unqualified sense. Compare the case of St. Peter with theirs. BOTH are shipwreck of faith, but in one case partial, in the other it was complete.-Quiver.

PRAYER MEETINGS.-Hints for those who desire to improve and enrich with heavenly grace the weekly prayer meeting:-1, Realize it your duty to be present; 2, be punctual at the appointed time; 3, bring some person with you; 4, come in the spirit of prayer; 5, do your share in the active work; 6, sit close together, and near the front; 7, engage heartily in the singing; 8, be brief in any part you take; 9, discountenance fault-finding; 10, suggest special cases to the conductor; 11, encourage the presence of strangers; 12, do all to the glory of God.-A. A. MAINWARING.

MARY was not commended because she neglected her housekeeping, nor was Martha rebuked for attending to it. "The good part" which Mary had chosen was not idleness and neglect of her domestic duties, and our Saviour's tender reproach of Martha was not directed against her diligence. Martha's fault was not that she minded things, but that she was careful and troubled about them. Mary's "good part" was that she took time to love and listen to her Saviour. Martha's fault was that she allowed the cares of the visible world to shut out from her mind the invisible world. And our Saviour gently repeats to all who have " ears to ear" the sublime truth that all our earthly anxieties concern things which shall be taken from us, while Mary's tender solicitude concerns things which shall not be taken away. What Mary learned at the Saviour's feet will be fresh and precious to her for ever; all the anxieties that vexed Martha's life ended when she drew her last breath on earth. In our lives there should be place for Martha's diligence, but Martha's trouble can have no proper place in one who, like Mary, sits at the Saviour's feet; and he who sits where Mary sat will scarcely feel the weight of Martha's care.

JOHN WESLEY, when preaching against riches, said :-"To ride in a coach here and get to heaven hereafter is almost too much for any man to ask."

HOMES are like harps, of which one is finely carved and bright with gilding, but ill-tuned, and jarring the air with its discords, while another is old and plain and worn, but from its chords float strains that are a feast of music.-Advance.

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