A GOSPEL MESSAGE.
fjtrtfor Hit Sntft Thoaght Knit
jkrkifv LlrrllhoiMl Th Raven of
in J the raven brought him bread
Mth ID UP ni..riii mui vrcnu HI
U the venioK. (( n., .
.f,i!hnlrev of the Bible Is a Terr In
.tiwf tuJy-the stork which knotvetli
1'iDOiOt'Hl limfi ill" ".uuu .irrW!l
... ihi h-umn or uoa s provl.lt.npe:
' 'tri,'hii f the desert, by careless ln-
... .1... K I....... -
..ft J(FlO UH U"l IfltTMwiigii po.un null
s lij,-h tke wiiiffs anil fly nwny: the
,3 roiMemlztuit Kouium-; mo inn, a
,, th. ilarlnii,s; the nifilit hawk, the
ice. the eui-koo. the lapvnnir, the os
lj the command of God, In Leviticus,
,iiit of the world's bill of faro,
mli! lik" to have been with Audubon
went through the woods, with Run
ncil. tirintflus oown ana BueuMunj;
Uf hesTen, his unfolded portfolio
T'llf t'hrlstendom. Vfhat wonder-
t;urv of ii'd the birds are. Home
t tiii im.ruliijr. like the songs of
a M lixe, bursting through the
4 graven. Consider their (euthers,
nn-i'lotlniii: and conveyance at the
l;H!l; lllr ium- ' 'Jii'i'ni' ui ncujt,
rfo cyliils to ea.-n eye, tno tnird
MiMtrfiirtHln fur irriiduntltuf the
,i the "tin. tome of these Dints seav-
an.l some of tliom oroiientrn. manic
:i)usll's whistle, and lark's ouril.
.itcitterof the wren, railed by the
i the kin of birds, becauso when
of heaven went into n contest na
.boulil tlvthf highest, and the imikI.i
nfiril the suu. a wren on bm-k of
alter th eiiifle was exhausted.
ni muni niiruer, nun mi wni riuie.i
avlents the kins of birds, (lonsldor
itthem that have golden crowus and
iwin them to lm feathered Im
An l IMen to the humming blrd'H
'in the ear of th lioneyHiicklo.
I he lielted kingfisher, striking n
m sky t ' water. Listen to the
owl, kIvIiik the keynote to nil
Ami behold the e-Midor nmoui;
. kittllni; with the reluueur. 1
krow whether an aiiurium or
the lio.it altar from which to
1.
h an incident In my text that
.11 tli:1 oniltholoKlenl wonders of
I. The israln crop bns been out
,iuo was in the laud. Inn envo by
'a t'lierlth sat a minister of Clod".
uiiiiK for somethliiK to eat. Wh v
ul (! to tho iiolKhbors'. TFieiij
a-litlihors. It wai a tvildorness.
!i- act jdi'k JolJjJ Tr tie bi-rrles?
ren II tsfw Kid bcon", Uiay
i'" i.ru (iri'."j up. Beat'ili ci'i
at the mouth of tho envo, the
-sii flock of birds appronc-hlnir.
y were only partridges, or If ho
aii lurow witn which to brlnir
li;it in they conm nearor hn
out on the meadow to hunt for qaaiL
nare gone oat on the marsh to hunt for
reedbirds but to-day I am out for rarena
AoUoe, in the drat place in the etory of
7 "laswi caterers came
to Elijah direct from OoJ.
. "J hT" .commanded the rarens that thet
teed thee," w Hud (lod saving Jn an ad-
ju.uiuk isB(ra. J nejr did not come out of
some other cave. They did not just hap-
I. ti ."". u irajmea tnem.
Hod launched thonfand Uod told them bv
what rave to woop. That la the same Uod
thai lis 6oinif t- supply you. if is your
tnther. iou would have to make an lab
orate calculation before you could tell me
now ninny pounds of food and how many
yards of clothing would be necessary for
ju u.i your niniiiy, nut tlott knows with
oui any caicu latum vnn ii.-.. . ..i. . .4
his tablo. and you ho gon to be waited
on. nules you not like a naughty chUd and
kick and scrambln aud Hund saueilv tho
Ood has a vast family.
mothoili7.td. and VOU Ar wnlnw rt D7.!
if -li t , e""'rt M npi TJV
ui ouiy wait your turn. Uod has
already ordered all the suits of clothes you
will ver need, down to the last suit in
which you will bo lnld not c.,1,1 .i..,.i
ordered all the food you will ever eat dowu
to t.ie last crumb that will ba put iu vour
........ ... uuK ai-ruiueai. u may not
ill lual t la b MlA(f . J . .
...... ui iinm ir uppnrei wo womd
nrif.l Tltu a..nll.l.. . ...1
, . .. . nnimniu I'uroiic uepcntls on
ui.iuwujuiiKnieutns tow.lnt ought to bo
the nnnarid and tlm fno.t nf h ...
tho UuiHy. Tho child would say, "(live me
0,,1l "OH IT'OIIHCllOIlS. ' "Ull, nil
iu- (Kir-iii. -iuu must nave
plainer first."
says
HomoMilniF
The child wonld
give mo thiwo great blotohes of color in the
garment!" "No," says tho nuront: "that
wouldn't ha sultniile."
Now, God is our Father, an.! vra
ors, and Hn la going to clothe its and feed
us, although H miy not always vlcld to
our infantile wish fortho swfcet nndglittiT
These ravous of tho text did not bring
pimiegniuntcs fmm the glittering plalt-r
ivf Klug Ahnh. Thev broui'lit l.r..,ii
Jiiilk. God hud all the heavens nn.l n...
earth before Him and under Hltn, aud yet
II I scuds this plain food, because it was best
for Klljnh to have it. Oh, bo strong, uiy
nartr. In the fact UiiiLh
Ini? to supply you. Tt Is never hard times"
with Hfin. Ills nhlps nover breik ou the,
rocks. His banks nev r fn. Ho has tin,
supply fr you, and Ho has th 1 means for
sending it. Ho has ikA onjv the cargo, but
tho .ship. If It were necessary, Ho would
swing out from the heavens 11 flock of
ravens reaching rroni His gate to yours nn
tll tint food would Im lluiiu-down tln stv
from beak to beak and from tnl.ui to talon
Notice again In this storv it ih n..,.
the ravens did not nllow Klijali to hoard up
a surplus. Th-y did not bring enough 011
Monuityjto lust all the week. They did not
bring enough one morning to last until the
next morning. Theyvnmu twice n davtiud
brought just enough for 0110 time, " You
known as well as I that tho great fret of the
world is that wo want a RimJiis w, k.i m
1110 ravens to
You have
Ipgtoii banks
'.1:.:
nil f-
yiul'
On."
We'.
,llf U
nrc not comjlJl'le, but un
til., fnun;'
Icain. lueii.iViig
fcollln'lr wings, the blackness of
r. their loud, harsh, "cruck.
' them to be ravens.
Iliir around about the prophet's
I then they come on fluttering
liauso on the level of his lips, nnd
iraicns prings iireau.ana another
meat, una niter tuer have dls-
e-'lr tiny cargo they wheel past,
1 come, until after awhlto tho
l" enough, aud these black ser-
wilderness table are gone. For
na some snv a wholo mr
M evening, a breakfast and a
sonmlod as these ravens rang
Rut the food from. The nl,t
1 they got It from the kitchen of
utners say that the ravens trot
from pious Obadlah, who was in
1 iwuing tne persecuted. ' Some
ravens Drought the fond to
In the trees, and tlnik V.lllul.
' limb uit and iret it. Hnmn
pole story is Improbable, for
lrnlvorous birds, anil thn fnn.l
rl was the torn llesh of living
therefore ceremonially un
W;i carrion ami vmulil tw.t
l fur the prophet. Homo Bay
"' ravens ut a 1. but that 11...
ihiteil "ravens" In mir in.t
p been translated "Ariilis." so
ive reail, "Tho Arabs brought
h In the morning, nnd linunl
I 'ne evening." Anything but
a1'" to be true.
L . .. .
t llu miracle until nil the
kirn
' 'iv the mau -ami that is vonr.
' the must conifiirtln.. I,untl.
I'lii'l trliiiniilmnt lessons In all
I I'M VI) 1 W l.l t ...c
vern ravens I 1..11
I'! them with iirnvlsl,t.Qn...i
'lio launched them-tlod. i
' aught them which way to
'in te you wlio told tlu.m i.t
H"l-i;,l,l. I ,. to!1
ven to lironliet 1111. 1
There is mm iiiiuumr..
r' .vour ear. for I iu....i.i' ..?..
Iiliiliiinl, lest some oneslioulil
f . ;.er its power. "If ,my ,
l' irom the w iu ,.f n.
'Ul llfeu.ua out of the
" w.it.'h the ravens feoilliiu
"will 1 nve ..r i:,iv ..!..':
"ky with divine fond ',
f'i'K.nuseat the Up of every
t- '"rcoiiilort.
I )vl'"t livers have been
i the world' Whiln v.-..,
"r 'he mini of tiw. i.r ...
l tell V... tl,nV ,:." .
1 ii en th,. . r:r
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ri;o,.the;i,,11o,o.1thHN1.:
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I"1 "'gaged In it are l.CtH),
"' ho have fnlh... v... .1...
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f!H " 111 II cushion...!
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ugto
lVo
HjTVr-
J
o brjuj en ugh for fifty years,
mrijld" In thS U'a.'u
w or .lS5TStiana thtiu Toll
ik of H :i. V5
lontin' tVTi v.-.n ...nv,
I....... ! A"".. V.V' V
ion iiinun ia, cas. ivu mi) tUo gold
oitgles." Wo had b.itter bj ...T-It'.-nt Z iH,
jusi enoiign. it in the morning yo
.ilillS-lioytil Bulk ,
Ali tlmt H yj y poy
I'l". (ill (111 Willi III.. .I....I..
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' Dot Si,
r)'ei1
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'k oti.
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m ko to me. ( t
e lie..i,BUIM.. A .1. .
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tvlurj?.,'',uPPorted.ln
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"How, rnV1',!'t "Jorlty
''IIn.e.i5I",.,Pllrtmy
fct' u . ,,uear How
. wshalll..w.f".r
t',0 to thoK
r'" III. i 1 V are
;h. i.:ou 10 the solution
1 " "'". nave iron
Ily eat up all the fo:xl thi-i-j Is in tlieT'jffr
do not .it ,!.,. J ,r mt-T njA'-'
wouiitt-t"; """ a--' my, "t aon t
tlielr boali, know WuTmntjTiev. ;nl wT.Ti'oiiio f roTr"
Here I where wa all make our mistake
and that Is in regard to the color of Hod's
providence. A white providence come to
ns. and we ay. "Oh. it Ik merAl" Then a
black providence come toward u, and wi
iT, "Oh, that is disaster!" The white pro
vidvnoa come to you, and you have groat
business success, and you have 100.000, and
you got proud, and you get Independent of
Uod. and you begin to feel that the prayer
"Glvi me this day my dally bread," Is" in
appropriate for you, for you have made
provision for 100 years. Then a black
povidone comes, and it sweeps everything
away, and then you begin to prav, and yon
begin to feel your dependence, and begin
to lie (rumble before God, and vou cry out
for treasures In heaven. Thw black provi
dence brought you salvation. The white
providence brought you ruin. That which
soemed to be harsh and tierce and disson
ant was vour irreatest mere v. It u-as
There was a child born In your bouse. All
your friends congratulated' vou. The other
children ot the fumily stood amazed, look
ing nt the newcomer and asked a groat
many questlous. fgeuealoglcnl and chrono
logical. YOU S.tid and Vol! said trnthfnllu
- that a White angel flew through the room
and left the little one there. That littlo
ono stood with Its two feet in the verysnue
tuary of your affection, and with Its two
hands it took hold of the altar of your soul.
But one day thr came one of the three
scourges of children -scarlet fever, or
croup, or diphtheria -and all that l.rlil.t
ono vanished. The chattering, thestranu'e
ipioMlous. tho uullihir at the d reuses as v,ui
crossed the floor nil ceased.
As the grout friend of children
dmvn ami leaned toward that cradle, and
took the little one In His arms aiad walked
nway with It Into the bower of eternal sBuv
nier, your eye began to follow Him. and yf.11
followed the trcnsVro tin carried nnd v,.,.
have boon following them ever since, ami
ULMton.. of thinking of heaven only once a
week, as formerly, vou are thinking nf it
all tho tinie, and you are more puce and
tender hearted thail you used to be, and
you are patiently waiting for the daybreak.
It Is not self righteousness In v.m to no.
kuowl.'dgo thnt you are a better 'man thun
you used to tx. von are a l..tt..r u..........
thiiu y.rti used to be. What was it that
lu-ought you the sanctlfviin? t.losslniri . Oh
It was tho dark shadow ou the nursery, it
was the dark shadow on the soft gruvv, It
was thedark sha.Uiw on vour broken heart.
It was the brooding of n great black trouble,
It was 11 raven -It was 11 raven' Dear T.r.l
loach this people that white proviibmccs do
always niean U'lvaiicnmeiit and that
black providences do hot always nieiin
t rogrossion.
Children of (lod. gis on out of vour de.
spoiidoncy. The Lord never had "so manv
ravens as he has to-dav. Fling vour fro't
and worry to the winds. Sometimes under
the vexations of life vou feel like my little
girl of four years, who said under some
childish vexation, "(Hi, wish I could go to
heaven and see God and pick flowers!" He
will let you go wheii the rluht, time eoni...
to pick flowers. VuUI then, whatever you
vwit pray for I suppose Elijah proved
mii"h all the tj!"3,.. awn'mlMis
J.I111I lilm, tre:ii''lHois w-n; T.foro
tto hu soar T tVf V..nrRyfflei?-
"TIm WLUI'b wTel !f?5 prJv,n-To7s. t putlt
,u,-i.i,:'1J!"Jt i5PvjaJ2?J!'i". i JToi
lYiUlaKiiilsL3v?Tuu ,,'V i. 0.1,1
4af"" "K"!,;,.) .77 v,i,ii. joa wain an t
About 5. or 8. or 7 o!: j : I11 llift n!,","i',.tn-h
just look up, nnd you will see two block
spots on the sky, mid you will henrtho flap,
ping of wing, and instead of Edgar A. 1'oe's
insane raven alight on tho chamber door,
"only this and nothing more," you will
find Elijah's two ravens, or two ravens of
the Lord, tho one bringing bread and tho
other bringing meat plumed butcher and
baker.
God Is Infinite In resource. When the city
of Hocbclle was besieged nud the inhabi
tants were dying of the fumino, tho tides
washed up on the beach ns never before,
and as never since, enough shellfish to food
the whole city. God is good. There is no
mistake about that. History tells us that
In 1555 in' England there ICflU A fF flint
drought. The crops failed, but In Essex,
on tho rooks, In u placo where they had
neither sown nor cultured, a groat crop of
peas grew until th!w lllle.1 loo measnr...
nnd there were blossoming vines enough,'
promising as much more.
Hut why go so f ir? I enn give you a
family incident. Homo generations l.a"k
there wrfs a great drought In Connecticut,
New England. Tho water disappeared from
the hills, mid the fanners living on the hiils
drove their cattle down toward the valleys
and had them supplied at. the wells and
fouutiuns of the neighbors. Hut these after
awhile began to fail, and the neighbors said
to Sir. Dirdsoyu. of whom 1 shall Hiioak-
You must not send your Hooks mid herds
down here nny more. Our wells are giving
out." Jlr. Ilirdscye, the old Christian mini,
gathered his family at the altar, nnd with
his family ho gathered the slaves of the
household -for bondage was then in vogue
in Connecticut -and on their knees befor.i
God they cried for water, and Hie fnmilv
tory is thnt ther:i was wocniinr and lrr.-n't
sobbing at that altar that tho family miilit
not pcnsri for lack of water, mid that the
herds nud Hocks might. Hot perish.
The family rose from the ultar. Mr.
Ulrilseye, the old man, look his stuff ami
walked out over the hills, and in a place
Where he had seen scores of times, without
noticing anything particular, ho saw the
ground was very dark, and ho took his
stuff and turned up the ground, tho water
started, and he beckoned to his servants.
and they came and brought nails 11ml
buckets unlit nil the family and nil the
Hocks nud the herds were cared fur. nnd
then they niii'lo troughs reaching from
that place down t ) the house nud barn,
and the water flowed, nud it is a living
fountain to-day.
Now I cull that old grandfather Elila'i.
P-inl 1 call that brook that began to ro'l
then and Is rolling still tho brook Clierith,
and the lesson to me mid to nil who hear it
is, when you aro In great stress of circum
stances, pray mid dig, dig ami prav, and
pray and dig. How docs that Dassairo imV
"The mountains, shall depart mid tho hills
be removed, hut My loving kindness shall
not full." If your merchandise, f your
mechanism, If your husbandry full, look out
for ravens. If you have In your despond-'
eney put God 011 trial and condemned
lilm as guilty of cruelty, 1 moveto-duv for
a new trial. If tho biography of your life
Is ever written, I will toll you what the
llrst chapter nud the middle chapter and
the last chapter will be about If it Is writ
ten accurately. The llrst chapter ii'iout
mercy, the middle chapter about mercy,
the last chapter about mercy. The mercy
that hovered over your cradle. Tho mercy
that will hover overyour grave. The mercy
that will coverall between.
Again, this story of the text Impresses me
that relief came to this prophet with the
most unexpected nnd with seemingly Im
posiiblo conveyance. If It had bben a
robin redbreast, or a musical meadow lark,
or a meek turtledove, or u sublime alba
tross that had brought tho food to Elijah,
It would not have been so surprising, lint
no. It was u bird so fierce and iiiiiusplciite
that wo have fashioned one of our most
forceful and repulsive words out of It
ravenous. Thut bird has n passion for
picking out the eyes of men and of ani
mals. It loves to mini I tho sick and the
dying. It swallows with vulturous gu..;lo
everything it can put Its bunk on, and yet
all the food Elajah gels for six months or
a year Is from ravens. Ho your supply is
from an unexpected source.
You think some great-hearted, generous
man will come along and give you his name
on the back of your note, or no will go se
curity for you in some great enterprise.
No, he will not. God will open the heart of
some Hhylock toward you. Your relief will
come from the most unexpected quarter.
The providence whluh soemed ominous
will be to you more than that which seemed
auspicious. It will not be a chaffinch with
breast and wing dashed with white ami
brown and chestnut, It will be a black
raven.
you shuM hiiTe It If If Is-Pst jta- you.""
fSi Tr.M r.lthey, of C'lbyig. a w, 11
kJTe'11 Christian w,1ihan7 w.uloft bv her
liuslmnd a widow with ono half dollar nud
a cottage. Sho was palsied and had a
mother ninety years of ago to support:
The widowed soul every duv asked God for
all that was needed in the 'household, and
th(j servant oven was astonished nt the
pruelslou with which God answered tho
prayers of that woman, Item by Item, item
by Item. One day, rising from tho fnmilv
altar, tho servant said, "You have not;
asked for coal, aud the ooal Is out."
Then they stood and prayed for the coal.
One hour after that the servant throw open
tin door and said: "The coal has come."
A generous man, whose name I could glvo
you, has sent as never before and never
since a supply of coal. You cannot under
stand It. I do. Knvousl Havonsl
My friend, you have a right to) argue
from precedent that God Is going to take
care of you. Has ho not done it two or
threo times every day? That Is most mar
velous. I look back and wonder that God
has ?iven me food three times a day regu
larly. all my lifetime, never missing but
once, nud tiieii I was lost iu tho mountains,
but that every morning and that very night
I met the ravens.
Oh, the Lord Is so goo 1 that I wish all
His people would trust lilm with the two
lives -the life you are living ami thnt which
every tick of tiie watch nnd every stroke of
the clock informs you Is approaching,
liread for your Immortal soul comes to-day.
Sec. They alight on the pluf form. They
alight oil the bucks of all the pews. Tlicv
swing among the arches. Havens!
Itavens! "Ulessed luro they tluit hunger
after righteousness, for they shall bo
lllled. To all the sinning, and the sorrow
lug, nnd the tempted, deliverance ooiucs
this hour. Look down, and you see noth
ing but your spiritual deformities. Look
back, nud you see nothing but wasted op
portunity. Cast your eye forward, and
you have n fearful looking for judgment
and fiery indignation which shall devour
the adversary. Hut look up, and you be
hold the whipped shoulders f an Inter
ceding Christ, and the face of 11 pardoning
God, and the Irradiation of an opening
heaven. I hear the whir of their wings.
Ho you not feel the rush of air 011 your
cheek? Havens! Havens!
There Is only one ipiestlon I want to ask,
How many of this audiei are willing to
trust (toil tor the supply of their bodies
and trust the Lord Jesus Christ for the re
demption of their Immortal souls? Amid
theelatter of tho hoofs and the clung of the
w! Is of the judgment chariot tho whulo
mailer will bo demonstrated.
LIONS IN THE CELLAR,
Straus" Oiiicmery of a Farmer In the
California Hills.
Ill the hills near Sunol, Alauieila County,
Oil., Antonio Nunc., 11 fanner, moved tw'o
weeks ago from his old house Into another
that hud not vet been occupied. For sev
eral days ufler that the family heard
strange sounds coming apparently 'from the
cellar.
Antonio called in n few friends to his as
sistance, nud, armed with shotguns, they
made tlielr way Into the collar. They bad
hardly reached the side of the stonewall
when from beneath the stairway bounded a
splendid California lioness, llefore n shot
could be llred tho utilniiil escaped through
the open door.
A second luter the Hon, a big ugly beast,
made 11 jump for the stairway. Tills time
Antonio was ready and killed the animal at
the llrst flee. While Ills friends stood guard
at the doorway Antouio mad'! a search un
derneath the stairway and fouud four cubs.
Th'y wen? as comfortable as kittens, having
an overcoat and a quilt for a bud. Tha
lioness did not return.
Watcrvresse Iu Plenty.
A New York man named Krutchmar Is re
ported to have leased the sunken meadows
on the Greenhllls, Kingston, N. Y"., from
where ho will furnish the New York market
with wntereresses. The water at this place
Is ice cold ull summer, and acres of water
cresses of the ilnest variety grow there,
some of them with stems four feet In
length. The cresses lire to be picked nud
shipped every evening In crates to New
York. There Is an inexhaustible supply nt
the place mentioned of the spicy plant
which mukes such a favoritu table salad.
A F.aby With Three Eye.
Mrs. John Illggs, ofGlenhain, N. Y., gave
birth to triplets. What Is mora extraor
dinary still, one of the babies has three
eyes, two in the place naturally reserved
for them, and the third just over the bridge
of the note. -
lEi SIEB1TB SCHOOL LESS01
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 16.
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tne Urntllrs." ArU lll., 7-'oinm.-..h..
The power of God was so manifest in Ills
word through the apostles at Antioch that
the next Sabbath almost the whole city
came together to hear the word of God
ixlil., 44. This filled the Jews with such
envy that they contradicted nnd blas
phemed and raised such persecution against
I aul nnd llaniabas that thev were expelled
from the city; not, however, la-fore manv
believed and were filled with joy nud with
tho Holy Ghost, and were eneo'iiriiged to
continue in the Krn.. of God. From
Antioch they went to Iconiiim. and so spake
that a multitude both of .lows nnd Greeks
believed. Hut they were compelled by
persecution to flee from there 11 Iso, and so
came tol.ystra and Derbo and preached
thogosiel. luirlng the preaching a mini
who was lame from his birth and had never
walked was p.yfectly hoal.jd bv the Lord
through Paul, nud hero our lesson lx-gins.
11. "The gods are come dowu to us in the
likeness of men." These were the words of
the peopl.. wluui thuy saw the mun that had
been lame leaping and walking. Thev saw
a supernatural event in the healing of Hits
Impotent man, nnd knowing only of thtj
mythb-al gods, such as Jupiter and Mer
eurlus, of which .luster was the supremo
god of the Greeks aud Human nnd Mer
cury the god of cliMpienee, tlley'VupposiM
that their gods had actnallv visited thriu
I.et lis niter their words Just a little, "Hod
has come down to us In the likeness of
man," aud whnt a glorious truth we ham
and one fully proved by John I., 14; I Tiuu
III.; Hi; Heb. ., H.
HI. "And they mil. si Huriuihus Jupiter
and Taul M.-rcurius because he was the
chief speaker.1' Canon Fausset ravs that
the mythology of Ovid represented Mer
eurlus as having once visited I'hrvgin with
Jupiter, his father, and having been refused
hospitality by nil but two old peasants.
Hence the simple people of I.vstra sup.
posed, from the miracle on the cripple, that
I'aul nud Jlurnuhus were these two gods
again come to enrtli.
l'l. It was the supernatural power man
ifested through the apostles which caused
these people to attempt to worship them.
We may not perhaps liavo the working of
miracles i.r h.vuliiig seen in us, for t ho Spirit
divides Ills gifts to every one severally as
He will (I Cor. xii.. Hi. but we inav all be
lllled with the Spirii and manifest iii us Hie
supernatural life of meekness and quiet
ness, of patience mid long suffering, wit h
Joyfulness, to the glorv of God.
11. "They rent their clothes nnd ran in
among the people, crviug out." While we
should earnestly d.siro the manifestation
mble lest
rd alone
must bo exulted nud no llesh glory iu His
ores 'lice. Most of us are too prone to on
oy h little honor mid ll:itrv. but it must
IV-'i-l'.' tolerTle,T. T 'See iTloTl fV) it not; Wor
kup
'...-- j ...-Mit, inn iiiaiin
l'l (.''jrjst n (is. wo should also tren
wo get a;.y ."TMK for it. The l,..r
(iod,'TTflll'd be our word,
-u.viurn iroin these vanities unlo the
living lioS.'i-s-'j' liigthe people thill lliey
were but men TT like passion with them
felves, men such us themselves but for the
grace of God. t hev told t hem of the one f rue
and living G01I, the Creator of all tilings.
I have been greatly interested in noticing
how often the llrst verse In all Scripture Is
used by prophets and 11 post! -s - us for ex
ample, iu Ileut. x., 11; Neh. ix.,li; Isu. xliv.,
114: J-r. x., 10-12: xxxli., 17; Ads Iv.. 21, etc.,
and the connections In which thev use It,
and 1 beliuvu wo do not Niillleien'tlv con.
aider It.
1(1. "Who In times past suffered ul! Na
tions to walk iu their r-wn ways." While
Ho druws'us unto Himself and would have
us "set apart for Himself," "kept, ror Jesus
Christ," "a special people unto Him," vet
If we Insist on our own ways He will suffer
us, to our eternal loss In" many respects.
While He is not willing that any should
perish, but that nil should repent and be
saved, yet If people Insist upon rejecting
His love He will let them Ps. Isu,, 11-11;
II l'et. III., 9; II cor. i., 15,
17. "Nevertheless He loft not IlimsclT
without witness." His eternal power ami
Godhead lire seen In the works of His bunds
and In Ills great goodness to all. so that nil
are without excuse ( Hoiii. I., 'J0, 21 1. I'aul
would direct their minds lo the goodness el
God manifest iu His daily mercies to all, for
all niiiy truly say: "It is of the Lord's
mercies wo are not consumed I uuse His
compassions fail not. They are new every
morning" (I, am. III., 22, 2:1).
IN. "Ami with these savings scarce re
strained they the people, that they had not
done sacrifice unto th'-m." They saw I 'nil I
aud I'.ariiahas. but not Jesus Christ. They
saw the miracle, hoi not God. (Inly the
opened eves call see God, but lie is willing
to open tiie eyes of all who will turn to
Him. (Inly the unwilling must stay
blind. "Ye will not come unto me!" 1 Joliii
v., 4D.I
ID. "And (here came thither certain
Jews from Antioch ami leoniuni.who per
suaded the people, and having stoned Paul
drew lilm out of the city, supposing bo
had been dead." A persevering devil goeth
about seeking to destroy. If be cannot get,
the soul ho will do his best to kill the body;
but this wo are told not to fear (.Math, x'.,
2S, for the breaking of the body nulv sets
the spirit free to be with Christ. I'iiuI was
to nil Intents dead, though In speaking of
tills experience he says twice, "Whether III
tho body or out of tiie body I cannot tell;
God knoweth" (II Cor. xll.,'2, .'!.
2(1. "Howl.elt, us the disciples stood
round nl.i.ut lilm, be rose up and came into
the city, and the next day lie departed
with liarnabas to Herbe." 1 do ma
doubt that the vision described III II Cor.
xli., 1 4, was his actual experience while
they were dragging his seemingly lifeless
body out of l.ystru, and by this experience
be was lltte.l for greater aiid betier things
for bis Lord and Master, coi ruing whom
be could suy, "Whose I am, aud whom I
Serve" (Acts xxvli., 2:1).
21. "And when thev hnd pleached t In
gospel to that city and hud taught iniiiiy,
they returned again to I.vstra nnd to leon
liim and Antioch." Tho'iiiarv:iu savs they
made many disciples. So wherever they
went the souls were saved, God glorllleil
and the devil miide angry. What courage
to go right back to l.yslra where he had
been stoned, mid to the other cities, from
whence they had been driven out. Hut
they knew that Cod was with t 1. and
they feared nothing. What denial of self
to turn his back upon his native Tarsus
when hn was so near home and go the long
Journey over iigiiln to strcugtheu the disci
plest 22. "Confirming the souls ot the disciples
and exhorting them to continue in the
faith, nnd that we must through much
tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."
We can only be eon tinned or established by
believing God 11 Curuu. xx., 20). Lvmu'a
Helper.
yr Talmage Aid famine SnfTerrr. -rw
Dr. T. De Witt Talmago and Dr. Lituls
Klopsch, who have recently been In the
West gathering wheat for tho famine suf
ferers of India, have returned to New Y'ork.
They have secured 200 carloads of wheat
and about $100,000 In money. Dr. Klopsch
will go to India with tha funds, and It Is
stated that Dr. Talmago may accompany
him.
Knropo'i Teace Assured.
At the Primrose League, meeting In Lon.
don tho Marquis of Ballsbury. Trime Minis
ter of England, made a speech In which he
said that the peace ot Europe, except tot
the local war between Greece and Turkey,
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