VI.—Hospitality is a remunerative virtue.
“I was a stranger, and ye took me in.” Christ blesses the cupboard from which wayfarers are fed. They fed Jesus, and He filled their hearts with deathless joy.
VII.—Apostates lose the best news.
Judas had gone out of hearing when the eleven had heard of a risen Christ.
VIII.—Testifying to grace received brings fresh supplies.
It was while telling what they had seen that they heard the voice of Jesus speak peace.
XLIX. WORK FOR BOYS.
1 Samuel iii.I.—There is work in God’s house for Boys to do.
“The child Samuel ministered.” When you sing with feeling you do God’s work. When you see some one without a hymn-book and you take one to the stranger, you minister. When you make room for a stranger to sit by you, then you do the work of the Lord. When you pray for the preacher, then you are of use.
II.—Boys’ bedrooms are open to God.
It was while Samuel was asleep that God stood at his bedside; but He is there before we sleep. He hears when wicked stories are told, and when bad deeds are planned in the dark.