.anecdote of Whsiefeld.-As White field was preaching to a large multitude on the banks of one of the noble rivers of Virginia, he spoke in the course of his sermon of thestrength of human depra- yity, ,and of the insuficiency of themeans of grace, without the influence of the spirit. "Sinners,o said he, s:think not that expect to convert a single soul of you, by any thing that ] can say, without the assistance of him who is mighty to save. Go and stand by that river as it moves on itsstrong and deep current to the ocean and bid it stop, and see if t will obey you. Just as soon should l expect to stop that river by word, as by my preaching to stop that current ot sin that is carrying you to perdition. Fa- ther in heavenl see they are hurried on towards hell ;save them or they perish!' The impression which this produced upon his hearers was so strong, that they were ready to respond with trembling, ''save, Lord, or we perish.''

 