... Within this courtly room. Slow gathering o'er that spirit Great clouds of darkness roll, And rest like deepest shadows Upon that struggling soul. Speak not! two mighty angels Watch o'er that fleeting breath ; One is of Life the angel, The other one Death. One wears crown of roses, Pluck'd from the vernal spring; The other veils his features Beneath ample wing. » Says Life, Withhold thy mandate ...

... collections made in aid of the above schools. Divine ■ the morning at half-past ten, and the afternoon three. CHAPEL OPENING. UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH, LEE MILL, near BACUP. mO-MORROW (Sunday), August 21st, THREE AERMONS will be Preached; Morning and Evening by the R«v. .TOSUPH GARS IDE, of Rochdale; Afternoon by the Rev. S. MACFARLANE, of Service commence at half-past ten. half-past two, ...