calmly, shook hands with me, and left me with the poor man, who enjoyed the conversation, and who, without a doubt, believes that out of Jesus there is no salvation for him. I never visit him but he wishes me to kneel down and pray with him, after I have read a portion of the Word to him. These are specimens of Popery in London in 1852. The examination of the entire subject, as presented in these Reports, is highly encouraging to Protestant effort. In spite of the prejudice so natural to the poor victims of the impious system, and in spite of the unwearied diligence and cruel vigilance of the priests, still they can be got at; and the Missionary, with the Scriptures in his hand, in many cases proves more than a match for the emissaries of Antichrist. SACRIFICE OF THE MASS. A PLAIN REASON WHY THE CHURCH remission of these (sins) is, there is no more offering for sin." Again; the Romish Church says, that each and every time the mass is offered, there is the real presence of the body, blood, and divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is there of fered as a sacrifice for the quick and the dead. This must be believed, or the curse is pronounced. The testimony of the Apostle Paul is directly contrary to the Romish doctrine of Transubstantiation. See Epistle to the Romans (vi. 9), "Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." Also, Heb. ix. 24: "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the highpriest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once, in the end of the world, hath be appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." "Christ was once offered, to bear the sins of many." FurTURES FROM THE PEOPLE. ther, that there might be no mistake, POPERY and the Divine Word are di- "By the which will we are sanctified, rectly antagonist to each other. For through the offering of the body of example, an absolute denial of the Jesus Christ once for all," Heb. x. 10. Christian faith is made every time "But this man, after he had offered (what they call) the "Sacrifice of the one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down Mass" is performed. Popery teaches at the right hand of God," ver. 12. that it is "an unbloody sacrifice," yet" For by one offering he hath perfected 'equal in efficacy to the death of Christ for ever them that are sanctified," ver. on the cross," and this dogma must be 14. received under pain of anathema. But St. Paul declares (Heb. ix. 22) that "without shedding of blood is no remission," and (x. 18) that "now where As the Bible is in direct opposition to the doctrines of the Church of Rome, her safety lies in forbidding its perusal. The Letter Box. THEFT, FALSEHOOD, AND DEATH EXTRAORDINARY. IN your PENNY MAGAZINE for April, the account in page 91 reminds me of one which appeared in the Evangelica Magazine soon after its commencement, and I hope you will not object to give it a place in your useful little publication. In the year 1778, there died at Meanstoke, in Hampshire, a Mr. Thomas had, through his own industry, accuWhyat, by trade a wheelwright. He mulated a sufficiency to live the latter part of his days independent; Messrs. John and Francis Bignell being his nearest relations, he made them his executors, and left them the greater part of his property. Having many distant relations, however, and being of a generous disposition, he bequeathed legacies. For this purpose, he had concealed a certain sum of money under the floor, at the bottom of a closet, specifying particulars in a letter which he had written in Latin, directed to Mr. John Bignell After the funeral, the above-mentioned money was searched for, but could not be found. Mr. Whyat, having only a maid-servant in the house with him for some years before his death, the executors concluded that she must be the person who had taken it, and accordingly accused her of having done so. She denied it in the most solemn manner, wishing that God might strike her dead if she had ever seen it. After being discharged, she went to a lodging in the same village. The executors still considering that the money must have been taken away by her, procured a warrant and proper officers, to search her lodgings. Upon their entering the house, she met them with the greatest cheerfulness, still declaring that she had never seen the money. They proceeded first to search the upper part of the house; after having gone through several rooms, she said, "Now we have been in all the rooms upstairs, we will go down." But they perceived another door, which they soon found led to her apartment; as soon as they entered this room they observed a box, which was locked. Upon demanding the key, she said she had lost it; in consequence of their threatening to break it open, however, she took the key out of her pocket, and unlocked the box herself; but immediately upon its being opened she was observed to take out something, and attempted to put it into her pocket. On stopping her hand, they found it to be a silver tooth-pick which had belonged to Mr. Whyat, and searching further into the box, they discovered sheets, table-cloths, spoons, and a pair of silver buckles, &c., which she had taken from him; at the bottom of the box they found the money, in a smaller box, which Mr. W. had particularly described. Finding herself thus detected, she fell down on the bed, and immediately expired. N. B. Among the other legacies which Mr. W. left, he had bequeathed £50 to his servant, and which bequest was thus expressed: "To my true and faithful servant, Elizabeth Earwaker." After her death there was a dispute between two of her relations, whose right it was to receive her legacy, in consequence of which one of them hanged himself. The foregoing narrative is communicated to the public as a warning to hardened sinners, who dare to utter lies, and in order to confirm them, invoke that dreadful curse that hangs over their guilty heads. J. B. habits, are wonderfully scarce. And as to In the plenitude of our philanthropy and benevolence, we communicate our knowledge to the masses in writing and speech-making. This everlasting public work (perhaps, to some extent, unavoidable) is sadly deranging our studies, taking us off from habits of close thinking and pains-taking investigation; and if we don't mind, we shall soon use up all the good stuff, and be obliged (like Dr. Johnson, as to his writings) to leave off a bit, and return to our reading. For conversation of the best sort, commend me to a Scottish dinnerparty. Dine at five. Clergymen of different denominations, professors of colleges, magistrates, well-read gentlemen, and accomplished ladies,-all contributing their stock, when the cloth is removed (specially when tea comes on), to the general edification. Some firstrate new work is read. Comment and criticism ensues,-all talk freely; the whole concluded with family worship. But now-poor, busy, bustling, pushing, and driving mortals that we are! -we have no time for this rational and reviving intercourse. Our editors are up to the eyes in some pending controversy. Our pastors are full up to the brim in important public engagements. Dr. Do Everything is obliged to be at a Protestant Alliance meeting to-night, at an Evangelical Alliance meeting to-morrow night, at a Bible meeting the night after, and the night after that at a Missionary meeting. The Rev. Ferdinand Fag must attend half-a-dozen school tea-meetings, in as many almost successive evenings; and the Rev. Benjamin Bustleabout must go on a Tract meeting tour, and will have the pleasure of seeing his wife and family, for conversation, in about two months. And so we go on. Too much public work, beloved! far too much! Talk, talk, talk, on the platform for ever! No time for calm, comfortable, deliberate, and rich conversation; and the bright, and beautiful, and loveliest part of God's intelligent terrestrial creation almost cruelly neg Conversation!-like that of Johnson, Steele, Addison, Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and his literary parties; when and where do you find it? Pray, Gentlemen Editors, do sober us down a bit. Tell us we ought to have more time for our libraries, and blessed talk at home. Especially let ministers have more time for pulpit work, and visiting their flocks. Time also for social intercourse over the tea-table, where a reading, thinking, and talking lady presides. Otway, in his Tragedy of "Venice Preserved," goes perhaps a leetle too far, where he makes Jaffier (addressing his wife Belvidera) say about women, "Angels are painted fair to look like you," &c. But verily there is no conversation on this earth more delicious than that of a well-educated and sweettempered woman. I wonder what sort of a woman Eliza Cook is over the tea-lected. table! From her Journal we may conclude her to be precisely what we want. Let us, while as yet strangers, conclude this to be the case. As to ministers, it should be gravely considered that while "the spirit of the times" demands their public advocacy of good things on the platform, the spirit of the times also requires a solid variety in pulpit ministration; and should the platform ever become more attractive than the pulpit, there will be special danger of destroying those Building on the "air-tight" principle. Leading a life of enfeebling, stupid laziness, and keeping the mind in a round of unnatural excitement by reading trash novels. Going to balls through all sorts of habits of quiet, profound, and system-weather, in the thinnest possible dress. atic study, so essential to the well-being of the soul, to the honour of the Christian ministry, and the superior improvement of churches and congregations. Whatever things in the scale of intellectual and religious importance may be number two and number three, the pulpit should be number one. We have only to be honourably careful, and all will go on right,-pulpit, conversation, and platform. Leyton, Essex. JAMES KENDALL. HINTS FOR SOCIAL LIFE. DR. W. H. COOK contends not only that suicide is one of the most fearful crimes in the calendar, but that any course of action that injures the system or shortens life is a form of suicide, and will be rewarded as such at the last great judgment, particularly when those who have been following such a course have been warned of its fatal tendency. He then specifies the following as among the habits of the age, by which health is impaired, and premature death is secured : Wearing thin shoes on a damp night, and in rainy weather. Dancing in crowded rooms till in a complete perspiration, and then going home through the damp night air. Sleeping on feather beds in sevenby-nine bed-rooms. Surfeiting on hot and highly-stimulating dishes. Beginning in childhood on tea, and going on from one step of stimulation to another, through coffee, chewing, smoking, and drinking. Marrying in haste, getting an uncongenial companion, and living the rest of life in mental dissatisfaction. Living encased in dirt, because too lazy to bathe the body. Eating without taking time to masticate the food. Allowing the love of gain so to absorb our minds, as not to leave us time to attend to health. Following an unhealthy occupation, because money can be made by it. Tempting the appetite with niceties, when the stomach says, No. Contriving to keep in a continual worry about something or nothing. Retiring at midnight, and rising at noon. Gormandizing between meals. Neglecting to take proper care of ourselves when a simple disease first appears. The Fragment Basket. FEEDING THE PRIDE OF CHIL- few parents are sufficiently aware of DREN. Almost all parents are guilty of doing this, by praising their children to their face. If you are sensible of the folly and cruelty of this, see that you sacredly abstain from it And, in spite of either fear or complaisance, go one step farther. Not only do not encourage, but do not suffer others to do what you dare not do yourself. How this; or, at least, sufficiently ready to practise it-to check every one at the first word that would praise them before their face. Even those who would not, on any account, sit attentive to their own applause, nevertheless do not scruple to sit attentive to the applause of their children. Yes, and that to their face! Oh, consider! Is not this spreading a net for their feet? Is it not a grievous incentive to pride, even if they are praised for what is truly praiseworthy? Is it not doubly hurtful if they are praised for things not truly praiseworthy-things of an indifferent nature, as sense, good breeding, beauty, elegance of apparel? This is liable not only to hurt the heart, but the understanding also. It has a manifest and direct tendency to infuse pride and folly together; to pervert both the taste and the judgment, teaching them to value what is offensive or worthless in the sight of God. of PUNCTUALITY. When you send your children upon errands, or permit them to visit their little playmates, and fix the hour for their return, it is vastly important that you strenuously insist upon punctuality, not because their time is so valuable, for it may be worth very little or nothing to you after they come back. But aside from your own convenience, in knowing that the errand is done, and where your children are when out your sight, the habit of adhering to the letter of your instructions is so essential to their future usefulness and well-being, that parental laxity on this point may be followed, and I have no doubt often is, by irreparable losses of property, if not of character. The child may plead that he was urged to overstay his time, or to go off somewhere else to play, and that he was sure you would have given him leave, had you been there; and it may be all very true, but beware how you listen to such excuses. They go to sap the foundation of your authority, at the same time that he is forming a habit so mischievous to himself.-Humphrey's Domestic Education. SELF-GOVERNMENT. Do all in your power to teach your children self-government. If a child is passionate, teach him, by gentle and patient means, to curb his temper. If he is greedy, cultivate liberality in him. If he is selfish, promote generosity. If he is sulky, charm him out of it, by encouraging frank good-humour. If he is indolent, accustom him to exertion, and train him so as to perform even onerous duties with alacrity. If pride comes in to make his obedience reluctant, subdue him either by counsel or discipline. In short, give your children the habit of overcoming their besetting sins. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. It was a judicious resolution of a father, as well as a most pleasing compliment to his wife, when, on being asked by a friend what he intended to do with his girls, he replied, "I intend to apprentice them to their mother, that they may learn the art of improving time, and be fitted to become like her-wives, mothers, heads of families, and useful members of society." Equally just, but bitterly painful, was the remark of the unhappy husband of a vain, thoughtless, dressy slattern: "It is hard to say it, but if my girls have a chance of growing up good for anything, they must be sent out of the way of their mother's example." A FORTUNE IN A WIFE. I think Miss B-- a very agreeable, sweet-tempered, good girl, who has had a housewifely education, and will make, to a good husband, a very good wife. I suppose you think with me, that where everything else desirable is to be met with, fortune is not very material. If she does not bring a fortune, she will help to make one. dustry, frugality, and prudent economy in a wife, are to a tradesman, in their effects, a fortune.-Franklin. In CAUTION TO OLD MEN AND BOOBY BOYS. A leading medical practitioner at Brighton has lately given a list of sixteen cases of paralysis, produced by smoking, which came under his own knowledge within the last six months. LINES WRITTEN BY MR. BER RIDGE, AND PASTED ON HIS Here my master bids me stand, |