In the Light. Brief Memorials of Elizabeth Phebe Seeley. By
her Sister. With a Preface, by the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley, M.A. (Seeley and Co.)—This little memoir is published for the British Syrian Schools and Bible Mission. It was to this cause that Elizabeth Seeley devoted her life, in this service that she died. Her early years were spent in teaching. In 1872, when she was seven. and-twenty, she accepted the post of secretary to the mission of the British Syrian Schools ; and there she worked a little longer than ten years. It was a life of duty, brightened by a cheerful, hopeful spirit and by cultured tastes, not to speak of the prevailing motive which dominated all her thoughts. Such a life is well worth recording; but the story must be read at length to be appreciated. Criticism, however sympathetic, is out of place. We can only regret that the literary remains are so scanty. The " Unspoken Sermons," with their local illustrations, are especially good.
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