might; in pity and mercy, as well as rectitude | him, besides, it was not Religion, but the want of and justice; in unspeakable condescension, as well right views of its truths, that aggravated his disas unspeakable glory. But in the case now sup- tress. And as, at last, he received healing to his posed, he is seen only as the judge and avenger, wound, and alleviation to his load, the cure was girt about with majesty and power, and the terrors obtained when he came to the Physician of Souls; of awful sovereignty. The soul, traversing back in the loosening of the burden took place when he fearful thought into the abyss whence time issued, drew nigh to the cross of Christ. In short, the contemplates the Supreme Dispenser of events precious system of evangelical truth, which wicked fixing the human destinies. It attaches itself to or thoughtless men calumniate as the cause of the mysterious contemplation. Instead of encour- nothing but melancholy, was that alone which agement, it draws thence only what overwhelms yielded to our interesting poet, even as it did to its hopes. It thinks only of the deed of reprobation, the Psalmist of Israel, the sweetest consolation. and it "refuseth to be comforted," because "the mercies of God" seem to be "clean gone." This representation, instead of being imaginary, may recal the well-known history of a psalmist in our own Israel, who passed through the whole bitterness of the experience. His frame of mind was similar to what has now been described, timid, gentle, and peculiarly sensitive. He was, indeed, ardent at the same time with the fire of genius. He was a Christian poet. He dignified every thing he sung, even the humblest task, as with the touch of a seraph's piety. He celebrated truth, and hope, and charity," in numbers that are fitted to win the ear of infidelity, to chase away the gloom of despondency, and make the heart of selfishness relent. And his effusions, equally instructive and delightful, shall flow in human remembrance as some of the streams sent for nourishing the plants which our earth shall borrow from Paradise. Yet, how long did this poet of the Gospel "refuse" to taste the "comfort" of Religion! The peculiar cast of his mind predisposed him to despair of the divine favour. Led by constitutional bias, he separated, in the great subject, the solemn from the attractive, the alarming from the encouraging portions of it. The attributes of divine power, justice, and sovereignty-the eternal decrees reprobation and everlasting death, were the chief themes on which he dwelt. Thus, he "remembered God, and was troubled." This striking, and to us peculiarly interesting exemplification of what is usually called Religious Melancholy, is mentioned here, both because it appears to prove that the mind liable to the disease is of the frame just described, and because, more particularly, this very instance has often been quoted in charging Religion with the cause of the whole evil. But how unreasonable is such a charge! The mind of Cowper the poet felt not the harmony, and perceived not the beautiful proportions of the faith, simply because it was itself untuned, because its own vision was dimmed and distorted. Besides, when arguing on the tendency of Religion, from the circumstances of his life, is it just to adduce only a part of his history? If those who triumphantly point to the life of Cowper, as supplying confirmation to their unfavourable opinion of evangelical truth, would examine his own testimony, they should learn that his experience coincided with that of the Psalmist. There were, first of all, causes in his own situation predisposing him to depression and sadness. With Hence we deduce the following plain but useful lessons, That Religion can never be viewed as the cause of mental distress, any more than the light of heaven, rendering objects visible, may be regarded as occasioning those wrong apprehensions of them which are generated by the diseased eye: -That since false or partial perceptions of Religion lead to the evil complained of, the desire and endeavour should be earnestly turned for obtaining enlarged and correct views of its truths :-That, when wounded by the Divine hand, it is from the Divine hand we are to seek the cure:-That only an accumulation of sorrows is produced by resisting the stroke of chastisement, and quenching the serious thoughts excited by it :-That though the "remembering God" be at first the source of "trouble," we are to persevere in acquainting ourselves with Him" as the way to "peace ;”— and that prayer, earnest and importunate prayer to the Saviour, who sympathises, however the answer be deferred, is to be continued in, as the great means of comfort under affliction, and ultimately of deliverance from sorrow. 46 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE "That life is long which answers life's great end." be followers of James Martin was born at Brechin, on the 30th July, 1800. At school he soon became conspicuous among his companions by his abilities, his diligence and perseverance; and such was the rapidity of his improvement, that at the early age of twelve, he entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, and even ventured to compete for one of the bursaries. During the whole course of his attendance at the University, he dedicated himself with "Yet I have often thought that I could see through the veil that envelopes my present state, and that God was dealing with me in love,-that he was shewing me the vanity of the world,-weaning me from its enjoyments, and teaching me to lay up for myself treasures in heaven. I have often found comfort,-might I say instruction ?-in the idea, that one day on earth I shall be a child of God, and that I shall see the value of his present dealings, as preparatory steps for an important change. Towards the close of this year, he became tutor in the family of Mr Ogilvy of Tannadice, within a few miles of his native place. In this situation he continued for several years, in the course of which he was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Forfar. His first sermon was preached at Oathlaw, from the words, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ;" and his views on that occasion, are recorded in a single sentence in his note-book. "I have to lament much imperfection; but I hope I have also some right wishes, and that I sincerely lament my own sinfulness, and sincerely confess my need of God's grace." The winter of 1821, 1822, Mr Martin passed in Edinburgh, with Mr Ogilvy's family; and at this time he enjoyed a privilege which he valued highly,- -an opportunity of regularly attending the ministry of the Rev. Dr Gordon, then minister of St. Cuthbert's Chapel; "whose character and example," as his biographer remarks, no less than his public ministrations, appear to have given greater depth to all his religious sentiments, to have filled his mind with a stronger sense of the high and honourable nature, as well as the solemn responsibility of the ministerial office, and to have set We are happy to understand that these excellent Sermons having rapidly passed through the first edition, a second is now in the Press,-ED. him forward in his course, more intensely alive to the importance which attaches to the spiritual interests of immortal beings, and more deeply impressed with the magnitude of his own duties." On the 8th of April 1823, Mr Martin received a presentation to the Church and Parish of Glenisla, in the Presbytery of Meigle, and was ordained on the September following. The deep impression of divine things which his mind had received during his residence in Edinburgh, prepared him the more effectually for entering upon the important duties of a parish minister. He felt that he was now called to occupy the responsible situation of an ambassador of Christ, and his earnest desire and prayer, therefore, was, that he might be enabled so to watch for souls as one who must give an account. Settled in a remote parish among the Grampians, as the pastor of a simple-hearted, affectionate people, Mr Martin spared no exertions to promote the spiritual interests of those committed to his charge. He laboured in season and out of season; and the fond recollections of the parishioners of Glenisla still dwell upon the faithful devotedness of their youthful minister to the work of his Great Lord and Redeemer. The beneficial effects arising from his ministry in Glenisla are thus briefly, but appropriately, described by his biographer :— 66 They were unsophisticated, and he was sincere, faithful, and judicious; and without compromising one principle, far less winking at any sinful practice, he commended himself to their respect and esteem, as one who had their real interests deeply at heart, and the primary object of whose life and labours was to do them good. Suiting his ministrations and intercourse to their real character and circumstances, with that tact, discrimination, and kindness of nature, which he so eminently possessed; being regular and diligent in his course of visiting and catechising, in the superintendence of Sabbath-schools, in his attention to the sick, and in waiting by the bedside of the dying; and particularly affectionate and encouraging in his admonitions to the young to seek after God,-every one of his flock, who was not utterly reprobate, came experimentally to know the value of possessing such a pastor,-a course of conduct, which uniformly operates with the same effect upon a simple-hearted people, and gains the homage even of those who may not be permanently benefited by it in their most important interests. There were two practices prevalent in the parish of Glenisla at the time when he became connected with it, which he felt had a most demoralizing effect on the minds and habits of the people, as they ever must have. The one was the encouragement given to illicit distillation; and the other, the mode in which funerals were conducted, involving a great waste of time and substance, and tending to induce or to confirm habits of dissipation. Convinced that the moral influence of truth, the enlightening and quickening of the conscience, and the solemn considerations which Religion alone presents, when brought to bear upon a community, through the agency of a minister whose motives are properly understood and appreciated, are far more effectual than any prohibitory denunciations or sumptuary laws, he set himself with vigour to the removal of these evils. A complete extinction of them could not indeed be expected to be the immediate result of his anxiety and efforts; yet, in this, his wisdom and decision were far from being fruitless. And before his connection with the parish was dissolved, he had the satisfaction of knowing, that not only the habits of many had undergone a perceptible improvement, and the duty of family-worship was more regularly observed, but that some were brought in good earnest under the power of godliness; while the occasional opposition and resistance that he experienced from the enemies of all religion, only served, as it will ever do, with minds of a similar mould, to stimulate him to redoubled zeal in his own appropriate work." The tie which connects a pastor to his flock is intimate and endearing; but more especially in remote rural parishes. In such districts, where the minds of the people are yet simple and uncontaminated, the minister is regarded as their father, counsellor and guide. This was remarkably the case with Mr Martin during his incumbency at Glenisla. The parishioners at once respected, admired and loved him; and when at last they were called upon to part with one who, in the faithful discharge of his duties, had gained their confidence and esteem, they mourned as for the loss of a beloved relation. In the year 1828, Mr Martin was unanimously chosen by the kirk-session of St. Cuthbert's to be minister of Stockbridge Chapel, Edinburgh. It was not without reluctance and painful regret, that the offer was accepted. The pastor of Glenisla had firmly established him self in the affections of his flock; and to break asunder for ever a relation so tender, was to his amiable and feeling heart peculiarly trying. But it was sufficient to him that such was the will of his Master. He acceded to the call, and entered upon his charge at Edinburgh, with a simple dependence upon the strength of the Almighty. The text from which he first addressed his people in Stockbridge Chapel was beautifully expressive of his feeling,-"I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling." A brief view of the result of Mr Martin's exertions in the extensive and interesting field in which he was now called to labour, will be best given in the words of his biographer, who appears well fitted both to understand and to appreciate the efforts of a faithful pastor. "He was not long settled at Stockbridge, until the mode of his preaching, and his whole character, laid a powerful arrest on the minds of his congregation. At first he shewed a considerable degree of reserve, arising from the natural unobtrusiveness of his disposition, that delicacy which made him instinctively retreat from every degree of observation which was not required by his real duties, and from his antipathy to every thing like display, or to be made the object of a merely ceremonious deference, or of that bustling attention which is so often paid to those who are invested with the clerical office. But after the lapse of a short time, by his uniformly calm and dignified demeanour, he commanded the respect of every one who had occasion to observe him, and was regarded as a man of lofty integrity and independence of mind, as well as truly a man of God. There was a quickness and discernment, as well as a solemnity and impressiveness, accompanying all his intercourse with his people, which went beforehand, as it were, to gain an entrance to the mind for every thing he said; whilst his pulpit-discourses, ere long, discovered to those who attended to them, distinct traces of much thought and scriptural study, and were delivered with so much sincerity and simplicity, as made almost every one feel how much he ought to be interested in the truths to which he listened, seeing that the preacher was himself so earnest in inculcating them. "No one who attentively followed the course of his public services could avoid observing the successive steps of his improvement in the true art of preaching. He gradually threw off every thing that was juvenile, either in matter or manner,-he cast away all inflated expressions, all mere ornament in the illustration of his subjects; he dealt but sparingly in imaginative description, and not at all in mere generalizing or empty declamation. Textuality, he often said, appeared to him to be one of the chief excellencies of a sermon,-the bringing out by deep, and patient, and prayerful research, what was the mind of the Divine Spirit in the Word, and, after having exhibited it in all its meaning and force, pressing it home on the understandings and consciences of men. guilty, and of being thought even capable, of giving He was always afraid of being fanciful interpretations or adaptations of Scripture. If, in the course of his illustration, he met with any striking truth, any important principle, or ascertained fact, in verification of which he could appeal to something which was obvious and undeniable in the experience or consciences of his hearers, upon this he seized, and, as if anxious to render it the prominent point on which their minds should rest, and that it should become a permanent element in their reflections, or interweave itself, as it were, with the hidden workings of each individual bosom, he recalled it again and again in the course of the application of his subject. "This it was, and nothing merely adventitious or external, which formed the chief ingredient in his mode of preaching, and rendered it so interesting to those in whose hearts he succeeded in touching those chords that were in unison with the feelings of his own; which, indeed, is the true secret of the success of any public speaker. Founding his arguments upon ascertained facts or acknowledged truths, and referring to and of which they themselves are intimately conscious, something in his hearers with which these correspond, he finds access at once to the seat of conviction and the springs of conduct. By telling aloud all that is in their hearts, he makes them feel as if he not only had been privy to their thoughts, but had been the witness of certain processes in their minds of which they themselves had hardly been aware, but which are now vividly recalled: they wonder, perhaps, how this man comes to know so much of their secret character, or how, at least, they had never heard these things brought home to them before. And hence, in cases where there is guilelessness and honesty, the preacher comes insensibly to be intrenched in their affections as if he were a bosom-friend. If any one, therefore, is desirous of knowing what it was that rendered Mr Martin's preaching so interesting to those who regularly waited on his ministry, and to whom it was blessed to be so useful, it may be said, that, along with the humble and dependent spirit in which the whole was done, and which gave to all his studies and discourses their appropriate character, it consisted in nothing more than this,after drawing forth what is in the Word of God, and then what is to be found in the depths of the human heart, making the one of these, in some penetrating, instructive, or consolatory way, as the case might require, to bear upon the other. With this remark, however, it is necessary prominently to conjoin another,— that one of the uniform characteristics of his preaching, was to be found in the strictly evangelical strain by which it was pervaded. His own mind being conclusively arrested by the great doctrines of the Cross, and his heart moving invariably under the influence of an overflowing sense of redeeming love, he was constrained, by the moral impulse of the new nature which was strengthening and maturing within him, habitually to present and to enforce upon others, that which was both the food and the cordial of his own spiritual being. And this being done in perfect keeping with good taste and propriety, and with the classical and academic style of his whole mind and character, the manner and outward form of it, at least, could give no offence to the most refined or cultivated hearer. "There was one circumstance, with regard to his sermons, which sometimes pressed upon his mind,—the solemn apprehension which he felt, of speaking in certain cases above the range of his own experience. He often remarked, that surely this thought must be harassing to every good man; and that it seemed a very awful thing for a servant of God to be proclaiming truths in which he himself did not fully and perfectly sympathize, or representing the various features in the character of true believers, the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, and the deep exercises which occur in the hearts of Christians, far beyond what he has ever found to be true in his own case. In like manner, after having been called into some scene of heavy affliction, he frequently observed, that he was afraid he was unfit to be a minister of comfort, seeing he himself had never known the depth of any such sorrow. Whilst there is something both very quickening and affecting in these thoughts, they must be considered as affording no equivocal proof of the tenderness and humility of the mind in which they dwelt; and it is nevertheless most true, that one reason why Mr Martin's discourses in public, as well as his exhortations in private, were so impressive to those who heard them, is to be found in the fact, that they came to their hearts as being evidently the result of his own practical knowledge, and the real transcript of his own feelings." The public ministrations of the sanctuary, conducted in the manner thus described, could not fail to be attended, under the blessing of the Spirit, with the happiest effects. But it was not in the pulpit alone that Mr Martin's pastoral fidelity and Christian worth were apparent. "In the performance of the more private or domestic duties of a clergyman, he was not less exemplary. The visiting of his congregation, and especially the families of the poor, was performed with the most untiring constancy, and nothing was allowed to interfere with the discharge of this part of his work. It was seldom possible to prevail on him to enjoy a single day's relaxation, let the occasion be ever so inviting; and that never, if the case of any one of his people was at all pressing on his mind, to whom his visits might prove of the smallest comfort or advantage. In dealing with those in the lower ranks of life, his kind, yet dignified manner immediately gained their confidence and respect. They never could recognise ought in him but the clergyinan, and the clergyman in no other light than that of their real friend. His remarkable tact in this department of duty exemplified how possible it is for a wise and good man to win his way to the affections even of the most insensible and vulgar, when he comes to them with a single-minded concern for their spiritual interests; for there is, in the very roughest form of human nature, something which commends a sustained course of kind and judicious dealing, first to the attention, and gradually to the heart. Although there was occasionally a boldness in his reproofs, and a fidelity in his exhortations, amounting almost to sternness, yet there was not an individual among the many for whose good he thus privately watched and laboured, who did not feel the strongest reverence for his character, and very few who did not entertain towards him a kindlier sentiment. In addition to his course of domestic visi tation at Stockbridge, he established a Home-mission in the district, with two agents to conduct it, the fund for maintaining which was, to a large extent, supplied by himself, and he frequently preached in the stations during the week. He had also meetings throughout the year for the different classes of the young persons of his congregation, and for those who sought admission, or who had been admitted to the Lord's Table. These occasions were very solemn and impressive; to them, there is reason to think, that not a few can look back with peculiar interest as the period of their first deep impressions of religion; and among the most valued articles in the repositories of some of these individuals, there may perhaps be found the notes of the instructions which then, as well as in public, they received from the lips of their faithful guide and humble-minded pastor." Such faithfulness and unwearied perseverance in the fulfilment of his ministerial duties, were not long in drawing forth from the Christian community, the strongest mark of their approbation and esteem. Upon the decease of Dr Thomson, Mr Martin was selected to occupy the pulpit of that distinguished individual. To one who entertained such lowly views of himself, the nomination was startling. He felt, however, that he would not be justified in refusing to accept the call to St George's Church, knowing, as he did, that in the work of Christ, no man is permitted to shrink from duty, under a sense of his own weakness, but the more such a feeling weighs down the spirit, just so much the more room is there for the exercise of that faith, which can realize the Christian firmness and heroism of the Apostle when he said, "through Christ strengthening me, I can do all things." He was admitted minister of St George's on the 6th October 1831, and entered upon his new sphere of exertion "with a mind," to use the words of his biographer, "at once modest and courageous,—diffident, yet resolved." His present charge differed, in many impor tant particulars, from that which he had recently left; its duties were more varied, and much more arduous. But, proceeding in the strength of the Lord, he was enabled to walk in the steps of his illustrious predecessor, and thus to endear himself to all classes of his parishioners. At length, so great was the confidence reposed in Mr Martin, that he was solicited to take upon him, in addition to his other labours, those of Secretary to the Bible Society, an office which had also become vacant by the death of Dr Thomson. The duties which devolved upon him, in consequence of his acceptance of this truly honourable situation, were such as well accorded with the high-toned religious feeling of his mind. It was, in his estimation, an exalted privilege to be the instrument of disseminating the pure Word of God throughout the World; and the fine Christian spirit which pervaded his speech at the annual meeting of the Society in 1832, encouraged all who heard it, to hope that the mantle of the late honoured Secretary had descended upon his successor, Mysterious, however, and inscrutable, are the ways of God. He who now stood forth in one of the proudest positions which a Christian could wish to occupy, was destined, ere long, to be cut down in the midst of his usefulness. Not more than a year had elapsed, from the date of his promotion to St George's Church, when some very alarming symptoms in the state of his health began to make their appearance; and on the 28th September he was suddenly seized with a violent discharge of blood, apparently from his lungs. “This occurrence, though, from the feelings which he had experienced for several days, it did not appear very much to surprise him, yet awakened the greatest apprehensions as to its consequences. He was as calm, however, and composed, as if nothing extraordinary had happened. Being placed in an upright posture, and required not to make the least exertion, or to speak, he presented the very picture of patience and submission. To one of his friends who came to him soon after this attack, he beckoned with a smile of complacency | for a slate which he had provided in order to communicate with those around him, and, in allusion to his own circumstances, and with reference to a passage on the subject of faith, in one of Traill's sermons, on which they had been some days before conversing, he wrote down these words: When the wearied traveller is unable to proceed a step farther, he can yet lie down when he is bidden,-this is faith.'” In the course of a few weeks Mr Martin recovered from this attack, at least so far as partially to resume his duties. By the kindness of his clerical brethren, who frequently officiated for him, and the tender sympathy of his congregation, his mind was considerably relieved from the anxiety which would otherwise have oppressed him. His bodily weakness, however, still continued, and, at length, having engaged an assistant, he retired, for a time, to Rothsay, where his health considerably improved. But his recovery was merely temporary, and after a short period, his former disease returned, though with diminished violence. His medical friends now strongly advised him to try a change of climate, recommending particularly that he should spend the winter at Nice. It was with no small reluctance that Mr Martin was prevailed upon, at length, to assent to this proposal. But the tender sensibilities, the amiable feelings of the man, yielded to the resignation of the Christian. It was the will of his heavenly Father, and to that will he felt it to be at once his duty and his privilege to bow. After having made the necessary arrangements, therefore, for the supply of service in his church and parish, he left Edinburgh on the 28th September 1833. At Nice, he remained three months, during which, he was able to ride out every day; and in addition to the enjoyment which he derived from the beautiful scenery in the neighbourhood, his mind was refreshed by the delightful intercourse which he had with some Christian friends who happened to be residing in the town. descriptive of his feelings at this time, we may quote the following passage from his journal: As "I am just as happy as I could be at such a distance from my field of duty, ard most thankful for past and present mercies. The Sabbath is the day when I feel my exile most. Last Sabbath, and during the psalmody, when some note was struck that brought my own dear flock before me, I do confess that I wept bitterly in the chapel, and could hardly get myself composed again. Surely I have been most self-willed and rebellious, when no less severe and bitter a chastisement than this would reclaim me!'-' To-day I went to the Protestant Chapel built by Lady Olivia Sparrow, and after service visited the little cemetry. It contained the tombs of several of whom I had heard, and of Lady Maxwell, one of the last, who has left a sweet savour of piety and charity behind her at Nice. A mournful place this little burying-ground is! Why it should be more so than any other burial-ground is not very clear to reason or to faith; and yet it is one of the last feelings with which a man parts, the desire of mingling his dust with those of his kindred; though the poet has truly said, that a man can have only one country, but he may anywhere find a grave. " In a similar state of calm, almost pleasing, melancholy, he seems to have penned the following remarks one Sabbath, when at Rome. "I have been falling off ever since I came to Rome, and now find myself so weak that I can hardly walk. This new affliction is very trying, especially at the time on which my friends had built so much. Yet I bless God, though I have never been worse than I am now, since my first illness, when I was very differently situated, that I feel no disposition to question the wisdom and goodness which run through this dispensation. Sometimes there was a shrinking from suffering, and a wish that all were soon over, rather than have many such conflicts to meet; but generally my mind has reposed upon God, as the present help in time of trouble, and left all consequences to him. I cannot forget the total freedom I have enjoyed from all anxiety about my journey homewards, or how I shall be able to travel. I mention this, as so contrary to my natural disposition, which is so anxious. I hope it is not indifference or recklessness, but springs from confidence in God, who is where one dies, if he dies in the Lord, and falls asleep will order all things aright. O how small a matter it in Jesus!" While at Rome his health was gradually declining, and he became anxious to set out, with the design, if possible, of reaching home. He had proceeded no farther than Leghorn, however, when he was compelled to stop. He arrived at that town in a very exhausted state, and took up his residence in the San Marco Hotel, kept by Mr and Mrs Thomson, both natives of Scotland. It is rather a curious circumstance, that in passing a night at this house, on his way to Rome, he expressed a wish, that, if it was the Divine will that he should not return to his native country, he might be permitted to die in that inn. And that was the very place, where, amid the affectionate kindness of Christian friends, this devoted servant of Christ ended his days. The following passages from the letters of Mr Hare, the English clergyman at Leghorn, and of Mr and Mrs Thomson, of the hotel, are furnished by the biographer, as presenting a few particulars of the closing scene. "Mr Hare writes,- The decisive change did not take place until the 20th, when the physician who attended him apprised me of his approaching dissolution. From that time, the progress of his disease was rapid; but it was unattended by bodily suffering, and he retained his faculties to the end. On Thursday he breathed his last, without a groan or a struggle I was not present, but Mr and Mrs Thomson were with him. As soon as they saw his end approaching, they thought of sending for me; but before they could do so, he was no more. I used to visit him every day,—sometimes two or three times in the day,-but he was not able to converse much, and could not hear me do more than read a few verses of the Bible, or make some observations, and pray. He seemed free from pain during his stay here, even his cough was not very troublesome. He was perfectly peaceful, and appeared earnestly to desire to depart. It will be a satisfaction to know that every attention was paid him, not only by the people of the hotel, but also by many of our fellow-countrymen, who felt a deep interest in him. I can fully sympathize in the heartfelt sorrow into which this sad event must plunge the many friends of my dear departed brother. The loss is, indeed, of no common magnitude, both to them and the Church of God. But it ought to be a great assuagement to the bitterness of their grief, that he over whom they mourn, has but made a transition from a scene of much tribulation to a state of untroubled rest and unclouded felicity; and that he is separated from them by a very slight, and, it may be, a very temporary partition.' "On the Sabbath morning,' says Mr Thomson, in a letter to Mr Colclough, I drew his attention to the serenity of the atmosphere. Yes,' said he, this is the day which the Lord made,-you are to have the |