Aimerici & hæretica pessima, in puteum proiectam, comes lapidibus obtui fecit innumerabiles etiam hæreticos, peregrini nostri cum ingenti gaudio combusserunt.'

C. E.

CHRIST keeps faith in the soul, and faith keeps the soul in Christ. . . . There is no profit leaving this or that sin unless all are forsaken.-Meade.

PILGRIM OF ZION.

PILGRIM to brighter worlds, haste on before thee—
Jesus's smiles, Jesus's prayers, all gather o'er thee ;
Soon shall thy weary foot tread Zion's mountains,
Soon shall thy pale, parched lip quaff heaven's fountains!
Watch and pray-watch and pray; foes cluster round
thee,

Let not their threats of war chill or confound thee,
Strong is the pilgrim's hope-can it deceive thee?
True is the pilgrim's friend-will He e'er leave thee?

This this is not thy rest, this world of sorrow
Where the poor aching heart longs for the morrow;
This this is not thy home; frail, dim, and fleeting,
Where death's remorseless grasp stifles love's greeting.

Here wails the orphan group, weary-faint-hearted;
Blithe friends by dire disease too soon are parted;
Hark to yon widow's sigh; soul-deep her mourning—
Soon shall she thither hie, whence no returning !
More or less every heart feels sorrow's anguish,
Thousands in discontent droopingly languish-
Each sigh for others' woe, each tear of pity
Minds us that here we have no constant city.

Haste thee on, traveller!-look not around thee,
Lest meteors of the marsh vex and confound thee;
This-this is not thy home, this world so fleeting-
Even now ruin's gales o'er it are beating.

Fight the good fight of FAITH! CHRIST is beside thee!*
Hold fast eternal life whate'er betide thee;
Strike a leal-hearted blow, vanquishing sorrow;
Thou shalt in breakless peace rest thee to-morrow!

F. J.

"We shall not walk in an even course, but still reeling and staggering, till faith be wholly set upon its own basis, the true foundation of it; not set betwixt two, upon one strong prop, and another that is rotten, partly on God and partly on creature helps and encouragements, or our own strength. Our only safe and happy way is, to put the rudder of our life into his hand, to steer the course of it as seemeth him good, resting quietly on his word of promise for our safety. Lord, whither thou wilt, and which way thou wilt, be thou my guide, and it sufficeth." Archbishop Leighton.

CHRISTIAN UNION.

Ar the Conference recently held at Liverpool, the following, among other resolutions, were unanimously adopted:

"III. That this Meeting desires to express its humiliation be fore God and his Church, for all the divisions of the Christian Church, and especially for everything which we ourselves may have aforetime spoken, in theological and ecclesiastical discussions, contrary to speaking the truth in love; and would earnestly and affectionately recommend to each other, in our own conduct, and particularly in our own use of the press, carefully to abstain from, and to put away, all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour. and evil speaking, with all malice; and in things in which we may yet differ from each other, still to seek to be kind, tender-hearted, forbearing one another in love, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven us; in everything seeking to be followers of God as dear children, and to walk in love, as Christ also loved us.

"VI. That the Conference, postponing the preparation of a full and formal document on the subject, deem it sufficient for the present to intimate that the parties who shall be invited to the future Meeting, shall be such persons as hold and maintain what are usually understood to be Evangelical views in regard to such important matters of doctrine as the following: viz.

1. The Divine inspiration, authority, and sufficiency of Holy Scripture.

2. The unity of the Godhead, and the Trinity of persons therein. 3. The utter depravity of human nature, in consequence of the fall.

4. The incarnation of the Son of God, and his work of atonement for sinners of mankind.

5. The justification of the sinner by faith alone.

6. The work of the Holy Spirit in the conversion and sanctification of the sinner.

7. The right and the duty of private judgment in the interpretation of holy Scripture.

8. The Divine institution of the Christian ministry, and the authority and perpetuity of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper."

A JEWISH SERMON.

To those, and we hope they are very many, who regard with watchful interest the multiplying signs of a general turning of the Jewish mind to the land which God has given to Abraham and his seed for ever, it must be a matter of thankfulness to observe, how strong is the disposition of the newly-elected Chief Rabbi to foster that feeling. It is true that in all the synagogue-services this hope forms the burden of their general supplications, but the Jews themselves are ready to acknowledge that with the greater number of them it had become rather a mechanical repetition than the expression of a deep and lively expectation. Hope long deferred had so sickened the heart of Judah, that he could not raise his anticipations to the height of those promises which, nevertheless, his lips were daily taught to repeat; and we may clearly trace even in the few past years a national awakening to those great and glorious things, which the word of Him who cannot lie has guaranteed as the future possession of His long-scattered people.

The appointment of a Chief Rabbi to so very important a section of the Abrahamic family as the British Jews, has all along been viewed by many sincere Christians as a matter of most prayerful interest, and we cannot but discern in Dr. Adler considerable promise of a worthy fulfilment of those duties which devolve on him. Although an eminently learned Talmudist, he NOVEMBER, 1845.

2 D