Are of the evil one.

The enemy who sow'd the tares,
Is he who fell afar;
The harvest, when the world shall end;
The angels reapers are.

The righteous shall be gather'd home
Forever with the Lord;
And as the tares are burn'd, so shall
The wicked be destroy'd.




III.


THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT.

Once Peter said, "How oft shall I
My brother's sin forgive?
How oft shall I, if he confess,
His penitence receive?"

"Till seven times?" The Saviour said,
"_This_ is the law of Heaven,
Thou shalt thy brother's sin forgive,
Till seventy times seven.