seem,
As when the eagle from the ark
First sported in thy beam.

For, faithful to its sacred page,
Heaven still rebuilds thy span;
Nor lets the type grow pale with age
That first spoke peace to man.

FOOTNOTES:

[91-1] There was an old, old belief that a pot of god was hidden at the
end of the rainbow, and that whoever found his way to the spot might
claim the gold. This superstition has existed in almost all lands, and
references to it are constantly to be found in literature.

[91-2] According to the account given in _Genesis IX_, God said to Noah
after the flood:

"And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be
cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more
be a flood to destroy the earth.

"This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and
every living creature that is with you for perpetual generations:

"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant
between me and the earth.

"And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

"And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and every
living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh."

THE LION AND THE MISSIONARY

_By_ DAVID LIVINGSTONE

NOTE.--Few men have endured more hardships, dangers and excitement
that did David Livingstone, missionary and African traveler, from
whose writings this account of an adventure with a lion is taken.
He penetrated to parts of Africa where no white man had ever been
before, he suffered repeated attacks of African fever, he exposed
himself to constant danger from wild beasts and wilder men; and he
did none of this in his own interests. He was no merchant seeking
for gold and diamonds, he was no discoverer seeking for fame; his
only aim was to open up the continent of Africa so that
civilization and Christianity might enter.

In 1840 Livingstone was sent as medical missionary to South Africa.
Here he joined Robert Moffat, in Bechuanaland, where he worked for
nine years. Learning from the natives that there was a large lake
to the northward, he set out on his first exploring trip, and at
length discovered Lake Ngami. Later, he undertook other journeys of
exploration, on one of which he reache