"His Mother's Sermon."
(Ian MacLaren ).
It is a beautiful day in late spring when the joy of life and living is all round, the trees in bud, the birds in song-everything seems worth while.
Here is a country manse, with four cart-loads of furniture outside the door, the young minister has come to his first charge ; in his own mind, and with his own strength, he is going to work wonders among his people ; but he has brought with him a steadying influence in the shape of a maiden aunt who was " a saint, with that firm grasp of truth and tender mysticism, whose combination is the charm of Scottish piety.