He writes: "Mrs. Sawyer, myself, and the people walked round the village to a firky, or small hamlet, shaded over with beautiful cocoa-nut and orange trees. Under one of the orange-trees I conversed with the headman. He is willing to have his own children educated, and urged me to take his son.

"I noticed a small box placed by a hut, and from the cola nuts, &c., lying by it, I guessed there was something sacred in it. On the top of the box there was a stuffed skin of a wild cat, studded all over with cowries and feathers. Curiosity led me to inquire. A man was called: this man sounded a deer-horn, which gave a shrill and deafening sound, at which came four girls, with hardly any clothing, and two boys. They began leaping and dancing, twisting and jerking bodies and shoulders. This being done, they remained motionless for some minutes; then forming themselves into a semicircle by the box, kneeled and muttered to it.

"The man opened the box, telling us visitors to keep far off, and out came two large boa-constrictors crawling after us. Our consternation cannot be described. The man sounded the horn, and they went to him: both man, children, and boa-constrictors danced; the man, taking one and the other of these animals, wound it round his body, neck, arms, and legs, and gave it to each of the children, who imitated him with delight. The children, after playing in this manner, ran off into the field near us, singing some of their country songs. The snakes were then replaced in the box by the man, feeding them with rice flour and the juice of plants. These children are under these men, to be taught and trained how to catch and charm snakes."

Well, what do you think of the Sherbro' village-dance? I suspect that, if you and I had been with Mr. Sawyer, we should have lost no time in running from it as fast as we could, and that you will agree with me that you would rather have your brothers and sisters or schoolfellows for your companions than the inmates of the box under the orange-tree. Certainly they were odd playfellows for the poor little girls and boys, who were being brought up as snake-charmers, instead of being trained, as we are, in useful knowledge, and, above all, to seek Him who bruised the serpent's head when He died for us on the cross-that great Serpent who rules in these dark idol regions of violence and sin.

1. To whom was Ezekiel appointed as God's messenger? At what place and time did he deliver his message ?-Where do we find that God spoke these words to him, "When I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God"?-Did Jesus Christ make any promise of the same kind to His disciples, and where do you find it?

2. Where do you find that Ezekiel delivered the message which is read in church, "When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive"?—In what places in the New Testament do you find the same offer of pardon ?—In what way can God be just, as the holy God who can by no means clear the guilty, and yet full of love and mercy as pardoning sin ?-Where are we told that "the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin"?-Where is this message called "the Gospel of peace"?

3. In what places is God's messenger compared to a watchman sounding a trumpet of warning?-With what warning was Ezekiel charged? How do we read that the people heard his message?-Do we read of any people to whom St. Paul preached, who heard him as one playing well upon an instrument; who heard his words, but did them not ?-How did the Thessalonians prove that they were not of this class?

4. Where is a Good Shepherd prophesied of called David in the prophecy—really intended for Jesus, the Son of David, who should bring back the lost, weary, and wandering sheep to the fold?-Compare this chapter with the 10th of St. John, and see in how many places the same promises are made concerning His care for the sheep.-From what other passage can you explain the words "a covenant of peace"?

5. Where does Ezekiel deliver the grand promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit? In what Psalm is the prayer, Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me"-How does this promise answer that prayer? Where in other Scriptures is the Holy Spirit's influence compared to water?-Where does Jesus himself so compare it? Where does He promise the Holy Spirit truly to all who ask?-What ordinance outwardly shows forth the work of the Spirit?-Where did God promise to pour out His Spirit on the Gentiles?

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