THE HEBREW CAPTIVE. "Even to this day, the vail is upon their heart," 2 Cor. iii. 15. She knelt, the haughty strife was o'er,- Yet not from darkness was she freed- "Where is the King of Israel's race? Why is the boon so long delayed? “Why doth the scoffer in his pride, "Lo! here as outcasts, still we roam, "Is lowly laid, her honours lost;→ "As chaff is scattered to the wind, "So rove her sons, the great, the kind ;- “And still I weep? shall tedious years ; "Once I could own a kindred breast, w-she loved the Crucified; She saw THE YOUTHS' MAGAZINE; OR Evangelical Miscellany. FEBRUARY, 1843. HOUGHTON HOUSE. HOUGHTON HOUSE, a fine specimen of an old English mansion, was situate at Houghton Conquest, near Ampthill in Bedfordshire. It is now generally known in the neighbourhood as "the ruins"-a term which conveys some idea of its present state. It was built early in the seventeenth century, probably by Inigo Jones. A modern writer speaking of its original appearance, says "the whole may perhaps be termed by some, a medley, but it has a very fine effect; a much more pleasing one to many than the stiff, regular, and petty imitations of German or Venetian architecture with which England is now most plentifully studded." By some it is presumed to have been built after some plan or description in the "Arcadia" of Sir Philip Sidney, but though this family was certainly connected with the place, the tradition is improbable. |