immortal spirit will stir within him, and "startle back" at the thought of annihilation. Ah, poor fooi! he turns his back, and will not look at the bright chain of God's providence which so manifestly appears. Perhaps he may try to persuade himself that the chain hangs there by chance. He has been told that earth and heaven are connected by it. He professes to see no necessary connection; he cannot see its beginning, how it is supported on high. He has heard that by it man can be elevated to a heavenly life. This may appear foolishness to him. Perhaps he may think that if man were destined to live hereafter, he would not have been placed on these mortal shores; or if immortal, it will be in some other mode than that pointed out in the Bible. He is wise in his own conceit. He turns himself from God's method of salvation; refuses to look upward; continues to reason "in endless mazes lost; " will not lay hold of the only hope set before him; he "wonders and perishes" in the overflowing of the mighty waters.

One of the persons on the little island is seen with his eyes turned upward; his hands are uplifted in thankfulness and adoration. He beholds the bright chain of God's providential mercy; he lays hold of the only hope set before him. It is true he can see but a few of the connecting links of the golden chain above; but he fully believes that it is connected with and sustained by an almighty power above. He has occasional glimpses of the all-seeing eye; he feels that he is under its supervision. He feels himself encircled, upheld, and sustained by infinite power and love, and rejoices that all things are under the control of a kind Providence,

It is true the Christian may see clouds and darkness above, around, and below him. He may not know why sin, and consequently misery, is suffered to exist in the universe of God. He may not know why he is placed here in the circumstances by which he is surrounded. He weeps often, it may be, to see how sin has laid waste the works of God; how the wicked often triumph, and the good are crushed into the dust. He may not know the beginning or origin of God's providential dealings, how far they reach into this or other worlds. But notwithstanding that the Christian may not be able to fathom these and many other subjects, yet he confides in the almighty power above. He lays hold of salvation; he is elevated to the regions of eternal light and glory, while his unbelieving companions perish amid the dark rolling waters of the

ocean.

. The ocean has sometimes been considered as an emblem of R

eternity, on account of its vast extent, its fathomless depths, and its appearance to human vision oftentimes as without a bottom or shore.."Eternity," says one," with respect to God, is a duration without beginning or end. With regard to created beings, it is a duration that has a beginning, but will never have an end. It is a duration that excludes all number and computation; days, months, and years—yea, and ages—are lost in it, like drops in the ocean. Millions and millions of years, as many years as there are sands on the sea-shore, or particles of dust in the globe of the earth, and these multiplied to the highest reach of number-all these are nothing to eternity. They do not bear any imaginable proportion to it; for these will come to an end as certainly as a day; but eternity will never, never, never come to an end. It is a time without an end; it is an ocean without a shore. Alas! what shall I say of it? It is an infinite, unknown something, that neither human thought can grasp, nor human language describe!"

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY.

'Tis come! 'tis come! The long-expected day,
When sin no longer o'er the earth bears sway;
But truth, triumphant, sheds its mellow light,
And all below is clear, and pure, and bright.
See, Christianity, the gift of Grace,
Receives in form the homage of our race;
Europa, fair, her princely tribute brings,
A grateful offering to the King of kings;
Asia rejects the Shasters and the sword,
Throws by the Koran, and receives the Word.

Lo! Afric breaks her chains of crime and blood,
And, lowly bending, lifts her hauds to God.
No more she wages war for white man's gold—
No more she mourns her children bought and sold.
See, too, America, with pipe of peace,

Comes now to sue for love and heavenly grace;
The tomahawk and bow and cruel kinfe

To exchange for records of eternal life.
"Tis come! 'tis come! the long-expected day!
Lo! God has triumphed, Truth divine bears sway;
Loud alleluias heavenly angels sing,

For earth, renewed with joy, receives her King.

THE above engraving represents Christianity receiving the homage of the world. In her right hand she holds the crown of immortality; in her left, the word of God; her looks and bearing bespeak grace, dignity, majesty, empire, triumph, and matchless love. Behold, Europe brings her crown-emblem of power-and lays it meekly at the feet of Christianity. Asia, represented by a follower of Mahomet, laying aside the scimitar and the Koran, receives with humble adoration, instead thereof, the revelations of God's word. Africa is represented by a figure in a kneeling posture; she has broken off her chains, and is lifting her hands to heaven. America is represented by an Indian; he holds in his hand the calumet or pipe of peace; he has laid aside the murderous tomahawk, the bow that sprang the arrow of death, and the scalping-knife. He buries the hatchet for ever, and offers the emblem of peace.

The above is a representation of the final triumph of Christianity over the world-a day long expected by the faithful, even from the time of the first promise," He shall bruise thy head." That this earth-this blood-stained earth—should become the scene of triumph, has ever been the hope of the righteous; that here, where was the first defeat, renewed conflict, and continued struggle-here would be, and ought to be, the arena of victory. Exulting in this hope, the prophet touched the sacred harp of prophecy, and sang of "the sufferings of Christ, and of the glory that should follow,' when "He would see of the travail of His soul, and be satisfied." In this hope, Israel's king prayed, "that thy way may be known upon the earth, and thy saving health among all nations." Inspired by this hope, martyrs have kissed the stake, embraced the flames, and gone triumphantly home to God; yea, the general assembly of the Church of the first-born-the whole body of the faithful upon

earth-in this hope rejoicing, have sent up their prayers continually, which, like intercessory angels surrounding the throne of the Eternal, have prayed, Oh, "let thy kingdom come."

And now it has come. Europe is the Lord's-she consecrates to God her dominion; her kings and queens are subject to Messiah, and labour to promote the best interests of their people; her people are all righteous; her philosophers, having proved all things, hold fast now that which is good; her rich men deposit their wealth in the bank of heaven; her statesmen, studying the politics of both worlds, regard also the interests of both; the poor are raised to competency, to knowledge, and to virtue, and consequent happiness. Her arts and sciences are consecrated to God; her ships of war now sail in the service of the Prince of peace-ships of commerce are floating Bethels. The songs of Jesus have succeeded to the songs of Satan, and blasphemies are turned to praise.

"The abundance of the sea is converted to God;" railroads, steamboats, and telegraphs, are all employed in promoting God's glory, and in benefiting mankind. The Anglo-American race, and others, partake of this triumph; they have laboured for it-they rejoice in it, and say, "Lo! this is our God; we have waited for Him; we will rejoice in His salvation."

Asia, too, is the Lord's; here, where the conflict first began with sin and death-here the victory is gained. The lion of the tribe of Judah has prevailed; the inhabitants, so long enslaved by despotic creeds, now exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ-so long oppressed by systems of superstition and blood, now rejoice under the mild yoke of the Saviour; the Koran and Shaster are exchanged for the Bible-Juggernaut for Calvary-Kalee for Jesus -Mahomet for God. Here now is seen 66 China without its walls of selfishness-India without its castes-and earth without its curse.' The people are elevated, the nations are united, Jehovah is their King.

Africa throws off her load, and breaks her chains, and comes to Jesus so long crushed and degraded, she has at length arisen; she takes her place again with the nations of the earth, with the redeemed. Ignorance, superstition, and slavery are now no Her warfare is past, her mourning is over, her long captivity is at an end. Jehovah has triumphed-His children are free.

No more Coomassie offers human blood,
But takes for sacrifice the Lamb of God;
And on Siberia's long-contested ground
A living army of the cross is found.

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