That invalid sister drops her ball of wool! Cannot you stop as you are racing out to play, to pick it up, and give her a sweet smile of cheer into the bargain? That schoolfellow has a headache and cannot get his sums right. Could you not bend over him for a moment or two, and help him find out the mistake, and set him free to come out and play? Oh, do not say in your heart, "He is nothing to me, I cannot help his troubles!" Do not be like the Priest and the Levite. Cheer up everyone you come across, and if you do this for Jesus your King, believe me, your life will be full of sunshine and joy. Do one kind deed every day, and you will end in being, in very truth, like the Good Samaritan whom Jesus praised. XXVI. No Wedding Garment Our Lord told the people who listened to Him many wonderful stories, or parables, which were meant to sink deep into their hearts, to warn them lest they should sin, or to encourage them to be good. He often told them stories about "the Kingdom of Heaven," for He wanted all who heard Him to enter into that Kingdom, and to share its everlasting joy. The parable I am going to tell you to-day is one in which the Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a certain great King who made a marriage feast for his son. He invited a great many guests, and when all was ready, he sent his servants to call them all to the wedding. But the guests who were invited were so busy about their own affairs that they did not trouble to come to the King's house! Then the King sent some more servants, with the message that everything was prepared for the feast, and to bid the guests to come to the marriage. But they made light of the invitation! One went to his farm, and another to his business; and the rest treated the King's messengers very badly, and even killed some of them. Then the King was very angry, and sent his armies against the men who had murdered his messengers. Then the King said to his servants, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy: go instead into the highways, and bid all that you can find to come to the marriage." So the servants went out, and gathered all they could find, and brought them to the King's Palace, both bad and good. And this time there were plenty of people who came to accept the invitation. Then the King came in to see the guests, and his eyes fell on one of them who had not on a wedding garment. I think it is plain from the story, as our Lord told it, that this man might have had a wedding garment if he had chosen to do so. Doubtless the servants had beautiful clean garments ready in another room, which the King had provided for every guest to put on. But this one guest had no wedding garment! Then the King said to him: "Friend, how did you come in to the banquet without having a wedding garment?"