Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" And his offices are performed, his pulpit is filled by another. So we pass away in succession. The table spread here is continually shifting its guests; but it is not so with the banquet of eternity.

It is heaven;-for there the guests are uniform. Here they are gathered from all nationsthey sit at different tables-call themselves by different names-speak a different tongue-range under a different party-and are sometimes scarcely in charity with each other. But there, collected from all quarters of the world, they appear in one dress-they are called by one namethey meet in one place-they participate one salvation-they are "of one heart, and of one mind." Here, they differ in talents; and even there, they shall probably differ in glory; but the glory of each shall be perfect in itself; and every happy spirit shall possess as much as it can enjoy -shall contain a felicity overflowing all, according to the capacity of each. So that, while they differ in glory, they are alike and equal in enjoyment, each possessing as much as it can grasp. "There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. for one star differeth from another star in glory." No tulip-bed exhibits a richer assemblage of colours than the heavenly bodies, when seen through telescopes of the first order; yet this variety, while each has its own splendour, and is perfect in its kind, adds to the grandeur and beauty of the whole scene. If, then, the feast intends the dispensation of the gospel generally, it must refer to heaven, where the whole is complete, particularly. Are you desirous of sharing these eternal benefits? What shall hinder you? Approach;-for "yet there is room."

SUBJECTS OF HEAVENLY MEDITATION.

WHAT inexhaustible sources are there here for the entertainment of the blessed!-God manifest in the flesh!-The Creator of the world expiring on a cross!-Guilt, complicated guilt, expiated!-Innocence retrieved!-Justice satisfied, yet mercy triumphant !-Death swallowed up in victory! The powers of darkness routed and overthrown!-The miserable vassals of Satan made heirs of God!-Humanity united to Deity! -Angels confirmed in their bliss!-And the happiness of every individual, of that vast and boundless empire, infinitely augmented by the astonishing display of wisdom, power, and love.

DEPORTMENT TOWARDS OTHERS.

JUSTICE is due to the feelings of others; and this applies to many circumstances which do not affect either their interest or their reputation. Without injuring them in any of these respects, or in our own good opinion, we may behave to them in such a manner as to wound their feelings. There are minds of an extreme delicacy, which, in this respect, are peculiarly sensitive towards such, a person of correct feelings strives to conduct himself with suitable tenderness. We may find, however, persons of honest and upright minds, who would shrink from the least approach to real injury, but yet neglect the necessary attention to the feelings; and may even confer a real benefit in such a manner as to wound the individual to whom they intended kindness. The

lower degrees of this principle pertain to what is called mere good-breeding, which has been defined "benevolence in trifles;" but the higher degrees may restrain from conduct which, without any real injury, inflicts permanent pain. To this head we may perhaps also refer a due regard to the estimate which we lead a man to form of himself. This is opposed to flattery on the one hand, and on the other to any unnecessary depreciation of his character. Flattery indeed is also to be considered as a violation of veracity.

There is another class of injuries, of still higher magnitude, which the conscientious mind will avoid with peculiar anxiety, namely, injuries done to the moral principles of other men. These form a class of offences of which no human law takes any adequate cognizance; but we know that they possess a character of the deepest malignity. Deep guilt attaches to the man who, by persuasion or ridicule, has unhinged the moral feelings of another, or has been the means of leading him astray from the paths of virtue. Of equal or even greater malignity is the aspect of the writer whose works have contributed to violate the principles of truth and rectitude,-to pollute the imagination, or corrupt the heart. Inferior offenders are promptly seized by public authority, and suffer the award of public justice; but the destroyer of the moral being often walks securely through his own scene of moral discipline, as if no power could reach the measure of his guilt but the hand of the Eternal.

THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS.

AMONG the feelings of our nature "which have less of earth in them than heaven," are those which bind together the domestic circle in the various sympathies, affections, and duties which belong to this class of tender relations. It is beautiful also to observe how these affections arise out of each other, and how the right exercise of them tends to their mutual cultivation. The father ought to consider the son as, of all earthly concerns, the highest object of his anxious care; and should watch over the development of his intellectual character, and the culture of his moral feelings. In the zealous prosecution of this great purpose, he should study to convey a clear impression that he is influenced purely by a feeling of solemn responsibility, and an anxious desire to promote the highest interests. When paternal watchfulness is thus mingled with confidence and kindness, the son will naturally learn to estimate alike the conduct itself and the principles from which it sprang, and will look to the faithful parent as his safest guide and counsellor, and most valued earthly friend. If we extend the same principles to the relation between the mother and the daughter, they apply with equal, or even greater force. In the arrangements of society, these are thrown more constantly into each other's company; and that watchful superintendence may be still more habitually exercised, which, along with the great concern of cultivating the intellectual and moral being, neglects not those graces and delicacies which belong peculiarly to the female character. It is not by direct instruction alone that, in such

a domestic circle, the highest principles and best feelings of our nature are cultivated in the minds of the young. It is by the actual exhibition of the principles themselves, and an uniform recognition of their supreme importance; it is by a parental conduct, steadily manifesting the conviction, that, with every proper attention to their acquirements, accomplishments, and the comforts of life, the chief concern of moral beings relates to the life which is to come. A domestic society bound together by these principles can retire, as it were, from the haunts of men, and retreat within a sanctuary where the storms of the world cannot enter. When thus met together in the interchange of mutual affection and mutual confidence, they present the anticipation of that period when, after the tumults of life are over, they shall meet again, "no wanderer lost, a family in heaven."

DEFINITIONS OF HEAVEN AND HELL.

DIVINE Wisdom has so ordered the frame of the whole universe, that every thing should have a certain proper place, a fit receptacle for it. Hell is the sink of all sin and wickedness. The strong magic of nature pulls and draws every thing, continually, to that place which is suitable to it, and to which it belongs. So, all heavy bodies press downward toward the centre of our earth, drawn in by its attraction. In like manner, hell, wheresoever it is, will, by strong sympathy, pull in all sin and magnetically draw it to itself. While true holiness is always breathing upward, and fluttering toward heaven, striving to embosom