go to somebody who will; so that my refusing to sell, will not make the least difference.

"Then, again, my supplying them need not do any harm ; it is all their abuse of it, afterwards. I am as great a foe to intemperance as any body, - but I am certainly not answerable for excesses which other people commit. If they would be moderate, and keep their appetites within bounds, there would be no harm done.

“Besides, I must support my family, and am commanded to increase my means of doing good. I am a steward of the Lord's, and have consecrated all my property to him, and ought to do all I can, by honest means, to add to his treasury; and the money had better be in my hands, than with that unprincipled tavern keeper, for I can make a better use of it."

The voice of the speaker here became inaudible again. He sat some time, looking into the fire, lost in a dreamy sort of reverie. Presently his eyes grew narrow, the paper dropped out of his hands, down upon the floor, his head nodded, -in short, he fell fast asleep.

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The singing of the fire seemed to turn into the murmuring of a brook, along the banks of which he fancied he was walking. It was very early in a cool autumnal morning, and the brook flowed along a beautiful valley, with a hill rising on one side, and on the other, an eminence, crowned with the buildings of a magnificent city. It appeared to him precisely like the pictures he had seen of Jerusalem. Yes, it must be Jerusalem. There was the temple, and the wall, and the gate, through which issued a road that descended the bill to the brook where he was rambling.

It was very early, scarcely day, he thought, and his attention was soon attracted by some lights and voices, just entering the gate. He thought it was, the armed inen taking the Saviour into the city, the morning of his crucifixion. His blood ran cold at the sight. His strength failed him, his knees smote together, and he sank down on a stone, which was lying at his feet.

Presently he heard some one approaching from the hill behind him, opposite the city. The shrubbery concealed him from view, at first, but soon he saw a dark figure, with something in his hand, come out from a copse, and stand leaning against a tree, looking very eagerly towards the city. It must be Judas Iscariot, thought the dreamer.

He soon thought he heard him talking to himself; and it is a curious circumstance, as illustrating the philosophy of dreams,

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that there is a very striking resemblance between the language the dreamer now heard, and that which he had himself been using. Whether this arose from any similarity between the cases, or, only is an instance of that singular mixing of every thing together, so common in dreams, it must be left for philosophers to decide. At any rate, he thought he heard distinctly the following words:

"There they go;-I hope they will not hurt him. I am sorry, but I am not to blame; they would have discovered him, whether I told them who he was or not. If I could have prevented their taking him, it would have been another thing; but they were determined on it, and if I had not told them who he was, they would have gone to somebody else, who would; so that my refusing would not have made any difference.

"My delivering him into their power, too, need not do any harm it is only their abuse of their power, which can do injury. I should be as much shocked if they should seriously injure him, as any one can be; but I shall certainly, not be answerable for any excesses which they may commit. If they are moderate, and keep their passions within due bounds, there will be no harm done.

"Besides, I am bound by solemn obligation to husband all my resources, and increase my means of doing good. I am the steward too, the Lord's steward; and the money had better be in my hands, than with those vile chief priests, for I can make a better use of it."

Here, the dreamer heard a ferocious yell, coming from the streets of the city, at the point where the armed men had entered. He started, for it sounded very much like a noise he had often heard at night, in a miserable dwelling in his neighborhood, occupied by one of his customers.

At this instant, a ding" was heard, produced by a bell, suspended over his door, to give warning when it was opened. The sleeper aroused himself, and saw a little girl, with a ragged gown, and an old faded bonnet, evidently belonging to a larger head than hers, and a pale, sickly, anxious counteShe handed a jug to the store-keeper, and said her father "wanted a pint."

nance.

We do not know any thing more about this story, excepting that a few days after this, the stage was passing by, and a passenger looking out of the window, observed several men and boys about the door where some painted puncheons had just been rolled out, and the store-keeper was standing by, with

an axe in his hand. The passenger heard a sound as of blows, which was followed by a guggling noise, like rushing water, and the ground was wet for some feet around. It was noticed that there was a large barren spot there, all the next summer.

For the Religious Magazine.

DUTIES OF A CHRISTIAN TRAVELLER.

TO HIMSELF.

1. IT is the duty of a Christian traveller, to carry his religion with him, so that it may appear in his conduct and conversation, wherever he may be, that he is a follower of Christ.

2. To consider often, that the life of a traveller necessarily exposes Christian character to almost double the temptation that one ordinarily meets with in quiet life at home.

3. To set a double guard at the door of the lips; to turn away the eye from alluring vice, and to withdraw the foot from every doubtful path.

4. To watch the heart with double diligence. To maintain, with scrupulous fidelity, the private reading of the Bible and secret prayer. To allow nothing to interfere with the duty of daily communion with God.

To CHRISTIAN STRANGERS.

1. To find them out. His own ingenuity, if he loves a fellow Christian, will suggest a thousand ways to do it.

2. To treat them as politely and affectionately as if they were relatives. To study attentions to them. To delight to communicate information that will contribute to their happiness, and show an interest in them.

3. To get acquainted with their Christian feelings. Το sympathize with them, and to communicate whatever may contribute to encourage, animate and comfort them.

4. To unite with them in doing good to others. To help along every thing calculated to promote religious influence,

TO OTHER TRAVELLERS,

1. To treat every body with so much true politeness, that any Christian in the company would feel gratified to have it known, that that gentleman is a Christian.

2. To give conversation a useful turn. To get information; to impart it. To seek opportunities to put in an "apple of gold, in a picture of silver."

3. To study human nature, to seek out suffering, and pay especial regard to the poor, the afflicted, and to any person in the company who is especially neglected. To defend the abTo take the part of the weak. To interest all children, and make good impressions on their hearts, which will never be effaced.

sent.

4. Never to obtrude religion, and never to shrink, when the cause is assailed. To say nothing in praise of his own denomination, but to speak well of all others, and endeavor to do good to them and their objects.

To conciliate friends, soothe anger, to be a real peacemaker. Not to intermeddle, not to be inquisitive, but very carefully to improve every favorable opening to do good actions, to speak good words, and to prevent unhappy things occurring.

For the Religious Magazine.

THE SUFERINTENDENT'S EXPERIMENT.

THOSE engaged in religious education, in its various departments, might render each other great assistance, by giving accounts of their new plans, through the religious periodicals. We have one to describe now. It relates to the Sabbath school.

A verse was selected by the Superintendent, and fully explained to the scholars, and they were then requested, during the coming week, to write some anecdote, or a short story, showing how the command in the verse had been obeyed or disobeyed, in any instance which had come under their knowledge. The following was the verse chosen:

Ephesians 6:5, "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ."

The Superintendent explained, that the principle involved in this verse, would apply, not merely to those, who are servants, as we now understand the word, but to all, who are in any way employed for others, or are under their control. He wished to have it extended to the case of children, in respect to the duty they owe their parents, and to scholars at school.

The following are the articles, which were presented on the next Sabbath. They are given here exactly as they were written by the pupils, in order, that any Superintendent, who may wish to try the plan, may know what to expect from his own school.

"A lady, wishing to go out, ordered her servant to take care of her infant, and not leave it on any account. She promised not to, but the lady having gone, the servant disobeyed, and left it. — A true story."

"I knew a little girl, who needed to be watched; her mother told her never to touch the fire. She would not do it; when her mother was present; but one evening her mother went out, then she took the poker and stirred the fire, this was very wrong."

"George had flung his satchel over one shoulder, and his skates over the other, and was just ready to depart for school, when his mother said, 'George, I wish you to go an errand for me, after school.' She gave him his message, and told him to go as soon as school was done.

"But," said she, "I think you had better leave your skates at home, because you will be tempted to neglect your errand, and go with the boys after school."

"Oh! no, mother. I can go to the store in half a second - I'll go ; ' and then went whistling to school. "When the dinner hour came, at half past one, George came home, and took his seat at the table with the rest. His mother questioned him respecting his errand. Why! I entirely forgot it. The boys after school, all went off on the Back-Bay, skating, and I went with them!"

"His mother looked rather displeased, and said, 'I am very sorry you did not go. If you had not promised me that you would have gone, I should have sent John. Now, this afternoon, you must leave your skates at home, and go after school at night. Don't let the boys entice you away.'"

"A shop-keeper once sent his boy, John, to a cross old gentleman, who lived at the South-end, after some money. The boy, seemingly, went up the street, towards the man's house; but, the moment he was out of his master's sight, he went in a contrary direction.

"Says he to himself, Perhaps he will speak cross to me, and after all, not give the money; so I may as well go and see cousin John, in Eliot street.' He stays at his cousin's some time, and finally goes back to the store. 'Well, John,' says his master, did he give it to you?' 'No, Sir,' says the boy, ' he says he has lent all he has got, but when he has any, he shall be perfectly willing to let you have some.""

"The other day, my father sent me on an errand, and when I got out of the house, I did not go; and I fell down on the ice, and hurt myself badly."

"I once knew a little girl. Her mother sent her to get a piece of paper, and desired her to come right back. She went to the house, and got the paper; and as she was going home, her cousin called to her, and asked her to go with her. She went, and when she got back, it was most dark. She went home, and her mother asked her; why she stayed so long, she said, 'Because she had to wait for the paper.'"

"I went into a school one day, and saw a girl, whom I at first thought was studying her lessons very diligently; but when I went to her, I found that