this work; it will not be any harder for me than the care of all the churches, and I will still have abundant opportunity for Christian work and can lay by a little something for the rainy day, which I can see is coming.”

Then Matthew said, “My story of the life of Christ is having a large sale and is bringing me in enough to pay my expenses, but my business experience tells me that I ought to have a larger margin. Persecution may come and sales would fall off. I have a chance now to take my old position, and I know that I can make enough out of it not only to support myself and family, but to take care of the rest of you, if you should get into trouble. And then, too, I will have more leisure for writing and can probably help the cause more in this way than by traveling about the country.”

Andrew replied, “Peter, do you remember the day when you thought that you had lost your wife’s mother? Do you see that sand beach over there? That is where we beached our boat after the miraculous haul of fish, and where we quit the fishing business, and where the Master said, ‘Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men.’ How long a time is it henceforth?”

“Do you see that hillside over there? That is where the Master fed the five thousand, and I can see the very spot where that lad stood when I asked him to give up his lunch for the Lord to multiply. Don’t you remember the look of compassion and longing on the Master’s face when He looked out over the multitude and asked us to pray that laborers might be thrust forth into His harvest? If we are going to continue to pray that other men may rise up, leave all, and follow Him, can we do less?”

John, who was leaning against Peter, felt a big tear fall on his hand; and looking over to Paul, he saw his jaw set,