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    visitor , and rather surlily asked what business brought him . He was but little softened by M . ' s explanations of his purposes of kindness and peace . Harris answered that his troubles , be they many or few , concerned only himself , and he hoped the gentleman would leave him to get over them as he could . It signified to nobody what became of him and his .

    " Indeed ! " said M . " And do you feel no concern when you see a neighbour tossing on his bed with pain , or downcast because he sees his family starving round him ? Do you say it is no concern of yours , and instead of trying to help him , leave him to get over it as he can ?" *« When I am sick , ' * said Harris , ** I will send to the doctor ; and when we are starving , we will go to the parish , and ask nobody ' s charity in either

    case . ** And when you are unhappy , said M ., " what then ?" •« I don * t think reading prayers does any good , so I shall not send for the clergyman : and if he chooses to come without being sent for , I shall not scruple to tell him my mind . ' *

    ** I understand you , ' * said M ., * ' and I agree with you further than you think . I am not come to read prayers with you ; for , though I am certain that it is our best comfort to look to God at all times ^ I believe that we please him best by helping one another , in the first placebo remedy the

    misfortunes we meet with . Did you ever see a man lying by the road-side so sick or hurt that he could not go on with his journey ?" " No ; but I saw a woman only the other day run down in the street , and her leg broken . " «« And what became of her ?"

    *« We got a shutter , I and another man , and carried her to the hospital . " «« Poor soul ! " said his wife . " She fainted by the way , and they thought she was gone , till George got some wine , and poured it down her throat . And when she reached the hospital , all her cry was about her children , till George offered to go and see that they were taken care of . " «• Why did you trouble yourself ?> f asked M . " What did it signify to you what became of her and hers ?" Perceiving that Harris was at a loss for a reply , he continued ,

    ** I was going to remind you of a story of a man who fell among thieves , and was left by the wayside wounded and half-dead ; and of the way in which he was helped by one who passed by , and had compassion on him . But , by what you have told me , I think you must remember the story well , and who told it first . If so , you cannot doubt its being the duty of us all to help one another whejaever we can . " - - — ¦ ¦ * - , ^_ - —— ~~~ * ¦ —»— •— . __

    ^ *• It would be unnatural to let any body faint or die for want of a drop of wine or so , * ' said Harris . " But that has nothing to do with your coming here . You can ' t bring back my daughter ; and as for that boy yonder , he is made for the gallows : 'tis his own father says it , " he continued , flinging his hat to the furthest corner of the room , " and 'tis his own father that

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    736 The Early Sowing .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1831, page 736, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2603/page/12/