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 which the rich men cast in of their abundance, were pieces of brass money, and the two mites thrown in by the widow formed the seventh part of one of these pieces. In the Divine Word, the number seven, and the seventh part, signify that which is holy, sacred, and devoted to the service of God! And if we devote all that we have to the Lord, we may assure ourselves that we are on the high road to happiness—to all the blessings of an eternal world.

TONE, when mentioned in the sacred Scripture, represents Divine Truth. The Lord Jesus, as the very truth itself, is alluded to under the figure of "the tried stone," "the precious corner stone," "the sure foundation." (Isa. xxviii. 16.) He is also called "a living stone" (1 Pet. ii. 4), and the stone which, though rejected by the builders, has become the head of the corner. (Matt. xxi. 42.) The reason why stone denotes truth, is, because it is a direct production of the Creator, without any interference of human art. Stones that are carved or cut by man's skill, are representative of truths which have received some degree of injury or perversion by human frailty. All true spiritual worship must spring from the pure truths of the Word of God, such as they are in themselves; hence it was commanded that the altar of stone built to Jehovah, for the purpose of holy