how  lowly  its  accessories.  He  tells  us  of  a  poor
scholar  wliom  he  visited  in  his  garret,  and  who,  not-
withstanding his  poverty,  was  an  honored  guest  at  the
king's  table.  In  America,  a  retired  boot-black  would
have  snubbed  him.  But  mind,  and  do  not  err  too  far
on  the  other  side,  by  taking  it  for  granted  a  ricli  man
must  of  necessity  be  a  mean  man  ;  it  is  by  no  means
so.  All  honor  is  due  tlie  man  wlio,  by  his  industry
and  energy,  earns  money,  and  tlien  has  wisdom  enough
to  use  it  in  drying  the  orphan's  tears  and  hushing  the
Avidow's  cry,  and  who  can  say  to  a  struggling  brother,
"Lean  on  me,  you  shall  not  fall."  In  the  day  of
eternity,  when  the  gold  of  earth  will  be  valueless,  he
will  find  placed  to  his  credit,  in  the  banker^s  book  of
life,  "an  exceeding  great  and  eternal  weight  of  glory."
Riches  are  often  sent  from  God  to  bless  humanity.
