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in that line, however much their chroniclers may claim 

 it ; and I have always regarded his prayer on that mo- 

 mentous Sunday morning as a model which many clergy- 

 men might study with profit to themselves and to their 

 congregations. ** O Lord ! " said he, as he settled himself 

 firmly in the saddle, " Thou knowest how busy I must 

 be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. 

 March on, boys ! " Is not that to the purpose ? 



Let such as are at their appointed work have no fear 

 that they will ever be forgotten — the performance of a 

 duty ranks before the offering of a prayer, any day — nay, 

 is of itself the best prayer. There's plenty of time for 

 lip service when we have served the Lord by hard work in 

 a good cause. When people have nothing better to do 

 let them pray, but don't let them be too greedy and ask 

 much for themselves. 



Our route lay through Warwick and Leamington. 

 The view of the castle from the bridge is, I believe, the 

 best of its kind in England. " From turret to founda- 

 tion stone " it is all perfect. The very entrance tells of 

 the good old days. As we pass beneath the archway, 

 over the drawbridge, and under the portcullis, it all 

 comes back to us. 



" Up drawbridge, grooms. What, Warder, ho ! 

 Let the portcullis fall ! 

 To pass there was such scanty room 

 The bars descending razed his plume." 



Warwick, the king-maker ! This was his castle. His 



