dod, Bethany, Bethlehem, Bethphage, Emmaus, Ephraim, Gaza, Jericho, Joppa, and Lydda.

PEREA comprehends the country east of the Jordan; and IDUMEA the south-western part of the land of Judea, and part of Arabia lying contiguous to it.

AFFECTING INCIDEnt.

A little child

That lightly draws its breath,

And feels its life in every limb

What should it know of death?-WORDSWORTH.

At Smyrna the burial ground of the Armenian, like that of the Moslem, is removed a short distance from the town: it is sprinkled with green trees, and is a favorite resort not only with the bereaved, but with those whose feelings are not thus darkly overcast. I met there one morning a little girl with a half-playful countenance, busy blue eye, and sunny locks, bearing in one hand a small cup of china, and in the other a wreath of fresh flowers. Feeling a natural curiosity to know what she could do with these bright things in a place that seemed to partake so much of sadness, I watched her light motions. Reaching a retired grave covered with a plain marble slab, she emptied the seed, which it appeared the cup contained, into the slight cavities which had been scooped out in the corners of the level tablet, and laid the wreath on its pure face.

'And why,' I inquired, my sweet girl, do you put the seed in those little bowls there?"

'It is to bring the birds here,' she replied, with a halfwondering look; they will alight on this tree,' pointing to the cypress above, 'when they have eaten the seed, and sing.' "To whom do they sing?" I asked, 'to you, or to each other?"

'O, no;' she quickly replied, to my sister, she sleeps here.'

'But your sister is dead?'

"O yes, sir, but she hears all the birds sing.'

Well, if she does hear the birds sing, she cannot see that wreath of flowers?'

'But she knows I put it there; I told her before they took her away from our house, I would come and see her every morning.'

You must have loved that sister very much,' I continued, but you will never see her again.'

'Yes sir,' she replied with a brightened look, ‘I shall see her always in heaven.'

'But she has gone there already, I trust.'

'No, she stops under this tree till they bring me here, and then we are going to heaven together.'

'But she is gone already, my child; you will meet her there, I hope; but certainly she is gone, and left you to come afterward.'

She cast at me a look of inquiring disappointment, and her eyes began to fill with tears.

Oh yes, my sweet child; be it so,
That near the cypress tree,

Thy sister sees those eyes o'erflow,
And fondly waits for thee.

That still she hears the young birds sing,
And sees the chaplet wave-

Which every morn thy light hands bring,
To dress her early grave.

And in a brighter, purer sphere,

Beyond the sunless tomb,

These virtues that have charmed us here,

In fadeless life shall bloom.

AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT.

REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL TUITION,

In connexion with the exertions of other Religious Societies, by the
REV. SAMUEL THODEY, OF CAMBRIDGE.

THE harmonious co-operation of different institutions, in the object of diffusing divine truth, as it forms a characteristic distinction of the times in which we live, cannot but be contemplated with lively satisfaction by all who are concerned for the glory of God, and for the happiness of man. The principle of the division of labour, so much advocated in political economy, has been found productive of beneficial results in carrying on the cause of religion. The field is the world, and the various societies intersect that field in all directions, and subdivide the labour requisite to its moral cultivation. Missionary Societies serve to break up the ground and prepare the good seed. Bible Societies multiply that seed, and scatter it in all quarters. Tract Societies call the attention of men to the leading truths and doctrines of God's holy word. And the institutions framed for the Education of the poor, prepare the youthful population to read the inspired volume, and enable them to form a right estimate of its contents. The alphabet has been justly

called the Key of the Bible: and in teaching a poor child to read, we furnish him with the first principle of all intellectual and moral improvement.

In Sunday Schools, the chief object regarded is the religious instruction of the young, and it is hoped that this object will be always sedulously kept in view; since, however favourable the supporters of these institutions may be to the widest dissemination of general knowledge, they consider that the hours of the Sabbath should be, as much as possible, held sacred to the concerns of the soul and eternity. Through all our schools, the education imparted is that which is based upon the distinct recognition of our guilty condition as sinners, and the paramount importance of that gracious remedy for human guilt revealed in the Gospel. To exhibit before the youthful population of the country the doctrines of the Bible, and to form the characters of the children upon Scripture principles, is the primary object which we hold in view.

At the present time, these institutions are, perhaps, more important than ever, from the fact of the wide diffusion among the labouring classes, of infidel and demoralizing publications, which require to be counteracted. If the pestilence of such productions travels far and wide, the healing influence of christian truth ought to be at least co-extensive. And who does not perceive, of what immense and increasing importance it is to the country at large, that the youthful portion of the community should be imbued with the principles and spirit of christianity? The people will, and must be educated, and the friends of religion cannot but perceive that necessity is laid upon them to provide for their instruction in that knowledge which causeth not to err. If ever it could be deemed allowable, that these large masses of our fellow-subjects should escape from the salutary control of christian instruction, certainly this is not the time, when the well-being of the community, and the stability of the social system, may depend, to no inconsiderable extent, upon the principles and feelings which prevail among them. That which, to some, might once have been deemed a matter of choice, is now a matter of imperative necessity, if we wish the poor to become blessings either to themselves or to society. To neglect them was never charitable—it has now ceased to be even safe; and if general knowledge be extensively diffused, it is obligatory upon us to make every exertion to render the knowledge of Christ and salvation at least equally prevalent. The law is unalterable, that right

eousness alone exalteth a people; and this can only be reasonably anticipated from the adoption of those christian principles which it is the design of these Societies to diffuse widely at home and abroad. In this and other countries, the efficacy of ignorance has also been tried, and the results are uniformly mournful. The efficacy of religious instruction has long been put to the test of experience; with what success, let the history of patriarchs, and prophets, and evangelists, and martyrs, and the Holy Church throughout the world,' distinctly tell. 'Have ye never heard nor read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings God hath perfected praise?' was the impressive and indignant language of our Lord, when the chief priests and pharisees, hearing the shouts of the multitude, and the voices of the children, in the temple, crying Hosanna to the Son of David, were sore displeased.

Men of all ranks, and in every department of effort or of enterprise, are prompt to acknowledge the beneficial result of youthful training, and delight to observe the development of the early bias of the mind, as indicative of the future career of the man. Of Lord Nelson it has been stated that, when a mere child, he strayed bird's-nesting, and many hours having elapsed before his return home, he was at length discovered sitting composedly by the side of a brook which he could not cross: when, being asked with some surprise why hunger and fear had not driven him home, the future hero replied, Fear! I never saw Fear ;what is it?' If, therefore, habits of courage and adventure may be formed by early familiarity with scenes of activity and danger, how much more important must it be to seize the ductile period of childhood, to impress upon the mind. those evangelical principles upon which a holy life, and a happy eternity, must, beyond all controversy, depend. The Lacedemonians, it is said, took more care of their youth than of any thing in the commonwealth, insomuch that when Antigonus asked fifty youths for hostages, they answered him, that they had rather give him twice as many made men!' implying that the young were the great hope of their families, and of the commonwealth. Let teachers, ministers, and parents recollect, that, since as Milton says, 'the child is father to the man,' a vast responsibility rests upon them as Christians and Patriots, to furnish the youthful population of our towns and villages with the elements of Christian knowledge, and thus prepare them effectually for a useful life, a happy death, and a glorious immortality.

COME, CHILDREN, COME.

Come, children, come, Each leave its happy home, And to the courts of