bride; presentation of a Bible to the newly-married couple;
touching offering to the poor.

_April 20th--Sabbath._--Went to the "Institution des Diaconesses de
l'Eglise Evangelique de France." The situation is delightful.
Several addresses and statements of affairs. Employed the evening
in religious study. Witnessed much lightness among certain
ministers of the Protestant Reformed Church. The prevalent views
here respecting the sanctity of the Sabbath are very different from
those which prevail either in England or Canada.

_April 25th._--Visited several schools of the Protestant dissenters
in Paris--called "Ecoles Gratuites." The first was the Female
Normal School, containing nineteen pupils. I was impressed with the
admirable arrangement of the school and its appliances, as well as
the taste and neatness of the botanical garden. The dormitory was
plain, neat, and airy; in it on the wall were pasted the following
passages of Scripture, viz., Psalms xv. 5., Amos iv. 12. There were
two schools for boys and girls attached to the institution, but
these several departments constitute one school--all Roman Catholic
children taught by Protestants, on strictly Protestant principles.
The priests make no opposition. People independent of the priests.

_April 26th._--Pursued my studies with encouraging success. Visited
M. Toase who gave me useful information.

_April 27th--Sabbath._--Heard M. Toase; went afterwards to the
Madeleine; building magnificent; passed through the garden of the
Tuileries; a paradise of a place; shades; walks; grass-plots;
lakes; fountains; fish; statues; amusements; but, alas! what
profanation of the Sabbath!

_April 30th._--Went to Versailles; grand and little Trainon,
magnificent.

_May 1st._--The King's birthday and fete; illuminations; fireworks;
appearance of the King Louis Philippe on the balcony of the palace.
The Tuileries; the Champs Elysees; booths; fetes; riding; examples
of physical strength; girls riding; jumping; great multitudes; good
order preserved; Church of St. Roch; music; saw Lord Cowley; his
kindness in lending me his ticket for the House of Peers; getting
recommendations from the Government; documents on education, etc.

_May 3rd._--Visited Notre Dame; Hotel-Dieu; Chambre des Pairs;
Cha