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shall be last and the last first, has been peculiarly over- 

 flowing in revelations of his goodness and mercy to those 

 who, like dear Lucy, seemed to the thoughtless left alone. 

 " And how cheering is the assurance that the Holy Ghos 

 ' intercedeth for us with groanings which cannot be uttered/ 

 Her inarticulate sighs are translated by the Advocate with 

 the Father into prevailing prayers, and, presented by Him, 

 we know how they will be answered. Yours very affec- 

 tionately, 



" GEORGE WILSON." 



A series of visits to the Crystal Palace in 1851, while 

 the guest of his kind friends, Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson, was 

 a source of great enjoyment. " To me the whole was un- 

 speakably, unutterably inspiriting, refreshing, and edifying." 

 After quitting the " poem in glass and iron," and spending 

 a short time with his cousin, Alexander Russell, in Hamp- 

 shire, he returned home apparently in better health. It was 

 therefore with surprise he learned from a medical friend, 

 that at that very time a large cavity in his lungs had led the 

 doctors to believe a few months would bring him to the 

 grave. It healed up partially, however, and for some time 

 hopes of permanent recover}' were entertained. Here is 

 part of a home letter during this journey : 



" Miss JEANIE, Which am your brother, and was much 

 pleased to hear that the painters Mrs. M. I am sure never 

 intended that the wax and bored four holes in the round 

 piece of wood which is a new paper and much the ser 

 mon last Sunday at the Polytechnic a stone heavier 

 and Dr. Voelcker stated that they are not shrimps but 

 prawns and rose at seven o'clock. Dear Jean, such is the 

 condition my mind is reduced to by the anxieties attendant 



