verlng in Theo’s mind ? If so, It was but momen¬ 
tary. 
“ No, dear,’ 1 she replied firmly ; “ it can make 
no difference; do not wait longer; you will be 
late.” 
In another minute Clem was downstairs and 
out In the sunshiny garden. Tlieo, looking 
through the window, saw that Hugh Stanley was 
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ROCK-A-BY, BABY, 
HEAVIER THE CROSS, 
“ Rook-ahy. baby, iu tho tree top. 
When the wind blows the cradle will rock; 
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. 
Down tumbles baby, and cradle, and all.” 
Rock-a-by, baby; the meadow’s iu bloom; 
Da ugh at tho sunbeams that dauee iu the room; 
Echo the birds with your baby tune. 
Coo iu tho sunshine aud flowers of June. 
Hock-a-by, baby• as softly it swinge, 
Over thy cradle the mother love sings; 
Brooding and cooing at even or dawn, 
What will it do when the mother is gone ? 
Rock-a-by, baby; so cloudless the skies, 
Blue aa the depths of your own laughing eyes; 
Sweet is the lullaby over your nest, 
That tenderly sings little baby to rest. 
Roek-a-by, baby; the blue eyes will dream 
Sweetest when mamma’s eyes over them beam; 
Never again w ill the world soem so fair— 
Sleep little baby—there arc clouds iu the air. 
Uock-a-by, baby; the blue eyes will burn 
And ache with that your manhood will learn; 
Swiftly the years come with sorrow and care. 
With burdens the wee dimpled shoulders must bear 
Rook-a-by, baby; there's coming a day 
Whose sorrows a mother’*- lips can’t kiss away; 
Days when its song will be changed to a rnoau; 
Crosses that baby most bear all alone. 
Rock-a-by,baby; the meadow’s iu bloom. 
May never tho frosts pull the beauty in gloom ; 
Be thy world ever bright as to-day it is seen, 
Roek-a-by, baby; " thy cradlo is green.” 
[Burlington. Hawk Eye. 
Heavier the cross, the nearer heaven; 
No cross without, no God within— 
Death, Judgment from tho heart are driven 
Amid the world's false glare and din. 
Oh 1 happy he with all bis loss. 
Whom God hath Bet beneath the cross. 
Heavier the cross, tho better Christian; 
This is the touchstone God applies. 
How many a garden would be wasting, 
Un wet by showers from weeping eyes 1 
The gold by tire is purifled; 
Tho Christian is by trouble tried. 
Heavier the cross, the stronger faith; 
The loaded palm strikes deeper root; 
The vine Juice sweetly Issutth 
When men have pressed the clustered fruit; 
Aud courage grows where dangers como, 
Like pearls beneath the salt sea foam. 
Heavier the cross, the heartier the prayer; 
The bruised reeds most fragrant are; 
If sky aud wind were always fair. 
The sailor would not watch the Btar; 
And David’s ppalms had ne’er been sung, 
If grief Lis heart had never wrung. 
Heavier the cross, the easier dying; 
Death ia a friendlier taco to see; 
To life’s decay one bids dt tying. 
From life’s distress one then is free. 
The cross sublimely lifts our faith 
To Him who triumphed over death. 
Thou Crucified, the cross I carry. 
The longer may it dearer bo; 
And lest 1 faint while hero I tarry, 
Implant Thou suoh a heart iu me 
That faith, hope, love, may flourish thero, 
Till for tho cross my crown I wear. 
[From the Qtrman, 
waiting at the gate. 
“ Your sister not going ?” came clearly to her 
ears, borne upon the still summer air, and Clem’s 
reply, more clearly still: 
“ 01 b no; she says she doesn’t care to go.’’ 
A few silent tears hastily brushed away, and 
Tlieo soon became entirely engrossed In her work. 
And an through the glowing.Tune days, when the 
earth lay bathed in golden sunshine, and no 
cloud crossed the blue arch of heaven, she worked 
on steadily and constantly, allowing no party of 
pleasure to tempt her from her task. 
The -"ind of j une arrived, and Theodora re¬ 
mained shut up in her studio all day; the palnt- 
iDg must be sent In by seven In the evening, and 
she had to put a few finishing touches; at five 
o’clock she called her mother and father and 
Clem; tne painting was finished. Very warm 
and lovlDg were the praises bestowed by Mr. and 
Mrs. Gresham on their daughter’s handiwork. 
Clem, after her first Involuntary exclamation of 
admiration at the beautiful painting, stood silent; 
she was thinking what IIugh Stanley would think 
of It, and of Then, and thtnklug, too, of her own 
neglected st udies, and of how she should get on 
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books I” 
And Clementine Gresham, pushing back the 
mass of golden hair from her heated brow, sent 
the large history spinning across the room, and 
threw herself on a couch. 
“Never mind, Clem, only a month longer, and 
this examination Is something quite £ 
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The speaker was Theodora Gresham 
girl of about nineteen years 
GRACE GOLD, 
The psalmist says:—“ I will pay thee my vows, 
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Do we remember how we pleaded with god to Hit. 
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had spoicon ? Alas, we fear too many to 
pay the vows they made when liiey were In 
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to be bestowing an unusual amount of care. The 
two girls were sisters, and were now’ completing 
their education. It was twelve months since 
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“ It Is so horrid, ” she said, picking up her dis¬ 
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wasn’t for papa, I d”—but suddenly catching 
sight of her dog Fldo, making havoc among the 
tulips, she flitted out through tho open French 
window, leaving Theo In peace. 
The face that was bent over the painting was a 
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eyes of softest, darkest gray. Her hair, which 
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