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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-7-28, Page 6Famous Men Have Found That It Canno Be Obtained FrOM the• World elenteree go:el:ding to Act or ;Ate' 1.91". thy Chicago merchant, You have cOme out on a visit to Los Angeles. It was almost, as near as I can make out, on a Saturday night, the second week of January. The hre A despatch free). Los Angeles says: Rev.. Frank 'Pc\Vitt Talainge preach- a ,,was burning brightly on your officeearth; The table by your side was ed from. the following text; Mark age . i erota the. filled . with papers. The eniployees, 34, "Thou are noc't far werking ten hours a, day, sometimes kingdom, Of God." think the employer entering his ote flee at:9 or 10 o'clock in the morn- ing lies a very easy time. But long dest of all words. "almost." I am " after the busy beehive of the raodern going to show some of you that, like deygoods emporium has stopped its the =the of My text, who ellmo to ; hum, and the tired little cash girls question Jesus, you are "tot far have crowded the streets, laughing, from the kingdom Of God," .but 1 shouting, perhaps 'snsiliae• at the am also going to show you that to passers by, in juvenile delight at be - be "almost" saved and yet not iag set free from toil, and the book - saved is to be lost epmpletely and keepers have balanced the accounts, utterly lost. As the malt whirling and the iron shutters have been ptill- doWn the rapids of Niagara, who ed down, and the clerks have closed just misses by one inch the rope their counters, and the cashiers hate which is thrown for Ms rosette, so locked their safes, and the delivery you who mem bsr a little the offer wagons have Ceased their rumbling, of redemption are as utterly lost as ' and the worn out horses have been if you had never heard the °Cfer- I fed and 'blanketed in their stalls, and Nay, there is in your fate the uhutt ; the street lampshave becoite as let -able sadness of being so near sal -!multitudinous as the visible stars vation and missing it after all. The' of the heaveas,. the tired merchant loss of your soul is like the loss of worea on. Tao wood in the fire - hie to the hunter whose rifle ban place crackled and laughed. The just misses Wm heart of the tiger flames leaped higher. and higher and that is heaping upou his defenseless I sputtered more loudly as the reports body. It is to be lost just as much of the different departments recorded as wore the poor fellows who were i the business triumph. of a whole imprisoned a few- years ago in the year, Stock had been taken. Inc iron hulk of the eteanters binning at the holiday goods were all sold. Eva the wharfs of Troboken. in New York ,ery promissory note had been mete Harbor. Frantically they stood at. There was plenty of money in the I he barred portholes. Frantically bank to clear away the reraaining they stretched forth -their arms debit sides of the. ledger. WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN? Ite,ment et tetneelne In the year Owl Tlieuseed Nine Ilundred and Weer, by Wm. Baily, of Toronto, at the Mepttrtraent of Agricuiture, ottaw I To -day' 1 ani going to try to help some of you to overeoMe that sad - through the iron gratings. They could see the blue waters of the harbor. They could hear the calls Was not that the history, 0 rich of the would be rescuers hard at merchant, of the first results or your work. But they were lost, entirely mathematical calculations' on the Saturday night of the second week in last January? But what about the second calculation you made that important night? As you sat there in your easy armchair you began to dream about the past. You began to wonder if all this endless si wig- gle for a worldly success really peal. As you dreamed you thought. of -the many nights when, unable to sleep you bad tossed about your, hot pile low and thought how the business world was trying to drive you to the financial wall; even as some man with the death marks upon his cheek lost. though there was "only one Step" between them and perfect A CHRISTIAN 1.10MFe Ahnost saved! Yes, you are. How do I know it? I learn how near you have come to salvation as I look at the entries on those white pages sew- ed between the Old and the New Testaments of the family Bible. By this record of the fatally births and deaths I find your father was a Chris -Lieu. Your mother was a Chris- tian. Your sisters and brothers were all Christians. I find also that your parents reconseerated their in his old age may be fleeced of his all. You thought how your very lives for Cod's service when they held you before the sacred altar on best motives had always been im- the day you were baptized. It is a pugned. And then, strange to say, instead of gloating over your past very easy matter for you to become financial success as the fire flickered a Christian, with such a family his- tory as that. The son of a good lower and rawer an unseen power doctor. all other conditions being made you write upon a broad sheet, equal, has at least ten emirs the :off• 01 white paper this problem, "What shall it profit a, man la he shall vantage of a young man entering the g ine(Weel profession who is not the gain the whole world and lose his son of a physician. The child who own soul?" And as you studied that comes froin a Christian home has a problem you were compelled to write far greater chance of being a Chris- after it a word of seven letters. You tian than one who is not the son of wrote that one word in letters of a Christian, or than one who has fire- "Nothing.'' "Nothing." "No - never been brought by youthful as- thing." Ani 1 wrong, 9 financial eoziation in contact with the Chris- magnate, in stating ao-day "Th011 Wan life. art not far from the kingdom of " 'Tis true," says some young man to me, "I was born in a Christian HAPPINESS IS .NOT IN 'WEALTH. through youeething 'Media Aye. they are ilyialt as swiftly aa the panorama of bygone ,yeare in a sec- ond of time movee, before the vision of a, drowuing man, YoUrz Oast sick- neeses heal) 'changed WOU'r feelingn to- ward Go& The Pain at yew^ heart Warxiiag -you, that "God ellen bring every work unto jaagment, wittieveey secret Wag, Whether it he good or whether it be evil. "l• This day—aye, this very inimeteeecia AC- ooiuit of that past.siek bed, "thou art net fax from• the kiagdoin of God," SIGNS OF THE TIME. Almost saved? :Yee; you :eve. I know it, Why? •The Many "signs of the time" tell us that huadreds and thousands of inimertal men end, We- n:ion are now enrolliew thentselves ts Christian selatiers under the standard of the cross. And thereis a Mighty propelling force in the Power of numbers. Wheu a sinfal man knows that everywhere, about .aim tbo Pao - Pie are asking the vital question which the Philippian jailer apeke to Paul and Silas "Sirs, whet !must I do to be saved?" he in enite of him- self is compelled to a,ek and answer in his .heart the sante .question, We all marvel, at the wonderful ability of obaervation to Which the trappers and the hunters of old were able to train their vieual powers. For days and weeke, tbe- ' Indian sco.uts were able to fellow th,eie ene- Mies across the western -prairies. By the twisted blades • of grass arwl by Other minute signs they were able to tell how Maar Indiaets Were in the' war party ahead, how many horses' and cattle and squeeas and papdoses.. But, though hunters mut trappers have almost miraculous see - `Mg powers in reference to the .natural World,. it does tot take an inspired vision to see that We are 'no* living in a time of great xeliatietis awaken- ing. Everywhere the vital miestion Ws upon every ilipe "What 'shell I Wien do with Jesus, Who is called the. Chirst?" Like Pilate' before the Jewish people, you uust decide the question in referenee to •Jesus. You inest decide for C/heist or against Christ. And in bringing, you IR to this question I cannot be; far wrong in stating that "thou art not Mr front the kingdom of God." • But why talk sie mach about the wonderful manifestations of the Holy Spirit's power in . referent° to the world at large? Have not we seen that power manifested in etir own church? .Wferi and women, can you sit stolidly in your pews when hus- bands and -wives ancLehildren and young men and . wemen are seeking Jesus Christ? While so many -old: peo- ple and middle aged people and young people are ,corning? God will never give .you it better - opportunity to seek him than just now. Will yon not come to the. Saviour' now? Like king Agrippa,. are You going to be "almost persuaded" and loein Or like Pani, the "chief of einintaw" are you to be cotoanted and to have a seat epon a throne in heaven With Jeetts Christ? home. 1 am not near, however, but very, very far from. the kingdom of God. Why, after I left my Christian home 1 seemed to be possessed not with seven devils, but seventy times seven devils. No sooner did I leave home and go away from mother and father and I plunged into a life of enesieation. I drank, I gambled, blasphemed. I did everything I ought not to have done, and I left undone everything I °tight to have done. It is said that when Lysimae chits was fighting against the Getae he was entrapped by his enemies in the desert sands. His thirst became so great that he offered his whole kingdom for •a drink of water, as Esau sold his birthright, for a mess of pottage. But no sooner bad Lysimachus slaked his thirst than he cried: 'Ala, wretched me, who for such a mementary gra tiaeatlon should have lost eo greae a king- dom.' Though I have been brought up in a Christian home, for the mo- mentary satisfying of my evil de- sires 1 have stifled a.11 those pure influentes of the past. I am like a man who, to quench his thirst, has done more than to barter away a kingdom. ,I have bartered away my lire. The chalice of sin- which I have lifted to my lips was of poison. feel it now, dulling my brain, dull- ing rny heart, dulling my moral sen- sibilities. I feel as if I were al- ready dead, for raw nobler self has periehed. Eternal 'life is lost to inc." DONiT FOR YOURSELF. Almost saved! Yes, you are. 'I Meow by the unhappy- looks that are eltisled in the wrinkles or your face. When you started out in life you thought the height of a raan's hap - pines could be estimated by the length of his bank account. You thought the worldwide area of his joy could be always circumscrileed only by the hemispheric spread of his fame. But now by bitter ea. perience you know that wealth end fain° oniy bring added carom. Yoe know that if n man lives for him- self alone, if he does not seek the higher joys of the soul, if he does tot live for' Christ, seeking also the. Welfare of hie brother ran, he, cati find no happiness on earth at all. I can inateine a scene in your life Ob, rich man! 1 appeal to your ex- perience. Have you not realized that happiness is not in wealth? Have there not come times in your life when you have felt that money and honor and power alike fail to give satisfaction? You are disappoihted with your life. Turn to Christ, who says to such as you, "He that drink- etli of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst again." Come to him. Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." Sickness has been a spiritual blese- ing to you, 0 man, as the palsy was to the invalid of old. It has.placed you almost within toucli of our Sava lour and King. For years and years you did not know what a ' pain meant. When you heard people complaining about their invalidism you had no sympathy. You would petulantly say, "Nine -tenths of these so called invalids are mere hypochon- driacs. If men and women would only get up and stop their com- plaining and stop dosing themselves with medicines they would beall right." When a minister in church would preach from the text, "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be re- quired of -thee," you would settle back in your seat' and smile. You would say to yourself : ."Perhans, Perhaps not. My ancestors were all long lived. a gums I will he also." Then you would complacently pat your chest es you expanded your lungs three or four inches, and you would J say : "Well, ' nly ' ancestors never had a lbw breathing appara- tus than I have. Perhape I shall die to -night. 'Perhaps not," But two years ago there came that sudden • attack of Mama It came nlinost without nay warning at all. Yon remember how yottr cheek be- came as white as that of a corpse and your lips turned blue and cold. You remember how that pneumonia stabbed at your lungs, or how that typhoid made yon sink so low that for wceko and weeks you hovered be- tween life and death, Yoeremem- ber how asthma choked you until it seemed as though you would go' mad with the agony, Aye, that: sick - nem made out or ;vou A, changed Men. When the minister now an- nounces the text, Luke., twelfth chap- ter and twentieth verse, "Thou fool, this night thy soul shell be emeited M thee,' you do not flippantly say : "Perhaps. Perhaps not." Yoe Width brought its amptinees -vividly know it is not mit of the etinge 0 hl-rore You. Such seenes; YerVing in poemihililies that this right you tbeis details, come to filanY' a Man, may ho brought faceto fare with bidding' him pause mid . eonSider God at the judgment seat of Christ. I whet is 1}Wf true pilepOse of life. Let 0 meta even while I :meek to -day alb me see! Mere did -this scene hape • the good and the had of yotir past ealt7 Ta the oat. Yoe are a Weal- I life are fiVing ewifter than thineeinde .. . BITTEN 'BY PEAR. The agonies of fear which follow the bite of a venomous snake are des- sribed by Henry Taunton in "Aus- tralind." One afternoon, while Mr. Taunton was herding cattle on an Australian range, the overseer rode out to see how the new hand was getting along. The conversation turned on snakes, and the overseer told Mr. Taunton of many instances of death from snake bites. I listened to so rnaty stories that evening that when, having ridden with my friend part of hie way home I turned and rode slowly back to the solitary camp, my mind was full of snakes. It was quite dusk as I rode along the track, which led through scrub and bushes. Suddenly I received a sharp sting on the thigh. A thrill of agonizing sickening fear came over inc that some snake coiled in the bush had bitten inc. For a moment I lost all presence of mind. The relaxing ef- fects of fear made me feel sick and faint. Certain death, in a most agonizing form, stared me grimly in the face. Overwhelming terror nearly paralyzed me. I Wes miles from any bele. I could not litiPk the injured limb off, as might bepossible had the sting been delivered on the hand or foot. Only one chance of safety presented itself so my distracted mind, and that was to cut away the flesh round the bite and cauterize it with the glowing end of a fire -stick, if only I could do it before the venom had been absorbed into my system. , Maddened with fear, I galloped for camp. I flung myself from the pant- ing horse, rushed round like a. mad - woe, and pitched brushwood on the fire until a brilliant blaze illuminated the scene. In frantic haste I exposed my still smarting thigh. Sure enough, there was a small puncture from which a Minute drop of Mood had exuded. No time could be lost, but even in my extremity I had not sufficient nerve to cut deeply into my own flesh. Making two superficial slash- es crosswise over tlie bite, I seized one of the glowing embers arid held it into the wound. The torture forc- ed me to desist before I had seffl- ciently cauterized the fatal spot, bet I felt it would he better to submit to my fete than to,bear further self - fears and the prick of some thorny 11u/41'm' Sore place on my thigh re- minded inc for many da ae to come that pricks and punctures are not well served by means of fear and fire - sticks. Priace 'Waldemar of Denmark is a good amateer boxer, rind one of the spectacles witneseed by a select kW Is a "round" with the gloves en be - teen him and his august relation, the 'Isar, when theta ie a family gathering in our own Queen's native 18aricih'e Tunpeio o tustria, never plaSS tt game of car& tmless be is very Much worried. The Keeler does not touch cords except 'When on board his yacht. Tho Wing of Italy bets a horror of cerds, and Queen , Chrieting of Spain banished thein from ilea Spanish Court. ************* HOME. ************ HINTS P011 HOME LUPE, A little borax put in the water when washing red or red bordered tablecloths and napkins will prevent their fading. It is said that windows washed in Water to which a little blueing is added will show a fine brillience and keep fresh longer than when washed in the usual Manner, To keep flies out of the larder sponge the windows daily with a weak solution of carbolic acid and water. , You will never be troubled with flies if you do this. 'The juice of lemons, if strained, carefully and boiled with the same weight of loaf sugar for a quarter of an hour, can be bottled for keeping, care being taken to cork it well, An easy method -of cleaning elastic stockings or anklets is to rub them well with a clean cloth dipped in warm flour. Keep on applying clean flour till the articles are quite clean. IT when frying fish of any kind a little salt is sprinkled on the bottom, of the pan when it is hot, and the fat boiling, the fish can be easily turned without breaking in 'the least. For flies and other pests take equal parts of boiled linseed oil and resin. Melt together and add half as much treacle. Soak some brown paper in a solution of alum, aud dry before applying the above compound. Froste'd strawberries are charming tothe eye as well as to the palate. Dip fine ripe big berries one at a time in slightly beaten white of an egg, afterwards roll in powdered sugar and arrange on a plate to dry. "Russian tea" will ba found an ex- cessively refreshing drink in het wea- ther, and is made by allowing a slice or two of freshly cut lemon to each cup, on which the newly -made tea is poured without the addition of milk. This is the favorite method with ell classes of making tea in Russia. New potatoes ought to be put on in boiling water, and boiled quickly, as the starch cells are still undevel- oped, and slow boiling causes them to be sodden or waxy. Perfectly plain, or boiled ;with a little inint, they are a grai"eful change, but many sim.pla, pretty (Isles are possible, and elaborate ones also for those. who care to take pains. For lora:made, take four lemons, wa.sh and dry them, and with a very sharp knife pare on' the yellow skin as thin as possible; then cut them into halves and press out the juice with a lemon -squeezer. Put 'the juice and yellow rinds into a jug, with sugar to taste, poer over it one quart of boiling water, cover up, and leave till cool. A mouth wash which will keep the gums healthy and •firm is made of one teaspoonful of spirits of cam- phor, awo teaspoonfuls of tincture of myrrh, and two pints of hot water in which have been dissolved two penny packets of patent borax. Put a wineglassful of this mixture into a tumbler, fill it with hot water and use it when cleaning the teeth. Bran water for washing should be made as follows: Make some muslin bags, using half a yard of muslin for each bag. Put a large handful of bran into the bag and soak it in the very hot washing water. Experience will teach you how much bran is re- quired for a tub of water. Wring out the bags after ten minutes, and the water will be softened. A very simple method of inducing sleep in cases of persistent insomnia and one that has succeeded where many drugs have failed is --simply administer a moderate amount of liquid food before the patient goes to bed. This diverts the blood frone the brain to the abdominal organs, and takes away the cerebral excite- ment that precludes sleep. ECONOMY IN DRESS. f. It is almost imposeible to estimate what may be accomplished in the: way of dress by choosing only the best material. Good fabrics never become old -looking, while cheap goods are hardly worth the cost of making. When good material has served its time for one member of the family, it can, with a little care and forethought, be made over into garments for some smaller member, vinicothis manner rendering double ser - A lady of the writer's acquaintance Who, though not wealthy, is in easy circumstances, is yet sensible enough to be economical in everything per- taining to her household. When she chooses a dress for herself or daugh- ter she gets the best, and often makes over her old dresses for her little girl, who has the distinction of being the best -dressed girl in school. Not long since the writer happened to be in this honee when the little (laughter returned from school, and chanced to remark con- eeruing the pretty dress the child Wore, which was of a beautiful deep blue and grey cloth, made in the latest style, with plaites sleirt of gray, blouse front, with bite yoke and ,bertha. The collar and buffs were also blue. After the writer had fat ebed,, praising this lovely little dress, the mother said, "That WOO made from one of iny old dress -skirts and her papa's last winter's shirt." One would never liave guessed it. So much paths had been taken in the make-up that all looked entirely new. After this Clime the dainty little school -hood, which was so good and warm, and made up very neatly put of eth old black astrakhati coat whieh had den° duty many years for the mother. It Was eut and Made in an Up-to-date matinee, padded and ipterlined with a good quality of bright red silk lining, which bad al- e() SaVeti its time in a Waist, for the neother, and with bright red rib- • bon for strings it is a thing of beauty, TO look at this little lady, ani not kuow the real circumstances in the case, one woield woiider how this could all be maneged every day in the year; yet many sueh possibilities are within every mother's reach. The whole story in a nutshell is: The lady to whom the writer has referred, is neat and sensible, and uses good judgment in buylag, Of course, great pains must be taken in making over. Everything must be smoothly ezressed on the wrong side; then, too, each seaia must be neatly pressed. Much care is needed, to give the garment the new, up-to-date look which makes or mars the beaaty of whatever we wear. GOOD RECIPES, Jam Sandwich Pudding—Cut as many slices of stale bread as a large pie -dish will hold, lightly butter them, spread with jam., :andform into sandwiebes. Beat two or three eggs till light and frothy, add two tablespoonfuls of caster sugar and one pint and a half of milk; pour it oper the bread andjam, let soak aor quite an hour, and ,bak in a moderate oven. Serve hot. Ice Cream—Take a gallon of new milk and place all of it, except about a pint or a little more, into a pan over the lire and let it be heating. With the pint make a good custard of three eggs, and thicken with two ounces of cornflour. When the milk approaches belling point, add the custard, stirring constantly till it thickens. Set aside to -cool, then flavor and sweeten rather highly and freeze in the ordinary way. Rhubarb Nectar—Two pounds of rhubarb, two pounds of sugar, two ounces of root ginger (bruised), half an ounce of yeast, two gallons of boiling teeter, one lemon (sliced). Out the rhubarb into small pieces, put into a vessel with the ginger, lemon and sugar, then pour over the boiling water.. When cold add the yeast, let it stand for two hours and then strain. This drink will not keep long, but makes a very good beverage when thirsty. Lemon Snow may be made as 'fol- lows: Dissolve one ounce of gelatine in a pint of cold water; place it in a saucepan with three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar and the rinds and juice of two lemons. Let the mixture simmer over t,he fire till the gelatine is melted; then pour it out to cool, and when it is beginning to set whisk up with it the whites of three eggs until it gets to look like snow; and toss it into a glass dish. It will take about half an hour to whisk it to the right consistency. A 13oiled Salaa Dressing.—To the yolks of five eggs add a level tea- spoonful each of salt and sugar, a salt -spoonful of pepper, a few grains of cayenne, and two teaspoonfuls of best mustard. Beat with an egg - whisk till thick and light, -then gra- dually add two ounces of melted bat- ter and two tablespoonfuls of vine- gar, and the juice of a lei -Leon (strained). Cook over hot water until the mixture thickens and falls away from the sides of -the pan. Let it cool a little, pour into a bottle, and when cold cork. To use, dilute with a little milk or cream. • PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Gossip About Some olf the World's Leading People. The Shah of Persia has a sword scabbard worth $1,000,000. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is oi.e of the hest revolver shots in the world. There are no fewer than twenty- four physicians and surgeons regu- larly attached to the Beessian Court. Lord Wolseley is usually spoken of as an Irishman; this is only partly correct, as he belongs to a Stafford- shire fainily. . At Sandringham, the Q,ueen has some of the ferniture which forined part of the household in which she lived in Cepenhagen when a girl. - Qneen Helena of Italy as an 'un- tiring walker; she was accustomed to take long tramps with „her father and brothers on tile hills of her na- tive country, Montenegro. The Duke of Connaught surprised most of the Indian Princes during his Coronation visit taIndia by his prowess with tbo rifle. Most Array men envy his skill. Lord Roseberry begat speech -mak- ing at the early age: of fourteen, when he addressed a volunteer regi- ment and excited much enthusiasm and admiration. The Prince Ilegent of Bavaria col- lects beetles; but he does not kill them, he keeps them alive and stud- ies them closely. He says that they are gifted with great intelligence. King Edward is always eager to receive early news of important events before they are actually pub- lished, and his friends cannot please him better than by telegraphing in- teresting items. The King of the Belgians wishes that he had been a sailor, but his friends say that he would have made a splendid man of business. His money is chiefly invested in come inereial concerns. The Duchese of Fife, who cares lit- tle foe Court ceremonies and prefers to live the life of a country lady, has been studying Gaelic in order that she may he able to converse with her Highland tenantry in their own tongue. Me. Yerkes, the American financier, does not believe that a man is "too 01r1 at forty"; he says, it correctly reported, that a man is in his ap- prentice days until he is forty, and ;that a business main is not wipe un- til he is fifty, Mr. Choate, the American Minister in Londola is an example of a man Who sacrifices money for a proud pOsitioa and the opportunity of sera - lig his country. Itis salary le $17,- 500 a yeer, but while he is practis- ing et the Bar he made nearer $100,- 000, www....sereeze. TIIE SUNDAY SCI1001i ••••••,•••• INTERNATIONAL JULY 31. ; Text of the Lesson., I, nings xvi,e 23-33. Golden Text, Prove ' xiv., 4. Last WOWS lesson told us of eventin Judah under jehoshaphat, following tlie death of Ahab, king of Israel; uow we return to eonaider ixi to -day's lesson two of the worst kings that ever ruled over the ten tribes, Onta and Ahab. 'All Scrip< titre is profitable (U. Tim, 151, 16), but it is not written that it is all equally profitable. • Whatsoever things were written aforeilme were written for our learnieg, that we through, patience and comfort of the Seriptures •might have hope (Rom. xv, 4), and when we see the patience of God from year to year, with such) men as °mei and Ahab and the pa- tience or the Lord Jesus with Judas Iscariot WO do well to eonsider Ilia patience with oureelves and trust Him to work in us patience with others, forbearing threatening, for- bearing and forgiving (Eph. vi, 29; (lol. hi, 13), as children or our Father who is in heaven (Matt. v,. 45). Our lesson says of Omri that he wrought evil in the eyes of tbe Lord; and did WOVSC than all that were: before him' (verse 25), and of Al:ab, his son, that he did more to provoke the Lord God• -of Israel to anger than all inthekings33 30, Israel uteeatwtrrebe- fowas none like unto Ahab win) did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the lord, Nvlioan Jazebel his wife etirred up (xxi, 25). The next six lessons will bring before us the story of Elijah, that great servant'. of the Lord, and we have just had' in the last two lessons men who did right in the sight of the Lord; it. seems .almost a pity that we should' bo asked to turn aside even for one. lesson to the story of such rebellion against God as is here set before us,' but if wo hall see, as never before what an awful .thing sin is and, learn to hate it with perfect hatred our study will not have been ha vain. 13y one maia sin entered the world, and death by sin (Rom. v, 12), andi who can estimate the havoc I wrought? But even before sin en-' tere a sacrifice for sin had been. ordained (I. Pet. i, 18-22) and wasi revealed to man as soon as he had sinned (Gen. iii, 15, 21). Then de-• veloped among men the two lines of believers and unbelievers, and who, accept Cod's .way and those who rebel against Him, the former yopreg sented by Abel mid the latter by Cain. So it has gone on, some be- lieving and some believing noa, until1 telL this day, and so it will conbinue un- til all the Ontris and Ahabs, the Ab-`-, saloms and Manassehs and all rebels, against God shall be concentrated, and fully manifested in the man of, sin,who as God shall sit in the tem- ple of God showing himself that he is God, but thse Lord shall consume hire with the breath of His mouth- and destroy him with' the brightness of His coming (114 Thess. He 3-10). He shall influence-, the Wings of the earth to gather. their armies against the Lama of God, but they shall be vanquished, and he and his compaxdoe, the false prophet, shall be cast aliveinto a lake of fire burning with brimstone (Rev. xix., 19-21). Be shall do ac- cording to his will and shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every gad and shall speak maryelous things against the God of gods and, shall prosper. * Yet ho shill come to his end and none shall help him (Dan. xi., 36, 45). It is written of endli of the kings of our lesson that he provoked the. Lord God of Israel to anger (verses' 26, 33). It is written of Israel that away back in the wilderness they provoked the Most High and grieved - Him, tempting HIM, limiting ITini and speaking against Him (Ps. lxxviii., 17-19, 40, 41), and the fin- al testinhany concerning even d'udah is, "They mocked the messengers. of - God and des,pieed His words and g misused His prophets until the; wrath of the Lord arose against His people till there was no remedy" (II. Chron. XXXVi., 16). Through the prophets He cried, notwith- standing all this, "0 Israel, thou, bast destroyed thyself, but in 111e' is thine help. 0 Israel, return unto, the Lond thy God, for thou hest fal- len by thine iniquity" Hos. xiii., 9;, xiv., 1). God is love, and though; sin is that abominable thing which; Ho hates, He loves the sinner and, is not willing that any should per -1 ish (Jer. xliv„ 4; Rona v., 8; II. Pet. hi., 9). Jeroboam, the son of Nebel,who made Israel to sin (verse 26), need not have done so; Onni. and Ahab„ who followed in his steps, outdoing, him in sin, need not have done so,. but refusing to yield to the love of , God or to lieten to Ills voice, God' allowed them to have their' own way and gave them up to their OW1x hearts' desire. How sadly He says: "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled; against me. My people would not; hearken to my voice, and Israel: „ would none of me, so 1 gave thein' up unto their own hearts' lust and they walked in their own counsels'', (Ise. i„ 2; I's. lxxxi.,' LI, 12); Samaria became the con -law of; their iniquity (verses 24, 20), yet t long afterward the Lord Himself; there first deelared Himself as Telma el's Messiah to a sinner of that city, and -through her many be- lieved. There also, as Philip preach- ed. Christ to them, many wee° heal- ed caid many saved and there was,, great joy in that city (John iv., 2, . 26; Arts ,viii, 5-8), (M, the love of God and the Sin of rhan, • bola wonderful and how awful. Vet ovary purpose of the 1.,ord shall be pen' f ortn ed , no tw i theta tiding ma 13 *!'i re- bel:U(1P, and the Kingdom shall be the Lord's earth filled with His glory.,