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The garden of Eden was the scene of man's fall.

The garden of Gethsemane of his restoration.

In the garden of Eden the devil used guile.

In the garden of Gethsemane he employed power.

In the garden of Eden Adam fell through pride.

In the garden of Gethsemane the Saviour submitted to great humiliation.

In the garden of Eden Adam opposed the will of God.

In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus said, "Not My will, but Thine be done."

In the garden of Eden Adam reasoned. In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed.

In the garden of Eden Adam gratified his flesh.

In the garden of Gethsemane Christ was in an agony.

In the garden of Eden Adam accused Eve.

In the garden of Gethsemane Christ excused His disciples.

In the garden of Eden man was conquered.

In the garden of Gethsemane Christ was the conqueror.

ERE is a man who is afraid to do right. | Look at him. He wears the purple of a Roman governor. He is a great man. He issues orders, and everyone must obey. He holds in his hand the power of life and death. And yet he is a wretched slave, bound in the chains of fear. He is afraid of the men he rules. He is afraid of having his own crimes exposed. He is afraid of losing his place. Driven on by fear, he goes against his conscience, and commits one of the greatest crimes recorded in the history of the world. That man is Pilate. When he heard the taunts that the Jewish rulers flung at him—for they knew their man-" he was the more afraid." And so he scourged and crucified the Saviour of the world. Do you like Pilate? Would you wish to follow him?

He was afraid to do right, lest he should suffer for it; but he did not escape suffering by doing wrong. He soon lost his high position, and had a miserable end. People do suffer sometimes for doing right. They get laughed at. They are called silly fools. They may even have to bear loss and

pain. But we cannot get rid of suffering, as long as we are in the world. Bad men suffer also for their acts. Suffering is the very shadow of sin, and follows it everywhere. Surely, then, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong. When Charlie Parry, the son of the great and pious seaman, Admiral Sir W. E. Parry, went on board his ship, he knelt down the first night at his chest and said his prayers, and did the same the next morning when he turned out of his hammock. He had to bear many a scoff. I should not wonder if all the boots in the cabin were flung at his head as he knelt and prayed. But the result was worth it all. Others soon knelt beside him, and ere long there was a band of Christian youths on board that ship. Was it not well he was not afraid to do right? Our Lord Jesus Christ did what was right, without fear, and He was put to death on the Cross by men who hated Him because he was so holy. But to-day that Cross of Christ is the centre of light and blessing for the world. With whom will you take sides, with Pilate, or with Christ?

I am afraid to do wrong, a boy says when tempted to sin. And if he is asked, Why? a good answer is, Simply because it is wrong. You ask me why I dare not tell a lie, nor speak unkindly, nor leave any work undone, and I say, Because it would be wrong to do it. That is reason enough. How can I do this wickedness, and sin against God?

I am afraid to do wrong, also, because my sin would be sure to lead others astray. "I supOni berild pose I'll have to be very good now, grandma, since this new baby has come," said a little boy once, "'cause she will be naughty if I am." If the eldest child in a household be patient and gentle and obedient, the others are likely to follow in the same path. If one child in a family lead the way to evil doing, some of the rest are pretty sure to follow. For the sake of others, 1 am afraid to do wrong.

I am afraid to do wrong, because it would vex my best friends. How little we know of the love our parents had for us, until we become parents ourselves. In the Royal Academy this year

there was a picture called "Treasures of the Home," in which a mother is seen rushing down the stairs of a burning house with two children in her arms. Her only thought was to save them! Many a mother gives her life for her children, and gives it ungrudgingly, though the children never know of it. And shall I break my mother's heart by doing what is wrong?

I am afraid to do wrong, because it would grieve Christ. Parents can do much for us; Christ can do what no parent can. When the "Dione" and "Camden " came into collision lately on the Thames, a gentleman on board secured a crate, and gave it to his wife; she drifted away upon it, with her infant in her arms. Soon she found it would not bear their weight, and so she put her infant into it, and let it float down the stream, while she sank into a watery grave. She did all she could. She saved her child from bodily death by the sacrifice of her own life. Christ died for me, and by His death He saved me from spiritual death. He saves me from my sins, and gives me eternal life. Christ lives for me and loves me. Christ loves his lambs, and gathers them safely in His arms; and no one can pluck them from Him. How could I grieve my blessed Saviour by doing wrong?

I am afraid to do wrong; but I am very weak and ready to fall. I must ask Christ to help me. You have seen a tree growing out from a great mass of rock, and bending over a deep ravine. You fancy it must soon fall in. But its little rootlets have got imbedded in the rock, and the rock holds it up. I will cling to Christ; I will keep close to Him, and He will hold me up. He will give me His Holy Spirit to be my helper, so that everywhere, and at all times, I shall be afraid of nothing, save only of offending Him.

W. PARK, M.A.

Lessons for the

MORNING.

1. 2nd Sunday in Lent.

8. 3rd Sunday in Lent. 15. 4th Sunday in Lent. 22. 5th Sunday in Lent.

29. Palm Sunday.

EVENING.

Gen. xxviii. or xxxii.
Rom. xi. to v. 25.
Gen. xxxix. or xl.
1 Cor. i. to v. 26.
Gen. xliii. or xlv.
1 Cor. vii. v. 25.

Exodus v. or vi. to v. 14.
J Cor. xii. v. 28 and 13.
Exodus x. or xi.

Luke xix. v. 28 or 30 v. 9 to 21.

3. The prophetess who gave thanks at the birth of the Lord Jesus.

4. Where did the Lord perform his first miracle ?

5. A prophet who was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire.

6. A blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

7. A sorcerer who was smitten with blindness.

8. The land in which Job lived.

9. A great man with his master, but a leper.

10. To whom were the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles addressed? 11. What slave did Paul call his son? 12. What was one of the commodities Solomon got from Egypt?

13. Who hid the Lord's prophets by hundreds in a cave?

14. Whom did David order to be put in the forefront of the battle?