The Herald, 1901-07-26, Page 71111,1 .
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Gathering the Grain,
Dr. Ta.lrna.ge Delivers a Sermon Con-
gratulating the C.E. Association
Washington report : Although Dr
'Talmage was hindered trom attending
the great anneal meeting of the
Christian Eildeevor society at Cin-
cinnateshis sermon sihows him .to be
in sympathy with the great move-
ment. eext, Ames .le, 13: "Behold, tbe
days come, saith the Lord, 'thatthe
plowman shall overtake the reapers"
Unable because of other ineemetant
duties to accept the invitations to take
part in the great convention, of Chris -
then Endeavorers at Cincinnati, begun
last WAtk, I preach a sermon of con-
graefiation for all the members of that
razzenifieent assoeleticees whether now
gathered M vest assemblage or busy
I n their places of usefulness, transat-
lantic and. cisatlantic, and as it is now
harvest time in the fields and sickles
are flashing in the gathering of a great
crop, I find mighty suggestiveness in
my text.
It is a picture of a tropical clime,
with a season so prospereus that, the
harvest reaches clear over to the
Planting time, and the swarthy hus-
bandman, busy cutting :the green, al-
most feels the breath of the holies on
his shoulders, the horses hitched to the
Plow, preparing air anew crop.'
hold the days come, saith the Lord,
that the plowman shall overtake the
reaper." When is that? That is now.
That is this day, , when hardly have
you done reaping one harvest of reli-
gious result than the plowman is get-
ting ready for another.
In phraseceogy charged with all
venom and abuse and. caricature I
know that infidels and agnostics have
declared that Christianity has col-
lapsed; that the Bible is an obsolete
book; that the Christian church is on
the retreat. I shall answer that whole-
sale charge to -day.
Aetween 300,000 and 4,000,000 En-
reMe.orers sworn before high heaven
tbee they will do all they can to take
America for God, Europe for God,
Asia and Africa. for God -are not the
signs most cheering? Or, to tem to
the agricultural figura, oe my text,
'More thafl milliefi reapers are over-
taken lea' more than a 'million plow-
men. 13esides this, there are more
people who believe in the Bible than
at any time in the world's existence.
An Arab guide was leading o. French
inflael across the desert, and ever and
anon tbe Arab guide would get down
in tbe sand and pray to the Lord. It
diegusted the French infidel, and after
awhile, as the Arab got up from one
of his prayers, the infidel said. "ROW
do you knew there is any God?" And
the Arab guide eahl, "Hove do I know
that a Man and a mind passed by
our tent last night? 1 know it by the
footprint in 'the sands And yeu
want tO knowbow X know whether
or a clerk's desk I find e Bible. Upon
what book could there be uttered the
solemnity of an oath? What book is
apt to be put in the trunk of the young
man as he leaves for city life? The
Bible. What 'shall find in nine out
of every ten homes in this eity? The
Bible. In nine eut of every ten homes
in Chrietenclom? The Mae. Voltaire
wrote the.propheey that the Bible in
the ninetedal) century would :become
extinct. The century is gone, and I
have to tell you that the room in which
Voltaire wrote that prophecy not long
ago was crowded from floor to ceiling
with Bibles from Switzerland.
You may talk about the church being
a collection of hypocrite,s, but when
the diphtheria sweeps your children off.
whom do you send for? The postmas-
ter, the attorney -general, the hotel -
keeper, alderman? No. You send for
a minister of this Bible religion. And
if you have not a room in your house
for the obsequies, what building do
you select? Do you say ,"Give me the
finest room in the hotel?" Do say say,'
"Give me that theater?" Do you say,
"Gave me that public building where
I can lay my dead for a. little while un-
til we say a prayer over it?" Ro.
You say, "Give us the Rouse of God."
And if there is a song to be sung at
the obsequies, what do you want?
What does anytody want? The Mar-
seillaise Tymn? God Save the Xing?
No. They want the hymn with which
they sang their old Christian mother
Into her last sleep, or they want sung
the Sa,bbath school hyam which their
little girl sang the last Sabbath after-
noon she was out before she got that
awful sickness whieb, broke your heart.
I appeal to your common sense. You
know the most endearing institution
en earth, the most popular institution
on earth to -day, is the church of the
Lord Jesus Christ. A mans a fool
that does not recognise It.
The Infidels .say: "There Is great
liberty now for infidels; freedom of
platform. Infidelity shows its power
from the fact that it is everywhere
tolerated: ame eaeasesey whatet
Whee my friends:infidelity Mt half
so blatant in our day as it was in the
days of our fathers. Do you know
that in the days see our fathers there
were pronounced infidels in public au-
thority, and they tould get any polit-
ical position? Let a man to -day de-
clare 'himself antagonistic to the Chris-
tian religion, and what elty wants hilt
for mayor; what state wants him for
governor; what nation wants him for
president or for king? Let a man
openly proclaim himself the enemy of
our glorious 'Christianity, ena he can-
not get a majority or votes be any
state, in atty entry, In any !country, in
any ward of America.
The Chrietian religion is miglitier to-
day .than it ever was. Do you Minn
tliere is any God? Look at the stet. that euele a, scene could be enacted now
Is that the footstep Of A. mart?" And as was enacted in the days of Plebes -
by the same process you „o.ed I have Pierre, wben a slaarneiess wenraft was
come to understand that this book Is elevated to the dignity of a goddess
and carried in a golden chair to a
cathedral where 'uteri:re won, burned to
her and eeople bowed down before her
as a divine being, she tatting the pine
of the Bible attd God, 'while in the cor-
ridor of that cathedrel were teriactea
emit events of drunitennets anal de-
brauthery as had never before been
wittleeeed? Do you think suet a thing
could pessiblytecur in Christendom to-
day? No. The police of Wetehington,
or of New Torte or of Paris would
swoop down. upon H. 1 Tenon' infidelity
makea good eleal of talk itt our day.
One infidel can retake great eecitement,
ista 1 can ten root on tortitat prineiple it
le, it is on the pritteirte 'that if a. malt
the footstep of God.
But now lett us see whether the book
is a. last year's almanae. Let Us tiee
whether the church of Goa is a Buil.
Bun retreat, muskets, -canteens and
haversaeks strewing sal the way. The
great English historian Sheron Tureen
man of vaet learning end great ac-
curacy, not a clergyman. out all ate
torney as welt as a historian, gives
thie overwhelming statietic In re.gard
to Christianity rand in regard to the
number of Chrietians in the diffetent
centuries: In the first century eeleSee
Chriettlansegan the seeonal century a -
(Wee CitriAlarte, let the Mire century
etteteete Chrietiane. In the fourth eerie inntrg nnern„rn nnarn nn .n.„1.1 Innen
tury MAMAS) Christiane, ea the tette he intakes more exeitement than 3111 the
ette who stay oft hard. tat the fact
that he ettrapt overtteattel dets hot stop
the nt110. Does that wreek the tete pas-
sengers? It mattes great reenter:eat
century Iteeeaeal Christiatre, let the
Sixth cannery ilteetlefen Christian!, In
tbe eevehth century tilliettettei Chrie-
titan% lett the eiteittitt tentury eteefilee)
elan:dale/le, lo the ninth eerthatn Vte when et Maim jumps treat the lectureng
totatee
Christians. In the tehlie centutY rtiatfotte or front the pulpit into in-
Ciento° Chrietiane, In the elevanth fidelity", but &see that keep the Bilge or
century latileen CitrIgEnns, lit the the ehurch from cattyieg mililone
twelfth cerautey Siette0,00 Christieh% in passengers to the shores of etereted
the thirteenth eeratity eetteleAte Chris-
tiatat, in the fourteenth relator -3r, ea -
Watt" Christians, in the fifteeeth tett-
tury leaeteketl Chrittlana in the eat-
teenth ceratity 12030 Chtistiene,
iet tbe .eeventeenth eentuty 155.e.teate_
Chtistiatia So the eighteenth tenni/et
200,00,000, Christianise -a decadence, as;
noOtt obtetre-e, in only gee century, and
Mote thao "Wade tip in the following
centuries, while it Is the usaal commie
itfidel ecieettists Who neve diftettent
tattoo that there wete at the elose
the temeteetath eettuty eetarteateChtise theories about the aright or lite? hr
tate, teakileg us to believe that lee- they- thould all come on iti ecolid
fere teas cellulite; os meted tt/A thilien_ Omaha all agreeleg oft orae tehtiment
tefety?
These Oinataineett -tea- that 8cieace
is Overcoiniteg religion lit our dale Then
look thretagh the epectetelles of the lite
fIdel scientietsartd they say: "It I
impoetible that this book be true.. Noe
pie are finding it out, he Bible has
got to go ovetboatd. Scieflee i oieg
to thtow it overboard." De 'Yea be-
lieve that the Bible accoinet of the
origio of age tin he overthrowe by
/alum will have- etartea ite boom and aud Ote theehle herhans Chelettehltn
litted ittt hotalatia,
Peer Christianity! What a 'pity it
hat no ttintidst How tonesoltee it Mott
bet Whoewile take it out of the peat
halite? red •Chrittianity° rour bus-
dred la one century. In a few
intake of abla yeat alnateel toples e
the Netv Tastannent distributed. Way.,
"the eatth is like an old -castle with 20
gates and a park ot artillety ready to
thunder down every gate. See how
heatbendora 38 'being sutrouuded and
noneyannbed and attacked by tids ail
conquering gospel, .At the akginning
of the pineteenthateettury 150 anis-
sionaries; at the close of that century
84,000 missionaries and native helpers
ana evateggiste. tAt. the begirtniog of
the nineteenth cefainty there wete Melte
60,0a) cofivetts. New theta ete.ovet .1,- the ttaturalists of our day are adopt -
lag teeth which do twit beat Obsetva-
000,660 converts from heathendona
You all know that me inapattant tioii or have not passed uhder obseto
work Of toe Artny' is to pleat the bat- Vation. These Wan warring With eaeh.
tetiea 1t. may take many days to othet-tetwin warring agairtst La-
aletat the batteties, Mut they may do matete Wallace evetting !agettst Cope,
an the work itt tea minatea 'These evett Hera:elle/ deuouteng Vet:al/see.
teeeelobatteries are being Valeta:1 411. Ther do hot e,gtea Y11enabtooTogee doe ' that the set is burning up the trope.
niong the tea -coasts and la all nations. nuot agtee on the gradatiort of the : The eahshine Is evetyWhete gteatly
excese of the- avetage. The tetn-
It may take et good while to pleat i. eilatiet."
othern, and they linty do all their work Here these Tn9Mel acientists aave Petaant,e is above the etteah, and the
an one ear. They will. nrations are patieled therntelvee as a jury to Oeeide rainfall Is fat thott of the averaa,e
Ebniek to Chrittendom and. recognise the tiff, ea
:to be bone he a day. But Just come tide trial between Infidelity, the plain-
Londort is et great seffetet itom th
and. Christianity, the defendant, heat, as the city has not been ratio
,
iraet thatth
during e last ten years as and aftet beling out for centuries they washed in weeksStinstrokes, apop-
"many people have connected them- come In to render their verdict. 'Gen; 'lexy,tand heat ptostratiOns are fre-
and the bosnitale are busy.
eel -yes -with evangelical churches as tietnexi of the jury, have you agreed :FIbril
The live stock market le unusually
connected themselves with the church- on. 5 vetdicte ale, no. Then go back oroveded, as owing to the absence
45 in the lirst afar yeate of Test cen- for another 300 yeare and deliberate or feeseueage eaareete ate teined ne.
tury. So Christianity is tailing back, and agree on something. Theta is not sell theft tattle.
and the Bibie, they say; is becomine a, poot miserable wteteh in the citsr
might damaged, but there ate hot
so Manny differelices of connote ineside
the chutch outeide tbe eiratete Oh,
it teaket eta( to see these iltetata
fops going along with a tom of Dar-
win =dee one atm Mid a case on
tratosaaed gratshoppett and buttetniet
under the other telling about the "sur-
vival ot the fittest" and lIntleyee
ptotoplatra atui the nebulae leypothee
Ms!. "the fact is tattle natttransts last
as tome as they fled .oeit the .dittetetice
between the feeiets of a wasp air& the
hothe of a beetle began to pattotate
the Almighty, while 1..gaselz, gtoriotte
..4.gassiz, Who never Made anr pee-
tenseet 'to being a. Christian, puts
forth his feet Mt the doettlite evo-
Matrix 'Mad "antra' eee that inany of
on the verdict, and yet you expect tie
to give up our glorious Christianity
to please these men who cannot agree,
on anything. Ah, my friends, the
chuech of Jesus Christ estead of fall-
ing' back is on tife advance. I am
certain it Is on the advanoe. I see the
glittering of the swords; I hoer the
tramping of the troops; I hear the
thundering parks of artillery. 0 God,
I thank thee that I have been per-
mitted to see this day of thy triumph,
this day of the confusion of thine ene-
mie,s! 0 Lord God, taise thy :sword
from thy thigh and ride forth to the
victory! .
And then I find another most en-
couraging thought in the feet that the
secular printing press and the pulpit
seern harnessed in the same team for
the rproclamatioa of the gospel. Every
banker in this capital to-morrew,
every Wall street banker to-morel:ay
in New York, every State street baste.
ker to -re -sorrow in Boston, everY Therd
street beaker to -morrow in Philadel-
phia, every banker in the United
States and every merchant will have
in his pocket a treatise on Christian-
ity, 10, 20 or 30 passages of scripture
in the reports of sermons preset:ea
throughout the land to -day. .It will
be so in Chicago, so in New Orleans,
SO in Charleston, so in Boston, so in
Philadeluhia, so in Cincinnati, so ev-
erywhere. I know the tract societies.
ase dcing a grand and glorious work,
but I tell you there is no power on
earth to -day equal to the feet that the
American 'printing press is taking
up the sermons which are reach-
ed to a few hundred or a few
thousand people, and on Monday
morning and 'Monday evening scatter-
ing that truth to the millions.
Then you (have noticed a more sig-
nificant fact if you have talked with
people on the subject,. that they are
getting disgusted with worldly phil-
osophy as a matter of comfort. They
say it does not amount to anythirre
when you have a dead child lo the
house. They tell yru when they were
sick and the door oe the future seem -
ea opening, the only comfort they
could find was the gospel. People
are having demonstrated all over .the
land that science and philosophy can-
not solace the troubles and woes of
the world, and they want some other
and they are taking Chris-
tianity the only sympathetic reli-
gion that ever roam into the world.
You just take a scientific consolation
in that eomn. where a moth& 'bas
lost her Child. Try In that case
your splendid doctrine of the "sur-
vival of the fittest." Tell her that
child died because it was not worth.
as much as the other childree. That
is your 'survival of the fitted,"
jUst try your transcendentalism,
your philesophe•, your science. OD
that widowed soul, and tell her it
was a. geologies:a necessity that her
companion should be taken away
from her, just as in the course of the
world's history the megatherium and
the ichthyosaurus had to pass (nit
of existence, and then you go 011 in
your scientific coneolation until you
get to the sublime faet that 0A00,000
years from now we ourselves may be
seientlfic speelmens on the geologic
shelf, petrillea seeeimens .of an ex-
tinct human rave. And after you
have got ail through with your
consolation, :if the poor aillicted
Emil is not erased by It, we will send
torth front any of our churehes „the
plainest ehristien we have and with
one half hour of Drayer e.nd reading
of Scripture promise the tears wilt
be wiped away, and tbe house front
floor to cupola will be ittealea With
the calninees of au ndian almoner
stantet. There Is where 1 see the tri-
umph of Christianity. lettople are des-
smistied with everytifing eine. They
want God. They want Jesus Christ.
Young man, do not he tie:lamed
to be a friend oh, the Bible. Do not
put your thumb in your vest, as
young men sometitiso do, and swag-
ger about talking of the glorlotte
tight oe itatute and of there being Ile
:lea of the. liibe They nave the
light of nature ite India eel Chine.
and in all tae dark atates Of the
earth. Did you ever hear that the ,
light Of nature gave theen toihrort
for their 'Mottle:ea Teen have laneete
to ed Mel eaggetoataS to ettleh, but
coinfota Mi ray friends, yott hal
better stop your eitepticiate. SONAMO
yea are put ete a et/sie like that of -
Col. ktlelei Alleh. I sate the ace
&Mitt alid at tate Mine ineationneait
ift an address. A desceedalat ef
Hthafa Alice, who is sin tsfldoi, sala
it. ftetrer occurred. Soon after I re-
teived a letter team a peeferteor in
ohe of bur et/liege% Who le else a
deteeintleint of Ethan Alneit arta le a
Chtistleh. lit wrote me that the in-
cident wet aecurate; that My state-
ment was authentic and true. The
wife of 'Col. Ethaft Altera was a
vete- toniseetatel women. The Mother
Mistreated the da later itt teae truths
of Chtistiataly. he daugliter sicken-
ed arta was alout to die, Med site
said to het tolerate 'Tether, than I I
take your linstructioni r than 1 take
tieolletat lastnatetioa? I am going tolo
die now; I must have tbis tnatter
decided." That mane who had been
iota In his Leaflet/ten said to leis dy-
itt altly deal., you Led
better take your mothefs religion."
My advice is the same to you, 0
yam*. man! You know how religioa
eonntotted be. You Mem, what she
said to you Whene the was aging. You
had better take your mother's relig-
foe.
CROPS BURNING UP.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
INWERNIeTlONAL IneeSON NO. IV.
JULY 28, 1901,
nod Calls Abram -Gen. le: 1-0
Commentary. - Connecting Links,
Tite earth wes again "emulated
through three lines, ahem, Ham aud
japheth, to which the rattes and
n:pages of eesn may be !sawed,
At the tower of Babel the Lord
confused the language of the people
and ecoatexed them over thee face
of the earth. 'The object was to
give an opportunity for develop-
ment and to 'limit the spread or
evil. Abram' Was ealled 'because he
eras a good man ,and because lie
was wean to lister) to arid obey
pep voice of • God: •
Aneam-The nathe ware after-
ward e ,changed to ',Abraham' mean-
ing tee "father eett the multitude."
Io was born two years after the
death of Noah, and about half way
between' Adam and Christ. Get thee'
out -He Was tele() whethee he loved
God better than, he loved his home
,attel dearest friends, and whether
he could willingly leave . all to go
along with God. 'alas appears to be
the second call. "For some unknown
reason 'Abram' and las conmanyee-
mained at Miran for a nambee of
years instead of going on to Can-
aan." Thy father's house-Terah be-
ing now dead, it is .vory -probable
that the family were determined to
go no farther, hut to settle at
Hazen; and as Abram might have
telt inclined. to to With them in
this place, hence theground and
necessity of the second call re-
corded here. •
2. A great nation -There are seven
distinct promises In verses 2 and 8.
When God called him away from his
own people he promised to make hint
the distinguished head of a great na-
tion;
this promise required great
faith: .he was 75 years old and as
Yet ha a no child. A. great nation
alacesstee Heat Does Serioue thternage
in Pails of England.
A London table: Although Scot-
land and Ireland have tecently en-
joyed laced thundetstorras there is
no prospect fee tette in the miadIe and
southera parts of England, and a.
steady itietease tit heat for several
days to tome is predicted. There are
gm:meal toniplaints ttean the coutotty
•
an obsolete book. I ge lato a court, prison to.weeeasse that aage be toe- inteeeperatute 4, 'at St. Lents.SeV- and was nemed Bethel by ,Taeole no settlement en it, but "paseed
19; Hal was five miles east or
Dethel. Tent altar-"Weere Abram
hoe a tent, there God must breve an
altar, as Ile well knows there is no
safety but under the divine protec-
tion," Called, etc, -The :sacrifices
were aceOmpanied with prayer.
9. Journeyed south -fie went to
Egypt because of the famine in
Canaan, "Ite was in the very place ix)
which God bo.d set Wm, land, evident,:
1Y, he received no direction to leave
it, True, the famine was there, and,
moreover, Egypt was at hand, offer-
ing deliverance from pressure; still
the path or God's serval:it was plain,
It is better to starve in Canaan, 11
It should be so, than to live la luxury
Egypt." -C. H. M.
Teacitings-We must love l'etod
more than .we love country, kindred
•
or home. We must be willing to for -
Sake all for Christ, la the path of
faith Ile infinite. promises and bless-
ings. We, should seek to taire all we
can to heaven with us.
Thoughts - God always chooses
what are in His sight the :fittest
ageneies for carrying out His designs.
In. the early stages of the, world's
history it was necessary that a
people be divinely chosen and con-
secrated as conservators of His
truth. This emission fell to the lot of
.A.bram's. der:as:slants. To -day we see
the earliest recorded test of Abraures
faith.
PRACTICAL SURVEY:
God's command to Abram. By this
-precept he was tested whether he
loved God better than friends or
native soil. Undoubteely his country
had become idolatrous, and as such
his surroundings were a constant
snare to him. He could not continue
there without danger of being in-
fected. Natural affection must give
way to divine grace. Country, kin-
dred and father's house must be loved
less than Christ. In this comma.nd
Abram was tested whether he could
trust God farther than he saw Him.
God's promises to Abram. Six re-
markable promiees were made con-
tingent on las obedience. 1. Ile was
to be znaele a great nation. This was
eminently adapted to his needs, for
. .
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ABNORMAL DESTRUCTIYMiESS.
o 1 1 t.
illirenologtsto-Yoner Weep of destrotetleeneve iv very 11nrge.
11 setdier or a pugilist.?
tiebjectooNeither. rta a furtiltu re In.:Over.
werS1 ohe ef !large theethetta (el I. Meanie up ti:09 trona- tr..9
ti.014" vitaraeter, .tuT great ronfluriaoly !natal heart even to,-;tv,11.
itt aletteing others -a :eaten 4tuel taw eetal C,Lta
Sbktlil sere tiVid gb..yy e"it Eon- Det-• .
That bleee the.,, ete..--Alteatens • 14 nu,
en.trze. Was to be fleet's q•auste.
etidl trete in the ea,se tile ritelatq' otos
Are Oon
win
leesaba, 1111 te
man. IL etittntal. All. 14. lin tetra- Ito leolit 41 11.4Rt•••ruPar• ozel
tiny "resterity. in the lilill'.414Z11 t,,:;11-1 gt.Fdrv, tvtt12,..,
ellen froen tepee .° lettellos atli neetztnee of ttltrA
flaniUy 1 ant heee 11 q ft:on teepee areal tenee.
elleelehOree, a Beeloh", or meth Ift, re- tIov, ftrIr` 1111,03S., OT..1 I wail
garded ae Otte great leanly deeeetrea
esti troll] ee eontinon pettenite-Conatit.
Be bleateenoThe gospel art (theta
than be peeached througleoutt the
and great bleesings win to •
even to all Markin/I.
4. Abram departed -it's even:enema'.
a fa/leer's 14leeelag. 'Beater tenet tioat
tiu,,,y Man:niters." aiotiente isq ea.-au-
dit:nu the feet teat teen. lake teteen
tley van 443"..yi wili bet,Si4el. i.Vvt,A2
int time Wei let eteernity. fa? wee tty
he eaves. a lekearr.v.--r.,,,,F II le sea 01 be ae
bleesato to tit., elecee et-leere• team
was sfteely and subtaiselve. "ae Float C,tr it certain winter
Went Ont. 'het knowitia ttleither ite puts. it. -Thy lieppinese
-WOOL bat loloWing Whore he VI- n acarde impprIa.:-.sq, ts, th t titic,k0
Vowed?. Had . 4Mktifeafieed lied sea #1,„, %i -if ffitlo.,.s Amy
Omit edieurtilled lain to go. lent 1nel ouly prey -Leaf Ilay WC/S174 !make tin et;
like Abram." Ile wiey is !lessee! oe
440i cannot ,:a11 to he a great anel
testae: ll,sOing tht9Fe armee. I him.
Ills very ealaniple is a lies:elute. It
inteothiale :Tor suree 41 eitatal-tor
to te, a fat ure. worae de a new
/Anna 4. Hie name was to t -4.110.1a,
grqat. eine so it wa . Ho riaA
ntanne for great trail'at. T.,,1 real tete
teeora tele rettrieeehaq natusietaen
tenet in the Lorti Sqllrovait is an
saltratiare Of _lantana atone Is it te-
eorateal that 'he was eta Iran; of
Coale' Wita.t intintaey Heist a. Tix)se
levet blessed him Were to he bie,sea,
nal ta,.0-:.-e that eutsea him Wore to
be cursed- lleraven wal seedie On those
who befriend! arta help the saints.
The cup of etold Water given to one
of the Loral's needy ones witl zot
be forgotten, ani Gol evil as as -
elatedly be egainst those who per-
gleenn hi& teeny peeeloue peones- s.
Setteth:-."My princess." aetetwor le
ehanqed tto Satale "a prineess" tintt
a peliteets tor all nations an re
longer for Abram alone. Sonle ante'
ten la Hatati-This noty appin linen
to the persons N-4-113‘11 werp
In 'the nerVInn Abtant. ot to the
lietsons he ban Iran the %strum:eat
of conaetaing to tte kratvlolgn aca
the fotate God. Land of Canaan- 21.
g654 land posseseel by a bad poeple.
who rot theit iniquities were too bo
VIPAled- Into tainaau they ean;e-
It was the divine plan at the first
tbat Abrata thoula go to Canaan, and
now. after several years` aletaattt
Hatate. God caret him acaln, and this
time Abeate -teaches tine Yana Vent
hail beet selected as a nozne for him-
self and his aegesnalants.
11 throa. trPgair tedhe-iltebnildglit-rolmbratnine Pnnosr3etil seeute people. "He that toutheth
towards' the soutb. Place of nheehem you toneheth the apple or his eye."
fn. V. -Between Mounts Ebal and psa. xxxviii. 13. ree 6. in hire all
Gerizim. Oak .olMoreirdet. lee -Morel: I the families of the earth Were to
was probably the original owner of be blEssee. This promise crowned all
this eak grove in Shecheta.--Pelou-I the rest. It was a solemn declare.-
' tion thet trom his oftepring should
-14";.' Lot' d appeated-"In what way spring the Messiah. 11 we are loe-o.1
this niepearance was made we know and true to our God-given convie-
not 1 ie. was Probably by the great it is difficult to say how many
angel of the -covenant, Jesus. -awl will be reached by our lives, or how
Chest. The -appeatanee, . whatever / far-reaching may he our in -
it waseePetfectiv satisfied Abram, i fluenec. There is. encouragement
heibertaoMISITe orbeighdtl'ence-atis obedience
was speedy. "He conferred not with
flesh and blood." In this reepeot his
exarapie is eminently wottby. 'When
the call of heaven comes, beware
of delay. "The King's business re-
ouireth haste." Many a rich bles-
sing has been lost by delay. Abram
"'went out, not knowing whither
he went." He acted with prudence,
Ha tlid not throw atay hie sub-
staseee because God bad promized to
atid poneaed iteelf to be supernatural
and diveniei It Is wortby of remark
abet Abelian"' it the "first man to
Whoerf 'God le .tetin to have eliewn
I-Iinneelf 'appeated." Will I give -
"God wate dealing with Abram not
lin private and personal capae-
ity". ineralY, but with a viem to high
and Impottant interests in future
ages." An .altar. -"By this solemn
act of devotion he made an open
pronestioh of. his religiot, estab-
lished the evetithip of the true God
and declared his faith In the prom-
. ,
Ise." Abranas experience in Canaan.
8. Bethel -It tits then called LUZ. He was a, sojourner there. He had
rounded by Canaanite:e-
lms. Here we 'lave no 00
City. We aro straegere and 14
ere. God communed with him.
satisfaction he lacked in oo
with the Canaanites was mar
made up to lam by the want
;don and converse of Deity,
took hia religion with him tO
strange country. His altar
.kept up. He maintained
wink with God. Waerever he pit
his tent he built an altar tante
Lord. He allowed neither his ri
nor his neighbors to binder him.
was resolute. Albert Sine
The Markets
Leading Wbeet 5thekele.
Following are leading wheat quota
tions at Important centres:
July. Sept.
Chicago .......... ...... $0 67 3-4 $O 6$
New York e.... 0 74 8-4 0 741-e
Toledo ... ... 0 69 1-4 067-9
Duluth, "No. nor. 0 69 3-4 0 691-2
Toronto F'armers' 'Market.
July 20. -The street market here
to -day was very dull and the volume
of business wee small. Only one load
of oats was received, and it sold 1-2o
to 10 lower at 86e. Na other grain.
was offered. Five loads of hay sold
eile lower at $12 to $13 per ton, and
15 loads of new sold unchanged at
e8 to $9. leo straw was received.
Among the vegetables green corn was
quoted at 15c per dOzeu, an(1 Light-
foot & Son, offered new vegetable
marrow oft $1 to $1.50 per dozen.
Potatoeti were steady, and there was
no change in dreesed hogs. Wheat,
white, 67c; red, 67e: goose, 611-2e ;
ePring, 67e; barley, 43 to 44 1-2c4
rye, ,n0c ; .oats, 86a; hay, old, per
ton, $1:.: to $11; new, $8 to $9;
straw, per ton, $9 to $10 •, butter,
pound rolls, 14 to 18c ; butter, clacker,
14 to 16c.
Toronto Live Stock Markets.
Export cattle, choice, per cwt. el 75 to 5 1.5
Bute:here' mole. choice 41) to 175
.ona um
Buteheracatile. fair. eu 10 to I 75
33 to el 4D00
Export cows
auto:dare cattle pained
4144 34 1;11: :00 7.34 45:
Hulls. expert. heavy. per ewe. 333L7u4Sel° 114000 43'4 214
Holldflo:11::uliplo';'rt.light. per cwt.- 380 to 3 75
Feederaehorekeep 4 ?..; to 4 75
• „.11.4 to 1 to
dohglst etcetera oei to ea Ito 3 25 to 3 50
3 ote ea 3 25
.elicep. ewes per ewt.
Milch caws, each... ...... 52 09 to 59
aoot.tab-uoluokre6 and heifere ...... 2 Su to 3 in
3 ao to 3 75
do culls. . 25.4 to VI)
•. 21!Otx).1 tte0 831000
AO to I tee
Hogs, choice, p• er ewe,.......... 15 en 0 w'
core ted...... .. ,,....... 7 UP 10 0 00
lsloolgeo:Ipit:rhee.vreter ewe
Hoge 111, per owe.. ..... 6 75 10 0 00
to lig
4 60 10 0 60
etaga.. ....... ........ .... 200 to 00t)
Cheese Markets.
Brighton, Jule .113. --The Itright011
est: Want evened at tetill toelay
ani telll white and Leh ettiored were
leetr,loele Itr:tov.:r te!eurtel the at.
• 16',•WallItlit 64 at tl n-lt.lt•,neetolt
Lae) at ti a -See atel lit/ at a o -lee,
lonee "troth eltio tat ti 1- It'.
Witieltester, Jele Ito. -Th. tvere
Ten tome, raga:et:red ot the illaye,se
Biqarki tot 00114g 1:41.411a,F. ,414..4 white ana
ale Cohere -1 The lleeeli: r Wee
au lea! for bete,.
lereatileteele. dues: la,- et the cie se
natkot to -4W lateceef eiteeefe
• gy offeavon 41 a leela notlas
we rt. Lea.1, o e. lee ea to 1,7.4.?, ?Ste:, at
a 1 -le. 310 et Se asas
tet dnie. lee •etetto, al 1 at .
IS 3- vet the fait:ea..* liteere es,,eseete .
LThin. ..tree to.- et the rotetting I
tie. it Iletee:t 1.*4.V.11 1lbr ht
tonal ane atone ve.,ea•
voanalote •ea.. tc;11.z.e tethered
tees to ;as e awe eeel NAIL
toot e leo. e 11 eq. -Tea readier
Lee Vis4g e.)! tip. Peale!. Watt
ey t ne 4. fetal Tee 1. ii
r,„ f',. 11,,rc--U_ were:
Lee!, ettel 1.trtn iJA :LAN seen at .
to thile.
011'.Y; tegetier !
1 ett. 'note:- et e • wee ht teeteese,
!eon." we- a trete oat t000 Name
toe it, ool eee, o: ;Sea
a el, iJ v,lf.; to vnee.
Uoti• 1-4e ; ratze
Ltr.tdsteoeVe, con 1 tattle.
"irc.'N• Oy tea weatliet !nag
t tra wrhotcealet
flea, tt,. alentrq al anti usaal male
se -touter eon litiees /4314. prevail. Titer
Lee been seat • anoulty fee seasonabi
b.tuo,,,,i+ eert staien. toaa-B nal order
amyl- an tieinge.4 eateshlete
Tent lie at 'neonate tots been ratite
Tieete, wcr
t`i.114..t,TS4111111!IIS.111;11P27
• ItVi':;; p• 1 gr4:5',,,,lai,xsts an
fen.
illiaZton tratil CC
Vq.ry g,•,r : 1.... t tele titoa of Vs.
year. Larg. sl:' pea otts ate lain
l!o:, oat genie to ear.-C3IIS part
el' tee eeentry. arel otraere vela:nee
to newt- Certese.al on a leberall seat
for Me autumn. Vallues of stop!
h. are Th awl there hen
!erten navannees in a TeL7 atees with -t'se
easseseseas el frurtaer stelltenettsee, o
Itt eneto.s betat- tong. Oa:natty tetalite
ta...,ece are foie foe teee time of th
Y'ria:3;rte-entese at the. eoest, centimes rete
titer quiet se far as the retail' Untie
is eeneerneel.
WE;oletale trate at Ottawa Tans la'te,
ly develcp,d s!,,nnn! increeeen aotiviter,
the prospeete for tit-' lhavirto In-
ateed retailers" to melte ineteasea puta
eleasee in the expeetation of a largei
traoie the Doming season. Ptieee Or
staple goods generally ate steady.
Onr Cattle in lerttatte.
The Liverpool correspondent of
the :Montreal Gazette says that the!
question of the restoration of free
entry lot' Canathan cattie was the
principal item of diseression by the
directors of the, Scottieli Chamber
of Agriculture on July 3rd. Mr. An-
drew Iluteheson, of Perth. 'declared
that he knew every ante of the hita
tory of the eupposed aliseased Cansa
diaa cattle, anti he was prepared te
say' that the stoek froze the Domine
lou of Canada was far heaithier
than that of Ireland, from Whent
t present the feeders of Engle:31cl
and Scotland alone could draw -their
supplies of stocker% much to the
advantage of the Irish dealer. In
conclusion, he declared the present,
restrictions a gross intestiee, both
to Canada and to Scotland. Font
or five other gentlemen supportee
Mr. Hutcheson, but finally A mo -I
tion was eatried to the effeet thee
before the eh:amber committed it-
self to any action the viewf e it
1
affilinted soeietie8 should be armor*
atid whereiretel fink jedgene beheit d.ennied by a Suzy that 515 not agree prat prostrations. „ After S Vielcin. See chap. xxv;it 'Eaton h the I . alid" H e even sur- tained.