3rd. Honorary Members.-Every person contributing a benefaction of five pounds, or an annual subscription of one pound, shall become an honorary member, but shall not thereby be entitled to any benefit or emolument from the funds of this Society.

4th. Benefited Members.-The members of this Society, who shall be entitled to all the benefits thereof, shall pay a monthly subscription, proportioned to their age at the time of their admission, as specified in the annexed tables. They must have attained the age of fifteen before admission, and not have exceeded that of fifty years.

5th. Allowance in Sickness.-The full pay of ten shillings per week shall become due to every member, under the age of sixty-five, confined to the house by sickness or infirmity, so long as he continues totally unable to perform any labour, or to execute any of his customary occupations.

The half pay of five shillings per week shall become due to every sick or infirm member who is able to leave the house, but not able to earn, in the course of any week, a sum equal to this half pay.

6th. Payments in old age, and after decease.-The member contributing monthly, according to the terms contained in the first table annexed, shall be paid five shillings weekly, free of all deductions, after he has attained the age of sixty-five; and after his death ten pounds shall be paid to his relatives for his funeral and the other expenses that may have occurred previous to his decease.

To the member contributing according to the terms of the second table no allowance can be made after attaining the age of sixty-five, and only five pounds after his death.

7th. Money obtainable on Loan.-Members of this Society, who have subscribed thereto for one whole year, may obtain, on loan, any sum not exceeding the amount of their subscription, on giving security for the repayment of the same within a limited time, and being joined in that security by a member of this Society.

The interest to be paid on the sum borrowed will be five per cent. or one penny per month on every twenty shillings.

FIRST TABLE.

10s. in Sickness; 5s. after Sixty-five; £10 after Death.

The above rules and tables are given as an abridgment

of those already published.

CHRIST THE END OF THE LAW.

ROM. X. 4.

CHRIST is the end of the law; because in Him were fulfilled the types, and ceremonies, and prophetic declarations which we read of in those books of the Old Testament, which are called the Law. He is the end of the law, because the purposes for which the Jewish law was established were accomplished in Him. The desire, moreover, and the endeavour to live by that law was a proof of sincere belief, and was a discipline of the mind, and was highly acceptable to Him who gave that law. And though legal sacrifices could not make the comers thereunto perfect, yet had they an important purpose, when we consider the dispensation of mercy which they pointed to; and we can well understand the Apostle's meaning when he said that the "law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ."

But how does the Gospel speak to us? It speaks to us as fallen creatures, as those whose nature had been corrupted, and who all had, consequently, individually and personally sinned, and thereby forfeited the hopes which the law held out only to those who had perfectly obeyed it. Man, then, had nothing to depend on but mercy; and the Gospel offers are full of mercy, mercy to fallen man. Mercy is freely and fully offered in the Gospel; and this mercy is obtained by the sacrifice of Christ, who suffered in man's stead. He fulfilled what the law could not do, in consequence of man's corrupt nature, and thus "Christ is the end of the law." To all who come unto Christ in true repentance He offers forgiveness. His faithful people, those who have sought to follow Him,— are received, through Him, as if they had never fallen, and had been able to keep the perfect law. They have confessed their sins, they have turned to Christ in true repentance, they have sought salvation through Him, they have been guided by His Spirit; their heart's desire and their earnest endeavour has been to do His will; they have studied to live by His holy law. All who are thus the people of Christ are accepted by Him; He answers for them at the great day of accounts. They could not be

saved by the law, being corrupt through the flesh; but they are saved by Him who is the "end of the law." And He is, as St. Paul says, "the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth;" so that righteousness is the end and object of the law and of the Gospel; and the blessing is promised not to one nation only, to whom the law was first given, but to all who in faith and sincerity believe in and embrace the Gospel of Christ. V.

SECRET FAULTS.

"Who can tell how oft he offendeth: O cleanse thou me from my secret faults! Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me; so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence."-Psalm xix. 12, 13.

"WHY are you so silent, aunt Lucy?" asked Mary M., as she walked home from church with her aunt.

Aunt Lucy. I am accustomed, Mary, to walk home from church alone; I feel inclined to be silent, after hearing so good a sermon.

Mary. Is it not equally useful, aunt Lucy, if we talk about the sermon to those who have heard it with us? Aunt Lucy.-No; I do not find it so. On the contrary, I generally avoid talking about sermons it leads us to criticize, and dispute about what is preached, and to listen with a view to judging of the merits of the preacher, rather than to making the application to our own hearts.

Mary. That is what I find so difficult. I can remember a great deal of the sermon, and can always repeat the text; but I seldom see how it applies to myself.

Aunt Lucy. It is difficult, and requires that we know something of ourselves; it is, however, the great use of sermons: they either teach us to understand the Scriptures, or to know and practise our Christian duties more perfectly; but this is no use, unless we apply such knowledge to ourselves.

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Mary. What part of the sermon this morning, Aunt, you think applies to me?

Aunt Lucy.-My dear girl, you have only been a few days with me; and though I knew you very well as a child, yet I cannot tell what your faults are now. why do you wish me to apply the sermon to you?—why

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not ask yourself the questions which Mr. A. addressed to us all? You remember, I dare say, his explanation of secret faults.

Mary.-Faults that we do not commit wilfully, but through ignorance or negligence.

Aunt Lucy-Yes; and he warned us against all evil habits, as they directly produce these very secret faults. The first point, then, for us to examine, is, whether we are living in the habit of any sin. sin. We may commit a sin so often, that we no longer notice when we do it; the sin remains the same, and is more dangerous to us, since it becomes one of these secret faults.

Mary.—I can see that such faults deserve punishment; but, aunt Lucy, God will not punish us for faults that we do ignorantly and not wilfully.

Aunt Lucy.-The mercy of God is infinite; and we may safely trust to that mercy to pardon, through Christ, all those sins that we commit in ignorance; provided that such ignorance be not wilful. But how seldom is this the case! Why are we so ignorant, both as to what faults we commit, and as to what our duty really is?

Mary.-Because, I suppose, we do not take care enough to examine our own hearts, and to learn what the will of God is.

Aunt Lucy.-Yes; Mr. A. said very truly, that what we call sins of ignorance, are, commonly, sins of negligence, and proceed either from want of care in attending to the suggestions of our conscience, or from want of grace to enlighten the conscience. Did we act up to the light that we possess; did we keep the strict watch that we ought over the heart, and submit our principles and affections to the influence of the Holy Spirit as we ought, our consciences would be more and more enlightened, and our sins of ignorance would materially decrease.

Mary. It was at this part of the sermon that Mr. A. quoted the texts, "He that hath, to him shall be given;" and "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God."

Aunt Lucy.-Yes; and they are both texts that we should bear carefully in mind. In common life we act continually towards others on this principle, and yet for