shall be no more and now good by and bless you god bless you sir wherever you go cried the old man with n is never too late to mend energy for you have comforted my poor old heart i feel as i t felt this many a day your words are like the sounding a charge all down the line you must go i suppose but do ye come again and see me and you never come to see me now as you used � miss has her occupations like the rest of us said mr quickly but she will come to see you � won t she o yes sir replied hastily so then returned to the for mr s horse was in the stable at the door they found mr this is father sir father this is mr that is coming to take the duty here for a while after the ordinary drew her father aside and exchanging a few words with him disappeared into the house as mr was mounting his horse mr came forward and invited him to stay at his house whenever he should come to the parish mr hesitated sir said the farmer you will find no lodgings comfortable within a mile of the church and we have a large house not half occupied you can make yourself quite at home i am much obliged to you mr but must not too far upon your courtesy well sir replied the farmer we shall feel proud if you can put up with the like of us i will come i am much obliged to you sir and to your daughter he mounted his horse and bade the farmer good morning came out and stood on the steps and low � rustic fashion � but with a grace of her own he took off his hat to her as he rode out of the gate gave her a sweet bright smile of adieu and went down the lane fourteen miles an hour old was seated outside his own door with a pipe and ft book at the sound of horses feet he looked up and recognized his visitor whom he had seen pass in the morning he rose up erect and him by bringing his thumb with a wave to his forehead mr saluted him in the same manner but without stopping the old soldier sat down again and read and smoked the pipe ended � that solace was not of an immortal kind � but the book remained he read it calmly but earnestly in warm air till day declined chapter vn the next saturday was busy preparing two rooms for mr � a homely but bright bedroom looking eastward and a snug room where ho could be quiet down stairs snowy sheets and curtains and toilet cover showed the good the windows were open and a beautiful of s flowers on the table mr s eye brightened at the comfort neatness and freshness of the whole thing and who watched him felt pleased to see him pleased on sunday he preached in the parish church the sermon was opposite to what the good people here had been subject to instead of the and cold of an sermon he drove home truths home in business like english he used a good many illustrations and these were drawn from matters with which this particular congregation were he was as full of here as he was of them when he preached before the university of oxford any one who had read this sermon in a book of sermons would have divined what sort of congregation it was preached to � a of a sermon mr preached from notes and to the people � not the air like every bom orator he felt his way with his audience whereas the preacher who is not an orator throws out his fine things hit or miss and does not know and feel and d it is too late to mend whether he is or missing open your hand shut your eyes and fling out the ood seed so much per foot � that is enough no this man preached to the faces and hearts that happened to be round him he established between himself and them a pulse every throb of which he felt and followed if he could not get hold of them one way he tried another he would have them he was not there to fail his discourse was human it was man speaking to man on the most vital and topic in the world or out of it it was more it was brother speaking to brother hence some singular phenomena first when he gave the blessing which is a great piece of eloquence commonly reduced to a very small one by monotonous or feeble delivery and uttered it like his discourse with solemnity warmth tenderness and all his soul the people lingered some moments in the church and seemed unwilling to go at all second nobody their for their four during the sermon this was the more remarkable as many of the congregation had formed a steady habit of coming to this place once a week with the single view of an hour s repose from earthly and heavenly cares the next morning mr visited some of the poorest people in the parish accompanied him all eyes and ears she observed that his line was not to begin by his own topic but lie in wait for them let them first choose their favorite theme and so meet them on this ground and bring religion to bear on it o how wise he is i thought and how he knows the heart one sunday evening three weeks after his first official visit he had been by to see some of the poor people and on his return found alone he sat down and gave an account of his visits how many of tea and 