"We shall gain here all, and more than all that will be lost in giving up your situation with Mr.Jasper.Did I not say to you that good would come of this guardianship; and is there not, even now, a foreshadowing of things to come ?" "Perhaps there is," replied Edward thoughtfully.

"But my eye of faith is not so clear as yours." "Let me see for you then, dear," said Edith, in a tender voice.

"I am an earnest confider in the good purposes of our Heavenly Father.

I trust in them, as a ship trusts in its well-grounded anchor.

That, in summing up the events of our life, when the time of our departure comes, we shall see clearly that each has been wisely ordered or provided for by One who is infinitely good and wise, I never for an instant doubt.