Solomon; who can describe the feelings of the mind at that moment when the happy soul enters heaven, and casts its eye on the glorified Mediator! "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

"Oh, how the thought that I shall know
The man who suffer'd here below.

To manifest his favor,

For me, and those whom most I love;
Or here, or with himself above,
Does my delightful passions move

At that sweet word, for ever.

For ever to behold him shine,
For ever more to call him mine,
And see him still before me!
For ever on his face to gaze,
And meet his full assembl'd rays,
While all the Father he displays
To all the saints in glory!

Not all things else are half so dear
As his delightful presence here;
What must it be in heaven!

"Tis heaven on earth to hear him say,
As now I journey, day by day,
'Poor sinner, cast thy fears away,
Thy sins are all forgiven!'

But how must his celestial voice
Make my enraptur'd heart rejoice,
When I in glory hear him;
While I before the heav'nly gate
For everlasting entrance wait,
And Jesus, on his throne of state,
Invites me to come near him!
Come in, thou blessed, sit by me,
With my own life I ransom'd thee;
Come, taste my perfect favor;

Come in, thou happy spirit, come,

Thou now shalt dwell with me at home;
Ye blissful mansions make him room,
For he must stay for ever."

When Jesus thus invites me in,
How will the heavenly hosts begin

To own their new relation?

Come in! come in! the blissful sound
From every tongue will echo round,
Till all the chrystal walls resound
With joy, for my salvation."

FRIENDLY ADVICE TO PARENTS.

THE word parent is of solemn import; and the reason is, there is a sacred trust implied in it. To be a parent, is to be a guardian of more souls than one. All the children which God hath given to parents, he hath put under their care, to devote them to himself; "To bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord;" and thus to train them up for heaven.

At present, you are busy in providing for their bodies.. You do not deny the necessity of religion; but worldly cares engross your attention now; and you have some hope that it will not always be so! When this thing is done, and that scheme is completed, you intend to be more diligent in affairs of a higher nature.

But, suppose death should step in between you and your good intentions! How, then, are your most important duties to be performed? And what, then, is to become of your children's souls? It is your acknowledged duty to provide moderately for their temporal subsistence; but, if you do no more than this, you do no more than is done by the beasts of the earth, and the birds of the air; for

they provide meat for their offspring in the best manner they are able.

Suppose you provide largely for your children; suppose that you leave them wealthy; yet, if you leave them not the blessing of God, what will wealth avail? Wealth with a curse, is worse, far worse, than death; and, it would be much more happy to see your children in their graves before you, if you had reason to hope they died in the

Lord.

I beseech you, therefore, now to think seriously on these things; you know not how soon God may call you into eternity. Let not the present time be lost. Acquaint your children with the Bible. Pray with them in your families; pray for them in your closets. Set them a universally good example. Neither speak nor do any thing unbecoming the characters of Christians. Let them see that you love Christ; that you fear to offend your heavenly Father; that you delight in sprituality, and that you draw your sweetest consolations from religion. So instruct and so walk before your children, that you may die in peace, and leave them with comfort, if God should unexpectedly cut you down by death in the very midst of life.

THE BANTERING DEIST:

A DEIST Once conversing with a plain honest Christian, and thinking to silence him by banter, and knotty questions, asked him what his God was? He answered, "A Spirit." Then he inquired of him, how large he was? He replied, "So large as to fill immensity, and so small as to dwell in the humble and contrite heart."

RELIGION Would have no enemies, if itself were not an enemy to vice. MASSILLON.

THE WILFUL LIAR'S DREADFUL APPEAL.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbors, is a mall, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

SOLOMON.

DAVID.

In the year '87, a man, whose name shall be concealed in tenderness to surviving relations, waited upon a magistrate, near Hitchin, in the county of Hertford, and informed him that he had been stopped by a young gentleman of Hitchin, who knocked him down, and searched his pockets; but, not finding any thing there, he suffered him to depart. The magistrate, astonished at this piece of intelligence, despatched a messenger to the young gentle. man, ordering him to appear immediately, and answer to the charge exhibited against him; the youth obeyed the summons, accompanied by his guardian, and an intimate friend. Upon their arrival at the seat of justice, the accused and the accuser were confronted; when the magistrate hinted to the man, he was fearful that he had made the charge with no other view than that of extorting money, and bid him take care how he proceeded; exhorting him, in the most earnest and pathetic manner, to beware of the dreadful train of consequences attending perjury.

The man insisted upon making oath of what he had advanced; the oath was accordingly administered, and the business fully investigated; when the innocence of the young gentleman was established, he having, by the most

incontrovertible evidence proved an alibi. The infamous wretch finding his intentions thus frustrated, returned home much chagrined; and, meeting soon afterwards. with one of his neighbors, he declared he had not sworn to any thing but the truth; calling God to witness the same, in the most solemn manner, and wished, if it was not as he had said, his jaws might be locked, and that his flesh might rot upon his bones; when, terrible to relate! his jaws were instantly arrested, and the use of the faculty he had so awfully perverted, was denied him for ever; and, after lingering near a fortnight, he expired in the greatest agonies, his flesh literally rotting upon his bones. From this awful narrative, let us learn, first, to provide things honest in the sight of all men; secondly, to respect the reputation, and promote the happiness of our neighbors; thirdly to cultivate the love of truth, from conviction of its importance to our personal and relative welfare; fourthly, the danger of appealing to heaven for the attestation of our innocence, while under the dominion of guilt; and, finally, the dreadful and fatal consequences which may punish vil lany and impiety, even in this life, and which must incessantly aggravate the torment beyond the grave.

A SOLEMN CALCULATION.

"THE aggregate population on the surface of the known habitable globe, is estimated at 895,300,000 souls. If we reckon, with the ancients, that a generation lasts thirty years, then, in that space, 895,300,000 human beings will be born and die; consequently, 81,760 must be dropping into eternity every day; 3,407 every hour; or, about 56 every minute! How awful is the reflection!"