by faith; that is, by the help of God's Spirit, we may feel as sure that there are such treasures laid up for us in heaven, as if they were within our sight, and that they far exceed the greatest happiness we can enjoy in this world; they last for ever, and will never fade away; no moth nor rust doth corrupt them, and there no thieves can break through and steal. Everything in this world is perishable, all that we love best we must lose, but if we are children of God, there is laid up for us a crown of glory which fadeth not away: if you wish to obtain this crown, you must not let all your thoughts and affections be taken up with the things of this world, for your Saviour says, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon;" when the love of the world takes possession of the heart, the love of God is lost. "Take no thought for your life," that means, be not over anxious: serve God and trust in him, and he has promised to watch over you. He who takes care of the sparrows, will not forsake his children, but will order all things for their good, and will give them

strength to do what he requires, or to bear that which he sees fit to bring upon them.

Gently as dew falls, his accents descended;
Sweet as soft music which dies on the air

Were the precepts of truth, which the Saviour intended

To soothe his disciples, and lessen their care.

Consider the lilies, which toil not nor spin,
And Solomon in his most beauteous array;
Not even the splendour of earth's richest king,
Can rival the glories the lilies display.

Then ask not so anxiously what ye shall eat,
And let not your raiment excite so much care,
For Jesus hath said that the life's more than

meat,

And the body is more than the clothes that ye

wear.

But seek first the kingdom of Christ and his glory,

His righteousness shall thy best covering be,

And receive in its fulness the promise before.

thee,

That all other things shall be added to thee.

LESSON THIRTY-SECOND.

MATTHEW VII. 1-15.

JUDGE not, that ye be not judg-ed. For with what judg-ment ye judge, ye shall be judg-ed; and with what meas-ure ye mete, it shall be measur-ed to you a-gain. And why behold-est thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but con-sid-erest not the beam that is in thine own eye? or how wilt thou say to thy broth-er, "Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;" and be-hold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hyp-o-crite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clear-ly to cast out the mote out of thy broth-er's eye.

Give not that which is ho-ly un-to the dogs, nei-ther cast ye your pearls be-fore swine, lest they trample them un-der their feet, and turn a-gain and rend you. Ask, and it shall be giv-en you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be o-pen-ed un-to you: for ev-er-y one that ask-eth, re-ceiv-eth: and he that seek-eth, find-eth and to him that knock-eth, it shall be o-pen-ed. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a ser-pent? If ye then, be-ing e-vil, know how to give good gifts un-to your chil-dren, how much more shall your Fa-ther which is in heav-en give good things to them that ask him. There-fore all things what-so-ev-er ye would that

men should do to you, do ye e-ven so to them for this is the law and the proph-ets. En-ter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that lead-eth to de-struc-tion, and ma-ny there be that go in there-at: be-cause strait is the gate, and nar-row is the way, which lead-eth un-to life, and few there be that find it.

QUESTIONS.

With what command does this chapter

begin?

"Judge not that ye be not judged."

What is the meaning of the verse?

That we are not to be harsh and uncharitable in our opinion of others, lest we provoke God to treat us severely.