70 The True Riches.

there is no happiness that can equal the joy
of “labours of love” for the suffering and
destitute—remembering the forgotten. That
is a beautiful story of Martin of Tours. At
the building dedicated to his memory in
Tours is a bas relief, representing Martin,
seated upon horseback, going out at the
gateway of the city. A poor unfortunate
beggar at the gate is asking alms. Martin |
is represented in the act of taking off his
Roman toga, and with his sword cutting it
in two, handing the beggar one half and
wrapping himself in the remainder. The
legend is, that that night Martin had a
dream, and dreamt that he was in heaven ;
that there he’ saw the Lord Jesus Christ
surrounded by His angels, and, to his
astonishment, He had round His shoulders
the one half of his Roman toga; and as He
wrapped it round His shoulders He said to
the angel, “Martin, the Roman of Tours,
gave Me this cloak.” Legend as it is, it
has the beautiful words of our Lord
wrapped up in it: “Inasmuch as ye did it
unto one of the least of these My brethren,
ye did it unto Me.” Though rare, we have