THE CUP OF CONSOLATION.

"GIVE THEM THE CUP OF CONSOLATION."-Jerem. xvi. 7.

"I, even I, am He that comforteth you."-Isa. I

"Nature comes sometimes

And says, I am Ambassador for God."

-E. B. Browning

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