Here is a boy, who, in sweeping out the shop to-morrow morning,
finds sixpence lying among the orange-boxes. Well, nobody has
missed it. He puts it in his pocket, and it begins to burn a
hole there. By breakfast-time he wishes that sixpence were
in his master’s pocket. And by and by he goes to his master.
He says (to himself, and not to his master), “I was at the
Boys’ Brigade yesterday, and I was to seek first that which
was right.” Then he says to his master, “Please, sir, here is
sixpence that I found upon the floor.” The master puts it in the
till. What has the boy got in his pocket? Nothing; but he has
got the kingdom of God in his heart. He has laid up treasure in
heaven, which is of infinitely more worth than sixpence. Now,
that boy does not find a shilling on his way home. I have known
that to happen, but that is not what is meant by “adding.” It
does not mean that God is going to pay him in his own coin, for
He pays in better coin. (Text.)--HENRY DRUMMOND.
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=Rhythm=--See MUSIC, GOOD CHEER IN.
=Riches=--See WEALTH, COMPARATIVE.