longing to be gone. Thus she fell asleep in Jesus, without a sigh, groan, or struggle, Friday morning at 10.30, March 29, 1867.

She was, at her request, interred by Mr. T. Marshall, and a very large number of persons attended the funeral. Mr. Marshall addressed the bystanders around the grave, from the solemn words, "For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." Many solemn remarks were made, which, may results prove, were attended with the Lord's blessing.

[We knew ourselves the dear child whose memoir is given above, and were always much struck with her exceeding gravity, and especially were we astonished to notice the kind of books she chose to read-works of old divines, that many grown-up persons in a profession of religion would entitle prosy and dry. We should be glad if all our readers showed a taste for solid books of truth, and avoided the light literature of the day. Dear Ruth Burton, we feel persuaded, had the fear of God implanted early in her heart, and is now numbered with the "spirits of the just made perfect."-ED.]

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DOCTRINES.

NOVELTY OF ROME'S THE Romish Church boasts of antiquity, but the following table will show how utterly baseless is this pretension. All that is peculiar to the apostate Church of Rome is novel and unapostolic.

DATES OF THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW DOCTRINES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH OF ROME.

Invocation of saints

Prayers for the dead

Worship in an unknown tongue

A.D.

375

400

600

Creed of Pope Pius IV., in which twelve new articles of faith were added to the Nicene Creed, composed A.D. 325

1564

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In the Romish Church is strikingly fulfilled | the words of the Apostle, "Now the Spirit | speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth" (1 Tim. iv. 1-3). See also 2 Thess. ii. 3-9.

Look, children, look at this representation of a worn and wicked traveller. He is worn and miserable, but not penitent. Would you think that this wretched wanderer was once the pride of a too fond mother's heart? He was, when a child, a sweet bright-eyed interesting creature, and often did his poor mother say her dear Willie would be the prop of her old age. She often imagined him grown to manhood, standing and walking by her side, uttering words and performing

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acts of gratitude to her, for all her love and kindness shown him in his boyish days. But, alas! alas! bitter, bitter was the cup that this very lad, the joy and hope of her heart, held out for her to drink. After doing what she could for him in the way of education, a situation was found for him as an apprentice with a country draper. His loving mother packed his box with trembling hands, took care to put his Bible in with his clothes, and started him off with scores of warm kisses, good wishes, and loving counsels. One thing she particularly enjoined upon him was, never to form an intimacy with any one without first consulting his master; and to be most particular never under any pretence whatever to use a farthing of his master's money. Well would it have been for Willie Jif he had treasured up and ever followed out the wise counsels of his loving mother. But, sad to relate, he had not been three weeks in his new situation before he commenced one Sunday afternoon an acquaintanceship with an idle youth some two years older than himself, who gradually got into his affections, and, grievous to say, led him into habits that required more money than his mother had been able, or thought it necessary, to supply him with; and he began to purloin small sums of money from his master's till, trying to satisfy his conscience by saying to himself, "It is a shame he does not pay me ten times more than I am taking." His sin, however, soon found him out. When he was detected, he ran off his poor mother soon lay in a coffin with a broken heart. He has been ever since tramping here and there under different assumed characters and names. His is a miserable life; and, alas! there is before him a miserable death, and a miserable eternity, if grace prevent not. O child

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ren, you cannot disobey your parents, and be happy! The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." Again I say, “ Children, obey your parents. "Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with promise."

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EDITOR'S ADDRESS TO HIS YOUNG FRIENDS.

DEAR LITTLE GLEANERS,-I am seated on a lovely spot, from which my thoughts are taking a tour through the lengths and breadths of our favoured land, to greet my thousands of dear young friends and wish the choicest blessings of heaven to fall upon them. I wish you health, strength, and all the blessings of a kind Providence, but I wish you what is infinitely preferable to all these things-I wish you the true grace of God. You may go from a life of health to the fire of hell; but from a life of faith you would go to the joys of heaven. You may have showered upon your path the fairest blessings of Providence and find the pit of woe at the end of your journey. Oh, children, you must in this life have grace, or in the life to come you cannot have glory. You must here be brought to repent of sin, or hereafter you will perish for sin. You must in this world receive Christ by faith if in another world Christ is to receive you in glory. I feel something of the value of your precious souls, and long that God will enable me to send you from month to month what He will make a blessing to you. There are two classes that I feel a special interest in: the young, for they are just embarked upon the