AN OLD RELIGIOUS MEDAL.
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sion has been made separately and cast in with the medal. The medal is very thin, about one-sixteenth of an inch. The raised representation of our Saviour on the face of the medal is splendidly preserved, as also is the inscription, "Ego Sum Via Veritas Et Vita." (John xiv, 6).
The medal was probably hung about the neck of some savage chieftain on the occasion of his baptism into the Christian faith. It is now the property of the Rev. J. R. Doucet, of Lameque, Gloucester County, N. B., who kindly allowed me to examine it.
(Epigram.)
Evolution.
Deep in primeval slime a shuddering stir,
A baleful glare from eyes of loathsome blur,
Like lightning-flash through horn—and Life begins.
All loves, all holy virtues and all sins
Are summed within the gurgle of the breath,
First, ravening, drawn upon those shores of Death!
This is the story delved, the other day,
By some explorers, from that ancient clay,
Mistaking Life (poor helot, forced to shift!)
For Heaven's later and immortal gift!
But while these wise ones deem they see the whole,
Fools know that reptile ne'er developed soul!
A baleful glare from eyes of loathsome blur,
Like lightning-flash through horn—and Life begins.
All loves, all holy virtues and all sins
Are summed within the gurgle of the breath,
First, ravening, drawn upon those shores of Death!
This is the story delved, the other day,
By some explorers, from that ancient clay,
Mistaking Life (poor helot, forced to shift!)
For Heaven's later and immortal gift!
But while these wise ones deem they see the whole,
Fools know that reptile ne'er developed soul!
