could say that." At another time he flung his arms around his mother's neck, and said,— 66 "Ma, I could not tell you all the wicked things I have done in my life, they would grieve you so; but I have told them all to Jesus, and He has forgiven me." Yet he had always seemed like a very good boy, had loved his Bible, and never disobeyed his parents. Next to the Bible, he loved the Pilgrim's Progress, which his mother read to him during his sickness. The last thing she read to him was the part in which Christian and Hopeful were crossing the river and entering the heavenly city. "Pa, ma," said he, "if Charlie and I die to-night, we will cross the river together, like Christian and Hopeful, and I will hold up my little brother's head above the waters." When told that Charlie was dead, he said, "Then he has gone before, and will be waiting on the shining shore to welcome me with a kiss." He had several dollars of money, and this he told them to give to a missionary friend of his in Siam. It was a part of his daily prayer, as long as he could pray, to ask God to convert the heathen. One of his last remarks was, "Pa, I know what that key was." 66 What key, my son ?" asked his father. He replied, "The key with which Christian and Hopeful got out of Doubting Castle; that key was prayer." He suffered much, but there was no murmuring; he was full of thankfulness and joy and peace. He laid his head on the bosom of his Saviour, and like his little brother, quietly fell asleep. And many, many other dear children have found Jesus as their Saviour, and been made the children of God, and heirs of the kingdom of heaven. May you all love Jesus, as your best Friend, follow Jesus as your best Example, and trust in Jesus as your only and almighty Saviour. IX. Our Father's Business. "A CHARGE to keep I have, A never-dying soul to save, "To serve the present age, Oh may it all my powers engage, "Arm me with jealous care, "Help me to watch and pray, |