. For the best things. fruit of service. A guestat the Hospice of St. Bernard in the Alpstells this incident of one of the noble dogs that have saved so many dog came struggling home one morningthrough the snow, exhausted and faint, tillhe reached the kennel. There he was wildlywelcomed by the dogs. But sad and crest-fallen, he held his head and tail to the floor,and crept away and lay down in a dark cornerof the kennel. The monks explained that hewas grieved and ashamed because he hadfound no one to rescue that morning fromthe storm-drifts. How shall we feel, we whomChrist
. For the best things. fruit of service. A guestat the Hospice of St. Bernard in the Alpstells this incident of one of the noble dogs that have saved so many dog came struggling home one morningthrough the snow, exhausted and faint, tillhe reached the kennel. There he was wildlywelcomed by the dogs. But sad and crest-fallen, he held his head and tail to the floor,and crept away and lay down in a dark cornerof the kennel. The monks explained that hewas grieved and ashamed because he hadfound no one to rescue that morning fromthe storm-drifts. How shall we feel, we whomChrist has redeemed, if we come home at last,ourselves, without having brought any onewith us.^ [ 206 ] Mmvtit [207] Through love to light, 0 wonderful the wayThat leads from darkness to the perfect day! From darkness and from sorrow of the night,To morning that comes singing o^er the love to light; through light, 0 God, to thee, Who art the love of love; the eternal light of light,^^ [208] CHAPTER FIFTEEN Mmttt. N onlooker could not havetold in the early hours ofthe evening which werethe wise virgins and whichthe foolish. It was not un-til midnight that the dif-ference became apparent. Even then, for amoment, the ten virgins seemed all in the sameplight. They all had been asleep, and whenthey were suddenly awakened the lamps of allwere going out. The difference then appeared—five had no oil with which to refill theirlamps; the other five had made provision inadvance and were quickly ready to go out tomeet the bridal is full of just such tragedies as occurredthat midnight. Thousands of people in alllines of experience fail because they haveneglected their preparation at the time whenpreparation was their one duty. The reserveof oil was the central feature in the prepara-[ 209 ] for ti^e Tsm €:i^inQ^ tion of the wise virgins—that was what madethem ready at midnight. The want of this re-serve was the cause of the failure of the otherfive. The teaching
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