fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. [See Hymns 267, 283, and 419, Martineau's Hymn Book.] LEAD THOU ME ON. Lead, kindly light amid the encircling gloom,- The night is dark, and I am far from home, Keep Thou my feet: I do not ask to see I was not ever thus; nor pray'd that Thou I loved to choose and see my path; but now I loved day's dazzling light, and, spite of fears, So long Thy power hath bless'd me, surely still "Twill lead me on Thro' dreary doubt, thro' pain and sorrow, till The night is gone; And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. LESSON XIX. HIS LOVING KINDNESS IN SENDING TRIALS. PART I, FAITH AND TRUST :-CHANNING'S DISCOURSE ON THE DEATH OF DR. FOLLEN. Dewey's Sermons: "The Miseries of Life." Now it happened that that morning when uncle Henry came to breakfast, he laid his whip on the side-table when he came in, and forgot to take it with him when he went away again. Walter and Caroline amused themselves in the afternoon with playing with it; and the next morning they ran out into the garden with it. From the garden they ran into the lane, and seeing a bunch of wild strawberries high up on the bank, Walter laid down the whip that he might help Caroline up the bank to reach them. They went on and on, finding more strawberries, and quite forgot the whip till after dinner; and then, when Walter went to look for it, it was gone. His mother was sorry when she heard about it, for she knew that poor Walter would not like to tell his uncle about it, and yet she felt that he ought to do So. "I can speak for him if I choose," she said to herself; "and uncle Henry would be satisfied; and I should save my darling boy from present trouble; but then it would be preparing worse trouble for him afterwards,— for if I always shelter him in this way, he will never grow strong in goodness, nor bold in speaking the truth, and then what will become of him when I can no longer watch over him and shelter him? No, it would be cruel if I did not help him to learn by degrees to be strong, while he is still with me; it will be better for him to speak for himself; it is an opportunity for strengthening him in habits of courageous truthfulness, that must not be lost." So she determined that Walter must speak to uncle Henry the very next time he saw him. They had not long to wait, for that very evening, after they came in from their walk, and when Walter and his mother were upstairs getting ready for tea, they saw from the window uncle Henry coming in at the gates and knew that he was come to have tea with them. Walter was standing by the dressing-table close to his mother; she drew a chair towards her, and sitting down, put her arm round him, saying, Now, my child, here is uncle Henry, and it would not be honest or truthful not to tell him about losing his whip, would it?" 66 Walter was a timid boy, and he looked distressed at the thoughts of having to speak to uncle Henry; he looked beseechingly up at his mother, and said, "Will you tell him for me, dear mother? Please do!" His mother longed to do so, but she knew that it would be short-sighted love, and not real kindness, so she shook her head, and gently stroking Walter's head with her hand, she said to him, "This does not seem like putting you in the sunshine, or wrapping you round from trouble, as you feel your mother to do sometimes, does it, my child? And yet, look at me, and tell me,-do you think I love you less?"-Walter gave a glance at his mother's face, and felt that she loved him dearly, dearly."Or, dear child, do you think that I understand you less than I did, for instance, when I saw you getting tired at breakfast the other day? No, I am really endeavouring to shelter you, not from a little present trouble, but from what would |