La pe Corbin rw - - a s— they come or not. We may get them, and may not get them. Instead of at 7 o'clock in the morning saying, ‘‘Have I got that blessing?" at 12 o'clock noon- day asking, ‘‘Have I got that blessing ?"’ at 7 o'clock in the evening, saying: “Have I received that blessing?” and not getting it, pleading, pleading begging, begging —asking, asking, until you get. Now, my brethern, is not that common sense? If we ask a thing from God, who has sworn by His eternal throne that He will do that which we ask, is it not common sense that wo { should watch and wait until we get it? VI, But remark: We want more COMMON Sense IN brother, do you not do that in business matters? y do you not to-morrow go to your store and sit down and fold your arms and say: “If these goods are to be sold, they will be sold; and if they are not to be sold, they will not be sold: there is nothing for me to do about it.” No, you despatch your agents, you print your advertisements, you adorn your show windows, yon push those goods, yon use the instru- mentality. Oh that men were as wise in the matter of the soul as they are wise in the matter of dollars and cents! This doctrine of God's sovereignty, | how itis misquoted and spoken of as | thongh it were an iron han which | bound ns hand and foot for time and | eternity, when, so far from that, in { every fibre of your body, in every faulty of your mind, in every | of your soul, you are a free man and it no a matter of free i whether you will to-morrow go abroad stay than it is st this of free choice Christ or He touches it here and theyre. Feature after feature comes forth, and when he is done with the picture it is complete in all its original power. Now God im- yressed his image on our race, but that image has been defaced for hundreds and for thousands of years, getting fainter and fainter. Here comes up A DIVINE RAPHAEL. He says: ‘‘I can restore that ieture.” He has all power in heaven a on earth He is the equal of the One who drew the image of God in our soul. He touches this sin, and it is gone; that transgression, and it disappea¥s; ahd all the defacement vanishes; and “where gin abounded, grace doth much more abound.” « Will you have the deface ment or will yon have the restoration? to do good and yet are dead failures! I am well persuaded that if I could by | Why is it? They do pot exercise the | 4 touch of heavenly pathos in two | 1. Goh same tact, the salne ingenuity, the same | minutes put befor vou what has been | stratagem, the same common sense, iu | done to save your soul, there would be | i { the work of Christ that they do in| gy motiona} tid overwhelnypg, won tin | worldly things. Otherwise they would | “Mamma, said a little mir to her | Beh, ¥8 3 | BUCO ed in this direction as well as they ] moths ry, W hi n she was being put tol CGorLpex Texry ! Man looketh on the whether vou will a the other. There aD | to bed at night ‘nammg, what makes | outward appearan ‘, but the ford | reject him! In all the army of banners | thay, pore Toon a RFvogut) way RE your hand so scarred and twisted, and looketh on the heart. —1 Sam. 16 : 7. i there is one conscript. Men are I pant : "On thoy hive + vakyo .] Ci tr" unlike other people's 3 “Well, not to b dragooned into he They tal) t ; i] pal NZI ay said the mother, “my child, when yon to smonz all the of thon i of hey talk ya man of the world in 8 | were vounger than you are year wwter of the | 1. 0's soldi Re | manner which seems to say: Don't you | night [ had put you to | berths { bit 1 vill tol On 4 . — Christ { h i 1 good a ain " 5 : a shri k Hi stairs. 1 : il Aare ! vice, I — 1 a a conscript am 8 ¥ i That manner alwavs disgust ee n { nntéer. Oh that men had the same | * a , i yo and common sense in the mattersof religion | | : and I suppose | that they have In the matters of the | 1Tom the kingdom of y ear thought f world—the sam tration, the | 8% wl of bringing them or that he was a | same pu enthusia Inj? lad I was one day iu i when | the « ne ci “ wns nthnu 1 { and thor a larg one when | the other a con his . { men there full of rolliel with | 111 We wai | a Christian m tha a member | comme y building 1 own city, that h SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. Buspay Avaust 2), 159, DR TALMAGE'S SERMON: "Outwitted by the World. Joshua # nan in whom 1} (Num. 27 :18j, {| The spirit of the Lord came upon Jeph thah (Judg. 11 : 29). | The spirit of the Lord came mightly {1 wnponhim (Judg 14:6) : {| They were all filled with {| Spirit (Acts 2 : 4) | 1. “The Ie 1¢ magineth ¥ ot the ¥ i out { is the spiriy a —— | The Anointing of David LESSON TEXT. {1 Bam. 16 “The children of eration wiser than 17:8 Trar jg another way of saying that Christians are not so skiflful inthe man- ipulation of spiritual affairs as world- lings are skillful in the management of temporalities, 1 all aronnd me people who are alert, earnest, concen- trated and skillfulinmonetary matters, who in the affuies of the soul are lag- guids, inane, inert The this world are In their gen the children of light.” Luke the Holy 1-18. Memory verses, 11, 13.) ——— orn (1; Laghtly esteemed of men 27 Highly esteemed of God 9 Rend and fetch him.” (1) oughness; (2) Activity; (3) i | oughines; | 8. “This 's he (1; The lastealled; { ! LESSON PLAN. seo fg Fhor- Mile ens, Toric or THE QUARTER : Obedience and Disobedience, “ GorLpex Texy vor the Quanren: Be- hold, to obey in better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams, 1 Sam. 15: op A The first chosen. his brethren: (2) the Lord. ccc I a —— LESSON SURROUNDINGS, (1) Least among Ore Cirentest Ix cat want of this world is more comin sense in matters of religion. If one-half of the skill and forcefulness emaploved in financial affairs were em- ployed in disseminating the truths of Christ, and trying to make the world better, within ten vear the last jugger- naut would fall, the lasts throne of oppo- sition upset, the last iniquity tumble, and the anthem that was chanted over Bethlehem on Christmas night would be 1 and re-cchoed from all nations nie: ‘ilory to pncarth peace, DOING GOOD. How many people there are who want Tori Oliedience Tested, Lisson EXALTATION OF THE LOWLY. « to Bethlehem passion ired in prophecy (Fzek { : : LESSON OUTLINE {18 more choice home, moment a matter or inl a { ar Chios ! accept hom } 1 Neo men k 3 144 Al ! re : i 1 highest, and ed and Croat 10 1 not wads? FOOKI-W . i s £ AVE thie Ian Pie Vers 800, On A Damy Hoy s the p king up the Ln tr 1 r ¥ a tran going HOW, v niter Ons we wis YOIl Were as ound the bed was on fire, | e. and I took hold | the burning gaff was tearing them off | 1 away | burned | been burned and | and hardly look bt | got that Lr On { soy far | thn : SAW A MAN ee you, y 30 far benesili me, fini rofl wet mn fir i fY Worldly a much ENEEL DOWN the car “What most people in tore fs to say, DRIVES MEN AWAY Jes while that concen sm! - BIBLE Vainrbed no on Was disturbed no conversation SIASIN | : LESSON i CAC y Bl ihe Ww introduction of ne 18 any 3 WAS BX] an. and that he was on his to take command ht then, as 1 think men-—men with as that man had city to Christ: a id | ww, that ten such such courage for God ld bring the wh ie Ore i Ape naed ; and 3 and you ask a man h hs “of like : I can't hear” as the ugh : i for everything oe of Gown In them, ¥ $ isl #1 Brive} fie Kes tue churen, SAVE: it + 25 AOIICIAT 1 a] “Hi W alr 3 3 tabernac Lord God of b A day in thy con ; is better than a thonsand.’ Ni Ii. Again 1 remark: We want more nis Way he OInInoOn SCN A MAN LOST IN THE MO1 ght has come down; he me, and he sees thai ATL a4 ’ ww ard i at the door, the 1 { and finds tl { here I have 3 4 % and It Will guide wanisineer traveler, andmays lantern; you Cones Well 3 \ can take 1 haa disorganized our tire natu x OBTAINING RELIGIOUS HOPE. wes still a youn i m t. hat order rev atest All men understand in to neceed 1n worldly directions they must Théy think on that ind takes fire . Th i ni vou on the way sEinan Nis wimtenance, 16 : 7 ‘ Fur Indien ion or Iaspepsia : } loetrine e1zea vive nit fo seh his sovirit in Luther's poTIDeate Hn concentrate, One i i subject until their 1 fit velocity of their own i i$ their un. all th strategy, all hings about it T de thoi m. all their common direct ow seldom immediately with - of on hase a that man should s £ Yar ¥y . TET with that lantern, T don All it thers ten influenced n to his VIN il waar f. A Crucial Test: Fhe | he Lord hotnghts 3 x 1} thoughts. Lf we washed carofally, cut fin abet n tl I 14 nd soak ad for kin soe Q eth Taka minutes fale eo ¢ 1d 4 gompicet writings, 1"soraet Arg snoents met hike 8 Wel nart Wis better lantern VIDCZAr table . fifteen Oe before n that On each ‘ put h the matter of seeking Go an expects to accomplish an) rid without concentration husiasm, many there are + i 7 that t ng after awhile to zed to the king- | cjam. and de onto this an ‘ tween 11 and 12 o'clock yon « A hv 1 fi We new pros lentod faith ) ‘ Bw of God without the of any i i : a . nancial contraction mal : when hi sinesd. rm ground oh | Wk A Combliod . Sion h » means! ; if by it ohit we foundour way | thous Hara sy back fron Semmuel sad 1 ; hath not Hiv 0 0 i Wi £ : 1 i MIRE T« { Monday how TS fret tio ash 1 nl 3 I yrenselrul 1 Tne d #1} ¢ . potisinge | pi COLLATE, DRS § it Of 7 California, man vOArs parkle of gold until it s.. Tens of thousands | is ir The 5 took | 4 r fi minutes just ts and their pickexes and | o at night. We Are Weary i hardly Wold Bos Oe any nd on We bef we res | so ore . t i y fire . and Tharsday L inesin homes, from the “Warton g nig i @ Lord oan i d hath Bus the fa Hares : Job ad} was the first to whem the noble master, ot my will . thine, be allt full nn rapture t. his goul ; th r mine : a : < A tak i 3 3 i thinl fmemd Albrecht and seeps anid SO ON ws and loss Sen WN 1:41 You vind solent which | sttend to the matter? Why, vour « Laake 5, and went to the wilds of wi of dee a. Cities sprang up suddenly t Pacific coast. Merchants put de their elegant apparel and put on the miner's garb. All the land was fall of th * 4 TA 1K ABOUT GOLD. (iold in the eyes, gold in the ears, gold in the wake of ships, gold in the streets gold, gold, gold! Word somes to us that the mountain of God's love is full of bright treasure; that men have been digging there, and have brought up gold and smethyst and carbuncle and jaspar and sardonyx and chrysoprasus, and all the precious stones out 0 which the walls of heaven were builded. Word comes of a man who, digging in that mine for one hour, has brought up treasures worth more than all the stars that keep vigil over our sick and dying world. Is it a bogus company that is formed? Is it undeveloped territory? Un no! the story is true, There are thousands of people in this audience who would be willing to rise and testify that they have discovered that gold, and have it in their posession. Notwith- standing all this, what is the eirenm- stance? One would suppost that the announcement would send people in great excitement up and down our streets, that at midni ht men would knbek at your door, as ing, HOW THEY MAY GET THOSE TREASURES, Instead of that, many of us put our hands behind onr back and walk up ass «down in front of the mine of eternal riches, and say: ‘Well, if I am to be saved, 1 will be saved; and if Lam to be dummed 1 will be dammed, and there is nothing to do about it.” Why, my ho Uurop Ons pson the book eye, perhaps, oh the slurry of atid the foxes, or upon some go ena i8 up. wil pORiOE t sti somebody else an 1 he begat sonw body else: instead of opening the book and saying, + “Now L must read for my im- mortal soml! My eternal destiny is in- volved in this book!" V. Again I rémark how little we use COMMON SENSE IN PRAYER! We say, “Oh Lord, give me this,” and «Oh Lord, give me that,” and “Oh Lord, give me something else,” and we do not expect to get it, or getting it, we do not know we have it. We have no anxiety about it, . We do not watch and wait for its coming. As a merchant, you telegraph or yo write to some other city for a bil of goods, You say: ‘Send me by such express, or by such a steamer, or by such a rail train.” The day arrives, You send your wagon to the depot or to the wharf. The goods do not come. You immediately telegraph, ‘‘What is the matter with those g ? We haven't received them. Send them right away. We want them now or we don't want them st all.” And you keep writing, sand you keep telegraphing, and you keep sending your wagon to the depot, or to the express office, or to the wharf, until yon get the goods. 1n matters of religion we are not so wise as that. We ask certain things to be sent from heaven. We do pot know whether they come or not. We have not any spocial anxiety as to whether mon wonld dictate: “Immediate ly I will sttond to that matter 11 and 12 o'clock to-morrow (Monday) mornii r then I ean surely 0 'nesday i may not, auld ! ii let this HT hoetween AOCON Now bring our in i matter of religion. Here are the hopes | We may get them now. ! To-morrow we may get them, and we } may not. Next day we may, and we | may not. The prospect less and less | and less, {O-MOrrow. Common Sens THE ONLY SURE TIME now-—now. I wonld not talk to you in this way if I did not know thes Christ was able to save all the people, and save thousands as easily as save one, 1 would not go into an hospital and tear’ off the bandages from the wounds if I had no balm to apply. I would not have the face to tell a man he is a sin- ner unless I had at the same time the authority of saying he may be saved. Suppose in Venice there is a Ra 1, a faded picture, great in its time, bearing some marks of its greatness. History describes that picture. It is nearly faded away. You say: “Oh, what a pity that so wonderful a picture by Ra phael should be nearly defaced!” After a while a man comes up, very unskill- ful in art, and he proposes to retouch it. You say: “Stand off! I would rather have it just as it is; you will only make it worse.” After a while there on an artist who was the equal of Raphael. Ho says: “I will retouch that picture and bring out all its original power.” You have full confidence in his ability, ’ i i 2, TL | 1 1.1 thorebhy trembling Awake § ft frees § hear Ki g in the green Bedges, A wonder Whose voice re hrough hill ars gai —-——- The Typoewsriter's inroads. It is astonishirge what little wee law for Jong hand cepyists, conld earn a good salary copyingdeeds, wills, agreemenss, ete., but zow the | typewriter does almost all that kind of work and long Band writers are left out in the cold. There are a few lawyers who still have “wills” and veay impor tant documen’s written with. the pen but these are only a few of the most prominent ones, and then they want sn expert penman to do them. I think a fow vears honoe writing with the pen will be a thing of the past altogether, although for looks give me handsome lo hand writing to an writer work I have ever seen, and I bave been handling i for the last eight years. A writer in a contemporary journal says: ‘I discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron in the ground, but thought the process so simple that it was not well to make a stir about it, Posts of any wood can be prepared for less than 2 cents apiece, This is the recipe: Take linseed oil and stir in pulverized coal to the consistency of paint. Put a coat of thisover the timber, and there is not a man who will live to see it rot.” Acts 21 Lord's : i for MIN I 5 ano whied is Ix - ernalatirsctive- Joss; (2) Hasty © 2 Di- dents sd seeth not as en seeth.” 1 MOCIUSIOOs vine a i; “The La {13 How man seeth; (2) How Jeho- | vah scoth—{1) Man as seen ol man; (2) Man as seen of God. “The Lard looketh on the heart.” | (13 The human heart: (2) The di- | vine eya—(1) The divine observer; (2) The penetrating gaze;(3) The inspected heart, 111, ANOINTING THE YOUNGEST SON, 1. An Imperative Call: Fetch him: for we will mot sit down till he corse (11). Up, got ysu out of this piace (Gen. 19 : 14). They ras and fetched him thence (1X 1 |Sam. 10: 23). 1 took thee from the shwepeote (2 Sam. 7:8), God, who... called me through his grace (Gal. 1 : 15). 11. A Clear Designation: Arise, anoint him: for this is he (12). Behold the man of whom I spake to thee! (1 Sam. 9 : 17). Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff (1 Sam. 10 ; 22). There shall meet you a_man:... follow him (Mark 14 : 13). Now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon (Acts 10 : 5). i. A Divina Endowment: The spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David (12% th soft watne Ad Roser Waler § Oae-half cng fal of rosewatar, one-half teaspoonful spirits of camphor. Fis & put camphor in. “the bottle, then glycerine, which shake well before ad- Apply after wash - ing the hands and whale still wet. nb glyoarine, one cup Good Housekeeping. To drink ice-colil beverages whea one is overheated is to incur the terrible sisk of congestion of some vital organ. soil perhaps swiden death resulting therefrom. The writer knows of a ease in point; 8 young countryman, a foreigner who bad been cutting hay and was overheated, went to the well’ and drawing there a bucket of cold water, drank a bowlful, and in (five minutes dropped dead. In fevers all drinks that are at all heating or exciting should be avoided, Lemonade, tamarindade, orangeade (strained so as to exclude the solid sub. stance) and teas made from some simple aromatic herbs may be given to the pa- tient, if called for. Pare fresh water is the meost natural and the safest and best drink to quench thirst in fevers, and we advocate giving all the water the patient may reasonably need. One cup of sugar, one-fourth cup ot butter, three eges, two aml one-half toaspootis of baking powder; bake in a Lutterad dish and secve hot
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