maketh an atonement for his sins, and he that honoreth his mother is as one that layeth up treasure; he shall have joy in his own children and when he maketh his prayer, he shall be heard; and he that is obedient unto the Lord shall be a comfort to his mother. The blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children, but the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations. The glory of a man is from the honor of his father; in the day of affliction it shall be remembered to him; his sins also shall melt away as the ice in the fair, warm weather. ECCLESIASTICUS.

H! blessed are they for whom, 'mid all their pains,

That faithful and unalter'd love remains;

Who, life wrecked round them, hunted from their rest—
And by all else forsaken or distressed,

Claim in one heart their sanctuary and shrine,

As I, my mother, claimed my place in thine.

MRS. NORTON.

XIX.

Forefathers.

Righteousness is immortal.-Eeclesiasticus 5.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father and he will show thee, thy elders and they will tell thee.-Deuteronomy xxxii. 7.

PET us now praise renowned men, in whom the Lord manifested His great glory, even His mighty power from the beginning; amongst them such as did

bear rule and were men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, who have brought tidings in prophecy; leaders of the people by their counsels and men of learning for the nation; such as thought out musical tunes and set forth verses in writing; rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations. All these were honored in their generations and were a glory in their days. They were men of mercy whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten. With their offspring shall remain continually a good inheritance. Their bodies were buried

in peace and their names live to all generations. Peoples will declare their wisdom and the congregation of Israel telleth out their praise.

BOD'S doors are men, the Pariah kind

Admits thee to the perfect mind.

IVES of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us,
Footprints on the sands of time,—
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
Some forelorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

ECCLESIASTICUS.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right hand are delights for evermore.-Psalm xvi. 11.

UR dead are like the stars by day,
Withdrawn from mortal eye,

Yet holding unperceived their way
Through the unclouded sky.

By them through holy hope and love

We feel in hours serene,
Connected with a world above,

Immortal and unseen.

Though death his sacred seal hath set
On bright and bygone hours,
Still more we love are with us yet,
Are more than ever ours;—

Ours by the pledge of love and faith
By hopes of heaven on high,
By trust triumphant over death
In immortality.

Those who have lived a holy life, when they are freed from this earth and set at large, as it were, from a prison will arrive at a pure abode and live without bodies through all future time. They will arrive at habitations more beautiful than can be described. -Plato.

XXI.

Transfiguration of Death.

Precious, in the eyes of the Lord, is the death of His saints.-Psalms cxvi. 15.

WHEREFORE, O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty that no evil can

happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods; nor has my own approaching end happened by mere chance. But I see clearly that the time has arrived when it was better for me to die and be released from trouble; wherefore the oracle gave no sign. For which reason, also, I am not angry with my condemners, or with my accusers; they have done me no harm, although they did not mean to do me any good; and for this I may gently blame them. Still I have a favor to ask of them. When my sons are grown up, I would ask you, O my friends, to punish them, and I would have you trouble them, as I have troubled you, if they seem to care about riches, or anything, more than about virtue; or if they pretend to be something when they are really nothing, -then reprove them, as I have reproved you, for not caring about that which they ought to care, and thinking that they are something when they are really nothing. And if you do this, both I and my sons will have received justice at your hands.

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways-I to die and you to live. Which is better God only knows. SOCRATES PLATO.

MOUGHT

DEATH.

but a step into the open air

Out of a tent already luminous

With light, that shines through its transparent folds.

LONGFELLOW.

XXII.

The Eternal Reward.

Thy light shall break forth as the morning and thy righteousness shall go before thee and the glory of God shall be thy rearward.-Isaiah lviii. 8.

ON THE RELIGIOUS MEMORY OF
CATHERINE THOMSON.

WHEN faith and love which parted from thee never

Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God,

Meekly thou didst resign this earthly load

Of death, called life, which us from life doth sever. Thy works and alms and all thy good endeavor Stayed not behind, nor in the grave were trod; But, as faith pointed with her golden rod,

Followed thee up to joy and bliss for ever. Love led them on, and Faith, who knew them best, Thy handmaids, clad them o'er with purple beams And azure wings that up they flew so drest,

And spoke the truth on thee on glorious themes, Before the Judge; who, thenceforth, bid thee rest And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams.

JOHN MILTON.

To make some nook of God's creation a little fruitfuller, better, more worthy of God; to make some human heart a little wiser, manfuller, happier, more blessed, less accursed-it is a work for a god. -Carlyle.

In the mind of a man that is chastened and purified thou wilt find nothing foul, impure, or any sore skinned over; nor will fate ever overtake him in