One Poor Stone

Two jniatsons -vvere wocking together on the rear wall ai a cJmrch, wlien ome stopped the otlior just as Ue vapwtitíng a stom in lts pit ■'Dom't put in tb&t Btoae, h said; "It is flaky, and wlll bood iall to pie'i - "I know it isn't q vci-y good one, but it is bo bniiily. and just fits herr. NotWÖy Avill sie it up 'liiTt', and it is too ïnudi bo gel ;inothev." "Don't iut it in. Take time to M,ni ■:. That stone won't st.nid wcallHT. and when it fails uliole lniildin.i? wili be (Jamaged." 'I gTiess not. It won't hurt us. bo hare goos." TlKMi )ie lüt"d the ítOOfl int o lta e, pow and kxxae-grained, and flaky a.s it wis, coverod it over with mortai-, and went on with lii.s work. NhIhhIv ccrald see itoe stooe. taid none liiifw f its wortilileesness but ■Wie two masotm, and the churcli was fmMied and aeceptrd. But timo and Une Watber lid tlicir wcn-k, and lioon it lKfcaii to ilake and crnnibU'. Kvery rain storm and cvcry hot, Hiiluy d.iy helped its decay, and it aoaa 'rumltlMl away. But iliat wem mot all, nor the worst. Tibe loos of the Btoue vakcncd th wall, and 90OB B jiTcat beam wliiili it nhould have suppmlrd BOdk into tbe cuvitv, a crack appeared ín the roof, omd tlhO rain eoon made nad Ikvvoc witli ceiling and fresco ; so a Iew roof and ceiliing, and exiensive repairs, were ttie reult of one poor sttxne 'betns put in tllve ])lace of a good one. Baclh. one of ais, j-wing or old, is Imilduigu sbnicturc for Jümself. The stmicture is ooir eliaracter, and every act of omr lives is a sfcone in the building. IXm't work in poor stones. Bvery mean action, cvery wrong or Impuro -word, wfll Bhow itself in your aftec lüV. iliough it iniay pass unavoticed at first. liet every act and word of ervery day be pwre and rlght, aml vmir cliaracter ill stand the