not prepared to bow to Popish ascendancy.

My object, however, is neither to discuss the policy, nor assign the cause, of this extensive emigration; but to call attention to the situation in which the emigrants will be placed, on their arrival in the different countries, with respect to religious opportunities-and here, sir, a most melancholy prospect presents itself to view.

In Canada, Popery is established. There is a Protestant bishop; there are some Protestant clergy; but the reports of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel shew that immense tracts in those regions are without churches, without ministers, without schools.Yet it is to those distant, desolate, uninstructed regions, the settlers must go there "no man careth for their souls."

Yet Canada is the best place. In the wilds of America, in the untrodden plains of Van Dieman's Land, there is, there must be for years to come, the entire destitution of every thing like religious ordinances and religious opportunity.

Now Sir, I ask, is it not the duty of our government to take this subject into their serious considera. tion? Is it not the duty of our Archbishops and Bishops to bring the subject before that govern ment? Is it not your duty, Mr. Guardian, to tell your readers, that while emigration may enable them to obtain the bread which perisheth, all who emigrate are in the most imminent danger of losing that bread which endureth to everlasting life?..

Some indeed say when the country is settled religion will of course be attended to. But when will the country be fully settled ? and how will religion be attended to then ? I shall not discuss these questions, but very briefly state my views of what will almost immediately take place.

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I fear that the large mass of settlers will very soon consider Sunday only as a day when they are to put on their best clothes in the morning, and spend their surplus wages in pleasure, intemperance, and demoralizing or brutal sports and amusements; that before very long they will become at once indifferent and ignorant as to all religion that superstition, witchcraft, and similar abominations will intrude that at length some of the Irish popish priests will obtain access that popery will extend its empire among these New Settlers, and be followed by Infidelity, and every thing which is abominable.

Now Sir, against such dangers I wish you to lift up your voice. Tell the public that these poor emigrants have souls to be saved or lost for ever. Tell your Missionary Societies to look out among their catechists and schoolmasters for fit persons to go out and instruct these poor people and their children. Tell your Societies for Promoting Christian Knowledge, your Bible Societies, your Prayer Book and Homily, and Tract So cieties, to bestir themselves, that no adult settler may leave Great Britain or Ireland without Bibles, Prayer Books, Burkitt's Help and Guide, and other plain and useful books, which may be as bread cast upon the waters, to be found after many days. I entreat, especially, my brethren in the ministry, to redouble their exertions on behalf of those of their parishioners, whose faces they shall shortly see no more in the flesh, so to warn, instruct, pray with and for them, and supply them with the precious seed of God's word, that instead of going to perish in ignorance and sin, these emigrants may be, in their new abodes, as lights in a dark place, 'holding fast the word of life, and turning many to righteousness.*

ELIPHAZ.

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IN your studies and in all your labours be careful to invoke the Divine blessing. Preach frequently and as one having authority." Promote, in every laudable way, schools of every grade, literature in all its branches, and charities of all sorts. Cultivate a good taste, and remember nothing great can be accomplished without good policy. Persevere in every laudable undertaking, even against discouragements. Be courteous, affable, and kind, and keep your temper when opposed. Employ all your leisure time in study, and always have some work on hand. Be punctual, and methodical in business, and never procrastinate. Keep your correspondents always indebted to you, and never remain long in their debt. Never be in a hurry; preserve a good degree of self-posses sion, and suffer not yourself to be talked out of your convictions of truth and duty. Rise early, and be very economical of time. Time is a talent which, if once lost, nothing can redeem. Maintain a proper dignity, without even the appearance of pride; manner is some+ thing with every body, and every thing with some. Be guarded in discourse, attentive to what others say, and slow to speak; your

thoughts are your own whilst unspoken, but when spoken, they become the property of others, who can make what use they please of them. Never acquiesce in immoral or pernicious opinions. Beware of concessions and pledges, especially to those who might take advantage thereof. Be not forward to assign reasons to those who have no right to demand them. Be not subservient nor timid in manner, but manly and independent, firm and decided. Think nothing in conduct unimportant or indifferent. Be of no party. Be popular, if possible, at any rate, be respected. Advise and encourage youth in every thing that is laudable, praise-worthy, or honourable. Rather set others an example than follow the example of the most eminent.-Observe a rigid economy in domestic affairs, by which means you will be enabled to "give to him that needeth." Practise strict temperance in eating, drinking, and sleeping. Remem ber all eyes are upon you, every one watches you, and every one expects you to do your duty. Remember whose servant you are, the office you fill, the responsibility of your calling, and keep in mind the FINAL

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WHILE my children were infants on my lap, as I washed them, I raised my heart to God that he would wash them in that blood which cleanseth from all sin: as I clothed them in the morning, I asked my heavenly Father to clothe them with the robe of Christ's righteousness: as I provided them food, I prayed that God would feed their souls with the bread of heaven, and give them to drink the water of life: when I have prepared them for the house of God, I have

pleaded that their bodies might be fit temples for the Holy Ghost to dwell in; when they left me for the week-day school, I followed their infant footsteps with a prayer, that their path through life might be like that of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day; and as I committed them to rest at night, the silent breathing of my soul has been, that their Heavenly Father would take them to his embrace, and fold them in his paternal arms.

Ir is one of the characteristics of the present age, that men are less careful to learn the distance, to which they may safely recede from the contamination of vice: than to know how near they may approach, without becoming its victims. Who does not lament that such opinions preponderate even in society professedly Christian? Who cannot mourn over those who have fallen on the right hand and the left, from the influence of such ideas? One of the résults most observable is the question frequently asked among professors, What harm is there in the moderate participation of worldly amusements? This question, baneful as insidious, becomes often a matter of trying solicitude to fond and indulgent parents, anxious for the spiritual welfare of their children, desirous to avoid presenting religion in a repulsive view to their offspring, and at the same time, experimentally aware of the evil tendencies abounding in union with the world.

The reply becomes embarrassing upon many accounts; 1. There is an appeal, perhaps, from worldly relatives, and a desire to let the youthful see something of the world, that they may learn its emptiness, and avoid its snares; but to know the bitterness of the cup of pleasure, it must be drank to its dregs; whilst each preceding draught incites to fresh pursuits. To feel the snare, the unwary must be entangled therein; such is often the result of seeing the world: where intoxicated by vicious delights, the mind hurries on to destruction.

2. The force of example assists to make a subject complex, which may be easily answered from the ample stores of Holy Writ; "What fellowship hath light with dark ness?" It is frequently urged that such an one is member of such a church, and his children partici

pate in this or that amusement; but how often will it on more careful inquiry be found that either the subject of the remark is callous to his children's welfare, and ignorant of his own state, or there is an ever-restless sea of anxiety in his bosom for his wavering family.

3. Added to these, we shrink from the charge of fastidiousness or fanaticisın. The man would not be deemed fastidious, who screened his children from the danger apprehended from beasts of prey: yet there goeth about one like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour, upon whom he would accustom his children to gaze. The man would not be held fanatical, who kept his child from a precipice; and yet, he will permit his beloved to trifle on an abyss from whence there is no return. Those who shield their children from outward dangers are regarded as wise, because the extent of the evil is visible: nor to the eye of faith is the danger to be appre hended less certain, though invisible, from association with the world.

Worldly amusements separate the soul from God, 1. By destroying all personal religion. The votary of pleasure prolongs his joys into the hours of night, he returns from the scene of gaiety wearied, and unfit for devotion: if he be impressed with religious feeling, his heart is sick from the baneful draught, the gladness of which evaporated as it passed, and he now sees the folly of mis-spent time: conscience rouses, he dares not pray, he lulls himself to rest with resolutions to be broken with the coming day. Morning comes; protracted sleep has engrossed the hours of devotion, prayers are hurried or forgotten; his heart is lightened from the fears of yesternight, by his preservation during the darkness: he hardens his heart again to sin, again to repent and

The kind partiality evinced for our

Work in the following communication, induced us long to hesitate with respect to its insertion. It contains however some valuable hints, and we therefore commend it to the attention of our readers.-Ed.

MR. EDITOR-By the good hand of our God upon you, you have been enabled to carry on your work, to the conclusion of another year. I think all real friends of the truth as it is in Jesus, especially all such members of the Established Church, will feel thankful both to the contributors and editor of the work, but more especially to the Great Head of the church, for the Christian edification derived from its pages during another year of

their pilgrimage on earth. I trust also that they will see the need of continuing in prayer to the alone Giver of all good for his blessing upon its useful endeavours; that He who alone can teach to profit, will, by the pouring out of his Spirit, raise up, qualify, and dispose others, who, of their ability, time, and opportunity, may contribute to the enriching its future pages, to edify, and establish, the humble followers of the Lamb in the doctrines of the gospel of Christ.

There is one point to which I would particularly direct both the editor and the clerical contributors of so useful a work, and which I could wish them always to keep in mind. It is not circulated among the well-informed of their parishioners only, but finds its way into the cottages, and among the humbler classes. Let them always, in their compositions, keep this latter classin their eye, that it may be a Christian Guardian to the humble cottager, and those in the lower ranks of society, as well as those above them. Brethren, think on the poor of Christ's flock. Nourish and feed

I would also suggest to your valuable contributors the propriety of enriching its pages with a succinct history of the Anglican Church, from the earliest period of our history. Do you say Ecclesiastical History furnishes sufficient information ? When do such works find their way into our cottages? and is the style of them usually suited to rustics ?

And, Sir, why should not every effort be made to supply the poor of our flocks with this wholesome instruction? Methinks if there ever was one period rather than another when it became more especially the duty of Christians to try to effect something of this kind, it is the present. Are not all the foes of our Church Establishment, and all the enemies of the truth, busily active in putting their pernicious pamphlets into the hands of the poor? Are they not endeavouring by all the means in their power to destroy all influence of Christianity on their minds? And will you, ye Guardians of Christianity, sleep? Awake! arise, ye friends of Christ and his holy religion. Buckle on your armour, put to your hands, go forth in the strength of the Lord, and fight in his cause of truth and holiness, and the Lord shall be with you and give his blessing.

CLERICUS, D. F.