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alone, had the best reason to believe that no place was so pleasant to her as her own retirement, and no society so delightful as solitude with God. She read theology, as a science, with the deepest interest, and pursued the systematic study of the Scriptures by the help of the best commentaries. Her observance of the Sabbath was exemplary, in solemnly preparing for it, in allotting to it the prescribed hours, and in devoting it only to sacred employments; and in the solemn and entire devotion of her mind to the duties of the sanctuary, she appeared habitually to feel with David, "Holiness becometh thine house for ever." Few persons attend more closely to preaching, or judge more correctly concerning it, or have higher pleasure in that which is solid, pungent, and practical. She saw and conversed with God, in his works of creation and providence. Her religious joy was, at times, intense and elevated. After telling one of her sisters, on a particular occasion, that she could not describe it, she observed to her, that it seemed to her like a streak of light shining in a dark place; and reminded her of a line in Watts' Lyrics :

"And sudden from the cleaving skies
A gleam of glory broke."

Her conscience was truly enlightened, and her conduct appeared to be governed by principle. She approved of the best things, discovered great reverence for religion, and strong attachment to the truly pious and conscientious; was severe in her estimate of herself, and charitable in judging of others; was not easily provoked, and usually tried to excuse the provocation; was unapt to cherish prejudices, and lamented, and strove to conceal the faults of Christians,

CABINET OF NATURE.

FALLS OF THE MONTMORENCY.

The Montmorency empties itself at the distance of about eight miles north-east of Quebec, into the great river St. Lawrence, to the coast of which it gradually descends from the elevated mountain on which it has its source, At a station called La Motte, situated on the

northern extremity of a sloping ground, its waters diffuse themselves into shallow currents, interrupted by rocks which break them into foam, and accompanied by murmuring sounds which enliven the solitude and solemn stillness prevailing throughout the surrounding forests and desolate hills. Farther down, its channel is bounded by precipitous rocks, its breadth becoming extremely contracted, and the rapidity of its current proportionably augmented. At a place called "the natural steps" there are several beautiful cascades of ten or twelve feet. These steps, which are extremely regular, have been gradually formed by the accession of waters the river receives in its progress, at the breaking up of winter, by the melting of the snows. From the middle of April to the end of May, its waters roll with increasing height and rapidity. Being powerfully impelled in their course, they insinuate themselves between the strata of the horizontal rock, vast fragments of which are detached by the rushing violence of the sweeping torrent.

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enclosed, united with the effect produced by the foaming currents, and the scattered masses of stone, form a scene wild and picturesque. The stream now taking a southern direction, is augmented in its velocity, and forms a grand cascade interrupted by huge rocks. A quarter of a mile further down a similar effect is produced. exhibiting an agreeable variety through its course, the river is precipitated, in an almost perpendicular direction, over a rock two hundred and fifty feet in height. Wherever it touches the rock it falls in white clouds of rollingfoam; and, beneath, where it is propelled with uninterrupted gravitation, it forms num rous flakes, like wool or cotton, which are gradually pr. tracted in the descent, until they are received into the boiling profound abyss beneath.

The effect from the summit of the cliff is awfully grand, and truly sublime. The prodigious depth of the descent of the waters of this suprising fall; the brightness and volubility of their cou.ee; the swiftness of their movement through the air; and the loud and hollow noise emitted from the basin, swelling with incessant agitation from the weight of the dashing waters, forcibly combine to attract the attention, and to impress the mind of the spectator with sentiments of grandeur and elevation. The clouds of rising vapor, which assume the prismatic colors, contribute to enliven the scene. They fly off from the fall in the form of a revolving sphere, emitting with velocity pointed flakes of spray, which spread in receding, until they are interrupted by the neighboring banks, or dissolved in the atmosphere.

The breadth of the fall is one hundred feet; and the basin, which is bounded by steep cliffs, forms an angle of forty-five degrees. When viewed from the beach, the cataract is seen, with resplendent beauty, to flow down the gloomy precipice, the summit of which is crowned with woods. The diffusion of the stream, to the breadth of fifteen hundred feet, and the various small cascades produced by the inequalities of its rocky bed, on its way to the river St. Lawrence, display a very singular and pleasing combination.

HISTORICAL AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND-No. III.

Another division of the Holy Land took place after the death of Solomon, when ten tribes revolted from Rehoboam, and erected themselves into a separate kingdom under Jeroboam. This was called the kingdom of Israel, and its metropolis was Samaria. The other two tribes of Benjamin and Judah, continuing faithful to Rehoboam, formed the kingdom of Judah, whose capital was Jerusalem. But this division ceased on the subversion of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser king of Assyria, after it had subsisted two hundred and fiftyfour years, from the year of the world 3030 to 3283. (B. C. 717.)

In the time of Jesus Christ, the whole of this country was divided into four separate regions, viz. Judæa, Samaria, Galilee, and Peræa, or the country beyond Jordan.

I. JUDEA. Of these regions, Judea was the most distinguished, comprising the territories which had formerly belonged to the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Simeon, and part of the tribe of Dan. The southern part of it was called Idumæa, and it extended westward from the Dead Sea to the Great (or Mediterranean) Sea. Its metropolis was Jerusalem, of which a separate notice will be found in a subsequent number: and of the other towns or villages of note contained in this region, the most remarkable were Arimathea, Azotus or Ashdod, Bethany, Bethlehem, Bethphage, Emmaus, Ephraim, Gaza, Jericho, Joppa, Lydda, and Rama.

II. SAMARIA. This division of the Holy Land derives its name from the city of Samaria, and comprises the tract of country which was originally occupied by the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh within Jordan, lying exactly in the middle between Judæa and Galilee ; so that it was absolutely necessary for persons, who were desirous of going expeditiously from Galilee to Jerusalem, to pass through this country. This sufficiently explains the remark of St. John (iv. 4.) The three chief places of this division noticed in the Scriptures are, Samaria, Sichem or Schechem, and Antipatris.

III. GALILEE. This portion of the Holy Land is very frequently mentioned in the New Testament; it

exceeded-Judæa in extent, but its limits probably varied at different times. It comprised the country formerly occupied by the tribes of Issachar, Zebulon, Naphtali, and Asher, and part of the tribe of Dan'; and is divided by Josephus into Upper and Lower Galilee. Upper Galilee abounded in mountains; and, from its vicinity to the Gentiles who inhabited the cities of Tyre and Sidon, it is called Galilee of the Gentiles (Matt. iv. 15.) and the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, (Mark vii. 31.) The principal city in this region was Cæsarea Philippi, through which the main road lay to Damascus, Tyre, and Sidon. Lower Galilee was situated in a rich and fertile plain between the Mediterranean Sea and the lake of Gennesareth; and, according to Josephus, this district was very populous, containing upwards of two hundred cities and towns. This country was most honored by our Saviour's presence. The principal cities of Lower Galilec, mentioned in the New Testament, are Tiberias, Capernaum, Chorazin, Bethsaida, Nazareth, Cana, Nain, Cæsarea of Palestine, and Ptolemais.

IV. PERÆA.--This district comprised the six following provinces or cantons, viz. Abilene, Trachonitis, Ituræa, Gaulonitis, Batanea, and Peræa, strictly so called, to which some geographers have added Decapolis, (1.) ABILENE was the most northern of these provinces, being situated between the mountains of Libanus and Antilibanus, and deriving its name from the city Abila. It is one of the four tetrarchies mentioned by Saint Luke. (iii. 1.) (2.) TRACHONITIS was bounded by the desert Arabia on the east, Batanea on the west, Ituræa on the south, and the country of Damascus on the north. It abounded with rocks, which afforded shelter to numerous thieves and robbers. (3.) ITURAA anciently belonged to the half tribe of Manasseh, who settled on the east of Jordan: it stood to the east of Batanea and to the south of Trachonitis. Of these two cantons Philip the son of Herod the Great was tetrarch at the time John the Baptist commenced his ministry. (Luke iii. 1.) It derived its name from Jetur the son of Ishmael, (1 Chron. i. 31.) and 'was also called Auranitis from the city of Hauran. (Ezek. xlvii. 16, 18.) (4.) GAULONITIS was a tract on the east side of the lake of Gennesaretn

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