Afterwards

erfully sustained. But you are busy-making notes for next Sabbath, perhaps-and I must not interrupt you. We must keep ourselves open to the light; in

ys so childish that simple people thought him almost silly; but those who happened to have had deals wi

ed with him on his first Sunday in St Bede's, Glasgow, W., a kirk which contained many rich people and though

g through Glasgow and gave the address. It was on 'The Badgers' Skins* of the Tabernacle, an

ce against religious snobbery, forgetting that people who will not listen to a r

pe we may have a profitable gathering. Captain Footyl, the hussar evangelist, will also be

Mrs. T

Tuesday,

rhead who will giv

30 Eveni

, Carmichael of Drumtochty, with a runnin

ith you on Tuesday; it is no light thing for a man to come

h. Excuse the hint-you know the danger of the day-all life, life; but that's a misleading test By the way, we are all hoping that you may get settled in a home as well as in your church," continued Mr. Th

eyed the elder keenly,-"and to a girl of whom any man and any congregation may

that a rumour came to our ears that gave us great concern; but I said we must not give h

utherford, and there was that in

t only shows how we ought to set a watch upon our lips.

es, in Glenalder, where we all rejo

months to eke out my living. But about

wife ought to be, especially one in the west end of Glasgow. But do not let us say anything more of t

brought up by her grandfather, Alister Macdonald of the Black Watch, and who herself has a little croft in Glenalder"-and Rutherford challenged Mr. Thompson, expounder of Scripture and speculator in iron, to come on and do his worst "Will you allow

nsisted R

on. There are many sacrifices we must make for our work's sake; and, oh, Mr. Rutherford, what care we have to take lest we cast a stumbling-block in the way of others! It was only last week that a valued fellow-worker begged me to invite a young lady to my little drawing-room meeting who was concerned about spiritual things. 'Nothing would

ively. Perhaps the Sermon on the Mount might...; but we won't go into that Before deciding, however, what

an you do, I dare say. There is a nurse of my sister's, a cabman's daughter-I beg your pardon for dropping the photograph; you startled me. But you will excuse me saying that it is not this kind of knowledge... well, culture, which fits a woman to be a minister's wife. Addressing a mo

ught to break our troth. It is not a light thing to do, sir,

teacher of quite humble rank during his student days, and it was pointed out to him very faithfully by his elders that such a union would injure his prospects. He made it a matter of prayer, and he wrot

e teacher? I only ask for curiosity, for

ption, but at any rate she died just before the Doctor married. It

out my course. Suppose a woman loved a man and believed in him, and encouraged him through his hard college days, and they both were looking forward with one heart to

he good of the cause he had at heart and after prayerful consideration, there is no e

Rutherford's eye. "But whether you be right or wrong about the world in which you move, I do not know. In my jud