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thee, thou Saviour of sinners?'.

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presence is fulness of joy!" And, just before he bade adieu to a world, where he seemed to have drunk deep of the bitter portion of his Master's cup- Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace!'after which, his features settled into a placid smile, and his spirit returned to Him who gave it.'-Thus, like a bark, unhelmed, and. long tossed on the threatening billows, and oftentimes ready to founder amidst their violence, yet still conducted in safety by a mighty, though unseen, hand, and finally reaching the desired haven,' where it is sheltered from every wind and wave, was this tempest-beaten pilgrim brought, unharmed, to his repose!

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So deep was the impression, which this solemn scene had left on the minds of allwho witnessed it, that they remained kneeling beside the bed, on which the pale corpse. of their now-sainted visitor was stretched, until the rising sun, breaking into the room,. and tinging that blanched cheek which was never again to be moistened with a tear, re

minded them that it was the chamber of death.' A few decent preparations, such as the season admitted of, and their unostentatious affection prompted, were made for the interment; and, on a little eminence picturesquely situated in the middle of the glen, they committed the body with sorrow -but not with a sorrow that would not be comforted'-to the ground.

Here, they planted a few willows, interspersed with yew and cypress, to weep over his grave, and protect it from thoughtless, or unhallowed, intrusion; and called it, "La Roche's Rest." These trees, now beginning to decay, still mark the sweetly-solitary spot; and the pious peasant, as he conducts the wanderer of the Alps, forgets not to relate the instructive and affecting storyand to point to where the good man sleeps.'

CHAP. V.

"Retire, and read your Bible, to be gay."
"The Bible? Yes! There is a balm, I've heard,
Of sovereign virtue from its leaf distill'd

For every wound-of strange mysterious power,
Whose healing reaches to the source of life,
Staunching the flow, that else must soon have laid
The anguish'd sufferer, where no beam of hope
Had cheer'd his heart for ever."

IT has been well said, that for us men sicken, and for us they die.' Difficult were it, indeed, to conceive that He, who is "righteous in all his ways, and whose tender mercies are over all his works,' would permit an immortal spirit to leave its earthly tenement, and enter on a state of existence, important beyond all understanding, unchangeable and eternal, without intentions, invisible though they may be to a human eye, of

honouring himself, and eventually advancing the interests of his redeemed. In the present instance, this observation received a beautiful and striking illustration; adding another to the already innumerable proofs, that pride becomes not man.'

Indeed, acquiescence in the appointments of Providence, even at those seasons when the Divine purpose may not be so obvious to sense, were surely the part of wisdom, independent of the duties of our allegiance to Him who called us into being. Could we trace the various springs of motion in the apparently complicated machinery of his plans, we should no doubt perceive that they were simple of construction, though incomparably adapted to their different ends. But, such knowledge is too wonderful for us, we cannot attain unto it.' . Who can by searching find out God?' Let us, therefore, comport ourselves with that humility, which is not the least valuable fruit of a meek and quiet spirit.?: Whatever is, is best." Mediately, or immediately, emanating from the supreme authority of Him, who is not

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less immutable in existence, than in equity of conduct, all he does, bears, and must bear, the impress of its glorious original. If, His way is in the sea, and His paths in the great waters,' still we may repose in Him with calm and assured confidence: Clouds and darkness may,' occasionally, ' be round about him,' and veil him from our view; yet' righteousness and judgment are the' unalterable habitation of his throne.' As in the armies of heaven, so he ruleth amongst the inhabitants of the earth.' No principality, or might, or dominion can thwart him :-no unforeseen casualty overtake him, to interrupt the harmony, or disarrange the order, moral or physical, of his government of the world.

As was natural to a mind, anew awaking to the consideration of the reality and importance of an hour of final retribution, and of that boundless eternity which was reopening before it, Emily kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.' Retiring to her chamber, there to give vent in secret to her emotion, the tears flowed in

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