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bered. "Christ the hope of glory." "There is none other 

 name given under heaven, whereby men can be saved." 

 " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered 

 into the heart of man to conceive, the things which God 

 hath prepared for them that love him." During the 

 night between Saturday the 17th and Sabbath the 18th 

 of May, he took leave of his family, saying, i; There is no 

 darkness in the valley ; it is all bright." The twenty- 

 third Psalm was read to him, and at the fourth verse he 

 repeated the words, " I will fear no evil, for thou art with 

 me ; : ' and so, early on that Sabbath morning, the beauti- 

 ful place which had known him so long, knew him no 

 more, for he had f>one to dwell in the house of the Lord 

 for ever. 



If the foregoing pages have at all answered their pur- 

 pose, there is no need to conclude with a formal delinea- 

 tion of Mr Wilson's character. Its main features can 

 scarcely be overlooked — its meekness of wisdom, its 

 warmth of affection, its unostentatious all-comprehending 

 kindness. And although some of its most exquisite 

 lineaments can never be described, and will therefore 

 be no longer remembered when a few faithful memories 

 have passed away, it is fondly hoped that even this im- 

 perfect memorial may preserve a few of the lessons of his 

 history. For ourselves, we confess that we greatly admire 



