THE K I NG ' S BUS I NESS the child’s life. I arose from my knees and told my wife that she need not worry, for God had assured me that He would heal the hoy. He awoke quite bright in the morning and had no re currence of his trouble and today stands five feet nine inches tall— a perfect pic ture of health.” (E. L. B.) “Who for- giveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.” At a Japanese auction some time ago, I saw the auctioneer holding a picture for sale. He covered himself with the picture and was entirely hid by it as he described it. So the Christian lifts Christ before the world, but keeps him self out of sight. Peter said “ Silver and gold have I none, but here is Christ.” It is said that in one of the Buddist temples in Japan there is a mirror near the ceiling that is so made that when you look at it you see only a mirror re flecting that which Is underneath it;' but when the sun strikes the mirror it throws a picture of Buddha on the wall. Peter was only the mirror on which Christ was reflected. Helpfulness to Others. “ I want to help you to grow as beau tiful as God meant you to be when He thought of you first,” said a noted author. And the old negro expressed it this way, “ It makes the burden light er when you helps to tote the load.” Here is a modern Peter as seen in Dr. Bonar, who once met a little Arab boy in the street whose name was Mat thew. He said, "Matthew, my lad, you remember that there was Matthew, the tax gatherer, and he left all, rose up and followed Jesus.” Do you think, Matthew, you will do the same?” Doc tor Bonar met a little girl and said, “ Christina, you have Christ in your name, have you got Him in your heart?” “ Mother,” said Johnny, "haven’t you a pie that you would like to lend to the
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Lord?” “Why, Johnny, what do you mean?” she asked, for she thought at first it was a joke. “ Don’t you remem ber,” he said, “ that the Bible says ‘He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord?’ I don’t believe old Betsy has had a pie for a long time, and I thought perhaps you would like to have me take one over to her; then you would be lending to the Lord, you know.” Prov. 19:17. Golden Text Illustrations. The story is told of Mr. Armour, who appreciated the work of Cyrus W. Field, the inventor of the ocean telegraph; for it put him in touch with the whole world in his business. Mr. Field had a brother who had been editor of the New York Evangelist for a number of years, but as the paper was declining it threat ened to leave its editor and owner in penury in his old age. The meat packer asked Dr. Gunsaulus to write Mr. Field to come to Chicago and then he invited them both to his home for dinner. At the table Mr. Armour turned the con versation almost immediately to the ed itor’s brother, already long deceased. “ I owe my large business largely to the invention of your brother. If it had not been for his faith in the ocean cable I could never have built up such a trade.” This strain of conversation was kept up till toward the close of the meal a plate was set before Mr. Field con taining among the viands a slip of fold ed paper. Mr. Field opened it and read “ Good for ten thousand dollars, payable at the office of the Armour Packing Company, to the brother of Cyrus W. Field.” “ Freely ye have received, free ly give.” v. 1. Peter and John went to the temple. A man may pray none the less prayerfully because he has aided some poor creature before he entered
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