...the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence ! May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion evermore intense : So shall I join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world."...

...the gain ! To us, how infinite the loss ! But thy influence shall remain with us. Still shall thou " be to other souls The cup of strength in some great...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense." FROM A CITY WINDOW. By Richard Burton. AFTER a breathing space in quiet nooks, Sweet days of fellowship...

...have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE! Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet...invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO A1X. I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris and he : I galloped,...

...rivalries, and its whirl of emptinesses? EB PUSEY Art they not all ministering spirits? — HEB i. 14. MAY I reach \ That purest heaven, be to other souls...great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ! So shall I join the...

...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,...

...is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 2 COR. iv. 17. May I reach That purest heaven — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony. GEORGE ELIOT. <§>ciober 29. -| KNOW a lasting record stands, -* Inscribed against my name, Of all...

...be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ! ijo shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. GEORGE ELIOT. CERTAINLY,...

...forever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us, who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls...invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world. MARIAN KVANS CROSS. ADEQUACY. Now by the verdure on thy thousand hills, Beloved England, — doth the...

...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. WILLIAM COX BENNETT. 1820[BoRN at Greenwich in 1820. Son of a watchmaker, at which business he was...

...to the community, that life, in short, towards which she herself aspired in the now famous prayer to reach " That purest heaven, be to other souls The...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense." CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY HOME. MARY ANN EVANS, better known as " George Eliot," was born on...