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 starts forth at once in all the moral beauty of Christian attainment. There is something too in the condition of Jane which seems especially to call for our sympathy. The Dairyman's Daughter was constantly surrounded by a circle of affectionate relatives, who regarded her with reverence and love; while Jane's religion was, at best, little appreciated, often despised and ridiculed by her family, and her last hours were disturbed by sounds of blasphemy, proceeding from a parent. Many of the incidents also of this tale might be appealed to as conferring upon it a peculiar interest. The scene, for example, where Mr. Richmond, on his first visit to her, while speaking of the good news of the Gospel, enquires, "who brings this good news?" and is answered, "Sir, you brought it to me;" I know not who can read unmoved. Her parting benediction too—"God bless and reward you"—when with an unexpected