so if you had not good hopes-tell me, oh, do tell me, is it true ?"

"My son, in God's great mercy, I believe it is," she replied, solemnly. "I would not, you know I would not, be so cruel as to raise false hopes; but Dr. Ford assures me that a sea-voyage may yet restore you, and now, thank God, we can go."

"Oh, I am thankful, mother, dear mother! It would have been hard to part; but if I am spared, may God give me grace to live more to His glory, and to be a greater comfort to you than I have been!" The room grew darker and darker, but there was light and joy in their hearts, such as they had not known for many long days; and the mother and son rejoiced together in their great happiness.

Little more remains to be told. Mr. Lynton had been long wishing for an opportunity of sending Harry to finish his education in England, and though his parents were grieved at the thought of parting with him, yet they would not lose so good an opportunity; so it was arranged that he should accompany Mrs. Quin and Philip. Great care was taken of the young invalid, and they reached Quebec by short and easy stages. The journey did not try him so

much even as they expected, and with the first breath of sea-air came a change for the better. They arrived in Liverpool after a prosperous voyage, and soon after proceeded to London, where Harry sorrowfully bade them farewell before entering alone upon the new and varied experiences of an English public school. He often missed Philip's ready advice and help, and right glad was he when they met again once more. It was in Mrs. Quin's pleasant country residence that his happy holidays were spent. Here was his second home, and he loved to call it so.

Philip by this time had regained even more than his former health, and when Harry's holidays were over, he returned with him, to contest once more for the double honours of class and playground. The discipline of their early days was not lost upon either of them, and Philip especially never regretted the lessons of self-dependence and self-sacrifice which he had been taught in the stern school of adversity.

And is there no truth that our young readers may learn from the little story we have related? We think there is. The word of God tells us that "None of us liveth to himself." Each word and action of even the very youngest must exercise some in

fluence for evil or for good on those around them; and we have seen how Philip's quiet, consistent conduct was the means, in God's hands, of leading one who seemed in every way most unpromising, to seek for pardon and peace through our Saviour Christ, who alone can bestow it.

The work which God gives each one of us, young and old, to do, lies close to our hand; and though the path of duty is sometimes rugged and steep, calling for patient selfdenial, yet if we strive by God's grace to go straight forward in it, He will surely make use of our silent example for His own glory and the good of those about us.

Years after, when Philip revisited the scenes of his boyish trials, and once more renewed his acquaintance with his old companion and former foe, Tom Hardy-now become a good and worthy man-he was able to look back upon his early discipline with thankfulness, and to feel that it had not been in vain that so many of his early days had been spent in the forest shades of

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