THE K I N G ’S BUS I NES S one case he needs us and In the other not, but just for this reason the latter is the more disinterested and so nobler. v. 16. Condescend. The condescend ing life is a devoted life and at the same time a protected life. To leave the realm of compassion for that of equal ity is to leave the realm of peace for that of war.—Mozley. v. 17. Provide things honest. Lit erally "thinking beforehand”—using forethought so as to secure reality and the principle of rectitude.—Camb. Bible. Remove every reasonable ground of suspicion. Wear the white flower of a blameless life.—Burrows. All men. This watchfulness about the opinions of others is anything but a slavery to opinion. It is an anxiety to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things (Titus 2:10).—Moule. v. 18. If possible. If others will let you—as much as lieth ip you (literally “on your part” ) or as much as depends on you. The impossibility of having peace in some cases is hinted at to keep up the hearts of those who, having done their best unsuccessfully to live in peace, might be tempted to think that failure was necessarily owing to them selves.—J. P. & B. Live peaceably. He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstances. —Panin. v. 20. Heap coals of fire. Burning shame produced by requital of good for evil or melting of the evil-doer’s heart or the result of a spirit of love as pro ducing at length the incense of prayer and praise from the conquered heart. —Speaker’s Com. It is thus th a t we shall secure exactly th a t sort of venge ance which alone the servant of God can desire.—Alford. v. 21. Overcome evil. How else can we cast out evil? No one can clean a room with a filthy duster. Satan cannot cast out Satan. Therefore I must culti vate virtue if I would eradicate vice. It applies also to the faults of my brother. I must fight them with their opposites. This is the warfare which tells on the empire of sin.—Jowett. He is conquered by evil who wishes an other to sin.—Horn. Com.
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took -charge of an academy in a small town in M a i n e . LESSON Three years later, ILLUSTRATIONS at the beginning of W. H. Pike the Civil War, he left his work as a teacher to enter the Union Army, and was killed in one of the battles. Near the close of the half century from the time the young man departed from school one of his pupils sought to find how many of those he had taught were still living. She received letters from about one hundred, engaged in various callings, each telling how, in different ways, they owed much of what they valued most in their lives to the teacher who died so long ago. Fifty of them gathered on the very ground where the academy once stood, and in memory re vived the old days of1such precious in fluence. They plaqed there, under a big elm tree which he had planted, a boulder with his name and an inscrip tion upon it. How true is 1 Jno. 2:17 ;—“He th a t doeth the will of God abid- eth forever.” Bible Illustration.—Gal. 6:11—Paul writing to the Galatian Christians when his eyes were so weak that he had to write with large letters. Sacrificing his strength and time for others. Acts 20:31—Paul ceased not for three years to warn everyone night and day with tears. Rom. 9:1, 2. Col. 1:7 and 4:12 —Tell of Epaphras a beautiful Christian character. A False Idea of Living.—“Many peo ple think there is a tremendous lot to be done, and th a t we are the only peo ple on earth who can do it. Frenzied life is nothing but infidelity. The pace that kills, even though it kills by inches, is suicide just as truly as taking life by a single slash of the razor.” Some people seem to think th a t all there is of life is to get a living. No, there is some thing more, it is to live. L ite for others; Live in the will of God.
Subject Illustration.—Ju st the privi lege of living rightly. It counts for so much. Fifty years ago a young man
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