A clergyman of eighty mentioned, not long ago, that he had derived more benefit from the advice of an aged minister when he was but fourteen years old than he had ever received in his whole life. The good man had recommended to him most strongly that, in whatever circumstances he might be placed, he should never permit a day to pass without reading a chapter in the Bible. Through his long life he had endeavored to follow this advice, and the blessing it had been to him he could not estimate. Now he repeated the advice, enforced by his own example, to all his young friends. We are often at a loss what direction to give to the young who are willing to inquire into the way of life, and have very indefinite notions as to what they shall do. We are always safe in sending them to the Bible. Urge them to read it much. Teach them to pray for the Holy Spirit to light up its pages. I think no person who will sit down daily and prayerfully to the reading of the New Testament, really wishing to become a Christian, will long remain unconverted. Let us teach our children early to read it every day; and to choose some “golden text” for the day’s guidance. Thus we may bring the Bible into the every-day concerns of life, and make it in reality what it should be, the family guide-book in the journey of life.—S. S. Times.