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A Page for the Young.

"MOTHER, SING JERUSALEM."

The last words of a beautiful boy who died a few years ago.

A child laid in a twilight room,
With pallid, waxen face:
A little child, whose tide of life
Had nearly run its race.

Most holy robes the angels brought,
By holy spirits given,
Ready to wrap the child in them,
And carry him to heaven.

Perchance their beauty made him think
Of some harmonious word,
That often from his mother's lips
The dying one had heard.

It might be, for he whispered low,

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Sing, mother, sing," and smiled.
The worn one knelt beside the couch:
"What shall I sing, my child?"
"Jerusalem, my happy home,"
The gasping boy replied.

And sadly sweet the clear notes rang
Upon the even-tide:

"Jerusalem, my happy home,

Name ever dear to me!

When shall my labours have an end
In joy, and peace, and thee?"

And on she sang, while breaking hearts
Beat slow, unequal time;

They felt the passing of the soul

With that triumphal chime.

"Oh, when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend?"
They saw the shadows of the grave
With his sweet beauty blend.

"Why should I shrink at pain or woe,
Or feel at death dismay?"

She ceased the angels bore the child
To realms of endless day.

LAST WORDS OF A DYING FRIEND.

READER, are you aware that an old friend of yours is drawing near his end. He cannot last long. His days are evidently numbered. A month is the utmost he can survive. And he wishes for a word with you. His name you know quite well; it is

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

"What can he have to say to me?"

He wishes you to remember five things:

First, to remember whose ambassador he has been to you. That he came from your Maker, and is returning again to him who sent him, and that he would have you think what account of you he must carry to the court of your Judge.

Second, to remember, that after the visit of a few more like ambassadors you must follow him, and confront him, and all the years which have been sent you, in the presence of your God, and hear the testimony of each concerning you. Nor is he sure that Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-one is not commissioned to take you with him.

Third, to remember the three hundred times and more that

he has besought you "so to number your days as to apply your heart unto wisdom;" that he much fears, however, that you have numbered them only for purposes of business and pleasure.

Fourth, to remember all the messages he has brought from your Creator. Crosses and blessings,-sorrows and comforts, -health and sickness,-deliverances, and deaths around you, -daily food,-nightly rest,—and a bible, ministers, and days of worship, to interpret his providence, and shew you his revealed will, that for all these you must give account to Him that sent him to you.

Fifth, to remember, that yet a month is before you ere he departs that will soon be gone; that he is anxious beyond measure to see, before he leaves, that God has not kindly sent you such a messenger as Eighteen Hundred and Fifty in vain; that you are touched by his forbearance, his goodness, and his redeeming love; that you fear his wrath, turn from your sins, seek pardon for them through the cross of Christ, and give up your body, soul, and spirit to God.

Friend, one short month must decide whether Eighteen Hundred and Fifty shall leave you a subject of God, or a rebel; a sinner saved, or a sinner lost; say, which shall it be?

THE APPEAL;

A Magazine for the People.

"I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say."

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and utterly desponding. But, knowing that He "spared not HIS OWN Son, but freely delivered him up for us all, how shall He not with him also freely give us all things ?" His name, his unchanging name, is "LOVE."

Rejoice, then, although you have been a sinner, even a great sinner, a far greater sinner than you know. You never noticed, and can never remember, the far greater part of your daily, your hourly neglects, transgressions, and provocations, your sins in childhood, in youth, and in riper years,-sins against God's law regarding your fellow-man, and sins directly against God himself. Oh, how loaded with sin each year that is past! The last year, what a year of sin, did we but know it. And may we then rejoice? Yes, verily. The greater our sin the greater our cause for joy in our God, as well as shame in ourselves; for there is forgiveness with our God for all; yes, full, free, unmerited forgiveness. No lingering displeasure, no mistrustful jealousy, in the heart of our God. He did not sacrifice his beloved Son to bestow on us, through his precious blood, a reluctant pardon. His forgiveness is as infinite, as perfect, as all his attributes; it is his peculiar glory; the forgiveness of a God and not of a man. Shall not, then, the sinner rejoice? Yea, the more he has to be forgiven, rejoice so much the more? Oh, if a world of sinners but knew their own guilt, and the glorious pardoning mercy of their God, with what a universal shout of holy, grateful joy would they begin their New Year!

And, once more, rejoice! And why? Because no hard, no arbitrary terms are required of any of us. Nothing but what is easier to the poor than to the rich, to the unlearned than to the learned. Nothing does God ask of us that He or we could dispense with, if we are to be happy. Must we consider our ways? Surely a reasonable creature cannot think this hard. Must we honestly condemn what is evil in them, grieve for it, and confess it to our God whom we have wronged? What heart, with a spark of right feeling in it, could object to this? Must we turn from every evil way, and choose only what is good? Surely none wish their Heavenly Father to encourage them in evil. Oh, no! Repentance is painful as every cure is painful; but returning health of the soul, like recovering from sickness, is the best of delights. "Godly sorrow worketh repentance for sin not to be repented of." No one ever repented of repentance. Penitence for the past is the key to joy for the future. Are we told to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? We well may add,

Rejoice, above all, in the blessing which comprehends all others,rejoice that God has given you A SAVIOUR! A Saviour of men,-a Saviour of sinners,-a Saviour from every evil here and hereafter, from sin itself, and from the sorrow, bitter sorrow, it must, sooner or later, bring. Yes, we enter on our New Year under the eye, the power, and the pity of Jesus Christ. The redemption of man is the

work for which He became man,—the work assigned him, as Mediator, by our God. How can we but rejoice in Christ? Faith in Him is joy and peace. Our joy will be in proportion to our faith. "In Him believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." There is every thing in Him to awaken our faith, every thing to invite it, every thing to retain it. If we wish to rejoice, although conscious of deserving God's wrath, although in deep tribulation, although near to the gates of death itself, our one prayer may well be, "Lord, increase our faith."

Reader, we might add much, but our space is limited. Most cordially we again wish you "a happy New Year." With God in Christ for your friend, it may be as happy as years can be, till we exchange time for eternity. We do not wish you merely an entertaining year, a pleasant year, a year of getting gain, and of health to enjoy all, but a happy year—a joyful year; such a year as you can have only in God's service. That you seek and find such a year as this, is the object of our present "APPEAL."

PROCRASTINATION.

"Go thy way for this time."-Acts xxiv. 25.

Paul was now before Felix. The mysterious providence of God had brought these two remarkable persons together; the interview was a very solemn one; it will never be forgotten; it has done great good; it will do more. Here are two great parties, they still exist; for though Paul and Felix have long since been dead, the parties they represented still survive. They are in England. They will read these few lines. Let us look at them.

Here is the minister of Christ, the servant of the Most High God. He is delivering his message. He is speaking for his divine Master. He is reasoning with one of his fellow-men. What is he aiming at ? What does he wish? What is the desire of his soul? Nothing less than the present and eternal salvation of his judge. He

wanted to see Felix converted. To see him converted at that moment, before he left him. He aimed at this. He longed for this. Reader, this is just what we want. When we preach the gospel we want to save souls, every soul that hears us. When we write these short pieces for "The Appeal," that you may read them, we aim at the salvation of your soul. Nothing less than this will satisfy us. We cannot consent that you should live in rebellion against God another hour. We cannot agree that you should remain unpardoned five minutes more. We want you to be saved, and to be saved at this moment. Oh, that you were as desirous of being saved, as we are desirous that you should be! Then you would yield your heart to God instantly. Then you would accept God's gracious invitation

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