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the Russells' wish to lie in death with those whose life they 

 shared ; and as three of them are now at rest there, it may 

 be said of both families, "The greater part are fallen asleep." 



In the spring of 1845 George writes to an absent sister : 

 " This time a year ago our dear James entered into his rest, 

 and all this day our minds have been full of him. All the 

 more, perhaps^that Dr. Wardlaw preached to us this morn- 

 ing, and by many things brought before us the image of him 

 who is now in the presence of God. Mary and I are going 

 to visit his tomb, and you in spirit will be with us beside it, in 

 the quiet corner of the churchyard where it stands. May God 

 give to all of us, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 

 a restoration in His good time to our dear cousin in heaven ! 



" Meanwhile, I would give a great deal if, with these 

 solemn thoughts around me, I could gather all my pupils, 

 some two hundred in number, together, and address to them 

 a word on something higher than anything chemistry can 

 show. I would take for the lesson of the day the thirteenth 

 chapter of ist Corinthians, and would preach, with the em- 

 phasis on the we, from the words, ' We know in part, and 

 we prophesy (or teach) in part ; but when that which is per- 

 fect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.' " 



The sorrows of this winter and spring in no way mate- 

 rially neutralized George's energies ; and from each of his 

 Classes a testimonial was presented to him expressive of 

 their sense of the gratitude due for his services. A sentence 

 in a letter reminds us of members of the household, without 

 a notice of which the picture is incomplete : " All our kith 

 and kin are well, down to Stronach, the beloved terrier, and 

 the absurd cat without a tail." Both these individuals were 

 great favourites with George. The terrier accompanied him 

 everywhere to lecture-rooms ; while driving ; to the labo- 



