JEWISH PRINCIPLE.-The following striking incident is related by Dr. Abraham Capadose, the well-known Jewish convert: "The Jews sometimes display a lofty principle, which shows that the divine light exists among them, although frequently concealed by the old incrustations of Rabbinical institutions. In my own family, an interesting and characteristic incident occurred. My worthy grandfather was a man of great sensibility, and of a warm heart, but easily excited to wrath. He had a brother whom he dearly loved. One day they fell into a dispute, and each returned to his home in anger. This happened on a Friday. As the evening drew near, my good grandmother, who was another Martha, full of activity, began to make preparation for the Sabbath-day. 'Come, dear Joseph,' she exclaimed, the night is approaching; come, and light the Sabbath lamp!' But he, full of sadness and anguish, continued walking up and down in the room. His good wife spoke again in anxiety: See the stars are already shining in the firmament of the Lord, and our Sabbath lamp is not yet lighted.' Then my grandfather took his hat and cane, and, evidently much troubled, hastened out of the house. But in a few moments he returned with tears of joy in his eyes. Now, dear Rebecca,' he exclaimed, 'now I am ready.' He repeated his prayer, and with gladness lighted the Sabbath lamp. Then he related the dispute which had occurred in the morning, adding, 'I could not pray and light my lamp before becoming reconciled with my brother Isaac.' But how did you manage to do it so soon?' 'Oh,' he replied, Isaac had been as much troubled as I was; he could not begin the Sabbath either, without becoming reconciled with me. So we met in the street; he was coming to me and I was going to him, and we ran to each other's arms and wept.' Might we not end this anecdote with "Go and do likewise"?

those single words of Jesus,

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

"There are many devices in a man's heart: nevertheless the counsel of the Lord that shall stand."

SINCE Our last, our readers have been made acquainted with the crisis in which the Irish rebellion, so much vaunted in prospect, and so pigmy in reality, has terminated. With the capture of Mr. O'Brien, it may be said to have breathed its last, as far as any actual outbreak is apprehended. And facts have made it evident, that however secretly disaffected the great mass of the Irish population may have been towards the English Government, they all hold back, averse to act, when the moment arrives for striking the blow. We would, however, caution our readers against the reports which are so industriously circulated in print with regard to the extent of this disaffection. Had it been as widely spread as is represented, the Irish people, with such strong passions as they possess, would have risen with their leaders en masse, and tried their fortunes, however

desperate, in arms. Our indignation must rest principally on the leaders of the rebellion, who have been engaged in exciting disaffected feelings, and on many (we are sorry to say) of the Roman Catholic priesthood. Commiseration and pity must, in the great majority of instances, call forth our sympathy for the deluded instruments of their designs.

Our readers must be satisfied with a very brief sketch of these proceedings. The writings of the press, and the formation of secret associations, were the two great means made use of to instigate to a rebellion. The chief editors of the former were arrested: some were thrown into prison, and one was transported over the seas. The whole force of the party was then thrown into the clubs. Arms were purchased, and military drilling practised. The first step which the government took to arrest their progress, was to seize some of the members, in consequence of the drilling, which was illegal. This was followed by proclaiming many districts in the South and West, together with Dublin, as in a disturbed state, which gave the power of searching for arms. The Habeas Corpus Act was then suspended, by which the rebel leaders could be seized in any part of Ireland on warrant. All these measures fell with a crushing weight upon the disaffected: the members of the clubs fled in all. directions, and O'Brien and three of his colleagues passed through the country, calling upon the people to arm. This they did not do, with the exception of a few hundreds, who rallied round O'Brien at Ballingarry, in Tipperary. They were soon dispersed; and a proclamation having been issued, offering a reward of £500 for their chief, and £300 for each of his confederates, he was gradually hemmed in by the military and police, and taken prisoner at Thurles, between Limerick and Kilkenny, one Saturday evening, by a guard of the railway. Thanks be to that Divine Providence which has thrown its shield again round this country, and given success to the measures of our rulers! The Chartist leaders in England, too, have been tried and convicted: most of them have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and bound over to keep the peace for five. What will be O'Brien's fate, it is impossible at present to conjecture. We should think it not improbable that he would be transported for life.

From Italy, the accounts relate the success of the Austrian army, and the defeat of the King of Sardinia, and the Italians, in one or two important engagements. This is considered to be decisive of the war. Without aid, Charles Albert must succumb; and the Austrians will hold the territories they have thus gained in the north of Italy. It is, however, rumoured, that England and France are about to offer their joint mediation to bring matters to a happy

termination. The Pope is now only nominally the head of his provinces; indeed, four of these have revolted from him. A Ministry, at Rome, have now taken the reins of government, and are acting in favour of the King of Sardinia and his troops. It well becomes us to contemplate with a calm and thoughtful gaze the aspect of the times. Contrary to the expectation of many students in prophecy, events seem progressing slowly to the crisis. It is our duty to watch that progress, so that we may not, on the one hand, be carried away by the excitement of the day, to mistake the approach of the end, and, on the other, may not overlook the real indications of its advance.

"Whoso is wise and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord."

To return back to our own country. The Session of Parliament, ere this appears, will have probably closed. Mr. Anstey's Bill for Removing the Penal Statutes from the Roman Catholics has been deferred, by a majority of 87 to 40, to the next session.

Lord Morpeth has again drawn the attention of Parliament to the progress of the Cholera, which is taking the same course as it did in 1832. He also mentioned that its forerunners, as then, have again appeared, viz. Influenza (alluding to its prevalence during the last winter and spring,) and Diarrhoea, which is always prevalent at this season of the year. At St. Petersburgh, we are happy to see that it is declining, though it has now spread along the whole of the southern frontier of the empire.

The Government are likely to encrease the facilities for emigration from Ireland-a measure which, with the winter prospect before us, rendered gloomy by a large failure of potatoes-as we fear will be found to be true-and a harvest which, at present, is not favourable for grain crops, we cannot too much commend.

An Insurrection of the Negroes in St Croix, one of the West India Islands, has broken out, and the slaves demand their emancipation. This must be eventually conceded to them. If set free, and evangelized, surely the Negroes might become a blessing to any country, as the Colonists of Sierra Leone and the adjoining districts prove.

In part of our last month's impression it was stated that Mr. Hindley's bill to prevent Sunday Trading had passed into law. This was a mistake. The bill, at Sir George Grey's suggestion, has been deferred to next session.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Several Communications postponed from want of room.

COULD the annals of our week-day and Sunday Schools be collected, they would exhibit a fearful collection of evils, arising from the want of sufficient preparation by Teachers for their duties.

It is self-evident, that if a Teacher enter the school with no clear ideas of what he is going to teach, his instruction must be of little value. Yet how often is this

simple truth forgotten!

Without method, i. e. system and forethought, nothing valuable can be accomplished in life. "It is astonishing how much more we accomplish in a single day (and of what else is life made up?) by having the plan previously marked out. It is so in every thing. I have found, in my own experience, as much difference in the labours of two days, when working with or without a plan, as, at least, one half, without having the satisfaction, in the latter case, of knowing what I have done. Experience will tell any man that he is most successful in his own pursuits, when he is most careful as to method.”*

See that Sunday-school Teacher entering the schoolroom in a great hurry. He is nearly ten minutes too late. He indulged in sleep this morning, till he had scarcely time to swallow a hurried breakfast, and hasten to school. He takes his seat in his class, scarcely knowing what is the name of the collect for the day. He begins his work perhaps by making each of his class in turn repeat the collect, and then attempts to explain its meaning. But his questions are confused, and it is quite evident that his little auditors are perplexed. The main idea of the collect is at first mistaken, and a series *Todd's Student's Guide.

of questions put by the Teacher, arising from a wrong impression on his part, of the prominent doctrine embodied in it. Texts of Scripture, crudely selected, are misapplied; and when the Teacher begins to discover his error, and attempts to rectify it by another series of questions, he finds that his class have been so confused by what he told them at first, that his latter efforts only serve to aggravate their perplexity. Other exercises are performed in a similar, slovenly manner. The poor children are evidently wearied, and impatient for the time of dismission-and their Teacher goes to the house of God with a saddened heart. He has lost, by his sloth, an opportunity which God afforded him of winning the souls of those dear little ones to the fold of Christ.

Now all this mischief is evidently traceable to the want of preparation. Had the Teacher made part at least of his reading during the week helpful to the purposes of the school and had he, instead of wasting Sunday morning in bed, employed it in refreshing his ideas for his labours-the case would have been very different. He would have gone to his class with a full mind—with stores of information in readiness to meet the many demands which even the youngest class will make on their Teacher.

Few Teachers, if any, can wholly dispense with preparation in teaching any subject whatever. The maxim generally holds good, that "what costs us little trouble is of little value." Besides, our ideas of any subject, unless frequently renewed, soon lose their vividness and distinctness, and we find, when a sudden call is made upon our mental resources, that we have forgotten much of what we once knew.

For instance, a Teacher has at one time carefully studied a parable—say that of the Ten Virgins. He has amassed from Calmet, instances of the marriage customs among Eastern nations. He has thus been able to picture vividly to himself the bridal procession in the dead hour of night, the gleaming torches, the cry announcing the bridegroom's arrival at the place where the virgins are in waiting to receive him, the joy of the prepared