Leisure hours in town . se He loved us first, and becausewe can see Him and His glory in the kindest face thisworld ever saw! I do not think we should have beenafraid of Jesus of Nazareth. I do not think we needhave gone in a cowed spirit to Him. And in Him wehave the only manifestation that is level to our under-standing, of the Invisible God. I think w^e could havegone to Him confidingly as a little child to a kindmother. I think we should have feared no repulse, noimpatience, as we told to Him the story of all our sins andwants and cares. We can picture to ourselves, even yet,the kindly, so
Leisure hours in town . se He loved us first, and becausewe can see Him and His glory in the kindest face thisworld ever saw! I do not think we should have beenafraid of Jesus of Nazareth. I do not think we needhave gone in a cowed spirit to Him. And in Him wehave the only manifestation that is level to our under-standing, of the Invisible God. I think w^e could havegone to Him confidingly as a little child to a kindmother. I think we should have feared no repulse, noimpatience, as we told to Him the story of all our sins andwants and cares. We can picture to ourselves, even yet,the kindly, sorrowful features which little children loved,and which drew those unsophisticated beings to gatherround Him without a fear. Let there be deep humility,but nothing of that unworthy terror. You rememberwhat we know on the best of all authority is the firstand great thing we are to do. It is not to cultivate acowed spirit. It is to love our Maker with heart andBoul and mind. CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE SORROWS OF i^NCE upon a time, Mr. Smith, who wa3^^ seven feet in height, went out for a walkwith Mr. Brown, whose stature was threeC&v^^>*!^^d^ feet and a half. It was in a distant age, inwhich people were dilFerent from what they are now, andin which events occurred such as do not usually occur inthese days. Smith and Brown, having traversed variouspaths, and having passed several griffins, serpents, andmail-clad knights, came at length to a certain river. Itwas needful that they should cross it; and the idea wassuggested that they should cross it by wading. Theyproceeded, accordingly, to wade across; and both arrivedsafely at the farther side. The water was exactly fourfeet deep, — not an inch more or less. On reaching theother bank of the river, Mr. Brown said, — This is awful work ; it is no joke crossing a riverlike that I was nearly drowned. Nonsense ! replied Mr. Smith ; why make a fu3Sabout crossing a shallow stream like this ? Why, thewater is only four fe
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