THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON BY REV, HENRY M, GROUT, D, D, 10. Absaloms 1-14. August Rebellion, 2 Samuel 15; (Gioepey Texr, thy mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God | Ex. 20: 12, Few things are so perilous as success, giveth thee, [ and David, all-unsuspicious, Dazed by it, many a man has forgotten | his own weakness, and fallen from bis own steadfastness, So it was with vid, And the saddest chapter in whole history is that which tells of terrible fall. That was six years his Mephiboseth. been his And added, bringing usto the narrative of \bsalom’s Of the things here brought kindness to twelve more have now rebellion. to view several should have particular attention. forgiven sin.— David's repentance for the st rn fide lity with which God rects his great sin, which culminated in death of Uriah, was sincere and He had also found pardon, wd ASSUTrADCEe true was his repentance, what blessedness came with the that his sin was covered, read the fifty Psalms. But that first and thirty second over, and over, we are taught re pentance and pardon do not remove neces « tran that God loo} him all the present « jue gression. It is still needful | see how he should let the wor upon sin: needful that the sinner self should be reminded and thoroughly | purified. the mouth of Nathan, i pare Lord also hath put away By ceived the assurance « ny But he was also reminds he had “despised the comma the Lord,” to the enemy to blaspheme,” and ‘given great many should follow him —*the sword sh never depart from his house’ So it pri ved. were years of sorrow. And The last years } prediction, Absalom’s rebelli part of the fulfilment. We are not to imagine that we done with sin even when it has confessed, forsaken and forgiven consequences are permitted to partly as a testimony to others 1 abhors it, and partly for the tent's own chastisment hand Cften, (iod's The ill — 5 = arental possible for a son of so godly a father to plot such a rebellion? David was not a wise father. He was indulgent with n ne Amnon, whose = ished, And the sin, he neither punished hould have pun when Absalom avenged baalom por fally forgave him. He did not con ceal his special fondness Parental weakness may show ' Solon for 1on itself over indulgence, undue severity, or voriteism. There was something of these in David's course with his chi Absalom had trained : he had not been wisely T/ mbition, dren. not heen well treated, energy and af \bsalom’s purpose to miake himself his father's succes Possibly he had learned of prediction that Solomon should be the divine king 99 } Hea 1 Chron. 22 H would that prediction. Knowing how easily some others be sides the rabble are taken with and display, he begins with an appeal He chariots and horses and footmen to the passion for that. gets him The horses will give him a foreign air, fi David had ridden upon mules. The whole will make an impression of regal | lowing business house » be There will when he drives out. Then knowing how splendor, a sensation numerous the restless and discontented always are, he sets himself both to en list them and to increase their discon: | the Methodist Evangelic tent. He gives them to understand that in his view they have been neglected | and badly damaged. and wronged ; snd more than hints that | building was totaly demolished if hewere king they should have atten. | seattered to the winds It is possible that | the name of Foundre David had grown neglectfal of his royal | miles northwest of the city by the blow, tion and justice, » duties, though this is not at all certain. In all this Absalom showed both ergy and stooping sagacity, He rose early in the morning. He stood in the gate, where judges and kings were wont to sit, to here sauses, He listened with patience, He made himself agreeable and affable with all sorts of complainers He used flattery, and got courtesy only, “These little ensparing arts, and es pecially the kissing, must hive been a trying experience to the haughty and elegant Absalom : but his plan required them,” And he was equal to anything however costly and humiliating, which could help his scheme, Are we as on- ergetic and condescending under the impulse of » heavenly as he was under that of an earthly ambition ? 4. Religion vaed as a cloak ~Some time has been required to prepare the peo- ple for the proposed rebellion. Most likely the “forty” is an erroneous read- ing for four years, But Absalom has en Da- | his | | acts was required thatAbsalom's purpose | sota about J o's after | | tion of others. | | deep. I'o see how | { would be re i ment ol a y | specting thwart | pomp al wr | | There he could gather | There is better cloak Honor thy father and | Thete is no betler cloak | force of men of distinction to g | been so successful that he would now | two men were killed by lightning. advance another step. The rein of government | severe, but it had spent its fury before time has | Around Milwaukeo the storm was ver | y come to take the Hebron had been | reaching the city, Several houses were bat his forces and | loss of life and the property destroyed into his own hands. of the old capital David's kingdom. | struck by lightning, there wns no gel up his standard, But how shall he | is comparatively small, The greatest do this without exciting suspicion ? | damage 18 to the crop of ripening grain, in this world | Whent haa been swept to the ground, than religion. Tt speaks well for a man’s | and as the weather is hot and muggy integrity, for his loyalty to everything | the grain will spoil before it can ful that 1s Absalom asks to be | ripen, permitted to go to Hebron to pay a vow; | over the northwest last night, sand the bids lv ivi So \ heavy electrical wave passed | good. him | lightning, like the rain, fairly descend. [ing in sheets, ing others in it-—No sin ever is, or can be | swept over Western, Central and South What a of wicket gO In peace, 5. Sin impelling to more sin, and invo 81. Pavi, Minn, July 24.-—A storm alone, series hase, | ern Dakota and Southwestern Minne f lock yest wrday alternoon | | | might be effected ! There was decep’ | and Vailey City suffer $100,000 worth | tion, falsehood, hypocrisy, at every turn ecked | ner | OF not | be accomplished without the coopera: A carp I and step. Then his scheme could was killed snd people injured, and workmen are active ly en of the de ut rubbish I'he First he must steal the | gaged eleariag the Cars | people's hearts, Then he must have a | molished building . freig ve digni- | that were ditched at this place sre on | ty to his movement, He must needs t breadth of the I'he “two hundred Viubbier PF r simplicity, track again. The 1 have counsel also, storm was from five to seven miles. Hail men,” who ‘went in their stones were as large ns hen eggs, and the came, or at least retain but nodoubt Ahitl mo on the Ww might be brought over when | dashed through the windows nt for ac ide of the building hostages 1 on north ad ns nn ind Carthage WAS already a party the piot. respect. Absalom beforehand conside red how bis yuired for - " The Giant Wants a Divorce own many sins of the LC single purpose, {ere sil econ i; nay, —,— Germans for Cleveland Are there now ligion as a clon I'he tor be bl to the head mpl ndly wr the b seit AW SINS Are 30 a8 ingratitude to pare - Fierce Wesa'ern | be it the next meeting i a BATH DEAT rw Neresse Or. | BOM ver tha state, The i “ the ery maged alre ount to $100,000, At Watertown, the clear Repul an growing grain i ) y and remain providing property d aia : J arty gives them table candidates ote for vas a furl lunraonfineg ny bul N % A n ; | ANA Willi be all right in N great damage generally The track of the the eastern part of Senator Voonnggs, intersy story Ww hroue! i 2 sr; east-bound train by a Ca the « porter, on Tuesday last, sa d he Demosratio ticket, in ment. ia the strongest that has I'he ratification meet in Indiana are spontaneous and nn ioe udg been we my re Unt | and stock damaged Andrew Puerner “ mint & Co., merchants; Finch & ( furniture Muck and Stoppenbo h's sm eo since IR ings mm 2 few houers ni whieh o varehouse and Co., grocer nse, even joy are os large ns those ur ually at the close of a canvass. There is no doubt abrat Indians going Demo |eratic by a good sirong majority There is no disagreement in our Siate, and | Indiana clubs of Republicans who will | not support Blaine are being formed all over the State, was organizd only yesterday in Indianapolis, ia which | were men who have heretofore led in | Republicanism and who were conspicu ous for their efficient work, 1 never knew better feeling in Indinna. 1 had a long talk with r. McDonald this morning. He is in fine spirits and is acting superbly. He will give the tiek ot an earnest, industrious and warm- hearted suppert. Mr, Hendrick's is al 80 in excelent Health and spirits, and entertains not & doubt of the ticket's success in Indiana and of its election. house, and | yK ne il church and | ° Roman Catholie church were unroofed The fair ground A German by fing was killed four ing over of a barn, | Methodist church not quite completed was demolished and many small build At Kewsskum a large sawmill and dam At lacine a new ings were more or less damaged, were wrecked and several barns destroy ed by lightning. The giving way of the dam overflowed the town, causing much suffering and destroying the stocks of goods in several stores. A large new stone Catholic church was struck by the lightning nnd demolished near West Bond ; loss about $15,000. At Whitewater the wind and rain did great damage lo growing crops and shade trees. Barns were unroofed and chimneys blown down. Lightning struck one of the churches and damag. ed it considerably, The wind at Fond du Lac was as strong as a gale and barns and outbuildings were blown to pieces pretty gemerally. At Ashland a man was killed by lightning and considerable property was destroyed. At Lake Miles EE ——— «1 am a base ball player, said the prisoner to the Judge. ‘I'll tell you how it happened. “Go on, sir.” “1 was at the bat. There werd three men on bases, 1 asked for a Jow ball and reached back to strike, but it wasn't whore I wanted it, Thos this man'' “Hold on, sir. Who do you allude to ae this man 7’ “The corpse, of course. Then this man shouted ‘foul and out.’ Then I brained him." Who did you say he was 1" He was the umpire.” “Oh, I beg your pardon. You are discharged, sir, Tho clerk will enter the costs ageinet the late umpire's estate, Rr, | that they will not permit a member of C 591] THESE ARE THE RI | Doub the! i Joxgs, chairman of the repub- RB. 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