can produce a great man or a great nation. Decades for the man and
centuries for the nation; these are the measuring periods for real
achievement. But all this is on the human side. Correggio and Titian
in painting; Bacon and Bailey in sculpture; Raphael and Michael Angelo
in sculpture and painting; and Sir Christopher Wren in architecture,--
the works of art of such as these elevate and purify one's thought and
feeling. But the profoundest impressions that come to one from travel,
come alone from the works of nature. The Crystal Palace in London
can not compare in glory with the crystal ripples of a mid-ocean scene.
The botannical gardens of the Tuilleries in Paris do not stir the soul as
does the splendor of the Welsh mountains. The rockery plants of Phoenix
Park, Dublin, are insignificant compared with growths of ferns and moss
On the rock ledges of Bray's Head, south of Dublin. No panorama that
man has painted can equal the scene of Waterloo battle-field, observed
from the earthen mound near the fatal ravine. So, we shall always find
it true, that as the heavens are higher than the earth, so the thoughts of
God are higher than the thoughts of man, and his ways than man's ways.


X.

HOME AND THE HOME-MAKER.

WHAT IS HOME?


"RECENTLY a London magazine sent out 1,000 inquiries on the
question, "What is home?" In selecting the classes to respond to the
question it was particular to see that every one was represented. The
poorest and the richest were given an equal opportunity to express