Lies, lead to further lies, case of Jacob, 290; carry their punishment, in necessity of further lies, 291; inextricably entangle those who use them, 293; injurious to those who tell them, 294; one makes a necessity for others, 295; Illustrations from Mrs. Browning, Scott, Corneille, Cellini, Jeremy Taylor, Beaumont and Fletcher, and others, 290-296. Light—“at evening time”—the promise of, a comfort, 313; a deliverance from the fear of death, 314; often clears up the end of a life of trial, 315; disperses all darkness and difficulties, 316; a relief from troubles in declining years, 317; appears sometimes unexpectedly, 318; _Light_—a longing of the human soul, 319; to die in, almost a universal craving, 321; the comfort of dying moments, 322; Illustrations from Bunyan, O. W. Holmes, Dickens, Shirley Brooks, Mrs. Schimmelpenninck, Sophocles, Landor, and others, 313-323. Love and Gentleness more powerful agents than force, 33; illustrations from Plutarch, 33; children more easily governed by, than fear, 34; this also the case with nations, 35; natures not amenable to, exceptional, 35; the means usually employed by women to gain their ends, 36; the best method for missionaries, 37; used by Queen Elizabeth and Empress Catherine towards their people, 38; when rulers fail with, they employ worse means, 39; best means of eliciting truth, 40; works even on the most depraved natures, 40; Illustrations from Ben Jonson, Mr. Freeman, Scott, Dr. Beattie, and others, 32-41. Lying, engenders lying, 286; the case of St. Peter, 287; demands a good memory, 288; leads to hopeless entanglement, 289; first step in all wrong doing, 289; Illustrated by Trench, Swift, Robertson, Froude, and others, 286-290. (See also pp. 290-296.) Mirth, good in due season, 296; must be recommended by higher qualities, 297; too much is wearisome, 298; deep and true feeling of more real value than mere, 299; in some, always inclines to sadness, 300; Illustrations from Tennyson, St. Evremond, Richardson, Scott, Mrs. Riddell, Hood, and others, 296-300. Music—its power to dispel evil humours, 55; gives ease in various nervous disorders, 56; used by Luther to repel his visions of Satan, 57; removed the melancholy of a king of Spain, 57; wakes up feelings of the past, 58; studied by the Jewish priesthood, 58; effect of, on lunatics, 59; soothes grief, 60; Illustrations from Beveridge, Burton, Sir James Stephen, Schiller, and others, 55-60.