6 THE HISTORY OF

salads and greens, in the couutry: thesc he al-
ways sold ata moderate price, never attempting
to deceive or cheat the purchaser; for it was
one of his most favourite sayings, that honesty
is the glory of a poor man.

For some years these worthy young people
lived happily in their cottage. It is true, that
they were obliged to work very hard ; and, now
and then, in a severe winter, to live rather hard-
ly also: but they loved each other, and, next
to serving their God, they thought it their duty
to please each other; and, as the holy Scrip-
ture says, a dinner of herbs, where love is, is
betier than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith.
(Prov. xv. 17.)

After his daily work, James never omitted
reading a chapter in the Bible, and praying
with his wife before they went to bed. “‘ For,”
as he often used to say, “ when we lay our-
selves down in our beds, we know not whether
we shall be ever suffered to rise from them
again; many have died in their sleep: every
night, therefore, we ought to renew our cove-
nant with our Saviour, confessing to God the
evil we have committed during the past day,
and seeking anew to be made partakers of the
benefits of the death of Christ; so, should
. death visit us in the hour of night, we shall
not go into another world unprepared.”

These excellent, though humble, persons had
one little girl, to whom they gave the name of
Susan; a child so exceedingly lovely in out-
ward appearance, that strangers passing by
would stop to admire her as she stood at the