was a joy to see
her sweet patient endurance during all the long hours she was
waiting for her Lord. She had not long to wait.

"The little girl who sends these seven crowns--which equal $1.40 in
our money--was the little one she left an orphan. Their home is a
humble one, only one living room, and yet in this humble cottage she
is learning to open her heart to the great needs of her Master's
kingdom, and rejoices to send these offerings for the poor black
children."

ACTIVITY, ECONOMY, BENEVOLENCE.

The following letter tells the story of the remarkable career of a
Christian minister, whose activity was maintained through a long life,
and whose self-denial enabled him to accumulate handsome sums of money
to be bestowed on worthy objects of benevolence. His sympathies were not
narrow, but widespread, and his genial love of children continued to his
latest days:

"My father, Rev. Otis Holmes, of Lake Grove, L. I., was an enthusiast in
missions, and never let the time of the missionary concerts go by
without attendance. His salary was never above $800 per year--latterly
only $400--and during his last years, to save the Home Missionary
Society, he gave his services. By rigid economy and incessant toil, with
no vacation during fifty years, he laid aside $1,500 for missions, $500
to the American Board, $500 to the American Missionary Association, $500
to the Home Missionary Society. He gave, too, a parsonage lot, and
contributed largely to two parsonages.

"In his earlier ministry he came in contact with pro-slavery
parishioners, and ever and always stood up for the slave, and at no
little sacrifice. And so upon the temperance question, at the age of
eighty and upwards he would arouse most intense enthusiasm in meeting.
None were heard oftener or more gladly. He had great strength and vigor
and rarely ever missed an appointment. No weather detained him. He won
many souls to Christ, and was quite often called away to revival work.
He was exceedingly fond of children and entered heartily into their
pastimes. He died at Lake Grove at the age of nearly ninety-one, and was
an active pastor at the age of eighty-four. He died honored of his
ministerial brethren, whom he ardently loved, and was mourned by a large
number whom he had benefited during his ministry. Such a life of labor
and love should make its appeal to a selfish and skeptical world."

In Memoriam.

REV. HENRY SWIFT DE