death. The conflict was over. I have every reason to hope the Lord has taken her to Himself to be for ever in glory. Such was the work of grace in that beloved child of God and babe in Christ. Never did I behold such a heavenly countenance as my dear child's when the Lord first made Himself known to her. P.S.-The balls and parties which are mentioned were only private amusements given to the poor patients at the asylum in the wards, and once in the summer out in the meadow adjoining the house. So simple as they may appear, it is evident God showed her how wrong it is to trifle away our precious time. Poor child! what then gave her so much pleasure little did she think would have caused her so much pain and grief and distress of mind on her death-bed. Written by her mother, M. A. TYMAN. HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. THE SKIN. THE skin which covers the body has many more important uses than people generally imagine. Anatomists have well called it "the safety-valve of life and health." The quantity of matter perspired by an ordinary-sized man in twenty-four hours amounts to not less than between two and three pounds; and you can easily understand that if this waste matter, which has done its work and become unfit for further use, is not allowed to escape freely, it will be kept in the blood, and, by rendering it poisonous, sow in it the seeds of disease. Increasing knowledge of the conditions on which health depends, has rendered the practice of washing the body all over much more general among grown-up persons than it was some time ago. Scarcely any of the better class of houses are now built without a bathroom, which their occupiers, in most cases, use every day. But you will say, you cannot have the provision for it which they have. Admitted: but you can at least do as many are still obliged to do-make a corner of your bedroom serve for a bath-room. This is the way. Curtain off a small space by hanging a piece of calico from a couple of hooks in the ceiling; or else cover a clothes-maiden, or something of the kind, with a sheet, or whatever will help to screen you from observation: behind this, have a large basin of clean water, soap, and a rough towel; and, as soon as you rise in the morning, wash yourself thoroughly from head to foot (not sparing the soap and water), and then rub yourself dry with the towel, till you begin to be all in a glow. Five or ten minutes will be quite enough for this, and you will find it time exceedingly well spent. You can have no idea, unless you have tried, of the fresh, healthy feeling which this practice gives, of the cheerful spirit with which it will send you forth to your work, of the bracing effect which it has on the body, and the way in which it lessens the liability to catch cold. If, in some cases, you are unable thoroughly to carry out this practice when you rise in the morning (which is on many accounts the best time), then you may do it with advantage before you retire to rest again at night. The first cost of the requisite articles need not be great, and the returns will soon prove it to be money wisely laid out. A very small portion indeed of what many now spend on quack medicines and injurious drinks, would set you up at once with all that is necessary, and, instead of undermining your health and strength, be the means of preserving them. ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA IN DECEMBER NUMBER, 1869. ISAIAH lvii. 15. Ecclesiastes; Timothy (2 Tim. iv. 2); Naomi (Ruth i. 20); What can mortals here below Thou dost all our thoughts transcend, Just as long as God shall reign, Endless joy or endless pain State of every soul must be, Blissful, sad Eternity! Everlasting, this doth bring Greater bliss, a keener sting; This enhances heaven's blest strains, This will aggravate hell's pains: There can no cessation be; No, 'tis for Eternity! Endless woe or endless bliss, One thou wilt most surely know While eternal ages flow. Ere thy moments glide from thee, M. BAKER. BIBLE ENIGMA. WHAT did the Lord do in the heavens with a noise? And what did He send when "He gave His voice? What do the wicked plough and reap? Who folded his hands, and till death did sleep? prayer was that the dear Saviour heard? What is it that Jonah ascribes to the Lord? Oh, what will it be we shall never get through? THE HAPPY OLD MAN. ONE stormy winter day, Mr. Young, of Jedburgh, was visiting one of his people, an old man, who lived in great poverty in a lonely cottage. He found him sitting with the Bible open on his knees, but in outward circumstances of great discomfort the snow drifting through the roof, and under the door, and scarce any fire on the hearth. "What are you about to-day, John?" was his question on entering. Ah, sir," said the happy saint, "I'm sitting under His shadow with great delight." 66 BIBLE SUBJECTS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN JANUARY. 38. Jan. 2. Find texts on the resurrection of Jesus. 39. Jan. 9. 40. Jan. 16. 41. Jan. 23. Find texts on the ascension of Jesus. Find texts on the intercessory work 42. Jan. 30. Finds texts that show what is now received on earth through the intercession of Jesus in heaven. THOUGH thou givest all thou hast for charity sake, and yet retainest a secret desire of keeping it for thy own sake, thou rather leavest it than forsakest it. He that hath relinquished all things, and not himself, hath forsaken nothing. He that sets not his heart on what he possesses, forsaketh all things, though he keep his possessions.— Quarles. |