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6. The king sent out his army to punish the murderers.

7. The king then sent his servants out into the streets to invite whoever could be found to come to the feast.

8. They brought in the poor and rich, the good and bad.

9. The king went in to the feast to see his guests.

10. He found one man who showed his disrespect for the king by not wearing his wedding garment as he should have done.

11. The king sent him away from the feast.

12. All are asked to come to God's feast, but few accept his invitation.

QUESTIONS.

What is the Golden Text?

What is the Truth?

1. About what did Jesus tell a parable?

2. What did he say the kingdom of heaven is like?

3. When the feast was served for whom did the guests send?

4. To what did some of them refuse to listen?

5. What did still others do to the king's servants?

6. What did the king do to these murderers?

7. Whom did the king send his servants out into the streets to invite?

8. Whom did they bring to the feast?

9. Who went in to see his guests?

10. Who was not wearing the wedding garment?

11. What did the king do with him?

12. Who are asked to come to God's feast?

LESSON HYMN.

Tune—"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat).

Come and love the Savior now,
Let us all before him bow;
We must not reject his call,
For he owns and loves us all.

Title of Lesson for Aug. 30.

A Day of Questions.—Matt. 22:15-22.

Golden Text for Aug. 30.

Render ... unto God the things that are God's.—Matt. 22:21.

Beginners Golden Text for Aug. 30.

We love him, because he first loved us.—1 John 4:19.

A Rule That Worked Both Ways.

It is a poor rule that will not work both ways. At least, so thought Mrs. Fletcher, though her son, Ralph Fletcher, did not seem to be of the same opinion until he had first tasted some of his own medicine.

"I wish you would pick up that book, Ralph. You have stepped over it twice and have still left it on the floor," Mrs. Fletcher said to her son one morning.

"I did not drop it, mother; it was Grace," Ralph replied.

"And because you did not drop it, you think you should not pick it up? It would be a very unhappy world, Ralph, if all worked on that principle. However, as you seem unwilling to be polite and brotherly, I must ask Grace to place the book on the table again."

A few mornings afterward, Ralph went to his mother, saying:

"Mother, dear, will you take a stitch in this ball for me? I ripped it playing with Frank Danver. Will you do it now? because I'm in a hurry."

"I did not rip the ball, and so I see no reason why I should mend it," Mrs. Fletcher said. "You did the damage; you must repair it."

"Oh, mother—" Ralph began, then stopped suddenly.

"Yes. It is not quite as nice a rule for others to work by, is it, Ralph?"

"No; and it won't be nice for me after this, if I can help it," Ralph replied with a blush.

After which, one may be sure, the mother's fingers