y, for what soul is not dear to our Saviour? The
worse the soul, the more the Saviour yearns to reclaim it. You remember
the parable of the ninety-and-nine?"

"Who can forget it?" said the reverend doctor, tears springing to his
eyes.

"No one, my dear brother,--no one," replied the priest. "Well, my lost
sheep have all come back. The invisible Church has helped the visible,
and--"

"Is my Church, then, invisible?" asked Dr. Guide, with a quick relapse
into his old-time manner.

"My dear brother," exclaimed the priest, "which is the greater? Which
exists only for the other?"

"I beg your pardon," said Dr. Guide, his face thawing in an instant.

"Again I thank you from the depths of my heart," said the old priest,
"and--"

"Father Black," interrupted the pastor, "the more you thank me the
more uncomfortable I feel. Whatever credit is awarded, except to
Heaven, for the great and unexpected experiences which have been made
manifest at my church, belongs entirely to a man who, being the lowest
of the low, has set forth an example of perfect obedience."

"That poor cobbler? You are right, I verily believe, and I shall go at
once to pour out my heart to him."

"Let me go with you, Father--_Brother_, Black. I--" here Dr. Guide's
face broke into a confidential smile,--"I want to go to confession
myself, for the first time in my life, if you will allow the cobbler to
be my priest. I want a reputable witness, too."

Then the two clergymen, arm in arm, proceeded to Sam Kimper's shop, to
the great astonishment of all the villagers who saw them.

That night, at the closing meeting of the revival series, Dr. Guide
delivered a short but pointed talk from the text, "Verily I say unto
you, the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom before you."

"My friends," said he, "these words were spoken by Jesus one day when
the chief priests and elders, who were the types of the clergymen and
formal religious people of our day, questioned Him about His works and
His authority. They had a mass of tradition and doctrine by which they
were justified in their own eyes, and the presence, the works, the
teachings and the daily life of Jesus were a thorn in their flesh. It
annoyed them so that they crucified Him in order to be rid of His purer
influence. We, who know more of Him than they, have been continually
crucifying our Lord afresh by paying too much attention to the letter
and ignoring the spirit. 'These things should ye have do