The German railroad carriages are rather more comfortable than the Belgian. We had a very delightful ride through an interesting country, and reached Cöln about 9 o'clock, having travelled altogether 140 miles in about fourteen hours. Out of the many hofs or hotels to which omnibuses were waiting to convey the passengers, we chose that, known as von Holland, and were very well satisfied with our accommodations and charges.

We spent this morning in visiting the principal objects of interest in the city. Cologne has been called "the dirty focus of catholicism," the streets in the lower part of the town are very narrow and very dirty, and the little observation we are able to make convinced us that in few places we had visited, did the influence of the Romish church appear more general or more powerful. The superstition of the authorities has considerably diminished the manufacturing importance and health of the city. On Bartholomew's day, 1425, all the Jews were driven out. In consequence of some disorderly conduct on the part of the clothworkers, the magistrates ordered nearly 2000 looms to be burnt; when the great body of the manufacturers established themselves in other places. At the commencement of the 17th century, all the protestants were expelled-more than 1400 houses were deserted, and their occupants settled at Düsseldorf and elsewhere. It is now most famous for the celebrated Eau, which bears its name. The city extends in the form of a crescent, along the left bank of the Rhine, and is strongly fortified—a lofty wall six miles in length surrounds it, strengthened by 83 towers, and defended by ramparts and deep ditches - the fortifications of the continental towns present a novel feature to all Englishmen; our own insular position rendering such precautions comparatively unnecessary.

The population of the city in 1827 was 57,022 of whom 54,000 were Roman Catholics, and 2385 Protestants. At present it exceeds 60,000. We visited a very beautiful panorama of the Rhine, which gave us an admirable idea of the scenery with which we were presently to be familiar.

The cathedral is one of the most interesting objects; although it is still unfinished-it was commenced nearly 600 years since, and is considered even in its incomplete state, one of the finest monuments of ancient German architecture. It contains the most regular and stupendous Gothic choir in Europe,

but this is almost the only part of the edifice in a finished state. The pillars of the nave, intended to terminate in a lofty fretted roof, are finished at about a quarter of their height with a ceiling composed of planks covered with slates. The two towers intended to be 500 feet high, have not reached half their designed elevation, and on the unfinished top of one of them, mouldering with age, appears a crane used in raising the stones when the building was in progress.

It is now undergoing extensive repair, and may perhaps be completed according to the plans of Bishop Engelberg, and the work commenced by Conrad of Hochstetten, in 1248. If finished, it would undoubtedly be the St. Peter's of Gothic architecture.

Our next visit was to the church of St. Ursula, a British saint to whose memory the building is dedicated. This is perhaps one of the most remarkable modern monuments of Romish superstition and credulity. The church is filled with the bones of St. Ursula and her eleven thousand virgins, her companions and fellow sufferers. These bones are exhibited in glass cases on the walls of the church, and the choir contains a number of rude paintings representing the history of the saint-her landing at Cologne, and the barbarous treatment received from the Huns. Behind the high altar are her remains in a golden shrine-by paying a thaler for the party, (3 shillings,) we gained access to the goldene kammer or golden chamber, where the most precious relics of the church are preserved, (among them, one of the vessels from Cana of Galilee, which contained the water which was made into wine) and where are innumerable skulls cased in silver, and names formed out of leg bones, &c.

Returning to our hotel we sat down to a regular German dinner. As soon as the covers were removed, the dishes were taken to a sideboard for the operation of carving, which being performed, the viands were handed round to a large company;-among other items which I had forgotten to enumerate, we had soup, sausages, cutlets, boiled beef, roast beef, roast pigeons, and apricot sauce, potatoes, cabbage, a plentiful dessert and all varieties of Rhenish wine. By the next steamer that arrives from Dusseldorf we shall embark for Bonn.

Believe me, my dear H.,

Your's affectionately,

E.

FAITH THE BEST WARFARE.

Ir is well-known that the early Christians understood the precepts, "Love your enemies"-"Resist not evil”—“ Avenge not yourselves," &c., in a literal sense; and that they refused to fight or serve in the Roman armies. "I am a Christian, and therefore cannot fight," was the language of one who suffered martyrdom for his testimony to the principles of the Prince of peace. Blessed are they who thus suffer for righteousness sake; they are taken from a scene of misery and sin, to enter into the everlasting joy of their Lord. It, however, oftentimes pleases Divine Wisdom to interpose wonderfully for the protection and preservation of his devoted servants, who put their trust in him. "I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord, and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord." Of the fulfilment of this promise, many instances might be produced both in ancient and modern times. One beautiful case occurs in Moffat's "Missionary Labours."

A native chief, in southern Africa, with the people of his village, became Christians, and, as is generally the case with those who receive the gospel in its simplicity, they appear to have understood the precepts respecting war in the same manner as the early Christians. "This little Christian band," says the writer, “had met, on a Sabbath morning, with the people in the centre of the village, to hold the early prayer meeting, before the services of the day. They were scarcely seated, when a party of marauders appeared, from the interior, whither they had gone for plunder, and not having succeeded to their wishes, had determined to attack this village on their return.

"The chief arose, and begged the people to sit still, and trust in Jehovah, while he went to meet the marauders. To his inquiry, what they wanted? the appalling reply was, 'your cattle; and it is at your peril you raise a weapon to resist.'

"These are my cattle,' replied the chief, and then retired, and resumed his position at the prayer meeting. A hymn was sung, a chapter read, and then all kneeled in prayer to God, who only

could save them in their distresses. The sight was too sacred and solemn to be gazed on by such a band of ruffians: they all withdrew from the spot, without touching a single article belonging to the people."

N.

THE JEWS IN THEIR OWN LAND.

In the evening, towards sunset, we could observe the preparations going on in every Jewish dwelling for the Sabbath. The women brought out of the oven the bread they had baked, beautifully white wheaten bread, the first we had seen among the natives of Palestine. The houses were all set in order, the table arranged, and the couches spread; in every dwelling the Sabbath lamp was lighted, and a low murmur was heard, while the father of the family repeated the appointed benediction, "Blessed art thou, O Lord, King of the world, who hast sanctified us by thy commandments, and commanded us to light the Sabbath lamp!" Soon after, all hurried to the synagogue, to bring in the Sabbath there. There are two synagogues of the Ashkenazim (European Jews), and two of the Sephardim (Native Jews), in Saphet, and six of those places for study, called Yishvioth. We visited one of the former, and found it very neat and clean, beautifully lighted up with lamps of olive oil. Some very venerable men were seated all around; more than half of them had beards verging to pure white, and grey hair flowing on their shoulders. It was to us a new scene indeed. In reading their prayers nothing could exceed their vehemency. They read with all their might; then cried aloud like Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel ; and from time to time the tremulous voice of some aged Jew rose above all the rest in earnestness. The service was performed evidently as a work of special merit. One old man often stretched out his hand as he called on the Lord, and clenched his trembling fist in impassioned supplication. Some clapped their hands, others clasped both hands together, and wrung them as in an agony of distress, till they should obtain their request. A few beat upon their breasts; one man, trembling with age, seemed to fix on the word, Adonai; and repeated it with every variety of intonation, til he exhausted his voice. All of them, old and young, waved the body backward and forward, rocking to and

fro, and bending towards the ground. This, indeed, is an important part of worship in the estimation of strict Talmudists, because David says, (Ps. xxxv. 10,) "All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto Thee?" When all was over, one young man remained behind prolonging his devotions in great excitement; we at first thought he was deranged, and was caricaturing the rest, but were assured that, on the contrary, he was a peculiarly devout man. Sometimes he struck the wall; sometimes he stamped with his feet; often he bent his whole body to the ground, crying aloud, “Adonai, is not Israel thy people?" in a reproachful tone, as if angry that God did not immediately answer. The whole service seemed an embodying to the life the description given by Isaiah, (ch. lviii. 3, 4,) "Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.”—Mission to the Jews.

A HOUSE WELL FURNISHED.

THOMAS COLLINGWOOD was a young man of industrious habits, who, by care and frugality, had accumulated a sum that enabled him to enter into business. His great civility and courteous manners drew many persons to his shop, and his commencement was regarded by his friends as altogether favorable. His house was neatly, though not expensively, furnished; and by avoiding all unnecessary outlay, attending strictly to business, and ensuring his discounts by making his payments regularly, he was much esteemed by all his commercial friends, who conferred upon him the appellation of " Honest Collingwood."

It was his happiness to have a friend, a sincere friend, in the person of Leonard Horton. They had been educated together at a Sunday school, which had tended to form their manners, and restrain them from the practices, too common amongst boys in the country, such as breaking the Sabbath, neglecting divine worship, swearing, and other evils. They had been taught to respect their superiors, and to be attentive to the instructions they had received from their teachers. Leonard Horton had, by