_Ye shall kindle no fire._ THE UNKINDLED FIRE In the old time it was a law that each night, at a prescribed hour, a bell should be rung, on hearing which the people were to put out their fires. This a law not about putting fires out each day, but against lighting a fire on one particular day. Why... [ Continue Reading ]
_A willing offering._ THE WILLING OFFERING Remember that at this time there was no legislation to Israel about giving. A little while after there were strict laws how much they were to give--and every Israelite was by law presently compelled to give no less than two-tenths--first one-tenth and then... [ Continue Reading ]
_To devise curious works._ BEZALEEL; OR, INVENTION, ART, AND RELIGION Religion may not despise art and inventive power. It should absorb everything that can give pure joy and assist devotion. The best art generally has a Godward look. I. Art and Christianity both imply work. Indolence is disgrace... [ Continue Reading ]