DRESSING CHRIST.
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IATORY NOTES by *'
! P. HAYS, D. D., LL. D.
r I of the International Series
Quarter), for Sunday, Nov. 6,
7 —Text of the Lesson, Matt, x, 32
-Golden Text, Matt, t x, 32. __
e last lesson was the call of the apostles
postleship In this lesson we have a
ment of the results which should follow’
nthe Specially faithful discharge of their duties,
of the principles upon which
kChrist, as final judge, would estimate
reatment of them his ambassadors on
STJ-iT" 3 T lt Wi]1 n bp >e seetl l, y the mai "
1 reading in the . revised , version that the
io ‘\ thu <ir g k i L , 'P OMft ‘ ss in ™> “ nd
Hjftoiii&iw BHKristian in here him. , is so to lhis make intimates his confes- taat
Christ that it shall not be an external
ra^put lm¥’ ^ )Ut on 118 as l >art something k* s internal separa and from spir
■ ■tAinumg f. habit. This . form of phrase- *
■yjBliows ||f ld OJ that 0U1S the is confession, not a temporary both on rela- his
,
■step, but is a permanent, abiding and
■vmg habit of our spiritual life.
Bp ■final 1 M i judgment . IK ‘ 1 P le “ er ® is applied simply the by Christ ordinary to
Mof good .society. We may feel wounded
^■.tein Bwp, bm porary we esdmato defection them of one not of on our the
Wn# au occas i° Uu l fault, but on their
■lteient behav ior and characteristics.
*ing m can be more irrational for those
iftv thus act in their intercourse with their
man than to expect Christ to deal
iHlvisc with them.
or war.—Verses 34, 35 and 36 are m
ge contrast with our notions of the
lg of the prince of peace. But Christ
send peace to his friends and among
and not to make peace with his
lies. \ ei y often the argument is urged
1st an aggressive warfare in behalf of
llity Life, in the community that it will stir
as if peace should be bought at the
I of unbridled evil. Why should good
Jp yield their principles for the sake of
any more than bad people?
cases. —In this country it is not
families are so divided that thejr
reach the climax described in
liority 35; and yet filial duty and parental
have not unl'requently been used to
Christians to. do wrong. It is an ex
but not an impossible one, that
ig Christians should be pushed to choose
l l’een their own households and their duty'
Ifrsoyai feeling.—We are apt to assume
■T " suffering lies on the side of doing
' at the surrender of conscience is
Ive roaa to relief from trouble. Verse 37
I ; this question of personal preference and
1 ion. There is a wonderful depth of
V * n ^at phrase “worthy of me.” It
]f I used icsfcion in of this imitating one verse, Christ. and covers For the
I the
f la lost race he gave up the glories of
/m if or the path of duty midst suffering
&Hh.
He cross.—Verse 38 seems perfectly clear
I fcsswiations as the word that “the have cross” gathered comes with all
round it
Hhc past eighteen centuries. Crucifixion,
jprer, was not a common form of punish
k among the Jews. When, therefore, this
■fence was uttered before the crucifixion,
Ineauing [p must have been very obscure to
3f disciples. This is an admirable illustra
r what is meant in John xii, 16. The
\his cross” indicate that each one has
peculiar burden to bear.
I and loss.—Verse 39 is a question of
’ pme motive, and puts life as the rep
^ ve of ease in contrast with duty and
Iroval of conscience. If everything
Lacrificed for ease the probability' is
Ull [ss not be attained. Egotism and
^■Kpi-s generally* defeat themselves.
iHi)hc principles in religion.—Money
collector of a bank is counted aS
^■1^0 ^Ri'iversal the loank. In verse is 40 adopted this prin- by
PHr#jour among men,
When ministers preach the
Hi md Sabbath school teachers teach
*ith, and J good people , invite men to
i )ur, they do not speak- in their own
y Christ will take every resixmse to his
I s ra i^y tain principle sot forth as regards
thousands vrho hear the message, as well as
with reference to the messenger.
Small matters,—Ver aj «las this principle
children in the mission schools out of their
poverty will give their teachers a token of
j affection, which to the teacher may have
• small value in itself, ’ but will bo very precious 1
t ! to t.iat teacher tor the , appreciation . , it ... mdi
cates. Li the country where this verse was
i spoken water is not very plentiful, and cold
vaxoi L. a Swfil scaicc. ui tide. The gift,
; 1G f 0t <! V ? hl Vv * a ^f ' v.-ould indicate a
m?-t * thcgi.vor7°V.’lici , l *thought
of i now” this
and effort are the re.; ah of an intention to
recognise Christ in the person of the disciple,
why should Christ fail to reward those who
expressly, *ofFi(Ws;' for his mice, have done this little
ac Li .‘<~rn
This for five tiling on the part of
j God’s people: confession of their love, coil
fliet with evil, comparison of results between
right and wrong, sacrifice of present ease to
duty, and acceptance of the government of
the IJaviour. It calls for four things from
Christ towards his peoplo: acknowledgment
G f those who arc faithful to the command of
duty, testing them by trial, rewarding thorn
for faithfulness, and recognition of them in
tho day of judgment. These are correlative
the one to (he other. 0nr confession will bo
> acknowledged by Christ. In the conflict with
evil, we are simply obeying his command;
at our comparison of results between present
comfort and everlasting life, we arc tested in
his sight; when we sacrifice self and ease for
for Liis sake, lie comes with his reward; when
wo accept his control, he recognizes our sor
v i ce
HINTS FOR PRIMARY CLASSES.
BY ALICH W. KNOX.
1. What docs confessing Christ mean?
2. What results follow confessing Christ?
To confess Christ before men is to acknow
lcd.; * Christ as our Saviour; to show a Christ
like character; to bo like Christ; to do what
is right at all times and places. It is to do to
others what we would like to have them do
to us. This sometimes leads to troublo and
discord, as it did with Christ himself; but
those who aro not willing to bear tho cross
cannot hope to wear tho crown.
When criminals were to bo crucified, under
tho old Roman government, they were com¬
pelled to carry their own crosses to tho place
of execution. Jesus Christ bore liis cross in
that way, and ho calls tho trials of life
crosses. Come have one kind and some an¬
other. People are apt to think their own
trials or crosses the hardest, and often wish
they co.wd exchange with others; but cacli
nno must bear his own.
It is often a crcr; to confess Christ' beouusi
those who do not love or even believe :n hill
ridicule and persecute true Christians. Many
persons have died cruel deaths rather than
deny Christ In Rome there are miles oi
to fl* from persecution. They ore dark,
narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable; but
thousands of people have lived and died
there. Occasionally a room was made large
enough for a number to assemble for dmne
worship, and there some godly minister
would preach to the poor captives. At times
rough soldiers would be sent by the cruel
rulers to murder the good people hiding in
those dismal, crooked halls, and they would
flml them by following the sound of their
voices when they were singing at these meet
ings. Now, travelers visit these catacombs
and see row after row of narrow shelves cov
ered with bones or ashes, where the Christ
ians were once laid after death As these
passages were hewn out of the solid rock, no
graves could be dug, and thns tbe dead were j
placed on the shelves beside the living in the i
aisles. Tbe martyrs who died thus lost their
lives for Christ’s sake, but they have found
eternal life with him in heaven.
These are some of the results of confessing
Christ: persecution on earth, but everlasting |
life and joy in heaven. When once there the j
trials and crosses of this life will seem very j
small compared with the great rewards of the
life to come.
The Central Truth says, “Confessing Christ ‘
brings trials ami rewards.” Jesus foretold
this, and Christians have found it true. 1
Sometimes family friends are unkind to those
who wnless Christ. This is a Irnrd trial, a j
h ^ cross; but it would be far worse to
havp JesUi . at 1he ia *t day, I know you j
! ^UO WE DIG OUR GRAVES?
Vie must eat or wo Ciirrnot live.
This we a 1 know But do we all
know * that we die bv eii liner? L" Tt iq “
tooth. How foolish this sounds.
let it is fearfully true. We are ter
ritied at the j» tiproacll of the cholera
I audyeiiOW , rj i level. .■, , Vet , there IS a dlS
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( adC constantly , ,, at OUV doors , and , in
our houses far more dangerous and
destructive. Most people have in
their own stomachs a poison, more
slow, but quite as fatal as the germs
of those maladies which sweep men
into eternity by thousands without
warning in the times of great epi
demies But nut it ll is lb ameit) a merev that lliul, U if
\ we We ai© are threatened. w^ful, we The call following tell when
are among the symptoms, yet they
do not always necessarily appear in
the same order, nor are they always
the same in different cases. There
is a dull and sleepy feeling; a bad
taste in the mouth, especially in the
morning; the appetite is change
able, sometimes poor and again it
seems as though the patient could
not eat enough, and occasionally no
appetite at all; dullness and slug¬
gishness of the mind; no ambition
to study or w ; ork; more or less head¬
ache and heaviness in the head;
dizziness on rising to the feet or
moving suddenly; furred and coat¬
ed tongue; a sense of a load cn the
stomach that nothing removes; hot
and dry skin at times; yellow tinge
in the eyes; scanty and high-colored
urine; sour taste in the mouth, fre
aum»tly attended by palpitation of
the heart; impaired vision, with
jts that seem to be swimming in
the air before the eyes; a cough,
with a greenish-colored expecto¬
ration; poor nights’rest; a sticky
slime about the teeth and gums;
hands and feet cold and clammy;
irritable temper and bowels bound
up and costive. This disease has
puzzled the physicians and still puz¬
zles them. It is the commonest of
ailments and yet the most compli¬
cated and mysterious. Some times
it is treated as consumption, some¬
times as liver complaint, and then
again as malaria and even heart dis
ease. But its real nature is that of
constipation and dyspepsia. It arises
U ><> JjpHtlve organs and SOOE
affects all the others through the
corrupted and poisoned blood,
Often the whole body—including
the nervoug 8yBtem *. _ is UurcMy **
starved, , when there ,,
even is nc
emaciation to tell the sad story,
Experience has shown that there if
p U ^ orie remedy that can certainly "
^ tLls JiBea8e j ^ Wb B , n h
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namely, o baker Extract of Koots or
Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup. H
never fails but, nevertheless, no time
s l 1G uld be lost in trying other BO
C{l ]j e( j reme dies ’ for thev Y will do no
gOOu. n C»et tills great vegptablfc
preparation, (discovered by a vener-,
able nurse whose name is a house¬
hold word in Germany) and be sure
to get the genuine article.
GIVEN UP BY SEVEN DOCTOR®.
Shaker Extract of Roots or Sei
gel d SyTll p lias raised me to g’OOll
health after seven doctors had given
me up to die with consumption.—
So writes R. F. Grace, Kirkinan
ville, Todd Co., Ky.
HE HEARD OF IT JU 8 T IN TIM*.
“I had been about given up to
die with dyspepsia when I first saw
^aveH^entofs^Kxt^ of Roots or Seigei 8 J>yiup. Afi.ei
using four bottles I was able to at
tend to of'Uni my business as well as evei
I kuow caaos of «hLk I
er that have been cured bv it.
j 50 wn ^®neva ^ e8 Go., Thos. Ala. rillluui, of -Fay
WORTH TRN DOLLARS A BOTTLE.
Mr. Thomas ^ P. Evans, ^ of the firm
of Evans & Bro., Merchants, Horn
town, Accomack t o., V:v, write
. that he had been sick with digestivi
disorders for many year* and lmd
tried many physicians find medi
elites without benefit. He began to
ur-c Shaker Extract of Boots or Sei
gel’s Syrup about i\\t 1st of Jan.
1887, ami was so much better in
1 three weeks that he considered him
adds: self practically **I have a this well time man. bot He
at one
tie on hand, and if 1 could not get
any more / mnU<l not taJce a ten
dollar bill for it .”
j ! White, All druggists, Limited, 54 or Wuin Address A. N. Y. J.
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not. To thoso who confess him on earth he
will then say, “Come, ye blessed <>1 m
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.
It might be disagreeable, or even painful,
to the son of a king to bo ill-treated in a
country where enemies to his father lived.
But suppose he should Ikj so weak and frig!,
cued that he should deny his father and s r .
“I am not his son; I do not know him. 1;
would not deserve to bo received into 1.
father’s house ou his return, Just so Jesu.'
says those will not be received into heaven,
our Father’s house, who deny him on earth.
As the little hymn says,
Never be afraid to speak for Jesus.
—Bunday School World.
An Old and True Friend.
Such is Thomas, the ‘NoShothiy
clothier of Columbus, to the we l
dressed portion of the people of the
county of Harris. He has done as
much as any man to educate thcii
taste in dress and to teach them that
it pais to wear good clothes ai d 1 ■»
always buy the best. He proves the
last proposition on every establishes customer
for every sale he makes
its truth. A man cannot buy a aim
of Thomas without being pursuided
before he needs another that it pays
to buy the best.
Mr. Thomas, at his store next to
the Rankin House, is constantly rc
ceiving his fall anil winter clothing.
He makes a specialty of wedding
outfits and he can suit you if you
contemplate matrimony. He al s< 1
carries a full line of samples and he
can suit any taste in his sj ecia! order
department.
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