had learned self-respect, and thus she was encouraged.

Some twelve or thirteen years ago there was in Franklin school an excessively dull boy. One day the teacher, wishing to look out a word, took up the lad's dictionary, and on opening it found the blank leaves covered with drawings. He called the boy to him.

"Did you draw these?" said the teacher. "Yes, sir," said the boy, with a downcast look.

"I do not think it is well for boys to draw in their books," said the teacher, "and I would rub these out, if I were you; but they are well done. Did you ever take lessons?"

"No, sir," said the boy, his eyes sparkling.

"Well, I think you have a talent for this thing. I should like you to draw me something when you are at leisure at home, and bring it to me. In the meantime, see how well you can recite your lessons."

The boy felt he was understood.

He began

to ove his teacher. He became animated, and id of his books. He took delight in gratifying is teacher by his faithfulness to his studies; while the teacher took every opportunity to encourage him in his natural desires. The boy became one of the first scholars, and gained the medal before he left school. After this he became an engraver, laid up money enough to go to Europe, studied the works of old masters, sent home productions from his own pencil, which found a place in some of the best collections of paintings, and is now one of the most promising artists of his years in the country. After the boy gained the medal, he sent the teacher a beautiful picture, as a token of respect; and I doubt not, to this day, he feels that that teacher, by the judicious encouragement he gave to the natural turn of his mind, has had a great moral and spiritual effect on his character.

GOVERNING CHILDREN.
"Sow in the morn thy seed,

At eve hold not thy hand."

1. THREATEN seldom, and be careful how you threaten; never lie. Some parents tell lies: no wonder their children become liars.

2. Never scold your children, nor tell them to do a thing-no, not the merest trifles-unless you intend them to do it, and do it Now.

3. Never give them anything for their crying. Some parents (very unwise) endeavour to pacify their little ones by promises of sweetmeats, and sometimes by telling them of witches, ghosts, hobgoblins; or that bears, or the "black man," will catch them! Abominable! Such impressions are often ruinous-lasting as eternity. Some children have been actually frightened to death!

4. Never allow your children to be wasteful; this evil will follow them to the grave. Bread, pie, cakes, and other fragments of food, partially eaten, are often thrown away! Shameful!

6. Govern the appetites of your children: let their meals be regular, their diet plain, simple ; always keeping in view their age, circumstances, exercise, &c. Self-denial is the first and most important thing, the very essence of well-being. Lay your hand here firmly. Let self-denial be first, last, always.

7. Never permit your children to be tempters to others. We know one family of children perfect tormenters to all around them. Impudent! Most intolerable!

8. Do you punish sometimes for wilful disobedience? chastise corporally? Very well; be calm as a clock, yet decisive; keep down passion. Do not kick, beat, or slap; take the rod, so Solomon says, so say we; take the rod, let it tingle-do up the work, do it thoroughly; work well done is done for ever. Ask God to bless it. Is the stubborn will subdued? Keep it subdued always. Seest thou a spark of the "old man" rising? put it out, as you value the soul-put it out! keep it out!

9. Parents, dear, train your little ones for God. Lay out your strength here; stretch every nerve-you will never regret it. Polish these jewels; polish them highly; put on the finishing touch. God commands it; the world demands it.

3.

HINTS FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS. IN giving instruction to the young and ignorant, take these rules:-1. A little at a time, and often repeated. 2. When you give a definition, let it be clear, lest you produce confusion. Do not suppose your labour lost, because you are not able to make your pupil understand everything. "Wonder is broken knowledge." Most of our knowledge is of that kind. 4. Never teach a scholar that he is dull; if you do, he will believe you after a while. There is great force in those words of our Saviour: "Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly." As if he had said, "I will not charge you with stupidity—I will teach you the same lesson over and over again -I will be patient with you." Follow this example. 5. Invest your lessons with interest. Engage the cheerful attention. "Search out and set in order many proverbs," or striking modes of illustrating and enforcing truth. 6. Improve events and occasions. Things are often good only as they are seasonable. 7. Avoid a gloomy countenance and manner. 8. Yet beware of levity. A frivolous manner belongs to frivolous men and subjects.

Christianity in its Power; or, Piety exemplified, in the Heart-the Familythe Church-and the World. By JOHN MORISON, D.D., LL.D. Ward and Co., London.

WE are glad again to meet Dr. Morison in his appropriate walk of advancing domestic religion. His "Homilies for the Times,' ""Counsels to Young Men on Modern Infidelity," and the "Evidences of Christianity,' "The Fear of the Lord the Guardian of Truth," "The Church: a Manual for Candidates for Christian Fellowship"-to mention none of his larger works have all contributed much to the piety of the age; but to none of them singly do we attach more importance than to the present work. It will be seen that the outline is simple and grand -the power of Christianity in the individual heart, in the family, in the church, and in the world. What points are these! And these points are wrought out with all the clearness, closeness, and force, by which the writings of the author are so uniformly distinguished. It is altogether a seasonable and powerful piece of practical theology. We cannot withhold the concluding paragraphs :

1. How happy they who have escaped from the world's temptations and griefs!" They are before the throne," and serve God day and night, without weariness, and without a shadow of remaining imperfection. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne, shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Oh, with what adoring wonder and gratitude do they look back on "all the way in which the Lord hath led them, to prove them and to try them!" What dangers have they escaped! what deliverances have they realised! what enemies have they been enabled to vanquish ! What supports and comforts have been vouchsafed to them! what boundless stores of mercy have poured in upon their souls!

How perpe

tual, then, their gratitude! how loud and rapturous their song of praise! They now see, as they could not here, what a world of trial, temptation, and conflict, they have escaped; and their eternity will be spent in celebrating the matchless power and compassion of their almighty Deliverer.

2. How vigilant must they be who are yet " in the world!" One forgetful moment may peril the peace and comfort of years. The Master says to all his friends, who are yet in the world, "Watch." There are dangers on every side; and "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?" But the watchful Christian shall stand secure, while

the fiery darts of temptation fly thick around him. "The shield of faith" they cannot pierce; and danger seen, and provided for, will be danger escaped. "Greater is he that is for us than he that is in the world." Jesus will "never leave us, nor forsake us,-no, never." The weak and the feeble of his disciples, he will sustain and defend. Only let them trust in him, and not in an arm of flesh; and they shall ere long find themselves with that victorious band, who are seen standing on mount Zion, "with white robes, and palms of victory in their hands," raising loud their anthems of praise to God and the Lamb for ever and ever.

3. How sad and perilous their condition who are not only IN the world, but Or it! Oh, what a wretched portion, to an immortal mind, is this polluted, transitory, dying world! Let the poor child of earth, who hangs upon its smile, who hugs its pleasures, who grasps with eager desires its possessions, endeavour to realise the thought -that "the world passeth away." Yes, it is rapidly escaping from the hands of its possessors; and in a little while they must leave it all behind them. But, oh! if the worldly spirit is not vanquished by the power of faith, ere the summons to quit the world shall reach them, let them remember that their souls will be undone for eternity. Be entreated, O child of the world! to part with it for Christ: "You cannot serve God and Mammon." Cling to the world, and lose your soul: relinquish the world-and Christ, and happiness, and heaven, will be yours, and yours for ever!

CHARACTERISTIC NOTICES.

The Way of Life; extracted from the Works of the great Reformer, Martin Luther. To which is prefixed, an Historical View of the Doctrine of Justification. By the Rev. J. MILNER, Author of "The History of the Church of Christ." Pp. 192. Baisler, Oxford-street, London. THIS publication is at once seasonable and valuable; presenting as it does a copious embodiment of Luther's views upon all the subjects of which it treats-subjects comprising everything fundamental to the hopes of men. We are, indeed, much pleased to find Luther, if we may so express ourselves, thus made popular. Mr. Baisler has assuredly, by the publication of this volume, rendered a great service to the Christianity of England. The mighty movements at present going on in Europe are simply a development of the principle first propounded and proclaimed in thunder by Luther, who has been justly denominated "The Continental Liberator of Thought."

City Cousins. By the Author of "Annie Sherwood." Pp. 177. Religious Tract Society, London.

MARKED by all the solidity of the profoundest truth, brought forth with the simplicity of John Bunyan, and graced with a charm which cannot fail to captivate every reader. The cuts are admirable.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

A Treatise on Diet and Regimen. By WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTSON, M.D. Fourth Edition, rewritten and much enlarged. Part V. pp. 240. Churchill, London.

The Magnet of the Gospel. By J. R. BALME. Hamilton and Co., London.

Robertson's Scottish Church Book, for training Youthful Hearers to habits of Attention.

A Pocket Expositor of the New Testament. By THOMAS KEYWORTH. Second Edition. Hamilton and Co., London.

Portugal and Gallicia. By Lord CARNARVON. Part II. Murray's Home and Colonial Library, No. LV. Murray, London.

The Fruits of the Spirit. By the Rev. W. H. ELLIOT. Pp. 102. Ward and Co., London.

The Holy Trinity; a Divine Revelation what God is. By J. WHEADON. Toms, Chard.

A Smooth Stone from the Brook, slung in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, at Popish Doings in Kentish-town and other places; or, Remarks upon the History of Saint Alexis. By T. W. GITTENS, Camden-town. Lewis, Gower-street, London.

The Crotchet Gem. By Mrs. BURRELL. Second Thousand. Groombridge, London.

A Paraphrase and Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews: with Treatises on the Meritorious Ground of Justification, and the Calls and Invitations of the Gospel. By A. M LEAN, one of the Pastors of the Baptist Church, Edinburgh. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. M'Donald, Elgin.

The Way of Life; extracted from the Works of the great Reformer, Martin Luther. By the Rev. J. MILNER. Baisler, Oxford-street, London.

SPEAK NOT HARSHLY.

BY MISS JULIA A. FLETCHER. SPEAK not harshly-much of care Every human heart must bear; Enough of sha lows sadly play Around the very sunniest wayEnough of sorrows darkly lie, Veil'd within the merriest eye. By thy childhood's gushing tearsBy thy griefs of after yearsBy the anguish thou dost know, Add not to another's woe. Speak not harshly-much of sin Dwelleth every heart within; In its closely cover'd cells Many a wayward passion dwells. By the many hours misspentBy the thoughts to folly lentBy the wrong thou didst not shunBy the good thou hast not done,With a lenient spirit scan The weakness of thy brother man.

THE WISH.

I ASK not golden stores of wealth,
Or rank, and pomp, and state;
The noble's glittering coronet,
The mansion of the great;

I care not that around my brow
Fame's laurel wreath should twine;
Or, that on History's glowing page
My name may proudly shine.

I envy not the calm retreat,

From worldly noise and strifeThe lowly cot-the flower-gemm'd pathThe simple joys of life:

I ask not that in soft repose

My peaceful days may glide,
As the light bark is borne along
The deep, unruffled tide.

But this I ask: that while I live,
I may not live in vain ;

For I would cheer the aching heart,
And soothe the mourner's pain-
Would wipe away grief's bitter tears,
The poor man's struggles aid;

And guide the wanderer back, whose steps
From virtue's path have strayed.

Then, whether affluence and state
Shall be my destin'd lot,

Or 'neath the humble cottage roof
I dwell, it matters not-
If I, by self-denying love,
Earth's weary ones can bless,
And deepen, as I pass along,
The stream of happiness.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND THE COLLEGE AT LIVERPOOL, NOVA SCOTIA; AND THE REV. J. C. GALLAWAY. THE Rev. J. C. Gallaway, A M., who relinquished his charge at West Bromwich, in September, 1843, at the call of the Colonial Society, and who has since laboured in the city of St.

John's, New Brunswick, where his labours have been blessed in the formation of a Christian church, the gathering of a large congregation, and the erection of a commodious and substantial chapel, felt it his duty, in consequence of the office which he sustained, as agent for the above Society for the two provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the peculiarly urgent claims which many places in those re

gions presented, to visit his native land this winter. On leaving, it was his pleasure to receive the following address from the church which had been formed through his instrumentality in the city of St. John's :

"Reverend and dear Sir,-We, the members composing the Congregational church under your pastoral care, who have enjoyed the distinguished privilege of your very acceptable and useful ministrations during a period of four years, desire, now that you are about to leave us for a few months, to express our strong and unabated attachment towards yourself; our undiminished interest in your ministerial services; and our hearthy sympathy with you in the objects which lead you to contemplate an early visit to your native land.

"However much, dear Sir, we may regret, as a matter of personal interest, your temporary absence from among us, we would not forget that you are emphatically a missionary; that you were sent out, and have been heretofore supported, by a Missionary Society; that you came, at the request of that Society, to promote missionary operations, not in this locality only, but throughout these two important and improving provinces; and that you took the pastoral oversight of us in the Lord, with the distinct understanding at the time, that the more general cause would occasionally call you away from us, and demand your temporary services elsewhere.

"Believing, dear Sir, that you are deeply imbued with the missionary spirit; knowing that you have travelled extensively in these two provinces; and confiding in your judgment; we are willing to admit that you are the best judge of what is the most likely course to further the work of God in these lands.

Shall we,

then, do anything to retard or forbid your purposed visit to England at the present time? With all our heart we say, Go; and may the God of grace go with you!-go, and the Lord grant you great success !-go, and interest the churches in our fatherland on behalf of Colonial Missions-go, and beg imploringly for more men and money for these provinces-go, and plead in earnest for means to assist in the erection of a college, to which we may hereafter look with hope for the supply of our Congregational pulpits, when you, dear Sir, and others that are now bearing the heat and burden of the day, shall be called to finish their work, and to rest from their toil-go, and in your absence (we were about to say) do not forget us; but we need not prefer such a request, for you have already given us the assurance that not a single day shall we be absent from your thoughts; that, though absent in body, you will be present with us in spirit, "joying and beholding our order, and the stedfastness of our faith in Christ." Go, then, and we shall follow you with our prayers, that the God of heaven, and earth, and sea, may give you a safe and prosperous voyage across the mighty deep; that your life may be precious in his sight; that you may experience a happy meeting with your beloved wife and the only remaining pledge of your mutual affection; that your mission may be abundantly crowned with success; and that, in due time you may be restored to us in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ; that 80 we may once more see your face and hear your voice, and through your instrumentality be

edified, built up, and meetened for the glory and blessedness of heaven !"

Since Mrs. Gallaway's arrival in England, the state of her health, which had suffered materially in St. John's, has been such as to lead her medical adviser to give his decided opinion against the propriety of her return to a city where the climate is so severe, and where she was called last winter to part with three children. Upon receiving this decision, Mr. Gallaway felt it his duty to offer to the Committee of the Colonial Society, to return alone to the scene of his pastoral labours in St. John's, for a period of six or twelve months. To this offer the Committee replied in the following resolution :

"That the inability of the Rev. J. C. Gallaway to fulfil his intention and desire of returning to carry forward the mission so successfully commenced by him in St. John's, and in the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in consequence of the precarious state of Mrs. Gallaway's health, has been to this Committee an occasion of serious disappointment and regret; because it appears to give a discouraging check to hopeful prospects of great success in that important work.

"But this Committee having maturely weighed Mr. Gallaway's proposal to return alone to the scene of his missionary labours for a term of six or twelve months, deems it best to decline that zealous offer-first, because the funds of the Colonial Society are not in a state to meet the expense of such proposed visit; secondly, because the Committee has hope of soon sending forth an efficient minister to Halifax, Nova Scotia, who will be able to enter on the general service in the two provinces into which Mr. Gallaway's activity has led him; and, thirdly, because the church at St. John's appears to be satisfactorily supplied, for the present at least, by the Rev. Charles Mackay, from Lower Canada.

"But the Committee cannot close its connection with the Rev. J. C. Gallaway without expressions of warm regard and respect, nor without bearing testimony to the efficiency of his labours, and to his truly missionary spirit and views while in the service of the Society; and of its hope that Mr. Gallaway will be a zealous and successful advocate of Colonial Missions while again labouring in his native land."

As Mr. Gallaway is thus prevented from returning, according to his full expectation and hope, to his sphere of labour in St. John's and the two adjoining provinces, he feels the more desirous of rendering all the help to the good work commenced there, by obtaining subscriptions in aid of the building-fund at St. John's, and the College in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Already have subscriptions to the amount of £120 been promised towards these objects. As one purpose of the subscriptions in England is to obtain a library for the college, donations of books will be a most acceptable mode of aiding this important object.

RECOGNITION, ST. THOMAS'S SQUARE, HACKNEY.

ON Thursday, the 2nd of March, the Rev. George Thomson, from Aberdeen, was publicly recognised as co-pastor with the Rev. Dr. Burder, on his completing that day the thirty-fourth year of his pastor

ate. The Rev. Dr. Cox commenced the service with prayer; the Rev. John Hunt, of Brixton, read the Scriptures, and proposed the usual questions; to which interesting replies were returned by John Dennis, Esq., one of the deacons, on behalf of the church, and by the Rev. George Thomson. Dr. Burder then implored the blessing of God on the colleague who had been chosen by a united church, with his most cordial concurrence. powerful, touching, and most appropriate address to Mr. Thomson was delivered by the Rev. Algernon Wells, of Clapton; and an energetic and impressive address to the church, by the Rev. John Kennedy, of Stepney. The edifying and solemn services of the evening were concluded with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Smith, of Homerton College.

ORDINATION.

A

ON the 23rd and 24th of February, 1848, the Rev. J. D. Williams, late of Homerton College, London, was set apart to the pastorate of the Congregational churches worshipping at the Tabernacle and Coity, Bridgend, Glamorganshire. At three o'clock the

first day, at Coity, the services were conducted by the Revs. L. Lawrence, Adulam; W. Watkins, Llwyni; and T. Rees, Silva, Carmarthenshire: and at six, in the same place, by the Revs. R. Rees, Carmel; T. Evans, Pembre; and D. Evans, Neath. Also the same evening, at the Tabernacle, two sermons were preached by the Revs. E. Jacobs, Swansea, and R. Thomas, Hanover, Monmouthshire. At ten o'clock the second day the Rev. O. Owen, Brynmenyn, read and prayed; the Rev. J. Davies, Llanelly, Breconshire, delivered the introductory discourse; the Rev. L. Powell, Cardiff, proposed the questions; the Rev. W. Griffith, Llanhaven, offered the ordination prayer; the Rev. W. Jones, Swansea, gave the charge to the minister, and the Rev. B. Owens, Merthyr, to the church. At two o'clock the Revs. N. Stephens, Sirhowy, D. Lewis, Lanvapley, (in English,) and T. Rees, Llanelly, preached; and at six the Revs. J. Evans, Maendy, J. Jones, Rhydybont, and W. Griffiths, Llanhaven. There were present on the occasion twenty-eight ministers the attendance at each of the services was absolutely overflowing. We have hardly ever known a young man commencing his ministerial labours with prospects so bright and cheering.

CHRONICLE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALES; OF THE BOARD FOR GENERAL EDUCATION; AND OF THE THREE SOCIETIES FOR BRITISH MISSIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNION. EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION.

THE meetings of the Eighteenth Annual Assembly will be held in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgatestreet, London, in the forenoons of Tuesday the 9th, and of Friday the 12th of May; and in the Congregational Library in the forenoon of Saturday, the 13th of May. The Rev. Thomas Binney, of the Weigh-house Chapel, has consented to be put in nomination for the office of Chairman for the year.

First, It will be of great consequence for brethren to bear in mind that, under the present constitution of the Union, only contributing churches are entitled to send delegates to its Assemblies; and that no brethren can now be members of the Assemblies who are not either delegated by contributing churches or personally annual contributors to the Union. Tutors of the Independent colleges, officers of public societies connected with the Independent churches, ministers or deacons connected with churches eligible for connection with the Union, can become personal members of the Union by contributing yearly not less than five shillings. A list published on the cover of this Number of the WITNESS, of all contributing churches, and of all personal contributors, up to the 20th of March, will show how many of the best friends of the Union have not yet qualified themselves, either as churches or as individuals, for membership therewith, under the new regulations.

Next, As the proceedings of the Annual Assembly are this year to be conducted according to the new plan adopted last year, it will be necessary that particular attention should be paid to the following explanatory announce

ments:

1. On Monday, the 8th of May, the meeting

of Distributors of the Fund in aid of Aged Ministers, derived from the profits of the CHRISTIAN WITNESS, and of the FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE, will be held in the Congregational Library, at two o'clock precisely. The board of distributors consists of the Editor of the Magazines, the officers of Associations, in membership with the Union, and the Committee of the Union.

2. Precisely at four o'clock on the afternoon of the same day, Monday, the 8th of May, the preparatory meeting of brethren entitled to membership in the Assembly of the Union will be held in the Congregational Library. At this meeting all business to be brought before the ensuing meetings of the Assembly will be considered, and, if necessary, referred to committees for further preparation. Also by this meeting a committee will be nominated to advise the Assembly on the choice of committee and officers for the year 1848-9, and of chairmen, and place for Autumnal Meeting, for 1849-50.

3. At seven o'clock in the evening of Monday, the 8th of May, a sermon, in behalf of British Missions, will be preached in the Poultry Chapel, by the Rev. Dr. Halley, of Manchester. 4. Tuesday, 9th of May, the first Morning Session of the Assembly of the Union will be held in Crosby Hall: Chair to be taken at half-past nine o'clock precisely. Business proposed for this Session-Report of the UnionLetter to the Churches on Improvement in the literature of the denomination-to be presented by Dr. Hamilton, of Leeds; brief report on British Missions-Report on Magazines, and on distribution of profits.

5. Tuesday, 9th of May.-Evening Meeting for British Missions, in Exeter Hall. Chair to be taken at six o'clock. This new movement is most important, and will require the strenuous support of every friend to British Missions.

6. Friday, 12th of May.-Second Morning Session of the Union, in Crosby Hall. Chair to be again taken at half-past nine o'clock. Business proposed for this Session-a fraternal con