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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-9-22, Page 2itilESSAGE FEIN TIIE Intimate Relationship Between God and the Lilies of the Field (Catered accor(3ina to Act of the Par- liameet of Canaee, in the year One Thoueend aline Iiandred au( Four, Wei. Bally, of Toroato, at the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa) A deepatch•from Los Angeles says; Rev.]'rank De Witt Talmage preach- ed from the following text: "Consid- er the lilies of the field.," Matt. vi. 8. Jesus points us to the common &avers of the field and urges us to consider them, for they have a 'nese sage for the soul of mau. Through - 'Out the ages since Jesus spoke' these words, God has been planting Ills garden in the fields, and the fragrant blossoms, as they lit their bright faces upward to receive the sunshine and the rain, have been in their OWfl. sweet way bringing to ;nen God's message and helping to interpret His written word. What a picture our text brings before us,. Jesus seated on the green -carpeted slopeof the hillside, the group of faithful dis- ciples whom He has bot just formal - lee ehosen to follow Bina in His min- istry, standing behind Him, while be- fore Him and on either side the eager, attentive,. expectant 'Multi- tudes press to, hear Eirn, - And Jes- us, looking out upon that nreeltituele, sees the anxious, carewer-n and hungry -looking faces baize! which the starving, uneatisiled souls were keeping their vigil. He feels the throb of that restless life; He knows the anxious thought and trouble ,which follow relentlessly at the Sieels of those people like an evil .Nemesis; He understands the work -and' struggle which go on day after ..day—the anxiety, for the necessities of life and the fretting for the plea- •sures and luxuries. And that Jew- ish multitude •gathered about the Saviour in the Galilean hills was no different from the multitudes of to- day. There are the same anxious and careworn faces; there are the same hungry, Unsatisfied looks breaking forth from the starving soul; there are tbe same worry„ the same discontent, the same feverish pursuit for the perishable things of this life—for food and rahnent, for pleasures, and for worldly place and power. Jesus as He looks out over the world to -day from His throne in glory sees HUMAN NATURE THE SAME. . He can point us back to that scene which our text brings before us, and ask us to see there the faithful por- trayal in mina.ture of the condition of human heart and life to -day. But Jesus saw more than that fev- erish and anxious waltitude. He saw more than that human sea of faces, over which the furrowing marks of care and trouble and un- wholesome pleasures and indulgences had traced their indelible 'hies. Yes, if He had not, I verily believe His heart would have broken. In that human need and soul -hunger before, Hint there was naught to cheer His heart or bring gladness to the Di - ;vine eyes. But that was not all He • saw. The gross and the lilies of the field were there. He saw them, and • they spoke their sweet message of Cod's faithful care as the Creator and of their glad and humble faith and trust as the dependent creatuee, ;Bet the multitudes did not see. Ruthlessly and thoughtlessly they crushed the grass and rthe scarlet- . robed lilies under their restless feet. • They were pressing forward for they hardly knew what. Earthly care and material wants made --their hearts bard and their souls insensible ; to the Whispered message of the fair, glad flowers at their feet. And, oh, how that is true to -day! How this. • Materialistic age is crowding out all sense and thought of God, end yet how the lilies of the field., how the I birds or the. air, how all abounding nature would bring their messages to the heart of man and have him learn of God through them, and find in them the clear interpretation of His Word! The fields bring tlieir perennial message. It is old and yet ever riew. Jaws says to you and MO as we tarn our anxious, troubled, unsat- isfied hearts towards Him: "Consider the lilies of the field." Why? Net alone to drink in their beauty and to fill the passing moment with fra- grance and brightness. Not just simply to admire them and raptur- ously gush over their graceful out- lines and their excmisite ciolorings. Not, to examine them with the scien- tific: eye and regard them as so many more specimens for the colleetion. Not to regard them as the beautiful model to be painted into the land- scape and lend their beautiful color to brighten and CLOB.IFY TITE, PICTURE. Not any of these. • Jame was not talking to the gushing and sentimen- tal and nethetic, not to the botanist, not to the artist, ' Joses loved na- tura for more than her superficial self. Ile saw deeper than the exqui- site colorings and the picturesque and b ea ti t rut eombinati ons, He heerd the spiritual message which nature whispered. He saw 'under- neath tho benuty aed the fragrance the lessons which could reveal. God and God's Word. And so He saicl 'Consider the bike of the fleld,'' Have yeti considered them? Oh, ye% you, say, How love to wander through the fields, how 1 delight to search through the woods for the znoeees and the ferns and 1he tender violets which brighten the cool, shaded nooke. How 1 rejoice in the song of the bird, in the ripple of the etretine in the murmur of the trees as the hurrying breeze eicips from loaf to /eat and ecits them all to svhiepering of his visit and his hasty flight, in the Istwasz and hum oif the insect world! Oh, I leVe nature, I love to be with her, I love to com- mune with her. he brings rest and peace and quiet to my heart, Ah, yes, so she doeS, HoW eaSerli and faithfully nature ministers to man, irrespective of his moral or religious condition, But Jesus does not plead with us to "Consider the lilies ot the field" for the superficial and material gratification ot man. Ile wants us to consider them for the deeper spiritual lessons which they may teach us. "Consider the lilies of the field.'" because they speak, of God's faithful care, because they reveal a sweet faith, a hunshle trust, a willing obe- dience and a glorious misSion. God tlio Creator on His part giving to the little plant all it needs. And the created thing on its part pa- tiently, truatfully, humbly waiting within the circle of the Divine will. there to be made glorious and beau- tiful; whether it ie sunshine PS Storni, whether it is the chill and darkness of the night or the search- ing Ifeat of the day. And "if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to -day is, and to -morrow is cast into tbe oven, shall He not much more clothe you, 0 ye Of little faith?" There is vital and intimate relationship between God and the lilies of the field, but between God and man there is the barrier of un- belief, of disobedience, of WILLFUL DIVATIENCE. Between God and nature there is a cordial fellowship, but between God and man that fellowship has been severea through man's forgetfulness of God and his mad, eager rush after the things of this life. And do not think the lities are speaking to your heart God's message as you think beautiful and sentimental thoughts of God and eature and prate about God's care and love universal. The lilies speak a heart-searching mes- sage. It is one man does not like to hear, it is one which his heart is not sensitive to understand. Think you that you have heard the,. mes- sage when you rusli back to the city and, plunge with greater eagerness than before after the material things oi this life, and worry'and fret be- cause they do not come faster, or become discouraged mid inoroSe be- Ca:UM of the misfortunes and priva- tions of life? Think you that you have heard the message when, the fields behind you and the pavement of the city's streets beneathyour feet, you forget God and the 'lilies and seek first man and mammon, and care not so much about method. as that the coveted goal is reached? The proof that the message has been heard and understood is found in the seeking first the ICingdoin of Cod and His righteooseess, and proving the truth of God's assertion that all else needed for this life shall be added. And as the beautiful dress and fragrance of the lily which God so freely gives it make it a creation of exquisite perfection, so man in character and life would be as beautifully clothed and provided for as the lily if he put God and His righteousness first and nian's de- ' sires and seeming interests second. Man robs himself day eft& day be- cause he 'does net learn the message of the lilies cif the field. Our lily of the field might, if her will and purpose were not so firmly rooted in the place where God had planted her, roam the world overseeking the softest • of silks and satins,. choosing the 'daintiest of colors whith 'maxi could': obtain, • living to gratify every .seltsh wish and ambition,. and she Would fail,. miserably fail. There evould be no admiring glances at her beauty, there would be ture and useless and finally eternal death beyond the graVe. "Coesider, then, • the lilies of the field," for they teach of God's love and carty. of the beauty and suceese of liumale faith, area willing obedience and Pan tient waiting, •of, the fruitage of Christian eharacter which eau, conte only as the Soul is teund in Christ and Canist is found within the soul. STJNNY RAYS. Great Knowledge in Very Small • Doses. Mercury is the only liquid metal. Half the world's coffee comes from Brazil. • Asparagus is the oldest plant used for food. One swallow will pat at least 6,000 flies a day. There are 25,000 pores in the heads of a man. Every town in Mexlco has a public bath -house. Torpedoes were invented by an Am- erican in 1777. IIorseshoes of cowhide are now made in Australia. Iquique, in Peru, has never seen a shower of rain. The purest water in Britain is that of Loch Katrina Scarlet flowers stand drought bet- ter than any other. The population of the earth doubles itself in 260 years. Serpents will live six months or longer without food. • Colliers were slaves in England up to the year 1775. * By using a microphon.e it is possi- ble to hear a fly walk. . • The finest human hair is golden, • and red is -the coarost. The unexplored area of Canada is 1,000,000 square miles. The white poplar can be used as a natural lightning rod. The olive will live longer under wa- ter than any other tree. A locomotive going at express speed gives 1,056 puffs a mile. Oxen and sheep fatten better in company than when left aeon°. There is neither thunder non lightne pig within. the Arctic Circle. England makes $20,00Q,000 a year profit out of its post -offices. Perth was the last British town to abolish the tax on births. A Bank of England note measures five inches by eight •inches. The hair of the head grows faster in summer than in winter. Hayti devotes gthnost one-sixth of its revenues to free schools. In an ordinary white shirt there are no fewer than 21,000 stitches. Chinese will work nineteen hours a day without complaining. • Telegraph posts along a railway are arranged thirty to the mile. • The skeleton •alone of an average whale weighs twenty-five tons. There are forests of leafless trees in some parts of Australia. The Paris sewers are the largest and most complete M the world. One-third of the land surface of the globe is covered with trees. A man should weigh. twenty-six Pounds for every foot of hia height. The only animal besides man found all over the world is the dog. The hide of a cow makes twice as much leather as that of a horse. England's bill for sugar to make into sweets is $2,000,005 every weeklTea.ther will last longer out of • water than almost any other .flower. Lions in captivity an this country eat about eight pounds of meat a day. Paris has 115 inhabitants to the acre, while London has only filtn-one. Silver inoney 250 years old le still in circulation in some parts of Spain. • The Sandwich islanders estimate the beauty of women by., their weight. ' One of the most poisonous sub- stances known is an extract of peach stones. The feathers of the mirasol, an. Ar- gentine bird, fectch 51,100 per Pound. uioliatieidf0 itaatoiss which produces rais- rsn the only, one of the ins. • The finest shops in a Chinese city are those devoted to the sale , coffins. The British Isles compriswino few- er than 1,000 separate islands And islets. ' Twenty-five per cent. the. pope elation, of England have their lives insured. Four pounds of fresh leaves are re- quired to Make One pound of dried Land in Great Britain is worth. 300 times as much as it was 200 years ago. •. , One acre of land will comfortably support four persons on a vegetable diet. A cork tam is fifty years old before it produces bark of a commercial value. British Colonies are seventy times as largo -as the area of the •United 1Cingdom, The average amount of sickeess in human life is nine days out of • the year. The Skorryvore Lighthouse, off the Isle of '.1.'yree, is the largest on the Britigh coasts. ' S-777.• eq' tk************ HOME. * waff *********** SELFICTED RECIPES' jellied Chicken—This makes a del- ectable 4111C110011 or supper dish, and is a satisfactory way to serve an QM fowl. Cook until very tender, re- move skin and bones, and when cool chop very Inc. Allow the broth to cool, skim off all fat and boil until reduced to one pint, add one half a box of gelatine previously dissolved, season with•salt, white Pepper and celery seed, stir in the meat ancl mold in egg shells. When ready to serve, garnish avitli cress or parsley, and slices of lemon. Cooked Meats--,Sside from the well- known Pork a,nel beans and cornheof of army fame, there is a large var- iety of canned meats little known that aro invaluable to the housewife. if ourcha.sed from a reliable dealer and turned out on the earthen dish to air two or three hours before serving, they will be found deeirable adjuncts to the daily cuisine. One can get cooked roast beef and mut- ton, chicken, turkey, lamb and beef tongue, tripe, veal loaf and chicken tamale, and by removing from the tin, plaeing„ in an, earthen dish to steam, the hot rneat can be ready for dinner by the tine the vegetables are cooked, thus doing away with the hot fire neceSsara for roasting or honing meat. Chicken ,tamale is a Mexican dish greatly relished by peo- ple who .likehighly 'seasoned food. Creanted Sweetbreads.—Sweetbreads are not as generally, used as they should be, and at this season of the year when the a.ppetite needs tempt- ing with delicate 'dishes, some day try this recipe for creained sweet- breads, instead of • the usual roast. Far a family of four, parboil two pair • of sweetbreads for fifteen or twenty minutes and then separate in- to small pieces. Smooth two 'table- spoonfuls of flour with the same amount of smelted (not browned) but- ter, add a, enpful a milk or cream, season with salt and pepper, let, it boil, then add the sweetbieade aad serve very hot. Apricot Jelly—Stone eighteen apri- cots, cut them into slices, and place tharn in, a basin with the juice of two and a half lemons; then pour over them one and a half pint of boiling syrup, cover the basin, and leave the contents to cool. When almost cool, add one and half ,ounces of gelatine; mix this well in, strain into a jelly mould and leave to set. When set, serve on a dish garnished with thin strips of apricot. Oranges Filled With Jelly—Take half a dozen oranges that are per- fect; make a hole at the stem end 'about -half an inch in. diameter; take a teaspoon and remove the pulp, and then soak the oranges in cold water for an hour, then scrape with the epoon until they are smooth inside; rinse with cold water, drain on cloth and put them in ice box. Prepare pink and clear orange jelly, with the juice of two lemons added. Fill half of them with, the pink, the other half with clear jelly, and when they are set wipe clean and cut each or- ange in four quarters. Heap them in a pretty glass ;dish for the table. Cheese • Custard.—Better a baking - dish, put in a layer of bread cut in.pieces one inch square With crust removed, sprinkle thin -sliced cheese over the bread, *dust with salt and paprika, dr a few grains of cayenne. Add another layer of bread, and cheese, seasoning as before, using in all half a small loaf of bread one cup of chees.e and half a teaspoonful• of salt. Beat two eggs' slightly, add ono pint of milk, and pour the mix- ture, over the bread and cheese. Bake about half art hour in moderate oven. Cucumber Sweet Pickle.—Slice the cucumbers about one inch thick and, boil for one hour in weak, alum wa- ter; take out and lay in cold. water; let &remain till perfectly eold; then boil again in fresh alum water- half Etn:heur; drain 'the fruit well; Make NO FRAGRANCE IN THE •XIR.• a • syrup of one ,pound of sugar to. H()W she would, rob the world' and each- 'pound of fruit; to fifer p ounds Cod! And man is doing that , very fruit"one pound of cider Vinegar; thing. He talks of God's care and • boil the syrup; then put in the fruit, love and yet lm cloce not knoW what and boil it ' till transparent. Ade it means, because unlike the lily he mace, and if .the syrup is not „ thick is not willing to abide in. God's enough continue • to •boil after the will; lie is not willing to fill the place Cod 'intended; he is rebellious fruit ise removed. When coed., sprine at conditions add privatious; he is kle in some White mustard seed. • bound to have his own.. will and seek hls own way. The illy speaks of sweet, simple faith in 'God, of obe- dient surrender to. all. forces which will make for splendid ,growth , and glorious fruitage, of patient waiting through every experience in, life, whether it is the heat of.temptation or the darkness and chill of priva- tion's hour; whether it is the glad sunshine and refreshing shower of prosperity or the prostrating wind and hail of adversity.' It is the sweet, abiding trust in, God which brings that peace ann joy which pe.sseth all understanding. And the lily of the field in the light of Christ's solemn words declares to the so-ul of man that if he does not belong to Christ, if the regenerating power of the 'Son of God ie eot felt, ff His life is not flowing through the human lifo, that that life is dead and withered • as far as the eternal and enduring things of God are con- cerned. That flower is the glory of the plant, and God has declared that He has created man for His glory. But how wild the lily apart from. -tbe plant revesn the glory of that plant, and how can inati apart from God and out of felloWship with God manifest end reveal the glory ot God? jefsus Christ camo bite the world to reveal God to meet to man- ifest forth IIis glory, and He accom- plished His mission only as lle faithfully and persistently, kept 111S place in the Father's will. He bore the beautiful 'fruitage of a God -like character, Aed the oni,v way for man to grow the fruits of re Christ - Mee ,character is for himto abide in the Christ, This, then; is one of the leffeonS which the Illy would, teach as, Apart from , the plant, aseless arid imitaiture.and dead. Apart from Clatfit, an imperfect character, inema,•, • CHANGEABLE ROSE. 'rho Chinese, Ja,pariese, and Siam- ese are peculiarly- skilful at botani- cal feats, One of their woliderful achievements is known es the "changeable rose." The, bloom is white in the shade and red In the sunlight. After night or in a dark room this curiosity of the rose fam- ily is a pure, waxy -white blossom. When transferred to the open air the transformatn immediately steps in, tbe time of the entire change of the flower from white to red dePending on the degree of sunlight and warmth. First the petals take on a kind of washed or faded blue color, 1.1.11d rapidly change to a faiet blush of pink. 'Phe pink graduelly, deepens in hue until you find that your white rose of an hour before is as red as the reddest peony that, ever bloomed. "She said ,the Would trest rrie for ever with- her heart." "Well, that, was eati dad° ry. ' , "Vcs and • then We fell out about who would tarty' thO Caramel Ice Cream.—One-third cup-. lel of thin cream or one-sixth cupful of each Of heavy cream and milk, one and a half teaspoonfuls od granulat- ed sugar, one tablespoonful of boil- ing water, one-quarter teaspoonful of vanilla, a grain of salt. Put sugar in a small suncepan; place on range and stir eonstantly until melted. Add water and boil until mixture is, re- duced to one tablespoonfuL Add create very slowly, vanilla, Salt, then freeze,. USES FOR KEROSENE. According to MaTy. Taylor Ross, kerosene is geed for a great many things besides -filling lamps. Everybody knows the use of kero- sene in washing; it need not be in- sisted upon here. The windows, mirrors, pictutd glass, etc., can be made bright and sparkling by using very hot water in which a spoonful' of kerosene hds been put. Wring a cloth out of thia quite dry, rub over the glass, wash the next in the same way, thee go back to the firet window and wipe it dry with a large eon cloth. The wiping dry seems to impart- a Shine with no extra rubbing'. Paint can be cleaned by rubbing with a flannel rag wet in kerosene; woodwork ie natural finish in *the saraThee N'Wvaiiio spots on the 5100 Enid); of the refrigerator, if rubbed with kerosene will disappear. After ap- plying the oil, leave tbe refrigerator open, and in a kw hours wash with hot water, soap, and a ,little am- monia. Wipe the zinc under the steve With a e1oth 'lipped in kerosene entry other day and „it will have the peeeliar white shine Zinc should haVe, When the sewing machine runs hid, oil it all over with kerosene and run the , machine, withoitt sew- ing, long enough to let the oil reach' every crevio; then oil With any good machine 9,11. It will run, so =eh easier that it will soon like new. It iron sinks are wiped out once a week with kerosene they, will pot rust. , Do it atnight arid there will Ise no odor by morning. . Next inorn- ing pour boding water into which you have put a handfel of sola, down the draw and it will free the PiPe of greasy accumulations. Ilse at least a gallon of water. a ,Nothing cleans an enameled bath- tub, or a zinc one, so quickly. as ker- osene. Soak a rusty knife in kerosene and it will be made bright, , A FEW Hmrs. • Tansy leaves, scattered around spots infested by aunts will cause them to disappear. Cheese limy be prevented from be- coming mouldy if wrapped in, a piece of clean linen soaked in vinegar. When ink is spilled upon linen try dipping the damaged material in hot tallow; it seems to absorb ,the ink and after washieg the strain will he foiled to have disappeared, When Hot cloths are needed in sick- ness it is often difficult to wring them as hot and as dry as they are wanted. One wayl is when the cloth becomes cool to lay it on a board and put a hot iron on it. This heats It again as hot as it can be borne. Cloths. should be used in alternation,. o.enmeobveeilng., heated while the other is in useth ,- or just before at in use is i Everybody knows how the casters of the bedstead, dressing -bureau, and, other pieces of heavi' furniture den.t and finally, -wear out the matt- ing under them. A correspondent of the Country Genleman recommends making pads of heavy leather covered with calico on cretonne to place un- der the castors and prevent this dame age. In buying matting, allow fully six inehes to turn under on each breadth. The ends should be hemmed like a carpet, then they do not ravel out. It is a 'mistake to think matting mods no lining: It wears much long- er and treads better if the floor is spread • with newspapers and these overlaid with a good carpet lieing. In sweeping matting, always make the strokes across the breadths. Use a soft broom; a harsh stiff one wears and breaks the fiber, " Water rots the fiber of matting, therefore in wiping it wring the cloth very, dry. • Salt and water will brighten matting. Grease Spots ca,n be removed with blotting paper ana a warm iron. EAGLE AND STURGEON. Met Death Together in a' pattle " We had been camped fora), few days at a point *on the upper reaches of the Pie River, waiting for other members of the party, writes a cor- ,respondent of Forest and Strealn. One source of amusement. was watch- ing the descent of a large ,bald-head- ed eagle into the eddy at the back ef the point. He came from_ an im- mense height, and struck, the water with great force. At times he would dive uuder the surface, to reappear a moment or two later with a fish clutched in his claws. Then he would fly, freighted with his fish, to a mountain, on the overhanging crest of which the nest with his mate and young were quite visible to us with our field -glass. I had notced his successful plunges and his journeys to the nest for 'two, mornings.. On. the third morning a shadow coming across the sun's rays caused 1110 to 100k '111), and there was ,the great bird at his usual hunt to SuPply, the young eagles with break- fast. With his keen eye piercing the river depths, he 'seised over a particular spot for a few moments, and then shot down with the velocity of -a canncin-ball. The waters parted, and the eagle was lost' td iSW. I watched to `see him emerge with his prey, but the surface' of, the water remained undisa tallied. • What 'could it mean? it passed my reasoning powers' to scilve the result of that plunge. • • Thep fir down, fully a quarter of a mile, 'off, 1 saw the great bird • struggling 'either to carry off a heavy burden or to free himself from one. The Waters were lashed into 'foam, and the bird again disappeared, and all hwasiasstiflnl. fs hg of the water and d i s - appearance were repeated again, each time farther down -stream. A bend in the river prevented my seeing' the final result. Calling one of our men, I embarked with him in a eerie° and started down the river. • 'When we had doubled the point be- low, I saw, lodged against the beach in a small bey, something that did not look natural to the place. We paddled down and found it' was my eagle, fixed fast to a sturgeon. Both were motionless. The stur- neon was fully six feet long. rilie royal fish and the royal bird had met death together, . HOMELESS IN LONDON. From an investigation made by the • medical officer of the LontlOn county council, according to a writ- er in a recent issue Of the Mediae! Record, it is estimated that one in every 2,000 of the population of the city of London ie homeless. A census of the persons who could riot pay for a night's lodging in the cheap- est of lodging houses aad passed, the night out of doors itt the streets, nr -under arches, or in the recesses of front, doors, or on landings and: staircases of tenements tvhere the doore had been left open, revealed' secha menber in a certain district that the officer felt justified to make the estiiriate presented to the coen- cll. On the night this itivestigation was undertaker). ,there Were 0,000 *va- cant beds 111 the ledging hintees. Maud--"I•te a little uneagy in my mind. Ned asked 'Il11,1 to marry hoer and I told hint I might, SOMO day,, New, would you call that a prom- ise?" Marici--"No, 1 should eall it a threat.'t ;HE SUNPAT SC11001 INTzENATIontAx. LESSON, SEPT. 25. Text of the Lesson., A* Comprebene sive Quarterly Review. LesSon I,""7"Ple Kings xii 12a20) Golden Text, Prov. xvi, 18„ "Pride 'goeth'before destrue- -Lion and a haughty spirit before a' fall." How often one is led to think of the word, .",Surely, the wrath of man shall praise Thee, the re,( maincler of wrath shalt Thou re- strain" (I's. lxxvi, 17). Because of Solomon's sin God said He wonld take the kiegdorn from him, leaving howeVer, a Small portion of it for David's' sake, This' lesson tella how that was brought about, Rollo- . hewn seemingly acting his own pleas- ure, but God overruling for His pues Losson II,..—Jeroboam's idolatry (I Kings xii, 25-33), Golden, Text, 1,, John, v, 21, 'Keep yourselvesc* store idols." Jeroboam knew that 0 od had given him the, kingdom, bet he could not truet God to keep that which Ile had given him, so.11' • wrought out a little plan of his ow that the kinerceom might not get' away from him, and this plan , wael in open defiance of, and disobedience, to God., , ••I.essen 'good' reign (III - xvi. 1-12). Golden Text,: Chron. xiv, 11,, "Help as, .0 Lord our God, for We rest on Thee.", Ita is refreshing to turn from Beth asI Relieboam and Jeroboam to one who' •hoWever imperfectly, • had, faith MI God. The manner of his life was nto, do good and right in the eyes of thes Lord, arid that is ,everything. Note the words following the -golden text,, "In, Thy name we go." Lesson IV.--Jahoshaphat's reform (II Chron. xix, 1-11). Golden Text,' II Chron. xix,-11, "Deal courageoue, ly, and the Lord, -shall be .with tho good." Verse 6 might have been a better golden text, 'Thus shallye do in the fear of the Lord, faith- fully and with a perfect heart." Je-1 hoaaphat's heart was lifted up in the' ways of the Lord (xeriii, 6), anti hol had a great •and wonderful vietoryl over His enemies (chapter 20), butl in this lesson he is: rebuked for helal trig the ,ungodly. - • Lets= V.--Omri and Ahab (II Kings xvi, 23-33). Golden Text,: Prov. xiv, 64, "Righteousness ex- aleeth cenation, but sin, is a reproachl to the people." In. eontrast witit! the two preyious lessons we haVe in this lesson -two men who did arearel evil than all that -were before thern.: WOmorrsie..was very wicked, but Ahab wee) ,• Lesson VL‘ -'-God taking care. of Eli ja.h (I. Kings xvii, ,Golde* Text, I Pet. v, 7, "He careth for you." We might ',not -think that bread end flesh ,brought by ravens and water from the brook was very , good fare; neither might we be in. love witli constant rations of meet and oil. We might not like lonely tent life by the brook nor even the widow's humble home, but to sixth as iel, even, the item' of food .was•_,' • Elijait'or John the Baptist or ti)afoi-1, minor matter. * • Lesson, Vale—Obadiah- and Edijahl, (I. Kings xviii., 1-16). Goldoni' ,ext, I. Kings xviii., 12, "I, thyl servant, fear the Lord .from my, youth." Elijah in his lonely places( and Obadiah in the h:ouee of ungodly( Ahab both -feared and served the/ Lord according to ability "aiia op -i porturtity, as fel' as we know. The Christian who truly desires to serve the Lord may, fully trust Him to) manage all the details of his life. ' Lesson V.111.—E1lja,h on Mount Carmel '(I. Kings xviii., ao-46).i Golden Text, I. ICinas xviii., 21, "It. the Lord be God; follow Him.", "In; Elijah see a man filled with a d,eeirel that God may 'be glorified and that) people may know Hint as the living, end true God. David had the same 'desire when he went teeth against' goliatti, and Daniel and his friends, When they went to -the furnace and the lion's den: •• • •Lson ,discoeraged ,(Tie Kings. *ix *, 1,S) • Golden Text Pfs' cxx, 1, "Jo .my distress I. cried mi- te the-.LLord; and • He .heard. me." The enly was- of peace and victory is im mind stayed upon Jehovah, see- ing to' one but Jesus onface Hoar - ever strong we may be in the .Lord, we .are utterly weak anti helpless in ourselves, and the moment we .al- low ourselves to dwell upon people, or circumstances, we sink like Petexi when he took his eyes oil the Lord. Lesson encouraged ((IL Kings six., • 9-18 ) . G olden Text, Isa..xli., 10, "Fear thou not, for I am with , ITt iraist, not have looked quite as hopeless to Elijah when he learned from ,God*I-Timself, that there wets; 7.300 yet in Israel who h,ad net bowed tlie knee to Baal and that, he was wit the only wit- ness on whom the Lord could rely. Lesson taken up into heaven (DICirtes ii 1-11).Golden Text, Gen. v., 24; "He was not, for God took him." It is net wise nor brave te covet death, even thought death be a gain. It is better to , leave all to God and be etteng itt Him. We '111ElY TIOVer tile (I, Coe, xv„ 51, 52; I. Illeee. iv., 16-180,' arid until we leave this rnoi•tal body or get a glorified one we shall never have more to bear .than He Will ,give• Ifs grace for. Lesson XU.'—Israel reproved (-Amos V, 4-15). Golden Text, , .A.mos v,, to-crd'efonaerlderve'le'YtlhliallIgl hal• :for Israel. na was their Redeemer from the bondage of. Egypt, their Lawgiver, their Jtielge, their Hiag. Ho only a.sked of them a willing obedience that Ile might bless these - and make a blessing, lint they Ore - el away from and worsbipped hiol If We are in aty way turned from Him, lie is earnestly calling, Colit unto. me and I will give you e0et, ' When would yeti consid, er is the best time to offer, a girl your hand?" 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