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success. I am a happy witness to the efficacy of earnest prayer.

And why should I not be happy? Though often I am grieved with matters of temporary triviality, I can always look forward to the time when I shall be out in the world making a home for you and Auntie - and me.

And now let us turn to your letter. I was deeply impressed with that account of the sorrowing mother and her child. Yes, I recognize the picture. I was much affected by your prayers for your baby. Tears started to my eyes that I could not keep back.

But this is not the first time that I have heard of the consecration of your boy to the ministry. The first time I listened to it I resolved that if it was God's will, my mother's promise should not go unheeded. I have long contemplated the ministry as my future path in life, but I have always been repulsed in my meditation by one insuperable difficulty. Even if I should choose to become