Poor Ellen found it so, and amid her self-reproaches for wasted opportunities, she was often heard to deplore with bitter regret those misspent days, when she had resolutely cast in her lot with those who feared not God, and refused to praise him for his goodness, and to hear of "his wonderful works to the children of men." Happy are those young people who can spend a Christian Sunday in a Christian home; and deeply to be felt and cared for are those who have only the house of the hireling to shelter them from the temptation to wander in streets or revel in godless pleasures. But a home may be without God; and a hireling's room may be a scene of heavenly affection, when God and the sinner meet, blessing and blessed, in hallowed intercourse, which— "Wafts the happy soul awhile Far, far away from this low sphere; And in a Saviour's loving smile, Arms it anew for duty here." After Ellen's death Mr. Saunders very kindly, and in gratitude to Mrs. Davis for her tender care, offered to Mary the partnership with Jane in the business he had wished the two sisters to undertake; and Mary had the satisfaction of once more surrounding her beloved mother with many of the comforts to which she had been accustomed in earlier life. The friends adorned themselves "in modest apparel, as women professing godliness," and found themselves able to execute expensive or fashionable orders for their customers without commending worldliness, or compromising their own personal consistency; and it was often owing to their judicious and sensible advice, respectfully offered, that advancing age was saved from merited ridicule, and extravagance checked by due regard to means and station. As employers, they did not forget the experience of their past life in their conduct toward their own dependents; and when Saturday's work was done, it was one of their chief desires and pleasures to provide as far as lay in their power, for the Christian enjoyment of the day of rest. Their home was also their workwoman's home, if they had no other, and maternal kindness and friendly interest made it attractive and happy. And to those who were able to appreciate their many privileges and advantages, the Lord's day became emphatically "a delight," and was anticipated with joy as the workwoman's best and happiest day. THE END.