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is too little to escape His observation. No act is too trifling to be noted down in the book of His remem- brance. The same hand that formed the sun, moon, and stars, was the hand that formed the tongue of the gnat and the wing of the fly with perfect wisdom. The same eye that sees the council-chambers of kings and emperors, is the eye that notices all that goes on in the labourer's cottage. ''All things are naked and* opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." (Heb. iv. 13.) He measures littleness and greatness by a very different measure from the measure of man. Events in our own daily life to which we attach no importance, are often very grave and serious matters in Christ's sight. Actions and deeds in the wee^y history of a poor man, which the great of this world think trivial and contempt- ible, are often registered as weighty and important in Christ's books. He lives who marked the gift of one "poor widow " as attentively as the gifts of many " rich men." Let the believer of low degree take comfort in this mighty truth. Let him remember daily that his Master in heaven takes account of everything that is done on earth, and that the lives of cottagers are noticed by Him as much BS the lives of kings. The acts of a poor believer have as much dignity about them as the acts of a prince. The little contributions to religious objects which the labourer makes out of his scanty earnings, are as much valued in GKmI's sight as a ten thousand pound note from a peer. To know this thoroughly is one great secret of content- laent. To feel that Christ looks at what a man is, and not at what a man has, will help to preserve us from enTioiiB and murmuring thoughts. Happy is he who has