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By Mara
Why not sing some of
The hymns which w
Through all the chatigin
The songs that have ;
They tell of things whit
In thai "far away ho
What need to sing, whe
Of "billows that near
The endless years of th
Will not be a "transi
And who would sing, b;
Of "Death's cold, sul
Naught will be heard
Which the ransomed i
'Twill be a hymn of joj
A song of redeeming
And the minor strains \
Which here they hav
When, in a land where
Thc> shall sing the g
THE DISCIPLIh
By Rev. Thos
(Printed by request
Discipline in al
In the earliest ages
lodged in the head of tilt
household both in the v
tion and of admission to
So did Isaac and Israel,
committed the first fort
r i crti tprmp..""" - *1
"h'?vv?oi,S3?) lo lllc p
assist the father and n
for this form of disciplin
The second of these, t
who err from the right,
with the parent and the
these officers of the Clu:
One of the most vivid i
I. Kings, i: 6. Adonijal
of whom it is written, '
him at any time in savi
A ~ .1 A A . . .
nnu jAuonijan brought
gray head of his father.
The third form of di
God entrusted not at all
of the Church acting co
we read concerning ofl
them, tell it unto the CI
the Church, let him he i
a publican. . . . Foi
ered together in my nai
them." That is official (
Discipline Has
Have we ever paused
stances that are record*
Y
THE PRESBYTEF
tributed
CW SONG.
aret H. Barnett.
the songs of earili,
cj so love lo hear;
g scenes of lime,
grown so doar?
h shall be unknown,
mic of the soul."
li at anchor safe,
us roll"?
at beautiful land
lent dream";
y the River of Life,
ien stream"?
of Earth's strife, in the song
shall sing above.
' and praise,
love.
vill be heard no more,
e sung so long;
all is new,
;lad "New Song."
IE OF THE CHURCH.
. E. Converse, D. D.
of Presbytery of Atlanta.)
I Ages of the Church.
of the Church, discipline \v
: family. Abraham ordered 1
/av of training and of admoi
the sacrament of circumcisic
At the present day God h
II of discipline, the training
arent. While the pastor m
lother, the chief rcsponsibili
e still remains with the parei
he duty of admonition, to the
is placed by the Lord joint
officers of the Church. In tl
irch ordinarily act individual
illustrations of this is found
li was the one of David's soi
'His father had not displeas
ing. Why hast thou done so
the bitterest "sorrow upon t
scipline, official censure, is
to the parent, but to the eld<
llectively. In Matthew 18:
:ences, "If he neglect to h<
lurch ; but if he neglect to ht
imo meo as a heathen man a
r where two or three are gal
ne, there am I in the midst
exclusion.
Always Been Needed.
to consider the number of i
ed in the Bible in which G
AN OF THE SOUTH.
? personally disciplined sonic
on record? It would seem a
_ lis the fact that all his child
that he "scourgeth every soi
1. Ham and Canaan. 'I
Noah, grossly and lustfully.
Canaan, a servant of serva
brethren."
2. Job was one of the i
... - -
viuiuicii. vjuu described liii
and escheweth evil. But ew
discipline. It was severe <
Job to say (42: 5), "I have h
of the ear. but now mine ej
abhor myself and repent in
3. Abraham. In Egypt
sented Sarah as his sister, c
was his wife. God disciplii
to Pharaoh, and bidding th
outside of the covenant to
faithful.
4. When Jacob obtained
disciplined him with twenty
5. Moses was ordered to
record in the twentieth cha
of speaking, be smote the 1
by barring him from a persi
of Canaan.
6. Jonah was ordered to
H,. 1 ^
H.1U3CU auti ooti sent
heathen sailors recognized
as his preaching to Nineveh,
l,s people, Jonah showed an c
ll" bilked him with the words,
>n. Vch??
7. Elijah murmured agai
1,1 take away niv life, for I am 1
a-^ Very gentle was the rebuk
I - angel with bread and watei
II and eat."
ISC
tj 8. Of all the consecrate
. stands prominent. Yet evei
j God gave him discipline.
! Corinthians we read of his
in
was sent to buffet him.
is,
ecj 9. Strangest of all, we r<
?" that God disciplined his own
he chapter we read that "Th
learned he obedience by the
by Was not this discipine? T
;rs no censure. Yet this verse
ijt the character of the man J<
;ar desire an illustration of this
:ar thew we see Jesus suffering
nd message, both by the Jews
th- naum, and by the wise and ]
of spirit cried, "Even so, Fatlu
thy sight."
If even the man Jesi
in- Church court say that disci
od twentieth century.
May 19, 1909.
of his people and put it
is if God would impress on
ren need chastisement and
1 whom he receiveth."
hev insulted their father,
God replied, "Cursed be
mts shall he be unto his
uost consecrated of God's
n as one that feareth God
en lie could be elevated by
jiscipline. But it enabled
card of thee by the hearing
*es seetli thee, wherefore I
dust and ashes."
and in Gerar he repreoncealing
the fact that she *
led by coming in a dream
e king of Egypt who was
rebuke the father of the
the blessing by deceit, God
years of exile from home,
speak to the rock. See the
pter of Numbers. Instead
rock. God disciplined him
onal entrance into the land
go to Nineveh and preach,
a storm which even the
as discipline. Again, after
and the repentance of the
vil temper. God again re"Should
not I spare Nincinst
God. "Now, oh Lord,
lot better than my fathers."'
e, when the Lord sent an
r, and the message, "Arise
(1 workers 011 earth, Paul
11 he needed correction and 1
In the twelfth of second
thorn in the flesh, which
?ad in the fifth of Hebrews
1 Son, Jesus Christ. In that
ough he were a Son, yet
things which he suffered."
rue the sinless one needed
tells us that by discipline
esus was elevated. Do we
? In the eleventh of Mat\
under the rejection of his
;, bv the oeoole of Can^r
prudent, until his chastened
?r, for so it seemed good in
is needed discipline, let no
pline is unne:cs?ary in this