LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
"ABIDE WITH ME."
[To ma EDITOR or rna "ElmerAeoa."1
gra,—With reference to Dr. Crozier's interesting but pessimistic letter on p. 581 of the Spectator of November 11th, in which he writes that the beautiful hymn, " Abide with Me," appeals to him mainly as an old man, perhaps you will allow me to state that it was written not when Lyte was old, but being based on the story told in Luke xxiv. verse 15, and the remark of the disciples, " Abide with us; the day is far spent," the first verse is naturally applicable to old age. The third verse, however, is applicable to youth. Since 1854, when I first saw men die for our country, I have been thoroughly convinced in the opposite sense to Dr. Crozier's views, and such conviction has in some dangerous moments and in many disappointments been a source of support
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