xix. 14), and in Ben's, "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day,

and for ever" (Heb. xiii. 8).

And now we must say "Good-bye" to the little ones. Ben worked hard at his place and earned his master's esteem, and he knew no greater pleasure than to bring home his wages to his kind guardians. He had many a difficulty to face, but he learned to look up and depend upon One who was ever ready to help him. His own father, Rogers, was lost at sea about two years after he resumed his sea-faring life, and so Ben ever looked upon Mr. and Mrs. Gray as his parents after this. The love that sprung up between him and little Kit, when in poverty, continued unabated, and he was proud, as time went on, to make her many a nice present, while she learned to sew and mend for him.

I am sorry to say Jim Snow did not improve much. True, he did not tease Ben any more, but he went with bad companions, and one Sunday he and two other lads were drowned in the river, while boating.

This had a great effect on Ben, and made him shun idle boys, while he thought much on that verse which Miss Randolphe gave him as a remembrance: "To him that _overcometh_, will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." (Rev. ii. 7). He found kind and lasting friends in the Craigs, and the old lady, especially, always made him welcome, while Michael and his wife showed an increasing interest in the things of God. The occupants of the little red cottage and those of Wood Cottage became fast friends, and many happy evenings were spent at both cottages. On these occasions the hard times of early days would often be recalled and their praises would ascend to the Lord Jesus for His great love to them in giving Himself to save them from sin and for all His interest in their eternal welfare and His watchfulness over their lives while down here. They had all trusted in Jesus and were indeed

SHELTERED AT LAST.