Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind "I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME; AND THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME."--Prov. viii., 17. CHAPTER III. Business Life. 1853-9. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart; he that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; in whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoureth them that fear the Lord; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not; he that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. PSALM XV. THE subject of this narrative had now reached a new stage in his career. His school education being finished, the question was raised as to what line of occupation he should engage in. His own secret wish was towards the ministry of the gospel, but I do not know that he breathed it to any one. At all events the way to the ministry was not yet open, and his parents, with his own consent, arranged for his entering a draper's shop. Accordingly, while yet in his sixteenth year, he was apprenticed to Messrs. Allan & Son, of Alnwick, and the epigraph on his articles of indenture bears that he faithfully served his time of five years and a half. Now, therefore, I have to speak of his life in Alnwick. And here I am greatly indebted to Mr. Thomas Taylor, of that town, from whose notes the most of the following information is derived. I suppose it must be owned that Mr. Deans never took kindly to the ways of shop life, so that his employers would look in vain for that smartness and eager readiness in attracting customers which they regard as essential to success. But he had C |