a sovereign and a Christian. He strictly enjoined him never to suffer any one, in his presence, to speak disrespectfully of the Almighty, or of those devoted to his service; or to utter a word, tending, in the smallest degree, to countenance a crime. "God," said he, "grant you grace, my son, to do his will continually, so that he may be glorified by your means, and that we may be with him after this life, and praise him eternally."

His dying advice to his daughter Isabella, Queen of Navarre, was also very expressive of his zeal for the cause of religion, and his solicitude for the welfare of his children. He wrote to her as follows:

"My dear daughter, I conjure you to love our Lord with all your might; for this is the foundation of all goodness. No one is so worthy to be loved. Well may we say, 'Lord, thou art our God, and our goods are nothing to thee.' It was the Lord who sent his Son upon earth, and delivered him over to death for our salvation. If you love him, my daughter, the advantage will be yours; and be assured that you can never love and serve him too much. He has well deserved that we should love him; for he first loved us. I wish you could comprehend what the Son of God has done for our redemption. My daughter, be very desirous to know how you may best please the Lord; and bestow all your care to avoid everything that may displease him. But particularly, never be guilty of any deliberate sin, though it were to save your life. Take pleasure in hearing God reverently spoken of, both in sermons and in private conversation. Shun too familiar discourse, except with very virtuous persons. Obey, my daughter, your husband, your father, and your mother, in the Lord; you are bound to do so, both for their sakes, and for the sake of him who has commanded it. In what is contrary to the glory of God, you owe obedience to none. Endeayour, my daughter, to be an example of goodness to all

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who may see you, and to all who may hear of you. not too nice about dress; if you have too many clothes, give them away in charity. Beware also of having an excessive care of your furniture. Aspire after a disposition to do the will of God, purely for his sake, independently of the hope of reward, or the fear of punishment."

Thus did this prince teach his children; and thus did he live himself. He died in great tranquillity, in the year 1270.

16. BLAISE PASCAL.

BLAISE PASCAL was born at Clermont, in France, in the year 1623. Nature endowed him with extraordinary powers of mind, which were highly cultivated. He was an eminent philosopher, a profound reasoner, and a sublime and elegant writer. We raise his character still higher, when we say, he was a man of most exemplary piety and virtue. The celebrated Bayle, speaking of this distinguished person, says: "A hundred volumes of religious discourses, are not of so much avail to confound the impious, as a simple account of the life of Pascal. His humility and his devotion mortify the libertines more than if they were attacked by a dozen missionaries. They can no longer assert, that piety is confined to men of little minds, when they behold the highest degree of it in a geometrician of the first rank, and most acute metaphysician, and one of the most penetrating minds that ever existed."

The humility and simplicity of heart for which he was always remarkable, seemed to increase as he approached his end. A person who frequently visited him in his last sickness, said of him: "He is a child: he is humble; he submits like a little child." One of his particular friends, who had spent an hour with him, and

had been much edified by his meek and pious example, thus expressed himself to his sister: "You may, indeed, be comforted. If God should call him hence, you have abundant cause to praise that gracious Being for the favours which he has conferred upon him. I always very much admired his great qualities, but I never before observed that extraordinary simplicity which I have just now witnessed; it is wonderful in such a mind as he possesses. I most cordially wish that I were in his situation."

His last words were: "May God never forsake me!" and he died full of peace and hope.

17. LOUIS, DUKE OF ORLEANS.

LOUIS, DUKE OF ORLEANS, first prince of the blood royal of France, and highly distinguished for piety and learning, was born at Versailles, in the year 1703. He was the son of Philip, duke of Orleans, regent of France, and of Mary Frances of Bourbon. He discovered, in his very childhood, a reverence for religion, a shining genius, and an enlarged understanding. At an early age he became sensible of the vanity of titles, pre-eminence, and all the splendour of life. He proposed to himself a new mode of conduct, which he afterwards pursued, dividing his time between the duties peculiar to his rank, the exercises of a Christian, and the studies which improve the mind. He was, in every respect, a pattern of self-denial, of piety, and of virtue.

His religion was not merely contemplative, for he possessed a most extensive charity, and an enlightened zeal for the public good. The indigent of every age, sex, and condition, excited his compassionate regard. He daily heard their complaints, in one of the halls of the convent of St. Genevieve; he sympathized with them,

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18. SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON.

IR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON was intimately associated th Mr. Wilberforce in his noble efforts for the emancition of the slave, and caught his mantle as he ascended glory. He was in every respect a man of firm pure and the most extended benevolence-prompt at "y call of public need-one of the most self-denying exalted benefactors of society.

While reduced to the lowest state of weakness, he ill of the spirit of gratitude, and continually poured fervent thanksgiving for pardon given and reglove. His prayers were earnest for 'the gift most Holy Spirit, and the removal of all clouds, might come to Christ, under humiliation, sufferinfirmity, and find strength and consolation in

day, January 21st, he broke forth, with much ice and manner, in these words, 'O God, O that there is good reason to believe that I shall be remembered amongst the just? ble to contain even me? From my heart mest thanksgivings for this and for

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