156 THOU, GOD, SEEST ME.

and shall carry thee out." So they did. Men, women,.
children looked in horror as the woman fell dead; and the
same men came, wrapped her body in the same way, car-
ried her out over the same road to the same rocky grave,
and left her there, for the world to remember the names
and sin and death of those who loved money better than
they loved God and the truth.
 Was not Peter who spoke to them the same one
who once told the same lie three times over? Yes, but
he repented; and we have these two stories of lying to
show us that none can forgive as God can, and none can
punish as God will. How much did the man and his
wife keep back? We do not know; but that makes no
difference. In God's sight a stolen nickel or a copper is
sin as truly as to take the treasure of a bank. Sin is sin,
and before God's eyes there are no little sins nor little lies.
 How much did the man and his wife make? Did
the stolen money make them richer? We do not know
who got it, they could not even fling it back as Judas did.
They made a name for themselves to stand as long as the
world lasts; it began in Jerusalem when people said with
hollow voices, Killed for lying! Dead, because God
touched them while they lied !"
 Did it pay? Would they ever have done it if they
had prayed every day, Lead me in thy truth "?