FAITH AND LOVE. 



BY ERNEST HELFENSTEIN. 



" The soul is the essence of a man ; and you cannot have the true man 

 against his inclination." — Sir Walter Raleigh. 



One of the most agreeable companions I ever knew, was 

 Edward Gilbert. Thoroughly well-bred, he was of course 

 punctiliously considerate where the individuality of another 

 was concerned; exempt from cavilling, curiosity, and inter- 

 ference in every shape. His own address was free even to 

 carelessness ; yet beneath this external manifestation dwelt a 

 vein of deep and thorough reserve, an under-current that 

 might be felt but never penetrated. 



There was nothing like gloom or mystery it would seem in 

 this ; on the contrary, it was a holy and beautiful light em- 

 anating from an inward shrine, revealing a benign radiance, yet 

 veiled and indistinct. In the midst of others he was one ever 

 possessing his spirit in peace, one sustained by an invisible 

 ministry. Some called him a Devotee, but whether in worship 



