136 JULY 



child had no thought that he was overheard it 

 seemed best to ignore the remark. Everyone likes 

 the good old soul, and wishes him well. The God 

 to whom he tries his best to lead us is a strictly 

 anthropomorphic Being, and the heaven he pro- 

 mises us every Sunday would rival the Mohamme- 

 dan paradise. We rarely get a sermon without a 

 vivid description of "the dainties and deli^^cies of 

 the Kingdom of Heaven," and he smacks his lips 

 when he speaks of them. He has had so few 

 nice things in his life, poor dear ! There are 

 other stereotyped features in his sermons which 

 we look for every Sunday, such as "going up and 

 down the rahpids of life " ; and when he traces the 

 footsteps of biblical exemplars for our guidance, he 

 does not follow them from the cradle to the grave, 

 but from the " bahsinette to the sepulchre." 



