tle boys and girls.
And, oh! whatever you do, never, never grieve these dearest of all dear
friends.

Mrs. Wesley had been longing to see her "boy" again, especially now that
he had become Fellow of Lincoln College. At last her wish was granted.
There were a great many things that puzzled Jack which he wanted to ask
his father and mother about. So he went and spent a long summer at home,
getting his hard questions answered, and helping his father with the
work that was now almost too much for him. He had such a happy time
that he was almost sorry when the autumn came and he had to return to
Oxford.

Being at school and college costs a great deal of money, and Jack knew
that his father was not a rich man, and that he had hard work often to
pay his college expenses. Jack had been very sorry to be such a burden
to his parents, and tried to be as careful as he could. Have you ever
seen a picture of Mr. John Wesley? If you have, you will have noticed
his long hair. Every one at Oxford wore their hair short; but having it
cut cost money, and John used to say: "I've no money to spend on
hair-dressers." So, though his fellow-students made great fun of him, he
saved his money and wore his hair long, and in time got so accustomed to
it, that he wore it long all his life. Now that he was Fellow of Lincoln
College he received enough money to pay his own expenses, and it made
him very happy to think he need no longer be an expense to his dear
father. But he resolved still to be as careful as he could, and never
again to go into debt.

When he went back to his new College, after spending the summer at home,
he said to himself: "I will give up all the old friends who have so
often tempted me to do things that a Christian ought not to do, and I
will make new friends of those who will help me on my way to heaven."
So, though he was always polite to the many worldly young men who
wanted to make his acquaintance, he would not have them for his friends.
This made some of them say very unkind things about him; but Mr. John
bore it all quietly, and never said unkind things back again. He felt he
was only treading the path Jesus had trod before him, the path which all
His disciples must follow.

Mr. John got to be so clever that soon he was made professor, or teacher
of Greek. Some boys and girls--yes, and grown-up people, too--become
proud when they get to be clever, but Mr. John did not. He determined,
more than ever, to be a faithful