gazing silently on the vacant seat at fireside and board—

God comfort them all! we inwardly prayed—but the [1]

memory was too much; and, turning from it, in a bumper

of pudding-sauce we drank to peace, and plenty, and

happy households.

Christian Science

This age is reaching out towards the perfect Principle

of things; is pushing towards perfection in art, inven-

tion, and manufacture. Why, then, should religion be