forgotten.

In due course of time, the minister on the station had to leave, and
a new one was appointed by the conference to take his place. The
Rev. Mr. C--arrived early in the week, and during the period that
elapsed between that and the Sabbath, visited a good deal among the
brethren. During that time, an evening was spent at Mr. Harrison's,
but no one brought him around to introduce him to Mr. Grant. The
jeweller felt this, and in his mind, in searching about for reasons,
rested, very naturally, upon the affair of the gold ring, and he did
not doubt but the occurrence had been fully related to Mr. C--.

Under this feeling, Mr. Grant went to church. His first sight of the
new preacher was when he arose in the pulpit to give out the hymn.
His countenance did not make a very favourable impression, but his
voice, when he commenced reading the hymn, had a tone and a
modulation that were pleasing. The subject of the discourse which
followed was practical, and had reference to a man's conduct towards
his fellow-man in the common affairs of life. From general
propositions, the minister, after entering upon his sermon, came
down to things particular. He dwelt upon the love of dominion so
deeply rooted in the human heart, and showed, in various ways, how
it was exercised by individuals in all the grades of common society.

"A more deeply-rooted evil than this," he went on to say, "is theft.
We all inherit, in a greater or less degree, the desire to possess
our neighbour's goods; and, with the earliest development of the
mind, comes the activity of that desire. It is seen in the child
when he appropriates the plaything of another child, and in the
so-called good and honest citizen when, in bargaining, he secures an