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how much there is to be seen and done, even by a 

 working-man, within a day's walk of smoky Babylon 

 itself; and how easily a man might, if he would, 

 wash his soul clean for a while from all the turmoil 

 and intrigue, the vanity and vexation of spirit of 

 that "too-populous wilderness," by going out to be 

 alone awhile with God in heaven, and with that 

 earth which He has given to the children of men, 

 not merely for the material wants of their bodies, but 

 as a witness and a sacrament that in Him they live 

 and move, and have their being, " not by bread alone, 

 but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth 

 of God." 



And so I end this little book, hoping, even pray- 

 ing, that it may encourage a few more labourers to 

 go forth into a vineyard, which those who have toiled 

 in it know to be full of ever-fresh health, and wonder, 

 and simple joy, and the presence and the glory of 

 Him whose name is Love. 



