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I'LL FOLLOW THEE.

FAIN would I ever keep in view
The path Thou bidd'st me to pursue,
O help me, all my journey through,
Jesus, to follow Thee.

The sick, the poor, shall be my care,
Like Thee, their burdens will I bear,
In all their weight of sorrow share,
And thus "I'll follow Thee."

Like Thee, the hungry will I feed,
And as Thou giv'st, supply their need;
The blind, with ready hand will lead ;
Jesus, "I'll follow Thee."

Though earth and hell their strength combine
To make the path of sorrow mine,
Because that path, my Lord, was thine;
Cheerful," I'll follow Thee."

Like thee, "Thy will be done!" I'll cry,
Then, ministering angels from the sky,
Shall swiftly to my succour fly,

Whilst thus" I'll follow Thee."

And when the closing scene draws nigh,
When death bedims my languid eye;
Because thou, Lord, didst also die,
Gladly "I'll follow Thee."

Down to the grave with Thee I'll go,
Thine arm hath laid the monster low;
Since Thou hast vanquished every foe,
Fearless," I'll follow Thee."

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THE GREAT MODEL GLOBE.

LONDON is now, more than ever before, the great centre of attraction, in consequence of the Great Exhibition in the Palace of Glass, an engraving of which we a short time since presented to our readers. Multitudes from all parts of this country and foreign lands, have flocked, and many more are intending, to visit the Great Exhibition of the World's Industry.

When the plan of the Great Exhibition was announced, Mr. James Wyld-the celebrated globe and map manufacturer, in London, who holds the honorary appointment of Geographer to the Queen and Prince Albert-proposed to contribute to the Exhibition a model of the earth much larger than had ever before been made. It was however found that the space and other conveniences which would be required to accomplish his purpose could not be obtained in the Palace of Glass. He therefore resolved to obtain a site on which to erect a building to contain his wonderful model.

A most suitable plot of ground, at great cost, was obtained in Leicester-square, and a handsome building has been erected, sufficiently large to contain the globe, which

is sixty-feet in diameter. Mr. Wyld's Globe is therefore so great that it would fill a large chapel.

We have visited this globe, which is now accessible to the public, and we were very much gratified with the sight. By referring to our engraving, our readers will be able to form an idea of the novel plan on which this wonderful model of our world is made. Every other globe which we have seen, have the different countries, land and water, described on the outside, that is, on a convex surface; but Mr. Wyld's gigantic globe has them described on the inside, or on a concave surface. By this means a much larger portion of the globe is seen at one view, and although many persons, before seeing the globe, suppose this plan to be objectionable, upon seeing the globe they become convinced that it is the best possible mode of exhibiting the world.

In an interesting work entitled "Notes to accompany Mr. Wyld's Model of the Earth," the following explanatory remarks are given.

"That the Spectator may obtain a more enlarged or comprehensive survey of the surface of the globe, the view is taken from the interior, the delineation being on the concave instead of the convex surface. Upon entering the globe, in the Antarctic regions, as it were, (that is near the south pole), the large space which the Model fills, cannot fail to strike attention. Its magnitude, however, as compared with the globe itself, is so utterly insignificant that if it were constructed upon the same scale for height and distance (that is, if the mountains which are raised on the surface of the Model Globe were not raised more than proportionately to the scale used for distances), the highest mountains upon the earth's surface would be scarcely perceptible, and a country like England would appear as a dead level. By varying the scale (for height of mountains and distance of places) the elevated portions of the globe are made apparent to the eye, and the heights and lowlands of our little island are shown. . . . Wherever it is practicable, the hills have been modelled from the latest surveys. In our own country the Ordnance Survey has been fol

lowed. The northern hemisphere being very well known is very fully modelled. England, Ireland, and Switzerland, may be especially referred to for the elaborate minuteness with which they are detailed.

66 "... The sea is coloured blue, and the land of as natural tints as possible. The great Model teaches what no map can teach the earth's form as a whole, its general aspect, the relative quantities and positions of its several parts, the bearings of its hills, the flow of its great waters, and the seats of its rich dales and barren wastes. Here the intending emigrant may trace out his path over the great deep, and find out the spot on which his kinsmen have settled themselves on the shores of New England, or amidst the gold-bearing mountains of California, the wilderness of South Africa, or the great plains of Australia.

"The width or diameter of the Model is 60 feet, the girth, or circumference, 188 feet, and the extent of its surface 10,000 superficial feet. The scale upon which the earth's surface is represented is ten miles to an inch horizontal, and one mile to an inch vertical." That is, distances are shown ten miles to an inch-the elevations are upon a scale of one inch to a mile-thus a mountain three miles high is raised three inches above the general level.

The frame of this stupendous Model Globe is made of strong timbers, accurately formed and framed. The face is made of slabs of plaster, each about three feet square, cast from accurately prepared moulds, in which the mountains, valleys, volcanoes, gulphs, rivers, &c., are modelled. The plaster slabs have been accurately fitted and fixed together, and the joints filled up; then the whole has been beautifully coloured, to show the land with its snow-capped mountains, its fertile valleys, its burning volcanoes, its verdant plains and sterile deserts. The oceans, gulphs, and rivers, are also appropriately coloured.

We understand that to prepare this Model Globe has cost its spirited proprietor the large sum of thirty thousand pounds! We hope that he will be repaid for this large outlay of capital, by the interest which will be excited to see the Model Globe, which is now exhibited to the public,

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