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 her power to render you more essential service than any she has yet performed."

"Say you sae?' cried Mrs MacClarty, eagerly.

"Yes," returned Mr Gourlay; "for if you will listen to her advice, she will instruct you in the art of governing your childrens' passions, and of teaching them to govern themselves; and thus, by the blessing of God, she may eventually be the means of rescuing them from a sentence of condemnation—more awful than the most awful that any human tribunal can pronounce."

The widow felt too much respect for her pastor to dispute the truth of his observation, though she probably entered a silent protest against its obvious inference. She, however, thanked him for his kind intentions; and he immediately after took his leave.