"Do these departed workers regret one effort made for Jesus? It is only now we can watch with Him for the little children,--the opportunities for self-denial will soon be past. No more long voyages, or sleepless nights,--soon the Lord Himself will come, our bungling and failures all blotted out by the blood on the Mercy-seat. Let us employ every remaining hour for our Lord as He leads us forth; let the eye rest upon the grace that was in Jesus when He took the little children in His arms (Mark x. 13-16). How full of tenderness as we see Him placing the child by Himself (Luke ix. 47, 48). Would we follow Him, then shall we be faithful stewards of every gift with which He has entrusted us. When we have had nothing left but Himself,-so near to faith's vision,--then how inexpressibly full has shone out one or other of the 33,000 precious, never-failing promises. "Precious Comforter! drawing ever near to His oft 'perplexed, reasoning, troubled' ones; waiting to comfort them; showing them His hands and His feet, and lifting those hands to bless them (Luke xxiv)." "'A little while' for patient vigil keeping, To face the stem, to wrestle with the strong; 'A little while,' to sow the seed with weeping, Then bind the sheaves and sing the harvest song. "And He who is Himself the Gift and Giver-- The future glory and the present smile, With the bright promise of the glad 'for ever,' Will light the shadows of the 'little while!'" "YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME, AND WILL NOT TARRY." THE END.