Dr. Alexander McKenzie preached last evening in Appleton Chapel from the Gospel according to Matthew, "Lo we have left all and followed Thee, what them shall we have?"

Christ's answer to this question,. that what man has given up on earth shall be increased one hundred fold in heaven, cannot be taken literally. Jesus did not mean it as a reward or price for what had been given up.

The man who follows Christ for the sake of heaven is not virtuous, he is only seeking heaven as a reward, he is not seeking it for its own sake.

Job labored not for cattle and lands, but that he might see god, and when he saw all that he had given up coming back to him it was not as wages but as a reward for the self-sacrificing life which he had lived. We can not work for God for wages; the devil alone gives wages.

It is true that a man who lives a religious, economic and upright life is sure to be prosperous, but God can discrimi-

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