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His sisters, however, had inherited more of their mother's conventionality than of her heart; and the fact that this young man was their brother did not by any means obliterate from their minds the other facts, that he had a very bad reputation and that he was aborave and constrained, and suggested that there ht have been a death in the family, and that their brother had come home to attend the funeral

But the unworldly Dr Marks holly absorbed in the blessed truth that the dead was alive and the lost found He had followed Haldane into the apartratulation Believing that the serene light of Heaven's favor rested on the youth, he had forgotten that it would be long before society relaxed its dark frown It seereat and univen to the bewildered household, the doctor said: "My dearwith your son, that I ht rejoice with you The Lord has answered our prayers, you see, and you have reason to be the happiest wohed the , "that soh this dark and mysterious providence, for it has been so utterly dark and full ofto waver"

"The Lord will net suffer you to be teyman, heartily "When relief is essential it comes, and it alill come, rest assured Take comfort, madam; nay, let your heart overfloith joy without fear The Lordhe sends you with the gladness and gratitude of a child receiving gifts froood work, he'll finish it"

"I hope so I do, indeed, hope that Egbert will now coht, as other people do," ejaculated the , fervently "If he had only taken the excellent advice you first gave him here how much better it would have been for us all! But now--" A dreary sigh closed the sentence

"But now," responded the doctor, a little warmly, "the Lord has saved a soul from death, and that soul is your only son It appears to ht should s up every other; and it will, when you realize it," he concluded, heartily "This world and the fashion of it passeth away Since all promises well for the world to come, you have only cause for joy As for my excellent advice, I was better pleased with it at the time than the Lord was I now am thankful that he let it do no more harm than it did"