THE VISITOR, OR MONTHLY INSTRUCTOR, FOR 1842. THE WORKS OF THE LORD ARE GREAT, SOUGHT OUT OF ALL THEM THAT HAVE PLEASURE THEREIN. WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; SOLD BY WILLIAM JONES, AT THE DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, ST. 1842. Advice on recovery from sickness, 153 Affection, 232 Africa, sketch in, 313 -, lions of, 325 African opinion of eclipses of the moon, 40 Africaner's visit to the Cape, 368 Analogies, 468 Ancient and modern travelling, 152 Animalcules, increase of, 392 Anecdotes of the blind, 409 Artesian wells, 62 Ashantee, the king of, 75 -, traces of the sabbath in, 386 Autumn, labours of, 281 BEAUTY of the Lord, the, 190 Bees, management of, in Kashmir, 342 Beggars, Irish, characteristics of, 152 Bern, 232 Birch, the, 130, 196 Blind, anecdotes of the, 409 Boast, a strange, 367 Books, 230 Bower-building birds of Australia The satin bower bird, 136 The spotted bower bird and the great bower bird, 161 Brain, the use of the, 245 Brick making, 54, 138 Bronze and bronzing, 273 Buffalo bull, the, 392 dance, 432 Bush, the path to the, 120 CALCULATING machine, 34 Caravan, an eastern, 257 Cashmere shawls, 461 Character, energy of, 16 Chinese collection, 331 Chinese customs and literature, Scripture illustrations from, 13, 71, 113, 233, 317, 329, 396, 433 Christ the Giver of peace, 40 -, the yoke of, is easy, 466 Christian, the, no madman, 228 -, the joy of a, 296 Christian courage, 176 Christian's safety, 112 Cloth, woollen, 79 Coal, 457 "Come unto me," 379 Conscience, 349 Contrast, a, 310 between the law and the gospel, 359 Conversion, singular, 432 Crib, the holy, and St. Mary at the snow, 24 Cross, the preaching of the, 47 -, the doctrine of the, 434 Eclipses of the moon, African opinion of, 40 House building, 469 Egyptian hieroglyphics, key to, 110 - deciphered, 247 Energy of character, 16 English history- "How can a man be just with God?" 37 Human race, varieties of the, 365 Humility genuine, 376 Humphrey, Old, dish of odds and ends, 9 on the people who pass, 73 on a Christian spirit in the lesser Old Humphrey, his general notice to cor- respondents, 354 on old times, 398 on climbing, 414 -, one of his singularities, 465 Mammalia, distribution of the, 247 Mary, St., at the snow, and the holy crib, 24 Memory, 312 Mont St. Michel, 202 Mormonism and socialism, 392 "I shall never get beyond that prayer," Mormons, the, 405 Icebergs, 441 India, the new route to, 66 Indians and white men, 227 Indigo, 380 Irish beggars, characteristics of, 152 JERICHO, 316 Joy of a Christian, 296 Justification and sanctification, 359 KASHMIR, management of bees in, 342 Kenilworth castle, 401 Key to Egyptian hieroglyphics, 110 Knowledge, 472 -, the acquisition of, open to all, 155 LABOURS of autumn, 281 Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 182 Lambs at play, 280 Last day, the, 449 Law written, the, 472 Learning, a little, 400 Leipsic fair, 120 Libraries, public, 112 Lighthouse, a cast-iron, 158 Lily, the white, 272 Lions of Africa, 325 Long hair, 307 MACHINE, a calculating, 34 Mountain plantain, 396 Mountains, God is on the, 357 My aunt Priscilla, 30, 58, 91, 144, 222, 266, 285, 344, 371, 423, 442 NARRATIVE from real life, 430 Nest of the Pincpinc, 377 Netley Abbey, 210 New route to India, 66 Norwood and its neighbourhood, 393 OBSTINATE man, an, 416 Old Humphrey, 9, 73, 101, 155, 172, 230, 275, 319, 353, 354, 398, 414, 465 Old Irish sailing packet, 160 PARENTAL culture, 413 to the bush, the, 120 Patmos, 228 Peace, Christ the Giver of, 40 Pedestrians, a hint to, 397 The fireside ramble, 25 Rome, and other places, 47 Sir John Soane's museum, 127 The lakes of Cumberland and Westmore- land, 182 Netley Abbey, 210 Windsor Castle, 253 The Chinese collection, 331 Norwood and its neighbourhood, 393 |