A light is kindled in thy soul, which, if thou carefully heedest it, shall shine more and more even unto the perfect day." The stranger paused, and the student melted into tears.

"Stranger!" he said, "thou hast taken a weary weight from my heart, and a heavy veil from my eyes.

I feel that thou hast revealed a wisdom which is not of this world." "Nay, I am but a humble instrument in the hand of Him who is the fountain of all truth, and the beginning and the end of all wisdom.

May the message which I have borne thee be sanctified to thy well-being." "Oh, heed him, Ernest!" said the lady.

"It is the holy truth which has been spoken.