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showed a nice cottage which his son had built, at his own 

 expense, as a home and school for all the young children 

 in the village who had lost their parents, where they 

 could be taken care of and educated. The little children 

 in the home seemed so clean and happy that the French- 

 man was quite delighted with the sight of them, and when 

 he returned to the castle he said to his friend 



" What a happy man you must be to have so good a 

 son!" 



" How do you know that I have so good a son ? " he 

 asked. 



" Because I have seen his works, and I know that he 

 must be good and clever if he has done all that you have 

 shown me.' 



" But you have not seen him ! " 



" No ; but I know him very well, because I judge of 

 him by his works." 



"Very true," replied his friend; "and it is just in 

 this way that I judge of the character of our Heavenly 

 Father. I know by His works that He is a God of 

 infinite wisdom and power and goodness, and every star 

 that twinkles in the sky, and every tree that grows in the 

 field, and every flower that blooms in the garden by 

 day, se^ms to tell me that I ought to love Him and trust 

 Him." 



My story is ended. I could have wished to have 

 lengthened it by more advice to you in respect of the 

 instrument. Should you be encouraged by it to purchase 

 a microscope for yourself, I should not leave unsaid a 

 word or two about object-glasses. Don't think that the 

 thing to do is to make a flea as big as an elephant. I 

 have learned to educate my eye by using the lowest 

 powers, which, with the help of an extra eye-piece or two, 

 and an extension of the draw-tube, will do all you want, to 



