which it contains, --the sentiment of religious resignation
and triumph in affliction; if it shall cause any tearful
vision to take the Christian view of sorrow; if it shall
teach any troubled soul to endure and hope; if it shall lead
any weary spirit to the Fountain of consolation; in one word,
if it shall help any, by Christ's strength, to weave the
thorns that wound them into a crown, I shall be richly
rewarded, and, I trust, grateful to that God to whose service
I dedicate this book, invoking his blessing upon it.

E. H. C.

May, 1860




CONTENTS.


THE THREE TABERNACLES 11
THE SHADOW OF DISAPPOINTMENT 41
LIFE A TALE 67
THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SORROW 99
CHRISTIAN CONSOLATION IN LONELINESS 121
RESIGNATION 143
THE MISSION OF LITTLE CHILDREN 167
OUR RELATIONS TO THE DEPARTED 191
THE VOICES OF THE DEAD 223
MYSTERY AND FAITH 243