all:- you and I, and every one we know, or ever saw or heard of- and what for? to give an account of ourselves. Ah! the stoutest heart will tremble then. The secrets of all hearts will then be open, ard that before saints and angels. Many a wicked trick you have done, which no one has ever known, will then come to light. Do you begin to feel afraid of this day?-Oh! if your heart condemns you, God is greater than your heart, and knoweth all things."-But, dear child, there is one way to escape the horrors of this day, and only one make the judge your friend now.-In this world, Christ waits to receive and pardon sinners ; but in the next world, he will judge them. Pray then to Jesus; tell him all you feel; own to him every wicked thing you can remember to have done; ask him to give you more of his Spirit; that you may hate sin, love holiness; and so have God's favour here, as not to dread his anger hereafter.

LITTLE CHILDREN AND THE MARTYR.

How great is the power of divine grace! It can. strengthen even little, feeble children to get the better of their fear of what is in itself very dreadful ; and to slew forth the praises of their God and Saviour. I know not that I ever met with a more striking instance of this, than in Fox's Book of Martyrs. Amongst the many good persons who were put to death by cruel men, because they would not deny Christ, and do what their conscience told them to be wrong, was one John Lawrence, a priest. He was taken to Colchester to suffer death. His legs were so swoln with the heavy irons he had worn in prison, and his body so weakened with bad food, that he was not able to walk. He was therefore carried to the fire in a chair: and so sitting, was consumed in the flames. While he was burning upon the chair in the midst of the flames, some young children came about the fire, and cried out, as well as young children could speak; “Lord, strengthen thy servant, and keep thy promise; Lord, strengthen thy servant, and keep thy promise !" How much did this display the glory of God; and likewise shew the care their parents had taken to bring them up in the fear of God and the love of his truth!

I wonder whether any of my young readers think, they could have had strength to do the same. These dear children were in great danger of losing their.own lives. It was as likely as not, that the bloody Papists would have thrown them into the fire with Lawrence, while they were praying for him, and doing what they could to encourage the blessed martyr. They must have known very well, that many little children had been put to death because of the truth. But they were willing to run the risk of this: and why? Because the love of Christ and his people and his truth filled their little hearts, and they cared not for suffering. Nay, perhaps they had learnt so much of true religion, as to know that it is a high honour to suffer, for Christ's sake.

My dear children, though your nature shrinks from pain, yet if you are éhrist's real lambs, you do indeed desire to do and to suffer all to which he may be pleased to call you. And since he has said, “as thy day is, so shall thy strength be," you have nothing to do but to dismiss fear, and to depend upon his promise.

SHORT MEMOIR OF R. A In June last, died at Burton in tons. dale, R. B., aged 17. A friend, who used often to go and see him, first came to know him in the year 1822. He was then in a very weak state, and seemed as if he would not live long. He had a lively sense of his state as a sinner, and often wept when he spoke of his un. worthiness in the sight of God. He told this friend, that it gave him great pain to hear people say he had nothing to fear; for he knew he was a great sinner : he knew that he haił broken the commands of God, and that he deserveil to be punished. He used also to speak of the Saviour in inost grateful terms. "I need such a Saviour, (he said) and if he had not died for the guilty, I could have had no hope."--He was very anxious that his friends and neighbours should attend to their souls' concerns : and often spoke to them and warned them in the kindest manner. He was very much beloved by all who knew him ; there was something so humble, mild, patient, and loving in his whole conduct. It pleased God to restore him for a short time to his friends, and though he was still very weak, they could not help hoping that he would be spared to them. He was constant in his use of the means of grace; and highly valued the preaching of the Gospel, which he said was “so suited to his wants.” But it was God's will to call him early to worship in his courts above. Last June, he was again stretched upon a bed of sickness. His sufferings were very great. From Sunday morning 'till Monday afternoon, his pain never left him. Every effort to remove it proved vain. He had however a few moments allowed him to speak to his friends, after the bitterness of death was past. They had observed him for some. time before his death very thoughtful and low. He told them the cause of it before he departed. He said, “after I. got better from my former illness, I did not live so near to God, as I should have alone; and I feared that I was one of those who have crucified afresh the Lord of glory: but when I called to mind that