It was an excellent lesson he had learned, for I never heard him croak about the preachers having a nice time after that.


CHAPTER XV.
VARIED EXPERIENCES.

“Who love the Lord aright,

No soul of man can useless find;

All will be precious in His sight,

Since Christ on all hath shined.”

Keble.

Many and varied were my experiences among this people, some painful and distressing, some trying and toilsome, some bright and humorous, some hopeful and encouraging.