...pain, the bliss of djfing ! Cease, fond nature, ceaseuiy strife, And let me languish into life. * 2 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, . ' Sister spirit,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? m ". 3 The world recedes ; it disappears....

...there. "The Wounded Soldier." ANON. 3. Hark! they whisper: angels say, "Sister spirit, come awayl" What is this absorbs me quite, — Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath f — Tell me, my soul! can this be death T "The Dying Christian to his Sovl."...

...work God had given her to do : and, like Samson, she has accomplished more by her death than by her life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit,...draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? — Pope. FROM CHINA'S SHORES. BY CI.ARA AIEFFINOWELL. From China's shores the trump of God resounding...

...singing with energy, — "Vital spark of heavenly flame, ?nit, 0 quit! this mortal frame; rembling, hoping, lingering, flying; Oh, the pain the bliss...cease thy strife, And let me languish into life," Sec. About three days before his death, it became manifest to all that his course was almost run ;...

...Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. 2 Hark! they whisper: angels say, "Sister spirit, come away!" What is this absorbs me quite— Steals...

...Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame, Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life." Perhaps, the solemn thought never entered his mind that the same hymn would be sung in the same house,...

...Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, O quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears. Heaven...

...SOUL.— Alexander Pope. Explosive O. Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, Oh, quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh, the pain,...sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, soul! can this be death? . (A 0) The world recedes, — it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my...

...TROWBRIDGE. THE DYING CHRISTIAN. TTITAL spark of heavenly flame, V Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh ! the pain,...quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes ; it disappears !...

...and Christian sentiment : — \ riTAL spark of heavenly flame ! V Quit, oh quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain,...quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight. Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears !...