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quickly. And may we, through the power of the Holy Spirit, be always mindful also of his command to watch and pray, for we know not what hour the Lord doth come.

I trust, dear Madam, you will excuse the liberty I take in addressing you-but I must apologize for occupying your time with the perusal of so long a letter. Believe me, Madam,

Yours very respectfully,

A.

ARAB MAIDENS FETCHING WATER. No females in existence possess finer or more erect, and at the same time, more graceful carriage than those accustomed to carry light burdens on the head. It is a subject of some surprise, why those to whose care the education of the young ladies of our own country is committed, have not sooner taken the hint from this fact, and thrown aside those horrible machines, back-boards, steel-traps and monitors, that are calculated not only to give an awkward and ungraceful gait and appearance to the person, but really to promote deformity. To appreciate the advantages of this mode of exercise, it is only necessary to observe any milk-maid walking with a pail upon her head. To preserve its balance, she must stand perfectly erect-the shoulders must be in their natural position and on a perfect level; and strange as it may seem, yet to preserve the equilibrium of the burden, be it ever so light, the back must be straight; and more pressure is taken off those parts of it, called in technical language, the intervertebral substance than when walking or remaining without any such appendage.- Wilde's Narrative of a visit to Palestine, &c.

Review of Books.

THE CHRISTIAN MOTHER; or Maternal duties exemplified in the Narratives of the Old and New Testament. By Mary Milner, Author of "The life of Dean Milner." Second Edition.-Simpkin and Co.

THE principle on which our Author builds her Essays is this: "Holy Scripture is a sufficient guide in the work of Christian education." This has ever been our conviction; we have adopted it as a theory, reduced it to practice, and found it as true as is every other assurance of Him who has said, "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths."

The characters introduced as especially illustrating Mrs. Milner's doctrine are, The Mother of Moses, exhibiting the nature and efficacy of faith: Eli, exemplifying the necessity of parental restraint: the Mother of Samuel, exhibiting self-denial: Ruth,

shewing disinterested kindness and grateful affection. The history of Joseph, in reference to envy, partiality and emulation: Manoah, and prayer: David, and resignation: and four more chapters of general inference and remarks. The Author is one of those who, while desiring to know nothing among her readers but Jesus Christ and him crucified, wisely turns to the Old Testament for a beautiful exhibition of Christian principle-yea, of the Lord Christ himself. Her little book is calculated to be a blessing to every family where a fair trial is made of the safe and sanctified method set forth in it; and we trust it will be duly appreciated.

MISSIONARY LABOURS AND SCENES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA; By Robert Moffatt. Twenty-three years an agent of the London Missionary Society in that continent. With engravings by G. Baxter.-Snow.

We should exceedingly like to impose on every Puseyitish student in the land the task of reading this book. Many a one of them would, we think, be moved to cast his foolish prejudices far from him, to blush that ever he could have dared to deny the right hand of ministerial fellowship to such men as the writer of this delightful volume; and perchance to leave his worse than useless occupation of raking up the errors and absurdities of modern antiquity for present use, that he too might preach the un-, searchable riches of Christ to these heathen men, and become a blessed instrument in God's work of

teaching Ethiopia to stretch forth her hands unto HIM who will yet gather her sable tribes, taking out of them an elect people, prepared to behold their King! We remember-who that beheld it can ever forget?— the heart-cheering spectacle exhibited in Exeter Hall, when our beloved Prince Albert took the lead in the noble enterprise of extending to Africa the blessings of moral and spiritual enfranchisement. We were sanguine then, and no less sanguine are we now of success, though the outset of the expedition has proved so humbling, and in one sense disastrous. Mr. Moffatt, with whom the book brings us into an affectionate acquaintanceship, dedicates his work to the Prince, and writes very encouragingly too: and for many reasons we fervently hope his narrative has been carefully perused in high quarters. We belong to the Established Church; we love it, and we cleave to it; but far from us be the hateful spirit that would look coldly on the mission of this estimable man, and others like him, because they belong not to the same communion with ourselves! It is by looking abroad, looking into the dark places of the earth, and tracing the life-giving progress of divine truth, making that darkness light, that we shall find an effectual antidote to these spiritual narcotics-these ecclesiastical extinguishers.

The style of Mr. Moffatt's book is in the highest degree interesting and entertaining: he places us in the midst of the people, and the scenes that he describes, at once informing our minds, and warming our hearts. As a mere book of travels, it would be very engaging, but as a record of Missionary labour and enterprise it is invaluable.

BAPTISMAL REGENERATION opposed both by the Word of God, and the standards of the Church of England. By the Rev. Capel Molyneux, B.A. Minister of Trinity Episcopal Chapel, Woolwich.Seeley and Burnside.

EARNESTLY to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints, to refuse profane and old wives' fables, and to endure hardness as a good soldier of Christ, has been the lot of our dear and revered brother, Mr. Molyneux, of late, in an especial manner. He has dared to take Holy Scripture for his guide, to act up to his ordination vow, and, so far as in him lay, to drive erroneous and strange doctrines out of the fold of which he is placed in charge by the Holy Ghost. For this he has been hastily and harshly dealt with by those in authority; and assailed with such bitterness, such want of common decency, such a disregard of his most sacred domestic feelings, by a party who wield some power in the press, as shews plainly what manner of spirit they are of; and perhaps indicates some alarming movements of conscience within, as to their own actual state before God if, after all it should prove that a certificate of baptism is not a passport to heaven. We leave them to judge themselves in that matter, and proceed to notice the happy effects of what was never meant for good to the object of their enmity. Mr Molyneux has published for general circulation, the sound doctrine which before he only preached for the instruction of his own flock. He has not only vindicated our church from the imputation of holding what scripture does not teach, he has perspicuously, and

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