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up and coming. I’m sick to death of it.” “ It’s a perfectly lovely neighbor hood,” said Mrs. Sunshine. “ Every body’s as kind as can be, and so in telligent, and enterprising, and friend ly !” Which made friends? The one who shows herself friendly. Friendship like ocean pebbles. Who has not picked lovely pebbles from the wave-swept beach and carried them home as great treasures, only to find that when dried they are the most commonplace stones, all their trans lucent beauty departed and their va ried hues sunk in a dull gray? On making this discovery we are likely to throw away our treasures; but a wise course is simply to place them in a bot tle of water. There we have them, per petual joys, with all their loveliness fresh, limpid, and unfading. So when we discover that our dearest friends have faults, do not throw them away but preserve them in our water of love and weep and pray over them. Friendliness in Church. A minister once preached an eloquent sermon on “ The Recognition of Friends in Heaven.’’ A young man, who heard the sermon, said: “ I wish next Sunday the minister would give us a sermon on “ The Recognition of Friends on Earth.’ I have been to this church every Sin- day for three months and no one has spoken to me.” Golden Text illustrations. John Wesley had a misunderstanding with John Bradford, his companion, which resulted overnight in his saying that they must part in the morning. Next morning Wesley asked him: “ Will you ask my pardon?” “ No,” said Brad ford. “ Then I will ask yours,” said the great preacher. This broke Brad ford down completely, and made them the better friends. It was said of Archbishop Cranmer, that the way to have him one’s friend was to do him an unkindness.
Father for our sake. (6) You cannot interpret the meaning of the arrow, without a knowledge of the archer. (7) The sling of David gave deliver ance. The sword of David gave victory. The hhrp of David gave rest. The heart of David gave love. Subject Illustration on friendship. A guest at a country house on com ing down to breakfast one morning was met by the child of the house, who, running up to him and putting his hand in his, looked up into his face with a smile, saying: “ I’m LESSON your friend now; I ILLUSTRATIONS put you in my W. H. Pike prayer last, night!" This was the kind of friendship displayed in David and Jona than’s friendship in the Lord. Young says, “ Friendship is the wine of life,” and Cicero was not far from right when he said, “ Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.” Such was David’s and Jonathan’s friendship. “ Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble -mind’s delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.” The sin of not making friends. “ It’s a stuck-up neighborhood,” said Mrs. Iceberg. “No one speaks to any one else, and everyone thinks he’s too swell to associate with the other people on the street.” “ It’s a selfish neighborhood,” said Mr. Numberone. “ They don’t want to lend anything, and no one offers to pitch in and help.” “ It’s a depressing neighborhood,” said Miss Frown. “Nothing pleasant about it. No amusements, nothing to make things cheerful;” “ It’s a dreadful bore, this neighbor hood,” said Mrs. Stupid, j “No bright people here, no good convergers, no one
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