Good-night, my father, mother, dear,
Away to bed I run;

Good-night, my friends, both far and near;
Good-night to every one.

Good-night, ye merry, merry birds,
Sleep well till morning light;
Perhaps, if you could sing in words,
You would have said, "Good-night."

The moon is lighting up the skies,
The stars are sparkling there;
'Tis time to shut my weary eyes,
And say my evening prayer.

Mrs. Follen.

THE EVENING PRAYER.

ATHER, I thank Thee for another day,―

For life,—for health,—for clothing,—and for food
For friends, who taught me thus to kneel and pray,
Through Christ alone, His righteousness and blood.

Oh, pardon me, for His dear sake alone,

All I have said, or done, or thought amiss;
Oh, tel my heart that all my guilt is gone,
I plead no other name or work than His.

I want to love my Jesus more and more;
To hate the sins which made my Saviour bleed;
To know, to feel, that I am covered o'er
With Jesus' robe,-that righteousness, indeed.

And now I lay me down in peace to sleep;
I have no fear, for Thou, my God, art nigh;
Both soul and body Thou wilt safely keep;

I fear to sin, but would not fear to die.

Keep me from evil thoughts and troubled dreams;
Oh, let my sleep be easy, calm, and light;
But should I sleepless lie, may holy themes

Fill all my thoughts with visions pure and bright.

When morning comes, oh, let me rise with Thee!
With pleasure meet the duties of the day;
Hear me, my Father, while on bended knee,
For Jesus' precious sake alone I pray.

;

HE SHALL GATHER THE LAMBS WITH
HIS ARM.-Isa. xl. 11.

HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

MIND LITTLE THINGS. Want of tidy habits induces want of sympathy, and the house that lacks cleanliness is generally wanting in happy faces and loving hearts. Careful attention to little matters will do more to promote the comfort of a household than much riches; the neglect of them will cause greater misery than the direst poverty.

ECONOMY IN HOUSEKEEPING. Soap and candles should be kept some time to harden before they are used. The candles must be in a cool place.

Dripping and fat can be clarified so as to fit them for use instead of lard or butter, by melting them down and adding hot water.

All odd bits of bread should be soaked over night in cold water, and next day, if strained, will make a very good pudding with milk, and an egg and added. sugar

Potatoes will warm up again very well, either cut in small pieces and fried in dripping, or mashed.

A sieve for sifting cinders is a great saving, and small coal burns much better when wetted.

When you have coals that burn away quickly, have a piece of thin sheet iron cut to fit the bottom of

the grate, and laid in it, and your fires will keep in much longer.

Knitting your own stockings is a great saving. They wear so much better than bought ones.

Scrubbing brushes when not in use should always be set upon their edge to drain, not left in the

water.

Always have a little bag for bits of string, and a place for the pieces of paper that come round parcels. Also a bag for bits and scraps of prints, stuffs, etc.

All that will make paper may be sold for a good price, including old newspapers and even old letters. All the bits of stuff that will not make paper may be sewn together by children, and made useful, or cut up into tiny scraps to stuff cushions.

List off the edge of flannel makes warm hoods and capes for children, if sewn on to calico.

When you buy a gown for yourself, or frocks for your children, buy also enough for an extra breadth, apron or pinafore, that they may wash together, and mend without looking patched. Buy fents of calico for lining, etc., they are much cheaper and equally good.

RECIPES.

Iron rust can be removed by salt and lemon juice. Put hot tallow on ink stains before sending to wash. Don't hang coloured articles in the sun to dry, it fades them. Carpets can be easily cleaned by sweeping them sprinkled with

wet corn meal or sawdust. An excellent tooth-powder is made of equal parts of honey and.powdered charcoal.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

The Mothers' Illustrated Penny Almanac.-The Penny Pearl Almanac.-Walking in the Light. The Children's Treasury (Book Society). Watching at the Gates (Partridge & Co.).-British Messenger (P. Drummond). The Cottager (Religious Tract Society.)— Evening Conversations (Elliot Stock).