all towards his God.

"But man proposes and God disposes."

Ere the young student had finished his collegiate course the
fond parent was called to his long home, and within a year the
heart-broken mother was re-united in that world where sorrow
never comes; where she awaits a further re-union, when she shall
once more gather to her bosom the loved forms whom she watches
over in anxious solicitude from the portals of her blessed abode. It
was from this time that the noble minded youth was aroused to a
sense of his duty. He must not give up the course of action which
had been laid out for him.

What was to be done?

Sickness and death had told heavily upon the pecuniary resources of
the family. Much of the produce had to go to pay the wages of
labourers, and only by dint of much anxiety and careful management
could the farm be made to cover expenses. Something further must be
done.

Julia Lawson had reached her sixteenth year, and possessing more
than ordinary ability, resolved to prepare for the vocation of
teaching; and within a year from the time she had formed such
resolution, was actually engaged as teacher of the school in their
immediate district.

This fact gave Phillip Lawson much relief of mind, as the young
teacher could still have a care over the household, and give advice