FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS.
It pays to do well that which should be done, and little duties unperformed are liable at times to result in great damage. A letter carrier in one of our large cities, a few months ago, found on reaching the post office, after a long round of delivery, a letter in his bag that he had overlooked. The letter was an ordinary, unimportant looking missive, and he kept it for the first round next day. What consequence followed?—For want of that letter a great firm had failed to meet their engagements, their notes had gone to protest, and a mill closed, and hundreds of workmen were thrown out of employment. The letter carrier himself was discharged, and his family suffered during the winter for many of the necessaries of life; but his loss was of small account compared to the misery caused by his single failure in duty.—Selected.