The American Tract Society's almanac for the year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1861 : being the first after bissextile, and until the fourth of July, the eighty-fifth year of the independence of the United States : calculated for Boston, New York, Washington, and Charleston, and four parallels of latitude, adapted for use througout the country . , if inspiredby love to Christ and to souls, his visits can not but be the harbingers ofwide and lasting spiritual good. A wide field is opening before this Society. So great are the spiritualdestitutions of our land, particularly in the Far We
The American Tract Society's almanac for the year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1861 : being the first after bissextile, and until the fourth of July, the eighty-fifth year of the independence of the United States : calculated for Boston, New York, Washington, and Charleston, and four parallels of latitude, adapted for use througout the country . , if inspiredby love to Christ and to souls, his visits can not but be the harbingers ofwide and lasting spiritual good. A wide field is opening before this Society. So great are the spiritualdestitutions of our land, particularly in the Far West, that the demands uponthe Society are most urgent and pressing. The work is one which mustcommend itself to the hearts of all Christians. Sir Nicolas Breten (1555-1624) wrote A solemn and repentantprayer for former life misspent, from which we extract the following curiousspecimen of alliteration. And banish, Lord, from me delights Of worldly vanitio,And lend mo help to pace the paths Of perfect pietie;And truly so to tread the paths, And in such godly wise,That they may bring me to the place Of perfect Paradise;And not to wander up and down In ways of weary wo,Where wicked, wily, wanton toyes Do lcade me to and fro. Properly, one knows only when one knows little ; with increase ofknowledge comes doubt. THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETYS ALMANAC. 35. VICTORIA BRIDGE AT MONTREAL. Tite Victoria Bridge is one of the wonders of the world. It crosses theriver from Point St. Charles to the south shore, — a distance of 2 miles, less150 feet. It is built on the tubular principle, and, while the railway trainspass through the tube, there is a balcony outside, with a footpath for pas-sengers. The bridge consists of twenty-three spans of 242 feet each, and one inthe center of the river of 830 feet. The spans are approached on each sideof the river by a causeway, each terminating in an abutment of solidmasonry, 240 feet long, and 90 wide. The causeway from the north banVis 1,400 feet long, t
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