religion can be taught without teaching sectarianism; that science and religion were made to go hand in hand; that the two joined are the heaven-appointed means of lighting humanity to its proper standing and true dignity."

The landscapes on which the windows of Jubilee Hall open are of the fairest kind. Tennessee is said to be more healthful in climate and more various in scenery than most of the other Southern States. It is a fruitful and well-watered garden. Let us hope that the moral wastes created by the blight of slavery will soon blossom with a beauty fairer than the beauty of the woods and hills, and that the millions of negroes waiting for instruction will ever turn towards Tennessee and say, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of them that bring good tidings, that bring good tidings of good!"

LIFE IN CAIRO.

THE city of Cairo touches in many ways both the extreme past

and the near present. It is a link between two civilisations, the oldest and the newest. Clustered thickly around it are the same Nile on whose waters Moses was laid; the same Pyramids whose huge masses greeted the eyes of the captive Joseph; the few remnants of that city of Or from which Joseph the statesman married his wife; the same desert trodden by the Israelites in their first day's journey; and the same sea which opened its waters to give them free passage from the land of bondage.

But the city has connections with more modern days because of its peculiar situation, which makes it a meeting-point for the east and the west. It is the place at which most travellers to Sinai and Palestine make their final arrangements, and definitely exchange western for eastern customs. The city and people are therefore touched by many European influences; and there is not that complete congruity with their ancient life which would be found in some other eastern cities. Still, we must be struck with the many differences which sharply divide life in Cairo from life in an English town. The architecture, the street groups, the peoples' dresses and attitudes, the rarity of horses, the common sight of asses and camels as beasts of burden,

the habits of devotion, and the strange methods of business, all proclaim that we have stepped into a new world.

The city has often been described by the thousand-and-one travellers who have walked its streets, and criticised its mosques, and bargained with its people, and observed its Mohammedan devotions. For a pleasant, racy narrative of a visit there, we would recommend Dr. Norman Macleod's " Eastward," from which we give the following extracts :-"There is an endless variety of quaint tumble-down bits of architecture, with fountains and gateways shutting in the different quarters, while the mosques, with their high walls and airy minarets, overlook all. Ever and anon we saw vistas along narrow crowded lanes, and views into back courts and caravanserais, with such groupings of men and camels, merchants and slaves, horses and donkeys, Bedouins and Nubians, mingled with such brilliant colours from Persian carpets and shawls, such bright lights and sharply-defined shadows, as made every yard in our progress exciting, and tempted us to sit down as often as possible on some bench or shop-front, to enjoy the inimitable picturesqueness of the scene."

Our engraving represents the exterior of the Mosque of Moyed; and, speaking of mosques, Dr. Macleod says: "I need not attempt to describe their external appearance, as illustrations will give a better idea of this than any words could do. In its interior the mosque always struck me as a most impressive place of worship. Perhaps my Presbyterian prejudices dispose me to acquiesce in its perfect simplicity. No statues or pictures are permitted in it; and no seats of any kind are required for people who prefer the floor, which is invariably matted or carpeted, thus giving it, to a European, an air of comfort. Almost the only sign of furniture in it is a pulpit or two, from which the people are addressed occasionally by the Mollah. The mosque is always open, I believe, and is seldom without some worshippers, while at stated times during the day it is well attended. There is the utmost decorum and reverence everywhere visible; no hum of voices is heard, nor even footsteps, nor is there anything visible which can distract or arrest the attention of the worshippers. People of every class scatter themselves throughout the vast area, each man selecting a spot for himself where he can kneel towards the 'Murbah,' or niche which indicates the direction of Mecca, and seems as much absorbed in his duty as if he were in a desert island. Some are sitting cross-legged

and engaged in grave conversation; while others walk soberly up and down. The whole service, judging of it only by what one sees, gives the impression of worship to an unseen God, which must, when first established, have presented a remarkable contrast to that of the Christian Church as it then was; and it certainly is a very different thing from that which at Luxor or Karnac once reigned supreme, with a bull or a beetle for its god! Mohammedanism owes its origin to Judaism and Christianity; and we, who live in the full blaze of the true light, are apt to undervalue the good obtained from its dimly-reflected beams, which, nevertheless, irradiate spots that otherwise would be outer darkness."

A PRESCRIBED MEDICINE FOR A COMMON COMPLAINT.

No. I.

"GOOD evening, Mrs. Arnold."

“Good evening, Miss Hale;" and the two ladies, whose road lay in the same direction, walked on together, remarking on the beauty of the evening, and the exceeding pleasantness of returning

summer.

Mrs. Arnold and Miss Hale were both members of the Church assembling in High Street Chapel, in the town of C———, and were returning from the week-night service. Mrs. Arnold had been a member of that Church for many years. Miss Hale, who was much younger, had been but recently transferred to its fellowship, upon coming to reside in C――.

"What an uncomfortable affair this is between Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith," said Miss Hale, lowering her voice. “Do you not think Mrs. Smith is very much in the wrong?"

"If I must give an opinion, I think Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown have both been wrong."

"Well, perhaps so-faults on both sides; it is very generally the case," said Miss Hale.

"It was not of faults on both sides, I was thinking, but of a fault, one and the same fault, into which both of our friends have fallen."