He began to be a minister when a child, and he continued to be so to the
end of his life. Few lives have been so honourable and honoured as his
was. But it would not have been so if he had not continued to serve the
God of his mother. Are there not some of our readers who are tempted to
leave the Bible and Sunday school, and to turn their backs on the
religion of their parents? Remember that to turn your back on the God of
your mother is to hoard up dishonour and misery for yourself and those
dear to you, for what Hannah sang is yet true,
"THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH ARE THE LORD'S."
XIII. "IT IS THE KING'S CHAPEL."
AMOS vii. 13.
"Go somewhere else and preach, you ignorant peasant! What do you come
here for, spoiling our enjoyment, and keeping us awake at nights? Don't
you know this is no common conventicle? It is the place where the king
says his prayers! Away with you, or we will take off your head!" So
said Amaziah, the priest, and so says many a one to-day. Cannot you let
us rest in the enjoyment of our sins? You seem to forget that our god is
made of