son of a prophet, but one thing I can
predict; that every one of our new converts that goes to studying his
Bible, and loves this book above every other book, is sure to hold
out. The world will have no charm for him; he will get the world
under his feet, because in this book he will find something better
than the world can give him.

-- What can botanists tell you of the lily of the valley? You must study
this book for that. What can geologists tell you of the Rock of Ages,
or mere astronomers about the Bright Morning Star? In those pages we
find all knowledge unto salvation; here we read of the ruin of man by
nature, redemption by the blood, and regeneration by the Holy Ghost.
These three things run all through and through them.

THE BLOOD.

A Mother Dies that her Boy may Live.

When the California gold fever broke out, a man went there, leaving
his wife in New England with his boy. As soon as he got on and was
successful he was to send for them. It was a long time before he
succeeded, but at last he got money enough to send for them. The wife's
heart leaped for joy. She took her boy to New York, got on board a
Pacific steamer, and sailed away to San Francisco. They had not been
long at sea before the cry of "Fire! fire!" rang through the ship, and
rapidly it gained on them. There was a powder magazine on board, and the
captain knew the moment the fire reached the powder, every man, woman,
and child must perish. They got out the life-boats, but they were too
small! In a minute they were overcrowded. The last one was just pushing
away, when the mother pled with them to take her and her boy. "No," they
said, "we have got as many as we can hold." She entreated them so
earnestly, that at last they said they would take one more. Do you think
she leaped into that boat and left her boy to die? No! She seized her
boy, gave him one last hug, kissed him, and dropped him over into the
boat. "My boy," she said, "if you live to see your father, tell him that
I died in your place." That is a faint type of what Christ has done for
us. He laid down his life for us. He died that we might live. Now will
you not love Him? What would you say of that young man if he should
speak contemptuously of such a mother! She went down to a watery grave
to save her son. Well, shall we speak contemptuously of such a Saviour?
May God make us loyal to Christ! My friends, you will need Him one day.
You will need Hi