THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR. LENOX

TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

New York,

MARY MAGDALEN.

Blessed, yet sinful one, and broken-hearted!
The crowd are pointing at the thing forlorn.
In wonder and in scorn

Thou weepest days of innocence departed,

Thou weepest, and thy tears have power to move
The Lord to pity and to love.

The greatest of thy follies is forgiven,

Even for the least of all the tears that shine
On that pale cheek of thine.

Thou didst kneel down to him who came from heaven,
Evil and ignorant, and thou shalt rise
Holy, and pure, and wise.

It is not much that to the fragrant blossom
The ragged brier should change; the bitter fir
Distil Arabia's myrrh;

Nor that, upon the wintry desert's bosom,

The harvest should rise plenteous, and the swain
Bear home abundant grain.

But come and see the bleak and barren mountains
Thick to their top with roses; come and see
Leaves on the dry, dead tree :

The perished plant, set out by living fountains,
Grows fruitful, and its beauteous branches rise
Forever towards the skies.

ARGYLL (GEORGE DOUGLAS CAMPBELL), eighth DUKE OF, in Scotland, was born April 30, 1823, and succeeded to the dukedom upon the death of his father in 1847; previous to which he had borne the courtesy title of Marquis of Lorne, which has since been borne by his son, who in 1871 was married to the Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. Before his accession to the dukedom he had become known as an author, public speaker, and politician. He wrote several pamphlets bearing upon the "Free Church" controversy in Scotland, which was vehemently agitated about 1842, and was a warm advocate of the principles maintained by Dr. Thomas Chalmers. After his accession to the peerage the Duke was an earnest supporter of "Liberal" measures in the House of Lords. In 1852 he entered the cabinet of the Earl of Aberdeen, as Lord Privy Seal, and held office under several successive administrations, with brief intervals, when his party was out of power. In 1881 he resigned the office of Lord Privy Seal in Mr. Gladstone's cabinet, on account of a disagreement with his colleagues concerning some provisions of the Irish Land Bill. In 1851 the Duke was elected Chancellor of the University of St. Andrew's, and in 1854 Rector of the University of Glasgow. In 1855 he presided over the annual