the solemnities of the service.

On the

clergyman ascending the pulpit, he remarked to his sister-" Did you ever see such an ugly rascal in your life?" But the man of God bore a message from the high court of heaven to his soul. He announced his theme: "They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.” 1 He then proceeded to unfold his message with scriptural clearness and affectionate fidelity. He pourtrayed the character of a soul under a deep sense of its lost state, asking the way to Christ with full purpose of heart, and earnest desire to be saved. The influence and the motives which would awaken and give force to such an inquiring, seeking state of 1 Jeremiah 1. 5.

mind, he referred to the Spirit of God moving upon the heart, convincing it of sinto the curse and condemnation under which the soul out of Christ lay, to the reality of a dying bed, and after death, the solemnities of the day of judgment. Changing his theme, he spoke in tones of melting tenderness of Jesus-of his great love in dying for sinners, of his ability to save to the uttermost, and of his willingness to receive the vilest who fled to him in faith. He thus enlarged upon the nature, fulness, and unchangeableness of that covenant of grace in which they have an interest who join themselves for ever to the Lord. The attention of Major was riveted throughout the discourse. His mind was filled with astonishment and awe. All was new and startling to him. Such truths he seemed never before to have heard, such emotions he had

never experienced, such convictions he had never felt. It was indeed a message of God to his soul. With a bruised and bleeding heart he hastened to the vestry at the close of the service, disclosed his feelings to the minister, and solicited the loan of his sermon. O how changed was that minister to him now! With the church of old he could exclaim, "How beautiful upon the mountaius are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good." The clergyman on hearing of the blessed effects which his discourse had produced upon the mind of Major, instantly proffered all the spiritual instruction and comfort which his inquiring mind and anxious heart required. 'He brought him to Jesus.' After repeated interviews, and much prayerful teaching, he had the happiness of seeing the Major a

rejoicing believer in Christ, joining himself to the Lord in a perpetual covenant. The change was marvellous, and such as the grace of God only could have produced. The once gay, thoughtless, scoffing Major M- now became the holy, humble, zealous disciple of Jesus, sitting at his feet, clothed, and in his right mind. He directly turned his attention to the conversion of others. Testifying to all whom he met what 'great things God had done for his own soul,' he sought to bring them to the same salvation that was in Christ Jesus. Retiring from the army, he went to reside in Edinburgh. It was there the message which summoned him to his Father's house reached him. His departure was sudden, but his soul was ready. His death was instantaneous, but it was a translation to glory. On coming out of his garden one

day, he seated himself in his chair, leaned back, and expired.

The conversion of Captain B-- was not less striking. It forcibly illustrates the great truth that salvation is of the Lord' and that bent upon bringing His people to a knowledge of Himself, He can accomplish His purpose in the employment of any means, and in a way often most improbable to human wisdom, which His sovereignty might see fit to adopt. Captain B- possessed all the attributes of a man of the world. He was admirably fitted by nature to participate in its scenes and to contribute to its enjoyments. He danced gracefully, retained his box at the opera, and was the attraction and the soul of every gay party in the regiment. At the time that most momentous event of his life took place,