CONTENTS. xvu. Page Page 329 195 On Letters and Letter-writers: Another 373 Irish Lady and her Correspondence 290 594 328 Contented we our God Adore 119 610 Convent of the Annunciation, 224 313 In all thy Ways Acknowledge Aim, and He shall Direct thy Paths. 410 319 616 Cameos from English History 9, 242, 430 A Plea to Children for Children. 102 St. Matthias' Mission, Earl's Court 103 St. Peter's Home, Kilburn 422 The Finding of the True Cross . Polyglott Parsing 55, 401 99 413 492 Sketches from Hungarian History 120, Hints on German Reading 341, 535 181, 580 443 Historical Sketches of Illumination 62, 162, The Bible, as Illustrated by Modern Hymn-Poems on Notable Texts 20, 118, The Child's Crusade 25, 152, 274, 370 The Divina Commedia of Dante 105, 209, 417, 521 The First Council of the Vatican 189 The Pillars of the House 33, 131, 251, 353, 514 Musings over the Christian Year and The Spots on the Sun, with special Lyra Innocentium 2, 110, 213, 320, reference to their present prevalence 75 423, 525 565 . How many of us there are who must at some period or other have felt what is so exquisitely expressed in this and the following stanzas! 'Enough! yes; and surely the one 'step,' however short in reality, would be too great, too awful, were it not for the guiding radiance that leads us on. In the dark night, long before the dawn, when the Old Year is passing into the New, the one step' seems almost more than we know how to contemplate with calmness. As to the distant scene,' it comes to us, no doubt-it will come, whether we ask for it or no ; for it is that, in fact, which helps to create the awe, and make us pray for the ‘kindly light.' Nevertheless the best feeling of the Christian heart is that which is here expressed: the child-like confiding trust in the guiding beacon ; the desire to rest in what is shewn forth, rather than to penetrate into what is hidden-into moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent.' Great peace have they who can in God's strength master their own dark minds, and look only to the light, not to the spectres of the darkness. Heaven help them, and help us all, to tread fearlessly our appointed way. They whose work is done—they who are gone before us—have also their part to play. Their 'angel faces' come before us at these times radian't with sympathy and love. The labours we shared—the joint endeavour to promote any good work, however circumscribed—all the several steps' by which certain results were reached :-how is it possible not to feel the hallowing influence of such memories-nay, such companionship? So again we begin a New Year, and so emphatically utter our welcome and greetings to any who may desire to begin it with us. T. VOL. 9. 1 PART 49. |