I am thinking of a strange picture in which a flaming sword that turns in every direction closes the way into a garden. Back in the distance I can see a place over which the sun is shining with warmth and beauty. Trees and plants and birds and flowers are all glad in the sunshine, and the animals are running and playing for very joy; but there are no people there. What garden is it that I see? Were there ever any people in it? Who were they? What command was given to them there? When they disobeyed that command they could no longer live in that beautiful home, and when they went out from it the flaming sword was placed there to show them that they could never hope to go back to the place where they had been so happy while they were innocent and obedient children of the heavenly Father. Suppose some one should ask us to tell how people might have a happy home in these days—what would we say? I should say that first of all the people in the home must love and be glad to help each other. (Let the children express their own ideas freely but guide the conversation so that the essentials of obedience, cheerfulness, and kindness will be mentioned.) The Lesson Story I have a story to tell you to-day about two brothers. When the first one was born his mother named him Cain, and as she looked at him she said to herself, “I hope my boy will be strong to fight against evil.” But as he grew older the face of the mother became sad as she watched her boy, for soon she saw that he was yielding to evil tempers instead of fighting against them. After a time another baby boy came to the home, and he was called Abel. Together the two boys grew, the father and mother teaching them and hoping the best things for them. When each was old enough to choose the way in which he would make his living Cain became a farmer and tilled the ground, planting seed and raising fruits and grains. Abel became a shepherd and spent his time raising and caring for his sheep. It seems from the story that Abel succeeded better than Cain, and Cain became envious and jealous of his brother. The Bible does not tell us so, but we may be quite sure that Abel was a cheery, pleasant, unselfish, helpful son to his father and mother, and that Cain was gloomy, selfish, and cross in the home. Cain saw the difference between his brother and himself, but instead of trying to be like Abel he simply hated him for his goodness.