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foolishly leave this to be built the last of all;
and many have never left off other work to
build this most needed portion. The honor of
(Jod, the salvation of ourselves and others, our
development in the image of our Saviour, these
should engage our first and highest interest.
I'ntiil this part of our life is built, all else is
built in vain; "What shall it profit a man, if
he shall gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?" (Mark 8:36). The first table of the
law of the ten commandments is for the glory of
( oil, for religion; the first petitions of the
Lord's Prayer are for the name, the kingdom
and the will of our Father in heaven. Who
ever is old enough to hear and understand the
call of the King, is old enough to begin to
build this side of the city of life.
The wall of the eastern side shall represent
our faith in God through His Son. "By grace
are ye saved through faith," (Eph. 2:8). To
find salvation, we must come, or call, or believe,
or trust, different presentations of that
saving "faith which worketh by love," (Gal.
5 :(>). Our faith should be true, sincere-and
earnest, without doubt or fear, clear as the
jasper, shining in the morning light. As the
wall protects from enemies, so shall Faith protect
from the assaults of the world, the flesh and
the devil
"On the east, three gates." The first
glorious portal of religion set like a priceless
(pearl in the wall of Faith, 'is the gate of
Prayer, by which we enter into the very Iloly
of Holies of the love and power of Jehovah.
It was on the eastern side of old Jerusalem that
Alt. Zion rose in strength, and Solomon built
the temple of the Lord. The blessings which
may enter from the gate of prayer to our daily
needs are without number and beyond the
value of all earthly wealth. "Pray without
ceasing," (1 Thes. 5:17).
The second gateinthi^^ijJJHMi^^^^^^^^
side of on the
^CTThall be the gate of Study, the
^^^Kdvof the Word of the Lord. "Studv to
show thyself approved unto God,"(2 Tim.
2:15), It is only in this way that the workman
can become proficient. It is in the grace
and knowledge of our Lord that we may grow
and be all that lie would have us become, do
all that he would have us do. In every circumstance
of t he changing days, in temptations
of prosperity and trials of adversity, let us take
for our guide and comfort the Iloly "Word as
made bright for us by God's own Iloly Spirit:
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light
unto my path," (l'sa. 119:105).
The third gate on the side of religion shall
be Watchfulness. "We aiv not of the night
nor of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as
do others, but let us watch and be sober," (1
Tlies. 5:5 and t>). Let in the light of truth
noon <>v<>rvthio(r that von do tilt* liirht of
righteousness upon all that you are urged to
undertake. It is on those who slumber in carelessness
that sin comes as a thief in the night,
and.so on them also will come the day of the
Lord. Listen to the words of our Saviour,
"What I say unto you, 1 say unto all, Watch."
(Mark 13:37, Look well to the East.
THE NOKTH.
"On the north, three gates" As naming the
east makes us think of the morning light and
the rising sun, what does naming the north call
to mind? The north 'is the side from which
come the winter, the cold, freezing winds of
the north-west and the blighting, cutting sleet
of the north-east. We naturally think of exposure
to inclement weather and our need of
protection from its power. Besides the allpervading,
over-ruling protection from on high,
found in our religion, what shall he our protection
from worldly cares and needs? Our
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE S <
business is our daily worldly protection.
Business does not come first, but it should
come second. "Business before pleasure," is
a good rule, if we place beside it "Religion before
business." The man who is a failure in
his daily vocation, may have religion and he
saved, but lie will never be able to accomplish
so much for llis Lord's kingdom. The Apostles
were all successful business men, Paul
eminently successful in his profession as a rabbi.
Psually it is our daily occupation which provides
our food, and the first cry of the infant
is for food, the last care of the nurses of the
dying has been for the food of their patient.
After the opening petitions for God's glory in
the Lord's prayer, Jesus has taught its to pray
for food, "Give us this day our daily bread."
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God's messengers are called to preach; but
all His children are equally called each to his
trade, profession or art, if he has chosen, asking
the Lord's guidance, and submissive to the
divine leading. Instead of being a thing outside
of religion, our business should be next to
our religion, and should be permeated with the
atmosphere of worship from the temple of our
devotions. The wall on this side of the city of
life should be the wall of Honesty. Natural
prudence might dictate this much, "Honesty is
the best policy;" men make no mistake when
they judge him a hypocrite who makes profession
of religion but who lacks common
honesty. Though it is a mistake to suppose that
because a man is honest, therefore nothing else
is needed to stand in the courts of heaven.
Whatever your calling, there is no business
right and proper for a child of God that does
not need and require a wall of clear transparent
honesty, high and solid. It is your best protection
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In order to be all that it ought to become,
the busines side of life also has three gates, and
each a pearl. There are many especially among
the young, who see the need of a good business
and yet who fail to comprehend the value of
these gates. It is not outside the province of
Bible instruction to give the principles which
underlie successful business and best government,
though each man is his own priest hefort;
God, and no minister has right to dictate
to his conscience how he shall vote or how he
shall manage his business. Government is
largely a part of business. The best book on
business to be found anywhere is the Book of
Proverbs. "Not slothful in business" is a
New Testament, injunction, to which the wisdom
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ui inn|iir<iin?n iihs uuaeu iervent 111 spirit,
serving the Lord," (Rom. 12:11).
The nrst gate on the business side of life 5s
Knowledge. To do well we must know
thoroughly. We must acquire the facts of education,
the skill of practice and the experience
of trials. To imagine that we know enough is
to put the blight of decay on our work. The
second gate of business 5s Industry. When the
mill stops, the grinding ceases. Dreaming is
not doing. Constant and untiring effort can remove
mountains as well as faith, though it takes
iuun 10 Keep enort constant and untiring. Tlie
third gate on this side is Economy, In selling
we usually know the value; it is most often in
buying that we pay too much or get what we
do not need. "Let the buyer beware" is good
business jus well as ancient Latin law. blach
side of every road there is a ditch, keep out of
both. In business be neither a miser nor a
spendthrift.
(To be continued.)
A woman must love something?but I don't
call a pup something.?Bishop Quayle.
D U T H (August 9, 1911
HOW TITHING PAYS.
BY REV. B. P. BEDINGER.
A Methodist minister gave me the following
incident: When he took charge of a country
circuit lie found three maiden ladies?sisters?
who had recently joined the church. They came
to him to say they wanted to help support the
church and to ask how much they ought to pay.
As they were poor, living together on the old
ancestral farm, making their own crops, (except
for a little occasional hired help), he told
them they had not been assessed anything, but
might pay as they could, just whatever they
felt able to pay. They told him they, had decided
to pay in to the church a tenth of what
they made. They began at once. Every tenth
egg they got went into a separate basket and
every tenth pound of butter also. When they
sold their cotton they deducted the fertilizer
bill, hired labor, ginning and expense of
marketing, then laid aside the tenth of the
price. Within twelve months they paid in
fifteen dollars. The second year it was largely
increased, and the third, still more. The fourth
and last year he was on that work, they paid
fifty dollars and then handed him ten dollars
extra, saying: "The Lord has blessed us so
much we want to add a special thank offering."
Use it for His work. Thus if they paid $15.00
the first year they had $135 for themselves.
Hut their gains grew till when they paid $50.00
they had $450 for themselves or to give as their
hearts lovingly dictated. Mai. 3:10.
It pays.
A REMARKABLE ENDING.
BY REV. W. II. PERKINS.
Tn flip aiimmor nf 1 Qrw *-Vw% ...l? -1- * J
wi a./v/?j, me limn wnu ciaiuieu
to be the v'ica.'^JTf--^SKS -Ciirijt on
earth, lay dying in liis palace in Rome.
lieing the accredited Head of the Church of
God, we might imagine a splendid retinue of
angels gathering there to conduct that illustrious
personage to Paradise, there to be crowned with
appropriate honors. But we must not forget
that according to his own doctrine, poor Leo must
first go to Purgatory, there to be purged of his
venial sins, until the gifts, and prayers of the
faithful on earth had secured his release.
Press dispatches with minute details of his
maladies, of what he said and what he did were
sent out daily over the world.
What he seemed most to enjoy was Tokay
wine, which had been presented to him by the
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ijiiipciui i' luiiuca uunc|iii.
But the stiniilus would quickly fade, and
notwithstanding his colossal claims of earthly
supremacy, and in spite of the skill of the wisest
physicians, and the most fastidious diet gold
could procure, the body that had so long sheltered
his soul, was tottering to a fall.
"My time is short." "I want to see Cardinal
Rampolla."
"When the Cardinal came he requested that
the Franciscan benediction be administered to
him. Bendinal Vives Y. Tuto entered and bestowed
it. While Vives Y. Tuto was in the
sick room the Pone recited the confiteor and
then he gave the Apostolic benediction to the
whole Franciscan order.
When Rarapolla was about to leave the room,
he said to him, "I renew to you my confidence
in this supreme moment." A few days before
the end came he had spells of delirium. His
brain was affected, and he muttered incoherently.
His mutterings seemed to relate to
events of years ago.
He insisted that shadows were flitting about
the room. At times he seemed to see apparitions.
His attendnnts tried to dissuade him, but he
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