appear to be ninety degrees west of the Sun; therefore, rising about midnight, southing at sunrise, and setting at noon, if the spectator be near the equator of Venus. Our planet must then appear to our neighbours as a bluish morningstar of surpassing loveliness. With optical resources such as we possess, the form would be that of the Moon in her fourth quarter, and the diameter almost exactly the same as that of Venus seen by us. Mars is barely visible after sunset in the early part of the month. The Jupiter is some ninety degrees eastward of Venus, and therefore near the meridian; about fifty degrees altitude, when Venus is low in the west. planets will be easily recognised; for no fixed star then visible can compete with them in brightness. Jupiter will be near the Moon on the morning of the 15th. The groupings of the satellites are beautifully diversified throughout this month. As specimens, it may be mentioned that, at ten o'clock on the evening of the 2d, the first, second, and third will be close together on the west of the planet, the other farther away on the east; on the 4th, at the same hour, the second, third, and fourth will be on the east, the first on the west; 5th, the first, fourth, and third on the east, the second on the disc of the primary; 7th, the third and fourth on the west, the second on the east, the first on the disc; 9th, all on the west, in the order of actual distance; 13th, the third on the east, the first near the planet, and the second and fourth close together and farther removed on the west; 14th, the fourth very close on the east, the third on the west, the second hidden behind the planet, and the first on the disc; 15th, second and fourth on the east, third on the west, first hidden; 19th, all on the east, in the order, second, first, third, fourth; 23d, all on the west, in the order first, second, fourth, third; 28th, first on the east, second and third close to the planet, and fourth at some distance on the west, and 30th, three on the west, in the order second, fourth, third, reckoning, as in all the other cases, from the planet, the first on the disc. The reappearances of the first satellite, after being eclipsed, is the only part of the phenomenon which can be witnessed by us: they take place on the 1st, at 6h. 11m. 54s. afternoon; 7th, at 1h. 38m. 36s. morning; 8th, at 8h. 7m. 288. afternoon; 14th, at 3h. 34m. 158. morning; 15th, at 10h. 3m. 9s. afternoon; 22d, at 11h. 58m. 56s. afternoon; 24th, at 6h. 27m. 56s. afternoon; 30th, at 1h. 54m. 47s. morning; and 31st, at 8h. 23m. 49s. afternoon. In like manner the reappearances of the second will only be visible: they occur on the 7th, at 7h. 48m. 178. afternoon; 14th, at 10h. 23m. 58s. afternoon; and 22d, at Oh. 59m. 41s. morning. The disappearance of the third may be observed on the 3d, at 8h. 55m. 12s.; reappearance at 10h. 42m. 28s. afternoon: and on the 11th, disappearance at Oh. 57m. 40s.; reappearance at 2h. 44m. 52s. morning. Uranus will be on the meridian on the morning of the 14th, at two o'clock, and on the 27th, at one o'clock; altitude sixty-one degrees. It will be very near the Moon on the 20th, at seven o'clock in the afternoon. Neptune crosses the meridian on the 7th, at eight o'clock, and on the 24th at seven o'clock in the afternoon, at an altitude of forty-four degrees. INDEX. A dialogue on the death of "lit- | Hints on prayer: Of prayer in MEMORIALS OF THE Departed, tle Lizzie," 200 A Hindu book: The stupid, A message from heaven, 197 Common objects of the wood- Distress inflicted by loiterers, 168 Eastern Proverbs, 45, 106 "Faint, yet pursuing," 137 Hints on experimental godliness: 124 general, 165; of private prayer, continued: Dr. Johnson and Mr. Robert Montgomery, James, on "the Levet, 161 Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, 16 doxology," 215 Natural History: Disguises of 346 80"Now is the accepted time," 232 The English Reformation, 272 "In time for the sermon," 37, 72 Laying hold of the promise, 157 "Lord, what wilt Thou have me Low neighbourhoods: the mint, "Meet us at the crystal foun- MEMORIALS OF THE DEPARTED: Asquith, Mr John, 92 OCCASIONAL NOTES FOR READERS; Exercises on the Scripture Gosse's "Revelation, How is "Peace with God," 222 Tyack's "Miner of Perran- Exposed," 31 One hundred years ago, 358 POETRY: A Christian's death, 183 service, by T. H. "I am the Way," (answer "In a moment," by M. A. Jesus the Pilgrim's Friend, 208 The desert-bells, 112 The fuiness of Christ, by Giles The parrot, by Campbell, 121 The spiritual timepiece, by The swellings of Jordan, 368 Twilight, 176 Withered leaves, 336 Prayer answered: I. "Thy will of TABULARRECORD OF MORTALITY: Providential deliverances Quaint wisdom from old writers, Readiness for death true wis- The associations and the scenery The benefits of frequent self- The botany of the Bible: The juniper, 152 - The almond- The conscript, 341, 371 Converted convicts, 205- 252 Scripture illustration: right of Selections from Dr. South: Sub- Sketches from the Note-Book of 122 The first last, and the last first, 237 glance at the state of society "The gain of giving food:" a The lesson of Abraham's lie, 189 The two class-mates, 312 Unwise suretyship, 329 Value of wise counsel, 307 Wayside-seed, 291 Why I give, what I give, and Womanly honour retained, $39 J. 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