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TIIE IIULY CI1Y.
It W
A SYMBOL OP IIEAVKV
nf. TalmasT reaehe an l:ioo,aent
8ernion JernMlem.
Tltvr "JeruMltM, Jerumtem f Matt.
put..
This r jelnmatlon burnt from Christ's lip
Me rum in sight of this great city,
J. athoii)ti things have marvelous!?
T?;.,.,) who ran visit Jerusalem to-day
th.'ut bavin ita mighty past roll over on
,, ordinary utterance must give place
STine exclamatory an w cry. O Jeru
I2,m, Jerusalem ! Uisanpolnted with the
iMt Land many have been, and I have
kMnl r ' f riMiiln say that their ardor about
T-rl places had been so ilamismed that
(J,, wire sorrow they ever visited Jeritsa
EL Hut with ma the city and ita surround
Lparo a rapture, solemnity, an over
whelming emotion. O Jerusalem, Jcrusa
un,' The procession of King, conquerors,
miwiind Immortal men and women pass be
! me a 1 stand here. . Anionic the throng
Solomon, David and Christ. Yes,
through these streets anil atnld these sur
Jenndings rnde Solomon, that wonder of
3 dewier and wretchedness!. It seemed an
U world exhausted itself on that
man It 've ita brightest flowers
Mi' hi garland. It net ita rirhet
mus in hi coronet. It prewd tha rarest
Vn'to hi lip. It robed him In the purest
inle and embroidery. It cheered him with
the-isw-ssetest music in that land of hnrpe. It
peetosl him with the gladdest laughter that
J,er leaissl from mirth'a li. It prinkhi
Bu cheek with stray from tho brightest
(oti'iiam. Royalty hail no dominion,
wrjltli n luxury, gold no glitter, flower no
iwe-tiie-w. ssmg no melody, light no rssliance,
M.lmlsterv 110 gorgsssususs, water no gleam,
bird" n" plumage, prancing courser no mot
tle afiiitecturo no grandeur, but it wa all
his Acro the thick grass of the lawn, fra
grant 'with tuft of camphire from Kngeili,
fell tlii long shudows of tree brought from
distant forests.
Ki'li pi'K (''! by artificial chnnneM that
brought this utrenm from bill far away,
were rrH'tuilly rult1el with tin, and golden
a-sl.-s hot from water cave to water cave
with endless dive nml swirl, attracting the
nirnl foreign pntciiljti. Hirds that had
Us-a brought from foreign aviurie glanced
and fliitteml Hinotig the foliage, ami culled
In their mate far lieyond the H.-a. Kroin tho
feral stables there ramo up the neighing of
twelve tho.ian I bsirsos, standing in Tdnnkrts
o( Tyrmti purple, chewing their bits over
trxigh of gold, waiting for tho King's order
fed brought out in front of tho palace when
theflllc iiil dignitaries would leap into the
scMIe for some grand parade, or, harnessed
tnsome of tho fourteen hundred chariot of
tin King, the fiery chargers with (Intuiting
mane and throbbing timtril would Illlike the
mrtu jar with tho tramp of hoofs nnd thu
thunder of whwl. While within and with
out the puUce you could not think of a inglu
lmurv tb;tt could I hi adiled, or of a ingle
niWilor l n.it could be kindlixl, do A n oil
the I'Hiik- of the iiea the ilry diK'k of
E"ii-e"''"'r rang with tho haiiimer
( tie; niiipwrightu who were con-
ntnii-tnic lari-T vew'lii for a utill wider coin-
Dinn-i'. tor nil hind nnd clime were to be
P ililnil to make up Solomon's glory. No rest
till ui kivlhall cut vvery vea, his axnien
bew every forest, his archers tdrik every
rar. wing, hi INhermon whip every Ntreum,
bis nii'rcluint trade in every bujuir, hi
Bine 1 honored by every trilie; and royalty
nhiill have no dominion, wealth no luxury,
gold no glitt'T, Hong no melody, light no
rn'limi'T. water no gleam, bird no plumage,
prsm-iiig courser no mettle, upholstery no
gnrgenunevi, architecture uo (,'randour, but
it m all hi.
"Well.'1 ynti ay, "if there i any man
tappy. he ought ui be." Rut 1 hear him com
ing out through the iialnca and see bis robes
actually incrusted with jewel as be Mauds in
the front and looks out iiKn the vait domain.
What dot be say? King Solomuu, great Is
your ilmninion, great is your honor, great is
yourjoyr o. While standing here amidxt
all the Ktilomlor, tho tears start uud bis heart
breaks nnd he exclaims: "Vanity of
vanities; nil Is vanity." Whnt! Holomoii
not happy yet No, not happy. Tho
bnnom ami the emoluments f
this world bring no mnny care with them
that they bring also torture and disquietude.
1'hnrHoli m's on one of the highest earthly
niiii. ii vs. yet b is misoi'ulile bwauso thi-ru
ar' pie hi his realm that do not want
ajiv hui-.T to uiiiko brick. Tho hud of
Kiiwnrd I ache under his crown because the
ii.p:.- will not pay the taxiw, ami l.lcwcllvn,
l'ninvui Wales, will not lo him homage,
and Wallice will m a hero. FYedericU
nilliiun III. of rrussin, is niiwrulilo bifause
rini.re namsio iukh me tTllssiull provinces.
Th wo !i i not larireeiioiiizli fur Umis I V
ml illmin 111. The ghastliest miffeiiiig, the
mot linvelmgfear, the most rending' jeal-iiim-.
(he most gigantic disquietude, havo
i iiinnisi oost'ipiiousi-ourners, and lieuu
elutlieil in rii vnluppurel, uud sat oil Judgiuunt
sent si if power.
Honor and truth and justice cannot go so
niRh up in authority as to be beyond the
ii ' """M" assault. The pure and good
in all ages hnvu been execrated by the limb
. 1 .' -ot mis mull, nut iiuraDiias.
'w. linrabbus was a robber." v honesty,
jy lliristinii principle, 1 would "have you
"'k for the favor ami tho coulldeuco of vour
fellow lin n, but do not look upon some 'high
position ns though that were always sun
huie. Tlie inouiitains of earthly honor ure
lik" the mountains of (Switzerland, covered
itl pi-rpetual ice und snow. Huving oh
tamed tiiecoiitldencit mid love of your asso
ciate, be coiiutnt with such things as you
nae. ou brought nothing into the world,
ami it is very certain you can carry nothing
ut. " l ease ye from man, whiwe bienth is
m hi no-tnls." There is an honor thut is
worth po-sessing, hut it is an honor that
"-lues from a,xl. This day rise up and take
'.. ' 'hold what manner of love thu
'athi r Imtli b.-towed upon us, that we should
ln.ciill.il the sons of U.hI." Who aspire not
I'T timt royalty? Come, now.au.l bo Kings
unit pruis untoUod and the hnmb foi ev..r.
" wealth mid wisdom could have sntislled
man. Solomon would have been satisfied,
o siiy tliut .s"!oinon wnsu tnillionaire gives
ut a v. i y imperfect idea of the proiiei-tv ho
ilierisl I, m David, his father. He had at
' " '"iiiinand gold to tho value of six liuii-
r'M ami eighty million (sunnls, and he had
""I- to toe vulueol one billion, twenty-niim
"ill.. .n. thivo hutidrisl and seventy-soveu
'minis sterling 'Hl0 g,,,,,.,, ol m,,, lmi,
mm a hi.- Iitilo present of seven bundrod and
f'i.ty thousand ismuds, and liiinui made
mi i u pivseiit of the same amount. If he had
.t tlie value of a whole realm out of his
P s.-l. it would Icive har.ily been worth his
iu e to sto.,,,, i.nvn and pick it up. Ho wrote
th ', """I"""1""'! Hie wings. He wrote thivo
' ' '''V,1!1'1 l''-overlM. Ho w,uto about almost
t thing. The Bible snys distiuctlv he
'f"'" I'lants, from tiio clar of I,o,
u totlie hyssop that groweth out of tho
M an, about bu ds and beat uud llshes.
-''aiiiihtheputoir his i-oyal robes, and put
Zh '""l,r ""Pl'ing, aud went l.ut
"ii hi. arrows to bring down the
with i "I'1":!",1""" ' birds; aud then
dim , i ."i apnaratiu he went
if ti i !,tr'""'i to bring up the donuons
fo. ,1 '.. '!, l'1,l"i'od iuto tfie forest and
the . h ''"r'!"t "I'nnens of flowers; ami
is. . i. m ''Ul."0 ,,Hl'k to tu,1y "ntl r',u
n.,t ,, , , ( i reii in piauis. il
hehol h 'ltt,"l"'K "'I bis wisdom and wealth,
Hi, ,5 ,T MU"!,ll"!Bi ' I"" "
n ?,"y .". Tr eity V8r b"u"1J " wonderful
h., i, ' Jt'ru,!ui, Jerusalom!
in .,'.? PttT, throush these streets, as in
iuJs fe V"..1 Hl,B iu " wonderful,
the Ki , , l,Ttu'r """ Uavid the couqueror,
the vJiu ' po"t- " l tlmt I um in
rvid r.wl",re hu livJ " reigned?
He wh Ki"t for, r l great for grief.
L !.?ru'Ir"1 "I' ia n' y Absaloun He
Cwiv1 1!e',,!d1 U'y' r.",1l'J b tUB rul" ot
hu., ,L rit'l,'u. From tho crown of his
" lu" "W vl hw feet there
was not a
about i .l . l'e science or nulmuJs;
ahuut "''""yo'oify. the science of llshes;
aU,uf 1"r,,",bo'By, the science of birds,
Ol'Ul IsitMllV I .1 .
single blemish. Tha Rlhle says that ha
had such Inxnriant shwk of hair
that, when once a year it was shorn,
what was out off weighed over three
pounds. Hut. notwithstanding all his
brilliancy (.f appearance, he wa a bad hov,
and broke his father's heart. H wa plot
ting to gt the throne of Israel. He had
marshaled an army to overthrow his father's
government. The day of battlo had come
and the conflict wa Is-gun. David, the
father, sat between the gates of the palace
waiting for the tilling of the conflict. Oh,
how rapidly his heart beat with emotion 1
Two great questions were to be decided: the
safety of his lKy, and the continuance of
the throne of Israel. After awhile.
servant, standing on the fc;n of the house,
lcsik off, and he sees some one running. He
is coming with great speed, and the man
on the top of the house announces the com
ing of the messenger, nnd the father watche
and waits, and a soon as the messenger
from the field of battle comes within hailing
distance the father cries out: Is it a qu
tion In regard to the etalliment of hi
throne? Does he say: "Have the armies of
Israel been victorious? Am I to continue in
my imperial authority? Have I overthrown
my enemies?" Oh, no. There is one que,
tion that springs from hi heart to the lip,
and springs from the lip Into the ear of
tho besweatod and bedusted messenger
flying from the battle Held the question:
''Is the young man Absalom safe?" When It
was told to Davl.1, the King, that, though
his armies had been victorious, hi son had
boon slain, tho father turned his back tiMn
tho congratulations of the nation, and went
up the stairs of his palace, his heart breaking
as he went, wringing his hands sometimes,
aud then again pressing them against hi
temples as though he would press them in,
crying: "O Absalom! my son! mr son!
W on Id (od I had died for thee, O Absalom!
my sont my son!" Htupendous grief of
David resounding through ail succeeding
ages. This wa the city thut heard tho woo.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
I am also thrilled nnd overpowered with
the remembranos that yonder, where now
stand a Mohammedan mosque, stotsl the
temple, the very ono that Christ visited.
Solomon's temple had stood there, but Neb
uchadnezzar thundered It down. Zerubhn
bel's templn had stood there, but that had
been prostrated. Then Herod built a temple
because ho wa fond of great architecture,
and he wanted the preceding temples to seem
insignificant. 1'ut eight or ten nush-rn ca
thedral together, and they would not equal
that structure. It covered nineteen
acres. There were marble pillars mi
isirtlng roof of ceilar, and silver ta
bles on which stood golden ciijm, and there
were carvings exquisite and inscription re
splendent, gliltoring hulustrnilcs and orna
mented gateways. Tho building of this tem
ple kept ten thousand workmen busy fortv
six years. (Stupendous pile of pomp arid
magnificence! But tho material and archi
tifturnl grandeur of the building were very
tamo compared with the spiritual meaning o"f
its altars and holy of holies, and the over
whelming significance of its ceremonies. O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
ButHtauilin in this old city nil other fact
are eclipsed when we think that near here
our blessed Iird wa Uirn. that up and
down the streets of this city He walked, and
that in the outskirts of it lie died. Here was
His only ilny of triumph, and Hi assassina
tion. One day this old Jerusalem is at thn
tiptop of excitement. Christ has boon doing
some remarkable work and asserting very
high authority. Tho slice court bo issinsl
isipers for His arrest, for tliist thing must be
stopped, a the very government i
inqieriled. N'ews comes that last
night this stranger arrived at a suburban
village and that Ho is stopping at tho house
of a man whom Ho had resuscitated after
four days' sepulture. Well, tho Msiplo rush
out Into tho streets, some with the Idea of
helping in the arrest of this stranger when
He arrives, and others expeutiug thut on the
morrow He will come Into tho town and by
some sutertiatural force oust tho uiu
nicial and royal authorities and take
everything in His own hand. They
pour out of tho city gates until the
procession reachos to the village. They
come all around aliout the house
whore the stranger is stopping, and
peer into the door and windows tlmt they
may got one glimpse of Him or hear the hum
of His voice. The mliee daro not inoko the
arrest, because He hn somehow won the af
fections of all tho eoplo. ( h, it is a lively
night in yonder Bethany! Tho heretofore
quiet villnge is tilled with uproar and outcry,
and loud discussion nlmut the strange acting
countryman. I do not think there wns any
sleep in that house that night where tho
stranger wns stopping. Although Ho camo
in weary Ho tin h no rest, though for
once in His lifetmi" Ho had a pillow.
But the morning dawns, tho olive gnr
dens wave in the light, nnd nil
along yonder ro.nl, reaching over the top of
Olivet toward this city, there is a vust sway
ing crowd of wondering pisiplc. The excite
ment around the door of tho cot (aire is wild
us the st ranger steps out beside an unbroken
colt that had never been mounto I, uud after
His friends hail strewn their garment on the
iwast ora sailitle the Muvior mounts it, mi l
tho populace, excite! und snout ing and fever
ish, push on back toward this city of Jerusa
lem. l,ot none jeer now or scoiriit this rider,
or me popmuoo win iraini.ie him un
der foot in nu instant. There is one
long shout of two miles, nnd as far as
the eye can roach you see waving ot demon
strations and npprovul. Them was some
thing in the rider's visage, something in His
majestic brow, something in His iniii.vlv le-
huvior that stirs up the enthusiasm of the
people, iney run up nguinst thu beast and
try to pull the rider off into their arms and
carry ou their shouiilers the illustrious
stranger. The populace are so excited that
tuey hardly know what to do with them
selves, and some rush up to the roadside trees
ami wrencu o.t luaiiciic nml throw them in
His way. and others doff their gar
ment, what though they 1st new
and cotly, and spread them for a car
pet ror tne conqueror to rule over. "Hokuii
na!"cry the issiplo ut the foot of the hill.
'Hosaona!" cry tho people all up and down
the mountain. Tho irocsnion has now come
to the brow of yonder Olivet. Magiiillcent
prospect reaching out in every direction
vineyards, olive groves, jutting rock, silvery
Nilium, and above all, rising ou its throiui if
I.ills, this most highly honored city of ull tho
earth, Jerusalem. Christ there, in tho midst
of the proci'siioii, look otf ami sees here for
tress si gates, und yon ler the circling wull,
nml here the toners blazing in the sun, I'hns
Hciusuud .Mariiui'iie. Yonder is llippicus.tho
King's castle. looking along in tho range
of tho larger brunch of that olive true, you
see the mansions of the merchant priucs.
Through this cleft in tin limest iu rock you
kcd tho palace of the richest trulticker in nil
tho earth. Ho has ma le his money by bell
ing Tynan purple. Behold now tho temple!
Clouds of smoke lilting trom the shimmer
ing, roof.wliile the building rises up beautiful,
gran, I, majestic, the architectural skill and
glory of the earth lifting themselves there in
ono triumphant doxology, tho 1 roneii prayer
of all nut ions.
The crowd looked around to see exhilara
tion and transsrt in the fnea of Christ. Mi,
no! Out from amid the gutos, and tho
domes, and the palaces, there uroso a vision
of tiiis city's sin, and of this city's doom,
which obliterated the luiidscao f roui horizou
to horizon, and Ho burst into tears, cryiug;
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem:" But that was
the only day of hjiiii that Jesus saw in and
around this city. Vet iie walked the streets
of this city the loveliest and most majestic
Is'ing thut the world over saw or ever will
see. l'ublius Leutilus, in a letter to the
Human (Senate, describe Him as "a
nun of stature somew hat tall, his hair the
color of a chestnut fully ripe, plain to the
oars, whom-e downward it is more orient,
curling aud waving about the shoulders; iu
the midst of Hi forehead is a stream, or par
tition of His hair; forehead plain, ami very
delicate; His face without sst or wrinkle, a
lovely red; His nose and mouth so forked as
nothing can lw represented; His beard thick,
In color like His hair not very long: His eves
gray, quick and clear." He must dio. The
French army in Italy founds brass plute cm
which wus a ivipy of His death warrant,
signed by John Zerubbabol, JUphuul KoLuul,
Daniel Hobani aud Caet.
bometiutos tuou ou tho way to the scaffold .
have been rescued by the mob. No such st.
tempt was made In this case, for the mob
were against Him. From nine in the morn
ing till three in the afternoon, Jesus hung
a-dying in the outskirts of this city. It was
a wene of blood. We are so constituted that
nothing is so exciting as blood. It Is not tha
child's cry in t lie street that so arouses yon
as the crimson dripping fnsn its lip. In 'the
dark hall, seeing tlie linger marks of
blood on the plastering, you rryt
"What terrible deed has been dono here?"
Ixsikfng upon this suonded victim of the
cross, we thrill with the sight of blood
blood dripping from .thorn and nail, blood
rushing upon Hlscheek, blocs! saturating His
garments, bhssl gathered in a ptml beneath.
It Is called an honor to have hi one's veins
the blood of the house of (Stuart, or of the
house of Haphurg. Is It nothing when I
twdnt you to the outpouring blood of tha
King of the universe?
In England theiiameof Henry wa so great
that its honors were diviitod among different
reigns. It was Henry the First, and Henry
the Second, and Henry the Third, and Henry
the Fourth, and Henry tho Fifth. In France
the name of I .on is wa so favorably regarded
that it was Imis the First, Isnui the Second,
Isolds the Third, and soon. But the King who
walked these street was Christ the
First, Christ the l,at, aud Christ the
Only. He reigned before the Cur mounted
the throne of Hussln, or the throne of Aus
tria was lifted, "King eternal. Immortal."
Through the indulgence of the royal family,
the physical life degenerates, and some or
the King have been almost imlss-ile, and
their bodies weak, and their blisid thin and
watery; but thn crimson life that flowed u)on
Calvary had in it the health of Immortal
U1.
Tell it now to all the earth and to nil the
heavens Jesus, our King, is sick with His
Inst sickness. jrt couriers carry the swift
dispatch Hi pain are worse; Ifo Is breath
ing a last gi-oan; through Hi Issly quivers
the last anguish; the King I dying; the Khig
i dead! It is rovnl bl iss. It Is said t hat some
religionists make tsi much of tho humanity
of Christ. I ressnd that we innko tisi lit
tle. If some Human surgeon, standing un
der the cross, hail caught, one drop of the
bhssl on hi Iihii, I nnd inmlyr.sl it, it
would have liooii found to have the
same plasma, the same disk, the same fibrin,
tho same albumen. It wa unmistakably
human blisnl. It is a man that hangs there.
His Is me are of the same material as ours.
His nerves are sensitive like our. If it were
an angel le-ing dosiMiiJ'sl I would tiotfisd it
so much, for it Is'tongs to a different order
of Iwing. But my Saviour is a man,
and tny whole sympathy is aroused.
I can imagine how the spike felt how
hot tho temples, bum. si what deathly
sickness sci!.s His heart how mount.
Hiti, and city, and mob swam away from His
dying vision something of tho meaning of
that cry for help thut make the bhssl of all
the a:;e curdle with horror: "Myths!! tny
tiod! why hast Thou forsaken me?"
Forever with all these scorn's of a Saviour's
suffering will this city Im as,s-iatel. Here
Hi unjust trial and liero His death. Oh, Je
rusalem, Jerusalem!
But dually I am thrilled with the fact that
thiscity is a symlsd of heaven which Is only
another Jerusalem. "The New Jerusalem!"
And this thought ha kindled the imagina
tion of all the sncnsl poet. I am glad that
llorutlo Jiotiar, the Scotch liy tniii-t, rum
maged among old manuscript of the British
museum until he found that hymn iu ancient
ss'lling, parts of which wo have in mutilated
form iu our nnslern hymn Issiks, but the
quaint power of w hich wo do not get iu tur
modern versions:
llierussteni. tnv linpple hntno!
When .hall f ronie to lies' T
When shsll my surriiwe. huve an mi.
Thy Jutus when slinll 1 see ?
Niss dsmplsh mist Is seenp In thee,
Xne coiilo nor tl.irk.ome night :
Then, everln soulu shines s. the snnnt,
There. Unit llllnnellu gives light.
Thv wills sre ninile of prerious stones,
Thr hulwsrkes illsmoniles usru;
Thv gales sre of right orient peaxlv,
Kiceeiiiiigu rlchu slid rare.
Thv tiiirvttos sml thr plniiwles
With rsrlmncles ids' shine:
Thr verrle streets are paved with gonld
sufyiuslufc elest and nuu.
Thr lionses sre of yrorle.
Thy windows rrystal rlesre:
Thy fyloe sre msile ol heaU'ii gould,
U (iisl ! that I wvro there.
Our sweet is ml x t w 1th bitter gaulo,
liar pleasure is hut psine:
Our loves scarce lust I ho hsikeiugou,
Oar sorrons slille rciiciine.
But there they lire in such delight,
hllell le:i-nre null silell i!ll
A" lhs iii them s thousand yeares
Dolh seine us yesterday.
Thv gardens ami thv gallant walks
I 'mifiiiinillv are cris'iie:
Th"M grow such sweetn and p'.i nsunl fluwer
is no w iiere eise sr.t msiuc.
Thure tris's forevermopi hesr fr.iltti
And everinor.' .lis springe;
There evermore I he angels sll.
And evermore die; singe.
Illi'i ii item ! my li.pic home!
WiMllil l.isl nere III I bee !
'onld lion tnv wis-, were .a an end,
Tny lo,' thn! I might ecu!
Appciillng fo Their Sjiiipntlil.w.
Two hiitiilsoiucly ilrcsscil women, with
licnmiiif,' ami benevolent faces, were walk.'
hi"; southward nlon liroiulwuy one after
noon. (iooilncss was tin mistnk til ly
stamped on cucli woman s fiicc und tlicir
jilai iii look showed that they were ut
jicacu with the world. When they
reached Thirty-second street, they saw u
ntu'r.'cd urchin who was iu thu net ol
pit kino; uj) Hoiuctliino; frnin thu gutter.
It wus a jiicco of Mulo lircad covered
with tlie dirt of tint street. A shudder
ran over both women us they miw (he
boy put thu bit of blend to lus mouth.
It wit a slim, shivering hoy, whusu woe
begone nnd weazen features told of
poverty that would iijiix-ul In the btouicst
lieiirt.
"J'oor, dear hoy," said the elder of
the women, uud :i tear rrcjit into her eye.
"Von do look hungry, indeed. J hive
you nothing better to int. than that?"
'-Nii-u-w, imtli ii 'tall, muni," hit re
plied in t Ii in shivering tunes. "(Jot no
'oine, no fiirder, uo hinder; gits inu liviu'
in do street."
"There, there, throw ttwiiy tlmt dirty
Wild. Tnku this quarter und go net
soino wiinn colTce uud a roll," replied the
good woman, us she felt her kindly heart
seem to rise up in her throat uud choke,
her.
Tho wretched lad took thu shining coin
in hi hegriiiimcd lingers nnd blubbered
out his thanks. Then thu second lady
lishcd a quarter out of her retictilu nnd
guvo it to thu urchin. Tho hoy seemed
overcount by such good fortune, und be
tween his thanks lie stuffed thu hand
holding tho two quarters into thu bosom
of his ragged shirt. Then thu two good
women putlcd tho mat of hairou. his Jmt
Icsh head, epoWu t heory words to the -boy.
and resumed their walk down Hroudway,
their hearts filled with u warm clow of
gluducss that they hud hern uhlo to ro-
licvo n caso of genuine distress. Aud
thu hoy ho went uroutid thu block to
tlto Bixth Hvcnua side of tho Union Dinio
havings Huuk, takintr his crust of dirtv
bread with him, und prepared to work
his "lay" uguin Nett York Tribune.
New York city extiftids ilOO.000 a
mouth iu street clvuDlug.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
mr. lkssox Fon ni:cKMnr,n is.
'Solomon' Kail," I Kings, '. 4.1a
Golden Test 1 Cor. 1. 12. Votes.
4. "ft rome to pass when Solomon was ohl,
that his wives turned away his In-art after
other gods." As to the thhurs of this worlil,
on which tlie hearts of people in all iifres have
been so firmly set. Solomon was filled with
them. Hiches anil honor lie enjoyed to thn
full and nil the pleasures that wealth could
purchase. (Keel. Ii., 10.) No vessels of silver
was used fai his house (it was plentiful as
stone and wus thought nothing of), all were
of roM; he exceeded all the Klnes the
earth for riches nnd for wisdom, and all the
earth sought the face of Holomon to hoar his
wisdom, which U1 had put in his heart.
(Chap, z., Jl-'J4.) Hut King Koloiimn lovisl
many strange women of the nations, concern
ing which thn lrd had forbidden Israel to
have anvthing to do with them (sec v. 2,
ml Dent, vil., a, 4), nnd these turned away
his heart, as tiod had said they would. Thu
one great peculiarity of Israel" wns that Je
hovah, the only living and true ()od, was
their Hod dwelling in their midst, and thus
they were a peculiar jieople, acmted from
all other nations to make known the name of
Jehovah. (Kx. xxxiii, Iti.) We cannot cleave
to Ood and at the same time cleave to that
which (IimI forbids, when Holomon clave
unto these heathen women in love (v. !i) Hod
ceased to issupy His proper place in .Solo
mon's heart.
"His heart was not perfect with the Trd
his ((nil, as was the heart of 1'avid, his fa
ther." He had. at the dislicntion of tho torn-
I pie. tirnisl the people to let their hearts l
. srfoct with the lord their (bsl that all peo
jile of the earth might know that Jehovah i
! (lod and that there is none else (chnp. vtti., tM,
I (11); but now through these ninny w ives of hit
1 his own heart is gone. We are to lovo
toit wltU the whole lnrt, and whatever elsn
we love, whether wife or hiisbaml, parent!
or children, tiisl llmisilf must have the first
pmee.
6. "Solomon went nfter Ashtoreth.
and after Mileom." These were idols of tin
Ziilonlnns and Ammomtit). whose wor-liip
was nis-oiiiMiiiie, with nlsuuiiiable riti-sj but
as Holomon had taken wives from thesx nn.
tlons, and they had probably gone with him
to the temple to see the worship of his (i.sl,
they now persuade him to si-t up also then
idols which they had Issn accustomed til
worship: and as he hnd sinned in taking
these wives, he now sins yet more to gj'utif)
them.
II. "And Holomon did evil in the sight o
the Iird."' He did evil iu the sight of men,
he ilid evil against himself, but the greatness,
of his sin was the fuct that it was nguins)
Hod. Ho wns the lord's representative, nml
he, of nil men, should have Is-eu fuithlul to
Jeliovuh who had so hlesevd him ulsive a
men.
7, 8. "Then did Solomon build an high
plains for t'hemosh, nl jkewis
did he for all his strange wives." Thus lidd
ing sin to sin, the more evil nss.M-mtes i
havi, the inorsi sin we are likely to commit.,
and if we put ourselves under the least obli
tat ion to an ungodly Hrson we cannot wet
deny them a favor when they ask it, evei
though we know it is wrong to grant it
hightssuisuess cannot have fellowship wilt
iinrightis.iisness, nor light with darkness III
Cor. vi., 14; Kph. v., 11). 1s t us walk in tin
light and avoid all aps'arnnce of evil, Somt
of these nlKiminations which Solomon bulll
on the Mount of Hives remained overtime
hundred years, until the dnys of Josluh (II
Kings xiii., I Ml; showing us how lustine
ami far reaching sin is uud how hard U
undo.
0. "The I.ord wns nngry with Solomon.
8.) we reml that Jchowili was nngrv witl
Moses and Anron and Israel (Dent, iv., m.
it., K, Viil; 1! Ki. xvii.. IN); nml that whili
He Is slow to auger and grs'iit in inerev, yet
(hero is a day coming when it w ill be ill foi
those who are not hid in tho Hock of Ages
(Nahnm I.. .1; ep. ii.. 'J. !)). It is hard foi
us to think of anger npnrt from sin, but
when we rend of the auger of il wo must
think only of the righteous indignation of
holy ((od w ho cannot sin. He d.s s not ili
sire the death of any sinner, but rather tl.nl
the wicked turn fro'ni Ids evil wnvsaml live
(E.ek. xviii., xxxiii., 11; II l'vt. iii., in,
so that the ies'iitant sinner may be fori
given, for ,lius's sjike, nnd sing: ') l.rd, I
will praise Tliis; though Thou wast angrj
with nio, Thine anger is turned away, uuc
Thou comforted, me." (Ka. xii.. I i
"His heart i.as turned from the l.or I (ioil
of Israel, winch had appeared unto him
twice." The lird had appeared to him at
(iideoii, when H. said "Ask what I shall gitt
thee,'1 nml again iu unswer to his prayer at
the dedication of the temple (chap Iii., ."; ix.,
'Ji, and these high (nvors, in addition to nil
the other blessings, should have kept Nolo.
111. hi faithful to his tiod; but alas for tlx
dostiorute iviokodnos of the human heart,
ud how mnrvcloiis thu long sulleiiii,; ami
patience of JchovahC
10. "He kept not that which the I.nl com,
man. I.sl." It was a i-nse of direct uud will
ful disobedience. H was forbidden to multi
ply horses or wives or silver or gold, uud yet
these were the very things lie did; he wni
commanded to keep by him a copv of tin
law sml read therein till the days his life,
but this he evidently did not do, and oonse.
uueiitly, not being anchored, li .ti itt.sl ou
the risks, llieut. xvii., 1 1 '().) What aeon.
trsst to his father, who suid: "( ), how love 1
Thy law; it is mv niinitiit ion all the day"
(i s. cxix., us); ami, "jiy me wont or Tliy lipi
1 have kept mo from tho paths of tho d
trover." (I's. xvii., 4.)
"I will surely rend the kingdom from the
and give it to thy servant." Tho record of
this will lie found more at length in our next
lesson; but notice hero how disoheilieiice rolil
us of our blessings. Listening tothe tempter
and becoming is-i-snadcd by him that to cat
of thu tree of know ledge would prove au ad
vantage, Adam nnd Kvo, in disolscdienco to
(iod, sought a pre-ient gratification and thus
brought sin sml misery upon tho wholsj
human ruce. hum, for the present gratifica
tion of a mess of pottage, ill-Mused ins birth'
right and all its high privileges. Achum,
for tho present gratification of some gold nr.. I
goodly raiment, brought upon hiniM-ll und hn
household a fear! ill judgment. Hero ueliuvi
Solomon gratifying himself to the full, r,v
gnr.lless of I'liii.seipii'iiccs or of the coiumaiiil
of (iod, nnd thus he loscsthc kingdom. A I Til
liumiind Moses, on the other hand, and tin
list of wohies of lleb. xi. got their eyu,
and hearts llxed uihiii the realities of an
eternal city niul kingdom, und thus wi re eu
ubhsl to wulk with (list in olnslience here,
setting a right value iixui present thiugi
and treating tlicm accordingly.
1U. "Notivithstiindiiig, in tliy d.ivs I will
not i'o It, for David thy father's sake." WhiU
goilllness is not hi'i eilitary, yet w ho i nn esti
mate tho benefit of g wily parents, or the
blessings which comu to us through those
who love lion) Jesus, lwt tl.e clnl.li en con
Jder Uiis and ismtrast the condition of many
"whose juireiits know not (iod with thu condi
tion of the children of pious parents.
"I will rend it out of thu hand of thy son.1'
Here is the contrast: Solomon derives benefit
from his futher's piety, w hile Solomon's son
Is to sufror because of his father's impiety;
o that evil doing reaction to others beside
the evil doer.
13. "J' or David Mv servant's sake, and fo
Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen." Tho
blossim: that will vet come to Jei 'USllll'lll 1 1SW
causo God has chosen it, shall bs seen in mil
lennial uays, but leaving that, notice that
David was not only Solomon's father: he was
the servant of Jehovah; una of the highest
titles thut can be given to mortal man, inas
much as it is oueof tho titles of the Ird
Jesus Himself, who shall vot be the salvation
of God unto the euds of the eurth (Isa. xlii.,'
1, in., in, ami lor wnose sake any oue may
now be saved who comes to tiod in Hm
s ue. utison tlrlfjrr.
AS tho bell were lielng rung in the church
riwor of Olali V jl'ulu, in Hungary, the hoi
i ey sudduuly fell in. Under it were btirhsi
ix persons, while four others were struck
lud badly hurt.
TEMPERANCE.
THR WATT. H.
The water! The water!
The water f resh nnd sweety
I saw it bubblo in a sjiring,
Where field ami forest meet.
The lilies nodded oil the brink.
And the robins coma to drink.
The water I The water!
In well, and lake, and sea,
1 e drink, we swim, we Uthe, w row.
Ami love tho wa(er freel
The water, sunshine, ami fresh all'
Ith nh and binl, and flower we shnrsi
National 7'emjirrance Ahnttnnc.
itai.t'8 MiKMtitn A! anaTAL-sra.
, Rignor Crisis, tho Premier of Itniv. m.
latos the following anecdote: "llurinir mr
I.1"? , ,!,V,r,,,w wlth ''r'neo Ilisumri-L. at '
! rieilrlchsriilie, the Cliuncelhsr caused two
......... ..,. , ,..,-r i iirougnt. ami
Jnvlle.1 tun to di ink tho one (..faced before me.
I pt..t.s,t,s that I drank only water, whereat
the IV uc.-s.ssnila,stonihellsyondnieasure,
but said nothing. Ht when he hademptici
Us own Rhiss, lie slowly di link tlw ono which
hnil (me, l.i..,,.i.ui ...
. ... ,. (siiortiy ntU'r-
ward two large pip,, nihsl w ith tobaoVo were.
l.rotiKht. 1 he Prince lit his own and Imn.l.sl
the f.tllee V la.- . .
...... . 1 ,,ur nigmiivss, 1 olv
"uTHK nmVv, tUn,"- hut 1 do not smoke.'
Uhatr exclalmeil llismaivk, rather tints.
" V.' ,1""'t ,,ri"k- " y don't
smoke! hat sort of a man are you, tle-uf r
At.COtdX. AJlls Ttm nART.
The sjunlliM amount of alcohol, say. Tr.
Kate Mitchell in the 7m;frrriure ;,'.insiei-,
will Increase the lsnts of the lierf ! ,ww
pie generally take it iu order to prislm-e this
ctTiyt. As the heart lients more ipilckly, tho
bhssl seems to circiilatu more freely through
the hlisid-vcsseK nml there sfor the moment
a fisditig of reiiewe.1 energy and strisnglli all
over tho Issly. When, however, the elfis-ts
of the alisihol have worn otT. the heart bents
more slowly than It should do. and lln jst
sii feels ie,re.s.s nnd languid until some
more of the same drug is taken. Thus the
heart is always doing more work than it
should do, and never getting enough rest, and
in time the extra wear and tear begins to tell
iijioii it, and it lalsirs hard (i do (ho work
which it ought to aii'ompli'.h easily and mi
restrainislly. The greater the tpiautitv of
alcohol taken daily, tho greater is the injury
to tho heart. As time gis-s by its mun-ulnr
lllires Invoiiih tliiekoiiisl, mid there U a fat
amongst, tliem (tins is cnlli- fntlv deg1-ncrn-tiont,
which prevents a fnss net Ion of the
henrt. Tho lining meiulirano of this organ
h also Intlaminl by the continual passage of
alcohol over it. and it Iss-omes reddened and
thickeneil. Tho valves also sutler iu the
wuno way, andnt last limy become so disease-1
that they are powerless to prevent the bisnl
flowing a wrong dins ti.ni. When this -curs
the whole circulation of tho blood in tho
Issly is interfered with nnd disturbed, and
death must result because it is impossible to
bring tho heart bnck to n healthy condition.
When once the lnart is sodiscasod it is incuni
ble, nnd even total abstinence w ill not Iso
able toil.) nny thing to help it. Tlie lt
thing is to prevent such a terrible statu of
things from happening, for prevention is bet
ter than cure.
It must bo remeinls-rssl that the heart,
which is a very hnr.l ivoi king organ (its
work Is-ing c.pial to lifting about I 'JO tons one
fisa In twenty-fonr hours), must have rist,
and that if this rest is shorten.!, as it is by
the use of nlcoliol, nil the evils nlsne men
tioned will gradually take pines, and liT
mutit iuevitablr Is-shorti-iie.L
KNILANI)H TWO OKKT RVII..1.
Lor.) Itandolph fhurchill is still di-s-ussiing
tho drink ipi.tion in his spess'hes. In a re
cent address nt Nowton, JlontgoimrvsMirf
he said: '
"I Ibid that tho condition of the mvi,., is
most seriously nnd dangerously all'ectod by
two great evils. Tho one arissss from tho
excessive consumption of alis.holio li,pi,,i-s
by the masses of tho people of tho country
llbar, hoar.) The uurestritteil wile of In
toxicaiing liipiors among tho masses of tho
seoplo is shown iu the enormously excessive
numlMir of ostublishiueuts for tho sale of
drink which strike the eye everywhere, uo
matter whore you go, in any part of Knglaiid
or Unlos. Cheers. The other vil arises
from the disgraceful condition of tho dwell
ings which uro inliabitisl by a largo portion
of our laboring sanitation. The elVss't of
those two evils iism the condition of tho
people cannot bo exaggerated by any one.
Tim effect of thos two evils upon tlie con
dition of the pis.ple is written for all who
like to rend and studv them in tho almost iu
liiimerabli) reports o( Itoynl Commissions nnd
1 ai liameiit.uy Committees, andwrittm in
the ma.is upon mass of evidonco which has
Isniii ml. tucnl Is. lorn those Commissions nnd
tboso CommittsHss from ersoiiH whoso
authority cannot Ihi disputisl or deiiii'd; and
thoso two evils are dis.-over.sl and nro pro
claimed by tho must authorilntivn souns's to
ls prmlucing among our people a tnostox
ulsirant, a most rank, 11 most noisome crop
of povi-rty, mi..ry,iiHwisvaiidcriino." Hear,
linur.J
TKMrKltAM'K MKWM AMI NOTKH.
The next convention of tho National XV. C.
T. I', will be held iu Atlanta, (sisugia.
It is stated that ninety -three per cent, of
all children taking tho teiuperunce pledge re
main faithful to their early vows.
When a young man starts out to get a
ilriuk nu. I pusses uii ol I drunkard on the way
we wonder that he doesn't think of him
A total of 1:11 Young Women's Christian
Teiiosi an.-o unions, with :tl,li.',7 regular and
rT:m honorary mcinl.i i s, wus reported hi the
eouvuiitioii.
There are many beverages more than half
tho bulk of which is alcohol. Irish and
Scotch whisky contain nearly lilty-llvo per
cent. Iiian.lv nnd gin nearly us much. Jh
strong alo there is nearly seven per cent, of
alcohol.
Dr. Josiah Strong, author of "Our Coun
try," wiys: "At no tune in ull the year mid at
no place 111 nil the laud is thn,, so much of tho
saving power of the ii.Hi.ni gathered to
gether as ut the um111.il convention of the W,
C.T. I.'."
In Hm first nine inoutlis of lict year Kng
laiid consumed I l,'.;:i, 1; 1 gallons of w ine,
IVJ.VI.'.'M gallons of spirits, and H.h.M.slS
gallons of beer. In this year she has con
sumed 1 1.. 'iti.V.'di g.-illoiH "f wine, s,T;il,'i(ll
gallons ot spo ils, and 2 ,'.1 callous of
be. r.
l'rofessor William T. Anderson, head of
the ilr.Hil.lyii Normal School for physical
Kdueuriou. address.. -I (hn National Coiiveii
tion at Chicago on his specialty nnd gener
ously oll'ensl o train 1, latuitoiislv live voung
women for V, c. T. U., "e ung. of
physical culture."
While, the number of existing drink-li-censes
iu I,ii,,iii has not iucriused of lute
years, tho draui-shoiis of Paris hnvu risen
from 'J l,0-)i) ill Ss, to m arly ;iii,ooii In the
privsent year. In thirty years tho consump
tion of ulc.ihol iu I'l auce has trebled, and in
ten years it linn doubled, tho iiveragu con
siiiuptiou bciiitf twelvo ipiarls for each male
adult.
.Miss Sallio A. Msssre. of rhiladelnhin.
I'rcsident of St. .Maluchl's Iji. lies' Total Ale
Htinonco Sjclety tho llrst ltoinan Callmlic,
woman to address a public assembly in tho
presence of a bishop and priests recently j
sent tho following inossago to Miss Francos J
Willard: "No sectarianism in religion, no
sectionalism iu politics, 110 wx in citizenship. I
out eacu ami ull ol us lor Uou and 1101110 and
native laud."
Havo we a Christian civilization? We are
told tliat In tho city of Now York l VI.Oofl
children are day and night, and night uud
day, under tho domoralii-.lng influences ol
tho snlooxi : we nro told by tho Citizens'
League of Chicago that :u),000 children go
day after day into your saloons and drink
and bring away drink. Wo have hoard
from tho platform hero of your fTD.tHKI.OOO
for liijuor, aud $JI,0ta,(XMi fur beer. Do you
think the churches iM.lnting heavenward, do
you think uroat societies that moot together
and soud away their millions to tho heathoc
can stout) fur thutr .Ifr. C'iara lluJJ'man.
ItELIGIOUS READING.
CHRIST It TIIK tlKT.
The Ir.aii .Idlers of Nnpolenn Idolite,!
.dm. Intlielrestlmiiii.nl he was the tsr
fis'ti.m of nil military genius and nobility.
They would tight for him, sutler for him,
and die for him. As emperor be was a
much their idol at he was on the tented
field. No language could exaggerate their
devotion to him. An old soldier, w ho bore
the scars of many battles, was brought under
the surgeon's knife in a hospital. A tumor
was to ha removed from the breast. Aside
knife did its work, and came very near to
the heart, the hero exclaimed, "I .'tor. cut
a little ilecer and yon will lind the empe
ror!" He inrrieil t he emperor in bis heart,
to true was bis devotion.
Tho believer, in whose henrt Christ ii
formed the boj of glory, can sny tlie same
about the Captain of bis salvation, "Co n
little deeper and von will find the Mater "
To hint Christ is "the chief among ten thou
sand and tho one alt gt thcr lovely." Clinsf
I1ast10rivali11tl1.it soul. Its consecration
is holiest, und it sings,
"I love to kiss (be prints where Thou
Hast set thine unseen fss-l;
I cannot fear thes-, blessed Will,
Thine empire is so sweet.
"When ohsiai li-sau.l trials seem
f.ike prisou walls to be,
I do the little I ran do
And h uvc the rest to thcr."
yisttn.ris or Tint km tutors Mrtt.
Consecration (o Christ must reveal itself
ml Justify Itself In the visible conduct of
life. Our Christ is a revealed Christ, lleii
:. '.'' -s.t :l;e world and for the world. He
is not a cloistered Christ ; lie does not kes-p
himself in the clo.i is. nor in tlie dnzling
Jight of hcivcn. His work. His s-rout re
ilccining w..rk for us. was done ut the sight
f men sin the con-pi. nous plmei of the
World. He slid not atone for Us in the far
heavens. Put be made our minm. 11 w ulks
-illustrious by His footsteps 011 tin' 111. and our
common places luniimoi-. ami glow mg by His
end urn 'ices in 1 1 nun. I Vt ,,. .,, ,,wn
ol tiogrMI ibstiin tion till His birth in it liflcl
it to a glorious renown. Na.aictli wa-ndc-rpised
village until IDs life in it gave it a
w;dcr faine than any r..yal city of the
C.-i snrs. tictlis mane and Culvarv have in
spired the poetry of the piople," by their
voices of pal bos and ng.uiv bey. ,11, 1 anv other
great cndiiraiu i s of heroes and tnurtvrs, be
sausetlie memory of bis voluntiirv and
priceless siillering ri'Vcrbcratcs nnd llii ills in
their enduring nnd ntiforgotti'ii inimes. lie
was in the world; lee was seen amotig us.
The loin's of beavi n were in his human
voice, (lie lilit ,. heuvi'ii was
Ing eyes. The help of bi aveii
'band. We l.cbchl bis gb.rv. the
(he only begolteii ot tin- I'.i'llicr.
111 Ins pity
w as in bis
glory us of
i Since be went away, bis followers, by
open confession and coiului't, have rcpr.'s
,diiccd bis life ill low Iv and uiiworthv w ys
it may be, but in im-tboils and expenem-'es
iwbich be has gracioii-ly ucceplnl and
iblcsii-l, sii.l 011 which be lias pronounced
ibis "well done."
, It Is not enough to experience religion In
the elosi't. It is not eiionidi to come alone
to (iisl in repciitaucs. and faith, nnd to make
'loyal vows in private. They who follow tho
Master will follow 1 1 i III ois'l'ilv before kin,-
uud populace, in country and in t itv, in tint
temple and by the widl-side. He Would
have 110 disciple iiliumi of him. I to
would have all w ho loc him cotilcss linn
before ins. 11.
St. Paul's life was 11 life of declaration,
lie said: "I stand unto tins dav, having
obtained the help t hat is from I .oil, testify
ing both to smail nml great." He was an
open confessor. lie wanted to know hri-t
ami the fellowship of his siiflerings. lie
would biivv gone into another I lei lieni:ino
Jill.l borne a ones ii 011 nil., I her Golgotha,
I b said: "I'll lil! upon my part that wbicli
is lacking ol the nlllictimis ol Christ for tho
Church." He knew what w as tm .ml w hen
he wrote: "I bear in my body the marks) of
the l.or I Je us'' (Gal. li;V).
We, too, if we are Christ's, must know
something of this. Our Cbistian life must
be lived out before the world. As 111 olden
lime men saw bun on their streets ami in
their lomes and m tlu ir nssemblii's, an.)
knew that the Christ was viible, so must
Ibey see us in places of Inisiiii'ss nml study,
in all plan s wberc 11 1 1 1 ntc and 11111-t know
that the Christ, in the prc-cm e of one w ho
loves and serves bun nnd represents bun t
them, is verily pn-si nt. I hoy must sec biiu
in us. We iniisi speak Ins language. Sm h
words us these that reached I lie intellect of
Nl leiiius and the coti-cicii. col' the w.,1111111
of Samariii, as ri'Veah'il the young ruler to
hint ell and made I'llale fear, as fell on fl u
end biarts of I be multitudes, who in t lit-:r
hunger and third bung on Ins lips, a-, e I
1 : 1 1 1 11 1 1 olliccrs, awed by bis hinguage, 1 1
say, " Never man so speak," 111 nt be m r
words to our associates and to straiigct,.
We must speak the luiiguuu'e ol' licaveii
liinidst the I'.ubcl lonucs of the World.
Cbiisiian songs have otteiisd awakened ro
fpolisive tones III dull souls, and Christian
testimony has ronviuci d guin-.uvcTK of tho
Icality of H'rsoial l.ntli 111 Christ.
We must also interpret the iin aiiiiig of dis
eiplesbip by the visible trulls of. lisciplc-bip.
I'r.,111 us men must I. am (hat it m.-ans
Christ reproduced iu his ,, ing spirit, in bis
tender s.viniMthy, iu bis attractive grace.
'I hey must see that religion is not mere pro
fession, but that it carries 11 huge, gencroiH,
winning practice. Light mii'.t so g it
from us into darkness and wreb -bed souls
thai duly shall tie made clear to them that
they shall sen the peril of sin mid the
way of deliverance, the attractions of the
cross and of heaven. There was profoond
meaning in the words of him, who wits tho
Light of I lie world, to his disciples w hen hn
told them, "Ye are (he light of tho World."
Moreover, we must make It clear that our
religion is mm of helpfulness. Help was
laid on oiks w ho was mighty tosuvewbeii
our salvation was laid 011 Christ, mi l ilm
pitilul cry of tlie hiai y laden to him was
l.oi.l, In'lp i:s. ,M"ii in s.. it now. lnvolv.il
in sin, tangled in the incsii-s of w.a elliness,
laken captive by Satan at bis will, they
want tin- helping band of a brother for t heir
rs-scue. Ii is lor lis to give il in bis name.
The joy ol giving it, Hie joy of helping t.
Save u brother, is the swei les j,,y lb s si, In
.of heaven; it is nl. 1 11 to the joy of Christ,
w bo, for the joy that was set 'before him,
einlurisl the or -m. .leanie I is utis' words, in
the "Hi-art of Mid Lothian," arc, "It. is 11a
w lien we slei i soil nnd make merrily our
sels, that ue think on oilier pcopls-'s sillier
ings. Hut when the hour o' trouble sunn s
to the mind or to tin' body, and w hen tho
hour o' death comes to high or low, 1I1.11 it
is 11:1 what we hae sluiie for oursels but
w hat we line dune for others, that ue think
oil inaist plcaumtlv." This is the 1 hri-tian
way to live: nml, so living, we shall never
lie.'-. Iloi t in .V. 11' l .o V ' i-n r.
A perfect faith would lift us absolutely
ibove fear. It is in the i racks, crannies and
uiltv faults of our belief, tin' gaps that ara
,t faith, that the snow of apprcbi-iisi,iii
.'ties, und thu icu of tin kindness tonus.
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What a tenderness of persona! nttie lmieiit
there is in that phrase, "J(, callelh His own
sheep by name:1' What an intimacy it bo
speuks! Kvcrv disciple, high or hiiinble, ii
better known by Jesus than uny child by its)
own mother. All our peculiar weaknesses,
ull our wants und griefs and bnck-sjniiiigs,
as well as our p, uliur capabilities for liis
service, are icrfectly plain to Hun,
The valley of death is 110 new pluee to
Him; for lie has not only trod it Him
self, He lias led tuyriuds of His redcenud
ones through it.
On ti e resurrection morn, wo shall find
that Jesus the Shcphcrsl has come out of tho
tomb before us, the "llrst fruits of them that
sleep." Kven into Heaven He enters as
Our Forerunner " And so all through tha
believer' experience his loving Lender is
ses. 11 going on before; und the w hole duty of
a Godly bio is summed up in thut single
word following Jesus. Vr. T. L, i'uykn
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