_Error_ is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish: For there is no _error_ so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use: And the just man, enamoured of the right, is blinded by the speciousness of wrong, And the prudent, perceiving an advantage, is content to overlook the harm. On all things created remaineth the half-effaced signature of God, Somewhat of fair and good, though blotted by the finger of corruption: And if _error_ cometh in like a flood, it mixeth with the streams of truth; And the adversary loveth to have it so, for thereby many are decoyed. _Martin F. Tupper._ ESTATE. O give thanks unto the God of Gods: for His mercy endureth for ever. Who remembered us in our low _estate_: for His mercy endureth for ever.--Psalm cxxxvi. 2, 23. And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low _estate_ of His handmaiden.--Luke, i. 46, 47, 48. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low _estate_.--Romans, xii. 16. Go, miser! go; for lucre sell thy soul; Truck wares for wares, and trudge from pole to pole, That men may say, when thou art dead and gone, See what a vast _estate_ he left his son. _Dryden._ Wherever in the world I am, In whatsoe’er _estate_, I have a fellowship with hearts To keep and cultivate; And a work of lowly love to do, For the Lord on whom I wait. _Ann L. Waring._ Oh yes! I have a goodly heritage, A vast _estate_ is mine; My title deeds are on the sacred page, Writ by a hand divine. The land is fruitful, yielding all things good, An overflowing store; To satisfy the utmost wish, nor could My spirit ask for more. ’Tis in a pleasant country--this _estate_-- Of ever-new delight; No storms are there to chill and devastate, There comes no gloomy night. My tenor is inviolate; for death Signs, seals, and opes the door, That me into possession ushereth, There to dwell evermore. _Egone._ ETERNITY. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth _eternity_, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place.--Isaiah, lvii. 15. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, _eternal_ in the heavens.--II. Corinthians, v. 1.