REV. DR. TALMAGE. The Brooklyn Divine’sSunday Sermon. Subject: “The Philippian Earth. quake.” (Preached in Lon don, England, Text: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts xvi, 31. Jails are dark, dull, damp, loathsome places even now, but they were worse in the apostolic times, I imagine to-day, we are standing in the Philippian dungeon. Deo you not feal the chill’ Do you not hear the groan of those incarcerated ones who for ten years have not seen the sunlight, and the deep sigh of women who remember their father's vay and mourn over their wasted estates’ Listen again. Its the cough of ' a consumptive, or the st ruggle of ons in a nightmare of a great norror. You listen again, and hear a culprit, his chains rattling as he rolls over in his ireams, and you say: “God pity the pris. mer.” But there is another sound in that It i& a song of joy and gladness, What a place to sing in! he music comes winding through the corridors of the prison, and in all the dark wards the whisper is aeard: “What's that! What's that!” It is the song of Paul and Silas. They cans ot sleep. They hive been whipped, very badly whisied.. The long gashes on the r bacss are bleedin : yet. They lle flat on the sold groun , their feet fast in wooden sock. ete, =nd of course they cannot sleep. But they can sing. Jailer, what are you doing wita these people’ Why have they been put in here?! O, they have Loe trying to make the world bett'r, Is that all? hat is all, A pit for Joseph. A lion's cave for Daniel, A Doss furnace for Shadrach, C ubs for John Wesl:y. An aaqat ema for Philip Mel- avcthon. A dungeon for Paul and Silas, But while we are sta dng in the gloom of that Philippia' dusgeoo, and we hear the mingling voices of sob, and groan, and blas- phemy, and hallelojabh, suddeniy an earth eke The iron bars of the prison twist, the pillars crack off, the solid masonry begins to heave and rock till al the doors swing open, and the walls fall with a t rrific crash. he jailer, feeling himself respons ble for these prisoners, and feeling suicide to be tonorable—since Brutus kill himself, and Cato killed himself, and Cassius killed hime self —puts his sword to his own heart, pro= posing with one strong, keen thrust to put an end to his excitement and agitation. Bat Paul cries out: “Stop! stop! Do thyself no harm. Weare all here.” Then I see the the jailer running through the dust and amid the ruin of that prison, and I see him throwing himself down at the feet of thesa wrisoners, crying out: “What shall I do? shall 1 do” Did Paul an- “Get out of this place re is another earthquake; put hand- ffs and hopples on these other prisoners est they get away No word of that kind. ompact, thrilling, tremendous answer, ane swer memorable all through earth and heaven: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, wa shalt be saved we have all read of the earthquakes mn, in Lima in Alepy n Carac- it we live in lat wy there h prison yWer: bef here in all EVES Ve seen man who has ! His bid money market was felt in all the cities, sinks he has got beyond all annoying rivalries in trade, and he says to himself: “Now 1 am free and safe from all possible perturbation But a national panic strikes the foundations of the commercial world, and crash!goes ali that magnificent business sstablishment. He is a man who has built gp‘a very beautiful home His daughters bave just came home from the semi cary with diplomas of graduation. His sons have started in life, honest, tem per- ate and pure. When the evening lights are struck, there is a happy and an unbroken family circle. But there has been an acci ient down at the beach The young man ventured too far out in the surf. The tele graph hurled the terror up to the city. . An sarthquake struck under the foundations of that beautiful home. The piano closed: the urtains dropped; the hushed, Crash! go all those domestic hopes, and pros. ects, and expectations. So, my friends, we he eross. “You say: ‘If Christ has to die why not let Him take some deadly potion wind lis on a couch in some bright and tenutiful home! If He must die, lot Him ixpire amid all kindly attentions.” No, the world must hear the hammers on the heads of the spikes. The world must listen to the jeath rattle of the sufferer, The world nust feel His warm blood dropping on each sheek, while it looks up into the face of His wnguish, And so the cross must Be lifted, wind the hole is dug on the top of Calvary, it must bs dug three feet deep, and then the yross is laid on the ground. and the sufferer i stretched upon it, and the nails are pounded through nerve, and muscle, and sone, through the right hand, through the oft hand; and then they shake His right sand to see if it is fast, and they shake His aft foot to see if it is fast, and then they seave up the wood, half a dogen shoulders inder the weight, and they put the end of he cross to the mouth of the hole, and they plunge itin, all the waight of His body com- ng down for the firat time on the spikes; ind while some bold the cross upright, sthers throw in the dirt and trample it fown, and trample it hard, O, plant that ree well and thoroughly, for it is to bear fruit such as no other tree ever bors. Why did Chr st endure it? He could have taken those rock and with them crushed Hix cruci. fers. He co Id have reached up and grasped the sword of the omnipotent God and with »ne clean cat have tumbled them into perdi. tion. But no, He was to di-., He must die. His life for my life, ‘Hs life for you life, in on: of the European cities & young man fied on th» scaffold or the crime of mur. ier. Some time after, the mother of this young ma was dying, and the priest cam on, and she made oconfession to the sr.est that she was the murders, an pot Ler son, nn a moment of anger she sad struck her husband s blow that slew sim. The son came suddenly into the room) wind was washing away the wounds and try-! noked through the window and saw him, and mpposed him to the criminal. Thay roung man died for his own mother You my: "It was wonderful that he never ex posed her.” But I tell you of a grande thing. Christ, the Son of God, died not for His mother, not for His father, but for Hi worn anemies. O, such a Christ as thats wing, so self sacrificing-—-can you not trust Him? I think there are many under the spirit ol #od who are saying: “I will trust Him if you will only tell me how.” and the great ques ton asked by thousands in this assemblage #: "How? how? And while I answer your jaestion I look up and utter the prayer which lowland Hill so often uttered in the midst belp™ How are Just as you trust your partner in busi things. If a com you a note payable you expect the pay. the end of the perfect confidence their ability You g asxpect there will be food ‘ou have confidence in that » have the same confide irist Ho mays: “You #; I take away and thoy are “What” you say, "before | » I read my Bible any By sins any p be of his sermons; ‘Master, rou to trust in Christ? iny one. You trust tess with important percial house give ares months hence, nent of that 3 ir sins; any m oa what vou ry iny thess people whom you trust ey are more faithlul than Christ, if they lone more arist ever did, then {ive them the preference, but if you really Aink that Christ is as trustworthy as they deal with Him as fairly Oh,” avs soma one in a light way, “1 belisve that arist was bora in Bethlehem, and I believe sat He died on the cross Do you t with we héad or your will illustrates the an it ire, Len believa {ifference In the morning you i trouble, and there was a time when we ware as much excited this man of the text and we oried out as he did shall 1 What shall 1 The same that the made to him is appropriate to us: “Believe m the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Theres are some documents of so little importance that you d are to put any more than your last name under them, or even vour initials: but there are some documents f t importance that you write out name. So the Saviour in some ny 1 do? » Biot « nn SO Fr full your parts ther parts of the Bible He is called *'Jesus, and in other parts of the Bible He is called ¢ Ok about this passage all three names come in to- gether— “the Lord Jesus Christ.” Now, who and believe in? Men sometimes come to me with credentials and certificates of good character; but [ cannot trust them. There is some dishonesty in their looks that makes me know I shall be cheated if 1 confide in them. You cannot put your heart's confi. dence in a man until you know what stuff he is made of and am I unreasonable this morning, when I stop to ask you who this is that you want me to trustin? No man would think of venturing his life on a vessel going out to sea that had never boen inspected. No, you must have the certificate hung amidships, telling how many tons it carries, and how long ago it was built, and who built ¥, and all about it. And you cannot expect me to risk the cargo of i immortal interests on board any craft till you tell me what it is made of, and where it was made, and what it is. When, then, I ask you who this is you want moe totrust in, you tell me he was a very attractive person. You tell me that the contemporary writers desoribe him, and they give the color of his eyes, and the color of his hair, and they describe his whole pearance as being resplendent. Christ d not tell the children to come to Him. “Saf. fer little children to come unto Me" wus not spoken to the children, it was spoken to the Pharisees, The children had come with. out any invitation, No sooner did Jesus pear than the little ones pitched from mothers’ arms, an avalanche of beauty and love, into His lap. ‘Suffer little children to some unto Me,” t to the Ril ge it hi § on the sea risked his life i the salvation of his passengers 2¥: “What a grand fellow he must His family deserves very well of the wuntry.” You fold the newspaper and sit io not think again. That historical But now you are on the sea, and night, and you are asleep, ard awakened Dy the shriek of ro!” You rush out on the deck u hear, amid wringing of the ands and the fainting, the cries “No jope! we are lost! we are lost™ The sail suts out its wings of fire, the ropes make a warning ladder in the night heavens, the mpirit of wreck hisses in the waves and on # is is wie ke and darkpess “Down with the life wate ories the Captain, “Down with the ife boats™ People rush into them. The ats ars about full. Room only for one nors man. Ye are standing on the deck yesids the Captain Who shall it be? Y sr the Captain’ The Captaio says: “You.” You jump and are saved. He stands thers dies. Now, you believe that Captain iraveheart sacrificed himself for his passen. pers, but you believe it with love, with tears, LH] ot grief at his Joss and with joy at your ieliverance. That is saving faith. In other and believe in regard to yourself, On this »f your immortal soul. You often go across a bridge you know nothing about, You do not know who built the bridge, you do not know what material it is made of; but you come to it, and walk yver it, and ask no questions. And here i Ages” and built by the architect of the whole universe, spanning the dark gulf be tween sin and righteousness, and all God asks you is to walk across it, and you start, and you cone fo it, and you op, and you go a hitle way on and you stop, and you fall back and you experiment. You say: “How do 1 know that bridge will hold me? instead of march. but feeling that the strength of the eternal (od is under you, ©, was there ever a prizs offered so chesp as pardon and heaven are offered to you? For how much? A million dollars? It is certainly worth more than that. But cheaper than that you can have 5. Ten thousand dollars? Less than that, Five thousand dollars? Less than that, One follar? Less than that. One farthing’ Lee than that. . “Without money and without foe.” No money to pay. No journsy to ke. No ce to suffer. Only just one decigive ac of the soul: “Believe ou the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved.” Shall I try to tell you what it is to be saved! [ cannot tall 3 ot No man, no angal ean tell you. But I can hint at it. For my text bri me up to this point: “Thou shalt bs saved.” [tmeans a happy life hers, and a peaceful death and a blissful eternity. it is a thing to go to sleep ait night, and to get up in the morning, and do business all day feeling that all between my heart and : No accident, no sickness, nc persacution, no peril, no sword can do me t damage. I f ehid of God and He is given we bound to see me He has sworn Ho will see me . The mountains ma: depart, the may burn, the light of the I's nay the of the jad 1 earth ms be blown out nothing bea. When we stand by the white of thoss whom we' love, urning fi of thot Ho Joathamenos and mids Death ix and the wringing of the heart until the Is snap and curl in the torture um Christ be with as. | confess 10 you to an infinite , & consuming horror, of Christ shall be with me, ts or a ju . Se oy tho the : aOR goes With me. Will you me that 1 am to ve carried out from my bright home, and put away in the darkness? I cannot bear darkness. At thr first coming of the evening I must have the gas lit, an the further on in life I get, the more I like to have my friends around about me, And am I to be put off for thousands of years in a dark place, with no one to speak to? When the holidays come, and the gifts are dis tributed, shall I add no Jor to the “Merry Chr stmas” or the "Happy New Year? Ah, do not point down to the hole in the ground, the grave, and call it a beauti- ul place: unless thers ba some supernatural fliumination, I shuider back from i. My wiole nature revolts a’ it. But now this glorious lamp is lifted above the grave, an ull the pong op is gone, and the way is clear. I look into it now without a wingle shudder. Now m anxietv ia not about death: my anxiet: is that 1 may live aright, for JI know that if my life is consistent when I come to the last hour, and this voice is silent, and these eyes are closed, and these hands with which I beg for your eternal salvation to-day are folded over the still heart that then I shall only be. gin to live. What power is there in anything to chill me in the last hour if Christ wraps around me the skirt of iia own garment’ What darkness can fall upon my eyelids then, amid the heavenly daybreak? O death, I will not fear thee then! Back to thy cavern of dark- ness, thou robber of all the sarth. Fly, thou despoller of families. With this battle ax | how thee in twaln from hamlet to sandal, the voices of Christ sounding all over the earth, and through the heavens; "0 death, I will be thy plague. O grave, I will be thy de struction.” To be saved is to wake up in the presence of Christ! You know when Jesus was upon warth how happy He made every house He went into, and when He brings us up to His house how graat our gles, His voice has more music in it than is to be heard in all the oratories of eternity. Talk not about banks dashed with efflorescence. Jesus is the chief We shall seethe very face of O, I want to Toward that that goal when | broken sweet the cross in eternity with Him stoor Toward I shall be satisfied His likeness. Oh, and women how in nen hardships, and bereavements, and losses into uxplain why it was best for you to be sick, nnd why it was best for you to ba widowed, nd why it was best for you to be persecuted » your disquistude here, saying: “You orifiad with Mea in heaven Some one went into a house where xi deal of trouble and said hoe woman there: “You seem to be lonely she said, “lam lonely.” "How many Only myself.” Have you “1 had seven children {3 All gone Then ines. a thers io Je dead? “All to the lone a Eo hearts fim wn by thes bet fay to th are any 0 ¥ ), sir, 1 have bee And so there ar aretutteriy broken d¢ I mothe of heaven Are here ning? your heart's lonely and sad! hb be when Christ shall rows and wn Yo madd ! BOT TOW Aishan or fod by His love f nr thi Wi decrepituds change when you eome 1 Him whom, having not seen that will he the Bot of in ing to keep off ti lambs reclining on be the Captain of our salvati roar, a crash, and boom amid His disbanded troops kee 1% festivity. That will be the Bridegroom of the rch coming from afar, the bride leaning upon His arm while He looks down into her face and says Jehold, thon art fair, my love! Behold thou art fair.” Good he night an Bhyop- 1 watch a . wlors ——— Proper Care of Carriages, There is no brilliane ¥ in Mn six arriage should be revarnished months to keep it exactly in fine If revarnished a year, it serve the undercoats from damage, there are circumstances that render revar. varnish made that will } its roe tL} once vals. If one has not a suitable carriage stalls ov n des monia from the from the manure pile, aying vegetables, has the and We in the varnish burnt it, united with oil We knew a case where s gentle. front of a distillery for half an hour, and with was completely covered w simg 7 hat but which ply } od wash the mud from a carriage enough after using, but permit it to dry, when the mud acts like a sponge and ab- sorbs the oil from the varnish. Bome people wash the carriage with soap, and we have even known hot water used. For such acts of stupidity there are no worda to expross disgust. Some people seem to regard varnish as a kind of high polish, put on by hard rubbing, and the more rubbing it gets the brighter it ought to look. The number of people who are absolutely ignorant about varnish is something astonishing. — The Stable. BOON w- - Effset of the Wind on River Banks. It has been observed that many of the rivers of Baxony, which flow through loose or soft materials, have a steep bank on the east, northeast or ssutheast, while the opposites shore is flat. Herr Rueck- taschel, who has been studying the sub- ject, attributes this ons-sidedness to the action of the prevailing southwest, west or northwest winds, which drive th rains almost at right angles against the bank sloping from the east, and wash away the soil in much quantity than from the western k. Bome of the river valleys of Prussia and Bavaria exhibit similiar phenomena. Why We Sink in Quicksand. Quicksand is composed chiefly of small particles of mics mixed largely with water. The mica is so smooth that the Fang ole es thin a Drs by greatest ty, so t y which them will jak - con- tinue to wink until a solid bottom js reached. When particles of sand are and angular any weight pressin on them will crowd them Jotun until they are compacted into a solid ass. A sind’ composed of mica or soapstone, when mixed with sufficient water; ‘seems fucapable of such consolidation. Historical Anecdotes of the Table. # Certain Greeks, adopting an Egypt ian enstom, caused death's heads or skeletons to be placed in their dining rooms, The gbject of this was, accord- ing to Sealiger, to incline the guests to taste the sweetness of life, while they rejoiced in good health, an 1 toabandon themselves to pleasure which death would soon deprive them of, When the guests arrived, each followed by one of their domestics, they took care not to present themselves at the banquet till after they had been sprinkled with per- fume, and annodinted with oil. After their arrival, the host eansed incense to be burned. before sitting down to the then crowned himself with flowers fever or illness caused by the wine, The Ionians pretended to have tained this custom from Promethens, as well as that of perfumes; but they were mistaken, for die custom came from the Assyrians and the Babylonians. The crowned themselves with ob. their national flower. Atheng was called “the crowd of violets;” the citizens wore crowns of violets with golden grasshoppers in theirbair, The Archons mixed violets with their crown of myrtle, After the preliminary abo- chose a sort of festival, whose attributes verse by Berchoux, the poet of gastro- nomy., The guests, lead by the king of entered the dining-room stretched themselves upon the The women were seated on backs. ‘The most disting- was the place of honor, with delicate dishes were most The EQUATE and consecrated to Minerva, in temple of Lindos. The Greeks had plates, but thes wot use forks, Was the table lin that of the present day? her, spoke with adn wt of the territory Eabae, woven, and Strabo OETA 4 fis ‘ which was able to 1 from nade. To clean th into the fire wie! d their by means of sh on fad 4 1. {118 piate, which to wipe his I'he servants came the graest IORI, AD road Phe F which they carried in baskets cup bearers als were young people, well-born, who fol lowed the examples of Eurij in his infancy, ‘ the temple Delien, and of Larique, illustrious Sopho, who Mitylen in Prytanas les served, IANS, per card to be carried around, ar guests, knowing the menu, cho vance the food which suited them as we do lo<day al a restaurant repast consisted of the repast and the desert The repast includ NIIS, shel fish, bitter and swe herbs. The were symbolical character. The Greeks saw in the sh an image of the earth, in the white the yelk, fire—as for fourth element, air, they found that un der the shell. Orphae, Pythagoras and their disciples, abstaified from eggs in order that they might not destroy a germ that nature destined for repro- duction, but the other Greeks were not 80 SCTUY alous: they loved eggs not deprive themselves of this luxury. They said pleasantly of a thing possible to perform: “It is to mend an egg-shell.” Peacock egus were held in thel Oysters were also “elancus,” which was a species found at Megare. Those most sought for were those of Mitylene, in the island of Lesbos; they had norivals, althongh those ot Rhodes were greatly f Hu OVEIers, ou vind CRER WY in a8 easy AR ghost esteem, prized, es- With the oysters, were served The sea and oxymel. They wera deli- cious, taken in the full of the moon, and The shell- deavored to eat the spine. the sea, sometimes They also ate snails, of which the most famous were taken from the island of Astypalu, which Etienne, of Constanti. nople, called *‘the table of the gods,” be- cause it was covered with flowers, The repast proper consisted of solid food. First they served beef, mutton, fricasec of veal, chitterlings, pigs feet, liver, tripe, blood pudding, pigs heads, lambs head, ete. Desides the blood, the Grecks ate game with the hair; the roebuck, the best of which came from Melos, the hedge hog cious of their meats, the rabint to which they set up ditars at Delos, and the hare of which the best species, in the archi- pelago, are still those of Carpathos. After the meats came the poultry, game and fish. For poultry the Grouhs possessed chickens, gous, ducks, pig- eons and capons. T inhabitants of Cos understood the art of stuffing these, but it seems that it was the who first stuffed chickens, and it was from them that Sut the hatin for devouring ule, char with fatness bast- od with its own fat, There has bean a dispute cos : the © Some believed the andients it, and that 1t was onfried into Greece ye king of Mace. donia, from whenoe name of Mele. ide which has been given to this bird; but other historians think that it was n on of the tur but of the Hing whch M the des eriptious which have been given by eB A a EAB Aristotle, Cletin of Melet and Callix- ene of Rhodes, seem to apply to the turkey. On this point we shall speak farther. tt BUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1890, Jesus Brought Into the Temple, LESSON TEXT. or (Luko 2 : 25-35. Memory verses, 26, 82.) LESSON PLAN, Jesus the Toric or THE QUARTER : | Saviour of Men, Gorpex Texr vor THE QUARTER: Glory to God in the highest, and on | earth peace, good will toward men, —— | Luke 2 : 14. Liessox Toric Zhe Saviour's Mis- ston Recognized. r 1. Devout Waiting, vs, 25- { oa. o Prajesful Kea oR Lessox OurLixg:{ = Praiseful Bong, vs. 28 | 8 Marvelous Revelations, Goroex Text: A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Luke 2 : 32, Dany Home READINGS ; M. Luke 2 : % into the temple. Matt, by the deciples. W.—Matt. 16 13-28, by Peter T.—John 11 : Martha, F.-John 20 : Thomas, 1 John 4 : 1-15. believers. fea. 53 : 1- Isaiah, Jesus brought T 14 : 22-38. Recognized Confessed 14-27. Coufessed by 19-31. Confessed by Forescen by i} ya ss 53055 LESSON ANALYSIS, L DEVOUT WAITING, . A Holy Character: This man was righteons and devout (25 : a ighteous before me (Gen. 7 : 1 f +» 3} A 4 They were both (Luke 1 :¢ A devout i Acts 10 aT A An, an ) “ ' A Competent Guide: He came in the Spirit nto the tem- ple (27). The irit of the Lord whither I know not (1 | Bo the spirit lifted me up, away (Ezek. 3: 14). Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit in- to the wilderness (Matt. 4: 1). The Spirit of the Lord caught Phifip (Acts 8: 39). 1. “Sime rhiteons and de- vout.” (1) Upright in character: (2) Correct in ict; (3) Devout in spirit, . “Looking for Israel.” (1) lized; (2) Israel's o pated, 3. “It had been revealed unt the Holy Spirit.” (1) The of revelation; (1) The recipients of revelation; (3) The subject-matter of revelation; (4) The purposes of revelation, shall carry thee Kings 18: 12). and took nn wy #1 iL ¥ On the consolation of Israel's s neciation antic- him by 11. PRAISEFUL I. For Salvation: Mine eyes have seen thy {300, 1 3 1 My soul shall (Psa. 85: 9). BOX0 rejoice in wells of salvation (Isa. 12: 3). There is born to you this day viour (Lake 2: 11). i All flesh shall BOO the salvation of God i {Luke 3: 6). Il. For Light: A light for revelation to the Gentiles (32). i i 9:9). Gentiles (Isa. 49: 6). | Arise, shine; for thy light is come (Isa. i 60: e) | I have set thee for a light to the Gen- | tiles (Acts 13: 47). | 1I1* For Glory: The glory of thy people Israel (32). The King of glory shall come in (Psa. 24:7). Thou art the glory of their strength (Psa. 89: 17). The glory of the Lord is risen upon thee (Isa. 60: 1). The glory of the Lord shone round about them (Luke 2: 9). 1. “He received him into his arms and blessed God.” (1) Simeon; (2) Jesus; (3) Jehovah.—{1) The Sa- riour received; (2) The recipient comforted; (3) The Father praised. 2. “Mine eyes have seen thy salva. tion.” Salvation (1) Foreshadow- ed in prophecy; (2) Embodied in Jesus; (3) Experienced in the soul. 3. “The glory of thy people Israel.” (1) Israel, the people of God; (2) Jesus, the glory of Israel. Il. MARVELOUS REVELATIONS, 1, Perplexed Observers. His father and his mother were mar. veling (33). There was a calm. And the men marvelled ) Matt. 8: 26, 27). The multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen { Matt. 9; 33), All the mon did marvel (Mark 5: 20) And they marvelled all (Luke 1: 63), 11. Diverging Results: For the falling and rising up of many in larael (34). For a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense (Isa, 8: 14). Thestone, . . .set at nought. . . . was gt esd of the ne ats San. nto Jews a stumbling unto Gentiles foolishness (1 Cor. 1.98 Unto them that are oalled,... Christ the power of God (1 Cor. 1: 24). 111. Adverse Words: Tm A sign whioh is spoken against Od) ——" _ Men shall... say all manner of evil against you falsely (Matt. 5: 11). He hath Beelzebub (Mark 3: 22) Now we know that thou hasta (John 8: 52). We have found this man a pestilent fel- fow (Acts 24: 5). 1. “Marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him,” (1) A marvelous ehild; (2) Marvelous disclosures; (3) Marveling peopie, “I'his child is set for the falling and rising up of many.” (1) Christ rejected, the run of many; (2) Christ received, the salvation of many. . “That thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.” (1) Heart thoughts concealed; (2) Heart thoughts tested; (8) Heart thoughts revealed, devil ————— LESSON BIBLE BEADING, JESUS AMONG MEN, A touchstone of character (Luke 2 : 3 35). A decider of destiny (Matt. 7 : 21, 23). Exalted, yet rejected (Acts 4 : 11). Wisdom, yet foolishness (1 Cor, 1 of, Baving, yet a stumbling-block (Bo 9:32 33). Precious, yet offensive (1 Pet. 2 : 7, 8), Blessing, yet condemning (John 14 : 21, 23; 1 Cor. 16 : 22), ~ ’ $a dealing (2 Cor. vet death 2:15, 16). —_—— ~ LESSON SURROUNDINGS IxrErvesive Evest iT Jesus, born a Jew, was circumeine the eighth day, suswering, in th tian Year, to our New Year's Day the fortieth day, the little family went up from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, perform the ceremonies required by the Jewish law (Lev. 12). The first of these cercmonies was the purifieation of Mary. The second was the ceremon fin 1 i ‘ 1 wl redemption of the first-born male child in God in com- ion of the fact that the first- he children of Israel had been 1 when the first-born of all the were slain (Exod. 13 : 2 of these oldest sts and religic , however The first-born to & L born of t vO : BOLLS us teach- od chose these ser fice permit ip. Lev. ich gifts that the occur afte t. Hence 30 it of the Magi would seem Jerusalem, in the the precise place of the interviews be- the court of the women, as ap- um the presence of Mary and Anna. The purification took place near temple; the eastern side of the en- Tie. —On the fortieth day after the according to the dstes al- the r the study of this B.C. 4 Per Joseph and Mary, with the infant Jesus; Simeon; and probably a number of worshipers in the temple. IncipExts. —Simeon, to whom hed lesson), year see the Messiah, court. When the ¢l gq afi, enters the temple iid Jesus is brought receives him in his imoeon Grins, » depart in peace. special prediction is made to especting the child and herself. A MP5 A Profitable Business, A young woman is building up a Travel- made a good d of drawers in want of nothing but polish and varnish shipers of brica-brac gone by. The New York and Brook- yn, as things go in this country, are ancient cities. There are low-browed Dutch homesteads within the limits of the former city, and old houses on See- ond avenue, in the Washington square region, and on Fifth avenue itself, in New York, which only need to yield up their treasures to delight all the lovers of last century carved oak, mirror- front wardrobes, rare spindle-leg monstrosities and choice bits of bub, This young woman has begun = series of tours among the stately old man- sions sunk to second-class boardi houses, or gone yet further on the r of neglect and decay, and when she finds a relie of grandeur, she reha- bilitates it snd introdoces it to an art lover, or a curio lover, or a person am- bitious of the repute of an art or eurio lover—with money. An old ebony cabinet, inlaid with mother of pearl, an old dressing-table, with a tray of Sevres let into the top, an old chair, covered with French flowered sktins of the earl years of the century, these are pre. dukes in banishment to be restored to their lost estate. It is a pleasant busi- Rnowlodte Boa 098 ane bates ote now a ment, and she en 1h ot A ——I AAA, Coroner— When did you see Editor Hull last? Witness — Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, “Did be have any great amount of money with him thst you know about?" “Yen, sir,” SSeusation.) i “Then you think that death have been caused by foul play?” en wm Havolissh Yio ow, you please | had when you saw my’, ast ahi “Three dollars.” ay
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