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22 When young, and ill of the typhus fever, he dreamed of a dark-haired and dark-eyed young lady, with whom he fell in love. Years afterwards he went to the Continent, and there met with the identical party, and it was to her care that he owed the complete restoration of his health, and he married her. There was a great number of such dreams recorded. The ancients paid great attention to dreams. A decree was published under Augustus, as commanding every one who had dreamed a dream to report the same to the government. I was certain that the wind possessed sometimes in dream's an a prior knowledge which was highly remarkable. It was sometimes the same just the moment before death. There was indeed Scriptural authority in favour of dreams. But the fulfilment of dreams was by no means astonishing generally speaking.

HOME AFFECTION

The heart has memories that cannot dig They are memories of home early home. There is magic, in the very sound. There is the old tree under which the light-hearted boy swung in many a summer day-yonder river in which he learned to swim-there the house in which be knew a parent's love, and found, parents protection-nay there is the room which he romped with brother or sister, long since, alas I laid in the yard which he must soon be gathered, overshadowed by you old church, whether with a joyous troop like himself, he has often followed his parents