456 TENANTS OF AN OLD FARM. 



among the tombs in their bright Sunday dresses ; ami 

 in one corner, close by tlie road, a rustic couple were 

 standing by two marble stones, spelling out slowly the 

 inscriptions thereon. I drove my horse close to the 

 fence, and uncovering my head, joined the countryman 

 and his wife in their homage at the grave of Dr. Good- 

 man and his wife. Twin headstones, precisely alike in 

 form and finish, mark the respective places of rest. At 

 the top of the stone which marks the wife's grave are 

 the words : 



"The Morning Cometh." 



In like position at the top of the Doctor's monument is 

 the inscription : 



"A Morning Without Clouds." 



The eye glances from one to the other, and the separate 

 mottoes read as one sweet, suggestive sentence, "The 

 morning cometh " — " A morning without clouds." 



Even so, dear friends, even so be it for us all ! 



Beneath the beloved name of pastor, husband, flilher, 

 friend, is carved a text of Holy Scripture, never more 

 fitly used in the elegiac inscriptions of churchyard, 

 aisle and vault : 



"They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of 

 the fu-mament ; and they that turn many to righteous- 

 ness as the stars for ever and ever." 



[the end.] 



