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"Yes," said Mr Dinwiddie, when I said ht aloud, -

" 'Skin for skin; all that a ive for his

life' But when the conscience knows that heaven is not to be

bought that way, then there is no other ies but the love of Christ

constraining him"

"The trouble is, Mr Dinwiddie, that there is so little of

that"

"So little!" he said, - "even in those of us who love most I

do not

the actions of those who used to live here; perhaps they

thought to get nearer to Christ by getting nearer to the

places of His so in human flesh"

"And don't you think it does help, Mr Dinwiddie?" I said

He turned on me a very deep and sweet look, that was half a

smile

"No!" he answered "The Lord may use it, - He often does, - to

quicken our sense of realities and so strengthen our

apprehension of spiritualities; but just so He can use other

things, even remote distance from such and all material helps

Out of that very distance He can make a tie to draw the soul