whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die.'

Reader, believest thou this? If thou dost, it will take the poison out of death's envenomed sting. The dark valley it will cover with the lustre of celestial light; and when the final summons comes, it will be brought by a hired servant, in the livery of Christ, not doing his own work, but executing the commission which Christ has put into his hands, and at Christ's bidding, opening the closed door, and letting you in through the gates, into the splendour and felicity of heaven.

"The apostle slept-a light shone in the prison,
An angel touched his side.

66 Arise," he said; and quickly he hath risen,
His fettered arms untied.

The watchers saw no light at midnight gleaming,
They heard no sound of feet,

The gates fly open, and the saint, still dreaming,
Stands free upon the street.

So when the Christian's eyelid droops and closes
In nature's parting strife,

A friendly angel stands where he reposes,
To wake him up to life.

He gives a gentle blow, and so releases

The spirit from its clay;

From sins, temptations, and from life's distresses,
He bids it come away.

It rises up, and from its darksome mansion, It takes its silent flight,

And feels its freedom in the large expansion Of heavenly air and light.

Behind, it hears times iron gates close faintly;
It now is far from them;

For it has reached the city of the saintly,
The New Jerusalem.'

"I have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.'-2 SAM. VII. 9.

A stillness round.

And though their image dim the sky,
Yet, yet, forget them not;

Nor where their love and life went by,

Forsake the spot.

They have a breathing influence there,

A charm not elsewhere found;

Sad-yet it sanctifies the air,

The stream, the ground.

Still trace the path which knew their tread,
Still tend their garden bower,

Still commune with the holy dead

In each lone hour.

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The holy dead-oh! bless'd we are,
That we may call them so,
And to their image look afar,
Through all our woe.'

HE tributes of respect which came pouring in from all quarters, though chiefly interesting to the members of his family, are remarkable for the high admiration which they express for his Christian character, and the warm gratitude which they evince for his benevolent exertions. Of course, it would be out of place to give them in detail. If printed, they would form a large volume of themselves. Special notices were recorded in such publications as the following: The London Record,' the Gentleman's Magazine,' the Christian Times,' the Literary Gazette,' the 'Patriot,' the Banner

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Evangelical Magazine,' the

of Ulster,' the Youth's Magazine,' the Kelso Mail,' and others of a similar description.

Extract minutes, eulogizing his character, and lamenting his loss, were sent to the family; from the General Committee of the Orphan Working Schools, Haverstock Hill, Thomas M. Coombs chairman; from the House Committee, B. J. Tomkins, chairman; from the Sailors' Home, H. Hope, vice-admiral and chairman; from the Asylum for Idiots, Andrew Reed, D.D.; from the London Orphan Asylum, James Rogers, secretary; from the Board of

Directors of Exeter Hall, William Grane, secretary; from the Booksellers' Provident Institution, W. Meyrick, hon. secretary; from the Commercial Travellers' Schools, Wansted, Robert Wilcoxon, chairman; from the Governesses' Institution, A. Laing, chairman; from the British and Foreign School Society, Henry Dunn, secretary; from the Kirk-Session of the National Scotch Church, Regent Square, Alexander Webster, clerk pro tem.; and from the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in England, George J. C. Duncan, clerk.

Besides these public documents, letters of condolence of a private character were written by Lady Georgiana Ryder, Westbrook, Herts; Lady Effingham, Brighton; Lady Harrowby, Llandudno, Conway; Lady Elizabeth Orde, Basley Park; the Hon. Captain Maude; Miss Makdougal of Makerston ; James Douglas, Esq., of Cavers; Mrs. Caroline Drummond, St. George's Place, Brighton; Mrs. Mary le Dampier, Colinshays Rectory; John Plumtre, Esq., M.P., Fredville; John Shepherd, Esq., Frome; Robert Ramsden, Esq., of Carlton Hall; Thomas Murray, Esq., Lonsdale Square; J. Shayler, Esq., publisher of the Wonston Tracts; Joseph Soul, Esq., secretary of the Orphan Working Schools; J. Tucker, Esq., Wantage; David Dundas Scott, Esq., Briery-Yards; Mrs. Main, Kilmarnock; Mrs. Charlotte Henderson, Kelso; Mrs. Isabella