" You relieved mc," he said, " from a mbst awkward predicament, though I greatly deplore the means you used. It would not do, of course, for the matter to pass beyond ourselves, and I think I can best requite your services by presenting you with the living of Sbeppington." I was so overcome by surprise and gratitude that I could scarcely murmur my thanks. I soon contrived iv an agitated whisper to convey the Intelligence to Fanny, but her sad smile told mc that she did not think my good fortune great enough to alter the attitude or her parents toward us. I was nevertheless much elated, and I was so absorbed by other thoughts that, when I found myself in the pulpit in.the afternoon, I remem bered for the first time that I had given the bishop my sermon, and had not taken care to provide myself with another. The church was again crowded; the bishop and Sir Peter Surly man were present, and everyone seemed to mc to be conscious of my mishap. I reflected that if I left the pulpit the bishop might think I was rendering my behaviour in the morning equivocal when I had handed him the M.S., and he might therefore cancel his presentation. My dilemma was greater of far than his, as my whole future life seemed to be trembling in the balance, While thus distracted, my eyes fell on a paper lying in the bottom of the pulpit, and almost hidden by a footstool. I stooped to lift it, fervently hoping that it might prove to be some old sermon which had providentially found its way there. Thank goodness, it was a sermon ; aud I had beg»n to read ere I bad realised the truth. It was the bishop's own sermon, which he must have dropped 1 Providence seemed to have extricated mc from mv difficulty, and th«re was no time to reflect on the propriety of my conduct; so without any hesitation I began to preach. I _oon entered into the spirit of the magnificent discourse, and did a. much justica as I could to the eloquent periods. Sometimes the words flowed smoothly onward in a mellifluous stream, and anon they would rise into the thunder of har»h denun ciation. 