e family, when the children were
young. The girl caught it so completely, that when deeply moved, she was
wont to drop into it, for the more vigorous expression of her feelings.
'Somehow', said she, 'the Scotch is more homely, less formal to me'. Thus,
in the poem alluded to, could the thoughts contained in it, have been
expressed as beautifully and tenderly in the mother tongue?

"Again, there is a little poem in the same dialect, entitled 'My Mither',
which appeals to every heart.

"Though many of her poems and prose writings are of a devotional character,
yet she had a keen sense also of the humorous side of life as the verses
entitled 'Allen Graeme', will testify.

"Mrs. Demarest traveled extensively throughout our own country, and also
abroad. Two volumes of her writings have been published--one entitled
'Gathered Writings', a collection of short stories, fragments of foreign
travel and reflections".


MY AIN COUNTREE.

     I am far frae my hame, an' I'm weary afterwhiles,
     For the langed-for hame-bringing an' my Father's welcome smiles;
     I'll ne'er be fu' content, until mine een do see,
     The shining gates o' heaven an' my ain countree.
     The earth is fleck'd wi' flowers, mony tinted fresh and gay,
     The birdies warble blithely, for my Father made them sae;
     But these sights an' these soun's will as naething be to me,
     When I hear the angels singing in my ain countree.

     I've His gude word o' promise that some gladsome day, the King
     To his ain royal palace His banished hame will bring;
     Wi' een an' wi' hearts running owre, we shall see
     The King in His beauty, in our ain countree;
     My sins hae been mony, an' my sorrows hae been sair,
     But there they'll never vex me, nor be remembered mair;
     His bluid has made me white--His hand shall dry mine e'e,
     When he brings me hame at last, to mine ain countree.

     Sae little noo I ken, o' yon blessed, bonnie place,
     I ainly ken its Hame, whaur we shall see His face;
     It wud surely be eneuch forever