thought I saw vast steamers, crossing the ocean in ali directions, but I could see neither smoke-stacks nor smoke; and yet they went forward with amazing celerity."

"Steam has long since been superseded by the discovery of a very simple and safe process of liberating the inconceivable power of electricity latent in water. This is done with perfect ease, and a wineglass of water is found to contain as much electric force as is evolved in the heaviest of thunder storms; and this latent electricity has been made as docile as the electro-magnetic fluid in sending messages from New York to New Orleans."

"Is it possible!" exclaimed Mrs. Jay; "and is this dreamed of on our earth?”

"Yes," replied the deacon, "I am told this great idea. has been started by Michael Faraday, and it will not now be permitted to remain undiscovered." *

"To change the topic of our discourse," said Mrs. Jay, "will you please tell me what number of the Redeemed are residents of this world ?"

"The number varies daily, madam, but probably fifty to seventy-five thousand are scattered over this globe, in its hamlets, villas, towns and cities."

"So few! John saw in heaven a great multitude,

The author quotes from memory. The paper by Faraday is in the printed Transactions of the Royal Society, from 1835 to 1845.

which he says, 'no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues, clothed in white, singing the anthem 'Salvation to our God.'”

"Yes, Mrs. Jay, but who can number the worlds of light that burn in the depths of space, in all which God reveals his love of science and art? Are you good at figures, Mrs. Jay?"

"My mental arithmetic, Deacon Colgate, was quite equal to the sum of fifteen and a half yards of silk for a dress, at two dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents a yard; and I think Mrs. Colgate will confirm me in saying, that this is more than most ladies can do who buy their silks at Stewart's. But why do you ask me such a question, deacon?"

"I thought, perhaps, you could have told us the number of Noah's family, upon the ratio of increase which has been fixed upon by statisticians of our times. When you shall have studied numbers, as you will do hereafter in some world devoted to this wonderful science, you may make up the mighty sum, and have a capacity to grasp it. The only interest it now has to us, children of immortality, in this the infancy of our heavenly existence, is, to show the folly of the opinion which obtains with many persons, that our earth is to be made up anew for the habitation of the Redeemed." *

Archbishop Whately, page 192, Lecture ix., on the "Condition of the Blest and their Abode in Heaven," says: "The eternal habitation of the blest is described by the apostle as 'new heavens and a new earth;' meaning by

"That thought was never pleasant to me," replied Mrs. Jay, "and the moment I was free from the body, at one volition I was beyond the system of our earth, and as my angel told me, surrounded by the suns of the Nebula in the belt of Orion. And I have not the least desire to go back even for a short stay."

"You will never return unless God wills it," said the deacon, "and then your will and his will be one." "May I ask what are your studies here, deacon ?" "Well, Peter, I have of course begun with the language of this people at the present day, and I have now a good command of their vernacular, so that when I meet with the common people I can converse with them. The higher classes usually speak English with great beauty. This arises from so many being sent to this world who are natives of Great Britain and North America. My first study in art has been in drawing and perspective, preparatory to the study of architecture. You remember, Peter, my brick front to the old tabernacle. That stands a monument of my skill. My

'heavens' the air we breathe and sky over our heads, as he means by earth' the place on which we dwell. As this description must be understood, in a great degree at least, literally; since the blest in the next world, having real material bodies as now, though different from their present bodies, must inhabit some place fitted for the reception of such bodies; though exempt, of course, from the evils of the world they now dwell in, and from all the temptations that could lead them into sin; 'righteousness,' says the apostle, will dwell in the new heavens and the 'new earth' which God has promised."

In order to show the impossibility arising out of numbers, the author requests the attention of his readers to Appendix A.

son, Josey, amused himself by calling it 'Colgate's front,' and I am sure Michael Angelo, or Sir Christopher Wren, would give it their sanction. It was an old building, and needed a front of some sort; and for the money it cost, I do not believe it could be bettered. I was not a little proud of it, and I may have talked more about it than it merited; but I am sure I committed greater follies in my lifetime than by advocating free pews and my brick front, which, even now, contrast favorably with marble-pillared porticoes, which frown upon the poor, as they in passing cast a stealthy look into a luxurious church which contains no free seats for them. I thank God, that I have left behind me a building for the worship of God and Christ which is free to all."

The hour of morning worship now sounded from the belfry of the cathedral, when the inhabitants in all their homes assembled for the adoration of their Creator and bountiful Benefactor. Our friends all rose to go into the chapel, as it was called-a large hall in the eastern wing, fitted up with an organ. Not only the Redeemed, but all the servitors of the palace were present, when

-"with preamble sweet

Of charming symphony they introduced

Their sacred song, and wakened raptures high.
No voice exempt, no voice but well could join
Melodious part: such concord is in heaven." *

* Milton-Paradise Lost, book ii., line 870.

After the morning service, followed the sweet morning congratulations of the Redeemed, and with a mirthfulness alike graceful and pleasing, they all proceeded to the great saloon, where, as before, a table was spread, whose magnificence was, to Peter and Mrs. Jay, amaz ing. Fresh fruits and fresh flowers, and grapes just gathered, were placed before them by servitors whose every movement was a new surprise of grace to our new These were as numerous as the company. Various were the topics discoursed of at the table, and Peter listened with delight to tones that seemed to him spoken music.

comers.

The servitors were all young, and far surpassed the Redeemed in beauty and figure; and then, the slightest act, whatever it might be, was the perfection of grace. These servitors regarded it as a high distinction conferred upon them, though they all belonged to the nobility, thus to stand associated with the children of God.

After breakfast, they separated; some to one studio, and some to another; some to paint on a picture, another to chisel a statue. Often several of both sexes were at work on the same group of marble; and others again, set off for the schools of science and literature.

Deacon and Mrs. Colgate offered to devote themselves for the day to Mrs. Jay and Peter, but as this would interrupt their studies, Mrs. Jay insisted that she should be left to the care of Peter, and that they would