The word "Lord" is found 1853 times, the word "Jehovah" 6855 times, the word "reverend" but once, and that in Psalms 111th chapter and 9th verse. The four most inspiring promises are in John, 14th chapter, 2d verse, 6th chapter and 37th verse; Matthew, 11th chapter and 28th verse, and in Psalms, 37th chapter and 4th verse. The finest chapter is in Acts, 26th. --_Christian Observer._ 120a THE BIBLE. Who, coming to this sacred book, with a sincere desire to know God's will for the direction of his life, will say that he can not find it? Who, desiring to be instructed in the way of salvation "through faith which is in Christ Jesus," will consult its pages, and say it is not made plain to him? Who, coming to it for equipment of his spiritual life, will say that there are still needs of that life which are left unprovided for? Who, seeking direction in the way of the life everlasting, can doubt that, if he faithfully obeys its teaching, he will reach that goal? The Scripture fulfils the ends for which it was given; no higher proof of its inspiration can be demanded. * * * * * What the closing verse of the 20th chapter of John's Gospel says of that book: "But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life through His name," may with equal truth be applied to the Bible as a whole. --_James Orr, D. D._, Glasgow. 121 _A Little Bird Told Me_--The origin of this phrase is doubtless to be found in Ecclesiastes, x, 20:--For a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. 122 Old birds are hard to pluck. 123 A man ashamed of his humble birth is never alone, because all good people are ashamed of him for being ashamed. 124 Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; The soul that riseth with us, our life's star, Hath elsewhere had its setting, And cometh from afar. --_Wordsworth._ 125 YOUTH. My birthday!--What a different sound That word had in my youthful ears! And now each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears. --_Moore._ 126 Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others, can not keep it from themselves. --_Barrie._ 127 _Boasters_--For boasters the world has no use; but it is always on the lookout for men who do things. Solomon said: "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own lips." 128 GOOD BOOK-KEEPERS.