the Lord."
_Isa. xlv. 6, 7._


"Where will God be
absent? In His face
Is light, but in His shadow
there is healing too:
Let Guido touch the shadow
and be healed!"
_The Ring and the Book._


"If Nature is the garment
of God, it is woven without
seam throughout."
_The Ascent of Man._




OXFORD, _January 1895_.


_When travelling in Canada, in the region north of Lake Ontario, I came
upon traces of the somewhat remarkable life which is the subject of the
following sketch.

Having applied to the school-master in the town where Bartholomew Toyner
lived, I received an account the graphic detail and imaginative insight