you open your Map, sir, you will see hills, beginning near the Tweed, and stretching along the western side of Northumberland. They are called the "Cheviot Hills," and between these hills are broad green places where sheep feed."

M. The green places between the hills are called valleys.

"I should advise you, sir, to visit those hills, when you go to Cumberland."

"Are there any other places worth noticing in this county ?" I said.

"Yes, sir. You ought, also, to see two other towns on the River

Tyne, called NORTH SHIELDS and TYNEMOUTH: they are both large ports.

"When you left Berwick-onTweed, you should have gone to see HALIDOWN HILL. There, about 500 years ago, Edward III., the grandson of King Edward I., defeated the Scots in a great battle.

"On the banks of the River Till, which you will observe runs into the Tweed, is a place called FLODDEN FIELD. The Scottish people have made and sung many mournful songs about that spot. There, in the reign of King Henry VIII., the Scotch army met the English; and, although they fought very bravely, they were defeated, and lost their king, JAMES IV."

"There seem to be a great number of castles here," I said.

"Yes, sir. noted for its castles. easily understand why there are so many."

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"Yes; I suppose it is because of its being so near to Scotland—it is a border county."

"And sir, there is another remarkable place which was built because of this."

"You mean," I said, "the ruins of the old Roman wall. I have read why that was built-in English history. Why is the county called Northumberland ?"

"If you look, sir, at your map, you will see the reason. Here is a large river called the HUMBER, and all the country at the north of it was formerly one kingdom, called "Northumbria,"-when King ALFRED divided England into counties, this one was called "Northumberland." Would you like, sir, to have a game at chess?"

"Thank you," I said; "I will, as soon as I have written my notes for the children-perhaps you will help me." So we wrote the following notes, which you see, dear children, I have written on a separate piece of paper. I have pinned it to the letter.

I am your affectionate friend,
HENRY YOUNG.

W. Papa has not left us the piece of paper. I suppose he does not wish us to read them now.

LITTLE brother, darling boy,

You are very dear to me! 1 am happy-full of joy,

When your smiling face I see. How I wish that you could speak, And could know the words I say! Pretty stories I would seek,

To amuse you every day :

All about the honey bees
Flying past us in the sun;
Birds that sing among the trees,
Lambs that in the meadows run.
Shake your rattle-here it is-
Listen to its merry noise;
And, when you are tired of this,
I will bring you other toys.

M. L. DUNCAN.

TRUTH.-JOHN HUSS. Ion. Are we to have another lesson on Truth, papa?

P. Yes, and another after that. I have not yet shown you how strong Truth is, nor told you of the good things Truth will do for you. You shall hear to-day how it brought a man into the fire.

L. Oh! But you don't call that "a good thing," papa?

P. It does not seem so, but it must have been, if it was brought about by Truth. Truth will only do good to any one. It may appear to do harm for a time,-but, be sure of this, you will find that it does good, at last.

Do you remember your greyheaded grandfather? How strong an old man he was when he died! -and, how everybody loved him!

Once, when he was growing up to be a man, he sat down to think. He thought, "I am almost a man, yet I am a very poor lad, and very weak. I shall have to live in this world, perhaps, for many years, with many people who only care for themselves. I know some people who are rich, and strong, but yet they are wicked. If I try to please them, they will help me, and perhaps they will make me feel happy. But, then, I have something within me which is only pleased when I do right; it is very strong, for it can make me feel very happy."

W. That was his conscience, I know.

P. Then he thought again—" It would be better for me to please my conscience, but I often want to

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do wrong to please others; and sometimes I do wrong to please myself. I forget what I ought to do. So, I do not always feel strong enough to fight against wickedness, or to do what is right. Who will make me strong to do right?"

"I will," said a voice, which seemed to be close to him.

Then, he thought he saw before him a beautiful spirit.

"Ah!" said the spirit, "you may laugh at the strength of wicked men, if you will follow me. Their strength will not last, but the strength of TRUTH will last for ever. Their strength cannot do much, but Truth is almighty.

"Where is Truth?" he cried. "Some people tell me that one thing is Truth,-then others say that something else is the Truth."

"I am TRUTH," said the spirit. "You may read of me in my Father's book-'I am the way, the truth, and the life.' My name is JESUS CHRIST."

"Ah!" he said, as the spirit seemed to be gone. "No wonder Truth is almighty, for the Son of God is Truth. I will follow Him as long as I am in this world, and I know that He will help me. I will read in the Bible of what He did, and will copy him. If I can only do as Jesus Christ did, then I shall please my conscience, and be happy too. So happy shall I be, that nothing can hurt me, for Truth is stronger than all the wickedness we may find in this world."

L. No wonder we loved our grandfather so much. I suppose that he always followed "the Truth."

P. He always tried-for, sometimes it is a rather hard thing to do. When he was afraid that he should do wrong, he prayed, and asked Jesus for some of his spirit; and whenever he was going to say any words or do any actions, he looked at them first with his mind, to see whether they were the Truth. W. But how did he know? Ion. Why, his conscience told him, of course. But, papa, did he really see a spirit that day?

P. No: he only seemed to see one; it came from his imagination. Now, I want very much for you to see and feel how powerful truth is. It is "the Truth" which has made the people in this country so great a nation. If you will pay attention, I will give you a history of two great men whom God employed to show this truth to the world.

About five hundred years ago, nearly the great countries in Europe were in darkness. I don't mean that there was darkness in the air or the streets, or that the sun did not shine, but that there was darkness in the minds of men. For when a poor man's mind is ignorant and without truth, we say it is dark; but when any one knows the truth, and speaks the truth, and does the truth, then he feels happy, his countenance is bright, and we say that he has light within him.

You know that a long time ago our Saviour Jesus Christ came into this world. He brought good news from heaven, to show men how they might be saved, and go up there. He was not only "The Truth," but the way to heaven; and, when he taught men, he gave them new life. So it is no wonder that he was called "The light," for he made men see clearly many things they had never known before.

But, as I told you, four or five hundred years ago, there was not much of this light in Europe. People did not know what Jesus Christ had said, and were like men in darkness. The great light which Jesus had brought, had been made very dim, so that it could hardly be seen.

In every country and city there were men called Priests, who hid the light and covered it over with fables. In these fables they taught about another way to heaven, which had not been taught by Jesus Christ. Listen to some of the things they said!

You know that God only can punish sins. But these priests thought they would help to give the punishment; so they taught the people to punish themselves, to whip themselves, to starve themselves, and to do many curious things.

God only can pardon sin. But they told the people that a man called the POPE could pardon them; and they even sold pardons from the Pope, as though a man could forgive, instead of God.

JESUS CHRIST is the only sacrifice for sins. But they taught the people to bring large sacrifices of money and other things, in order to get forgiveness.

Besides teaching these foolish things, they did something worsethey shut up God's Word, so that no one could get at the light and see.

It was a sad thing for the people of so many countries to be in darkness, and not to know how much God loved them. Without His Truth they could not be happy; but at last the Truth sprang up again.

In the country of Bohemia was a city called PRAGUE. I cannot say how many streets it had, nor how many houses; but there was a large school there. The school was much larger than any of the