M. ----, and with tears streaming from their eyes, loaded him with
their expressions of gratitude and their blessings, rendering it the
most touching scene which M. ---- ever witnessed.

Amidst all these tokens of their Christian affection, M. ---- was
compelled to prepare for his departure, and imploring the richest of
heaven's mercies upon them, bade them an affectionate farewell.

The whole company followed him to the carriage, and just as he had
reached it, he once more addressed them, saying, "My dear friends, if
any of you have not yet submitted yourselves to God, and are out of
the ark of safety, I beseech you 'give not sleep to your eyes, nor
slumber to your eye-lids,' until you flee to the Saviour. And those of
you who have tasted that the Lord is gracious, live near to God, bear
cheerfully the cross of your Redeemer, follow on to know the Lord and
do his will, and by his grace reigning in your hearts, you shall come
off conquerors, and more than conquerors!"

When he had said this, and had again commended them to the God of all
mercy through a crucified Redeemer, he drove off amid their prayers
and blessings, to see them no more till that day when they shall meet
in the kingdom of their Father, where sighs and farewells are sounds
unknown, and where God shall wipe away all tears from every eye. After
M. ----'s return to Paris, he had the pleasure to learn from the widow
that all the Bibles he had left with her were disposed of, and that
many, in various directions from the village, were earnest to obtain
them, but could not be supplied. In the meantime a deep interest in
the spiritual welfare of these villagers had diffused itself beyond
the limits of Paris, or even of France. The first sixteen pages of
this Tract having found its way to England, had been published by