+II. That which has been long in preparation is strong and enduring in character.+ It hath "seven pillars." The snow-flake is not long in being formed, and it is not long in duration. The bubble upon the stream is built in an instant, and passes away as quickly. But the coral island has taken many years, and cost a million lives, to build it, and now it stands a rock in the midst of the ocean, and has become the home of man. All that is strong and lasting in the world has taken time in its formation. So is it in the refuge where that is found which will satisfy the soul of man. It was long ere it was completed, but it is a lasting edifice, built upon a sure foundation (Heb. vi. 18, 19). +III. The house which Wisdom has builded contains that which will satisfy human need.+ The soul-blessings which God offers to men are often compared to a feast (Isa. xxv. 6; Matt. xxii. 4). Here Wisdom is spoken of as having "killed her beasts, mingled her wine, furnished her table." 1. _It is plain that the human spirit needs a feast from the fact that God has spread the board._ When the Lord Jesus furnished a table in the wilderness for the multitude it was to supply a manifest need. It was to meet Israel's need that God fed them with manna in the wilderness. Man's spiritual nature must starve without the feast which God's wisdom has prepared. The existence of the feast proves the existence of the need. 2. _This feast is of the best quality._ The man who prepares a feast for his guests prepares of his best. The feast prepared by a poor man will be the best at his command; the banquet of a king will be such as befits his rank and resources. The banquet to which Divine Wisdom invites her guests is furnished with the most costly provisions that even God has to give. Christ, who declares Himself to be meat and drink to the spirit of man (John vi. 51, 54, 56) is the best gift that God can bestow upon man--the best food that Heaven could furnish. 3. _Wisdom's feast is one in which there is variety._ There is _flesh_, _wine_ and _bread_ (verses 2 and 5). The feasts of the rich and great consist of many different dishes, and the variety adds to the enjoyment of the guests. God has provided many different kinds of food to satisfy our bodily appetite. Although they are all adapted to the same end, viz., to the nourishment of the body, the difference in the composition and flavour adds much to man's enjoyment. The human spirit, like the human body, craves a variety in its food, and God has satisfied that craving. The revelation of God in Christ (in other words, the Gospel) reveals a great variety of spiritual truths upon which the spiritual nature of man can feed. There are things "new and old" in the Gospel treasury (Matt. xiii. 52). And new revelations of life and immortality will be brought to light throughout the coming ages, and the feeling of those who partake of the royal banquet will be like that of the ruler of the feast at Cana: "Thou hast kept the good wine