confined to her room which she never afterwards left. After some years of patient suffering, two gentlemen visited her, and just as they were leaving, one of them said, 'Betty, why do you think God allows you to stay here and suffer so much pain, while I am well, and able to work for him?" "True, Sir," said she, "God has in his providence placed me on a bed of sickness, but his cause needs poor Betty's prayers yet, and when I have suffered all his righteous will concerning me, I shall go home triumphant."

This account had the effect of soothing the unquiet spirit of the young lady. She prayed for resignation to the will of God, and ere long was raised again to her wonted health and strength.

When in every direction thick clouds seem to envelope us, is oftentimes difficult to say, "Thy will, not mine, be done,"—to lie passive in His hands," and know no will but his;" but rest assured that this feeling will enable us best to endure all that is appointed for us.

Let us by God's help endeavour to learn

this lesson, and, in conclusion, listen to the words of the Apostle, "Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out; and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." (1 Tim. vi. 6-8.)

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

"That Day for which all other days were made." WHAT a sublime account of the last judgment is given in the 20th chapter of the book of Revelation, "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose voice the earth and heaven fled away; and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life, and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works." Here we have a picture of the most solemn sight that earth or heaven ever have, or ever will present, a picture fraught with

deep interest to every one of us; and it well becomes each of us to meditate on it, to put the question home to ourselves, "Am I prepared for that day?" This is a personal matter, for each must stand before that bar, each must face that tribunal for himself. There will be those who nailed Jesus to the Cross, those who spit upon him, and railed at him. Yes, "they shall look on him whom they have pierced, and shall wail because of him." There will be a "great multitude which no man can number, of every clime, of every nation, and kindred, and people under heaven." It is a grand and imposing sight when many thousands are congregated together for any purpose, but what will it be when the assemblage will be innumerable !

That day will be a day of separation. The sheep will be divided from the goats, the righteous from the wicked; one class placed on the right hand, and the other on the left. In this life, the sincere and the hypocrite, the sinner and the Christian often go on together, and no one can mark the difference; but the

eye of the omniscient One sees it, and in that day when the thoughts of all shall be revealed, the difference will be seen by an assembled world. However much we may cloak or conceal our real characters now, the mask will be torn off then, the disguise will be dropped, and we shall appear as we really are.

It will be a day of condemnation for the wicked. It is often a matter of surprise to God's children, why the sinner is allowed to succeed and prosper in this life as he often does. The Psalmist was perplexed by this, until he went into the sanctuary, then, says he, "understood I their end." Richer far is the Christian in poverty and rags with the hope of heaven, than the sinner with all his ill-gotten gains. They will not avail him at that bar, and it will be his doom to listen to the awful sentence, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels;" and there throughout eternity will he suffer the wrath of an offended God.

This is the lot of the wicked, but it will be a day of glory for the righteous, for those who are saved by grace. Many of the servants of Jesus are now among earth's lowly ones. Often despised and down-trodden, but few of them have their names registered in the annals of earthly fame; but see what glory is now conferred upon them. Their names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. They are now kings and priests unto God, the blessed of the Father, the heirs of eternal life. They will now inherit mansions bright and fair, and serve the Lamb for evermore. Said an aged saint, "I am going home to receive my inheritance." May it be our happiness to join with those redeemed ones in ascribing praise to him that sitteth upon the throne for ever and ever.

And who is it that will be our judge? He who was once the "despised and rejected of men, the man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," he who though always doing good was scorned and persecuted.