safe, we beseech Thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of Thy laws, and in the works of Thy commandments, that through Thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

The Bishop then gives his blessing, and the Service is at an end.

And now, my friend, I trust that you may so devoutly prepare yourself for this most holy rite, so full of blessing and of grace, that you may be strengthened and confirmed in all good things; and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, may be enabled to walk with God unto your life's end, as a humble, earnest, obedient disciple of your crucified Lord. Very blessed is a holy youth; it is the Lord's delight to see those who are full of life and strength, devoting themselves to Him, and weaning themselves from the world, when all the enjoyments of the world glitter before their eyes. Yes, He loves to see the young seeking in the midst of this evil world to be lovers of the truth, pure in heart, chaste, unselfish, devout. He is willing to give you all help, and this very ordinance of Confirmation meets you at a critical period of your life, when

you especially need to be strengthened in good ways, that you may therein receive great supplies of ghostly strength, and may be safely carried through a perilous portion of your voyage. May God be with you, my young friend, and bless you now and always, for His dear Son's sake!

JOHN HENRY PARKER, OXFORD AND LONDON.

TRACTS FOR FEMALE PENITENTS.

IV.

The Judgment.

Let the penitent prepare herself by an earnest supplication for grace, and by banishing out of her mind all thoughts of vanity, and all imaginations that distract her. Composing her heart solemnly as if she were on her death-bed, or as if she had passed through the gate of death and had just entered into another world, when an awful eternity just breaks in upon the soul, let her listen attentively, while her guide reads to her the words following:

"POOR sinful child, come with me, and let me shew you the end of one of your companions in sin; one with whom you may have wandered and sported; whom perhaps you envied for her gaiety, ah! perhaps enticed and encouraged in her dark and dreadful course. She was a wild, gaily dressed, laughing girl. Look at her now. She is a stiffened, unconscious, Speak to her; she hears not.

shrouded corpse. Touch her, oh!

she is so cold, so icy cold. Now they lay her in her coffin. She cannot move, or stir. All is

Oh! that I could hear her voice! that she could tell me all that has happened to her, since last we parted! that she could tell me all that she now feels, what her companions are now; what sounds she hears, what sights she sees!"

Here let the reader again speak to her in the following words:

"My child, that cannot be, none ever came back to tell the fearful secrets of the sinner's grave. I have already told you, all that the Scriptures of our God reveal to us of the state that follows death; the beginning of the awful eternity, where the sinner must abide, shut up within the last prison house, till the great day of account; but neither you, nor I, shall ever again see or hear of her, till we stand together, face to face before the judgment-seat, to give up our account to Him who made us, in whose hand we live and move and have our being. Do you ask me what account she is gone to render up? Hear me then while I explain to you, what awaits her, and then, ask me who speak to you. You know that, when any of us commits a crime against the law of our country, and our crime be known, there is a tribunal, before which the criminal is brought. There is