NOVEMBER. I. What was the real position of "the stranger" when a bondsman to a Hebrew, and in what did it differ from that of a Hebrew slave? The first nine days were spent in QUESTIONS FOR REPLIES IN festivity, during which no one worked, and every one put a crown on his head. On the tenth day, which was the day of solemn expiation, the Sanhedrim ordered the trumpets to sound, and instantly all the slaves were declared free, and the lands returned to their hereditary owners. L. F. T. [This question is brought over from last month, no satisfactory answer having come to hand in time.] II. What was the bdellium named in Gen. ii., and where was it found? D. R. III. Who was the author of the book of Job? L. M. Several privileges belonged to the jubilee year which did not appertain to the sabbatical year, though the latter had some advantages above the former. The sabbatical year annulled debts, which the jubilee did not; but the jubilee restored slaves to their liberty, and lands to their owners; besides which, it made restitution of the lands immediately on the beginning of the jubilee; whereas, in the sabbatical year, debts were not discharged till its close. Houses and other edifices, built in walled towns, did not return to the proprietor in the jubilee year.-Buckley's" Calmet." performances? IV. Will some of your readers explain 1 John v. 16, 17? E. H. VI. Is there any passage in the Bible which discourages theatric F. S. THE RICH, POOR; AND THE POOR, RICH. THE wicked Sir Roger, he lay in his bed— For misery and care o'er his miserly head O! What if my chests should be robb'd of their gold! Now I'm alone and grown feeble and old, Vile wretches should cheat me and take! O, dreadful! Sweet gold! I could ne'er part from thee, I tremble asleep and awake! Poor, good, honest John, as he lay in his bed, For love, with fair peace and content o'er his head, For he was not burden'd with treasures, I ween- The wicked Sir Roger, he lay in his bed- For demons below, all around, o'er his head, "O, horror! I'm dying! I feel it, I'm gone! O! May I not live till one other fair morn? My gold, my fair lands from my grasp are all torn!" "Save! Help! Will none help? But, oh, What's that I see? Huge, dark, grisly shadows!—and coming towards me! They 're demons! They 're devils! and I cannot flee! Oh, Mercy! I die-and not saved!" The pious and honest John lay in his bed- Though angels and cherubim bright o'er his head "Here, Mary; my children; once more take my hand, Of life, and O! Soon I shall reach that blest land But weep not for me; for more happy am I The last trump shall sound; all the dead shall be seen— With shouting of joy some shall rais'd be, I ween, And there shall Sir Roger, the rich and the great, How vain rank and riches now prove; O! give me content and a virtuous mind, GEORGE PEIRCE G The Book-Shelf. BRIEF NOTICES OF BOOKS. MORNING DEW DROPS. before their minds. The writing is very good and simple; the spirit kind and christian; and the arguments calm and powerful. The whole work is divided into twenty-one chapters, treating severally of-The History of the Temperance Reformation, The Testimony of Scripture, of Ancient History, and of Modern History; The Cost of Intemperance; Self-Denial; Early Habits; Force of Example; The Power of Custom; Christian Courtesy and Benevolence; The Young Chemist's Inquiry; The Young Reasoner's Objections; Biographical Gleanings, Examples, and Warnings; The Fear of Ridicule; Intemperance a Hindrance to Education; The Testimony of Travellers, and of the Studious, and of the Labourers; A Retrospect; and our Bands of Hope. Each chapter is made pleasant by interesting narratives and anecdotes, while all are most instructive and well fitted to fortify our young people against one of the most injurious and degrading of vices. The work, too, is eminently distinguished from some other works on total abstinence by its freedom from anything like an unkindly spirit towards those who differ from its author in their views of the great question she has in hand. We cannot but hope that the work may be well read by all our thinking young people, and believe it cannot be so read without doing them good. THE VOICE OF THE BIBLE TO THE AGE; A Memorial of the Jubilee of the British and Foreign Bible Society. By the Rev. A. H. New, Leamington. London: Partridge and Oakey. A deeply interesting book, well written, and fitted to do much good. Its seven chapters were originally designed only as pulpit exercises for the author's own people, but are well calculated to edify and instruct many more. There is a freshness and vigour about the book which we like exceedingly, and which will go far to make it extensively read. Although on its titlepage it is set forth as a memorial of the Jubilee of the Bible Society, and so apparently a history of that great institution, its contents have little to do with this noble institution in particular. The work is a general view of the Bible, its position, history, bearings, and claims, and has no more to do with the Jubilee of the Bible Society than any other work on the Bible should have, save that it comes out in its jubilee year, and is dedicated by permission to its Treasurer. DECISION FOR CHRIST; A Brief Memoir of Mrs. J. E. Richards. An unostentatious but exceedingly edifying memoir of an excellent woman, who in early life gave herself to Christ. The character drawn by Mr. Watson should be read by all young Christians seeking eminence in the divine life. They may see here the rongs of the ladder by which others have climbed up to fair heights of holy character and heavenly enjoyment. PICTORIAL PAGES. London: E. DREN. London: E. Farringdon. The object and plan of these works are excellent, and what we have long wished to see set a-going, and the price quite a marvel. Four |