outbursts of temper, laziness, selfishness, impatience, deceit, and
cruelty. But hidden beneath all that, God would have you remember that
there is still a king hid in the stuff.

A story is told of the son of Louis XVI of France, whose father and
mother were put to death by the people. He was thus left an orphan, and
was sent to live with a wicked man and woman who tried to teach him all
manner of wrongdoing. But when they tried to persuade him to do wrong,
he would refuse, and say that he was a king's son, and would some day be
king himself, therefore he could not stoop so low.

I wish every boy, when he is tempted to do some unmanly thing, would
remember his kingship, too. You are not the son of an earthly king, but
you are each the son of a Heavenly King, and you, too, have the making
of a king in you. You are too great to do mean things. There is an old
hymn which runs like this:

"My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands;
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold
He has gone to prepare us a mansion untold.
I'm the child of a King, the child of a King,
With Jesus my Saviour, I'm the child of a King."

And when you would do a mean thing, ask yourself if that is worthy of
your kingship. Remember also that only those who live Kingly lives are
worthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.