"I am not obliged to continue this business. If it fails me, I can saw wood."
As the gentleman was the owner of a fine block of houses, which brought him a good rental, the danger of his being reduced to wood-sawing for a livelihood did not appear very imminent.
"Anyway," he continued, "I have decided to try the experiment."
As he came back, after showing his visitor out, Henry exclaimed—
"O father, I am so glad!"
A little while after, he said—
"I am glad I wasn't hurt on Sunday."
"So am I! It was the thought of what I must have suffered had it happened upon some of those Sabbaths when I sent you off so against your conscience that first led me to think of giving up Sunday business."
As he was bidding his father good night, Henry whispered—
"Do you know, father, what beautiful promises there are in the Bible for those who hallow the Sabbath?"