If I but aid some sad one weeping,

Or comfort one, lone vigil keeping,

I have not lived in vain.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The poems by the Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock on this and the following page are reprinted, by special permission, from "Thoughts for Every Day Living," copyright, 1901, by Charles Scribner's Sons.


INDEX TO AUTHORS

Adams, Sarah F., [214].

Addison, Joseph, [251], [266].