to be scarcely conscious of the presence of the family around him. A vault was opened for Wilberforce in the church. An incident occurred which showed the affectionate sympathy of the people. The workmen had not completed the vault till past eleven o'clock at night, when they agreed to descend into it, and consecrate the place by prayer. The sepulchre of the dead became holy ground. They joined in praises to him who is the resurrection and life, and who has enlightened the grave by his own presence. LESSON LXXVII. The Brook and the Bird.-SARA STICKNEY. BIRD. LITTLE brook, that windest Where the woods are green, BROOK. No! through distant meadows Not for evening shadows Would I wish to stay; Piercing, as I wander, Many a silent cell, While my streams meander Through the gloomy dell. BIRD. When the winds are howling O'er thy silver breast, Findest thou no rest? Hast thou not a cavern For thy nightly home, Like a peaceful haven, Where no wild winds come? BROOK. No; I never slumber, BIRD. When the tempest, lowering O'er the change in thee? BROOK. No; and for this reason Of the sleet and rain; LESSON LXXVIII. Broosa, the Capital of the Ancient Bithynia.-WILLIAM GOODELL. AFTER an hour's ride down the mountain-steeps, we came again upon the main road, from which we were separated on leaving the valley yesterday; and after passing one poor Mussulman village, and putting to flight a wolf, which we found in the forest, feeding on carrion by the side of the road, we came, in two hours more, to the brow of the mountain, and were able to look down upon the prodigious plain of Broosa. I was astonished at our height above it, as our road during these two hours was, in general, level, or, at most, but gently ascending. The appearance of this plain is much like that of Nice, but it is of vastly greater extent, and is more thickly and beautifully spotted with trees and villages. Indeed, the deformities and imperfections, which a near view would not fail to discover, are, at this distance, and from this elevation, entirely concealed; and thus, over a surface varied by no inequalities, and extending as far as the eye can reach, nothing is to be seen spread out but perfect loveliness. We were more than half an hour in descending to it, and near four hours more in passing along the edge of it as far as to Broosa. The whole plain must be near thirty miles long, and from ten to fifteen broad. It was probably once a lake, or rather an inland sea; but, except a small collection of water, which we saw still remaining at the upper part, it has been entirely filled up by the mass of substances washed down from the mountains. A multitude of impetuous torrents still rush down from high Olympus, carrying rocks, stones, trees and gravel to the plain below, and sometimes spreading desolation far and wide. Mills These were, in general, fordable at the time we passed; and they were pellucid as the clearest crystal. are built upon them; abundant use is made of them for irrigating the lands; and abundant use might be made of them for all kinds of machinery. We passed through several villages on this plain, at one of which we were presented with cherries, which were just beginning to be ripe. Our road lay along at the foot of mount Olympus, and, as we were now on our return to Constantinople, this giant-like mountain rose up on our left. It was, at the time, covered with a dense cloud, reaching from its lofty summit nearly to its, base, and exhibited a most grand and sublime spectacle. I could think of nothing but the blackness and darkness of Sinai, when it was altogether enveloped with smoke, and the thick clouds, that are round about Jehovah, hung with awful majesty upon it; while, in the present instance, the trunks or tops of the tall trees, which now and then showed themselves through the dark mist, whenever it became a little rarified, or was for a moment dissipated, seemed to represent the mighty angels, by whose "disposition" the law was given on that memorable occasion. It is said that Broosa owes its origin to Hannibal. The ancient city was built on a high table land, which commanded the fertile plain. We rode up to an ancient palace, and to an ancient fortress and wall. Almost the whole ground within is now cut up into gardens; but several cannon are still mounted in the fort, from which is an extensive and beautiful prospect. This table land is evidently of coral formation, of which I brought away some specimens; and it is not improbable that the whole of proud Olympus, towering with its snowy summit to the skies, is of the same formation. We now returned, and rode through Zundan Kapusy, or Prison Gate, up the steep sides of the mountain, to a still greater elevation, where, on a small table land, is a coffee-shop, situated near a gurgling fountain of water, under the shade of large platanus and walnut-trees-a place, of course, much frequented by the Osmanlies, who, being insensible neither to the beauties of nature, nor to lovely prospects, always choose the most delightful spots for spreading their carpets, and enjoying their pipes and coffee. Here the view of the city and the immense plain below was most splendid. Here we could trace the double wall of the ancient city, which certainly did not comprise one half of the present, it having outgrown its former dimensions, and broken forth on the right hand and on the left. Here we could look down upon the caravansaries, the mosques, the palaces and public buildings, and upon the gardens, fields of mulberry, and rich plain beyond, all abundantly watered "with the river of God, which is full of water." I know not what this city was once, but certainly, next to Constantinople, it is now one of the most beautiful cities I have seen in the Ottoman empire. Here, within the unmeasured ridges, and from the unmeasurable profundities of the ever snow-crowned Olympus, hath the almighty hand cut out his hidden channels to enrich the plain below. And through these "he sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. He watereth the hills from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.". O, when shall some prophet of the Lord come amongst the inhabitants of this beautiful country, teaching them to lift up their hearts, with their hands, unto God in the heavens ? When shall some Paul teach them to count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord? When shall the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace be seen upon the mountains, coming to bless every one of this people by turning them from dumb idols and worldly vanities, from fundamental errors and unmeaning and polluting rites and ceremonies, “to serve the living and the true God?". LESSON LXXIX. The Complaint of a forsaken Indian Woman.-WORDS WORTH. When a northern Indian, from sickness, is unable to continue his journey with his companions, he is left behind, covered over with deer-skins, and is supplied with water, food and fuel, if the situation of the place will afford it. He is informed of the track which his companions intend to pursue; and if he is unable to follow, or overtake them, he perishes alone in the desert, unless he should have the good fortune to fall in with some other tribes |