"Wherefore do the wicked live?"— Job xxi: 7 Poor Job! With tusks and horns and hoofs and stings, all the misfortunes of life seemed to come upon him at once.…

"Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed."—Gen. i: 11. The two first born of our earth were the grass-blade and the herb. They preceded the brute creation…

"So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on…

"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."—Matt. vii: 12. The greatest war the world has ever seen is between capital and labor.…

"Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"— Esther iv. 14. Esther the beautiful was the wife of Ahasuerus the abominable. The time…

"Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus. On the seventh day when the heart of the king was…

"Come ye yourselves apart unto a desert place and rest awhile."—Mark vi: 31. Here Christ advises His apostles to take a vacation. They have been living an excited as well…

"Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money."— Isa. lii: 3. The Jews had gone headlong into sin, and as a punishment they had been…

"And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa."— I. Sam.…

"Who have fled for refuge."— Heb. vi: 18. Paul is here speaking of the consolations of Christians. He styles them these "who have fled for refuge." Moses established six cities…