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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1904-8-11, Page 6SOIE TIEN REFLECTIO The Convention of Trees in the Valley of Schechetn, lialetered eccording tes act ot Ue Ver. Itement Qt caueine., in the year one Thousand Nine Ieuratrod and Peer by eine Belly.. of 'throat's, at the Department of agriculture, Ottaw A despatch. front Los Angeles saye • liev, Frank. De Witt Taluaage preach- ed fron the following text :—Judge •ix, 14, "Theii seici all the trees unto the bramble, Donee, thou, wad reig overus." comes social and political anarchy aad is subversive of every fovea of civil government. Whoa under the teaching of that great infidel Vol - Wee the churches a Paris were cloS- ed and a harlot dressed in gorgeoua robes and: seated Upon a• gilded S throne was carried about the French t capital and worshipped, then the n "reign of terror" was at hand Where were the bullets or the slayer f of Garfield and of the slayer of e MeEinley molded? AMU the n hot, • hiseing flames of a fire started c in the attempt to burn up the throne f of Cod! You never saw in your life t an ararchist who was not at heart t an infidel. Eurthermore, you nnse•r d studiol the history of a stable form - of earthly goverernent which did not first give its allegiauce to au over- ruling Providence before it gave its allegiance to an earthly ruler. Anar- chy in its resistence of God always ul 1 ima tele, means imarehy in resis- tance to human authority. I was never more impreseed with this thought than whoa some years ago from a noted atheletie as well 05 aearchistic paper I cut out the full developed poisonoue results of those two .accursed doctrines, Like Siamese twine, these two weeds, atheism. anl anarchy, in their the - mate meaning should never be separ- ated. This was the editorial Ifouad in that famous sheet t "This • is our doctrine : We believe in no divine government. Might only is right. 1The only remedy for wrongs is but- chery, The tree of liberty bears fruit only when manured with the bones of fat usurers, insolent dose pots, perfidious politicians and black- legs generally. If squatters oppress you, plant rackarock for their bug- gies; also fire low and lay them out. If Shylocks of .the bloody city fleece you, make their homes des- olate. Study the science of death. Use bullets, steel, melinite, kerosene, phosphorus, lire sticks, torfedoes, lithofracteur, polsoh, blasting pow- der, bombshells—any weapon you ean get hold of. Also you eaust steal like Spartans think like heroes and lie like hell." Such is the full grown, poisonous plant which tbe .soil and seed of atheism will ulta mately, produce if lett alone. Ah, my feliceser countrymen m the conven- tion hall of the American People, fight this foe miscalled "free thought" as you woeld fight death. Drive God away from your land, and you band over this government to be the plaything of anarchists, the sport' of nihilists. Then you send forth I the death knell to all order and to the protection of life and property. THE WORSHIPPERS OF WEALTH But standing to -day in the great convention hall of Jotham's vision we see the bramble being advocated as King by another powerful faction. It is composed of the worehipers of wealth. When the members of this faction rise to make their nominat- ing speeehes we see that the speak- ers teeth are all of gold, and their arms are of gold, and -their hair is of gold, and their legs are of gold. Their angers are of gold, though they have gold rings upon those fingers. Their necks also are of gold, though. the collars around those necks are of pure gold. Their feet are of gold, though the shoes which cover those feet are not made of leather, but of gold. By the old Roman law a man could not vote uniees he was a property owner and his property was valued, I believe, at something like $1,200 in our mon- ey. To -day there is a tendency not so much th restrict the vote in presi- dential elections to the. property owner as to those who either own gold or can be influenced by the prospect of getting gold. Do you profess to believe that gold—yellow gold—as a would be bramble king, is not trying to get possession of this government? Do you for one moment profess to be- lieve that the United States would .te as quick to declare war against England or Russia or Germany or France as it was against a poverty strickeo nation like Spain? Touch the nation's pocketbook and in nany parts of this land you will make the word "patriotism," writ - 'ten in letters of gold, turn as • black as the heart of selfishness and. deceit. One of the great dangers threaten - ng the welfare of our land is the ower of the great money combinaa ions. It is a , rapidly developing power, and it is ever aiming to seat n the presidential chair of this free ation its bramble king, gold, as 'he supreme reler of this great peo- le. When the great railroad trusts. nd the on trusts and .the tin ca.n rusts and the beef teusts and the ugar trusts arid the,steel trusts can ictate who is to be president of he United States let us beware! Take thy clovett foot, 0 yellah, and e King Bramblea-trom off• the front doorstep of the White House. Thou idst 'destroy the Roman 'and the Sire:ague governments when their na- ional power passed into the halide the few capitalis-ts. Thy foul al -Oath is now hot upon our cheeks, sut by God's help thou shalt not be Mowed to destroy us, KING ALCOHOL AS BRAMBLE, Thin hulloes ,parable or fable o Jothath was trula realistic in. mor ways than one. For a conventio of trees it had a, perfect, topographi stetting. 011 the :southern side o this famous valley is mighty .Moun Gerrzun. On the northern aide hoare headed Mount Ebel lifts its sero and wrinkled face. These two motel tains as sounding boards tossed the echoing voices oa the cheering dele- gates backward and forward, even as the shuttlecock might be thrown through the air by .the powerful blows al two battledoors. The soil of that valley Wer3 Week antd. rich. There the gurgliug waters of many fountains sounded. a musical accem- paniment to the netemuring or many voices trying to win votes for their favorite sons. Isaiah; in prophecy, eaw hall the trees of the fields. dap their hands.'o thane in vision, saw the trees, as convention dele- gates, with moving hands, moving feet, mov ing lips and epaekl ing eyes. Their rustle was to Win articulate speech. Their branches were out- stretched arms. ars. Their names were symbols to him of honor and truth or of diahonor end disgrace. Hardly had this great coevention of trees aseenibled in the valley Of Shechem to select a king than it be- came self evident that the great ma- jority of the delegates were recly to be stampeded for one tree. "Come," the MajOritY cried, "come, let tee make this olive tree our k in g 1 " TO Jotham the olive was the symbol of strength and wealth and power as well as of healing. But the olive tree wOulal. not become king. It de- clined -the scepter of kingship over the trees. Then this great conven- tion wanted to elect the fig tree king. The delegates .next offered the nomination for ridership to the vine, whose rich blood had made the vine- yards Sheehein famous. But the fig tree and the vino both refused the scepter of the forest. THE BAD ELEMENTS GOT CON- TROL, But in this Jotham. parable, after the olive and the fig and vine had all refused the scepter, the worst ele- ments got control of the convention hall. Then these bad elements said to each ot her : "Let. us rtominato king after our covn spirit. Let es make the curse of the 'field our king. Hail, bramble! IS ing BmH rable! ail, bramble, our fatur, ruler!" Jotham's purpose in thie parable was to show a danger which menaced his own country and has menaced our country all through in history. Mere have been in the past, as there are to -day, men who conspire to get -control of the political parties in or- der that they may nominate men 'utterly unfit for the high office of the presidency of the United States. Thank God, they have not succeeded yet, for the men who have been nom- inated by tbe various parties are men of high character and sterling worth. But we need to be on our guard against the conspirators, who will will never cease their efforts to. win that great prize. Let us, iden- tify them, that we may sedulously guard a gal cc t hei insi di otts a t- tackfl. Now, for me- part, while I hold that denominationalism ought never to be tatotht in a state inetitution, I contend 1hat no young man is pro - prate educated who has not been made familiar with the Bible and its religious end moral. principles. I claim that as educated men and wo- men it is just as important to know who were Moses and Joshua and David as who were Sbakespeare and alums and Walter Scott and Goethe 1 and Victor Hugo. I claim that it is more important educaticen ally to know who Jesus Christ is than. who Mohammed was and what was the cause of the Trojan war. If the atheistic elements of this coentry are not trying to get possession of this governmeut, why did certain in- fidel newspapers a few years ago de- nounce the presidential net of taking the oath of office upon the leaves of an open Bible? They claimed that, "as the government had no estab- lisbed. church, therefore the presiclent elect had no eight to render Ole - glance to any One particular God." Men who write sophistries of this kind aro enemiee wn whom we canot P afford to deride. ,They masquerade a under the bannee of "free thought," t and they appeal to the s peal() which flourishes anieug enedie- ca,ted or half educated elements• in t •our population. Do not imagine that they are despicable opponents or that there is 310 danger of their ever electing a president of the American. d people. I tell you 'that to -day the elmeth as well as the people at large t should recognize the evil influences -Which are working underneath us and- -on about us to render this a godless 1 hatiot and to exclude all •reeogrd- teen of God from the act e ana policy Of " the United Stater) government. Already this evil monster calling it - Self "Fro Thought" has a grip upon oar ballot box. Afready in the eau- euees of every convention hall as a I, factor" this wicked and blitsphemoup, rebel against the rule of the Most e High inuet be reckoned with. TFTE "BilAatilLTS OF FREE would especially plead With the American people' to fight the evil "bramble of 100thought,'S beeausie reel:it:erica to God is the spirit. of ant areay, wale% when developed, be- i • nut again we find tlhe destroying Brainble catvassieg for supremacyan American polities iu another way. -le now appeals to the diseased and nacithed appetite of man for trong drink. But, though, if a man rimy look at this Iframble long enough, lie can see him changed In- d the wriggling coil of a snake; yet, like areluelna, the meet famous of all • French fairies, when first he appears he looks like a benntiful god, instead of like a devil, Hiss hair as those of Eelieel, which the spies carried back frem the promised land to the Hebrew encempeneut. Hie cheek late not upon it the pale look N0v1thitlo a'cQor lk0thereelee 44titilr orit hehdeawithik He comes to us X10t, 44.S.a palePer• his Pocket he Sinaies the coin of hie taxes: As he says ; "You cannot, you dare not, do without me. I am, Ring Aledhel. There ie not a pelt- tieel convention in all this land ea- cept one that haa &wed hurl a de- fiance .at ny seeptre. My den lilaY scene to be the saloon, but MY throne Will yet be built under the great dome in the rotunda of our national capitol. I shall yet be .publicly recognized an , Ring in Am- ericau politics as 1 aen everywhere in eeeret recognized as Ring Alcohol now." EVILS OF LICENTIOUSNESS. I would like, if there had boon time enough, to have spetcen of an- other .fortu of evil threatening this land and bidding for kingship. I al- lude to the bramble of licentiousness or of immortality. I know that most people will lift their hands ilt horror as I speak and say, "Why, there is no danger like that threat- ening es!" Yes, there is, my friends, When an honest man is elected to the highest. executive office el a city he finds out, much to surprise, he caorlot shut up the bro- thels as he .would. He cannot stop the hrienoral evils of the low dance halls. Everywhere our cities are honeycombed with vice, merely be- cause the voters at the polls back up dishonest officials in their wil- lingness to allow these evil resorts to exist. I have spoken ,only the sober truth when I hae-e warned you that bramble atheism, bramble gold, brninble alcoholism and bramble lie Cent iousness, the -four great evil forme of the would be bramble king, are trying to take Possession of our American liberties and throttle out their life. Thus Jotliam's :fable or parable teaches us that a man- has a respon- sibility to those who shall rule over hin.i as well as to those under him. By this statement ara 1 here to tell you for whom to. vote? Oh, no! I would speak to you jest as that great man Andrew Jackson said to that great future statesman, Richard Thompson of Indiana, when a young boy he went with . his father to call upon the' president. After a short conversation Richard Thoetipson's fa- ther turned and said: "Mr. President my son Dick is not of my political faith. I fear he is going to vote against you in the next , election." Instead of upbraiding the son, "Old Hickory" turned and said: "Young enamel have no advice to give you except this: 'Always think for youe- eeli and let your conscience be youi- " So in the coming election I say to you, "As a Cairistian man think for yourself and let your con- science be your guide." But hereaf- ter. mothhome or on the street and in church, always make your public business your Christian business. Al- ways make your duty to your city, to yew state, to yonr nation, your Christian duty. Then the great dengers which threaten this, our na- tive land, from the rulership of the worthless .bramble and its kind will be done away with, for the olive and the fig and the vine will be bending the knee in national worship at the foot of the cross. RECOVERED VICTORIA CROSS. How Sergeant Mullane Pound His Decoration. Twenay-four years ago Sergeant Patrick Mullane, of the Royal Horse Artillery, performed gallant deeds at Maiwand and during the retreat to Kandahar, and his bravery was recognized by the bestowal of the proudest of all military decorations the Victoria, Cross. Misfortune came, and the sergeant and his medal parted company for many years, and at last all trace of it was lost. afullane recovered his cross recently,- witif tears of grati- tude in his eyes, in a London sale room. On leaving the army Sergeant :Mul- lane emigrated to Australia, where he ha.d to sell his croev. 3.-1e made it a condition of' the sale, however, that its new owner should not - dis- pose of it within a certain term of years, and that within that term he shouldhave the right to redeem it. Mullane did not return, his death was presunied, and the cross was sold, eventually pawing into ' the possession of Captain 'A. W. Buck- ingham, the wellelen.own collector of military medals. At length the sergeant returned to England. His first thought was for his Cross. On making' enquiries he was heartbroken to And that its whereabouts were unknown. A day or two ago he read in pap- ers that hie -long -lost decoration was included in Captain. Buckingham's e ollection, which was to be sold by auction at Messrs, SOtheby's rooms, London. • - The old 1111111 attended the sale room, revealed hie identity, and told .how he came to lose his erose. Cap- tain Buckingham, with the ready assent of the auctioneer, withdrew the dot, and Mullane, with there of joy and gratitude rolling down his facco walked away head erect, once againthe limed possessor of his cherishea medal. At i wan d , during the 1880 cam- paign, Mullane rescued a wounded toil -trade in circumstances of great daring. One of the drivers attached to his gun was struck from his horse while in the act of limbering- up. The enemy were within a few yarcle. The sergeant ren back, placed the team on the limber, aad helped to bring the gun oirt, 01 aetioe. Mullane distinguished himself again In tile retreat to Kandahar, volun- teering to procure water for the Wounded, and atcomplishing his task under fire at the risk of his nee, COMPELLED TO MARRY. When a *man his reached the age of forty-two in japan, and is un - Married, the atetatorities pick out a huaband for 10:er end compel them te cluster of luscious grapes, fiche • t AtgOIMMT**A\ 1************ SANDWICHES. Fora time the Sandwich: was a fa,d and no meal Was thought properly complete without it; it was often en- countered where it had no exeuse for its preeence. Now it has been re- stricted by oilstone to its legitimate uses, and is found chiefly at picnic, leucheons, recoptiene and in the lunch basket. The SandWiela as most of u$ re- member it in 0111' youth, consisted of a chunk of meat between two chunks of bread, It was certainly '''Very fillin'."• le was neither appetizing nor attractive, and, one naturally ex- pected indigestion as a reeultant, The first bite was almost inevitably an embarrassment; the whole piece of meat—"the lining," as the sinall boy called it --came with it, and had to be disposed of according- to the vic- tim's previous Condition of servi- tude to good table mentions. The samievich in its evolution has become an exceedingly 'dainty Morsel, consisting of two mouthfels arid a reach for another. • It world take about three of tbe sandwiches of to- day to equal the thickness of the 1860 sandwich.Palatability has in- creased in inverse ratio to size; as proportions shrank, tastefulness doubled and 'trebled. 'Variety lia,s creased in equal ratio. You can made a, sandwich out 'of any old thing—if it is good enough. They used to say a French chef could make a delicious' ragout with a boot - top as a basis; the sandwich -mak' of to -day could undoubtedly so chop and season one's old shoe that it would be quite unrecognizable. For- tunately, we are not forced to such straits for "lining." • The secret of a good. :sandwich lies a good deal with its making, given of course, good materials. The beet bread is a yesterday's loaf from the baker's. It is cut efe almost wafer- like thinness, and the crust delicately pared off. A sharp knife is wanted for this operatiee. The butter must be :soft enough to speead evenly, and meat must be finely chopped or pounded to a paste, and blended with tome tasty ingredient. No sliced meat is ever seen in a sand- wich nowadays. A good way to use up remnants of cold veal and ham is to chop them .fitie and blend with butter rubbed to a cream. The bread iv 'spread with this mixture. • Cold roast beef, after being minced, is seasoned with salt, 'pepper, a very little mustard and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Cold ham and corned beef sandwich- es require only the mustard. Salmon sandwiches are improved, to most palates, by a squeeze of lemon and a little tomato catsup. For at egg sandwich Chop two hara-boiled eggs, season with salt and pepper, blend with creamed but- ter, spread on the buttered bread, lay two or three of the tiny white heart leaves • of lettuce on it, and oloovaci.erwith another slice of battered b Two tablespoonfuls of grated cheese mixed with a little creamed butter and spread on the buttered bread before the egg is put in makes an. egg -and -cheese sandwich, the lettuce being Onlitted. , You wouldn't think so plebeian a thing as baked beans would .make particularly delicious sandwich, would you? Well, try it. itfasli the beam-, to a paste, season with mus- tard, add sonic finely chopped celery leaves (using the white leaves only) ancl spread between bread, either white or brown. The fretther the sandwich the, better therefore the sandwiches should not stand long before serving. If stand they must, wrap each in Parafined paper, or else wrap them in thick paper fold a napkin Wrung •out of cold water over :them, •and keel) them in a. cool place. • — DOMESTIC RECIPES. Sago •Mould—Two tablespoonfuls of small sago, half a pint of cold water, rind and juice of a lemon, a large tablespoonful of treacle. Soak the sago in water over night, and cook till clear. Add the rind and lemoii juice, and sweeten with the treacle. Put into a mould evbieli has been preViously wetted with • cold water, and allow it to set. Serve with custard poured round. Cocoanut Candy.—Pare and cut cocoanuts into strips until you have half a pound. Dissolve a elmilar quantity' of loaf sugarin two table- spoonfuls of water, put it over the fire and, as soon as it boils, stir in the 'cocoanut. Continue to stir till it is boiled to a flake, then pour it on a buttered pan or marble slab, and when cold cut it into whatever form you wish. Lemon or other flavoring may be added. Elderberry Wine—Pour eight quarts of boiling water over sixteen quarts of elderberries.; let stand from ten to twelve hours, stirring now and then; straiii it, pressing,- the juice, then to each four quarts of juice add three pounds of sugar, one ounce of pow- deeed cinnamon and half an ounce oe powdered cloves. • Let boil five minutes then set away in a stone jar in a warm place with a cloth thrown lightly over the top. Allow it to ferment for three weeks. When • it has ferinented Sufficiently, rack off carefully, so as not to disturb the lees. Bottle and seal well, This quae,tity makes about three gallons. The spicee can be omitted, but are thought to add to the medieinal value of the Witte as well as to ite Paliateaibuiltiff Cee and Chocolate Echtirs —The base of eclairs and cream pufie is the same; and the followieg reelpe will make a doZon and a half, Bring to a boil. 111 0, granite bowl, 0110 alp of water, a (Martel' of n ,etip et butter, one teaspoon of WWII'alil dash• of malt, then sift in gradually while you etir • the mixture, one rind e, fourth cups of pastry flour. Cook foe a moment or two, remove from the fire and etir till it ie neaely cool, thee add ono by .one three egge, beat•ing One •thorotighly into the Ntvitilicokn b4iitittetrb Miele:see. aterceldiTig annicliotht70. mixt-tiro has been Well beaten, droP by four inehea.af MAO haweon etI.°11 floured bakitig tit). Leave three or sPoonfnis on buttered and spoonfel for the' pinta to sWall and ..speacide eelairs are wished, press thi3 batter through •ft pastry bag in long narrow fingers, 13e0 ia e hot oven for thiety minetes, very eareful that the .pults ere perfectly crisp nrid baked to the heart before talciag them from, the oven, orthey will fall and be doughy, When cold split epee near the top and put in. cream fillingmade alter this. recepe Scald 4 pint of-urilk, pour it over three egg yolks beaten till thick, a quarter of a cup of floar, three-quar- ters of a, Cup Of sugar and a dash of salt. Return to the double boiler and cook till the niixture is of the 'consistency of custard, eiiering 11 steadily, Add one tablespoonful -Or vanilla and cool before Ailing the pun. Use Oa) 'same mixture to All the eclairs, pouring o'er each ond when Ailed p. maple or chocolate frosting-. If ou the puffs are not re- quired for one ma1, they may be saved for a few Cloys, freshened by putting in the oven, then filled. They are 'very nice • with a spoonful ea raspberry or strawberry jam insidci and wItipped eieem on top. Eat with a, fork. • HINTS TO1-1,0USEEEr..PE11S. A convenience in the kitchen, which, is simple and cheap and "mighty handy" 'on a busy daY, is a' wall shell, like the leaf of an •old-fashion- ed table, which can lid put up and held in place by a awinging •bracket, or dropped fiat against the wall who not in atse. One of these shelve ea in the pantry, covered With white enamel cloth, is convenient for bread and cake cutting, while that in the kitchen xnay hold •diShes, food, etc., on thrashing days or when the host- ess is entortalaing. The woman- who is lucky •enough to -own a mahogany bedroom set hates' to 'cover the top of the wash- stand with usual enamel cloth and linen cover almost as much as she, dislikes to see it defaced by use. She should try covering it with a piece of plate glass with beveled edges, made to At exactly. Ihinnan haddie is a salt fish that is better than the codfish 'on which housekeepers rely as a variation of the simmer menu. It • is excellent when broiled like salt mackerel, or. baked in the oven with a little water in the pan and a little drawn butter poured over it when served. • MISTA.KEN IDENTITY. Innocent Nan Serves Seven Years • in Prison. A dramatic instance of mistaken identity has ,just 00100 to light in the English Law Court. The Story commences in 1877, -when Monies Smith was convicted of defrauding -women of money and jewelry, .end senteaced to live years' penal servie taat •• The 'next Chapter was • in 1896, when Adolf Beck was charged, in. the 0111 Bailee', London, with similar of- fences. He stoutly maintained his innocence, but the women identified, him positively. Moreover, the Scot- land Yard detectives identified him with Smith in appearance, and even his handwriting coincided with that of the man who had been sentenced 19 years before, while the frauds were committed by, exactly the same method. Beck was then sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. On biosnerseieaisne he devoted his time and m an effort to rehabilitate himself and discover the real criminal, but all in ram, His cup of bitterness, how- ever, was not yet full. This year he was arrested again on exactly similar charges. He again protest- ed his imiocence, but 'again the de- ft -nettled women positively identified Beck. He was again found guilty, but sentence was postponed till July Ilis wf°alettiinn4e leitat:tolICyawaiting sen- 0lW turned. ' While Beck tence a man who gone the ramie of William Thomas was arrested on similar charees of frauds perpetrat- ed by rnetho%s like those of Smith in 1877 and Beck in 1896 end 1904. The officials of Scotland Yard are now convinced of Beck's innocence,' .while the women who identified Beck as a thief have now recognized the other man. DO SOMETHING- EACH DAY. Start Out With Determination to . Accomplish' Some Work. The one who starts out in the morning with a determination to do something during the day that will amouot • to soxnething, that -will be distinctive, that will have individu- ality, that will give him sa,tisfactiOn at eight, is a great deal more likely not to waste his day in frivolous Un- productive work .than the one who starts out with no plan. Begin every day, therefore, with a programme and determine that. let what will come, you will carry it out as closely as poseible. Fol- low it up persistently, day after day, an4 you will be surprised at the ee- suit, Make up your mind, at the very outset of ' the day, that you will ea- complish somethietg that Wit, ° amotiat to something' that you will not allow callers to fritter away your time, and that you will not permit the little arinoyances of your business to Spoil your day's Work, Make up your mind that you will be larger than the trifles Whicli cripple and (tramp mediocre lives, and that you will rise above petty annoyances' and interruptions, and earry out your plans in a large and commaad- ing way. Make every day of your life count I for eornething; make it tell in the getout results, not merely as an • eel- a ded day, but as an added clay with ItIoniething worthy achieved, • THE SUNDAY SCHOOT INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AlTde 14, Text of the Lesson, I. Kings 1-16, Golden Text I. Kings xviii., 1, Le our etude, of the life of. Elijah we must ever see him as a roan of 0 od, standing before (4 od, h,perina the voice of go'cl and speaking the word of God. Hearing impliea obey- ing, eo we see him doing iust what God told him unhesitatingly. A. man or cod • ie a God controlled man, . wholly in the bend of God, that O'od May be glorified in him. We left Elijah in our lest lemon in the home or the widow of Sere -plea the three extenetes of the home witnessing clay by deer tbe miracle of the conritant increase of tile meal anti oil ieccording to the word of the Lord, The incident of the death and re- • surrection of the widow'sson and the widow'steetimony, "Now by this I know that thou art 0 man of God and that the word of the Lord in, thy mouth is truth," closed the chapter, showing that the Lord (lot of Elijah could. not °illy miraculoatt 7." ler sustainlife, but also give life t� ' the dead. What an honor to Le ae representative of such a God and to, be in constant and conseioua touch' with rfina as Eilijali was! • According to the • Spirit's testi- mony through the Lord Jesus and through •James (Luke iv, 25; Jas. v, 17), Elijah spent three and a half years by the brook and in the ealdiers home, a, full year being spent in tbe latter (1 Rings xvii, 15), but noev the mune word of the Lard that sent him to his hiding places comes to him t with the message, "Co, ehew thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain up- on the - earth" (xviii, 1); and obe- dient Elijah went to show himself I to 'Ahab. When J oseph was told I to talc° 'Mary and the child Jesus' andego down to Egypt, the command! was, "Be thou there until I bring thee word," and the same messenger, brought him word *hen it Was time t for him to leave Egylint. God was managing; -Joseph had only to obey! (Vett. ii, 18, 20). Turning from Elijah for a moment, we• learn that Ahab had as rulerof bis house a Cod fearing man named' Obadiah, who, as his name implies - (servant of Jehovah), served the Lord in that ungodly boils*, remind- ing es of Joseph in Egypt and Dan- iel in Babylon and suggesting to us,. that it is possible to serve the Lard under any circumstances in which He may permit us to be placed. - About the time that the I,ord, sent Elijah to meet Ahab both Ahab and Obadiah started forth, Ahab' going 000ticierwaNyva3brybliimxiisinelittaieundObadiah(v eiase6)e alio'lli.:'? SOC if they could find water and erase to save the horses and nudes alive. Elijah met Obadiah and said to him, "(4o tell the, Lord, Behold, Elijah is here" (verse 8). . Obadiah replied that it was as much as his life was, worth to do such. a thing, inasmuch as Ahab" had causecl seeech to be made for Elijah everywhere and - * had taken an oath of every kingdom, , and nation that they could not., and him . (verses 9-14). Although Obadiah feared the Lord and was bravo enough to risk the vengeance of Jezebel when he saved alive a hundred of the Lord's prophets by hiding them in cavea at the tirne, that she attempted .to kill them alit,' yet he feared death, for note his, threefold. "He well slay rne" (verses, 9, 12, 14). 'But this is not strange for Abraham asked Sarah to lie, and he himself was not truthful con- cerning their relationehipa for fear , that he might be slain.' They had not revealed, to them tti those days that which we have re- vealed. to us eoncerning tho gain that 'death is to the believer (Phil. i., 23, 23:11. Cor. v., a), nor was it quite the same to the believer to die before Jesus Christ died and les° again that it has been. since. The captives W.110111 He set free, ae- coecimg, to ]ph. iv., 8, may have been the redeemed of the Old Testa- ment days, who until the resurrec- e tion and asecestion of Christ had not AI lie happigess which then became heirs. There are still many believers who are all their lifetime subject o bonelnge through fear of death, nit there is no need of it, for He is Wo to deliver from all seat cetera. Ialijah's reply to . Obatlialas fears vas, "As the Lord of hosts Rooth, afore whom I stand, I will surely hew myself unto hien this slay" verse 15). Compare evil., 1, and et us take as one of o-ur watchwords, 'The Lord •live,th before whom I, tend." Note in connection with it' •abriers testimony in Luece a, 19, •nd our Lord's 05-11 WOrde in John 1., 57. "As the living Father bath at Me, and I live by the Father, o he that eateth Me, even he shall veOiciabdy, Mo." lah,being encouragoa and ' as - tired, Went and told Ahab, elect hab went -to meet Elijah, end -wheel hey met, Meath fearlessly fold Ahab' hat he, not Elijah, was the• eause 1 all this trouble upon 'Israel, and e commanded hina to sane/ion the rophets of Baal, to Carmel, with 11 Israel, that the Cod of Terael ight publicly give- a token that He nly is the living arid tette God, Our ext lessen will fully 'describe this, here is great need toeclay of Eli - ohs who will promptly and ftely boy God arra either hide therneeIvea • ✓ fearlessly meet the alaapheming hubs as ,.the Lord may say, or do oth at once, for it is only as self hidden, reckoned dead, that , Gad an manifest Himself to the ungodly babe who would fain rule Him and is Christ off the earth, and out' f His book and, es inert 8115, run hinge themselvere exalting stelf albove very god and eecognizing no go -at the intellect of man and • noi ill but their own, Yet the eLordt fil' veth ,(Ps. xviii., 46). ------f------• i After a man atas bees eactreled beet, so Icing he becomes acclimated. leto, Corclelia, Joan of An ween't he wife 01 Noah, the axle header., 1. 1. -1 a 3