Poor souls ! To them the most captivating picture of bliss in heaven is -- `` There we shall be white ! '' All is solitude again . But , hark ! -- a broken warbling of voices , and now , attuning its grandeur to their sweetness , a stately peal of the organ . Who are the choristers ? Let me dream that the angels , who came down from heaven , this blessed morn , to blend themselves with the worship of the truly good , are playing and singing their farewell to the earth . On the wings of that rich melody they were borne upward . This , gentle reader , is merely a flight of poetry . A few of the singing men and singing women had lingered behind their fellows , and raised their voices fitfully , and blew a careless note upon the organ . Yet , it lifted my soul higher than all their former strains . They are gone , the sons and daughters of music , -- and the gray sexton is just closing the portal . For six days more , there will be no face of man in the pews , and aisles , and galleries , nor a voice in the pulpit , nor music in the choir . Was it worth while to rear this massive edifice , to be a desert in the heart of the town , and populous only for a few hours of each seventh day ? O , but the church is a symbol of religion ! May its site , which was consecrated on the day when the first tree was felled , be kept holy forever , a spot of solitude and peace , amid the trouble and vanity of our week-day world ! There is a moral , and a religion too , even in the silent walls . THE WAYSIDE . INTRODUCTORY . A short time ago , I was favored with a flying visit from my young friend Eustace Bright , whom I had not before met with since quitting the breezy mountains of Berkshire .
It being the winter vacation at his college , Eustace was allowing himself a little relaxation , in the hope , he told me , of repairing the inroads which severe application to study had made XXXXX his health ; and I was happy to conclude , from the excellent physical condition in which I saw him , that the remedy had already been attended with very desirable success .
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