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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-02-27, Page 7LeieSON Ia.—.,iARCH i, rgo8. Jesus ITe.ds the Five Thousand,—John fit r -2r, Cotnuu0» tart''—l. The gathering mul- titude (vs, 1.. The twelve apostles oho diad been sent nut oro Galilee were preaching and healing the sick, when the news reached them that Joan the Bap- tist had been beheaded by Herod Anti - pas, in '1i tcherits castle. The disciples ee• eordie ly hastened to Jests at Gaper - 110 1101. aper•1101101. t tour Ca ,scutal they all retired by bunt, Jimmie the -Sena of Galilee to the lonely plain et the footof tiro hills neer Beilsaidm jwst outside of the (tom- inions of Herod )lntipas. "They needed this retirement (1) for physical rest, (2) for instruction, (3) for communion with Gcd." 13nt tthen the people saw whore Jesus, wvs going they resorted thither front). all directions. This is typical of the 'great world-wide throng which is coming -together front Chita and India and Africa and the islands of the sea to tearire the true Bread at the hands of Jests Oast, 1'ractical,ly the whole scald is oftllhtg for the gospel; and Ibis: sivaty activity is increasing rapidly. Money is begimning-to flow into the coffers of the missionary societies and there is no hack of consecrated souls who aro ready to go to the ends of the earth to carry ,the good news of a ern: cified and risen saviour. The IIoly Spir- it is endorsing t:he work lard 'eneouny;- ing reports t re being, received from all quarters. Let (hose who may still be in - native in this work freed the great com- mand (Melt, 28, 10)' and go forth in his mane to rescue t]io lost in heathen `lands. TIie whole world must be gather- ed at the fret of Christ. H, Jesus , confers with His Dispicles (vs. 5-0). 5. Lifted up IIis eyo—This was in the afternoon toward evening, When the day began to wear away" (Lake 9. 12). The Jews had two ownings; the first began. ai three o'clock, the second at six o'clock. A .great company --He was moved with compassion and walked among the people, tcaolting them many things and healing their sick, IIis Ins• eiples called a-tteetior to the feet that this was a desert place, and as the mul- titado lead been..there since morning, et' was time to dismiss the people so- they eould go and buy victuals, lest they faint by the way (ld ttt..14, 15.) He saith to Philip --He was probably the provid- er for the Dispicles, as Judas was the treasurer, Whence shall we bay bread —Christ had fed their souls, and heal- ed their Nunes, and now Ise purposes to feed their bodies. 0. To prove Hhu—Philip had known Jesus for more than two )ears, and it was now time that he, and the rest, of the apostles, should begin to have high conceptions of Christ's ability. Kasen• what Ho would do—"Out' Lord is neve' at a loss in IGs counsels, but in the Most difficult ease He knows what course He will pursue." Christ propos- ed the question to test Philip's faith. 7. Philip answered—Our Lord saw that, His apostles needed lessons in faithland this miracle was as much for their ben- efit as for the benefit of the hungry multitude. Two hundred pennyworth— The penny was a silver coin and was worth about sixteen cents, The value of the bread they needed• would be, there fore, about thirty-two dollar's. "This up - peens to have been all that our Lord and ail of IIis disciples were worth el 'this world's goods." 0. A lad here — `' Thu multitude had 110 thought of their temporal necessities, so asueios were they to see turd her Jesus, and this lad, "who had charge of the provisions of the company to which he belonged," had all that could be found. Loaves... fishes•—"The' loteves were round, flat; cakes like large crackers," Barley was their poorest food. "The fish were small, dried, or pickled, and were eaten with bread,- like our sardines," 1I. The multitude fed (vs, 10, 11). 10, Slake the men sit—la orderly ranks for the convenient distribution of the food" Murk says they sat by lumdrtwts and fif- aies, "They appear here as heals of fam- ilies around arhom, in many cases, woven sand children were grouped, though the teen alone were arranged in companies said minde -e.tl. while the ea , n ren were served separa a., ntealtal d I y, , custom re'quit'ed Lange, ,a u„a, gales —The grass was ready fur mowing at this timeof the year.-....,,tt aes tomu- sand—Besides Women and children (Matt. 14. 21). There mast have been ten thousand persons fed, Jesus had ern—ingest theme au they could easily be counted. 11, Juts took the loaves—"Thus net. ing like the nuester of a fancily among the Jests, who took the tread into his hands to give thanks to God, before any. , nt the table. were permitted to cat ` Jesus had otte loaf for a thousand men, besides the women turd children. We may hrts-e but little, but if we will give the little we have to Jesus,He will mul- tiply it a thou -rand -fold and pa:. ;i hack to us, acrd grant us the pia uege •:t pass- ing it out to the stalwing, sin -burdened multitudes. Given thank, --Jells thus sets its an example; we should never est without 'first thanking God for our food and asl<mg Ilia blessing upon it Distributed to the diseiplesThere has been much discussion as to ,just how the miracle.was performed. Did. the Bread unaltrpily ii.the hattels of Jesus, or in the Bands of the disciples, or, as some think; did the disciples pat a piece of bread and fish in the hinds of those who sat at the ends of the ranks ivitli orders to give it to their congru11oe? There is ne doubt but that •tlie food multiplied all along the line . Jesus handed out to His disciples; it increased in their hands as 'they handed out to the multitude, and as it was passed from one to an- other the bre;td and fish continued. to 14,11 111 111.11 a n 11. enough and to spate. The fishes as mucic as they would—This mus not mean that there Avas a scarcity 'of fish, ,t that ad ate as unteh as `they eared to. t'. The Fragments Gathered Up (vs, -1 �. 11'hcu filled—Here is ane mif- c u' our Lord t1ested by at least five thousand pelyons. -Clarke. No one need .ver Mame Christ's table hungry, He is 1 bac to s:tisfe' every demand of soul and body. Ile is'the Broad of life. Whether 511 demand "little or much it is an easy matter for Christ to fill us, 'I.lur„ „ lutl'eieas in His mercy and love that only those who 'at- can uudeustand. b'rag- mentn—'1hebroken picess which remain oyer. -R. V, 'That nothing lie Lust -- I he design is to bring out the precious- uessof the fond which Jesus had given. —Seh tfF 13, Twelve buckets—The word translated "baskets" means leelasts or wallets. 'Che twelve baskets were prob- ably the twelve wallets. of the twelve apostles, which they carried on thgir journeys,—Ut, l.k�ctns, Jesus evidently intended that He and the apostle -s should :Al the pieces as their needs demanded i1e11, V. The popularity of Jesus (vs. 14, 15) 14, Then those men—"The 1100010." —13. V. The mintely About which there could be no doubt, 'Prat]—An expression de- noting certainty, That prophet —All who drit.d Dena this wonderful ntirae'Ie were so profoundly impressed with it that they said there can be no doubt but this is the Messiah -the Prophet that should roue into the world, ac- eording to the prediction of Moses (Omit, i8. 10-18). 15.—Whey at once planned to take Jesus by force and melee hint a king. But Jesus knew that such a thing could not be, but that in a few hours this wave of popularity would subside and the Pharisees would be plottu g against Iris life. tri li , Verses. 10.21 are parallel with Hatt. 14, 22.33; Mak 0. 45150. Jesus "cam- straiiled"--cotnanianded —the disciples to enter aboat and start for Clalwrununl. Then He seiil away the multitude and withdrew: Himself into a mountain te'here He spent the nightalone: in prayer. Jesus was conscious that a crisis had, conte and by communing with Ills .God He wonld prepare Himself for the bitter conflict just before hint: W.hfle Jesus was pra.yang the disciples were struggling with a head wind: They had started at 0 p. ins and Jesus cause to tient in the fourth watelt--between 3 nand 0 a. in. 'Amy were going in obed- ience to Christ's command, uend yet they were hell by e "eonttvnry' ,wiinf-sotlutt during all of these weary hours, they had only gone between three and foul' utiles, Difficulties before us are not ne- eessarily a proof that we areoutof di- vine order. Jesus came to them walking on the sea. tier, were three imraelet i0 one: 1. IIo knew of their distress. 2. lie knew where they were in the dark- ness. 3, 1h' walked 00 the water, After , their fears had been ablaved, - peter I walked on the • wetter to Jesus (Matt. 14, 28.31). 'Tet the wind ceased, "ted immediately the ship ads at the land whither they went." Then they worship, ped Hint. They could restrain themselves no longer, but on a "rapture of wonder. devotion and reverence" they fall et His 'feet and openly declare, "Thou art the Son of God." 1'AAC'1'1CAL APPLICATIONS. This incident in the life of our Lord not only declares to the:, world His di- vinity, out also teachers its a lesson of faith and service, It breather forth His nature and mission, and inspires to la- bor for the lost. 1.:1 hungry world. "They have noth- ing to eat' (Allure 6, 36),. While ('twist urs feeding this multitude the eyurld 51:415 in the deepest ,seed of moral help, was hungering for the living bread. The Jewish (hue]; represented the hest that existed in the religious world, but it doctrines had been perverted, its truth] had been glossed over, and its practices had beeeme corrupted. The system was only an empty ceremonialism. The pagan religions could furnish nothing its eont- mendable even as Judaism. 'hone, wits a • famine of the Pure s'o'd of trude The greatest need of that age was the gos- pel. Il. A bountiful supply. "When Ile hod given thanks, Ile 11101ri11111ed" (0. 111. A'ite Supply, to all appearances, was small and in no sena preoertionate to the needs of the multitudes. Itis not stream,, that the diodones should be amazed .11 the tiuuglla of an attempt. to teed las hungry multitude tvitll the ri ible supply at and, 11 is 01 Len a temptatwoa brought to bear upon. Christians tlutt the wo9a's mo0al needs are so Hee at, 1011,1 the, bearers of the gospel message are uu f,'o that it would be useless lo try to meat those needs. 1\'e notice, however, (hat the supply, small is it was, was de'btcd to the purpose that wile in Christ's mind., ]fere is encouragement for, the servo 10 of God. If we place ourselves at this disposalof the tori Ile atm make ofits what Ile will, while it n'e withlmtd our- selves we utterly fel of tiecomplishing His design, • 'What the Ind had wits food, the vett' lhieg most needed itt the time, 'ala mister made 1100 of W1141 10.1S ,alaiithll'. Ile ora0 also to settl'elt out (011,1;, '1a,, 01 Mimi. I1 there had bael itt tad nus -.rag' the multitude, to if that whs11 isms' fouv:d Was not tit His dtspmsal, it would have been a small ihillter with Ham to change the :donee thereabout Otto bread. A lesson lane for us to leant is, that (lad employs means that exist and arc available iu decrying forward Ills work, The grace of Crud abottiids to satisfy the 10115105 soul, The rivet' of L:zckiel's vision typifies the umrratsing and abound Mg nature of God's grace Apparently small and of little importance, it is go ins out to reach earth's remotest hounds, uutal the limit, "To every .creature," hs reached. Clirist'e gospel is not,- in itS very nature, to he circumscribed. As long as sneers lire, in time, its inherent clergy impels its extension, I11. The distributing agency, "Give ye I%k Thousands of .American women in our homes are daily sacrificing their lives to duty. In order to keep the home neat and pretty, the children well dressed and tidy, women overdo. A female weakness or dlsplaoement is often brought on and they suffer in silence, drifting along from bad to worse, knowing well that they ought to have help to overcome the pains and aches which daily make life a burden. It is to these faithful women that LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND comes as a boon and a blessing, as it did to Mrs. W. Barrett, of 602 Moreau St., Montreal, who writes to Mrs. Pinkham: "Por years I was a great sufferer from femaleweakness, f a and despite every remedy given me by doctors for this trouble, 1 grew worse. "One day a friend advised the to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound. 1 did so, and am thankful to 'say that it made me strong and well." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia F. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills and has positively cured thousands ot? womenwho have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear- ing -down feeling, flatulency,indiges- tion,dizziness,ornervous prostration. Why don't you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. ,Address, Lynn, :lboos. - them 'to eat" (Matt, 14, 16). As the bread and fish were there to be distrib- uted, 00 the disciple's were there to pass it around, receiving it from the Master's ham's, . Human instrumentalities 'arc employed in His service. The very disei- Ides w'he1i1 Christ employed to hand out thread to the famishing sero to feed the spiritually turnery, 1). IS. Warner. ♦.• CANADIAN CHEESE. To t.he. Editor Sir, --711r. Geo, 11. Barr, a member of my staff, who was official referee of butter and cheese at Montreal last sen - 0011, in speaking of his work at the pent dairy eanventiot hold at Picton, Ont, made the statement that "only 2 per cents of the cheese whtoh he exalu• ined were of No„1 grade.' This state• hent has been widely quoted as show- ing a serious condition in the Canad- ian cheese trade. As there is nothing in the statement itsolf or in the WO of the ease to warrant such a conclusion I ask your permission to make. the' follow• - (15 exploitation. As Mr. :Rao' explained in his state- ment, Ise examined less than half of 1 per cent, or about one lot out of every 2(10 lots of cheese received nt ilfontreal during the season, and further, as he was asked to examine only those lots which had been condemned, by the Our - chasers it is nut surprising that only 2 per cent. wen, first grade,. The sli0w- ing is a remarkably good one rather than a bud one. As a matter.of fact, the 1111/1117 of Canadian cheese never stood as high as it does at the present time. More improvement has been made in the last year or two than for many years previous. the write' has justre- tainedfrom a lengthy visit to the mar= kets of Great Britain and can 'speak with confidence ou that point. B,y hiving space to this explanation, .yon will greatly oblige, J. A,' Ruddick, Dairy and Cold Storage C0111 Iuissietncr. FROZEN MILK. - Method of Preservation Yet to -'Be Tested -on Large Scale. Whenever milk SCaree iu the ealies sonlelrmiy comes forward and suggests that it be shipped from distant points iu a croon i eondation This ideaTuts been frequently sig gested dining �the past years, but it does ,tat' -ecru to be eouling into practical use. The latest suggestion is that the fresh milk should be frozen by submerg- ing the sealed cans in brine chilled far below the meltin5 ;point of ice. The milk week not only be frozen, but would be vended still further to tt hard, Ory, elan m�f. i-�a, 14'010m,n , 'r,- n rti a ttvo beforo the entire ma., 4. .105 to a meltbug point, the Iceeping ee 11 sties being much siiperior to that ,:1 mall which is merely frozen at comm.., camera Imre. The operating pian would b , t :I, .isim a freezing plant, at the a ',. . til mill. station:,, Ow ,rout,: i .. , � tie shipped in ordinary cans t t t.. ilei r •twiny eeith the present (nigh a,.. f 1 A lgen'ssting cals, - tt is claimed that frozen ciiis 1, 1 over a 11101111 ill ,t tefrigcutlm-; so: showed no ehd1ege It taste on bears,_ tib that the cream remained eteid mixed printwheel the solid 151105 a-, rising, 1 as It it'll g, old when milk is kept liquid at low temperature, 11ill, for freezing r W cald need to lie in flesh clean condition when frozen, els' I. keeping period would be very short aft. r melting. If this plan ever conks set favor it would greatly increase the cos: petition to the business of supplying milk in the great cities, Dry Farming, , (Christian Endeavor \9orld) Every American snonld be greatly 1, terested in the wonderful advance of pus- sibilities for the.West owing to the dis- covery that much of the land Ite•etelor thought to be arid can be fumed wits great profit without irrigation. 13y des. farming” the wheat belt has already bet n moved into Eastern Colorado fairly 1 the foot of the Rockies, and where In- line will stop no one can predict. '11ws. Oolorado dry hinds, that lied lee thought useless except for a iittlt toes ing, produced last year au average bush 1 f w bushels , hent to the acre, time lead lugthe entire country. The steam plow is the chief factor is tho miracle. It will ploy, pack, linnet; and seed thirty or forty acres a day, at a cost, including seed, of less than t' dollars an acre. The plowing and seed ing are one operation, so that there is it chance for the ground to lose, what mois- ture is in it, Moreover, the modern fer- nier drives his weeder and turrets with out compunction through his growing wheat, not minding if he does destroy some of the stalks, knowing how' 11caa:0 nary it is to pleseeve the 111,110110 breaking up the soil. It is believed tl:nl if the land is thus cultivated, 111 leest five hundred million acres of land weal of the Missouri Rive', that have been considered grid and barren, may be transformed without irrigation foto error. mou.sly productive wheat fields. HERD OF 20,000 SHEEP. Moved to Wintek riange in Utah Un• de' Heavily Armed Escort. Under the escort of a small sized army of heavily armed mot combined herds of 20,000 sheep are being driven from the summer ranges in Montrose Comity, (.'ole, to the winter t'Un;es in l'fnh. )u order to retch the lattr section it was ncces cry to pass Borough that por- tion of the western slope heretofore used exclusively 'by cattlemen. Because of the alleged damage clean by sheep to grazing lands, cattlementrenuously ob- ject to their presence ilD'any numbers whatsoever and frequently in the past attempts to drive across a cattle range have resulted in assaults on the herds, murders and the wholesale slaughter of sleep as a warning that tiro offerees Must not be repeated. 0 - This year the flock masters who sum- mered their sheep in Montrose County combined for protection and are driving their animals in one big bunch in. charge of thirty herders with ninety armed men :es guards. This typical western carava-n has so fru' met with no determined oppo- sition. The 20,000 wnelies snake nn ilnpt'es- Sive sight, stretching in a solid mass al- most ns fa' as the eye can reach.—Dem ver Post, TACK IN BOY'S`TONGUE, Ohio Teacher's Cruel Method of Punish- ment. Clrichsville, Ohio, Feb.- 24.-- Humane (ifficcr Jnekson to -day :snore out a war- rant in New Philadelphia for kiss Chula Stirling, twenty-four years old, It teach- er at the County Childretis Hone, back - eon decilitres ,hies Stirling confessed to him that she Move a tack tIeroi I1 the tongue of eight-year-old Siutpsuu Fowler, an mutate of time home. 'pie affair was made public by P. AC. Chap)enn, the janitor, who declares be salty the oecuerence. The humane officer investigated, and .says the boy alleged he was punished with the tack foe a trivisl violation of the rules. Visa Stirling is rniece of dope'intet- dent Nugent of the ]tone. , TO CBE A COLD IN ONE DAY 'rale LAXATIVE 13110140 Qulnlne Tablcue. Det1ggaste refund mtnnny 1f it falls to cure. G. 30 GROVE'S signature to on 0500 box. 11.e. ♦-o MARTIN VS. VERVILLE. Labor ISetr:iier Ccnnpclled to Pry D:.r- ages and Costs. 31e1dret1, Feb. 21.-- Mt Iplietsc Verllle, 31. 1'., must pay lir. pedes•, Ala'tiii, 11, 1'., 8250 damages, besides ^r in Inc Superior costs of n sot 1 Court and Court of Ring's Benet', eecordin t0 a decision handed down by the lat- ter court, The stoat was entered by Ald. Marlin shortly after leas cleetiodeto the ark:, 111,,• date. 311 on511 House of Commons, in reply, anent his candidacy by Alf who was supporting the Lebo The Superior Court consider Martin lied suffered d:uitage8 Mr. Vetrille. ea�rr He- 1\'hy', won>) y'Uu- Marry one? shall do 111y best to be 0 bread winner. She—That's just the trouble. 1've al- ways Lways been used to cake. r Witi i i s .A., � i,a Sent to )i.;: For wi ilia; a :.ot t f sit liana. Toronto dcspatliII C bap n ei it ho recently nevi,(r out of su11s r'a.nging. from ai In '0.I:i nu u smooth Story of uwim tI n,. f,1 ilium at e1ne(o's University, was 11-11413 111 the Yukon Court tient to Ow Central' noun for thirteen months. The men, hapman promised, would go( 12,3(1 for corking only two hours a dal, while ata' would wear a smart, uniform :and Iieve the use 01 the library and all the ron,forts of home. Chapman surer them to an agreement, acting as no- tary, and thea examined them in his capacity of physician. After getting the money Chapman loft for Detroit, Inst was captured at London. ale pleaded not guilty at the preliminary investiga- tion, but today changed this to one of guilty. f ♦ e CUT HER THROAT. The Only Way This Woman's Life C d be Sa\'ed. Chicago, Feb. 21. —3Irs. Joseph (1, Coleman, whose nervous system ,011111 ' ed after she 101(1 netted 857.000 for char- ity by 0.110111115 .ulght ,old day mititsging the famous leto of the "Streets of I Itis," was reports l to be in ole ndad condition" to -day ut t'r leen-ti,1:1 lbrspital, following u sagivel opeantiot itivolvin', the cutting of 1100 throat, -width Tuts perforuuai 0,,s a last resort. Miss Coleman sof l'enedfrom `( me> ease," one of the so-eallcd mysteries of the medical profession. Its symptoms are in'otrudin eye., tre- mor and an extraedivay rapid pulse avid an enlargement. of the thyroid .lands. The op nailnn is the removal of a port of the thyroid gland and' 10 extremely dangerous, ns the gluinl lies between the external and internal jugular veins. WIG : AVEU HIM. Umpire Emslie Had a Narrow Escape in St. Thomas. Si, Thomas despatch: Nothing but the fact that the upper portion of Inc ('11:1 of tine cele r,nt Nntmwl ll 1,00g110 n'upire, Itobcrt Ein,he. is 01000,011(101000,011(1 by 11 1 h ery tutt- nrnl-1,m13int, nig, saved bis lite here last night. 1Vhile the peptise baseball dictator was pursuing his chief (rioter divotsic:1, that of curling, he became overheated, and walked over to the side of the rink to cool off for 0 tnonlett. Uheetly above hint was 1111 attendant removing ice 1001» the eaves with a heavy six -fool crow- brut The window', set partly into tate roof,' ;vas open, and the creewhal' slipped from the hand of the Wool of the roof. it came down point foremost, anti. piercing the umpires' hat like so much paper, it curried hart and wig with it. The umpire Was dazed for n moment, but escaped serious injury. 11119be hnnghed over the incident, re- marking that "ha. wits acenslowed to dodging baseballs, and didn't mind e t'b1 or rya," SWEEZY DYING. oted Baseball Player Hu Rheum- ti1n1 of the heart. New York, Feb. 21,--,Setffsring fettle rhlunlotasto of tie heart, Charles .1, S iee%,t•, a noted bascl,;111 pince and I' member of llie femme; old-time 140111n- nn11 Bud Stocking-,, 10 elviug bon .0000 ,ark, A. J., hespitul, according to the Bolen. Sweeny was barn in Newark in 17 and alter n new reasons wills nnlaisit• tennis in New Jersey (van second b:we- ntnn on the C.ineinnahi team in 1131111 acct 18711, Baltimore, St. 11111. (terrain 81111 Rn:.tow were nthrl ,ilio, mon 011011 lt played National 11115111' ball \]'bile playing. in the minor an th0• early eighties he contracted 111 +i- nratisin, from which 1'c will wirer '.- 005e0. JAP IMMIGRATION • Japan Agrees to Further Restrict it to United States. Tines,, rob. . 21.- The m1 ,noranduni of the .la ri rs.. lel 'rrnnen1, in reply Io that of thin United `States on the sub- Jeet el emigration, meull'u.d yesteiday 1,1 tile 1'ens witshan,ied to e l'.3'le t lc acre t is 111 Iles'- ,,bet, a i I t t dt I i slued U .,l it :inlet, in general terms will' a tuunb'r of suggestions male by the Ai, , , , w Govu summit and requires a, Nether 1,111chea of cnu,relioii by the prom:0,ot pinllahati 01 of 11111rers. T1u)ipnnese fiove nment pointed eft that the restrottons q citdy enforced, including Lite cl4atah o^feltn lat�»xyt 4 .' onn (anadu ihajen'and the ud , eblllantitl:o further eomplxit Saw' lilm,-t Impossible. Acted fashionable wedding the ,miile- gm'om generally stets his mane in the paper its dealing rho, present. Prayer., Our God and: Father, }eho 'hast mast- ed our eyes to: heliold 'tinny ;glory naanni- ested to us in Jesus Christ, grant that. day- by day ive may sec more clearly re- vealed' in Hint Thy divine beauty and goodness, From the, gospel story Saul `front out' own experience may 01'c learn how- strong and wise and kind Ile is, willing- always to receive lord help and able to save to the uttermost. •1'hns n y our faith in Christ be iiorfocted viii. we trust Mini absolutely and serve Hint with the devotion of Sar whole Watt. And grant that everywhere, throughdut the world, the message of the $aviour's love and of IIis power to save may be borne until, in ail lands, men seek His face and own Him as their Lord. Amen. God and Man. It is not sacrilegious to name then together. The burden of the Bible is to bring them into fellowship. The sweet• nos of the message is that the door of the Father's house is always open for the retain of alis wandering ones. What we are told about God is for the pur- pose of showing Ills interest in us, and to centre our thoughtful affections on 1t may be going too far to eay that Ile suffers the loss of that fellow- ship, but it is within the teachings of Itis \Ve•d that there is, rejoicing in Ilea - vett over the retain of one sinner, But what impresses its prufonndly is that Ile courts the companionship and close communion of His children. \\'e are asked .to walk with God, to cotmuuue with Ilim, to lay our cares at Ilia feet: to talk to Hint, to abide in Hint, to de- light outxelves in Mini and to look for- ward teethe time sslten we shall dwell int His'presenee. fly a thousand figures this duty or privilege is kept before us, This is the chief thought of religion. Our engagements with the world are secess)00 thaugh only tempornl•' our association with our 011,,tvnten Is'ex- cecdingly important, lint the idea' of bruthetbiood never reaches its fall gtotyth until it reaches n revognition of a coin - molt Fatheehoud. No other religion provides for such an intimate fellow- ship ellowship between the Creator and the cree- ture, Every path possible is open front us to hint, AVe rimy thick:of Ilia:, we may study His truth, we may lore flint we may train every affoetion to lay hold upon Nin, we ore to remember His goodness to us, we are to believe in Di* providential care, and we are to hal'e' vivid hopes of what He is yet g tltL '(0 do for us. In all these;iva,ys we tt `Ir, come close to Mini and 1n all these we are to give ourselves to 'itlfere ''111104 back to ns a conseiousnegs''ol• price with Him, :ssita e''s of MIs fdt'oj' ,end the testimony oa itis indtwllipg Spirit. This filer spirituel life of communion with Him is everywhere spoken of in the Scriptures as a.poesible experience to the humblest of 111s chil- dren Things Which Accompany' Salvation.. 137 snlvation is meant the sovereign gift of God. let that germ of life come to our hearts, and all other activities may be regarded in the light of accom- paniments, The feathe8 of a bird are the clothing of its life, the graces of the (llnistiant are the attributes of the divinely imparted life. These. garments of the sold come in the following m' - dm': Recognition, appreciation, app4'opri• u tion, The west -y ,lncoh lies down a strong- er to the place and to God, be dreams and awakes, "God Is in this place and 1 knew it not." God discovered by man is a definition of religion; this is a key to unlock the mysteries of life. A great man has said that "sell rho happiness of life may be resolved into reeogntitiml, and that to discover n material thing which answers to a spiritual conception is the highest of all bmnan delights," Appreciation. "Then shall yo ktpow if yo follow o1 to know the Lord:' This knowledge opens the eyes and loosens 1 11 tone tee This is prayer, God speaking time, my soul responding to Him, Prayer conies down like the manna, we gather, Wit eat, we are strong Some put prayer as n cause, that is a mistake, it is an effect, When the teacher conies he finds us hliud, first we see, then we know, ' then tee love, and serve. Soon' we ennui I to say "when have I in heaven lint Thee," 1 nun saved not because 1 mon I needy, but because I an worthy, of more value than sparrow, a sheep, in ten thousand worlds. A lost son of t!he. Ring, this is shy Ile came after me, to fist ine, to restore me to the highest princely dignity, Appropriation. ".I have all, 1 an full, 1 n!i,eutttl, 1175 P11111, and this is not spe- cial to him as sn apostle, but common i n to naso as a saved aai. Am 1 free a n, n' Father's house? was there a feast when 1 returned? did the lather fully ons 1 w cr the grudging elder brother, "It,3y1ats meet: that we should_ make 1,1e1ry be glad, for thy brother has comet,' things are yours t,nd e 1010 Christ'9 Christ 1s Clod's Iron slips ref";tr'.btlllt,dnat� ter vamped ,. „ ;, t one section of 1 3a I then S aha I I ) the hold acro ;i'be fall of s,rn 8uttr, Lot, *r o w rest of tl e ,se- tt demaga � one p I1 O ll t o. Batt $' is not so in the Chi 1 -lien p! g 7? 11e0-1't,i12 000. member suffers all the menti ells suffer, If Christ conic to 11to BO131, Ile C0111e5 tee clic whole snuff. A. 1 CIn ish for a whole ssil i., the row and fel mass of tic Gospel. If a Christ -San thinks himself poor lie is an so far ignorant, lie has 1111'] to Marti of Hilo who sn'd. "I nm cone that ,ye might ham e life. and glint ye night have it more abundantly." H. 4T. Mille'.