ren.

192. God's Help in the day of Trouble may be implicitly Relied upon, (ver. 15-31.)-Mr. Spurgeon tells a story about his grandfather, who was a minister in poor circumstances. The family cow died, and the poor pastor's children were left without the staff of life. On their mother exclaiming, "What will you do now?" the pastor replied, "I cannot tell what we shall do, but I know what God will do. God will provide for us. We must have milk for the childOn that very day a committee that had been entrusted with a fund for the relief of ministers, found that they had £5 on hand after their scheme of division had been carried out. One of them said, "There is poor Mr. Spurgeon down in Essex; suppose we send it to him." The chairman said he would give £5 himself. Another offered £5 on condition that the sum was made up to £20. This was done. They knew nothing about the loss of the cow; but the good pastor's trust in God was rewarded by his receiving, on the very morning after its death, the sum of £20, with which a new cow was purchased.

LESSON 106.-ISRAEL HELPED AT MARAH.-Exodus xv. 22-27.

193. See how Soon God is Forgotten! (ver. 24.)-Notwithstanding all that He had done for Israel, they are as ready to rebel as ever. "I wish I could mind God as my little dog minds me," said a little boy, looking thoughtfully on his shaggy friend; "he always looks so pleased to mind, and I don't." What a painful truth did this child speak! Shall the poor little dog thus readily obey his master, and we rebel against God, who is our Creator, our Preserver, our Father, our Saviour, and the bountiful giver of everything we love?

LESSON 107.-ISRAEL FED WITH MANNA.-Exodus xvi. 1-36.

194. God gives us our Daily Bread, (4-7, 12-15.)-A little girl in a wretched attic, whose sick mother had no bread, knelt down by the bedside, and said slowly, "Give us this day our daily bread." Then she went out into the street, and began to wonder where God kept His bread. She turned round and saw a large, well-filled baker's shop. "This," thought Nettie, "is the place." So she entered confidently, and said to the stout baker, "I have come for it." "Come for what?"-"My daily bread," she said, pointing to the tempting loaves; “I'll take two, if you please-one for my mother, and one for me.' "All right," said the baker, putting them into a bag and giving them to his little customer, who started at once into the street. "C Stop, you little rogue!" he said, roughly; "where is your money ?"-"I haven't any," she said, simply. "Haven't any!" he repeated angrily; "; 'you little thief, what brought you here then?" The hard words frightened the little girl, who, bursting into tears, said, "Mother is sick, and I am so hungry. In my prayers I said, 'Give us this day our daily bread,' and then I thought God meant me to fetch it, and so I came." The rough but kind-hearted baker was softened by the child's simple tale, and he sent her back to her mother with a well-filled basket. Nettie had faith in God; she asked, and expected to receive. When we ask for daily bread, it may be that, in some way, God may mean us to fetch it, or put ourselves in the way of getting it.

195. Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it Holy, (ver. 22-30.)—One Sunday afternoon a clergyman was returning home from church, when a man in working clothes stopped him and said, “Beg pardon, sir, but have you seen my boy on the road? "Was he driving a cart?" asked the clergyman.-"Yes, sir." "And were there some hurdles and a pitchfork in the cart ?"-"Yes, that's it," said the man. "A little boy with a short memory ?" continued the clergyman. The man stared, and seemed surprised. "Well, I don't know," he said, "that he is specially forgetful; but what made you think that he had a short memory?" -"I know he had, and, more than that, I think he belongs to a family that have very short memories." The man shewed extreme surprise at this statement,

and said, "Why, what in the world makes you think so, sir?" The clergyman looked him full in the face, and replied with calm solemnity, "Because God has said, 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,' and I think you have forgotten all about it."

LESSON 108.-ISRAEL'S VICTORY OVER AMALEK.-Exodus xvii. 1-16.

196. God Invites us to Partake of the Water of Life, (ver. 6.)—A lady in Glasgow came to Mr. Moody, and said, "Mr. Moody, you are always saying, 'Take, take!' Is there any place in the Bible where it says 'Take,' or is it only a word you use? I have been looking in the Bible for it, but cannot find it." Why," he said, "the Bible is sealed with it; it is almost the last word in the Bible And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely! "Well," she said, "I never saw that before. Is that all I have to do ?"-"Yes; the Bible says so." And she took it just there.

197. To Overcome Difficulties, Prayer and Effort must be combined, (ver. 9-13.) Dr. Norman Macleod and Dr. Watson of Dundee, while crossing in a small boat from one of the islands in the Western Hebrides to the mainland, were suddenly overtaken in a severe storm. A number of the passengers were much alarmed. As is well known, Dr. Macleod was a tall, strong man, while Dr. Watson was very little. When the storm was at its height a woman in the boat, recognising by their dress that there were two clergymen on board, suggested that they should engage in prayer. To this proposal one of the boatmen demurred, saying, "Na, na, the wee ane may pit up a prayer if he likes, but the big ane maun pit tae his haun' and tak' an oar." The rough, irreverent remark of the boatman contains the great truth, that if prayer is to be heard, it must be united to effort.

LESSON 109.-ISRAEL RECEIVES THE LAW AT SINAI.-Exodus xix. 16-25; xx. 1-21. 198. The Sabbath is to be Kept, (xx. 8.)-One morning a gentleman was going to church. He was a happy cheerful Christian, who had a very great respect for the Sabbath. He was a singular man, and would sometimes do and say what children are apt to call "funny things." As he was going along he met a stranger driving a heavily loaded waggon through the town. When this gentleman got right opposite to the waggoner, he stopped, turned round, and, lifting up both hands as if in horror, he exclaimed, as he gazed under the waggon, "There, there, you are going over it! You have gone right over it!" The driver was frightened. He drew up his reins in an instant, crying "Whoa! whoa!" and brought his horses to a stand. Then he looked down under the wheels, expecting to see the mangled remains of some innocent child, or at least, some poor dog or pig that had been crushed to death. But he saw nothing. So, after gazing all about, he looked up to the gentleman who had so strangely arrested his attention, and anxiously asked, "Pray, sir, what have I gone over?"-"Over the fourth commandment," was the quiet reply. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

199. We are not to Injure Others by our Speech, (ver. 16.)-"What is the ninth commandment?" said a teacher to a boy in his Sabbath class.-" Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." "What is bearing false witness against your neighbour?"-"It is telling lies." "That is partly true; and yet it is not exactly the right answer, because you may tell a lie about yourself." Then turning to a little girl, he said, "What do you say it is?"-"It is when nobody did nothing, and somebody went and told of it." "That will do," said the teacher, amid a roar of laughter from the school. The little girl had spoken queerly, but underneath her odd language was a pretty clear conception of the meaning of the commandment.

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