2i8 History of the 



kind. Poverty also, as in the present instance, would sometimes 

 stand up with huge shoulders, in the forward front, narrowing still 

 more the narrow path ; but the devoted few throughout the coun- 

 try toiled on, a heroic band of faithful workers, till the highest 

 peak in the hill of Difficulty was surmounted, and the wide expanse 

 of table-land was seen to stretch broad on the right hand, and on 

 the left, and away in the fore distance till the horizon was its only 

 boundary. Here they rested, so much nearer heaven than when 

 they set out on their enterprise, and verily they had their reward. 



Poor Slater's humble contribution is apt to provoke a smile ; but 

 was he not the counterpart of that poor widow, of whom the Great 

 Master, when He saw her cast her mite into the treasury, said — 

 " Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in 

 than all they which have cast into the treasury ; for all they did 

 cast in of their abundance, but she of her want did cast in all that 

 she had, even all her living " ? 



Mr. Maden entered into business, but was unsuccessful at first, 

 and this caused him much trouble and anxiety of mind. He after- 

 wards recovered himself, however, for it is said that he was 

 possessed of four farms when he died, (d) 



Mr. Maden married a second time. The following account of 

 his death is given by the Rev. Samuel Taylor : — 



"A little before he finished his earthly career, he said to a friend 

 who called to see him : ' I and my partner in life have reason to 

 bless God for all His mercies. She has proved a helpmate indeed. 

 We have taken sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of 

 God in company.' He exhorted his children to live in peace with 

 one another, and having, like the venerable Patriarch, ' made an 

 end of commanding them, he gathered up his feet, and yielded up 

 the ghost.' " 



(rf) He seems to have been of an ingenious turn, for he was the first that 

 applied wheels to the old Booking Shuttles to make them run smoothly. 

 Before this improvement two persons were required, one on each side of the 

 loom, to propel the heavy shuttle backward and forward : with the wheels 

 affixed one person can perform the work with ease. 



