like Micah,
say, "WE WILL," too. How hard it is to win the heathen over to leave
their false gods! And shall we not walk for ever and ever in Jehovah's
name? Why should not Satan and all who help him regard efforts to make
apostates as a forlorn hope? O for a strong grip of God! Do some of our
readers feel their weakness, and tremble lest they should go back to the
assemblies of the heathen? Let us remind them of the promise--"I will
strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk up and down in His
name." (Zech. x. 12.)

Most of those who serve the devil mean to forsake him before they die.
They are self-deceived in many cases, and die as they live. Let us
determine that "for ever and ever" shall be our motto. "Signed for
life," as the teetotaler sometimes says. "This God is our God for ever
and ever. He will be our guide even unto death." We need a guide all
the way, till we come to the other side of Jordan. After then, no
possibility of falling or loss; but though we shall need no guide, we
shall delight in the Lord for ever. When this paper comes into the hands
of our readers, the CONFERENCE will have begun its Sittings. Let every
Methodist, from Dan to Beersheba, say, "We will sustain the new President
with our prayers, as we did the man of God who went before him." And the
Lord whom our fathers served shall rejoice in the energy and patient
continuance of His people. He shall not complain that we worked harder
and sacrificed more for the Gods we served before, than we do for Him;
but the heathen shall see signs of the greatness of Jehovah in the
enthusiasm and perseverance of His people.

"AS LONG AS HE LIVETH HE SHALL BE LENT TO THE LORD."

Two things are worthy of notice here. First, Hannah brought her son to
God's house and left him there to minister. In this she kept the vow she
had made (see verse 11). If all promises made in days of trouble were
kept as this woman kept hers, there would be some wondrous changes. We
must not suppose that Hannah did not feel the removal of her beloved son
from her own home, but she made the sacrifice, and God honoured her to
all time by recording her gratitude in the Book of books, and made her
son a national blessing.

SAMUEL STAYED WHERE HIS MOTHER PUT HIM.

He began to be a minister when a child, and he continued to be so to the
end of his life. Few lives have been so honourable and honoured as his
was. But it would not have been so if he