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-LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 18.
“MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.
LESSON TEXT—Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20.
HMEMORY VERSE_S'-Luke 3:8, 9 or 16,
‘GOLDEN TEXT—Repent ye: for the
kingdom of heaven'is at hand.—Matt. 3:2.
The story of John the Baptist’s min
istry, opening as it does with a
prophetic reference, connects the Old
_ and the New Testaments, showing the
"New to be the fulfillment of the Old.
Thus we.say: The Old is in the New
contained, the New is in the Old ex
plained; the Old is in the New con
cealed, the New is in the Old revealed.
Christ is the theme and unifier of both
Testaments. If he had fiot been com
ing, the Old would not have been writ
ten; if he had _ not. come, :the New
would not have been written.
+: .+ What a strange impression, this fiery
preacher of the wilderness, John, must
have madde upon his hearers! His
.. dress, as his message, bore the marks
_of the wild. ' Strange, is it snot, that
such a one should be chosén to pre
. Dare the way for the Messiah? We
" might. have choséf.a:different instru
. ment—a.. well dressed, polished, elo
‘quent; silver-tongued orator.
The Baptist’s message had iis basis
in the word of God—*“The word of God
"~ came unto John in the wilderness.”
.. That is. where. every pulpit meSsage_
ought to.come from. The business of
the preacher and teacher of Christ is
not to invent a gospel, but to proclaim
flne already provided. The Bible is the
nal critic of the message.
-~ John’s ministry was preparatory; it
looked forward to the coming of some
thing better. Just as John himself
gave way to Christ, so his message of
repentance made room for faith in
Christ. John baptized with water un
to repentance. The Baptists’s ministry
went no farther than‘ that. Jesus
Christ turned the water of John’s bap
tism into steam by the fire of the
Holy Ghost. John prepared; Jesus re
generated. 3 :
The necessity for repentance cannot
" be overlooked in this lesson. In-a
sense, it is the first step into the King
dom. Both John and Jesus began their
ministry with a call to repentance.
Repentance is clearly defined in this
lesson as a turning from a life of sin
to a life of righteousness. There are
three elements in repentance: "First.
the " intellect is involved—it is a
change of mind or viewpoint; second,
the emotions are involved—it means
to have a care regarding the thing in
question, so we find the words “sigh.”
“grief” substituted for repentance:
third, the will plays a promin~nt part
in repentance, for there is included in
the word the idea of an after-thought,
resulting in a change in one’s course
of action. Repentance is not only a
heart broken for sin, but also from sin.
That this is John's meaning of re
pentance is clear from his exhortation
to those who asked him the meaning
of his call to repentance—exact no
more than that which is appointed
you; do violence to no man, neither
accuse any ralsely; bring forth, there
fore, fruits worthy of repentance. A
little boy was once asked the meaning
of repentance. He replied: “It means
being sorry enough for a thing so as
not to do it again.”
John preached the wrath to come.
Evidently he believed in future pun
ishment. He did not believe that the
desire to escape future punishment
was sufficient or the best reason why
men should receive Jesus Christ, And
it may be that no man really becomes
a Christian who seeks tc be one only
that he may escape the results of his
sin. We are saved that we may glori
fy God in the life that now is as well
as to be delivered from the wrath to
gome. He who does not serve Christ
here will not dwell with him in
heaven.
The fact of wrath and future punish
ment is not an invention of modern
theology. Christ believed in it and
taught it when he referred to the
“worm that dieth not, and the fire
that is not quenched,” and pictured
the ungodly being cast into “everlast
ing fire.” We should have to blot ont
a large part of the Bible if we were
to blot out all the Secriptures which
teach future retribution for sin.
When we consider the fearful atroci
ties perpetrated upon the sons of men,
‘the frightful iniquities practiced upon
helpless women and children, and then
see the ease and luxury and splendor
{fn which the perpetrators of these
crimes live, we would be very sorry
to be assured that there is no future
retribution for the perpetrators of
such deeds. Give the justice of heaven
the same degree of common sense
consideration that you give to the jus
tice of earth, and somewhere in the
__other world you must place a peni-
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Fo He’'d Be There. -
Lee Harrison says he was stapding
at Forty-third street and Broadway
when a young man wearing one of
those Poughkeepsie looks approached
him and said:
“Excuse me, but I want to find my
cousin, who lives in New, York?" .-
© “Very well,” replied Lee. “It will
be all right this time. . What’s your
aousin’s name?” i %
“Cohen.” g
“Say,”~said Lee, grabbing him by
the arm, “come out here in the middle.
of the street and yell “‘Cohen.”. You'll
probably be able to find him in the
crowd that answers.” .
% Kaiser as Writer. 5
The German ‘emperor, had -he been
born a commoner and chosen news
paper work as a profession, would
without doubt have become one of
the most famous journalists of the
day. He has written a great deal
which has never seen the light, but
which will doubtless be pubiished in
the future. Recently the emperor as
sisted in the preparation of an article
entitied “How the Kaiser Works,” for
the Strand Magazine, the proof sheets
which he read and cox;rected himself.
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Another Duty.
“You are my wife’'s social secre
tary?” he asks of the beauteous crea
ture who is seated at the small desk
in the study. “Yes, sir,” she smiles.
“I am supposed to take Mrs. Blirrup’s
place in as many social details as pos
sible.” ;
“Well—er—she doesn’'t seem to be
coming downstairs this morning, and
it has always been her custom to kiss
me good-by when I start for the of
fice.”—Judge. e
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Taking No Chances.
“You say the elopement was sort of
forced upon you?” ;
“Yes; after she came down the rope
iadder her father pulled it up.”—Stray
Stories. ¢
A bitter, cruel speech, may cost a
friend; but gentle, loving words may
win a foe.—Earle William Gage.
Death Lurks In A Weak Heart
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HE WAS SOMEWHAT PEEVED
Attendant at Spiritualistic Seance Con:.
sidered Himself Aggrieved .
A .and_Said So. .
> S e e g S eAR
Charles M. Cross of Indianapolis’
thinks variety adds spice to life, so he
went to a spiritualistic service.
It was a lively affair with sepulchral
voices sounding through trumpets,
tambourines playing mysetriously in
‘mid air, and cold, clammy hands of
partially materialized men and women
making free in the dusky room with
‘those who were in the flesh. In the
midst of it something dealt Mr. Cross
a vicious whack on the nose and he
called “for lights In a tone not to be
disobeyed. With the light the circle
as disclosed was all yatural and hu
man again. The most human member
‘of it was ‘Mr. Crgss, “with a“bloody
ngse, spoiling for a fight and .all the
“radder” because he did not know’
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“Who did that?” he-demanded- of
the medium. . «» =7 7 TEueltE s
The medium said the gay spirit was
that of St. Peter.
But even this explanation .did not
| satisfy Mr. Cross. = - . 0 ins 0
“Well; all ‘1 ask. of St. Peter,” e’
said, “is to materialize for just one
minute and if I don’t make a vacancy
for a new gatekeeper I-won't ask to,
get in.”—lndianapolis News. . “. = “™
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Gt . A Hint. :
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: . An .Untimely Death.
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“I wonder if Jack knows I have
money ?” i
“Has he proposed?”
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Happy Future.
Apropos of the marriage at Reigate
of Alfred Gwynne . Vanderbilt and
Mrs. Hollis McKim, a New York man
said on the Olympic: “I met Vander
bile at the Metropole at Brighton a
few days after the ceremony, and I
said to him, by way of a joke:
“Well, is the course of true love
going to run smooth?”
“‘Smooth and ' straight, said he.
‘There are banks on both sides, you
waow.” ”’
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A sudden accident opens the closet of
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