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THE BIQ MELON PATCH. . .
That ui UnM, to arty print, 1 4taaV
d mott to scratch .
Frum aarly morn o lata at nlcbt la dad'a
bl( melon pa(ca.
Tba patch It locked tan acres ton by serea
acres wide.
An' erery hill a mountain top, with valleys
dose beside.
An' then the hoe 1 tied to use weighed all nv
twenty pound.
An' strained the sockets u my arms at
every stroke an' bound :
The soil, tho' light. It seemed to hug the
dusty earth like lead.
An' erery hill 1 hed to make choked up my
soul with dread.
An' every year in early spring I dreaded
most to scratch
With heavy hoe an' achln' hand In dad's
big melon patch.
Tew see the river lay close by, an' sparkled
In the sun,
Jes' tantallxln' uv my soul with every
gleam It spun;
An' every ripple, all day long, Jes beckoned
me aside.
An' showed me where a fish lay hid be
neath the stiver tide.
Aa' when all this wus hauntln' me, bow
could a feller scratch
With stlddy stroke an' right good will In
dad's ol' melon patch T
But when the autumn sun shone warm, an' J
dow lay on the grass, j
An' we hed shocked the Meld uv corn, an'
housed the garden sass,
An' when the nuts begun to turn, an' cockle ;
burrs to catch,
I hed no dread to spend an hour In dad's
big melon patbhl j
Fur tlicro would glisten In the sun them
feller, long an' green, I
With meller. Juicy, red Insldea, fit fur a i
king or queen; I
An w'en a-st raddle uv the fonce, with mel- i
ons a hull batch.
I soon forgot my sufferln's In dad's bl
meloa patch. j
An' so It Is with every soul, the hull great !
human batch, !
We hev our mole-hill mountains here In
life's big melon patch.
We murmur an' we magnify, an' dread to
do a job.
An' look out on the river, yearnln' fur Its
lazy throh.
We fain would throw away the hoe an'
laze beside the stream,
An' let the melons plant themnolves, an'
fish an' Idly dream.
But whin at la it success hez come we gob
ble down our catch.
An' soon furglt tnn trials we've hed In life's
big melon paten.
-Joe Cone, In N. Y. Herald.
LD EGYPT
By J. L. Harbour.
MY BROTIIEU Jeff, my father and
I wera planting corn one morn
ing, wben I was a boy of IS nnd Jeff
was a yenr older. We ought to have
been at work in another port of our
farm, but father had allowed us to work
In the field by the roadside that morn
ing because a circus train was to pass
on it way to Hebron, a town three
miles distant.
Jeff and I had been to one circus that
summer, and father could not spare us
from the farm to go to this one, so we
bad to get all the Batittfaction we could
from seeing It pass by.
We tried to console ourselves by say
ing that we didn't think that it was
"very much of a circus anyhow." Sam
Walling had told Jeff that his uncle
.Tim had Rtcn the circus over in Kil
bttrn the week before, nnd he had said
that it "didn't compare" with the cir
cus we hud seen earlier in the season.
It ! true t lint Sam had tried to mod
ify this statement when ho found that
Jelf and I could not go to the circus, j
He then told us that hi.s uncle had said j
that the clown was tho bpst and fun- j
niest clown he ever saw, and that the j
trapeze men "brat the Dutch." but we ;
held Sam flrruly to his original state
ment ni:t) insisted that the circus was
"no good nt nil." Just as if tlioro ever
had beet' or ever would be a circus that
was "no good" to two boys of 15 nnd 10
years!
Trejently Jpft gave his boo a lling
and fuid. eagerly: "It's coming,
Jack!"
1 looked toward a big hill over which
the rood ran. and wiw the advance
wagona of the circus, which we counted i
eagerly as they cnttie over the hill.
"There's only 3 of them." Enid Jeff,
"and tln-re wero ?A in tho circus we
went to in May. It can't be much of a i
show," I
The wagons, covered with dirty can
vas, went by in a shabby procession. In
tho rar came three dtist-coTpred ele
phants and ten or twelve disaolutc
looking enmels. One. the largest of
the lot, lin.ped slowly behind tho oth
ers, a picture of weariness nnd de
jection. A rough-looking man kept
prodding the poor beast with a cruel-
looking gcad, while he loudly com- I
inanded it to "Git out of this!" j
The camel would bellow pitifully ut
every prod, but did not move any fast-1
er. It could not. Indeed, it came to a
standstill when it was directly in front
of us. and fell heavily to the ground,
with a prolonged bellow of pain nnd I
despair. As the man began to beat it,
father interfered. I
"Ths poor beast is sick." sr. id father;
"let it lie here in the bhnde nnd rest
awhile. It is fairly panting for j
breath." ;
A inau on horseback cume riding
back. "What's the matter here?" he
uhlvid. J
"Old Egypt is played out, r.cd It's my
opiniou thut lie's played out for good,
lie's been kick for a month, and he'll
never be nty better." j
"I guess you're right," said the man, 1
jumping oil his Lone and looking at :
the camel's outstretched neck and
closed eyes, "lie's done for, so you may j
as well leave him and attend to the
others; they're wtraggling." The men
coolly walked away, leaving poor old '
Egypt to his fate. j
"Fetch some water," said futlier.
"We must do what we can for the poor
ben it."
lie drank eagerly the water we gave
him, and it revived hhn a little. We
brought him grass and he ate It greed-
-He Isn't very pretty. It he?" said
"Did you amr see camel tba wat"
1 sake. ,
"Tra Ian prettier enea tha aid
Egypt." replied Jeff. -Look ml his
fcidtt-
It was easy to do this, aa the hair wu
worn off in spots aa big aa a dinner
Elate. One eye waa closed permanent
r, and three-fourths of hia tall was
missing. He was frightfully bony, and
hia bones cracked with every move he
mode. We got him on hia feet after a
little while and drove him into our pas
ture. The cowa eyed him curiously
for a few minutea, and then took to
flight, bawling wildly, their tails in
the air. An old . steer, being more
courageous, came near, when Egypt,
to our surprise, gave the steer a kick
that nearly felled hint to the ground.
"And he winked his good eye when
he did it," said Jeff, "lie did. hon
estly!" Egypt then lay down in a ahady,
grassy spot while Jeff and I speculated
what we should do with him if he did
not die. We talked the matter over at
the dinner table.
"He's not going back to those cltcua
men unless they come for him," said fa
ther. "I saw enough of their treatment
of him."
The end of it all was that Jeff and 1
became the proud possessors of old
Egypt, for father was too kind-hearted
to send the poer beast astray.
"Tie's welcome to all the grass he
wants." aid father. "There's plenty of
it in the meadow, and plenty of hay
when Ihe grass is gone. Jeff and Jack
can have him in partnership."
The news of our wonderful posses
sion soon went abroad, and all the boy
we knew in the town came out to out
farm in company with a pood many
boys we had never heard of. All were
most friendly and cordinl, however.
They brought us gifts of gum. pepper
mint drops, marbles and other things
desiring nothing In return but a ride
on old Egypt
Father forbade this, and said that the
prcKcnoe of the entire boy population
of Ilebron Interfered too much with the
work Jeff and I had to do on the farm.
So the boya were Invited to return, to
town, which they did niter various dis
paraging remarks in regard to old
Kgyp, Jeff and myself.
Fonr weeks passed, nnd it wns won
derful hew Egypt "picked up." He still
was, ami ever would be, hairless In large
cpots. One eye remained closed; he
grew not in tail or in fat; but, as Jeff
said, there was a marked change in hi
mannr.
Indeed, he became positively frisky
at times, and would chase the cows
around in the pasture as If enjoying
their terror. He and the steer had evi
dently made a treaty of peaces for they
were the best of friends after the first
week.
Of course old Egypt was an- abject of
wonder to all travelers over the coun
try road, nnd Jeff and I felt that hocon
ferred quite a distinction on our farm.
"You haven't got any camel." was a
taunt Jeff was constantly flinging at
the other farmers' hoys, to which they
would reply:
"We don't want any old camel, un
less he could be a better-looking one
than you've got an old hnirlese, bob
tailed, one-eyed rnck-a-boneu! What
good is he?"
"Jack nnd I have lots of fun riding or
him." we answered, nndi this wns true.
A light blow on Egypt's knee would
cause him to kneel. Then Jeff nnd 1
would mount his back nnd ride around
the pasture in great glee. Ease, kind
treatment nnd unlimited food had
made such a cliongo in old Egypt that
he was quite strong enough to trot
around with Jeff and me on his back.
Our grown sister, Lucy, and her girl
friends often mounted for the novelty
of a ride on a c.Ttnel.
It was great fun getting on his back,
and more getting off. The girls would
shout and .shriek nnd cling to his hump
the moment he started, declaring that
they would fall off, they "jnst would,"
but they did not.
We lived near a sjnnll BchoolhouRe.
The teacher, whose name was Nancy
Shumwuy, was n very worthy, amiable,
woman, though somewhat occentric.
She dressed in a remarkably juvenile
manner for a Inuy somewnat oiuer
than my mother. She wore her hair In
long, stiff enrlB almost to her waist,
and there were always pink or blue
ribbons fluttering about her girlish
gowns. Sho laughed a great deal nnd
affected a girlish manner. Jeff nnd I
were rather abashed to be called "Jefllo,
dear," and "Jaclty, boy," w hen Jeff was
secretly planning the purchase of a
razor and I had escorted a certain Mary
Jane Snodgrnen home from singing
school three or fouf times.
It c as also unpleasant to have Miss
Nancy offer to pay U3 in kisses every
time wo did anything for her; but she
was really a kind-hearted, good wom
an, nnd an excellent teacher for the fall
term of our school, which was attended
by little children only.
When Miss Nrncy first saw old Egypt
flic rushed up to him In her girlish
way:
"Why, you dcaro'.d benuty, you! I've
heard of you, ami we're going to be jol
ly goofi friends, aren't we, old fellow?"
Egypt received this friendly advance
most ungraciously. He showed all his
yellow leeth, winked his good eye furi
ously and guve n kick that must hnvo
weil-uigh dislocated his leg.
"Naughty, nuughty camel!" said Miss
Nancy. Whereupon Egypt tried to bite
her.- He evidently disliked MissKhum
way from that time forth; but this did
not keep her from insisting upon hav
ing a ride on his back.
"How charming it would be If I could
have him carry me to and from the
schoolhouso! 1 should fel as if 1 were
almost an Inhubitaut of the orient. It
has always seemed to tue that there
must be something so so poetic and
dreamlike In having a camel for one's
steed." T forgot to mention that Miss
Nancy was singularly sentimental.
"I'll tell rou what we'll do, my Jeffle
evnd Jaeky boys," said igm Bhurnwsy
on eVj. "Well caparison him wttk
all acrte at fantastic trappings; aa they
do ta Lis native land, and then 111 take
my ride, and 111 feel like a real oriental
prince." .'. .''
The next Saturday Miss Nancy car
ried out this plan. We "rigged Egypt
up," as Jeff put It, aa no camel in or
out of his native land had ever been
"rigged up" before. It was all done un
der the enthusiastic direction of Miss
Nancy. 8he brought forth a red crape
shawl, a large, plaid, double woolen
shawl, a box of old artificial flowers,
another of carefully preserved ribbons
of every hue, two or three silk sashes
and scarfs, a black lace shawl, several
yards of green silk fringe a foot in
width, and some peacock feathers.
Jeff and I did the "rigging up," and
when it was done Egypt was, perhaps,
as picturesque a camel aa ever walked
the earth.
"Now I must be In harmony with
Egypt's oriental appearance," said Miss
Naney. ' So she draped herself in a
white sheet, wound a blue shawl around
her head and over her shoulders, and
clasped a yellow girdle about her waist
"Don't we look as if we were Just
from the orient?" she asked, as we
made Egypt kneel for her to mount.
As he rose to his feet he said: "How
romantic!" and laughed gleefully.
It may have been that his gorgeous
trappings aroused In old Egypt some
remembrance of racing tournaments in
his youth, or of some mad dash acrosi
a moonlit desert with a dusky rldet
urging him on with whip and cry; or it
may have been In a spirit of reveng
that he gave three or four terrific bel
lows, n mud toss or two of his flower-nnd-ribbon-bedecked
head, and started
off at a rate of speed w-e had never seen
him exhibit before.
Miss Nar.cy began to shriek, her blue
shawl fell off. her curled hair tossed
about wildly Indeed some of the curli
fell off. Across the pasture old Egypt
sped. Miss Nancy clinging to his hump.
Of course, Jeff and I laughed. So did
Sister Lucy, nnd there was a twinkle
In mother's eyes, anxious as she felt
for the safety of Miss Nancy.
"He'r running away I" said mother in
alarm. "Get on one of the horses and
ride tfter Mm. Jeff! Dear me, the pas
ture bars are down! He's out In the
road and Is going toward nebron! Ride
after him quick. Jeff!"
Nick, our fastest horse, wns In his
stall. Jeff throw a bridle on him and
jamped nmride his back; and aa be
dashed out of the barn-yard Jeff called
baek roguishly: "now romantic!"
"now dreadful! "Particularly it
Egypt carries poor Miss Nancy into
Hebron looking like that"!"
But he did not. Nick was in his
prime, and fleeter than Egypt. Jell
overtook the camel when he hod gone
less than mile.
"Egypt! E-g-y-p-tl Ho there, you
Egypt!" Jeff called out. and caught
Egypt's rein. The camel's mad gallop
changed to a trot and then to a walk,
and soon he stopped.
"And then he not only winked but
he grinned at me honor bright, he
did!" declared Jeff, afterward. "And
the rage and tags we'd 'caparisoned'
him with were strung all along the
roadside, nnd w e didn't find but five of
Miss Nnncy'8 curls!"
Miss Nancy descended from Egypt in
a state of great indignation when .Toff
led tho camel into our barn-yard.
"He is a treacherous and dangeroin
beast. and he'll never get meon his back
npnln," said she, and walked into tin"
house trailing her orientnl robes be
hind her.
Poor old Evpt! That was hH last
race. Perhaps he oc r-Nrriet! lpinself.'
He was listless and would i.i t ' at tin
next day. Three days later, when J t IT
and I took a visiting cousin Ci.t to the
pasture, we found old Egypt lying at
full length under his fnvorite tree.
Thre was a suggestion of tears In
Jeffs oico as he exclaimed: "Why, he
he's dead!" Youth's Companion.
LONDON'S SMALL PARISHES.
One, Thnt St. Mnry Monntliaw, Con
Hitn of Ony Six
Iloimes.
A bouse mentioned ns standing In tlx
different pnrii.hes in the city of Ion
don affords a singular instance of the
involved state of municipal affairs in
that crowded square ruled over by the
city corporation. In that .small area
there are over GO parishes, noneof them,
as may well be supposed, of nny great
dimensions, but some of an almost in
conceivably small size. The parish of
St. Mary Mouuthaw, for instance,
which consists of six houses, and U
the smallest parish in tho city, may we!!
be ranked ns a prime curiosity. T':is
odd parish stands at the corner of
Qneen Victoria and Friday streets, and
has riot possessed a church since the
great fire of London, 10GC, when it was
burned down, with many more, never
to be rebuilt. What we may well call
the "stjrname" of the parish either Is
derived from some forgotten bene
factor, whose namo was attached to it,
just as we find a neighboring parish
enlled "St. Margaret Moses" and an
ther "St. Tenet Fink," or from some
geographical peculiarity which accounts
for the names of "All llallown, Honey
!anc," and "St. Marv, Old Fish stree't
blil."
The need of these rather cumbrous
identifications is obvious, when it is
wld thnt there were six or seven par
ishes of St Mary In tho city, together
with other saints equally well repre
sented. St. Mary Mounthnw was orig
inally somewhat larger than now, but
was reduced H Its somewhat tiny di
mensions when the clearances of house
property were made for the construc
tion of Queen Victoria street, some 30
years since. London News.
I'Bsettleil.
"Ah, Mr. Mock, I hear you have got
into your new bouse. Are you all set
tled yet?"
All except the rent." Hlustrated
mcrlcftt
TT2 EUSDAY SCHOOL.
Laeaei la lateraatlemal Series far De
eaahev S3. lSDeJ-Hevlew vCfcrlet- '
amaa LeeMB Hrkrews t 1-0.
Arranged from Peloubet's Select Notes.
GOLDEN TEXT. Return to me and I
will return to rou. salth the Lord of How.
MsL lit.
GOLDEN TEXT. For unto you ta born
(hie dar In tbe city of David a Saviour,
which Is Christ the Ird. Luke ML
THE KINGDOM OF J I'D AH.
Note 1. That there were 10 kings and
one queen. SO in all, and all of one
dynasty, that of David; while in Israel
there were 10 kings, but of nine differ
ent dynasties, implying a different con
dition and character of the people.
Note 2. The kingdom ofJudab lasted,
according to the Revised Chronology,
350 years, while the kingdom of Israel
existed only 215 years. The reasons for
this can be seen by comparing the story
cf Israel with that of Judah. Turn to
tbe Review of the Third Quarter.
Note 3. Tbe bad kings, and the evils
they wrought in morals and religion,
introducing idolatry, and its license and
crimes, corruption, selfishness, oppres
sion and luxury. Some of these rulers
were Rehobnam. Jehoram, Athaliah,
Ahaz, Manasseh. nnd the last four
kings.
Note 4. What God did to keep the
nation from growing worse and going
tc their own ruin. There were propheta.
wTitten Scriptures, warnings, pros
perity, adversity, five great revivals of
religion, leaser punishments and dan
gers, rewards of obedience, the fate of
the northern kingdom.
Note 5. Study the work of the
prophets their mission, their names
and the place in the history where tbey
prophesied; how they were treated,
their character, their visions of hope,
their WTitten works.
Note 6. How in spite of all this they
lushed on to their owu ruin, slowly at
first, then more rapidly nt last, ns in the
rapids above Niagara, then over the
precipice to destruction.
Note 7, That after all there was a
remnant left, a good seed, the lining
stump of the beautiful tree. The re
vivals and the prophets accomplished
this work that all tbe time to the end
there was a small but real people of
God, faithful and true, sometimes hid
den like the 7,000 trne worshipers In
Elijah's time, sometimes more In evi
dence, but always existing. They car
ried the truth iitto captivity. They
were the mtflrti" of the return. The
new shoot sprang up from the old
stump because ef this spiritual life tbe
remnant preserved.
Note 8. There eame a "too late" for
the great body of the nation. Read
Trov. 1:24-33 as a commentary on their
fate.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
The character of a people decides its
destiny.
"It may be well for us to listen to
nesiod, who maintains not, with Plato,
that punishment is a suffering that fol
lows wrong doing, but that it is a twin
birth with wrong doing, springing from
the same soil and the same root."
Plutarch.
God pnnishes as a las resort when
o titer methods fall, and would rather
not punish, but it Is necessary,
FROM DOUBT TO CONFIDENCE.
Experience of a Pastor and Profeaaoi
f Theolesy "My Jeana, na
Then Wilt."
Dr. Thomas H. Skinner, before he be
came professor of pastoral theology in
Union Theological seminary, was pas
tor of a Presbyterian church in the
city of New York. He was a learned,
logical and eloquent preacher, and in
his congregation were to be seen law
yers, doctors and college graduates.
Once the superintendent of the Sunday
school Attached to his tkv.rch persuad
ed 13 r. Skinner to address the scholars,
"My dear children," bei?an the pas
tor, "as the time is limited, I will give
you only a synopsis of the address 1
had prepared. You may not, my dear
children, know the mesultig of synop
sis; It is equivalent to epitome." Then,
having uttered this lucid definition, ha
proceeded to talk in words that few ol
the teachers and none of the scholars
understood.
The professor was a learned theolo
gian and n devoted Christian, but he
was not exempted from attacks ol
doubt tl at threatened to uproot even
his belief In the existence of Ood. Once
he waa overheard In his study pound
ing the study-desk with his clenched
hand as lie ejaculated: "There Is n
God! God Is! I know it!"
Toward the close of his life, how
ever, he journevod into tho land where
not u wave of trouble rolls. A week
or two before his death there was a
meeting of clergymen at bis home,
who were deeply affected to hear the
aged professor recite, with singular
emphasis, tbe hymn: "My Jesus, as
Thou Wilt!" It was his swan song.
Youth's Companion.
rteaaennhle I nrenaon.
Thnt the faculty of reasoning was
given to man Is good evidenco that
God expects him to be reasonable. P.ut
It is not evidence that man is expected
to depend exclusively on his reason
It is given to man to npprchend those
things which his reason ennnot com
prehend, but which he feels to bo true
and trustworthy. It Is In his most
unreasoning moments of faitli and
trust thnt man often shows himself
most reasonable. S. S. Times.
Ham's Horn Wrinkles.
Wise men watch their own heart
fools watch other men's actions.
It Is sometimes better to climb over
a mountain than to remove it.
No man ever stumbles ever an ob
ject in his rear.
The heart that beats with sympathy
for others Is never a dead beat.
Love it its own recompense, and it al
ways pays good wages.
' When we get so selfliti that we want
theearth, we are not likely to give much
thought to the world t) some.
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. Jajaaary X, lttlS) carta, the Trae r
Llsrat-Jftfca ld-14. 1
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Arras fea from Pt!oube's Select Notes.'
GOLDEN TEXT. In Him was Mfe; an
Ihe life was the light of men.-John 1:4.
THB SECTION Include the whole pro
logue, John la-is. - .
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
I. His Eternal Exiatence with Ood
and aa Cod Before He Came Into This
World. Vs. 1. . X. "fn the beginning
waa the Word:" With evident allusion
lo tbe first word of Genesis, tbe primal
beginning of things. But the Word
then already was. He waa also the ef
ficient principle, the beginning of the
beginning. Prof. M. R. Vincent, "And
the Word wns with God:" Tbe Greek
preposition here translated with origi
nally denotes motion towards, and
! hence with as the result of the motion.
Not merely as being beside, but as a
living union and communion; implying
the active notion ot intercourse. "And
the Word was God:" This statement
annihilates two errors that might arise:
(1) That the Word, being with God.
might be inferior. No; He was God,
none greater than he. (2) Tbatlf equal
to God, there might be two Gods. No;
He Is not. one of two Gods. He is Cod
himself, the One Eternal God.
II. His Previous Works. V. 3. "All
things were made by nim:", Through
Him, Creation waa His work. Tils de
partment. In Genesis, in describing the
creation, theexpresslon "And God Said"
is used eight tlmees. "And without
Him:" Apart from Him. "Was not
anything:" No, not ona (not even
one): stronger than "nothing." "That
was made:" Came into being. AH
creation was a revelation of God.
III. The Nature of nis Work to
Give Life and Light. Vs. 4, 5. 4. "In
Him was life:" lie was the well-spring
from which every form of life physic
al, intellectual, moral. spiritual, eternal
flows. Cambridge Bible. "And the
life wns the light of men:" Life comes
first, then light. According to Scrip
ture and according to the lastest sci
ence, some energy, some living force
first set the patlcles of matter into mo
tion, and the first result wns light.
IV. The nerald of nis Coming. Vs.
6-9. 8. "A man sent from God:" As on
envoy with a special commission.
Hence He was a prophet.
7. "The same came for a witness,'
rather, a witnessing, for teetlmony "to
bear," In order that he might benr "wit
ness of the Light," because, the light
being spiritual, and men's eyes closed,
or Intent on seeing wortdy things, they
would not notice the light which shone
in the humble Jesus. "That all men
through Ilim might believe" in the
light, first by nis witness, nnd then by
seeing for themselves.
V. Tnrpose of nis Work. To Make
Men the Children and Heirs of Godj
Vs. 10-13. 10. "He," tho Word, the
Light. "Was in the world:" In all the
post ages, in every manifestation of
God, in the history of tbe chosen na-
Hon, hut especially when Ha appeared
as the ma,n in Christ Jesus, tbe Saviour
of the world. This is one reason why
the world ought to receive nim, for Ho
was among men teaching, inviting and
helping them. "And tbe world was
made by nim:"- This is a second rea
son, for the world of people were Ilis
creatures, made in his image, made to
be like Him in character and destiny,
and under the deepest obligations to
nim. "And (yet) the world knew Hfm
not:" Did not recognize Ilim as heir
Creator, Saviour and King.
11. "ne came unto His own:" His
own possessions, nis Inheritance, His
peculiar people, the Jews, whom He
had created, whom ne hud chosen from
the rest of the world, whom He had
trained and cared for ns His peculiar
people, nnd who were nis brethren ac
cording to tho flesh. "His own (even
these) received Ilim not:" The Greek
word, according to Do Wette, means
"to receive into the house."
13. "But ns many ns received Him:"
Accepted nim as their Saviour nnd
King, acknowledged His claims, and
yielded obedience to Ilis teachings.
"To them gave He power (B. V., the
right):" The original word combines
the two Ideas, both tho right and the
power. "To become the sons (better,
with R. V., children) of God:" God
adopts us as children (Rom. 8:10, IT),
and makes us children by Impnrting
to us Ilis own life (John 3:3,5). "Even
to them thnt believe on Ills name:"
This shows how everyone may become
a child of God. nnd guards, against a
mistaken security, ns of those who
might wrongly imagine that because'
they were children of Abraham, there
fore they were children of God.
VI. His Coming Into tho World. The
Incarnation. V. 14. "And the Word:'
Wh.li all the powers and qualifications
described above. "Was made:" He
camo. See Luke 1:20-38; Matt. 1:18-25.
"li'lesh:" Human nature in and accord
ing to its corporal manifestation. "And
dwelt among us:" "Tabernacled"
among us, dwelt as in a tent, us the
Divine Presence dwelt in the tabernnclo
in the wilderness. "And we beheld:"
We, John nud many other people.
Those who were most intimate with
Him, who imbibed most of His spirit,
aw most clearly His glory. "Ills glory
Is tho outshining of those qualities
which form the excellency and splendor
of Ills true nature, as the glory of tbe
sun is radiance, the outshining of the
very nature nnd henrt of tho sun.
Kllta and Ttilatlea.
"Whot the gods seiid" is often a
bribe from tbe devil.
This Is a world of change, not chance.
The greatest miracle is tbe trans
formation of a sinner into a snint.
The arm that is swift to strike, may
he strong to suceor.
Man's rage cannot alter God'a pur
pose. We are mad hy our enemies, and
marred by ourselves. i
I Yau eannot overcome, In the bate
j-lthout, until yen have the peace of
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