bled to give you up at last. I
trust you are a Christian, and we shall meet in heaven. Take care of our
children, train them up for Christ, keep them from the world." She then
prayed for them. After lying still for some time, she said:

"Mother, I thought I was going just, now, and I tried to put up one more
prayer for my husband, children, and friends, but (looking up with a
smile), would you believe I could not remember their names, and I just
said, Here they are, Lord, take them, and make them what thou wouldst
have them, and bring them to thy kingdom at last."

When she was almost cold, and her tongue stiffened, she motioned me to
put my head near her.

"My dear child," said I, "it seems to distress you to talk, don't try."

"Oh, mother, let me leave you all the comfort I can, it is you who must
still suffer; my sufferings are just over; I am passing over Jordan, but
the waves do not touch me; my Savior is with me, and keeps them off.
Never be afraid to go to him. Farewell! And now, Lord Jesus, come, O
come quickly. My eyes are fixed on the Savior, and all is peace. Let me
rejoice! let me rejoice!"

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NOTICES OF BOOKS.

"ROGER MILLER," OR "HEROISM IN HUMBLE LIFE,"--Is the title of a
small "Narrative"--a reprint from a London Edition, by Carter and
Brothers, 235 Broadway, New York.

The field of benevolent action of this holy man, was that great
metropolis--London. His life and character were in fact a counterpart of
our own Harlan Page. The somewhat extended "Introduction" to this
reprint was prepared by Dr. James Alexander. We feel justified in
saying, with his extensive experience, and his keen perceptions of truth
and of duty in such matters, this Introduction is worth all the book may
cost.

The main thought of the work suggests "_The condition of our
metropolitan population_"--points out the "_true remedy_" for existing
evils--shows us the value of "_lay agency_," and "how much may be done
by individuals of humble rank and least favored circumstances."

Every parent has a personal interest to aid and encourage such
benevolent action. Vice is contagious. Let our seaboard towns become
flagrantly wicked--with "railroad speed" the infection will travel far
and wide. Mothers are invited to peruse this little volume--as an
encouragement to labor and pray, and hope for the conversion of wayward
wandering sons--for wicked and profligate youth.

Roger Miller, who