...herself beside her. " Silently, slowly, pass the night watches, in the chamber of the sick and dying I The dull ticking of the clock, falling upon the sensitive...listened to the sweet song of birds, and was happy. " 'Do not tell me my darling will die,' said the stricken father to the physician ; then turning to...

...comparative exemption from suffering may continue or not is. a point which I am quite willing to leave to Him by whom the hairs of our head are all numbered.' " At one time it was not expected that so valuable a life would have so long been spared to us. Those...

..."Whether this comparative exemption may continue or not is a point which I am quite willing to leave to Him by whom the hairs of our head are all numbered." At one time, it was not expected that so valuable a life would have so long been spared to us. Those...

...sweet liltle cherub who sits up aloft To take care of the life of poor Jack." "Lot us rather trust to Him by whom the hairs of our head are all numbered — without whose knowledge not a sparrow falls to the ground — instead of talking in that light...