;V22 TENANTS OF AN OLD FARif. 



auditor. The Eternity and Inliuity of Divine TiOve— 

 that was his therne. Man pre-existant in the loving 

 thought of God throughout the everlasting past ; man 

 surrounded hy the loving care of CJod in the present ; 

 man throughout the everlasting future, inuuortal in the 

 rest of God ; man's Redeemer, the highest commenda- 

 tion of the divine love — these are great thought", but 

 simply presented, with quaint and apt illustration, they 

 were not beyond the conception of the humblest mill- 

 hand in the meeting. 



The morning sermon was a happy preparation for the 

 afternoon service, which, as the Doctor announced, was 

 especially for the young people, although adults wei'e 

 also invited. He well knew that grown-up folk enjoy 

 and profit by such services quite as much as their 

 juniors. They drink in greedily addresses made to the 

 young which they would have resented highly if made 

 to themselves. What a curious compound human 

 nature is ! 



At three o'clock of the afternoon the approaches to 

 the church were lively with little troops of children, 

 whose bright dresses showed against the green meadows 

 as they came across lots. Farmers came in their bug- 

 gies, germantowns and farm-wagons, until the cozy 

 horse-sheds in the rear of the edifice were full, and 

 hoi'ses had to be unhooked and hitched to the wheels of 

 vehicles halted here and there over the yai'd. 



Many of these comers were casual attendants, having 

 various places of worship scattered throughout the 

 country-side, but had gathered to the "Doctor's appoint- 



