sinful lusts of the flesh. Suppose I was to desire as much arrack or gin as would intoxicate me, then I should come into the same condemnation: and thus every one who longs after that which is forbidden, falls into these sinful lusts."

Then said little Mary, "I was very wicked, godmother, when I wished for that fruit; and I am very sorry for it."

Mrs. Browne.-My dear, we are all, by nature, such poor sinful wretches, that there is not a day, nor an hour, nor scarcely a moment, in which some evil thought does not come into our minds; so that we have need always to be watching against them: and we must pray to God, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to send his Holy Spirit into our hearts, to make them clean, and holy, and pure, destroying in them every evil thought and every wicked desire.

And as they proceeded, Mrs. Browne taught Mary these verses: 'This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.' (Gal. v. 16-18.)

By the time Mary had learned these verses they were got home: so Mrs. Browne took Mary to Mrs. Mills's, and Mary showed her mother the box, with the thimble, and needles, and thread in it; nor did she hide from her mother how wicked she had been in wishing for fruit.

Q. How should women adorn themselves?

A. Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man

of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is, in the sight of God, of great price.

Q. Why must we not love the world?

A. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Q. If we wish to please God, what must we be led by? A. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

STORY VI.

"Secondly, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith." ONE day, Sergeant Browne being on guard, Mrs. Browne, as she often did on such occasions, when she had sent her husband his dinner, came over to drink tea with Mrs. Mills, and she brought her work in her hand.

Now while Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Browne were sitting at work together, and Mary on a mora between them making her doll a frock, on a sudden they heard a man in the barracks, close by Mrs. Mills's window, beginning to swear; and, surely, he swore dreadfully. Mrs. Mills hereupon presently called out to him, saying, " Prithee, John Roberts, do not swear so. Do you not know that

God takes account of every bad word that comes out of your mouth?”

John Roberts, however, did not forbear swearing; though upon Mrs. Mills's reproof he moved to such a distance from her door, as to be nearly out of hearing.

Then said Mrs. Browne, "You told John Roberts that God heard every word he said. He is afraid of offending you, I see, because your husband is paysergeant; and so he retires from your door. But if he had the fear of God, he would know that God could hear at one end of the barracks as well as another."

Mrs. Mills.-Poor wicked man! I imagine he believes not much respecting either God or the devil.

Mrs. Browne.-Alas, alas! unhappy creature! then he is a lost man indeed. For though there are too many among us, I fear, who have not a right faith, yet, I hope, there are not many so hardened as to call in question the very being of God. I remember hearing our good parson, Mr. King, preach on this text, and a fine sermon it was: 'Without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.' (Heb. xi. 6.)

"And do you remember," asked Mrs. Mills, "how he expounded that text?"

Mrs. Browne.-My husband was at the pains of putting down some part of that sermon when he came home, and so I had an opportunity of refreshing my memory with what he wrote.

Mrs. Mills. I should be glad to hear what you can recollect on the subject.

"Why," replied Mrs. Browne, "he described faith to be twofold, or of two different kinds; asserting that both were necessary to salvation, as the text expresses

it: He that comes to God must believe,' first, 'that God is:' and secondly, 'that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.' 'It is not enough,' said Mr. King, 'that a man should believe that there is a God, and then to suppose, as the Hindoos think of their great god, that he is so full of his own power, and goodness, and happiness, that he never troubles himself about men. Such a faith is a dead faith: it has no power to make a man better, because it touches not the heart; whence it ought to spring, and which it ought to influence.' Moreover, Mr. King reminded us, that we read of some who heard the word of God, and received it with joy, and believed it for a while, but having no root, fell away. (Luke viii. 13.) Thus merely believing that there is a God, will produce no saving effect upon the soul; while that faith which is described in the second part of the text, as believing that God 'is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him,' will influence a man to cry out, 'What must I do to be saved?' (Acts xvi. 30 ;) and cause him gladly to receive the offer of salvation through the blood of Christ. This second kind of faith is that whereby we are justified, a faith which worketh by love, and which purifieth the heart."

Little Mary had laid down her doll's frock, and had been listening to Mrs. Browne, while she was speaking; and when she had done she said, "Godmother, I cannot understand what you have been saying. What is faith?"

Mrs. Browne.-My dear, it is not very easy to make you understand what it is, but I will try. I have been saying to your mother, that there are two kinds of faith one of which is a dead faith, because it has no power to make men better; and the other is a living faith, because it makes the heart clean. Did you ever see the King of England, Mary?

that you may see what I know, and what I don't know.

Mrs. Browne.-What did God the Father do for you? Mary. He made me and all the world.

Mrs. Browne.-How do you know that he made you and all the world? Did you see him make the world? Mary.-No, to be sure: it was made long before I was born.

Mrs. Browne.-Then by what means do you know

that he made the world?

Mary thought a little while;-at last she said, "By faith I know that God made the world."

Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Mills were both pleased with Mary's answer, and Mrs. Browne showed Mary a very pretty verse about it: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. So that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.' (Heb. xi. 3.)

Then Mrs. Browne asked Mary what God the Son had done for her.

Mary. He died for me and all mankind upon the

cross.

Mrs. Browne.-What was the Son of God called when in this world?

Mary.-The Lord Jesus Christ.

Mrs. Browne.-Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?
Mary. The Son of God.

Mrs. Browne.-Is he as great as God the Father?
Mary.-I don't know.

Mrs. Browne.-Look, my dear, at Philippians ii. 5— 11: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant,