PRAYER.

O our dear and blessed Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ, how can we love thee, how can we thank and praise thee enough, when we read of all thou hast suffered for our sakes! O make our hearts feel more love for thee, and more grief for our own sins, when we think of what thou didst suffer that we might be saved. We thank thee, heavenly Father, that thou didst so love this world, as to send thy Son to obey, and suffer, and die for sinners. We pray thee to wash away all our sins in his precious blood, and to give us thy Holy Spirit to make our hearts new, that we may be thy dear believing children. We thank thee for the blessed words, it is finished. Make us understand them better, and let all our trust be in the finished work of our Saviour. Hear us for his sake. Amen.

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

NEXT day was the Sabbath, and Ellen and Harry did not come to read with their mamma till after church. She said, "I am glad our lesson for to-day has come to be on our Sabbath. What is this day to keep us in mind of?"

Ellen replied, "God rested on the Sabbath, after he had made the world." "How long was God in making the world?"

"Six days, mamma."

"Yes, and he rested on the seventh day, and told Adam that was always to be a day of holy rest. But since Jesus died, all believers in him, all Christians, keep the Sabbath not on the last day of the week, but on the first. Do you know why?"

"Because Jesus rose from the dead on that day."