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Subject: Christ's ..ny and Ours.
Brooklyn. N. T Preaching at the
Trying 8quarc Presbyterian Church
on the theme, "Christ's Agony and
Ours," the Ray. Ira Wemmell Hen
derson, pastor, took as his text Luke
13:34, And ye would not ' He
said:
The lamentation of Jesus over the
City of Jerusalem was occasioned by
His clear vision of the depth of her
need, of the completeness of ber re
jection of Himself and the revelation
of and from the Father that He
brought, and by His Arm conviction
that disdain for His Gospel meant
death for herself. Feeling in His
Inmost heart that His was the truth
that could save the city of His people
from Its sin; knowing, as He did,
that He was the long-heralded Mes
siah who should lead His countrymen
Into the liberty of that life within
Jehovah which should satisfy their
souU; and experiencing, as He had.
the temper of the minds of the ec
clesiastical and clerical leaders of
the synagogues, Jesus was sick at
heart over the spiritual doom that
was sure to overtake His people. To
.Teaus sin was the most awful, the
most terrifying, the most fearful
thing In the world. For Illm the
word "sin" summed up, short and
quick, all those agencies which were
antl-Qodly and which led men far
from the Father. Sin meant destruc
tion, disapproval In the eyes of God.
and Its wages were the seeds of
death. The Gospel, on the other
hand, held for Jesus the kernel and
the conclusion of all those forces that
should gain men life eternal and the
full, enthusiastic favor of the King,
their Guide. Being born again of
God and entering into the freedom
of the spiritual life divine, Jesus con
ceived these men. His brethren, as
obtaining deliverance from eternal
death.
With this philosophy and this vis
Ion of the need and the issue both
of which Jesus had direct from Ood
is it any wonder that He wept over
the City of Jerusalem? Sin is death.
My Gospel Is the way of sure salva
tion the only way and the true
guide unto life that is eternal. Thus
reasons JesuB. These men are bound
In and unto sin. How gladly would
I teach to them those spiritual truths
that should save them, but they will
not. Sin Is their choice, separation
from the Father is their self-willed
death. Do you wonder why the Sav
ior suffered unto bitter agony and
tears? His was the wide and com
prehensive view of the world, its slu.
Its need, its salvation, its denial, its
destruction. Any smaller or less
comprehending insight would have
been of none avail. A great, limit
less, universal understanding of the
situation as it was and is was the
one means to stir the soul of the
Christ to its depths. A weaker man
with a smaller horizon would have
become discouraged or disgusted. A i
big man, full of heart and grit, with
the richness of God's love flooding all I
his being, wi, . the only one who could I
mourn. Jesus wept not from dis
gust, or discouragement, but because I
His whole soul yearned to lead His
dying brethren into life for evermore.
The weight of their guilt, the cer
tainly of their dying, the uselessness
and the wickedness of it all came
upon the soul of Christ with resist
less force and wrung His heart in
agony.
And now, beloved, this lesson from
the life of nur Lord points a three
fold duty for each of us. The accept
ance by us of this triple obligation
which the agony of the Master calls
to our attention, will prove to the
world about us that our Christ wept
not in vain. And the duties three
are these: First, we must be convict
ed of the awfulness of that sin whose
logical outcome Is death. Secondly,
we must have an experimental and
distinct knowledge that the only sure
salvation from this death-dealing sin
Is through Jesus Christ. Thirdly, we
must, with weeping hearts, go forth
Into the world as living evangels to
preach to all mankind salvation from
this deathly sin through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
The awfulness of sin Is a byword
rather than a belief among men to
day. In our earnest and quite legiti
mate endeavor to publish the glory
of the love of God for the sinner, we
have lost to a great extent our con
sciousness and our former denuncla
tion of the hldeousness of sin. In
our endeavor to escape from the un
reasonable curse of a bodily hell we
have, many of us, ruBhed to the other
extreme that is to say, no hell at
all. In our earnest preaching of the
love of God toward the sinner we
have become, I fear, too leulent with
sin. My friends, the love of God Is
a reality. The punishment and the
death of man brings no Joy to the
Father's heart. Jehovah wants every
man to live within the light of His
countenance of love. To the end that
pre might have life and that more
abundantly He sent Hla Son our Sav
ior to reveal Himself to ua. But sin
Is always hateful to God. His whole
nature shrinks from it, as should our
natures, as from a thing unclean. He
ran have no communion with it nor
should we. Its pleasures are dead
fruit, Its enjoyments are transient
and a mockery, its wages Is death.
Human experience has proved this
to be so, and the word of the living
Ood sustains the charge. Bin is
death. In strict union within Ood is
life. Sin and Ood can have no com
merce. Where sin is, Ood cannot be.
Where the Father is, sin is eclipsed,
for with Him there is no evil, but
only the fullness ot eternal lite. 8tn
Is death. Death is the lack of life.
The ruddy apple drops from the leafy,
living bough and dies. The seeds ot
quick consumption strike the human
, heart and death ensues. In each case
the element of destruction has in
tered. And as with the physical, so
with the spiritual.
Godliness Is life. Life is union
with the principle of life. The dainty
apple-blossom holds closely o the
budding branch and soon we pluck
the sound and luscious, wholesome
fruit. The life that seems so near
the brink of death's dark stream, the
iheart that weakly beats, the blood
that boils at fever heat, all seize upon
the remedies that cure, and health
and healing vigor rush through the
weakened frame In each case the
principle of lire has been at work.
As with the natural, so with the
spiritual.
Ah, yes, beloved, sin is bondage,
death, disgrace, unprofitable Ood
llness is great gain and it will surety
bring contentment. Bin is distance
from Ood and there Is no worse death
or hell. Jesus leads us nearer
Uaaven. and within Hitu Is the most
life and the best. But sin Is death
and the sooner the world finds It out
and we Christians really realize Its
awfulness the better for us and the
world.
This sin. however. Is susceptible of
defeat. Our lives may be freed from
its power and made victorious above
its strength. The moans are not
various, nor Is the way hard. There
Is but one means and one true and
happy way. That means and that
way Jesus has revealed. Ponilnir tn
Him for healing we may find ease
ment for our souls. Trust In Him
will gain release from evil. A whole
life spent in His service will reap
a rich reward. His is the only aos
pel that contains the truth entire.
His is the one snlvntlon that our
spirits need. His is the gift of life
forever unto all who hear, believe
and live for Him. Being certain
that sin Is death, we must preach to
men the way to life through Jprus
Christ our Lord. The trouble with
much of our testimony is that we are
a little shaky on our own founda
tions and that too much of our testi
mony is from the mouth out and Is
not welling up from hearts that have
tasted of the joys of the Christ
blessed life. Too much of our knowl
edge of spiritual truths comes to us
at second-hand aud too little arises
from the deuths of personal experi
ence. Our ideas must be cut clear
as to what Is the state and the
future of men who are continuing In
sin We must feel that Jesus is the
need and the Savior of other men, as
Ho has been the need and the Savior
of each of us. We must get that
vision of the world which shall make
us weep as did our Lord, which shall
make us say with Paul, "Woe Is me
if I preach not the Gospel."
Ah. yes, beloved, we must, with
weeping hearts go forth to lead men
up to God. If sin Is death and we
possess and know the" way to life
everlasting, we must not rest until
we, too, have brought some brother
home to safety. I say we must. I
cannot say we may. Our orders read
"go thou," not "won't you please go."
Christ pleads with the sinner, but
His word is law, and so It should
be. to those who are His.
Come with me Into the busy street
on any working-day, or to any gaudv
concert-hall on sunny Sabbath days,
and I will show you why you should
weep and work. There they are!
heedless, unhearing, uncaring, bound
more intent to make money or to
while the hours away than to save
their immortal souls. Young and
old, rich and poor, hardened sinners
and youths who are Just entering the
road to death each of them, all of
them, caring little, and thinking less
of tho awrulness of their sin and the
outcome of their shame. Good men
who are wise In everything but their
conceptions of thoir need of Christ.
Pure men who will come to Jesus
if so be some one will only put. them
to the test. Leaders In the church
who profess the Christ, but who mis
represent Him A weary, heavy
laden host and wo can lift
the crushing weight of Bin. Look at
them and consider. Is it any wonder
now that Jesus wept? Ah, beloved,
we ought to weep weep like Jesus
because men are dying right before
our eyes, within reach of our hands;
weep weep unlike JesuB because we
are unworthy servants of our Mas
ter, because we are recreant to our
duty and our trust.
My friends, men. who sin are
doomed to death except Christ enters
in the life and saves. To each of us
the question of our God comes clear
and strong to-day as It came to Isaiah
the prophet In the year that King
Czziah died. "Whom shall I send aud
who will go for us." Will you refuse
the Father or will you say with
Isaiah, "Here am I. send me."
I
MARCH TENTH.
Lesions From the Patriarchs. II.
Abraham. Heb. 11:8-19.
Abraham believed Ood. Gen. IS:
1-5.
Hp yielded to temptation. Oen. 12:
1020.
He overcame the 'next time Oen
13:1-13.
He obeypd a hard command. Gen.
22:1-19.
He waa justified by works. Ja. 2:
21-26.
A son of Abraham -Luke lft : -10.
If Abraham had known whlthor he
wa9 going from Ur, It might have been
herolBtn, but It would not have been
that highest heroism called faith
which Is heroism In the dark (v. 8).
The more a nran seen the firm fonn
dntions of the unseen world, the morf
ho turns from the world's foundation
thf shifting sands of time (v. 10).
The faith-filled man does not rest
on his own fnlth, but on God's faith
1 illness (v. 11).
What a terrible verdict upon a)
man. that God should be ashamed tc
bp called his God! Il that verdict to
be passed upon you? (v. 16).
Suggestions.
'I will bless thee." said Ood to
Abraham, "and bS thou a blessing."
Blessed and blessing should always go
together.
Had Lot left to Abraham the cities
of the Plain, ypt would Ixt have car
ried even to Hebron his own Sodom
and Gomorrah.
The Infinite distance between the
Old aud New Testaments It measured
by the fact that Abraham, in praying
for Sodom, stopped with the ten.
Isaac was not truly Abraham's un
til the lad had been laid upon the
altar.
Illustrations.
Every nation has had Its Abrahams
I Buch were our Pilgrim Fathers.
If a mirror were perfect, we should
I not see it to be a mirror. So the
i flaws in Abraham's character are
shown us, that we may have heart for
I his example.
Lot and Abraham had the same ma
terials for their lives. So have dla
liiondr. and coals.
If the steel had a voice, bow It
would pray tc be delivered from the
furnace which is its making! The
offering of Isaac WSJ Abraham'; furn
ace. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MARCH 10.
Feed Liberally
No man can succeed in raising
stock If he begrudges them theli
food, it is the liberal feeder, who
uses n due nmount of judpmenl, that
gets Ibc big returns
Clover Hay Make n ...... i Feed.
Quite a number of farmers have
found out by experience that a nice.
tragrant clover hay of good quality
will oftentimes fatten an animal fully
as fast, as all the Kxain it ran ent
when the grain fs fed in conjunction
with over-ripe, badly-cured hay.
Importance of the Blre,
Those who make a specialty of
breeding stock that Is light up to
Hip handle In pvory respect agree onp
and all that thp slro It of Hip utmost
importance. This ought to be an ex
cellent lesson to the farmer, showin
that he should not breed bis females
to whatever animal is thp handiest
or cheapest, Now York Witnpss.
Seeding Pastures.
Sow pome annual and biennial
grasses with the perennials for per
manent pasture, especially K the soil
la wanting in richness and moisture.
llie perennials will make but litllp
herbage for two or three years, be
cause their first efforts are to estab
lish strong roots. Annuals, on the
contrary, make but little roots; their
growth Is chiefly above the ground,
nud what remains of them supplies
some food and shelter for the bien
nials and perennials The Epltoni-1st.
The Piety of Usefulness.
Someone once said to Cromwell:
"You, sire, know well the usefulness
of pioty!" 'I know something bet
ter," Cromwell replied, "the piety
of usefulness." The phrase works
both ways. Piety Is userul, and use
fulness is a function or activity of
piety. If it is meant that simply to
be busy is to be religious, a subtle
terror lurks in the remark of Crom
well. Bat If the meaning is that
the piety demanded by the age is not
a self-engrossed religiousness which
dwells apart in reflective unconcern,
but the practical kind of faith that is
busy in the King's business, an im
portant truth is thus brought to our
notice.
The Soul's Greatest Need.
Rest Is the deepest want In the
soul of man. All meu do not desire
pleasure; all men do not crave In
tellectual food; but all men long for
rest. It Is the need which sometimes
makes the quiet of the grave an ob
ject of deep desire. There the weary
are at rest. And it Is this which,
consciously or unconsciously, is the
real wish that lies at the bottom of
all others.
.
The Church's Doty.
Part of the Church's duty Is to
press on to their duty Christians al
ready won to Christ; to care for their
spiritual development; but first of
all, and above all, the Church is here
to evangelize the world. Archbishop
M Canterbury.
WHITWOOT,
Last spring little Whitefont mule
her home In tho thicket close to tho
brook. She found a deserted bird'a
nest and roofed it over with dried
grass, lining the inside with milk
weed down. What a snug home this
was for hurzelf and her five babies!
Soon as Las children were old enougii.
she took them on short trips through
the mtaJow, and showed them how
to make neat little cupboards under
flat stones, where they could store
away beechnuts and other food.
When the snow comes Whltefoot will
tunnel under It to visit her friends.
The deeper the snow the safer she U
from her enemies.
When It Is very deep, she says,
"What a line winter we are liavtag'"
Margaret W. Leightou, iu Holiday
Magazine
During the past three centuries
more than 200 different systems ot
shorthand have been devised. Pit
man's was first published ia 1840.
Life Through Christ. John 10. 10,
28.
Passages for reference: Psa. 3C. 9;
John 20. 81; 2 Cor. 4. 10; Gal. 2. 20;
Col. 3. 3.
All God's relations with man, so
far as we know them, have to do
with life. Jesus came that we "might
have life, and have it more abundant
ly." "He that hath the Son hath
life; and he that bath not the Son of
liod hath not lire." The Bible was
given to man to tell hint of the way
of life. John wrote his gospel, he
tells us. that ''they might have life
through his name." Not only does tho
life come through Christ at the be
ginning, but it is maintained only
through him. Paul emphasizes this
when he says in Galatlans, ' I am
crucified with Christ; nevertheless I
live; yet not I, hut Christ llveth in
me; and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by the faith of the
Son of God, who loved me. and gave
himself for me." Jesus said, "Verily,
verily, 1 say unto you, He that heareth
my word, and believeth on him that
sent me, hath everlasting life, and
fchall not come into condemnation;
but Is passed from death unto life."
in the sixth of John there is the
strongest statement that in some way
our life is only through him: "As the
living Father bath sent me, and I live
by the Father; so he that eateth me,
even he shall live by me." "Whoso
oateth my flesh, and drlnketb my
blood, hath eternal life."
The life of the body Is a present
reality, death Is a future certainty.
The soul may be either dead or alive
at the present time. Which It is, In
the Scripture sense, is determined by
our relation to Christ. If we have a
faith that takes hold on him, we live;
if no pprsonal faith that appropriates
him, then we are dead. "He that
hath the Son hath life."
Some are trying to work themselves
into a spiritual state by their activi
ties In the tilings of the church. They
seem to think that physical energy
and enthusiasm can in some way pro
duct life, but it simply cannot be
cause the spiritual life Is from above.
The soul must personally trust In
Htm who aald, '-He that believeth on
me hath everaatlng ife." Spiritual
life is not inherited. It is the re
Hult of a personal reliance oa Christ.
Don't Frighten the Cows.
No man who owns- a cow tan afford
to have her afraid ol him. It is a
loss to the owner every time she is
frightened. To run a cow to pasture
It throwing money away. The cow is
a milk making machine, and should
bo kept in the best working condi
tion, and this condition is one of
quiet. A cow in any way worried
will not do her best. Make pets of
the rows, and they will make money
for the owner. The milk of a fright
ened or chased cow is poisonous. The
moral la obvious never allow your
cow to be maltreated if It ran be
avoided.
Hough Material.
"You are building a good wall
there." said a passer-by, stopping to
look at a workman by the roadside.
"Some of your material looks rather
poor to work with, too," aud he
glanced at a pile of rough, jagged
stones.
"I ain't plrkin' my materials," the
man answered, simply. "What I'm
here for Is to build as good a wall
as I can with the stuff that's brought
me."
The same is true with the life we
are building. We can soldoin choose
our material. Circumstances we
cannot control bring ua this happeu
lng or that, bring disappointment in
stead of the joy we looked for, weak
ness Instead of the strength with
which we meant to do so much.
Many a rough and unexpected thing
befalls, many an occurrence which
we not only did not desire, but
against which we cry out la bitter
protest. Still It tomes to us ma
terial that some way, for good or ill,
must find its place tn our building.
We cannot choose our material,
but we can choose what we will do
with It and what ft ahull do for us
whether It shall weaken or st'ngth
en the cbsracter we are forming.
WelUprlng.
THE BIRTH RATE.
Myer "It's still true that there's
a fool born every minute."
Ouyer "Worse than that. Wall
Street proves that the birth rate of
fools Is now in twins aud triplets."
Brooklyn Life.
Copperas and Lime Wash.
A writer in the Scientific American
says he has cleared his premises of
rats and other vermin by making
whitewash yellow with copperas and
covering the stones and rafters lr, the
cellur with il. in every crevice In
which a rat might go he put the cop
peras, and scattered it In the corners
of the floor. The result was a com
plete disappearance of rats and mice.
Since that time not a rat or a mouse
has been seen near the house. Every
spring the cellur is coated with the
yellow whitewash as a purifier and
a rat estprminator, and no typhoid,
dysentery or fever attack the family.
Profits in Horse Raising,
Opinions are still plenty to the ef
fect that the profit in horse raising
is much over-estimated. It will, how
ever, be difficult to convince Luther
Parson, of Park hurst, says the Maine
Farmer, that he is not considerably
to the good in his account with horse
raising In the case of a colt recently
sold. The auimal was less than two
years old, a grade Percheron from a
high-class uire and a common farm
mare for its dam. The colt cost but
little more to raise than a two-year-old
steer or heifer, but It sold for
8250. Still the talk ftr the speed
"hoss" goes on so loud and contin
uous that the real profit makers are
well-nighl forgotten when the breed
ing season comes round.
Winter Protection For Orchards.
One of the most important points
in preparing bearing apple trees for
winter, iu my opinion, is to remove
all rubbish that may afford shelter
for. mice or other vermin. Be sure
there are no declivities at the imme
diate base of the tree. A slight
mounding is good. At all events,
leave no hollows that will hold water
to freeze at times of sudden falls in
temperature, thereby greutly damag
ing trees. If mice or rabbits are
feared, protect with wire netting.
Cut with shears into proper sizes,
roll around an old broomstick, or
any round object, to give It a circu
lar shape, the stick removed and the
wire will spring around the trunk
and hold itself iu place. See that ail
drains are in good order. H. D.
Lewis, Dutchess County, N. Y., in the
Farmers' Home Journal.
How 1 liaise Turkeys.
Every spring I rid my turkeys of
lice before they go to laying, and
when they go to laying 1 tlnd the
nests, and if securely hidden so thut
trows will not be apt to get the eggs
I do not touch them, and If not hid
secure I either place something over
the nest for a blind or take out the
eggs and put hens' eggs iu their pjace
until the hen goes to setting und has
set two or three days; then I remove
the hen eggs and place the turkey
eggs iu the nest. Keep the date ol
th - tting and look ufter them when
hatching, as they sometimes leave the
nest b .-fore the eggs are hatched.
Aft'-i 'hey are hatched 1 move them
to a Held that has grass, wheat or
rye tall enough to hide the little ones,
and when about one woek old 1 feed
them once a day on cornbread until
they get up a little size and then feed
them grain In small quantity until
frost; then feed them all they want,
three times per da.
The one essential thing iu raisiug
turkeys is to keep them free from
Hot. Geo. B. Lucas, in the Indluna
Farmer.
net possessing warm cellars, it will
be necessary to fall back to the use
of the potato pit. These are very
simple to make if rightly understood.
Select a high and dry spot; make an
excavation a foot or more in depth,
put thp potatoes in a round, conical
heap: or If very many, in n long heap
with a ridge. Cover with straw or
similar material The covering may
be eight inches or a foot thick, de
pending on the severity of the win
ters. Next begin covering with soil,
from the bottom up. The layer of
soil may be six Inches or more In
depth. Lean- the lop uncovered foi
a few days, and when finishing the
cover, leave a bunch of straw stick
lug out of the top for ventilation,
and cover this with an inverted pan;
or if a ridge, by a trough the shape
of an Inverted V When real cold
weather sets in, cover the whole pit
with coarse manure thickly enough
to exclude frost. If all this is done,
potatoes will be housed cheaply and
sufely Ollbert Allen, Madison Coun
ty, Indiana, in Farmers Home Jour
Small Farms Pay.
If the owner or n small farm brings
to his work the business capacity and
good judgment which the large land
owner does, it is evident that, pro
portioned to the acres cultivated, he
will have the most money at the end
of the year. Hired help is not onlj
expensive, but at times very uncer
tain and unreliable, but. a man's own
hands, with a heart in his work
which seldom accompanies hired help,
are always available for every little
detail on which success denends
Many men will do more with ten
acres and get more out of and from
them than others will with a hun
dred. It requires as much labor.
however, for the ten as the hundred.
It Is intelligent labor and good man
agement thai count on a farm, hence
it is that small farms pay the best,
and that lurge larmers continually
complain that therp Is no money In
arming. To our way of thinking.
and wp arp familiar with every de
partment of farm business, and
measurably so with the city, there
is no enterprise one can engage in
which offers better opportunities for
i healthful, independent and success
ful life than a moderate sized farm
under good management. Weekly
Witness.
Farm Notes.
Let the boys have some fun trying
lo grow some of those odd kinds of
vegetables this year.
Have apples In cases come to stay?
We think ao. at least tor the early
kinds sent to foreigu markets.
Dairymen who have no atock beets
or turnips should make the most of
their refuse apples and potatoes.
Half an hour a day of solid study
on farm topics will make a well-iu-
forraed farmer in a very few years.
Loafing In the grocery store to
swap gossip and expectorate upon the
tove will not pay off the mortgage.
Mulching rose bushes now with
stable manure aud leaves is a good
way to insure a large crop of roses
next summer.
The really satisfactory hired man
I hard to get. When you find him,
keep him, even if you have to raise
his pay a little every year.
friend who owns a large and fine
npple orchard tells us that wrapping
the trees with burlap, old sacks. Is an
entire protection against rabbits.
There are lots of Important sub
jects to study up during the winter.
Th.o benefits of having a silo, better
breeding, feeding and finding out the
luprotituble cows are among the most
romiBMt
Says an old farmer: "Those who
are making the most money now
adays are the cranberry growers aud
the men who have good apple or
chards." To raise cranberries takes
capital aud to grow an orchard takes
line; but they are big money crops.
Most of the principles of modern
dairying huvo been established for
ten or fifteen years. Alleged discov
eries are often nothing but a rehash
of the same old Ideas. Not much Is
new, but much remains to be doue in
spreading the simple truth already
known. American Cultivator.
Yendettu iu Algeria.
A determined Arab vendetta has
just i nn its murderous course at Fer-
maua, iu Algeria. A man named Fa-red-ben-Alssa
had determined to kill
a fellow resident of one of the mount
ain villages, named Hussein-ullba-Ahmed,
aud never went ubroad with
out his gun. The other day the two
men, both currying loaded guns, met
face to face In a quiet spot iu the
mountains, lnstkntly Fared drew hla
weapon to his shoulder and fired.
Hussein fell, but rising, rupldly got
his own shot In, Fared iu turu fulling
with a shattered thigh. Ha managed,
however, to nerve himself for a sec
ond and Hussein fell dead with his
chest shattered. Fared will have to
undergo amputation of the leg. Lou
don Globe.
Storing Potatoes.
The early fall is the time to storo
potatoes for the winter, and tor thosa
Mining in Hie Deep, nine Sea.
The search for the treasure of the
Spanish Armada galleon Florenciu is
being proceeded with vigorously in
Tobermory Hay, Sootlaud, and the
salvors have been encouraged by
their finds. Purt ot the rigging of
the sunken ship has already been
found. Among other interesting rel
ics brought up were two stone can
non balls, six and a halt' inches in
diameter, one Iron ahot of about two
inches iu diameter uud a blunderbuss
with au inch bora. The diver hare
come across largo quantities of wood
in all directions and other uatulstak
abla signs that they are closa ua the
hull of the Florencla.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
ME NTH FOR MARCH 10 RY
THE REV. I. W.HENDERSON.
Subject: Isaac a Lover of Pence,
fien. 28: 12-23 Golden Text,
Matt. fl:8 Memory Verses, 10
1 7 Commentary.
Our attention shifts now from
Abraham to iBaac the child ot the old
age of Abraham and Saral, to Isaac
the man -of peace. With the clrcum
Robekah, we are all familiar. The les
son finds him in Oerar, in close, and
oftentimes unpleasant, relations with
Ablmelech, king of the Philistines,
and his tribesmen. After a severe al
tercation over Rebekah Isaac is per
mitted by Ablmelech to sow In the
land. His seeding Is blessed of the
Lord with an unusual harvest. His
wealth increases from year to year
until he Is tne envy ot the Philistines.
Matters wax so warm that after a
season Isaac is asked by Ablmelech
to leave Gerar. So Isaac goes Into
the valley of ,Gernr. In that region
he gets Into trouble with the herds
men of Gerar. Whenever, after the
faBhlon of the country and the exam
ple of his father, Isaac digs a well for
the satisfaction of the wants or hla
flocks and retainers, these herdsmen,
jealously, engage the servants of
Isaac in open conflict. Twice the
herdsmen that are of the company of
Isaac dig wells only to be compelled
for the sake of peaceto abandon them
to their foes. At last, however, Isaac
is able to finish a well over which
there is no dissension. This well he
calls Rehoboth (Room) for saith he.
"Jehovah hath made room for us and
we shall be fruitful."
From thp well Rohoboth rsaac
Journeys to Bcersheba. Here God
appears to him. He erectes an altar,
pitches his tent and digs a well.
The lesson shows ub that the bless
ing of Jehovah extends to the tem
poral concerns of those who fear
Him; that It Is hard for some people
to regard the propsperity ot their
neighbors without jealous thoughts
arising In their minds; that nothing
is lost by refusing to fight over mat
ters that may, very easily, be made
subjects for contention; that the
blessings of a righteous father fall
upon a good son; that Abraham over
shadows Isaac to such an extent that
Isaac seems merely to bask In the
greatness of his father.
The first three verses of our lesson
show us that God is intimately con
cerned with the material prosperity
of His children. Isaac fcarr Ood and
the I.ord gruntH him material pros
perity aR well as spiritual happiness.
And this is simply the logical out
working of tho laws of the kingdom
of God. If godliness is at the basis
Of all prosperity then the good mm
nnd the good nation should prosper.
And 'when society is godly there Is
material riches for all. The godller
the land, the better off its inhab
itants. The last six words of verse 14 point
the second lesson for us. And when
uny maji or any people becomes sat
urated with the evil venom of jeal
ousy then trouble comes quickly.
Verse 22 indicates that Isaac
proved the truth that nothing ia to
be lost and that much is to be gained
by not engaging in conflict over dis
puted matters. It Is hard to fight
with a man who will not defend him
self. The assurances of Cod given to
Isaac in the twenty-third verse are
an evidence that the Divine favor
that Is bestowed upon a godly father
win descend in no unreal fashion
upon a godly son. Abraham lovod
God and to follow His commands.
Isaac did likewise. And for that rea
son the promise made unto Abraham
was given to Isaac also.
The last lesson that wo may con
sider here Is that ot tho overshadow-
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French dairymen hare discovered
that the use of wine dregs as a fqod
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milk and Increases the output at
least twenty per cent.
ITTS, St. Vitu'Dancs:NcrvouR Diseases par
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Ash Pit For Every House.
Among the objects that invaria
bly attract the attention of tourists
in Denver are the ash pits at every
house. These are made necessary,
by the character of the coal common
ly used for domestic purposes and
by the high winds that prevail. i
The ashes of the lignite coal, so
extensively burned, hold the heat
for an extraordinary length of time,
remaining red hot for many hours,
or, if kept from the air, for days af
ter passing through the grate bars.
It is evident that If these red-hot
ashes were thrown out in back yards
or vacant lots, the high winds that
Bweep across the plains would scat
ter them broadcast, maklug them a
constant menace to the eye9 and
clothing of passersby, as well aa to
Inllumable property of every kind.
Every house is, therefore, required
by city ordinance to be provided with
un ash pit, shaped like an old-fash-toned
bake oven, with Bmall openings
it the top, through which the ashes
are thrown. Another opening in one
side at the bottom permits their re
moval when pit is full. Kansas City
Times.
The Major's Hoots.
Major Green said to his servant
Due morning: ".lames. I have loft
my mess boots out. I want them
oled."
"Yes, sir," the servant answered.
The Major, dressing for dinner
that night, said agalu, "I suppose.
James, that you did as I told you
about those boots?"
James laid 35 cents on the bureau.
'Yes, sir," said he. "and this is all
I could get for them; though the
Ing of Isaac by the memorv of Abra- ! corporal who bought 'em suld he'd
ham. Isaac Is a man of peace, he Is have given half a dollar If Dav-dav
a man of Immense power in his own
land. But it does seem as though
In many instances he was but a mere
slavish Imitator of his mighty father.
In fact, stories that are told of Isaac
have their parallels In the stories
that are related concerning Abraham.
For Abraham's sake God blesses him.
After the manner of his father he
tills and tolls und grows rich. Like
Abraham he digs wells, builds altars,
culls upon the name of Jehovah. To
be sure, Imitation of his father in
these things was not evil. Abraham
was as good a man as ho was great
iu his day and generation. But it
does seem as though with the exam
ple of his mighty ancestor before
him, the favor of God upon him. his
own capacity for righteousness. Isaac
might have done something more
distinctive. He is overshadowed by
the magnitude ot the character of his
father.
These few notes are offered:
Vs. 12. "Sowed." This is the first
mention of sowing. Before this we
have seed, seed-time and harvest.
Vs. 19. "Springing." Better, "llv.
Ing."
Vs. 20.
tentlon."
Vs. 21.
Vs. 22.
places."
"Seek." Hob. for "con-
"Sitnah." Heb. "entnitv.''
"Rehoboth." Heb. broad
badu t been so far off
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Some men seem to think that
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"HE FOUGHT FAIR."
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