s, Butchers, Tailors, Cabinet Makers, and all decent tradespeople,
to see, that would they have a return of prosperity, they must have the
stream of cash which goes into the publican's till turned towards their
doors. Money spent in manufacturing felons would look well spent on
Clothes, Provisions, and Furniture. Besides churches and chapels would
be crowded as the jails were emptied, and heaven would gain what hell
would lose by the closing of Breweries, Distilleries, and Public-houses.

XLII. GOOD-WILL TO MEN.

That is one of the messages brought to us by Christmas time, and this is
linked to "glory to God." You cannot glorify God more than by publishing
good-will to one another. There is a special need for this just now.
Political feeling has risen so high that friends, and even families, have
been estranged. Let not another sun go down upon your wrath. Now is the
time to prove that you are a Christian, by giving Jesus the pleasure of
knowing that His birthday was the burial day of strife.

Which side shall be the first to move? Doubtless the noblest; the one
who has most of God in him will hurry to say, "Come, now, let us reason
together." We need not to say that common-place religion cannot afford
to do this. Those who live on old manna cannot rise to such dignity as
to be the first to seek the friendship of those who think themselves
aggrieved. On the other hand, "HE THAT HUMBLETH HIMSELF SHALL BE
EXALTED." Heaven has always been the first to seek reconciliation, and
those who are heavenly-minded shew it by making haste to be friendly.

If you have been the injured one, you have the best chance of succeeding
in healing the wound. It is God, sending a message of peace, that wins
over His foes.

HE DOES NOT WAIT FOR US TO MOVE FIRST.

Who asked Him to offer His Son? If you take the first step, you will be
treading in the footprints of Jesus. He has shown us how to love our
enemies, and to do good to them that despitefully use us. It is true
that you would have to make a sacrifice, to be the first to hold out the
white flag. Yes, and you can afford to do it, if you are the one in the
right. It is the man who is in the wrong who is the easiest offended,
and the last to yield.

Whether we are Conservatives or Liberals, we are Englishmen, and cannot
afford to be divided. Whether we want the Church to be Disestablished or
not, we are Christians. Let us be friends once more, and try to thin