbered with the dead. At the commencement of her illness, she told her mother she did not think she should get better, and asked her if she should see "Franky" (the littl brother that was dead) "in heaven," and whethe they sang all day in heaven? adding, "We sha sing Hallelujah! Glory, glory!'' After the first day or two, she began to doze, an was not sensible for many minutes together. On Wednesday, August 30th, 1854, she entere the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem above, wher she will praise redeeming love through one eterna day. Sweet little one! and thou art gone, Who once upon this earth didst tread; By the Author of "The Bible Story-Book." SOME time ago, when I was turning over the leaves of an old book, I met with the following fable: "The trees of the forest held a solemn assembly, in which they talked very much of the many wrongs which the axe had done them. To prevent these in ature," (the fable says,) "they made an agreement hat no tree should lend the axe a piece of wood for ▲ handle, under pain of being cut down. So the axe went up and down the forest, and tried to beg branch of the cedar, the oak, the ash, the elm, and he poplar; but they would not give him one. At ast, he asked for a smaller piece of wood, which night serve him to cut down the briers and shrubs: e said, that they took away the nourishment from the ground, and hindered the growth, and concealed he beauty, of the trees. Thus, by fair professions, he gained his request; but when he had got the handle, he not only cut down the thorns, but the Crees also." What does this fable teach us? -effect; and happiest he who finds meaning. Let every child out most of its EXPLANATION OF OLD TERMS FOUND SOME of the expressions of our English version re obsolete in the sense in which the translators sed them. 44 66 Audience" means the (act of) hearing. (Luke ii. 1.) Carriage" expressed what is now called aggage. (1 Sam. xvii. 22; Acts xxi. 15.) "Charger" eans a large dish. (Matt. xiv. 8.) 'Charity' jeans love. (1 Cor. xiii. 2.) To "comfort means > strengthen, as a helper, to succour; and hence, > encourage and cheer. So "advocate meant one 66 called in on an emergency. The first word is confined to consoling the afflicted; and the se is used in a restricted sense. In Scripture the is general, to strengthen, to guide, stimulate, encourage. (1 Cor. xiv. 31; 1 Thess. v. 11, 14, w it is rightly translated "exhort;" Rom. xv "Convince" has, in old English, the sense of vict, (John viii. 46,) as may be seen in the wri of Lord Bacon (Essays). "Damnation" woul more correctly rendered "condemnation" in 1 xi. 29; so in Rom. xiv. 23. "Dispensation Gospel means stewardship." (1 Cor. ix. 17.) 'ear" the ground is to till it. (1 Sam. viii. 66 Frankly" or "freely" means gratuito ("Freely ye have received, freely give." frankly forgave them both.") "Harness" in E xiii. 18, 1 Kings xx. 11, denotes armour. The v in the original may also mean in files or r "Heir" often meant, in old English, herito possessor. "Heir of the righteousness by faith possessor of it. (Heb. xi. 7.) So Christ was appoin heir or possessor of all things. (Heb. i. 2.) "H is the old English form of its. (Matt. xii. 33, x 32, xxvi. 52; Acts xii. 10; 1 Cor. xv. 38; xiii. "Instant," "instantly," means urgent; clo applying one's self to a business. (Luke xxiii. Acts xxvi. 7.) "Leasing means lying. (Psal. iv. To "let" means to hinder. (Isai. xliii. 13; 2 Th ii. 7; Rom. i. 13.) "Lewd" means ignorant, (Acts xvii. 5.) "Malice" (fr malitia) always means vice or wickedness genera It refers to sin in its intrinsic nature; sin or tra taught, idle, bad. |