in idleness, they would have taught
the young grasshopper that in the spring and summer he was to look
forward to the wants and needs of the winter. The older ants always
teach the young ants to work, and in that they are very wise.

Perhaps you have seen boys and girls who have learned to work, who are
always very active, who seem always to be busy, but after all accomplish
nothing of any moment in life. If we want to live to some purpose in
this world, we must remember that we should have a purpose worthy of
ourselves, and of the great Father in Heaven who has created us. After a
few months and years the grasshoppers and the ants and all the insects
die, but you and I shall live on forever and ever. These bodies will be
laid away in the grave, but our immortal spirits shall still continue to
live. The stars in heaven which have been shining for thousands and
thousands of years shall eventually grow pale. The sun itself shall
cease to shine, and all the heavens and the universe about us shall be
rolled together as a scroll. But these immortal spirits of yours and
mine shall live on with God throughout all eternity. It is important,
therefore, that our industry and our thought and our labor should not be
for those things which perish with the using; that we should not simply
lay up treasures which we must after a time go away and leave behind us
in this world, but that we should lay up treasures in heaven, where moth
and rust do not corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal; that where our treasure is, there our hearts may be also; and
that we may possess and enjoy our treasure throughout all eternity.

I hope that every time you see a grasshopper or an ant, you will
remember the lesson which I have sought to teach you to-day.

QUESTIONS.--What is on the top of the Royal
Exchange in London? Who built the Exchange? Why
did he put the grasshopper there? Tell all you can
about the little boy and girl going through the
field. What kind of boys and girls is like the
grasshopper? What does the grasshopper do in
summer? What happens to him when winter comes? Is
the ant like the grasshopper, or is he
industrious? What does the Bible say about the
ant? How does he spend the summer? Does he have
food for winter use? Does each ant work for itself
alone? Who teach the young ants to work? Do boys