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humbly knows she cannot lead, but is do
Ing her duty in the best way she can be-
cause 1t has been put upon her as such?

humbly, knows she cannot lead, Dut Ii 90
ing her duty in the best way she can be-
cause 1t has been put upon her as sucn!
while ones good opinion of himself re-
out no hollow sound, shrinks not self-hurt
with the doubt Of its own reality. hostile
criticism will not go very deep. VIII not
reach to the quick. The thing that hurts
is that which sets trembling the ground
of self-worship, lays bare the shrunk cracks
and worm holes under the golden plates Of
the idol, shows the ant running about In
1t, and renders the foolish smile OF the
thing hateful. But he who will then turn
away from his imagined self and refer his
life to the hidden ideal self. the angel that
ever beholds the face of the Father, shall
therein be made whole and sound, alive
and free."-George Macdonald.
Applied Truth.
There is a story told of woman in Lon
don who exclaimed: Ought not religion to
begin at home? 1 know some who are
saints abroad but devils at home. My hus-
band comes home, breaks every thing he
can lay hands upon, pulls me by the hair
Of my head, and acts disgracefully But
If he is ever so drunk, he always says his
prayers and talks about the Bible. should
have been a Christian long ago but Tor
him. Oftentimes our Phariseeism keeps
others out of the kingdom We are angels
abroad. The smile of heaven Is In our
countenances and we breathe out KIND
nesses with every word People think we
are too good for this earth. Then we go
home puffed up with this adulation, think
ing how proud God must be OF us, ana
we frown when we are asked to go down
town for some butter for supper, or we
sigh when some one persists In taking 70
and asking questions while we are read
ing, and at last snap out: Cant you ever
give me any peace?" We find IT hard TO
wash the dishes and to bear with the fussy
member of the family, and sometimes we
do not even try. Are we not like whtted
sepulchers? Beautiful, costly white chisel-
ed marble, cleaning in the sun, lovely to
look upon and within the abode Of death
and decay and horror?
Sturgeon said: 1.-The shops In the square
Of San Marco were all religfously closed,
for the day was a high festival; we were
much disappointed, for it was our last day,
and we desired to take away with US some
souvenirs of lovely Venice. But our regret
soon vanished, for on looking at the shop
we meant to patronize we readily discov-
cred signs of traffic within. We stepped to
the side door and found, when one or two
other customers had been served, that we
might purchase to our hearts content,
saint or no saint. After this fashion, too,
many keep the laws Of God to the eye but
violate them In the heart. The shutters are
up as If the man no more dealt with sin
and Satan; but a brisk commerce Is going
on behind the scenes"
1.-The abbot in Melancthon lived strictly
and walked demurely, and looked humbly,
SO long as he was but a monk; but when,
by his seeming extraordinary sanctity he
got to be abbot, he grew intolerable, proud.
insolent, and being asked the reason Of 1t
confessed that his former lowly look was
but to see If he could find the keys Of the
abbey."-Brooks.