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side facing outwards ; and from the dog-tooth 

 Saxon arch over the door one knows it has 

 seen many generations pass away and find 

 rest from the buffets and storms of the 

 world in the peaceful, carefully- tended " God's 

 acre " that surrounds it. If one passed 

 down the red gravel churchyard path, and on 

 in front of the south door to the far corner, 

 under the big cedar, a small door would be 

 found, which would lead through a well-kept, 

 old-fashioned garden to the Rectory : a good 

 old Elizabethan house, covered with thick 

 creepers up to the very eaves, the model of 

 one of England's snug homes — homes that 

 have turned out the very best men the dear 

 old land has produced, to fight, struggle, 

 conquer or die in all professions, in all parts 

 of the world ; men who in such shelters 

 learned to be honest and true, brave and 

 persevering, lions in courage, women in 

 gentleness ; who could face hardships and 



