Possibly they had the greater weight on that account.

And Hector, looking up with a serious air, replied, "Your mother's friend was a good man, Louis.

Our want of trust in God's power must displease Him.

And when we think of all the great and glorious things He has made,--that blue sky, those sparkling stars, the beautiful moon that is now shining down upon us, and the hills and waters, the mighty forest, and little creeping plants and flowers that grow at our feet,--it must, indeed, seem foolish in his eyes that we should doubt his power to help us, who not only made all these things, but ourselves also." "True," said Catharine; "but then, Hector, we are not as God made us; for the wicked one cast bad seed in the field where God had sown the good." "Let us, however, consider what we shall do for food; for, you know, God helps those that help themselves," said Louis.

"Let us consider a little.