The books for the course will soon be announced.
J. H. Vincent.
New Haven, Ct., April 27, 1885.
PARAGRAPHS FROM NEW BOOKS.
“Look there, my dearies!” and she pointed to a little blue and white tea-pot on the high mantel-shelf above the hearth, on which they were sitting. “Last night, when they’d taken Ben away, and I couldn’t finish t’ psalm, and I couldn’t do much more praying than a little bairn thet’s flayed and troubled in t’ dark night, I lifted my eyes to thet tea-pot, and I knew t’ words thet was on it, and they wer’ like an order and a promise—a’ in one; and I said, ‘There! thet’s enough, Lord!’ and I went to my bed and slept, for I knew there ’ud be a deal to do to-day, and nothing weakens me like missing my sleep.”
“And did you sleep, Martha?”
“Ay, I slept. It wasn’t hard wi’ t’ promise I’d got.”