tomb was the recumbent figure of a nobleman, who in that stormy and difficult period which preceded the overthrow of church and state, held a high and responsible trust under the crown. He lay with the insignia of his office strewed around him, and the cap and robe of state gracefully adjusted by the skilful hand of art. The stillness of the unstained marble, and the calm repose of the figure, contrasted strangely with the memory of those stirring times in which he lived, and of the exciting events in which he had acted. From the date of his decease, recorded upon the monument, it was evident that he had exchanged the tumult of the senate-house and the council-chamber for the repose of the grave, only a very short period before rude and rebel hands usurped the functions of kingly and sacerdotal authority, enacting the most atrocious crimes, and exercising the most oppressive tyranny, in the fair names of religion and liberty. The view of this monument, as seen from a distant part of the church, during the performance of divine service, was most touching and impressive, and spoke volumes to the heart, of that tender care with which the great Shepherd had watched over his fold, even when he seemed most to have abandoned it. Since that noble statesman had slept the sleep of death, what a tempest had befallen the church, threatening her with utter destruction! Her ancient orders proscribed : her devout liturgy, the glorious heritage of the remotest eras, prohibited: her faithful sons, torn from their peaceful toils, and forcibly driven out of the vineyard: but, when the rain descended, the flood came, the winds blew and beat upon the house; it fell not, for it was "built upon the foundation of the

apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone: " and when the storm was over, this ark of God was found tranquilly resting upon the holy hills, with the rich inheritance of her ancestral privileges unmutilated and unimpaired. With such a trophy in sight, it was impossible not to be doubly affected by the devout breathings of the beautiful form of prayer so wondrously preserved to us: the very words which have burst from the lips of many a noble martyr, and through the medium of which many a holy soul, ages since in the bosom of his God, has sought and found communion with him whom not having seen he loved, and in whom, now beholding, he rejoices with joy unspeakable, and full of glory.

But without any of those adventitious aids, which are the effect of association, there was enough, as there ever is, to gladden yet solemnize the heart, in the services of that sacred time. The mingled and alternating offices of joyful praise and penitential confession-now prostrating in the dust as self-condemned and self-renouncing sinners-now standing as redeemed and rescued souls, already joining in the strains of angels and ascribing "glory unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever:" the united intercessory prayer "for all sorts and conditions of men"-for the king upon the throne, for the captive in the dungeon-for the priests and people of the Lord, as well as for the wanderers in darkness and error-for the senators in their council chambers-for the magistrates in their judicial halls -for the sick and afflicted-for the desolate and oppressed-for widows and orphans; and, O! tender thought of our sainted forefathers, for the younglings

of the flock who know not any thing, and who sport with the flowers that grow on the surface of this world's vast cemetery, unmindful of life or death, of good or evil. Every soldier in the Christian warfare has his peculiar case brought forward, and specially recommended to the great Captain of the host. The strong, that he may yet be strengthened; the weak, that he may be upheld; the fallen, that he may be raised anew; while for the whole militant array, final victory is requested, and grace to overcome. These petitions ever rest their claim to acceptance on the merits of the great Intercessor; and language can scarcely be conceived more solemn and affecting than that which pleads His meritorious life and death of agony, His cross and resurrection, as the deserving cause for his people's deliverance from the guilt and dominion of sin. Perhaps there are few things more touching to a devout mind than the responsive portions of the church service. When the faithful minister of the sanctuary invokes for the worshippers the felt presence of Him who alone can give the supplicants a hearty desire to pray," and help their infirmities in prayer; how beautiful are the words-half prayer, half benediction, with which he addresses them"the Lord be with you :" how beautiful the fervent response which unitedly calls for an individual and personal appropriation of this holy spirit of promise, in the heart of a beloved and revered pastor!

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But enough! the heart which has devoutly participated in the solemn services of the sanctuary, is well-tuned for the message of mercy that follows, and on this occasion it was faithfully, affectionately, and earnestly enforced.

It was high noon, when the little assembly issued

from that house of prayer, and dispersed to their humble dwellings, and as their moving forms quickly disappeared from sight in dingle and wood; the very spirit of solitude seemed once more to return and take possession of the scene.

LYDIA.

THE Jew is charged by the Christian world with being deluded by prejudice. I do not deny but that he is; yet are we not justified in coming to a simlar conclusion with respect to the Christian in whose heart the prejudice against the seed of Abraham is so predominant, that the plainest commandments of Jehovah are disregarded and treated with impunity? If not prejudice, then how comes it that the hearts of British Christians are alive and do respond to the case of all others who cry for help, but are closed against the Jew? How happens it that there is a cord in your hearts which vibrates with sympathy with the lowest of the low, but paralyzes into indifference at the wretchedness of the sons of Israel. If not prejudice, then why, in the face of such plain and enforcing commandments, have those who sent the word of life to the remotest Hindoo refused it to the Jew?-The Jew.

CHRISTIAN LADIES AND IRON

RAILROADS.

WHAT possible connection can there be between two points, apparently so far apart as these? At first sight, the answer will be, None. But if we look a little farther, we shall find that even with railroads Christian women have somewhat to do.

A very large proportion of the ladies of England are totally ignorant of one prodigious mischief, of which the railroads now in progress are the cause. Those who do not dwell in the very track of one of these new causeways cannot see, and are not very likely to hear, of the plague to which we allude. That plague is,-the passage of an army of labourers, called navigators,' through parish after parish, in the progress of the works, bearing with them greater evils by far than a visitation of locusts, or the incursion of an epidemic.

This sort of moral pestilence is thus described by a clergyman, who had himself witnessed its ravages. His description refers to a line now carrying through the west of England:

The line of railway extends for about twenty miles through the valley. There are at present about 500 or 600 men employed upon it, and in a little time there will probably be many more. I believe no navigator has been seen on a Sunday in any of our neighbouring churches. They live, for the most