day, observing that a new lid had been put to a well in the yard, his curiosity was excited to examine it. With some difficulty he lifted up the lid, which, falling back by its own weight, pulled the child over the well, into which he instantly dropped. His lower garments spread out like an umbrella, for he was dressed in petticoats, so that when he alighted on the water, he was borne up by the air underneath, and was able to thrust his fingers into the joints between the stones of the well, by which means h suspended himself for a time. But the stones were cov ered with green moss; the little fingers of the chila be came soon benumbed with cold, and unable to sustain himself any longer, he fell to the bottom. While hanging by his hands he cried with all his might, but there was no one in the adjoining cottage, save his mother, who was deaf. The well too was in a narrow passage between two buildings; the mother faintly heard the cry, but knew not from whence it came; she, however, thougnt of the well, and ran to it; the lid was open, but the child had disappeared. Still she suspected him to be there. It was the time of harvest, and the men of the village were in the field. There was, however, a lame shoemaker who was not out at work; to him she ran in distress and told him her fears. He with some difficulty procured a ladder, which was put down into the well without being set upon the child; and the poor man feeling with a well hook about the bottom of the well, caught hold of the child by his clothes, and brought him up and laid him on the ground, to all appearance dead. An elderly female in the place, who acted as a nurse, applied friction to the body; animation was restored, and the delighted mother received into her arms the child alive, which but a few moments before she had in her thoughts consigned to the tomb.

Two or three years after this event, a profligate man in the village had laid a wager that he would swim over the river, in a place where it was very deep, with this very child, then a little boy, on his back. He embarked in the attempt, but losing his hold of the child about half way, he dropt it in a part of the water, where there was a very deep pit. His father, who stood by, being a very expert swimmer, dived to the bottom and brought up his son, who was thus once more saved from a watery grave.

Soon after this second deliverance, he was sent to the parish school, where a malignant boy, who was his schoolfellow, but much older than himself, threw a stone at his head with such violence, as to inflict a wound, which threatened his life. But a kind Providence once more interfered for his preservation, though the scar of the frightful wound remained uneffaced to his dying day.

The individual, who had escaped so many deaths, was afterwards converted by divine grace, became a minister of the gospel, and was known to the church and the world as the REV. WILLIAM BULL, who for fifty years preached the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and presided over an institution for the training of young men for the gospel ministry.

Honesty the best Policy.

A FARMER called on Earl Fitzwilliam to represent that his crop of wheat had been seriously injured in a field adjoining a certain wood, where his hounds had, during the winter, frequently met to hunt. He stated that the young wheat had been so cut up and destroyed, that in some parts he could not hope for any produce. "Well, my friend," said his lordship, "I am aware that we have frequently met in that field, and that we have done considerable injury, and if you can procure an estimate of the loss you have sustained, I will repay you." The farmer replied, that anticipating his lordship's consideration and kindness, he had requested a friend to assist him in estimating the damage, and they thought that, as the crop seemed quite destroyed, £50 would not more than repay him. The Earl immediately gave him the money.

the harvest, however, approached, the wheat grew, and in those parts of the field that were trampled, the corn was the strongest and most luxuriant. The farmer went again to his lordship, and being introduced, said "I am come, my lord, respecting the field of wheat adjoining such a wood." His lordship instantly recollected the circumstance" Well, my friend, did I not allow you sufficient to remunerate you for your loss?" "Yes, my lord I have found that I sustain no loss at all, for where the

horses had most cut up the land, the crop is the most promising, and I have therefore brought the £50 back again." "Ah!" exclaimed the venerable Earl, "this is what I like; this is what it ought to be between man and man." He then entered into conversation with the farmer, asking some questions about his family-how many children he had, &c. His lordship then went into another room, and returning, presented the farmer a check for £100. "Take care of this, and when your eldest son is of age present it to him, and tell him the occasion that produced it." We know not which most to admire, the benevolence or the wisdom displayed by this illustrious man; for while doing a noble act of generosity, he was handing down a lesson of integrity to another generation.

Earl of Rochester.

THE witty Earl of Rochester, happened to be in company with King Charles II, his Queen, Chaplain, and some of his Ministers of State. After they had been discoursing on public business, the King, of a sudden, exclaimed "Come, let us unbend our thoughts from the cares of State, and give us a glass of wine, which cheereth, as the scripture saith, both God and man." The Queen hearing this, modestly said, she thought there could be no such text in scripture; and that the idea seemed to her to be little less than blasphemy. The King replied, that he was not prepared to turn to chapter and verse; but he was pretty sure, he had met with it somewhere in his scripture reading. The Chaplain was appealed to, and he was of the same opinion with the Queen. Rochester suspecting the King to be right, and being no friend to the Chaplain, slipped out of the room, to inquire among the servants, if any of them were conversant with the Bible. They named David, the Scots cook, who always carried a Bible about him; and David being called, recollected both the text, and where to find it. Rochester ordered him to be in waiting, and returned to the King. This text was still the topic of conversation; and Rochester moved to call in David, who, he said, he found was well acquainted with the Scriptures. David appeared,

and being asked the question, produced his Bible, and read the text (Judges ix: 13.) The King smiled, the Queen asked pardon, and the Chaplain blushed. Roches ter now asked the doctor if he could interpret the text, since it was produced; but he was mute. He therefore requested David to interpret it, who immediately replied, "How much wine cheereth man your lordship knows: and to show you how it cheereth God, I beg leave to remind you that, under the Old Testament dispensation, there were meat offerings and drink offerings. The latter consisted of wine, which was typical of the blood of the Mediator; which, by a metaphor, was said to cheer God, as he was well pleased in the way of salvation that he had appointed; whereby his justice was satisfied, his law fulfilled, his mercy reigned, his grace triumphed, all the divine perfections harmonized, the sinner was saved, and God in Christ glorified."

The King was agreeably surprised at this unexpected and sensible exposition: Rochester applauded, and after some sarcastic reflections upon the Chaplain, very gravely moved, that his majesty would be pleased to make the Chaplain his cook, and the cook his Chaplain.

Thy Will be done.

AT an anniversary meeting of the London Sunday School Union, the Rev. S. Kilpin remarked, that in catechizing some children on the subject, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven," the following were the questions and answers. What is to be done? The will of God. Where is it to be done? On earth. How is it to be done? As it is in heaven. How do you think the angels do the will of God in Heaven, as they are our pattern? The first replied, "they do it immediately." The second, they do it actively." The third, "they do it unitedly." Here a pause ensued, and no other child appeared to have any answer; but after some time a little girl arose and said, "Why, sir, they do it without asking any questions."

Proof of the Existence of God.

SEE here, I hold a Bible in my hand, and you see the cover, the leaves, the letters, the words; but you do not see the writers, or the printer, the letter-founder, the inkmaker, the paper-maker, or the binder. You never did see them, you never will see them; and yet there is not one of you who will think of disputing or denying the being of these men. I go further: I affirm that you see the very souls of these men in seeing this book, and you feel yourselves obliged to allow that, by the contrivance, design, memory, fancy, reason, and so on. In the same manner, if you see a picture, you judge there was a painter; if you see a house, you judge there was a builder of it; and if you see one room contrived for this purpose, and another for that, a door to enter, a window to admit light, a chimney to hold fire, you conclude that the builder was a person of skill and forecast, who formed the house with a view to the accommodation of its inhabitants. In this manner examine the world, and pity the man who, when he sees the sign of the wheat-sheaf, hath sense enough to know that there is a joiner, and somewhere a painter, but who, when he sees the wheat-sheaf itself, is so stupid as not to say to himself "This had a wise and good Creator!"

Account of a Young Lady.

On the banks of the Hudson, opposite New York city, there resided, a few years ago. a family in affluent circumstances. It consisted of Mr. and Mrs. A. and their only child Emily.

Situated as they were contiguous to the metropolis of fashion, gayety, and dissipation; possessing the means of gratifying the pride of life, and destitute of religion, it is not surprising that they should bow down to the god of this world, become infatuated with its vain pageantry, and be willing to comply with its arbitrary and preposterous exactions, after the folly and caprice of the votaries of pleasure. Emily was the idol of her parents, and as might be expected, no expense was spared to gratify all her wishes, and to promote her education. When she