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8 received from his mother often recurred to his thoughts and affected his conscience. And the once profane sailor hecame eventually, a pious and useful minister of Jesus Christ.

A young man who had been taught some scripture lessons by his grandmother, was afterwards led to a foreign country. While there, he had a serious illness, during which it pleased God to bring to his rccollection the instructions he had received in his youth, and so to bless them to his soul, as to lead him to the knowledge of Christ, whom to know is life eternal.

EXCELLENCY OF THE SCRIPTURES.

Luther said he would not take all the world for one leaf of the BIBLE. " To apply ourselves to the writings of the wisest heathen," says Dr. Bates, " in order to our happiness, and to neglect the Scriptures, is to be guilty of worse folly than the barbarous Indians at Mexico, who, though their woods abounded with wax, the labour of the bees, yet only made use of brands, that afforded a little light with a great deal of smoke."

PRAYER

A gentleman of very considerable fortune, but a stranger to either personal or family religion, one evening took a solitary walk through a part of his own grounds. He happened to be near a mean hut, where a poor man lived with a numerous family, who earned their bread by daily labour. He heard a voice pretty loud and continued, and not knowing what it was, he was prompted by curiosity to listen. The man happened to be at prayer with his family. As soon as he eould distinguish the words, he heard him give thanks with great affection to God, for the goodness of his providence in giving food to cat and raiment to put on, and in supplying what was necessary and comfortable for the present life. He was immediately-no doubt by divine power-struck with astonishment and confusion, and said to himself, “ Does this poor man, who has nothing but the meanest fare, and that purchased by hard labour, give thanks to God for his goodness to himself and family, and I, who enjoy ease and honour, and every thing that is grateful and desirable, have hardly ever bent my knee, or made any acknowledgment to my Maker and Preserver ?"

It pleased God, that this providential occurrence proved the means of bringing him to a real and lasting sense of religion.

SHUTER, THE COMEDIAN,

Who had a great partiality for Mr. Whitefield, often attended