Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1894 — Page 12

THE IXDIAXV STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1894. JL

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from Tin: par east rm. tai.mage sous a Mi:ssA;r: ok ;hace. Mnn lieholdr'h III alurnl Fnce In n .Iii. ICiiI (iod Hits Provided On Uhlcli lteveuln the Van tit Heart, nuil Tltli It an Inlinile PeN-ase. BROOKLYN. . Oct. 2S. Tho Rev. Dr. Talmas, xvlut has loft India anil Is now on hiJ homeward journey, has selected as tho subject cf his sermon today through the press "The Looking Glass," his text b'ing Exodus xxxvlii, 8, "Anl he male the laver of brass, an J the foot .f it w;.s of brass, of the locking glasses of th-: wo nit n assembling." We often hear atout the gospel In John, an l the go-pel in Luke, and the gospel in Mattheu-, but th.-re is just as purely a gospel of Moses, and a gospel of Jeremiah, and a gospel of David. In other words Christ is as certainly to be found In the oi l testament as in the new. When thr: Israeli tea were marching through the wilderness, they carried th-lr church with them. They called It the tab -made. It was a pitched tent, very cosily, very beautiful. The framework was made cf forty-eight boards of acacia wood set in FOi kets of silver. The curtains of the place were purple and scarlet and Mu? .in J fine l'.iv-n and Were hung with most ttrtis.ie loops. The candlestick cf that tabernacle had shaft and branch and bowl f .- Ii I gold, and the figures of cherubim that stood there had winpr cf gold, nn l trerö were lamps of gold, and rirgs of g-1 1, s j that skepticism has sonie-ti-i.es asked, Wh.re did all that precious material ivme from? It is net my place tJ t'urp.L-h the precious stones. It is only to tell that thoy wore there. I wish now more especially to sp--ik of tic lav r that was built in th ; mid-t of that andnt tabernacle. It was a gr-tt basin from which the prl"5ts washed thvlr rands :ii'd teet. Tue water cam. down porn the b.i.-in in spouts and passel away after tii .I inking. This laver. r basin, was mid? "ii: of th? lookirg gliss-es of the v.-m.-;i who hoi fi--qu?nted the taberI.acle. and wh . had mid - th--ie their contribute .n to th furnituiv. Th se lvking gli-s-s w r ii"t m.d of glass, but th y were Lr .:i. Thi brass wis of a vry superior qni'iiry and p dished until it reflee t-d eis.ly th? feitur s of those who l"kid Lin it. si that this liv;r of lkiiit; slasi j-pokn of in my text did double work it n t only furnisher! th3 wai.f in v.hi.h the pri-sts wished themselves, but it a!o, on its shining, polished surface, pointed 11 1 the spots of pollutlcn on th face which nid?d ablution. Now, my Christian friends, as everything in that an.-iriL tib'run 1- wis suggvstive of rf Ilgens truth, and far the most part psli.v-:!y symbolical jf truth, I hail take that liver of 1 ok;:ir glasses jl"I;-n i f In th? txt as all suggestive of the gospel. w.ich first h w.s us our sins as ia :i mirror niii then washes them away ly divine ablution. Oh. happy day, hippy day. When je-us wa--hrj ny ins away! . Dei-ril r Klatlrry. I have t .ay that this i.s the only looking pliss in which a mnn -an fee hirnseif a.-i h is. Th-re are pome mirrors, that Hatter the features and make you look better than you are. Then there are other rairror3 that distort your features and make you bxk worse than you are, but I want to tt.ll you that this lo-king-cla.ss of the gospel shows a man just as he is. "When the priests entered the ancient tabornacle, one gianei at the burnished Hide cf this lavtr showed them their need of cleansing, so this gospel shows the soul its need of divine washing. ".Ml have Finned and come short of the g! try of Ivd." Tiiat is one showing. "All we, like sheep, have gone astray." That Is another showing. "From the crown of th head to the pole of the rt there is no b'-i'.ih in v.s." That is another showing. The world calls thee defe-ts. Imperfections. o. ecct-nt: i. i:ies. or er.'iitio behavior, or '"wild ,,. ,,- '-jiijih UvinK." but the go.-ptl cols their. Fin, tran-gressicn, f.llh the ah n;inabl thing that God hates. It was ju.-i .:! gianc? at that mirror that made 1'tul try out. wretched man that I am. who shtil deliver me from the b .-iiy of ifiis ije itii?" and tha t made David cry ou:. "lurs:e me with hyssop, and I fh.'ll te clean," ?r,d that male Martin Luther try out. "Oh. my sins, my tin.-!" 1 am not talk;. is about bad habits. You an I do not n-od any lible to tell us th.it bid habits are wrony; that l.lasj'hemy and evil speaking are wror.fc; but I am talking of a sinful nature, the soiuee j of all ba 1 thoughts as well a? of ail l a 1 action. The ajvj-U- Paul calls their roll In the lirst chapter of I torn ins. Tney are a reginer.: of death en'arrping around every heart, holding it In a tyranny from which nothing out the grace- of (loi can deliver it. Höre, f r iost iree. is ingratitude. Vho has nut b 'e:i guilty of that sin? f a im:i hand us a glasi of wattr. we say, "Thank you," but f.r the Iojxh) mercies that we are every day receiving from the hand of i l h nv little- expression of g.-atit'.ei f.-r thirst flaked, f r hunger f-il. f.'r ."heiter and sunshine and siund fi'fp anl lithts to weir. hv little thanks! I supps th:re are mn rifty ya.rs .if acre who have never yet. 'been öwn'cn tib-ir kn".-s In thanksgiving to Cod f.r His points. l'-sids that in--ra tltf.de f i ir h'nt there is prid'. . ivh) has :iot felt it'.' pride that will not submit t Jod. that wants its own way; a n it. ire that prefers wr ing sometimes ii. stead of riht, tint pr r rs to wallowInstead of ris. up. I d - n t care what vou call that. I am n at going to quarrel vi;h any theoi.jrUn or any mm who jr.ak-vs any pr-terc-i-ois to the .'.ogy. I d not care whether you call it "tot i d-I:-dvl;y" or ?.m-'thintr Ise. T simply mak'' the announ cm-nt of Cod's word, aihnn 1 and e onli-med by the experience of h-,nJ:v-ds of Christian pciple, the imagination of the heart of mm is evil from youth. "Th-'re is none that doeth g c.d n , n t on." We nave a l)ad nature. We wer ! rn with it. V rt it Xr ti our pir- nts. Oar thoughts are WTODg, oar acti n is wrong, our whole life is obnoxious to (1"1 .before conversion, and aft-r cenver-ion not one good thing in us but that which the grace of CM has plant-1 and f ster?d. "Well." y "Mi iy, "I can't believe that to be so." Ah. my ir bruher. that is because you have rver - k'-d into this la vor of lookir g g'.ass'-s. 'I'Ik Nut oral Heart of Mnn, If you c'.ul.I catch a glimpse of your naturil hart before G1, you wwuld cry out in arr.az m-nt and altrm. The very fi-s! thing thLs gopel do-t-s Ls to cut down our pridr anl pelf .-ufTiciency. If a man I vs. not feel his lost and ruined condition before Cid, he does not want any g'.?(l. I think th'i ra.on that ther? are o frw cor.verion.s in this day L because the t ndoncy of the preaching is to make men b.iieve that thy ara pmty gxd anyh'jv rait cicvet, only wanting a little fixing up a few tou -hrs of dlvin? grace, and then you will be all right, in.teal of proclaiming the broad. dap truth that PayRon and Whitefield thundered to a race trembling en the vergi of infinite and eternal disarter. "Now." siys some one. "can this really be true? Have we ali gne astray? la there no good In us?" In Himptoi court I saw a room where th ftjur walls wer? ojvered with looking-glas-tf., arsd It mad no difference which way you looked you saw yourself. And fi it is in thLs gospe of Christ. If you (r:i.v st-p within its full precincts, you wil'. find j our who character reflected ev--ry feature of moral deformity, every spot of m .ral taint. If I understand the word of Cod. lla firt announcement L that we ar lost. I care not, my brother, how magnificently you may have been torn, or what may have been your herl-

t ier? or ancestry, you are I?1 by reason of

m;i. "Put." you say. "wh it is the use t I of all tills. rf showing nun's faults when he can'? g:-t ri 1 of th m'." None! "What wt-5 th of that burnisheil .Kurface to this laver of looking glasses .-p . ken of in, the t-.xt if it only showed the spots on th counteninee and the n '--.-d of washing and there wj.s nothing to wash with'.'" Glory to Col! I !'n I that this l iver of looking glasses was fiil-d with fresh watf r every m iming, and the pri.vt no sooner looked on its hurr.i.-h- d sid and saw his n"ei of cleansing than he washed anl was clean glorius type cf th gospel tf my Lord J.-sus. that first fhows a man hLs sin and then washes it all away! I want you to notice that this laver in which the pries: washed, ihe laver of laokinggl.isses. was rilled with frcs'a water every m irning. The servants of thr tabernacle brought th watr in bu-kets and poured it into this lavtr. So it is with the gsp-l cif Jesus Christ. It has k fresh F.Uvatijn every day. It Ls n t a stagnant pooi filb'd with no unutlatcd fH-rrutions. It i living wat-r, which is broug.U from the eternal rock t wash uway th? sin.s of yeb.erd ly, of one m -ment ag . "Oh." says some en "I was a Chris. ian twenty years ao." That d3 not mem anything to m. What are you now? We are not talking, my brother, about pardon ten years a-.ro, but nbmt parxl n now, a fresh salvati n. Suppose a time of war should come, and I could show the g vernment that I had been loyal to it twelve yea.-s um. wiuld that excuse me from taking an oath of allegiance row? Supple you ask me about my physical health, and I should say I was well fifteen years old. that doe not .ay how I am row. The gosp l of Jesus ""irlt comes and demands present allegiance, present fealty, present moral hea'lh. anl ye; hv.v many Christians there are set-king to live niirely in raxt exp-rii-n--e, who set m to hive no experience of prisa; mercy -and pardon! eed of l'rpüvnl Help. When I w?s on th- s?a. and th-re came up a great tirm. and or'i-r.-5 and crew and. passengers all thiuubt w must Kn dwn, I begin t think of my life insuraiie and whether if I w.-r? t alten away my family would b? cared for, and th n I thought. Is the premium paid up? and I said. "Ye-"." Th -n I Mt co-.if .rtable. Yet thre are m -n wh in reiici us matters are. looking bick to pi insurance. They have let it run out. and they hive n ithlng for th present, no hope or pird m, falling bick on the old insurance policy of ten, twenty, thirty years ago. If I want to find cut h nv a fri-nd fe is toward me, do 1 go t tii? drawer and lind s me .ld ycllee.v 1 tt rs written tt me ten or twelve yens eg"'-' Xo; I t'i t) th? Dtter tint wis st imped th day bf re ystera iv in the v stollic , and I find h w he f els t ovard m. It is n.t in ivgird to )-l c-omrnanieiii ns wo had with .1 -us Christ. It is c immunicitions we hive now. Are we n t in sympathy with Him this m-'tiling, and is Hn t in sympathy with us? I) n ?; -nd sj much of y .ur ti ne in hur.f.nu in the warJr3l2 for th old, worn 'tit si os of Christian prof .--eon. Com; this m m'.rg and tvkt th litterinj; r"be f Ciiri-t's rigiiti iusness lr.:u tli Sicior's hand. Y ui sty yra were plunged in tV f mntain of t'.ie Sivi 'i's nun y a iu i! i i- of x century ag. Tint is n 'thitig t me. I tell you to wash n w in this hwr of l'-.k!nggla..j?s and have your soul tnul el an. I notlc? al-o. in reir-l t) tli" lav:r of lokin.g.gl.n-e ?i k:n of in to text, tint th? priests always wish d b hinds and f-et. The wtt r eeme down in sp 'tits, so that, without leaving any lilih in tie lusn. th priests wished b .tii binds and fet. So tii; gv-p-1 of Jesus Cini-t mu-t touch the very ,-xtiv miti of our m-Til nitur. A mm coi.n t fence ' a smill pirt of his s -ul and say, "X nv, this is to b a gild n in which 1 will luv- all the fruits and fl .wers -..f Christi.;:! ( lnrict -r, whil outs.de is shill b- the d v l's .011mons." X . in. It will b .ill gird n or none. I sometime-; hear people siy. "II is a very g d man exc pt in p -litlcs." Then he is n -t a gd mm. A religi n thit will n t tTc a man through an autumn el"ctiu will n t bworth anything t him in Jun. July and August. Th y siy h-? is i useful s rt of a min, but h7 overreaches in a bargain. I deny the stat-meiit. If h - is a Carl--tlan anywhere, h - w ill be in busin. -s. It is very easy t) be go id n th pra.w-r-meeting, with surroundings kindly nd blessed, but mt s easy 1 1 be a Christim b'hind th counter, when by on skillful twitch of the jrw-d you cm hi'l a Haw in th? silk so that the oust -m -r cann d sea It. It is v; ry et-'y to b- ;t Christian with a ps itm-bo'k in y ur l:iml and a bible in jour lap. but 11 it s easy wh-n you can go into .1 so p and falsely toll th mere-hint you g-t tins- g "ds at a oh "i per rat- in an -th.-r ri r ,, 1 th it he will sell tii m ti y ui cli' ip r titan ii can ifl'erd t s -11 thvin. Trie fac t is th r-bcri n f Ciirist is all p.-rva-ive. If you rent i bouse, you exp -ct full p se--s;-n of it. Ym s.iy ""Wh--:-? are th keys of this r:ns? Tf I iiy fir this wh le house, I want possess: n of th -e rv ri!.;," And the grace of C d wh -'.t it comes to a s .ul take- full p essessi -n f i 101:1 r en- away and tikes in possession. It will ransack -evt ry room in 1,1 ii i; t. every ront in the lif-, fr en cello- t artie. touching th- very etr -mirii-s of his niture. The pri sts washed hands and feet. A Fnnntaln for All rnrlenmic. T remark, further, thit tl-.is 1 iv- of looking ghisses .-p. .ken of in the text was a very 1 irg- laver. I always tinniirht. from the fact that so many washed th- ic, and als? from ;h fact that S.il'in.n afterward, when he copied that l.tvcr in the temple, built 1: on a very larg-" scab, that it t.s large, and so sufre'-stive f the gospel of Jesus Christ and salvation by Him vast in its proisions. The who., world may come and wash in this laver and be clean. Wiitn our civil war hid pissed, the givernment of the t'mrel S atcs mad " pr.M'tan-.a'tion of pardon to the common soldiery in the con fed -rate array, bur. no; to the chi- f soldi-rs. Th? gosp.-l of Christ d es n it act in that way. It says pardon for all, but especially for th-' chief cf sinners. I do n t now think of a single pass ige that says a sm ill sinner may o -saved, but I 1I1 think of phages "that say a gr-"it sinner miy be sav-d. If there b. sim only fain.ly hu -d. jst a little tincril, so faintly coiored that y u can hardly s"e them, there is no 5p cj.il pardon promised in the bible for those sin, but If they be phi ri nur, red. lik--crirnson. then thv shall be as snow. N w, my brother. I di no: sttte this to put a premium upon great irirquity. I merely say this to em- .urt-e triat man, whoever he is, who feels he is so far gon from Cod that there is no m.-rcv f'-r him. I want to tell him there is a goodehanre. Why, Paul was a murderer. He assisted at the execution of Stephen, and y-t Paul was saved. The dying thief did everything bad. Th dylncr thief was -taved. Plena rd Hixter s,vore dreadfully, but the giace of c, 1 me: him, and Iti. hard Past or was saved. It Is a vast lavr. C and tell everybody to come ar.d wash in it. Let ihem come up from the penitentiaries and wash away their crimes. Lt them com up from the almhouses and wash away their poverty. Let them come up from their .graves and wash away their death. If there be any one si worn out in sin th it h canri it get up It tha liver, you will take ho'd of his head and put you.' arms aroun I him, and I will tak hold of his feet, and we will plunge him in this glorious peth- sda, the va?t laver of God's mercv and salvation. In Solomon's temple there were ten !avera arid! one molten .cea this grett rcervoir In the midst of the tempi? fitted with water these laver and this nullen sea adorned with rigur-'-s of palm, brmch and oxen and lions and th'tubim. This fountain of God's mrcy is a vaster molten sea. than that. I; Li adorned 'not with palm bramhes. but v. ith th" wood cf the cross; not with cherubim, but with th? wings of the Holy Gho. t. and around Its great rim all the race may com? and wash in the molten ?ea. I wa.s reading the other day of Alexander the Great, who, when he was very thirsty and standing at the head of hi.s army, had brought i him a cup rf water. H looked off up n hi host and siid: "I cannot drink th. My m ri are all thirsty," and "he dished it to tho ground. Plessed be Cod. there H enough water for all tha host f n :uz.i for captains and ho3t! " Whosoever will

may com3 an.l take of the -water of life freely," a laver broad as the- earth, high ns tho heaver and deep as hell. The Xreil I Imperative. Put I notice also, in regard to thia laver of locking glasses spoken, of in the text, that the wxshing in It was Imperative and not, optional When the pilestj come Into th? tabernacle (you will find thi in the thirtieth chapter of Exodus), God tells them that they mut wash in that laver or die. The priest might have Fail: "Can't I wash elsewhere? I washed in the laver at home, and now you want me to wash here." God says: "No matter whether or not you have washed before. Wash ia this laver or die." "Pu'," says tiie j riest, "there is water juost as. c'.eaji a.s fa Is. Why won't that do?" "Wash hre." says (Jod, "or die." Sa It is with the gisrel of Christ. It i imperative. There is only this; alternative keep our ins and perish, or wash them away and live. Put, fays some one, "Why could not God have made more ways to heaven thin one?" I do not know, but he could hove made half a dozen. I know he made but one. You say, "Why not have a long line of boats running from here to heaven?" I cannot say, but simply know that there M only one bolt. You say, "Are there not trees as luxuriant 3 that on Calvary, more luxuriant, for that had neither buds n r blossoms; it was stripped and 'lurked?" Yes, yes, there have been talier trees than that and more luxuriant, hut the only path to heaven is under that one tree. Instead of quarreling 'because .there are not more ways, let us "be thankful to God there is one one name Kiven unto men whereby we can be saved, one liver in which all the world may wash. So you see what a radiant gispel this Ls I preach. I do not know how a man can stand tstolidly and present it, for it ls .iit h an exhilarant gospel. It is not a mere whim or caprice. It is life or death. It is heaven or hei:. You come before your child, and you have a present in your hand. You put your hands behind your back and say: "Which hand will you take Jn one hand there Is a treasure; in the other there Ls n it." The child oündly ch .ose:. Put Cod our Father does not ! that way with us. He spreads out bKli hands and says: "Now, this shall be very plain. In that hand are pardon ar.d peace and life and the treasures of heaven; in that hand are punishment and sorrow anl woe. Choose, choose for yourself." "He that beheveth and Is baptized shall be saved, but he that beleveth not shall be damned." Oh. my dear friends, I wish I could co ix you to accept this gospel. If you could Just take one look in this laver of lo k.g glasses y;ioken cf in the text, you would 'hcgin now spiritual ablution. The love of Christ I dare not, toward the cl-jse of my sermon,, begin to tell a'oout it. The love of Christ! Do not Ulk to me About a mountain; it i3 higher than that. Do not talk to me about a sea; it is deeper than thau The Sublime VI son. An artist in his dreams paw such a. 5;lonlol dream of the transfiguration of Christ that h awke and seized his pencil and said, "Pet me paint this nnJ die." Oh, I have scon the glories of Christ! I have beheld semieihing of the beauty of that great sacrifice on Calvary, siid I have sometimes fedr. 1 would Iw? willing to give anything if I might just sketch bef irt you the wonders of that sacrifice. I would like to do i: while I live, and I wuil.i like to do i: when I die. "Let me paint this and die." He comes along, weary and worn, his face wet with tears. his brow crimson with blood, and he lies d ovn on Cavalry ftr you. No. I misiak. Xothing was rw comfortable as thit. A stene on Calvary would have mole a of: pillow for the dying head of Christ. Xo hing so comfortable as that. He does n.t lie down to die. He stands no to di". his spiked hands outspread as if to embrace a world. Oh, what a hard -nd for those feet that had traveled all over Judaea on ministries of mercy! What a hard end for those hands that had wiped away tears and bound up br.k n hearts! Very hard, O dying Limb of CM! And yet there are those who know it and wh) do not love The. Tney say: "What is all that to me? Whit if He does weep and groin and die? I don't want Him." Lord Jesus Christ, they will not help The. down from the cross! The soldiers will come, and they will tear Thee diwn from the cr-ss and put their arms around Thee and lower Thee into the tmib, but they will not he' p. They sue nothing to move them. O dying Christ, turn on them Toine eyes of affection now and see if they will not change their minds! I .- onf liaroilni? on a tree In a seny and Mood Who hxed his languid eyes on me As near his cross I stood. Oh, never till mv latest breath Will I forget that look! H- seemed to charge ine with his death Though not a word he spoke. And that is all for you! Oh,' can you n .t ln e him? C nie around tliis laver. eld and young. It is so burnished you cm see y.ur sins and so deep you cm wash them all away. O mmrn?r, here bathe your bruised soul, and, sick on-, h re cool your hot temples in this liver! Peiee! Di 11 ot cry any more, dear soul! P. ml n for all thy sins, comf rt fr all thy afflictions. Th? blick (loud tint hung thundering over Sinai hist floated abne Calvary and burst into the shower of a Sivior's tears. I siw In Kensington gmPn a picture of Waterli a good while Itter th battle had pis?d and the grass had grnvn all over th? HMd. Tlnre wis a dismounted cannon, and a limb had com up from the pasture and lay slevling in th mouth of thit cannon. So the .mist had represented It a most suggestive tiling. Then I thought how the war between C td and the soul had ended, and instead of th? announcement, "The wages of sin is dath," there cam? the w..rds, "My p ace I give unt th.-e," and amid the batteries of the liw that had on. e rpnked with the fiery hail of death I b. held the Limb of G id, which taketh away th? sin of the world. I wont to Jesus as I was. Weary and worn an.) sad. I found in him a resting place. And he has made me glad.

VPVTII.ATIOX FOH PYItKYHOriY. The Only Metliml by Which All Can lie Su Hod. fine of the greatest difficulties met with in ventilating public buildings and railway cars is to settle the question of how much air shall b? admitted or how often th entire cubic contents of an apartment shall be renewed. This from the f act that in the quantity of air 'required individuals vary greatly. To pome the whole oc-an of the atmosphere is inadequate, and they do not feel even comfortable unless a Niagara of air is pouring over them. Th:.s is the fresh-air fiend, male or female, who opeivi the ear -window and swallowst dust and cinders (and makes etiurs do the same) for the sake of satisfying their cravings. P. hind sits, doubtless, a person to whom, tha least bre-a.fih cf aif ia motion i.s a calamity, yet both of them must make the journey In company. One has Just as much right as the o.her to his views of what Ls desirable as the o'.hr to his views of what is d -sirible to him. and neither is called upon t give way to the other; one smothers an 1 the other feels that he or che is about to be blown out of the car. Th? only conmrimise thit we can think of thit would answer and make ventilation of public rooms a success. Is to privid? an automatic system which shall be yjrlible in different parts of the sim? room. These parts should be supplied with trap In tlv floor and hive, say, a six-socond fan blnwer beneith each trap, and b accessible only to fresh air fl?nds of both sexes. In the other parts a d?ad air ppice, approaching a vacuum, should be maintained, in which a little sulphuret of hydrog?n should be Injected periodic illy In order tr obtain all the phenomena of bad ventilation for persons of infirm health who are compelled to travel. Then everyon? would b? satisfied if the plan worked! The Enquirer. Mnke the Pent of II. Miss Gotham "Amateur photography Is all the rase In New York. Aunt Rural "Well, I s'pose most of thef noma In those flats you live In la too dark tor anything eLae." "N'. Y. Weekly. ,

FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

LESSOV V, FOlItTII UlAItTEH. IV Ti:nATioxAi, skrh;, yov. 4. Text of the T.enNon, MtarU 11. 2;t-2S, nnil III, 1-Ö Memory Yorrn, JJ-TV (.olilt-ii Tc, Mark 11, 2s Commentary by the Her. I). 31. Mcarim. 23. "And it came to pass that He went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day, nnd His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of coin." In Math, xii, 1. it is written that Hi.s tlisciples were hurgry, so that we must bear in mind that there was an actual bodily need to be supplied. He himself was ofttimes hungry and weary (Math, iv, 2; xxi, Is; Juha iv, C), and the disciple must be content to be as His master (John xv, 2(0. If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him (II Tim. ii, 12). In our abundance we are apt to forget Him, and He oftt'mes proves us to see if we are relying on llhn or on our circumstances (Deut. vlli, 2; Gen. xii 1). - 21. "And the Pharisees said unto Him, Peh'Old, why do they on the Saul) ith day that which is not lawful?" The Pharisees were a class of religious people not yet extinct, who were full of talk, but lacking In üeeds, except when their dieds would bring them) praiso of men. They were hypocrites and whited scpulehers, fair outwardly, but all unclean within (Math. xxiiL. 3, Ö, 27. 2S). We may be sure th it He who said, "Pt-member the Sabbath day to keep it holy," would in no sense transgress His own commandment nor lead others to do it. These hypocrites make me think. of a captain on a fcrryIxoat whom I saw collecting fares one lord's day and at the same time finding fault with a man for whistling the air of a sacred song.2ä. "And He sail unto them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and was an hungered, he and they that were with him?" 1 believe there is an analogy In scripture for about every event in life that can come to any one. Jesus, being full of the word, knew just how and when to apply it; hence we s o elften hear Him saying. "It is written," "Have ye neier read?" How many church members would hang their herds ia shame if He should ask them, "Have ye never read?" 2G. "How He went into the house of God in tht days of Abiah.ir, the hih priest, and did e-at tha shewbrad, which is not lawful to eat, but for the pri. sts, and' gave also to them, which were w ith them." In Math. xii. .". 7. He cites aUo th? conduct of the priests ir the temple Oil the SaubJt'ri d.iy and quotes from Ho.-. vi. G, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice." An outward apparent disobedience dex-.s not always spring from a spirit of eilsobedlence. and the Lord, always, looketa upon th heart, lie reads our nijtivt.s and reckons with us aevcrdhnj'.y. lie weigheth actions anJ spirits (I Sam. li. 3; Prow xvi, 2). Behind an outward conformity He often sees a spirit of rebellion. Let us la am'oliiuii.s to do right in Iiis tight who readeth hearts. 27. "And He ."aid u.ito them. The Sabbath "wa.s made for man, and not man for tho Sabbith." Tills sentence Ls Lund only in Mark la this incident. It is the gospel of servre. and every servant of Cod i.s to serve G el every dty. but one elay in seven is especially set apart for man that on thit day he may wholly anl peculiarly delight himself in the Lord an I thus bet refresh U for the work of the. either days. Man Is not a slave of the Sabbath, but ti e Sab'eUh, is for his special benefit an l joy, r. it to enjoy himself (Isa. lviii, 13, 14), bu . that he may delight himself in the Lorn and thus learn to ride up:i the high places of the earth. 2S. "Therefore th Son of man is Lord alsi of the Sabbath." This statement is als) found bdi in Matthew and Luke. All things wer. i mid-? by Hint and for Him. It is His day. He is the miker ef it and th? proprietor e! it. lie gave it ti us thit we might th? better glorify Him and enjo-y Him II? certiinly his a right t tell us what He would like dine with His own pi ep rty. When we, t o, by faith In Him bee mi ? His property and truly call Him Inrd, then the day and peepl being ill His and for His pleasure fie will urely b gl i-i;Ved In then. The secret of rest and victory is T u ad m 1 ing able ti say from the heart, Th u are worthv, O Lird. and I am f r Thy-pleasure (Kev. Iv, 111. " iii, 1. "And He eiitired afr.i;:i into V.u synagogue, and there was a man there which had a with -rod hand." In Luk' vi, fi, it is written that this w is on an ther Sabbath, and thit He was teaching in th synagogue It would s.-m, then, that He was always for. nil in the synag igu on the Sabbath day and ready t) re id and teae-h as opportunity offered. Thes synagogues w?re n f the most spirltu il pi ice.In the world, for t ;? service was very f ermal. yet it was H.s -usteai t b? there. 2. "And they watched Him whether He would heal him on the Sibbath day. that they might accus? Ulm." What odd kind of people did g) to church on Sabbath eliys long ag, and He knew just whit kind of people they were. Yet lie went toi. Well, He must hive hid mire grace than nnny of His followers nowadiyn. Yet it is wrillen that "if any nun have int the spirit of Christ he is nm? ef His" (Pom. vlii. I). Why sh mid they want to accus? Him wh a He nver did any harm to any, but always went about d ing good? They must have be n lelited to o:i? who is called "the accuser of th? brethren" (Kev. xii. 10). 3. "And He siith unto the min which had the withered hand, Stand forth." Luke says, "lie knew their thoughts" (Luke vi, 8). It will greatly help us if we remember that there is always One with us who is reading ur thoughts and searching our inmost hearts. Put how can we help our thoughts? Only by -being filled with His thoughts. We are not responsible for the th nights that Are presented to us. but we are rep-msible for receiving and pondering them. 4. "And He saith unto them. I.s It lawful to do good on the Sabbath days er to do evil, to save life or ti kill? Put they held their peace." In Mat.n. xii. 11, 12. It is written that He used th? illustration of the lawfulness of taking a sher-p out of a pit on the Saoo.ith day, adding "How much better is a man than a sheep?" and then said, "It is l.i.vfid to do well on the Si.bbath elay." We are certainly safe in doing on th? holy.I iyv h.itever'will glorify Cod and tend to magnify Him througli any work of necess 'y r mercy. a. "And when He had looked round a'bout on them with ang-r, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts. He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other." What a good thing for that man to ibe found, in the synagogue that day! How much he might have missed by not being there! Think what Thomas missed for a whole week by pot being with 'the 'brethiVn on the night after the resurrecii-m. Annwcr Children . QtiCNtlonft. Education is erroneously supposed only to be had at sohoo'.s. 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ALONG THE BYWAYS. Ex-gpeaker Peed is eomethln? cf a poker player. It i.s the greatest, mental relaxation he ltnowa of. He doesn't play very often; but when he does Sit down to a quiet game of draw his adversaries are apt to discover that he hadn't forjrotten anything;. He plays a keen pxme. And he Is a very accomplished bluffer. He can win or lo.-e with equal equanimity. Ho doesn't expect to win r.ll the time. "It's the uncertainties of life," he once said, "that make life worth living." And so even constant winning would probably prove monotonous to him. It's hardly probable, however, that he throws away any chances. MVhen he plays he dmlikes exceedingly to be interrupted by callers I caljers outside the game, bear in mind and he has dried many a plan to prevent such interruption. Put till the one now In use his schemes have proved unsuccessful. If th'y didn't find him In the effie-e, these callers, they would go to his room and knock. And if Mrs. Peed was there some of tho importunate would tell such a tale of woe as to induce her to reveal her husband's whereabouts. Hi1? last, and up to the present unique, scheme to escape such callers is thU3 described by ona of his fellow-lodgers at the Shore-ham: "Wo had agreed to have a quiet little game, and went upstair?. Peed excused himself to go to his room. I went to mine for some cigars. It chances that my mirror is so arranged as to enable one who is in a certain place in the room to pee all that is going on in the hall. Yhila adjusting my cravat I saw the big exspeaker put his little scheme intj operation, rty it any caller who declined to take the clerk's word that Mr. Peed was out would, on reaching hi.s room, have what to him would be proof jtositive that he was out, so far as being accessible U concerned, A political caller recognizes nothing es a reason for refusing to receive a caller, save sleep. Let a e.xller see that or believe that the object of his search is lock d in the warm embrace of Morpheus and he will most always go away. So. Mr. Peed evidently reason-d. First I saw a little, whit, round lump of something protrude itself slowly beyond the door-Jam. A moment later I recognized the familiar face of the republican leader. With the caution of a man stalking antelopes he shoved his head far enough forward to turn it both ways. He surveyed the hallway with great care. He saw no one. Thea hl i head disappeared for a moment, and next I saw horn back out into the hallway in bis stocking fp-et. He had his shoes in his hands. He placed the fhoes on the lloor outside his doer like one who I? about to retire for the night. Then, sofely closing the door, he turned toward the poker room, and. r.dsin? up on his tiptoes, he balanced himself nicely, and with a grace you would never have inspected he silently stule away." Louisville Times. For fivo or six minutes the other afternoon a patrolman stood at the foot of Woodward-ave., alongside of a young man who had a sachel In his hand, and was waiting for a ferryboat. At length, a the olTleer started to saunter away, the young man handed him a cigar and said: "Thanks. I'll always remember your kindness." "What ks it?" queried the bluecoat, as he hesitated over the cigar. "Take it take two of 'em! I'm a man who can appreciate a favor." "Put. I I " "That's all right take three of 'em! I've traveled over most of this country, and know a man when I see him." "Will you explain yourself?" asked the officer, as he closely regarded the stranger to see If he was drunk or crazy. "Certainly. Her- I am. a perfect stranger to you. You have the right to walk up and crack me with your club, and ask who in'thunder I am, and what I am hanging around here for. You could take my sachel and flinj It Into the river, and you could drag me to a dungeon cdl and keep m? Immured for years and year.?. Have you done anything of the sort?" "As to that ," began the officer, but the young man brought out two more cigars and said: "Take tho whole five! I haven't much wealth, but I want to show my g-atltude as bes: I can. You, sir, are one of natu ras noblemen, and though I live for the next fifty years, I shall never forget you. instead or eracKing me over me head and then jumping on my uncon- , sclous body with both feet and dragging , mo to the station over the cobblestones, you have acted the part of a gentleman. and a mm who respect-s the rights of orjie.-s. Sir. kt me aä.'ti as.sure you that I snail never forge: this consideration on your part. Oillcer. farewell!" Ho made a break for the boat and was loot to view, and after thinking It over

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