T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S man tell you that religion was good to die by; I want to tell you it’s good to live by. I am a great deal happier since I became a Christian, and a better busi ness man.’ I said to myself: ‘You want to be a business man, and he tells how you can be a better one. Do you intend to be a Christian?’ I said to myself, ‘Yes.’ ‘Well, why don’t you be it right away?’ I said to myself, and answered,- ‘I will.’ ” Bible Illustration Psa. 49:8. “For the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceaseth for ever.” Rotherham’s translation of this verse reads, “So costly is the redemption of their soul, that it faileth unto times, age abiding.” What a wonderful sacri fice it took to save such a sinner. A man went into his business office one morning and found his stenographer cry ing. He said, “Do you mind if I correct you in matters of the office here?” “No,” she replied, “that is not what I am cry ing about. It is because I read in the Bible that they scourged Jesus, and I have been looking up the word scourged, to see what it means; and Jesus went through all that for me.” Paul said in Gal. 2:20, that Jesus “gave Himself for me.” Saul, the Persecutor, Saved Instantly, by One Sentence. Years ago, the directors of the Crys tal Palace asked Mr. Spurgeon to speak there to test out the acoustics of the vast space. “I went to the Palace early one morning before the doors were opened to the public. I took with me two or three friends, who stationed themselves in different parts of the building, so as to tell me if my voice could he heard there. Standing in the orchestra, I be gan, ‘Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.' Years afterwards my brother James was called to see a dying man in Croydon; this man said to him: ‘I am a painter by trade. I used to be an utterly godless man, un-
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fected by the Spirit. He had been con vinced by the vision that Jesus was risen from the dead and ascended into heaven. But more than this was needed for the preparation of this mighty missionary. He speaks (Gal. 1:16) of God revealing His Son not only to him but in him. To this solemn time may also perhaps be referred those “visions and revelations of the Lord” which he speaks of to the Corinthians (2 Cor. 12:1-4).—Camb. Bible. v. 11. Behold, he prayeth. If Saul had been left only to his meditation it would have driven him to despair, but the Lord was with him and he prayed. The fact was noticed in heaven and angels rejoiced over it. He had often said prayers but now he prayed as a helpless, blind and guilty sinner whose only plea is mercy, and peace entered his soul, for the Spirit led him to Jesus. S-Saphir. v. 17. Brother Saul. There were no men on earth that Saul had hated as he had the disciples of the Lord. There was no man on earth that Ananias had dreaded as he had Saul, but this was all changed. Faith in one Lord had made them brothers.—Torrey. Entered the house. All the features of the scene show a complete and perfect design on the part of the Lord. Ananias,- quite unexpectedly to himself, is made an instrument in the scheme of infinite wisdom, power and love. The resources of Jesus our Lord are infinitely abun dant for every emergency. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He can! at any moment turn the wrath of men to His own praise.—Read. Be filled with the Holy Ghost. He who is called by the Lord will be transformed by the Spirit of the Lord.—Cook. Subject Illustration John Wanamaker said, “I was a coun try boy who had come to the city. A salesman asked me if I wouldn’t go to his prayer-meeting. I did. An old man got up and said that LESSON he was just waiting ILL1JSTRATION for God to take him, W . H . Pike —that religion was a good thing to live and die by. I said, ‘Old man, you can’t touch me.’ Then a young fellow got up and said, ‘You have heard an old
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