beaming on his countenance, that pronounced him a messenger of peace, "Arise, thy adorations are only due to him from whose hand was thy existence, and on whom its duration depends,—who formed the basis of the everlasting hills, and before whose throne the mighty archangels worship with reverential fear. The secret recesses of thy heart have been penetrated,— thy lamentations have been heard, and I am sent the minister of consolation, to heal thy wounded bosom; thou hast indeed, in vain, sought for happiness in those terrestrial objects from whence it can never be obtained, the meditations of thine heart have not been directed aright; accustomed to earthly views, thy expectations were bounded in thy present state of existence, and the possessions of futurity were not the objects of thy hopes. Virtue alone can insure thee these possessions: her glorious influence will irradiate thy mind; and as her pursuits are immortal, they are the only ones worthy to engage the attention of immortal beings. Virtue will survive the transient existence of time, when the laurels of ambition shall fade, and the wreaths of adulation bestowed on the unworthy shall wither on their brow, when the empty honours of a name shall cease, and the votaries of vice and folly be mingled with their dusty original, her existence shall be still permanent, she will be still rising on the wings of endless duration. Virtue will teach thee to consider the present only as a state of trial, and thyself a traveller, hastening towards a better country,—she will be unto thee a never-failing friend, conducting thee to the celestial regions, where

uninterrupted felicity will be thy inheritance. But remember, Zadib, the means, and know that it is principally by affliction that thou wilt be fitted for these enjoyments, repine no longer at the cup allotted thee, for although its draught may be sometimes bitter, there is inscribed on it everlasting health. He who appointed adversity to administer instruction, hath commanded cheerfulness to possess thy bosom; be it thine to communicate the instruction thou hast received to the best of thy abilities, alleviate the misery of others, and never suffer the tear upon that eye, nor the sigh of affliction to heave that breast from whence it is in thy power to remove them. And know, O Zadib, if thou wouldst obtain the end of thy pursuits,-if happiness be the wish of thy soul, and the object of thy perseverance, if virtue has any charms for thee,-if benevolence, (the brightest ornament of thy race,) any attractions to allure, then listen to my admonitions, and let them be engraven on the tablets of thine heart, lasting as the monuments of antiquity in the rocks of adamant. Then shalt thou wait with unfailing patience for the arrival of that friendly hand which will draw aside the curtains of futurity, and discover to thee the realms of an immortal paradise."

The counsels of the angel sunk deep into the breast of Zadib; the clouds of his soul were dissipated like morning mists before the rising sun, he returned to diffuse around him the smiles of benevolence, and the beams of celestial hope were spread over the remaining days of Zadib.

The counsels of the messenger of intelligence are not recorded, because they cannot be obtained, but they may be still heard. The groves of Madian are open, not only to Zadib, but to every son and daughter of humanity; for know, the groves of Madian are the deep recesses of the human heart.

ALLOW me, my dear friend and reader of every description, to express an earnest and affectionate desire that such may be thy happy experience. If the afflicting hand of divine chastisement has convinced thee of the utter instability of every earthly joy,-if thou art made sensible, that in the fleeting scenes of this present state of existence, there is nothing which can satisfy the aspirations of an immortal spirit,—if thou art prepared to acknowledge thyself to be unworthy of the love of God, "wretched, and miserable, and blind, and poor, and naked," mayest thou find a sure refuge for a wounded and weary spirit, in the bosom of the holy Jesus, may he be made unto thee of the Father,

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wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption." Then whatsoever tribulations may be permitted to attend thy path during the remaining stages of thy mortal pilgrimage, all will be well; thy portion will be a true peace with God even here, and in the world to come, life everlasting.

J. J. Gurney's Letter.

O vice, that with a down-cast brow, doth pine
O'er thy transgressions, and when truth breaks forth

Upon thy mind in memory gleam,

Hailest the visitant, and vowest oft

To turn no more to folly and dark ways,—
How brief thy pungent sorrows and resolves;
Thou hast no principle, on which to rear
The stately structure, where in pomp abides
Virtue, that heavenly maid,-thou art the sport
Of every breath of passion, like the reed,
Obedient to all impress from without,
Each billow laughs at thine inconstancy.

Fall of Cambria.

WHAT a religion is the Christian religion. How great, and yet how plain. It is so sublime, that it reaches beyond the comprehension of the most enlarged mind, and so simple, that it brings home its lessons to the bosom of a little child. The elements of the gospel, like the elements of our nourishment, are adapted to the endless variety of age, and character, and circumstance, throughout all the human race.

No Fiction.

HUMAN life is full of troubles. We are all tempted to alleviate them as much as we can, by freely enjoying the pleasurable moments which Providence thinks fit to allow us. Enjoy them we may, but if we would enjoy them safely, and enjoy them long, let us temper them with the fear of God. As soon as this is forgotten and obliterated, the sound of the harp and the viol is changed into the signal of death,-the serpent comes

forth from the roses where it had lain in ambush, and gives the fatal sting. Pleasure, in moderation, is the cordial, in excess, it is the bane of life.

Blair.

LET us then pray for the hastening of that day, when the dominion of Jesus shall extend from " sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth," for under its blessed influence, a mighty change shall still be wrought in the character and condition of men. "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Then shall this moral wilderness become a fruitful field. "The wilderness and the solitary place

shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those, the wayfaring men, though fools, shall