is so dear,
His face so brave and fair,
That all our heavy burdens here
He somehow seems to share.

Copartner in our work,
He every pain beguiles;
How can the fear of failure lurk
In that on which He smiles!
* * * * *

Love for Love.

Master, far Thy dear sake
I bear my anguish now,
And in Thy blessed cross partake
Whose sign is on my brow.

For Thy dear sake I toil
Who didst so toil for me;
O more than balm, or wine, or oil,
The cheer that comes from Thee.

For Thy dear sake I live
A servant unto all,
And know that Thou wilt surely give
Thyself as coronal.

For Thy dear sake I watch
And keep my flag unfurled,
Until her golden gleam I catch,
Sweet evening of the world.

* * * * *

Conclusion,

True worker with the Lord,
He labors not for hire;
Co-partner in the sure reward,
What can he more desire?

Sometimes his eyes are dim,
All signs he can not spell;
Yet he endures as seeing Him
Who is invisible.

The work he ought is bliss,
The highest thing to crave;
And all his life is found in this
Memorial for his grave:

_A worker with the Lord_,
_He sought no other name_,
_And found therein enough reward_,
_Enough, enough of fame_.

* * * * *

XLVI.

ALVIN S. SOUTHWORTH

CROSSING THE NUBIAN DESERT.

This gentleman, a member of the American Geographical Society, has
furnished, in the columns of _The Sunday Magazine_, the following
picture of his experience in crossing the most perilous of the African
deserts:

Those who have not actually undergone the hardships of African travel
almost always believe that the most dangerous desert routes are found in
the Great Sahara. Such is not the fact. The currency given to this
popular delusion is doubtless due to the immensity of the arid waste
extending from the Mediterranean to the Soudan, and which is deceptive
in its imagined dangers because of its large area. All travelers who
have made the transit of the Nubian Desert from Korosko, situated
between the First and Second Cataracts, southward across the burning
sands of the Nubian Desert, a distance of 425 miles, concur in the
statement that it is an undertaking unmatched in its