the sacred services of the Church, and to three sermons, from three different clergymen. In the first we were reminded of the love of the Redeemer, from the text, "Draw us, and we will run after thee;"-in the second, of the necessity of repentance, from the warning of Ezekiel, "I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord, wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye;"-and in the last, at evening, of the duty and privilege of mental communion with the Father of our spirits, from the injunction, "Continue in prayer."
At the close of the services in the afternoon, we saw what was then to us a new scene, the distribution of bread to the poor. It is not uncommon for benevolent persons to leave legacies for this form of charity. It was touching to see what numbers pressed forward to present a ticket, and receive their share. The greater part of the recipients were aged and decrepit, or else appeared to be the parents of large families; and the eyes of many a child fixed earnestly upon the fair wheaten loaves which were dealt out, and from which it was expecting to make its evening meal. After noticing the distribution of this bounty, and hoping that in the comfort it communicated the living bread, by which the soul is nourished, might not be forgotten, we took a walk in the green and quiet church-yard. The quaint epitaphs, and the style of some of the antique tombstones, occupied our attention. There was one, of a coarse brown material,
