NECESSITY.-To have necessities, but no supply, is the case of those in hell. To have necessity supplied by means of the creatures, is the case of us on earth. To have necessity supplied immediately from God, is the case of the saints in heaven. To have no necessity at all, is the prerogative of God himself. LUTHER'S PRAYERS.-While Luther was at Coburg during the sessions of the Diet of Augsburg, 1530, Veit Dietrich, a pastor who was with him, wrote to Melancthon :-"I cannot cease to wonder to see how steadfast, joyful, full of faith and hope he is in these dangerous and miserable times. But he becomes more and more so by daily and diligently strengthening himself at the fountain of God's word. No day passes in which he does not devote at least three hours to prayer and meditation. I once succeeded in hearing him pray: what energy, what faith in his words! He prays earnestly as a man communing with God, and with such trust and faith as a man conversing with his father." Poetry. THE LAST DAY. O THOU whose balance does the mountains weigh, Whose breath can turn those watery worlds to flame, Earth's meanest son, all trembling, prostrate falls, And on the boundless of thy goodness calls, Oh give the winds all past offence to sweep, To scatter wide, or bury in the deep: Thy power, my weakness, may I ever see, Reign o'er my will; my passions ebb and flow At thy command, nor human motive know! If anger boil, let anger be my praise, And lift the burden from the soul oppress'd. Oh may my understanding ever read This glorious volume which thy wisdom made! May sea and land and earth and heaven be join'd To bring th' eternal Author to my mind! When oceans roar, or awful thunders roll, May thoughts of thy dread vengeance shake my soul ! When earth's in bloom, or planets proudly shine, Adore, my heart, the Majesty Divine! Through ev'ry scene of life, or peace, or war, Plenty, or want, thy glory be my care! Shine we in arms? or sing beneath our vine? Nor cease at eve, but with the setting sun The Children's Gallery. promised early proficiency; and at the age of twelve, when at school in Shrewsbury, he wrote to his father two letters, one in Latin, and the other in French. The following is a copy of his father's reply: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, born in 1554, at Penshurst, in Kent, was the eldest son of Sir Henry Sidney, by a daughter of the Duke of Northumberland. His father was a person of eminence both in a civil and military capacity, and occupied with distinction the high "MY DEAR SON,-I have received stations of Lord - President of two letters from you, which I take in Wales and Lord-Deputy of Ire- good part; and since this is my first land. Philip, who was named in letter that ever I did write to you, compliment to the king of Spain, will not that it be empty of some adhusband to Queen Mary, dis-vices, which my natural care of you played from childhood a sedate- provoketh me to wish you to follow, as documents to you in this your tender ness and aptitude for study which age. I "Let your first action be the lifting up of your mind to Almighty God by hearty prayer; and feelingly digest the words you speak in prayer, with continual meditation and thinking of him to whom you pray, and of the matter for which you pray; and use this at an ordinary hour, whereby the time itself will put you in remembrance to that which you are accustomed to do in that time. "Apply your study to such hours as your discreet master doth assign you earnestly; and the time, I know, he will so limit as shall be both sufficient for your learning and safe for your health. "And mark the sense and the matter of what you read as well as the words; so shall you both enrich your tongue with words, and your wit with -matter; and judgment will grow as years grow in you. "Be humble and obedient to your master; for unless you frame yourself to obey others, yea, and feel in yourself what obedience is, you shall never be able to teach others how to obey you. "Be cautious of gesture, and affable to all men, with diversity of reverence, according to the dignity of the person. There is nothing that winneth so much with so little cost. "Use moderate diet, so as, after your meat, you may find your wit fresher and not duller, and your body more lively and not more heavy. "Use exercise of body, but such as is without peril of your joints or bones; it will increase your force and enlarge your breath. 66 'Delight to be cleanly, as well in all parts of your body as in your garments; it shall make you grateful in each company, and, otherwise, loathsome. you shall be counted to delight to hear yourself speak. "If you hear a wise sentence, or an apt phrase, commit it to your memory, with respect to the circumstance when you shall speak it. "Let never oath be heard to come out of your mouth, nor word of ribaldry; detest it in others, so shall custom make to yourself a law against it in yourself. "Be modest in each assembly, and rather be rebuked of light fellows for maiden-like shamefacedness, than of your sad friends for pert boldness. "Think upon every word that you will speak before you utter it, and remember how nature hath rampired up, as it were, the tongue with teeth, lips, yea, and hair without the lips, and all betokening reins or bridles for the loose use of that member. "Above all things, tell no untruth; no, not in trifles. The custom of it is nought; and let it not satisfy you that for a time the hearers take it for a truth, for, after, it will be known as it is, to your shame; for there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman than to be accounted a liar. "Study and endeavour yourself to be virtuously occupied ; so shall you make such a habit of well-doing in you, that you shall not know how to do evil though you would. "Remember, my son, the noble blood you are descended of by your mother's side, and think that only by virtuous life and good action you may be an ornament to that illustrious family; and otherwise, through vice and sloth, you shall be counted labes generis, one of the greatest curses that can happen to men. "Well, my little Philip, this is enough for me, and too much, I fear, for you. But if I shall find that this light meal of digestion nourish anything the weak stomach of your young capacity, I will, as I find the same grow stronger, feed it with tougher food. "Your loving father, as long as you live in the fear of God, "H. SIDNEY." * The Little Philip of this beautiful letter was the Sir Philip Sidney. A WORD OF DIRECTION TO LITTLE children, I know most of you wish that you may be like him; for "if any (child) have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." God has promised his Spirit to all who ask him. He says, "My Spirit will I put within you." By the Holy Ghost God changes men's hearts, makes the unholy holy, the evil good, turns their hatred into love, makes them to love God more than anything else, and thus transforms them into his own image, and prepares them for heaven. And it is only in this way you can be prepared for heaven, and made holy and meet for the inheritance of the saints in light. As before said, heaven is a holy place for a holy people; and if we have our hearts changed by the Spirit and grace of God, and die in the faith of Christ, we shall have an abundant entrance into heaven, and see its pearly gates, its streets of pure gold; drink of the river of water of life which runs through the holy city; partake of the fruit of the tree of life; and see angels bright and glorious as the sun, the spirits of just men made perfect; see, too, all the prophets, apostles, martyrs, and saints from every age down to the end of time; and join them in singing the songs of Moses and the Lamb for ever. First. You must repent and be sorry for your sins. Now, when you have offended your parents or teacher through disobedience, you afterwards feel sorry for what you have done and shed tears over your ingratitude, and, with your heart full of grief, and your eyes with tears, you go and confess your fault to your parents or teacher, whichever it may be, and ask for forgiveness. Now, it is just in this way you must come to God, feeling deeply sorry for and confessing your sins-expressing your heartfelt sorrow for having sinned against God, who is so good to you, and who has given you everything to make you happy. For it is he who gives you kind parents to support you, kind teachers to instruct you, and makes the sun to shine to give you light; sends fruitful showers to water the earth, that you may have bread to eat and water to drink; gives you raiment, health, and strength in short, all you have, (except sin,) comes from God. And this is not all; he has given his dearly beloved Son, to die for your salvation. Surely, then, you must feel deeply sorry and grieved with yourself for having offended this God by your sins, who is so good to you, and who P.S. Dr. Harris, in his will and testahas done so much for you. Then remem-ment, inserted the following address to ber, "Heaven and earth shall pass away Before his word shall fail." All who believe in Jesus Christ, and give their hearts and lives to him, are entitled to everlasting happiness. By believing in Jesus, you are justified in the sight of God from all things. By faith in Christ's merits, (I mean by his fulfilling the law which we have broken, that is, in his rendering perfect obedience to that law,) you are accounted righteous before God. All, therefore, who thus believe in Jesus become the children of God; and "if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and jointheirs with Christ Jesus." Thirdly. You must pray for his Spirit, But, in conclusion, I would not have you forget that your chief desire to go to heaven must be through love to Christ; for heaven would be no heaven to the Christian if Christ were not there. May reader and writer have the unspeakable happiness safely to arrive there, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Z. shall endure the sight and the thought of his children:-"Think how you and I in the old Adam! Much less shall you one another, at the last day, if you appear stand before Christ, unless you have the image of Christ upon you; and, therefore, never cease till you be made new creatures, and study well what that is." SAYINGS OF CHILDREN. A little boy, about six years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G-, of Salisbury, was one day sitting very thoughtful. Being asked what he was thinking about, "I am thinking," said he, "of the great God of heaven, and that I must die.' "What a beautiful place heaven is," said another little boy not four years old. "Why do you think so?" said his mamma. "Because," said he, alluding to the stars, "the nails in the floor are so beautiful." MEMOIR OF BETHEMAH COOPER. On the Monday evening following she was taken much worse: and on being raised up in bed, said, "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly,' but I must wait the Lord's time." She afterwards observed, "Oh what should I do without Christ now: this is no place to prepare to die." A friend, on entering the room and looking on her as she lay enfeebled by disease, said, "Here is the poor body, but the soul will soon be gone." She replied, "Yes, blessed be his dear name, I shall soon be with him in glory." The next day, Tuesday, March 24, 1846, she was removed from this world of sin and suffer in connection with it, till God in his providence saw fit to remove her. As long as she was able she attended very diligently to the duties of the sabbath-school, and earnestly sought to impress upon the minds of her youthful charge the precious truths of God's word; and we trust that the seed sown will spring up and bring forth fruit to the honour and glory of God. She was warmly attached to the school; and when her sufferings prevented her attendance, it was easy to perceive that her heart was still there. During a long and painful illness she manifested much patience and entire submission to the will of her heavenly Father; so that it may being "to be for ever with the Lord." A truly said of her, "Having patiently endured, she obtained the promises." Oftentimes, amidst the most agonizing pain, she would say, "The will of the Lord be done." On the Friday previous to her decease, a friend called upon her. On seeing him enter her room, she said, "Ah, friend, I thought I should have been at home before this! but if I have more to suffer, I willingly submit to it. I know my heavenly Father will lay upon me no more than he will enable me to bear. I shall never say I have suffered too much, when I get to heaven. No, praise his dear name, I love him much, but want to love him more." soul. The next evening the same friend visited her, and conversed with her on the great theme in which she was so deeply interested-the salvation of her In reply to some questions put to her, she observed, "Yes, blessed be God, I have obtained it without money, and without price."" When suffering much bodily pain, she was asked if there were any of God's promises from which she could derive solace and support in the midst of her afflictions. She said, "Yes," and repeated the 1st and 2nd verses of the 14th John: "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you." "Yes, bless his dear name, he is gone to prepare a mansion for me; for where he is, there shall also his servants be." After her visitor left her, she began singing, and requested those around her to sing with her, observing, that she never experienced so much happiness before. They then sung a part of the 114th hymn, Burder's Collection. On the Sunday some of her relatives called to see her, and, after singing with her, she said, ""Tis like a little heaven below." She enjoyed much of the love of Christ, and remarked that the presence of God was very precious to her soul. few hours before she died she was asked if it were all well with her; she said, "Glory be to God, it will soon be all well now." This is the last question she replied to. "Thou art gone to the grave! but 'twere wrong to deplore thee, For God was thy ransom, thy guardian, and guide; He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee; And death has no sting, since the Saviour has died." STORIES OF EAGLES. I SAW an eagle to-day passing southwards, of Sutherland or Caithness, to the more apparently on his way from the mountains southern heights of the Grampians. The bird was flying very near the ground, making his way against the wind, and pursued by a whole squadron of grey crows, who had found out that he was a stranger, and taking advantage of the untheir attacks, kept up a continual clamour concerned contempt with which he treated and petty warfare against the royal bird. The eagle, as he came over the more enclosed part of the country, flew higher, as if suspicious of concealed foes amongst the hedges and enclosures. I have almost every year during my stay in Morayshire the beginning of winter invariably going seen the eagles occasionally passing, at southwards, and again early in the spring on their return northwards; in windy weather flying low, but when calm, cleav ing the air at a great height. The eagle's flight, when passing from one point to anand vigour. He wends his way with deliother, is peculiarly expressive of strength berate, strong strokes of his powerful wing, every stroke apparently driving him on a considerable distance, and in this manner advancing through the air as rapidly as the pigeon or any other bird which may appear to fly much more quickly. Notwithstanding the facility with which |