From Ihe Presbyterian Magazine. 



HOUSEHOLD THOUGHTS. 



"glorious immortality!" "all is peace." 



" He does well who does his best: 

 Is he weary? Let him rest. 

 Brothers ! I have done my best ; 

 I am weary — let me rest!" 



In a retired village in New England, amidst beautiful 

 scenery of nature, stands a mansion with all the arrange- 

 ments for comfort and happiness. But death is within 

 the doors! 



Not now for the first time does the conqueror come. 

 Once before had he entered that Christian home. Then, 

 an aged mother in Israel sunk into her last sleep before 

 the touch of his sceptre. Venerable saint, with thy 

 quiet brow, meek eye, comely bearing, and loving spirit, 

 the house received a glory in being the birth place of 

 thy departure into another world ! 



It is the sabbath. In one of the upper chambers is a 

 beloved young man, soon to be numbered the second of 

 the dead in that abode of love and peace. The rest of 

 the Lord's day is hushed to deeper tranquility by the 

 premonitions of a fearful providence. A son. the pride 



