and xvii. 10.) in the humiliation of the sinner, and the sufficiency of the Saviour. (1 Cor. i. 30, 31.)

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There are two articles of prayer in this Collect

I. That God would send his Holy Ghost to comfort us. Almighty God is a God of Comfort in tribulations, (2 Cor. i. 3-5.) and comforts those who mourn for sin, (Is. lvii. 17.) by granting them forgiveness. (Is. xl. 1, 2.) Such a comfort is a blessing. (Matt. v. 4.) The Holy Spirit was promised for comfort. (John xiv. 16, 17, 26. xv. 26. xvi. 7.) David had this comfort, (Ps. cxix. 50.) St. Paul had it; (2 Cor. vii. 4.) and they who are justified by faith have it. (Rom. v. 1.) Our prayer therefore for ourselves, as that of St. Paul for the Thessalonians, should be 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. II. That he would exalt us unto the same place whither Christ is gone before.

1st. Here, in heart and life. (See Ascension-Day.) 2nd. Hereafter, in body and soul.

When Christ, our Life, shall appear, if we belong to him, we shall appear with him in glory, (Col. iii. 4.) and shall be made like unto him, (1 John iii. 2.) and be ever with the Lord, (1 Thess. iv. 17.) when death shall be swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. xv. 52—54.) If we have this hope then, we must be always abounding in God's work now, (1 Cor. xv. 58.) and see that we become like him now. (2 Cor. iii. 18.)

Our prayer therefore should be Ps. xvi. 1, 8, 11.

ENCOURAGEMENT TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS.

I was a few months since called to visit a poor woman in sickness, of whom I had some knowledge, and whose meekness, under much trial and privation, had interested me; but, as she was deaf, no lengthened conversation had taken place: sufficient, however, was elicited to shew that she had, before her unhappy marriage, been a sad wanderer; and until confined to a chamber of sickness, no symptoms of true contrition had been discover.

able. From that time, however, she evinced much penitence, and a spiritual-mindedness which surprised, as much as it comforted, her Christian visitors. The Bible, and Bogatzky's "Golden Treasury," were always at her side. One day, after a night of peculiar suffering, she named the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, saying, "I can't tell. how comforting that chapter is to me. It is one my kind Sunday-school Teacher took much pains to teach us. Though so long ago, I thought last night that I could see her face, and hear her voice, whilst explaining the love of Jesus to poor sinners. I did not care about it then: indeed Miss A. had not a more heedless. girl in the class-not one perhaps she thought so hopeless; but her kind lessons are now a blessing." The poor creature proceeded to express a hope that this might be communicated to her late Teacher; adding, "It will be a very great comfort to me to have her told it." The poor woman, in some measure, regained her health; and there is good ground for believing that she cleaves to that Saviour whom she had found so precious.

The little

The other case was brought under my notice shortly afterwards, in the same parish. A poor girl, who had left her service in consequence of severe illness, shewed much anxiety for spiritual instruction. learning she possessed was acquired in a Sunday-school. She could not read the Bible, nor the simplest tract, well enough to be of much comfort. Her visitor was therefore surprised to observe a prayer book always on her bed; and when questioned as to the use she made of it, she replied, "I was taught the collects at the Sunday- · school, and the greatest pleasure I have, when alone, is studying them." This poor girl shewed much patience under acute suffering; and her reliance on the Saviour was, I believe, uninterrupted. She has now, I trust, entered into the "rest that remains for the people of God." May we not feel assured, that in both the simple instances here related, a blessing rested on the labours of the Sunday-school Teacher; and should not every one engaged in the same work, in dependence on Divine assistance, "Thank God, and take courage?"

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and xvii. 10.) in the humiliation of the sinner, and the sufficiency of the Saviour. (1 Cor. i. 30, 31.)

There are two articles of prayer in this CollectI. That God would send his Holy Ghost to comfort us. Almighty God is a God of Comfort in tribulations, (2 Cor. i. 3-5.) and comforts those who mourn for sin, (Is. lvii. 17.) by granting them forgiveness. (Is. xl. 1, 2.) Such a comfort is a blessing. (Matt. v. 4.) The Holy Spirit was promised for comfort. (John xiv. 16, 17, 26. xv. 26. xvi. 7.) David had this comfort, (Ps. cxix. 50.) St. Paul had it; (2 Cor. vii. 4.) and they who are justified by faith have it. (Rom. v. 1.) Our prayer therefore for ourselves, as that of St. Paul for the Thessalonians, should be 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. II. That he would exalt us unto the same place whither Christ is gone before.

1st. Here, in heart and life. (See Ascension-Day.) 2nd. Hereafter, in body and soul.

When Christ, our Life, shall appear, if we belong to him, we shall appear with him in glory, (Col. iii. 4.) and shall be made like unto him, (1 John iii. 2.) and be ever with the Lord, (1 Thess. iv. 17.) when death shall be swallowed up in victory. (I Cor. xv. 52–54.) If we have this hope then, we must be always abounding in God's work now, (1 Cor. xv. 58.) and see that we become like him now. (2 Cor. iii. 18.)

Our prayer therefore should be Ps. xvi. 1, 8, 11.

ENCOURAGEMENT TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS.

I was a few months since called to visit a poor woman in sickness, of whom I had some knowledge, and whose meekness, under much trial and privation, had interested me; but, as she was deaf, no lengthened conversation had taken place: sufficient, however, was elicited to shew that she had, before her unhappy marriage, been a sad wanderer; and until confined to a chamber of sickness, no symptoms of true contrition had been discover

able. From that time, however, she evinced much penitence, and a spiritual-mindedness which surprised, as much as it comforted, her Christian visitors. The Bible, and Bogatzky's "Golden Treasury," were always at her side. One day, after a night of peculiar suffering, she named the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, saying, "I can't tell how comforting that chapter is to me. It is one my kind Sunday-school Teacher took much pains to teach us. Though so long ago, I thought last night that I could see her face, and hear her voice, whilst explaining the love of Jesus to poor sinners. I did not care about it then: indeed Miss A. had not a more heedless girl in the class-not one perhaps she thought so hopeless; but her kind lessons are now a blessing." The poor creature proceeded to express a hope that this might be communicated to her late Teacher; adding, "It will be a very great comfort to me to have her told it." The poor woman, in some measure, regained her health; and there is good ground for believing that she cleaves to that Saviour whom she had found so precious.

The little

The other case was brought under my notice shortly afterwards, in the same parish. A poor girl, who had left her service in consequence of severe illness, shewed much anxiety for spiritual instruction. learning she possessed was acquired in a Sunday-school. She could not read the Bible, nor the simplest tract, well enough to be of much comfort. Her visitor was therefore surprised to observe a prayer book always on her bed; and when questioned as to the use she made of it, she replied, "I was taught the collects at the Sundayschool, and the greatest pleasure I have, when alone, is studying them." This poor girl shewed much patience under acute suffering; and her reliance on the Saviour was, I believe, uninterrupted. She has now, I trust, entered into the "rest that remains for the people of God." May we not feel assured, that in both the simple instances here related, a blessing rested on the labours of the Sunday-school Teacher; and should not every one engaged in the same work, in dependence on Divine assistance, "Thank God, and take courage?"

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and xvii. 10.) in the humiliation of the sinner, and the sufficiency of the Saviour. (1 Cor. i. 30, 31.)

There are two articles of prayer in this CollectI. That God would send his Holy Ghost to comfort us. Almighty God is a God of Comfort in tribulations, (2 Cor. i. 3—5.) and comforts those who mourn for sin, (Is. lvii. 17.) by granting them forgiveness. (Is. xl. 1, 2.) Such a comfort is a blessing. (Matt. v. 4.) The Holy Spirit was promised for comfort. (John xiv. 16, 17, 26. xv. 26. xvi. 7.) David had this comfort, (Ps. cxix. 50.) St. Paul had it; (2 Cor. vii. 4.) and they who are justified by faith have it. (Rom. v. 1.) Our prayer therefore for ourselves, as that of St. Paul for the Thessalonians, should be 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. II. That he would exalt us unto the same place whither Christ is gone before.

1st. Here, in heart and life. (See Ascension-Day.) 2nd. Hereafter, in body and soul.

When Christ, our Life, shall appear, if we belong to him, we shall appear with him in glory, (Col. iii. 4.) and shall be made like unto him, (1 John iii. 2.) and be ever with the Lord, (1 Thess. iv. 17.) when death shall be swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. xv. 52–54.) If we have this hope then, we must be always abounding in God's work now, (1 Cor. xv. 58.) and see that we become like him now. (2 Cor. iii. 18.)

Our prayer therefore should be Ps. xvi. 1, 8, 11.

ENCOURAGEMENT TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL
TEACHERS.

I was a few months since called to visit a poor woman in sickness, of whom I had some knowledge, and whose meekness, under much trial and privation, had interested me; but, as she was deaf, no lengthened conversation had taken place: sufficient, however, was elicited to shew that she had, before her unhappy marriage, been a sad wanderer; and until confined to a chamber of sickness, no symptoms of true contrition had been discover