s trust in God.

"I'm vary sorry to laave, maaster, but I knaw I am gettin' owd and used
up."

"And what will you do for a livelihood, Abe? I'm afraid you would not
be likely to get employment anywhere else at your age, what will you
do?"

"Well, I don't knaw what I mun do, but I'm sure my Father will niver
see me want; 'I have been young and now am old, yet have I never seen
the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread.'" This beautiful
triumph of simple faith in God was soon followed by its reward; his
master had carried the test far enough, he saw once more his old
servant was a man of God, his face broke out into a smile which showed
he had only been playing with Abe: "We have arranged to give you a
weekly allowance sufficient to keep you and your wife as long as you
live."

"Praise th' Lord!" exclaimed Abe, "I knew my Father would not see me
want." So from that time our old friend received his weekly allowance,
and was kept from want. The Lord takes care of His own children that
trust in Him, and He often does so through the agency of some other
individual, yet whomsoever he be, he shall have his reward. "Whosoever
shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water
only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no
wise lose his reward" (Matt. x. 42).

OUT OF HARNESS.

When our old friend became so infirm as to be unable to work for his
daily bread, we may naturally conclude that his labours as a local
preacher also necessarily terminated. It was a great trouble to him to
have to put off the harness; he struggled against it as long as he
could, until indeed it was no longer safe for him to go to his beloved
work; so he was compelled to stay at home, but never man left a calling
with greater regret than he did this, for he loved it with all his
heart.

Nor was he alone in his regrets. Many shared in them when it was known
up and down that Little Abe was "out of harness," and would come no
more. Some friends sitting together in one of the country places of
the Circuit were talking about the preachers they had heard in that
place, some of them in heaven, and some remaining till God should call
them home; reference was made to Abe Lockwood, or as he was often
called in the latter days of his life, "Old Abe!" "Ah, there's dear
'Old Abe!' he'll never come again." A fine little fellow that sat
listening to the conversation rose to his feet, with his eyes full