upon him the form of a servant."-But hear what was the end of their rejecting Christ. The Lord cut them off from being his people; and through their pride and obstinacy, salvation came to us Gentiles. God left the Jews to their own blind will, took their country from them; and they have been scattered about among the other nations ever since. Perhaps you who are reading this account, may have seen a Jew. They are very particular people in their look and speech. Now they are often ill-treated by wicked boys; and I fear good boys think they need not love them. But I must tell you, I wish you to learn to love them, and to shew that love by praying for them. Look in the Prayer-book for the collect for Good Friday, where we pray for Jews-Turks- Infidels-and Heretics: and often use it in private. Had it not been for the obstinacy of the poor Jews, you perhaps would never have been a christian. The Old Testament and Prophets, which I hope you love to read, were once theirs, and our dear Saviour himself was a Jew. But they have

now neither country nor religion. Surely these things should make you love and pity them! And you must know, that God does not mean the Jews always to remain in their present dark state of mind. Many little Jewish children are put to school by christian ladies and gentlemen, and brought to know and love the real Saviour: and many grown-up Jews are believing that Christ, of whom their prophets wrote, was he whom their nation crucified nearly eighteen hundred years ago. The Bible is full of promises to the Jews, respecting their return to their own country, and being brought home again to God. I will leave you with a few of them; hoping you will find them out and pray for this afflicted people, that the veil may be taken from their hearts; and that God would hasten his purposes of mercy towards them.

Zechariah 8. 13. and 23. Zechariah 10. 6. Jeremiah 50. 4. Ezekiel 34. 11, to end of chapter.

A HASTY TEMPER CURED. A little girl, who was very fond of reading, once met with a story of a person, who used, when about to get in a passion, to repeat all the letters of the alphabet; and was thus kept from giving vent to angry words. For by the time thus gained for reflection, the passion was cooled. This little girl was very glad, when she read of a cure for passion; for she knew that it was wrong, and made her unhappy herself, as well as those around her. She had never vet been able to overcome her evil tempers. She did not then know that she could not by her own strength root any evil out of her heart; neither did she cone sider, that if ever she were able to refrain from saying unkind things, yet if she felt them, it was sinful in the sight of God, who looks upon the heart. But though she did not know the way to be good, she had a desire to be so ; which was given to her by Him, “from whom cometh (very good and perfect gift." When, however, she came to try the cure for passion, which the story told of, it did not answer. In the moment of anger, she had not patience to repeat the alphabet, and therefore she never got any good by it. It pleased God afterwards, to shew her the right and the only way of overcoming a bad temper. He taught her, that evil tempers proceed out of an evil heart; and that before the tempers can be made good, the heart must be changed. This she could not do for herself; but she prayed to God to create in her a clean heart, and to renew a right spirit within her; and the Lord heard her prayers for the sake of what Jesus had done and suffered for her. He gra. ciously bestowed upon her " a new heart," inclined to love and obey him, He is always ready to bless little chil. dren, and to do them good, and he alone can make them good. “ Come unto Him then, all ye that are weary of your evil tempers, “and heavy laden" with your sins ; "and He will give you rest.”

ANECDOTE. A little boy, about four years old, was taken by his aunt to the house of God. When they got home, he said to her, « What a pretty text it was to day, aunt;. 'If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.'” (John xiv. 14.) “Yes, my dear," said his aunt, “it was a very pretty text:"_" What did you ask for, aunt?” continued the little boy. “Tell me first, my dear, what you asked for," said his aunt. “Indeed, aunt,” he replied, "I did not know what to ask for; I wanted so many things ; 80 I said, “Thy will be done."

The will of God concerning this good little boy was soon made known; for though he was quite well on the Sunday, when this passed, yet in the course of the same week, he was taken ill, and died. Thus he who wished so much, that God's will should be done, was