encouragement which it presents to others; for the most humble individual may, in any department of the providence of God, build on the promises as firm as eternity. 'Whatever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,' Yes; for grace will prompt the prayer, and make it in accordance with the Divine mind and will."
We are differently led; and such a work as Sarah Martin did is not appointed to many; but all workers in the Lord's vineyard can emulate her self-sacrifice, her diligence, her faith, her love, and thus live blessing and blessed.
Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon,
was descended from the noble Scottish family of Brodie. Her mother died when she -was six years of age. Two maiden aunts at Elgin then took charge of her, and though motherless, she had a happy, healthy, mirthful childhood. She was removed for education to a boarding-school near London; and without anything in her career out of the ordinary course of a young lady of her rank, she made progress in all that she was taught, and grew up dignified in person and graceful in manners.
Her father seems to have been careful to instil
