During her illness she was very patient. She was never heard to murmur except once; she felt the night long and dreary, and wished for the morning. Sometimes she would say, "Come, Lord Jesus; why dost thou delay ?" She was not know in all her suffering to shed a tear, but she has now gone to dwell in that region where tears are for ever wiped away. Her love for the mission cause was strong, and this sympathy for the heathen remained with her to the last. She was not ignorant of her faults. When conversing with her mother one day she said, "Mother, I know I have done wrong, but I never rested until I obtained forgiveness." Her mother said, "Can you believe, my dear, that Christ can save?" "Oh yes!" was her reply. When her mother asked if she were ready, she said, "Yes; there is nothing here that has any charm for me." Observing her mother weeping, she said, "Do not weep, mother! You can come to me." A little before she died her mother said to her, "Why is it the Lord keeps you suffering so long?" when she said, "I cannot tell. It is not I have given all up; I am waiting the Lord's time." Often did she say, "The Lord's way is the best way." The Sunday before she died, her father was talking to her about heaven, when her face shone with such heavenly brightness that they thought she was dying, and entering into the light of God. Her father told her to motion, if she could not speak, when she got sight of the beautiful land. And when her feet touched the edge of the Jordan, she gave three beautiful waves of the hand, and kept waving till beyond the reach of mortal sight. She was gone. me. Distance from the earth, on 1st June, 93,178,000 miles, and on the 1st July, 93,383,000 miles. THE MOON. New Moon, 6th day at 3 m. 23. First quarter, 14th day at 7 m. 19. Full Moon, 21st at 6. m 58. In Apogee, 9th day at 3 afternoon, distance from the earth, 252,210 miles. In Perigee, 22nd day at 4 morning, distance from the earth, 222,730 miles. During the month the Moon will be near Mercury on the 4th, at 7 m. 21.; Venus, on the 5th, at 3 m. 16.; Mars, same day, at 4 a. 46; Uranus, on the 9th, at 5 a. 18., and Jupiter, at 6 a. 24.; near Saturn on the 22nd, at 0 a. 29. THE PLANETS. MERCURY will be a morning star until the 24th, then an evening star. It will be in ascending node on the 17th; in conjunction with Mars on the 18th, at 4 m. 14, and with Venus at 5 a. 38 the same day. It will be in perihelion on the 21st, and on the 24th it will be in superior conjunction with the sun. Its distance from the earth on the 1st, 92,131,000 miles, and from the sun 36,268,000 miles. VENUS, in the constellations Taurus and Gemini, is a morning star throughout the month. It will be in conjunction with Mars on the 17th, at 5 m. 49, and enter into the ascending node on the 22nd. Distance from the earth on the 1st, 154,481,000 miles, and from the sun 66,412,000 miles. Mars, in the constellation Taurus, is a morning star, but still unfavourable fo observation. Its distance from the earth on the 1st, 231,853,000 and from the sun 139,014,000 miles. JUPITER, in the constellation Cancer, is an evening star, still conspicuous in the western sky. It will be very near the planet Uranus on the 5th, at 6 a. 11; apparent distance one minute of a degree. About ten in the evening it will be interesting to see the two planets so near a true conjunction. Jupiter's distance from the earth on the 1st, 544,770,000, and from the sun 4,857,381,000 miles. SATURN, in the constellation Sagittarius, is an evening star, and very favourable for observation in the eastern sky. On the 1st, its distance from the earth 847,342,000 miles, and from the sun 921,413,000 miles. URANUS, in the constellation Cancer, may be seen in the evenings, and will be easily found by being so near Jupiter about the 5th. Its distance from the earth on the 1st, 1,766,822,000 miles, and from the sun 1,705,053,000 miles. There will be an eclipse of the sun on the 6th, beginning on the earth generally at 21 minutes past midnight of the 5th, and ending at 18 minutes past 6 in the morning of the 6th. In latitude 41 degrees 19 minutes North and longitude 127 degrees 45 minutes East, this eclipse will be central and annular at noon. The moon's apparent diameter being less than that of the sun, a beautiful ring of light will surround the moon's dark disc, and will be an interesting sight to observers on the line of the central eclipse, which will pass through Southern Asia; but the eclipse will be invisible in these parts of the globe-the whole will take place below our horizon. EWSBURY is a rapidly increasing town, with about 20,000 inhabitants, and was recently made a parliamentary borough. It is situate eight and a-half miles west of Leeds, in the county of York. The staple business is the manufacture of heavy woollen goods, with a large home and foreign trade. Some forty or fifty years ago, a chapel was built for our people at the west end of the town; but not being connexional nor much money raised, and the situation objectionable, it was always a burden which pressed heavily upon the pockets of a few. Subsequently another small chapel was erected, on the opposite end of the town, on a site much superior to the one above named, but never attracted a large number of hearers, and both chapels lacked good school accommodation. In 1862 it was thought desirable to build a good central chapel, to unite the two feeble interests, and dispose of the two they had. Accordingly a very eligible site was purchased for ten shillings per yard, and it is now said to be worth double that amount. The land was bought and paid for during the superintendence of the Rev. S. B. Reynolds. Soon after the building was commenced a dispute arose between the architect and contractor, which was eventually settled by arbitration; the walls were taken down and the materials removed from the place. Formidable difficulties presented themselves, and the tide seemed to go against the project. A request was made to the district meeting for the Rev. John Harvey to be stationed with a view of taking up this case, and it fell to his lot to undertake and complete the work. The corner stone was laid April 22nd, 1865, by Simon Crawshaw, jun., Esq. The chapel and schools are from a design by Messrs. John Kirk and Sons, architects, of Huddersfield and Dewsbury, under whose superintendence the building was erected, and is an elegant structure, in the Romanesque style, centrally situated. The front elevation has a centre portion well projected, and carried up to form a gable; in the lower stage of this centre are two spacious and lofty entrance doors, having columns, with moulded bases and carved capitals, coupled together with moulded arches. Over the doorways are five windows, divided by slate columns, with moulded bases, carved caps, and arched heads. The gable is ornamental, and surmounted by a metal terminal; an inscription is placed in this gable, "Primitive Methodist Chapel, 1865." The gallery staircases are made to serve as wings to the centre portion of the front, and contain windows to light the staircases. On the sides there are six windows to each floor, with moulded sills, strings, and arched heads. The principal entrance is approached by a bold flight of steps, with spandrels and pedestals, surmounted by ornamental lamps. The external walls are faced with Elland-edge wallstones, pitched, and the ashlar dressings tooled and moulded. The chapel is a parallelogram on plan, 74 feet long, and 52 feet 6 inches wide, and will accommodate about 800 persons. At the principal entrance is a vestibule, with a stone staircase on each side leading to the galleries, and at the rear are one large vestry and a ministers' vestry, access to which is obtained either from the chapel or the side entrance. The seats on the ground floor are low, with slanting backs, and arranged to radiate round the pulpit, so that all their occupants may look directly at the minister without inconvenience. The chapel is galleried all round, circular at the ends, and supported by iron columns. The whole of the internal woodwork is red deal, varnished. The ceiling is formed into panels, and finished with a boldly-moulded and enriched cornice. The windows are glazed with ground sheet glass, with margins. The chapel is heated by hot air and lighted by sun lights and brackets. Beneath the chapel is a spacious school-room, having separate entrances and staircases to the galleries for boys and girls, heated and fitted up with every essential requirements; and also two excellent class rooms, and a room for the heating and water-boiling apparatus. Adjoining is a chapel-keeper's house and a good infantclass room. The whole is enclosed by boundary walls and wrought iron palisadings, neat ornamental entrance gates and piers. It is considered one of the best and most beautiful chapels in the Leeds district, and a credit to the demomination to which it belongs. The entire cost of the premises was about £4,400. Space forbids a list of names and donations, or a long one could be given. The present debt is £1,780, which shows that £2,620 have been raised. The chapel was opened in July and August, 1866, the Revs. J. Harvey, R. Key, T. Whittaker, W. Harland, S. B. Reynolds, one Wesleyan, and two Independent Ministers preached on the occasion. Many souls have already been saved in this house of prayer, and in the final judgment many will thank God for its erection. Our esteemed Editor and the Rev. E. Dalton preached the annual sermons, March 31st, 1872; the proceeds of the anniversary amounted to about £38. Since the corner stone was laid Dewsbury circuit has had an increase of about 300 members, nearly doubled its income, and instead of two it has four travelling preachers, and about a year ago was made into two circuits. To God be all the glory. X. Y. Z. Musings for the Head and the Heart. BY THE REV. WILLIAM BIRKS. "Faith is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life." Deut. xxxii. 47. THE word "vain" is of frequent occurrence in our good old English Bible. Sometimes it is applied to man, and sometimes to things. The word itself conveys the ideas of folly, unprofitableness, &c. From Psalm ii. 11, we learn that the religion of heathens is a vain thing; i.e., a something of no value, no profit, no good. Elsewhere we read that "All the gods of the nations are idols," implying that there |