EYE-SERVICE ; Oft
 c Faint not, Christian, though within
 There's a heart so prone to sin;
 Christ thy Lord is over all,
 He'll not suffer thee to fall."
 It was a favourite with Mrs. Palmer, and as she
sang her heart gathered strength, and the anxiety for
the invalid son-her last of five-faded away into trust
and confidence. Mademoiselle remembered her home
in sunny France, and thought her exile in foggy Eng-
land, with sixteen high-spirited girls to teach, was
a very darksome road indeed; but she, too, felt her
spirits revive as the cheering words came, one after
the other; and Miss Wilmot, standing by Julia Tait--
her great trial, as she owned she was-took courage
from the words-
 Hold the Cross of Jesus fast,
 Thou shalt overcome at last."
 And what were the girls thinking of? Did they
deem themselves too young to enter the narrow path
which leadeth to eternal life? Was this world
already so attractive that they did not think it worth
while to prepare for a better ? How was it that the
words so full of comfort to those toiling and struggling
in life's battle-field fell unheeded on their young,
vigorous hearts, so keenly awake to everything else but
God's glory? It is very sad that it should have been
so, but it is nevertheless true that all those bright,
youthful minds were occupied with ordinary, everyday
worldly thoughts, while their voices rose clear and full
in the Christian hymn.
 Julia Tait sang with determination and power, but
all the while she was noticing the strange grimaces
which poor old Miss Bennet, who sat in the next pew
to the right, made as she joined her weak, trembling
voice with the others. Julia thought she looked more