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T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S saved. Beware of the leaven of neglect. “Oh, it won’t make any odds?” How often we say that over a small, trivial affair. A friend speaking of his visit to a large factory, said, “Suddenly the great whirr and roar and hiss became silent', the maze of wheels and bands stood still. Hundreds of pairs of hands ceased working and some hours were lost in idleness whilst search was being made for the cause. It was found that a pin, less than one inch long had fallen from its place in the great engine and displaced the gear.” The Pearl Created Through Suffering “Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, in a ser mon on “The Twelve Gates”, gives this thought. “I am sure there is some meaning in the fact that the gates are all of pearl. Do you know the history of pearls? Humanly speaking, it is the history of suffering. It is said that the pearls are formed by the intrusion of some foreign substance between the mantle of the mollusk and its shell. This is a source of irritation, of suffer ing and pain, and a substance is thrown around that which has intruded itself, and thus the pearl is formed.” So Christ suffered that the pearl, the Church, might be formed. Spurious Treasures “In early life, Prof. Sommerville was a book publisher with a hobby for glyp- tology; he accumulated a fortune and then traveled over the world in search of specimens, accounted by him as great treasures. In 1894 he was appointed professor of glyptology of the University of Pennsylvania and the collection be came the possession of the University in 1904. A cameo known as “The Tri umph of Constantine”, supposedly en graved when Constantine held the Roman Empire in Byzantia. This piece, now pronounced a base fraud cost the sum of $33,500.00. Most of his collec tion is pronounced today forgeries.” The great Merchantman Christ sought the true treasures.
The story is told of two blind men, who cried daily in the streets of Rome begging. One would say “He is helped whom God helps.” The other with more diplomacy would cry, “He is helped whom the King helps.” The king heard of them and caused a loaf of bread to be filled with gold and sent to the one who had honored him with his cry. The beggar felt the bread, noticed how heavy it was, and thought it indi gestible, so he offered it to the other blind man for a few pennies. The latter bought it, took it home, found the treas ure and ceased to beg. The Emperor summoned the former to his presence and asked, “What hast thou done with the loaf I lately sent thee?” The beg gar replied, “I sold it to my friend, be cause it was heavy, and did not seem well risen.” Then the Emperor said, “Truly he is helped whom God helps.” v. 31. The kingdom of heaven. The kingdom as used here is the scene where the authority of Christ is acknowl edged-—all that portion of the world g e o g raphically COMMENTS FROM
covered by Chris tianity, common ly termed Chris tendom. T h i s one of profession, The church, on the aggregate of the converted and in- Ghost.—W. Scott.
MANY SOURCES Keith L. Brooks sphere on earth is both real and false, other hand, is the saved—those truly dwelt by the Holy
Grain of mustard seed. The shows the marvelous outward of the kingdom from the smallest be ginnings. Christ began His work with a few obscure men and it spread until the nations took shelter under its branches.—Torrey. parable growth v. 32. Greatest among herbs. This tree whose roots are stuck deep in the soil of this corrupt world from which it draws its nourishment and whose top aspires to the place of supreme import-
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