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be brought home to his Father’s House. A Christian’s dying day will be 
his resting day, when he shall rest from all sin , and, care , and trouble; his 
reaping day, when he shall reap the fruit he has sown in tears, and faith, 
and faithful works; his conquering day, when he shall triumph over every 
enemy, and even death itself shall die; his transplanting day, from earth 
to Heaven, from a howling wilderness to a heavenly paradise ; his robing 
day, to put off the old worn-out rags of flesh and put on the new and glor¬ 
ious robes of light; his marriage day; his coronation day; the day of his 
glory, the beginning of his eternal, perfect bliss with Christ and His Elect. 
Death’s but a path that must be trod, 
If man would ever pass to God. 
— Parnell. 
“Life! we’ve been long together, 
Through pleasant and cloudy weather, 
’Tis hard to part when friends are dear; 
Perhaps ’twill cost a sigh, a tear; 
Then steal away, give little warning, 
Choose thine own time; 
Say not, good-night, but in some brighter clime 
Bid me, ‘Good-Morning !’ ” 
— Anon. 
A genus of tuberous plants, with large, beautiful flowers, of two prin¬ 
cipal species (both natives of Mexico), of which there are many varieties 
differing in color. The Dahlia is named after Andrew Dahl, a Swedish 
botanist, and pupil of the renowned Linnaeus. Dahlia tubers are so deli¬ 
cate, that they must be dug up and placed in a greenhouse before the first 
black frost, 
“The garden glows with Dahlias large and new.” 
—Ebenezer Elliott. 
