"I enclose a penny stamp for the cost of same." That confession must have cost that boy a great deal to do! But he was "more than conqueror through Him who loved him!" _IX. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."_ How did the wicked queen Jezebel manage to get Naboth's vineyard for her husband? It was by means of false witnesses! She sent letters sealed with the king's seal to the nobles and elders who were in the city where Naboth lived, and ordered them to proclaim a fast, to set him up on high where all the people could see him, and to get two wicked men to give false witness against him, to accuse him of blaspheming God and the king. Then he was to be carried out of the city and stoned. So the elders did as Jezebel told them, and poor Naboth, who had done no wrong, was cruelly killed. And now I am going to tell you the story of the sin which brought this about. God said in His Tenth Commandment— _X. "Thou shall not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shall not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his."_ Covetousness is one of the sins that hides deep in a man's heart, and if given way to may spoil all his happiness. King Ahab had a palace at Jezreel; and near to the palace was Naboth's vineyard, which was his family possession. As the king passed to and fro, he began to covet the vineyard of Naboth in order to make himself a garden; and at length he asked Naboth to exchange his vineyard with him for another better one, or offered to buy it from Naboth for money. This seemed at first sight a reasonable offer; but Ahab knew perfectly well that no Jew would sell his father's inheritance, and that he valued it almost like his own life. So Naboth refused, and the king went back to his palace heavy and displeased, and went and lay upon his bed and would not eat. When Jezebel found out what was the matter, she begged Ahab to get up and eat; and she promised that she would get the vineyard for him! And this was how it came to pass that those false witnesses swore away Naboth's life! When Ahab knew that Naboth was dead, he went down to take possession of the vineyard. But the Lord sent this message to the king by Elijah, His Prophet— "Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? Thus saith the Lord: In the Place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine." It is a very solemn thing to break God's commands. Shall we not pray, as we think of them: "With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy Commandments!" [Illustration] [Illustration] XVI. TAKEN FROM THE BROOK I SAMUEL 17.12-52 A GREAT Giant had come out of the land of the Philistines to fight against the Israelites. He was about 11 feet high-that is higher than a tall doorway, and no ordinary man could attempt to fight with him, with any hope of victory, be he ever so brave.