...may say in the touching words of Longfellow — " There is no fireside liowso'er defended, But haa one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted." That is a true picture of the state of things in those ravaged and desolated provinces ; and is not...

...joy. Cf. Part I. Exercise XCIX. 5. EXERCISE XXXI. (Longfellow). There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is...the dying, And mournings for the dead : The heart of Eachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions...

...has not healed the breach or closed the wound. Our "fire-side has one vacant chair;" but " Let us bo patient, these severe afflictions Not from the ground...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise." Young friends ! how eloquent is her early grave ! Our Jane was 1 6 years of age when she died. How...

...nothing but his life. Leeds, 98, Byron St., January, 1851. ROBERT BARR. POETRY, RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there 1 There's no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Bat has one vacant chair ! The ah- is full of farewells...

...and monkey. RESIGNATION. BY HESBY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, Bat one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ; The air is fall of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying...

...however watched and tended, Rut one dead lamb is there; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Rut has one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourning for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying, "Will not be comforted." And so...

...therefore, implies perfect security from every foe and every danger. A poet has said, — .' There is no flock, however •watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there." The flock of Christ, however, has no dead lambs in it, but each will be preserved in perfect safety...

...We pause for any satisfactory answer to these inquiries. RESIGNATION. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But often timos celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see out dimly through the mists and...

...waves and billows pass over us, and we are made to possess wearisome nights and troublesome days : " Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions Not from...benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours : Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers,...

...Memorials these are of home below ; let them b« you prophecies and promises of the home above. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er c'efeuded, But has one vacant chair! " Let us be patient I these severe aft ictio a Not from the ground...