the end shall come, and God in His providence shall call you out of this world, either early in youth, or late in life, you shall, beyond all question, be found at His right hand in the kingdom of heaven. And this I would say to all, Prepare to meet thy God, seek His grace, fairly enter into His service, be wise to-day. Eternity may hinge on the present moment; let your resolution be taken at once, and let it be with the people of God.

"Hasten, O sinner, to be blest,

And stay not for to-morrow's sun,
For fear the curse should thee arrest,
Before to-morrow is begun."

S. B.

A HYMN FOR CHILDREN.

Hear from Heav'n, Thy dwelling-place,
God of love, and God of grace,

While to Thee our holy songs

Rise in praise from children's tongues.

'Tis to Thee we owe our birth,
On this favour'd spot of earth,
Taught a Christian race to run,
By the Gospel of Thy Son.

Yet what wand'ring sheep are we
From thy pastures large and free;
How we need the Shepherd's power,
Us from ruin to restore!

Jesus is this Shepherd good,

And He bought His flock with blood,-
His own blood; rich grace and free,
Lord, bestow that grace on me.

May we hear the Shepherd's voice,
In His saving power rejoice,
Then this song of praise shall be
Lengthen'd through Eternity!

MR. EDITOR,

S. B.

In a note (page 302) in your last number, your correspondent, E. D., says, "There is a very suitable prayer for a child in a book of Family Prayers by the Archbishop of Canterbury." As this book may not be within the reach of all your readers, I send you a copy of it, and I hope that many of your readers will teach it their children.

P.

PRAYER FOR A CHILD.

O Lord Jesus Christ, suffer a little child to come to Thee. Though I am very young, yet I have sinned against Thee. I besech Thee to forgive all my sins, and teach me to forsake them.

Put Thy love into my heart, and let me delight to hear of the Lord Jesus; how He became a little child; how good and holy He was, and how at last He died, to save poor sinners like me.

Let me not love the company of bad children, but let me learn to serve God. I am weak; Lord, help me. I am ignorant; O teach me! Guide me in the way to heaven; that at last I may go where all good children go, and dwell with Thee, my blessed Saviour, for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

PLAIN RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN CASE OF ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT (continued).

CHILBLAINS

May be rubbed with turpentine, or with saltpetre and beer, mixed together, and stirred with a red-hot poker. If much swelled, prick them with a needle, to make them bleed.

BROKEN CHILBLAINS

May be dressed with yellow basilicon, or chalk ointment, or sugar, or onion poultice.

BABIES FRETFUL AT NIGHT.

Take care the child is made clean and wholesome, with warm water and soap, and that its clothes are easy: give it fresh air every day; give a dose of rhubarb and magnesia; and, afterwards, a tea-spoonful of dill-water, with one drop of sal-volatile, or Dalby's Carminative.

CHILDREN'S FITS.

Put the child up to the chin in a pail of warm water; sprinkle a little cold water in its face; give a little antimonial wine, to make it sick, and then rhubarb and magnesia: if a tooth is coming through, get the gum lanced.

LANCING THE GUMS

Never does harm, if done by a skilful person, and relieves the pain of teething directly. A pinch of saltpetre, mixed with honey, and rubbed on the gums, gives great ease.

WORMS IN CHILDREN.

Give a dose of jalap and ginger twice a-week; and a tea-spoonful of iron-rust, in treacle, every morning. The child should eat plenty of salt, and drink some wormwood, or chamomile tea.

BREAKING-OUT IN CHILDREN.

When a child has spots and eruptions on the skin, give it several doses of rhubarb and magnesia, day after day; wash the spots with water in which bran has been boiled, and afterwards anoint with zinc ointment. If obstinate, mix half an ounce of powdered bark, and half a drachm of carbonate of soda, and give a small teaspoonful of the powder every day in milk.

VORACIOUS APPETITE.

If children are as hungry after meals as before, give a dose of physic, and let them have a little magnesia, in water, or a spoonful of lime-water, after each meal.

FOR RINGWORM OF THE HEAD, AND SCALD HEAD.

The first point is cleanliness. Wash the head night and morning with warm water and soap. If there are thick scabs, poultice every night with bread and water, till they come off. Let the child wear a cap, which must be clean every day, and well washed in boiling water. It is of no use to wash the head, and then put on a dirty cap. Cut off all the hair closely :-it will grow the finer afterwards. If the head is tender and inflamed, use cocculus indicus ointment (to be had at a druggist's), if not, a good ointment is made of equal parts of lard and soft soap; other remedies are, strong vinegar; green vitriol, or white vitriol, dissolved in water; citrine ointment; if there is much discharge, the chalk or sinc ointment, or white precipitate of mercury ointment, to be had at a druggist's. But the great thing is to wash; wash, day

after day, and give a little rhubarb and magnesia occasionally.

No mother should send her children to school when they have itch, or scald head; it is very dirty and unneighbourly to do so.

DISCHARGE from childREN'S EARS

Requires washing with soap and water constantly, else it becomes dangerous, and smells bad. The child should have rhubarb and magnesia, and afterwards powdered bark. This complaint is catching. Never stuff the ear with wool.

CROUP.

If a child has difficulty of breathing, and a strange, harsh cough, put it into a warm bath; a hot poultice to the throat; give something to make it sick; and send for the doctor.

FOR THE ITCH.

Mix flour of brimstone into an ointment with hog's lard, and rub the affected parts with it every night and morning, for three days, or longer, if necessary. The patient should wear the same clothes whilst using the ointment, but, when well, should put on entirely clean clothes, and the others, as well as the sheets, &c., be well washed and rinced in boiling water. People who wash often, and keep themselves and their clothes very clean, seldom or never catch this nasty complaint.

FOR BOILS IN THE SPRING.

Mix an ounce of salts, half a drachm of carbonate of soda, and a pint of chamomile tea; and take a quarter of it every morning.

COMMON SORE THROAT.

Apply a bit of flannel, moistened with hartshorn, or a poultice of mustard or onion; gargle with honey, vinegar, and warm water, and take a dose of physic.

QUINSEY.

Take a dose of jalap, mixed with butter. Put on leeches and poultices; gargle as before; suck saltpetre, or sal-prunella.

TOOTH-ACHE

Is more easily prevented than cured: therefore, keep the teeth very clean; wash the mouth every night with soap and water, and a little chalk, on a brush. If a hollow tooth aches, wash the mouth with carbonate of soda and water, and put a very little bit of cotton, dipped in laudanum, into the hollow.

FOR ASTHMA.

Drink strong coffee; smoke the herb called thornapple, instead of tobacco.

FOR WEAKNESS OF CHEST.

Wash it every morning with salt water, and rub it well.

FOR HYSTERICAL FITS.

Cold air; cold water; and a dose of physic.

FOR PAIN AT CHEST AFTER MEALS.

Thirty drops of sal-volatile, in water.

FOR BOWEL DISORDER.

Give, first, a dose of rhubarb and magnesia, or castor oil; then, a dose of prepared chalk and cinnamon, with some peppermint, or dill-water.

FOR RHEUMATICS IN OLD PEOPLE.

Mix together powdered bark, powdered Guaiacum, each half an ounce; powdered rhubarb, one drachm; and one nutmeg, grated into a paste, with treacle; and take a tea-spoonful night and morning.

FOR BAD LEGS IN OLD PEOPLE.

If very painful and inflamed, bread poultice. If there is a good deal of thin discharge, put chalk ointment. If dry, and not tender, put yellow basilicon. If offensive, a carrot poultice, or beer grounds. Always wash very clean with soap.

FOR SORE FEET IN OLD PEOPLE.

Wash very clean with soap and water, and anoint with chalk ointment.