d the little bark, and brought its voyage to an end in a safe
harbour. If anyone but the kind-hearted lady who became his second
mother had seen him, the story of his life might have been very short.
And the same God watches you, my dear child.

There is an Eye which never sleeps; and in the night, when even your
mother has closed her eyes, God does not shut His. Do you ever think
that in the darkness the eye of God can see you just as well as in the
daylight? If it had not been so, you would not have grown in your sleep,
as you have done every night. There have been many dangers near to you
which you never knew, but God did, and has watched over you for good all
your life. Thank Him, for even your mother could not have helped you, if
God had not done so.

LITTLE FOLKS MAY BECOME GREAT MEN. That baby became one of the greatest
men in Old Testament history. And how was it? He stuck to his book. We
read that "Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians." This
could not have been if he had scamped his lessons, could it? Then he
left the company of the wicked, though it cost him a great deal, and he
chose to be one of the people of God. The boy and girl who will follow
his example will do well for themselves, for the life of Moses was one of
the greatest honour, and, though he had to pay the price which must be
paid if we would win the smile of God, he has been rewarded. Honour has
come to him that never came to anyone else; for we learn from the Book of
Revelation that in heaven his name is greatest of the great, for the
saints sing "The song of Moses, the servant of God," and

THE SONG OF THE LAMB.

III. SPIRITUAL FARMING.--NO. 2.
PLOUGHING.

There have been during the last few years great improvements in the
construction of the plough, but no one dreams of any substitute for it.
Ploughing is as necessary as sowing; that is to say, the land must be
stirred and prepared for the seed. In heavenly husbandry there are some
well-meaning folk who would dispense with the plough, and preach faith
without repentance, but only to find that the birds of the air get most
of the seed! If there is to be an abiding work there must be conviction
of sin, and knowledge of guilt, and for this end there is nothing better
than a plough, made of Sinai steel and wood grown on Calvary.

There are some directions given in the Old Book which it will pay our
ploughmen to study. One is as to the choice of the