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A' GOSPEL EESSAGE.
gubjtct: "A Might y, Warfare.
.U mmM 1l llft Wa will mm b
- I Q ur UWi w v n arc mu
hnttrf7. '
I iuie war hj un
L-i th biiHtraphy of Alexnndnr or of torn
oiuiiou- ---- . "v.Vri""
icm vcara ago jus' 'r tb" Rory o' trik-
, . HwuUn. Forrusty swords hung
th rafters and bullets cut out of log
0 ill .1..,, l,l,-.l.l,,,i...i...
in WHICH 1 11 T ...... luifciiu nu:iui I Lin
-it ntn( h41 "abounded admiration,
Mom public day. olothed in our grand
f.kr oiurly areouterments, we felt as
ttn m Uaribaldl F Milriadea, We are
rwrtnow. for we make a vat distinction
l-fniM poetry and the prose of war.
. . 1 . U- .-II 9 i I
rum o orunus uu mn van ill uuijto,
Ind ttie C0IUI"' "" .v.u..uH UV1
Lwiae for the battle, a hundred thousand
.. (lod Have the King" waving un
L earinetK and trumpets and rung back
. ' . n:..I.Af klnidnMialllitMl.n.J
Ilje tulinirs. KVI'nru'9 iiiumiuK uuuiv un
r flamnc arches and showering amor-
Ltto anJ tii Q0U' 01 empires that is
ry- .... . . .
billed anil nan oianaeieu, lying on inn
.-rtb. (et sore with the march aud
l-alins at f " slightest touoh, hunger pull-
no every nuer oi umw uv mioiupiiug io
,,lv ltfli witli a scanty aud spoiled rn-
tlilrst licking up me uew or nr.nking
Af flltlir and trampled pool, thoughts of
ur mil kindred faraway whil- just ou the
i of a 'leu liy strne wr.ere npiitii tnov K'ap
oim Iroai any one oi a nunuruu unyont
.tixini! in oitwo armltw nowchauced t
knnilrcil thoii!and munlae?. the ground
nnerv with moon anu snnuerfu nosii. lull.
lines WrllUlIlu: uuu inn iiiiuis Ul uu-
dli fhnrcvrH maddaned with pain, the
tilluiLi-s u niKtit mat coinus down when
itnlt' i- over, the struggle of the wounded
L.Taw!iii out over the corpses, the long.
EVerUh -C'uy of the crowded barrack aud
ipilal. trom wnose mattresses the frag
unof men send up their groans, the only
ulc of iMrnage and butchery, desolate
li-ies from which fathers and husbands and
Mhersani sons went orr, wituout giving
kvdnnif message or sending a kiss to the
tar one at Home, lumuieu imotuesoIUIArs
Hve trenoh, and houses In which a few
twk before unbroken family circles rc-
eil now plunged in the great sorrows of
lowtiooit and orphanage that is prose.
Hut there Is now on the earth a kingdom
fclrb hain't itself up for conflicts without
mber. In its march It tramples no griun-
I; It .ii'k no eities; it impoverishes
ireasuries: it Alls no hospitals: it bereaves
(amine, me courage nnii victory of
'erinoaml Magenta without carnage the
fcoiom of Christ agniust the kingdom of
an tnat is tne strire now raging. We will
r no armistices. e will make no treaty,
lil nil the revolted nations of the earth
fell submit again to King Emmanuel "in
name of (Jod wo will set up our ban
; very army has its ensigns. Long before
time when David wrote the text thev
raiu umj. jne nosts or Israel displuved
ml The tribe of Benjnrain carried n hair
lb the inscription of a wolf, the tribe of
luareiresentiitlon or cherubim, Judah a
b wrought Into the groundwork of white.
Irple, erimron and blue. Such flags from
ir folds shook lire into the hearts of sm-h
bbers us were in the field when Abijah
kirht acainst Johomm. and there wnm
110,000 soldiers. r.ud more than 50(1 mill
left ilead on the field. These: ensigns
x lierolsm to such numbers ns were no.
pwenwnen Asa lought against Zerah. and
h-e were l.aNO.liOO troops in the battle. The
lenian? currleij an Inscription of tha owl,
w woo lurir emuium OI Wisdom. ' TllB
oi mouern nations are familiar to you
and many of them so inappropriate for
i-unn-ii-f ui ine niilions II1HV renenuMnr
foulil be impolitic to enumerate them.
' ensigns are streamers borne on the
ol a lance nnd on the top of wooden
i. Tbey are carried in the frnnt n,i
ui iraw. j nev unroll rnim th n.nin
fcallant masthead of an admiral's flni--
to distinguish it among other shins nf
amesima irnn. Thevnre the nhinnta nf
v.il 1.. Tl. 1.. ' ' w"
" i" loss ot tnem on the llold
uiumious.
three hauners of Hie I n.,1'. t.no.
. . 1 " .iv.th. nir
4uu-r oi proulamat on. t in h.tini
nn ine imnner of victory. When a
us ngnts infringel or its honor
nueu u citizens have in foreign
,m no inaemutty has
uerud to the inhuhitnnr ,f thu ,kh..
ui, Join, a proclamation of war is uttered,
tiw tops f batteries and arsenals and
"m bouses and revenue offices flags are
-"...y swung out. A! Who look llnnn
realize, h fact that uncompromising
ihHarnd. Thus It lu i C
Ms Ph. I . i .uo 1.1111 ICIl
uithrist, jealous for the hmme r it
wen and determined tr. hi, n,
i hnv-u . . " iUUSrj
i ... -V ,:',rne( "ft captive into the
ui Miiau ami infant i.- !, .i
"on ot those mighty wroni. whlni,
so iong,,ursj the Barth Hnd b
'Itenslon of thu K..s .... v '.
fhurcii miikes no njunnlf nnnn
'I" not believe thm nA .....
t'mh i nun i ma it la i ,i . , .
fins ; v. . ""xuiiiueni in
"id in V,0P tnm maCn Kain
'Till. dOd lininnilnnoH 1. . . .
l 1 i u s ? "UUBnng cntlil
"',1 see n 1 VMf Did TS-.l l
Ti, .. LT ki lomers
"-mi of fjooo . ..".."l" J?
m &.- at her .::c,.z r?"? u.'y
'oi -touted for joy. soatlaf.
lb. I h, La!m h".rbVr' God's mercy.
hs. It I . nn. 111! "V"8 ?f R'or"ld
!oeB,i hi wurm WW which
rn. n..r,rfi r " 'legraaing in
KT. 1 rlI"-al in professioniiffAin.t .
"rit mi,
Mwm rf ,J r- rom false profes-
renti off tin. r.!... rme no
ejor'.si V P. U,oa- Froln revenge he
ri ,Wh" c'ri loved
well th. . ""'""uiosavelt. be hates
race of
d" Will llttrl
consume
Itilient,
h the . ,-oruns- At tbe K
Hgun,Mn " of PerPe'al enmity
kut VnSI.'S?. ?' Th tumult
rof(iuJ.; '3 only tbe roar
F oulletiii. . ' one 01 Uol
V d Tvr "unIOUUcln hostility.
fr h tr7ek A JTe8nle? in awful
I The, .h'!"' ihovah't advance-
heni7B" "lu was terribly in
allin ln,00 hl.mWU abhor-
""th nation. belli! mnlt9 5 bellev9
' ilirn ...'U,M llUerem and revemre.
le aljurtment 0t1pe"0,!.,ll1 som to an
"O'tilitle? CW".ih.11 1)6 B0 ee8
1 toree. of ? th' ,ore of light
i th Jd"tkna" until th. kiSS:
I' Lord Affrir thB k,nK
" W no eTnn.,.,'np0rttry dB''.
f'un "in th. n .n "nlnriet
I bannert " ' name r Qol w WiU set
r r8 nonti-r.r.,. . .
lof wha ThiT.WB01,aT9 WJ
t""d n. Ah.h ..i i1.0! "nu.roh who
nower.V.,.rt"'?.lyas
f ! wno w-V- BU.a 1,9,1 badl
es as
LyingaVd'erihumb..
IT'H(t. im.. S anu patient
K'oriou, cb.7is.i.r;i. r"rer na
' Ev- uar' ' n you bare
I'
behind till iu wheels, like Pharaoh' char
iots, drajj hwvily. and enough worldly mta
to exhaust tha patieno ot tha vary eleot.and
enough snarly men to make appropriate tha
Bible warning, "Be war ot dogs." It any
of you men on tha outside ot tha kingdom
expeet to make such Christians as that, we
do aot want yon to come, for tha church bat
already a million members too many ot just
that kind. We do not want our ranks
crowded with serfs when we oan have them
filled with louave.
There are men now. as la Christ's time,
possessed of seven devils. In some instance
It seems as though at conversion only six ot
these evil spirits were cast out, while there
remains still one In the heart the devil of
avarice, the devil ot lust or the devil of
pride. Men of the world, if you would be
transformed and elevated by the power of
the gospel, now is the time to come. It is
no mean ensign I lift this hour. It is a
time-honored flag. It bat been in terrific
oat tm. Draggled in the dust of a Saviour s
nutnimtlon from Bethlehem to Calvary.
Itent by hell's onslaught, the spears of i
maddened soldiery and the hands of men
Who said, "Let htm be crucified." With this
ensign in His bleeding hand the rlavlou
scaled the heights of our sin. With this Ho
mounted the walls oi perdition, and amid its
very smoke nnd flame and blasphemy He
waved His triumph, while demons howled
wun umoai ana ueavuu
Thronged Hisoharlot wheels
And bora Him to His throne.
Then swept their golden harps and suns.
The glorious work is done.
Again, when a grand victory has been won
it is customary to announce it bv flairs float
ing from public buildings and from trees and
irom tno masts ot ships. Thoy are the slg
nal lor eulogy and rejoicing and festivltv.
8o the ensign which the church hoists Is a
banner of vlotory. There was a tlmo when
the religion of Christ was not considered re
spectable. Men of learning and position
trowned upon it. Governments arnitlmma
tizod its supporters. To bo a Christian was
to be an uudurllng. But mark the differ
ence. Iioligion hits compelled the world's
respecT. iiinumity, la uie tremendous
elTort it his rando to crush It, has compll
muntnd its oower. And there Is not nown
singloclvilizod nation but in Its constitution
or laws or proclamations pays homage to
me religion oi tno cross, in t lie war In in
diu. when Sir Archibald Campbell found, in
an hour of datiger, that the men he ordered
to the field were Intoxicated, and asked for
me pious men whom the Christian Havelo.tk
had under his management, he said: "Ca
out Havolook's saints. Thoy aro never drunk,
and Havulook is always ready." That ChrlS'
tlanlly which gathered its first trophies from
the fishermen's huts on the shore of Galilee
now has Sarasonlan strength thrown upon It
shoulders nnd has carried off the gates of
science and worldly power. We point not to the
ortresses ana staudlng armies ami navies as
the evidence of the church's progre-oi. We
point to the men whom Christ nus redeemed
by His blood.
What if arsenals and navy yards do not be
long to the church? Wo do not want them,
The weapons of our warfare are nxit carnal
but spiritual and mighty through God to the
pulling down or strongholds. The world
and satnn have no Idea of the strength and
heroism which Uod will yet lot out ngaiust
the forces of darkness. As vet thev have
had only one round from the first regiment,
J no tiord ot Hosts will soon appear lu the
iioni nt me nead oi liu troops. JUancnd
upon It that when God Inspires these ul with
a new life he puts in it the principle of
"never give up." In all uges of the church
there have beeu those who have had a fnltb
that was nlmost equal to sight, looking
through pursecutlou and reverses with as
much expectation as through palpable
achievements. There have been men for
Christ who have acted as did tho favorite
troops of lirieu. attacked bv Eitzpatrick of
Ossory. The wounded soldiers bugged that
ttiey mlgnt enter the light with the others
They said. "l,ot stakes be stuck in the
ground aud suitor each of us. tied to and
supported by one of these stakes, to battle
in ine ranics oy tne side or a sound mini.
It Is said that 701) or 810 mpn, pale aud
t'mnclated from former wounds and thus
supported by the stakes, struggled through
mo com unt. xnus das it been that raulti
tudes of the children of God, though feel
ing memsoives weaic and wounded ner
hnps iu body, perhaps in estate, porhnH in
soul supported by the staff of God's prom
ise, have warred it up to the hilt lu tho sub
jugation of a world or wickedness.
We are mighty in this cause, forweunve
the help of the pious doid. Messengers of
salvation from high heaven, they visit the
Held. They stand behind us to keen us from
ignominious retreat. Thoy go before us to
encourage us in tne strife. The McCheynes,
and tho Pavsons, and the Martyrs, nnd the
Brainerds, an uncounted multitude of the
glorified, nre our co'idjutors. Have you
heard- the Swiss tradition? The herdsmen
say that three great loaders of the Helvetic
nation, though soumingly dead, are onlv
lying down under the ground iu their old
time dress, refreshing themselves with sleep.
and that if at any time the liberties of their
country are lu danger they will Immediate
ly spring to their feet nnd drive bock the
enemy. May 1 not have the thought
that It ever the church of the blessed
Christ shall be threatened with destruction
by the foes which seem too great for her
strength the Lord himself will not only noma
to the deliverance, but those grunt ancients
who have seemed to he sleeping among the
ucaa snail immediately near tho trumpet
uinsi oi i Lie cniirau minium, nnil.lull aimed,
spring back to their old positions in the
ranks of God, with tho battlecrv, "More
than oonquerors through Him that lovod
us?" Although we. have already much to
encourage us in the work of the world's
evangelization, yet wu must confess that
much ot our tlmo has been consume 1 In
planting our batteries aud getting ready for
the con (1 lot. We have not yet begun to
nreaob. We have not yet begun to pray. We
have not yet begun to work. On the coast
or heathendom nre missionary stations.
They have scarcely yet begun to accom
plish what they propose. It takes some time
to dig the trenches and elevate the standnrd
and direct tho great guns. From what I
near i think thpy nre about ready now. Let
but the great Captain wave the signal, and
tbe ringing of celestial weaponry shall quake
every uungeon oi neu aim sound un anions
the thrones ot heaven. Pagodas and temples
sunn lumoie uucier inosuock and besotted
nations shall fly from their Idols ou t super
stitions, Bbouting like the confounded
worshipers of Baal; "The Lord, Hi) is the
Qod! The Lord. He is the God!"
We go not alone to the Held. We have in.
vincible allies in tbe dumb elements of na
ture. As Job said, we are In league with the
very stones of the Held. The sun by day and
the moon by night, directly or indirectly.
shall favor Christianity. Tuc stars la their
courses are marshaled for us, us thoy fought
against Hisera. The winds ot heaven are now
as certainly acting In favor of Clirh-t as in
reformation times the invincible nrmada In
its pride approaohed the ooast of England.
At that proud navy directed its guns against
the friends of Christ and religious liberty,
God said unto his winds. "Seize hold of
them." and to tha sea, "Swallow them."
The Lord, with his tempests, dashed their
built together and splintered them on tbe
rocks, until the flower of Spanish pride and
valor lav crushed among the waves of tha
seabeach. All are ours. Aye. Gotl the
Father. Qod tbe Sou and God the Holv Ghost
areourallies!
The Mohammedans. In their uti-naule to
subjugate the world, had passages from the
Koran Inscribed on the blades of their Bclml
ters, and we have nothing to fear if, ap
proaching the inlldolity and malice that op
pose the kingdom of Christ, we shall have
glittering on our swords the words of David
to th giant, "I oome to thee In the name of
the Lord ot Hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom thou hast defied."
Now the ohurch goes forth bearing pre
cious seed, but after awhile it will be tbe
sheaf bindiug, and reaper angels shall shout
the harvest home, Nowlt It tents and march
ing and exposure, but then, la the ranks ot
E rostrate iniquity and on the very walls of
eaven, "In the name of God we will set up
our banners."
The earth tends up Its long, deep groto of
A GREAT WACON TRAIN.
Hixty Horses Hauling It to the De La Mar
Ml nui In l'li.
P. B. McKeon lnlt Milford. Utah, for r
La Mar the other day with tbe heavi
est team train ever undertaken under like
condition of roads. With seventy-live miles
of very muddy road he is attempting to
transport with sixty horses 00,000 pounds ot
heavy machinorv loadod on three
This outfit Is accompanied by other outfits,
and as the train pulled out over the hills to
the west it looked not unlike somo circus at
tempting to invade the western country.
It will require an immense amount of oats
and hay to feed the teams, nnd will keep two
four-horse teams busy hauling water. It is
expected that for miles tbe axles ot the
heaviest-loaded wairons will ilratr the vmiinit
1 his machinery Is for tbe Da La Mar mines.
1 ns new plant consists of many carloads ol
machinery, nearly all of which In now on the
road between Milford and tbe mine,
NEW ARMY POLICY.
Th Public 3o Longer to lie Allowed to
Visit Fort.
General Miles, anmmnnfllniy tli fTnllAil
"my 0IU toaued a geueral order pro
hibiting, in tbe strictest terms, the admission
of any person, except officer of the Navy
or Government employes, to any lake or sea
coast defences without permit from the
commandant of the place. Moreover, such
permits are to be given only for true mili
tary purposes, and under no conditions are
"""'u piotonai aesoriptions ofsuoh de
lenses to be made without miri. r
the Secretary of War. - - ...
pain and olanks the great chains ot its bond
agaand cries bv the voice of sea and land '
and sky, How long, O Lord, how long?"
There was a tradition-on tha other side ot
the water that the daughter ot Llr was
transformed into a bird of the air and that
she wandered for hundreds ot years over
river and lake until the arrival ot Chris
tlanity and that at the stroke of the
first oathedral ' bell her spirit was freed.
Uncounted millions of our race by the
power of sin and satan have been transformed
into a state of wretchedness, and they wan
der like the poor daughter ot Llr, but they
shall after awhile be released. When the
great church of Christ shall in those dark
ened lands from its tower ring out the glad
tidings of tbe gospel, then millions of wan
dering souls shall find rest In a Saviour's
pity and a Saviour's love, transported from
tbe kingdom of satan Into the kingdom ot
God' dear Son.
By and by you would hardly know the
earth If you saw it. The world as a whole
shall be as greatly improved as the individual
heart by conversion. Fraud, leaving its
trickery, will go to work foran honest living.
Knavery shall begin to make righteous
bargains. Passion shall answer to 1 he con
trol of reason. Scoffer shall bo changed into
worshipers nnd skeptics into Bible lovers.
Christ shall begin His reign on earth.
Whether He shall descend on to the
earth in persou aud establish a govern
ment at Jerusalem, I cannot sny, but
it will bo an era of morn than Augustan
splendor. That is enough. Knowing this, we
can never despnir. But as we see tho church
ot Christ putting on her beaut I till garments
and arising to shiue we will say, with the
enthusiasm of OliverCromwoll.who.staiiding
before his sick anil fnmlne-stricken soldiers
nt Uunhnr, saw the sun rising out of the
morning mist and, pointing to It with
his sword, uttered a prayer which hurled
his men upon the crusned foe like a sky
full of thunderbolts: '-Ariso, O God!
Let thine enemies be scattered." With
the ear ot faith I catch the sound of the
Wtter day glory. Church of Christ, uu
sheath thy sword and this motneut into the
battle! In the namo ol Christ, march on!
L'pon every school and hospital, upon every
banker's desk nnd merchant's counter, upon
I'very chemist's laboratory and astronomer's
tower, upon shepherd's hut and woodsman's
cabin, upon ship's deck and sailor's ham
mock, far out on the sea and high up in tbe
mountain, before the gaze of nations, under
tho plaudits of heaven, "iu thu uamo of
God wo will sot up our banners."
My subject has taught you that Ir. this con
test wo uro not without ensiirus and colors.
All wo want now Is men to carry them. He.
fore I sit down I must propose to each of you
this great honor. Becoming a Christian is
not so Ignoble a thiug as manv have thought
II. "It makes n mau stoop," you sny. I
know It, but It is only tho stoop of an heir ot
royalty who on his knees is to receive n
crown of dominion. Wo want standard
hearers in all pulpits, in all places of busi
ness everywhere. I do not ask you how old
you are nor how young, bow weak
or how strong, how dull or how
slinrp.nor what your home, nor who your an
cestors. Without any condition, without
any reserve, In tint name of the Uod of Israel,
I offer you the honor or carrying thecburch's
ensigns. Do not be afraid of tho assaults ot
a world wlioie ranks yon desert nor of devils
who will opposo you with Infernal might.
It were moro blad to fall here than stand
anywhere else. It were more of an houor,
engaged with Christ, to be trampled under
foot with this army of banners than, oppos
ing Christ, to be buried, like Edward I., In
Egyptian porphyry.
You know in ancient times elephants were
trained to fight nnd that on one occasion,
instcud of attacking the enemy, they turned
upon their owners, nnd thousnnd) were
crushed under the strokes of their trunks
and the mouutnin weight of their step.
These mighty opportunities of work for
Christ may accomplish great things In ovor-th-owitig
the sin of the world and beating to
pieces its errors, but if we do not wield
them aright these very advantages will In
it n curd od moments turn terribly upon us
aud under their hoots oi vougeance grind ui
to powder. Kejected blessings are seven
fold curses. Wo cannot compromise this
mntter. We cannot stand nside nad look on.
Christ has declared It, "All who nre not with
me are against me." Lord Jesus, we tur
rendur. The prophecies Intimate that thero shall
before tho destruction of tho world be ono
great battle between truth and unrighteous
ness. We shall not probably see It on earth,
God grant that wo mny seo it, bending from
the battlements of heaven. On the sldo ot
sin shall be arrayed nil forms of oppression
nud cruelty, led on by Infamous kings and
generals; the votaries nf paganism, led on
by their priests; the subjects of Moham
medanism, following the command ol
their sheiks. And gluttony and intem
perance and Iniquity of every phase shall he
largely represented on the llelJ. All the
wealth ana splendor and power and glory of
wickedness shall Da concentrated on that
one decisive spot nnd, maddened by 10,000
previous defeats, shall gather themselves up
lor one last terrible assault. With hatred to
Ojd lor their cause and blasphemy for tho
bnttle cry, they spread out over tho earth in
aqiiure beyond square and loglou beyond
legion, while In some overhanging cloud ol
blackness foul spirits ol hell watch this lost
struggle of sin aud darkness for dominion.
Scattered by the blasts of Jehovah's nos
trils, plunder and sin and sntanlo force
shall quit tbe Held. As the roar of the con
flict sounds through the universe all worlds
shall listen. The ulr thn.ll be. full ot wings
of heavenly cohorts. The work is done, and
in the presence of a world reclaimed for tb
crown of Jesus and amid the crumbling ot
tyrannies and tne defeat ot satanlo force
and umid the sound of heavenly acclama
tions the church shall rise up in the image
of our Lord, and with tbe crown of victory
on her hend and tho scepter ol
dominion la her hand in tbe name ot
Ood shnll set up her banuers. Then Hima
laya shall become Mount Zion, and the
Pyrenees Moriub. and tue oceans the wnlk
Ing place of Him who trod the wave crests
of Galilee, and tbe great heavens become a
sounding board which shnll strike back the
sound of exultation to the earth till It re
bound again to tho throne of the Almighty.
Angels of the Apocalypse, tly, fly! For who
will stand In the wav of tbv might or resist
tho sweep of toy wing?
IEE 5IEBITB SCEOOL LESSOl
INTERNATIONAL; LRSSON . FUR
3IAKCH 21.
Lesson Text: "Christian Self Re
straint." I Cor. Ix., 19 27
liolden Text: I Cor. Ix.,
-o Commentary.
If. "For. though I be free from all men.
Jet have I made myself servant unto all, that
might gain the more." For the sake of a
temperance lesson we turn from the narra
tive in the Acts to a section of this enlsrle
but it is a temperance lesson In the sense of
every :onn ot restraint ana control of the
telt life that tbe Cbritt life may be made
more manifest, and thut the gospel be lived
as well as preached In order to gain more
people for Christ. The section in which we
lind our lesson begins with ohnpter vlll., 1,
and runs to tbe end ot chapter xl., the be
ginning of each section being easily recog
nized by the words "now as touching" or
"now concerning" (chapters Til., I; vili.. 1
xil., 1; xvl., 1). The central thought in this
section seems to be chapter x., 81, "Whether,
therefore, ye eat or drink or whatsoever e
do, do all to the glorv of God," the object of
kuch a lire boiut; primarily that God in nil
things mny be glorified through Jesus Christ
(I ret. iv., 11), and then that somo may bo
saved (chapters ix., 2'.'; x 83). Paul was
indebted to no one fornvors; he was under
complimeut to no ouo. He said to these very
Corinthians that If he bad wronged them it
was in mat ne nad not been a burden to
them, nnd for this he asked their forgive
mss. Ho sought them and not their posses.
slcns(ll Cor. xil., 13,14). Being thus free
from obligations to all, except tho obligation
Inld upon him by God to preach tho gospel
to all, he gladly became servant to all for
Christ's sake that ho might.gaiu moro for
Christ.
20. "Cnto the Jews I became ns a Jew
that I might gain the Jews." We must think
of Paulas a servaut of Christ, a member of
tho body of Christ In perfect j0nt nni
health, under full and complete control of
Christ, the head, and ever seeking lu all
things to please. Him (chapters. 111., 5; xil.,
U; Gal. I., 10; I Thos. 11., 4). He had a great
desiro that Christ should be magnified in his
body whether by lire or death (Phil. I., 20).
We must keep this in mlud in considering
this and thu next two verses lest we might be
tempted to think Paul guilty of some Incon
sistency or of conniving at a wrong thing lu
order to win men to Christ. He was a Jew
and knew whnt it was to live under tho inw.
In dealing with such he would, as far as ho
conscientiously could, put himself In their
place and from thuir standpoint lend them
to Christ.
21. "To them that are without law, ns
without law, that I might gnin them that
a without law." He often speaks of gen
tiles as "them that are without." Ho would
bavo believers exercise special euro In walk
ing honestly toward them as to win thum.
As far as Paul could In tho aishtot God, he
put himself in their place, saw things with
their eyes nnd from their standpoint sought
to lead tbem to Christ thut they might bo
saved.
22. "To the weak boeamo I as weak that
I might gnln the weak. I am nmdo all things
to all men that I might by nil moans save
some." In Itotn. xv., 1-3, hetakes, as he al
ways does, Christ for his example and
tenches us not to please ourselves, but oth
ers, and to bear the inllrmttios of the weak,
and this even In the common iioIb of rating
and drinking, as the context shows. There
Is a self centered life nnd a Christ centered
life, and, though strange it is yet truo, sadly
Into, thnt the former Is often manifest in bo
lleverstothe great grief of the Spirit and dis
honor ot God. Paul, like his Master, thought
not of himself, but ot how he could glorify
Christ nnd wiu peoploto Him.
23. "And this I do for the gospel's sake,
that I might be partaker thereof with you."
What is this which, as a servant of Christ, ho
Is aiming to be a partaker ol? It cannot
be eternal life, the gift of God, nor tbe for
giveness of tins, nor peace with God, nor Jus
tification, nor snnctlfloation, for all these
eome to us In Christ freely by virtue of His
finished work. See Horn. Hi., 24; v., 1; 1
Cor. 111., 21-28; vl., 11. We do not work for
redemption and lis benefits: but, receiving
Christ as God's unspeakable gift to us. we
believe that his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life ami
godlinest (II Pet. I., 8). Being a saved man
through the blood of Christ, Paul knows
that denial of self In preaching the gospel
will bring him a reward (verseB 17, in), and
he wishes the believers ut Corinth to share
this with him.
24. "Know ye not I hut tucy whlca run
In a race run all. but one receiveth the prlr.e,
Go run that ye may obtain." Now, salvation
Is not obtnlncd by running, for wu canuot
run till we have obtained salvation. Until
we are saved we are dead in trespasses and
Bins (Eph. II., 6), and dead people cannot
run for God. To run in an ordinary race,
those who desire to run must first enter; so
Inthe race before us, the Christian life or
raao, we must first enter, and the entrance
Is at the cross. The fee Is paid for all who
are willing to enter, for tho blood of Christ
clennsnth from all sin.
28. "And every man that slrlveth for the
mastery is temperate In all things. Now,
they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but
au incorrupiiuie. ino wreath, the
reward, the honor associated with the victor
In the Grecian games soon faded ot passed
away, but the Christian seeks a crown incor
ruptible to cast nt the feet of Christ (Uev. Iv.,
10). That there are rewards for tbe faithful
In addition to salvation, which Is the free
gift of Ood, and that It is possible to be re
warded or be saved and have no reward,
See I Cor. ill., 14, 15; II John vlll.; Itev.
xxll., 12; Luke xlv., 14, eto.
26. "I therefore to run, not as uncertainly;
to fight I, not as one that beateth the ulr."
In an ordinary race there Is uncertainty as
to who shall win, and only one can possibly
win the price. In tbe Christian race thero
need be no uncertainty, for Christ Himself
will be the judge, and He will reward every
one according to his works. All who will
may have rewards for service tbe crown of
life for patient endurance, .the crown of our
losson for denial of self, otc. (Jas. I., 12;
Bev. II., 10; I Thess. II., 10; I rt. v., 4; II
Tim.'lv , 8),
27. "But I keep under my body and bring
It Into subjection, lost thnt by any means
when I have preached to others I myself
tboald be a custnway." Not a lost soul, for
none of Christ's sheep can perish (John x.,
28, 29) but disapproved as to service. Hoe
B, V. Paul never questioned, nor ever taught
others to question, the eternal safety of every
truo believer (Phil. I., t II Xltn. I., 12; Eph.
v., 25-27; Judo xxlv"). But he did strongly
emphasise the possibility ot tbe loss ol ser
vice and tbe necoeilty ot a whole hearted
denial and renunciation of the self life (Gal,
II., 20; VI., 14; II Cor. lv 10, 11; Horn, xil., 1,
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Twe Mnrderar Banged.
John E. Sullivan was hanged at Dorches
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Dutcber and her small son on September 11,
1896, at Meadow Brook, N. B. The murders
followed an attempt at robbery.
George Matthews, the murderer of James
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Three Children Drowned.
The three eldest children ot Frederick
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Praildent and Five Alderman Indicted.
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To lliink his thoughts Is Idoiwdness su-
pri'ini' :
To know hiniHi'lf. the Tlilitki-r. N our lif';
To rest this weary intidln-t on his.
Is the glad 'luliiiK of mind s eiidl's strife.
For this is llfi- t'ti'rnal lilin to know.
And Ji'siih Christ his Hon whuiii ho hath
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And this is liflit. to walk In his dour love,
l.iulit brighter til-ill the uooii-brlKht llnnii-
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A rilAVI.lt toll 1M F..
Hear Saviour, we thank thee. Unit when
tlmii wast ti 1 1 1 earth thmi didst take little
eliliilreti up in thine arms nnd bless them.
Niiw thou art K"ii into the heavens, we re
Jnlee to fuel that thy love Is none the lees
tender nud watehtiii.iitul that tliy hands even
now are laid upon them in blesln. Thou
dost abide with us still, and art nearer to us
and tlenrerthnn uhen thou didst walk tint
nrth In human form, for thou dost never
leave us. We pray then to illumine our
hearts, that we may see with the eye of
faith, (live us to feel thy toiieh upon ii's.tliat
we may K forth to our duties in the greatness
of thy Htretm'tb. and rcjoiee evermore in
lliee. May we be so lllled with the iireeloiis
love of Christ thnt we shnll ri'lli-i't it uiion
our ehildren. ami thev. in turn, shall laste
its sweetness and power, nnd Krow up into
thee in all things. Help us, ns a family, to
take hold of hninl today with a new eove
uaiit. with a higher ami deeper joy : and
pledge to thee our love ami loyalty niid ser
vice. If there come time of darkness mid
striiKjtle, whim the burdens prefs nud per
plexities thwnrt us. i. may w lean the
lianler upon thine iilniiKhtv arm, and llnd
Htrenirtb In thee for everv time of need. We
ask it in Jmis' name. A men.
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."ii. Tho iiiii ti ulisoriieil in Ills own small
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I. incolii loved the land : and through their
love for It. its worthiness of bis own love
becomes made known to liiin. Still his
love for his country, when it is iiHiikened.
Is his own, and tmiv Impel him to serve her
iu most peculiar personal ways, very differ
ent from theirs: but none the less is it true
thnt but for the interpretation of these reut
men s honor for tier, ho would have hon
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terpret to their fellow men what (iml lias
llrst Interpreted to tlieiu.tili ultimately the
Mm w hich starts from the central heart of
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timid I me bold enough to praise, the
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