an hour before she died, she exclaimed in the words of the Apostle, O! death, where is thy sting? O! grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!' She then called

all the family around her bed, addressing herself to each individual with much earnestness. She had long prayed and often wept on account of those who are still strangers to the comforts and consolations of religion, but this was the finishing scenee-her last effort on their behalf. She spoke-they heard her, then rose the silent prayer-her last prayer,—the last cord became loosened, and the spirit took its upward flight, about two o'clock on Sunday morning, 5th March, 1843.

As a christian, she was zealous and sincere, striving to imitate the character of her Saviour. As a daughter and sister, she was ardently attached, and ever desiring the best welfare of those so near her heart. As a teacher, she was diligent, earnest, and affectionate. As a friend, she was warm-hearted, faithful, and sincere.

'O lost too soon-O loved too well!

Too dear for death-farewell! farewell!
One soothing solace yet is given,

Thou 'rt lost to earth, to live in heaven!
Fond faith forbids us to deplore,

For thou 'rt not dead, but gone before.'

Sacred Topography.

MAP 3.*

COUNTRIES WHERE THE GOSPEL WAS FIRST
PREACHED.

PAUL'S SECOND APOSTOLIC JOURNEY.

Passing through the provinces of Syria, Cilicia, and Lycaonia, Paul entered that of Phrygia, which lay to the west of Lycaonia. This province was divided by Constantine into two districts-Phrygia Salutaris, and Phrygia Pacatiania. (Acts xv. 40; xvi. 1.)

In the latter of these divisions was the city HIERAPOLIS, mentioned Col. iv. 13, once so celebrated for its mineral waters. In the same division lay also COLOSSE, which Herodotus, the Greek historian, describes as a great city, standing where the river Lycus, running under ground, disappears.

* See July Magazine.

From Phrygia he passed into Galatia, (xvi. 6,) which lies to the north-east of the former province. Galatia is said to have derived its name from the Galatæ, or Gauls, who left their own country in Europe, and, after roaming over and pillaging great part of Italy and Greece, passed into the Asiatic continent, and reduced a great part of it to a state of subjection to themselves. Being, however, subdued by Attalus, king of Pergamos, and driven out of other parts, they were at last confined to this country. Galatia was in general a very fruitful and populous country. The religion of the ancient Galata was blended with gross superstitions. Like other Celtic nations, they offered human sacrifices, devoting to this purpose prisoners of

war.

From Galatia he passed into MYSIA, (xvi. 7. 8,) an adjoining province to the west; and from Mysia he came down to TROAS. This name denotes both a country lying west of Mysia, and the principal city of that country. The latter is probably intended here. Troas was built by Lysimachus, one of the generals of Alexander, was a sea-port, and lay near the site of ancient Troy. Under Augustus, it became a Roman colony, and rose to considerable importance. It has, however, long gone to decay, and its ruins serve the Turks for a quarry.

From Troas he sailed to SAMOTHRACIA, (xvi. 11,) a small island on the coast of Thrace, about twenty miles in circumference.

Hence, he went to NEAPOLIS, (xvi. 11,) a sea-port, originally belonging to Thrace, but afterwards ceded to Macedonia. From the time of its being visited by Paul, Christianity has always to some extent prevailed here.

From Neapolis he came to PHILIPPI, (xvi. 12,) the chief city in that part of Macedonia, and a colony, deriving its name from the famous Philip of Macedon, who repaired and beautified it. It lay farther to the west than the city last mentioned. In its vicinity were the fields, called, from their proximity to the city, Campi Philippici, in which were fought two memorable battles; one between Julius Cæsar and Pompey the Great, and the other between Augustus and Mark Anthony on the one side, and Cassius and Brutus on the other.

Leaving Philippi he came to AMPHIPOLIS, so called from its being surrounded by the river Strymon, and thence to APOLLONIA, and thence to THESSALONICA. (xvii. 1.) This was the metropolis of Macedonia, a considerable mart,

and hence the most populous city of the country. From its maratime situation, it still retains some of its greatness. From Thessalonica he came to BEREA, (xvii. 10,) also a populous city of Macedonia, but farther to the south. (xvii. 15.)

Hence he departed to ATHENS, the most celebrated city of antiquity. It stood on the gulph of the Ægean sea, which comes up to the isthmus of the Peloponnesus, or Morea, and in that district of Greece, properly so called, which was denominated Attica. The city was founded by Cecrops, and an Egyptian colony 1580 years before the Christian era. For 487 years it was governed by kings of the Cecropian family, and for 472 years more by Archons, some annual and some perpetual, till, about the year before Christ 592, its government was settled into a commonwealth. It produced many celebrated men. Three hundred and sixty years before Christ, it was subjected to the Macedonians by Alexander, and eighty-seven years before Christ, it was subjected to the Romans by Sylla. In the fourth and fifth centuries of the Christian era, it was pillaged, and, to a great extent, reduced to ruins by the Goths. Since the year 1455, it has been almost perpetually in the vassalage of the Turks.

On leaving Athens, Paul went to CORINTH, (Xviii. 1.) the capital of Achaia, situated on the south-western part of the isthmus, which separated the Ionian and Egean seas, and connected the Peloponnesus to the Grecian continent. It was the common emporium of the eastern and western divisions of the roman empire. It was the Venice of the old world, in whose streets the continued stream of commerce, either flowing from, or towards the great capital of the world, out of all the eastern territories, met and crossed. The basis of the population of Corinth was Roman, of very recent settlement; but colonists from all quarters had taken up their permanent residence in a place so admirably adapted for mercantile purposes.

From Corinth he went to CENCHREA, the port or road for ships belonging to Corinth, on the eastern bay. Taking ship here he sailed across the Archipelago to Ephesus. Sailing thence he landed at Caesarea in Palestine, whence he went up to Jerusalem, and after saluting the brethren there he went down to Antioch-thus completing his second apostolic journey. (xviii. 18—22.)

Hackney.

S. R.

THE SCHOLAR'S INHERITANCE.

Not gold and gems;-not meadows and pastures, fat flocks and waving grain ;-nor deeds, bonds, mortgages, and stocks-such things never fall to the scholar's lot. If he have a thatched cottage, a shady elm, a musical brook, a maple dish with his books, and a clear mind, he may well be content, and deem himself rich withal. Often is he poorer than this; but weighs not a scanty wardrobe and the uncertain meal, in comparison with sure knowledge. Yet is the scholar heir to a worthier inheritance, measured out by no metes and bounds, weighed in no earthly balances, and of a value assignable by no ordinary calculus. It embraces every pebble, every spire of grass, every flashing wave, the depths of the sea, the caverns of the earth. It compasses the circuit of the stars, and he weighs and measures them as his rightful possessions. Wherever aught may be known, there is his realm. Every thought, feeling, act of man, in the long reach of his history, past and to come, is his. The spirits of earth and air are his; the soul of the flower, and the demon of the mine, the invisible agencies of the wind, and the melodies of the spheres. With reverent awe he passes into the society of celestial hierarchies, not as a stranger, but as one of them. Lowly and humble in his temper, the shining laws and orders of the universe are his, as he is duly subject to them. The unseen messengers that pass to and fro between heaven and earth, visit him too, in his meekness and integrity.

To this inheritance he is always welcome. In the regions of thought no one will hinder his entrance. There, are no barring clauses, no writs of ejectment. Nature receives her child heartily, and with good cheer. The heart of the world is open to him who carries a true heart within him. Science throws open all her stores to him who would enjoy them; his own rudeness only, and want of skill, detain him from the complete fruition.

This inheritance is everlasting. His title to it lies in no bond nor lease, but deep in his own immortal being. No earthly law can divest it, no ordinance of princes abate its worth, nothing but his own recreancy and baseness. He who made the eye for light, made the soul also for truth; and the sight of the soul which fails not through age, is evidence that the perception shall hereafter grow clearer for ever.-American Correspondent.

And

'Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings and not one of them is forgotten before God,' was our Saviour's testimony to the watchful care exercised by Jehovah over even the most insignificant creatures of his power. how many proofs of this truth do we find in nature. How many evidences that the Almighty Being whose power sustains and whose wisdom directs the countless orbs in. their vast circuits, is not indifferent to the comfort and happiness of the meanest member of his dependent family. 'All his works do praise him' his wisdom shines throughout the boundless universe, alike in the brightest star that sparkles in the firmament and the humblest insect that crawls upon the ground; and there is nothing in the vast creation so contemptible that it does not share his providential goodness and display his glory. Few objects are more familiar and simple than the egg. Yet, humble and unpretending as is its exterior, minute investigation will discover many wonders concealed beneath, while the devout philosopher will not fail to recognize the hand of God in its construction. Viewed indeed, as the depository of a being one day to be endowed with life, clad in beauty and ushered into the light of day, it is an object well calculated to excite interest and command attention, and if we contemplate it in every period of its progress, from the moment it leaves the egg-organ of the parent bird, until the embryo bursts the shell in which it has been so long immured, we shall