island full of rich vegetation-when man at length finds it worthy his regard.

The coral we use is fished for at great depths beneath the sea, where it clings to the rock. The fishermen entangle it in their nets, and break it off, and in so doing their boats are often upset, to their great danger and peril. It is of three colours, black, white, and red: but that most esteemed for ornaments is the brightest red.

Coral was once thought to be a mere vegetable, whole forests of which were supposed to grow at the bottom of the sea. Its increase is indeed rapid, but it is by means of the labours of these half-living insects. Many of the clusters of islands discovered by modern navigators in the Pacific Ocean, as well as those belonging to New South Wales, are formed on foundations of coral, immense reefs of which are found shooting out in all directions, and it is probable that islands are perpetually forming by the labours of these sea-worms, which produce the coral, T—a.

HYMN

(From Dr. Watts, with Questions and Answers.)

III.

And must the crimes that I have done
Be read and publish'd there?
Be all expos'd before the sun,
While men and angels hear?

IV.

LORD, at thy foot asham'd I lie,
Upward I dare not look ;
Pardon my sins before I die,
And blot them from thy book.

V.

Remember all the dying pains
That my Redeemer felt,

And let his blood wash out my stains,
And answer for my guilt.

VI.

O may I now for ever fear

T'indulge a sinful thought,

Since the great GoD can see and hear,

And writes down ev'ry fault.

WHAT is the subject of this hymn?

The all-seeing God.

Prove from Scripture that God is all seeing. Prov. xv. 3. "The eyes of the Lord are in every

place, beholding the evil and the good."

Can we hide any of our most secret actions from the eye of God?

No.

Prove this from Scripture.

Psalm xc. 8.

"Thou hast set our iniquities be

fore thee, our secret sins in the light of thy coun

At the day of judgment.

Prove this from Scripture.

Rev. xx. 12. "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

Who saw these things?

St. John.

Did he speak of things past, or things to come? Things to come.

How then could he see them?

God shewed them to him in a vision.

What should the remembrance of your sins make you feel?

Sorrow and shame.

Shew me an example of this in Scripture.

Ezra ix. 6. "O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens."

What do you pray God to hold in remembrance? "All the dying pains that my Redeemer felt." Prove from Scripture that the blood of the Redeemer can wash out the stain of your sins.

1 John i. 7. "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin."

What should the thought of God's all-seeing eye lead you ever to fear?

"To indulge a sinful thought."

How can our thoughts be made holy?
By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

What is the prayer which our Church teaches us to offer up on the subject of this hymn?

"Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the in

spiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen."

INSTRUCTION FROM THE HEAVENS.

I.

STARS, that on your wond'rous way
Travel through the evening sky,

Is there nothing you can say
To such a little child as I?
Tell me (for I long to know)
Who has made you sparkle so.

II.

Yes, methinks I hear yon say,
"Child of mortal race attend;
While we run our wond'rous way,
Listen; we would be your friend!
Teaching you that Name Divine
By whose mighty power we shine.

III.

Child, as truly as we roll

Through the dark and distant sky,

You have an immortal soul,

Born to live when we shall die.

Suns and planets pass away,

Spirits never can decay.

IV.

"When some thousand years, at most,
All their little time have spent,

One by one the sparkling host
Shall forsake the firmament;
We must from our glory fall,
You must live beyond us all.

ON THE RIGHT MANNER OF JOINING IN PUBLIC WORSHIP.

SIR,

SOMETIMES You insert extracts from popular works. If the following deserves notice, it is at your service.

Sir,

Your obedient,

X.

"SOME there are who go to church to gratify their curiosity, in seeing those who constitute the congregation, or to hear a particular preacher; others that they may set a good example to the poor, seeing, that by a habit of frequenting public worship, they are drawn from evil associates, and prove more generally correct in their conduct. Some go because they cannot absent themselves from a place to which current opinion declares all