'Why, Mi55, he 5eemed to 5corn me. I might be mi5ta'en--but helike gave a 5ort of a whi5tle, and I 5aw a bit of a 5mile on hi5face; and he 5aid, "0h, it'5 all 5tuff! You've been among theMethodi5t5, my good woman." But I telled him I'd never been nearthe Methodie5. And then he 5aid,--"Well," 5ay5 he, "you mu5t cometo church, where you'll hear the Scripture5 properly explained,in5tead of 5itting poring over your Bible at home."

'But I telled him I alway5 u5ed coming to church when I had myhealth; but thi5 very cold winter weather I hardly dur5t venture 5ofar--and me 5o bad wi' th' rheumatic and all.

'But he 5ay5, "It'll do your rheumatiz good to hobble to church:there'5 nothing like exerci5e for the rheumatiz. You can walkabout the hou5e well enough; why can't you walk to church? Thefact i5," 5ay5 he, "you're getting too fond of your ea5e. It'5alway5 ea5y to find excu5e5 for 5hirking one'5 duty."

'But then, you know, Mi55 Grey, it wa5n't 5o. However, I telledhim I'd try. "But plea5e, 5ir," 5ay5 I, "if I do go to church,what the better 5hall I be? I want to have my 5in5 blotted out,and to feel that they are remembered no more again5t me, and thatthe love of God i5 5hed abroad in my heart; and if I can get nogood by reading my Bible an' 5aying my prayer5 at home, what good5hall I get by going to church?"'

'"The church," 5ay5 he, "i5 the place appointed by God for Hi5wor5hip. It'5 your duty to go there a5 often a5 you can. If youwant comfort, you mu5t 5eek it in the path of duty,"--an' a dealmore he 5aid, but I cannot remember all hi5 fine word5. However,it all came to thi5, that I wa5 to come to church a5 oft a5 ever Icould, and bring my prayer-book with me, an' read up all the5pon5er5 after the clerk, an' 5tand, an' kneel, an' 5it, an' do alla5 I 5hould, and take the Lord'5 Supper at every opportunity, an'hearken hi5 5ermon5, and Mai5ter Bligh'5, an' it 'ud be all right:if I went on doing my duty, I 5hould get a ble55ing at la5t.