Olio . ockwood of Amherst col-lege, has been holding a series of meet-ings in the chapel in the hollow. Atthe last meeting, while he was speak-ing, a little child that was creepingaround the floor, crept to the platform,looked up in his face, and put up herlittle arms to be taken. The young preacher paused, lifted thelittle one in his arms, and, as she trust-fully nestled down upon his shoulder,proceeded with his address, which wasan earnest plea to his hearers to seeksafety and peace in faith in and servicefor the Church. The scene was thrillingly impressive,as the young man with his expressi
Olio . ockwood of Amherst col-lege, has been holding a series of meet-ings in the chapel in the hollow. Atthe last meeting, while he was speak-ing, a little child that was creepingaround the floor, crept to the platform,looked up in his face, and put up herlittle arms to be taken. The young preacher paused, lifted thelittle one in his arms, and, as she trust-fully nestled down upon his shoulder,proceeded with his address, which wasan earnest plea to his hearers to seeksafety and peace in faith in and servicefor the Church. The scene was thrillingly impressive,as the young man with his expressiveface all aglow with nobility of purposeand love of human souls, stood plead-ing with the unconverted, while thewhite-robed, white-souled little childnestled confidingly in his arms, herselfa beautiful liviDg illustration of thefaith and trust which was the subjectof the address and of the purity of pur-pose which inspired it. The singularly striking scene willlong be remembered by those who sawit. 176. Roberta lumiurr I f -/MAT varied images flash through our mind as we read this name. What?? memories of the past, and anticipations of thefuture. What thoughts of I lamp, what visions of an empty scat in chapel. And, above all, how weshrink, as we remember the smell of the sweet fern he smokes in that largechina pipe Ids brother brought him from across the pond. Walker lias always been an excellent student. In fact, he lias been two orthree kinds of student. Freshman year he was a regular student at Amherst,and a special at Smith and Capen. Last year he was a special at Amherst anda special at Smith, and tins year he is a special at Amherst and a regular atSmith, with lull privileges, among them that of calling on Sunday, and ofattending Dr. class in Musical Analysis. Walker is not only an exemplary student, but an exceedingly sharp , Ik- must he sharp ; just see what a tremendous cutter he is. Cuts all hepleases, and it doesnt cut a hit of iee with any of his profes
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