So, when you see others who have it easier and who have more comforts
and luxuries than you have, if you have this hope which the text speaks
of as "laying hold within the veil" be sure that in God's own good time,
in His infinite wisdom and love, He will work out for you also the
blessing and the good which you can only hope for, but which at the
present time you can neither see nor understand.

QUESTIONS.--What does every ship carry? Would a
ship be safe without an anchor? When the anchor is
let down into the deep water, must it take hold of
something? When is the anchor used? If a ship did
not have an anchor in time of storm along the
rocky coast, would it be safe? Do men and women,
boys and girls, also need an anchor? Can we have
peace and happiness without hope? Is religion
necessary only when we are in trouble? On what
does hope lay hold? Can we see the things on which
the Christian's faith lays hold? Can we always
understand God's providences? Did the writer of
this book have trials when he was a boy? Could he
understand them then? Did he understand them later
on in life? Do all boys and girls have trials? If
received in the proper spirit, will they always
work out for their good?

HUSKS.

THE DISAPPOINTED PLEASURE-SEEKER.

SUGGESTION:--If the children can obtain some of
the pods which are called "husks" in the
Scripture, which can be had in some towns and
cities, and which the children usually call
"Johnny-bread" they will be able to taste the
husks which the prodigal fed to the swine and
which he himself desired to eat. If these cannot
be had, the pods from the sweet locust tree will
be serviceable.

I HOLD in my hand what I suppose most of you have seen, and perhaps many
of you have eaten. It is what boys oftentimes call "Johnny bread." It
looks very much like the long pods which grow on the honey locust trees.
It is sometimes called "Johnny bread," because some people mistakenly
think that this was the kind of locust that John the Baptist ate when he
came in the Wilderness, preaching that the kingdom of heaven was at hand
and that men should repent. We are told in the Scriptures that he ate
locusts and wild honey. The locusts which he