...Of fancies floating through the brain — The long lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. From F raser'» Magazine. A CHAPTER ON BALLOONS. WE lately, during an exploration in a dark corner...

...Sovereign. He. breaks in twain the dearest ties, shivers at a <jw the nearest and sweetest bonds of union. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Vice separates men. Sin oftentimes creates a " great gulf between them." :>u draw aside from the shameless,...

...universality of the affliction she had suffered. I quoted the exquisite lines of Longfellow : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." This seemed not to afford her any relief ; for what alleviation was it to her, that others suffered...

...your rapid cars be driven O'er the boundless path of Heaven ! EE SIGN AT I OH. (Ry Longfellow.) T. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! ir. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead, The heart of Rachel, for...

...shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die." — St. John, xi. 25, 26. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Let us take comfort ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial...

...afflictions of the righteous -. but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. — PSALMS xxxiv. 19. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions, Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions...

...precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." RBSIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...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 ! Let us...

...Of fancies floating through the brain, — The long-lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. HW LONGFELLOW. THE EVENING TALK. WE sat by the fisher's cottage, We looked on sea and sky, We saw the...

...Of fancies floating through the brain, — The long-lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. HW LONGFELLOW. THE EVENING TALK. WE sat by the fisher's cottage, We looked on sea and sky, We saw the...

...which the sorrow has not come which follows the death of a child. It is almost literally true — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." ^ The child is dead. Our child is dead. Let us now go to the book of God, and learn its lessons in the time...