that count it pleasure to riot in the day time; spots they are, and blemishes; sporting themselves with their own deceivings.' Decision of character sir, is what you need, and without it you are lost, lost for ever.'

"I am lost already; the last tie that bound me to earth is severed, and what have I to live for now?"

"You have everything to live for, sir; live that you may add to your knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity, and with this combination of virtues, you will be enabled through grace to live the life of the righteous; and at last to come off conqueror, yea, more than conqueror, through Jesus Christ, whose pity and forgiveness are commensurate with your repentance."

"Mr. Bradley, I have no objection to your theology, and your reasoning ought to commend itself to the judgment of every reflecting mind. I have long since learned from the word of God, that the happiness of two worlds must be derived from a cheerful acquiescence in the truth which is alone calculated to elevate and sanctify our fallen natures. I have found the way of the transgressor bard; it has blighted my future prospects, and rendered my own existence loathsome. When I met you on your way to Roselle, I had something to live for; my expectations had failed in one, but in another I had hoped to more than realize them; man appoints, but God disappoints."

"Mr. Willard, in the general acceptance of that, it is true, 'therefore, saith the Lord; behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone,

a precious corner stone, a sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.' You see, sir, that the worldly expectations of the righteous and the unrighteous are alike cut off.

"The little a righteous man hath is better than the riches of money.' "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man,'

“He that loveth wine and oil, shall not be rich.'

"I would not, my friend, be a prophet of evil to you, but if you continue your present business, your riches will take to themselves wings and fly away; and God hath declared, 'that judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet, and hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. I have prolonged this interview with you, sir, beyond my expectations, but I leave the result in the

hands of one who is able to bring light out of darkness. I shall return to my people in the city of B, better prepared to labor for the cause of temperance, than when I left. I resolved in Roselle to be valiant in this work."

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley had more than once wept over the desolation that this evil had already made in their native village.

On the evening of their arrival in Roselle, they had gazed with admiration upon its quiet beauty. They had for years thought and talked of it, as it was in the days of their childhood.

As the carriage rolled along its almost deserted streets, they could see by the clear light of the crescent moon, that time had wrought its changes upon many an old familiar way-mark. The elder Mr. Bradley turned his

horse into the avenue that led to his own door; the tall cedars that overshadowed them, waved their luxuriant branches, welcoming them to the quietude of their happy home.

The eyes of Charles filled with tears as he thought of his then sainted mother, whose blessing and smile had so often greeted him, as he had returned from his boyish sports, or the arduous duties of a student; but a grateful resignation filled his heart as he thanked God for blessing him with a praying mother.

As he entered the house, his eyes fell upon objects still more familiar. Late as it was, he could not retire until he had gone from room to room; everything seemed just as it did when he was a boy. He told Amelia, that he heartily rejoiced in New England's stereotyped mode of house-keeping.

On entering his former study, they