REV. DR. TALMAGES SERMON. Yhe Brooklyn Divire's Sanday Sermon, Bubject : “Astray, But Recovered.” Text “Al we like sheep have gone astray * * * gad the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” —Isaiah iii. 6 Within ninety years at the longest all who hear or read this seroon will be In eternity, During the next fifty years vou will nearly all be gone, The next ten years will cut wide swath among the peonle. The year 1881 will to some be the finality. Such con- siderations make this occasion absorbing and momentous. The first hall of my text is an Indictment, “All we like sheep have gone astray.” Some one savs: “Can you not drop the first word? That is too general; that sweeps too great a circie.” Some man rises in the avdience and he looks over on the opposite side of the house, and he says: “There isa biasphemer, and 1 understand how he has gone astray. And there in an- othar part of the house is a defrauder, and be bas gone astray. And there is an impure Person, and he has gone astray.” Sit down, my brother, and look at home. My text takes us allin, It starts behind the pulpit, sweeps the circuit of the room and comes back to the point from where it started, when it says. “All we Hke sheen | have gone astray.” I can very easily under. stand why Martin Luther threw up his handy | after he bad foundthe Bible and cried out, “Oh! my sins, my sins,” and why the publi oan, according to the custom to this day in the East, when they have any great grief began to beat himself and cry as he smote upon bis breast, “God be merciful to me & Sinner.” 1 was, like many of you, brought up in the country, and I know some of the habits of | sheep and how they get astray, and what my | text means when it says, “All we like sheep have gone astray.” Bheop get astray in two | ¥uys either by trying to get into other pas ture, or from being scared by the dogs. In e former way some of us got astray. We ought the religion of Jesus Christ short commons. We thought there was better pas tarage somewhere else, We thought if we could only He down on the banks of distant streams or under great caks on the other side of some hill we might be better fed. We wanted other pasturage tham that which God Sitough Jesus Christ gave our | eon! and we wanderad on and wandered on, and we wero lost. We wanted bread and | We found garbage. The further we wan- | dered, instead of finding rich pasturage, we found blasted heath and sharpened rocks and fore stinging nettles, No pasture, How | #was It in the worldly groups when you lost | your child? Did they come around and con- | sole you very much? Did not the plain | Christian man who came into your house and sat up with your darling child give you more comfort than all worldly associations? Did all the convivial songs you ever heard comlort you in that day of bereavement so | much as the song they sang to you, perhaps | the very song that was sung by your litle child the last Sabbath afternoon of her | Ii a is a nappy land, far, far swar, here saints immorial reign, bright, bright sa day ¢ associates in that day of ad trouble give you any especial Businss exasperated’ you, wore you out business left #8 A rag business made uo mad. You got dollars, but you got no peace, God have mercy on the man who has wothing but business to comfort him. The world afforded you no luxuriant pasturage. A famous English actor stood on the stage impersonating, and thunders of applause came down from # galisries, and meoy thought it was the proudest moment of his life; but there was a man asleep just in fromt of him, and the fact that that man was in- different and somuolent spoiled all the occa- ion for him, and hecried, “Wake up! wake up” 20 ons little pervading t imap annoyance has besn mote your mind than all the bril Jmnt copgratulations and successes. Foor pasturage for your soul you found in this world, The worid has cheated you the world has belied you, the world has misin- terpreted you, the world has persecuted you. It never comforted you, Oh! this world is A good rack from which a horse may pick bis Bay, it is a goo! trough from which the gwine may crunch their mess; but it gives but little food to a soul blood bought and immortal What isa soul? It isa hope high as the drone of God. What is aman? You say, “Itisonly a man” It is only a man gone overboard in business life, What is a man’ The battleground of three worlds, with his hands taking bold of destinies of light or darkness. A man! No line can measurs him. Ro lrait can bound him. The archangel be- fore the throne cannot outlive him. The stars shall die but he will w h their extinguish- ment. The world will burn, but he will gaze on the conflagration Endless ages will march oa; he will watch the procession A man! The masterpiece of God Almighty, Wet vou say, ‘it isonly a man.” Can a na ture like that be fod on husks of the wilder. tess’ ubstantia © On natures Ua All we can hosel is vanity aud soil mior: will not grow y soil Christ we know wu got astray age; others by gs. The boun pte over into the pas ture field, The poor things fly in every di- | yaction. Io a few moments they are torn of | the sas and they are plashed of the ditch, and she lost sheep never gets home unless the farmer goes alter it, There is nothing go thoroughly lost sheep, it may have been in 1857, de g the financial panic, or during the financial stress in the fall of 1%75_ when you got astray. You almost be- came an atheist. You said, “Where is God, that honest men go down and thieves pros- # You were dogged of creditors, you | were dogged of the banks, you were dogged of worldly disaster, and some of you went foto misanthropy, and some of you took to strong drink, and others of you fled out of Christian association, and you got astray. O man! that was the last time when you ought to have forsaken God Standing amid the foundering earthly fortunes, how could you get along without a God to comfort you, and a Ged to deliver you, and a God to help you, and a Bod to mye you! You tell me you have been through enough business trouble almost te kill you. [know I canmot understand how the boat could live one hour in that chopped sea. But [ do not know by what process you got astray; some in one ay. and some in another, and if you could really ses the position some of you ocoupy before God this morming, your soul would ters into an agouy of tears and you would pelt the heav- ns with theory: “God have mercy I Biual's tieries have been unlimbered above Your soul, and at times you have beard it thunder: “The wages of sin is death.” “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death " u all wen, for that all have sinned.’ that sinneth it shall die.” by looking for being scared of | owt, of your is i. “Oh” says some man, “thatfs not genen ' pus that is not fair; let every man qarry ik wn burden and pay his own debts” pounds reasonable. If I bhavean obligation and I have the means to meet i and | come to you and ask you to settle that obligation, you rightly say, “Pay your own debts” It you and [ walking down the street, both hale, hearty and well, I ask you to carry ma, you say, and say rightly, "Walk on your own feet” Bat supposs youand [ were in a regiment and I was wounded in the battle and 1 fell unconscious at your feet with gun. shot fractures and dislocations, what would you do? You would call to your comrades saying, “Come and help, this man is hein. less: bring the ambulance; let us takes him to the homital,” and I wou d ba a dead lift in your arms, and vou would Hft me from the ground where | had fallen and put mein the ambulancs and take ma to the hospital and have all kindness shown me. Would there be anything mean in your doing that? Would thers be anything hemeaning in my accepting that kindness! Oh, no, You would be mean not to do it. That is what Christ does If we could pay our debts then it would be better to go up and pay them, saving, “Here, Lord, here is my obligation; here are the means with which [ mean to settle that obligation: now give me a receipt; cross it all out,” The debtis paid. But the faot is we hava fallen in battle, we have gone down ander the bot fire of our transgressions, we have besn wounded by the sabers of sin, we are helpless, we are undone. Christ comes, Tbe loud clang heard in the sky on that sounding bell of the ambulance. Clear the way for the Son of God. He comes down to bind up the wounds and to scatter the dariness, and to save the lost, Clear the way for ths Son of God, Christ comes down to ses us, and we ars a He does not lift us with the tips He does not lift us with one He comes down upon His knee, and then with a dead lift He raises us to honor and to glory and immortality, “The Lord Why, then, will no man carry his sins’ You cannot carry successfully the smallest sin How much less can you carry ali the sins of your lifetime! Christ comes the lacerations of I have come to bear your bur. dens, and to pardon your sins, and to pay your debts ut them on My shoulder: put them om My heart” “On Him the Lord bath laid the iniquityjof us all” Sin has almost pestered the life cut of some of you. At times it has made you cross and ness of your days and the peace of your nights. There are men who have besn rid- The world gives them no solace. Gossamer and volatile the world, while ster. pity, as taey look forward to it, is black as midnight. They writhe uader the stings of a conscience which proposes to give no rest bere and no rest hereafter; and yet they do not repent tiey do not pray, they do not weep. [hey do not realizs that just the po- by scores, hundreds and thousands of men who never found any hope If this meeting should be thrown open and the people who are here could give thelr testi. mony, what thrilling experiences we should hear on all sides! Thers is a wan in the gal- lery who would sav: “I bad brilliant sur roundings, 1 bad the best education that one of the best egiate institutions of this country could give, and 1 observed all the moralities of life, and I was si! righteous, and I thought I was all right before God as Iamall right before men; but the Hely Spirit came to ms one day and said, * You are a sinner;' the Holy Spirit persuaded me of the fact. While I had esem the sins against the law of the land | had really com- mitted the worst sin a man ever commits — the driving back of the Boa of God from my heart's affections, And Isaw that my hans were red with the blood of the Bon of God, and I began to pray, and peace came to my x ‘On Him the ord hath laid the iniquity of us ail." ” Yonder is a man who would say: “I was | the worst drunkard in New York: I went | from bad to worse: I destroyed myself, I | destroyed my home: my children cowersd | when | entered the house; when they put up | their lips to be kissed I struck them; when | my wife protested agains the maltreatment, | I kicked her into the street. I know all the | bruises and all the terrors of a drunkard’s woe, I went on further and further from God until the day 1 got a letter saying: “MY Dean Huseasp—1 have tried every way. dome everything, and prayed earnestly and fervently for Fie reformation, but it | woms of no avail. Bince our little Henry died, | with the sxcepiion of those fow happy weeks when you remained sober, my life has been one | of sorrow. Many of the nights | have mat | by the window, with my face bathed in tears, watohing for your coming. [I am broken hearted, I am sick. Mother and {ather have besa here frequently and begged me to come home, but my love for you and | my hope for brighter days bavs always made me refuse them. That hops seems now be. yond realization, and | ve returns to them. [tis hard, and I battled long before doing it. May God bless and preserve you, and take from you that scourssd appetite and hasten the day when we shall be again living happily together, This will bs my daily prayer, knowing that He has said, ‘Come unto me all ye that labor aad are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” From Many, “And ao 1 wandered on and wandered on,” says that man “until one might I passed a Mothodist meeting house, and I said to myself, ‘I'll go in and ses what they | are doing.” and I got to the door, and they were singing’ All may come, whoever will, This man receives poor sinners still, ‘And I dre right there where I was end 1 said, ‘God have mercy,’ and He bad mercy on me. My home is restored, my wife sings all day long during work, my children come out a way to wt me home, and my housshold is a little “weaven. I will tell you what did all this for me. It was the truth that this day you i ‘On Him the Lord bad laid the iniquity of os ail” Yonder fs 8 woman who would say: “1 wandered off from my father's hous; I heard the storm that pelts on a lost soul; mx test were blistered on the hot rocks. 1 on and on, thinking that no one cared my soul, when one night Jesus met me He sald ‘Poor thing, yo home| waiting for you, your you. Go home, poor thing' Asd, sr, was too weak to pray, and 1 was woak repent, but I just eried out; sobbed out m sins and my sorrows on the shoulders of Hi of whom #6 is ssid, ‘the Lord bath isid on Him the iniquity of us all, ’" There is a young man who would say: *1 had a Christian uo, 1 came from the country to city life: 1 started well, 1 had position, a good commercial position, the theater I nj FE £3 is i i I i Oh, my brother, without stopplag te ma to w your hand trembles or ‘without Monping 18 look whether your is bloated with sim or not, put it iu my hand, let me give you one warm, brotherly, Chris ‘tian grip, and iavite you ht up to the heart, to the compsssion, to gympatay, to the pardon of Him on whom the Lord ha Iaid the iniquity of us all, Throw away your sing, Carry them no longer. 1 pro. claim emancipation this morning to all who ara bound, pardon for all sin, and eternal life for all the dead. Bome one comes here this morning, and I ytand aside. He comes up these steps. Ho pomes to this place. [ must stand aside, Taking that placs He spreads abroad His hands and they were nalled. You see [lis feet, they were bruissd, He pulls aside the robe and shows you His wounded heart. 1 say, “Art Thou weary? “Yea” He says, “weary with the world's woe” [ sav, “Whenes comest Thon? He says, ‘1 come from Calvary.” 1 say, “Who comes with Thee™ Hesays, ‘‘No ones; I bave trodden the winepress alone” [may, “Why comest " And He knoels and He says: “Put on My shoulders all the sorrows and all the sins” I take them and § Bon of G I may: "Canst Thou bear an more, O Christ™ He says: “Yea, more. And I gather up the sins of ail those who serve at these altars, the officwrs of the Church of Jesus Christ—1 gather up all their #ins and put them on Christ's shoulders, and 1 say: “Canst Thou bear aay mere He says: “Yéa more” Then I gather up all the sins of a hundred people this houses, and I put them on the shoulders of Christ, and I say: “Canst Thou bear mere” He pays: “Yous, more” And 1 gather np all the sins of this assembly, and 1 put them on the shoulders of the Bon of God, and | say: “Canst Thou bear them®™ “Yea” He sayu, “more” But He is departing. Clear the way for Him, the Bon of God. Open the deor and lot Him pass out. He is carrying our sins and bearing then away, We shall never we then again. He shkrows them down inte the abysm, and you hear the long reverber. ating echo of their fall, "On Him the Lord bath laid the iniquity of us ali,” Will you let Him take away your sins to-day? Ur do you say, “I will take charge of then mysalf; 1 will fight my own batties; I will risk eternity on my clergyman sald own acoount.” A in his pulpit one Bab- bath, “Befors next Saturday night one of this andience will have passed out of life” A gentleman said another seated next to him, *1 don't believe it. I mean to watch, and if 8 dosn't come true by next Saturday night I shall tell that clergyman bis falmbood.” The man seated next to him said, ‘Perhaps ft will be your. wif.” “Oh, vo,” the other replied: “‘Ishall live to be an old man” ast night he breathed his last To-day the Saviour calls. God never pushes a man off. God never de- siroys anybody, be man jumps off, Itis suicide—soul suicide —if the man perabes, for the invitation is “Whosoever will lst him come.” Whosoever, whosoever, whoso- ever! In this day of merciful visitation, while many are coming iato the kingdom of God, join the procession heavenward. RBeated arnong us during a service was & man who came in and said, “I doa’t know that there ls any God” That was om Fri. day night, 1 said “We will kneel down and find out whether there I any God” And in the second seal from the pulpit we knelt He maid: ‘I bave found Him. There isa God, a pardoaning God. 1 feel Him bere.” Has koealt in the darkness of sin. He arose two minutes afterward in the Hberly of the Gospel; while another sitting under the gallery on Friday night ssid “My op portunity Is gooe; last week I mi~%t have been saved pot pow; the door I shat” another from the wid et of the meeting, during the week, rushed out of the front dear of the Tabernacle, mying, "iam a lowt man” “Behold! the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world” “Now is the socopted time. Now is the da mivation.” “It is appoints! unto all men onos 10 die, and after thatthe judg ment” All may comes, of Extinet Birds. “There are only four egge of the each. It seems odd to think of a bird becoming extinct, but no one has seen a are but five mounted specimens in exist. ence, and none of the eggs are in exist ence. Kirtland's warbler is another seven had ever been captured, and these all were found in a region near Cleve- Ohio, less than a mile square. upon a colony of the birds, and knowing what a mine be had struck, shot sbous twenty and took them to this country. When he began to unload, the story because no has yet seen its eggs Mississippi River in the early spring and British North America, and goos south in board. If any one can find the nest of this little fellow with four eggs in it, it will be $200 ‘in his pocket.” — Times-- Democrat. “oily The Tonle Effect of Bathing. The tonic effect of bathing is caused by the contraction of the surface blood vessels, which drives the blood back to the larger blood vemels and the heart, Toese react and send the blood rushing back to the skin, causing the glow which follows the bath or t to follow it, the free respiration the vigorous feel. ing of the muscular system. The bath should always be followed by friction with the hand, a brush or a towel. The frequency with which it should be taken depends ontirely on circumstances. It should be often enough to keep the pores open and the skin clean; for the skin does one-third of the breathing, sad if it is clogged the lungs must do the work and they will be overburdened. As a rule the more rapidly a bath is taken the better will be its effect. —Dreoklya Citi wen, Homo Made Snow in His Hat La that a rapidly a day, snd had, by violent exercise, ht himself into a condition of pro- fuse perspiration, took off his tail hat in saluting a friend. DREAMS, Dreams are the thoughts and fancies which take possession of our brain duar- ing sleep. In our waking moments the ideas which occupy our minds are governed by the people with whom we come in contact, or the work in which | we are engaged, but in sleep, the brain, overwrought by mental exertion, or irritated by nervous excitement, lives | over again the events of the day just passed, The tired ledger keeper adds row upon row of figures which never will coe right. The weary teacher hears recitations and explains difficult prob- lems to the classes which her dream fancies have originated. “A dream cometh through multitude " Ecel. V. 8, and it is doubtless this disturbed condition of Much importance was attached to! Weare toll in | time would come when men should dream dreams, | calling forth the jealous enmity of his warrant tnt for the intervention of they proved to be the stepping stone and power. How many conversion to persons can date their | some striking dream! | God having spoken to them in “a vision | of the night.” Has He said: 1] will make myself known unto him, and | will speak unto him in a dream?” | Num. XI1L 6. With the po-sibility of the Day of | Judgment in the near future, of which | he has been warned in his dreams, the | awakene | soul eries to God for meroy, and joyfully accepts the free salvation offered him, and then, from a dream | fraught with the horrors of death and | judgment, he awakes to the realities of | life in Christ and a glorious eternity | hereafter. In some not there are prophet families ted for their Events such as de their immediate circle of friends | retold to them in what they Visions. in will be rant and superstitious these dreamers are looked upon somewhat in the light of oracles. The indole od hands wait to pour into his is y # n who sits with fold. | sr Fame or Fortune bhonor or wealth, every waking dreams, ‘alr castles” otherwise termed. He imagines himself an anthor of he 18 congratuin ted on every side for the success which has he is more ide-awaks SNOOOHA, exist in hungry of the the Aare a latest literary effort. He best ams on the sor, who Call down | him for his noble generosity, way fo sees himself the possessor of golden id in fancy wing Heaven's richest blessings on him, while with grateful tears they thank Thus he dreams, while his practical brother, with realities of which only dreamer’s fancies The effort earnost How often, when tired and with our daily toil, and fainting WOArY neath sleep. while peaceful dreams Deoel our doubts and fears, Could we but keep the joy which always seems 50 transient, and sooqa ends in tears. Our waking steps ne'er climb No sorrows come, our days are al ways bright, We make no count of time The pain, the grief, the aching, lonely heart, In sleep are all forgot "Tis God who gives this rest to his beloved, The Lord who slumbers not Ina 0H. Wnsos 9 i ——— A ’s EYES. The boy of whom I write Is never at & loss to find something 10 observe, last your a heavy shower caught him while ho was fishing. From his retreat he kept his eye out io see whatever there was fo soen, and shorily observed the dragon flies, great and little, settling in the tall brook grass for shelter from over he saw the cedar birds come and flies from their covert, hunting them down in all their laco-winged finery. The great three. inch dragon flies, pointed with black and yellow, were too strong for the birds, but the the little slender follows done up is fancy colors—brown, green, blue, and dusky became meat for the hanters. This fall, when paddling up Cancomgomac stream, we saw oedar birds sitting out on the rush bod Maear the middie of the stream. This was just after a shower. Had they been eatchiog dragon flies? The boy was not there tn tell ns Some time ago | remonstrated with him for throwing stones at a kingbird, but I was told that he was doing it only to please the bird. True enough it did please the bird. From his perch on a high tree the kingbird calculated the curve of each stone, chattering his defiance as the missile whizzed by, rising a fow feet when he saw that it came too near, only to settle again in the same place. As it amused both bird and boy 1 allowed it to continue, and for several days the kingbird returned daily to ay the sport. LL A I A IRIAN, A Practical Illustration. AA 8 “Dearest, you have made me the t man inthe world,” said the fond lover after his swestheart's con- sent. “We are from henceforth one,” said he. “Oh, isn't that lovely!” she cooed. “All one, oh? Just as if you were | were you?” “Yes, wo SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON, BUNDAY, JULY 12. 18IL Christ's Firat Disciples, LEBSON TEXT. John l : 242 Memory verses: 40-432) LESSON PLAN. Toric OF THE YUARTER: Son of God, Jesus the Gorpex Texr ror THE QUARTER 7 heze are written, that ye might be- lieve that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.—John 2) : 81, Lizssox Toro: The Son ed to Men, Manifest- 3 y » Attestation, ve, 52-04. 2. By Faith ve, 2901 S By Persoua ve. 37 4L il Declaration 5, #6 Fellbwship, LESSON OUTLINE Giornoex Texr: Behold the Lamb of (od, which taken au ay the gin of the world.—John 1 : 29, Dany Hour BeApinGs : M.—John 1 : 20-42, ifested to men. T.- John 1 : 43-51, festations, The Son man- Further mani- W.~—Matt. 3 dorsed ] fark 1 dorsed, F.—Actsl :1 promise, BoActs 2 fulfilled. B.—Acts 10 : 34-48, enlarged. 13-17. Jesus ern 1 1 31. Jesus on 14. Waiting for the 1-21, - es LESSON ANALYSIS MANIFESTED VINE ATTESTATION, I. The Dascor I have beheld it abode u He saw the Spirit as a dove (Matt of God the Spirit ,descending (Mark 100, The Holy Ghost descended 1n a bodily form (Lmke 8 : 22). Joht My chosen, in eth (laa This is my be him (Matt, 17 He received honour and gl 111. The Su; He 3345. H TE wih 42 : 1 belo from e Gif: baptizeth with the Holy Spirit rer baptize with the Holy Matt Ye shall be bapt Ghost (Acts | They were filled with the Holy Spirit {Acts 2 : 4). 1% ¢ shall (ihost you il ged with the Holy 3 il on all them (Acts 10 : 44. 1. “And John bare witness.” 1 What John knew: (2) What Joun said; (3) What John sccomplished. —aJohn asa witness; (1) Compe- tent; (2) Clear; (3)Convinoing. . “The same is he.” (1) What was expected of the Messiah; (2) What was realized in Jesus. —(1) An ap- pointed token; (2) A clear demon- stration, hy “This 18 the Bon of God.” (1) The lowly Jesus; (2) The divine token; (8) The complete demonstra tion. MANIFESTED BY FAITHFUL DECLARA~ IL : TION, The Lamb of God, which taketh away | the sin of the world (28). 1t is he that shall save his people from their sins (Matt. 1 : 21) 4:12). Christ died for our sins (1 Cor, 15 : 3. The unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph. 3 : 8), Il. Humbi ng Self: After me cometh a man which is be- eome before me (20). Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear (Matt. 3 11). I hive need to be bapized of thee (Mait. 8: 14). The latohet of whose shoe I am not worthy to nnloose (John 1 : 27). He must merease but I must decrease (John 8 : 80). 111. Continuing Steadfast: Again on the morrow John... . saith, Behold the Lamb of God! (35, 36), He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved (Matt. 10 : 22) Ye... .bhave continued wih me in my temptations (Luke 22 : 28). Beye stediast uumoveable (1 Cor. 15 : BR}. Saffer hardship with me, as a good soldier (2 Tim. 2 : 3). 1, “Bebold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (1) John's comprehensive theme; (2) Jesus’ un able char- acter; (3) Jesns itable work. 2. “He was before me.” Jesus before John (1) in existence; (2) In rank; (8) 'n authority; (4) In influence. 8; “He ” BY PERSONAL PELLOW- 111. MANIPRSTED t a i | Patipwins A they lowed Jesus (37). And he rose, and followed — My sheop hear my voice;....snd they follow me (John 10 : 27). I. Communing with Jévus: Jesus... saith unto them....And they said unto him (38), Our heart burning within ns, while he spake to us (Luke 24 : 32). They marvelled that he was speaking with a woman (John 4 : 27). Speaking tase things concerning the kingdom of God (Acta 1 : 3), 1 will sup with hm, and be with me (Bev. 8 : 20). iil, Abiding with Jesus: And they abode with him that day 89) They eame. ...and saw where he abode (John 1 ; 89). Abide in me, and I 1n yon (John 15:4), lf a man abide not in me, he is cast forth (John 15 : 6). We know that he abideth in us, by the Bpirit (1 John 8 : 24). 1. “They followed Jesus” (1) The initial influence; (2) The decisive act 3) The resulting life, 2. “Come and ye shall see.” (1) In- vitation; (2) Assurance.—(1) The call; (2) The response; (8) The re- £NIY, “We have found the Messiah.” (1) A ble mh d dis OVery; { A wise prociamation; (3) A saving Ines sale, LESSON BIBLE BEADING. SYMBOLISM OF 1 LAMB, 2 Bam. 12 : 1-6). 40 : 11 ; Jor Ts Any cherished obj believers (lsa. 21: 15). : 8) : 6). 51 : 40). i Pet, v YES generasiy {isa 1:19). patiencs Isa. 3 Acts sacrifice (John 1 e—————— SBURBOUNDINGA. 8. ~—J EUS COMES baptized br John ; hen after bap- i attestation by a voice out of 1 by the Spirit fan's forty days, yn, thre: specifio | by Matthew and where John was and Levites are inquire of ho ar: thou?’ After several answers, he declares himself one crying in the srauner of the s his baptism, but standing among 3 he. The what happened on declaration war wi 1 ad vine foal § eturns 0 rie ts a Y ares » % SJ ETUER EIN vO thn LACE. —In Bet beyond Jordan. roundings. Tue — Probably about seven weeks after the baptism of that is, st the close of February, A. U. C. 780,—~ A.D. 27. Peusoxs.—~John the Baptist and two disciples of John, one of them Andrew, and the other almost oer- tainly John the evangelist, who never names himself; Simon, the brother of Andrew. IxcinesTs.—J ohn sees Jesus coming, and points him out as the Lamb of God, declaring that this was he of whom he had spoken, and that his own mis- gon was to make him manifest. He repeats the story of the divine attesta- tion at the baptism of Jesus, bearin witness h'mself that this is the Som 0 God. The next day John repeats his testimony about Jesus as the Lamb of God in the presence of two of his dis ciples. These follow Jesus, who turns and questions them. They go with him to where he abode. Oone of them, Andrew finds lus brother Simon, and telis him they have found the Messiah When brought to Jesus by Andrew, he is given the new name Cephss, which is, by interpretation, Peter; that is, “rock,” or “stone.” There is no parallel passage. any Bee or, Beth-abara). last lesson sare Jesus: i i J osnus: - How Balslos Are Male, California is now making eXtenfive an. periments in the grape-growlag districty to ascertain the best methods of grapes for misivs. Two methods of pow practiced. In ode the bunch stem 1s cut about hall through snd the allowed to dry on the vine; inthe the buach is removed from the ¥ine the grapes dried in a'dryiog house of fa the sun. The former, produces the best raisins, but a great many are lost th the breaking of the stem by wiad the bunch falls and is damaged; by fhe let. ter & quality of raisins is produced will compare favorsbly with Ruropean or Asiatic product, bunches are quite dry they ave di s weak solution of lye made, ashes, a little sait being dissolved in solution; they sre again dried packed, Bach success has been in the drying that not magy yeam elapse ere California will supply Ohl country with all the reisias it Deeds, we St. Lovie Giobe- Democrat, A Sailor in Ch veh, One of the old sailors on the recein
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