The Tariff In The Bible

A writer ti the ínter Ocean, aiMwerlas the statement that thero Ia no rofcfenee to the tariff in the Book of Ilooks, na.yn : The word tariff may not be in the I5ille, nor do I think you could readily fiaid the word Methodist there. However, if you read Uie ninth verse of the ninth chapter of Matthew, you mny 1eeome convinced that cuetom hou6es exist-ed in the time of the Savior, and thmt he chose Matthew wtaom he foiind "sittinj? at the receipt of cuBtom," for nis first disciple. A learned Methodist minister Jong api sent me the followin, which I oopy : "Some one asked His disciples if the Master piiid trilmte. When His disciples came to Him, He gave them this question : 'Of whom do the kinge oí the earth receive tritoute, of their own cn-ildren or of (rtranpers ?' They say to Him : 'Of stranfyers.' He replied : 'Tlien are the children free.' "