_How_ many pieces of money did the servant owe his lord? _Had_ he any money to pay back with? _What_ did the king order to be done to him and his wife and children? _What_ did the servant then say? _Did_ the king give him a little longer time? _How_ much did a man owe this servant? _Tell_ me how he treated the man? _Who_ went and told the king all about it? _What_ did the king _say_ to the servant? _What_ did he _do_ to him? _Who_ was it prayed for those who treated him so cruelly? _Now_, when you go home, I want you to tell your mothers and fathers about the lesson. Repeat it. If we do not forgive others, God will not forgive us. Try and remember three things--about Harry and Fred; the king and the servant; the Lord Jesus. XVI. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S BIBLE-CLASSES. We can hardly find words to convey our impression of the surpassing importance of these classes. To train teachers, to train mothers and fathers, to restrain from doubtful company, and to furnish good companions and Christian associations, reading, habits, impulses to the young men and women of this generation, is a work worthy of the highest aspirations of the best and noblest of our race. If we look at the census, we cannot fail to notice the striking fact that a little more than _one-third_ of the entire population of New York are young men and women over fifteen and under thirty years of age, while more than one-half of our population is under twenty years of age. In a very short time the destinies of our country and of our churches will be in the hands of these young people. To a large extent they have been neglected in the family, in society, in the Sabbath-school, and in the Church; and as Dr. James W. Alexander said: "Be it ever remembered, that the neglecters of the Church have been neglected by the Church." These young people can no longer be petted as children, and they are not generally treated with the respect due to them as rising young men and women. Said a youth of fifteen once: "Uncle, I don't know what I can do with myself. I am too old to play with children, and I am not old enough to be interesting to the older people." This anomalous position such young people sadly feel. They are sensitive, beyond any other period of life, to any slight or neglect, and after a vain struggle to gain a recognition and position anywhere, they rush to the gilded saloons or the giddy dance for that sympathy, kindness, and regard which they vainly seek for in the family, the Sabbath-school and the Church of Christ. This should never be, and it must not be. But can these persons be reached and gained by the Sabbath-school? And how? After due consideration, I reply, in the first place, that they _can_ be reached. My reasons are: