REV. DR. TALMAGE SERMON. The Brooklyn Divine's Sunday Sermon. Sahject: “One Thing Lacking” TEXT: “One thing thou lackest.” Mari a1. The young man of the text was a splendid oature. We fall in love with him at the first glance, © was amiable and frank and earnest and educated and reflusd and re Secinbla sad moral, and yet he was not istian. And #0 Christ addresses him is the words that I have read to you, “Om thing thou lackest.” I suppose that that taxi Was no more applicable to the young man of whom I have spoken than it Is appropriate toa age multitude of peopla in this audi mon. ere are maay things in which you je Inaking. For inmanca, you are not lack n jood me. It is perhaps no more than an hour ago that you ol the door, Shuarniag to see whether it was well fastened of ome of the best homes of this city, The Jumager children of the house already asleep, ® ones, hearing your returning foot eps, will to the to meet you. And im these I the x. every-day life and th life, in worldly suc © as much money d | make, but you have an While others are false when thay my they have no income, or are making no ¥, you have never told that falsehood. host Tou have w Tenources, i is for God is just as good to us takes oare of us by a surplus of the t success. While there are with hanger at the of a 5 paw, ogTY- Neither are they riendship. You have i the scarlet fever -night to your house you who would come in sit HE £ 3 § | ik dh EEL Ww FREES pn § = F Hany of of religion ve given more to the cause of Christ some who profess His faith. There is that would please you more than to me your son or daughter stm at the of Christ, taking the vows of the Chris dan. It might be a little hard on y make you nervous and agita while, but you would be man enc “My child, that is right. Go on. Ie baven't beta kept back some day to join you othe doctrines of religion. ponder says, “1 ama sinner.” You respond, “‘Boam 1.” Some one says, *‘I believe that ist came to save the world.” You say, dol” Lookin: at your character, at your surroundings, 1 find a thousand things Shout which to congratulate you, and yet I must tell you in the Jove aud fear of God, smd with reference to my last account, “One fring thou lackest.” You need, my friends in the first place, the eclament of Some day yon Indl wretched, You do not know what is the matter ia you. You my, “I did not sicep Est night, thimk that must be the reason R= restiessness:” or, “I have eaten some fin and might for a little h to say: am glad my examples You en A man out that did not agrees with me, and I that must be the reason.” And you . Ob my friends, happiness not depend upom physical condition of the happiest peoples I have ever bave been those who have besn in consumption, or stung with nen- or burning with the slow fire of some er. I shall never forget one man in my first parish, who in excruciation of body cried ute “Mr. Talmage, I forget all my pain in love and joy of Jesus Christ. | can’t Bink of my sufferings when [ think of Christ.” by, his lave was illumined. Phare ars young men in this house who would give testimony to show that there is no hap piness outside of Christ, while there is great in Hisservica. There are young men = fh have not been Christians more than six mouths who would stand up to-night, if I should ask them, and sy in those six months they bave had more joy snd satisfaction than i all the years of their frivolity and dissipa. don. Go to the door of that Fin shop to sight, and when the gang of young men sotoe out ask them whether they are happy. They laugh along the street, and they jour and they shout, but nobody has any idea they are Japs. 1 could call upon the aged men in this house to give testimony. are aged men here who tried the world, and they tried midigion, and they are willing to testify on our side. It was not long ago that an aged pan arose in a prayi circle and said: sthren,[ loss my son as he graduated from ool} and is my heart; but 1 um glad mow he is gone. He is at rest, os froza all IPR ind trom all trouble, Ry § i n g : ! i : Bs i i | i F : j ¥ { oh g 3 i i fx i } st ! i : i E*E tg I 1 i E fs : CHL 2 : t i alley, but he wants Immortal bread. Y. a pound of candles to that dark shanty, They want the t that from throne of God, you cannot take it be cause Jo hive in your own heart You know that the flight of an arrow de pends yory much upon the strength of the w, and 1 have to tell you that the best bow that was ever made was made out of the soul and puts it o that, and pulls it back and lets it fly, every or Goliath it brings down a Saul yal Ke means, and cultured od em wonld come into the kingdom God, would set the eity on fire with relig. lous awakening. Oh, hear you not the more , There are people hereof high social Hom, aad is who In these two cities are dylag in their sing? They want light. They want bread. hey want heaven. Oh, eaven that 1 will preach this gospel as as 1 can, in all its fullness, until every of my body, and every faculty of my my soul is ex- to do. 1 do my work, God pownts us out the places whers in this houss who are thirty, forty, fift sixty years of age and yet have not t work for which they were created? With every worldly equipment, “One thing thou lac Aguin, you lack the element of personal Si. here are those people who asso- cla with you twenty years ago! Whera are those that to cross South ferry or Fulton ferry with and and see how all the signs have changed, Where are the gone?! How many of in eternity I cannot say, but e village of m boyhood. houses were all changed. who had lived an earnest, useful life and he is in glory now. In the next house a miser ved | devoured widows’ housss, and spent his whole life in trying to make the world worse and worse. And he is gone—the good man and the miser both gone to the same place. Ah, did they go to the same ? It is an infinite absurdity to suppose both in the same place. If the miser bad a harp, what tunes did he play on it? Oh, my friends, I commend you to this re- ligion as the only personal safety! When ou die, where are you going to! When we ve all these scenes, upon what scones will we enter?! When we were on shipboard, and we all felt that we must all go to the bottom, was [right in saying to one next me: “I wonder if we will reach heaven if we do go down fo-night?™ Was I wise or unwise in Saking thas question? I toll you that man is a fool who never thinks of the $ future, If you pay your money you take a 5 If you buy land you record the deed. Why? everyth is so uncertain, you want 3 down in b and white, you say. For a house and lot twenty-five feet front by ons bumdred feet deep, all security; but fora soul vast as eternity nothing, nothing! If Some man or woman standing in some of these aisles should drop down, where would you go to? Which is your destiny? Suppose a man is prepared for the futures world, what difference does it make to him whether he ioc to his home today or goes into glory? ly this difference—If he Sies he is better off. Where he bad one joy on earth he will bave a million in heaven. When he has a small sphere here he will have a grand there. Perbaps it would cost you ¥, or one hundred, or one hundred and fifty dollars to have your physical life in- sured, and yot free of charge I offer you in- surance on your immor life, payable not at your decease, but now and to-morrow and svary day and always My hope in Christ {s not so bright as many Christians, | know, but | would not give it ap for the whols universe, in one cash pay- ment, if it were offered me. It has been so much comfort to me in time of trouble, it bas been so much strength to me when [ have been assailed, it has been so much ret to me when I bave been perplexed, and it is around my heart such an incasement of satisfaction and bisssedness that [ can stand here before God and say: “Take away my health, take away my life, take everything rather than rob me of this hope, this plain, simples hope which I bave in Jesus Christ, my Lord. 1 must bave this robe when the last chill strikes through me. I must have this lighs when all other lights go out in the blast that comes up from the cold Jordan 1 must have this sword with which to fight my way through all those foes on my way heaven- ward.” When I was in London 1 saw there the wonderful armor of Henry VIII and Bd. ward III. And yet I have to tell you that there is nothing in chain mail or bras plate or gauntlet or halberd that makes a man so safe as the armor in which the Lord God clothes His dear children. Oh, there is a safety in religion! You will ride down all your foes, Look out for that man who has the strength of the Lord God with him. In olden times the horsemen used to ride into battle with lifted lances, and the snemy fled the field, The Lord on the white horse of victory and with lifted lances of divine strength rides into the battles, and down goss the spiritual foe, while the vietor shouts the trinmph through the Lord Jesus Christ. As & matter of personal safety my dear friends, you must have this religion I apply my subject to several classes of people before me. First, to that great mul. titude of young people in this houses. Some of these young men are in boarding houses They have but few social advantages. They think that no one eares for their souls Many of them are on small salaries, and they are cramped and bothered perpetually, and sometimes their heart fails them. Young man, to-night at your bedroom door on the third floor you will hear a knock. It will be the band of Jesus Christ, the young man's friend, saying, “Oh, young man, let Me come in; Iwill help thee, I will comfort thee, I will deliver thee.” Take the Bible out of the trunk if it has been hidden away. If you have not the courage to lay it on the shit or table, take the Bible that was given to you by some loved one, take it out of the lite ™ But I apply this subject to the aged--not y in any assembia old. That is 1 rule. Here there an man the house. I tell you the truth. You bave lived long enough in this world to know that of age, and he dow’s love Chris Fo father pase a few more steps on life. and then he went down, He never any intimation that he had chosen Jesus, 3 is & very hard thi for an old man to be eome a Christian. I know it is. It is so hars a thing that it cannot be done by any humas work; but God Almighty can do it by His omnipotent grace; He ean bring you at ths eleventh hour—at half-past sleven-—at one minute of twelve He can bring you to the peace and the joys of the glorious gospel, I must make application of this subject al #0 to those who are prospered. Have you my friends, found that dollars and cents are no permanent consolation to the soul? You | have large worldly resources, but have vo no treasures, no heaven? Is anembroidere plier all that you want to put poor dying ead on? You have heard people all last week talk about earthly A Hear a plain man talk about the heavenly, Do you not know it will be worse for you, O pros persed man, if you reject Christ, and reject Him finally —that it ‘will be worse for you than those who had it hard in this world, be causes the contrast will make the discom- fiture so much more appalling? Asthe hart bounds for Ho watet brooks, as the speeds down the hills speed thon to Christ. “Escape for thy dite To not be- hind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain lest thou be con. sumed I 1 must make my application to another class of persons—the poor, When you can- uot pay Lou rent when it is due, have you nobody but the landlord to talk to! When | thes flour has gone out of the barrel, and you | have not ten cents with which to go wo the | baker, and your children are tugging at your | iress for something to eat, have you nothing {but the world's charities to a to? | When winter comes, and there are no coals, { snd the ash barrels bave no more cinders, who takes care of you? Have you nobody | but the overseer of the poor? But I preach i If you do not | 0 you a poor man's Christ, | save in the winter blankets enough to cover | roa in the night, I want to tell you of Him who had not where to lay His head. If you {dsom the bare floor, I want w tell you of | Him who had for a pillow a bard cross, and whose foot bath was the streaming blood of | His own heart. Oh, you poor man! Oh, your poor woman! | Jesus understands your cass altogether. | Talk it right out to Him to-night. Get down | m your floor and say: | hou wast poor and I am poor. Help me, { Fhou art rich now, and bring me up to Thy i riches Do you think God would cast you ff? Will He? You might as well think that » mother would take the child that feeds on | 3or breast and dash its life out, as to think | that God would put aside roughly those who ave fled to Him for pity oy com passion. | Yea, the prophet says, “A woman nay pet her sucking child, that she woul | 3ave compassion on the son of ber womb, but | { will not forget thee.” | If you have ever been on the sea you have | poon surprised in the first voyage to flud there are so fow sails in sight Sometimes for sven days, and do not see a single mil, but | when a vessel does come in sight the sea glasses are lifted to the oye, the vessel is RIVAL FORCES, —— There are many mighty forces at work around us, and the effects of their oper- ation are continually before us, though we see them not, Natural forces and artificial forces, physical forces and moral forees; we are conscious of them all, though we may understand them but dimly; we own their power, though often without comprehending it. But | as there is to many natures an irresisti- i ble charm in the mysterious and un- { known, these little-comprelhiended forces { have a wonderful fascination all their own, which is denied to those whose ower wo more clearly understand. Ve seo this in the natural world, and we see 1t quite as plainly in the moral or spiritual world; the force of public opinion, for instance, 18 none the less mighty because we are often st a loss to account for some particular expres. sion of it; the force of circumstances is none the less impressive to the imagi- nation because we cannot tell exactly how far it is irresistible, or at what particular point we may successfully make a stand against it. There 1s something of vagueness in our ideas of both these foroes, if not in the forces themselves, which impresses us strong- ly; and thus ther power over our | minds and imaginations is increased a | bundredfold., This is natural enough, and, though we may suffer for it, we { can scarcely blame ourselves for the influence the unknown thus exerts over | ns. That it should exert this influence is in conformity with the universal law | of our being—a force that we are pow- | { | erless to resist, But while we cannot but allow much weight to the force of circumstances, we must not at once make up our minds { that it is irresistible, and that uncondi- tional surrender is all that remains for us, “The force of circumstances” is i the cry of all weak souls when they | yield in the battle of life; a ery uttered | before they have stood on hostile | charge, or struck one blow for freedom {and independence. But the strong man does not own himself defeated till be bas exhausted all legitimate means When he has done all, and done it in vain, then he yields, but not When he has proved the circumstances, and found it he gives up an attempt Ro We “Whither bound?” life wross the water, you and { meet on the sea of wine and we go, net balore. Home of us will never meet again. But I bail you scross the sea, and with reference to the last great day, and with reference to the two great worlds I ory cross the water: “Whither bound?! whither wound ™ 1 know what service that craft was made for, but hast thou thrown overboard the coupe puss? Is there no helm to guide it! Is the thip at the mercy of the tempest! Is there 30 gun of distress booming through the dorm? With priceless treasures —with treas- ares aboard worth more than all the Indies ~wilt thou never come up out of the trough of the sea? O Lord God, lay hold of that man! Son of God, if thou wert ever nesded wnywhere, thou art nesded hers. There are 0 many sins 1 be Jordonnd There are so many wounds to be healed. There are so pany souls to bosaved. Help, Jesus! Help, Holy Ghost! Help, ministering angels from ie throne Help, all sweet memories of the met! Halp, all prayers for our future de iveranoe! Oh, that now, in this the ac septad time and the day of salvation, you would bear the voice of mercy and live! laste and so» that the Lord is gracious In this closing moment of the service, when everything in the house is so favorable, when everything is so still, when God is so oving and heaven is 0 near, drop your sine and take Jesus. Do not cheat yourself out of heaven. Do not do that. God forbid that st the last when it is too late to correct the mistake, a voice should rises {rom the pillow aw drop from the throne, utlering Jum four words—{our sad annihilating words, “Ouse ding thou lackest.” The Big Trees of Califorala. The sequoias dominate among splen- fid rivals only by a magnitude that has ao comparison elsewhere in the world, that one of these monarchs will have apon him. He has read that a coach and ix can drive through one of the trees that is standing; that another 1s thirty. shree feet in diameter, and that its wast | | renders to the inevitable; a very differ- ent thing this from the cowardly fling- ing away of his weapons before he has fired cne shot, or struck one blow. Aguin, those weak souls who most readily yield to the force of cireum- stance are usually the last to soknowl- edge that they are in any way responsi- ble for those circumstances: that it is to some extent owing to them that they are what they are, and have that power, many cases a little reflec. tion would prove to us that this is abso- lutely true? The man who yields in a moment of temptation, and speculates with other people's money, may fully intend to repay it st a more convenient season; bul circumstances are against him; instead of gaining more | all, and flies from his home a dishonor. ed bankrupt. It is all very well for him to lay the blame op cirenmstances, but surely ! e is himself answerable for them; it was h » action alone that gave them that irresistible power over him. It is easy enough to set a stove rolling down mill; a child may do it with a but it going, a strong man cannot stop it in mid career as it rushes down with all the added impetus of its swift descent. So it is with the force of circumstances. We ourselies often set it in motion by some slight act to which, at the time, we attach scarcely any importance; but it soon mesos beyond our oontrol, and well Ju us if it does not crush us in its on- ward course, And yet this is not always the case; there is another force which may some- touch; once set t sumstances, and successfully too; and that is force of character. Where the i i will not give way to circumstances; he will overcome them if he can. And it very often happens that he does #0 nass of foliage that seems to brush wgainst the sky. He might be prepared for a tower one hundred feet in circum- bring to bear upon him. A man of this nature -—ay, or a woman either— standing upon a level plain. But this dving growth is quite another affair, Bach tree is an individual, and has a personal character. No man can stand in the presence of one of these giants stances, though he may be their victim; but defeat in his case will be almost as glorious as victory, and defeat with characters of this forcible type will be the exception and not the rule. Force world and the insignificant span of one human life; but he is also overpowered by a sense of some gigantic personality. it does not relieve him to think of this ws the Methuselah of trees, or to call it The awe the tree inspires is of it- As one lies and looks up at the tain, self, | bulk, so lightly is it carried, as the spirit !of the tree, the elastic vigor, the pa. | tience, the endurance of storm and | change, the confident might, and the | soaring, almost contemptuous pride, that | that overwhelm the puny spectator. It | is just because man can measure himself, | bi littleness, his brevity of existence, { with this growth out of the earth, that ‘he is more personally impressed by it | than he might be by the mere variation lin the contour of the globe which {called 8 mountain. The imagination makes a plausible effort to comprehend it, and is foiled. No, clearly it is not mere size that impresses one; it is the dignity, the character in the tree, the aa- thority and power of antiquity. Side by side of these venerable forms are young uois, great trees themseves, i just begun their willen- nial career—-trees that wi, i spared perpetuate to remote ages moe giants, and in two to four rectitude and honor to stop ere it be too late; it will enable him frankly to | though it may be with pain and diffi culty, and make an effort-—-unsucoess ful & may be so far as the object is con- cerned, yot surely not unsuccessful in its effect upon himself—to retrieve his | forfeited position. Foree of character will enable 8 woman who has been led into folly or extravagance to brave the ridioule of her thoughtless companions and turn back while there is yet time to save bersell anid those dear to her from the consequences of her rashness; it will enable her to deny herself for the sake of others, to dress more sim- ply (nosmall sacrifice to the feminine mind); and live with more economy and —— ostentation, For foree of character will enable her to break with her past, and thas the force of ciroum- stances will have no power to over. whelm her. Let those, then, who are afraid of the force of cirenmstances assure thom- selves in the first instance that they Jeally have no cause for fear, for by a blin iritless surrender ¥ may create the very danger they dread; but by a bold rs they may escape consequences they apprehend, and | i SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. BUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 15, 1801, Elijah Taken to Heaven. LESSON TEXT. A Kings? : 1.11. Memory verses: 9-11) LESSON PLAN, Toric or and Serving. THE QJUanrTER: OSinning Goroes Texr ror tae Quanrren: Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Lim, 4 : 5, Lisson Toro: God's Servant Glori- r 1. Honored of Men, | i. v.68 | 2. Helped of God, vs Cy 1,5 Taken to Glory, vs, 1, 611. Gornoven Texr: And Fnoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.—QGen. 5 : 24. vs. 2, LESSON OvrLing:4 2 L. - | Dary Hose READINGS * : 1-11. 0 M.—2 Kings 2 God's serv- ant glorified. T,—~Luke 9 : 28-36. pears, Ww. Exod, opened, Josh, 8 :1- ed, Elijah reap- 14 : 13-31. The sea T. 17. Jordsn open- and (Pasa, 68: 17). Who maketh the clouds his chariot (Pua, 104: 3), His chariots shall be like the whirlwind (Isa. 66: 15), Il. The Triumphal Ascent: Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (11), Enoch was not; for God took (Gren. 5: 24), While he blessed them, he parted from them (Luke 24: 51), As they were looking, he was taken up Acts 1; 91, Enach was translated that he shonld not see death ( Heb, 11 bi. L “The Lord would take up Elijah by a whrilwind into heaven. 1) Jehovah's purpose; (2) FElijah's glorification. —Elijah’s translation: (1) 1ts author; (2) Ite means; (3) Its destination; (4) Its purposes. 2. “I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.” I) Elijah’s spirit; (2) Elisha’s prayer. . “Elijah west up by a whirlwind into heaven.” (1) The lowly start. ing-point; (2) The exalted termi- nus; (3) The majestic transporter tion. him —————— ——————————— LESSON BIBLE READING, WE BHALL NOT ALL BLEEP, The fact affirmed (1 Cor. 15 : | The fact assumed (1 Thess. 4 : Illustrated iv Enoch Heb. 11 : 5). 1) 15, Ly (xen. 5 ’3 3 F.—Isa 43 : 1-7. God with us in the waters, B.—1 Cor. 15: glorifieation. 8. | Thess, 4 with the Lord. >a 85-57. The 13- LESSON ANALYSIS, 1. HONORED OF MEN, I. Desired as Companions: Elisha said, ....I will not leave thee (2). Intreat me not to leave thee (Buth 1: 163. As the Lord liveth, thee (2 Kings 4 : 30), I am a companion of al Psa. 119 ; 6 Gaius and Aristarchu panions in travel (Acts 19 I will not leave 1 them that fear | thee Paul's eom- P35 ®, Il. Revered as Teachers: The Lord will take away thy master I know it (3). The spirit of Elijan doth rest on Elisha 2 Rings 2 : 15). They that turn meny for ever (Dan. 12 : D, Who also honored us with ors (Acts 28 : 10 Worthy of double honor labor in teaching (1 Tim. 5 ; Il. Trusted as Lea Jers: And they two a8 the stars n- many h« went on (6 Buth 163. He led them ont OV uy (Luke 24: 500, Many followed Paul Acts 13: 43 imitators of who herit the promises (Heb. 6:12 1. “*As the Lord liveth, I will leave thee.” (1) Elijah’s proposal; (2) Elisha's refusal. 1} A firm de- cision; A solemn vow. 2. “Koowest thou that the Lord take away thy master from head to-day?’ 1) The sons « prophets; (2: Elisha; (3) El (1 “Phe pending removal; ( and Barnal them Je . “1 know it; hold ye your peace.’ (1) Elisha's claim; Elisha's com- mand. IL I. Guided: The Lord hath sent me as far a Be al (2). (2 “ HELPED OF G07. th- led me in the right way (Gen. 24: 48), 1 will Instruct thee and teach thee (Psa. 32: Ky Lead me in the way everlasting 13%: 24). T'o guide our feet into the way of peace {Luke 1: 79). ii. Assisted: Elijah smote the waters, and they were divided (8). The Lord caused the sea to (Exod. 14: 213. The waters... rose up in one heap (Josh. 3. 16). When he also had smitten the waters, they were divided (2 Kings 2: 14). When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee (1sa. 43: 2). i, Delivered: They two went over on dry ground (8). Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground (Exod. 14: 29 | The people passed over right against Jericho (Josh. 3: 18). And Elisha went over ( Kings 2: 14), Straightway the boat was at the land (John 6: 21), 1. “The Lord hath sent me as far as Beth-el.” (1) The guiding Lord; (#3 The obedient prophet.—(1) From Gilgal to Bethel; (2) From Beth-el to Jerichos (3; From Jeri- echo to Jordan; (4) From earth to heaven. 2. “Fifty men... stood over against them afar off.” (1) Their purpose; (2) Their position; (8) Their sus picion; (4) Their conclusion. 3, “The two went over on dry und.” (1) The smitten waters; ) The dry passage; (3) The tri umphant prophets. IL TAKEN TO GLORY. 1. The Parting Promise: If thon see me when I am taken, ... it shail be so (10). Thou shult fond upon their high places Dent. 33: Le 1am wits you alway (Matt. 28:20), I come will receive you un- to myself (John 14: 3). This Jesus... shall so come in like manner (Acts 1: 11), 11. The Chariot of Fire: There horses of (in. { Psa, go back IHustrated by I 11} ih 11 Luke 9 All must be changed 11 Phil. 8 : 21,. Saints shall 4:17). 2 Kings 2 + Bl, 15 : 51 ; hess, Cor. be £ 1 ¢ #1 glorified A ———— ns LESSON SURROUNDINGS, INTERVENING EVENTS, —J udgment was speedily pronounced by Elijah upon humbled himself, so that the full punishment was deferred (1 Kings 21 : 17-20). After three years’ n Syria and Israel, Jeho- Ahab, who oro poses to the Syrians, to know the Ahab, who Zi Det wed hat visits Lhe former wishes Lingor King to entice Ahah to death, atally wounded, and died the dogs licking up his chariot was washed (1 In the narrative a the reign of Jehoshaphat 1 Kings 22 : 41 50) £ ql} i ollows over Israel (VE, 1- cond Book of the Kings an account of the message to inquire of Baal-zebub, Ekr respecting his re- sovery from Elijah 1s sent by the Lord to meet and rebuke the ) who return to the king prediction of his death, to eapture Elijah, but is consumed by fire Another band meets death, but the captain band implores mercy, and n to go with him to the , to whom he repeat: the predio- of speedy death, which was ful. Jehor m, the brother of Aha h, sucoeeds him Gilgal, which is identified son of Ahsb, The B¢ 5 with i the er Ahazish god of SICK LIeRS, | esse NRers, | The king sends | the band of fit from heaven. with the third i.ah 18 Dido Ball i A mi CER, th-el. This may have temporary Lo ne of the two It is not the Gu gal spoken jof in Joshua and 1 Sawiunel) Bethel | was on the direct road to Jericho, the prophets passing through botu to some spot on the east side of the Jordan, probably not far from the latter place, Time. —Probably immediately after the death of Ahaziah. This, according to the usual chronology, was in B. C, 896. Lenormant puts it at 898 and Professor Davis of Princeton, in a ree cent article, places all the « fe from Rehoboam to Jehoram abou! or s-two years later, giving the closc 0 B. QO, R53 as the time of the death { Aha ziah, Pensoxs, Elijah and Elisha; two companies of the ‘sons of the pro- phets,” at Beth el and Jericho respoo- tively; fifty from the latter place 1 | particular, IxcipexTs, — Elijah and Elisha start from Gilgal, but the former asks his | follower to tarry; be refuses. At Beth | ol the sons of the prophets ask Elhsha if he knows that his master will be taken away that day; he tells them that he does. Again Elijah asks Elisha to tarry, and he sgainrefuses. InJericho the same events are repeated. The two go unto Jordan, followed for some dis tance by fifty of the sons of the proph- et, Elijah with his mantie divides the waters of the Jordan. and the two pass over. Elijah asks Elisha what he should do for him before he goes, and he answers, “Let a double portion of thy spiris be upon me.” The prophet tells his it is a har « thing, but prom ises that it shall be so if Elisha sees him when he is taken np. A oha ict and horses of fire part them, and Elijah goes up “by a whirlwind into heaven.” been the | prophets. —— Evenyriina that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low, or so little, as when occu. pied with the present. Howsven vich or jowerful a man may be, it is the height of folly to make personal enemies, for one u moment may yield you to the revenge of the most de picable of mankind. Pavy B. Dv Cuatnao has definitely decided to make America his home for some time to come, and next year he will take to the lecture platform with sories of three lectures on “The Lan of the Midnight Sun,” “The Vikings" and another subject not yet determined. Tuzne is an old schoolhouse at Pow. nall, Vi, in which President Garfield aud Arthur acted as Tre Brith Admirsity engineers are cond ex uliets-ais Nout run of under forced draught Portsmo+" , '
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