After lingering for a few days in the society of my friends, in London and Oxford, I was, once more, for a short time, the guest of the friend to whom this memorial is inscribed, and met at his table, again, the venerable Vicar, who was one of the first to welcome me to England. To part with such friends, and their families, perhaps forever, was only to become aware how deeply I had entwined with theirs, my brotherly feelings and Christian regards. But I had been long enough enjoying myself amid the scenes and friendships which even our holy religion, while it alone can produce them, forbids to our self-indulgence, in a world where every Christian is called to the work of a missionary. Much as I longed to mingle in the delights of an English Christmas, I felt the call of duty, and the blessedness of giving as greater than that of receiving. My own parishioners expected to see me at the altar, on the approaching feast, and my heart warmed towards them, as deserving my best endeavours to gratify their reasonable wishes. Thanks, under God, to the good steamer Baltic, and its skillful commander, I escaped the perils of a wintry sea, and on Christmas-eve, was restored to my flock, and family, in Hartford. On the following day, as I celebrated the Holy Eucharist, I trust it was not without befitting gratitude to God, nor without a new and profound sense of the blessings we owe to him, whose Gospel is the spirit of “peace on earth, and of good-will to men.” * * * * * DANA AND COMPANY, No. 381 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, (_Sign of the Imperial Folio Bible_), HAVE FOR SALE— The Holy Bible, _Oxford University Editions_. They have just published:— _Two Superior Editions of_ The Book of Common Prayer, 16mo. and 24mo. Styles and Prices as follows:— 16mo. (1) Turkey Morocco, super extra, gilt edges $ 2.50 antique or flexible, (2) The same with clasp 3.00 (3) Turkey Morocco, (Second Style) gilt edges 1.75 (4) The same with clasp 2.25 (5) French Morocco gilt edges 1.25 (6) Roan gilt edges 1.12 (7) Roan red edges 1.00 (8) Roan marble edges 88 24mo.