To himself he read or had read to him the Bible and Thomas à Kempis, and he liked Dr. Bright's Ancient Collects, and in part Bishop Andrewes' Devotions. He never would read or have anything read to him which did not ring true to him and which he could not appreciate; for instance, the Pleadings of Our Lord's Physical Sufferings in Andrewes' Devotions for Friday were very distasteful to him. He often went to the English Church for short services, and on Easter Monday Dr. Moberly gave him Holy Communion, for which he had asked and for which he wished. In the week before Easter he felt very ill, and said, 'I wish Moberly (who had gone away for a few days) were here, and we could have that Celebration; I don't think I shall live till Easter.' But this passed away, and on Easter Day he was peculiarly bright, and in the evening said, 'I have written this poem to-day.' It is impossible to resist the wish to insert it here: _HEBREWS_ xi. 10 (_or_ ii. 10). 'Amen, now lettest Thou Thy servant, Lord, Depart in peace, according to Thy Word: Although mine eyes may not have fully seen Thy great salvation, surely there have been Enough of sorrow and enough of sight To show the way from darkness into light; And Thou hast brought me, through a wilderness of pain, To love the sorest paths if soonest they attain. 'Enough of sorrow for the heart to cry-- "Not for myself, nor for my kind, am I:" Enough of sight for Reason to disclose, "The more I learn the less my knowledge grows." Ah! not as citizens of this our sphere, But aliens militant we sojourn here, Invested by the hosts of Evil and of Wrong, Till Thou shalt come again with all Thine angel throng. 'As Thou hast found me ready to Thy call, Which stationed me to watch the outer wall, And, quitting joys and hopes that once were mine, To pace with patient steps this narrow line, Oh! may it be that, coming soon or late, Thou still shalt find Thy soldier at the gate, Who then may follow Thee till sight needs not to prove, And faith will be dissolved in knowledge of Thy love.' From the manuscript it is difficult to determine what was the motto of the poem, Hebrews xi. or Hebrews ii.; the latter is more probable, at least so it seems to the present writer. On the 28th Mr. Romanes wrote a letter to the Dean of Christ Church, which, besides some items of personal interest, and of expressions of affection too intimate to be given, contains the following: Costebelle: March 28, 1894.