rusty nails drawn by the
magnet? Who are like the little tacks? Who are
like the small nails? Who are like the rusty
nails? Does everybody desire at times to be good?
What draws them in the right direction? Can we see
the power that causes us to desire to be good?
What is the name of the power or force that causes
the nails to fall from the magnet? What power
draws people from doing right? Should we always
yield to the power that draws us in the right
direction? Does Christ have to be seen in order to
accept His influence?

[Illustration: Daniel in the Lion's Den.]

KEYS.

HOW TO UNLOCK THE HUMAN HEART.

SUGGESTION:--Objects used: Locks and keys of any
form or size. If possible open the lock and show
how the key fits into the different wards of the
lock. Explain how other keys would not fit.

MY DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS: I have here to-day quite a variety of locks.
Here are also quite a variety of keys. You will notice that there are
several more keys than there are locks. Now, I suppose that we would
have no very great difficulty in selecting the keys that would be most
likely to turn backward and forward the bolts in these different locks.
We would naturally expect that these larger keys would fit these larger
locks and the smaller keys would be adapted to lock and unlock the
smaller ones.

[Illustration: Lock and Key.]

Here is this large lock; I suppose it is very possible this large key
may be suited to lock and unlock it. Yes, it just fits. You see how it
turns the bolt in and out as I turn the key.

Now, here is another lock; let us see if we can find a key that will fit
it. This key seems about the size, but after passing it into the lock
it seems to strike something that prevents it from turning, and
consequently is of no service. Let us try another. That seems to work
much better, and turns the bolt backward and forward.

[Illustration: Lock and Key.]

Here is still another lock; let us try this key with this lock. That
seems to work very well. Possibly we might be able to lock and unlock
this other also. Let us try it. Yes, this key fits both these locks.
This key is what the locksmith calls a skeleton key. It is so made that
it avoids the obstacles which are placed in the different locks to
prevent them from being opened by all varieties of k