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THE SCRIPTURAL LAW OF DI
VOROE.
Wc have quite an earnest request
from an anxious inquirer asking for
light on the scriptural law of divorce.
He asks: “Do the scriptures per
mit divorce for any other cause than
adultery, as effecting an entire dis
solution of the marriage bond?” If
by “scriptures” is meant the old as
■well as the new Testament, the
question must be answered in the
affirmative. The Mosaic law did not
prescribe divorce but death, as the
penalty for adultery. (Lev. 20 :10).
Provision was made for divorce.
(Dent. 23:1). The Jewish interpre
ters differed very widely in regard
to the permissible causes for divorce.
Some went so far as to say that if a
wife should burn her husbands food
in cooking, ho was at liberty to put
her away! Josephus, who was a |
Pharisee, gives a paraphrase of the
law: “If any one wishes to bo di
vorced from his wife for any cause
whatsoever (and many such causes
might happen among mankind), let
him give assurance in writing that
he will never more live with her,”
etc. (Antiquities 4,8, 23). In the
time of Christ the Jews were divid
ed in opinion about the matter, but !
most of them held that a man might
lawfully' dismiss his wife “for every
cause,” and the only restriction was
that he must give her the written
document referred to in the law.
It was with this very provision of
their law that the Pharisees con
fronted Jesus, seeking to entangle
him. (Matt. 19:3). The Jews un
derstood the right to “put away” a
wife as involving the right to take
another. They know nothing of a
mere legalized separation without
the right of remarriage. Divorce
was absolute and either party might
Again marry. In his reply here, and
In Matt. 5: 31-32, Jesus admits the
low plane upon which Moses placed
the question, and attributed the lax
ity of his prescriptions to the “hard
ness of heart” of the people to
whom he gave the law. The law
giver knew the moral condition of
the nation just delivered from Egypt
lion slavery, and he was wise enough
to know that only by slow progress
could they' be lifted to a high and
proper standard in this matter. “The
Israelites who received the law,” as
Dr. Broadus well remarks, “were
not qualified for elevated ethical
perceptions, dispositions, or conduct,
and would fiercely break over a se
vere enactment; and their descen
dents were still too much of the
same character.” This inferiority of
the moral requirements of the Mo
saic law, as compared with the high
er ethical teachings of the New Tes
tament cannot be over-looked if one
washes to properly’ interpret the
scriptures. The gospel law’ of di
vorce is on a more elevated moral
plane than the old.
Putting together our Lord’s utter
ances on the subject we find that he
did permit absolute divorce for adul
tery. For that cause the innocent
party might put away the guilty’
party. It may be well to say just
here that even the Jews did not re
gard their law as absolutely requir.
ing the guilty parties to be put to
death. In the time of our Lord
they had come to the conclusion
that even in cases of adultery, the
guilty ones might be simply “put
away.” So Joseph proposed to act
with reference to Mary’. (Matt. 1:
18-2(1) Jesus m Matt. 5 :31, 32,
clearly puts his own teaching in this
matter as paramount to, and as su
perceding, the law of Moses: “It
was said, whoever puts ayvay his
wife, let him give her a writing of
divorcement. But 1 say to you, that
every one who puts away his wife,
except for the cause of fornication,
makes her commit adultery; and
whoever marries her when put away
commits adultery.” Substantially
the same teaching is found in Matt.
19 :3-9; Mark 10 :2-12; Luke 16:
18. The law’ of exclusive and
permanent union was the original
law of marriage, and this law Jesus I
reaffirms. Neither party to the j
union can treat it as null, so as to
contract another marriage, without 1
forfeiting the character of Christ’s
disciples. One cause only can break
the bond. That cause, once estab
lished, has of itself put asunder those
whom God had joined together. It
is also clear from these words of our
Lord, that adultery is chargeable on
man or woman who marries again
while a former wife or husband
lives, not having been fouud guilty of
sdultcry. *
But it may be asked, may not a
divorced person re-marry? In an
sw'er we cannot do bettor'-than to
quote from Dr. Broadus : “Neither
party has a moral right to re-marry,
unless the religious union has been
violated by the unchastity of one of
them. In that case the innocent
party has a right to full divorce and
re-niarriage. Our Lord has said
nothing as to the question whether
the guilty party has a moral right
to marry again. This could be
true after unquestionable repen
tance.
Some have thought that Paul’s
language in 1 Cor. 7 : 10-16, gives a
law less severe than that of Jesus.
The apostle refers to a peculiar
state of things. He permits a separ
ation within limits that are clearly
defined, yet the parties thus separat
ed must remain unmarried, and the
believer must seek reconciliation.
In Rom. 7 :l-8, and Eph. 5 : 25-31,
and elsewhere, Paul gives the same
elevated view of marriage as that
advanced by his Lord. Putting to
gether all the New Testament
teachings w r e conclude that husband
and wife may “for sufficient cause
separate and live apart, but may not
marry again, unless the tie between
them has been severed (through the
commission, by one or the other of
the crime our Lord mentions.”
It is almost needless to add that
the civil legislation of men has not
been pitched on this high key. In
some of the United Spites there has
been and is a grievous facility for
divorce, against which a healthy re
action is arising in several quarters.
The German Protestant churches
are extremely lax as to divorce—
starting from a wrong interpreta
tion of Paul’s teaching, so as to
make “desertion” a ground for di
vorce—and that fact has embarress
ed many of the ablest German com
mentaries upon the passages under
review. How far our churches may
go in dealing with cases arising un
der the civil law, is a very serious
and perplexing question. Under
the civil law parties have entered in
to marriages which impose civil ob
ligations, which the churches may
not rightly set aside. When the
civil law has sanctioned a marriage
not strictly within the limitations of
the new Testament law, and the
parties to such marriage become be
lievers and desire to profess their
faith, the church confronts a prob
lem very difficult of solution, and
one which must not be decided
lightly. In all such cases there is
great need of Christian -forbearance
and earnest prayer tor the divine
guidance.
BIBLE DAY.
The second Sunday in November
next, has been suggested by Dr. C. C.
Bitting as the time for Sunday
schools to take collections for Bible
work. Dr. Bitting is missionary and
Bible Secretary of the American
Baptist Publication Society.
A program designed to aid in the
successful and profitable observance
of that day has been prepared, con
sisting of beautiful hymns and tunes,
appropriate responsive readings, rec
itations, and facts about Bible work-
It is now ready for distribution, free,
in any desired quantity, to pastors
and superintendents. The only con
dition is that “when used, a contribu
tion shall bo taken for the Bible
work of the American Baptist Publi
cation Society, and all of it sent to
that Society.”
The money is to be used in print
ing and distributing Bibles both in
the home and foreign tields, includ
ing the Bible work of both Northern
and Southern Baptists. The mission
ary must go with the Bible in hi?
hand. Not only the single copy
which he carries for his own use, but
others to be sold, at a price little
above the cost of printing, to those
who are willing and able to buy,
or to be given to those who can not
' pay for it.
Thousands of copies are given
away, every year, by the Society.
Besides its generous grants of Bibles
to destitute people found at home
and abroad, it gave last year, to the
Baptist Missionary Union $2,477.88,
for its Bible work in foreign fields,
and to the Foreign Missionary
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention, for its work in foreign
fields, $l()0O.
The need is great. It can be met
only by the generous, continued giv
ing of those who have the means.
To print and distribute the Bible is
like scattering “leaves from the Tree
of Life, for the healing of the na
tions.”
The Word of God is the Bread of
Life. To feed the perishing millions
of earth upon it is but a part of the
great work of missions in which we
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER. 29. 1892.
are engaged, in an especial manner,
during this centennial year.
The time appointed, second Sun
day in November, in no way conflicts
with any other mission work.
Send to C. C. Bitting, D. D., 1420
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, get as
many programs as you need, use
them, and help in printing and dis
tributing Bibles. No better work
can engage the hearts and hands of
Christians.
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GEORGIA'S RELIGIOUS STATISTICS.
The United States Census Bureau
has been issuing periodically bulletins
giving the denominational statistics
of the country, as shown by the cen
sus of 1890. The Baptist bulletin
has not yet made its appearance.
We have taken the pains collate
the figures concerning the denomi
nations in Georgia, giving the Bap
tist statistics from the minutes of the
State Convention and the Year Book.
We have no information as to the
number of houses of of worship own
ed by our churches :
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It will be noticed that the Episco
palians do not appear in* the above
table, but there are only 5,500 of
them in the State. Analyzing the
figures we find that there are 603,553
‘members” in a total population of
1,837,353 or 1 in every 3. It was
said by some clever humorist that
while figures will not lie, liars will
sometimes figure ! Every one who
pauses to think knows that there is
no such proportion of church mem
bers to the population. The truth is
that no denomination has as many
members as the rolls report. Look
ing further we find that there are.
268,886 white, and 835,1117 colored
members. Georgia’s white popula
tion in 1899 was 973,462, and the
colored 663,716, that is to say we
have 1 member in every 3.6 of the
whites, and 1 in every 2.5 of the col
ored ! This is to reduce the matter
to an absurdity.
Again : According to the table
there are 332,871 Baptists and
233,248 Methodists in Georgia. Wc
have before us the “Year Book ami
Minutes of the North Georgia Con
ference of the M. E. Church, South,”
for 1891. In this book wc find a
table giving the following figures :
Methodist Episcopal, South 111,731
North '.'l,3lii
African M E. 73,2 ts
“ Zion 75 <..’3
Colored M. E. 23,67(1
Total Methodists in Georgia 335300
There follows another table giv
ing the “total Baptists in Georgia”
as 325,300. This note is added :
“It has been conceded heretofore
that while the Methodists lead in the
United States, in Georgia our Bap
tist brethren outnumbered us. The
above statistics, gathered from the
most reliable sources and verified,
show that our church outnumbered
the Missionary Baptist (white)
16,734, and that there are 10,300
! more Methodists (all branches) than
Baptists (all branches) in Georgia.’’
If wo add the above colored fig
ures to those given in our first table,
wo shall have a total colored church
membership of 434,469 in atotal col
ored population, men women, and
children, of 863,716 ! Nonsense ’
Wc have no doubt both the colored
Baptists and Methodists report very
wildly. We have no idea that the
two denominations have together
over 250,000 actual members, if, in
deed, there are so many.
The figures of the white Baptists
and Methodists are also much awry,
though not so far out of the way as
the colored statistics. Wo know
that many Baptist Churches report
annually a larger membership than
they really have, and wo also know
the same may be said of the Meth
odists. A fair count would proba
bly reduce the total claimed mem
bership of both denominations 15 or
20 per cent. We would rejoice to
see an honest effort in the direction
of revising and correcting church
rolls.
Brother Williams has moved from
McWhorter to Douglasville, Gn.,
where his correspondents will please
address hereafter.
RECONCILIATION, SALVATION.
1. The death of Christ accom
plished a specific object. That ob
ject was only a part of the whole
effected by his complete work.
His expiring utterance on the
cross, “It is finished,” had reference
only to that particular part of his
work accomplished by his death.
The object of his death was to atone
for sin, to meet the demand of a
broken law, and to satisfy justice.
It was a sacrifice, an offering, for
sin, to propitiate the offended Law—
Maker, and to make it possible and
proper for Him to be merciful and
gracious to the sinner, the law
breaker. The effect was Recon
ciliation between God and the sin
ner who laid the Land of faith upon
the head of the sacrificial Lamb,
thus confessing his guilt, accepting
Christ as his personal substitute, and
receiving the benefit of his vicareous
death.
This is what the scriptures plainly
teach.
He was delivered for our trespass
es. While we were yet sinners’
Christ died for us. For he is our
peace. lie has reconciled both Jew
and Gentile,” in one body to God
through the cross, having slain the
enmity thereby.” Being enemies,
“we were reconciled to God through
the death of His Son.” We rejoice
in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ,” through whom we have re
ceived the reconciliation.”
2. But, while this was absolutely
essential, it was not, of itself, suffic
ient. It was essential, because if
Christ had not died for our sins, we
should have had no alternative but
to die for them ourselves. We
shold have had to’pay the penalty
of a broken law in our own persons,
each individual for himself. For
Christ to die, however, was not
enough. A dead Savior is no Savior
at all. We need not only a Savior
really dead and hurried, but a Sav
ior who has risen, who lives, and
who, therefore, can, and does give
life to the believing sinner.
“If being enemies, we were recon
ciled to God through the death of
his son ; much more, being recon
ciled, shall we be saved by his life.”
If Christ has not been raised, then
is our preaching vain, and our faith
is also vain, we are yet in our sins
and having hope in Christ in this
life only, wo are of all men most
miserable. Christ has risen
from the dhad and become the
first fruits of them who slept in
him.
It is because he lives, that wo shall
live. Blessfd he the God and Fath
er of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to his abundant mercy
■ hath begotten us again unto a lively
j hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead. It is a
living hope in a living Savior.
When Christ, our life, flhall ap
pear, then shall we also appear with
him in glory. This is the record
that God has given unto us eternal
life, and this lite is in his Son.
His resurrection from the grave
justifies and gives life. He ever
liveth to make intercession for us.
His spirit is ever with us; the spirit
I of life in Christ Jesus, which makes
I us free from the law of sin and death
Oh death! where is thy sting? Oh
grave ! where is thy victory? Thanks
be to God, who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
We receive reconciliation by his
death ; salvation by his life.
After a soul stirring sermon a com
plimentary brother was heard to tell
the preacher : “You poured it into
them to-day sure.” Yes, the preach
er pqjired it into “them," certainly
not into that brother. He had spent
the time applying what was said to
the “other fellow.”
It is an exceedingly difficult mat
ter to so preach that all who hear
shall be made to realize that you are
preaching to them. Il is a trait of
poor human nature to excuse itself
and condemn another. There are
times when every word of the preach
er seems directed as a shot right at
the poor quivering heart of the hear
er, when no thought of shifting the
responsibility over occurs. This
poWer of directness must be a great
gift and one to be sought and cher
ished by every preacher. To be
able to preach right at the very
hearts of your hearers must be
worth more than any other of the
gifts. Might not this bo cultivated
by patiently applying the sermon to
the thought and life of the preacher
himself before delivery. A preacher*
must ho in great danger of preach
ing mechanical, perfunctory ser
mons. Striving either to present
some great truth in unquestionable
terms or, correct other people’s lives
by the infallible standard, he loses
sight of the influence such speech
has on his own heart and therefore
does not produce the effect on other
hearts.
If you will closely notice the effect
of the first preachers, it is stated that
their hearers were cut to the heart-
Not so much in their minds did the
words of the preacher cut, but in the
seat of the affections, where we al
low, that moral impressions are
made, this is the preaching that
movefl men. It can be possessed in
a great degree only by men who can
preach to themselves and then with
burning hearts go to make somebody
else’s heart burn as their own.
It is quite true that the kind of
brother quoted at the cutset would
not be greatly moved by any kind
of preaching. He is a “hard ground
hearer” from whose soil the fowls of
the air steal away all the seed before
they take root. Indeed, ho never
recognizes that he is being preached
to, or about. It is always his neigh
bor who is being scored.
It is well-nigh a hopeless under
taking to reach such hearers. They
have joined the church, been bap
tized and indeed, have performed
the performances connected with re
ligion and therefore count themselves
in for any good results and not in to
hurt, should the affair fail of final
expectations. •
It will not do to turn hopeless
and fear that our churches are being
over-loaded with such material, but
sure as death something desperate
has taken possession of hosts of Bap
tists.
Would God, that preachers might
gain that gift of directness that will
enable them to point out the man as
they preach.
It is no use to warn the churches
against taking in|such members. They
develop after they become members.
If the churches might enforce the
Law cf Christ against covetousness,
and condemn him who is a hearer of
the word and not a doer of the work,
there might be hope of correcting
this evil.
It will lie an awful judgment on
him that heard and did not heed.
The men of heathen nations will rise
up in the judgment and condemn
such hearers with fearful emphasis.
The Lord have mercy on heedless,
listless and worthless church mem
bers.
FREE BOOKS.
School books are furnished free to
the children of the schools, Colum
bus, Ga.
So “free” things in school matters
come, one by one, as this writer pre
dicted several years ago. Free tui
tion, free books, and next will come
free clothes and free victuals. Af
ter awhile that good, liberal and
very numerous father, the State, will
be called on to furnish everything
free to all his children, old, middle
aged, and young. Indulgent parent,
you are raising a worthless family
of children. You are destroying
individual independence, and foster
ing idleness and crime. Dissatis
fied, ungrateful, and rebellious, they
will turn and reml you.
It appears that dancing scarcely
holds its own in London society ; or
shall we say that having usurped
what was not its own, it seems to be
losing it! It is less and less prac
tised as a manly accomplishment,
ami those who wish to give enter
tainments are obliged when ordering
salads, sandwiches and tutti frutti
caterers, to order as well a supply of
dancing men. Under these circum
stances, one would fain hope that
ladies who for fashion’s sake have
abandoned Christian simplicity to
“ trip it on the light fantastic toe,”
would for that some reason if no
higher, now return to ways more
decorous and devout. But we may
doubt it, seeing human nature is so
sunk below its first and right estate
as to render the change from wise to
unwise easier than the change from
unwise to wise.
IV e copy from the Religibus Her
ald the following which we fully
endorse and believe to be true :
“Dr. Boykin asks us to reproduce
an article from Kind Words, setting
forth his views on Baptism and Re
mission. The article grew out of
the foolish attack made upon him,
because of a comment in the Kind
Words Quarterly. If we had room
for the article wo would cheerfully
print it. But as wo cannot do this
we beg leave to say that, in our
judgment, there is no sounder, safer
teacher in the whole South. In the
article noting the attack upon Dr.
Boykin, which wc printed recently,
wo said that we cordially believed
the excellent preacher’s disclaimer of
the doctrine of baptismal regenera
tion. We wish to add that we have
never had even the ecantest sym
pathy with the absurd charge of
heretical teaching laid at his door.
WHY NOT?
There is a case in our news column
worthy of special notice. J. M. Ma
son, a member of the church at Enon,
county not given, has been called as
its pastor. Such cases are of rare oc
currence. Too often it is the fact
that churches overlook the gifts of
their own members and fail to devel
op them. In looking for pastors
they look so high and so far as to
over look some one of their own num
ber who feels called to preach and is
longing to enter upon the work, but
because he is one of them, near by’
them, and well known to them, en
chanted by’ distance, they leave him
for a call to some remote church, or
allow him to remain silent altogether.
Some of the safest, most consistent
and successful pastors we know, are
those who have been called from the
bosom of the churches of ■which they
were members.
Look closet home, brethren, and
let us have more calls of this kind.
We learn that Dr. J. M. Trost,
Corresponding Secretary of the Sun
day School Board,has recently sent to
Dr. J. G. Gibson, $184.97 to be used
in Sunday school missions. This
amount is lOjper cent, of the cash re
ceipts from Georgia for May, June
and July. Dr. Frost has sent about
SIIOO.OO in the same way, and for
the same purpose to all the States
connected with the Southern Baptist
Convention. This is a most excellent
showing for our Sunday School
Board and indicates what may’ be ex
pected in the future. The Board
should secure a liberal patronage
from Southern Baptists and no doubt
will.
A brother who called al our office
a few days ago gratified us by the
statement that the brethren generally’
are very’ much pleased with the In
dex. The News column, Dr. Spald
ing’s briefs and Dr. Dobbs answers to
queries arc considered a valable ad
dition to the paper. The only’ com
plaint made he says was by a preach
er who said there was too many good
things in it, more than he could find
time to read.
Brother Janies Dorn of South
Carolina renews his supscription the
Index saying. I have been taking
the Index ever sinca it was first
published and am so well pleased
with contents I want to read it as
long as God lets me live.” Brethren
in Gn, tell those whodo not take
the I.xdex what they are missing.
Rev. W. M. Burr has moved from
Columbiana, Ala., to Dothan, Ala.
Correspondents will please note
change.
GENERAL.
Rev. B. E. Riley, D. D., Presi
dent of iWward College, East Lake,
Ala., says that the indications point
to a successful session. More than
one hundred students have already
been enrolled.
New Southside Baptist Church at
Birmingham, Ala., was dedicated
Sunday, Sept. 18. It is an archi
tectural beauty’, comfortable and
convenient in internal arrangement.
Dedication sermon was preached by
Dr. P. S. Henson, of Chicago.
The funeral sermon of Ex. Gov.
Watts was preached at Montgomery,
Ala., by Rew G. A. Nunnally, of
Macon, Ga., on Sunday’, 18th, Sept.
An immense congregation did rever
ence to the memory of the deceased.
The sermon of Dr. Nunnally was
said to have becd beautiful and ap
propriate.
The time of meeting appointed
for Alabama State Convention has
been changed from Nov. Bth, to
Nov. 22nd, on account of conflict
with presidential election which oc
curs on the former date.
Rev. A. B. Miller, so long the pas
tor of Little Rock, Ark., has accept
ed the call of the First Baptist
Church, Bouhan, Tex., which is said
to be one of the best in the State.
The Central Baptist states that
Dr. W. R. L. Smith has not yet
been called to the pastorate of the
Third Church, St. Louis, but that
the pulpit Committee has unanimous
ly recommended his name to the
church, and docs not doubt but that
the call will be extended.
Rev. C. C. Greene has resigned
the pastorate of the Church at Na
vasota, Tex.
Rev. M. D. Early of Memphis, has
been called to the Church at Ocala,
Fla.
A movement is said to be on foot
to form a separate convention for
Northwestern Texas. The Central
Baptist expresses the hope that the
movement may never materialize.
Rev. B. T. Clark of Murray Co.,
Ga., has baptized 1100 persons dur-
ing his ministry. He is about 80
years old, but young enough to at
tend the meeting of the North
Georgia Association and make a
temperance speech.
Dr. Gibson in bis speech at the
late session of the North Georgia
Association said that the Hiwassee
High School had accomplished an
incalculable amount of good in North
East, Ga. ♦
Rev. 31. P. Hunt, editor of West
Fork Baptist, Mo., has sold his sub
scription list to Dr. W. 11. Williams,
Editor and Proprietor of the Cen
tral Baptist. The West Fork Bap
tist wss a local monthly. The edi
tor frankly’ says that he doubts the
expediency of such publications and
thinks that efforts should be mada
to increase the efficiency of papers
of wider circulation and to bring
the people in touch with the work
all over the world. He is right.
The dedication of the Delmar
Avenue church, St. Louis, Mo., took
place on Sunday, Sept. 25, 1892. Dr.
Jno. A. Broadus preached the dedi
cation sermon at 3 o’clock P. M.
Dr. J. C. Armstrong preached at 11
oclock., a. m.
“Bible Day” is the second Sunday
in November. The schools and
churches should by’ this time be per
fectly familliar with the fact. A care
fully prepared programme has been
printed and is furnished free on con
dition that contribution shall be made
for the Bible work of our denomina
tion, and that the money received
shall be forwarded promptly to Dr.
Bitting, Bible Secretary of the
Amer ican Baptist Publication Socie
ty, Philadelphia.
Thoughts.
Maybe the kiss of the world has left
blisters of sorrow on your lip and life;
well, let me give the cure, the same as
others have tried with success. The
balm of Gilead, the love of Jesus and
grace of God. I’ve been watching of
late the effects of God’s remedy on
broken hearts and lives, and so sweet
has been the outcome that I want you to
try it.—Christian Herald.
Why should I start at the plow of my
Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my
soul? I know he is no idle husbandman;
he pnrposeth a crop.—S. Rutherford.
We have renounced reason as our in
structor in the knowledge of religious
truth. Wo have done it the highest
honor, when we sought, as it commands
us, a more authoritative and surer guide.
—Rev. A. L. Gordon.
Wc often hear Christian persons com
plain that they cannot lovo the Saviour.
That is a common complaint, but there
is one easy euro for it. The wore you
live with Christ the better you love him.
—C. H. Spurgeon.
How great is God, who can under
stand even the most imbittered and
soured disposition, to which no human
being can find the key, and although it
is no longer in relations of love to any
one, can yet bring it into relations of
love and confidence to himself.—Rothe.
Much in izii
The nurse of full grown souls is Soli
tude.—Lowell.
He that will often place this world and
the next before him and look steadfastly
at both will find the latter constantly
growing greater and the former less Ui
his view.
Adam began ruin by eating; Christ re
demption by fasting.—St. Jerome.
Thousands come to me for help. How
foolish! Why not go to God. It was
he who said, “Fear not, 1 will help thee,”
and behind the promise was the strength
of omnipotence.—Christian Herald.
I have lived to see every one of my
most cherished hopes ono after another
disappointed, and to see that it yas bet
ter so.—Alexander Mackay, of Uganda.
Unbelief is departure from the living
God. How simple is this! So long as
yon trust God you aro near him. The
moment yon doubt him your soul has
departed into n strange country. Faith
is the link between God's fullness and
strength and our emptiness and weak
ness.—Dr. Saphir.
Though the persons who approached
our Lord manifested a variety of differ
ent virtues, yet faith is the only grace
which he is wont to commend.—Bengcl.
We must soar beyond the clouds if we
would see the silver linings or live be
yond life's storms.
L-" ■ 1 1-» —==.
WUllo Tillbrook
Son of
Mayor Tillbrook
of McKceiport, Px, had a Scrofula bun-S under
cm car which Iho ph%lc»n laaccdaml then It
because a running sore, and was followed by
erysipelas. Mrs. TUlbrook garo him
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
the sore healed up, ho became perfectly well
and Is now a lively, robust boy. Other parents
whose eldldren suffer from Impure blood
should profit by this example. i
HOOD'D PILLB e«r» K»bltnil ConitliMtlon by
restoring publaltlc action ot theiUlmcntaryeaaaL
STUDY LAW
AT HOME.
Task a Covssn ,« ths
SPRAGUE CORRESPONDENCE
SCHOOL OF LAW. (incorporated.)
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