dlaugh, and such like, would
have no audiences when they lectured!

IV.--Suffering was the duty of Christ, as the servant of God.

"Ought not Christ to have suffered?" Before He could have the wages, He
must do the work. Eternity alone gives space for the payment of what He
earned in Gethsemane and on Calvary.

V.--The Old Testament was Jesus Christ's Bible.

Has it the place it ought to have in our hearts? These men had their
hearts warmed while Christ expounded Psalms and Prophecies. He will do
the same to you, if you will ask Him. It is a reflection upon the Holy
Ghost to make use of so small a portion of the Bible as some do.

VI.--Hospitality is a remunerative virtue.

"I was a stranger, and ye took me in." Christ blesses the cupboard from
which wayfarers are fed. They fed Jesus, and He filled their hearts with
deathless joy.

VII.--Apostates lose the best news.

Judas had gone out of hearing when the eleven had heard of a risen
Christ.

VIII.--Testifying to grace received brings fresh supplies.

It was while telling what they had seen that they heard the voice of
Jesus speak peace.

XLIX. WORK FOR BOYS.
1 SAMUEL iii.
I.--There is work in God's house for Boys to do.

"The child Samuel ministered." When you sing with feeling you do God's
work. When you see some one without a hymn-book and you take one to the
stranger, you minister. When you make room for a stranger to sit by you,
then you do the work of the Lord. When you pray for the preacher, then
you are of use.

II.--Boys' bedrooms are open to God.

It was while Samuel was asleep that God stood at his bedside; but He is
there before we sleep. He hears when wicked stories are told, and when
bad deeds are planned in the dark.

III.--God does not wait for you to grow up before He calls.

Perhaps you have heard Him call and, like Samuel, did not know the voice.
When you felt that longing to be good, then He called. When you were at
the grave-side, and felt awed and silenced by the coffin, thinking that
some day people would look down and read your name, He called. When you
were ill and felt unfit to die, He called. In your class at Sunday
school, and while hearing the gospel preached, you were called.

IV.--Boys should answer the first call.

Samuel was not like some lads who have to be called many times before
they will get up. "He ran unto Eli." And in doing this