THE PENNY TRACT MAGAZINE, AND Christian Miscellany: CONTAINING VARIOUS PIECES OF PERMANENT INTEREST. WAL LONDON: SOLD BY THE BOOKSELLERS. 346 1 Page Page Abendberg Cretin Institution 65 Government of the tongue, the 149 Agriculture . . . Great debt, the . . . . . 330 Ambition; or, Napoleon Buo Happy shepherd, the. ... 326 naparte. Harvest scenes . . . . . 257 Anecdote-Truth ::::: 157 Heavenly conversation,. . . 252 Anecdotes: Help one another . . . . . 79 Compassion and forgiveness 91 Holy Ghost, the, resisted .. 292 A noble Christian miner. . 93 Holy day, the . . . . . . 234 Anxious mother, the . . . . 176 Human nature . . . . . . 319 Believers not lawless. . . . 282 | Hundred and forty and four Bible and the sinner, the . . 178 thousand, the · · · · · 323 Branch, the ....... 48 I am no hypocrite. ... 196 Bread found after many days. 61 I build for eternity . . . . 205 Buttercups and daisies . . . 119 Irreligious father, an. . .. Cataract of Niagara . . . . 181 Insane, influence of religion on 188 Child's prayer, a . . . . . Invisible bridge, the . .215 Children ....... 96, 251 It is sweet to believe in Jesus 100 Christ, ardent love to ... 262 It might be worse. . . . . - the love of . . . . 163 Jewish ritual, the . . . . . Christian character .... 358 Juniper tree, the ..... education. . 340, 367 Keep to that, and you will do 45 Christian Scriver's thoughts: Kindness to animals.... 283 The dial-plate . . . . 13 Lake of Gennesaret, scene on The scales :.... 85 Leading children to God .. 154 Summer weather... 210 Lieutenant Daniel Murray. 272 The dew . . . . . Little Italian, the . . . . . The milky way... Living temple, the .... Church in the Pyrenees, the Loss of the soul, the .... 154 Colportage for lumber-men Lot's wife ···.. 258 Compass, the .: : . . 108 Luck . . 251 Conscience a prophet .. Martin Luther, childhood Cordial for the afflicted, a.. 122 youth of . . . . . . 38 Courtesy . . . . . . . • 278 Michael Christian Bos ... 295 Death, preparation for .. 348 Milly Jennings . . . . . . 231 Doing nothing · · · · · Miscellaneous anecdotes : Dreadful insanity. .. Trust in God . . . . . 185 Dying patient, the ... Generous courage . . . . 221 Eternity . . . . . . . . Example . . . . . . .222 Feed the flame . . . . . . 349 Missionary facts and anecdotes: Felon, the . . . . . . . Home missions..... 124 Fitness for married life . . . 55 Peter, the negro ship-misa Foreign missions: sionary . . . . . . . 158 The young Nantikok . .. 125 Self-devotedness . ... 186 Visit of murderers to the Effects of perseverance . . 187 Greenland missionaries 126 Value of missions. ..223 Four words remembered for The heart-melter . . . . 223 ever, . . . . . . . . 373 The aged negro disciple. . 286 France, Bible colporteurs in . 258 Mistaken soldier, the . . . 35 Gems . . . . . 28, 63, 191, 253 Mohammed's tomb at Medina 225 German watchman, the ... 236 Mottoes: Turn over a new leaf 4 God, rejoicing in . . . . . 308 Mount Moriah . . . . . . 322 Gospel, the, alone. .... 207 Mustard seed and the leaven, the 76 Gospel graces: Never procrastinate . . . . 54 Evangelical repentance . . 230 Night in Switzerland ... 121 Faith .. 230 Noble lady, a '. . . . . . 7 Brotherly love .:... 231 | No middle place ..... 62 . 2 . . . 147 . . . Page Page . 13 Theatrical exhibitions ... 299 Thinking of Christ . . . . 57 285 Too late . . . . . . . . 17 Tract anecdotes, facts, etc. : The Religious Tract Society 28 . . 372 Tracts in Orissa . . . . 29 373 Whose cent was that? . . 30 with God . . . . . . 94 Tracts in India . . . . . 95 Tract on family prayer . . 127 A tract in India . . . . 189 Usefulness of a tract . . . 191 The passage-boat . . . . 379 146 Tract, blessing on a . . . . 319 Trees in the forest . . .. 148 Two sons, the . . 308 Thought . . . . . 333 Hill at Penang . . . . . 311 Want of principle fatal . . . 373 Whaler, the . . . . . . . 33 . 217 What art thou ? . . . . . 132 363 Whole Saviour or no Saviour, a 349 . 289 Why do we sit still ? . . 226, 355 . 344 Works of God, the ... . 19 365 Worm at the root, a . . . . 216 Wrath to come, the . . . . 105 . 153 You had better not . . . . 91 POETRY. land, the . . . . . . . 143 the close of the judgment day 31 Gentle words. . . . . . 352 | Last flower of the household, the 319 . . . . . . SCENE ON THE LAKE OF GENNESARET. LUKE V. The lake of Gennesaret, which is the same as the lake of Galilee and the sea of Tiberias, so frequently mentioned in the Gospels, is a spot of deep interest and beauty. It was evidently a favourite resort of our Lord Jesus Christ, whether to teach the people, who crowded the villages of the plain on the margin of the lake, or for solitude and retirement on the hills. On the side of the Gadarenes, called “ the other side of the lake," the mountains of Bashan stand up precipitously from the water, and stretch into the distance; on the north, appears the ridge of Mount Hermon; and on the west, where the cultivated hills approach in some parts close to the shore, they form coves and pebbly beaches. It was probably in one of these, that Peter was mending . JAYTARY, 1847. B |