60 THE HEARTHS-EASE. 



The frank cordiality of his address bore down all 

 the frost-work of hearts, even the most unlike his 

 own. His manly sense won the respect of many 

 who were blind to the more spiritual gifts ; and 

 frequently did it pioneer his way, with such char- 

 acters, when bringing forward — as he invariably 

 did — the grand topic of christian faith and practice. 

 Assuredly God gave him this favor in the sight of 

 men, to render his short, but bright career more 

 extensively useful. 



And where, does my reader think, where did 



D , thus accomplished, thus fitted to shine, and 



to captivate, to win, and convince — especially love 

 to exercise his gifts for his dear Master's glory ? 

 Those who know not the metropolis of England 

 cannot estimate the force of my reply. In the 

 dark recesses of St. Giles'. Totally unconnected 

 with Ireland, never having even beheld her green 

 shores, he devoted himself to the cause of her out- 

 cast children, with a zeal and a fervency, and a per- 

 severance, that I never understood until I saw 

 some of those poor creatures looking down into his 

 open grave. Then I comprehended how God had 

 put it into his heart so to work, while yet it is 

 called to-day, as the night was suddenly to close 

 upon the scene of his mortality, when he should 

 work no longer. 



It is one characteristic of the heart's-ease, to 

 spring up in corners where no other flower, per- 



