. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . nothing reasons; nothing can be taught. Or he might deem thee a retreat For the poor bodys need and ail,When sudden injuries stab and beat, Or in slow waste its inward forces fail. Ah, heavier hurts and wastes are here I The ruling brain distempered lies ;When Mind flies reeling from its sphere. Life, health, aye, mirth itself, are mockeries. 454 NATHANIEL LANCDON FROTHINGHAM O House of Sorrows
. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . nothing reasons; nothing can be taught. Or he might deem thee a retreat For the poor bodys need and ail,When sudden injuries stab and beat, Or in slow waste its inward forces fail. Ah, heavier hurts and wastes are here I The ruling brain distempered lies ;When Mind flies reeling from its sphere. Life, health, aye, mirth itself, are mockeries. 454 NATHANIEL LANCDON FROTHINGHAM O House of Sorrows ! Sorer shocks Than can our frame or lot befallAre hid behind thy jealous locks ; Mans Thought an infant, and his Will a thrall. O House of Mercy ! Refuge kind For Natures most unnatural state!Place for the absent, wandering mind ; Its healing helper and its sheltering gate. Yes, Love has planned thee, Love endowed ;—And blessings on each pitying heart, That from the first its gifts bestowed. Or bears in thee each day its healthful part. Was eer the Christ diviner seen Than when the wretch no force could bind—The roving, raving Gadarene— Sat at His blessed feet, and in his perfect mind !. FROTHINGHAM, Octavius Brooks, anAmerican clergyman, son of N. L. Frothingham,born in Boston, November 26, 1822; died in graduated at Harvard in 1843, studied at theCambridge Divinity School, and in 1847 becamepastor of the North Church (Unitarian), Salem,Mass. In 1855 he removed to Jersey City, and ini860 became minister of a newly formed societyin New York, which took the name of the ThirdUnitarian Congregational Church. He retainedthis position until 1879, when the society was dis-solved, and Mr. Frothingham spent the subse-quent two years in Europe. After his return hedevoted himself entirely to literary work. Be-sides numerous published sermons, and frequentcontributions to periodicals, he put forth The Par-ables (1864) ; Religion of Humanity (1873); Life ofTheodore Parker {
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