Illustrate this by reference to verse 34. See also Isaiah v. 1-7. Shew, also, that if we are not bearing fruit, we are not simply bringing ruin upon ourselves, but, by our example, are injuring others. We are cumberers. Memory Exercise-Shorter Catechism 82.-Ezekiel xxxiii. 11. Subject to be Proved-Unless we Repent we shall Perish. Golden Text-"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"-Ezekiel xxxiii. 11. NOTES.-The wages of sin is death. That great truth is taught in this text. Evil ways end in death; that is certain. But our God has no pleasure in this. He is a loving Father, who desires the good of His children, and has no pleasure in their misery. Hence the cry in this verse-Turn ye, turn ye; as if to say, look where you are going-what is before you? A yawning pit; turn ye, why go with your eyes open into the pit? This message is one of infinite love and tenderness. The Teacher's Quiver; OR, ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LESSONS. LESSON 75.-JOSEPH AT HIS FATHER'S DEATH-BED.-Genesis xlviii. 1-22. 139. We should Remember God's Mercies, (verses 3, 4, 11, 15, 16.)-One day the teacher of an infant Sabbath school asked the children, "Who gives you the bread you get to dinner?" Almost every voice answered, "My mother." "But who gave it to your mother?"-"The baker." "And who gave it to the baker ?"— "And "The miller." "And who gave it to the miller ?"-"The farmer." who gave it to the farmer ?"-"The ground." And only when he asked, "Who gave it to the ground?" did he get the answer, "It was God." They thought of everybody and of everything else before they thought of God. See from the verses referred to above how Jacob traces all the mercies of his life up to God"the God which fed me all my life long unto this day." 140. The Child of God meets Death Calmly, (verse 21.)-A little girl, four years old, grew ill. One day, while her father was sitting by her little bed, she said, "Papa, does the doctor think I shall die ?" Her father, with a very sad heart, told his little girl the truth. Then her pale face grew very sad, and she mused a little while on the dark graves she had sometimes looked down into, where the people were buried. Papa," she said tearfully, the grave looks very dark-oh, it is very dark indeed! Papa, wont you go down with me into it ?" With a bursting heart her father told her he could not go till the Lord called him. "Papa, wont you let mamma go with me?" The father's heart was like to break while he gave a similar answer. She turned her face to the wall and wept. But the dear lamb had been taught of Jesus, and had given her heart to him, and she soon poured it out with a child's full faith. Soon she looked up with a bright face, and said, "Papa, the grave is not dark now. Jesus will go with me.' LESSON 76.-JOSEPH AT HIS FATHER'S FUNERAL.-Genesis 1. 1-14. 141.-We should Keep our Promises, (verses 4 and 5.)-Sir William Napier met one day a poor child who was crying bitterly because she had broken her bowl. Having no money upon him, he promised to meet her in the same place at the same hour next day, and give her money to buy another. Reaching home, he found an invitation to dine out with a gentleman whom he particularly wished to see; but he declined it on account of his pre-engagement with the child. "I could not disappoint her; she trusted me so implicitly," said he. 142. We should Obey the Commands of our Parents, (verses 5-14.)-Several boys were playing marbles. In the midst of their sport the rain_began to fall. Freddie S stopped, and said, "Boys, I must go home. Mother said I must not be out when it rains.' "Your mother-fudge! The rain will not hurt you any more than it will us," said two or three voices at once. Freddie turned upon them with a look of pity and the courage of a hero, and replied, "I'll not disobey my mother for any of you." " LESSON 77.-JOSEPH'S LATEST WORDS.-Genesis 1. 15-26. 143. We should Return Good for Evil, (verses 15-21.)—A worthy coloured old woman was walking quietly along a street in New York carrying a basket of apples, when a mischievous sailor, seeing her, stumbled against her and upset her basket, and then stood to hear her fret at his trick, and enjoy a laugh at her expense. But what was his astonishment when she meekly picked up the apples without any resentment in her manner, and, giving him a dignified look of mingled sorrow, kindness, and pity, said, "God forgive you, my son, as I do!" That touched a tender chord in the heart of the rough jack tar. He felt ashamed, self-condemned, and repentant. The tear started in his eye. He felt that he must make some reparation. So, heartily confessing his error, and thrusting his hands into his pockets and pulling out a lot of loose "change," he forced it upon the wondering old black woman, exclaiming, "God bless you, kind mother! I'll never do so again." 144. A Guilty Conscience is easily Alarmed, (verses 15-18.)-There is a species of poplar whose leaves are often rustled by a breeze too faint to stir the foliage of other trees. Noticing the fact one day when there was scarcely a breath of air, Gotthold thought within himself, "This tree is the emblem of a man with a wounded and uneasy conscience, which takes alarm at the most trifling cause, and agitates him to such a pitch that he knows not whither to fly." LESSON 78.-REVIEW.-JOSEPH AS A BROTHER AND A SON. JOSEPH as a LESSON. TEXT. ILLUSTS. (BROTHER was kind and 1-15, 9-28; 1. 15-21, **** 130, 133, Forgiving, 134, 143. LESSON 79.-THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE.-Luke xiii. 1-9. 145. Repentance should not be Delayed, (verses 6, 7.)-A Jewish Rabbi, pressing repentance upon his disciples, exhorted them to be sure to repent the day before they died. One of them replied that "the day of any man's death was uncertain. Repent, therefore, every day," said the Rabbi, "and you will be sure to repent the day before you die." 146. Conversion should not be Despaired of, (verses 8, 9.)-A gentleman had in his garden a tree that had never borne fruit. One day he went with his axe in his hand to cut it down. His wife met him in the pathway, and pled for it, saying, "Why, the spring is now very near; stay and see whether there may not be some change, and if not, you can deal with it accordingly." He took his wife's advice, and in a few weeks the tree was covered with blossoms, and in a few weeks more its branches were bending with fruit. 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