not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.'

"The man read the whole story until it was ended. Then he closed the book,
and he said, 'My friends, Naboth has a vineyard in this land; and in it
there is much gold; and Ahab has desired to have it that the wealth may be
his.'

"And he put the old book aside, and he took up another which was written
yesterday. And the men and women whispered one to another, even in the
church, 'Is not that the Blue Book Report of the Select Committee of the
Cape Parliament on the Jameson raid?'

"And the man said, 'Friends, the first story I have read you is one of the
oldest stories of the world: the story I am about to read you is one of
the newest. Truth is not more truth because it is three thousand years
old, nor is it less truth because it is of yesterday. All books which
throw light on truth are God's books, therefore I shall read to you from
the pages before me. Shall the story of Ahab king of Samaria profit us
when we know not the story of the Ahabs of our day; and the Naboths of our
land be stoned while we sit at east?' And he read to them portions of that
book. And certain rich men and women rose up and went out even while he
spoke, and his wife also went out.

"And when the service was ended and the man returned to his home, his wife
came to him weeping; and she said, 'Did you see how some of the most
wealthy and important people got up and went out this morning? Why did you
preach such a sermon, when we were just going to have the new wing added to
our house, and you thought they were going to raise your salary? You have
not a single Boer in your congregation! Why need you say the Chartered
Company raid on Johannesburg was wrong?'