_Two men went up into the temple to pray_; _the one a Pharisee_, _and the other a Publican_. _The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself_; _God_, _I thank thee_, _that I am not as other men are_, _extortioners_, _unjust_, _adulterers_, _or even as this Publican_. _I fast twice in the week_, _I give tithes of all that I possess_. _And the Publican_, _standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven_, _but smote upon his breast_, _saying_, _God be merciful to me a sinner_.—Luke, xviii. 10–13. IN the beginning of this chapter you read of the reason of the parable of the unjust judge and the poor widow; namely, to encourage men to pray. “He spake a parable to this end, t…
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