DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Heart Disease.
“1s thine heart right?” 11 Kings 10: i8,
Wir mettled horses at full speed,
for he was celebrated for fast driving,
Jehu, the warrior and king, returns
from battie, But seeing Jehonadab, an
acquaintance, by the wayside, he shouts
* Whoa! whoa!l’’ to the lathered span,
Then leaning over to Jehonadab, Jehu
suiutes him in the words of the text—
words not more appropriate for that
Liour and that place than for this hour
and place,
IS THINE HEART RIiGnr?
I should like to hear of your physical
health, Well, myself, I like to have
everybody else well; and so might ask,
is your eyesight right, your hearing
right, your nerves right, your lungs
right, your entire body right? But I
am busy to-day taking diagnosis of the
more important spiritual conditions, I
should like to hear of your financial
welfare, 1 want everybody to have
plenty of money, ample apparel, large
storehouse, and comfortable residence;
and I might ask, is your business right,
your income right, your worldly sur-
roundings, right? But what are these
financial questions, compared with the
inquiry as to whether you have been
able to pay your debts to God; as to
whether you are insured for eternity; as
to whether you are ruining yourself by
the long-credit system of the soul. I
have known men to have no more than
one loaf of bread at a time, and yet to
own a government bond of heaven worth
more than the whole material universe,
The question 1 ask of you to-day is
not in regayd to your babits, I make
no inquiry about your integrity, or your
chastity, or your sobriety. I do not
mean to stand on the outside of the
gate and ring the bell; but coming up
the steps, I open the door and come to
the private apartment of the soul; and
with the earnestness of a man that
must give an account for this day’s
work, I ery out, Oh, man, oh, woman
immortal, is thine heart right?
I will not insult you by an argument
to prove that we are by nature all
wrong. If there be a factory explosion,
and the smoke-stack be upset, and the
wheels be broken in two, and the engine
unjointed, and the ponderous bars be
twisted, and a man should look in and
say that nothing was the matter, you
would pronounce him a fool. Well, it
needs no acumen to discover that
OUR NATURE IS ALL ATWIST
and askew and unjointed. The thing
doesn’t work right. The biggest trouble
we have in the world is with our souls,
is all right, Impossible! A farmer
never puts the poorest apples on top of
his barrel; nor does the merchant place
the meanest goods in his show window,
The best part of us is our outward life,
I do not stop to discuss whether we all
fell in Adam, for we have been our own
Adam, and have all eaten of the for-
bidden fruit, and have been turned out
of the paradise of holiness and peace;
and though the flaming svurd that
stood at the gate to keep us out, has
changed position and comes behind to
drive us in, we will not go,
The Bible account of us is not exag-
and wretched and miserable amd blind
stands shivering on our doorstep on a
bread as we are of spiritual help, Blind:
why, the man whose eyes perished in
the powder blast, and who for these ten
years has gone feeling his way from
street to street, is not in such utter
darkness as we. Naked: why, there is
not one rag of holiness left to hide the
shame of our sin, Sick: why, the lep-
rosy has eaten into the head and the
be some idol in your house not yet des-
troyed.” The heathen confessed that
there was one sdol of beaten gold that he
could not bear to give up. After a
while, when that was destroyed, in an-
swer to the prayer of the Christian the
sick man got well,
Many a man has awakened in his dy-
ing hour to find his sins all about him,
They clambered up on the right side of
his bed, and on the left side, and over
the headboard, and over the footboard,
and horribly devoured his soul,
Repent! the volee celestial ores,
Nor longer dare delay ;
The wretch that scorns the mandate, dies,
And meets a flery day.”
Again, we need
A BELIEVING HEART,
A good many years ago a weary one
went to the hills of Asia Minor, and
with two logs on His back cried out to
all the world, offering to carry their
sins and sorrows, They pursued Him.
They slapped Him in the face, They
wocked him. When He groaned they
groaned. ‘They shook their fists at
Him. They spit on Him, They hound-
el Him as though He were a wild
beast. 1lis healing of the sick. His
gight-giving to the blind, His mercy to
the outcast, silenced not the revenge of
the world, His prayers and benedic-
tions were lost in that whirlwind of
execration., Away with Him! Away
with Him !
Ah! it was not merely the two pieces
of wood that He carned ; it was the
transgressions of the race, the anguish
of the ages, the wrath of God, the sor-
row of hell, the stupendous interests of
an unending eternity, No wonder His
back bent, No wonder the blood start-
ed from every pore. No wonder He
crouched under the torture that made
the sun faint, and the everlasting hills
tremble, and the dead rush up in their
winding-sheets as He cried: “If it be
possible, let this cup pass from me.”
But the eup did not pass. None to
comfort,
There He hangs!
hand done that it should be.thus crush-
ed In the palm? It has been healing
the lame and wiping away tears,
has that foot been doing that it should
be so Jacerated ? It has been going
about doing good. Of what has
THE VICTIM
Tree ity 2 Guilty of saving a world.
Tell ve heavens and earth, was
there ever such another criminal ¥ Was
there ever such a crime? On that hill
of carnage, that sunless day, amid
those howling rioters, may uot your
sins and mine have perished ? 1 believe
it. Oh, the ransoin has been
so wide, that when He brought them
world, Oh that 1 might, out of the
blossom of the spring, or the flaming
foliage of the autumn, make one wreath
for my Lord | Oh that all the triumphal
arches of the world could be swung in
one gateway, where the King of Glory
Ob that all the harps
music might, in one anthem, speak His
praise |
But what were earthly flowers to Him
who walketh amid the snow of
white lilies of heaven! What were arches
What wee all
earthly music to Him when the hun-
the hosannah of
A REDEEMED EARTH
after song rising about the thione of
God and of the Lamb,
high place, let Him hear us
be heard.
forgive that man the wrong he did me
about that house and lot ; I will forgive
that man who overreached me in that
in; I will forgive that man who
sold me a shoddy overcoat ; I will for-
give them-—all but one. That man
I CANNOT FORGIVE.
The villain—I can hardly keep my
hands off him. If my going to
heaven depends on my forgiving him
then I will stay out.’ Wrong feeling |
If a man lie to me once, I am not ealled
to trust him again, If a man betray
me once, I am not called to put confi-
dence in him again. But I would have
no rest if I could not offer a sincere
prayer for the temporal and everlasting
welfare of all men, whatever meannesses
and outrage they have inflicted upon me,
If you want to get your heart right,
strike a match and burn up all your old
grudges, and blow the ashes away, “If
you forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your® heavenly Father for-
give you your trespasses,”
A BAILOR OVERCOME,
An old Christuan black woman was
going along the streets of New York
with a basket of apples that she had for
sale. A rough sailor ran against her
and upset the basket, and stood back
expecting to hear her scold frightfally,
but she stooped down and picked up the
apples, and said, ‘God forgive you, my
son, as 1 do.” The sailor saw the
meanness of what he had done, and felt
in his pocket for his money, and in-
sisted that she should take it all
Though she was black, he called her
mother, and said, *‘ Forgive me, mother,
I will never do anything so mean again.”
Ah! there is a power in a forgiving
spirit to overcome all hardness,
whether they will accept or not.
Again, a right heart is
AN EXPECTANT HEART,
it i= a poor business to be building castles
Enjoy what you have now,
Don’t spoil your comfort in the small
house, because you expect a larger one,
Don’t fret about your income when
it is three or four dollars per day,
to have, after a
be twenty thousand a year.
heavenly things, the more we think the
better,
I like to see a
He
them in our possession,
all full of heaven,
He sings heaven.
He dreams heaven.
sleep have had
THE GOOD PLACE OPEN TO US,
We saw the pinnacles in the sky,
heard the click of the hoofs of the white
victors rode, and the
clapping of the eymbals of eternal
triumph. And while in our sleep we were
heaven, Some
our pillow.
novances more bearable,
In the medst of the city
stands
A BTATUR
imagined that marble
I never
It seems not lifeless, If the spirit of
Josephine be disentabernacled, the soul
of the Empress has taken possession of
this figure, I am not vet satisfied thet
it is stone. The puff of the dress on the
arm seems to need but the pressure of
the finger to indent it, The figure at
the bottom of the robe, the ruffle at the
embroidery of the satin, the cluster of lily
and leaf and rose in her hand, the poise
out of the sky, her face calm, humble,
pointing
A WAY TO HAVE IT REMEDIED,
1 speak of the thirst of your hot tongue,
only that I may show you the living
stream that drops ciystaliine and spark-
from the Rock of Ages, and pours
a river of gladness at your feet, If I
show you the rents in your coat, it 18
because the door of God's wardrobe
now swings open, and here is a robe,
God, and of a cut and make that an
angel would not Le ashamed to wear,
If I snatch from you the black, moldy
bread that you are munching, it is only
to give you bread made out of the finest
wheat that grows on celestial hills, and
baked in the fires of the Cross; and one
crumb of which would be enough to
make all heaven a banquet. Hear it,
one and all, and tell it to your friends
when you go home, that the Lord Jesus
Christ can make the heart right,
A REPENTING HEART,
First we need a repenting heart, If
for the last ten, twenty or forty years
of life, we have been going on in the
wrong way, it is time that we turned
around and started in the opposite di-
rection, If we offend our friends we
are glad to apologize. God is our best
friend, and yet how many of us have
sever apologized for the wrongs we
have done Him!
There is nothing that we 80 much
need to got rid of as sin. It is a horri-
ble black monster, It polluted Eden,
1% killed Christ, It has blasted the
world. Men keep dogs in kennels, and
rabbits in a warren, and cattle in a pen.
Wiat a man that would be who would
shut them up in his parlor. But this
foul dog of sin, and these herds of trans.
gression, we have entertained for many
a long year in our heart, which should
too long withheld, we now surrender
into Thy keeping. When Thou goest
Looking up
yond, the great heavens where all
woman's wrongs shall be righted, and
dance,
CELESTIAL WINES,
They have some old wine in heaven,
not used except in rare festivities. In
this world, those who are accustomed
to use wine on great occasions, bring
out the beverage and say. ** This wine
old.”
than eighteen centuries oid,
the wine-press alone, When
grisvous sinners as we come back, me-
thinks the chamberlain of heaven cries
out to the servants, ** This is unusual
joy | Bring up from the vaults of heaven
that old wine. Jill all the tankards,
Let all the while-robed guests drink to
the immortal health of thoce new-born
sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty.” There i2 joy in heaven
among the angels of God, over one
singer that repenteth ; and God grant
that that one must be you |
uc Spin, to have a right heart it niust
-
A FORGIVING HEART,
An old writer says: *“To render good
for evil is Godlike; good for good is
man-like ; evil for good Is ¢ like.”
Which of these natures have wo?
Christ will have nothing to do with us
as long as we keep any old ge,
We have all been cheated a
about, There are le who dislike us
s0 much that if we should come down
to poverty and Sisfraca) 1 would
aay, * Good for him Bitoe 1 tel bow
80 7" They do not understand us, Une
Sahetifiod at nature say or Yyas
you t good ¢rack a .
when at last you find his ina Hight
, give it to him, Flay him alive,
6 quarter. Leave nota Tag of bp.
tation, Jump on him with feet,
i coln—sarcasm for
will never drop their petals, The
children of Goi, whether they suffer on
earth in palaces or hovels, shall come to
that
GLORIOUS REST,
Oh, heaven, sweet heaven! at thy gate
we set down all our burdens and griefs,
The place will be full. Here there ase
table, but there are no vacant chairs in
heaven, The crowns all worn: the
thrones all mounted. Some talk of
heaven as though it were a very hand.
some church, where a few favored
spirite would come in and sit down on
finely cushioned seats by themselves,
and sing psalms to all eternity, No,
no. “I saw a great multitade that no
man could namber, standing before the
throne. He that talked with me had a
golden reed to measure the city, and it
was twelve thousand furlongs’ ’—that is,
fifteen hundred miles in circumference,
Ah! Heaven is not a little colony, at
one corner of God's dominion, where a
man’s entrance depends upon what kind
of clothes he has on his back, and how
much money he has in his purse ; but a
vast emopire, God grant that the light
of that blessed world may shine upon
us in
OUR LAST MOMENT.
The roughest time we had in crossing
the ocean was at the mouth of Liver.
pool harbor. We arrived at nightfall,
and were obliged to lis there till the
morning, waiting for the rising of the
tide, before we could go up the city.
How the vessel pitchxl and writhed
in the water! sometimes, the last
Sls uf the an isa le,
waves of temptation re BA soul, but
he wails for the morning, At last the
light, dawns, and the of joy rise
in his soul, and he suils up and caste
the veil,
t? What question
ean compare wi
It is
Do
A BUSINESS QUESTION,
to go out of that
woon have
HE
in New York, you will not have the
handling of a yard of cloth, or a pound
of sugar, or a penny-worth of anything ;
that soon, if a conflagration should start
at Central Park and sweep everything
to the Battery, it would not disturb you;
that soon, if every cashier should ab-
scond, and every insurance company
should fail, it would not affect you?
What are the questions that stop this
side the grave, compared with the ques-
tions that reach beyond it? Are you
making losses that are to be everlasting?
Are you making purchases for eternity?
Are you jobbing for time when you
might be wholesaling for eternity?
What question of the store is so broad
at the base, and so altitudinous, and so
overwhelming as the question, *‘Is thy
heart right?” Or is it
A DOMESTIC QUESTION?
Is it something about father, or mother,
or companion, or son, or daughter, that
you think is comparable with this ques
tion in importance? Do you not realize
that by universal and inexorable law,
all these relations will be broken up?
Your father will be gone, your mother
will be gone, your companion will be
gone, your child will be gone, you will
be gone, and then this supernal question
will begin to harvest its chief gains, or
deplore its worst losses, roll up into its
mightiest magnitude, or sweep its vast
circles, What difference now does it
make to Napoleon III whether he
triumphed or surrendered at Sedan?
Chiselhurst, whether he was
or exile? ‘They laid him
coffin
out in
And sox
will be the difference, whether in
world we or walked, were
what
roxle
kicked
out, while laying hold of every moment
if the great future, and burning
is the plain, simple, practical, thrilling,
agonizing, ovérwhelming question, *‘Is
thy heart right?’’ Have you within you
heart?
if not, 1 must write upon your soul
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
upon the window-pane with his «
ring.
iamond
fi
]
He tarried in an elegant house
recognized in that house, Before
in the morning, with
his ring he wrote upon the window-pane,
“One thing thou lackest.'' After the
guest was gone, the housekeeper came
up and looked at the window, and saw
, and called her husband
and God through
ministry of the window-glass,
them all to Jesus, Though
may today be surrounded
have need of nothing, if you are not
the children of God, with
ring of Christ's love,
sols, “One thi
fhe 14 i
the Kigrhe
1 pray that whatever else you
not miss heaven, It is
a home Your soul
You
fo lose,
Casting all
for the Kingdom.
you say, ‘I will start, but
William III made proclamation, when
there was a revolution in the north of
Scotland, that all who came
oath of allegiance by the 31st of Decem-
*o return with the rest of the rebels,
last one that should take the oath,
post poned starting for this purpose until
two days before the expiration of the
term, A snowstorm impeded his way,
the time was up and past. While
others were set free, Mac Jan was mis-
erably put to death,
late and arrived too late,
for ever the amnesty of the Gospel
too late. Remember the mistake of
Mac Tan!
Longfellow in the Tyrol Dialect.
A ——— n———
ences to the Arounder.,
singular experience when I was in the
Tyrol,” said he,
is said, by drinking snow water, Well,
spruck one night, and as I sat down in
the large public room of the inn a Ty-
rolean came in who, my landlord said,
was the poet of that region. He took
advantage of the first opportunity to
introduce me to the poet and we sat
down and chatted itogether and drank
Bavarian beer, which was brought us
by rosy-cheeked maidens in short petti-
coats, and more than hall of them had
goitres ; the older ones especially had
great pendulous affairs, Among other
Sige the poet said he had translated a
number of Longfellow's poems into the
dialect of fhe Tyrol, The most popular
one, he said, was * Exceleior,’ which he
read over to me, But there was some-
thing the matter with ft. *‘Are you
sure it is a good translation P77 I asked,
“Certainly,” he saul, “except that 1
had to adapt it to some of the peculiar
ities of our country you know. *’ .
that's it, is it)" smd I, “that explains
it.”” The second stanza of the poem,
literally turned back into English, read,
“Oh, stay,” the maiden said, ‘‘oh,
joiter, and rest thy head upon thy
goitre I
Sm IOAN iss.
An English firm have, after
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON,
Buxpay, Duc, 25, 1887,
HOME READINGS,
Monday, Dec, 19:
8: 5-18. Lesson 11.
Tuesday, Dee, 20:
9:18 lessonlV.
Wednesday, Dee,
Matt. 9 : 85-88; 10 ;
Matt, 10 : 3242,
Thursday, Dee,
Matt. 11 : 2-15.
11 : 20-30,
Friday, Dec, 23;
12 : 1-14: lesson X.
lesson 1. Matt,
Matt, B : 18.97,
Tesson 111. Matt,
Matt, 9 : 18.31.
21: lesson V.
1-8, Lesson VI,
VII,
Matt,
23: Tesson
Lesson VILLI,
Matt.
1-4.
Matt,
13 : 51-
Lesson 1X.
Matt, 13 :
Lesson X11, Matt,
The Angel's Song.
— I ———— ———
TITLES AND GOLDEN TEXTS,
GOLDEN TEXT YOR THE QUARTER!
Thine, O Lord, 1s the greatness, and the
power, and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty: for all that is tn the
heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is
the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted
as head above all.—1 Chron, 29 : 11.
I. THE CEXTURION'S FAITH.
I have not found so great faith, no,
not 1m: Israel, — Matt, 8 : 10,
II. THE TEMPEST STILLED,
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
Matt, 8 : 26,
ITI. POWER TO FORGIVE SINS,
The Son of man hath power on earth
Matt. 9:06,
o forgive sins,
IV. THREE
According to your
you, ~-Matt, 9 : 20,
V. THE HARVEST AND THE LABORERS,
ye have received, freely give,
MIRACLES,
faith be it unto
. CONFESSING CHRIST.
Whosoever therefore shall confess me
before men, him will I confess also be-
fore my Father which is in be
w
32.
VII. CHRIST'S WITNESS TO JOIN,
He was a burning and a shining lig}
John 5: 35.
VIL
Come
JUDGMENT AND MERCY
unto me, all ye that lal
1
are heavy la will gi
Matt, 11:2
VE YOu Ie
THE SABBATH,
io well on the
THE
» word of (
BOWE
yOil, —11kke
ts
i
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harvest is the end of the
are the ang
Ths
reapers
13 : 39.
Xii. OTHER PARABLES,
L the ened of the world:
forth, and sever
Wig (RIT
came
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Lesson 1 Superintendent :
answered
LIGHTS.
And
under my roof : but
and my servant shall be healed,
For 1
, and he goeth ; and to another,
doeth it (Matt,
Scholars : 1 have not found so great a
Teachers: All things are possible to
him that believeth (Mark 9: 23).
All : Increase our faith (Luke 17 : 5).
Lesson 2 —Superintendent; And
he was entered into a boat, his
And behold,
insomuch that the boat was covered
with the waves: but he was asleep,
And they came to him, and awoke him,
saying, save, Lord ; we perish. ... Then
Scholars : Why are ye fearful, O ye of
little faith? Matt, 8: 26),
Teachers: Fear thou not, for I am
with thee: be not dismayed, for 1 am
thy God (Isa, 41 : 10).
All : Therefore will we not fear,
the mountains be moved in the heart of
the seas (Psa. 46: 2).
Lesson 3 «Superintendent: And he
and came into his own city. And be-
of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer ; thy
sins are forgiven (Matt, 9:1, 2),
Scholars : The Son of man hath power
to forgive sins (Matt, 9: 6),
Teachers: Him did God exalt with
his right band to be a Prince and a
Saviour, for to give repentance to lsrael,
and remission of sins (Acts b : 31),
All : Hide thy face fror my sins, and
blot out all mine iniquities (Psa. 51 : 9),
Lessow f~—Superintendent: And as
Jesus passed by from thence, two blind
men followed him, crying out, and say-
ing, Have mercy on us, thou son of
David. And when he was come into
the house, the blind men came to him :
and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye
that 1 am able to do this? They say
unto: him, Yea, Lord. Then touched
he their eyes, saying Matt, 9: 27, 20),
Scholors: According to your faith be
it unto you (Matt, 9 : 20).
Teachers: All things whatsoever ye
pray and ask for, believe that ye have
received them, and ye shall have them
(Mark 11: 24).
All : Bless the Lord, O my sou
1, and
forget not all his benefits (Psu. 10d ; 9),
5.8 tendent : Then
Lesson
The harvest
truly is i hurvert
few. Pi 8 Shortie the Lord of Sie
his harvest,
fis twelve
VOT
and preach the gospel to the whol
creation (Mark 16 : 15).
All: As much as in me ls, I am read
to preach the gospel (Rom, 1 : 35),
Lesson 6.—Buperintendent ; He tha
receiveth you recelveth me, and he that
receiveth me receiveth him that sent
me, He that receiveth a prophet in
the name of 8 prophet shall receive a
prophet’s reward ; and he that receiveth
a righteous man in the name of a right.
eous man shall receive a rightecss man’s
reward, And whosoever shall give t«
drink unto one of these little ones a cup
of cold water only, in the name of a
disciple, verily 1 say unto you, he shall
in no wise lose his reward (Matt,
10 : 40-42)
Scholars : Whosoever therefore shali
confess me before men, him will I con-
fess also before my Father which is in
heaven (Matt, 10 : 32),
Teachers : They shall be mine, saith
the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do
make, even a peculiar treasure ; And I
will spare them, as a man spareth his
own son that serveth him (Mal, 3: 17).
All: Jesus, remember me when thou
comest in thy kingdom {Luke 23 : 42).
Lrgson 7.—Superintendent : Verily I
say unto you, Among them that are
born of women there hath not arisen a
greater than John the Baptist ; yet he
is but little in the kingdom of
And from
the days of John the Baptist until now
the kingdom of heaven suffereth vio-
4 or all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John, And if ye are
willing to receive it, this is Elijah.
which (Matt. 11: 13-14).
Scholars : He was a burning and a
18 10 come
1.
80 let vour light
shine before that they may see
your good and glorify your
Father which is in heaven (Matt, 5: 16).
All: The night is far spent, and the
day isat hand : let us therefore cast off
the works of darkness, and let us put
on the armour of light (Rom, 13 : 12),
Lesson 8, At that
Even
men,
works,
Teachers :
Superintendent :
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
fram the wise and understanding, and
didst reveal them unto babes: yea
Father, for so it was well-pleasing in
All things have been
me of my Father: and no
the Father ;
neither doth any know the Father, save
and he whomsoever the Son
aim (Matt, 11 : 25-
: 11:11 ¥ : 5 . st
Ole HLV0 mie, aii 5 LA
ght, de-
lHvered unto
~~ ts ROVE
On, BAVe
heavy laden
Matt. 11: 28).
Him that
t out (John
Cast me not away
sa. 51 : 11
Lesson 9. —Superints
and
are
* YOu rest
'eachers : COINS
inn p0)
in now
All:
ise cas
naent :
And
into u
went thelr
a withered hand. And they asked him,
saving, Is it lawful to heal on the sab-
bath day? that they might accuse him.
And he said unto them, What man
there be of you, shall have
sheep, and if this fall into a pit on
sabbath day, will he not lay hold on
, and lift it # How much then is
yan of more value than a shoop ! { Matt.
Lest
that
out
lawful to do well on
(Matt, 12: 12).
sabbath was made for
for the sabbath
Teachers : The
and not
Mark 2 : 27).
All: Blessed is the man that doeth
son of man that heoldeth
that keepeth the sabbath
Haan
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Superintendent : Behoid,
; and as he
sowed, some seeds fell by the way side,
Lesson 10.
and others fell upon the rocky places,
where they had not much earth: and
straightway they sprang up, because
no deepness of earth: and
when the sun was risen, they were
scorched ; and because they had no root,
they withered away. And others fell
upon the thorns; and the thorns grew
up, and choked them : and others fell
the good ground, and yielded
fruit, some a hundred-fold, some sixty,
some thirty (Matt. 13: 38).
Scholars : The seed is the
God {Luke 8 : 11).
Teachers: Receive with meekness
the implanted word, which is able to
gave your souls (Jas 1:21).
All : Thy word have I laid up In my
heart. that I might not sin against thee
(Psa. 119:11).
Lesson 11.—Snpevintendent : And the
servants of the householder came and
said anto him, Sir, didst thon not sow
good seed in thy field? whence then hath
And he said unto them, An
enemy hath done this, And the ser-
vants say unto himg Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them wp? But he
saith, Nay ; lest hapily while we gather
up the tares, ye root up the wheat with
them. let both grow together u itil
the harvest (Matt, 13: 27-30).
Scholars: The harvest is the end of
the world; and the reapers are the
angels (Matt, 13 : 30),
Teachers : As for transgre they
shall be destroved her : the latter
end of the wicked shall be cut off (Psa.
37 : 38),
: Heal me, O Lond, and I shall
be healed ; save me, and I shall be
saved (Jer. 17 : 14)
Lesson 12, Superintendent : Again,
the kingdom of heaven is lis unto a
man that is a merchant seeking goodiy
pearls: and baving found one pearl of
sat price, he went and sold all that
had, and bought it. Again, ihe
kingdom of heaven is like untoa net
that was cast into the sea, and gathered
of every kind: which, when it was
filled, they drew up on the beach ; and
they sat down, and gathered the good
into vessels, but the bad they cast away
Matt, 13: 45-48
Scholurs : So
world : :
word of