God" (1 John iii. 1), and how "blessed are those who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb" (Rev. xix. 9).

WITH RESPECT TO THE BRETHREN.

We are called to union and to the mutual enjoyment of Christian privileges: "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body (Col. iii. 15). "For we being many are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another" (Rom. xii. 5). We are called to the most entire fellowship with each other; for there is one body and one spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” (Eph. iv. 4, 5, 6).

WITH REGARD TO OUR PERSONAL PRIVILEGES.

We are called "unto holiness" (1 Thess. iv. 7); "to be saints" (Rom. i. 7); to liberty (Gal. v. 13), even "the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom, viii. 21), who hath called us to peace (1 Cor. vii. 15), to glory and virtue (2 Peter i. 3), to patience in suffering wrongfully (1 Peter ii. 20, 21), "not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing, knowing that you are thereunto called" (1 Pet. iii. 9). Therefore "be ye holy in all manner of conversation, as he who hath called you is holy" 1 Pet. i. 15). "And they shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken" (Isa. Ixii. 12). Christ "is not ashamed to call them brethren " (Heb. ii. 11), and friends (John xv. 15). And he will give them "the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the

planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified"

(Isa. lxii. 3).

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Obey the call of the Lord: 'See that you refuse not him that speaketh" (Heb. xii. 25), lest you fail of that "eternal salvation of which Christ is the author unto all those that obey him (Heb. v. 9). But while it is said to day, "to day if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts" (Heb. iii. 15), lest he should say unto you also, "Because I have called, and ye refused, I will also laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh" (Prov. i. 24, 26). But if we are partakers of the heavenly calling". (Heb. iii. 1), "let us walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called, with all lowliness and meekness" (Eph. iv. 1), "pressing towards the mark for the prize of our high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. iii. 14), “that we may know what is the hope of his calling" (Eph. i: 18), giving all diligence to make our calling and election sure (2 Pet. i. 10); and "praying always for each other and for ourselves, "that God would count us worthy of this calling, and fulfil in us all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power (2 Thess. i. 11).

"Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it" (1 Thess. v. 24)! Amen!

RUHAMAH.

MATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS.

[THE following translation of a letter kindly furnished us by the Secretary of the Central Maternal Association of London, will be read, we doubt not, with great interest by most of our readers.]

Lausanne, Sept. 30th, 1838.

MADAM and very dear Sister in Christ,

It is with a lively feeling of gratitude towards God,

and love towards yourself, that we have received the good letter which you have been so kind as to write to us on the subject of Maternal Associations. The communion of saints gives us already a foretaste of eternal joys. We are happy in thinking that our dear sisters of England think of us when they bow the knee before our Heavenly Father. From the goodness of God we wait for the blessings that you have solicited for us and our children, and we can even now say with thanksgiving that we have already felt their effects, for it is perhaps to your prayers that we have been indebted for the first and earnest desire that some amongst us have experienced of love and of reunion, of spiritual prayers for our dearly beloved children. We desire also that the feeble requests that we present to God for you and yours may be heard, and that your country, already so richly blessed, may see every year the kingdom of our good Saviour extend itself, and that in your families may be found an abundant harvest for the granaries of our heavenly Father. If we have suffered so much time to pass before we have thanked you for your good letter, it is that we have desired to have some interesting details to communicate to you, but in small beginnings we must walk by faith, rather than by sight. Notwithstanding, thanks to the great mercy of our God, we can say that he has not left us without witness of his love and approbation. We feel when we are assembled that he is in the midst of us, and we are mustard seed that he has

confident that the grain of sown will become a great tree. In our little Canton of Vaud many associations are already formed; Neufchatel and Geneva begin also to feel the want of this new assistance. In the number of our little associations many children have passed from death unto life,

but almost all have finished their journey here below. We have had in one of our associations in the country a report which has moved and interested us greatly. My sister, the wife of one of the pastors of the village, united every Sunday, conjointly with another lady, some females from the congregation to instruct them in the duties of mothers of families, reading the word of God, and praying with them. One of these women, the mother of an only daughter, taught by the Holy Spirit often edifies the meeting by her reflections full of wisdom, and by the fervent prayers which she presents to God. The tender Father, whose views are so different from ours, thought it right to take from her this only daughter, her all, her treasure. She was the only person who could understand it at her house, as her husband has not yet received a new heart. After this great loss the poor woman had the courage to come to the first meeting, and at this time with all seriousness and gravity, which gave convincing proof that her heart was in earnest, she exhorted the other mothers, showing them if it is possible all the importance and extent of their duties and the frailty of the life of those beings of whom they too often make idols. "Take care," said she, "to bring up your children for God, and not for yourselves; life flies away; eternity approaches. God has been just and good in taking my daughter from me. I thought I had founded my happiness on God, and I had founded it on her." These words were the more remarkable from the mouth of this woman, as she was a model of a Christian mother, and had received no other instruction than what she had drawn from the word of God.

We thank you much, dear madam, for the tracts which you have sent us. One of them has been translated, and we hope that it will make this work

known to a much greater number of mothers of families. We desire much to establish here a great number of schools for poor women; we think that this would be a powerful means of advancing the kingdom of God, but there are yet many difficulties in the way. We ask of you the union of your prayers, dear friends in England, that God would give the will and the power to those who ought to teach, and those who are to hear. We shall be very grateful if you will again make us partakers of your light and experience; the expression of your Christian affection will always be very precious to us: we commend ourselves to your Christian remembrance, and we pray God and our common Saviour to enrich you more and more with all his blessings, so that an abundant shower of spiritual gifts may fall on you and on your children, to the glory of his holy name. Will you receive, dear sister, for yourself, and for all your dear friends, the expression of our love in Christ; that you may be blessed in him is the desire and prayer of your affectionate sisters of the association at Lausanne.

In the name of many,

HOW TO RUIN A SON.

1. Let him have his own way.

2. Allow him the free use of money.

S. VALLEUEZ.

3. Suffer him to rove where he pleases on the Sabbath.

4. Give him free access to wicked companions.

5. Call him to no account for his evenings. 6. Furnish him with no stated employment.

7. Let him go to the theatre.

Pursue any one of these ways, and you will experience a most remarkable deliverance or you will