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.uv. dr. talmage.
rnw NOfist) biViNE’s sun-
day Discourse.
lift lllneunnen From it Moral nml Kell^lonn
m.iinl|.oliii file Welfare of All llm
TPownn nml Oltlen of Onv Country—
I’olnln the Way to Milhleliinl Purity;
entry Tfr.it; I'd, thou that art Rltuato lit tho
of tho non.” Ezekiel xxvlt., 8.
Is a port of mi Impussloiio.i
tropho to tho city of Tyro. It was n bean
tlfnl oily n ^pjostlo t-lly. At tho oust
of tho Moilltorrunonn It sat, with olio
beckoning other tho tho Inland trade unit with
monstroiiR oommoroo boom ot fnntlgn ieroRs imtlons.
swung n Its
to shut out foreign enemies, ntnj
swung lull'll that boom to lei In its
Tho ntr ot the ilosort was Truifrsnt with
ami RpleoH all brought l>v i-ntimkns t.o her
heels soils woto cleft Into forint by
of In i luitoii iiiorolmutiiloil,
markots Wore rieh With horses mill
dim (Illinois fr.nri Toffumtrtlt, With liptiol
Jjfjtll, Stpfy bnlohtlds itliit bhony hint Ivoty fr.ini lle.htn,
Syria, anil ilffufo anil coral from
with wine ft-om Uolboa, with, finest
^oii.llowork about the splendid froin Ashur ami Ohilmad. Talk
('liiinnl staterooms of.
ami Inman and White star linos of
international steamers why, tho beaches
of tho staterooms In those Tyrian ships
wore all Ivory, and Instead ot our cnar.-..-
canvas on tho masts of (lie shipping they
had !jiv' tho, finest Ijnoq, tiuilWd ,together and
reiii s -Ut With I Vnl.roiderl. s alni.-.l n.lnlo-
ulous for beauty. Its columus overshadowed
all nations. Distant empires felt, Its heart¬
beat. Majestic city, “situate at ttio entry
of tho sea.”
But whore now Is tho> gleam of hor
towers, tho roar of her chariots, the masts
of her shipping? Lot tho fishermen who
dry their nets on the place whore she once
stood; lot tho sea that rushes upon the bar¬
renness where sho once rhrillouged iho tho ad¬
miration of all nations-, lot barbarians
who build tho!i' huts on the place where
her palaces gltUofO'i, answer the iptostlen
Blotted out. fore-vet! Sho forget Ood, mid
tied forgot her. Atiil While clur niodo^i
cities Admire hot Klory, tot ttjont tiiko warn
Inc rtt Hot tiwfill doom.
tjiliti >yns the founder of'tho first city,
and I suppose It took after him In morals.
It is a lone while before a oIf y can cot over
tho character of those who founded It.
Whore they are criminal exiles, the filth,
and the prisons, and tho debauchery are tho
shadows of such founders. New York will
not for 200 or 800 years escape from tho
good settlors influoncos of Its founders, tho pious
whoso prayers wont tin discount from tho
very streets whore now banks and
brokers dends, and shave, and eofflpnniris declare house divi¬
lies, andaboVethe smugglers swear distent
of roar of thd drilys Olid the
crack too auctioneers’ milllots is hoard
almighty the ascription, “Wo Worship tllnri, 0 thori
.A dollar.” The chnrelt that once
Stood Wall street still throws its bless¬
ing over illl the scene rif trallld drid Upon
tile ships tilitt fel l their white wings lit the
llitrbor. OriginiiUy mcii gathered ill cities
‘diiniliilry's rfdnd.ilooosslty. It was t<> ivwiiipe flto iu-
torch or the assassin’s dagger,
thoso jfmly the very poor lived In the country,
Who had nothing that could bo
or vagabonds who wanted to be
Uearthoir ilisation place ol business, but since civ¬
and religion have ma le II safe for
men te live almost anywhere men congre¬
gate for In cities Tiocanse of the opportunity
rapid gain. Cities are not necessarily
evils, as has sometimes been argued. They
have been tile birthplace of civilisation, fn
them popular liberty bus lifted up Its voice.
Witness Genoa and Fisa ami Venice. The
of the representatives of tlieeltles
the legislatures of Europe was thedenl.h
blew to feudal kingdoms. Cities aro tho
| (( 7 ,or »' 7 id - 1 'Ll I.l. ... ... - I . I I .
ltrt Hoyal Idlmit-y tn IHiHfq Its
In Homo! GIHmm hold tlio \V«iHd’M
Entflhnd AfHcit was (Jartiiatfa, Grooop Earls, was
ltouiOj Itmi Is London, Kntu<*<* !.s Go<l
liS tho nltloH In \irlil<di
(‘list oilr lot will ynt docido tho dostiny
tho American people.
At niiglil; this Hoason of tin year I havo thought
Ijo useful to talk a little while
tho moral responsibility all resting theme upon
offloo boaro^s in our cil.lo.s, a
appropriate to those who aro governed
to tho governors. The moral oharacter of
who rule a city hns much to do with
of thoeity itself. Mon, women
children aro all interested In national
When tho great Presidential elec-
comes, every patriot wants to he found
the ballot box*. We are all Interested In
discussion of national finance, national
ami we read the laws of Congress,
we are wondering who will sit next in
Presidential chair. Now, that may be
very well Is very welt; but It, Is high
that, we took some of tile attention
affairs which we and have brought, been it devoting to the study to national of
mu-
nlcipal government. This, it seems to Make me
now, Is the chief point to nation betaken.
the cities right,and the will bn right,
I have noticed that according lo tlielr op
portunitieft there has already he*m more In cor this
ruptlon In munleipal governments Htate and national
country than in the there hope? With
legislatures. NoW» is no
the mlghtest agent In our land, the glori-
wis gospel of Jesus Ghrist, shall not and all our
deemed?' cities be reformed and purified re- I
I believe the, day will eorrie*
Urn in full sympathy with those who are
opposed to carrying polities Into religion,
but our cities will never be reformed and
purified lies Until we carry religion into poll
f look over onr eitlcs and f sec thuf
tdl great Interests are. t,o be affected In th' 1
future, as they have been affected In the the
past, by the character of those who In
different departments rule over us, and I
propose to classify some of these interests,
In the first place,! remark commercial
etfalcH are alwayw affecte«l by the moral or
immoral character of Uiohc who have muni¬
cipal supremacy. Offh'InlH that wink at
fraud, «nrt that have neither censure nor
arraignment for glittering (IlHhoneBtlen,
always weaken the pulH'* of commercial
honor: Every nliop, hi every Htoro, fce.lw every the
bazaar, every factory the clUen
moral character of thqcUy 1ml). If In any
city there, he a dlshom’Ht mayoralty or an
BUHcwptlblc unprincipled common bribe#, council that city or there a court will
to in
be unlimited lleeime for all klndn of trickery
and sin, while, on t,he other hand, If offl
clflln arc faithful to tlielr oath of office, IT
th© JftWH are promptly executed, Jf there Is
vigilance in regard to the outbrnnchlng# of
crime, there Ih the highest protection for
A merch/mt may ntand In bl« store and
Bay: ‘‘Now, I’ll have nothing to do with
city politic#. I will not noil my hand# with
the Hlu.sh.” NevertheleHH the most innig-
niff cant trial in directly the police Indirectly. court will affect What
that merchant or
style of clerk Ibbuch the writ; what style of
constable makes the arn-st; what ntyle of
attorney Ikhiich the jury; plea; what ntyle of
judge charge, k the what Ht.ylo of
Hherlff execute# the Hontencc tUene iir<*
queMtloiiB tfi/it .strike your counting rooms It
to the center. You may not throw
off. In the city of New York Christian
merchants for a great while Bald, ‘‘We’ll
have nothing to do with the management
of public affairs,” and they allowed every-
thing to go at loose ends until there rolled
up in that city a debt of nearly $120,000,-
000 The munbdpal government became a
hissing and ifby-word Christian in the whole earth,
and then the merchants saw
their folly and tlmy went and took
nesslon of the ballot boxes. I wish ail com
merelal men to understand that, they an-
not Independent of the moral eharaeter of
the men who rule over them, but must Iv
tliorouqlily, mlqhtlly affsstwl by tfu-m.
r-o ini try about ovi-rH/XW.lKK) 70JKKI .•oirm.on ssl.ools, nml
that there «rs pupils, and tlm*
tin-majority of tlioss w-IiooIh and tlie mu -
jority Nowf of those pupils are In our cities?
this great multitude of children will
boiiffectoil by tho Intolligonfloor Ignorance,
Iho virtue or tho vice, of boflrd# at educa¬
tion and boar Ah of control. There arc
C-ttioH whore CdUcatlonAl affairs are settled
In the low caucus 111 Ihb (tbriudonod parts
of tho cities by men full of ignorandn and
rum. It ought not to he ho, but In many
cities generations. It is so. What I hear that the tramp of coming
of youth shall be groat multitude
for this world ami the
next will bo affected very much by the
character of your imblto schools. You had
lutlueiieeH better multiply alxuif tuo moral and religious
tlid Ortnttiton schools Instead rath¬
er than subtract from them. of
driving the Bible out you Uiv\ better drive
the Bible farther in. May God defend our
glorious common school system and send
Into rout and confusion nil Its sworn ene¬
mies!
I have also to say that the character of
officials In a city affects the domestic
circle. In a city where grogshops have
their own way, and gambling hells are not
interfered with, and for fear of losing
political InlhieitOO Officials close tlielr eyes
to cities festering abominations lit rtll those
ploffttidft. Hid lion,id Interests circles peed td make lm
inevitably The family ittYeeted of the city
must be by (he moral
clutracter or Immoral character of those
dlio niloover them. ,
,1 will go further and say that the religi¬
ous interests of a city arc thus effctel.
Tho church to-day has to contend with
evils that the c| vf I law ought to smite, and
while l would not have Hie civil govern
meat In any wise relax Us unorgy In t he ar¬
rest and punishment of crime J would have
a thousandfold more energy put forth In
the drying rc of the fountains of Iniquity.
The church of God asks no pecuniary aid
fto’ui pdllthn*! power, but does ask that In
addition to all the evils we Hi list itOdess!\vlly
contend against we shall not have to' light
also municipal negligence. Oh, that In all
our citiest'hrlstlan people would rise up,
and that they would put their hand on the
helm before piratical demagogues have
swamped much the ship! Instead <>f giving so
time to national polities give some of
your attention to municipal government.
1 demand that the (Christian people who
have been standing aloof from nubile af
fairs donid back, and In the might of God
try td bad, sHvC our eltIrish If things arc di'liavo
beCri If is hoCadse gridd people have let
tlieni bd laid. T^lliit (HtrlsUtin uiau who
nierely go<\s to’ the polls and ciistS liM vote
does not do his duty. It is not the ballot
box that decides the election: It Is the j
political caucus, and If at t.no primary
meetings of the two political parties unlit
and had men are nominated then the bal¬
lot box has nothing to do savo to take Its
choice between two thieves, In our
churches, by reformatory organization, in
every way let us try to tone up the moral
sentiment in these cities. The rulers arc
those whom the people choose, and depend
upon It that In all the cities, as long as pure
hearted men stand aloof from be¬
cause long in many of hot cities partisanship, will just so
our rum make
the udmimtioiiM, and rum control the bal¬
lot hex. and mm Inaugurate the officials.
1 take a stop further Ift this subject, and
ask Htl those wild hellovd hi the omnipo¬
tence of prayer, day offlelillH by day, and every day,
present, yoUr city before (tod for a
blessing. by dmayor, If you li ve in u city preside j over
prdy for him. The chief ma¬
gistrate of a city Is In a position of groat
responsibility. Many of the kings and
queens and ouiperors of other days ha I no
such dominion. With tho scratch of ii pen
he may advance a beneficent institution or
bulk /i railway confiscation, lly appoint¬
ments lie may bless or curse every hearth•
stone In the city. If f 11 the Fplseopri!
churches, by the authority of the litany,
and in our nonoplseopatft churches, wo
every Sabbath pray for tho President of the
United States, why not, then, ho Just /is
hearty in our supplications for the chb>f
magistrates of cities, for their guidance,
for tlielr health, fortholr present and their
everlasting morality?
(..riiri‘i-11, siilstiilf'l TVu-'y Miam' (food "(rr-AilWr tofrlhlri --mir.vv-. for
I„i\v,*r Tiloy tilt or
ovll. tliij haVri many torilptatloiift. In
many of clth'H wliolri boilrdft of riom-
mon (Maitirillinsil Inivo KOIli! down 1(1 tho
maolstroin of political corruption. of Un hrlbo. X liny
could not atand tho powor
Corruption oarno In and nat. honido thorn
and sat behind thom and sat. before
thom. They recklessly voted nway the
haijd-oarnod moneys of tho people. Jhov
were bought out, body, mind and soul,
ho that at tho end of tlielr term of offleo
( hey had not enough of moral remains
loft to make a docent funeral. \ hey
went, Into office with the huzza of the
multitude. They came out with the a na¬
thema of all decent people. There Is not,
one man out of a hundred that can endure
the temptations of the common council-
tn our great, cities. If a man In that
position have the courage of a Cromwell,
and the independence of an Andrew Jack-
son, ami the public Hplrltodncss of a John
Frederick Oberlln, and the piety of an 1 kl
ward Payson, he will have no surplus to
throwaway. Pray for these men. Kvery
man likes to he prayed for. Do you know
how Dr. Norman McLeod beeaino the
queen’s hearted chaplain? In the D Hootch wan kirk by In a behalf warm
royal prayer family rtabbath when the
of the one
queen and her son wore present Incognito,
Ye.1, go further, my friends, and pray for
yout police their perils »lnd temptations,
best known to themselves. They hold the
order and peace of your Htles In tlielr
grasp. Put for tlielr Intervention / you
would Wot he safe for an hour. They must
face the storm. They must rush In when*
|i seems to them almost lusts,nl death,
They must put the hand of arrest on lie-
armed maniac and corner the mUrdorer.
They must refuse large rewards for with
drawing complaints. I hey must labyrinths unravel
Intricate plots and trace dark
of crime and develop suspicions Into c< r
talntles. They must bo cool while ol hers
are frantic. They must be vigilant while
others are somnolent, Impersonating the
very villainy they want to seize. in the
police forces of our great cities /ire to day
men of as thorough character as that of
the oW detective of New York adurewHeu to
whom there came letters fron\ Itomlon a«k-
ing for help ten years after he was ue/iu
hitterH addresHed to ‘‘.Jacob If ayes, High
(Jountahle of N«‘.w York,” Your police need
your appreciation, your Hympathy, your
gratlttluc, and, above all, further your prayers,
Yea, I want you to go and pray
for InHpectorrt and jail
keopern Work awful and beneficent,
Keogh men, cruel men, Impatient men,
are not fit for thOHe placea. They have
under their care men who were once as
good an you, but tliey got tripped up.
p>ad company, or Htrong drink, or
strange conjunction of 'drcumHt/incoH
Hung thorn headlong. Godown that prison
corridor and /ink them how they got In, and
about their familiew arid vvii/it their early
prortpcctH In Bfo were, and you will lino
that they are very much like yoursy f, ex
cept in thlB, that God kept yon, while fie
did not rent rain them. Just one f/uHO Htep
madotho difference between thom and you.
They want more than j>rlHon bar«, more than
jail fan), more than handouffH and hopj»le«,
more than a vermin covered couch, to' r©-
form them. Pray God day by day that, the
men who have t.heHeunfortunateH l/i charge
maybe merciful, OhrlBtianly and Htrateglc, and
the mean# of reformation rename,
Some years ago a city pastor In New York
wan called to the city prlnon to attend a
funeral. A young woman had committed a
'Time and waa Incarcerated and her
mother cat*)© to visit her, and died on tlm
visit. The mother, having no home, was
hurled from her daughter's prlHon cell
\fter the nervlce was over the Imprlaoncsl
daughter came up to the minister of ChrlMt
and said, "Wouldn’t vou like to »o©i my
;,oor mother?" And while they stood at the
-offlri the minister of Christ said to time
imprlsonsd soul, "Don’t you
! b - Tor's God that life?” you will do (Hffsronlly
„„d Ilvs a better Bhs stood for a
L|,.wn f-w moments, and then the tear* rolled
j her ebeeks, and sljp pul ed trum
her right bund tho Worn out glovo that
eho sue nan had put put on on In in honor nonoi of tho (dttmquhkt
find, find, having having bared bared hor hor right hand,
ifflt put it it upon unon the the oldll oldll brow brow of of hor hor dead dm*
motile!*, and said: "By tho help © ?
I mol” swear And I will do kopt differently! her And Got
she vow. year*
after, When "vVhori she was told of tho Inotdout;
sho said: that mlnistor of tho
to gospel Keep said, tho ‘God bless that you you and have help made,' you
cried vow
l out, and said: ‘You bless met
Do you bless me? Why, that's the first
kind word I’ve hoard In ten years,’ and
it thrilled through my noul, and It was
the moans of my reformation, and ever
shied, by (Hnistian the grace ot God, I've tried
to live a life.” Oh, yes, there
are many amid the crhdlnal olassoi that
may be reformed; pray for tho mon who
have these unfortunates In. charge, and
who knows that when yon are leaving thd
world you may hear the voice of Ohrlsl
dropping dropping to to your year dying dying pillow, pillow, Haying, Haying, I
“I was sick ad la prison, and you vlslto
Vic.” Yea, take tho suggestion of
Who Apostle l’a - I an.I ask you to pray for all
quiet lire and 111 authority, lives Unit godliness wo may load and
poitcoful In
My Word n nv is to nil xV’.io ni iv cams to
hold Iioyiulbllo position of trust lit any
thd city. Yoif an (bid’s rnurosoutatlven. flo.I,
King and Itulor and .hi Igo, sots you In
Ills place. Oh, in faithful lb the discharge
of iill your duties, so that when dll oltr
cities lire Iri adies ainl-the world Itself Is li
rc I Hcroll of flame you may bo In tho mercy
and grace of Uhrlst rewarded for your
faithfulness. It was <iuaillloations that fcolltuC which
gave such eminent for otltcrf
le Neal Dow, Mayer of Portland, and to
Judgv Mct.oan. of Ohio, and to Ilonjn- Now
min K. Ilntlor, Atteriioy-tl.mofiil of
York, and to (leorgo I’.rlggs, <1 iv.h'nor
(it Msssachusotts, and to Theodore Fro-
Ilnghifysott, Nonator of tho United
States, and to William Wllborforoo,
member of the llrltlSIfPdrllainnnt. You may
make the rewards ot . tmifity this tJnlolil-
meats of your olfloo. What dare yog for
adverse political criticism If you have (bid
throe on yoiirsldo? Tho one public or tho two will or thd
years of your trust pass
away, and all the years of your earthly sor-
vice, and thou the trlbliual will bo lifted,
before which you and I must appear. May
Mod make you so faithful now that tho last
scene shall lid td you exhilaration and rap-
Dire. I wish now to exhort rtll good poo-
pin, whether they are the governors or thd
governed, to make .me grand ofTorf for tho
salvation, Iho purllleatliui, the redemption'
of our American cities. Do you not know
that there arc multitudes going down to
ruin, temporal words mi l eternal, dropping
iiulokor than drop from my
Hps? Grogshops swallow thorn up.
Gambling bells devour them. Houses
of shame are damning them. Oil, lei, us
toll and pray nml preach and vote until all
these wrong i are righted! What we do we
must do quickly. With our rulers, and on
the same platforms, we must at llrst eoirie
beforo tho throneof G .,1 te answer for what,
Wo Imvo done for the bettering of our great
towns. Allis, If on that day II, b..found that
your hand hns h mn Idle and my pulpit has
been silent! Gb, yn who arc pure and
holiest and Ghrlstlnii, go to Work find help
tu make Iho cities pure III. I honest nu.l
Christian!
Lost It may have been thought that I a n
n Idresslng only what arc e,ailed the hotter
olnsseg my llniil word Is to some dissolute
to whom these words may ooino:
though yon maybe lie oovoro I with all crimes,
you may smitten with all lepro-
sins, whole though you may have gone through
the catalogue of Iniquity, an I may
not have boon In church for twenty years,
you may have your nature entirely ree.on-
strueto.1, an.l upon your brow, hot with Info-
III.m i pr I -tl. "vs and besweat-l with exhaust-
lug Indulgences, God will place tho
Hashing coronet of a Saviour's forgiveness,
"Oh, no," you nay. "If you knew who 1
and where I came from you wouldn’t
that to mo. I don’t believe the gospel
are When preaching speaks or my case."
ronitmm"— A.ml I lieu, wlieq
Hngle'i' nn-i tho y two pieces °df uionov"^ luw
mild, nothing, "Ht. Teresa and two plooos
money are lull Kt. Teresa and
rile-os of money and God urn nil
And T fell you new that while a
Itnii (i Sinner urd nothing, ilild a sin and n
and an alt forgiving all compas-
God arc everything. coming? I know Ills
Who In that. I boo
I kaolv his rugs. Who In It? A
prodigal. Gome, people of God, let us go
out and meet Idm. Get the best robe you
.-an Had In all the wardrobe, Let the an-
gels of God HD their chalices (lyd drink to
his eternal rescue. Come, people of Hod,
us go out to meet Idm. The pro Hgal 1.1
coming home. found. The dea l Ii alive again
and the lout Is
l’loasod with tho nows, tho saints below
In souqs tlielr tonquos employ;
lleyond tho skies the tidings qo,
And lieaven Is IHIoil with Joy.
Nor anqels <-.an tlielr Joy eontnln,
Hut klndlo with now lire; sing,
"Tim dinner lost Is found,” they
And strike thesouinllnq lyre.
HONEYMOON IN A BALLOON.
Tin* lll'idc I li'I'lllllH I‘TIkM<’ii<-iI ami
Jttmpi'd the TemicHSoC*
In tile presence of several thousand paid
guests William Uolie.rtson, export rifleshot
lui I j,r,,m-o blister, of Mustang Chattanooga, Walter’s , I
Wild West Hln.-.v, playing Henna at ’
Tea,i ami Miss Cynthia tlielr places were in mar- Hie
I The couple took
car ,',f a balloon, -formed and m soon balloon as tho cere- cut
mony wart pej the was
' 'Co' Tenn-
probably HMI foot and above the
osseo Jtlvor tile bridebesmne friqlitenod and
iumpod qrooui’stuoli out iiiirrowly os-aplnq drownlnq. lie
The lo tlifl balloon until ;
-iroso probably UK)’) foot, and then qradu- i
allv ilosoomb-.d. resuscitated and
After the bride had been 1
the brbleqrooui bad been plekod up from
lie-tanqle of ropes the eeiiple were plaeed
oil all improvised platform nt Itlvorvlow
am! held II public reception. Miss henna
I.l,,,I I,, Hill City, a surlmrb of Chatto-
nooga and married aqalnst the wishes of
her
FEARS THE UNITED STATES.
HUUunentH H»ld to IIhvia Mwlo bjr
|f,„i„.,„, william »r tlerinany.
The l’nrls eorrespondent of tlm , r Lon , Ion
Tlim-s reports a eonversnUon affiialnq to |
represent the views of Lmporor william >t
(b ■rmiiny, In the eourse of wlileli, spenKltiq |
of his anxiety in to tho future of Europe, |
lm says that le. does not fear Chinese am- |
bltion or the a»5ire,liUla. But h<> <1 *ch vr
the expansion of one of the qreat I'// w ’ ,r ' 4 -
iiml the Intervention of the United Ktutes
In the affairs of the Old ’’’' r, d-
This, a-eordlng to the Hines correspond-
out. Is the reason why the Kaiser does not
allow himself to bedriiwn IntotheainblMous
e-meeptlon-i too readily Imputed to him the by
those desiring to disturb Europe on
pretext of wishing to prevent 1.1m trom ills-
,,r> Ut '
FLIES OVERRUN ARKANSAS.
Sum! I IV»f* , Worse Than Grasshopper/),
Drive <>'•( ♦ lie HhmIiIhdIh.
Columbia County, iixvj,, Arkansas, Is now suf-
f'-rlnq from a terrible 1 post of llloa. and
many i-ltlz'-ns of tho county aro sabl to bo
fleeing to other parts of tho Htate to eseapo
tlie Inseets.
The editor of the Magnolia llnnnor, bad tlio
oldest paper la Southeast Arkansas, to
siiBpend publication for a week, and has
taken his family and gone to the Saline County. of the
The ^rth’thev pests literally ar!»sc>obun«Vaiit!’ftU(l cover ^ faco hourly ^
earth, they In*^ouriibsrs. are so abundant, ' ami aro are hourly J
iuureosing iuBroaslriq In nuinlmrs.
J'""* y'A r \JtSr
j louitf HU any ho unpciw P iirlnted
Li the county» (1 ssu. l tuat w W ok, k as
| uono of them has roaohod Little Hook.
VOL. V. NO. 18 -
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
international lesson comments
FOR JULY II.
Lennon -i'SXD ” I’sir 7 nml (lie I * frl 11
Tuller,” Aolrt svl„ C3-!W—(.nltlcn Text;
Aet. xvli, III — ..'cinllltentnry on Iho Len¬
non of flio 11 ivy li.v lli'V. it. AI. Steam*.
P3. the mull Undo rose tip together
against theft I, And the magistrates rent off
their clothes mill cof/ftnainled (,.>l.<■ 11 f them.’'
No' much for tlielr (llforferiilg with tho god
of tills World, the prinm'pf Hr" power of tho
air, for, who? the dcvff's property is
touched, he soon b< :;b)M to roui*. Our Lord
has taught ns that. 1 tlV' fellowship with
llini will surely bring tin' ftfijne t rentmeet
that that /lo (le #vec/vcil received (John (Jolin,\v., ay.. '8 *40». HO' The 'lln
world, the (h Mi sad tho devil n,"o ltd de,
oldo.lly against i.o Cod, :fnd if we nr" b ton
wo must against tlimn at ail cstr.
23, "And wiien they had laid miii.v! rip-r
upon them they east them lot., pn mi,
charging tho jailer to keep theta safely,'' 'oft
With no gentle hand had they t;:h-n
tlielr ^nnljeness clothes, and there » eil.l be no b>v.»
ju.r In this scourging. I! un .lit
many had heavy si rip. upon their l.aro
hacks. II tnertnt real pain and imi.’li <>r it,
besldefi the luinilll.iUim of beiaIrenle.l ns
Criminals when tlic.v wen pert- ellj iuuo-
cent, Tim I, utter war-1 -peaking "f il. ■ av...
(I "Wo Thess. wore II., sillti'iclrilly treated at Philippi”
2).
24 , "Who, having received such a ehnrg.y
thrils' them Into the inner pels, a and mud.-
their le.'t fa-1 In the sicks. Neitherls
there any temle/ness In tills mmi iiaridling
of them. Il isiiijiistlc'iinil crti.dlv thr..ugl,
out, tho devil and Ills followers let b.......
upon tile ehll.lrea of <|u.|, slrungo 5 \ D ry
of lal.piify wlifep hns been eansln;; ie pe..
pie of (iod to sillier ever since sin entered *
tin world, and the end . 'ao>. vet. If any
on cm. tell why (Iod permitted the devil
to loin/d Will stifl Fro, bollovo we will that gladly (bid lislen. If it..I,
wo is love, trn i
mm fat gnlen to eaduio meekly all fliftt.
comes and wait for t he hereafter, when ivtf
shall know.
25. "And at midnight Paul and Silas
prayed and sang praises unto (bid. and tin-
prisoners heard them.'' Hero, surely, is
the victory of faith an.l obedience to tie¬
word, for "Ilojoloo and bo eveei.illngly heaven'-'(Math.’ glad,
groat Is y.mr reward la
v., 12). Thu same <bid win. ......Id prevent
tho fire from burning Daniel's friend ......Id
sooth tho |,I..... ling bucks of Paul and Kilns
and llll them and their dungeon with Ills
glory, '('hey did not praise be.-mise of eir
eumstanecs, Inlt In spite of circumstances.
Consider that mighty “yet’- of Hub. ill.
17, is.
211 . "And suddenly there wits a grout
earthquake, Ao that the foun.lallons of the
prison were shaken, and Immediately all
the doere were opened, and ev.-rv .'.ii.-'s
bonds wore loossd.” One (ms said that.
although they had not ludiiencu enough
norcartldy frfen.lsenough to keep I lioitt out
prison, there was power enough on their
side to shako the whole earth If'imeessarV
27. “And tho keeper of the prison, awak-
lug out of his sloop and seeing tin. prison
doors open, he drew out Ills swer.l Htld
would have killed himself, supposing that
the prisoners had been fled." It was some-
thing iiotv in his experience to have prls.m-
ers safe without bonds or bolts and bars.
It. waft natural for him to suppose that open
doors meant escaped prisoners and if this
were no It ntount death In him, which he
purposed uecoinpllsliliig by his own hand
rather than that of others
2S. "l)ut l'uul cried with a loud voice
saving, here." Here Do thyself m. harm, for we are all'
jailer was good for evil surely The
had not thought probably of easing
their sufferings In the least degree but
Paul would have no harm come to Iho
Jailer if ho could p irnvsnt It. rill* is Jlko
him wlm prayed. "Father, forgive them, for
they know not ivluil they do ’’ Have wo
this spirit of forgiveness and love?
tiM' 1 '^,.!':’ aiiiiar.-ntfv"ff(J|faJUJ'- V'b'btand sprang I'eb.
before the l . l t - l> re
lie new saw In them representatives fl'TTIfb
God who could dosiich n-onders ns.shake the
earth and open prison doors, Wiw ft not
worth while to suffer as they did thus to a£-
ford an opportunity for God to show Him-
self through them and ea tlielr behalf?
Let God im accept all events (is opportunities through
for to show Himself In and us
HI). "And brought them out and said,
Kirs, what must I do to be saved?” lie
docs nut seem to have considered whether
lids treatment of prisoners was right or
wrong In the eyes of the law. He only
seems to know that lie is a sinful mao
having special dealings with n great. God
whom he Is not prepared to meet, and
that he had better consider tho mutter ut
nil costs, and that, very believe quickly. Lord
31. "And they wild, on the
•Iohiiu Christ and thou shall be saved, and
thy house.” definite, What a simple message and
how lie Is not told to stop doing
wrong and try to do better; to follow Clirist
and do somewhat as lie did; to give up hie
Occupation and go preaching tol.l with tho
apostles, lie 1 h not even just to pray or
road the Hcrlptures, but to do the one
only tiling that a helpless sinner can do,
ami Hint is (o receive ns a gift the Lord
Jesus Christ (John I., 12; Horn. III., 21; vl.,
23; Iv.. 5; Titus III.. 5).
32. “And they spake unto Dim the word
of the Lord and to all that were in hiu
bouse.” They were I lie messengers of t he
Lord of Hosts, and always ready to deliver
their message, or rather lliu no ; .ago.
They would speak of Him who was for'-or-
dallied before the foundation of the world,
bill, had been recently manifested in the
flesh ss the Kou of God and only Saviour of
sinners,
33. "-And be took thorn the fuimo hour
of the nlqht and win-lind tlu-lr strip*■ nml
was bapH/.od, he nml all his strulqlil.way.”
llnllobiinb, xvbat a Saviour! lie stives iu-
stnntly all who roeeive him. Ho saves
them fully and freely by Ills own pn-elous
blood wIGiout any works of tlu-irs, and
then beqltis nt om-o to work In thom* t<u>
qooil works which He has before prepared
(|<i,li. II.. H, JO). We do not know that the
jailer or any or hi household ever heard
these tldlnq before, ami yet God tlmy believe as
soon III. they bear. May all by Ills Spirit tho
awaken Ills people to qi'o on earl Ii
prlvlloqn of iienrlnq of Jlini who still re-
ceJvctli HlunerH.
.‘H. "Ami when he had brought them
lute his house be set, meat before them,
and rojoloed, believlnq In God with all his
)l()11S( , \ V | 1Ht „ happy home, whnt a qlo-
rloUH ( .J m „Kc, a „<l le so short a tine ’, A
little while before they were a household
,,,, t „f Christ and therefore unsaved; but.
(|ow (( |,,mi,-hold In Christ, and tlicr, fm o
r . lv ,. (K lfU ,„ j„||,-r bad killed himself and
( jj f , ( | j„ j,j H H i nH> |i<t would have gone out
| t ,to eternal torment, but now lie lots <-t*-r-
, m j jfy„ Why lire not all believers joyful
and ever ready to pass sueb on tile good nows of
, Kavlour and n salvutiou'—
Jj( Uel| „. r .
j\ hmat.t, herd or twenty buffalo lit
ow ,, e< | ], ' v |li« Islauil Iminovoint-nt
an(1 Uul)t oil AnD-lo,,,,
Irtland, in tlie midst of the Great Suit
Lake, where the animala have been
grazing )<>r three yeill'H in a seiiii-wild
state. The island is thirty miles long
and six miles wide,, fuvnishing th« am-
main with tin i<leal home, where they
are not interfered with by any one.
The gruBBCB arc on the island are rich
and ---- luxuriant, ---------- , the natural watering
places numerous, and tho colinguru-
■■ . ,i surface rough and varied
| ' enough , to wit •, the .. desires des of the
______ do
I ( I buffaloes. buffaloes, Tho animals soem to
well there, and during tho present
year four calves were born.
1 Turkey lias thiiteen tiroes as many
inhabitants as Greece.