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of hell," furnish a constant proof of the depravity of our hearts. Pray my dear Eliza that yours may be changed; and then, through the grace given unto you for Christ's sake, you will gradually grow in that humility, which will teach you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, and in that charity which thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, hopeth all things, and never faileth.”

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Thank you, mamma; but are we not sometimes obliged to speak of the faults of others?"

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Speak of them as little as possible; but when you are obliged, as is sometimes, though seldom, the case, manifest a supreme regard for truth in the facts you state, while you strive to be charitable in your inferences; for it is generally in the inferences which it draws from the conduct of others, that uncharitableness betrays itself. We may hope that the gossipping repetition of trifles, which we so often notice in the aged, proceeds more from a want of proper mental cultivation, than from a want of charity. The general spread of science by furnishing superior topics of conversation may remove this; but it is only the love of God shed abroad in the heart which can eradicate that uncharitableness of thought which is rooted in every unrenewed heart."

MARY P. B.

MEMORANDA OF THE PAST MONTH.

SERVANTS' HOME.-Families suited with servants, 21. Lodgers at present in the Home, 7. INDIGENT REFUGE.-Young women admitted, 11; clothed and placed out to service, 5; at present in the house, 10.

AGENT'S REPORTS.-Classes meeting weekly, 27; attendance, 211.

EXTRACTS FROM AGENT'S JOURNAL.

"The attendance of young women this week has not been so large as usual, in consequence of several leaving for situations, four of whom I have been able to place in pious families.

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At the conclusion of our usual exercises at R—, I was surprised by the earnest entreaties of one of my charge, that I would visit her mother. On conversing with Fanny, for that was the little girl's name, I found that she had been led to love Jesus Christ, and she was anxious that her mother should love Him also. Her object in wishing me to see her mother however, was, that I might induce her to attend a place of worship, she not having entered one for a period of 15 years. On my calling on the mother she appeared deeply affected with her dear child's anxiety on her account, and promised she would attend the house of God for the future.

PROBATIONARY HOUSE.-Applicants for refuge, 25; received, 15; sent to service, or District Asylums, 6; number in the house, 45.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF SECRETARY.

"It has often occurred that the Ladies' Committee have had to dismiss young women by their own desire. In these cases the Committee have been led to fear that the wish to leave the Asylum has arisen from a desire to return again to their evil ways, but that this is not always the case, the following inciIdent will show.

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In passing through one of the streets of Clerkenwell, the matron was greatly surprised by the earnest,

but somewhat abrupt recognition of a young woman engaged in cleaning the steps of a door. On explanation she found that the young woman thus accosting her had been in the Probationary House, but had left at her own request. 'On leaving, (to use her own words,) I was determined not to return to my old course of life, and immediately exerted myself and succeeded in procuring my present situation.' Here she is conducting herself with great propriety, and expresses herself very grateful for the kindness she received while under the care of the Society."

The following letter was brought last Tuesday by a young woman, who was placed out at service in February last:

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'W, having felt a great desire to visit her matrons and friends at the Probationary House, I have given her permission so to do. I have great pleasure in stating that since she has been in my service, she has conducted herself in every respect to my satisfaction. Her health is good, and I trust that if it be the will of God, W— will never want another place; for if she continues to act as she now does, it would be a source of sorrow to every member of our family if she was to leave us.

"Remember me in the kindest manner to Miss K—, and assure her of my gratitude for recommending me so worthy a young woman.

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"It appears on enquiry that this young woman has a brother, for whose spiritual interests she has of late been greatly concerned, and that there is good ground to believe that her letters to him have been made useful."

Correspondence Bepartment.

EFFORTS TO BENEFIT SERVANTS.

July 11th, 1840.

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"For two years and a half we have had connected with our congregation a servants' class, the last and a half under my care; the number varies from 20 to 50, and our prospects are encouraging. Several have already become members of the church. The example has been followed by another Christian church in O- and that class I believe numbers about the same. Servants have been much neglected in O- and perhaps form the most immoral part of our population; they are exposed to numberless trials here, and a large number of them yearly become the victims of sensuality. "The land moans because of it. May God bless all efforts made for them! and your own very valuable institution likewise."

MATERNAL MEETINGS.

Chapel House, Harting.

"Last evening was our Maternal Meeting-a delightful season. We now number 91 Mothers; 351 children. The work is going forward amidst the cold looks of formal Christians, the smile of the infidel, and the song of the drunkard—but none of these things move me. "Onward" is my Motto in the strength of the Lord. Last Wednesday one mother, and a son of another, with another lad, were added to our Church, and I believe eternity only will reveal all that a Maternal Association has done here.-Present my Christian love and thanks to the friend who sent me the tracts, &c. &c., they are very useful to us. The Magazines we lend also in our tract districts."

THE FEMALES' ADVOCATE.

SINCERE AND WITHOUT OFFENCE.

WERE we asked the question, "What is sincerity ?" we should simply reply-Truth in speech-Truth in action—a definition with which few persons, perhaps, would be disposed to cavil; but, unhappily, truth in the abstract and truth in practice are so widely dissimilar, so much at variance with each other, even amongst those who should shrink from the thoughts of falsehood, and indignantly repel an accusation of insincerity, that the mind is naturally led to enquire, "Is there any standard by which we can form a charitable, and, at the same time, an equitable judg ment?" This enquiry, though highly interesting and important, is not so easy to be answered as might at first be imagined; for we think it must be admitted that to merit the appellation of sincere, or to deserve the odium of being deemed false, must depend upon circumstances; for that which is an imperative duty upon one individual, is not encumbent upon another-as for instance, in the case of giving advice, the fault may be equally discerned by both, but neither duty nor propriety equally sanction the mention of it. And, indeed, unless prudence and delicacy actuate the character and manner, sinVOL. III.

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