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DRESSING CHRIST. * '• -M'U rfv^teo 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 , | - 7 V* ( 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 . . _ . „ 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. u St. 1 1 Continued 0*0111 fie«ond ('1 ltiitiu. 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. 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