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Morning, August 8 : Go To Evening Reading “They weave the spider’s web.” —Isaiah 59:5 See the spider’s web, and behold in it a most suggestive picture of the hypocrite’s religion. It is meant to catch his prey : the spider fattens itself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by the loud professions of pretenders, and even the more judicious cannot always escape. Philip baptized Simon Magus, whose guileful declaration of faith was so soon exploded by the stern rebuke of Peter. Custom, reputation, praise, advancement, and other flies are the small game that hypocrites take in their nets. A spider’s web is a marvel of skill : look at it and admire the cunning hunter’s wiles. Isn't a deceiver’s religion equally excellent? How does he make so barefaced a lie appear to be a truth? How can he make his tinsel answer so well the purpose of gold? A spider’s web comes from the creature’s own bowels . The bee gathers her wax from flowers, the sp...