The second is that which is wholly carbonized in which you may discover streaks of carbonate e lime, sometimes shining with copper and sulphuri acid, the cannel or candle coal, which affords th best gas. Jet is a fine kind of cannel; there i pitch coal; and also a variety at Frankfort-on-the Maine, which is brown, silky and fibrous, re sembling hemp.

The third variety which you may preserve is th oldest in date, from which the gases have entirely escaped. It is called anthrakite or stone-coal most of that in Wales is of this kind. The neck lace of amber you prize for being so brilliant and impenetrable was once nothing but vegetable substance; a gum or resin : this is certainly proved by the preservation of insects in masses of amber, some of which are now not known to exist. You have some petrified mushrooms and moss which you can place also in this partition, as carbon constitutes the principal part of their composition.

2.

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN A MINISTER

AND A CHILD. An Irish Clergyman, who made the Scriptures his daily study, and who was a zealous advocate for the establishment of schools in his own country, in which poor children might be taught the way of salvation, one day met a little boy, whom he did not know, going to school. He thought the child looked intelligent and thoughtful, which led him to wish to enter into conversation with the little stranger : so he addressed him thus :-“What is that you have under your arm, my little man ?” "It is a will, Sir.” “What will ?” “The will which Jesus Christ hath bequeathed to me, and to all those who desire to have their part in the inheritance therein mentioned.” “What inheritance, then, has Jesus Christ bequeathed to us in his Will or Testament?” “A kingdom, Sir." “And where is this kingdom?” “ It is the kingdom of heaven, Sir.” “Do you expect to reign in heaven as a King, my little boy?” “ Yes, Sir, as being co-heir with Jesus Christ.” “Will all men reign there, as well as you?” “No, Sir; those only who ground their right to the kingdom by doing what is commanded in this holy book, can reign there, through the infinite mercy of Christ, their Redeemer.” The good Clergyman was delighted to find the child so wisely taught, and, after much more conversation with him, he said, “You are a very happy little boy, to have read to so much profit: take good care of the will which makes you such precious promises ; study all its provisions, believe its testimony, and you will be happy both in this world and in that which is to come."

M.

ARARAT. The mountain known to Europeans by the name of Ararat consists of two peaks, one considerably lower than the other, towering in massive and majestic grandeur from the valley of the Aras, the ancient Araxes. In the year 1840, it was visited by a fearful earthquake, which, in a few moments, changed the entire aspect of the country.

Before this dreadful calamity took place, “it

appeared,” says Ker Porter, “as if the hugest mountains of the world had been piled upon each other, to form this one sublime immensity of earth, and rocks, and snow.

“ The icy peaks of its double heads rose majestically into the clear and cloudless heavens; the sun blazed bright upon them, and the reflection sent forth a dazzling radiance, equal to other suns."

Another traveller says, speaking of Mount Ararat, “Nothing can be more beautiful than its shape, more awful than its height. All the surrounding mountains sink into insignificance when compared with it. It is perfect in all its parts ; no hard, rugged feature, no unnatural prominences, everything is in harmony, and all combine to render it one of the sublimest objects in nature.”-Kitto.

MEMOIR.

AGNES CLARKE. AGNES Clarke was the daughter of the distinguished Dr. Adam Clarke, who gave the following account of her.

Agnes was a most interesting and promising child; and few, of her years, possessed a finer understanding, or a more affectionate heart. She was led early to remember her Creator: she truly feared him, and dreaded nothing so much as to offend him, or grieve his good Spirit. Young as she was, she loved prayer, and attended public worship with delight. She was seized with the hooping-cough, of which she died after a long illness, during which she often expressed her fears that carrying her so much would hurt her dea father, and nursing her so long would tire he dear mother, and she showed much patience She had early learned to read, and was exceedingly fond of Scripture stories; and when unable ti read, she would talk of them, and repeat texts and hymns she had before been taught. When great weakness prevented her from kneeling at her prayers, her distress was very great; and bursting into tears, she said, “Mother, I cannot pray." “Yes, my dear child, you can.” “How? I cannot kneel down.” “But, without kneeling, dear Agnes, you can lie and think of your prayers, saying them to yourself; for God, you know, can see the heart, and he can hear what you have not strength enough to say aloud as you used to do You often lie and think of your father and me, do you not, and talk to us in your mind, when we are out of the room?” “Yes, my dear mother.” “Well, then, dearest, do the same now about your prayers. Think of God as near to you, which he is : then your heart can pray to him, as well as if you knelt down.” She was lifted into her crib, and, closing her eyes, and clasping her hands on her breast, she remained so for a few minutes : then opening her eyes again, she exclaimed, with strong emotion, “O, yes, mother! I feel that I can pray;" and she ever after continued this silent manner of prayer. Had this