ch they are endeavouring to destroy, and which may be stated thus: "I
believe in the Sovereign, the Church, and the Land: the Sovereign being
the father of the people in a temporal sense; the Church in a spiritual
sense; and the Land being the only substantial and enduring means of
subsistence. Cotton, coal, and iron cannot be eaten, but the land gives
us corn and beef; therefore, the land stands first and foremost, and the
agriculturist, as the tiller of land, possesses an inalienable right
which it is his duty to maintain, and in so doing he is acting for the
good of the community. I believe that the son and the daughter should
obey their parents, and show regard to their wishes even when legally
independent. Also that the servant should obey his employer. The
connection between employer and employed does not cease with the payment
of wages. It is the duty of the servant to show consideration for the
advice of the master; and the master is not free from responsibility as
to the education and the comfort of the man. The master is bound by all
laws, human and divine, to pay a fair amount of wages for a day's work.
If he does not do so he robs the workman as much as if he stole the
money from his pocket. The workman is equally bound to do his work
properly, and in neglecting to do so he robs his employer. To demand
more wages than has been earned is an attempt at robbery. Both master
and man should respect authority, and abide by its decisions."

Such is a slight outline of the home-life and the faith of the farmer.

FOOTNOTE:

[1] Feb. 1874.

_THE LABOURER'S DAILY LIFE._

Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do
people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a man who believes
that he is entitled to a large property in Chancery, or elsewhere, as
the heir. They are very fond of talking of these things, and naturally
take a pride in feeling themselves a little superior in point of
ancestry to the mass of labourers.

How this descent from a farmer to a labourer is managed there are at
this moment living examples going about the country. I knew a man who
for years made it the business of his life to go round from farm to farm
soliciting charity, and telling a pitiful tale of how he had once been a
farmer himself. This tale was quite true, and as no class likes to see
their order degraded, he got a great deal of relief from the
agriculturists where he was known. He was said to ha