December 8

We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

I THOUGHT in my own secret soul, if thus (By the strong sympathy that knits mankind)

A power untried exists in each of us,

By which a fellow-creature's wavering mind

To good or evil deeds may be inclined ;

Shall not an awful questioning be made :

(And we perchance no fitting answer find :)

MRS. Whom hast thou sought to rescue or persuade?

NORTON Whom roused from sinful sloth ? whom comforted, afraid ?

SERVICE