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her to rejoice that her little daughter had
found “the true riches.” Rich little girl
indeed! That was a beautiful saying of
the shipwrecked man: ‘‘ Though I sink to-
day, I shall only drop gently into the hollow
of my Father’s hand; for He holds all these
waters there.”

There is this wide distinction between the
possessors of earthly riches and the possess-
ors of “the true riches:” in the former case,
they try to keep them to themselves; in the
latter, they seek to spread them abroad—

“ Glad to tell to all around
‘What a treasure they have found.”

A little girl, who had herself the heavenly _
treasure, was anxious to win her papa for
Jesus. She wrote upon a slip of paper the
following: “Papa, I wish you would love
Jesus,” and put it on his dressing-table.
The father opened the note, read it, and then
tore it to pieces; but he could not forget
his little one’s pleading, and the words were
stereotyped on his mind. Shortly after, she
again wrote a note, altering the words to:
“ Dear papa, won't you love Jesus?” Still