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4 GOD MAKETH THE ^ PRAISI Oftentimes a teacher wil truth in physics, and find t it. Then he picks up some truth, and exhibits it; and a In spiritual teaching, the ! of the Gospel sets forth th< dom and his love, and we ception of these things is stance is what we need. 1 ns the practical illustration. We all know that God ca praise him. But let us tal history and see if we can i little more deeply. In the days of Jacob, Go for his family where they m her till they should be str< national existence. As the in Egypt: a land whose p racial character as to elimi cial intermingling or arnalg and other perils, Canaan \ Goshen was. The jealousy of the brot their act in selling him a? It was the wrath of man. Egypt; (2) it sent him in chief officers of that coun opportunity of showing to to the throne the probity of The wife of Potiphar acc cured his imprisonment, a the wrath of man. But it t with the chief butler, it led of the butler's dream : ther tice of Pharaoh, and then i realm. As such he provid Goshen for all his family Egypt and yet segregated fi If Joseph had been allow thcr's roof in Canaan, nont pirea. it was the wrath oi roy of Egypt and the prote The life of Daniel furnisl is but a few weeks since w in casting Daniel to the Ji< the instrumentality of mak to< rebuild the temple. Not less conspicuous is mies, in their wrath, plottc< imprisonment for four year succeeded in stopping the i God made it to praise him. scl, God's love was manifest one on board. At Rome, ii as an apostle of Jesus, he attention from the proud p less it were persecution) f cause he came there as a p Emperor were obligated t And in the first chapter of his "bonds in Christ were And in the last chapter Pa THE PRESBYTERIA) WRATH OF MAN TO 5 HIM. 1 present to his class some hat his pupils fail to grasp concrete illustration of the t once they erraso it readilv. ' w V same is true. The preacher e holiness of God, his wisassent. And yet our convague. The concrete inu his love God often gives luseth the wrath of man to :e up some of the facts of not appreciate this truth a d wanted a place of refuge iglit live and grow in million g enough to maintain a ! place he selected Goshen cople were so different in nate the temptation to soamation. Because of these vas not such a place: but hers of Joseph was sinful: 5. a slave was inexcusable. But (i) it sent Joseph into to the house of one of the try; and (3) it gave the the butler who stood near his character. used Joseph falsely and sepparently for life. It was trought Joseph into contact him up to the interpreting i it brought him to the noit made him viceroy of the led a home in the land of under the protection of rom their idolatries, red to remain under his fa' of this would have transf man that made him vicector of his family, les another illustration. It e noticed the wrath of man 5ns. But this outrage was ing Cyrus issue the decree the life of Paul. His ened his death and secured his TM i-1 1 ' a. Aiicy inougru tney naa nouth of the Apostle. But On the shipwrecked ves:ed in the salvation of every f Paul had entered the city would have received little eople and none at all (unrom the officials. But be risoncr the judges and the o examine the accusation. Philippians Paul says that, manifest in all the palace." ul sends salutations to the N OF THE SOUTH. Phillippians from "them that hold." Indeed at the present tions in tliQ Catacombs of Ro bers of the Emperor's family iians. Oftentimes when we find wrath of man we are discour God has put this text into the and has given us these illustra FROM WHOM DOES If the governor of a State si est citizens, who have ever In proceed to elect from amonj liberty, and some to suffer pei cry out with indignation. The i rest upon the proceeding. But if that same governor s penitentiary and should be p don to some of its inmates, es his way clear to pardon nine-1 doing an injury to the public' And if he left in the penitent! her of men who had been con\ no means could we blame bin If the governor should cho i? ? ' njt jjcii uuiimg one ana reiusin would find pleasure. But if h< give any reason for not pard 110 man could find fault. Tli conviction was given at the tr not do wisely to add anythin To these propositions every let us transfer the case from ; sphere. Some, men, when they rea electing love, begin to find fa to learn the character of tf God makes his election. The tion which is false, thab God is dealing with sinless men. erroneous basis, they accuse ( But the fact is that in his e God is dealing not with I10 dernned criminals. The mom comes under condemnation, is condemned already." Exec the pardon that God offers, tin gathering of condemned crin of execution. Into this gathering of the gracious King Jehovah. Love takes in hand the Lamb's hoc in it the name of the one of tl of another, and of others and of Revelation tells usl thev whom no man could number gives a full and complete pard from condemnation, and adopl dren. This is God's election. Wc do not find fault with tl for electing criminals to pardc tcntiary. Why should any n for electing men who are und don them out of hell? November 10, 1909. are of Caesar's houseday there are inscrip>me showing that memlived and died as Chrisourselves suffering the O 1 _ < n agcu a.uu grieved. mil Psalms for our comfort tions for our cheer. % ? GOD ELECT? lould take a list of lionred honorable lives, and j them some to enjoy laities, the world would stamp of injustice would hould take a trip to the leased to extend a parpccially if lie should see l iL- -e -1 / -? ivriiiiis 01 mem ^witnout ), we would praise him. ary a considerable numdctcd of gross crime, by n. ose to give his reasons g pardon to another, we ; should fail or refuse to oning certain prisoners, le reason for the man's ial; the governor would g further. man will assent. Now an earthly to a spiritual d in Scripture of God's ult. They do not ?ausc te persons from whom y start with an assumpin his work of election And proceeding on this jod ot unfairness. :lcction of men on earth ly men, but with-conen t that a man sins, he "He that believeth not pt as they have claimed c whole race of man is a linals awaiting the day condemned comes the stirs him to action. He >k of Life and he writes liese prisoners, and then omers tin ^as tne tsook are a great multitude . To each of these he on. He sets them free ts them as his own chille governor of the State )n thpm nut nf tti?? nnnt. lan find fault with God er condemnation to par