And he may finish the psalm or hymn or prayer which he was reciting when he discovered his mistake, and he may then take up the correct office at the part or hour at which he leaves off, or he may finish the Hour at which he was engaged.

In this holy work of reciting the Hours, we are united with the angels and saints in heaven in honouring our common Creator; for, the Church herself reminds us of this ineffable honour in the hymn for the dedication of the Church: "Sed ilia sedes Coelitum Semper resultat laudibus Dumque trinum el unicum Jugi canore jungimur Almae Sionis aemuli.

" "That house on highit ever rings With praises of the King of kings; For ever there, on harps divine, They hymn th' eternal One and Trine We, here below, the strain prolong;, And faintly echo Sion's song.

Apollo spoke handsomely of Homer, yet evidently esteemed the Iliad and Odyssey but lightly in comparison with the blind bard's hymn to himself.

" Said he, "Before this quaint mood fails, We'll sit and weave a nonsense hymn," R.

The hymn swells; on a bough above us sings A row of bright pink birds, flapping their wings.

When one of her sisters repeated the words of the hymn, "Jesus, I will trust Thee," she sang the verse right through to her tune "Hermas."

But the crowning festivity of the evening was reached in a rude camp-meeting hymn, which the lovers, joining hands, sang with great earnestness and vociferation.

In Hamburg on the following day a newly-opened restaurant was completely destroyed because a young Dane had failed to stand up when the national hymn was being played.

[Footnote D: With this poem compare Frederick William Faber's "Hymn," which he called 'The Old Labourer', beginning: What end doth he fulfil!

When the preliminary prayer and hymn were over, the minister arose, and having turned the hour-glass which stood by the great Bible, commenced his discourse.

An approving murmur followed, and the clergyman, having given out a hymn, took his seat with much self-congratulation, and endeavored to read the effect of his eloquence in the visages of the people.

And here she sat with her hymn-book; and as she read it with a pious mind, the wind bore the notes of the organ over to her from the church; and she lifted up her face, wet with tears, and said: "O Lord, help me!"

But he no longer grasped the sharp sword; he held a green branch covered with roses; and he touched the ceiling, and it rose up high, and wherever he touched it a golden star gleamed forth; and he touched the walls, and they spread forth widely, and she saw the organ which was pealing its rich sounds; and she saw the old pictures of clergymen and their wives; and the congregation sat in the decorated seats, and sang from their hymn-books.

" G. Herbert A SONG OF PRAISE To God, ye choir above, begin A hymn so loud and strong That all the universe may hear And join the grateful song.

Soon after the pastor's wife and Sally came out of their house door, and behind them quiet, devout Edi and Ritz with hymn-books under their arms.

Now the hymn, accompanied by the organ, rushed like a big, full stream on through the church: "Thy Zion scatters palms And greening twigs for Thee, But I in glorious psalms Will lift my soul to Thee!

Mary Coombe settled herself with a flutter and a rustle, and then, behind the decorous shield of a hymn book, she whispered, "Did you see Dr. Callandar as we came in?" "No." "Look and see if he is here.

YE SONS OF FREEMEN. AIRMarseilles Hymn.

And when we have formed the blest union We'll firmly march on, one and all We'll sing when we meet in communion, And roll on the liberty ball, And roll on the liberty ball, dec. EMANCIPATION HYMN OF THE WEST INDIAN NEGROES.

A Bible and a hymn bookthe latter, according to its preface, being intended for none but the righteouswere handed to us, and our friend want through the singing in a delightfully- dreadful style.

The singing of a hymn succeeded, and Mr. Hindle then asked if "another brother" would read.

The sacramentbread and winedirectly followed, and after a purse, suddenly pulled out from some place by the minister, had been sharply handed round for contributions, a serious young man gave out a hymn, which the company genially sung.

Those attending the chapel profess the very same principles as the Vauxhall-road Baptists, sing out of hymn books just like theirs, and drink in with equal rapture the Philpottian utterances of the Gospel Standardthe organ of the body.

Then they went into the presence, and reported what we had said, and they brought us before the entrance of the hall, lifting up the felt which hung before the decor, and we sung A solis ortus cardine, &c. When we had sung this hymn, they searched our bosoms, to see that we had no concealed weapons, and they made our interpreter leave his girdle and knife with one of the doorkeepers.

But I should imagine her husband would meet her there supposing him to be in town.

The fond mother had had this masterpiece framed and glazed in the days when her son was still a little lad, unspoiled by University life and those splendid aspirations which afterwards made his home hateful to him.

The sick-room and the dark shadow of coming death brought back the thought of that bitter time when her uncle was lying unconscious and speechless in the pretty room at Lidford, with the wintry light shining coldly upon his stony face; while she sat by his pillow, watching him in hopeless silent agony, waiting for that dread change which they had told her was the only change that could come to him on earth.

She stretched out her arms, and would have fallen upon his breast; but something in his manner repelled her, something downcast and nervous, which had a chilling effect upon her, and gave her time to remember how little cause she had to love him.

If she should have children, it will go to them on her death; if she should die childless, it will go to her father, supposing him to survive her.

" "And yet, without a shred of evidence, you believe him guilty of betraying you.

If his successful rival had been indeed a stranger to him, what reason could there be for so much mystery in the circumstances of the marriage?

and why should Marian have so carefully avoided telling him anything about her husband?

Go to him at once, and tell him my suspicion, tax him broadly with treachery, and force him to a direct confession or denial?

Go to him at once, and tell him my suspicion, tax him broadly with treachery, and force him to a direct confession or denial?

I never saw any one seem so shocked and horrified as he did when we told him how his wife had been missing for more than four-and-twenty hours.

She would have gone anywhere with him, at a moment's notice.

It seemed hardly probable that she would have gone to meet any one but him, or that any one else would have appointed a meeting on the river-bank.

can all the memory of the past plead with me for him when I think of these things?

" "You have heard nothing of him, then, I presume?" "Nothing.

That suspicion which of late had been perpetually floating dimly in his brainthat vague distrust of his one chosen friend, John Saltram, flashed upon him in this moment with a new distinctness.

" The revelation scarcely seemed a surprise to him.

Gilbert wrote: to his sister telling her that he had particular business which detained him in town.

It was all the more singular, too, because of late William Carley had been especially silent and moody, with the air of a man whose mind is weighed down by some heavy burdenso gloomy indeed, that his daughter had questioned him more than once, entreating to know if he were distressed by any secret trouble, anything going wrong about the farm, and so on.

"O father, I hope you believe that!" "I shall know what to believe when I know what you're going to do," the bailiff answered moodily; and his daughter knew him too well to hope for any more gracious speech than this.

" The girl drew herself hastily from his embrace, and turned away from him with a shudder.

A second glance showed him that this lady was Mrs. Branston.

That gentleman, however, was not disposed to make light of the duty committed to him; whether from a professional habit of exaggerating the importance of any mission undertaken by him, or in perfect singleness of mind, it is not easy to say.

I'll set a watch upon Mr. Medler's offices, and I'll circumvent him by means of his clerk, if I can; but it's my rooted conviction that Mrs. Holbrook never left Hampshire.

I was informed that if one of those animals be wounded, its screams will draw an immense concourse of its brethren around it, and that the situation of a person under these circumstances, is by no means void of danger; as they will not fail to attack him en masse.