But can these out-gushings of a benevolent heartthe purest impulses of a noble naturebe permitted to flow out spontaneously, in open daylight?

Admirable as his written sermons are, his extempore prayers and the gushings of his heart in familiar talk were altogether higher and more touching than anything he wrote.

'Tis true, that friendship's hand is kind, My aching brow and heart to bind; Beside my bed a husband stands, And anxious children press my hands; A gentle mother acts her part, And sisters, with each winning art; Father and brothers waiting still, The slightest mandate of my will; Each anxious, who shall earliest prove, The tender gushings of their love.

That gentle heart has ceas'd to feel The gushings of a mother's love; But now a purer, holier flame, Springs up in brighter realms above.