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They possessed the rare virtue of continuous tenderness The love,

which with many is an inspiration, ith them their own selves,

from which they could not be separated; a harsh word could not

therefore escape from them It was as impossible as that there

should be any failure in the pressure hich the rocks press

towards the earth's centre Madge at tione in

looked when it was close at

hand; when she personally was to be the victim! She had read about

it in history, the surface of which it seemed scarcely to ripple; it

had been turned to music in some of her favourite poeies, but the actual fact was nothing

like the poetry or ether Nor would it be her own history solely, but more or less

that of her mother and sister

Had she believed in the common creed, her attention would have been

concentrated on the salvation of her own soul; she would have found

her Redeemer and would have been coed herself convicted of infinite sin, and hell would

have been opened before her, but above the sin and the hell she would

have seen the distinct iy makes personal salvation of such iht of the consequences to

others of our misdeeds The sense of cruel injustice to those who

loved her ree perpetually