THE next illustration consists of two candles, and I am going to read, if I can, by the light of them. It may have happened to you at home, when you burned candles, that you required two of them. It needed some sense to arrange them if they were of unequal heights. I will place them here in this fashion, and I will sit down to read by their light. I cannot see, for I have put the tall candle in front and the shorter candle behind; the short one is envious, and causes the tall one to cast an injurious shadow over my book. It seemed natural to put the greatest first, but I see it will not work. I will put the shorter candle in front, and put the longer one behind. Now I get the light of them both. Here is the lesson: Always put the weaker brother in the place of honour if you can, and thus make the best use of his light, and prevent his creating a shadow through envy. Notice the order of marching in the Stockwell Orphanage when the children walk out to worship, or to the Common. The rule is, that the smallest boys and girls shall lead the way. In the old method the taller children blocked up the vision of the little ones, and also went along at a pace too great for the juniors; but on our plan the taller boys can see over the heads of the shorter ones, and the pace is toned down to suit little feet. This is a suggestive rule for the young, and I trust that we who are older will not depart from it. Church members should make this the law of precedence in the house of the Lord, weaker brethren first considered. Let us go our own pace, but consider their weakness, lest we cause any one of them to stumble.—C. H. Spurgeon’s “Sermons in Candles.”