...Englishman. " Yes," replied De Burgh, " it is the common lot. " "There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howe'er defended, But has one vacant chair.'" "How.ever," continued the old man, clearing his voice,...

...entered into rest in the seventieth year of his age. Hiss BANKS. " There is no flock, however watcbttd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howpoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " Sarah Jane Banks was the eldest daughter of Mr. and...

...who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, and yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried ! Resignation. There is no flock, however watched and...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. 77(6 Golden Legend. Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays...

...burned, The thoughts that burned aud glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. I/./' RESIGNATION . THERE is uo flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The hcai't of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe...

...and night on the shores of Sodom's sea, exclaims, " Remember Lot's wife." CHAPTER XVI. C0niinat&. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Abraham and Lot are both widowers. How the latter became so, we have already learned. What desolation...

...a decent self-respect, a proper pride of character, would prompt him to shun. ONE COMES NO MORE. " THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " THHEE summers ago, as we passed to and from our dwelling, we used to notice two golden-haired children,...

...are most grateful. Life has too many illustrations of this fact to make additional proof necessary. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has a vacant chair." But the Saviour never leaves nor forsakes his friends. " Lo, I am with you alway,...

...them return," and oh, It* we feel for them in ^their lsee!; home ! "There is no flock, however wttch'd and tended. But one dead lamb is there ; There is...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Busy memory is bringing r-- images, and for a moment is alffiiK forgotten the bright hope of imomrtality...

...which, perhaps, may never more be filled. There is much of truth in the touching words of Longfellow : "There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'cr defended, But has one vacant chair !" " The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings...

...while I kissed him, I felt his lips grow cold. " There u no flock, however watched and tended, Bat one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair!" True, too true ; but there are few where all the chairs are vacant, save one—perhaps few in the world....