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clear to him as no doubt it must be to

his more fortunately endowed fellow -
worshippers*

These thing's—since he understood the
fact that they must ever remain dark to

him— troubled him not one jo t ; but he did
wonder why people who, for an hour or

two on Sunday, became so fervent about
brotherly love, forgiveness of enemies, and

prayers for mercy—who week after week
seemed to make strong resolutions to amend

shortcomings, and for ever after to lead the
Jives of saints—should, on Monday morning,

behave precisely as if all this had never
taken place. Monday morning I Why,

directly the Sunday service was over, he
could hear the churchgoers j as they gos~
sipped strolling homewards, complain that

the preacher was too long, that the Psalms

were out of tune, that the anthem was
atrocious, and the appeal to contribute to
the collection was too bad, through coming

so often ! And all this from folk who, with
bent kneesj bated breath, and covered faces,