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to bring it into activity. Good, without
its appropriate truth, is impotent. Of this
the poor lad soon became conscious. To
the question of his mother—

“What can you do, child?” an answer
came not so readily.

“Oh, I can do a great many things,” was
easily said; but, even as he said this, a
sense of inability followed.

The will impels, and then the under-
standing seeks for the means of effecting
the purposes of the will. In the case of
young Hiram, thought followed desire.
He pondered for many days over the
means by which he was to aid his mother.
But, the more he thought, the more con-
scious did he become that, in the world,
he was but a weak boy. That however
strong might be his purpose, his means of
action were limited. His mother could aid
him but little. She had but one sugges-
tion to make, and that was, that he should
endeavour to get a situation in some store
or counting-room. This he attempted to