EARLY DAYS. JUNE, 1857. THE DAY OF REST. BY CANON STOWELL. HAIL, hallow'd day of heavenly rest, The day which the Creator bless'd, Memorial of blessings fled, It bade the banish'd mourn; Prophet of good, it likewise said, "Ye banish'd ones, return." And now a richer light is shed On thee, sweet day of grace: Creation hides her lowly head Before Redemption's face. We, little children, hail the day Which breathes of peace and love; Which bids our toils and cares away, And tells of rest above: We love the soothing Sabbath bell, Sweet thoughts and hopes within us swell, Whilst we are gather'd there. Lord! for Thy day we bless Thy name, Thy law has made it sure; It stands from age to age the same, The birthright of the poor. O! may these first-fruits of our time, These Sabbaths, seasons be, Bright steps up which our souls may climb, ABINGER CHURCH. ABINGER church is a capacious and substanti old building, chiefly of stone and rubble-work pl tered over, standing on a very commanding sp in an elevated part of Surrey; and having, in fa a higher site than any other church in the coun It consists of a nave and chancel of one span, tending to the length of ninety feet; with a seco chancel, partly used as a vestry, on the north si making the width of the whole about forty f The chancels are separated from each other by arches, the one semi-circular, the other poin There are several lancet windows, both in this other portions of the edifice; the older parts which may be referred to the Norman times. CHAPTERS FOR CHILDREN. CHAPTER LXXXVII. LITTLE HARRY. (Continued from page 136.) DON after little Harry's birthday, nurse asked me to take him to church with her. His parents ught him too young to attend with benefit to so g a service; but he made many promises to "be the whole time," and so he went to church. Eh the greatest attention he listened to the texts, read by the Clergyman, and was just kneeling n at the Confession, when suddenly he made an rt to rise, whispering softly, that he must speak ne of the servants who was sitting. "I must tell to kneel when she p'ays to God, in God's house." r his wish had been explained by signs to this ant, and she had knelt down, he gave his whole tion to the remainder of the long service. his return home, he was questioned as to he had heard. The text was, 'Be not ved; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a soweth, that shall he also reap." (Gal. vi. 7, 8.) Eng for an instant, as if to collect his ideas, 2 thoughtful yet animated look, and a graceful on of his little hand, he said, "The only seed must be sown is God's word, which is the Bible." It would have been impossible, in gle sentence, to convey a more important than this of little Harry's. "And where the seed be sown ?—in the ground?" asked his |