Now in the "amen corner" of the church sat Brother Eyer,

Who persisted every Sabbath-day in singing with the choir.

He was poor, but genteel-looking, and his hair as snow was white,

And his old face beamed with sweetness when he sang with all his might.

His voice was cracked and broken, age had touched his vocal chords,

And nearly every Sunday he would mispronounce the words

Of the hymns, and 'twas no wonder, he was old and nearly blind,

And the choir rattling onward always left him far behind.

And high on the hill-tops of Hebron, the lass Looks long for the lover in Beth-horon's pass.

The damsels of Jarmuth may wail in despair;
The beauties of Eglon their tresses may tear;
To the caves of Makkedah the princes have fled;
And the pride of the army in Ajalon's dead!
The hailstones of heaven Jehovah hath thrown,
And the arm of His might hath protected his own;
The brooks of Azekah all crimson doth flow,
And the palace of Lachish is darkened with woe.
And the feast that was spread in the valley so fair,
Where the olives of Hebron perfume the pure air,
Shall be eaten in tears; and the soft-speaking lute,
And the cymbals of triumph, forever are mute!
Woe! woe! to the heathen who trod in the path
That led to the bolts of God's terrible wrath!
In Ajalon's vale they lie dead on the grass;
And their shields are their coffins in Beth-horon's
pass!

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EDWIN H. NEVIN.

DWIN H. NEVIN, D.D., well-known throughout the Presbyterian Church as a pulpit orator of power and eloquence, is perhaps more widely and generally known by the hymns and religious poems of which he is the author. Born in the beautiful and romantic Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania (at Shippensburgh) in 1814; of a strong imaginative and poetic temperament, which was stimulated and developed by his surroundings, he began to write poetry at an early age, and although few of his youthful productions have been preserved, they were sufficiently marked to cause him to be recognized as a youth of decided poetic talent. Entering upon the work of the ministry at the age of twenty-two (1836) he rejected all overtures to settle in the East where the work of the minister is comparatively easy, and largely a matter of routine. He therefore engaged in active ministerial work in Ohio, which was one of the frontier Western states at that early day, and his voice and pen were potent influences in molding public sentiment upon the important moral reformatory questions which then agitated the country. His strong sense of justice caused him to warmly espouse the cause of human freedom and he stood shoulder to shoulder with Chase, Giddings, Stanton and Sherman at a time when it required bravery and great personal sacrifices to advocate the cause of liberty to the slave. His poetry has found its way to all parts of the world where the English language is spoken, and his hymns are sung throughout Christendom by different evangelical denominations. Numerous accounts of his life have been published and from some of these the principal events in his history have been extracted for the purpose of completing this brief biographical sketch. He was graduated at Jefferson College and Princeton Theological Seminary and was licensed to preach by the First Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1836. His first pastorial charge was at Portsmouth, Ohio, where he had a successful ministry of several years. In 1841, at the age of 27, he was called to the Presidency of Franklin College, Ohio, and while in this position he raised funds and secured the erection of a new college building, and the institution gained wide repute under his administration. He was subsequently pastor at Mt. Vernon and Cleveland, Ohio, and at Boston, Mass., and his last charge before relinquishing the active work of the ministry was the First Reformed Church of Philadelphia, where he remained several years. Dr. Nevin is an eloquent speaker, and an apt and ready debater. He was recently elected an honorary member of the Victoria Institute and Philosophical Society of Great Britain," of which the Earl of Shaftesbury is president. He is the author of "The Minister's Hand Book," "The Man of Faith," "The City of

God," and Thoughts about Christ." His complete poetical works are now in preparation for publication. Dr. Nevin is the son of Major David Nevin, one of the most successful and widely known citizens of Cumberland Valley. He was married in 1837 to Ruth Channing Little, of Hollis, N. H., and has been ably seconded throughout his professional life by the intelligence and devotion of this estimable lady. W. C. N.

"I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS."
ALWAYS with me! always with me!
Words of cheer and words of love
Thus the risen Saviour whispers
From His dwelling place above.
With me when with sin I struggle,
Giving strength and courage too,
Bidding me to falter never,

But to Him be ever true.

With me in the hour of sorrow,
When my heart is press'd with grief,
Pointing to a brighter morrow

And imparting sweet relief.

With me when the storm is sweeping

O'er my pathway dark and drear, Waking hope within my bosom, Stilling every anxious fear.

With me when I toil in sadness,
Sowing much and reaping none,
Telling me that in the future

Golden harvests shall be won.
With me in the lonely valley
When I cross the chilling stream,
Lighting up the steps to glory

Like the ancient prophet's dream. Always with me' always with me!

Pilot on the surging main, Guiding to the distant haven Where I shall be home again.

COME UP HITHER. "COME up hither! come away!" Thus the ransom'd spirits sing; Here is cloudless, endless day;

Here is everlasting spring.

Come up hither! come and see

Heaven's glories yet untold; Brighter than the sun they be,

Richer than the purest gold.

DORA GREENWELL.

HE name "Dora Greenwell" was for many

THE

years supposed to be the pseudonym of a writer of rare spiritual insight and fine poetic genius. It was very generally surmised that she was a member of the Society of Friends; and there was much ground for this supposition. As time wore on, and book followed book, some of the facts of her personal history became known and were occasionally referred to in the public press. But for a very long period little was really known of her actual life, and many mistakes gained currency. It eventually transpired that Dora Greenwell was a native of the county of Durham, England, the daughter of a respected and popular magistrate and deputy lieutenant, and that two of her brothers were clergymen of the Church of England, one of them being a Minor Canon of Durham Cathedral. She herself also belonged to the same communion.

"Dorothy" was the baptismal name of Miss Greenwell, but she was always called "Dora" in her family circle, and by all her friends. Her father, Mr. William Thomas Greenwell, lived upon his estate at Lanchester, nine miles distant from any town. She was born at Greenwell Ford on December 6, 1821. Sad reverses befell the household of Greenwell Ford in the year 1848, when, owing no doubt to mismanagement, the property had to be sold. For a time thereafter, Miss Greenwell, with her father and mother, resided at Ovingham Rectory, in Northumberland, where her eldest brother, William, was holding the living for a friend. It was while she lived in this village that she issued her earliest volume of poems, which was published by Mr. Willian Pickering and extended to a little over two hundred pages. The reception which it met with led to the issue of a second volume in 1850. After leaving Ovingham, she had no settled home for some time, but lived principally, until 1854, with her brother, the Rev. Alan Greenwell, at Golbourne Rectory, in Lancashire.

When Miss Greenwell left the Lancashire rectory for her native county she was in her thirty-third year. She settled quietly down with her mother in the fine old city of Durham, amongst many friends and relatives her father having died in 1854. Now began the period of her greatest intellectual efforts. Her correspondence during these years is fraught with so much interest that one easily discovers in it the germs of many of her profoundest writings. She was destined to become an accomplished essayist, and to produce some prose works which claim a very high place among books of a deeply thoughtful and spiritual kind.

In 1861 Alexander Strahan & Co., of Edinburgh, issued a volume of her poetry which included some

of the earlier poems; and in 1867 the same publisher brought out a new volume with the earlier poems left out and some later ones taking their place. During some seven or eight years Miss Greenwell wrote some poems which were finally published by Bell and Daldy, with the title, “Carmina Crucis." "The Soul's Legend," and Camera Obscura," two small volumes, were pub lished respectively in 1873 and 1876.

Miss Greenwell made her home in Durham for eighteen years. This home was broken up at her mother's death in 1871. Torquay, Clifton, and London became, for briefer or longer periods, the places of her residence. In the autumn of 1881 Miss Greenwell went to her brother at Clifton, much weakened in health, and suffering from the results of an accident. She failed rapidly in the following spring, and the shadows fell thickly around. Death released the buoyant spirit from its mortal coil on the evening of Wednesday, March 29, 1882. She was buried in Amo's Vale Cemetery, Bristol. W. D.

WHEN THE NIGHT AND MORNING
MEET.

IN the dark and narrow street,
Into a world of woe,
Where the tread of many feet

Went trampling to and fro,
A child was born-speak low!
When the night and morning meet.

Full seventy summers back
Was this, so long ago.
The feet that wore the track

Are lying straight and low,Yet hath there been no lack

Of passers to and fro.

Within the narrow street

This childhood ever played; Beyond the narrow street This manhood never strayed; This age sat still and prayed Anear the trampling feet.

The tread of ceaseless feet

Flowed through his life, unstirred By waters' fall, or fleet

Wind music, or the bird
Of morn; these sounds are sweet,
But they were still unheard.

Within the narrow street

I stood beside a bed,

I held a dying head