suring from three and a half to seven, or sometimes twelve, feet in height. A field of these canes, when in full flower, presents a most beautiful picture to the eye. The stalk is of a bright golden yellow colour, and the leaves which crown it are of a deep and rich dark green, which changes to a yellow colour as the cane ripens. From the centre of this tuft of leaves shoots up an elegant arrow-shaped head of blossoms, frequently nearly six feet high, which is crowned by a waving, silky plume of delicate lilac and white. The sugarcane is cultivated extensively in all the West Indian islands; that of St. Christopher, from its rich clayey soil, being, perhaps, the most favourable to its growth. George.-May not we grow sugar on our farm, as well as peas and beans? Edward.-Does not Uncle say it will not grow in a northerly climate? George. But ours is not a northerly elimate. We are far from Greenland. Is not our summer very hot? Eaward-Look you into the map, George, and you will see that this is not a warm climate. of the consistency of fresh honey, and of a clear light brown colour. This syrup is now ladled into the coolers, which are large, flat, wooden vessels, holding about a hogshead of sugar each. When the sugar is cold, it is put into large casks, which have a hole bored through the bottom of them, in order that the coarse juice, which is called molasses, or treacle, may drain away. The sugar is now in the state called muscovado, or moist sugar. When it is so highly refined and purified as entirely to lose its brown colour, it is called white, or lump sugar. This is generally prepared from moist sugar in this country. In the process of refining the sugar, it is boiled with bullocks' blood and lime-water. James.-Oh! Uncle, what a horrible mess! Uncle.-Which mix with the syrup, and, in the action of boiling, again rise to the surface, bringing with them all the impurities and coarser parts of the sugar; leaving a clear colourless liquid. This liquid syrup is then poured into conical moulds, and slowly baked in an oven, till it becomes quite hard and James.-Does it not grow just as you crystalized. The cones of sugar are sell it, Uncle? Uncle.-No, James; it is prepared by a very laborious process. When the canes are quite ripe, they are cut down and taken to the mill, where they are crushed under heavy rollers, till all the sap or juice is pressed out. As it flows from the canes, this juice is conveyed through a leaden conduit to a large copper, where it is heated till the impurities rise in a thick scum to the surface. The scum is taken off, and the juice is then conveyed to two or three more large coppers successively, and thoroughly boiled. till it becomes then taken out of the moulds, and wrapped in thick paper, for sale. Double-refined sugar is made by clarifying it with the white of eggs and fresh water. William.-Then, Uncle, it only growe upon these canes, does it? Uncle-It can be made from other substances. Beet-root will produce sugar of a very tolerable quality, and there are manufactories for the purpose in several parts of Belgium and Germany. Four pounds of powdered white sugar were extracted from ten pounds of beet root by a professor in Germany. A very large quantity of sugar is also procured from the juice of the sugar maple, a tree growing abundantly in the United States of North America. In order that the juice may flow more readily from the trees, they are frequently tapped; that is to say, incisions are made in the bark: and this process does not seem to injure them in the least. The sugar is prepared in the same manner as that procured from the sugar-cane. It is very clear and good, and it is calculated that about 9,000,000 lbs. of it are made every year. James.-Could not we make it from turnips? Uncle.-No, James, but you may from potatoes; and there is a manufactory for that purpose at Stratfordon-Avon. It is stated that about three tons of potatoes will produce one ton of sugar. Sugar is exceedingly whole. some and nutritious; and during the sugar-cane harvest all the slaves, and even the animals employed, appear to get fat and healthy. It is also valuable for medicinal purposes, and is very nourishing for children. There is a vulgar prejudice that it hurts their teeth, and makes them black; but it appears to be without foundation, unless, indeed, it be eaten immoderately, or mixed with hurtful things. James-No; does it, Uncle ? Uncle I am afraid it does, James, if you take too much of it. James.-I should not like to lose my teeth. Is it sugar that makes old people lose their teeth? Uncle.-No; they lose their teeth, whether they use sugar or not. James. But why does not everybody, Uncle, lose their teeth alike? Uncle. That question is too deep for me, James. You must ask Mr. Wilson, the dentist, about that. George. Is it true, Uncle, that the Indians never lose their teeth? I have read that it is. Uncle.-I believe it is, boy, and to a large extent to be accounted for by the George. Had the people of the old Indians never taking hot food. Don't world sugar, Uncle? Uncle.-Well, it is difficult to say what they had. They had, certainly, something sweet, and at any rate the use of sugar appears to have been known at a very early period. It is said to have been made in Africa before the time of Herodotus, who lived 418 B.C.; and in 324, A.D., it is alluded to by Greek authors under the name of Honey of Canes. In 1191 we hear of you drink your tea too hot, if you want to save your teeth. James. Tell us something about Tea, Uncle. Uncle. We must reserve that, James, till I come back. DID HE DIE FOR ME? A LITTLE child sat quietly upon its mother's lap. Its soft, blue eyes were looking earnestly into the face which was beaming with love and tenderness for the cherished darling. The maternal lips were busy with a story. The tones of the voice were low and serious, for the tale was one of mingled sadness and joy. Sometimes they scarcely rose above a whisper, but the listening babe caught every sound. The crimson deepened on its little cheek as the story went on increasing in interest. Tears gathered in its earnest eyes, and a low sob broke the stillness as its mother concluded. A moment, and the ruby lips parted, and in tones made tremulous by eagerness, the child inquired, "Did he die for me, mamma?" "Yes, my child, for you-for all." "May I love him always, mamma, and dearly too?" "Yes, my darling, it was to win your love that he left his bright and beautiful home." "And he will love me, mamma, I know he will. He died for me. When may I see him in his other home?" "When your spirit leaves this world, my darling." "My spirit!" murmured the child. "Yes, your spirit; that part of you which thinks, and knows, and loves. If you love him here, you will go to live with him in heaven." "And I may love him here. How glad you have made me, dear mamma." And the mother bowed her head, and prayed silently and earnestly, that her babe might love the Saviour. A STORY FOR BOYS. A LITTLE boy was observed by a constable gathering grass on the Boston Common, and was told by the officer that he must not take the grass. O, but I must have it for my rabbits." "But you must not take it," said the officer. "I must have it," the boy replied. "Well," said the constable, "if you must have it, you must go and ark the mayor." "Where is the mayor?" asked the boy. He was directed to the City Hall, and told that he would find him there; so off he trudged to the City Hall, and by dint of inquiry found the mayor, and was introduced to him. The mayor in quired, "Well, my son, what do you want of me?" "I want some grass "How many my rabbits, sir." rabbits have you?" "Two, sir." "But how do you expect to get grass of me?" Why," said the boy, “I was getting grass on the common, and they told me I must not have it, unless I would ask leave of you, sir." Go," said the mayor," and tell the officer to let you have as much grass as you want." We predict that boy, if he lives, will make a MAN. A WORD TO BOYS. SOME one has said, "Boys, did you ever think that this great world, with all its wealth and woe, with all its mines and mountains, its oceans, seas, and rivers, with all its shipping, its steam-boats, railroads, and magnetic telegraphs, with all its millions of men, and all the science and progress of ages, will soon be given over to the hands of the boys of the present ageboys like you, assembled in schoolrooms, or playing without them, on both sides of the Atlantic? Believe it, and look abroad upon your inheritance, and get ready to enter upon its possession. The kings, presidents, gosters, teachers, men of the future, all vernors, statesmen, philosophers, minireach the floor, when seated on the are boys, whose feet, like yours, cannot benches upon which they are learning to master the monosyllables of their respective languages." THOUGHTS FOR SCHOLARS. I WAS made by God, who made heaven and earth. Does he really think of me? protect me? bless me? and when I die, will he take me to heaven? Yes. Oh, then, I will not grieve him any more-I will ask him to forgive my sins, and to save my soul for Jesus' sake, and will avoid the way of evil. I will love Jesus. I am not too young to die; then I am not too young to be a Christian. Children will be judged at the judgment day. Jesus will judge me. The book will be opened,-oh! will my name be found written in the Book of Life! The Cabinet. RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT EXTRAORDINARY IN ROCHESTER, STATE OF NEW YORK. BY THE REV. WILLIAM WISNER. THE writer of the following pages commenced his labours with the Second Church, at the close of a powerful revival of religion which pervaded. a greater or less degree, all the congregations in this place. From the time of his coming to Rochester to the month of January, there has been a manifest work of the Holy Spirit in his congregation, and constant additions have been making to the church of such as, there is reason to hope, will be saved. In January, the work assumed a deeper and more encouraging aspect. The people of God began to take a stronger hold upon the promises, and to agonize more in prayer for the salvation of the thousands who were perishing around them. A protracted meeting in the Free Church, and a union meeting in the Third, were productive of great good, and many souls were brought to Jesus Christ. These efforts were followed in February by a protracted meeting in the Baptist Church, which was conducted with a catholic spirit, and was blessed to the salvation of a goodly number of souls. The first week in March was spent by the Second Church, and by some dear brethren from other churches, as an entire week of prayer for the salvation of Rochester. The Monday following was kept as a day of fasting and humiliation before God. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent in religious exercises, and a few were hopefully converted to Christ, under the preaching of several of the members of the Rochester Presbytery, which was then in session in this place. On Thursday, the 14th day of March, the Rev. Jedidiah Burchard, who had kindly accepted an invitation to assist us, commenced his labours, and the Spirit of God seemed to accompany them. In the course of a few days an aspect of seriousness had spread itself very extensively over our village. By the 28th of March the work had become general; the meetings of inquiry were crowded, and hundreds were already rejoicing in hope. On the 1st day of April the work was less powerful, and though there were, some days, eight and ten hopeful conversions to God, still the revival has from that period continued to decline. There have been, since the 14th day of March, about six hundred persons who, in the judgment of charity, were converted to God within the walls of the Second Church, exclusive of the children of Sabbath-schools, of whom between two and three hundred are indulging hopes. The converts are of all classes, and are by no means confined to the village. The substantial yeomanry of the surrounding country came in to see what the Lord was doing for Rochester, and many of them, when they heard, gladly received the word of life, and returned home to serve and glorify God. Numbers who were journeying through the place stopped long enough to become experimentally acquainted with that blessed Personage who is yet to "sprinkle many nations," and, like the eunuch of old, went on their way rejoicing. DOCTRINAL INSTRUCTION. The instruction given, both to saints and sinners, has been substantially the same that the Second Church have been in the habit of receiving for the two years past. Christians have been taught that the salvation of God must come out of Zion; that revivals did not depend upon the eloquence of the preacher, nor upon any system of measures, but upon the truth of God sent home to the heart of the sinner by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; and that this descent of the heavenly Comforter was not to be expected but in answer to the agonizing and believing prayers of God's people. The encouraging promise that "when Zion travails she shall bring forth children," has been kept prominently before this people; and the necessity of the church of God rising from its low attainments and treading upon the ground which was trodden by the Enochs and Elijahs of the old dispensation, and by the apostles and primitive martyrs of the new, has been insisted upon as indispensably necessary to the bringing in of millennial glory. Sinners have been taught that they were God's enemies; that they had rebelled against him, and lay under his wrath and curse; that God had provided a Saviour for lost man, and was, through the Gospel ministry, " reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them;" that the conditions of reconciliation were submission to God, repentance for sin, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; that though these were all graces of the Spirit, yet they were exercises of the creature, which he was free to put forth, and that he was not only able, but was under infinite obligation to comply with these conditions now; and that if he neglected to do so, he did it at the risk of God's eternal displeasure. These have been the prominent topics of discussion through this interesting work. "Christ crucified" has been considered the focal point, where all the harmonious rays of Bible truth come together, and from whence they again diverge to fill the universe with his glory. In these respects brother Burchard's views, as he has expressed them, have so entirely agreed with those of the writer, that he has been a beloved fellow-labourer and helper in the Lord, and will leave us with the undissembled love of the whole church, and with the blessings of many hundreds, who, previous to his coming among us, were ready to perish. SPECIAL MEASURES. The measures adopted in the progress of this work have been such |