The following pieces may be called consolatory poetry, and will be found in keeping with the tone of "MEDITATIONS ON THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM." A sorrowing or an ailing one may sometimes find a little refreshment from a few verses of poetry, when unable to read anything more solid. It is mainly for the sake of such that the few following pieces are introduced. May the Lord accompany with His blessing all parts of the volume, and to His name be all the praise. Amen.