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The parable names three operations: Ploughing, which is preparation; Sowing, or casting in germinating principles; Threshing, which is effected by tribulation, a word which means driving a 'tribulum' or threshing-sedge over ears of grain. So sorrow is indispensable for our perfecting. By it earthly affections are winnowed away, and our dependence on God increased.

But the influx of treasure into the State coffers soon began to tell upon the financial welfare of the whole citizen community; the most striking proof of this is the fact that, in 167 B.C., after the second Macedonian war, the tribulum or property-tax was no longer imposed upon all citizens.

Grain for the man and straw for the beast is the usual division. The ancient Roman tribulum and the modern Syrian morej, were or are similar, and the "sharp" threshing instrument of Isaiah may be seen to-day in the Tunis exhibit, being a frame of boards with sharp flint spalls inserted into its under surface.

'Not one stroke too much, dear child. It is my Father's hand upon the tribulum. He never makes mistakes. One day she slipped away directly after breakfast. She wanted to be sure of finding her alone. It was one of the invalid's good days, and she greeted her with a bright smile of welcome. 'My lady, she began abruptly, 'do you think I have forgotten all about my promise? I could not.

It is derived from the Latin 'tribulum, which was the threshing instrument or harrow, whereby the Roman husbandman separated the corn from the husks; and 'tribulatio' in its primary signification was the act of this separation.

"I do not know what it means," she wrote, "but something tells me I shall not be long in Vernon. I am just waiting to see what work the King has for me to do." Evadne pressed the letter to her lips. "Dear Aunt Marthe! If the majority had had your 'tribulum' they would think they had earned the right to play!" She looked up. John Randolph was standing before her with a package in his hands.