Would that more young mothers were nurses cherishing their children, that they might gather their children, even by example, close to the one center, Christ Jesus. We old ones, past the fourscore years, can look back and count failures along the way, but all covered with wondrous grace, and in that we rejoice. Our Lord's dealings with His people, all dear to Him, are varied, as He allows joy and sorrow to mingle ; blessed it has been, and is, when trial comes, that it may find us in the sanctuary of God ; it does not fail to drive us there, but how good to be always in the secret of His presence. The north wind, as well as the south, must blow, that the spices of His garden may flow out, and we are a "garden inclosed," " a fountain sealed" (Song 4).