soothe the aching heart and weary head
In pain, in toil, in sorrow, and in strife.

That is a part of every natural creed--
Instinctive teaching of another state:
When manacles of earth are loosed and freed--
Which Science vainly strives to dissipate.

In tortuous paths, with prompters blind, we trust
One Guide--to lead us forth and set us free!
Give us, Lord God! all merciful and just!
The FAITH that is but Confidence in Thee!

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:

[2] Alluded to above, p. 350.

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| Transcriber's Notes: |
| |
| Page 36: Single closing quote mark after "He will accept |
| you" _sic_ |
| Page 79: "next my boy" _sic_ |
| Page 110: Wormwood Scrubbs _sic_; platform amended to |
| platforms |
| Page 185: anatotomized amended to anatomized; full stop |
| following "few friends" removed |
| Page 186: hooping cough _sic_ |
| Page 234: umpromising amended to unpromising |
| Page 244: "vary scrubby ground" amended to "very scrubby |
| ground" |
| Page 338: flabbergastered _sic_ |
| Page 341: facile princeps amended to facile princeps |
| Page 360: scarely amended to scarcely |
| Page 365: closing parenthesis added after "particular shape" |
| Page 370: invesgator amended to investigator |
| Page 388: closing parenthesis added after "assumption of |
| omniscience" |
| |
| In the last essay, while there are paragraphs numbered 1 |
| and 3, there is no paragraph numbered 2 in the original. |
| |
| Hyphenation has generally been standardized. However, when |
| hyphenated and unhyphenated versions of a word each occur |
| an equal number of times, both versions have been retained |
| (beershop/beer-shop; nowadays/now-a-days;