The Pilgrim's Load

He halted in the desert to rest hls toil-worn feet And dream of palm-tree shadows araong the dust and heat, And there, worn outwitlibearing a heavy load, he found A poor, disheartened trav'ler upou the thlrsty ground. "Oh 1 could I reach the palm-trees," the poor man made complaint; "My veins are hot with fever - with weariness I faint." "Cheerup," the other whispered, "the palms of re6t are near ; Hl help you with ycnr burdcn. You shall not perlsh here." "Nay, nay," the other saswcred. "Go on and let me die ; Were you to bear my burden your own you must lay by ; Then, for your own load, brother, across the sands to-day You must come back - to perish, perchance, beside the way." "I cannotleave a brother who needs my help," replied The pilgrim. "God will know them and for my needs provide." And then, in his eompassion, he took the other'6 load Andhelped the fainting traveler along the desert road 'fhey reached the palm-tree's shelter with weariness oppressed - The pilgrim with his burden eank down to sleep and reat, And in his dreams an arjgel appeared, and this baid he : Bearerof other's burdens, thineshall bc borne for thee!" líe woke. Beneath the shadows of waying palms he saw The load left in the desert, and he was fllled with awe. "Ah ! God is good, my brother. Along the desert road He sent an unseen angrel to bear for me mv load." Who bears another's burdens will ind from day to day His owu is always lightened or lifted quite awav.