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Henri Marie Boudon  and  Father  Faber.

— Matthew xi. 30.

[Henri Marie  Boudon,  Archdeacon  of  Evreux,  was  born  in  1624, and died  in  the  year  1702. This holy  servant  of  God  was  the  author of many  pious  works. The seventh  volume  of  the  Library  of  Religious Biography, edited  by  Edward  Healy  Thompson,  contains  an  excellent biography of  this  distinguished  ecclesiastic]

WHAT an  honour,  and  how  glorious  it  is  to  be  in  the  service of  so  great,  so  good  a  Master!

The condition  of  the  least  of  His  servants  is  incomparably greater than  that  of  the  kings  of  the  earth;  for  their  greatness and  prosperity  finish  with  their  lives,  but  the  servants of God  finish  with  their  lives  the  pains  and  trials  they  have had to  suffer  in  His  service,  and  after  that  they  find  an  eternal happiness and  immortal  crowns  awaiting  them.

It is  then  reasonable  what  the  royal  prophet  assures  us, that one  day  spent  in  His  house  and  in  His  service,  is better  than  a  thousand  days  spent  elsewhere.

It is  true  that  all  men  esteem  and  love  to  be  great,  but they do  not  think  wherein  true  greatness  is. They deem it to  be  a  great  honour  to  be  in  the  service  of  royalty; they pay  heavy  sums  to  be  deemed  the  head  of  a  firm;  but they take  but  little  pains  to  be  a  servant  of  God,  and,  what is more  grievous,  they  often  blush  at  the  idea  of  fulfilling the duties  of  His  service.

The great  Apostle  was  elated  at  a  time  when  the  Chris-