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took the road tina. led to the Christian commu-

took the road that led to the Christian commu-
nifty.
He iourneyed on the whole day, and when
evening came. ne stopped at q villagers house,
where he intende to pass the night. In the
stretched on q couch, The noise OF footsteps
disturbed him and he raised himself up.
Julius recognized the physician.
NO" exclaimed Julius, 'never again shall
you dissuade me from carrying out my resolve.
This is the third time that am bound for the
same destination, and I know that hat, there and
.'Where7'' asked the physician.
Among the Christians
Yes. you may possibly ind peace OF mind
there. but you will certainly not be doing your
duty. You lack fortitude, my friend; misfor-
tunes snbdue you. True philosophers never act
thus: .asters ami reverses are but then the hIs
the cruc e. and now that your services, which
might prove inestinabie, most urgently
you should test Others and Yourself You have
acquire true wisdom and it is your duty to
make OF 1t for the good OF the common.
wealth. What wo Id become OF the citizens and
the state If those who have obtained a thorough
knowie ige Of men, their passion. motives aud
the conditions OF their lie, instead of giving
the benefit of their knowledge and experience to
the state, were TO bury the,l out OF sight and
seek repose ami tranquility for themselves
Your wisdom has been gained in society. and It
o ti yo"' aa'' A'''" society 70 reap 1' 'tt'
"But possess d, wisdom I am a bundle OF
errors. True, they are ancient, but then an
age and putridity, no mat er what proportions
they may reach. never change water into wine: -
And having said this. Julius chught up his
mantle, gu tied the room and the house. and
without resting anywhere continued his journey.
The next evening as the long shadows had just
deep-ned into darkness he reached the own OF
the Christians He received a very cordial well
come. notwithstanding that it was not known
that be was the personal friend OF Pamphilius,
whom they all loved and rover d.
Al table Pamph.l us perc lived his friend, and
with an aftab.e smile ran up to him and pressed
him in his embrace.
Here am at last, exclaimed Julius. ''Tell
me what am to do; will obey yoa.''
Don't worry about that" replied Pamphil-
ius: LET US go toge her. And Pamphilus
strangers and wayfare-s. pointed TO Ihe couch
there and sail: "You will ind out yourself in
what way you may be useful to others. as soon
as you have looked around you and grown ac-
customed to our mode Of ife But in order that
you may make prohI able use of your present
leisure, will tell you what you might do to- NOR
row: In our gardens the bretIre are busy
gathering in the vintage; go and give them
what assistance you can. You wall easily find
your place among them
julius went to the vineyards next morning.
The first wss young plantation with r.ch C us
tiers of grapes hanging down on every side:
The young people were gathering them In and
carrying them away. All the wo was portloned
out among them and JuliuS We nj from one to
another anxious to discover something 10 do,
but he found no place for himself ther..
He penetrated FUR her. and came into a some
what older plantation where the crop was con-
siderably less. But here. too. he failed to get
an CO .upa ion; the brethren were busy working
in pairs, and required no additional hands. He
continued his search. however, and soon found
himself in q very cd vineyard. II was empty.
he vine stocks were warned and crooked, and,
as it seemed 10 julius, wholly devoid of fruit.
80, this is what my life is. -" he exclaimed
to himself as he looked arou d. Had come
hither at the first call, nv life would have been
as the fruits II the first vineyard. Had come
at the second call. it would have been like those
of the oil err plantation; but 70" my life Is as
these useless. weakly old zines -ockS, mt only TO
thrown into the FIRE. ~
And julius terrified at what he had done
at the thought of the punishment that awaited
him for having wantoniy squandered his whole
life.
And he became very sad and said aloud: Il
row fit for nothing; there is now no work
that can do.' And he DID not raise up from
his place, but wept bitterly over the criminal
loss Of that which he knew he GOULD never more
bring back.
Suddenly he heard the voice of an old man
calling out to him. Work. dear brother,''
said the voice. Looking round Julius beheld
very old man with snow -white hair. doubled up
with age, whose tottering feet scarcely bore up
the weight of his body. He stood beside vine
and was gathering the rare sweet grapes that
ew here and there upon 1t. julius went up
Work, dear brother" he said. "work is
sweet" And he tauL hit him how 10 look for
the very few clusters that were still on the
julius set to work as he had been told, and
having found some punches of grapes, took
And the old man said 10 him: ''Looki In
what are these punches inferior to those they
are gathering in the other plantations? Walk
while We have the light SAID the Teacher. 1t is
the will of Him that sent me that whosoever
seeth the Son and beiieveth in Him has life
everlasting and will raise him no on the last
day. For Goi did not send his Son into the
word to Judge the world, but that the world
sh ould be saved through m. He who believes
in Him will not be judged, and he who does not
believe is judged already, because he did not
believe in the only begotten Son of God. The
Judgment consists in this. that the light came
into the world, but men loved darkness better
than the light, because their deeds are evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateLh the light,
neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should
be rep owed. But he thGt doeth truth cometh to
the light. that his deeds may be made manifest.
that they wrought in God.''
You are disheartened and downcast, be-
cause you have not done more than you have
actually accomplished. Do not grieve,
my, son. for we are all children OF God
and his s.. servants. we are all SOL
no wants but yourself? And suppose You had
devote d yourself to His service in the vigor of
your strength do you imagine that you would
you would have done for your fellow men 6ll
that IL necessary, in ord 'r to bring about His
kingdom upon earth? You say that you would
have accomplished twice much you can
now perform, ten times as much. hundred
tim az much. II YOU rea lied myrisd times
more than all mankind combined, what would
all this amount to in the v ork of 90 I? To no h.
ing. The work OF God, like God Himself, has
no limits no end. Gods work is within you.
pproach 1t and become not workman, but o
son You will be a copartner of God who Is
infinite and a shsrer in His work. With God
there is neither title nor great: and in life
there is neither little nor great; there
is only straight or crooked. Enter on the
s raight road in lite and you will be with God,
and your work wi be neither great nor little. il
will be Gods work. Remember that there is
more Joy in heaven over one sinner that repent
eth than yer ninety and nine just persons. The
worlds ways, and all that you have neglected to
do have shown you your sin. And having seen
your sin, you have eIen:ed; and having re-
pented, you have found the right road; ami now
that you on the right road, go forward with
Cod think no more of the past, OF Ii tie and Of
great. All Ii ing men equal bsf~re God.
There is one God and one life
And julius grew calm and composed again,
the peace Ct mind he had yearned for;
and he manfully set himself to live and to work
to the utmost of his power. for the good of his
fellow men. And he lived thus joyfully twenty
years, his soul too full TO allow him 10 perceive
The slow approach OF physical death.
L. ToLsToI.
Frank E. Morrill, OF North Berwick,