The kind Missionaries made a loose Japanese robe for him, in which he could move about, and which covered up his poor maimed body. He learned to move about, swinging himself on his hands and arms, so that he could cross a room quite quickly; and they told me that his face was full of Heaven's sunshine. I used to send him a book every year till his death; and he painted several beautiful Japanese pictures for me, which I keep as great treasures. On one of these, he outlined these words in Japanese: "When the Chief Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." Just before his loving friends had to leave Hakodate for a time, dear Samuel was taken "Home!" after a short but painless illness, so that he never missed the loving care he had had! It seems to me that this simple story helps us to understand what "sowing" and "reaping" mean. The "Sowing" was done in that dark and dirty hovel in Japan. The full of joy of the "Reaping" will come by and by in Heaven; but a foretaste of it was surely in the hearts of those dear Missionaries who carried that Living Seed to that poor neglected child, and who saw him grow up into an earnest, devoted Christian! XII. "There was no Room for Them in the Inn" Luke ii. 3-20. On the last Sunday before Christmas, a little girl sat at the back of a Church, holding in her hand a card which had just been given her, on which was a beautiful picture of a sweet young mother and a tiny babe. It was a Children's Service, and the Clergyman was telling them about that card, and describing to them the Christmas story which we all love. Presently he said: "Do any of you remember what my sermon was about this time last year?" There was dead silence in the Church, and then the Clergyman saw in the very back, underneath the gallery, a hand raised up suddenly, in token that some one could answer his question. "Well, dear, what was it?" he asked. [Illustration: THE INFANT JESUS AND HIS MOTHER.] And in the surprised silence a little girl rose to her feet and said in a clear, distinct voice, which reached every part of the Church: "You asked us to pray this little prayer— "'O come to my heart, Lord Jesus, There is room in my heart for Thee!'" "Yes!" said the Clergyman. "That was it! And you are a very good little girl to have told us so nicely, and to have remembered it all this time!" So to-day, with this sweet thought in our minds, we can remember that there is a place in the heart of each one of us which we can keep for Jesus. We can think of His love to us, we can love Him in return, and worship Him every day we live. And if we make room for Jesus in our hearts here, we shall find by and by He will give us "a crown of glory that fadeth not away." Now let us think about the picture which all the Children at the Service are holding in their hands, and looking at so earnestly.