THE MUSTARD SEED
"The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field.
"Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."
So the kingdom of heaven grows very quietly. But it is very precious, even if it is hidden away so closely. One might better let anything else go than that.
Again, he told them, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind.
Again, the kingdom is like to a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls.
How proud a man is to be a citizen of a great country! In this country we are proud to be Americans. Do you suppose you could be a citizen of the kingdom of God? Yes. Jesus said once that children and people who were like children belong to this kingdom.
"Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
LOADING CAMELS AT JERUSALEM
From a photograph taken by Prof. D. G. Lyon, and used by his kind permission.
In the East much of the commerce is still carried on by means of caravans of camels; sometimes there are several thousand camels in one of these great caravans conveying all kinds of merchandise from one point to another. The camel will carry a very heavy load, but it utters piteous cries of complaint when it thinks the load is too heavy.
