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Bible Illu stratio n .— EXo. 10:8-23— ' Moses’ though t in tak ing the whole fam ily to serve God, th e young and th e old, is the ideal. JHeb. 3 :5— Moses is com mended for being “ faith fu l in all his house.” John l l : l - 1 2 : l i —The house of Bethany, where Jesus loved to go. Lydia’s home was made up of a bap tized household, and she welcomed the preachers and Christians there. In fact, th is home was th e birthplace of the Philippian church. To Adam P aradise was home. To the good among his descendants, home is our only earth ly Paradise. Saved a t Home.—H arry had been a bad boy, indeed. His m o ther’s h eart was broken, his fa th e r’s business well nigh ruined, himself, a wreck. W hat was to be done? Call a fam ily council. Uhcle John said, If ever man had a kind fath e r and a loving mother, H arry had, and how had he responded! Aunt Mary said th e same. All relatives echoed, “Amen” . A t la st th e old fa th e r’s tu rn came. Rising, he said, “H arry, my boy, w hilst th e re ’s a cru st in th e house, you shall have it.” W hat th rea ts could no t do, love did. He broke down, confessed, and was saved. Children Needed to Make a Home.— “Home is th e fa th e r’s kingdom , the children’s paradise, and th e m o ther’s world.” There is a story of a family, who were so poor, they could not keep th e four children, so. they decided to sell one in order to ta k e care of the other th ree. They could no t p art w ith the eldest, for he was th eir first-born. The second was exactly like his father, and th e wife could no t spare him. The fath e r could no t let th e "third one go, because he was th e exact image of his wife. Then they though t of th e baby, bu t they could not spare the little_ Ben jam in of th e ir old age. The m utual love for each other ought to keep home together. A Home Needs Discipline.—-George ' S tu art said he was once in a home where
v. 42. One tiling is needful. Those who pursue various aims w ithout com munion w ith Him are drawn h ith er and th ith e r hy conflicting cares and duties. Those who have the one tru e aim in view, rise above all th'at is superficial and trifling and enjoy a peace which th e world can n eith er give nor take away.-—Willcock. M artha was rig h t in serving, Mary in listening. The danger is th a t one th in k s th a t the only service th a t should be rendered to Jesus Christ is the service he or she is rendering. Christ ta u g h t M artha th a t all things are secondary to th e one g reat thing, love to Himself. L et all learn the lesson of serving th e Master in th e sphere for which we are best fitted and w ithal be to leran t, yea, appreciative, of those who serve Him in different ways.— Davies. T h at good p art. Jesu s said th a t He was quite contented w ith a single dish and th a t both sisters would honor Him m ere by attend ing to w hat He paid th an by giving Him an elaborate dinner. Our Lord gently h in ts to M artha th a t He would ra th e r have a quiet ta lk w ith her on heavenly things th an receive all these hospitable atten tion s a t h er hands.^p Dummelow. Shall n o t be ta k en away. T ru e communion w ith Him is indispens able, needful, perfectly good, absolutely inalienable. It is no t only good in name b u t in reality. I t wears, it lasts, it satisfies. Honor, wealth, health, home, friends, all may go— th is alone is worth while.-—-Morris. H8 _ m - Subject H lustration.—A few years ago a business firm pu t up a large cylinder, which revolved. It had many openings in th e sides and houses were failing out in th ree LESSON piles. One t h a t ILLUSTRATION looked like poverty W. H. P ik e stricken huts, an other of tenem ents and people of a little b etter circum stances, and th e th ird was a pile of large nice roomy houses. If these homes should be separated, not by th e ir w ealth, b u t according to the Christian character displayed, into which pile would your home fall? Can we classify your family as an unsaved family, a professing Christian family, or a Christian fam ily w ith a family altar?
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