temptation; the other will be a protection from a morbid fear, which shrinks from each untried path, lest danger should lurk therein. So great is the variety of character and circumstances as it respects individuals, that scarcely any more definite rule can be laid down for the avoidance of temptation, than to follow closely the guidance of Providence by the light of Scripture. Scripture precepts are broad and universal; and Providence and grace will guide each earnest inquirer to their personal application. Let us remember the example of our Saviour in his obedience, when led up of the spirit to be tempted; and remember also, for our imitation, his spiritual preparation for the trial, and the weapon which he so effectually wielded against his foe, Matt. iv. For our warning, let us consider the sad fall of Peter, who exposed himself unbidden to the taunt of a scorner, and thrice denied his Master. The sources of temptation, as we are all aware, are threefold; the world, the flesh, and the devil. Were it not for the arch foe within, the other two might be comparatively harmless. It is the devil, the wicked one, the tempter, who marshals against us the attacks of our other foes. The devil and the flesh have made the world, what it is, the enemy of God. Our thoughts, our words, our deeds, are the subjects and objects of their enticements; but to estimate the variety of their temptations, or our peril when exposed to their assaults, we should, if to do so were possible, compute their multiplied power, considered with reference to the vast diversity of circumstance and character which distinguishes the members of the human family. As these vary in each of us, we should do well to examine our own weak points, and to guard against such temptations, especially, as have heretofore most easily overcome us; seeking, at the same time, while armed at all points, and ever vigilant, to obtain, by earnest prayer, protection from such temptations as would be too strong for us; and for grace to resist all those which may meet us in the path of duty. The lot of some is cast in scenes of stirring activity; of others, in those of quiet seclusion. Some are blest with sweet domestic ties; some are placed comparately alone in the world. The temptations of each situation are peculiar; but, God be praised, greater is He that is with us, than those who are against us. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation. There are many promises to this effect in the Bible, calculated to cheer the tried and tempted soul, whose trust is placed in the Lord, and whose ways are directed by him, Rev. iii. 10; Is. lix. 19., Christ himself having suffered, being tempted, is able also to succour them who are tempted. We have spoken of the resistance of temptation; of the benefits resulting from successfully resisted temptation; of our encouragement in the conflict; and of the praise offered by the soul which has experi enced deliverance from its perils. There is, alas! a dark side to the picture. Temptation is not always resisted. Sometimes it is not even perceived; but steals upon the unwary soul with insidious step. A slight temptation sometimes overcomes a man who has successfully resisted a great one. We read of a Balaam led on by temptation till he became the tempter of others; of Ahab yielding to the solicitations of Jezebel, till theft, false-witness, and murder, filled up the measure of his guilt; of Israel, taught by Jeroboam to sin; and we are warned, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so our hearts should be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. How much need have we then to watch and to pray, " From all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord deliver us!" "Grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds, to follow Thee the only God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Cheltenham. E. B. Tralee. STANZAS. "Looking unto Jesus."--HEB. xii. 2. To joys that never cease. Oh! "Looking unto Jesus," when No earthly friend is near To sooth our griefs; Oh! surely then, His presence felt is dear! Oh! then, to realize His love, His sympathy to know, Than aught else felt below! A. C. D. WARKWORTH HERMITAGE. "A little lowly hermitage it was, Downe in a dale, hard by a forest's side, Thereby a christall streame did gently play, Which from a sacred fountaine welléd forth away." FAERY QUEENE, Book i. Canto 1. NE of the most beautiful, perhaps, of the many beautifu. rivers in the North of England, is the Coquet. About a mile from the mouth of this river, which flows, eastward, with a clear and rapid stream, through a singu larly fertile and picturesque country, stands on a lofty rock, the Castle of Warkworth, the baronial residence of the Earls of Northumberland; and one of the most magnificent of the ancient fortresses of England. About half a mile from this castle, on the north bank of the Coquet, is the Hermitage, to which Dr. Percy has given celebrity by his poem, entitled "The Hermit of Warkworth.” This secluded abode, which was constructed many centuries ago, for a single hermit, is approached by a narrow walk, which lies along the brink of the river, and is hemmed in by rocks. The steps, the vestibule, and the principal apartments in the Hermitage, are hewn out of a freestone rock, which rises to the height of about twenty feet, and is embowered by stately oaks and other trees; some of which grow upon the summit, and overshadow by their branches the face of the rock, while others spring from its various fissures. A spring of the purest water welling forth amid the luxuriant foliage which embosoms this "hermit's cell," enhances the beauty of the scene. An outer apartment, composed of very solid masonry, and not belonging, as it would appear, to the original hermitage, has a rude range, or fireplace, and seems to have been used as a kitchen. Leaving this apartment, the visitor ascends by seventeen steps cut in the living rock, to a vestibule, |