TALMAGE'S R Eb. b SERMON. A Broad Gospel “Come thou and all thy house the ark Gen. 7:1 We do not need the Bible the deluge. announces it. Sea-shells and marine formations on the top of some of the highest mountains of the earth Drove that at some time the waters washed over the top of the Alps and the Andes, mito 4 tO prove In ow not: whether by the stroke of a met, or by flashes of lightning, chang- SWINGS BOTIT WAYS. 1 do not know whether the door of the ancient ark was lifted, or rolled on hinges; but this door of Christ opens both ways. It swings out toward all tures of heaven. in; it swings out to let our ministering All are one in Christ earth and saints in Christians on f the hand of God, like the tLe axebetween the horns of the ox, the ath staggered. To meet the catas- he, God ordered a great ship built. prow, for iL was uo shore. It was to be with- out helm, for no human hand should wu it. It was a vast ; bably as large as two or thre un Wis ’ te It was to be without to sail to ueture, pro ei . ved EAST Laken apart wl up for « apart that all the w Kings scatter it rejoicing. i a in treasures f gre So | ir King, comes and scatter } Rowland Hill said tha oped to get into heaven through the revices of the door But he was not bliged thus to go in. After having 1 the Gospel in Surrey Chapel, n days irist, sthe jewels f a $ } heaven read hed ing up toward heaven, the gate-keep- ried Lift up your heads, ye ever. i gates, and let n.'' ‘Lhe dying thief went in, Ri Baxter and Hobert Newton went Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, may yet go through this wide door without ecrowdir Ho, every one! onditions gs. al ple ting this man oo hard it ¥ & ai] , all ranks, all peo Luther said that this truth was worth carrying on one’s knees from Rome to i Jerusalem; but 1 think it worth carry f the living God, command we bow; tnesrmy « At His« Part of the host have crossed the ood, And part are crossing now, in, Oh blessed door, until all the live! Swing out y heavens come forth to cele- victory, $. further, iL Is o in and NGS “The without ENT A DOOR WITH FA Bible says Noah him in.* A vessel r doors would not be a oo in, When Noah wend the fastening of wey were very glad, were fastened, the the lLieavens, that ‘God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting jife,” Whosoever will, let him come through the large door. Archimedes wanted a fulerum on which to place his lever, and then he said that he could move the world, Calvary is the fal- rum, and the cross of Christ is the lever; and by that power all nations shall yet be lifted, Further: It is a door that § i 4 farm a little | the ng. The 0 were filling up. The pry was dd beneath the foundations of he last year had com ast thie ast torino was brew ountains week, thie moment HOAn dropym sky. and ane yolled up fi ath; and God the earth an I Ie Wave f universal dest ri ther 1 Olle MEN PUT OFF They first, GOING “ay they They into the ark. will wait will have worldly They will wait until they They say: ‘You eannot ex- years associates get older, my position to surrender myself just But before the storm comes, | willgoin, Yes, I will. I know what I am about. Trust me,’ After awhile, one night about twelve o'clock, going home, he passes a scaffolding as a gust of wind strikes it, and a plank falls, Dead, and outside the ark! Or, riding into him, and his horse becomes urgnan- ageable, and he shouts, “Whoa! Whoa!” and takes another twist in the reins, { and plants his feet against the dash board, and pulls back. Dut no use, It is not so much down the avenue he flies eternity, Outb of the his body is drawn picked It fled a swifter courser into the great Dead! and outside the ark! On some night, he wakes up with a distress momentarily inereases, until | shrieks out with pain. The doctors in, and they gi him twenty but no relief; forty drops, fift drops, sixty drops, but no relief, { if prayer. time « No time the Promises, tas on the | wreck | but his | behind way to of the crash soul is not up he ve Y to read one of No time to pardoned, The whole house is in alarm. ‘The children The pul 1 | fli rel a single sin aroused reid The BRING THE CHILDREN, W hat without them? We e¢ done much for them, They have for us What a salve for a wounded heart there 8 in the soft palm of a child's hand! Did harp or tate ever have such music as there 12 in a child goodnight?” From ow Cron] Bless the dear children! i ir hones ix hay 1 done more Ce often back: but who comes into the nursery without feeling that angels are hovering around? They who die in infancy go to glory, but you are expect. ing your children into grow up in this world, Is it not a question, then, that rings through all the corridors and wind. ings and heights and depths of your soul, driven “Oh! | you say, ‘1 mean to see that they have {good manners.” Very well, “1 mean | shabby.’ Verygood, *‘1 shall give them : an education, fortune.” Very well. But is that all? Don’t you mean totale them into the ark ? Don’t you know that the storm is com. safety! no pardon! no hope! no heaven! HOW TO GET THEM IN? in yourself, If Noah had steyed out, do you not suppose that his sons, Your will be apt to do just as vou do. yourself, that your children will reject Him An account was taken of the religious condition of families in a certain dis trict, In the family of plous parents, wo-thirds of the children were Chris- In the families where the par- 3 were ungodly, only one-twelth of children hristians, Res are for their temporal ex i! for YOul if were sible a8 vou ence, you are also responsible 11 Will toler f deluge, ol Wily into the earnest Wh made one nortal soul it nt, when (1 Henry, Where are rests | Of int thie frye ndid foliage, ar t t cent antumn change % mto crimson, In many places in Germany it fashion to train ivy inside the rooms ; the unnatural © tions of growth make the plant what attenuated and weakly in creeper S around the windows SON appear- the rare, old plant that creepeth o'er ruins old’' out of doors, and it also dark- ens a room considerbly plants attain any size do not object to this the Virginia creep. er would be found even prettier and more suitable for indoor culture than Ivy, Planted in a tub on the top of a porch, or ina balcony, it grows rapidly, and forms graceful festoons; or planted in areas, back yards, or similar places it soon rises up over the face of the brick. mass of graceful, elegant scenery ; thus grown it does well for the many colored framework of fresh green, is the Virgil scarlet, blue, and yellow flowers on the sss PP —— Common sense Goes not asx an ime possible chess-board, but takes the one before it plays the game, SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. Arne 17, 1880, Joseph Makes Himself Known. LESSON TEXT. 45: 1-15) JKDAY, (Gen LESSON PLAN. Toric or THE QUARTER : Bondage GOLDEN TEXT FOR THE QUARTER! I. liverer. Tori The delivered a De- ON . A Deliverer from Alarm, ve, 1-8 A Deliverer from Peril, va & A Dellverer from Care, va 8-105, Overcome evil with son Ou OLDEN Rom DAILY HoMms M 4 f:01) Alay med 11, Comforted i Sure iia isa 11. Human Instrumentality He hat ! ] sent me hith y wisdom in control, A DELIVERER FROM CARI I. Loving Invitation Extended up to my | come down un { Ye shall haste father hither Bring vour father 19). | Come thou with us, and we will good (Num, 10: 29 | And he that is athirst, | (Rev. 22:17.) 11. Abundant Nourishment Assured There will 1 notirish thee (10). i will give you the good of the land | (Gen. 45: 18), The good of all the land of Egypt is yours (Gen. 45: 20), In the best of the land make....thy brethren to dwell (Gen. 47 1 6). Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren (Gen. 47 . 12), 11 Joyous News Sent Ye shall tell my father of all my glory (13). They told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive (Gen, 45 : 26). They told him all the words of Joseph (Gen, 45: 27) Go father, and me {(Y 829 tu and dow! i (sen, 4 . 4 , ALG Ting 5: 13) come (Gen. 45 do thee let him eome go down with thee into Egypt (Gen, 46 : 4). Prov, JO: ] “* Come down unto me, tarry not and thou shalt dwell in the 1) Invitation ; (2) Urgency ; Assurance, I1 tell my father of (1 | 1 ang all my Whom to tell (2) (1) The messengers Ape, y Ines kissed all brethren,” (1 : love ; (2) The A generous {3} ar " * ove | A BIBLE AM Causes of Famine Famine al ‘ 1 » asked ph mysii- to be served J Last iiority of Years, mmand the mone! placed in his sack, Joseph's Was AI sack. Hardly homeward, when ertook t Se * Hey Ol ph's or EVEY Iman Was again iVOT « up « { Benjar started Joseph's steward pursued and ov them, charging them with thel ii 133 ¢ . they were and life 1 1 ready ) on the issue, he Benjamin's sack, they were brought back before Joseph in shame and bewilderment. Their chielest lear Judah pleaded ecarn- him, as his father's favorite child; and he offered to give himself as a slave in Benjamin's place, if only the cup being The place of this incident is probably or Tanis, or San, in Lowet Its time, according to our or dinary chronology, is B. C, 1707 I? IOS 555405 Printing from zine plates 1s gradually revolutionizing lithography, alter hav ing been dormant for nearly a quarter of a century. The library ot the Massachusctis Horticultural Society is said Lo contain thie best collection of works on horticals ture in the world, Every one should have eight bours sleep, and pale, thin, Dervous persons require ten, which should be taken regularly in a well-ventilated room. .