In Memoriam. - Rev. Dr. F. W. Hatch,

Died at Sacramento, California, January 16th, 1860, aged 70.     A pleasant theme it is to think of him     That parted friend, whose noble heart and mind     Were ever active to the highest ends.     Even sceptics paid him homage 'mid their doubts,     Perceiving that his life made evident     A goodness not of earth.                         His radiant brow     And the warm utterance of his lustrous eye     Told how the good of others triumph'd o'er     All narrowness of self. He deem'd it not     A worthy aim of Christ's true ministry     To chaffer for the gold that perisheth     Or waste its God-given powers on lifeless forms;     But love of souls, and love of Him who died     That they might live, gave impulse to his zeal.     --And so, while half a century chronicled     The change of empires, and the fall of kings     And death of generations like the leaves     That strew the forest 'neath autumnal skies,     He toil'd unswerving in that One Great Cause     To which the vigor of his youth was given.     --And as his life, its varied tasks well done     Shrouded its head and trustful went to Him     Who giveth rest and peace and rich reward     Unto his faithful servants, it behooves     Us to rejoice who have so long beheld     His pure example.                         From it may we learn     Oh sainted Friend, wherever duty calls     With fervent hearts to seek for others' good,     And wear thy spirit-smile, and win even here     Some foretaste of the bliss that ne'er shall end.