s have looked from the hill,
over the sea, in a far off tropical land, and have seen that same little
cloud many a time, as it spread all over the sky, and soon there was rain
enough to stop the traveller.

AND SO SHALL IT BE IN METHODISM ERE LONG.

If we mistake not, last Sunday's work among our young people is the
result of many earnest prayers, and the sign of coming prosperity.

Some will be ready to say "It is nothing to make a stir about. They were
only children." "A little cloud!" Only the size of a man's hand. Yes,
but what man? "The man Christ Jesus." "Ahab, get thee down, that the
rain stop thee not." We shall not be surprised to hear of Revivals like
some we have known, which turned other meetings into soul-converting
agencies. Tea Meetings, and Missionary Meetings, where the people have
come in crowds, not to applaud eloquence, but to ask--"What must we do to
be saved?" We expect news of this sort, and that, ere long. May the
hand of the Lord be on Elijah, then shall he run before Ahab, and prayer
shall be mightier than the power which moves those who eat and drink!

XIX. A CLEAN TONGUE.

One of the first things the doctor does when he comes to see you, is to
ask to look at your tongue, and one glance will tell him how much
difficulty he has to contend with. If the tongue is foul, he knows that
there is inward mischief, and he must lose no time in cleansing that of
which the tongue is but an indicator.

As we pass along our streets our ears are assailed with language of the
most horrid description. If one needed any information as to the state
of public morals, the foul-mouthed men and boys, aye, and we regret to
say, too often, women and girls, would tell of the state of heart into
which many thousands of our country people have been corrupted. And in
many cases, this has become habitual, and what might be termed natural.

Can nothing be done? Is the name of the Divine Being and that of our
Saviour to be profaned constantly without any check? If so, it will grow
worse and worse, until we may expect national sin to bring down national
punishment, and we shall have to say, "Because of swearing the land
mourneth."

Those who have charge of the education of our children might help, by
constantly speaking against bad language, and by punishing those who
continue to offend. Parents, also, should check the slightest tendency
in this direction. We have heard of a good woman, who, o