nterest of the Master and that of the steward? It was
not the simple compensation which stimulated the mother of Moses to accede
to the proposition of Pharaoh's daughter. What cared she for the "hire," if
she could but save her son! This was her great reward.

Thus the interest of the child should be the reward of the parent. God
will, it is true, reward the faithful steward of the family; but He
specially rewards and blesses parental faithfulness in making His purposes
concerning home, identical with the parent's and the children's welfare. In
this domestic stewardship,

"Like warp and woof, all interests
Are woven fast;
Locked in sympathy like the keys
Of an organ vast."

"Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you
the kingdom. Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward whom his Lord
shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in
due season? Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when He cometh, shall
find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that He will make him ruler over
all he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, my Lord delayeth His
coming, and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidens, and to eat
and drink, and to be drunken; the Lord of that servant will come in a day
when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will
cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
And that servant which knew his Lord's will and prepared not himself,
neither did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes."

Here, then, we have the character and duties of the steward in the
Christian home, the rewards of their faithfulness, and the penalties of
their unfaithfulness. As the stewards of God, we must be faithful, giving
the souls as well as the bodies of our children "their meat in due season;"
we must not "waste the goods" of our Lord, but be "blameless, not
self-willed, not soon angry, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of
hospitality, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word
as we have been taught." As the faithful stewards of God, we should
dedicate our household in all respects to Him, and make it tributary to His
glory. "Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and all these things shall be
added unto you." The unjust steward will first seek the world and the
things of the world, its gold, its pleasures and its honors; and after that
seek the kingdom of