THE YOUTHS CABINET.

parties. If he should die, he would not
be missed, except in the narrow circle of
his home. But God has adopted him as
his child. God loves him, whether his
neighbors do or net, Poor as he is, his
prayers are answered in heaven. Aye,
his prayers for others, as well as for him-
self, are answered there.
« Perhaps the haughty world, that, as she meets,

Scarce deigns to notice him, or if she sees,

Deems him a cipher in the works of God,

Receives advantage from his noiseless hours,

Of which she little dreams. Perhaps she owes

Her sunshine and her rain, her blooming spring,

And plenteous harvest, to the prayer he makes,

When, Isaac-like, the solitary saint

Walks forth to meditate at even-tide,
And prays for her who prays not for herself.”

{ heard an interesting anecdote the
other day, about a good old man, who
was noted all over the neighborhood where
he lived as a man of prayer. He and his
wife were in good circumstances once.
But they became very poor—so poor that
when they were old, they had as much as
they could do, sometimes, to get food to
eat. The old gentleman was a cripple.
He could not work at all, His wife could
work a little, and she supported herself
and her husband by the money she got
for her labor. One day they had nota
morsel in the house to eat, and the good
woman looked into her purse in vain for
money to buy a loaf of bread. She did
not want to beg, if she could help it, and
she did not know what to do. Still those
children of God offered their morning
prayer. Still they uttered that beautiful
language which.our Saviour taught to his
disciples, “Give us this day our daily
bread.” Long and earnest was that morn-
ing prayer. It was the prayer of faith,
too, and it was answered. Before the old
man had ceased, a knock was heard at the

door. When it was opened, there stood
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a basketful of provisions, which had been
left by some kind’ neighbor. God, who
taught them to use that petition for daily
food, had answered that request, even
while his children were making it.

 

Depth of Different Seas.

w the neighborhood of the continents
the seas are often shallow; thus
it the Baltic sea has a depth of only
120 feet between’ the coasts of
Germany and those of Sweden. The
Adriatic, between Venice and Trieste, has
a depth of only 180 feet. Between
France and England, the greatest depth
does not exceed 300 feet, while south-
west of Ireland it suddenly sinks to 2000
feet. The seas in the south of Europe
are much deeper than the preceding.
The western basin of the Mediterranean
seems to be very deep. In the narrow-
est parts of the straits of Gibraltar, it is
not more than 1000 feet below the sur-
face. A little further toward the east,
the depth falls to 3000 feet, and at the
south of the coast of Spain to nearly
6000 feet. On the north-west of Sar-
dinia, bottom has not been found at the
depth of nearly 5006 feet. With respect
to the open seas, their depths are little
known. About 250 miles south of Nan-
tucket, the lead has been sunk to 7800
feet, In north latitude, at 78 degrees,
Capt. Ross has exceeded 6000 feet in
Baffin’s Bay. But the most astonishing
depths are found in the Southern Atlan-
tic: west of the Cape of Good Hope
16,000 feet have been found, and the
plummet has not found bottom at 27,000
feet west of St. Helena.—Selected.

BR,