He should be just with others and they must be just with him or he would
refuse absolutely to have dealings with them.
Every employee of his establishment should be suitably remunerated, and
by this treatment he felt assured that he would receive their ablest
service.
Co-operation in his humane work was all that he needed, and here, on his
desk and in his books, was ample proof of this assistance. He bowed his
head in thanksgiving as he finished his reflections.
"Surely, with God all things are possible," he murmured audibly, and
then a thought of his son's conversion and his wife's gradual but sure
return to reason with health brought a flow of happiness that irradiated
his countenance.
A glimpse of starlit sky was visible through his window and Mr. Denton
raised his eyes to it in solemn contemplation.
"Thy ways are not our ways," he whispered humbly, "but though the cross
is heavy and hard to bear, Thou wilt give Thy servant a just reward, and
the end is peace--peace that passeth understanding."
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