magistrate, who fined him for blasphemy. Twenty years
after, Hopper met Cain, whose appearance was much changed for the
worse. This touched the Friend's heart. He stepped up, spoke kindly,
and shook hands with the forlorn being. "Dost thou remember me,"
said the Quaker, "how I had thee fined for swearing?"

"Yes, indeed, I do: I remember what I paid as well as if it was
yesterday."

"Well, did it do thee any good?"

"No, never a bit: it made me mad to have my money taken from me."

Hopper invited Cain to reckon up the interest on the fine, and paid
him principal and interest too. "I meant it for thy good, Cain; and
I am sorry I did thee any harm."

Cain's countenance changed; the tears rolled down his cheeks. He
took the money with many thanks, became a quiet man, and was not
heard to swear again.

PEACE, GRACE AND GLORY.

So there is a great deal of difference between law and grace. "Being
justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ; by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein
we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." There are three
precious things here: peace for the past; grace for the present; and
glory for the future. There is no peace until we see the finished
work of Jesus Christ--until we can look back and see the Cross of
Christ between us and our sins. When we see that Jesus was "the end
of the law for righteousness;" that He "tasted death for every man;"
that He "suffered the Just for the unjust"--then comes peace. Then
there is "the grace wherein we now stand." There is plenty of grace
for us as we need it day by day, and hour by hour.

Then there is glory for the time to come. A great many people seem
to forget that the best is before us. Dr. Bonar says that everything
before the true believer is "glorious." This thought took hold of my
soul; and I began to look the matter up, and see what I could find
in Scripture that was glorious hereafter. I found that the kingdom
we are going to inherit is glorious: our crown is to be a "crown of
glory;" the city we are going to inhabit is the city of the
glorified; the songs we are to sing are the songs of the glorified;
we are to wear garments of "glory and beauty;" our society will be
the society of the glorified; our rest is to be "glorious;" the
country to which we are going is to be full of "the glory of God and
of the Lamb." There are many who are always looking on the backward
path, and mourn