nd obtain "an eternal
weight of glory;" while others will have their abode among unbelievers,
and "suffer the vengeance of eternal fire." "Seeing, then, that all
these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be
in all holy conversation and godliness!"

Reader! the close of another year has brought you so much nearer the end
of your probation on earth. In the space of a few months how many have
perished under the stroke of death! Young and old, rich and poor, small
and great, have gone down to the grave, where "they rest together, and
the servant is free from his master." Before the close of 1835, what
multitudes, now in the prime of life, in the pursuit of pleasure, in the
possession of riches, in the road to preferment, or having secured the
object of worldly ambition, will have passed into the unseen state, and
rendered their account to God. The flight of _time_ calls upon the
careless and undecided to consider their ways, and turn unto the Lord.

The Christian, too, should testify his gratitude to God for his
continued goodness, and "lift up his head, for his redemption draweth
nigh." With what seriousness and devotion should we attend to the duties
of religion, so that "whether we live, we may live to the Lord; or
whether we die, we may die to the Lord; that whether we live, or die,
we may be the Lord's!" Let not this day come upon us unawares, and
find us in a state of carnal security; but may our loins be girded,
our lamps burning, and ourselves like servants waiting for their Lord's
return,--"looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour, Jesus Christ." "Wherefore, beloved, be
diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and
blameless."

T. P.

POETRY.

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

Time, the mundane sphere revolving,
Brings another New Year's Day;
Orb of light, 'mid lengthened shadows,
Glance one soft and lingering ray,
As we muse on
Days receding fast away.

Pledge of joys that may await us
In our future pilgrimage,
Or of heavenly consolation
That may coming griefs assuage,
To believers
Promised in the sacred page.

Many trials now are ended;
Many painful conflicts o'er;
Chequered scenes withdrawn for ever
That can please nor vex us more;
Memory only
Can the faded past resto