A Tender Conscience

Thcoddi -e Parker, In his "Autobi Jtiiii pil - .' tclls a .lianninií story of liis boyhoód, Bbowing how early and how Ktioi.jr ciisciciicc beging to picad. In li is nmrtli year his t'ather took hlkn to a disumt part of the l'arm, tod M'iit liim lióme alone. I'assinií a "pond-hole," h Baw a rare Hower, a rliodora, ju full bloom. StoppJng to examine it, saw a gpotted ítortolse, touiming bimseli at the !Vx)t of the shruh. He liited B stick tu strike the turtle. luit BUddeny Bomettüng checked liis arm, and a volee Rpoke wltSiln hlm, clear and oud, - ■"It is wrong." He .was startled a1 Knie new expertence, hot knowlng v.iiat t meani and ïan home to ïrpcrt to bis mother. He eagerty asked her to expíate what i w iiiai sald, "It is wrong." Shc replied : "Some men cali it oonecJeoce, lmt I preíer to cali it the volee r God In tbe soul of man. if ymi listen and obey t, then t will speak clearer and clearer, and always gakJe you ri.urlit ; lmt ii' yon turn a deal ear. or diMil.ey. tl:en it will fade out little liy Hule, and leave yotl all in t Ii f kirk, and without a guide." Mr l'arker ai!. "I ain Kure no event in my liie made so deep and lastima an ImpreSBfcm on me."