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msay, for fifteen years an adherent and for twenty-five years a member of this church. The funeral will take place from the residence o

ed both elegy and eulogy; and in the brief pause before and after "invited" and the fall of "attend" there was the last word of comment upon the mortal term. A crispation of interest passed over the congreg

f the church on Wednesday evening." Then almost in a tone of co

business to be done, or too much pleasure to be enjoyed, for the oncoming generation to remember their weekly engagement with the Lord. This is not as it should be; and I rely upon the fathers and mothers of this congregation, who brought these childre

ted, with her foot. Alec and Oliver smiled consciously; their father, with an expressi

mack, Mrs Samuel Smith, and Mr John Flint. On Thursday afternoon in the South Ward, Mrs Reid, Mr P. C. Cameron, and

o the Church of England. The wife must worship with the husband; even Dr Drummond recognized the necessity, though he professed small opinion of the sway of the spouse who, with Presbyterian traditions behind her, could no

d Mrs Murchison, plainly not displeased. "Well

d Mr Murchison. "He's got you in the right

s tea the day he was coming to our house," declar

e Doctor will rub it in about the prayer meeting." Mrs Murchison chuckled. "I saw it went home to both of you, and

said Mr Murchison. "Tha

seems to think a lot more of Abby n

We've been there till I'm ashamed to look them in the face. And I've pretty well decided," she added autocratical

lla, "I'm perfectly cer

have been hearing. That's the third sermon from the Book of Job in six weeks. I must say, with the w

Murchison had brought as a bride to her housekeeping-for, thank goodness, her mother had known what was what in such matters-a generous attractive table that you took some satisfaction in looking at. Mrs Murchison came of a family of noted housekeepers; where she got her charm I don't know. Six-o'clock tea, and that the last meal in the day, was the rule in Elgin, and a good enough rule for Mrs Murchison, who had no patience with the innovation of a late dinner recently adopted by some people who could keep neither their servants nor their digestions in cons

know we could ne

himself as in a much higher degree responsible for the formation of their characters and the promise of their talents. And indeed, since every one of them had "sat under" Dr Drummond from the day he or she was capable of sitting under anybody, Mr and Mrs Murchison would have been the last to dispute this. It was not one of those houses where a pastor could always be sure of leaving some spiritual benefit behind; but then he came away himself with a pleasant sense of nervous stimulus which was apt to take his mind off the matter. It is not given to all of us to receive or to extend the communion of the saints; Mr and Mrs Murchison were indubitably of the elect, but he was singularly close-mouthed about it, and she had an extraordinary way of seeing the humorous side-altogether it was paralysing, and the conversation would wonderfully soon slip round to some robust secular subject, public or domestic. I have mentioned Dr Drummond's long upper lip; all sorts of racial virtues resided there, but his mouth was also wide and much frequented by a crit

under arrest for suspected complicity. Their cashier was Walter Ormiston, the only son of old Squire Ormiston, of Moneida Reservation, ten miles out of Elgin, who had administered the affairs of the Indians there fo

e intelligence in too late for the current issue, and Mr Williams was divided between his human desire to co

Drummond. "Thank you, Mrs Murchison, I'll send my

o remember, and decided that he might as well let it all

e said. "Milburn an

s bound to be in it,

lf?" asked J

Milburn two and Dr Henry one. Mr M

nothing of what "came in," and was even carefully to conserve anything she heard outside with a view to bringing it in. Mrs Williams was too prone to indiscretio

for two hours last night thinking of that boy in jail, and his poor old father

y he's of good character, not over-solid, but bears a clean rep

ena. "Mr Ormiston has one or two rather interesti

t. None the worse for t

eida Reservation at one time. Government actually bought it back from him to settle the Indians there.

th a twinkle. "We'll hope young Or

if he is," Mr Williams went on. "They

ignant eyes; "and when they prove it, what can he do to

as the only remark he made during the meal. Alec passed the butter assiduously, but

ool enough to do some race-betting lately. Minnie, I wish you'd get Mrs Murchison to sh

th a smile which seemed to throw light on the matter. They had all be

t it!" divined hi

hat, M

m the minute the subject was men

p on a log, and never telling us!

try sitting like a bump on a log. We won't complain. Yes, the Squire seems to hav

as to be Flynn from Toronto. And I hadn't forgotten the Grand Trunk case we put down to you last week without exactly askin'. Your old man was as mad as a hornet-wanted to stop his subscription; Rawlin

l get a look in, Lo

If I get a bit of grubbing to do, under supervision, they'll consider I ought to be pleased." It was the sunniest

y," said Dr Harry. "My father says the towns

d some of them more than square when the fall wheat failed three years running, about ten years back; do you remember, Mr

building the school-house at his own exp

column, with full heads; but the old man didn't like it. It's hard to know what some peopl

d Lorne. "So much that I understand t

notion that a community can't manage its own justice when it happens to take an interest in the case. I've no more acquaintance with the Squire

rt cuff, restored his pencil to his waistcoat poc