the distant years, when we are old and grey-headed, or perhaps beneath the sod, there were one or two who could say, His influence was a redeeming element in my life; he made me believe in goodness and think highly of human nature; and I thank God I ever knew him? There is no way in which we can have any guarantee of exerting such an influence except by keeping ourselves in contact with the great source of good influence. Christ was the friend of Peter and John and James, of Martha and Mary and Lazarus,