looked over, and saw the poor sailor with the bar in his grasp, tossing back his long black hair that hung dripping over his face, as he emerged from his first plunge. He was strong and active, and put forth such tremendous energy as he swam in the wake of the ship, that at every stroke of his arms he rose to his middle above the waves. The captain instantly ordered the helm to be put "hard down," and one of the boats to be lowered. It was, perhaps, four minutes before the boat touched the water, and six of the stoutest hands at the oars, with the chief-mate at the helm, were pulling lustily away from the ship. But the swimmer, who until now had been seen and cheered by the passengers, suddenly disappeared, and the boat passed and repassed in the direction in which he was last visible without any trace being discovered of the object of our search. Whether he had been wounded in the head by the bar, or been attacked with the cramp, or fallen a prey to some wandering shark, that might have been attracted after the ship by the blood of a sheep which had been just before killed, or what had been his fate no one could tell. Many believed that he might be still buffeting the waves at a greater distance from us than it was supposed he could have reached. But whatever was the case with him, after remaining half an hour in search of him, the sails of the Europe were again squared to the wind and our lost mariner was left to his fate.

It was about four o'clock P. M. when the accident happened. and it may well be supposed that the remainder of the day was occupied by the tenants of our ship with melancholy reflections. Many tales of similar casualties were related by the mates and seamen; but all agreed that a better sailor had never found a watery grave.

On opening his chest we found that he was carrying home many little tokens of remembrance to his mother and sister, and a small quantity of superior tea, carefully wrapped up directed to his grandmother. Besides, there was a piece of paper certifying that he had eight gold sovereigns ($40) enclosed in a belt, which he wore under his clothes,-the earnings of his last voyage, laid up for his poor mother. Under his bed was found a very neat floor-mat, woven of strips of cloth, spun yarn, manilla, &c.,

which a comrade of his told me he had seen Hanney sitting up at night, when the rest of his watch were sleepng, (being not on duty,) that he might finish quickly, in case we should have a short voyage. This he had made for his mother. And what was singular, he had completed it when his watch was called on deck at 12 o'clock, on the very day on which he was drowned.

Doubtless, by some cottage fire in the interior of Eng land, (where he was born,) his anxious mother and aged grandmother were eagerly expecting his return, and I am sure that they often thought that there was not in all the world such another sailor as their own kind and thoughtful Willie.

The Promise Fulfilled.

IN the Church of L at the close of the public exercises, on the second day of a protracted meeting, during which it was evident that a deep and solemn interest pervaded the assembly, those who were desirous of personal conversation with the pastor were invited to remain after the congregation was dismissed. A number tarried; and among the rest was a little girl, about eleven years of age, who evidently had no serious impressions, but manifested a decided aversion to personal conversation on the subject. I was surprised to find her there with such feelings, as none had been invited to remain but those who felt anxious about the salvation of their souls. The next day a similar invitation was given, and she was again found among the number, and seemed to feel some anxiety, though evidently striving to subdue it. The day following she was deeply anxious; and from that time for three days, she scarcely ate or slept. All the powers of her soul seemed to be most intensely occupied on the great concern. The time which was not occupied in public worship, was almost wholly spent in earnest, agonizing prayer. She appeared to be very little influenced, or affected, by others. Whether they were anxious or not, made no difference with her. She realized her own situation, and acted as though there was no other being to be saved or needed to be saved. She

seemed to have a clear understanding of the plan of salvation. Although she remained with other inquirers for personal conversation, yet she did not appear to feel that ministers or Christian friends could give her any effectual help. Her greatest desire was to lie at the throne of grace, pleading for pardon through the blood of Christ. After three days spent in this state of mind she obtained peace and joy. And, truly, old things were passed away and all things became new. Seldom have I seen, in any one, brighter evidence of a saving change, or a clearer exhibition of consistent, elevated, and devoted piety. After the close of the meeting, I learned, that, on the first day she remained at the inquiry meeting, she did so much against her own inclination, in obedience to the decided authority of her mother, who required her to stay with one of her companions, that was anxious, and who also became hopefully pious during the meeting; and that it was a word or two spoken by her pastor, at that time, which awakened the first desire for salvation in her mind. When the meeting was appointed, young as she was, she felt a strong opposition of heart against it; and determined not to attend, if, by any excuse, she could prevail on her mother to leave her at home. She said that her great fear was, that, if she attended the meeting, she should become religious, and then should have no more pleasure with her associates. "But," said she, with great simplicity, her eyes filled with tears of joy, “I did not know how easy it is to love God:" meaning that she had no idea how much pleasure and happiness there was to be enjoyed in the love of God. After a suitable time she was received into the church, and continued to exhibit a most lovely example of youthful piety.

From this case let parents learn the importance of bringing their children under the influence of the means of grace particularly on special occasions. Many parents, under similar circumstances, would have yielded to the desires of the child, and left her at home. But P's mother felt a prayerful solicitude for this child's salvation-the last of her family which had not become pious; and, although young, she was careful to have her beside the pool, waiting for the troubling of the waters. She was brought by parental authority, kindly but firmly

exercised, to the house of God, and sent, with her anxious companion, into the inquiry meeting. Had she been left at home, she might have passed through the revival unconcerned and grown up thoughtless and hardened in sin.

Let youth learn, that there is nothing lost by becoming Christians when young. This young girl, like thousands of others, was disposed to postpone this all-important concern, under the mistaken idea that piety would spoil all her pleasures.

But, when she came to experience the joys of religion, she felt that she had known nothing of happiness before. "They that seek me only shall find me," whilst those who postpone, deprive their souls of the delightful foretastes of heaven; and run, every day, with increasing danger, the fearful hazard of endless ruin.

Permanence of Early Impressions.

NEITHER parents nor teachers are apt to consider as they ought the permanence of the impressions which their stations compel them to affect. It seems highly probable, from facts occasionally noted, that every idea or thought or emotion, once occupying the mind, though but for a moment, especially in childhood, becomes an integral part of its life: or, in other words, never so far escapes from memory, but that it may be at some time as vividly present, or even far more actively alive, than at its original existence. Such is the apparently true inference from the following narrative:" A German servant girl, in the delirium of her last illness, was heard to utter words and parts of sentences from language no known to her attendants. The learned were called in, and the discovery soon made, that she was quoting ancient authors in the Hebrew and Greek languages. Inquiry proved that she had formerly lived in the house of a clergyman, who read his favorite authors walking in an entry adjoining an apartment where she was busied in domestic employments. She had overheard him; and though utterly ignorant of those tongues; her ear had transferred many passages to her mind, and left them.

(seemingly,) fixed as the existence of the soul, though unnoticed till the light of a new life rose upon her departure from time to eternity.

Something of this sort is within the province of consciousness, to those who are observant of what passes in their own minds. Facts and impressions, which had not been recollected for years, are called up by some new train of thought, and while they are recognized as old acquaintance, yet we feel certain they would never have reappeared, unless in connexion with ideas, which might, for any number of years longer, have failed to occupy our attention. Or, to present the same truth in different words, our memory is sometimes found to contain stores, whose existence we did not suspect, and could not have known in this world, had we died before the occurrence of the particular mental exercises that reproduced them. The history of dreams may conduct us to the same region of thought. How often do they recall to our minds the long forgotten experience and deeds of the past, thus revealing treasures, or as they will prove to the lost spirit, sources of misery, respecting which the useless cares and distractions of life seldom allow us to think.

From the statements that have now been made, the inference is highly probable, that what has at any time made an impression upon the mind, even though scarcely the subject of distinct consciousness, may remain forever in memory; and if not awakened for good or evil in this life, may yet do its office in some distant period of eternity producing pleasure or pain according to its original character. To parents and teachers, then, the caution is due; teach only truth; hold forth only the example of holiness; for the everlasting memory of these alone can be pleasant to yourselves or those under your care. Who, if compelled to pass before a mirror tha would fix his own image for ever, and keep it always in the eyes of a multitude, would choose at that time to exhibit remarkable deformities of person, of position, or of deeds?