gate they had galloped away. The converting and sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit soon took possession of her heart; and after several months probation she was to be baptized, with several others, in a river that flowed along a part of the boundary of her little domain. The ceremony was performed at the appointed time, amidst a great concourse of spectators.

The

missionary regained the cottage before her. Her aged slave, whom she had so often punished for her steadfastness to Christ, was left at home to make some arrangements for the future services of the day. Scarcely had the missionary seated himself, when the tall withered form of the old African disciple appeared before him as though paralyzed; her eyes alternately fixed on some object out of doors, and her clasped hands raised upward towards heaven; he sprang from his seat to ascertain the cause, when he discovered among the trees a tall noble-looking female figure clothed in white, approaching the door. It was her mistress. In a moment they were in each other's arms, and the floor was literally sprinkled with their tears. "O, my misses," said the aged slave, "who ever tink me live to see dis day? Blessed Jesus make poor old neger eye see such a ting before her dead." While her mistress, now no longer a mistress,

but a sister beloved, implored forgiveness for her past conduct, and ascribed all the glory of her change to God. A more affecting scene was never witnessed, and never can it be obliterated from the memory. Oh the transforming efficacy of redeeming grace and dying love! the

"Lion chang'd into a lamb,

The vulture to a dove."

The tyrant and the slave, one in Christ Jesus, falling on each others necks and weeping tears of joy! Surely it was a spectacle that attracted the gaze and admiration of angels! Nor has the subsequent conduct of this once depraved and cruel individual deceived the expectations which were formed of the devotion of her heart and life to God. She has been a real blessing to the church, and through a series of years has maintained an unblemished reputation. During the persecutions of 1832 she exhibited a degree of moral heroism, which entitles her to rank among the noblest of her sex. In addition to other instances of firmness and constancy, she maintained her resolution to keep her house open for the worship of God and the shelter of the missionaries, at whatever hazard, in the presence of the militia force of the parish, before which she was cited to appear in an open field. But

"Her loyalty she kept, her zeal, her love.".

THE Sun, who to his Maker's praise
His duty well fulfils,

Again now hides his cheering rays,
Behind the western hills.

We see his radiant setting glow;
We see his light decay;
And joy to think that softly so

The saint shall pass away.

The day of life, though chequer'd much

With scenes of good and ill,

If heavenly grace the spirit touch,
Shall close in glory still.

D. I.

THE DAISY.

MEEK and modest little flower,
Simplest offering of the hour,
Blooming in obscurest shade,
Or the sun-lit verdant glade;
On the rock, or in the dell,
Forest walk or woodland fell;
Ever easy in thy lot,

And content to be forgot.
'Mid thy sisters' fairer bloom,
Or their rich and rare perfume,
Happy still with heaven-ward gaze
To display thy star-like rays.
Storms may gather in the skies,
Tempests roar, and whirlwinds rise,
Showers descend in fearful train,
Hail and sleet sweep o'er the plain,
Sun-beams parch thy gentle head,
Or the snow around thee spread,
Still contented thou art found,
Patient 'neath the conflict round,
By thy meekness freed from harm,
Waiting for the coming calm.

Type and emblem thou may'st be
Of that rare Simplicity

Which in every Christian's mind
Should its place of resting find,

Mingling with its scorn of state

Meekness to the rich and great,

Patience 'midst severest woes,
Kindness e'en to sternest foes,
Faith to rest on in the way,
Hope to lend its cheering ray,
And Charity, that gentle guest,
Whose temple is the good man's breast.

Such the sermon-meanest things

Preach to subjects or to kings;

Such is the lesson thou may'st meet
In the daisy at thy feet.

SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND.

FIRST, William the Norman; then William his Son;
Henry, Stephen, and Henry; then Richard and John;
Next Henry the Third; Edwards one, two, and three,
And again after Richard three Henrys we see-
Two Edwards, Third Richard if rightly I guess,
Two Henrys, Sixth Edward, Queens Mary and Bess;
Then James the vain Scotsman, and Charles whom
they slew;

Yet received after Cromwell another Charles too;
And then James the Second ascended the throne;
Then good William and Mary together come on;
Till Anne, Georges four, and Fourth William all past;
God sent us VICTORIA-may she long be the last!