Lord's Supper. She was thankful for instruction, touched by kindness,-affectionate, cheerful, and humble, always sincerely "esteeming others better than herself."

You will be glad to hear that she has enough to be comfortable herself, though much less than she would have had, but for her generosity to others; she has, however, I trust, laid up her treasure where it is secure to all eternity!

Your's respectfully,

The above is entirely a real character.

M. M.

DIALOGUE FROM THE FOOTMAN'S DIRECTORY.

(Continued from page 141.)

EDWARD." I have one question to ask, Sir, and that is about the poor dirty looking woman who was sitting at the steps of the door. She seemed very ill, and in a most deplorable state: it was enough to rend a heart of stone to look at her. Do you know any thing of her? for you were talking to her a considerable time."

The Butler." I do, Edward; I knew her some years ago; she was then healthy and cheerful, and as fine a looking young woman as could be seen. She lived in a gentleman's family, with several young men as fellow-servants; one of whom paid his addresses to her, gained her affections, and promised her marriage; he was an artful wicked wretch, and never meant what he said to her; but, by false pretences, he was the cause of her ruin. Her situation was soon found out, and, as soon as the family knew it, they discharged her. Her little money was soon spent, and she was obliged to go

to the work-house to lie in; and, when she came out, the family she had lived in could not give her a character to get another place. She was ashamed to go home in disgrace to her poor afflicted parents; want stared her in the face; she was then driven to seek for support in the wickedness of a loose and profligate life; and she was quickly brought to that wretched state in which you saw her."

. William." It is indeed, Sir, a sad thing to see a woman deceived and made miserable by the arti fices of a bad man. I am happy to say that my sisters are going on very well; but I feel a great care on my mind concerning them, particularly here in town."

James." I can assure you, Sir, I find my sister, who is in town, a great comfort to me; she has got a very comfortable place, and a kind mistress; but I feel very anxious for her welfare, as there are so many more temptatians in town than there are in the country, and the minds of young persons are so easily drawn to what is wrong. It is very distressing to see so many young women leading a disorderly and wicked life, who once bore as good a character as my sister does now."

The Butler." I hope, William and James, it will never be your lot, nor Joseph's, nor Edward's, to lament over the fall of any of your sisters. Be careful of them, and kind to them: never let them want for a brother to advise them, and a friend to protect them, while you have it in your power to do so; show them, by your tenderness, that you bear them a true brotherly affection, and wish to promote their happiness. You may find it necessary sometimes, to guard them against improper companions, who will complete their ruin, and blast their prospects through life; but always do this with gentleness; and strengthen your arguments by living instances, which, alas! are so frequent, that a very little observation will supply you with

too many. I can give one, from my own knowledge, where a young woman laid violent hands on herself, in consequence of the misery brought on her by a footman who first led her astray, and then deserted her. To fly to self-murder is the worst of all courses to take; for a person in this state, who is guilty, as well as miserable, might be thankful for every moment of life which was allowed to repent and to seek for mercy. But I mention what is the truth; and, as it shews the dreadful step to which this young woman was driven; it affords an example of the misery to which all those are brought who give themselves up to vice, or who listen to the temptations of others: and what must we think of the villainy of that man who could bear to cause so much misery, even though his conscience should be deadened against the feeling of his sin? I had the melancholy account of the person I am speaking of, from her female fellow-servant, who said, that the wretched girl, for some days before she committed the dreadful act, would wring her hands, and exclaim, God forgive me! what will become of me? I cannot live; I must die; I am a guilty outcast.' She was frequently weeping; and, from being a very lively young woman, she became, all at once, thoughtful and gloomy. She at last swallowed poison. The cause of this fatal step was not known until a letter was found, which she had left behind her, directed to her false lover; of which the fol lowing extract is a part:

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"Robert, you have destroyed me, and made me guilty in body and soul. You said you loved me, and I too fondly believed you; but your love is now death to me. I was once respectable; I am now a guilty wretch in the sight of God and man. not bear my own reproaches, how can I then live to bear those of the world? In one unguarded moment you have plunged me from innocence into shame, and cast me out of heaven down to hell.

My heart is distracted. You have driven a poor wretch to madness and despair. To-morrow morning I shall be a corpse. O Robert! repent of the wicked deed, and, for mercy's sake, cease to practise the same deceit towards other helpless girls that has ruined your miserable Mary. O, my dear mother! who shall comfort your mind? I bring disgrace upon your grey hairs. May the Almighty forgive you, my seducer, for what you have done! Your dying MARY."

ON THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD's Supper. (From Village Conversations on the Liturgy of the Church of England.)

Thomas. THERE is one thing, William, that I should like to talk with you about. I mean the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

William. Why, you know, Thomas, that our blessed Saviour, the night on which he was betrayed, said to His disciples, "Do this in remembrance of me." He ordered this, and therefore Christians ought undoubtedly to do it. He intended it, too, for our "great and endless comfort;"

it is a great privilege, a blessed means of grace, a delightful opportunity of acknowledging what we owe to our Lord, who died for us, and a means whereby we become partakers of the benefits which He purchased for us.

T. It certainly is; but St. Paul speaks very strongly of the sin of eating and drinking at the Lord's table unworthily.

W. Yes, he does. And this is a great reason, why we should "diligently try and examine ourselves;" but it is no reason why we should stay away altogether. You may be sure that St. Paul never meant that. He says, ་· Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup " he does not say, "Let a man examine

himself, and so let him stay away from that sacra

T. Why, that is very true; yet the Apostle says, "He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself *.". That seems an awful word. Pray, William, what do you consider to be the exact meaning of that word damnation?

W. Why, I consider it to mean condemnation. It does not, however, always mean everlasting condemnation. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it does not.

T Which do you think it means in the 11th chapter of St. Paul's 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, where he says, that unworthy communicants "eat and drink damnation to themselves?"

W. Why, if you read that chapter, you will find that he does not mean everlasting condemnation. The Corinthians, you will see, were guilty of making the Lord's supper like a riotous feast, eating and drinking, and quarrelling in a very profane and indecent manner; and so St. Paul tells them that this is not the way to partake of the Lord's supper;" "to and that by such conduct they justly brought down condemnation on themselves. The Apostle tells them what sort of condemnation they suffered; "many," "are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep." This shows that the Lord punished them with sickness and diseases, which carried off many of the people: a sore condemnation to awaken others to amendment, "that they should not be condemned with the world." This is very different from an eternal punishment.

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T. Yes, that is certain; and I think, if we take, all together, what St. Paul says about it, we shall see plainly that he never meant to keep any Christian away from the Lord's supper; but, expecting to see