he saw a bright, beautiful, silver round, but it was up so high he
could not reach it! Looking at it, longing to plant his feet upon it, some
one seemed to approach Charlie whom he immediately knew, because he
resembled pictures in the old family Bible at Aunt Stanshy's. He had a
shepherd's crook in his hand, and there was a crown of thorns on his head.

"That's the Good Shepherd," thought Charlie.

"You can't reach that round. Let me help you," said the Good Shepherd. He
laid down his crook and lifted Charlie at once. Then the beauty of the
dream, its light, its ladder, the Good Shepherd, seemed to vanish, slowly
though, even as the stars die away out of the early morning sky. Charley
knew what it all meant. When he awoke and thought it over, he knelt by his
bed and he prayed to the Saviour. He told him that he wanted to lead that
better life, and would he not lift a little fellow where he could not
climb himself? And a Saviour's arms, ever waiting to raise us all, were
lowered for Charlie's help, and they lifted him to the "round higher up."

Is it not time that we all looked upward, beseeching God to forgive us,
receive us, and make us his forever? Forget not "the round higher up," and
through the strength of God, may it become yours! This very day may your
feet be planted on it!

THE END.

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