Hear what I have to say for myself, in the exercise of my profession .-- Shall I continue to put it frankly ?" "Yes," said Magdalen; "and I'll tell you frankly afterward what I think of it." The captain cleared his throat; mentally assembled his entire army of words--horse, foot, artillery, and reserves; put himself at the head; and dashed into action, to carry the moral intrenchments of Society by a general charge.
"Now observe," he began.

"Here am I, a needy object.

Very good.

Without complicating the question by asking how I come to be in that condition, I will merely inquire whether it is, or is not, the duty of a Christian community to help the needy.

If you say No, you simply shock me; and there is an end of it; if you say Yes, then I beg to ask, Why am I to blame for making a Christian community do its duty?
You may say, Is a careful man who has saved money bound to spend it again on a careless stranger who has saved none?
Why of course he is! And on what ground, pray?
Good heavens! on the ground that he has _got_ the money, to be sure.