DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Dominion of Fashion.
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“The woman shall not wear that which per-
taineth to man, neither shall a man put on a
woman's garment; for all that do so are abom-
ination unto the Lord thy God.” Deut. 22:0,
Gop thought womanly attire of
enough importance to have it discussed
in the Bible. Paul the Apostle, by no
means a sentimentalist, and accustomed
to dwell on the great themes of God
and the resurrection, writes about the
arrangement of woman's hair and the
style of her jewelry; and in my text,
Moses, his ear yet filled with the thun-
der at Mount Sinai, declares that wom-
anly attire must be in marked contrast
with masenline attire, and infraction
of that law excites the indignation of
high heaven, Just in proportion as the
morals of a country or an age are de-
pressed is that law defied, Show me
the fashion plates of any century from
the time of the Deluge to this, and I
will tell you the exact state of public
morals,
BLOOMERIM
in this country years ago seemed about
to break down this divine law, but
there was enough of good in American
society to beat back the indecency,
Yet ever and anon we have imported
rom France, or perhaps invented on
this side of the sea a style that proposes
as far as possible to make women dress
like men: and thousands of young
women catch the mode, until some one
coes a little too far in imitation of
masculinity, and the whole custom, by
the good sense of American woman-
hood, is obliterated,
The costumes of the countries are
different, and in the same country may
change, but there is a divinely ordered
dissimilarity which must be forever ob-
Any divergence from this is
administrative of vice and runs against
the keen thrust of the text, which says:
served,
man put on a woman's garment, for all
that do so are abomination unto the
Lord thy God.”
Many years ago, a French authoress,
signing herself George Sand, by her
corrupt but brilliant writings depraved
homes and libraries innuinerable, and
quite presentable. The French author-
ess put on masculine attire,
consistent,
havior were perfectly accordant,
My text abhors masculine women
and
WOMANS MEN.
man copying the speech, the walk, the
manner of a woman.
that they do not imitate sensible
woman, but some female imbecile,
And they simper, and they go with
mincing step, and lisp, and scream at
nothing, and take on a languishing
look, and bang their hair, and are the
nauseation of honest folks of both
sexes, O man, be a man! You belong
to quite a respectable sex. Do nub try
to cross over, and so become a hybrid;
neither one nor the
half-way between
are
a
Alike
repugnant
MASCULINE WOMEN.
They copy a man's stalking g
down the street wilh
walking-beam. They wish they could
smoke cigarettes, and some of them do.
vt aod go
bass, They do not laugh,
They cannot quite manage
they roar,
the broad
their conversation is often a hall-swear,
if they said *“O Lord” in earnest
ness they would be Ligh up in saint.
hood. Withal there is an assumed
rugosity of apparel, and they wear a
two or three places smashed in and a
and there according to an
able wmsthetics. ©O woman, stay a
woman! You belong to a very respect-
able sex. Do not try to cross over.
and only a noudescript of a man.
aiready bave enough intellectual and
moral bankrupts in our sex
your coming over 1o make worse the
“eficit,
My text also sanctions fastion
teed, 1t sets a fashion! There
great deal of senseless
CANT ADOUT VasHION,
A woman or man who does uot regard
it iz unfit for good weighborbood. The
wnty question is what is right fashion
nd what is wrong fashion, Before |
stop 1 want to show you that fashion
has beet one of the most potent of re-
formers and one of the vilest of usarp-
ers. Sometimes it has been au angel
from heaven, and at others iL bas been
the mother of abominations, As the
world grows Letter there will be as
much fashion as now, but it will be a
rightests fashion. In the future life
white robes always have been and
always will be in the fashion,
There is a great outcry against this
submission to Social custom, as though
any consultation of the tastes and feel
i of others were deplorable; but
without it the world would bave neither
law, order, civilization nor common
decency. © has beep
A CANONIZATION OF RLUNTNESS.
There are men and women who boast
that they can tell you all they know
and hear about you, especially if it be
utipleasant, Some bave mistaken rough
behavior for frankness, when the two
qualities do not Lelong to the same
family. You have no right, with your
«ccentricities, to crash in upon the sen.
sitivengss of others. There is no virtue
in walking with hoofs over fine carpets,
The most jagged rock is covered with
blossoming The storm that
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w colors upon 137 ver
on the orchard. ¢
; re are men who pride themselves
‘on their ca, y to “stick” others,
They say, “I have brought him down;
didn’t | make him squirm!” Others
pride ae Pete, outlandish
g Li! ‘boast of being out of
wear a queer hat.
They ride in au carriage. Dy dint
io.
of perpetual application they would
persuade the world that they are per-
fectly indifferent to public opinion,
They are more proud of beg ‘‘out of
fashion’ than others are of being in.
They are utterly and universally dis-
agreeable, Their rough corners have
never been worn off. They prefer a
hedgehog to a lamb,
wise productive of effeminacy or ener-
vation, Good manners and a respect
for the tastes of others are indispensa-
ble, The Good Book speaks favorably
of those who are a *‘peculiar’”’ people;
but that does not sanction the behavior
of queer people. There is no excuse,
under any circumstances, for not being
the lady or gentleman,
RUDENESS 18 BIN,
We have no words too ardent to express
our admiration for the refinements of
society. There is no law, moral or di-
vine, to forbid elegance of demeanor,
or ornaments of gold, or gems for the
person, artistic display in the dwelling,
gracefulness of gait and bearing, polite
salutation or honest compliments; and
he who is shocked or offended by these
had better, like the old Scythians, wear
tiger-skins and take one wild leap back
into midnight barbarism. As Chris
tianity advances there will be better
apparel, higher styles of architecture,
more exquisite adornments, sweeter mu.
sic, more correct behavior and more
thorough ladies and gentlemen.
But there is another story to be told,
Wrong fashion is to be charged with
many of the worst evils of society, and
its path has often been strewn with the
bodies of the slain. It has set up
A FALSE STANDARD
by which people are to be judged. Our
common sense, as well as all the divine
intimations on the subject, teach us
that people ought to be esteemed aceord-
ing to their individual and moral attain.
ments, The man who has the most no-
bility of soul should be first, and he
who has the least of such qualities
should be last, No crest or shield or
escutcheon can indicate one’s moral
peerage. Titles of Duke, Lord, Esquire,
Earl, Viscount or Patrician ought not
! to raise one into the first rank, Some
of the meanest men I have ever known
had at the end of their name 1,
Ll. D.and F. R. 8. Truth,
charity, heroism, self-sacrifice, should
win highest favor; but inordinate fash-
lon says: "Count not a woman's virtues;
“Look not at
i count her adornments.”
| the contour of the head, but see the
way she combs her hair.” ‘*'Ask
| what noble deeds have becu accomplish-
ed by that man’s band; but is it
and soft?” Ask not what good
{ is in her conversation, but “In
{was she dressed?’ Ask not
there was hospitality and cheerfulness
live?"
| As a consequence, some of the
| ignorant and vicious men are at the
| top, and some of the most virtuous and
| intelligent are at the bottom. During
{ the last war we suddenly saw men hurl-
{ ed up into the highest social positions,
| Had they suddenly reformed from evil
| habits or graduated in science, or
| achieved sowe good work for
ment contract! This accounts for the
| utter chagrin which people feel at the
| treatment they receive when they lose
i their property. Hold up your bead
AMID FINANCIAL DISASTER
sub.
how
God;
like a Christian! Fifty thoasand
| tracted {rom a» good man leaves
much? Honor; truth; faith in
{ trivmphant Lope; and a kingdom
| ineffable glory, over which he is
reigu forever and ever. If the
{ of millions should lose a penny
hits pocket would he sit down ¢
stone and cry? And shall a man
| sessed of everlasting fortunes wear him-
i self out with grief because he lost
i worl lly treasure?
{hat which
misers surpass you; and you have sav.
ed that which the Cmsars and the Pha.
raohs and the Alexanders could never
afford. And yel society thinks differ.
{ ently, and you see the most intimate
| friendships broken up as the conse-
quence of fGnancial embarrassments,
Proclamation bas gone forth: **Vel.
vels must go up and plain apparel must
come down,” and the question is:
“How does the coat ft?" not
| wears it?" The power that bears the
{ tides, and rocks the world of commerce,
{ and thrills all nations, transalantic and
cisatiaotic, 18 clothes. It decides the
{ last offices of respect ; and how long
the dress shall be totally black ; and
when it may subside into spots of grief
vn silk, calico or gingham. Mer die
in good circumstances, but by reason
to
owner
ont
has
iy
45d
wellnigh insolvent before they ge! bur
led.
Wrong rashion is productive of a most
RUINOUS RIVALRY
The expenditure of many households
is adjusted by what their neighbors
have, not by what they themselves can
afford to have, and the great anxiety
is as to who shall have the finest house
and the most costly equipage. The
weapons used in the warfare of social
life are not minie rifles, and Dahlgren
guns, and Hotchkiss shells, but chairs
and mirrors and vases and Gobelins and
Axminsters, Many household estab.
lishments are hike racing steamboats,
propelled at the utmost strain and risk,
and just coming to a terrific explosion.
“Who cares,’’ say they, “if we only
come out abead?’ re i8 no one
cause to-day of wore financial embar-
rassment and of more dishonesties than
this determination at all hazards to
live as well as or better than other peo-
ple. There ure persons who will risk
thetr eternity upon one pier mirror, ot
who will dash out the splendors of
beaven to get gnother trinket,
There are scores of men in the dun-
goons of the penitentiary who risked
ionor, busin everything, in the ef:
fort to shine like others. ough the
heavens fall they must be “ip the fash
fon.” The most famous frauds of the
day have resulted from this feeling. It
keeps hundreds of men struggling for
their commercial existence, "The trou-
ble is that some are caught and incar
cerated if their larceny be small, If it
be great tl escape and build their
| on the Rhine,
Again: Wrong fashion makes
»
&
from which has come forth more hol-
low and unmeaning
FLATTERIES AND HYPOCRISIES
than the Lowell mills ever turned out
shawls and garments, Fashion is ile
greatest of all liars, It has made so-
cloty insincere. You know not what
to believe. When people ask you to
come, you do not know whether or not
they want you to come, When they
send thelr regards, you do not know
whether it 18 an expression of their
heart, or an external eivility, We have
learned to take almost everything at a
discount, Word is sent, **Not at home, ”’
when they are only too lazy to dress
themselves, They say: ‘‘The furnace
has just gone out,” when in truth they
have had no fire in it all winter, They
apelogize for the unusual barrenness of
their table, when they never live any
better. They decry their most luxuri-
ous entertainments to win a shower of
approval, They apologize for their ap-
pearance, as though it were unusual,
when always at home they look just so,
They would make you believe that
some nice sketch on the wall was the
work of a master-painter, ‘‘It was an
heir-loom, and once hung on the walls
of a castle; and a duke gave it to their
grandfather,” People who will not lie
about anything else will lie about a pic-
ture. On a small income we must make
the world believe that we are affluent,
and our life becomes a cheat, a counter-
feit and a sham,
Few people are really natural and un-
affected, When I say this 1 do
mean to slur cultured manners, It is
the unhewn block of the quarry. From
many circles in life fashion has driven’
out » ivacity,
A FROZEN DIGNITY
i instead floats about the room. and
| berg grinds against iceberg. You must
{ not laugh outright ; it 18 vulgar, u
| must smile. You must not dash rapidly
jacross the room: you must
HO
| latteries, and oh’s and ah's and simper-
ings, and namby-pambyism-—a world of
| which is not worth one good, round,
| honest peal of laughter,
| ut the close of the evening, and assures
Lis host that he has enjoyed himself,
| Thus social life has been
and deformed, until, in some
{ ing or the apple-paring,
good cheer than in all the frescoed ice
| houses of the metropolis,
all the higher circles of society
{ warmth of heart and naturalness of be-
Again: Wrong fashion is
INCOMPATIBLE WITH HAPPINESS,
| Those who depend for their comfort upon
| the admiration of others are subject to
frequent disappointment Somebody
criticise their appearance, or
pass them in Lrilhancy, or will
{ more atlention,
i detraction and heart-Lumings of those
who move in this bewildered maze!
Poor butterflies! Dright wings do not
always bring happiness, “She
liveth in pleasure is dead while
liveth. The revelations of high life
that come to the challenge and the f
i
croppings out oof
i will
she
ght
are only the occasional
| disquietudes that are, soderneath, |
the stars of heaven for multitude, |
like the demons of the pit for hate, T
misery that will to-night in the cellar
cuddle up In the straw is not 80 utter as
the princely disquietude which
ik
i
h {
it
| ing over the slights and offences of lux.
urions life. The of life
seen not so unfitting when drunk out
{of a pewler mug as
bitterness
when it pours from
earthly
that in a
life there 15 no peace
Devotion ta wrong fashion is
i PHYSICAL
mental imbecility and spiritual wither.
ing Apparel insufficient to Keep
the cold and the rain, or so fitted upon
| the person that the faoclions of life are
{ restrained ; Jate hours filled with ex.
i citemment and feasting: free drafts of
wine that make one not beastly intox-
{ tol, putting to his
{ misery, 1 bear confirmation
{ hollow, fastidious
Again
"BNODTUCTIVE
an
Or IMIREASE,
| luxurious indolence—are the instru.
| the grave. Along the walks of prosper-
{ ons life death goes a-mowing—and such
{ harvests as a rereaped | Materia Medica
| has been exhausted to find curatives for
| these physiological devastations. Drop-
| sles, cancers, consumptions, gout and
almost every infirmity in all the realm
ot pathology have been the penalties
paid. To counteract the dame, Phar-
macy has gone forth with medicament,
panacea, elixir, ambrocation, salve and
cataplasm.
Tonight, with swollen feet upon
cushioned ottoman, and groaning with
aches innumerable, will be the votary
of luxurious living, not half so happy as
his groom or coal-beaver. Wrong
fashion is the world's undertaker, and
drives thousands of hearses to Greens
wood and Laurel Hill and Mount
Auburn.
But, worse than that, this folly is an
INTELLECTUAL DEPLETION,
This endless study of proprieties anu
etiquette, patterns and styles, is be-
dwarfing to the intellect. 1 never knew
a woman or & man of extreme fashion
that knew much. How belittling the
study of the cut of a coat, or the tie of a
cravat, or the wrinkle in a sleeve, or the
color of a ribbon! How they are wor-
ried if something gets untied, or hangs
awry, or is not nicely adjusted ! With
a mind capable of measuring the height
and depth of great subjects ; able to un-
ravel mysteries, to walk through the
universe, to soar up into the infinity of
God's attributes—hovering perpetually
over a new style of cloak! Lave
known men, reckless as to thelr charac.
ter and regardless of interest momentous
and eternal, exasperated by the shape
of a vest-button,
Worse n allthis folly is not sat.
fsflied until it extirpates every moral
sentiment and
4 BLASTS THE BOUL,
A wardrobe is the rock upon which
many a soul has been riven, The ex.
of a luxurious life has heen
To oy Dao of Hors
sou n nelstror
ever vaips. What room for
¥
elevating themes in a heart filled with
the trivial and unreal? Who can won-
der that in this haste for sun-gilded
baubles and winged thistle-down men
and women should tumble into ruin?
The travellers to destruction are not all
clothed in rags. In the wild tumult of
the Last Day—the mountains falling,
the heavens flying, the thrones uprising,
the universe assembling ; amid the boom
of the last great thunder-peal, and under
the craekling of a burning world— what
will become of the disciple of fashion?
THE WORLDING'S CAREER.
But watch the eareer of one thor-
oughly artificial, Through inheritance,
or, perhaps, his own skill, having ob-
tained enough for purposes of display,
he feels himself thoroughly established,
Heo sits aloof from the common herd,
and looks out of his window upon the
poor man, and says: “Put that dirty
wreteh off my steps immediately I On
Sabbath days he finds the church, but
mourns the fact that he must worship
with so many of the inelegant, and
says : ““They are perfecly awful! That
man that you put in my pew had a coat
on his back that did not cost five dol-
lars.”’ He struts through life unsympa-
thetic with trouble, and says: *‘I can-
not be bothered.” Is delighted with
some doubtful story of Parisian life, but
thinks there are some very indecent
things in the Bible. Walksarm in arm
with the successful man of the world,
but does not know his own brother.
Loves to be praised for his splendid
house, and, when told that he looks
younger, “Well, really do
think so®"’
fut the brief strut
Up-stairs he
says
of his life is about
tie NO
him
Kipdling np the darkness ;
embroidery,
but
exquisiie elegant
The stop. The n ter comes
in to read of the Resurrection, that day
when the dead shall come up--both
on the floor and he
pulses
Oistor
He is
carried out to burial, Only a
but ao
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Na befriended orphan to weep
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What now?
Shall not
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the other side of the
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Boxpay, Fes, 19, 1584,
A Lesson on Forgiveness,
LESSON TEXT,
(Matt. 18 : 21.85. Memory verses, 21, 22,
LESSON PLAN,
Toric oF THE QUARTER:
King tn Zion.
GOLDEN TEXT von THE QUARTER:
Ie is Lora of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called,
and chosen, and faithful. — Rev, 17 : 14.
Jesus the
Lessox Toric: The King's Lessons
on True Forgiveness.
1. The Forgiving King, va 21.97,
(2. The Unforglving Bervant, va,
(8, The Fearful Penalty, vi. 81-85,
-GoLpex Text: And forgive us
our debts, as we forgive our debtors. —
Matt. 6 : 12.
Lesson
Outline : 25.00,
DAILY HoME READINGS:
M.—-Matt, 18 : 21-35.
true forgiveness,
T.—Luke 17 : 1-10,
forgiveness,
W-—-Matt. 6 1-15,
spirit essential,
T. Maik 11: 12.96
spirit essential,
¥.—Col. 3: 1-18.
of forgiveness,
Rom. 4
Cond,
3, P84,
sought.
Lessons On
1 he of
law
A forgiving
Christ the
8,
1-8,
Forgiven
51 : 1-19. Forgiveness
LESSON ANALYSIS,
| I. THE FORGIVING
| L. The Heavy Debt :
owed hi
KING
One, whic m {en ti
talents (&
My punishment
bear (Gen 4 31.
Afflicted { the multitude
transgressions (Lam, 1 : 5).
{ Our transgre ns and our sins
upon us { Ezek 101.
Until seventy times seven (Matt, 18
iy
The
Ia fo wii § go
18 greater
for of
33:
IL Petition :
with
Farnest
tLienoce Te
thee, ms
25:11.
Blot out wmv in:
His fellow-s
i sought!
IHL The Generous Forgiveness
Fhe 14 ra
Foiry
gave |
released him. and
oli heaven's
watchman will
frast, ith hery
Ww
‘Wander ig
shoot
shi ek
reservisd
$1'" But sadder
se sotnelhing
*
dow nfall, and
Whom Is
CLOSING OF A WOMAN'S Lis E
waste, What a
her dying
might
hamanity, and
'
ing: Compare
tragedy! A
thinking of
for God
having done
demise
on pillow,
have done
vel
her :
of Harriet Newell, going down
peace fullv d in the Isle of Fi
viewing her t sacrifices
redemption of India ; or the last
of Elizabeth Hervey
wright New England home for a life
Dombiay amid
that she might illumine it, saying in her
is the dark val
, it has not a dark spot in it; all
light I» the exit of Mrs.
nox, falling under sudden di
smyroa, breathing out her soul
the last words, “Oh, how happs
of Mrs, Sarah
. spending her life for the salvation
up her children that
America
a}
“as she
ily Gu
il ne He
hours
bert
stolid
or
es
the departure
hh, giving
come home {o
d saving
ii saying
“Or Jesus! I do this for thee I’? or the
for but for God and
themselves,
:
win,
That was a brilliant scene
Ronda,
QUEEN ELIZADS
on horseback, side
1 OF
by
CASTILE,
side with King
As she, in bright armor, rode alcig the
lines of the spanish host, and waved her
jewelled hand to the warriors, aud ever
and anon uttered words of cheer to the
worn veterans who, far away from
their homes, were risking their lives for
the kingdom, it was a spectacle that
illumines history. But more glorious
will be the scene when that consecrated
Christian woman, crowned in heaven,
shall review the souls that on earth she
clothed and fed and medicined and
evangelized, and then introduced into
the ranks celestial. As on the white
horse of victory, side by side with the
king, this queen unto God forever shall
ride past the lines of those in whose sal-
vation she bore a part, the scene will
surpass anything ever witnessed ou earth
in the life of Joan of Are, or Penelope,
or Semiramis, or Aspasia, or Marianne,
or Margaret of Anjou. Ride on victor!
sein MI AIS AI 505080
Sugar for Ministers.
—
1t is an accepled traditivns that mine
isters and theological folk generally are
very fond of sweet things to eat. Deep
philosophers might trade some connec.
tion between thls tendency and their
benignity and sweetness and light.
Perhaps it is in some sort an expression
of the relation between knowledge and
the love of sugar, However that may
be, the Athenian distinctly remembers
that in childhood days, whenever there
were ministers for “company at din-
per,” the mother always put three
tumps in the cup without asking. and
then slipped two extra ones on the sau.
cer. There was never a lump left over
when the oup was drained. Exper
ences of this sort are never { ten,
for they help to remove the painful awe
and uncomfortable esteem in which
rs od ol. ag
4 : { i
gar makes ministers a tittle Jess fos
and brings them nearer Ww earth w
children dwell, ; 4
which are many, are f
47).
Forgiving each other, even as God. ...
forgave you JEph. 4: 32).
I. “How oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him?®*"
A practical )
inguiry : (3) A competent in-
1} The disciples inquiry
{2) The Lord’s reply.
. “Have patience with me, and 1
will pay thee all.” (1) A crushing
debt ; (2) A stern decision ; (3% An
importunate plea; (4) A pertinent
promise, 1} Debt acknowledged ;
2) Payment assured ; (3) Patience
craved,
“Pe ¥
{1) «
passion
achieving.
II. THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT.
. Violent ;
He laid hold on
by the at (28)
His violence shall come
his own pate (Psa. 7 : 16).
| Him that loveth violence hissoul hateth
(Psa. 11 : 5).
{| Envy thon not
(Prov. 3 : 81).
{ Do no violence {
IL Merciless:
Have patience
would not (29, 30),
t He remembered not to
(Psa. 100 : 16).
They are cruel, and
{Jer. 50; 42),
L80F § UT
Tis
moved with compassion.”
passion aroused ; (2) Com-
moving ; (3) Compassion
.
g
on
him, and {ook
down
the man of
Jer. 93 «3
with And he
ne
show mercy
have no
ters, . .. mercy (Matt, 23: 23).
Without mercy to him that hath showed
no mercy (Jas, 2: 13),
HL Cruel.
He
should pay (30).
Cursed be....their wrath, for it was
cruel (Gen, 49: 7).
He... .persecuted the poor and needy
man (Psa. 109 : 16).
He that is eruel tioubleth his own flesh
(Prov. 11: 17).
They are cruel, and have no mercy
(der. 50 : 42.
1. “He laid hold on him, and took
him by the throat.” (1) The as-
sault ; {2) Its cause ; (3) Its conse.
quences. -—{1) A cruel creditor ; (2)
A helpless debtor.
2. “He would not.” (1) The scope
of his refusal ; (3) The grounds of
his refusal ; {3) The baseness of his
refusal,
3. “Cast him into prison, till he
should pay.” (1) A hard fate ; (2)
A seltish condition ; (3) A culpable
spirit,
II. THE FEARFUL PENALTY.
I. Conviction ;
They....came and told unto
lord all that was done (31).
He saw there a man which had not on
a weslding garment (Matt, 22 : 11).
There is nothing. .. . hid, that shall not
be known {Luke 12 : 2).
God shall judge the secrets of men
{Rom, 2: 16).
That every mouth may be stopped
their
IL Denuncintion :
Thou wicked servant (82),
Yo offspring of vipers, who warned you
to flee? Natt, 5 Li] :
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrite (Matt. 23; 13).
Thou wicked and slothful servant
(Matt. 25:26), .
Thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all
Acta 13: 1
el madi
, delivered him to
SAN
Depart from me, ye that work iniquity
(Matt. 7 : 23). d
Cast ye out the unprofitable servant into
the outer darkness (Matt, 25: 30),
Depart from me, ye cursed, into the
eternal fire (Matt, 25: 41).
Wrath and indignation, tribnlation and
anguish (Row. 2:8, 9).
1. “They. ... came and tokd unto Their
lord all that was done.” (1) The
judge ; (2) The hearing; (3) The
witnesses ; (4) The enlprit ; (5) The
testimony ; (6) The doom. —{1) They
told ; (2) Told thetr lord ;, (3) Told
all that was done.
2 “His lord was wroth,” (1) A
powerful lord; (2) A merciful
lord 5 (3) A just lord ; (4) An angry
lord.
.3 "So shall also my heavenly Father
do.” (1) The heavenly Father's
claim ; (2) The beavenly Father's
mercy ; (3) The heavenly Father's
justice ; (4) The heavenly Father's
wiath
—— A ———
BIBLE HKEADIN(
FORGIVENESS
1. As an Act of God
Ilustrated
18 : 217,
A wakes filial fear (Psa, 130 : 4)
Conditioned on man’s acceptance
bho: §F
LESSON
by a forgiving lord { Matt
Ah
shar)
{Ima
s [13a 43 ;
ward iiess [Pea
25: 44
2
32: F
tle Lon
MSeCUres
4:7)
) 6,7
2:12).
As a Duty of Mau :
needed Christian
13).
Sra
11 : 25
Our own forgiven
6: 12-15; Luke 6 . 37)
Continues without limit
22: Luke 17 : 4. 4)
hie y
{Mats 18
32-34).
13)
LESSON
alter p
of Mat
fist: but
SURROUNDINGS
rt of the eighteenth
ew is peculiar to that
t seems to form a part
scourse in Capernanm, the be-
ich 1s found in all these
, AB: 1-5; Mark 9
Yerses 15-20 contain
ull passages; Ube om difficult
dealing with an offends
the other difficult to miler]
d to binding and loosing), but
420, are alike simple and comn-
A
4
:
i
perp y
tim;
reg
place and Line, of the above
verses, are the same x8 those of the
in Capernaum, during the
late summers or carly autumn of the year
of Rome 782, A. D. 29.
" A
Extravagant Fapressions
1%
i
vious leseon
If the English tongue were vested
pour eld adjec-
tives would have been worn eut long
The ‘pert’ miss, te “cultured”
lady, the “dignified” matron, all pick
vocabulary and burl them at you with-
out the least provocation. If anything
they call nt “perfectly
charming.*® If anything is distasteful,
“awfully mean.” If anything is
call it “simply divine.”
“devoled” to apple
think custard is “too
Sometimes 1
they
“About a million
picnic,” says one;
“1 walked abou! a hundred miles”
sivs another. No wonder soe people
stare in stupid silevce at the really sub-
dress or Theresa's
Such a
adjectives and exe
in
ation over Mauue's
habit, But their
us open Wo the same
the
just
oulgrowing
mammas are
i —————
Saving the Scraps
Some wiseacre Las sald that New
York wastes as much food as Paris
This is not altogether true, at
We do not cook as
skillfully and frugally as the French,
but we utilize our scraps and remoants
more carefully than of yore. The ma-
big hotel is now industriously garnered
aud carted off to some of the mmor res-
tuarants, where It is reconstructed in-
to toothsome and wholesome dishes Tor
habitues who count their penuies before
investing in a meal, Many a savory
morsel that fails to tempt the palate of
a millionaire thas nds its way undor
the belt of a Giawp,
Abratiam Lincoln's Stories
I asked Col. Nicolay aboul the chiar.
acter of Mr. Lincoln's stones,
“There 5 an erroneoms notion
abroad,” he said, ‘that Mr, Lincoln's
stories were largely of a sort that could
not be repeated in the presence of la-
dies, The simple fact is that he was
remarkable for two charactecistios in
this convection. For the aptoess of
his stories and for his dramatic power
in telling them, Ile aid not tell a story
for its own sake, but because it Hus
trated some immediate poiot in the sit
uation. He never dragged tu a story
but used it as an effectjve instrument of
expression,”
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