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 "Every day  will  I  bless  Thee,  and  I  will praise  Thy  name  forever"  (Ps.  cxliv.  8,  9,  2).

Let us  give  the  good  God,  our  Father  in heaven,  a  service  of  Love,  in  the  spirit  of  St. Francis  Xavier,  who  said:  "O  God!  I  love Thee,  not  for  the  sake  of  winning  heaven,  or  of escaping  hell,  not  for  the  hope  of  gaining  aught, but  solely  because  Thou  art  my  God."

"Not with  the  hope  of  gaining  aught,   Not  seeking  a  reward; But  as  Thyself  hast  loved  me,   O  ever-loving  Lord.

E'en so  I  love  Thee,  and  will  love, And in  Thy  praise  will  sing: Solely because  Thou  art  my  God And my  eternal  King."

1. MANY  years  ago  my  path  led  me  by  the  side  of  a  river,  where  laborers were engaged  in  erecting  water-works. It was a sultry  summer's  day,  and  I  pitied  the  workmen who  were  obliged  to  pursue  their  daily  toil in the  fierce  rays  of  the  sun. I said  to  myself: "How these  poor  creatures  have  to  suffer,  exposed as  they  are  the  livelong  day  to  this  blazing heat;  and  in  spite  of  all  their  wearisome toil,  they  perhaps  scarcely  earn  wherewithal  to buy  clothing  and  to  appease  their  hunger  and thirst!" My sympathy  for  these  laborers caused me  to  devote  my  attention  to  them  for  a short  space  of  time  and  to  listen  to  them  at  their work.

a. Two  middle-aged  workmen,  whose  counte-