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"You have expressed s exactly, Mrs Carlton, and there are tiht to this benighted race," exclaimed Mary, enthusiastically

"We are very apt, encies, and capable of great actions, when a strict examination would declare that the minor deeds and petty trials which test the teth too often destroy our equanimity, and show our inability to cope with difficulties Wos, yet we are assured by the greatest of all fes;' therefore, let us strive more and more earnestly to obtain perfect control of ourselves; then shall we be enabled to assist others"

"I often think," replied Mary, thoughtfully, "that we reat sacrifices with comparative ease, because we feel our own insufficiency, and rely more on God for assistance; while in lesser troubles we are so confident of success, that we neglect to ask his blessing, and consequently fail in our unaided atteht, Mary, and it should teach us to distrust our powers, and lead us to lean upon 'Hi silence ensued, broken at length by the entrance of Mrs Carlton's two children, who carried a large basket between the to her side: the little girl clung around her neck, and kissed her repeatedly

"Maria, you are too boisterous, irl; Miss Mary will have no cause to doubt your affection Elliot, why do you not speak to Miss Florence, ht, the boy obeyed, and, joined by his sister, stood at hisin his ear, but he only shook his head and replied, "Not now, sister, let us wait"

She hesitated a moment, then laid her little hand on Mrs Carlton's shoulder

"Mother, I know you said it was rude to whisper in co veryladies will excuse you, hter, if it is i followed A flush rose to the mother's cheek and a tear to her eyes, as she clasped her to her heart, and said, "I wish you, my children, to speak out, and tell all you know of this affair"