THE K I N G ’S BUS I NES S HOW TO KILL A CAT A physician once captured a large cat, and, soaking a pinch of fine-cut to bacco, injected a little of this fluid un der the cat’s skin. In twenty minutes the cat died in convulsions—killed by a smaller quantity of tobacco than it takes to make a cigarette. What can kill a cat in twenty minutes cannot be good for the growing child, and must be injurious to a grown person. O PALESTINE! I will say to the north, give up; and to the south, keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. Is. 43:6. O Palestine, rejoice and sing; Thy long dark night is nearly over; Thy Saviour, Lord and coming King Will soon His ancient ones recover. Thy exiled sons have heard the call, In foreign fields, 'cross many waters; In joyous haste respond they all, The old and young, thy sons and daughters. But to the Bride the call comes first, For she shall go with Him to reign, When He returns to keep the .tryst On David’s throne— in Palestine! For soon the King of kings shall reign, The Queen also, in gold of Ophir; The virgins, too, shall fill her train, While God Himself shall joy above her! We long to hear the trumpet, Lord, And haste to meet Thee in the air, The joyous sound must soon be heard, And “face to face” we’ll see Thee there! Come quickly, Lord, the time is long Since Thou from earth hast gone away, W© wait and watch, a weary throng, And wonder if Thou’lt come today. —A. L. MURPHY.
78 beauty, giving us the suggestion th a t as in all things He must have pre-eminence, both utility and beauty may yield to His claim and be sacrificed if need be to His cause. MONDAY, Jan. 81. Matt. 21:12-16. The Cleansing of the Temple. Christ cleansed the temple twice dur ing His public ministry, once a t its be ginning and again a t its close. The re ligious leaders could raise no question concerning the propriety of the act. It condemned their own moral laxity. They challenged His authority, however, choosing to regard it as a usurpation of their own powers. The fact th a t an act of this sort had to be repeated within a comparatively short time, shows the transient character of any moral reform. Some foolish people imagine th a t by means of some particular reform sin is put away and the world is made better, whereas the form of its expression is merely changed and like as not it will soon break out again in the same place. If a river has several mouths and one of them be closed, the entire volume of water will flow through the remaining outlets into the sea. THE BIGGEST PRAYER I used to think the Lord’s Prayer was a short prayer; but, as I live longer and see more of life, I begin to believe there is no such thing as getting through it. If a man, in praying th a t prayer, were to be stopped by every word until he had thoroughly prayed it, it would take him a life-time. “Our Father"— there would be a wall a hundred feet high in Just those two words to most men. If they might say, “Our Tyrant,” or “Our Monarch,” or even “Our Cre ator,” they could get along with it; but “Our F ather”—why, a man must be a saint who can pray that.—Henry Ward Beecher. ' jaiig; m DISCERNING HIS WILL George Muller when considering any enterprise, used to ask first, “Is this the Lord’s work?” then, “Is it my work?” next, “ Is this the Lord’s way?” and last, “Is this the Lord’s time?”
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