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spondent there. How interesting, said I, her letters 

 must be from those frozen regions, where every- 

 thing is so different, from the part of America in 

 which I have lived ! 



" You shall see her letters with pleasure," 

 replied my aunt ; " and I hope at some future 

 time you will know the amiable and excellent 

 writer herself." 



, 2nd. Sunday. In speaking to-day of reading 

 the Bible, my uncle regretted that indolence so 

 often prevents people, when they find difficulties, 

 or apparent contradictions, from taking a little 

 trouble to try if they could not be reconciled. 

 " How often," said he, " by a small degree of 

 attention, might we perceive that the seeming 

 disagreement arises from some oversight of our 

 own, and that it might be made quite clear by a 

 little reflection. 



" For instance, in 1st Kings, vii. 26, it is stated 

 that the molten sea contained two thousand 

 baths ; while in 2nd Chronicles, iv. 5, we are 

 told that it received and held three thousand 

 baths. Now the case is this : the writer of the 

 book of Chronicles states that ten lavers of brass 

 were made, which joined the molten sea. ' Five 

 on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash 

 in them ; such things as they offered for the 

 burnt-offering they washed in them \ but the sea 

 was for the priest to wash in. 5 



