Ir. T. is now employed to collect Please to send us little books f ry money to enable us to sub- Christmas."

En for the Berlin Sunday-school |

Dec. 10th, St. Gallen.-" We #67, but little has come in so far." 170 children, of whom thirty ca 1, Freiburg in Baden.-" Not-yet. Besides myself, we have fo ng the many difficulties, the num-male teachers, and seven male children have increased to 141. Two or three ladies come and lis rom three to fifteen years old, place absent teachers, until new e can read, fifty-two cannot. I be formed. A good many childre cen teachers, of whom two enter-Sunday-school, are regular, atte and are a great help. One of respect the Bible. One little girl has been a Sunday-school teacher dressed her teacher who is a little d. Some of the other teachers and finished with saying to him young, but besides the real teacher, are you coming next S meeting, I have them with me an would you like that I fetch yo to go with them through the les-seven teachers love the Sunday-so ke them recite what they are go- regular, and show real interest. ach to the younger ones who are teen ladies give me great pleasu to them, and pray with them for them there is progress, real progres I have spent sixty-five florins devotion, and unceasing love for t es and have no means left for books. dren. Do you know that we lost our kind friend, Mr. M. made us w., the pearl among our teacher of 35 copies of the Berlin Sunday- died in deep and child-like faith. per. May it please the Lord to locality for our Sunday-school, annot find thus far. My adverin the local papers produced no y repeated demands with the auof our town, with the committees halls at their disposal, and even own Protestant church consistory ol authorities, were all refused. le to assemble, we accepted for the a room which Mr. M. kindly allows evangelical hospital. Some pawe blamed us for taking the chil- True quietness of heart is got by r -e; certainly, the first signs of a our passions, not by obeying them.

triumph! For my own part, I co one of the greatest blessings grante God, that I have been made superi of this Sunday-school."

Dec. 14th, Caunstaff.-"We hav teachers, all ladies, and eighty-two o After New-year we are to have a room and shall, no doubt, increase o day-school. One of our teachers, ha moved to Augsburg, has begun a Sunday-school there."

y of old familiar chorals which have sung for centuries, and though much by the pious, they have few or no ms for children. It was enough to en men, if not angels, to hear the lively ch youths drawl out the semibreves, of which was heavy enough to crack pice, if not to break his back.

school, and congratulate France on the advent of valuable in itself as timel tion. Some two thousan sent on the joyful occas assembly broke up, many era had dawned upon the France. The ministers all parts of France her

red fire that has once, ar kindle a holy flame in eve great and beautiful empi

it change of organization prepared the for a change of music. Providence year, to exhort one anoth placed a lover of music, a singing pas-fulness, or else to catch a gence in the work, relate n the chair of the Sabbath-school come; and strange to say, as soon as his ghted upon the pages of the "Sabbath ol Bell," he selected our familiar melo“There is a happy land,” and “I think I read that sweet story of old," as gh he thought the youth of France d sing and admire them. The waves spread when a pebble is dropped into peaceful lake, are not more rapid than the echoes of these little hymns from entre to the circumference of France. probably the largest in the two years elapsed, before ten thousand

Each assembly has beer interesting than the previo the "Cirque Napoleon," o circuses in Paris, is filled thousand happy praising s tute the largest annual g testants on the continent

ILLUSTRATI

nes of these hymns were published, and FOR SABBATH-SCHOOL CONC of them could be found in every de-1 John iii. 6, "Whosoever nent of the empire. These changes and >vements in the Sunday-school system

sinneth not.

CLEAVING TO CHRIST.

ris were deemed of sufficient import-I have seen a heavy piece o after less than six months' experience, ing on another, not welded celebrated by a general gathering of glued to the spot, and yet Protestants, both parents and chil- such tenacity as to bear, in the church of the Oratoire.- weight, but mine too, if I in April morning in 1837, the po- and hang upon it. A wire were startled by the appearance electric current is in conta e streets of Paris of something and hence its adhesion. ge and new. Groups of men, wo-through, or remove it by and children, were seen wending and the piece of iron dro

show some of our friends the state | you again.' in Spanish America for a certain

"A few days later," said the

the priest came again, and ha ed about my condition of body, 'How is it about that small aff

requested on a Saturday evening native who was very ill. On my the apartment he sat crouched onto,) of which we were speakin air, or stool, oppressed for breath affair? Why, that of confessio to speak only with difficulty. His not say clearly, sir, that I did tion was strange enough. confess? 'Yes, but I hoped

I have never known you to speak | change your mind.' I have not

, but have read what you have and hope you will not refuse my which is to be buried, when I die, -otestant cemetery."

d him why he made a request so "Because," he replied, "the Roholic Church casts me out. The as threatened me that I shall not ial in sacred ground."

ised him to comply with his request power, but asked if he was willing e what had moved the curate to fusal? "Because I would not con

m. If you care to hear I will tell has passed," said he, and proceedhe following statement: curate brought me a charity, two money, expressed sympathy with I was so ill, and then said, 'My will desire to confess to me, will 2' I replied," said the sick man, referred not to do so. 'Is it posyou wish to go out of the world confessing your sins?' Yes, sir. oves you to such unwillingness to r mind to a minister of God?' It have not that faith which the Ro

and shall not, and beg you to favor of not urging it any furt you do very wrong. I am God and come to you to prepare you out of the world. You must con if you are to be saved.' Indeed what authority can you prove th By the authority of the holy fat Church.' Ah, yes, there it is, th ity of men, they were all men as

"At this," said he, "the curat noyed, and rising from his cha 'You are a heretic, an impious v have seen many pious men go o world, but when you die I am c see how such a heretic as you are death. Buried in sacred ground not be!' I thank you for sayin

answered, " for perhaps the Protes give my remains sepulture; and if sea is broad, and deep, and ought me. At that," said the patient, "t left me and has not come any though, he added, he afterwards other clergyman, who said, 'My s is the matter that you refuse to m fession of your sins? Is it sham

aid he, "there is a great deal of foolish- very negligent and have in that."

Perhaps not," I replied, "if it be rightly

erstood. Are you willing to mention

Why, sir, I am not a bad man, not the Lord Jesus Christ,

Ed I, "Christ will save you if you apostone, but not a noman. n Him, and then you may leave it faith of Jesus Christ."

And so terminates this accoun

said he, “tell my countrymen if needing instruction for the solut opportunity, about the Gospel as doubts, that was met with cer e shown it to me; how it brings threatenings of dishonor to be I or a sinner, and lifts him to think body, if confession were not made The confession might have been sham and pretence, yet it would accepted, while honest doubt cou tolerated. Compulsory confessio

and virtue."

st time I saw this man was the day decease; at sundown I called; he the bed propped up with pillows, k, hardly able to articulate, but most impious form of Roman tyra ant knew me, and reached out his I would simply add that sever Vhat," said he, "was the prayer of isee?" "You mean of the Publi Yes, what is it?"

ted it.-Sed propicio a mi que soi

es, that is it; all this afternoon I too weak to recall it; I am so came in; I have no peace save in gs. Why did I neglect them so

countrymen, who at my request hear his statement from his own li in strongest terms of censure of t of the priest, and gave me ever of sympathy. And all the Chil whom I ever have mentioned it, I pressed their shame, but hardly t prise, that thus in the name of reli attempt should be made to oppress. Yours truly, DAVID TRUM

SOUTH AMERICA. SANTIAGO DE CHILI, Jan. 1,

DEAR READERS OF THE CHRISTIAN

ave then a quiet hope of pardon," ave you, in Christ crucified ?" am unworthy, but hope thus in of God." Again I prayed with-Hearty New Year's greetings I s for the last time said farewell. all from that narrow strip of land morning he expired. Prepara- you have seen so often in your Atl ▸ made for the burial, a notice of which you have heard somewhat ed in the papers, and the burial the nominal war of fifteen and ing conducted in Spanish a num- months, which has been dragging it countrymen attended. length along.

ere might be no difficulty, he had We are in the heat of summer, th precaution in his will to bequeath of the early fruits. Strawberries, remains to me, that I might inter pears, apricots, cherries, figs, orang the Protestant cemetery; and lemons, are now found in market.