better state than those who have heard of God, yea, who have been "baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost '," yet have never uttered one prayer from the heart to God the Father, in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, for the powerful influence of the Holy Ghost, to convince them of their sin, to lead them to their Saviour, and show them the holiness required by God of ALL his children; or when they have so prayed, have never really thought of trying to do what they prayed they might be enabled to do. Attend, then, to the instruction which will be given to you, and try to profit by that instruction. For instance, when you are taught the duty of "keeping the Sabbath holy', see that you forget not to think with yourself, do I thus act? Is this, in any even the smallest degree, the way in which I endeavour to behave myself through the Sunday? not only in the church and at school, but when I am left to myself, whether at morning, noon, or night. : 2. Endeavour to conduct yourselves with respect and courtesy to your teachers; they give their time for you, it is not too much to expect that they should be properly treated but there is a far higher motive for this; God in his Holy Word has said you ought to do so. Do you know that part of your Catechism which speaks of our duty to our neighbour? We are there taught "to honour and obey the Queen, and all that are put in authority under her; to submit ourselves to all our governors, teachers, spiritual pastors and masters;" remember what Eve brought upon the world by disobedience, and then, in the words of a beautiful hymn, learn not to be so: "Think upon Eve and Adam's sin, See woe and death at once came in: "Or some bold evil passion rise, 1 Matt. xxviii. 19. 2 Exod. xx. 8. Eph. vi. 1. Heb. xiii. 17. Think that God sees you; that He is ever over you to bless or to curse all you do; you know Jonah found he could not hide himself from God; but that earth, and sea, and air, were full of Him, and did his bidding alway1. 2 Children are not too young to think of these things, or our Saviour would not have said, "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not "." But though Christ has graciously permitted children to come to Him, they must show that they are his " by keeping his commandments:" this is the test that Jesus requires of all of us," If ye love me, keep my commandments 3. Think then, dear children, what great things God has done for you, that his love has been so great as to send his only begotten Son to die for your sins, and to rise again for your justification; and now He requires of you "to fear Him and keep his commandments *." And this you cannot do of yourself, but God will give his Holy Spirit to enable you to do this, if you ask Him. 4, Then you will welcome the Sunday as the best day in the week, when you can go to church and Sundayschool, to be taught God's will, and thus be enabled "so to pass through things temporal," that is, the things of this world," as not to lose the things eternal"—that is, heavenly things, through the grace of our Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ". Yours, very truly, Burton, Nov. 17, 1846. A. B. SUMS SPENT IN LIQUOR. WE are indebted to "drink," so a London Journal assures us, for all the money required for the maintenance of the army, the navy, and the metropolitan and rural police. The Licensed Victuallers (or their customers) pay yearly, for licenses, taxes, and spirit duties, 11,000,000%. The annual cost of the army is £3,500,000 Of the navy. 5,000,000 When we see such results achieved by the consumption of strong drink, what may we not anticipate from an abstinent people? Why, the odd 250,000l. would establish an additional school for every large town in the kingdom.-Gateshead Observer. HOW TO EXTINGUISH FIRES. MR. EDITOR,-A fire took place on Sunday morning in Cannon-street, St. George's East, which exhibited in a remarkable degree the advantage of keeping all doors and windows closed in case of fire. On Mr. Till, the occupier of the house, opened the door of his bedroom on the second floor at half-past one A. M., and found the room full of dense smoke; he immediately shut it again, and ran to the nearest fire-engine station for assistance; on the arrival of the firemen the smoke was allowed to escape, but no fire could be seen. the room becoming completely clear, it was found that the bed furniture, of white cotton, was nearly destroyed by fire, the blankets, sheets, and feather-bed considerably damaged, and one side and the foot of the straw mattress so much burned, that the straw was protruding, and had evidently been on fire; still not a single spark of fire could be found. A chimney-board was placed against the fireplace, about half-an-inch open at the bottom. The last person in the room, about two hours before, was a girl, and it is supposed she had set fire to the bed-curtains with the candle she carried, without observing it. By shutting the room, however, and thus depriving the fire of fresh air, the house was in all probability saved. It is not to be supposed that fires can be extinguished generally by merely shutting a door, but by so doing the progress of the flames is so much retarded as to give sufficient time for the escape of the inmates, and the arrival of assistance. Yours, &c. A FIREMAN. PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL. (Continued.) ALL the cathedrals in this country, and many of the large churches, are built in the form of a cross, and have generally a tower at the intersection: the part of the church to the east of the tower is called the choir, in which the service is generally performed; that to the west is called the nave; and that to the north and south the transept. The builders of the church usually began at the east end, and when they had completed the choir, they had it consecrated and opened for service; but if it was a large church, the abbots or other persons who built it, often did not live long enough to do more than this, so that the remaining portions were gradually completed by their successors. This was the case with Peterborough cathedral; for the east end of the choir, shown in the picture of last month, having been raised by Abbot John, the remainder of that part of the structure was completed by his successor, Martin de Victi. This choir is the very same in which Divine service is at present celebrated; for though since the time of its erection many slight changes have been made in it, such as the alteration of its windows, and the addition of the very beautiful Lady Chapel, shown in our last view, the fundamental portions are original. Thus Peterborough is one of the few cathedrals which possesses its original Norman choir. After the death of Martin de Victi, some little time elapsed before any further addition was made to the church; but upon the election of William de Waterville to the abbacy, great exertions were made by that abbot and his monks to continue the work. The great transept was accordingly added to the choir, and shortly afterwards the magnificent nave was built, under the superintendence of Abbot Benedict. The church was now to all intents and purposes completed, its plan being probably much like the collegiate church of Southwell, having a central and two western towers; but this, though doubtless very beautiful, did not satisfy the successors of the abbots who constructed it, for the architecture of the country having changed from the VOL. XXVII. E |