its keys, and commenced playing, singing, in a sweet air, the following words : No room for mirth or trifling here, If now the judge is at the door, No matter which my thoughts employ, But O! when both shall end. With fiends or angels spend? She arose from her seat. The whole party were subdued. Not a word was spoken. Her father wept aloud. One by one they left the house. Lord never rested till he became a Christian. He lived an example of Christian benevolence; having given to benevolent Christian enterprises, at the time of his death, not less than a hundred thousand pounds. EXAMINATION OF THE HEART. FIND out, and you will not have much difficulty in learning what is in your heart. You are in a vessel in a gathering storm-the clouds thicken-the danger is more and more imminent-the ship must be lightened something must be thrown overboard. Where do you begin? Your heart is tried, and discloses what is in its inmost recesses. Do you first cast your children into the sea, or your money? Or is it some article of little worth on which your hands are laid, as the first sacrifice to the fury of the 'tempest? Or do you pass by even the most value You less of your own property, and fasten your grasp on some precious freight of your neighbour, and throw it into the deep, as a substitute for your own? may, in this hour of trial, if you will open your eyes to the truth, know what is in your heart. Unless, frantic from the danger of the moment, you act without thought and without choice, your affections will first retire from what they least value. Now, apply this illustration to the present times. You think the pressure for money, and the stagnation of business, require a curtailment in your expensesyou must contract your sails. Where does inclination prompt you to begin the work of retrenchment? Among your articles of personal comfort and show? In your equipage-your style of living? Or do your diminished contributions to the cause of Christ first indicate that you begin to feel as if hard times are approaching? Must the heathen suffer; must the heralds of salvation be recalled from foreign shores, rather than a luxury be given up, which you adopted in the height of your prosperity? Will you cut off the sources of information from yourself and your family, rather than make a sacrifice of one personal comfort? Do you talk of the heavy expense of supporting the gospel, and of lessening the aid which is becoming burdensome? Say, where shall retrenchment begin? Decide this-decide it as inclination dictates—as appetite urges-as fashion or custom commands; and then, if you will candidly and carefully examine the result, you will see plainly enough what is in your heart. MEETING AT BREADALBANE. [With an Engraving.] To those who have read the valuable work to which we have been more than once indebted, "The Baptists in America," by Drs. Cox and Hoby, the annexed engraving will be neither new nor unwelcome. The following is the account of a meeting held there, as given by Dr. Cox :- "Our next object was Breadalbane, in the forest region of Glengary, which had been distinguished as another scene of the revival of religion. In general, the country through which we passed was thinly peopled, and places of worship were distant. In fact, the whole presented an aspect both of natural and moral desolation. After no inconsiderable toil, we had the satisfaction of reaching our destination. Measures were taken to collect the people. It is a Gaelic settlement, and in that language their valued minister, Mr. Fraser, always preaches to them, though both he and they are acquainted with English. This happily facilitated our intercourse, while it was occasionally necessary to refer, through their pastor, to their own modes of expression, in order to ascertain, with accuracy, the idea intended to be conveyed. "When, in 1834, Mr. Fraser was set apart to the pastoral office, the church did not appear to be in a vigorous state; but some good was effected, even at that time, in consequence of the appropriation of the greatest part of two days to public worship. One young man, in particular, appeared to be converted to God; and he subsequently became the instrument of enlightening others. Afterwards, the church, at the instance of the pastor, appointed a day of fasting and prayer. God was in the midst of them. It was a season of deep humiliation for past lukewarmness, and solemn resolution for the future. A general concern for the salvation of the soul was awakened, and when the question was hereafter put respecting the origin of their religious emotions, the common answer was, 'at the time of the fast day.' In the month of October, a protracted meeting was held, and the whole settlement was affected with the deepest concern. instances of conversion were peculiarly gratifying. From several before me, I select one. An old soldier, who had fought under the command of the Duke of Wellington, in Spain, was among the first to manifest the power of religion on this occasion. His countenance had, during the whole day, been expressive of the greatest mental distress, and at night, when the meeting closed, he said to several friends,— Ó, do remember me in your private devotions, and on the morrow.' His simplicity and earnestness were such as irre Some |