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The Christian Index.
Vol. 57 —No. io.
Table of Contents.
Fibbt Page.—Alabama Department: Boards
of the Southern Convention; Thoughts on
. the Perils of High Position; Mile-Posts of
Life; Harpersville, Ala. The Religious
Press. Sundays&h'Mii Lesson for March
3Utii, 1879—" Review for the Quarter."
Second I'agk.—Correspondence: The duty of
Christians—Layman ; Deajton Strosier s
Sermon to Himself—J. H. H.; An Earnest
Appeal—Rev. ,1. H. Csnnftell; Holding
Church Letters —D. U. D.; The Bible in the
Sunday-school—T.C. Boy kin; Programmes
of Conventions, etc.
Thibo Page.—The Household,; "Over the
River' Mother; The Women of the
World. Obituaries, etc.
Fourth Paus.
Love; Nothing Gained; A Bankrupt Pre
late; Religious Lotteries; Not Like Peter;
A Mistake Georgia Baptist News.
Fifth Page.—Sieular Editorial Notes, and
News; Notes on New Books; Spirit of Our
Magazine Literature; Southern Baptist
Convention; Georgia News, etc.
Sixth Page.—Children's Corner: That's My
Boy—poetrv; For the Young; "I've Got
Five”; Old Folks; ‘‘Bloom” —poetry, etc.
Sevkhth Page.—The Farmers’ Index: Farm
Work; Borrowed Notes.
Eighth Page.—Florida Dejiartment: Week
ly News and Laconics. New Advertise
ments, etc.
The Christian Index.
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT,
BY SAMUEL HENDERMOX.
BOARDS OF THE SOUTHERN
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
A FEW WORDS TO THE BAPTISTS OF
ALABAMA.
We confess to no common solicitude
as to thf- showing Alabama will make
at the approaching meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention. Our
brethren in the other States have a
right to expect something of us worthy
of our former position, our numbers,
our resources, and our oft repeated
avowals of concern in the cause of mis
sions at home and abroad. How we
wish we could strike some mite that
would reach the heart of our brethren,
that would arouse them to something
like their zeal even in former years,
when in response to appeals from our
Boards, they poured forth their thous
ands upon the altar, with the prayer
that God would accept and bless the
offering with success! But, alas, we
seem to lie in the condition of Samson
as he went forth from the embraces of
his Delilah, shorn of his locks, and
“wist not that his strength was depart
ed.” Dear brethren, can it lie that the
meagre contributions we are making to
a cause that brought our Savior from
heaven to earth, expresses the measure
of our piety as Christians, and the de
gree of our xeal, in promoting the en
largement of His kingdom? Can it be
that these scanty donations are all the
responses we are making, or are likely
to make, to the compassion that bled
on Calvary and now pleads in Heaven
for us? Look, look at a world lying in
wickedness, and then at the cross, and
realize, if you can, how much sympa
thy the one expresses for the other, and
then decide to what extent the same
mind that dwelt in Christ Jesus dwells
in you; for you know what Holy Writ
declares, “if any man have not the
spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
What amount of your means is crystall
izing, so to say, around that kingdom
that is to stand forever? For this is
about all the wealth you will save that
you have ever possessed. The balance
will be burned up with the things that
perish with the using. He is the
“wise master builder” who “lays up a
good foundation against the time to
come,” for his works will abide in that
day that will try any man’s works ax
by fire.
It is not too late for us to do som
thing for the cause between this and
the Convention in May next. How
many of our pastors will bestir them
selves on this subject? How many of
our churches will bring their offerings
into the store-house, and prove Him
therewith, and see if He will not |x>ur
us out the blessing promised? What
more can our Boards do than we enable
them to do? How can they meet the
piercing cries of destitution, no matter
how profoundly they may be affected
by them, only ax wc shall furnish the
means? JFe have appointed them to
be the almoners of our benefactions,
and wc cannot demand of them to do
what wc fail to enable them to do. To
“n ake bricks without straw” wax
among the last acts of abandoned de
pravity and tyranny with which Egypt
oppressed Israel, and that culled down
the just judgments of God upon that
people. Let us be admonished to sup
ply the means before we demand the
service. We often warn the sinner of
the danger of slighting calls of mercy :
is there nothing fearful in Christians
turning a deaf ear to the calls of the
Master, supplemented by a thousand
voices that come from so many quar
ters. "Go ye into all the world, and
SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
of Alabama.
preach the Gospel to every creature!”
Will we be held guiltless in the day of
diy i, if we love our money better than
wq ive the Savior who bought us, and
thr souls of our fellow men who “are
destroyed for the lack of knowledge,”
the very knowledge with which we are
I entrusted as trustees for their benefit?
i For are we not called “stewards of the
manifold grace of God,” and is it not
required of stewards that they be faith
ful? Are we so acting now, as that
standing upon the verge of eternity,
the retrospect of the past will be sweet,
and the prospects of the future glori
ous!
THOUGHTS ON THE PERILS OF
HIGH POSITIONS.
If moral education c iuld always keep
pace with intellectual—if the mind
and the heart could always be in exact
equipoise, those honors and distinctions
that talent and genius achieve would
uniformly sit easily and safely upon
those who earn them. But it is a sad
truth that the intellect, instead of being
the master, has become the servant of
the passions, so that great talents, to
gether with theelevated positions which
they command are often the means of
the greatest crimes—crimes that al
though not brutal in their nature,
are, nevertheless, even broader in the
sweep of their influence upbn society.
In a career of honorable ambition,
the fewest number of men pause to
think of the perils that surround every
step on the ladder of fame. And yet
the power of temptation is augmented
in proportion to their elevation. What
position in life, secular or religious, has
not furnished its countless victims to
those peculiar vices that surrounded it?
History is strewn with the wrecks of
blasted reputations, from the king upon
his throne to the humblest official. The
transcendent genius and learning of
Lord Bacon was no protection against
that most sordid vice, avarice, that ever
sold its verdicts for gold. Though raised
to the “wool-sack” of England, he pol
luted his hands with bribes, and earned
the infamous soubriquet of the “greatest,
meanest of mankind.” It is this union
of transcendent talent and learning
with low grovelling dexirew, as Lord
Macaulay intimates, in which nine
tenths of the calamities which have lie
fallen the human race have orginated.
If Lord Bacon had been content to live
the secluded life of a scholar and phi
losopher, his name would have gone
down to posterity perhaps without a
stain.
What a harvest of “wickedness in
high places” has been furnished to our
history by these times! The multitude
and magnitude of crimes perpetrated
by our officials, from the highest to the
lowest, in both our State and General
Governments, would be sublime if de
pravity could be sublime. John Foster,
the essayist, makes this criticism on
Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” that he has
invested his fallen spirits with such a
nobility of character, and has put such
lofty sentiments into their mouths, as
to destroy in great part our sense of
their monstrous depravity, so that the
reader is unconsciously led to admire
rather than execrate thejr characters.
And is this not precisely the effect of
crime in high places when “unwhipt of
justice?” When place becomes the
shield of iniquity, what will poor hu
man nature not do to secure it? Is it
any wonder, in this state of society that
the highest office of our government
is “bought for a price,” as the last re
sort of depravity to evade the day of
reckoning, and to continue its lease of
plunder? The fact is, (and we write it
with shame,) crime has outgrown the
capacity of law to punish it, just for
the reason that not a few of those who
make, expound and execute it, are its
worst offenders. Why should a jury
assess the penalty to a petty fraud in
a common business transaction, when
the highest official positions are rank
ing with that crime? Thus will our
people reason, and the law is emascu
lated of its |>enalties ; and thus will our
demoralization go on, until a healthy
tone is restored to society. We make
these allusions in no partisan spirit;
we simply recognize accepted facts—
facts which the purblind spirit of Phar
isaism itself must admit.
We were once present by invitation
of the church, with other ministers,
where a minister of long standing, ex
tensive influence, and great ability was
under censure for a most revolting
offense. The crime could not lie di
rectly proven, but the circumstances
were so suspicious, that the highest
penalty we dared to inflict was, to si
lence him from preaching. The facts
soon came out, however, and he was
expelled from the church. At our
stage of the proceeding, an old, use
ful, and extensively known minister
observed, that when he heard of the
occurrence, he felt as if his own repu
tation had sunk twenty-five per cent!
Few men, either in Church or State,
as we have said, pause to think of the
perils of high positions, after they have
once set their hearts upon them. The
glittering prize lures them on, until,
Atlanta, Georgia, March 13, 1879.
1 just before they can recjfrd their names
I in the temple of fame,, Ip to express it,
some foul temptation Closes their way,
and plunges them heMMmg down into
“the putrid waters’pt infamy,” and
they live only to a moral, or
adorn a tale” of disappointed ambi
tion.
There is a legal maxup to the effect
that “there is no wropMvithout a rem
edy ;” and if the reader asks, what is
the remedy for all this? ; our answer in
brief is this—that when that necessity
shall be laid upon all our institutions
of learning, academic, qollegiate, and
what not, that shall demand it ax a
right for the youth of the country,
fortheir moral to keep pace with thejr
intellectual development, in the course
of their education, those evils will be
abated. The resisting must at least be
equal to the attacking forces, to pre
serve intact any organization, 'We
know what the attacking powers are—
let. us provide for the day o( trial.
What the “balance wheel’.’ is to a
piece of machinery, this high moral
development is to the man. ip fitting
him for a career of honor and
The recurrence of one’s jWrth-day is
like passing another on a
day’s journey. In the early part of
the day, and until wc pass tUp meridi
an, and get considerably into the.after
noon, we are not apt to notiei), mile
posts, with any great degree oi solici
tude, if at all. But as evening advances,
we begin to count them with growing
solicitude. We insensibly pull oufopur
watch, to see how many minutes are
consumed in each mile, as our sense of
weariness increases. We look forward,
with joyous anticipation, if we are
“homeward bound,” to the quiet repose
that awaits us among the loved ones
around our hearth-stone. This some
what beguiles the fatigue of the jour
ney, and we trip on with a lighter
heart. Even thus it may be with the
Christian pilgrim, as he passes these
“mile-posts” of life to the goal. In the
early part of his pilgrimage, he seldom
pauses to see how far he is advanced.
Occupied with a thousand cares and
rex[xmxibilitiee, he thinks not Os the
flight of time. His bounding spirit
and glowing imagination paint the
future with entrancing loveliness. If
disappointments and reverses cross his
path, his youthful energies rally, and
he strives with increased vigor to re
pair the mishaps of the past by the
successes of the future. And now in
"manhood’s sturdy might,” his accumu
lated responsibilities, secular and relig
ious, leave him but little time to note
the stealthy tread of time, as it moves
him on. Many, 0 how many, are sur
prised with an abrupt termination of
the journey of life in the very midst
of its most pressing cares. They strike
the "trap-door” of eternity when they
least expect it, and in a moment, they
find themselves, like Elijah, in the
“chariot of God,” passing with light
ning speed, the everlasting hills, and in
an instant they are in the midst of the
ravishing splendors of the heavenly
Jerusalem. But if the Bridegroom de
lays his coming until the usual term
of life is completed, our three-score and
ton or four-score years—the expectant
of glory, as his faith, and love,and zeal,
and spiritual knowledge mature into
higher perfection—as he realizes, with
growing intensity, the "vanity and
vexation of spirit” that are connected
with all earthly pursuits—as his deeper
experience teaches him the falsity and
hollowness of all earthly promises, all
those carnal friendships that are
"founded in interest and dissolved from
convenience,” —O,as from some Pisgah,
he views that promised land a thou
sand times more enrapturing than
Moses saw, it is marvellous that he be
gins in the evening of life to count
these “mile-posts” with increasing anxi
ety, as he passes each one, and con
gratulates himself that he is one mile,'
one year, nearer that home where his
dearest kindred dwell—one year nearer
that precious One, ‘‘whom having not
seen he loves”—and that there remains
at most but few more to be passed be
fore he "sees the King in His beauty!"
Happy are you, dear aged saint, if you
are thus "waiting for the salvation of
God.” Happy if you are thus counting
the days, the months, and years, with
joyous hope, that yet lie between you
and the end of your faith, your Fath
er’s house. Happy, if in the "land of
Bulah,” like old Bunyan’s Christian,
you “fall sick with desire, and say, ‘lf
you see my Beloved, tell Him that I
am sick of love!’ "
Written March 4, 1879, the writer's birth
day.
Been gossiping, eh ? Told the whole
story about neighbor Giles’ family to
the Jones’, with circumstantial varia
tions. did you? Felt very badly about
it after you got home ? No doubt of it!
See prescription : James 3:5-11. Com
mit to memory, and repeat three times
a day just before each meal for two
weeks, and see if it don’t "bridle” the
"unruly member.” Luki.
HA RPERS VILLE, ALA BA MA.
Having some secular business in the
neighborhood of this village last week,
we accompanied Dr. Renfroe, the pas
tor oi the Baptist church there, (Big
kpritjh) at his monthly appointment,
and enjoyed our stay among the breth
ren most pleasantly, many of whom
we have known thirty and forty years.
We found the church in good condi
tion, greatly attached to their worthy
pastor, and quite gratified at the sight
of an old friend. We declined preach
ing but once, and heard on Saturday
one of brother R.'s best sermons,
founded on the faith of Abraham. It
was if clear, vigorous, well-prepared,
exhaustive discussion of the "right
eousness of faith”—the righteousness
that faith appropriates— Gospel to the
core,'
We found our young friend, Prof.
Gwa|tney, son of Dr. Gwaltney, of the
Judson, at the head of a large, inter
esting school in the village, and win
ning golden opinions for himself, for
the ability and efficiency with which
he is discharging his duties. We wish
wc had a thousand such young men in
Alahtetoa to supply our State with just
the teachers we need.
The “Big Spring” church is one of
the oldest ones in this part of Alabama.
It is the church of which the late ven
erable J. M. Scott wax pastor for nearly
forty years. He died almost two years
ago in the one hundred and first year
of his age, having been born, we be
lieve, on the year of the Declaration of
Independence. He has a daughter,
grand-daughter and grand-son, mem
bers of this church, the latter of
whom is one of its deacons, brother E.
E. Caldwell. Truly he is of blessed
memory.
The Religious Press.
—Thus saith The Messenger (Dutch
lief. Phila):
e see floa ing around, as an item, the
boast of some minister ihat he raised between
two and three hundred dollars by mem ot
cards, « » :ti he gave to his Suuday-sch' ol
scholars,ijho, armed in .Z.his way, were sent
so icit contributions from every
(i whom they chanced to meet. That
may all sound very well, and' show up the
spirit of modern Christian enterprise, but
the morality of the whole affair will not
stand the test of sound criticism. It is the
custom of some churches, who boast of lhe
amount of money they raise, f>r corgrega
tional or general benevolent purposes, to re
sort to such expedien s »nd then claim credit
for all that is given. They are nearly al
ways before the community with a “fair,"
or popular entertainment, some of them of
questionable cbarac; er, the p'oceedsof which,
however, are to be devoted to paying a
church debt, or sending money to the heath
en; or, after that mine has been exhausted,
they send out their little beggars to pick
up crumbs, which ought to be supplied by
those, who make so much ado about their
liberality. It is wonderful how cheeky
these young ecclesiastical mendicants be
com-; but the whole influence is demoral
izing.
And The Index agrees with the
Messenger, that children ought never
to be sentout on these Iregging errands.
Nor ought money ever to be raised for
religious or benevolent purposes by
means of fairs, concerts, or public en
tertainments of any kind whatever. To
make short of it, all indirect ways of
raising money for such purposes, are
wrong; the mere fact that they are
indirect, makes them wrong. The di
rect way is the only right way. “He
that giveth let him do it with simplic
ity.” Let it be simple giving—let it
be giving simply; giving and nothing
else; giving without any of the mod
ern attachments. If the act of giving
is put in partnership with any other
act, as for instance the enjoyment of a
concert or a lecture, then the grace of
giving is adulterated, and we are put
ting base coin into the treasury of the
Lord. Giving is worship, and it is just
as wrong to couple ihis act with
amusement, or with any other incon
gruous thing, as it would be to couple
prayer or any other devout exercise
with any such thing. Ix*t there be no
strange fire on the altar of the Lord.
—The Christian Advocate (New Or- i
leans, and Methodist, of course, as all
the "Christian Advocates” are,) thus
tersely lays down one of the bottom
principles:
Nothing but the principle of duty, sepa
rste from all riel6>-h <on«i enrtions, ever has
added or ever will add anything to lhe real
moral |>ow. r of th world.
And this comes in very well after
what we have said about indirect
means of raising funds. Will the
reader be kind enough to peruse the
above extract from the Christian Advo
cate again, and meditate upon it? It is
a fine subject for a sermon. Will not
some of our preachers elaborate it!
—The Baptist liecord (Clinton, Miss.)
speaking of Dr. Marston, says :
The right kind of men from the North
enn d o good work in the Sou h and will Ire
heartily received. But there ia no go>sl
tdace among ua for fanatics, who come to
irand every Southern man as a rebel and
a mischief maker.
We h.artilv invite Dr. Marston into our
territory, and hope he will come soon and
stay long.
And The Index thinks that the
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD,
of Tennessee.
right kind of men from anywhere can
do good at the South, or anywhere else ;
and furthermore that fanatics do harm
anywhere and everywhere; and final
ly. that Dr. Marston is the right kind of
man. ,
—The Morning Star(N. H.) sweetly
and wisely discourses thus:
Blessed is that chure > which has lately
welcomed converts to its fold. They will
bring to it fresh life, and make all its gath
erings more animated and interesting. There
is no hing so new as the recital of the old
olds ory by one who has just ex[<erienced
its beauty. The church should in turn prove
ables ing to the converts. It should im
press upon them the value of practical god
liness, of becoming deportment, and of
avoiding these things which will in any wav
bring reproach upon the Name they now
wear. . They sh aid be taught the doctrine
and faith of the church, and the reason for
it; and, while their love is new, they should
be encouraged to take all the steps neceas ry
to a full and practical church membership.
This implies much more than a mere ob
servance o the ordinances. It implies an
identity. with all the religious and charitable
enterprises of the church, attendance at its
meetings and participation in them, an in
terest in he Snnday-scho .1, and a practice
of all those things that go to make up good
citi«- nship, pure morals, sound Christianity
and a blameless life. The world needs such
Christians, and so does the church.
The Index has taken the liberty to
italicise the word converts in the above
extract. But dreadful indeed is the
condition of that church which has
welcomed to its fold those who are not
converts. And wretched indeed is the
condition of that church which thinks
that when one is baptized into its fel
lowship, no more is to be done for him.
How many church members have we
in Georgia who gave more evidence of
piety the day they were baptized than
they ever did afterwards? Certainly
there are many such. Why is this?
And again we say why? Will our
brethren please to think about it? And
while on the subject will each one look
over the membership in his own church,
and inquire how many there are whose
highest and only exhibition of grace
was on the day of their baptism? What
is the proportion of these to the whole
membership? Is it not a majority?
How came our churches 4b get into
this condition? Who is to blame for it?
—The Record and Evangelist (Camp-
Itellito| lowa.) has this paragraph,-whiclj,
coming from such a source, surprises
us :
It is well known that the n>o«t critical
jMiriod in t 1 e natural life of a human being is
infancy. Half of our race die before they
reach the age of five years. It is equally
true that the most critical perimi • f Christian
life is that of bah sin Christ. We fear th <t
nearly one half of th' se b 'rn again die be
fore they are a year old. Shall this tie the
fate of the thousands whic>. have been gath
ered in o the fold of Christ during the win
ter's work ?
Very bad theology, thinks The In
dex ; still there is a good point in it.
Many are doubtless born, (if the word
may be so used,) into the visible Church
who die soon afterwards; but none such
are born into the kingdom of grace.
Here there are no still-born children ;
no deaths in infancy ; no deaths ever.'
Death never invades that kingdom.
All its children inherit eternal life!
Still it is true that the early period of
Christian life demands peculiar atten
tion and care.
The London Times, in an editorial
article, says Yakoob Khan will proba
bly succeed Shore Ali. Once firmly es
tablished on the throne of Afghanistan,
it would be the policy of the Indian
Government to recognize him as de fac
to ruler, and meet favorably any advan
ces he may make with a view Ur a
terminate n of the war in Afghanis
tan. The English troops are in posses
sion of all the commanding points in
the country, and the war is virtually
over.
The number of those who in 1877-
78 died of starvation in Brazil, is esti
mated at over 150,000, exclusive of
deaths indirectly resulting from it.
Frightful havoc was also made by
small-pox, which carried off 21,000
persons. There have been few periods
in history more fertile in famine than
the last lustrum.
Intense indignation against Mr.
Hayes for the veto of the anti-Chinese
bill is manifested in California and on
the Pacific const. At Bullister, San
Benito county, Hayes was burned in
effigy, anti nt Fairfield, Sonoma county
Hugs were nt half mast. At Dutch Flat
the last Chinese shanty was burned on
receipt of the news.
Burt Oats.—in our advertising col
umns will be found an announcement
of these famous oats. We will send
one bushel of the oats as a premium
to any one who will forward to us the
names of a club of new subscribers to
The Index. Farmers try it!
The Virginia Bill, for compromising
the public debt of that State, won de
feated by legislative tactics. It is sup
posed the Governor will convene an
extra session.
Whole No. 2360.
The Sunday-School.
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Lesson Xlll—March 30,1879. t
BEFfEIF.
SOME THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED DURtKQ
THE QUARTER.
L About the second temple. Lessoti
1 and 2.
We learned that the seventy years
captivity extended from B. C. ‘606,
when Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judah*
to B. C. 536, when the decree of Cyrus
gave the Jews liberty to return; that
Jerusalem and the first temple weto
destroyed B. C. 588 ; that because of
the issuing of the decree of CVrttsJ,
Zerubbabel with about 50,000 men
and women went from the land of their
captivity to Jerusalem, a journey of
probably four months, and there erect
ed the altar of the God of Israel, and
offered burnt-offerings thereon. After
some months they laid the foundation
of the second temple, and all the peo
ple shouted for joy and sang togethftk
giving thanks to Jehovah. Immedi
ately however the Samaritans, descend
ants of the heathen colonists planted
in Samaria by Assyria after the remov
al of the ten tribes, used every nieatiit
in their power to hinder the work, and
so effectually that it ceased for about
fourteen years, when it was resumed
B. C. 520 and the temple completed B
C. 515.
Note.—The tabernacle teas 30 cii
bits (45 feet) long, 10 cubits (15 feet.)
broad and 10 cubits (15 feet) high.
The temple of Solomon, was 60 dibits
long, 20 cubits broad and 30 Cubits
high, or twice as long as the tabernacle,
twice as broad and three times as high.
(See 1 Ki. 6: 2). The temple of Ze
rubbabel was probably of the same
length with Solomon’s, but three times
as broad (60 cubits) and twice as lugh
(60 cubits) See Ezra 6: 3.
11. About the wall of Jerusalem.
Lessons 3 and 4.
Seventy years after the rebuilding of
the temple, the walls of the city were
yet in ruins. Os this Nehemiah heard
in Shushan far to the east of
The inteffigfyd filled Yim with'sad
ness and a longing to gb to Jerusalem
and build again the wltlls of the holy
city. He is sent by the Persian king
to do that which his heart desired, and
provided with material and other aid
for his purpose. In his effort to re
build the wall, he was interrupted by
the Samaritans, but finally his success
was complete.
111. About religious observances.
Lessons 5 and 6.
Not long after the completion of the
wall, only a few days, the people gath
ered from the cities to which they had
gone after rebuilding the walls, and re
quested Ezra, a learned and pious
priest, to read and expound to them
the law of God. This he did On one
September day, reading from dawn un
til noon. When the people heard it
they wept sore, but Ezra and Nehe
miah bade them make it a day of foast
ing and joy, rather than, of sorrow.
Two weeks later they kept the feast of
tabernacles for seven days' atldi .two
days aftrr entered into tolemn cove
nant to “walk in God’s law.”
A general breaking of the law fol
lowed the making this covenant, such
is the perversity of tire Inunan peart.
Even the temple service was neglected,
and inconsequence the Sabbath dese
crated. These abuses NdliepiiPl/ cor
rected and led the people once more to
keep the Sabbath.
IV. About David. Lessons aix to
twelve.
We have learned that tine ,bo6k of
Psalms contains 150. Ohe-dfthese is
ascribed to Moses, one to Kthan, twdlve
to Asaph, eleven to the sons of Korah,
and seventy-three to David, leaving
fifty-two anonymous. Some df them
were written before the captivity, some
during it, and some after"it. In some
there are predictions referring to Christ.
These are termed Messianic. Such are
Psalms 2,16, 22, 45, 72 anti 110. In
the Ist Psalm we bad a shan> contrast
between the way and eml of the right
eous and the wicked. ‘Tn the 2d we
learned that Christ is the Great Law
giver to men, and the king to whom
all men must submit. ‘We'jipve le’AVned
in the 51st Psalm, how u time peiiipmt
is conscious of tlje depravity of. the
heart and longs mH only for fjiMon.
but also and much more for sanctifica
tion. Then nuturaljv we'learned of the
joy of forgiveness, and thep of the de
lights of God’s House. Last of all, ■.»<>
have learned of tlm Grfiiit Searclici
Hearts.
I'I.AN OF
Let the teacher out the history
and experience. meiiljotred above 1 by
questioning his scholars, and let him
make personal applications while do
ill 11 I !11; •» 7
The Chinese iH<<CUbHfcmiitt mV an
nually two hundred >MtdUMrtd dtJHurs
in poll taxes, besides property tuxes
and licenses.