I myself must be on my guard.

But I think I may give hope to Reay!--indeed I shall try and urge him to speak to her as soon as possible--before fortune comes to either of them! Love in its purest and most unselfish form, is such a rare blessing--such a glorious Angel of the kingdom of Heaven, that we should not hesitate to give it welcome, or delay in offering it reverence! It is all that makes life worth living--God knows how fully I have proved it!" And that night in the quiet darkness of his own little room, he folded his worn hands and prayed-- "Oh God, before whom I appear as a wasted life, spent with toil in getting what is not worth the gaining, and that only seems as dross in Thy sight!--Give me sufficient time and strength to show my gratefulness to Thee for Thy mercy in permitting me to know the sweetness of Love at last, and in teaching me to understand, through Thy guidance, that those who may seem to us the unconsidered and lowly in this world, are often to be counted among Thy dearest creatures! Grant me but this, O God, and death when it comes, shall find me ready and resigned to Thy Will!" Thus he murmured half aloud,--and in the wonderful restfulness which he obtained by the mere utterance of his thoughts to the Divine Source of all good, closed his eyes with a sense of abiding joy, and slept peacefully..