AUTUMN. are and I dare not trust myself any you, my good lad, I will longer." My dear boy, I have take care of them, for they must wronged you, very much be good and worthy parents to wronged you, very much tried train up so good a boy. Go for you by laying so frequently such the present, and call upon me in strong temptations in your way. a week's time. Pursue the same Child as you are, your letter line of conduct through life,— has justly upbraided me; I own for depend upon it my fault, and I feel myself "Honesty is the best policy." bound to recompense you. I FRANCIS WHITE. shall profit by your caution. You are an uncommon boy,your price is above gold; what ALTHOUGH in autumn we are can make you to differ from destitute of many of the pleaother boys I cannot tell." " Oh, sir, I can tell you. It is by the sures we enjoy in summer, yet grace of God I am what I am; and charms. The trees it has its own peculiar beauties in myself dwelleth no good clothed in many shades of green thing. God has given me a clean heart, and taught me by and yellow, and the ground is covered with decayed leaves. his Spirit to know, what shall it profit me, if I should gain the The noble oak bends before the whole world and lose my own blast, while the humble reed remains secure from all storms. soui?"""Well, well," said his The wind whistles mournfully master, "I will talk to you again upon these matters. I through the trees, and sounds hear your good father is still as if it were distressed at the very ill. Take him a bottle of decay of summer. wine, and give him this" (putting a paper in his hand), "and accept this sovereign for yourself; and Stop, sir!" exclaimed Thomas; you must have made a mistake, this is a five-pound note." "I am not apt to mistake, my good boy. You have been the instrument of perhaps saving me many five-pound notes. Take it home to your parents, for their present use. I will take care they shall not want. I will provide you with a much better situation with a friend of mine in the country, where, removed from WHERE is the person who the vices and temptations of this does not like flowers? The very great metropolis, virtue like name tells of pleasure, of happy yours will remain uncontamin- days long gone by. People who ated." "But, sir, I cannot leave live in crowded cities have not my dear parents "I tell half the enjoyment that we when 66 All nature flowers are dead, and gone to looks bleak and dreary. The give place to others of the succeeding season, and nothing is left but the branches of the trees. The sky, which continues the same during all seasons, is still bright and clear as ever. Autumn is an emblem of the fate of man, its leaves wither and die: we too, in a of autumn, have returned to short time, shall, like the leaves earth. ON FLOWERS. In the have who live in the country, rose that ever grew. for wherever we go we have woods we have the delicate flowers. In the garden, we are white anemones, with their bright greeted with the hanging bloom tints of red, and in the thickest of the laburnum and the sweet- shade of the trees, where we scented rose; the poppy rearing should never think of any flower its proud head high above the being visible, we find the sweetlow, but not less beautiful, pan-est and loveliest the wood consy. If we wander into the tains, the lily of the valley. woods and fields we see flowers Flowers ought to teach us how on every side; if not so rare as rich in mercy and goodness is those cultivated in the garden, that Being who has made the they are quite as beautiful, and earth so beautiful for our enjoysmell as sweet as the richest ment. MISCELLANEA. JUVENILE MISSIONARY MEETINGS. the cards £5 1s. 63d., made a With kind respects, THOMAS HODSON. NEWCASTLE -Under-Lyne.- sum of £1 4s. 6d.; which, with On Sunday, March 12, we held our annual Juvenile Missionary Meeting in the chapel, the boys, with their teachers, occupying one side of the gallery, and the girls and their teachers the other. Our esteemed friend, Mr. John Cochrane, was called to the chair, and after a few interesting and appropriate remarks, he introduced the writer to read the report, which showed a large increase by the collecting cards over last year. The meeting was then addressed by our worthy friends, John Williams, John Massey, and James Turner, and each of the speakers seemed to be animated with a true spirit of missionary zeal. Two boys and three girls recited some interesting pieces between the speeches, which were listened to with delight. A collection was afterwards made, which amounted to the DUDLEY PORT.-Dear Sir,-I have great pleasure in transmitting to our JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR, a report of our second Juvenile Missionary Meeting, held in our preaching room, Great Bridge, on Lord's day, May 7th, 1854. When the time arrived for the meeting our room was well filled. At the request of the children our young brother, S. Sheward, presided, when powerful and affectionate addresses were de livered by our esteemed minis- TUNSTALL-BURSLEM CIRCUIT. ter, the Rev. S. Boyatt, Messrs. On Sunday, Jan. 8th, a JuveS. Cartwright, H. Lewis, and J. nile Missionary Meeting was Sheward, and also appropriate held in one of our noble school pieces recited and hymns sung rooms. In addition to a good by the children, who seemed number of scholars, we were much indeed taken up with the cheered by the presence of many meeting, and some so over- adults. The meeting was prewhelmed, that with great diffi- sided over by Mr. W. H. Arculty they were enabled to recite nold, and was much interested the pieces they had learned for by his striking narratives, by the occasion. The report which the secretary's report, the adwas read proved that the dear dresses from our ministers and children have their hearts in the other friends, and suitable rework. Collected by the children, citations by several of the Sab£2 12s. 9d.; public collection, bath scholars. The results of £8 7s. 3d.; making it altogether the united efforts of our young the sum of £4 Os. 04d.; thus showing the enterprise of our small school at Great Bridge. S. S. of our minds and the fervent prayer of our hearts. JOSEPH ALCOCK, See. DUBLIN. Dear Mr. Editor, friends will be creditable. We have not yet realized our £1 for the Australian mission, but are in a fair way for shortly doing So. That the forthcoming year SHEFFIELD NORTH.-Dear may be far more gratifying in Sir, We held our Juvenile its issues is the earnest purpose Missionary Anniversary on Lord's day afternoon, June 4th. The meeting was commenced as is usual with singing and prayer. Our worthy friend, Mr. J. Gleadhill, was called to the chair, - With unmixed feelings of who, having made a few appro-pleasure, I desire to inform our priate remarks, called upon the friends of the first effort to orsecretary to read the report. ganise a Juvenile Missionary The meeting was afterwards Association in the Tabernacle, interestingly addressed by the Aungier-street, Dublin, Rev. T. Mills, Messrs. Wragg, Thursday evening, 15th June. Atkin, Middleton, and Hall. The collectors having partaken Some of the scholars also of tea and cakes, and our added considerably to the in- esteemed minister, the Rev. terest of the occasion by recit- Thomas Seymour, being called ing several beautiful pieces. to fill the chair, we organized our Juvenile Society; when Mr. John Brophy, the superintendent of the Sunday school, was appointed treasurer, and myself, secretary. HENRY WRAGG, Sec. The cards were then examined, and we were P.S.-Besides this we have most agreeably astonished, contributed £6 to the Austra- when the children handed to lian mission. the treasurer an amount, which The collection was then taken up, which, with the sum previously obtained, made the handsome amount of £11 16s. 63d. on which have and have not taken up our proposal. But we have been advised to defer this until a future time. To those schools which have so nobly and promptly accepted our challenge, and joined us in carrying out this good work, we proved alike their zeal and success. The president, treasurer, &c., having made remarks calculated to stimulate and encourage the children, the meeting, a very happy one indeed, closed with singing and prayer. I cannot conclude without expressing a hope, that this effort cannot too warmly express our is but the first fruits of an abundant harvest of the like here, in the glorious mission cause; and remain, dear sir, Yours respectfully, ROBERT CURTIS, Sec. Dublin, 20th June, 1854. admiration and gratitude. We hope they will never relax in their interest, but will continue to co-operate with us until this object, upon which we have so intently set our hearts, has been entirely realized. We are, however, sorry to have to say that there are eighteen circuits in which not THE AUSTRALIAN MIS- one school has taken this matter Sunday Scholars to those up; while, in many of those circuits which have done so, only one or two, out of ten or a dozen schools, have sent their contributions. Schools which have accepted If the rest of the schools will their challenge. Dear Fellow Sunday Scholars,-Animated by the desire that our Sunday schools should have the honour of being the first to fit out and send, at their own expense, a missionary to Australia, we, last year, issued a challenge that we would raise one pound in our school specially for this object, if every other school in the Connexion would do the same. We are happy to learn from the Missionary Reports, that in no less than twenty-nine circuits our proposal has been accepted, and that sixty-five schools have already raised, and remitted to the treasurer the specified amount. Some, indeed, have generously exceeded it. We had intended to publish a complete list of all the schools only follow your noble example, there will be the handsome sum of two hundred and seventy-three pounds to present to the next Conference. To those scholars who have not taken this matter up we earnestly call for help. There must not be one school lacking in this good work. If we are to have the honour of sending out the first Australian missionary, this honour can only be had by the co-operation of every school in the Connexion. Then set to work at once. Where it has not been already done, let twenty scholars in every school collect one shilling each, and the thing will be soon accomplished. It gives us pleasure to inform you that we have obtained the sanction of the Missionary Committee, and the countenance of |