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172 " I wonld not make the path I hare trod "^ More pleasant or eren, more straight or vld«t Nor ch&nse my coarse the breadth of a h&ir. This waj or that way, to either side. " Mj past Is mine, and I take It all ; Its weakness — its foll7, if yon please) fiaj, even my sins. If yon come to that. May hare been my helps, not hindrances! " If I saved my body from the flames Because that once I bad burned my hand} Or kept mysclT ftom a greater sin By doing a less — yon will nnderstaod ; " It was better I snllbred a Utile pato, Better I sinned tot a little time, If the smarting warned me back from death. And the sting of sin withheld frxim crime. " Who knows Its strength by trial, will know What strength must be set against a sin; And how temptation Is overcome He has learned, who has felt its power within I "And who knows how a lift at Uie last may show? Why, look at the moon from where we stand I Opaqoe, nneren, yon say; yet it shines, A Inminous sphere, complete and grand I " So let my post stand, Just as It stands. And let me now, as I may, grow old ; I am what I am, and my life fOr me Is the beat— or It had not been, I bold." If I have written aright this hasty sketch, there are hope and comfort therein for those who are just entering uiion rcspoDBible lifd with no more than average opportunities and advantages. If I have not shown this, read the works of Alice and Fhebo Gary, and find it there I