A Numerous Family
A man saw all humanity as his family and labored for their salvation.
A pious gentleman in ——, was engaged in a certain branch of business by which he was rapidly increasing his wealth. When he had made about $50,000, Rev. Mr. —— was one day conversing with him, and asked if he had not accumulated property enough for his family, and if he had not now better give up that kind of business? "Oh," said he, "I have not yet made enough to give each of my children a single leaf of the Catechism." "Why," inquired the clergyman, "how large is your family?" "About six hundred millions," was his reply. He looks on the whole family of man as his own family, and he is laboring for the salvation of them all.