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umplored a blessing upon him. Mr. Moreland was
much affected, and. atter remaining silent for some
time, “It is too much! too much!” he eried. “Go
home, my good people! God bless you all.”

Now that Mr. Moreland’s character became known,
it would be impossible to relate all the private acts of
benevolence that were discovered to have proceeded
from him. |

An old clergyman from the country came up to town
on business about this time, and paid a visit to an
intimate friend. After mutual congratulations, he
informed him that his parish had undergone a blessed
alteration since he had last visited him. “The prin-
cipal estate was sold some years ago to a gentleman
in London, who is one of those few who are never
weary in well-doing. He built, in the first place,
twelve neat cottages where all the industrious poor
who were unfit for labour, are comfortably maintained
at his expense. He has endowed a school in the
parish for the instruction of the children in reading,
writing, and accounts, and placed it upon such a foot-
ing that the fees of the master will never be felt by
the parents. He orders the baker of the village to
deliver twice a week a large loaf to each of the poor
people’s houses ; during the severity of winter he also
supphes them with fuel at a cheap rate: he has,
besides, frequently remitted his rents to poor people
in bad seasons, and, indeed, the good deeds he has
done cannot be enumerated. I myself have been
much indebted to him, and Iam also informed that
he contributes largely to the support of a dissenting
minister in the neighbourhood. But what is surpris-
ing, he is very shy of being seen, nor do we know any-
thing of his profession or of his town residence, and
I really believe we should not have known his name,
had it not been made public when he purchased the
property. It 1s Moreland.” _—

“Why,” said his friend, “I have a parishioner of