INFLUENCE OF CLUBS.
D& Talmas pr
trays In a clear and
concise) manner the
good and bad effort
on m man's li aof
that attmctiva
place. Bin text U
USamnelti,14.-It
the young m-u uo .v
rite anil play be
fore us."
There are two armies encamped by
tbe pool of Glbeon, The time hanpa
heavily on tbclr bands. One army pro
poses a gome of sword fencing. Notb
lng could be more healthful and Inno
cent Tbe other army accepts tbe
challenge. Twelve men against twelve
men, tbe sport opens. But something
went adversely. Perhaps one of the
swordsmen got an unlucky clip or In
some way had his Ire aroused, and
that which opened In sportfulness end
ed In violence, each one taking his con
testant by tbe balr and then with the
sword thrusting him in tbe side, so
that that which opened in Innocetit fun
ended in the massacre of all tbe tweu-ty-four
sportsmen. Was there ever a
better illustration of wbat wai true
then and is true now, that that which
is Innocent may be made destructive?
At this season of the year tbe club
bouses of our towns and cities are In
full play. . I have found out that there
la a legitimate and an illegitimate use
of the clubhouse. In the one case It
may become a healthful recreation,
like the contest of tbe twenty-four men
in tbe text when they began their piny:
in tbe other case it becomes the massa
cre of body, mind and soul, as In tbe
case of these contestants of the text
when they bad gone too far with their
sport. All intelligent ages have had
their gatherings for political, social,
artistic, literary purposes gatherings
characterized by tbe blunt old Anglo
Saxon designation of "club."
If you have read history, you know
that there was a King's Head Club, a
Ben Jonson Club, a Brothers' Club, to
which Swift and Bollngbroko be
longed; a Literary Club, which Burke
and Goldsmith and Johnson and Bos
well made Immortal; a Jacobin Club,
a Benjamin Franklin Junto, Club
some of these to indicate justice, some
t i favor the arts .some to promote good
manners, some to despoil the bnbits,
some to destroy the soul. If one will
write an honest history of tbe clubs
of England, Ireland,. Scotland, France
and tbe United States for the last 100
years,' he will write tbe history of the
world. The clnb waa an institution
born on English soli, but it has thrived
well In American atmosphere. ; ;ho
shall tell' how many . belong to that
kind of club where men put purses to
gether and open house, apportioning
tbe expense of caterer and servants
and room, and having a sort of domes
tic establishement a style of club
house which in my opinion is far bet
ter than the ordinary hotel or boarding-house?
But my object now is to
speak of clubhouses of a different sort,
such as tbe Cosmos .or Cbevy Chase
or Lincoln Club of this capital, or tbe
Union Leagues of many cities, the
United States Service Club of London,
tbe Lotos of New Tork, where journal
ists, dramatists, sculptors, painters and
artists from all branches gather to
gether to discuss newspapers, theatres
and elaborate art, like the Aniericus,
which camps out in Summer time, dim
pling the pool with Its hook and arous
ing the forest with Its stag hunt; like
the Century Club, which has its large
group of venerable lawyers and poets;
like the Army and Navy Club, where
those who engaged in warlike service
once on the land or the sea now come
together to talk over the days of car
nage; like the New York Yacht Club,
with its floating palaces of beauty, up
holstered witu velvet and paneled witb
ebony, having all tbe advantages of
electric bell and of gaslight and of
k'pg's pantry; lHce the. American
Jockey Club, to which belong men who
have a passionate fondness for horses,
fine horses, as had Job when, in the
Scriptures, he gives up a sketch of
that king of beasts ,the arch of its
neck, tbe nervousness of its foot, the
majesty of his gait, the wrllwlnd of
its power, crying out: "Hast thou
clothed his neck with thunder?" Dur
ing tbe day they are comparatively
lazy places. Here and there an aged
man reading a newspaper, or an em
ployee dusting a sofa ,or a clerk wrlt-
-iug up the accounts, but when tbe cur
tain of the night falls on the natuial
day then the curtain of the clubhouse
hoists for tfio entertainment Let us
hasten up now the marble stairs. What
an imperial hallway! See, here are
parlors on the side, with the uphols
tery of the Kremlin and the Tuller
ies, and here are dining halls time chal
lenge you to mention any luxury that
they cannot afford, and here arc gal-'
lerles with sculpture and paintings and
lithographs and drawings from the
best of artists, Cropscy and Blerstndt
bind Church and Hart and Glfford iilc-
prcs for every mood, whether. you are
umpassloned or placid; shipwreck or
hunlight over tbe sea, Sheridan's ride
tr the noonday party of the farmers
inder the trees, foaming deer pursued
by the bounds In tbe Adirondack or
he sheep on the lawn. On this sldo
here are reading rooms where , you
Ind all books, from hermeneutlcs to
he fairy tale. Coming lu and - out
here- are geutlemen, some of whom
tay ten minutes, others stnyinuny
ours. r , n v -
But tho evening iB.passlug'ou ;,and
we hasten!-through the Jinll. and
own the steps Into the street. ; and
rom block to block until we come to
lothpr style of clubhouse. Opening
e dor, we find the fumes of strong
nk and tobacco something almost
' JtXuu young men at tbls
fear art at from tfca fashed chock, tho
latent look, the almost angry way of
tossing the dice or of moving the
"chip." They are gambling. At an
other table are men who are telling
vile stories. ' They are three-fourths
Intoxicated, and between IS and 1
o'clock they will go staggering, hott-i
lng, swearing, shouting on their way
home.. That Is an only son. On liliu
all kindness, all care, all culture luia.
been bestowed. He Is paying hM par
ents In this way for their kindness.
That Is a young married man, wbo
only a few months ago at the altar
made promises of kindness and fidel
ity, every one of which he has brok
en. Walk through and see for your
self. Here are all tbe Implements of
dissipation and of quick death. As the
hours of tbe night go away the conver
sation becomes Imbecile and more de
basing. Now it Is time to shut up.
Those wbo are able to stand will get
out on the pavement and balance them
selves against tbe lamppost or against
the railings of tbe fence. The young
man who Is not able to stand will linve
a bed improvised for him In the club
house, or two not quite so overcome
with liquor will conduct him o hi
father's house, and they will ring the
doorbell, and the door will open, ml
the two lmleclle escorts will intro
duce into the hallway the ghastliest
and most hellish spectacle that ever
enters a front door a drunken son. if
the dissipating clubhouses of this coun
try would make a contract with tho
inferno to provide It 10,000 men n year,
and for twenty years, on the condition
that no more should be naked of them,
the clubhouses could afford to make
that contract, for they would save
homesteads, save fortunes, save bod
ies, minds and souls. Ttie 10,000 men
who would be sacrificed by that con
tract would be but a small part of the
multitude sacrificed without the con
tract. But I make a vast difference
between clubs. I have belonged to
four clubs a theological club, a ball
club and two literary clubs. I got from
tbem physical rejuvenation and moral
health. . What shall be the principle?
If God will help me, I will lay down
three principles by which you may
judge whether the club where you arc
a member or tbe club to which you
have been invited Is a legltmate or an
Illegitimate clubhouse. -
First of all I want you to test tho
club by its influences on home, if you
have a home. I have been told by a
prominent gentleman in the club life
that three-fourths of the members of
the great clubs of these cities are mar
ried men. That wife soon loses her In
fluence over her husband who nervous
ly and foolishly looks upon all even
ing absence as an assault on domes
ticity. How are the great enterprises
of art and literature and beneficence
and public weal to be carried on If
every man Is to have world bounded
on one side by bis front doorstep, and
on the other side by bis back window,
knowing nothing higher than bis own
attic of nothing lower than his own
cellar? That wife who becomes Jeal
ous of her husband's attention to art
or literature or religion or charity is
brenklng her own scepter of conjugal
power. I know an Instance where a
wife thought that her husband was
giving too many nights to Christian ser
vice, to charitable service, to prayer
meetings and to religious convocation.
She systematically decoyed him away
until now be attends on church and Is
on a rapid way to destruction, his mor
als gone, his money gone, and, 1 fear,
his soul gone. Let any Christian wife
rejoice when her husband consecrates
evenings to the service of God, or to
charity ,or to art, or to anything ele
vated, but let not men sacrifice home
life to club life. I can point out to
you a great many names of men who
are guilty of tbls sacrilege. They are
as genial as angels at the clubhouse
and as ugly as sin at home. They are
generous on all subjects of wine sup
pers, yachts and fast horses, but they
are stingy about the wife's dress and
tbe children's shoes.
I tell you there arc thousands of
houses in tbe cities being clubbed to
dentil. There are clubhouses where
membership always Involves domestic
shipwreck. Tell me that a mnn has
Joined a certain club, tell me nothing
more about him for ten years, and I
will wrlje his history If he be still
alive. The mnn Is a wine guzzler, his
wife brokeu-henrtcd or prematurely
old, his fortune gone or reduced, and
his home a more name in a directory.
Here are six secular nights In tbe
week. "What shall I do with tbem?"
says the father and the husband. "I
will give four of those nights to the im
provement and entertaiuuiout of my
family, either at home or in good
neighborhood. I will devote outs to
charitable Institutions. I will devote
one to the club." I congratulate you.
Hero Is a man who snys: "I will make
a different division of the six nights.
I will take three for tho club and three
for other purposes." I tremble. Here
Is a man who says, "Out of the six sec
ular nights of the week I will devote
five to the clubhouse aud one to the
home,-which night .1 will spend in
scowling like a March squall,, wishing
I was out speudlug it as I had spent
the other five." I That man's obituary
is written. Not one out of 10,000 that
ever.gets so far on the wroug road ever
stops.- ' "'
I think tbat damage Is often done by
tho scions of sonio aristocratic family
who belong to one of .these dissipating
clubhouses. 'People coming up from
humbler clnsaes feel It an honor to be-
Llong to the same club, forgetting the
fact that many of tbe sons and grand
sons of tbe large commercial estab
lishments of the last generation are
now, as to mind, imbecile; as to body,
diseased; as to morals, rotten. They
would have got through their proper-
session of it, bat tho wfly ancoaWn
who earned tho money by hard knocki
foresaw how it was to be be, and they
tied up everything In the wilL Now.
there Is nothing of that unworthy de
scendant but his grandfather's tin mo
and roast beef rotund. ty. And yet I on
many steamers there are which in I
honored to lash fast to that v . -
eaten tug. though It dra;R ...u
stra'ght luto the breakers.
A third test by which you may l.:i:.v
whether tbe club to which you tolong
or the club to whose membership you
are Invited ,1s a legitimate club or nn
Ulegltmate club, Is this: Wbat Is its
effect on your sense of moral and re
ligious obligation? Now, If I should
take the names of all the people In any
audience and put theui on a roll and
then I should lay that roll back of the
organ and 100 years from now some
one should take that roil and call it
from A to Z there would not one of
you answer. I say tbat any associa
tion that makes me forget tbat fact is
a bad association.
The Influence which some of the
clubhouses are exerting Is the more to
be deplored because It takes down the
very best men. Tbe admission fee sifts
out the penurious and leaves ouiy tbe
best fellows. They nre frank, they
are generous, they are whole-souled,
they arc talented. Oh, I begrudge tbe
devil such a prize! After awhile the
frank look will go out of the face and
the features will be haggard, and
when talking to you, Instead of looking
you In the eye, they will look down,
and every morning the mother will
kindly ask, "My son, wbat kept you out
so late hist night?" and he will make
no answer, or he will say, "That's my
business." Then some time he will
come to the store or tho bank cross
and befogged, and he will neglect
some duty, and after awhile he will
lose his place, and then with nothing
to do bo will como down nt 10 o'clock
In tbe morning to curse the servant
because the breakfast Is cold. The lad
who was a clerk in the cellar has
got to be chief clerk in tbe great com
mercial establishment; the young man
wbo ran errands for the bank has got
to be cashier; thousands of the young
men who were at tbe foot of tbe lad
der have got to the top of tbe ladder,
but here goes tbo victim of the dissi
pating clubhouse, with staggering step
and blood-shot eye and mud-bespattered
bat set sldewlse on a shock of
greasy balr; bis cravat dashed with
cigar ashes. Look at him! Pure heart
ed young man, look at him! The club
house did tbat. I know one such who
went tbo whole round, and turned out
of the higher clubhouses, went into the
lower clubhouses, and on down, until
one night be leaped out of a third-story
window to end bis wretchedness.
Let me say to fathers wbo are be
coming dissipated, your sons will fol
low you. You think your son does not
know. He knows all about It. I have
beard men who say, "I am profane,
but never in the presence of my chil
dren." Your children know you Bwear.
I have heard men say, "I drink, but
never In tho presence of my children."
Your children know you drink. I de
scribe now what occurs lu hundreds
of households In this country. Tbe tea
hour has urrived. Tbe family nre
t:-atcd at the tea table. Before the rest
of the family arise from tho table the
father shoves back his chair, says ho
bus an engagement, lights a cigar,
gees out, conies back after midnight,
ami that Is the history of 365 nights of
the year. Does any man want to stul
tify himself by saying that that Is
healthy, that that Is right, that that
Is honorable? Would your wife have
umiTicd you with such prospects?
Oh, my heart aches! I see men strug
gling against evil habits, aud they
want help. I have knelt beside them
and i have heard thein cry for help,
and then we have risen, and be has
imt oue band on my right shoulder and
looked into my face with an Infinity
of earnestness which the Judgment
::iy will have no power to make mo
fi T-i't, as he has cried out with his Hps
scorched In ruin, "God help me!" For
such there Is no help except In tbe
Lord (iod Almighty. I am going to
ii'iike a very stout rope. You know
Hint sometimes a ropeumker will take
vrry small threads and wind them to
gether until after awhile they become
i'Hp cable. And I am going to take
seme very siiinll, delicate threads and
wind them together until they make a
very stout rope. I will take all the
memories of the marriage duy, a
thread of laughter, a thread of light
a thread of music, a thread of banquet
lug, a thread of congratulation, and I
twist them together and I huve one
strand. Then I tako a thread of tbo
hour of tbe first advent lu your house,
a thread of the darkness that preceded
uud a thread of tbe light that followed,
ii nd a thread of the beautiful scarf
tlmt little child used to wear when she
bounded out at eventide to greet you,
uud then a thread of the beautiful
dress In which you laid her away for
the resurrection. And then I twist nil
these together, and I have another
strand. Then I take a thread of the
scat-let robe of a suffering Christ, 'and'
u thread of the white raiment of your
loved ones. before the throne, and a
string of tho harp cherubic,.- and a
string of the heart seraphic, and I
twist tbem together, and I have a third
strand. "Ob," you sny, "either Btraud
is strong enough to bold fast a world!"
No. I will. take tbeso strands aud I
will twist them together, and ono end-,
of that rope I will fasten,' not to tbo.
communion table, for It shall bo
moved; not to tbe pillar of the organ,
for that will crumble In the ages, but
I wind It round and round tho cross of
a sympathizing Christ and having
fastened oue end of the rope to tbo
cross I throw tho other end to you.
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Capiltil Stuck, .100,1)00 (Shares of j
? 10.00 cadi, luilv r.'u ami nuti-as- j
cssalilc, tif wlii. li 2,10,000 Shares
itv now ottered tor subscriptions at
par.
HPKiOl Tj NOTICK
There nre many pornnim who tluntro to n to
lie (riilil lleliln of AliMliit the I'oinlni. nrnion,
who have nut I'lmilll realy money ttViliiblo
to rnalile tlirin to do o.
To nil mieli, wo woiilil mlvii-e the ilinlrnlilllty
of forming lornl yinlk'n.t. of three or more
IMTHimn, ami Jointly pureliaw 5W Blinres of our
tork, and elect one of your number to go mill
iruwct ami mine for Joint account
Witli parties forming nucli ynitlcnte, till
Company will contract to ncml out ono of their
number for ent-li.'WOfjImro.i of Mock prclineil
fomit t pi-, til -n tint tin i'K'Ii )rty thore
for one year from the ilnt of arrriral at-tha
Ifohl fleltln, supplying him with food, Uolii, and
all thiiiK raquiiiite to enable lilm to prospect
tar iiold, and with help to develop and work all
Kood claims located by him the claims to be
located I i the name of the syndicate and the
Alaikn-KloiidykeUoldMiniiiKCo., and to he
owned Jointly and equally, share and shnre
alike
Write forCircular Full Particulars.
DIRKTOSS.
Jamas Uice, lata Secretary State of Colorado ;
Wm. Shaw.'capltalM, Chicago: ''
K. M. Tttcomb, . Vie President and Usueral
Manager Kaetinan Fruit Diipatch Co. j
If. C. Fash, member Maritime Kichange, New
Tork ;
Geo. W. Morgan, Clrcls City, Alaska;
John K. Ixwthcr,New York ;
Ueorge T. Uurtee, Fall Klder, Mass.
' ADVlMBV BOAEU.
Hon I II. Wokeneld, Asiociate Juntiee, First
District Court South Framing-horn, Mass. ;
Man, il. y. Richmond, late President Court of
Apl, Denver, Col. ;
S. U. UpdetirnlT, Into Trensurerl.ycoiulng Coun
ty, Willlnmsport, I'enn.
Samuel M. liryau, President ChesnpeaUe and
Potomac Telephone Co , Washington, P. C;
Dr. K. ('. FUher, l,X!l MiiiliiKiin Ave., fhiongn
III. ;
Col. P. A. Huffman, Detroit, Willi.;
M. U. IS. Swift, Attornry-nt-l.aw, Fall ltiver,
Mans. ,
twine W. Mcolt, Dciluty 1'nllct'tor, Cedar Itapids,
Iowu.
Win. F. MctCiilglit, Attoruey-at-ljtw, (iritnd
ltiipiils. Mich.
The businins ef the Alunka-Klondyke (iolil
Milling Compitny will he to run a liurjnf Htcitm
ers an the Yukon Hlver, and between Seattle
and the different parts of Alaska, open supply
stores at tbe different camps, do a genorul
transportation, commercial and banking bus
iness, and, In addition, deal in Mining Claims,
and work tbe mines already owned and that
may hereafter be acquired by the Company.
The Company controls the following
properties:
Fight Cold Placer Cliiims sgiireir.itinK M0
Acres Hi P.xlenl. located on Forty Mile Creek
under L ulled Suites milling laws. Development
has proved the pay streak lo be Ave feet thick
and him yielded placer dirt that pans from tilt
to t)!i to Ilia iMtii. l ive uoiil I'lucer i lainis, air
grcguting lou Acres in eitcnt, on Porcupine
ltiver, tliul pans from 'JH cents to $10 to a pall.
Ten Hold Placer Claims, aggregating '2U0 acres
on His Tanna ltiver, panning from $10 to t-iU a
yard.
A fine gold quart lode in Alaika, which as
snvs from tl. to lU per ton. Tbe lode show
an enormous outcrop of free milling ore, vein
at surface iM'ing 12 feet thick : on this proierty
have made I'J locations of I.W0 feet by tUO feet,
collating i'JO acres. We don't claim that it is
the mother lode, but we do know it is without
an equal for prospective values.
The estimates and statement above are of
necessity based upon information oliiaiue'1
from our Superintendent, and are believed and
accepted by the company.
This company having acquired extensive
holdings of rich placer and gold ipiarts proper
lies, capable of earning large dividends on its
stock, offers to Investors advantages that in
sure lance and profitable returns.
Mr. (Jeorgft W. Morgan, our Superintendent,
has been on the Yukon tor the pail Je:ir work
ing in the interest of tlilscompnny Therefore,
we are not saking liny one to contribute to a
project unplanned, but to one thoroughly ma
tured. 1 ins oouiiany, wiiii us m 1
tensive knowledge, mid great resources, is cer
tain to become one of the rlcuest companies op
erating in Alaska.
Our President takes pleasure In referring you
to the following list of references :
James E. Dewey, Mills Co., Hankers, lvtrolt,
Mich.;
Louis O. Tetard, Commissioner World's Fair
from Mexico, "The Hookery," Chicago, III
Senator H. M. Teller, of Colorado ;
John Hhafrolb, . Representative to Congrejs,
Colorado i .
J. M. Bell.Kepreschtativeto Congress, Colorado;
V. C. Clement, Washington Trust Co. Building,
Washington, D. C. ;
Joseph C. Holm, ex-Chlof Justice of Colorado ;
Charles D. Hnyt, Chief Justice Of Colorado ;
C. B. Maugham, il9 Tliuee-HerahS Chicago, 111.;
Maurice Joyee, Electro Picture, Star lluildiug,
Washlngten, D. C. ;
Gnpt. J. J. Ijtnibert, Owner aad Editor Chief
tain, Piiohlo, Col.; i'
8. L. Itlllegman, T Agent M. P. R. R. W.,
i Louis, Mo. ; ' ' ' "
R. E. Gowan, Dreiel Co., Philadelphia.
Tho iull-pftul toek is now oflered
at Ten Dollaks per share. Send
your orders to the ;
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II PAHALLEI.R -Mark I :!-. Luke 4:14.
li. 4:1-11 With vi a-ti Mark l:3&-U:
Luke 4.42-44
TIM 10. -A D Z& Spring and summer, a
year and a half after the temptation
LESSON COMMENT
L Tbe First Year of Jesus' Ministry.
A. D. 27 The Judean Ministry The
Year of Beginnings ItecoruYd chiefly
by John, chaps. 1-4. The chief event!
were tbe Grst Disciples, the first Mira
cle, the first Reform, tbe first Discourse,
the first Tour, the first Converts in Sa
maria. Jobn the ituptist was still
preaching and preparing tbe way.
II Opening of the .(ireat Galilean
Ministry, which extended from Decem
ber. A D. 27. to October. A. D. S! a
yt-ar and nine months. The first part
of this is Tbe Second Year of Jesus'
Ministry. A. IX 28, which mny best be
called The Year of Development tbe
growth from the small beginnings of
the first yeur Into a great work, with
marked results.
III A General View of His Galilean
Ministry Vs. 17-25. First. The
Field Galilee contained about 2,000
Miuare miles, or about one-third of Pal
estine proper, with n population of
3.000.000 Joscphus Kays thut it in
cluded 204 cities uud villages, the small
est of which bud 15.000 Inhabitants.
The Sea of Galilee "was covered with
vessels engaged in tra flic ami fisheries.
Second. The Preaching of Jesus. V.
17 "From that time:" From His
coming Into Galilee, after the Imprison
ment of John. "Jesus began:" Jesus
had been teaching for more than ayear.
but for most part privately, and in
dividually; but now began a jew era;
the preparatory work was completed;
John bad ceased preaching; Jcsiis bad
gained followers enough to enter fully
upon His work, and "preach"!. e us
tbe Greek word means, proclaim as a
herald His message from God, and an
nounce publicly the comlngof the king
dom, as a herald running before the
king announces his approach. "Re
pent:" Change your mind and conduct.
"Forthe kingdom of Ileaven:" The new
Heavenly community about to be estab
lished by a new message from God, a
new mean of salvation through the life
and death of Christ, and the gift of tbe
noly Spirit. MIs at hand," in the per
son and teachings of the Son of God.
It was the beginning of a new era.
Third. The Calling of Helpers for
Work and Training. Vs. 18-22. 18.
"And Jesus, walking by the sea of Gali
lee:" On the first morning after His
arrival at Capernaum, and probably
these busy lishermeu did not know of
His arrival till He spoke to them.
"Simon called Peter," the Rock, "and
Andrew his brother:" These had be
come followers of Christ at the very be
ginning of nis ministry, more than a
year before (John 1:35-44.) But after
being with Jesus for a time they again
returned to their business for support.
19. "And no snith unto them:" The
circumstances In which thia call was
made are related with much gretiter ful
ness by Luke (5:1-11.)
"Follow me," not only be a disciple,
but spend your time in going around
with me, to learn, to help, to be trained
for future work. "I will make you
fishers of men:" You shall draw men
Into the klngdomof neoven, ns you have
drawn fishes o&hore by your skill.
20. "And they straightway:" There
was no IndeciHinn. They knew well Him
who had willed them. "Lef t their nets,
and followed Him:" Their nets were
the means of their living, and they gave
them up nnd trusted to the precarious
living of a poor man.
21. "James:" The Greek form of
Jacob. He became the first martyr
umong the apostles (Acts 12:2), "son of
Zebedee" (Jehovnh's gift.) "John:"
The disciples whom Jesus loved.
22. "They immediately left the ship
and their father:" Tbe call of God is
above all earthly demands (Matt. 10:37.)
Fourth. His Methods of Work. Vs.
23-25. 23. "And Jesus went about all
Calilee:" This was His first tourof tbe
country. "Teaching in their syna
gogues:" The Jewish churches of that
duy, where any distinguished teacher
could speak. This was prolnably in
terpreting the Scriptures, and wna to be
distinguished from "preaching," which
was heralding, proclaiming "the Gos
pel of the kingdom" of God, which was
at hand. It was the good news of God's
fatherly iovo and enre, of Ills forgive
ness of sin, of knowledge of tbe way of
life, of tbe power of the Holy Spirit, of
new light breaking over nil the earth.
"Ilemling nil manner of sickness:" Se
vere, dangerous d'senses. "Of disease:"
Debility, weakness.
25. "And there followed Him great
multitudes:" Imagine, if you can, the
condition of a country in which there
nre no doctors, where the healing art U
only practiced by a few quacks, who
rely more on charms than on physic for
their cures.
In such a country ns this, with sick
and crippled in every village, picture
the enger excitement when tho news
spread that there is a good physician ar
rived in town;- that he has healed a
fierce demoniao by a word, and a great
fever by a touch.
PRACTICAL) SUGGESTIONS.
We are not to bo discouraged at small
beginnings. All great things were once,
small. To all reformers the first year
and a half of Christ's ministry is an en
couragement. ., . I
The kingdom of lleaven is athand. It
Uetallaround ut, as the sunlight around
darkened building-, waiting for the
blind to be thrown, back and the win
dows to be opened. It has already be
gun tn tha world, and la coming faster
and faster. '
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Contagious Blood
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