MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 323 



Tennyson has beautifully expressed this thought in his touching 

 hospital story: 



They that can wander at will : 



Where the works of the Lord are revealed, 

 Little guess what joy may be got 



From a cowslip out of the liekl. 



Flowers, to these spirits in prison. 



Are all they can know of the spring ; 

 They freshen and sweeten the wards, 



Like the waft of an angel's wing. 



Let us appreciate these missionaries, and broaden their field of 

 labor until their gentle and refining influence shall reach and benefit 

 all mankind. 



In the language of our beloved Whittier, we can truthfully say : 



For he who blesses most is blest ; 



And God and man shall own his worth, 

 Who toils to leave as his behest. 



An added beauty to the earth. 



Mrs. Emma I. Webb. 

 Carthage, Mo. 



