In Memoriam. - Mr. Normand Burr,

Editor of the "Christian Secretary" for more than twenty years, died at Hartford, December 5th, aged 59.     We knew him as a man of sterling worth,     Whose good example is a legacy     Better than gold for those he leaves behind.     --His inborn piety flowed forth in streams     Of social kindness and domestic love,     Cheering with filial warmth the parents' heart,     And making his own home a pleasant place.     --His was that self-reliant industry,     Smiling at hardship, which develops well     The energies of manhood, and lends strength     To commonwealths.                         By silent messenger,     A weekly scroll, he strove to spread abroad     The stores of knowledge, and increase the fruits     Of righteousness. Hence is his loss bemoan'd     By many who had never seen his face     Here in the flesh, but thro' the links of thought     Held intimate communion.                         The true life     Of virtue, is not lost to men below,     Though smitten by the frost of death it fall,--     Its quickening memory survives, to gird     On in the heavenward race, and gently guide     Where the high plaudit of the Judge is won.