THE

VISITOR,

OR

MONTHLY INSTRUCTOR

FOR 1 83 9.

THE WORKS OF THE LORD ARE GREAT, SOUGHT OUT OF ALL THEM THAT HAVE PLEASURE THEREIN.

HIS WORK IS HONOURABLE AND GLORIOUS: AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURETH FOR EVER.
HE HATH MADE HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO BE REMEMBERED : THE LORD IS GRACIOUS, AND
PULL OF COMPASSION.-PSALM CXI. 2–4.

WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE
JUST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE PURE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, WHATSOEVER THINGS
ARE OP GOOD REPORT; IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE, AND IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE, THINK
ON THESE THINGS.-PHILIPPIANS IV. 8.

- LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY ;

Instituted 1799.

SOLD BY JOHN DAVIS, AT THE DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, st. PAUL'S

CHURCHYARD; AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS.

1839.

WILLIAM TYLER,

PRINTER, 5, BOLT COURT, FLEET STREET. Wahre
2-1-30
21020

AMUSEMENTS, on worldly, 350

China, great Wall of, 80
" And then I will enjoy myself,” 76

Emperor of, and his Court, 182,
Animals, the structure of, 322

208
Ants' Nests in Paraguay, 296

Christ, the Gospel testifies of, 32
Asia Minor, a pass in, 472

Deity of, 160
Aspirations, holy, 394

do I love? 348
Athens, 41

why do you love ? 476
Modern, 262

Christian Society, advantages of, 376
Temple of Theseus in, 262

Churchyards-- Italy, 80

Clothing, 6
BARNABY, Uncle, sentiments about Nobility, Conqueror, a great, 420
51

Contentment, 400
Baxter's Saint's Rest, 280

Corinth, 262
Bee, Honey, cells of the, 231, 254

Corn and Grain, 390
Bleaching, 313

Cotton Spinning, 460
Bliss, heavenly, 319

Crocodiles, taking, 464
Boldness, 200

Curiosity, natural, 439
Boulogne, 434

Custom, singular, 480
Bouquet and the Bible, the, 359

Customs, strange, 470
Branches, 297

Cyclades, a Day's Sail among the, 260
Bullfinches, school for, 360

DAGUERRE's discovery, 478
CALAE
75

Dark Valley made Light, the, 234
Censoriousness and Charity, 90

Delay not to do good, 436
Chase, the, 90

Delight, proper objects of, 80
China, imperial Residence in, 30

Dependence, mutual, 136

the,

Knowledge, the most durable, 16

OCCUPATION, 40
requires effort, 35

Old Morris Brook, 397
the best, 192

Olives, the Mount of, 428
early, 212

Only be faithful,” 176
sources of, 267

Opossum, the dog-headed, 418
means and uses of, 308, 327

PANORAMA, tbe, 157
LEAF, fall of the, and descent of the Sap, Parental kindness acknowledged, 256
415

Passions, the, 192
Leaves, 174

Penguin, Crested, 337
Leeches, the; or, Uncle Barnaby on Adap. Perambulator-Shops and Shop-windows,
tation, 263

116
Liberality, Divine, 112

Persian Muleteers, 349
Locusts, swarms of, 320

Pharaoh's Chicken, 257

Photogenic Drawing, 290
MADAGASCAR, infanticide in, 70

Pierre's Hole, battle of, 44
the people of, 333, 372 .

Pine, remarkable, 438
Man, an inoffensive, 201

Plants, sap of, 277
Manner is worthy attention, 320

-, age and decay of, 457
Meals of the Arabs, 68

Plants and Animals, analogy between, 13
Medicine, 192

Polar Seas, dangers and sufferings in tbe, 155
• Mind how you begin,” 110

Pride, 56
Mines, submarine, 316

Principles, 384
Mollusca, their structure, 22

Pulley, the, 153
-, powers of locomotion, 95

means of security and defence, RECONCILIATION, 87
127

Reflections, 438
199

Refuge, 38
Moss, 57

Religion altogether a work of Divine grace,
Mother, influence of, 479

256
Mountain prospect, a, 43

Repentance, 160
Mountains, 79, 141

Reproof, Christian, 32
Mourning, scene of, 142

Rising, early, 85
Musical Box, the, 216

Roots, 137

Rose-bed of Bengal, 280
Name, the wonderful, 294

Russia, great Fair of, 128
Natural History, progress of, 395
New Year, reflections on the, 4

SABBATH, the first, 31
Nez Perces, tbe, 88

in the Wilderness, 88
North America, beyond the Rocky Moun. Salmon River, 142

tains, journal of a traveller in, 43, 87, Salt Springs at Mandrovy, 39
140, 438

Sceptic, the first, 135

their use,