the region of the living, to dwell forever amid the elect, the life of God 
Himself, the author of its being, the object of its desires, the centre of its 
repose, with no fear of ever losing Him; certain of possessing Him for¬ 
ever, happy with the same happiness which He enjoys ! 
But it is not sufficient to know about the happiness of Heaven: we 
must strive to merit it by the practice of good works. 
“Harrow is the gate,” says Jesus; let us make every effort to enter it. 
However great these efforts may be, they are a small matter compared with 
so great a good. 
“Best comes at length; though life be long and dreary, 
The day must dawn and darksome night be past; 
Faith’s journey ends in welcomes to the weary, 
And, Heaven, the heart’s true Home, will come at last.” 
— F. W. Faber. 
©iamond. 
A mineral and gem remarkable for its hardness, as it scratches all 
other minerals. It is crystallized carbon, the crystals being monometric, 
and usually with convex faces; they are sometimes colored, or even black. 
Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, 
and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 
Fortitude. 
f OBTITUDE is a gift which is, above all, necessary to those who are 
in authority, because, from want of this gift, is added to personal 
evil jmblic evil. 
Through an unworthy timidity, a cowardly and pusillanimous con¬ 
descension, evil is permitted to be committed from want of speaking and 
reproving it. Hence the lowering of characters, the triumph of the 
