God in every thing, and every thing in God,-His works how fair, His character how wonderful, His attributes how manifold. Men of science! turn your eyes towards heaven, and the more you dwell upon its glories the brighter will be the reflection cast upon creation. The eyes of your understanding will be enlightened, and objects will assume their relative proportions.

Besides eyes, the body has ears formed for the enjoy. ment of sound. Listen to the notice of sounds in heaven given us in Scripture. The music of nature is then the murmuring noise of many waters, the grand peeling of thunder-vocal music is there-the voice of God! how awfully grand the very name-the songs of the redeemed -the chorus of angels-the hosannas of the dwellers upon earth. Instrumental music is also mentioned, for there were sounding trumpets, and harpers harping on their harps. And as the bodily ear will enjoy these melodies, the mental ear will be occupied with the deep harmonies of heaven. "One saint will be speaking to another saint," as in the days of Daniel; prophets may be speaking of the things they prophesied, as Moses and Elijah, when they met their Lord on earth,—the redeemed will be unfolding to angelic ears the mysteries of redemption, and the hearts of friends may burn within them as they speak of Jesus and the resurrection. Social intercourse, even in this fallen world, is one of the greatest of our pleasures. Dante, in his sublime poem, makes it even a solace to the spirits unblest :

"E come i grà van cantando lor lai,
Facendo in aer de sè lunga riga;
Così vid'io venir, tracendo guai,

Ombre portate dalla detta briga."—Inf. c. v.

Which I venture to translate thus:

"And as the Cranes, with wild and wailing cry,
Sweep in long lines across the azure sky,
So these sad spirits, hurried on by doom,
Float trouble-laden through the midnight gloom."

Shall this pleasure be denied to the blessed? Oh no! Every relationship is recognized between the spirits of the just made perfect, except the isolating bond of marriage, separating while it unites. This holiest tie is claimed by our Lord as binding himself to the whole Church of the redeemed. Thy Maker is thy husband." But the relationships borne by Christ on earth are borne by his people in heaven.

The filial," I ascend unto my Father, and to your Father," says our Lord after his resurrection.

The fraternal,-"Go tell my brethren."-" One of thy brethren, the prophets," says a risen saint to John, Rev. xxii. 9.

The ministerial,-" For what," says St. Paul, "is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, at his coming?" 1 Thess. ii. 19, 20.

In sweet blessed intercourse, surrounded with such sounds of bliss, in glorious communion with saints, with angels, and with the Incarnate God himself, will not the ear be satisfied with hearing, as well as the eye with seeing?

(To be continued.)

Literary Notices.

REDEMPTION DRAWING NIGH:

BY THE REV. ANDREW BONAR. (Nisbet.) This book is not writtten in so rich and glowing a style as the Prophetical Landmarks by the Rev. Horatius Bonar, from which we recently made large extracts, but it contains far too much scriptural research, not to prove valuable to those who are desiring to study the testimony of Prophets and Evangelists, respecting the period of the Redeemer's return. It is a defence of the Pre-millennial Advent; in answer to Mr. Brown's recent work on the opposite side of the question, and enters largely into the scriptural proofs of the views held by the Author.

LETTERS TO MY UNKNOWN FRIENDS. (Longman.) Those of our readers who have not met with this book, have a rich treat in prospect; amidst the crowd of books now written for the direction of female conduct, we have met with none so striking and original, or which display so nice an appreciation of character. The letters are addressed to characters imagined by the author, to whom, though unknown, she could feel herself drawn by bonds of sympathy, young persons of superior mind and keen sensibility. She enters into their temptations and difficulties, sets before them the real nature of those faults to which they are liable, and strives to rouse them, to use that intellectual supe

riority, which they have fondly allowed as an excuse for moral weakness, rather as a weapon to be courageously wielded against it. The closing letters are advice on the subject of mental culture. We agree with the author, that one like her unknown friend, might have mental energy to read with benefit, rather than injury, many works of fiction. Yet we could wish she had been rather more guarded in her expressions on this subject. It is almost hopeless to make extracts, for we covetously longed to appropriate the whole book in our pages: one however we must offer from the first letter on the subject of contentment.

With a hell to avoid, and a heaven to obtain, do you murmur for want of interest or occupation.'

'In the words of the old story, 'Look below on the earth, and then above in heaven' remember that your only business here is to get there; then, instead of repining, you will be thankful that no great temporal work is given you to do, which might, as too often happens, distract your attention and your labours from the attainment of life eternal. Having been once convinced of the awful and engrossing importance of this one thing we have to do, you will see more easily, how many minor duties may be appointed you to fulfil, on a path that before seemed a useless, as well as an uninteresting one. For you would have now learned to estimate the small details of daily life, not according to their insignificance, not as they may influence your worldly fate, but as they may have a tendency to mould your spirit into closer conformity to the image of the Son. You will now no longer inquire, whether you have any work to do which you might yourself consider suitable to your capabilities and energies: but whether there is within your reach any, the smallest, hum

blest work of love, contemned or unobserved, when you were more proud and less vigilant.

'Look then with prayer and watchfulness into all the details of your daily life, and you will assuredly find much formerly unnoticed 'stuff,' out of which your ideal may be wrought.'

THE PORTRAITURE OF A CHRISTIAN LADY. (Seeley.) We have much pleasure in recommending this unaffected tale which corresponds well with its title, and presents a portrait the Christian lady can hardly look at without advantage.

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH, CLEARED FROM ERROR, FOUNDED ON SCRIPTURE, AND BUILT UP ON THE TESTIMONY OF PROTESTANT DIVINES. BY THE Rev. J. G. FAITHFUL, VICAR OF NORTH MIMMS. (Wertheim.) This is a valuable Treatise, greatly needed at a time when Tractarians have done so much to "darken counsel by words without knowledge." It is a simple, straightforward, honest, and full statement of that most precious doctrine on which all our hopes of life and blessedness everlasting, and all our holiness, comfort, and usefulness here, are really founded. We cordially recommend it to every reader, and trust that it will be widely circulated.

A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS. BY THE REV. B. COLE. (Seeley.) This version of the Psalms is very accurate, reasons being given where the Bible version is departed from. In many of the Psalms, the versification is easy, which is a great conquest in a literal version. To give the full sense and the poetical fervor of the Psalms of David in an English metrical version, unless that version be rather a paraphrase, a series of poems written on the Psalms than a version, seems a hopeless task, each attempt, while furnishing,