When each gentle breeze vibrates; when rough winds roar,

I'm exhausted, I perish,

And like a ghost vanish;
Though I swim and I fly,
Yet in these I must die,

No pang of remorse can bring me back more.

The earth in its daily course turns from the sun:
Man much needeth the night;

But, oh! sad is my plight,

For extinction to me has certainly come.
The daylight returns to gladden man's heart.
I've been born and have died,

Death is still at my side,

Though in man's joy and pain I must bear my part.
Time must constantly die,

With swift wings from us fly;
Then his forelock pray seize,
In sloth think not there's ease,

Forget not that you too must depart.

E. B. K.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

No MS. can be returned unless the Author's name and address be written on it, and stamps sent with it.

Thanks to F. E. C. D., Oxfordshire, for £1 1s., and to E. C. for £1, and to M. C., Violette, and M. H., each for 5s., for The Keble Memorial.

And to J. S. for £1, and Mary, 6s., for the (the last specially for the Walworth District) Bishop of London's Fund.

With many thanks, the proceeds of Thorgil's Choice shall be sent to Melanesia.

Miss Ainger acknowledges with many thanks several Subscriptions from 'One who does what she can, not what she would.' The collection for St. Mark's Mission School being now completed by Miss Ainger, any further Subscriptions for its support had better be sent to Miss Mackenzie, Woodfield, Havant, by whom it will be acknowledged in The Net.

E. C. asks what are the four Hs essential to a Deaconess. We are not sure; but we had concluded them to be Heart, Hand, Head, and Health.

M. asks for the names of books suitable for reading aloud after lesson-time, to elder girls and bous in a Sunday-school.

Will you kindly inform me who is the author of the lines beginning

The tale was this:

The wind, when first he rose and went abroad

Through the waste region, felt himself at fault-

Wanting a voice;'

and quoted in a former number of The Monthly Packet.-Violet.

Ignoramus' question on unreality has never been answered. We should explain it as theory without practice-talk without action-observance of the pleasant duties of religion, and shrinking from hard service.

Accepted with thanks.-Mary Grotius.

Declined with thanks.-What we did in our Parish.

A. W.-The party name of the Fenians is assumed in honour of the great Keltic champion Fingal and his companions, who were called Fenians in the old Erse and Gaelic songs and traditions.

Violette and G. A.-We hope in time that the Questions on the Catechism will be published separately.

A. O.-Any parcel of clothes for the families of poor clergy should be addressed to 'The Committee for the Assistance of Poor Clergy, 32, Southampton Street, Strand. This is not the same with the fund of the Poor Pious Clergy.

F. T. M. has tried the receipt for skeleton leaves in our March number; but though she has kept her leaves in chloride of lime four days instead of four hours, it was without effect; and she begs for further directions.

E. K. M. begs to be told the authors of the hymns beginning—

"Three in One, and One in Three.'
'Sion's daughter, weep no more.'
Take up thy cross, the Saviour said.'

ASPIRATION-AFTER THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.

LORD, who hast bound in everlasting union
Saint, Prophet, Martyr,-members each of all,
And all of Christ, the BODY MYSTICAL:—
The one true Church, the Catholic communion ;-

O grant that we, in word, in thought, revering
Thy Saints, our brethren freed from earthly thrall,
May, raised with them o'er things terrestrial,
Await the glorious hour of Thine appearing.

A joyous band, 'redeemed from tribulation,'

Sheep of one fold, of every tongue and nation!

There, be it ours to join the white-robed throng;

There, where the meek with blessing and thanksgiving
Sing to the Lamb in glory ever-living,

Pealing hosannas with a new-made song!

ST. ANDREW.-(THE FIRST CALLED.)

SONG OF JOY, AND PRAYER FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL.

How beautiful upon the mountain's height
The footsteps of the Messenger of peace!*

How pleasant to the weary watcher's sight

The face of him who bids his vigil cease!†

Break forth, ye heavens, in song! for lo! the night
Is past and gone! yea, lift on high thy voice;
Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with might,

O Jesu! grant, that as the twilight's gray
From earth recedes when morning is at hand,
So, sin and malice, chased from every land,
May flee before thy Gospel's widening ray;
That all, as children of one festive band,
May follow Thee, where Andrew shows the way.

PRACTICAL READINGS ON THE

APOSTLES' CREED.

ARTICLE XI.

'THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.'

In this article of the Resurrection of the body, I profess my belief that it is appointed for all men once to die, and further that it is also determined that all men shall rise from death; that the souls separated from our bodies are in the hand of God, and live; that the bodies dissolved into dust, or scattered into ashes, shall be gathered together and re-united to their souls. I believe that the same flesh which lived before, shall be revived; that the same bodies which were laid in the grave shall rise; that this living again shall be universal, no man excepted, no flesh left in the grave; and that all the just shall be raised to a resurrection of life; all the unjust to a resurrection of damnation!

The value of this amazing truth, the necessity of believing this glorious doctrine of the Resurrection of the body, appears in its being the most lively demonstration of the wisdom, power, justice, and mercy, of God. God first created all things for Himself; and the Resurrection is, as it were, a new creation. The wisdom and power of God are manifested in this His wonderful work of raising our bodies, as without infinite knowledge He could not have an exact and distinct discernment of all the particles and individual dusts of all the bodies of all men; and without infinite power He could not build them up again into the same flesh. His mercy and justice are also declared by it; the mercy, in promising life after that death which we had incurred; the justice, in performing that promise unto all true believers, and in punishing the disobedient by eternal separation from Himself.

Secondly, it is necessary to profess belief in the Resurrection of the body, that we may thereby acknowledge the great and powerful work of our Redemption, in that the Saviour of the world 'abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.' If Christ were not the Life, the dead could never live; if He were not the Resur

rection, they could never rise. Were it not for Him that liveth, and was dead, and is alive for evermore,' had not He 'the keys of hell and of death,' we could never break through the bars of death, or pass the gates of hell. But He has undertaken to vanquish our enemies, and our last enemy to be destroyed is death;' that the prophecy may be fulfilled, 'Death is swallowed up in victory,' and we may cry out with the Apostle, Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.'

Thirdly, the belief of this Article serves to strengthen us against the fear of our own death, and immoderate sorrow for the death of others. The sentence of death passed upon us for our sins, cannot but affright and amaze us, except we look upon that reversal of it which takes place at the Resurrection. But when we are assured of a life after death, and such a life as that no death shall follow it, we may lay down our fears, arising from our fallen nature, upon the comfort ministered to us by our faith. The departure of our friends might overwhelm us with grief if they were lost for ever; but the Apostle will not have us ignorant concerning those which are asleep, that we sorrow not even as others which have no hope.'

The belief of a resurrection has, lastly, a necessary effect upon this life, by way of preparation for the next, as deterring from sin, encouraging to holiness, comforting in afflictions. How can any man commit a deliberate sin, while he thinks that he must rise and stand before the judgment-seat, and give an account, and suffer for ever the punishment due to it? What pleasure can entice him, what inclination can betray him, to incur an eternal separation from God, for the sake of a momentary satisfaction? How can we defile that body, which shall never be raised to glory hereafter, except it here become the temple of the Holy Ghost? St. Paul, who has taught us the doctrine of a Resurrection, has shown us, by his own example, what effect is expected to be wrought on our souls by it. 'I have hope,' says he, toward God, that there shall be a Resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.' This is the proper effect of a true belief and a full persuasion of a resurrection; and he who is really possessed with this hope, cannot choose but purify himself; 'always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as he knoweth that his labour is not in vain in the Lord.' This encourages all drooping spirits; this sustains all fainting hearts; this sweetens all present miseries; this lightens all heavy burdens; this encourages in all dangers; this supports in all calamities!

'I call the world's Redeemer mine;

He lives Who died for me, I know;
Who bought my soul with blood divine,
Jesus, shall re-appear below,
Stand in that dreadful day unknown,
And fix on earth His heavenly throne.