[Mrs. Thistlethwaite, in her _Memoirs_ of her father, p. 6, states,
that "Benjamin Bathurst, Esq., the father of the Bishop of Norwich,
having married, first, Miss Poole, an heiress, he had issue by her
twenty-two children; by his second wife, Miss Brodrick, daughter of Dr.
Brodrick, a Brother of Lord Midleton's, Mr. Bathurst had a second
family of fourteen children, of whom my father was third child and
second son. He was a seven months' child, and I have heard that he was
so extremely small an infant, that he could not be dressed like other
children for some time after his birth, but was obliged to be wrapped
in cotton. My father used to say in a joke, that he was wrapped in
cotton, and put into a quart mug." The bishop's father had four
children, one daughter and three sons. These four had a hundred
children between them, thirty-six of whom fell to the lot of the
bishop's father.]
"_Selah._"--What is the meaning of the word _Selah_, which occurs so often
in the Psalms? I have observed that most people, in reading, omit it.
Should it be read or not?