**-1762. Mr. Charles Wesley, having for some time been laid aside by indisposition, sends from the press, as the product of his afflicted hours, in two volumes, 12mo., “Short Hymns on select Passages of Scripture." The hymns are two thousand and thirty in number; being founded on particular texts of holy writ. "The entire work," observes Dr. Jackson, "is perhaps one of the best uninspired manuals of the Christian closet, that was ever published in the English language."

April 7th. The Rev. William Grimshaw, Incumbent of Haworth, having caught a malignant fever, whilst visiting the sick of his parish, exchanges, after a career of exemplary toil and usefulness, mortality for life; his remains being followed to the tomb by an immense multitude, "with affectionate sighs and many tears." Some idea of his ministerial exertions may be formed from the fact, that for the space of fifteen years or upwards, he was wont to "preach every week fifteen, twenty, and sometimes thirty times, besides visiting the sick, and other occasional duties of his function."

July. A gracious visitation is realized by the societies in the sister country, especially in Dublin and Limerick ; many being brought to the knowledge of "the truth as it is in Jesus; and others being led to the enjoyment of that "perfect love which casteth out fear." "The person," observes Mr. Wesley, "by whom chiefly it pleased God to work this wonderful work, was John Manners, a plain man, of middling sense, and not eloquent, but rather rude in speech; one who had never before been remarkably useful, but seemed to be raised up for this single work."

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Tuesday, August 10th. The nineteenth Wesleyan Conference is held in Leeds. "We had great reason,' records Mr. Wesley, "to praise God for his gracious presence from the beginning to the end."

Thursday, October 28th. Mr. Wesley being desired, at Bristol, to preach the funeral sermon of one who had adorned the Gospel in life and in death, accompanies the friends, whilst singing before the corpse, from the house to the "room." "I did this the rather," observes he," to show my

approbation of that solemn custom, and to encourage others to follow it."

1763. Sunday, January 30th. Mr. Wesley preaches in the West-street chapel, Seven-Dials, before the "Society for the Reformation of Manners," from Psal. xciv. 16: "Who will rise up with me against the wicked?" in which, after expressing his high approval of the constitution and objects of the Society, he urges many important and appropriate advices,

February. George Bell and others, who had unhappily fallen into lamentable extravagances, both as to doctrine and practice, (the former having ventured to predict the end of the world on the 28th of this month,) are separated from the society in London, and publicly denounced by Mr. Wesley and his people. Soon after, also, Mr. Maxwell, under whose sanction Bell and his party had acted, and who had been ordained by the Bishop of Derry, as Mr. Wesley's helper, "that the good man," as the generous Prelate expressed himself, “might not work himself to death," is induced to secede, and draws many after him.

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I: TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.

KARAVANSERAIS.

[Ir is useful to be able to compare the methods and speed of travelling in different times and different countries, as thereby just comparison may be made as to the state of the age or country in regard to its civilization. Let the reader think of the roads and inns of his native land, and of the railways on which he may travel with such rapidity, or the carriages yes, even the "penny a mile" carriages—in which he may perform his journey with so much comfort; and then let him form a conception of travelling in the East from the following passages which we have extracted for the pages of "The Youth Instructer" from "Travels in Luristan and Arabistan," (Southern Persia,) "by the Baron C. À. De Bode," in the latter part of the year 1839.-ED. Y. I.]

To an European, who has been accustomed only to the comforts, and even luxuries, of locomotion in our civilized

countries, it will hardly appear intelligible that nothing in the shape of coaches, trains, or steamers, is known in the East, at least as far as Persia is concerned. There, if you wish to travel in the least ostentatious manner, or even with the bare semblance of ease, you must have riding-horses for yourself and servants, whatever length the journey may be; next, you require other horses or cattle, such as mules, camels, &c., to carry your bedding and your servants' kitchen, and the bedding of your horses, (not a trifling incumbrance,)! because you find on the road no hotels-garnis, no inns, not even taverns. In tracts where no villages are seen on the high road, the usual halting-places are karavanserais; stone buildings, with one huge entry into a spacious yard, round which are small cells with doorways, but no doors, without windows, and with just sufficient room to pass a comfortless night in, Between the inner court and the outward walls of the karavan serai are the dark vaulted stables for cattle, by far the most comfortable part of the building. This is the sum total of all the accommodation you can expect in the best karavanserais; but the same advantages do not exist in all, and you may often reckon yourself very fortunate in meeting with a much less favoured abode after a fatiguing day's journey through a desert country. This is not a very favourable picture of Persian travelling: it is nevertheless a correct one. The distance from Teheran to Persepolis is, in round numbers, one hundred and twenty farsangs, or four hundred and fifty English miles; and reckoning six farsangs per day, according to the usual mode of travelling, I could not have reached the latter place in less than twenty days. We had not advanced far, when the impending black clouds, which had been thickening over our heads, burst, and we were visited by a most tremendous storm of hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning, notwithstanding the season of the year. The rain poured in torrents, and we were soon beset by utter darkness. In this predicament, we could not proceed, long without losing our way, although our guide persisted that he was leading us in the right path. The vivid flashes of lightning showed at intervals but too plainly that we were in a desert plain, without traces of a road, or any dwelling to

protect us for the night At last the barking of a dog revived our hopes; and following the direction from whence the welcome sounds proceeded, we arrived at a village, where, after some difficulty, we got admittance to an old barn. With the exception of one or two horses at each station, which are sometimes, but not always, tolerable, the rest are in a most miserable condition; and the poor rider who has the bad luck to bestride one of them, is more knocked up by his jade, than he is by the legitimate fatigues of his long journey. If, notwithstanding all his endeavours, his horse will not, or cannot, advance, he has the privilege of cutting off its tail, and flourishing it before the face of the zobet, or keeper of the next post-station. This is the satisfactiona granted him for having had to walk perhaps half the way on foot, with his saddle on one shoulder, and his bag of dis patches on the other. I found this night at the kara vanserai bitterly cold, as no fuel could be procured; neither was there a door to the little cell I occupied, so that the piercing wind blew fully in during the whole night.We ascended another belt of mountains, similar to the one we had just passed, and came down by the bed of a torrent, stumbling over rugged rocks, or sliding down the slippery stones washed by the mountain-streams, at the risk every moment of breaking our necks. The rain had set in, and we were drenched to the skin before we could gain our restingplace. A blazing fire, which I kept up during the whole night, served to dry the wet clothes; while a dish of hot pillau arrived very apropos, I having made but a scanty breakfast on pomegranates.

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[The reader will see, when he reflects on these statements, that they are illustrative facts. There can be but little trade and communication between the different parts of the country, where such are the roads, the conveyances, and the accommodations. The condition of the country must be one of both social and mental stagnation; and where there is so little intercourse, there must be little sympathy, little curiosity, little knowledge. It is a remarkable fact, and an undeniable one, that activity and advancement of society are now only found in connexion

with Christianity. Ancient, heathen civilization, having reached a certain limit, then developed principles of deter rioration, against which it had no adequate power of resistance. Compare the Persia and Hindostan of two thousand years ago, with the Persia and Hindostan of to-day. Compare, too, the Britain which Cæsar described, at nearly the same distance of time, and the Britain in which our lot is happily cast. Plainly enough do we see the evils of high civilization: but we have that which the other countries had not; we have Christianity, and by Christianity they are so diminished and counteracted, that social improvement still continues.→→→→ ED. Y. I.]

YOUNG PERSONS EXHORTED TO DILIGENCE IN LEARNING.

(From Hamilton's "Life in Earnest.").

SOME of you are SCHOLARS, either receiving the education which fits for ordinary life, or which may qualify you for some particular profession. Here, too, you have need of industry. I hope you love learning for its own sake: I hope you love it still more for the Lord's sake. The more things you know, and the more things you can do, the more respected, and, consequently, the more influential and useful, will you hereafter be. If you grow up an ignorant man, few will care for your company. People will be laughing at your mistakes and your blunders. And even if you should be wishful to do good, you will scarcely know how to set about it. The usefulness and happiness of your future life depend very much on the amount of solid learning and graceful accomplishments, and, above all, on the extent of Bible knowledge, which you presently acquire; and if you be only willing, you may acquire as much as ever you please. To use the words of the most philosophic of British artists, “ Nothing is denied to well-directed diligence." Long ago, a little boy was entered at Harrow-school. He was put into a class beyond his years, and where all the scholars had the advantage of previous instruction, denied to him. His master Ichid him for his dulness, and all his own efforts could not