promised to some poor woman that you would give her a meal tomorrow. you might forget it, you know; but suppose when the morning came she sent her little girl with a basket for it, she would be likely to get it i think. but, suppose that she sent in addition a little note in which the poor soul thanked you for your great kindness, could you have the heart to say, "my dear girl, i cannot attend to you today. come another time"? oh dear no, if the cupboard was bare you would send out to get something, because the good soul so believed in you that she had 