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the little work alluded to, is on the outskirts of the town of Cambridge. It appears, that a worthy Alderman of Cambridge has lately ordered the buildings to be put in complete repair, and that, for this purpose, he has expended five hundred pounds out of his own pocket. We happen, ourselves, to have been already acquainted with the truth of this statement. This worthy Alderman has likewise, by renewing the leases, and by putting the estates in repair, and by entrusting them to hands where they are likely to be well managed, consulted the future advantage of the charity. He has provided, also, a small garden for each of the inmates of the house, adjoining their apartments; and has furnished every room with a Bible and a Prayer Book.-This is a very good sort of an Alderman! ED.

DIRECTIONS FOR THE LORD'S DAY.

(Sent to us from Oswestry, printed as a Hand-bill.) MAKE all your children and servants go with you to Church.

Stay not from Church either part of the day, unless in cases of sickness or great necessity.

Never go a journey, or take physic, on the Lord's Day, unless in cases of great necessity.

Take care not to come too late to Church; be always there, if possible, before Divine Service, begins.

When you first come to your seat at Church, always fall down on your knees, and use a short prayer; do the same at going out.

Always kneel in the time of prayer, and stand up when singing the praises of your God; and if you are not able to join audibly in them, join in them at least in your mind,

Make your answers after the Minister, not in a gabbling or careless manner, but with seriousness and reverence.

Frequent not houses of public resort on the Lord's Day. After Divine Service is over, spend the remainder of the Sabbath in reading godly books, and recollecting what thou hast read in Church.

ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

To the Editor of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor.

SIR,

I AM induced to trouble you with the following remarks, in consequence of a circumstance which has lately appeared in the Newspapers, affording a melancholy instance of the sad effects of the practice which I would point out to the attention of your readers. I mean that of giving wine, spirits, or porter to young children, under the false idea that it will do them good.

The circumstance to which I allude, is, that of a woman whose infant was suffering severely under the small-pox, but in whom the disorder was abated, and reasonable hope entertained by the doctor of its recovery; when the mother, "in a state of intoxication; poured a quantity of porter down its throat," which occasioned its death, according to the report of the same doctor, given upon the Coroner's Inquest. Many a sober woman acts under a similar mistake; and I have applications constantly made to me, by respectable mothers, anxious for the recovery of their children, to administer wine in cases where a reducing system should be adopted. This generally arises from not knowing, that, in almost all the diseases of children, wine and spirits are mischievous.

In infants, the pain caused by cutting their teeth,

is attended with a degree of fever, which of course must be increased by giving wine or spirits.

I know a woman whose child was suffering terribly from hooping-cough, and who upon my remonstrating with her for not applying where she might have the best advice and medicines gratis, assured me that she had given it rum, which she " was a fine thing!" The child died.

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There are, indeed, some cases where wine may be of use, but it should not be given unless ordered by a doctor. I do not blame the motive of those mothers who purchase wine or spirits for their young children, but I would recommend them to consider before they do it. After a long illness, when the disease is over, and nothing but weakness remains, then nourishing food is desirable; and a little wine will probably be of use. A considerable quantity of veal may be purchased for the same price as a very small quantity of wine. There is much real nourishment in good broth :-this is the juice of the meat. And this will be of use in all the cases where wine is wanted. And in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, disease is only increased by wine or spirits. With the best wishes for the continued success of your useful little work,

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Your humble servant,

V. W.

SELECTIONS FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS.

THE effects of a living faith, and the virtues of a Christian life, will alike be wrought and continued in those who look up to God for help, and despise not, or resist not, the workings of his grace.— Benson.

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There is a race of giddy thoughtless men and women, of young men and young women more especially, who look no further than the next day,

the next week, the next month; seldom, if ever, so far as the next year. Present pleasure is every thing with them; entertainments and diversions occupy all their concern; and, so long as these can be supplied, so long as they can go from one diversion to another, their minds remain in a state of perfect indifference to every thing except their pleasures. Now, what chance has religion, with such dispositions as these?-Paley.

Every support ought to be given to religion, which can be given by education, by instruction, and above all, by the example of those, to whom young people look up, acting with a view to a future life themselves.-The Same.

The indulgence of sensual pleasures, over and above their proper criminality, has a specific effect upon the heart of man in destroying the religious principle within him; or still more surely in preventing the formation of that principle.The Same.

It surely is a mark of extreme folly to devote ourselves wholly to that with which our supreme good has no connection.-Thomas à Kempis.

Though thou seest another openly offend, yet yet thou must not from thence take occasion to value thyself on thy superior goodness; for thou canst not tell how long thou will be able to persevere in the narrow path. All men are frail, but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.-The Same.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PUBLIC NEWSPAPERS, &c.

The Rev. Dr. Chalmers lately delivered, in the Annfield school-room, an address to the parishioners of St. John's parish, on the nature and advantages of Savings Banks. The room was soon filled to excess. The reverend gentleman began by stating the object for which he had assembled his parishioners; and went on to illustrate the great advantages that would result from its more general adoption in his parish. He stated several instances which occurred during his

Jate tour through England. He particularized the pernicious effects of the present system in England, of parishes sending out paupers to work at trifling wages, by which the regular workman was reduced to the same level as paupers, and the market glutted. I would beg to impress on you the great importance of trying to lay by a little. By so doing, every one of you will have a funded interest in the country, and every shilling you put into the Savings Bank is one step towards your independence every shilling mis-spent is a shilling towards your degradation. Glasgow Chronicle.

Lamentable Accident. Not long ago, as the daughter of Mr. Arthur Owen, of Doctors' Commons, a Proctor, a fine little girl, about eleven years of age, was making toast for the family's breakfast, her clothes caught fire, and she was instantly enveloped in flames. Her screams and those of her sisters alarmed their father, who was up stairs, dressing;he immediately ran down undressed, and clasped her in his arms to smother the flames, and tore her clothes off; but, notwithstanding every thing was done, her arms, neck, hands, and sides were so dreadfully burnt, that the skin was entirely off, and quite black. She lingered 'till the next morning, when she died.-London Paper.

Shocking Accident. As the Reading coach was lately proceeding through Turnham-green, on its way to town, the coachman, observing several children playing in the road, called to them to get out of the way. Unfortunately, one of them, in so doing, slipped down, and the coach being then close by, the driver was unable to check his horses in time, and the wheel passed over his thighs, both of which were dreadfully crushed. But little hopes are entertained of his surviving this unfortunate accident.-London Paper.

Accident. A Mrs. Swinston, the wife of a respectable tradesman resident at Hammersmith, last Tuesday was induced to yield to the pressing entreaties of one of her children, a boy about 9 years old, to permit him to have a fire in an up-stairs room, there to play with his sisters. They had not been long there, before e the mother was alarmed by a loud scream for help, and on running towards the room with an infant in her arms she saw her boy cnveloped in flames.

Accident in the Strand.-As Russell's Exeter van was lately proceeding along the Strand, and had reached to opposite Somerset-House, the axle of one of the wheels broke short, and, in consequence, the van, which was heavily laden, upset. The coachman and another man sitting on the box were severely bruised, and were carried into the shop of Mr. Stanton the surgeon. After bleeding, they rapidly recovered. The guard escaped unhurt. This van was upset nearly on the same spot about three months ago.

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