being with a particular view to an especial and unintermitted providential government, which shall redound to the honour of the great Author of the universe, and the advantage and felicity of his intellectual creation.

THE SUN rises on the 1st at London at twenty-four minutes past four, and sets at forty-seven minutes after seven: on the same day he rises at Edinburgh at four minutes past four, and sets at seven minutes after eight. The Sun rises on the 20th at London at fiftyfour minutes past four, and sets at twelve minutes after seven: on the same day he rises at Edinburgh at forty-three minutes past four, and sets at twenty-five minutes after seven.

The MooN is half-full on the 2d, at twenty-seven minutes past eleven at night she is due south on the 4th at twenty-two minutes past seven, and on the 7th at a quarter past ten at night: she is full on the 10th, at six minutes before five in the morning, and rises on the 11th just after sunset: she rises on the 13th at seven minutes past eight, and on the 17th at half-past nine, in the evening. The Moon enters on her last quarter on the 18th, at ten minutes before seven in the morning: she rises on the 20th about midnight, and on the 23d at six minutes past two in the morning: she changes on the 25th, at thirty-five minutes past two in the afternoon, and sets on the 31st at a quarter past nine in the evening. MERCURY is invisible.

VENUS is visible during the first half of the month, appearing near the eastern horizon about half an hour before sunrise: afterwards, being obscured in the solar rays, she is invisible.

MARS is due south on the 1st at ten minutes before eight, on the 9th at half-past seven, and on the 26th at fifty-three minutes after six, in the evening. This planet sets on the 31st at about a quarter past ten o'clock at night on the 4th and 5th he is near the Moon.

JUPITER rises on the 1st at half-past eight in the evening; on the 17th at a quarter past seven, and on the 26th at half-past six: he is in opposition to the sun at the middle of the month, and being at his least distance from the earth, appears a very splendid object every clear evening, in the eastern skies, and is favourably situated for telescopic observation. On the 10th this planet is in conjunction with the Moon.

SATURN, between Mars and Jupiter, (as he now appears from our globe,) is exactly south on the 1st at eight minutes before eleven at night: on the 11th he is south at eight minutes past ten, and on the 21st at half-past nine. On the 7th and 8th he appears in the neighbourhood of the Moon.

The lengthening nights afford facility for viewing the various constellations of the fixed stars, so beautifully dispersed over the fields of immensity.

"One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine,

And light us deep into the Deity."

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JUVENILE OBITUARY.

ANN ADAMS, daughter of Matthew and Ann Adams, was born at Swinton, in the Rotherham Circuit, November 27th, 1821. From a child she was thoughtful and obedient to her parents. She was blessed with a mild and gentle disposition, and was remarkably steady in the discharge of her domestic duties. She was in early life a scholar, and afterwards a teacher, in the Methodist Sabbathschool at Swinton; and so warmly was she attached to this work, that on one occasion when she anticipated leaving the village, she said, she could leave any thing with pleasure rather than the Sunday-school.

When nearly sixteen years of age, under a sermon preached by Mr. Martin Burrows,* her former gracious impressions were matured. The subject of the discourse was the narrative of the man born blind. When the Preacher, after dwelling for some time on the darkness of the natural man, pressed the necessity of holiness, without which none could enter into heavenly rest, the divine Spirit accompanied the word with power to her heart. After the service a prayer-meeting was held; and whilst engaged in prayer, such was her anguish that she cried aloud for mercy, and after wrestling with God for a short time she was enabled to behold him reconciled through Jesus Christ, and knew by happy experience that her sins were pardoned. The reality of her conversion was evidenced in her after-life by her truly consistent deportment. On the 6th of May, 1837, she joined the Wesleyan society, and held fast her profession to the day of her death.

In December, 1839, her health began to fail, and in February she was obliged to cease from all bodily labour. From this time her strength rapidly declined; and although she was able to walk about for a few months, she could not attend to domestic duties. On the 1st of August she walked out for the last time. After this period death was constantly in her view. Reading the word of God, meditation, and prayer constituted her employment and delight. She earnestly desired and sought a yet richer work of grace in her heart; and her prayer was answered. She experienced and testified that the blood of Christ did indeed cleanse from all sin. Her soul was filled with holy, humble love, and her spirit was enabled to triumph over the weakness of her failing flesh. Her neighbours visited her, and she told them of the goodness and mercy of God, and most affectionately exhorted them to seek for themselves the blessings which Christ the Saviour was ever waiting to bestow on them. She frequently inquired after those who were united with her in church fellowship, and had a very high esteem for those by whose pious instructions she had been benefited. She exhorted all who visited her, and especially the young, to join the

* At that time candidate for the Wesleyan Itinerancy: he has since fallen asleep in Jesus.

people of God, and spoke of the advantages she had derived from Christian communion. Once, being asked by a pious friend what sort of a night she had had, she replied, "I have had little sleep, but I cannot express the happiness that I have felt." Her love for the word of God was very great, especially the twenty-third Psalm, which she daily read, saying, that "it was her experience." She likewise derived very much comfort from reading her Hymn-book. She requested her Class-Leader, with a few friends, to visit her frequently, and to sing with her hymns to the praise and glory of God. During her affliction she had generally very little pain, for which she praised God: she also expressed her gratitude to him for the kind friends whom he had raised up to administer to her wants and comfort.

A few hours before she departed, she suffered much; but she was made more than conqueror through the Redeemer's might. Lifting her eyes up to heaven, she exclaimed, "Thy will be done!"

"O what are all my sufferings here,

If, Lord, thou count me meet

With that enraptured host to' appear,
And worship at thy feet?"

The last words she was heard to repeat praised God; and soon after, October 10th, 1840, her happy spirit took its flight to unfading bliss. G. C. TAYLOR,

POETRY.

CHIDHER'S WELL.*

THEE have thousands sought in vain

Over land and barren main,

Chidher's well;-of which they say

That it maketh young again;—

Fountain of eternal youth,
Washing free from every stain.

From that fountain drops are flung,
Mingling with the verdant rain;

And the old Earth clothes itself
In its young attire again.

Alexander, mighty lord,

Sought that fountain, but in vain;

Through the land of darkness went
In its quest with fruitless pain;

* "Poems from Eastern Sources." By Richard Chenevix Trench.

While through wealth of conquer'd worlds
-Did his thirst unslaked remain.

Many more with parched lip
Must lie down, and dizzy brain,

And of that, a fountain seal'd
Unto them, in death complain.

If its springs to thee are known,
Weary wanderer, tell me plain.

From beneath the throne of God
It must well, a lucid vein.

To its sources lead me, Lord,

That I do not thirst again,

And my lips not any more

Shall the earth's dark waters stain.

THE PRODIGAL.*

WHY feedest thou on husks so coarse and rude?
I could not be content with angels' food.

How camest thou companion for the swine?
I loathed the courts of heaven, the choir divine.

Who bade thee crouch in hovel, dark and drear?
I left a palace wide to sojourn here.

Harsh tyrant's slave who made thee, once so free?
A father's rule too heavy seem'd to me.

What sordid rags hang round thee on the breeze?
I laid immortal robes aside for these.

An exile through the world who bade thee roam?
None; but I wearied of an happy home.

Why must thou dweller in a desert be?
A garden seem'd not fair enough for me.

Why sue, a beggar, at the mean world's door?
To live on God's large bounty seem'd so poor.

What has thy forehead so to earthward brought?
To lift it higher than the stars I sought.

"Poems from Eastern Sources." By Richard Chenevix Trench.

"THE TIME IS SHORT."

O TIME! how rapid is thy flight!

How soon our months, our years, are gone! Like dreams that haunt us through the night Our days are hastening on.

As the fair flower which shuns the golden day,
And blooms amidst the shades of silent night,
Spreads her pale petals to the lunar ray,

And hails with balmy breath the silver light:

So Virtue shuns the world's applause and gaze;
In secret sheds her balmy sweets abroad;
Nor seeks the voice of fame, nor glory's blaze;
But blooms and blossoms to the praise of God.

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