T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S Lapidanls tell us of the Chalcedonian stone, that it will retain its virtue and lustre no longer than it is enclosed in gold. A lit emblem of a Pharisee who is only good while he is enclosed in golden religious ceremonies. Bible Illustration Matt. 23—Here is Jesus’ estimate of a Pharisaical hypocrite, and yet He made the saintly Paul out of this kind of material. Acts 5 is a_ good illustration of Pharisaism in giving. Mark 14:18 is a good illustration of a hypocrite crowd ing into the ordinances of the church in order to keep up their reputation. Saul a Pharisee of the Pharisees God sees thFough all religious pre tense and mere custom. “Down in the Southland the colored people have a song, which runs like this: ‘He sees all we do; He hears all we say: My God’s a-writing all the time.’ But you are writing, too. In the Brit ish Museum there is a piece of a stone about half the size of my Bible, which is probably five thousand years old, and in the middle of the stone there is the mark of a bird’s foot. Five thousand years ago, when the stone was soft, the bird put its foot upon it, and the mark has been there ever since. My God is writing all the time, and-so are you.”— Dr. J. W. Chapman. The Cause of Much Hypocrisy Wishing to make a favorable impres sion is the cause of much Pharisaism. This was true with a young attorney, who heard a person in the main office, whom he supposed was a prominent bus iness man. So taking down the tele phone receiver, he began talking in a loud pretended tone to someone about an important case he was compelled to turn down because of lack of time, "be ing so crowded with business”. His chagrin was pitiful, when he turned to greet the caller, who Introduced himself as Mr. Young. “I’m from the telephone company,” he continued, “and I’ve come to connect up your phone.”
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Golden Text Illustration A missionary tells of a man arrested in a Christian school. One of the girls, whose room he entered, not losing her presence of mind, asked him to take her New Testament. He was permitted io keep the book in prison, and the result was he became a devoted Christian. A /oung man gave this testimony,—“I was brought up in a Christian home. I do not remember of a time when I did not know of Jesus and His love. I pro fessed to be His before I can recall. But one day God showed me what a sinner I was in heart. Oh, how I have appre ciated Jesus’ sacrifice since then.” ¿¡4- O Lord.” Psalm 27:11. Approach. —How many of you boys and girls go to school or kindergarten? James, why do you go to school? To learn how to speak, read BEGINNERS and write and many AND PRIMARY other things. W e Mabel L. Merrill h a v e s u c h n i c e schools with com fortable seats and desks and every thing to make us happy during our school life. The boys and girls have so much time for play, and think of the play grounds in connection with our schools.' Della, will you tell us about Paul when he was a little boy? You remember his name was Saul. Now as Della has told us the story we had last week, we see _the boys and girls who lived at the time of Saul did not have much time for play, for they had not only to. go to school, but they also had to learn how to work, and Saul learned how to make tents. Let us bow our heads and thank God for our schools. Lesson Story. —In our story for today Saul is about ten years old. We remem ber he lived in a town by the name of Tarsus and because he was a Jew his Going to School in Jerusalem Acts. 22:3,4; 5:34; Luke 2:46. Memory Verse: “Teach me Thy way,
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