But her finer hymn is very solemn indeed, and is associated with her fatal illness. Her death occurred in 1849, at the age of twenty-nine. The deep pathos of the hymn will appeal to all those in sorrow, and to such it cannot fail to be a helpful study:

I hoped that with the brave and strong,
My portioned task might lie;
To toil amid the busy throng,
With purpose pure and high;
But God has fixed another part,
And He has fixed it well;
I said so with my breaking heart,
When first this trouble fell.

These weary hours will not be lost,
These days of misery,

These nights of darkness, anguish-tossed,

Can I but turn to Thee:

With secret labor to sustain
In patience every blow,
To gather fortitude from pain,
And holiness from woe.

If Thou shouldst bring me back to life,

More humble I should be,

More wise, more strengthened for the strife,
More apt to lean on Thee:

Should death be standing at the gate,
Thus should I keep my vow:
But, Lord! whatever be my fate,
Oh, let me serve Thee now!

A few years ago "The Nation," reviewing the works of the Brontë sisters, said: Upon these twin sisters (Charlotte and Emily) many telescopes are turned, and then there swims into the beholder's view this third, mild shining star of the tenth magnitude, which otherwise would have remained invisible." For a time it may have seemed as though Anne was the " mild shining star of the tenth magnitude"; but is it not quite probable that her hymns, which comfort and strengthen many hearts, will outlast the influence of “Jane Eyre" and "The Romance of Wuthering Heights?

ANNA LETITIA WARING

UT little is known of this author of

BUT

two charming hymns. It can be said, however, that she was born in South Wales in 1820; that in 1850 she published "Hymns and Meditations"; that for some years her life was one of pain and struggle; that though counting herself as having filled a small place in this life, she has had "love and respect bestowed upon her in no common measure"; that she is supposed to be a member of the Friends Society; and that as late as 1898 she was living near Bristol, England.

Miss Waring's hymn on the subject of Resignation is almost universally known. It is properly classed among the world's best hymns. The original consists of eight stanzas, but seldom more than six or seven are found in hymnals, and in the latter form I give it here:

Father, I know that all my life
Is portioned out for me,
The changes that will surely come,
I do not fear to see;

I ask Thee for a present mind
Intent on pleasing Thee.

I ask Thee for a thoughtful love,
Through constant watching wise,
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
And wipe the weeping eyes;
A heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathize.

I would not have the restless will
That hurries to and fro,

That seeks for some great thing to do,
Or secret thing to know;
I would be treated as a child,
And guided where I go.

Wherever in the world I am,
In whatsoe'er estate,

I have a fellowship with hearts
To keep and cultivate;

A work of lowly love to do

For Him on whom I wait.

I ask Thee for the daily strength,
To none that ask denied;

A mind to blend with outward life,
While keeping at Thy side:
Content to fill a little space,
If Thou be glorified.

Briers beset our every path,

Which call for patient care;
There is a cross in every lot,
A constant need for prayer;
But lowly hearts that lean on Thee
Are happy everywhere.

In service which Thy will appoints,
There are no bonds for me;
My secret heart is taught the truth
That makes Thy children free,
And a life of self-renouncing love
Is one of liberty.

It is evident from the letters received and published by Mr. William T. Stead, of the "London Review of Reviews," that this hymn has made much noteworthy spiritual history. The other hymn by Miss Waring is entitled "Safety in God." In personal experience and beauty of diction it seems to be equal to the first. That it can be found in almost every standard church collection in America is a deserved tribute to