=Lesson.= How to repent. Ask for true sorrow. Confess to God all sin. Seek grace to change life. Repentance. A man of the world, who had spent the greater part of his life in dissipation, was converted to God. He gave up all his property, and went to live with a well-known clergyman in Cornwall. There he devoted himself entirely to the service of Christ. One day he met a miner whom he had long been trying to bring to repentance. He persuaded him to enter the church; and there, kneeling side by side, they prayed for a long time, not ceasing till the miner felt a sense of the greatness of his sin and of the pardoning love of God. Many other souls was he the means of bringing back to God. There was joy in heaven over that repentant sinner as there was over Manasseh. NOVEMBER 27TH.--A Temperance Lesson. _To read--Prov. iv. 10-19. Golden Text--Ver. 10._ This book, written by Solomon, contains a selection of his numerous "proverbs" or wise sayings. The early chapters are especially intended for the young, and are in praise of "wisdom," the practical carrying out of knowledge. I. =The Blessing of Wisdom= (10-13). _Long life_ often promised as the result of a godly life, _e.g._ to those who honour parents (fifth commandment); also to those who obey God (Deut. xxx. 20). _Right paths_, _i.e._ right dealing with men, _e.g._ Abraham paying for burying-place (Gen. xxiii. 13); David in all his life (2 Sam. xxii. 21). _No stumbling._ Life like a narrow path. A man burdened by sin walks, as it were, with shackles on legs. A Christian is held up by God's arms (Deut. xxxiii. 27); kept from stumbling to his ruin. _Eternal life._ Wisdom (i. 20) personified as Christ, the Divine Word, in Whom is all knowledge (Col. ii. 3). To know Him is everlasting life (St. John xvii. 3). II. =The Folly of Wickedness= (14-17). _Sin to be avoided._ Remind of Eve: of Lot choosing to live in wicked Sodom. The disastrous results: Eve turned out of Paradise--Lot losing home and wife. _Sin grows._ Evil takes such hold that some prefer it to good--day and night plan evil, _e.g._ thieves, drunkards, etc., and take pleasure in leading others wrong. III. =Results.= _The just._ A Christian's course like the light, increasing from early dawn till full light of noon. Perfection, not all at once. Good seed brings forth fruit "with patience," _i.e._ gradually (St. Luke viii. 15). Christ increased in wisdom as He grew taller and older (St. Luke ii. 52). So we must "grow in grace and knowledge." The more a Christian knows of God, the more clearly does God's light show itself in him. _The wicked._ Are in darkness, and so stumble. Sin blinds their eyes (St. John xii. 35); they confuse right and wrong. Example: Saul, blinded by prejudice against Jesus of Nazareth, thought he did God service when he persecuted the Christians. =Lessons.= 1. Awake, thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light!