the dove-coloured gown, and said: "Would it be pride in thee to
wear His glories?" and Mary answered for her--"The change is not
yet; better beseems us the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.

The 'change from glory to glory' has come to them both long since,
but it seems to me as if their robes must still be Quaker-grey.

Upstairs was the invalid daughter and niece. For years she had
been compelled to lie on her face; and in that position she had
done wonderful drawings of the High Priest, the Ark of the
Covenant, and other Levitical figures. She had a cageful of tame
canary-birds which answered to their names and fed from her plate
at meal-times. Of these I remember only Roger, a gorgeous fellow
with a beautiful voice and strong will of his own, who would
occasionally defy his mistress from the secure fastness of a high
picture-frame, but always surrendered at last, and came to listen
to his lecture with drooping wings.

A city of Peace, this little house, for the same severely-gentle
decorum reigned in the kitchen as elsewhere: and now, where is
such a haunt to be found?

In the earlier part of this century the Friends bore a most
important witness. They were a standing rebuke to rough manners,
rude speech, and to the too often mere outward show of religion.
No one could fail to be impressed by the atmosphere of peace
suggested by their bearing and presence; and the gentle, sheltered,
contemplative lives lived by most of them undoubtedly made them
unusually responsive to spiritual influence. Now, the young birds
have left the parent nest and the sober plumage and soft speech;