l remarks tending to
reconcile them to their present lot, and, after a time Mr. Campbell
observed--

"Perhaps, my dear children, it may be a divine mercy which has sent you
here to this wilderness; true it is that we are removed from
civilization, and shut up here by a severe winter, deprived of the
enjoyments and pleasures which are to be found in the society which we
were compelled to leave; but let us also bear in mind that we are
removed from the many temptations which might have there assailed us."

"But still, papa, you would be very glad if circumstances would permit
us to return to England; would you not?" said Percival.

"Yes, my child, I should, and even if I had remained here so long as to
have become attached to the place and to the isolation which at first is
felt so irksome, I would still return to England and to society, if I
had the means. As Christians, we are not to fly from the world and its
temptations, but to buckle on our armor, and putting our trust in Him
who will protect us, fight the good fight; that is, doing our duty in
that state of life to which it shall please God to call us."

"But if ever we were to return to England, there would be no chance of
our living as we did before we left it, would there, papa?"

"I see none, my dear boy; but we never know what is in store for us.
Should any of us ever return, I presume it would be to live in a more
humble way; and for my part, I should prefer that it were so, for
although I trust I did not greatly misuse that wealth which I so long
supposed to be mine, I should not be sorry to have much less, and
therefore less responsibility."

"Indeed, my dear Campbell, imperfect as we all are, I do not believe
that many could have made a better use of it than you did."

"I thought so at the time, my dear," replied Mr. Campbell, "but since it
has been lost to me, I have often thought that I might have done more
good with it. But the fact is, my dear children, there is nothing so
dangerous to our eternal welfare as great wealth; it tends to harden the
heart by affording the means of constant self-indulgence:--under such
circumstances, man is apt to become selfish, easily satisfied with his
own works, and too proud to see his errors. Did you observe in the
Litany, which I read at this morning's service, how very appropriately
is inserted the prayer, for deliverance under the perils of wealth?--

"'In all time of our tribulation, in all time of our _weal