34 ^ the beautiful ladder. 
Christian life, blest and happy in their social 
surroundings, and with ample and increasing 
means to continue the blessed work of benevo¬ 
lence so auspiciously begun on the shores of the 
dismal lake, they gratefully regard their lot as 
having fallen unto them in pleasant places, and 
that they have a goodly heritage. 
As may well be surmised, there is an oft- 
repeated gathering of old-time friends at the 
parsonage at Willow Brook, and an interchange 
of social visits one with another, when the past is 
often a theme of pleasant conversation. In these 
seasons Davidson always insists that, although 
he may not have reached a very high round on 
his upward course, nor have obtained very dis¬ 
tinct views of the glorious things which may 
there be revealed, of one thing he is certain: 
he met a descending angel who has consented 
to tarry for a while to brighten his pathway and 
give him safer guidance as he strives to reach 
the heavenly terminus of the “Beautiful Lad¬ 
der.” 
THE END. 
