notices all his feelings and conduct. It is a full and impressive belief that God sees you at all times, and that he will call you to an account for all that you think, and say, and do. You see, also, in this example, the effects of faith. It will lead you, if you have it, to walk with God, to do the things that please him, to obey his laws, and engage in his service. And though you have no reason to expect that you shall be translated to heaven without dying, as Enoch was; yet, if you have true faith, your soul will go upward to dwell with God, when you die, and you will be happy in his presence forever.

Let us look a little longer at the case of Enoch. It was a remarkable case. He was a man like other men. He was, by nature, a sinner, and dwelt among sinners. But he repented of sin, and turned to the Lord. If you had lived at that time, you might not have seen any difference, in outward appearance, between him and other men. You might have seen him attending to the business of this world, like his neighbors. But

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while his hands were engaged in the affairs of this life, his heart was set on things above. While others laid up their treasures on earth, he laid up his treasures in heaven. While others walked in the broad way that leadeth to death, he walked with God. He kept eternal things constantly before his mind. He thought of God, and heaven, and hell, and acted as though he could see them all. He prayed unto God, and watched against sin. He desired to be entirely holy, and by constant prayer and watchfulness, assisted by the Spirit of God, he did become so holy that this world was not a fit place for him to live in; so God took him to heaven. And all this was because he had faith.

Now I hope that every reader of this little book will "obtain like precious faith." I hope that you will think so much and so earnestly about what God has told you in the Bible, that you will fully believe it all, and feel and act as you should do. If you believe, with all your heart, what the Bible says about God, and Christ, and heaven, and hell, and about your own duty, that will be faith, and you will then do the things that are pleasing to God.

Noah is the next example of faith, mentioned by the Apostle. You remember that Noah and his family were preserved alive, when all the other people of the world were drowned by a flood of waters. You remember, too, by what means he was preserved; that he built a large ark, or vessel, and rode safely in it on the surface of the flood which drowned a world. The Apostle tells us why the ark was built, and why the man and his family were saved. It was because he had faith-because he believed what God said. The language is this" By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."

Long before the flood came, God warned men that it was coming. Noah believed the warning, and set himself to prepare for the event. When God told him that he could no longer bear with the wickedness of men, and that the world was so full of sin that he was determined to sweep this whole race of sinners from the face of the earth, Noah had faith in the word of the Lord, and believed he would do as he said. But we do not learn

that there were any others among all the people, who believed the divine threatening. All the rest seemed to be utterly careless about the matter. They lived thoughtlessly, and pursued as vain and wicked courses as before. Not so with Noah. He, being warned of God, was moved with fear. He fully believed that the flood would come, and fearing lest himself and his family should be involved in the common ruin, he began at once, as God directed him, to build the ark. By doing so, he showed his faith; and his conduct, as the Bible says, condemned the world; that is, it was a rebuke to the wicked men of that time, who would not believe what God said.

It was many years after the warning was given, before the flood came. Noah, the Bible says, was a preacher of righteousness.

He doubtless preached to his neighbors, and to all who heard his voice, the great truths which God had spoken. He told them their wickedness, and their great guilt in the sight of God. But they cared not for his sayings. He warned them of their danger, told them that a flood was coming, and that a more awful punishment than to be drowned in a flood of waters, would come upon them in another world, if they did not repent. But they did not regard his warnings. The truth was, they had no faith-they did not believe what Noah said they did not believe what God said. No threatenings alarmed them. No warnings moved them. No kind invitations, no affectionate entreaties had any effect on their minds. They were just like the careless and thoughtless sinners who live in the world now. Ministers preach to them, and Christian friends entreat them, but they will not repent-they will not believe, and become Christians. O, how hard and wicked are the hearts of sinners! And you, my young reader, if you will not regard what God says in the Bible, if you will not mind what