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' va THEAPOCALYPSE" DO MEN GET PAY FOR COMING TO YOUR CHURCH?
• . ' R.OGER Babson. in his SpbciM Letter for March to21b and on .the subject '!Why More
:;i , BusinessrMen do not Atleml Church." stvs. "When thc churche_ have hcen keen for
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Three Volumes, Per Sell $2._0 tess by acquisition--the churches have lost their influence and have suffe_d. When, however.
,h' Dr. Seiss" "Lectures on the churches have forgotten these things and heen content to give rficn faith, courage and inspiration
Lii._ The Apocalypse" are con- --thai showered is. lo upon obtai them. s,ccess . through . The pr,y,,:--th.n law of supplytmwer, ami den_aml Izro_'th and applie_ material to church proslrerity attendance have been the
I_-_: sldered by many to.be the same as the law of gravitation applies (o churt'h slrttcturt,_. . Peopte no lomzer go to
(ii 'best .published. practical Theycomments- throw a church trouble for with economic the churches instruction, today is political that tl_eydiscussion are eodeaw_ring or forto'dispense amusemcm. tl_c_ . which . 'In people all these can
[':!_ flood,of light bn that most get orb more st)pposed readily to supl_ly from .and muchwhich betterpeople equipped can,lot sources, get ehcwhe_e. and are hdiin_ to _zive tlie help that they
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ry on The Revelation ever brand_ there are experts who know f_r more shout their suhlects than do the preachers. One
%: interesting '"Y'cs, the dmrchcs continue to be the only source where man can get faith, courage and
,'_ . inspiration, Moreover, tl_ese are the three Lhing, s for which business men are crawng today. -
l _ "£11eyare told that they c_n get these thi.gs by attending cimrch: hut wt_en they _o to dmrd_.,
_ instead of getting this bread they are tzivena st_me.' Instead o[ enabling men to get'away from
_; . " _ business when at ¢httrch on a Sabbath morninK, the preacher,,_o olte_ puts husinem up to them
:::. in another, lob'm. They are_ talked to about politics or economics, it nt_t _iven a discourse on
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, theology or appealed to for money• •
, "We are not criticizing any'of these thimts and belie,:c in holding.special evening services
:_)_ in the interests of.these and. otl_er,good objects; but we don't helices in h'ringing these things
:,¢/; _ .... _,- rirdcr.the, Stm._ay.morntn_e¢_ie_ Uf,=_t_hlp, which 5hduld be cvo ed mainly'to prayci'.and giving
i_; men faith, courage-and inspiration. Of course, some .preachers will gty, 'If I' have a special
_" week-day meeting in the interest of the Near East or some other gtlmi cause, no otis _1] come,
_,_ as the people are.not interested therein. Therefore. I mus put it in OilSumlay morning.' At fi_t
,_._: thoughtthis stems logical, hut isn't illike a groi:er advertising Quaher Oats just to get the woman
? in and-then trying to sell he_ s6me unknown hrand? tNo practice will so quickly kill a merchant
r_;_ . .' and driP's away trade from a store; anti the same principle ap flies'to preaching and churches.
_/,f,, . • know Busmess that they'should men know not'misrepresent ;.chat h rinht andtheir what goods theynrought their to real ,Inestate, and _mght abtt,,enot their to do. employees, '/'hey .
"" or n_glect their families. All these aml oilier things we know only too well What we need when
_,. attending-church Sunday mornings is to "get ittjeetod into t_ courage to resist the ten_ptatfon,
_-'. . " faith to ,:ease ,from worry, and insplratiou to do the hard t ."
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Mr. Bahgon h a laynmn aml no doubt speaks front hls-mvn personal point of view as such.
but.does he not also represent the men and women wire _it in your church from Sunday to
I Sunday? What do these people need anti expect lrOm the church alltl frhm you as the I)reacher
and do they really .get wh'at they come after? If they do tl_ey will be quite llkdy to _o_ne .back
• and If they do not they _¢ill probably drup out pretty soon,withou! going to tim trouble to tell
I "you why. Perhaps they could not put their reason-into word_ any way, but the fact is thoy quit
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stir our_Ivt_ out to _tve them the faith and toura_e and in_I)iration wldcb they seek ? . . ,t -
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•Oile's u,vn' experieuce is his greateY, treasure, and • _;'t,t how few of.u_ can make an.y_ prof_l: "1[_.; _ ' -'-- ._ ---_-i._l
' use el it? Tbe experience'of the niodest.man is usually somber and ordinary and the Idling _ .....a. --. ....
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or x_Titing.of it stirs neitber his own nor'the hearts of other_. On tile olher band tile imagina- /
Iteis open to the.charge'of exaggeration, if not to that.of faMtyinm " HISTORY nlessages to lhe PoiSe of Rome. the King- t)f
tire man |ms many vivid experiences_ but these.are more apparent to him than to others, and _ [1_ THE TONGUES MOVEMENT IN Angels. Evangdists. I{elps and riCher*eNters, sent
lust tile other day a heartless newspaper man said "I see tbat Texa:, is grooming Col. ¢Cmltb_ted) France and the Emperor of. Austria with many
House for tbe presidency, hut after rt_.dihg his recent letters in the papers, u seems to me tbat he is . . By If. OrTo_ WZLCV • other fanaliral nolion_ The unlearned and unineligitde
becau._ of tile tradition._,'hich limits rspirants to t_o term,_," In othe_ words, readers ! 4. ?'l_t lrvlngites. Edward Irving h,xs. been s/able peolile wrougbt the ruin of tile great m_n,
of Col. House's letters do not get any otlter idea so'clearly as that Col. House was tbe most lnx- called "one of the most i)athetlc and t_ic and when'the hierarchy was formed, Irving himportant
character connected'wlth the Wilsofi t_ampaiglls alltJ the _,Vihroll ;idrlliuistr*qtJoll. " figures amon_ all,the tonl2ue3 people[" ,lie was _elI was brushed asMe, aml" counted unworthy
Anti yet.most preacbers seem inclined to "introduce" themselves pretty oftetl to their congrega- [ "a ministi'r tie the Caledonkm Church, a cnngre, as becomin_ one of tile Ap

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' wffh6ut _'urtber thought, and God will m:_ke il :J sport for tbelr immortality dwells,in their hearts." Creeds el various relinhms teacl), directly or lament. The passage, "F,noeb walked with God
imlirecriy_ that r_m lives beyond the vale o[ and was not fn'r God took him" is indisatitm of
tonttu_ before they left tile place'. Aceoi'dine. "The l']ternal Dwelling," the departed "Livina," time, their wickedne_, But no_'. since tile soul they taueht Ihe people directly, the Hebrews
y l e set him-_elf to work at tbat met, tin_ to verify and,rile ctfftin "The. Chest of the Living." Only shows it._lf to us immortal there cat_ be f6r could have learned 'It through them; and last
his propbecy. Durin_ the, mectitm he said evil. spirit5 were spoken of as "dead." An image it no refuge from evil and fie other ._alvation tb,_n the Iiebre_" idea "of an .immaterial soul mhkes
, _Fatber I{., il you will rise in lbe lmme of Jesus oI tile twd. O._iris placed in tile dbceased's tomb
to i_ecome as good and intetlige_tl as po._sible." their knowledge as well _LS.their belief in Im-
Christ• _,ou can speak in Tongues.' lie arose carries a hoe. pick amt .bac of _heat. indicatitl_ Again, "Then, Cleves. beyond question the soul mort:ibty possible.
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Immediately, hesitated and :abl 'My faith fails that the. departed' is encaeed in useful employ- is immortal an/l iml_:rishable, and our souls will That Ihe Hebrews believed ht Immortality Is
me.' Said Paten. :_rou have, spt._lk in tbe name mere. A_ain in their Scrlpturea is" found the Iruly exist in another world." clear from allusbms to it made In the Old Tes-
language.' Tl_e old t_elltleman, after considerable Tbe Hindoos,too'believed in the'eternal in.man di:ath. Con[uciu_ does not expressly teaeb im- Immortality,• .Jacob il* answering Phb.ra'oh's
i1 of Jesu_ Christ.--make snme sound a_ yt_u list. st:ttemem "Thy s_ml rests amtmg tile _olL_. reurging,
spoke and made some sounds, which were as the Veda clearly implies, "He who gives alms mortality', Jn fret. b2 his writinzs it appears that ql!estinn in re_ard to his age says_ "The years
i_nnounced to be a correct lan,-,ua_e. SeverM _nt_ to the hlzhest place in heaven, he I_Qe$ to he purposely hvoi_L_ it. The word'death tloe_, of m'y pilgrimage are all btmdrt:d abd thirty.,
others spoke it_ a similar manlier, and amour tilt t_tlds:" anti "Oh Maruts. may there be|o not occur in writint_s of Confucius'rnd when Few and fnll of zorrow b_ve been the days of
them was myself. ] spoke as I listed, not knbwine u_ n stron_ son, who is a livinz ruler of man; one dies. he is _Jtl to bare returned to'his faro: my life; and lhey !rove not attained to ¢.he years
what I said. yet it wa_ declart,d Io Ilk ,, tongue tbrpugh whom x'¢e m;ty'eros,_ tile water_ on our fly. Tlze spirits of the good, be'says, were per- of the life of Iny fathers in lhe do3: Df their pil-
The somld of the words used b_ s_mle in H_eak- w y "to he Hply abode: thetl may we come mitted to visit the'_r ancient habitations and to _rin_ze:" thus comparing life on. earth to a
ing in tongues, was a meditlnl iletween talkibe and t_ your own h_ u_e•" 'l•he._,c and otber passattes visit ancestral halls and places as were ai)point- pilzrima_e to-a far country.
sJn_but---_md _ill, ] am now convinced, a mere in the Veda indicate a belief in immnrtality hehl eft liy "their duscendanls In receive homa_e and Immortality is _ moral questio_ anti therefore
gibberL_b, Sln_ken at rnndom w tliot nm_ht, hy the Ilindons. curlier benefactions. Therefore, Conlucius cannot be proven, mathematically like tile sum
We had :trio|her shortly oiler, _t which there _ere Rom:m thnu_bt in regard t_) immortality is taugbt a future existence of tbe soul in spirit of two 01us two is four, or the proposition that
present several others, be_-ide, tho:e el theChurch. "incultated in. the words, of Cicer_. "For I am form Ahe 5xluare of tile bypoi.enuse is equal to the sum
_Cahoon spoke in udknown t_m_ut,_, as be pre_ m_t erie of the_e modern philosophera wbo mum- lluddh}_m also implies the doctrine of ifnmof of the squares of tbe other two sides. It must
tendril going on at consitlerable lengtb, which rain tltat our souls p_ri_h with our bt_dles," and ta.lity. Buddh:_ tauzbt" an "'Eternal _'orid of ab- bE i_roved just :ts we will prove rime trtith is
Patton interDreted. ThE next thne these men in.i_L- quotation of Apoll?,."Tlle souls of men. are .sotttte lJeings" gvhicb "_Ve C;In arrive at" when . right, duty ]moetati'_'e, virtue obligator_ and
came among us, riley zuve us a rule for speaking divine and when they have quitted 'the_ hody a .'.'evil" and its cause "desire" sbaU have l_a._bed love Godlike. We can as well be a_sured that
in unknowt_.tonguc_, and also for interpreting return.tn beavet_ is open to theinleast difficult away. [fence Lhe possihillty of man's •reacidng man is (mmortal as we are of. the fact that Irulb
wbat _ts spoken by Others. The rule is this: to those _5'bo have been virtuous anti just." the eternal. , is reputable, and justice is right.
"Rise upon your.feet ann ioakand lean on Christ; The feast of Lemutla heM in bray in whicb Islam tuaches predestination to an eternal hell The soul's desire for intmortality i_ proof of
_peak or _llllhe 5oI_1¢ Sotllld; fOllli_ztle "tc_ make rite Evil _piri_ are exorcised from bouses and . or to paradise wlticb of nece.%giLy denlan_L_ that its existence• Man as a wllole haa a desire for a
sounds o[ _l,n¢ kind and the Lord will mal_e .a homes shows a belief in tile existence of the soul r man be immortai else lie 'could" not inhabit continual / pursuit of knowledge. Yet wire in
correct tangelo or langt,_ge oJ it.'" :dter its departure from the. body• . . ' eternity• .this intellectual cha_b has reacbed the desired
-- Greece, the centbr of leai-ning, clearly and era- The African in bis superstitious fear ol objects goal. We bave Ihlrst"and water to _at sly it;
IMMORTALITY
idnltically teaches the immortality of man. So_: both animate and inanimate bdieves tbe soul of .harmer and food; eyes and light; ears and soul.
rates felt that all the powers and susceptibilities man is eternal, hecause ill the transmigratio/_ of Will not the God _'tlo I_rovided the eomplirrtents
B) I, ESTEr _tCIIAROSON of. his inwar_t nattire were in conscious adaptation souls there must be continued existence or tbere of these de, ires also provide tile complement of
"re",,asb .eved ,o|he ,rotbfu.oo ofof ture
was theappropria,o dest,ny ul
hetinident.y ofthe in
HE mo_ o_ .intelligent humanity always to the "blea .of Immortality, ant! that its r_ali_ ' the *oulz desire for Immortalit_'?
" J. . human body to anima/s or stones. The inequality of rewards a_Id pun_hments in
state, however, varlousb, lhey may picture thermorh, i_e Was convinced that a future life The Americam Indian buries 'with the dead this life demamls inmmrtality. History and prosit
to themselves; and all relizinns, whether natural x_ts needed to avenge the wrongs and r_ver_e _,varrior implements necessary for bis use in the ent conditions both evince this fact, The wicked
or reveaisd_we might almost say all laws poljti- the un)il_t judgments of .the j_rt;sent life; and "Happy llunting Ground." and abominable are ummnished, wltile .tlmse
col, social, or r_oral in. barharous as wall .as needed time virtue ma_' receive its iust reward Jqst as God raised up the Romans io preserve celebrated [or virtue and"piety are often the
civilized communities--are ba._tl upon the ex- and that tl_e course of. Providence may lmve Its law, so he raised up tbe Hebrews to conserve - most afdicted of our race,
proration'of immunities anti penalties berealter, in amplest.vindieat'ion, religion• Therefore, _ye will.look at the view If there is no immortMity and WE prepare for
'greater or le_ degree approF, riatE to t_rthly con- .. Socra/t_'_ ",_,'asnot the first, to advocate fl_E idea of the doetine of Immortality as believed by lhe it, we do nol lose anything, but If there ts iraduet
and'preparation• of bunmrtality, yet he was the first man to put Hebrews, That the llebre_¢s knew of. the doe- mortality and we do not urepare for: it, th_n we
Job's question, "If a man die shall he: live it on a philosophical basis• In his In.s| speech trine of Immortality is evidenced hy lhe fact have IoM 1111, Itence, the -_af_t course we can
agMn?" lind its urigio in the Izarden of Eden, just'before lie drained' the poison cup, he said tbat the nations round "about universally believe follow is to Drepare for Immortality for in so
when the curse was pronounced on mat_ as a "For "we luust rememher, oh men,.that it de- it; tile Egyptian believed it anti ;m the Hebrews doin_ we calmer lose anylhiog, buJ on the fonf_enalt¥
tot bls first sire ponds ullun the immortality of the soul wbether were in servitude .in Egypt they could not but trary have the IraScibility of gaining everything.
History sbows tllat nathms have in ,4ome de_ree we have to live to it and. care for it" or not. have learned it throuuh tbem. ThE sppet_t[tious The Opinion of everybody is grounded in this
endeavored {_ solve {he qut'st,b.u! el i_ life beyond Ft_r lilt. tlan_er _'t'n|s fearfulL v nreat tn not car- practice of necrol?/laucy t a_ain,_t wbidl Mns_ Irulh. ThE _hole wm:ld gee5 on in tile a._umpthe
g.rave. Immot'lnlily was helievcd in in l';t_ypt hill fi_r il Veil. were death to he the endof, lt affixed,a death in.holly points to their knn'_|- lion of Ihe (rutb 'hi il_m_ortal/ty. The burial
a_ l_ t:vident fi'tlul cereJdonlt'_.deplcted, ill |ll(tlll'(_ :dL il _t'oldd ht' "lruJy a fortunate tbblg lor tile t,d_v of it• JlUlt_lnllcb .t_ lilt! I_triarehs and cel•elnonie_ t)l p:ut;u_ onmlries,.riw univ(:r_al IEar
, n :' : w:dl_ _f their tombs. The tondi was called wicked o.get rid oi 'their'body and at the _ame pruphels ulust have learned it from heaven, and oi death, the lunglng_ of the bu_nali lt_'a_t,
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science's admi_si0n of tile impos_ihilify of an- Can it be that powers so noble, so _lof|y and P:lr;idi_(,?' l:in;dly, "in my Fatht,r's httu_e are rrarvtl on Abib n. _ratithm thai it wa_ a _abnlhiliation;
are all proofs of tbe univer._al belief calxacious are d_igt_ed just to begin to unfold manv m:ut_iouL,; if it were nutso I wtJtd,/ ha_t. b;_llt day, u would proye a violation of the sahof
immortalitY, themselves on _arth'and then tlike a bubble burst- I_)h] you.. I go in prelxare a place'[or you. And bath law. "in it thou shalt not dn any work."
There is a world which no-one can explain. Jag on tile bosom of the sea disappear forever? il ] _o and prepare it place for you. I will come This work w,x_ what tile Lord c(,mmanded, anti
t_ence there must be a God. God anti immqrtality Ha_, infinite Wisdom and Power. created an in- aL_aln and receive you unto myself: th;tt wbere nut the ordinary .occupation of man's choice.
are it_zeparablit. Tberefore," immortality is a " tell_genee so highly endowed merely [o flutter I am, there ye may "be also," • "Tbe priests in the temple profane tire sabbath
reality. The instinct o? tile soizl testifies to this. a brief moment on Lhe surface of the.earth and . . " day [in toe labor of offerin_ sacrifices], and are
and God the autbor of both the soul and tbe in- then sink back into nonentity? Can we suppose blameless" (Matt. :2:5L and the iaboi: Of rearstinct
has _Tevealed ibis to man both by nature that .dll that Ires ever been great anti maj_tic THE PIRST SABBATH I_AY OF", THE .intz the tahornncle and placing its furnlsidngs in
and ttoZy Writ.. in the httman soul has pa_ed into eternal un- YEAR 2"OF THE EXODUS order t_as that wi_ich the Lord commanded,
The soul is immortal because it is incorporeal, consciuusnes._? Reason anti every ennobling hope By R_:v. H. G. Cow^re llut, again says the objector, .:_lthouglt the
There arc two kinds of existence: one corn- within us and every attribute o[ God above us . _ IIE Children of Israel were" one year I shewbread was to he placed on the table every
and line other simple, the forn'ter sub- forbid tile hylmthesis that this lofty nature is / lackim, two weeks; ou_ of Egypt_ and hat! sabbath day, yet-the first pMcblg migbi have oc-
.L come to Abib x of the year 2 o[ tht,
oct to'changei tbe latter unchangeable, one per- born today to perish forever iotnorrow. Exodus. t_r tbt first day ot_ tile tirst month of curred on some other day_ when everytbing was
ceptible to-sense, the Other comprehended by Ite_r tl_e af_beted haint ofUz say, "] know the second year lifter their departure from tbe reacly for it, then the practice was continued on
nxind alone; one visihle, the other invisible, rny Redeemer liveth, and that lie shall stand at the s_d_batb ria)'s, But to cdntinue" is to keep
soul employs bodily sense it is tmnfused, the latti:r day upon the eartll" arld though after land of handatte, They were still in tile wihler-
' ne_ of Sinai. It had been a most eventful year Iin doinm that whicil _,s done'before, not to bewhen
it.abstracts itself from lhe body it attains my skin ',%'orms destroy this body, yet in my _ tdn sotnething flew. "Without inter_ption,"
-, f for them. h_,ving witnessed their deliverm_ce
to knowlerlge which is uncompoLInded, unchattee- flesh shall I see God;whom [ shall see for mysel , lrom Egypt; .tbei.r progres_ tbroutdl .tbe wilder- "unceasimL" "uninterropt,ed succession." "conable
and immortaL' Therefore. the soul beiug and mune eyeff ._hall behold, and not another: neS._ unto Sinai. Iflo giving,of tile law, tbe send_ _tant succession." are some of tbe definitions of
utlcofnpoui_ded, illcorporeal and invisible nlust tltou_h nly reins be consumed within ate." ing of the manna ant] ot er .gracious provision tile word ++continue" apd its derivative._. _n this
be indis.soluble--that is, immortal, A_ain the ]aluzuaLre of the s,wcet sin_er of for their needs, .and the i_relxarationa for' tile ease tbere" was an tinintcrrupted succcf_ivn of
Furthermore, the soul is intmortal because it israel, "My sfren_th and my heart fafletl_; bul building nl tbe tabernacle anti its furnishings placing the slfewbread on the table on the sob.
fins ,an Jndepen_lent power of sell motion--that God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for the proper worship and _rvice" nf God. hallo from tire mbhath of Abib _, not from the
is, it Iias self-activi.ty and self-deternlination. No forever;" "My Aesir also shall r_t 'iOn hope. "['he Aaronic priestllood had been *lpl_ointed day after tire sabbath, or some other day,
arrangement of matter or confit_uraton of body For thou.wilt not leave my _otd in bel| neither ' and consecrated, the .offerio_ and sacrifice,6 But we art' not confined to tile dictionary for
can be conceived'as the originator of Iree anti wilt thou suffer tl{ine Holy One to see corrup- provided for, and the altars and other equip- proof that Abib _ of the year,2of the Exod_
voluntary movement. That wiflcb deriyes its tion. Thou w t _lmw' me the path of |il_e; its ment built, tngethe 3- with the tabernacle wlflch was a sabbath day, for tbero is historical proof
from something else may cease to move thy presence is fulm'_s of joy,; at thy right hand wasto enclose all and be tbe place where God of tile mdst cnnvincing k_jtd tbat God did not
and peri._lb but tbat wbicb is self-moved n6ver there are pleasures for evermore." x " shouhi meet witb 'tits people. [dan to have His work don_ on "'any day." A
ceases to be active andis the cause of motion Just as fiature springs forth from death into ' " t t. notah/e day had come, when the tabernacle reference to Exodus 4o:x-33 will show -that
to all other things that are moved. Whatever life crying, "This.mortal. shall put on immof was to be reared ull anti all'its furnishings ]}ut everything x_as done by lkiost.-_ on that day by
is continually active is immortal. This self- tality," in ttie bud ng flowersl spr glue.gram, in their proper places, Among the articles of a preordaln'ed plan, that nothing was left to
activit# ,;g the very e._ence and true notion of the and leafltm tret_, so is th# soul in its Ioltglngs, as-. furniture plat'ed in tire taherhacle was ,a table chance or arrangemel_t 'by an afterthought," but
soul. Heine thus essentially'causative it partakes plratJm_s', and'hope% answenng tile call of Him made of Acacia. wood anti covered with gold, that every detail of'the work had been carefl/fly
tbe nature of a -"l_rinciplc" and it is tbe nature who said, "Whosoever believeth in me sball never as were all its'attachments, and its dlshesof pure planned beforcband by God. Moses had been
o[ a principle to cxcludc its contrary_ Thai die." gohi; this table Was Iflaeed in tim north sid6 specially enjoined by God_ "And look that thou
wldch is t____entially self-active can never ct._se tlear tbe" apbstle _ay, "For we know that' of tbe tabernacle, in the holy place, anti its use make them after their pattern, which was showed
to be active; then tbat which is tbe tatuse o[ if cur earthly bouse'of this tabernacle were dis- was to bold theshewbroad ,_,Izich was placed upon thee in the mount" (Exodus a5:4o), and the
motion and chango cannOt be extinguished bY solved, we have. a building of God. an houst it cvnr_ Sabbath day. The shewbre;_d was te rec6rd of the completed work is, "Thins "did
tbe change called "death," not made with hands, eternal in the heavehs.," be the portion of Aaron'and bis sons.' the priests, Moses: according fo nil that the Lord command-
If tbe soul can conceive an immbrt_ility it "For to me to llve Ls Christ and to die Is gun, _ who wereto eat. it in the holy place. Now _ill ed him, so did'he" (Exodus 40: x6] And sevce
cannot be less tban immortal. If by its '.'cry "f am no_ ready Io be offered, and the timg of this. wag done by God's. eomrnalld, as may be times inthe record of the work of that day, it
nature it has hopes thgt will.not be bounded by my ¢leparture is at band. I bare fought a _ood seen by'_ reference to Exodus 4o:t-33, The is ._aid tbat it was done "as tbe Lord c'ommand.
the _n_ve and desires and Iongtngs that grasp fight, I bare kept the faith; henceforth there is tabernacle _vas reared "up that day, and all its ed Moses," and this inctudes the placing of tbe
eternity, its' nalure anddestiny must correspond, . laid up for me a crown of rigbteousne_.s, which furnishings placed in it, including the table and _hewhread upon the table, which t'dds to be "set
Tile utmost t_apaeily o1 the soul has never yet the Lord, tile righteoUS judge, shall give me at the. shewbread placed UlmU it. The making oI in order before the Lord nontinually every sobbeen
tested on earth Philosophy bus spread tha_ day; al_d not to me ol/ly, hilt uzlto aft lhem tli_ table is. described in Exodus _5: _3-3o, and batil."
open her wldc tlth|s far the. stage of the human also that love his ai_peariog." - tile making of the sitewbread the time and man- But what is tile evidential value of Abib r as
soul. The dcep mysteries.of nature have beet_ Christ says, "Fear nol them which kill the [ nor of its placing on the table fn Leviticus _4:8', n sabhatb day? It is asign hoard showing the
explored. The sublime doctrines uf revelathm if'ply, _ _ re n,t abe Io kill lhe soull but 9, "Every sabbath lie shall set it in order before x_av through the sabbaths of the year, being the
surveyed and the rich pronlise._ ul ,_i_ eodle._* rat lei"ft_ar tunl .which ts abl e tn destroy both tbe Lard continually." This marked Abth t of first of fifty-two regular, weekly sabbaths. The
lif,_ h;we been grit_ped by the soul :t_ the. pledge _mfl and hody'iv hrtl?' To the dyln_ th ef o_ i1 the year _-of the Exodus as._ Sabbatlt day. seventh da_: of the week was the sabbath, but
of an undying h_ope trod iL blissful immorlality, tire cross, "This day shalt thou hg"with mt in But, says an objector, if the tabernacle was being on u fixed date iu the mm_th the week was

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llIOwd_h'. _Oill_ for_.'.•ard one day uqth lliechanl_e wilh all tqill)l_:hi'all lb. hehmt_vd h) one of the " " : " _" •
of the year. Thus Ahib i w._ _dw:lys ;t N|h- 2re:H demmduafions, st.r_/ed a _reat cl y ehtlrx-h _ ".
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baths of the ohl llehr_'w b'_';Ir occurred in the haudlty and wt_rhlly. Wilat a p_eturel LETTERS TO PREACHERS Nothin_ cuuhl be more important. 'liltfirst
same order, i_eal_ on f_xed d_lle_, in the mt)nths. I.Ve suspect that throu_hotlt the "uni'rersr/
but in a movahld week. so lh:lt th6re is no agree_ cimrcb that there are not it few preachers'ju._t By A: M. IItM•s sentence with which Jesus hroke the .midnight
ment fietween tile weeks :rod montim of tile like the one dt_.cribed al_t_ve; preachers preaching V. Sermons by the _a.' il" 'stillness so ast(inished Nicodemus that be. wa_
at]cient Ilehrew calenthr _md tbose el the modern with nn empty keart Ifow can a preacher cease "_ _ ANV think of .qermons as ttreat 6ratori- nearly brea'thless.--"Verily, verily_ [ say unto
, . thee. except It man he buell again [from above]
_: Gregorhm calend:_r with a _abbath on a fixed de) to have famil_ prayer, go int_ (he [ectttre field. /V._. col efforts dehvered m a f rma way he cannot see the kingdom.of God."
of the week. but varying as to the day el tile . sin.he tm tile sly or otherwi.ge, encourage a from a pulpit, Sometimes sucl_, efforts
month in each ),ear, _9,rhlly family, forsake tile sacral [)[[ice of prayer, are very effecti'.'e, They often move wtst audi- Vou see, it.was a _eneral. universal statement
Of the other -_abbalhs of theancient"Ilebrew huve spells of petulance and temper, withoul t!nee_, anti aronse many .bearers to make choice_ applying to the cultured and noble man before
?,car the date_ of t,,,,,l:Jve are Iziven, namely Abih heln_ backslidden? We have met more than that shall tell on their eterlxal destiny. Him. alld to every 6thee man however ex;dted
13y race or tlatural entto_aents or culture _r
15, 22, 20: I)'ar o, _._, _0, 27; Sivan 4; Tbri t, one such. ](_.ts trivet n fearful picture of,these, Bat. al_l Many able sermons are often offickd pt)sitinn. It was so plain, sn tmcomp'ro.
to _$ 22. It me) be seen that these t)ccur in the "Many shall say unto toe in that day,. Lord, i)reaebed by prayerfu anti _ifted melt without n_isin_, so opposed to al] II_lftt'll] pride and selfregular,
seventh-day order, except Tisri to. tbe I.ord. have we nut prophes e irt thy name? ami visible rt_ults. Nobody knows it to tbeir sorntw" suffi¢icncyl It ,_et'al naught all _l[-righteousday
of Atonement. which _a-_ a day for ktsting in thy n;ime have cast otlt deeds? and i_ thy more tban the preachers tbeln_elves. It has nes._, anti all hunlan excellence anti morality _sa •
and zzfllicth)n el SOUL whereas the regular sob- name done many wonderful wot-k_P /_nd then Mways been sty. bloses and Aart)n were the fi{ne_ for bcaven.
I_aths were fe:lM days_ and fasts and feasts are will I i_l'O_c_°, unto them. I nereer knew you: best two preachers iE all the .w'orhl, But they No wonder Nieodelnus was amazed aild cried
hteonsistent one wilh the other and never oc- depot[ from'me ye that _-ork IMq_it)'" (Matt, pre;_ched six moltths It)l_haranh'witb ]Ul apparent _ut, "How (all the_e tbinns be?" And multi.
cur at the _anle time. There are certain writers 7;-'I...2_, result but to hardetl his heart and hrila_ upon tutk_ o[. olllt'rs'.are }u,_t like liim, They do not
teho have n)ucb t_ _say abodt the "a'nnualsob- him a deel_'f damnatiou.
baths" of.tbe ohI Hebrew year;_ but the day el What a serie_ (d' disctmrses I_fiah preached to 'want to Iwar,ahout tile nece._sity of regeheration v
Atonement was tile only t'annual sabbath" of tbat THE PREACHER WE WANT and satFtillcatiml to. make .one like God. A
),ear, sephrate.and apart from th_ ret_ular week- By I_. _[ CORNELIUS _]e Ilco_[e alltl natitms of his. day. No nations

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etern:d life. For Gdd s_) loved Ihe world Lhat [t it alway_ sin that i)archL_ the spirit and Once. we were _1#! _.'dking for Exercise and acro_ the filmr, and the d.or bell ringing by
I{e gave His only begotten Son that whosoever dries up the founlains of joy. lint 'Jesus can mtq ii man in tile toad and began to, talk with frequent callers• If there is no sludy hi the
believeth in Him shnuht not perish, hut have sa #sy bocatt_e Ile can forgive si_ unit _nctify him a_out Iris, spiritual state and his need of churcil nr parsonage, an office should be rented,
everlastinz llfe." "lie that believeth not is con-' and fill the cleansed heart with ]Iis own abiding Christ. ft'e told me aliout lds Iotwg[ng/or -_a]- if finances will permit. A preacher needs privacy
demned already, heeause he hath not believed presence aml peace, vaIion and his difficulty. Left an orphan in fur quict hours of study and'prayer, and should
in the name of the ouly he_otten Son "of God." [I[. He said to.her: "'/'tie bout COmElh and early life he was brought Ulfby an uncle wi o was not be interru)ted by callers By all means the •
(John a:I4.1g)., lmw is'wilenthe tiuc wbrshipers shall worship a Unitarian and did not believe in tile Deity of preacher should have a privale place for study,
Wbat a sermon, t• We must all.be born again lhe Father in _pirit _J_d.trulh : for the. Father Christ. and wi_en he tried [o st,ek Him f_r s,al- medit_llinn'.a_d prayer.
to _e the kingdom of God. _. It is a splritual seckt'th sudt to wordtill Hint." "God is a Spirit: vatlo, n lhe old doubts came up. We _ave him a This h_-imzs us the thought, WttAT a'O SIUn¥.
mystery. 3. It comes hy faitb in a crucified and they that ivorshipHIm must Worship Him [ messazE on .join! ,/:x7 (R. V.), "If any man ln.dle first place, we should study our BibleTbe
Savior. a. It was brought to us by the love ot . in spirit 'and in truth." willeth to d6his will_ he shall know of' the Bible should have first IdaC_ In the preacher's ]i-
God. 5_ It is provhted for ,all mankind o. This was one of the profoundrst truths Jesus teaching." Hc krbit right lhete in the road aml brary, It is very alarming how little oLtbe Bible
The oJ_e who doe_ not believe in this crucified e_,rr.httered and He r6adeit to one _in/ul _z,omatt. ., gave his heart, to God and joined tire church some preachers know. "In these last and awhd
.Savior is h}_t foreverl Anti such a sermon was It [aueht her. :rod nil of us that God is not a ttle next Sunday with his wife and two sons.
preadted ts an atidience of noel But it is the tribal orlocal Deity, - and that true worship is not. We made arrangements wRh a talbot-that his be daysBible we heed preachers more without Bfide preachers. diligent study We'cannot of its
mast wi_lely known passa_e in all the Bible and e_nfined, to I_lace or to any form of [_riestly . grown up son should ride to church with me. HE #acted truths, Tbe Bible sbbutd be studied sysit
has oeen the tloorway, to hearer for hundreds ceremony or liturgy. _ich limited _mtio_s are was converted tlurinrt the i'ide and i_eeam_ a
of ndllim_s ol souls, to be .dispisced hy lhe sublime thouzht of an minister df the gospel, tdmaticallv, analytically, and by subjects. It looks
In the very next.chapter of' John we have, the Omnipresent F,atlwr. who can he worshiped any- One o[ the most e_'fecltve preachers aml pus- very embarrassing to a prEaCher and his congregazrcat
sermon of Jesus [_reached to one fallen wi_ere. 4_y any .sinful soul. who desires to find tots Melhodism ever produced, in his nld a_e ? tion to turn Iront page to page in his Bible, durwoman
at Jacob's well, She was argumentative, salvation and God. What an'appeal it made to wrote a book on _oul-_vlnning. In it be said: intt his sermon, fo _eareh of scripture to prove his
pert, quick-witted, full of race.pride and--lull. !hat sinful woman to be Bdd that tbe infinite "If I had to wi!_ a thousand more souls to in- points. He should form the habit of memorlzinz
o/ sin _,_hat an opportuoiiy she gave the beavenly Father was willing to receive and was sure my own salvation. I wouhl, umlertake, to preacher,his _ripture, and tbus he will ben more effective
Saviour.to try the gospel lie cam0 to brin_ to the even se'eki_ig the worship of her poor heart, wm hem by deal _g w 1 i_ 1v duals. What we -
" IV. I{e dec/_red witb nrcater plainness of need is thousands of evangelists in boule," wbo Not only should a preaeber study the Bible
w_rld, on a lost soul. _l>ceci_.than he had'e_)Er uscd be,tore t t) tins ' lone .can preach wayside sermons,
sy_tEm'atically-aml memorize it correctly, but he
No doubt file purposely sent all l]l.° disciples woman that lie himsel[ was "'The Mtsthlh, the
should s'ttu*_z o'¢H/:R tmol_s. Books should be
away to the market, He wanted to be alqne ,_ai,ior o! th_ worhl." bought even at a sacrifice of other thi_qgs," Books
with Ih2d nt'edy person that He mieht the more She opeued hcf henri at once to accept the THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMATIC are. not a lnxury to- the preacher, but' a vital
sucres-fully reach her. heart Had there been a STUDY h_cefsity, Books to the preacher are as neces-
• _ third Ilersou pr_,'_cnt sbe wouk] have hedged and Irtllh get her and_-atcr-p_t reccived aml Jesut. ran For to "tile verytown joy and _he told_ for-
ByW. B. WA_.Z, _ary as food and clotldnm
played.a ilart and concEalEd the spir/tual long- her neighbors and all site met Ita_ she had " "Study to shew tilyselj approved m_to God, a The.very bestbooks should be purcha_d./tironing
of her foul. Such a course will be taken by .f¢_uudChrist. She was a live and effective his- woikman the. needeth hal to be 'ashamed, rightly ey, time, and energy should not be wasted in readevery
wi_e ChriMian worker: he will x_,'antevery _ivlding the wordo/ trulh" (2 Tim. 2:15), ins useless books. Only a look at a preacber_s
temptalion to concealment rcmovEd-and wil| sionary the fit_t hour of her salvationl
refuse to he turned aside from the main i-_sue -"1 heard the voice o/ Je._us ,say, study in the life of the prEacher.'If, it Is acres- have more to do with mould/as the preacher than
IWANT to call your altEfition to systematic library will tell the kind of preacher he is, Books
by alkv debate nr frivohms atid.ineouse_uential lh,hold, I /rtely g_ve . sary for public sEhool teaEhers to spend any uther'force, except God. The preacbe_r does
remarks, The living water,.thir_ly one, money ft_r books, and attend state Nnrmals, it is, ._nnt always know' what books contain the m-
Jesus look the occas_m_ and fbe water "o! .Stoop down and drink attd !iw'." " formation that he needs. Often we are compelled
Jacob's well for a theme and taught her, equally as important for preachers of the gospel _o .
1. '/hat ;']_t_e_yone. that drlnheih o] Ills water "1 game to Jesus. had I drank 2. spend money analI time for a better preparaIiov to wade through many muddy waters to reach the
shall thirst again." No _('drldh,' good, no earthly O/ that life-giving str#a_t_; for efficiency, bubbling fountain of needed information. Hence,
lllea_t_re, nothing of lime and sense can perma- ' MY thirst was ¢]uenched, my _oul revived, If we are to study systematically, there must be one great difficulty is in purchasing the right
neatly _tisfy. Not merely the body but the soul And now I live in litre" t_avr_ry as ro_tovss ro_ sTnn_. The morn- books.. If wc preachers .only had someone to
must have an abiding _tisfaction ihat can come --HouArtos Bor_^_ ins hours ate witlmut doubt the_besf'fime lot SelECtfor us file books that we need, it would
alone from God. deep study and meditation. During these hours -.,ave us mucb unnecessary reading and money.
I1/ lie taught her, "Wl, a,m.ver drinketlt o/ the We have a suspicion that. this is a [t_son the the mind is fresh, in a rested cotlditlon, and mote One great mau -,:aid, "tie that Ioveth books is
water that I _hall give him shall never tldrst ; ministers of our day most need.to learn, namely_ . active, and can mote e_sily understand and re- never without a friend." Good books are friends,
but the water that I sl_all,give him s_all bEcOme how to lirEach these waystde sermons, member things read. The great.,preacbors of They talk to us when earthly friends cannot.
in him a well o/ water springing up Unto' EtErnal We have always endeavored, wi_en it was pus- history bare been men that devoted tbe_ early '/'hEy talk to us during the stillness of the night•
life. Ill other words, Jesus can give a _:estless _ble, to have a t'bnversation with a person alone, ' bours of tho day to diligent study, and prayer. If a preacher is a treat reader, he will never run
hungry hehrt an inner experience whiEh, like and we have won a multitude of souls in that Then again,, if we are in study systematically, out of sermon material. Sermons will bo longing
an_rtesian ,well, ever renews itsel[_ becau_ [or- way. Looking bhck"over a ministry of more we must have a p_cz _o srutnt. A place to stutly [nr a time to be ddivered, The preacher that
ever supph_d from the I[_eart of God--the in- _han n half ccmury wc ":_reconvinced that it is is as necessary as a time to study. No preaEher reads wide|y,, meditates prayerfully, and obfinite
fountain of all anna: a .most fruitful form 'of evangEllsm, c_n study as he ought when children are ._unning serves carefully will wonder wi_en he will have
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lithetc._prracb the many sermgns that cry for thin_ tl);tt. Ilk,chnrcb exia,ctstd lwr preachi, rs Lhlngsin our make-Ull tilat[end (t_deh'at LZ_m o_ircon_:_nt:lJnlsbouhl be "that Gad in Idlthint_s
deliverance It'[s poor readers '_bat run mlt .f edl_calbm:dly,, Ibe work of the ministry, ma) b_: _lorilied tllrml_h Jesus Christ."
sermons. ; hi fhe nexl place_ _ waist to consider the In the last place, we s oul stu( v systematically,
All preachers may nnt bavc,a _ _ . * II,I, OMI:NEn I)RE't,%IS ()1 • SEVER,_-L PI_nacIIER5
coll0_ze degree. PREaCIIER _.Vl¢ll[ ]IIS, CIIRRESPONDENCE ff We ex- HOW TO Ill,, EI_I"ICIEN"f LEADERS. We'sbould study An ohl hieidcm is fl_at lbat d]slingulshed Rev.
but_all can ilaw_ a ',,:ell-rounded edncatlon. In pect_l_>be efficienlministers(ifthe gospel,we duringthe morning hours,but stndy human nalure Dr. llonarilada dream that some angelsaBa|yzed
these days of opportunily,there isno f_ir_iveness slmldd practice.wrilint_and spelfint_chrrectly, tn the aftcrm)or/iNo dnubf'many of us woukl hi_motives a_ _lpreaehe¢ of the gospel To hls
for ignorance, in the ministry There are only Some preacbers ,,'.'rite so pu_rly, and spell even bare accan_plbbed greater lhbms for nur Lord And a_toJdsluuenl they found fourteen parts of selftwo
thinu_.lbal will keep a preacher from havbm worse. His kingdom, had we known better how to h'ad i_h_e:_s, f[leen part_ of _.ctarianism. twenty-two *_
an education, and that is PO(IR ]lEAf,TIt AI_lnLAZI- V_'ilh diclionari[,s and other help_ at our corn- lhe people. There 'is stlch 'a thil}_ as leading
parisof ambiti(m,ts'vent_'-tbrcc partslove to men,
_E.SS. The preacher that has had any educathmal maml. Ihere _._ no excuse.for bad writin_ anti people, anti still, h't them feel. tbat they are ]layanti
Iwenty-six paris of love to God Deeply
advantages.at all. can by systematic study, so spelling, l once heard a District' Superintendent mg their way. Human temperaments anti dis- _ fumbled, he verb' earnestly sougfit "a perfect
apply himself, tbat in ten years, he can have the say, that he received a'[etter fr6m one ef his positions are so varied, that hardly any two can
desile to _lorify God only.
equlvaIent of an A• B. de_ree, in _eneral in- prtmxbtcnt pastors, with fully a dozen mt_p_lled be led in tile same way. - Quite a number of >,ears ago I very intimately
formation and knowledge, words. We shoubl form the,.habit of ',yritinu our The preacher is [=re-endneotty a leader To . kne_' a l)reacllel (now deceased wbo dreamed
• Some may say, "I bavet;_L sufficient money to [etler_ l)aragr:q)hically. T6 .write anti spell cot- - know books, and preacb stroilg and imwerful tbat he lind died and ascended to-the sate. o[
,bu_' books." lids is no re,al excuse, for AbrahAm rectly will greatly iml)rove our Ent!lish "in tile sttrmons, and fail .to be efficient leaders, means heaven, expecting _t welcome entrance. Hut an
L.incoln, and others of renown, did most of their, pulpit, failure, as far as the bi_ things of the mhd_try ant.,elie beibg _dd to Idm, "You cannot enter
_udying with Iiorrowed books, it fins-been sold I recounts 9 file fact that many of us were reared are concerned. A preachei shuuld buy htmks on now Go back to tile eartb anti preacf for the
thai Lincoln walked twenty mile_ after working with an environment Lbat was not cfindueive to leadership, but |be best bn_k on lhe subiec_ is, ¢/ory o] God alone and some da.v you may be
all (lay. to borrow a set of commentaries, and go_d EnglislL Expressmns:were.beard and nsed Tl[_ BOOK OP IIUI_IAN NATURE. May the I.ord admitted?! .He had told tilt* solenm and luaus- :
read nearly, one hundred pages returning, home. that were nut correct, att(I titus made deei_ ira- help us to be more efficient loaders, stronger and picitlus tlream to.a friend, but it afterward came
He had a hun!zer for knov,'led_e, and of knowb pressions on our p astic rain h. tbat are very better preachers.
I_ my knou'_edge. " " '
d/]_e, he ',vouhl not bt_ denied if our Inlnger hard Io overcome.. It is as natural to express mIRANT, t_KLA'; A far sadder occurrence was that of anotfer
for knowledge ',','as as intcnse as Lincoln's, we eltrly impressions Its to breatlw But many of preacber.who dreamed tbat'a popular mlnisterial
would h_ive an education at any cost _]iose ear v Impressions can be corrected and PREA_HIING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD friend ill his approached Idm aml _'dd, witb great
overcome by careful watchtntL anti tile constant
• Doe very serious dlffieulty witb seine preaebers nse of right words l By Rv.v.A.W..Orwm emotion, that he bad just dreamed'that he died
ERTAINLY tbere shmdd be no nther " lit four.6'ch_c}: ill the afternoon anci tl_at he was
is. It is that a very tbey serious cannot thing be still to lon_ he_in enmmh reading toa study, book, tematically, Not only and should spell" n anti preaeber write study correctly, booksbutD's- he
_t,,,,,/kind "of i)reachhlg. Anti that Ineans that IosLI To this.the ('_ther preaeber_ in his dream,
., ' " • ' the salvation.of tile unsaved and the up- solemnl> and alarmed, repllt:d, Lostl |Vhy?
but before fin shrug t, t.urn.to auotber, only to shouhl srtrn:" rlIMS,_:LV, We sbotdd carefully ann- building of Christians should be the on])t motive The mourn[ul answer v,'as,"Not because I did not
repeat the same tiling. A hook' sbot$1d be read lyzetpursel_,'es; we _hnuhl know mtr self. In the of .every preacber o[ tile gnspeh But-alasl ibis preacb the real IZospel, but _ecause' I sought the
st).ea_efully and understobd so correctly, that an first pIace; We shmdd annie/z6 "our best traits, doe_ not always seem to Lbe the case. As to the appl,'/use of men more than tbe gloW' of God, andirttelligent
examinatloncmdd bc taken on its con- 'Many of us have but few. but regardle~_.s o[ the
t_tts. The preacher tbat makes it a baAit of ruggedncss of our character, fhere are _ome good guilly ones, may we not. ask, "Lord, is it I?" verily I have my tewardP' Tbe frst mentione.d
tti_ning from "tbe_reading nf one book to'another tbfn_s in our favor• The apostle Peler ba_ a " The apostle Paul said, "Ii I pleased men I sbould pro'ocher of tbe tw.o. dreaming that whL[e he was
. not bethe servant of Christ." An(] lie Moo'de- on his way to church for tbe evening service,
witbout finishing eitber, is likely to be tile preacb- very rugged cbaraeter, but takin_ him as a wbole, t " ' '
er that begins a project in his cimrch, but for- lie was among the most succes, ful apostles, dared, "Nbi" of men sought we glory." .was met hy a friend wbb asked _'Have you heard
The divine command is. "De all to tile glory of the sudden death of the able minister, Doctor
sake_ the proposition before finisldng it, and goes fhlt lo stuay our host traits is not sufficient of God," In notbing is it more applicable titan --?" The reply was that he had not,.but still
to still another, to repeat tile same Such ,_ We must carefully analyze our defects, or to ex- t
preacher is .a good beglnner,'but a poor arriver, to the work of the ambassador of the Lord Jesus agitated by Ids strange dream, inqu!red as to the
, l)res._.it in another way, it means a careful study Christ, Ob, how he shollld be exalted and self t[_w el tbe death. "At four o'clock this after-
I bare known preachers to remain in the course of tbose tbines in us that if not corrected and abased and cructfied l An em ne t a t very use-, noon." was the reply.
of study [or nearly fiftee 9 years, anti wonder why- overcome, will defeat us in the _reat work where- ful preacher once dec ared that at one time lie Of course all the tbree prcachecs were most
the Assembly didn't ordain Ihem.. The preacher unto God has called us. It is.one thing In bryn sdught the praise of men more lhan the glory of intensely, glad that their dreams were not dread
Ihat has good health, anti sufficient money td buy the call to preaeb, but still annt er tbing to God. And when the great'"Welsb Revival" was reoJi|iea. But that Ihey were delive_:ed from all
books, ought "t'o be ashamed to face the District succeed in tllat callin_ Just because we have the in progress, some years ago, its human leader, -'seeking of their own gin W can scarcely be ques-
A_serab[y, having failed to bring up tbe course call of God to the ministry is no sure guarantee Evan Roberts, on one occasion suddenly and tinned, And what a great mercy on the.part of
nf study, that we wiU have s{Iccess. There are certain ele- quietly left the .service, simply heesuse the cu- Gad thus. to warn his servants_ It may_ be,
On the other hand. there are those tbat bav_, meats to success tbat if proper/y compiled with riostty and expectancy concerning him were so however, tbat God, according to his soverign will,
eomp_elcd Ibe co_rse el study as oiltlined by our certainly brink success. Every" I reacht_r shottbt
very dist_slefui to his consecrated sog[. Then a does nnl always warp all who prostitute.the|r
church, but feel tbat the days • of % hard studv arc know his weak points, arid strive to make bls godly yelling woman arose and exclaimed, "Whom bhth and Italy ca)ling largely in self-exaltation,
past• We should be more studious after reaching weak poinls strong. No doubt one reason that
are you a[te_', Evan Roberts or ]esus?" And the The saered'Scrtptu/es infQrm us that some highly
ordinatlbn than.he[ore, as more is expected of. some of. us are not more suc_;essful is because meet ng proved more than" ordinarliy successful, gifted men. ah[e gospel preachm's znd even
us. The four years' "_ourse:of sttidy is the least we have not t_triven tn irlq)rove anti correct thc because only'the glory of God was sougbL Verily mlracle-workers, will bc rejected by the Lord.
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...................................................................................................................................................................................... ___, . It is bahl thai three-flmrths of the accidents are I say, sttrely the darkness shall cover me; even
. . well-kept. Too ;treat a feefin_ of secur/iy nesz and the light are bolb alike'to t ee'."¢" .. -,
' r_tu_s the drivers to yield to a temptatinn to . _
# I spt,cd and take risks The care _yi/h which they There iire manyt self-serving stor_'_' oue_-_|tt'dg_/
- drive around curv_ nod.over the more damter- of todsy. 1_/,/_;?re ant waited on hy clerks,
//"........................................................................................................................................................... ;.............................. II , ous eections of tile r,mds is not obser_,'ed. This but they _:o in','antl serve themsdves, God's
fact has a spirRual appl/calicm." "Wherefore let store-house is full of rich blessink,_ but it is
WINDOWS TO LET IN LIGHT The M:dn Slreel of the Bible is hol[nc_. All him that thinke/h fie staadeth take heed lest operated under Ihe sell-serving plan. If you
_'_r_' ""Co_pih'd 7_y Sr_:vm.n'_S. WmrF. ether streets ,f the holy Scriptures lead into iL lie fall." wnuhl lmsst'_s these blessings you must have tile
.... If you desire to live on tile central 'h/gl/way of -- faith and energy, to go m and help yourself, that
• a
a story nf an old Negro preacher who tire sanctifi_ltion. "Awl a Ilk.,hway shall he way chickens oct when a plate of meat is placed _hall be _iven you; s6ek, and ye slmil find t knock,
A CLEVER A here.an wrih'r ,race wrote divine lruth_ s_,ek anti ._cure the hitching of en% A cerhdn writer has called our attention to the is, you must.take .tile initiative. "Ask. and it
, wt_re a Prince Albert coat on widch the there, :!nd a way 9 and il shall he called tile way before them. Thcy stand around and look at th_ and it shall be opened unto you."
'_'t,n Commandments were embroidered in mauY . of holiness." filled ldate for a time and then'one ttrabs a Inece
colors. ('l'he_e words are taketl from Dr. Lynn -- and runs ImmedJMe_y all nf tile 6tlier chickens" The traffii: si_llals which are operated 6v the
Harold Iloueh's recent Imok: "Evangelical Ohio ph'tce.s a white cross..alm_ the main state benin In chase the chicken which has the piece nmin husine._s streets of mos't of /he large cities
IlumanisllL'] ./`he o legrn_s t_xtErint tni_hl road_ where _onle iwr_on has heen killed in a
of meat. They foruet all ahout thlr meat which of tn(hw may cot!roy to us a sl)lrilual lesson.
have made a very significant impreszlov Ul_m motor mishal_. It is said that a person will'enstill
remaill._ in tilt, [date. This is a very fitting The word "stop '_ appears in a setting of red.
his brethren. The _xternals or apparel _l re- counter many td tht_.;e on a fitty-mlle drive in iliu._tralinn n[ ct_vetousnt_s_. Covetuusncs,s is This" signifies 4hat tht_re i_ danger fat us if we
ligion as _t_ll as that ol "many men do often " that state. The same pl,_ is to be fnllo_;ed by really no/hfi_:z more lllhn selfislmt_s. Too ellen move i,_ that direction• We may nol always
catch th_ eye of the public. But it is very dif- /he Ki_,'anis Cluh of Oklahoma City, Oklaht_ma,
_e occupy ourselves with an attempt tn rob our realize it, but tile stop sign or check of tile }Ioly
ferent witli God _'For the'Lord seetll not as inl milrkJnu tll,_ [)lace of the death of,any [mr- neighhor of his posse_._ons or experience instead Spirit h_ls a red sellin_. There is danger in go-
_aan sooth: forman looke(h on the outtv_ard ap- son _f that city. All ol this is done as a Ixtrt 0l•guhlg direct to the storehouse of nature and inn oil after W'E have felt the check el tile lloly
peara0ce, hul the l.ord'lookvth on the beart." of a "_fety first" campaign It i_ a solemn
If we would obtain His attention and favor, we warni:_e t6 al motorLsls '_s,)o woult be _ar_ ess of God for our supply. "Thou shalt not. covet Spirit. Th_ term "g_" has a.set_ing of gecen.
tv _wi'2hbor_ house. /hen shall hot covet thy To move when it appears mear_ safety• So it is
must portal/ flim In Irnnsh)rm our hearts or.in- Oh! lhat we had snnle sucll concrete method hy neighhOr's wife2 nor his manservant,, nor his when tile ltoly'Spirit whispers "go," "It may
net live_, which we couki mark the thne _nd place of
moral and spiritual traRedies. If we emdd only maid_ervant, nor his ux, nor his ass, nor any not alw,ays seem be._t In us, hut let us always
thi!lg tlmt is thy t_i_itdlhor'sY remember that: no harm fall come when we are
Dr. R. W_ D;de, tile great E_g sl 1"1eo ogm• " indicate|_y some defndte means tllose who have
on n missinn for him. "There is a way which
recklessly or car6k.'_ly l_rmlttlM opportunity
at_d Preacher of a not far distant pa._t, is .gold . _ . ,. ' .
to have, decla'red./hat his life really began wben after 9Pl?ortunlty to shp byte. their own undo- OcGu_itmaily a snake is /_um] along the road seenlelh right unto a man, but tile end thereof
he cea._ed tliinking of' him.self and begah think- ing., Perhaps. such a plan woubl cause more of • choked to death wi/h a hall .swallowed rahbit, are the -ways of death." "All things ffork toing
of Christ This brings to mind tile words of tile young and tender-hearted to decide for God lie has kilted hhn._elf by being a glutton." If getter for gnmi to them that-love God, fo them
we became a eluttonas to Mammon or material wire are tile tailed according to his purpose?'
P:tul when lie said, "For I determined not to hell, re it is-too late. "The harvest is past, the . t zonds we _hall _urely choke ourselves to dea/h
kfmw ally thing, among you, ,_ive J't_sus Christ, _urnmer is ended!, nnd f am not _aved." .- :
• . " spiriluafb'. "'t'e cannot'serve .God .aid roam- I heard P. P. Claxton, iormer U. S. Commisand
him crucified." The'oldest known will in /he worhl, /hat of" t' men." Material zoo&s are legitimate in /heir sloner tJ Education make a very. natural and
Uah, exert!ted tn _5,t8 B. C_, is commenled on olaee, but .if we center our atletition ul_n them. yet to/her unique use of the .zreat image of
Dr. Frank Crane writes thus of- one part of a as'follow by the edit6v ol tile Daily Oklahoman: serve then!, bow down to thenL make them our Nehudtadnezzar's dream. Of course he lifted
story which was written hy a famous Hun- • '.'All through tile document there runs the _tory e god they will destroy us spiritually, if completely ou_- of its prophetical telling. The
garian: "A scientist on a lonely iskmd created of a good and bcztowing brother. He huilt-thE "imagE's head was of fine gold, his hreast and his
the 'robots' or mechanical men and women. They house, hE gave most of /he pebsonal property. Marconi. claim_ that w'ithin two years the arm., of silver, l_is belly and his thighs, of bra._,
were wilhout soul_, mere rmtchines to do the, " He is not ha.reed an_ where as a beneficiary, but problem of televisim_ will he completely, solved. Ii_ lens of iron, his-feet part of iron and part
labor of the world. In the end they became " ahvays. ,as a cohtrihutor/'. Uah's benefactor was Already. we have tile _i_zantte telcscope which tff clay, A stone which was cut out, of the
human .and the poi0t where they demonstrated no blood kin' to him, He ',vas all outsider• Let brin_s the infinite distances wi/hin the circle of nl,ulntau_ without hands smote the image on
that /hey were human _'_ where one robot wa._ us tunl our minds to Christ. tie is our. Elder our vision. Also, Ihe microscope has £omE to its feet which were of. iron and clay. Thus the
willing to die for another. There Ihey ceased to Brother and yet He is no blood kin to us. How. revtal to us the'lnfinitt_lmal, The" X-ray lays imaee wa_ destrnyed and /he stone that _'mote
be nviehincs' and slmwx'd .human symp:_thy and ever, lie is our Everht_ting BenefactoK lie h_ bare the sccrets of tile [iurann:.hody, But role- I_e" inmt_e became a great mountain and filled
kindnes_." "]Ie_eby perceive we the love of Mways been a contributor to u._.and no( our vi._ion will make it i_o_ihle for us to penetrate the whole ear/h. The image was smitten on ira
_,; Gdd, because he la/iI do_vn his life for us:'and heneficiary. He gave'ltimself for us aml with with our vtsloc the t/fountains ,the fore_ts, and feet which were of iron and day. Its [oundawe.ought
lo lay dowtr our liven for the brethren." Him has come every genii altd perfect gift• !'For all such opaqu'e subst:_dces. Thisis all very tion was f[mlty and that resulted in its destruc-
Sacrifice lies'at the very "henri. of Christianity, God _o loved /he world, that he _;ave his only wonderftll, but God ha_ always po._e_ed role- - tiotf. Above everything one's foundation must
Without it 'we cannot rise to tbe high level of hegbtten Son_ that whosoever befi_veth tn him vision. God's all-_eeing eye e_ily penetrates the by stro0g. '/'his remirals /Is el the man of whom
true humanity, sJlould not pi_rlsh, but have everlasting life?' night or the depths of the human heart. "If Christ toM us in the Sermon on the Mount.

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Ite btiilt his }it)use on tlie _uu[_ and it fell when [tt'_s to dissil_dion; from dissipation to ex£L'_.¢_; tile cburcb, 'and childhood is 'the time [or con- lie ',va_, not asked tu buy, but to receive•
tile. storm or crisL_ came. Bnt tile man who frnm indul=ence to pleasure;--musie,- laughter, version. Ire Les[ed the audience to prove .it. Tbere is no re;r_on why xv¢ should not conbuilt
his boule, ta_ll_tltt_ rock withstood the revelry, excffemetlt. _kx'p. Tbe next day and Two thousand had come to Christ be[ore they (luer sin, for God is ready to furnish :ill
storm. "The fear gf _[}le L_)rd Js.tbe be!zinnun! every day repeating the same mad'round, w_re twenty years old, only 144 had come m needed grace.
•, Christ between twenty and thirty, only twemy The c_ward says, "[ can't.". Tlie Christian
o[ wisdom." \Ve mast commence _itb or build No time for the liible. ineditation, self-examon
the "fear of tbe Lord/' if we would he slit'- inatimi, or prayer. This man thought pn his three had come to _hrist helwx:en thirty and says, "by God's be/p. ] can."
ces_fttl in life. ways, anti what they were hrhi_in_ him to. foTiy t only two had come tc CIlI1St- between 111. FROM Tttl: BT,'*NDPO1NTOF ¢TIIE jUDGMENT
_rou rv it. lorry and fifty, arid only two of any age after VISITED UPON I[[M lie CAN _rAK_ N'O DE-
• Child: Are you as conscientious, as. obedient fifty l Those facts'say eloquently: "Make. haste" VEtqSE.
'Phet:e are many c/ean._Jng a_ei)ts wbJch _ye In p:ireIItS, a_pt_re in thougbt and speecb as you to conic in early lilel Oil. parents, still out of It was dcservinlZ, fitting, adeqnate.
houses Amoral these toilet and wash _oaps, the _r(HIllLf l_'nnlvtz: Are _,'ou as reverent toward _ and delay not" for their.sakes. Let them go justice. Tbe rhthteous Judge doeth right,
"Gold Dust Twins", l)utqh Cleanser. [cnion (;nil, as nm(h,M ill hellavior, as chaste in speech out into the world _'vith the memory of prayer_ the con. equences of sill are self-wrought,
juice anti .¢.alt for ink sppts, clcansbm acids and and thought ttot_' and [}leIl_' of _'odly parents, self-afllieted i we call only-accept them in
i employ'
achis for
tin
eraSillg
our
ink
bndics_
and
our
lye niay
clothes,
be mentioned.-
anti our were
Y¢)unu
a year.ago?
l_.[an: Are ytlur hal)its a_ good as tbey
'Christ.
Dr..Dixon
with
tells
faro [es•com[0g
of a lawyer
, up,
wire
"Make
was urged
haste "We.shall
silence.
never he able tu qual're] with God's
These cleansing .a_ents vary much bI their el2, u,ed to be? (:'an you ook vtur n er in the to come to Christ. He said, "1 am too busy; l
fectivene_% but all Ilave sonic _'_[h/e Ivhe_l 'l*sed" eye *Uld make a confi_Mht of her?. :tin runnin_ for Colmress and building a railroad "The'Second Comlng-of Christ."
• Middle At.,cd: You are twenty*five years [ know it is important; hut I cannot come no_'."
properly, hi tile moral anti spiritual _eorhl _e nearer tile etern:d • wnrhl Ihatl you used to he. Three yzars later a mbIister was _nt [or to help TEXT: By C, St.'John E; CORNELL t4;3, - "
find that about as many means o[ purification •• Tu what is ,,•ttlr journey Ieadblg you? him die. He was dying o[ delirium iremens and ] IN_I_ODUCTION
ha,..e _ce.q _u_lt'ested and, tried. Education. cn- D. "AND TI'_tNED _IY YEt'IT UNTO THV TE_;TI- cutsin= God with every b_eath. 'l_lree years Importance of the subject•
vironment. Eugenics are alnon._ the mo_t Ill?*- .
.MONII.S•
. ,, too inter
II fT IS DU=t_i'D TiI.E "_t*'tlRLD'SEXPECT_*.NC't'.
portant Many men seefu to thbi_: "that t,_tber RetTeetiorl showed bJnl that be. was in the IV. II_ OEL,_,YEn NOT TU OllSt.ltVE TIlE COSt- t. His first aflvent.; tile world on the tipone
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"He tbat bath _een me hall1 _eon the Ite enter_ imp ntzr twentieth century lives, on it., sendbm greetings utlt ruI one ni tire mo_t I,_;llzb. sai_d_ ilave cilizenslllp ill heaven (Jot}
Father." "Touched with a fee[ffi_ of .ur infirmities." diffit'uR, pktces lot ,.Mntlumd to rxi_:t. C:r_ar 3t):27-2o_
"I will raise _film up at the Ia_t day.- Ill. lhs IIU_tma: MI,"ZlSTI_It:S (Nerol was tbe embedlmrut of infamy. His court 3. I.'a_h,s are roya bird_. We are cbildren of a
True Religion embraces the above char. The woman at the well was the _:arnal fallen worhl in miniature. ' The Kin_, Crowns and principalitic_ av.'ait us.
acteristics. Tbe '*woman" acctl_d, wor_t excesses, tbe fnulest wces _ere welcomed a, F.atfle_ bave _reaI cmlraee and suffii[ity. _,Ve
(llfmtrationl Bisbt_p Wnodcock's little and encouraged wltbln .bi_ household. How.ever, shouht ,be courageous and subtle in meetin_
"The S_gh of God." heroine who at ei_bt year_ .f age "had to some of these depravett wretebes, hre_tbin_z an fne.. Cab accompfisb'4be seemingly impos-
By C. E, COI_Nr:LL care for tile family, atmospliere heavy n,ith the opialb3 of helL became sihh,.
'/'Exr: Dt_ut• 5:29. IV Ills PI:td:ECTI'DISE .saints and lived the life, evcn thouab called to. S. The Lxttde goes fortll lo prey about noon wben
I: INTROnt:qTION '/'he qnvb seal tbeir testimony with "their blood. Therefore, the men' are gone home from the field We "
The associate. Scriptures. In the midst of His enemies "_l_ristL-mity is designated to gird'us a sublime should be wise timely, discreet and tactful.,
Deut. 32:20; Psa. 81:13; Isa. .t8:18; Matt The cro_* r_teo o_ereircumstanees, raiber tban to allow "6. Eagles maintain their lives and celerity, to a
23;._7" V. lbUANr_:SS OF' IIEART ANn LIFt: • circumstances _ " to become our masters.
ureat a_e. _P_. IO3:_).
I1. "0 TII,'_T TIlt:IrE _*t.'ERI_,_,t'Ctt AN llEAIl'i tN IVe act like Hint 7. Eagles are great watchi'rs; can see from afar
TIIE/',I[" In ]naturalness with vet)' small but penetrating eyes; so we
I. Implying. they "ougbt to have sucb an In synlpathy are n_ade to ward! for our Lord.
heart, Ask Me for it. I will t_ive it to In humble, mini_trie. _ Parable of the Sower 8. We are Ih be gathered to Him IMatt. 24:a6-
them. hi comtxas,_fim By B. F, ILXYNES 28: Luke r7:34-37i Rev. 4:5-tx; lLev.'s:8-xo).
_. 'rile heart, its relation to lift'. In low (t "
Ill. "K_EP _tg COMMANI),MENIS'* SCRII*IUI_t_: Matt. 13:13-_4; Luke 8:5-I 5, Paul's
L What is meant. Prayer.._ Tbess. s:*. Pentecostal Baptism
2. God's colnnLql_ldmcnts not tlnrc;l._t_llabl_ Slliil[hood "" L PAIIAtlLE GIVES "IIII_EE _,VA'qS OF oIn;TRI?CT-
3, Commanded to be bnly. By It. M. _ CHAMmatS . I I_¢O wo_o, By B..F. IIAYNE.5
Not _aDder_tandin_ Afatt: I3:_9- Tr,,_r: Acts t: 8; Luke 24;49; Acts 2: 1-4,
IV. "Tll,vr vr ,_lm_r uz wr:LL WI_'U aHr:._t." TexT. "All the. saints salute you. cbiefly they t. (a/ Inattentive from pro-occupation. . _L A trial of faith, to have to ":eDit.
L Well here,,4n active lifo. tbat art of C,'esar's ho_ehold" IPhil. _t:a2L I _. (hi Cautdtt twav hy criticism. They rememhered his words (Jno. 13: 10-
2. Well hereafter, eternal life (Scripture lesson,' Phil. 2:x-8A . a_ 'l'rlbtilation or perr, eeution 'Matt, ],t: 11; Jno, 15 3; Jno. 17: 6, 8. 9; 14-16).
V. TIlE SIGll OF GDn FOR US This is a text of encouragenlent. The err- _o_2t," II, Trial greater because they did not know
L We can meet" it.
_. We.mast strive for it. conra_ement of mutual and appreciated fellow- (a) Power of habit, how long the.v had to wait.
(lllustration) A Mudent'_, surrender. " sbip. • (bl Fear of not hohling o,ut. Ill, Graeious Offices of ten days, Time to re-
"It will be remcmbt real that llannah White- Tbree facts are in this text.' _ Sainthood; (el Evil nssoci:ltes, call del'_qnencies.. . " .
hall Smith w_ _ummoned to Prlncet_n _ Sainlhood on speaking terms; 3. Sainthood (d) Persecutitln from: family or friend_, ta) Intolerance of JobD, Luke 9:49-50.
a few _t'ars anti by the tannouncement of unjler diIficult circumstanceg (el .Persecution from employe_, either (hi Peter'sdenial and pr9fanity.
the sudden death nf bee _ou m tin Seni_r L SAINTIIflOD. The word comes from the Latir., exp'ressed of, expected• (ci James' anti John's anger anti fury at
class at i'rin_eton Colleze. fie was a yonng "sanctus," meaning holy. Thls is the Divine call. " 3. Care of this world. ,Matt. _3:22. inhospitable villagers. Luke 9151-_8.
Iltall of UflUS_I:II _rlt]tietl(e and l_ronll_,, The '*Wherefore. holy brethren, partakers of the (a)The.rullng bid or sen_ttion'or topic. ¢dl Peter. James and John, their ambitious
secret of Ilia life was made knov,,n to all in bea'¢enly calling--" (Hob. 3:x). This shows ,It (b) Politics, pleasure or _ocial cataclysm cootrntion. Luke 9: 46-48."
file followihe surrender, which he lind Writ- is a condition to be r_ached here. not to he de- 4. Deceltfulni_sz of riche_. IX'. They wait. Spirit fails, cleanses and eraten
out, signed, and which was [ound in a fcrred until death. We are rulk'd to be saints. (a) Its po_e_sion, powers--Then:
little book' that he carried in his bucket: E',;ery cburch sllould he a. ,,slat factory. Other- (hi Its pu_uit. , - 1. 8000 converts fn t_,o Clays,
_'I take God the Father to be nay God; I '_vise it is mis_ing its, callina. _ (c) Speculation. "2. Petei" cured of cowardice.
take God the Son to be my Savior ] take We must have sainthood as our established 1I. Tna_:t: ct,asszs or m:^aEes, 3. J'ohn cu_'ed of intolerance.
"God the Holy Ghost to he iny Sanctifier; base of operations or quit. #n army without t, Tbe unimpressed. 4. Peter and Jobn.cured o[ revenge.
1 take tile Word of God to he my rule; an estahllshed base is a failure, a. The transiently impressed. 5. Jamez and John cured of ambition.
I tske the people of God to be my people; a. s^_mtaoD or: SDr_,KINO T_a,',ta. All the 3. Those with deeply implanted, hut finally.
I likewise dedicate my "whole self to the saints mlhte Fellowship develops some of the supplanted impressions ....
Lord; and I do tiffs defiherately,'sincerely," most valuable qualities of sainthood. It is not III: T_tzx- _znan and v_a_/_srano as rod ZTmUqt- The Biography of a Saved Sinner
frcely add, forever." .necessary to be a monk. a nun_ nor a herinit in Tv. M_af.t. x3:a3.. ByC. E_ COt_I:LL
order to he a saint. Heaven will be found .to l. A_ll }dngt.'_ on tile honoring. TF_T: Rum. 6: 22. "Bat now beh_g made" free
"The Lovellr_ess of Christ." .be a pb_ce of rapturou: sociability• _, Take heed tllerefore that ye hear. from sin, add become servahts to God, ye have
. By C. E. CORNELi, "Therefore. we must warm up tr_ sinners. Make -- )'our irult unto holiness, anti the: end .ever-
I'. _tLL cnxIeAatsos T_,_T: SongsIMV0gSmLE of Sol, 5:_6. strangers tbem and Don't'be others welcome stiff and atformal. dmreh, Be Greet sym- " Eagle _ a|n_L lasting ] jvsr_l, life." learloN.
Moses Daniel pathetic anti heartsome; By B. F. HAVNFS (a) "Being made tree from sin."
Abrabam David Saffils salute, They are not at loggerheads. In . II. coNaEca,_,rxot, ", "
Joseph l_ial_ . . a. divided churcb something i_ interfering with TEXT: Deut. 32:1x-12: Ex. tO:4. (hi "And become servants of God."
Elijah Paul . _aintbood, It appears that the "old m[ru" Is not r. Eagle's are step/Igor _han other bird_. Chris- l'II, SANCTIFICATION.
II. II_ _:AS" I'EIIFEC_LY IIU2_IAN dead (Matt, 5:23-_4)- tians.are stronger In faith and hope. (c) "Ye have your feints" unto holinessY
lie "llad COmlXt._ion,and synlpatby lot hu- 3.* SAINTIIOODUNDER DIFFICULTCIRCU_tSTAN_ES. 1, _agle5 have elevated aspiratio05 and instincts, IV. C..LORIFICATION..
-., maliity, tlere comes a letter with a specihl delivery stamp • fly high, build ne_qs hi,it on crest, or crags. (d) "And tbe end everlaztlng" life• "

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psa.'10:4, er_. They ;ire. kdlabieg whe_ Ihey should be
A SERMON OUTLINE THE CEIURCFI RECORD OUr fathers trusted in thee_ Ihey 1rusted, ,and ,_larm clocks: Consider how challen','inz, such
Tl'xt: "ltut of him are .Ye In Christ Jesus• wire A l)re:u:hez_ would exercise lhe lzrcztesl care in thou'didst deliver them. Psa 22"4. pctitb_ns as these are f.ma the revised. Prayer
of God is made, unto us wisdom, and ri_hleous- the keeping of the Church Record. Each ChurCh fie maketh me to lie down in Jzreen pastures Dook fn which the cotmrcgatiou pray_ to God to
ness. anti sanctification and redemption" (1 Cor," of the _Nrazarene shouhl have a prepared Recurd ftender grass). Psa 23:2. -:leliver.lhenx: _
1:30). , book. published' by our Pablishing House. The i Worship the, Lord in the beauty tff holiness. "Froni the'cowardice that dare not face new
I, Wisdom--Salvation from ignorance pastor or someone slmu!d keep tile-RtCcord very : . Psa, 20:2 truths, tire laziness that is o mlcntt_d \vlih half-
2. Rhdlteousness--Salvation from the tulle of c_rrefidiy.. In my .hulgm'En • he pastor ought tJ') Let them shout for joy, anti he _lad. Psa. 3S:_7, 3 trttth_, and the arr,)eancc that,]hinks it know_ all
gin (It) llii_. When new Jllen'tbers are received, make Thy righteousness is llke the _rcat mollntoins lrlJIhs. .
3. Sanctification--Salvation from the _bwe.: of sure to get names correctly and in full as well as Psa. 36:6. " l.rtm_ lack f re_erence fc_LTruth and lleauly;
sin. prnperly sl_elled. It is not wise to call off a list Mark 1he perfect man. and bchcdd the upright: from prejudice, and'_entin, qtalism,
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a Redt'mplinn--Salvation from the presence o[ o pros I ect ve church members by sayl/_g. "Broth- for the,end of that man is peace. Psa. 37:37. • "Fron_ heine dull and p(nllpnus; from heinz
sin. . . er" Pelers. "Mr." Smith .and wife. "Sisler" Jones. PERTINENT PR_AYER POINTS
Iude and nffensive atul in-mannered.
• "From Ihe l)l;_pln._)y of kyt)'icism about nur
NOT TIIIIEE [:t:ET Fru)M C,tLV,tltY ere, There. may be ,_ n ember by the same name. .q_W, R. Gregg gives the followint_ prayer lmints_., btt, thren made in tht_ image _f God; frnm all
"There is not a text in tile Bible three feet ,_way Gel Ihe "initials" of each person anti call the that are well to consider. a[se pride, ignorance, and contenlpl
full name and addn.s_, The Church Record is True pray_ scatters seed for the greatest bless- "From all uncleanne:s and" unwholesomeness:
from Calvary. Gml has put nothimz in His llook to last a numher oLyears and ou_bt to be carethat
is not within ease re'_ch of His dyint_ Son. - ing the )vorhl knows, Arc you sowing for a . rant selfishness, slackness, and self-it't(hngenee.
Notbintz will cnme into - your life that-will not hint fdlly tokept. tilefor wise the i5present sufficient• a_ well as lhe futun,. A ereat harvest? "Ftonl Ih_ fake ldely which ba_)n_ h I_h; from
be dpder the oulstretched hand of 1he cross, So Regard "God at least on a .par with friends.;' heine self-Centered in our pity; from beine norm
everylhinm tl_rouzh ev_rytldn_ tell men" of the STREET MEETINGS "The companions hearken to thy . vmee, cause me : rmvly eccleslasticah and"'from loving systems,
Io hearit?' . Inure than'we love Thee.
'Prince of Life.!" . In every community where possible, arrange- Wandering thoud_ts in conversation are not
"'l,'rnm the disloyalty of be_'lnt ._atisfwd with
TEN SECONDS OF EXPOSURL" - meats _hould be made to hold open air meetings• conducive to intimao" in friendship; nor, i_ th/n_s as t 'y are. in the Church and in the worM;
We heard of a roan'preserved in vinegar ¢_'ho Otter. someone will be reached by the gospel or prayer, to fellowship with the Father. aml from faifinn to share T y indignation."
claims to be. sanctified Sour hofinc'ssts not apt to Christian testimony, that tannot be reached in Prayer is a "renunciation ,of independence." Ifs Many of. these petitions [f taken deep into our
be catching, any other .way. we are self-safficient,:wliy pray? innlost hearts would start rt%'olutions in our-_
"Lie not one lo another," My businesg friencL But plan carefully for this kind .of work. Do '!llear my voice, O "God. in my prover," Too ,,Lab_ts. and ways of think ng and living.
be cart, i'ul you do not lie when you adverti_ not display your eccentricities nor howl your many. whispered conversations heavEnw.trd. Speak ,
BEAUTIFUL TO DIE THIS WAY
"In ]tell he lifted tip his eyes, bein_ in torment." peculiar wail on the street corner; sinners do up. , ,
The no-hdlites would'like to modify 1his or get it not understand andt_et the wrong idea of spiritual Prayer flows from the consciou¢n'e_s o[ our in- _! A numbei'.of years ago there lived in AIletdleny
City, Pa,,,,a very Immfinent physician by tile
oat of tile book• entirely.* But it is still in the religion. Use your sense, mind the Spirit and _eriorit)_ and His superiority, of our helplessness name of Dr. Johu F. CoopEr, He was a h_adin_
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I)ook. "_ •exalt the holiness of God. Some few fplks when and His power• It is an original and nearly Jr- physician and connecled with many of the first
"In everything .by prayer 2' Note- the word they go on tim strdet think thEy'must cut up'all . resistible instinct, precisely that which makes a" class hospitaIs. At the t/me of h/s death he was
sorts of didos, much to the disgust of those who child run to the mothei-, and the weak entreat
PEverythintz" Now _?eally, my frieml, do you - - seventy-six years of "age, He bade his sons a
pray about "everything"?, look on, and with positive injury to the cause the strong, cheerful good night and retired. The next mornthey
desire to represent.
The Bihle speaks about long suffering, and Use only the _)ery best speakers, those who PRAYERS" THAT 'PIERCE THE SKIN inz when one of fds assi.st,_nts called, there was
fit)where'refers to short-suffering, The short kind have good voices, and who can talk intelligently. The Christian Adt, oca!e pnl_llshed'the following nt_ response; she geutly opened the chamber
meres to be plentiful, but the long kind is rather /Hake street Meetings a po%er for salvation, pertinent note, - door and peeped in t_ see the a_zed ._int upon
scarce and high priced, Thequality is wortb all For some time a rbvlsionof the Book of Corn- his kneez. Not, wishing to disturb, him; she quiett
costs. You mktht get a little if you would try. SUGGF_TIVE SERMON TEXTS PROM THE men Prayer has heen in process in England. Some ly ,retired. but 11e stillness of tile figure troubled
GOD WRITES ON CROOKED LINES PSALMS ext.remely effective prayers from the revi_d Prayer her and die returned 1o discover that /he _ood.
Ali. ancient Portugale._e proverb sa_s, God can For he will gi,/e his angels charge over thee, to Book. called Tile Gray Book• are given by Percy old man teas dead.
, write on cro,ked lines. Man may attempt to de: keep thee in all tire, ways, Psa. 91:11. S.. Malone .in the deliahtful column which he How beautiful to meet the "Angel of Death"
feat His will. but he never succeeds. The will I laid_me duwn and slept; I awaked; for the conducts,, in The Churchman under the heading while communin_ with God. Could one wish 'for
el God Will be done; but great is our loss if Loixl sustained me. Psa. 3:5. "Gargoyles." anything better? While spdaking Oith Him.
we miss the opportunity of doing it, and great is: God is angry with the wicked _very day. Psa. We give' here a few of these penetrating prayers who listens fo _he simplest prayer, to sweep into
our guile'of we t/ttempt to frustrate it. 7:10. .: as s'timulants to personal devotion, These peti- His presence is comforling. Is there an infidel
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And let me fttel tilt pressure o[ thy care rain ;|nil readily memorize a whole eh_.s)ter, Re- .- • .
I know thy burllcn, chill; I shalled it; wrw each day until it is ti/orotmhly fixed in rite THE MINISTER AND BIBLE STUDY years between the Testaments: the life of Christ:
Poised in mine o_,t,qlhallil: m;tde l)o proportion mind. Methods o] Bible Sludy; Cotttitrta'd tl_e lime of the activities of the a ]ostles,.includlng
In itswt ght to thine unaided strentffh. 'l'l_i_ [- >t,'bnportant aeld'so dellghtfully help- By llasn. W. Mn.Lr.R. " the life o[ Paul, with a study of his.miszionary
Iourneys.
For even as 1 lafil iton. I said: ful. Ihat we trust,that some one who shall read . l. The ki_torical method of Bible study yield_ Mnny itood-bm_ks exist treatin_ the llible irom
I will be near. arid while she leans on me. this will heein at once. " " " valualde results for the lninister. In the revel;t- a historical st:lndpolnt t outstandinz amt.ng tlfese
This burden shall be" mine not hers: tion _d. Gml to man there is a urot_ressive unfold- are.Smith's.'"OId Testament llixtoky," affd "New
So shall I. keel_ my chibl within my circlin_ arm_ Tlt'E VALUE OF MIND TRAII_HNG. . int_ aI tru'tl_; ihe truth.revealed in the earlier a_zes Te.dament fit.dory;" Sell's, "l;ible" Study b3
Ol my o_w_ love! /h're lay Jt down. n_r fr:tr If I had" my ]i_e to live orer ntzain, there at/, contalnin_ the seed. of which tic'at of the later Periods."
.To impose it on a shoulder whirh" upholds at least tw. rhinos that I would do. I woubL periods is the enlargement of tire unloblment. In
" The t'_overmllent of worlds. "£et ¢lo_er come: _mmnil tile Scriptures to memory atld tfietl quote the first books of'the all Testament we find the 2. The biographical _ltrlltod of Ilihle study is
Thou art not ne[lr enough 1 wouhl elnbrafe hv " tlwm accurately, .and 1 would commit the old spring ol truth, a]d s t e years pa_s on this he- tspecial[y riefi.iu affotdine sermons on:the charcare
hymn_ and tile veiy best poetry that I could find. come_ the sweepinz _iver of revg]aliou It is thus acteristics of God's great men. The minister that
So I might feel n_iy chihl eel asing on my breas
:Th(m Invest me?- l knew it. l)ot_hl not then: I)r../. _.|, Buckle y, far lldrly ._vvars the editor " well In study the topics of the Bible smieallv, makes a study of tlu. lives,pf God's holy men of
But. lovingme, LEAN IIAF:.D! of tilt' ._,'C_c York Christian Advocate and_ane at In Scotield's Reference llihte tfi/s 01an is u_-rd in old will never lack for refreshing, and inspiring,
" he brainiest men Ill:it Methodism ever produced, Ihe treatment of all topical 5Curlier. The minister _ermonlc material. To make our messages hfe-I ke
1'I:':5 A JOY ht'_an as a young man to memorize poetry. He t-an lake lnv t I i¢ as ._tlvatfim or zrace, run the we mu_t fill fl_em with the glory of the s_dnts of
To have spiritual freedom', became so proficlent, !hat he cm/fil read a poem references in their chronobitd/'al order, and in tl_e pa_t. The methods of hiozraphical study are
To iw, W wiUtout ceasinm o[ twelve verses once and then-quote them.ac- this manner understahd-better the different stairs vzlried and numerous, One of tl_e most '.favorite
-T. read the llible daily. . c_ r ely I e. wouhl recall k_gislati_m by the . of the revelation of tlie topic until ti_e perfect " is the chronofi_gieal plan. consisting o[ following
To stand Irne in trial as well as sunshine, " Gener,'il Conference- that )assed thirty or forty a_c M the New Testament is reached..It Will bc - liar detaik of the chosen llfe as they occurred. Be-
To relieve the sufferin_ and as_uat_e _rrmv years'aeo and quote verbatim, lie had trained his ftmmi tidal these subjt:ct_ to Moses. to David. to gin with the first mention of the pe_on you are.
To be ;lhvays aboul 0_e'tSI,_ster*s business, mind Iltlti] the._ asfonishin_ feats were accom- the prt_td_ets, contained hut tile seed of what the !,ttldyfil_ ai_tl become acquainted wilit all the
To have a personal int6rest in the 5otds _f plisht_l. New Testament is the fruit., activities of his life. llere the man thln_ is
- The "ambassadors of God" shaidd al_o he hi4orieal'accuracy in knowing tile incidents The
others. . Two of my brethren of First Church. Los acquainted with the [)oaks of the lSible fit their minister, cannot be too careful on this point. Many
To triumph over all temptation, An._elcs, after the_ had passed fifty )x:ars of age, chronological artier. In other wards we should o_ tl_" in preachin,.z, are not certain of the correct
To zain heaven at last memorized forly or fifty chapters of'the Bible anti stud), the b6oks dirono!oeically as we do the order of lhe incidents in the lives ol our" Bible
TIlE WILL OF A DRUNKARD cal_hl uuote them accurately. If any one has tile history of nat|ons. After one has placed each characters. This, weakens .the force of our mes-
'q leave to the world a ruinou_ example, pluck tu stick to it, tile mind can be made to book in its proper historical period great ad- s:_tre, lit accurate in details.
"I leave to my p,-irents all the sorrow possible work _ml behave itsell. The vMue ol memoriz- vantaee is obtained in learningothe facts nI the Auother Iorm of this metl_t_d is rhode up ol
to bear. . in_ the Scriptures and the hymns ii of inexpressi- history of the "different nations that had inter- searcldnz for leadinz" characteristics, qualities
"! leave .to my brothers ant| sisters el/ shame ble value to the minister. A preacher who.can
course with the races and people of th*, Bible in ,and spiritual le_sans from the holy men, Mo,t
and dislmnor. . quote Scripture.and poetry, may not be scholas- thbir respective periods. This can 'be done by al the men of the'Bible have thei_ true messages
"I leave to my wife a hrok_,n hear b and a dis_ tic, hut he will be able In bokl attention
graced life. taking any period of'the Word of God. studying for OUr;_re composed of one outstanding c haracthe
several nations mentioned by the books ol teri_tic. • Abraham is the personification at faith
"I leave to ha), children poverty, wretchedness SOME CHARACTER|ST|C$ OF THE DEVIL
'Sfisage in artier 'to learn all the Bible has to and obedience: Mh_s o_ _eparaliort anti camand
tile inert'tory.of a father in a drunkard's grave, lie is active
"No drunkard shall inher|t the kint_dema of say concermng them, and after this making, a taunton; Samuel of faitbfulness_ Enoch of com-
God."--G:d. 5:19-2t. l-te is cea_less, special effort to learn of .their :activities during mumon; Elijah of prayer, etc." Find lhe leading
- tle is verx sulStle. " • this i_eriod from tile writers o[ profan_ history, s_ul quality of each man of the Ilible; trace out
MEMORIZE THE WORD tie'is _tever discourazed. ' In this arrangement falls the process of divid- tile sources of their defeats learn of their prayer
We urge upon.every minister, and for that mat- in_ the Book Into Its several periods'such as: the life: find the H_rlng.of their strentzth: meet them
tee every btdividtial. ChrL_tkln, the importance of lie plans _ c_r You, if he can. .,inte uv an the patrlarcba!; the years of the as nrdinar_ companions. ]t will be surprising the
memorizing the Word of (tad, , . lie is ahvays try ng some new form of tempta- Egyptian _,q_tivity; tt_e wandcrbl_rs in the wilder* store of sermon material chat'is derived from such
It ,,viii fortify you against the attacks of tfie tion. ne_s; possess,lag Canaan; the at_o o[ the iudges; a study; I/ere are individual.messages. _ries of
enemy, give you a rich experience, enlarge your "Resist the devil anti he will flee from you." the period of the kings, with their divi.oio_is: the ser'mons _rom the _veral men of the Sc_:iptures,

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to pl;esent jlay condilions. A very bappy scrzes _and'an' electric blessin_ to the v,'¢_rhl [irvly inS12 his confldbnce, :lad i_t. 9erfectb,' .lair he mull be ready h, d_ nmre Shall ilray [ur thenr.
or sermons or prayermeeting talks Call [)e formed s_:¢ ERNAROIN(]. CALI'F• a.qd fr,'{Dk '**,'ill) them cnncerlllil_ ,'Ill church finan- lb. mum 13tI re`ady I(I lake eli Iris coal. [_r 1)uS (]n
front your biot_rapbiea[ _tudy of /he Bible
cos Tbe appeal racist have sense and reason hacl_ ovcral[_ and put on a practical demon_tratim_ of
There are certain books on Bible characters THREE QUALITIES of it'. with the tedlh, tile whole trtltb, and nmhin,., Ihe blue. mercy and khzdm,,s he preached about
that the minblcr shouht be more nr less ac- By A: It,. Sasr_r:a el_ but the trulh tokL lie Will find it the better in the pulpil lht¢ other Su , y If necessity (d
quainte( _, I "1'less are F, B. hle:,'er's books ou, _ HERE are a,number of qualifications in and easier way "to raise runnel;. 'the case calls upon him--he .xtvsr'do it. anti he
[tible characters, Mathe_on's works on "The Rep- ,L tmtce aml experience wblch the holiness Again. our pr:eaehers must be_industrhms. We ouzh£ to do il gladly and joy[ully, 'He must help
resentative Men el she Bihle" But best of al. preacher IMUST have. Some of these have might as well confess up. It is generally conceded those who ,are in trouble as much ,as lies witbln
is the Bible. The pc)wee of 5leyer's hooks crux- been mentioned in pre_..zotls articles, and others b_; our enemies that tile holiness preacher is lazy. him He must stand ]JY' the fellow .wbo has
sists in the _reat spiritual trnths he ,is able to wi/I be noted Iz t,,r. But tht're are other."quallties" Said a layman to this writer once. "What's the fallen into dictate. ,_land to help, if possible.
brin_ ont from the n3any incJdenls of the lives o[ .or "hElps" wblch will emer irate his surces_s, or matter with our preacher? He crawls up on him Ior whom o[hei's have little re_ard or, sum-. .-
tbE _dnts; Ihat of Matheshp's in hl_ beautiful it ahsent, their lack will enler into bis failure, that seat out there, and sits there, immovable, pathy. Ile must secure" charity fi_r those who
deseript ons. of i e qualities of the characters There are _t'vt, rtd such "_ualities" huf for tile with his be_d dowtl, for hours at a time, by as- are. in want, He must keep busy, and be alert
3. Tbe geographical method is especiglly valu- ire'sent occasion we invite yo( r a tentiou to three: tual _ount. If you can't jar him I6ose, we will to t_rasp every upper u0 ty of any sort that
I. Dofiniteni,ss. bare to have another preacher." Sure Who opens the way for him to a soul s ,_tl_atton.
able in helping one to be able to locate readily 2. _Industry, Last nf the_' three "traits." bul not least. 'I
the important places of the Bible This type of wouhl front a fixture like Ihat fo_ a pastor. A-
stud), t_oes hand iv hand With all the other 3, Sense. , _ friend recently told me of a report he once heard wcuhl mention "sense." The holiness preacher
methods. For as'the minister delves into the Delinltcnes_--this is ti quality or trait the hot[- given by a preacher"in an ,{sseml_ly over which must have sense in his bead amI he must u_e it
truths of tilL, Book he shdnhl study the _eoeraphi_ ncss pastor will find a real asset. What could be Dr. Bresee was Ires d ng. _rhe young preacher He must visit, but not visff ton lone. Visil, but
nlore dls_zustinf_ to the people than a lime.servinm not a[ t_le t,t/ron2" time Be friendly anti "'at
ca1 facts thus discovered. Many preachers o[ . went on to report bow he and. his wife had
years of experience are .not acquainted with the en l )r z ng_ al o ogetic, ho iness preacher? It is prayed and lasted and spent many bouts.on home," but don't make hlmself obnoxious. Remap
of Palestine and are unahlc tn Ideate Even "/he tile lack of a definite conviction and a definite their faces, erying-.aml weeping over the people member when they soy "Now. just be at borne,"
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The remher'_ library iF _ w,rk shop. B6oks t_ive attemiun tu (it li y rather than quant/ty. Emerson we shouhl say, "Books are tbe best of the SI)irit. Evangelists have injured the standt_J
the Inbd++ter nav he llkeucd eo to,l_ tu the Ore, h:_ wcJI _ahi. "The prc_s has become a tbimzs, well used; abused, amongthe wurst. Wbat inns of local churches by _ucb things.
lahurer. A pre;/cher sh.ubl havt' a well _elerle¢l owelftll cn_ine fur t,ither zood or evil. a;nd in is the right u_e? Wha't is_the one end which .xll : Fourlb, the Dastor tines not want the evangellihrary.,_for
t_ood books are lille gnfLd feb'lids, view tff this fact it is ndee,,_trv for :t wlde-awake means eo to eEect? They arefor nothine but IN t_t to spend too murb time on thi_ Achans. Bethey
must he eho_tqL It is necessary for ;_ I)reacber _o keep hiolself fa/rl,_ acqu;dnled with ins#re. ] bad better never see a book than to be cause r_ults are not bein_ .realized, do not alpreacher
to muke a wise selectinn of book_, ft_t bonk_ and eriodicaL_ that are influetlcin_ the age warpt by its attractions clean out of tpy ow_ _ays l_lame tbe ellureh, it may be you. We can
they will help him to buihl bi._ own-character a, in. wliirh'he live_." A few su_estion_ may. be orbit• and made a sate/bin znsiead of _] s3's16m." have results Achans or no Adlan5..Paul proved
well :is lbe charactcr of others. In'lllfUY at thi_ point. _ . il There .will be Acbans after we are _one..
One h:ts said. "Of tile makbl_'of m:m_ hooks The preacher sbouhl, first-of ML secure and We want..you to reach new people for tbe
tbert; i_ no end." When a preaeher decides to read carefully the leadinz blinks I y the'leadlng
•PASTOR EXPECTS OF THE cburcb, To me a report that tile cburch ,x-as
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buiht or buy his library, be wilt find ,_, wide field men of his pan denomination. Not only "these EVANGELIST greatly, blc_cd aml nb new horn babes iv tile
from wbieh to make the seleetb)n, for there are 13ooks he read. hut pcriodieals published by the By ALrREn CIIR1ST_.NS, EN kingdom is a relmrt of failure. Aeain ,fle,_se be
TEST, tile pastor expects the evangelist to carefut how you preach away tile confidence of
books because and they books. are Chela. Boak_ butsborather dd notbecause chosen they church, touch will_ This the is lifenee¢_ary and spirit if ofone the woukl denomination. keep in _'_ be God-Comnds_ianed. l, ol_,d col_dilJons God's lamb_: It is, better to settle them t_lan
yervc the: purpose of the minister• Tbe preacher If a preaeber reads extensively from tbeTpublica- _ sui'h as discouragements. Ix_rtkd bdlure and t¢ unsettle them. Advi_e the cbronie seekers to
shouhl not beck to build a large library for this tions of other+de_+m_inationshe will shun lush tile the year-around hardshil_ of a pastorate should seek in _rivate. A warmed over church+'¢hronic
may prove ;} bJndranre ral er [hall a ht_lp. In a idealand _pirit ni bi_ church, and ash con_eqtnence not he considered a call tu evaneel/_e, Nor seekers, and the muddbn_ tip of people's exlibrary
or_*five or ten tbou_and volumes mtldl ' will _oon tirol himself ()tit hf touch with his should a successful pastorate anti ,n burnhm ,zeal pcrience5 leaves a very bad impression.in a eomtbne
will be consumed searching for information bretbren. aml he will fall to criticlsin_ rather to reaeb mbre I'_"ople he t'onsidered a divinte munity. It i_a poor way to adverli_' /ull sal-
71'he preacber sbouhl po_e_ such hooks as than constructively huihlin_ _ho "work of the .call, We are in need of more succes,_ftt[ p.'t.¢tnrs vation anti God's keeping lmxx.er. 11 i_ unkind
will belp l_im in understandiuz the Scriutures, cl_urch. Furthermore if the preacher does not Iha_ evaneelists, ftowev'er we prefer an evan+ to make Christians feel tbe guilt of condemnain
bfiiMinz tbe sermon, and providine him with it tea l.and,nse tbe book,, of his ow_ denomination. _elist that has had a suece_tul .pastorate, ._o tbm betause they.are not on the mountain top
good supply of illustrations? Just enough books hi_ people bkeu:[se will not read. that _hen he _ys, "If I were pastor 1 wouhl '" M_outiutL BPcau_t: one dbl not _et it :is you
du so anti so" it will ba'¢e more weight, dhl anti does hot act as you do,is no evidence •
sbou]d he selected "to meet *l_e tlenmnds of the A preacher must exercise great care ;is to the Second, the evangelist _hould be a more capa- he basn't _ot Ilim. Tile.Holy Spirit has differ:.
owner and shotdd be" so classified anti arranged : Yl e f books that he re,,ds, for readine influences bin man jn tbe pulpit than the pastor. He eat manifestations.
that rite minister can lay hold of the book Lhat is the thinkinz. Perhaps more preacbers have been _hould he an extraordinary preacher. Tlne evan- Fifth, he a booster for the local chttrcb witlt
de_iredr Each [)oak shouhl I!ave a piled on the infhzenced toweled Modernism by this means tban geli_t's h:mds, are tied when the pi,,ople _y, its s*.w'_ral.interests, such ag prayermeetin_s. Sunshelf,
alu],shnuh] he kept in that place. Some any other, C,erman. Frencli aml even English "The pastor 0reaches better." The evant_elist is d,ay school, cbureh paper, the tithe anti 'the like.
preacbe_ have an abnormal taste for aceumu-: writers know little of the spiritual life of the ])o not ._,_eb.Ithe affections of tbe pegple that
latinz hooks and _ent to think thaL a later :h,merican Church . nut expected to- do callinz anti the th/n_ that
• lh'L_tor iS expected to do, therefore hi_ only he o _,to _eAlas o.r+ help him all you can. Do
libr;try i_ :l _roof of, wide readinm but this does In the'preacher's library there should be found _hance to reacb the peollle is from the pulpit, • not forgel to belp him string the fi,_h that were
not ahvays follow Bonkg are nol placed on the the leadin_ poets; a few, but very few of tbe • if he fails here. it_ is a failure. Tbe ream,_ the • ¢rut_l_t daring tbe revival. Do not hold the pepshelves
to be [oc_ked at and.seldom used. Tb_:n " best commentaries; also a _,ell _lected _eries of pastor calls an evangelist is beeau_ be is un- ple'_-_o late that tbey will not come, back You
too. beware of tlw man with one hook, for lhat Cburcb histories, for :Is Bacon s_ys, "Ili_torie_ able o carry out his program and be depends can _leep late but they caimot. Some of .your
person will certainly be deficient fn tb? prepara- make men wisp." C _irct history must he care- therefore on the evalmefist, tne.¢_ages would be nitire effective.if shortened.
tion and presentation of tbe sermon. There is fully si.u_li_,d by evt_ry pro'ocher, for here is Third.. the pastor expects tbe+ evange/ist to ht closibg, let me ask the question. Is it fair
just: as great a dantrer in havin_ too few as too wbere, tile preacher will gather his Pacts, The treat h_s congregation courteously. It is very to expect as mticb money for a three weeks'
_raany books. . preaeber will do well to specialize in tbis de- embat_mssing to.newcomers to have .them sig- +inertia'." as lhe pa._tar zets for three months?
The minister shmdd know ho_i.• to use his books• partmeut. . nailed 9ut as g6ats and such like• God has not We woubl u_ our evangelists more if they were
• Some system should be adopted wl.tereby he nay Shmeone llb.s asked. "Sh6uld the preacher have delegated Ibis form ot judgment to anyone but more reasonable with us.
readily attd quickly hrlng togelher the information ._ny books of £1ction in his libv.,lry?" To nnswer ']Iimsell. It Is not ours t_ divble the sheep from
found in reading. A system of marking or per- tlds question .one must know what "is me,mr by the eoat-_. Often evangehsts will restart to clap- TNE PASTOR,'S SUPER-SIX
hops hetter,_have a large book+in which numerous fiction. One mi_ltt read some from the works of trap methods antt "uncoiled for tests to create • By N. B. lt_:_ar:t+t,
,subjects will he listed, and. then as information ig Dickens. Scott, etc., _nd find some valuable enthusiasm nnd get seekers. Bndfiy exercise, _ liE _tarter in tile pastor's'super-six_ i_ of
very great impart_nee rathe sueces_ of his
arranged
found. /ist
bf
book
the large
and
book,,
page under the subject as
the
ntaterial
number
But
thai
' most
can
modern
be sold,
novels
and
are
shouM
valued
have
by. amt
they
loud'preaching
may be but human
are not
heat.
unction
Again.
and
please:do
holy tire, "_ work. Witb a carefully planned schedule
The writer does not mean to dis_:ouraue a per- no place in the preacher's library, or in his not ask the congregMion_ to wave hamlker- announced to the public, it.is necessary that his
son wbo desires a /=rge libratT_ but if one is an time devoted 1o per.what culture. Then _ to chiefs attd throw their germs over the a'adlenc_, starter works well, for once he disappoints bis exomnivorous
reader care muzt be taken lest tbo the answer about books of fiction the writer ' tt_. prgpare them for ;,,our me_aze. If the Cos- fiectinz and hopeh+l congregation he :will find it
much time he spent to'prcpat:e the mental and would say a large No and a small yes. pet of Jt,su_ Chrisl .does not canto" Ibe 'l_re t_ Imrd to re_ain the lost confideufe. In dealing
the spiritual he neglecled. IIowever a minister Each preacher nmst work out the:problemg oF burn in tbe heart. :rod bol3 laughler'_md ,,,hour witb thi_ _uhjeet we .call v t_r eat o l Io the
must have a reasonably large library if he wouhl, ills library gradually. Buy useful hooks anti use t_ crone f+lrlh, pl_-•ase do •nol resort Io otbvr fact,'tbat three thi:_ are bnt_l:mdin_ in :l sllperreach
the higbest point of usefulness. But always the hooks that are 'purch,x_ed. In tbe words of spectacular things and talt it the workings ot six church. First, Ihe Jermo_l ; second, divMe wof

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ahlp; third. ]uith/nl 5tcA6,ardship. All preliminarie! well announced and then Lbe. pastor shouhl see lie is no',',' Ibe bead. His experiences in "the w_Jr_ip on the [x_rt of Ihe Je_ did not be-
[cadin_ up to tile sermoll are merely .tile starter, to it tl t t _e schedule is lived up, to. I_a tomle.and in scbool work added t_ his na- come e_tablisbed, before the fourth century
tire abilityt have abundantly qualified trim far A.'D.. it will he weft for our people to eel ,and
Therefore. tile pastor o[ a super-six church must In plannin_ the schedule [or the pastor's super, the authorship of the bo6k under consMeratlon, read Mr] Canrinht's book wbieb tw,'es a cornnot
spend too much time cranking n the startei', six, it vbould be made subject to the _rmon. _ and in the _ix chapter_ tor lec ures_ for the piece history n[ Ihe Lord's Day observance from
The macbln_- is standinu still while he cranks the Preachin_t the gospel is the heart of divine wet
starter. Real speed is oniy made when h'e be- ship and any weakness of this point wiU be felt contents are a _'ries 61 lectures delivered to the beginnin_ anti down thruuttb, the centurle_,
_J/lS to preach wi(b the ]hfly Ghost sent down all throuel_qbe cburcb. For lhe _Osl)el to drift ntinistersl almost ever): i'dnl_e o( preparati_m, of Church history,
perils, pulpit, parish, pm_e, cmd. lhe preacher's r'_EIW,X_E_, .Mtl_r
item heaven. . from preachin_ to entertalnment is sure death to invisible sa!a.r?. _s considered and set forth in .
"/'lie public ha-_ a r/zht to expect the chttreh to the ch_rc]l Notldne mu_t overshadow the set- a simple, c nversat ral style "that _rlps ,and
live up to its annonn.ced schedule. When the ser- men. How refreshin_ to the worzl!ipers.to seethe hohts the reader's attention to the .end The CHURCH PUBLICITY
• men is announced for eleven o'clock the pastor pa_lor step on tile slarter 'of h/s suOer-six anti _ treatment is i_r:lctJral, rather than doctrinal. By _i. Lc_'._"
siniuld h_, on the dot. Not eleven fifteen or hear tile hum of harmony and see the co-opeiffi- . therefore tile book .sbou!d be acceptable to _the Last month we devote(t most of txur discussi6n
eleven thirt_ but eleven o'clttek Too tnucb time lion in service untiJ tBey find themselves lost m ixastors everywhere,_aml I recommend.it to our
is spent on preliminaries Crankinz on the starter wontler_ [)raise and de_,,otinn to the Lord oi glory, pa_tors a_ a u.,eful addition to their libraries. In TYPE. No_ we .are to consider sonic oi lhe
has taken the job' out oi many a trip. Crankin_ The time scltms all too shurt [or the'services aml - fundamental principh.s nI display, balance, et_.
out ammunrenwnl_ for thirty minutes besides the sermon was so _ell-timed and served that In 'The Lord's Day From Neither Catbblic-_ To display an advertisement is to empl!asize it
the collection, oral.special son_ or songs, is enoueh ew,n the interest of the chihlrcn was hehl until the Nor Pat_hns." the, _uthor. Rev. D. M CanrizBt. or certain p.ortlons of it. in order that certain
to kill any sermon We arc crying Ior shorter ia:t. _/es tile starter In tire pi_tor's super-six is shows clearly tbat'neither the popt_ nor the pa- things may be accomplisllt_tl: el) attractim_ the
_rnmn5. Nine-tenths of. our trouble is with our very m_portant to the success of the lay's journey., gans of Rome lind anything ',o do, with the set- i:ye of the reader, (2_ makine the advertisement
starter. We wear the peopleout.waitlnu for the tintz apalTt o['Sul_day, or the Lorls Dtv, as a easier to read. (3) drawinz atlentioil to certain
IJ I was the pastor el a super-six _ar,. day of rest" and worsBiD on tbe part of Chris- important parts. Display can he secured thruueh_
, machine to start. W6 have been so bori'd by I'd ha_,e _ _tarter that _t,ax super'in power¢
some pastor's zrindinz on his starter that all we "tians, but that tile day was so uhserved from (1) illuctrations. (21"type arran_emeht, (3) borll'hrn
the clock hand pointed to the schedule rtme.. " _ the time of the Apostles, in memory .of the der and (4) white _paee. Use all f_ur whenever
could think of was the time that was waste_l and i'd cra_lk up the starter a_id leave on llmt', resurrectio_ of Christ, wbieh is confirmed by
especially after we had past twelve thirty o_cinek, possible. In all cburcB advertlsing--newspaper,
" 'tbe united testimony of the " Scriptures and
slot3" apes likethis: A mozher took bee son With ,n&, cngtne running smoothly, I'd know na Churcb history.. Where mv book, "THE Scrip- circular• card--use a picture of the church, tbe
• " pastor/ the evangelist or sinzer. Folks, big anti
of five summers to Sumtay scBool and stayed for ]ear, , rural Sahbath."'stops, Mr. Canri_ht's work con- little, are interested in anti attracted by pictui'es.
the sermon•" After a long-'drawn-o'ht, erankim_ on I would honk my horn, and pttsli in the _tar; tindes a_tl shows" _qbe complete testimony of
the starter, the pastor announced his text and I'd _tep on the gas, as 1 purled down lhe spark, the Father_," the action of all - tbe v',_iott3 For type arrangement most prc.acbe_'s are debegan
tt_ preach. It was twelve fifteen and tbe Anti shout all abdhrd foi" Salvation Park. councils, anti ¢le:it_ up the much di.,pated edict pendent upon the printer, See to it'that he
be), was weary and hungry, lie .said to his - t,[ Constantint _, in 3=r A. l)., iorbidding 3abbr doesn't u_ too many type faces. Have him u_
.motber, "Let's ko hem&" "Be quiet, hgney," she 1 ;oaald s?art h'er'off easy, wi_I_ my gears in low. on Sunday and the hoMint_ of court in towns, different sizt_, also bold an_l Italic type for dis-
_'eplied, "ht' will_goun be throuJ.'bY At twelve - And develop my speed, as on I woul(tgo; Ite shows that Sunday rest anti: worship on tbe pla_'. If yot_ can confine your advertisement to
thirly, the bo_," r2rowtnz more restles_ said, "Moth- 1 would.chan_e her lo high, ason We u,ouhl ride. p_trt el Ch6qians dates back to the resurrec- one "'type family" so much tbe better, The
er. let'_ _:o home now." Sl_e patted him and saM. el _d drive her on srhedtdc, my super-six pride, tion_ .and _as an t,staBlisbed institution in Con- headline may be considered, an exception. This,
"He will stop in a few minutes." The pastor stantlne'g dayl aml that his edict required,tbe e_pecialiy where no illustration is used ._hould
pau_,d a moment and took a full breath at wbicI_ SOME BOOKS I HAVE READ pa_ans in lilt' Roman Empire to rest on tim{ . stand out. Some pi'inters dote an fancy borders.
Iheboy said "Look molher:be is fillin_ tlI_ aealn." By H. G. CowaN day, a feature el civil life before unknown/to lfeware of theml (TBe fancy borders, we metal
She quieted him a_ain, hut soon the boy, with The first book'-I will ntention is tbe last t_iem. The |_a_mcy w_ r_ot established at the A Border shoubl harmonize with and complement
tears ill his eyes, sad, "But mother be makes one read, _nd it is. one In which every pastor time, anti far from thi_ Lord's Day, or Sun- the.typographical arrangement of the ad_'erti_-
nay stomaclt Burr." 'Cite trouble was not in the may feel _ti interest. It is entitled, "The day beit_g a Roman *Catholic i_titulinn, tile meat. A border that istoo ornate distracts from
lengtl_ of the sermon but in the thirty minutes Preacher's Problems," by }Itml_ Latimer Elder- decree of Constantine'and the action of all the ihe ad, to tt;e herder, whereas it should be subhe
Io_t in getting started. • dice, A. M., D. D.. LL.D., President of tile principal ¢ountil_ in favor of Sunday rcst prig- ordinate. You wouldn't put a fancy, sbow_ frame
The merchant, milk man. n)ai_ carrier, aml Wt_tminster Theoineical Seminary, Westminster. looted in the territory of the Eastern, or aroumt a beautiful picture lest the picture be
others who serve the public, create and Bold the Maryland, .and is i_ued by the 'Methodist Prot- Greek _Churdt, _Afich has never acknowledged rBeapened.-
interest of the people, Fir.st by what,they Bare to estanl itook Concern, fiaftimore, Maryland. a pope, and, which contained tbe old anti original White spate costs money, but it is worth it.
sell, second, by fa thfu see'circ. Tile pastor's super- The author _',_as a. friend anit a scboolmate el apostolical churches of Jerusalem, . Antioch, Without it an advertisement or circular or card
six is Ihe grealest asset to a comnmnity, I-re mine. at Westenl /t,|arylaitd Collegia, Westmin- Cresarea, EpB_us. Galatia. and many 'otber looks crowded and hard to read. White space
deals in things eternal. Of all the public enler: Sler. Maryland, over forty years ago. I knew cburcbes which were .organized by- the apostles makes an ad. "stand out." look attractive and inprises,
the church tsar the fr6nt, ltoth as to him as an earner, sincere Christian student who or their fellowlaborers and immediate successors, vitintr. Provide plenty of wbite space. -
quaBty or.goods imd service the lmslor and his t_radualed with htleCt,_s fronl his a/t/ttl maler and After readin_ "The Scriptural Sabbath." whit'h lie careful oi overdisplay. If you attempt to
._nper-si_ are to k,ad :dl olber t.nterpri_,_ 'l'ht're- from Vhh.. was a _u('ces_ful i_astor in /t,|ary. show_ that the It|vbre_d, Sabbalh was a movabh, display five or .qx thin_s in an ad and have that
fore. well pJ,-mned, rJl})l.Jy,• Ilmu_bl.pr,)v_kin_ land. altcJ -file lhirtv •v r_ or nmrt. Jms bl_,n b_lival at lilt" b,asl o| i_enli'c6st, ir, ml one day manv line_ ,el' in btdd type, there will be ntl r,msdwdules
for the p:istor's super-six "shouhl be the suecvsMul president of (he _cltoo] 6f which of the week to tbe next, altd lhtlt Saturday tra_t bul ill:tread il nlere jundde and a hard to

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read advertisement. ])isplay liri6s shoubl ._rve to an al! hy_t_verdi.,D]aY. The ,following exanlple5 Ital;tnce, The uplr,r D;irl _f ;in ad',,t'rti_enwnt ]le:lt_tlICO oI (._hrist ;till tin tl¢,wtl t(i Ihe'l)resent
catch the, eye and lead on to 'the .snmller tyDe .will ilJustrate what we are tryin_ to say. _,hould be stront:er'in tliHllay than the.Icier, el• D;ir [/Olltt oion rc_ardilrg ]!i_ reappearance. It is a
• Tin' hlil6w[m: ls a copy of a card• 3_xs_ in., About three-fifths of tile "density" t_f yt_ur ;ill- _ hook that st:Is itt eel]or and'clarifit, s the record o[
_ivin_.details of your aonouncerilet_t. 3test folks 3[akell from my files, The names and Io_.tloo, " .ve_lisement shoub[ t_ above _he t-t,nter and two- t'he Scripture re'_elatinn on the doctrine o[ Christ's
,are prone to make a confusing" cot_glomerarion of of course, h_'¢e been chantzcd: fifths shoukl I_e helox_'.' If you rise :ill illustratinn ChiDing, and as Stldl is most important to all who
- t Dut it at'the top and if it is not t)li• widlh of read and teach the Bible.
the entire ad put it in the UDDer left• ha'ml'ctJrner. "A SDeciat book for preachers is T. }I. Darlow's '
Old Fashioned - ReVival ,nothor,,,o,d th enter,,fattr,etiun ,lOo,o h,the, Bible" houh,
• " be where you _:ant the rudder to start If the English clergyman, Dr. J. D. Jones wrP.es ih the
•reader's attention fi_t is attntcted tfi the bottom Ir s W'ek v: "l should like to put it into the [
FIRST CIIURCH OF TIlE 'NAZARENE . . nr over to tile right, the eye must back up in hands oI all youn_ preachers tohelp them re;dize •
340-44 Walnut Street Jon_shoro, lVIo. order to start" where your me_a_e commences, how dk'eD a web the Bible is. and to show them_
• - This means effort and you must follow the line as they start their ndnisleriaJ career, what preacll-
Evangelist J: M. Smith of Chicago, I11. of least resistance, in_ otmhL It, be. For the he,ok deals with the
uteat and central ihin_s of our Gospel_ anti it
Prof. and lXIrs_ A. R. Miller of Kansas City, Me. de_ls with tbe_e_reat things.n!a _reat way."
SONG LEADERS AND'SOLOISTS. HERE; AND THERE AMONG BOOKS All n[ x_hich the rexfiewer heartily endorses.
Dr. S. I). Gordon of "Quiet T,alks'-lame has
_. B v p. II. Ltm,_ _ivt.n ',us annther addition to Iris _ries. "Quiet
OUL SAVING " " _ Each Evening 7:30 there_is' room ai_vay_ for a contrlhutim_ to this Everythine Dr. Gordon. writes has'the stamll of
?OUL TRAIGIIT STIRRING GOSPEL _ Sunday 11 a.m.,
Oct. 22 to Nov. 5 2:30 subject by Dr. R, A. Torrey. In his new book his ori=inal, dL-tinctive sty e l:[e di_u._es the
, MuCh has been writteB on p/ayer of I,_ie hut Talks About the I'[eallntt Christ" (Revel[ $125). -' "
EARCHING SERMONS _ p.m.,'7:30 p. m,. "The Power of Prayer",(Revell $1,7_1 he treats followin_ qne=tions: "ls.lt Chrlsl's will to heal
"_ l_ible tltody at 10 a¢ In. thi_ vital theme more fully than most writer_, men today? I)oes God send sickness anti dis.
GOOD MUSIC _ Each Day except • The.honk deals with prayer In its relaiion to all ease? llow'does Christ heal? How may Christ's
Monday and Staturday de'partments of Christian life and activit_ _, wldch bealht_ be e_l,eCled? In'addition he deals with
include tile definite results which defiulte anti tie- tile _humaq side of I_ealing anti l]ealtl_, that of
(,o l_ school of sufferlnm and, in conclusion, the
termined prayer ma_' be expected to I_roduce; "'"
Old Fashioned Revival ,e.. lof e,ig,oothot, hoo,,I,..orhf .
Tile above is a strikin_ eXample ni a conglomerated adverti..,etnent We have tried, to iml'_rove tvlmt prayer can _o for ti_e churches, and all much. mooted question of the actuality of Satanic
it in tile following rearrangement: t_atiulxs; how to pray so as to _et x')hal is :t_ked intervt;nt!on and Dower to effect physical healing• •
. . for Draying in the name'of the Lord Jesus/pray- FrOm :t det'otionM standpoint th_ book is. in-
......... "-' --- I'_g ill and through the Hob' Ghost; hindrances to sDirational. Also it is packed with thbu_.htprayer
ant t IC re a ion t) prev_dling I raver to a proqokin',. ,. sut_tzestlons and strikin_ a_erfions.
• - A reference• book which ever)" Dteacher anti
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Bible student should own is "The llihle Text " FACTS AND FIGURES
Book and the Bible Student's _faaual" a new }_y E. J. FLI_ML'¢G
October 22 to Nov. 5lh edition of wblch bas been brou_bt out by Gee. The. X_'ear Book of [he World Sunday School
It, Doran ,Co, ($1.35), Such a'-volume is in-
" " ..v:tluable for a systematic search of the Scripture Association just from tile prv_s lists 347,t_oo Sun-
"" ' day Schools in existence _vfth 35o,ooo officePZ
Evangelist J. M.. SMIIH of Chicago, Ill. on _ny particular subject; In addition'to the •
Prof. and MRS. A_ R. ,MILLER, of KansasCity, Me. Text Book section the book has an Index to the anti teachers anti._q,ooo,157pupils_--Sel
Soul stirring, Soul saving, Straight Gospel Go.pels, Prophecte.s and Allufions to-Christ, Paris is to have a new _,iohammedan mo_qtle
TabIe of llebrew Tithes and Festiyals arid other which win cost more than 6,oo0ooo francs. The
Preaching with inspiring ITIusic. " , va}oable information, buiJding will be one of unusuM beauty and will
Dr, ]. A. I|uffman's book• "The ProgresSk, e he accessible to the more than 3o,ooo Moham-
Services ettch evening at 7:30, Sunday at ll a,m., 2:30 p.m. Unfolding of the MessianicHe.pc" (Doran St.501 medans who tlve in Paris.
and 7:30 p.m. Bible study at 10 a.m. every day except/Vlon- . _bouldhave a _peeJalapDealto tile readers of this
duy and Saturday, magazine, because of the fact that he is a dis- Tile Bible has been translated into 8_7 loa-
The church is located at 340-44 Walnut Street, Jonetl_oro, Me. t[nctly "second-ble_slng holiness" man--Dean of guages and dialects. Foux hundred years ago"
A cordi'al welcome awaits you. Marion College Schk*ol of"Theology, Dr. Huff- when William Tyndale put the Bible into Eng-
' man traces the expe_tanon of the coming of the lish the number of translations was limited to
' " " • Me._siab Irom its earliest introduction to the ap- 14. It is sohl that there have been 260 tran.sla-
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in the sixty-five gtot3, buildin_ that is bein_ watzes, profits, loss of railroad, revenue and
erected by Oscar "E, Konkle. in gratitude for wastage due to abe shut-down of the mints for ____'__
tile recovery of his son. IIoward Konhle. who Ls five and a half'months. In waives alone it cost " " __lt_
noW' a student ill Colgate UniVersity. This the'miners _ghtSo#e_ per day.
tmilding will house a hotel, with 4,5oo rooms, a
cl_urcll auditorium; a hospital and a bank'. Ten
per ceut of the earnings of the building will Antioch College has been making a careful.
go for mis._ions. The prices of room_ will be _,tudy over a considerable period of time of 1 the . .
comparatively inexlmnslve. Drinking and stunk- eih'ct nf. tobacco on scltolarsbip. ]t was found ±_ [0 [ncb alutll]ntlm plate• finished _ll ililling
will no( be allowed. Tbe cost of tile build- that 312; per cent of tile non-smdkers failed to ' tatlou walnut, hat_ed enatliel, and lacquered.
tag • Will he Sad ooo,ooo. H--S'Li.
maintain required gr:fdes, while 6_.3 per cent of A 10 latch aluminmn plate, finished iu irathe
heavv smokers similariy failed. It was found itatlots oi B'alul_t. Sitpplied whli velvet.bag A snhstantial, economlc/d pfb.te with a wal-
' " fttr.botdil|g euvelopes.' At: iuexpenslve, beatl-' nllt appearance; Plash padfn bottom2. Pr|ee
'the latest "Roman Catholic _atisties claim a. that heavy _mokers have lower grades than light tiful plate. Price, poatpaid $5.10. po,tpaid $3_601 • "
._lat church of 345,000,000, of snloke_ ]teary smokers average 3.00; light ; ..
une-eighth, or 43,ooo,oco, ts smackers, 3.:3. Of non-smokers 3t.8 fall below
be found in. English-speaking lands. It is diploma grade; o[ •tile light smokers, 43.oo per W|CKER COLLECTION BASKET - ..
claimed that Ihere are iS.non,non' R/_n!an Cath- cent; and o£. heavy smokePs. 62.3 per cent. _ l_ .- _.
i.:m olics in the cnl_tinental [Jnited States, attd al- Smokers remamin_ ill ctdlege full steadi!y in
_i| , moBt lo,oooooa'hlore_in tbe'cohmial I)os._csslons schola_hil_--from 3.56.,to 3.3t in three _,ears.
I_- .... of' thus enuntr:,!. The Roman Cathohc p0pula- .Non-smokers maintain a nearly uniform average,
tlon of the British empire is set at tS,ooo,.ooo, The report 5tate._ "It "is hard to ayoid the" conof
which oily a,ooo,ooo, re in E.ngland, The clttsion that smoking is actually a cause of - .
division between continents gives the number, manta inefdc, cy,'Y
• of Catholics in Europe at too,non,non; Asia, _S,- " Made'of very du'ralde sapped willow, iu " . • *_ . : ,
0o0,0oo; Africa, 3,non,non; America, ilz.ooo,boo, natural color, . , ' - BOOK'R_CK NO. 10,1,
and Atust_dasia. 7,ooo;eoo.--Sel. Prosecutor Remy of Indi'anapolis, Indiana, No. ,I. 10 iuches ill diumeler ; 3 inches deep, Well ate of pla_t Oak. finished a medium
shows some figures from bis records, that in to hatural _i.25 ea©h,
No., 3. 7 inches diameter; 2, inches deep _lark golden oak. Size 24 indte:i long. Price
hi to_ there were 57 t_'i-sOns lynched by years the average, age for burglars decreased natural $35 each; etch. $100,, Delivery Extra. '
mobs in the United State.-, in 1923 them were front _q years to 2_; rbbbers, from _8 to *t;
33_ in to_4 there were _n. anti in t025 there . anti murderers, from 32 to _5. It is, his belief
were 17, The _025 lyncldngs were distributed .-_that the apartment bouse has much to do with
anlonlz
kansas,
tile
t: Louislaoo.
stales as followsl
;; Missouri,
Alabama.
_; Utah,
_; At:
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juvenile
that
crime.
lbe adults"
"He does
furnish
not blame
the "bootleggers.
booze, but
PAS
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1,item a, _ ; Florida. 2; Georgia, 2. and ML..sis- Three-fourths of the movie fiends-.-those who go .|O_ OUTFIT
sippi, 6 'sev_:i'al times per w_ek--are under 24 years .of This is a well arrauged outfit of a eonven-
. a_e. and a study sho_s_ that fully 85 per cent
it is reported that nine out ot the fifteen ot the films use vice. crime and sex scenes in lent .glze to take into homes so that rtlie ill- . ..
colleges su#ported in China by American .mis- their, scenarios, The lmbitual movie fan has it _'alkl or slck one may receive tl_e sae-:m_eut
sion boards show normal or increa_.d:enroll- all brought to h!h_; there is n6 healthy exertion' ahmg ,xith otber tYaentbers of .the .family or
meres in all hut three, Yencbing Unive_lty, but instead an unhealthy stimulation of the friends, .
Pe'ldng, has 5.'io students, its maximum limit, sen.ges. There are, it is true, many moral so- Cmttalus tray'of 6 glasses, whte flask, aud -
and Shantung Christian University..has 380 stu- quences in the plays, but the 'suggestible adoles- bread plate Whb coyer'in Morocco leather _.
dams. ),lost encouraging reports were received cent is liable to nKss tile moral in the sub- case,"plusb liued. Nt_pastor shouhl be wilbfrom
the University ol Nauking_ Canton Chris. mergence of his rational faculties by, appeals to out 6no,of these bandy outfits.
tian College, Hangchow Christian Cnlle_P and instincts that have, not :,'el been habituated to' . 6_2_x3_ iuches. PHce. $8._ postpaid.
'West China,Un,nn University, restraint." • • " -
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with avcr'alsp_g edges. Leather line,i; extremely flexible, silk sewn; gold on the subject, using one of the four Gospels as a basis each (lay. We' heard him on the
title, leaves finished with red unde_', gold edges. A high grade" Bible Synoptic Gospels, and wouhi have heard him on john, except pressing engagements had called us
throughoat. You will he surprised tO find such clear, easy-reading _)rint away.
" in such a small Bible; just a trifle larger than a pocket Testament. i b Dr, Morgan called attention to tl_e follyat tlmse who are acitating the nntiov of a "shorter
I ] Bible," for he said the four Gospels. all we have in lileratflre directly upon the life of Christ. ,,viii.
• No. A.Z'094..The price is only $4.15, prmlmid. ' make bat one hundred_aml twenty ordinary pages of :reading matter: And he compared this with
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r' I SPECIMEN OF'TYPE " , / different purpose_ Matthew's motto might have been. "Behold the KinzI" Mark's,""Behold the
." '_ . . _ t Servantl" Luke's.UBehold the ?danl" and John's, "Behold the Son of God I' And taklt_g the, days
FIM_oflhohorn#, ZtgCHAR|A_/; ReCttepttoneyZlon. 1_3 ' '
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one by one that are definitely, mehtioned in the narratives of the Gospels, there ar_ only about
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Dr. Morgan
days out
said
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a life
must
of
appreciate
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the
years.
human
,
element in ri_e Gospels before he can properly
tsi_k_dar thcth_w_th_tttamvtncs_daunton_e_ xS_Zme,|_or,_at. | _H/iPT_R 2. " "• '_ ' appreciate the divine• Ire said God used such human igstraments as were adapted to His purpose,
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' ' . . ] the son of a ri_:h woman, lived his life among the common people _/nd.used the language, of every
day life. Luke was an.educated man and a physician• They both record the story of the healing of
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' Speaking on the question of Modernisn_ and. Fundamentalism, Dr. Morgan said he refused to
' " Size 5_x3_/_x,]_ in. Weight I1 • oz. " And yet the ,type is clear arid' 1 wear Whilea Mark, tag. Hb with_aid thethat brutality what is ofcalled he ru_ "Modernism" lavrdan, sa[d_ is really "She antique, had suffered and that manyevery things proposition oi many
easy to read• This Bible {s printed "on thilt, light htdiapaper. 'It crgt-"
• rains iuli atarghtal r_:fercnces and q(_mplete coacordance; also a section ' o[ the Modernists is as old as Christianity and all their objections have be(_n answered by Christi0:n
scholars during the last two thousand year_, But thellne fs.drawn, he said. between Naturalism and
• _, of va uab c de s to Bible stady. . I Supernaturalism, and he declared that he is a Supernaturalist,
' ' No_,3090, Bound its Fre_teh Morbcco'lbather; overlapl_iag edges $3.35 'On the quest on of the Virgin Birth. Dr. Morgan said that some w_re fond of saying that the
' "" No_ 3094, Boaod isl'R_al M0roc_o.leather ;'over|s_plag edges ; leather proposition in favor.of the Virgin Birth is not strong because neither Mark nor J'oho speak oils.
• ' lit_ed ; silk sex_a_; vcr_, durable._...i ..... _... ;. i.. ,_.'................. $_.60 " ' " But he said the p_oper way to say'if is this "Only two o[ the four who have written stories of the
li[e of Christ speak of His hirth at all, and'both of these say that He was born of a virgin." This
" _ . , makes all who speak on it at all unanimous h_ to how it hal/ported. But Dr. Morgan warned that
" • ' NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. . attempt_ to explain the Virgin Birth on a scientific basis could never succeed. Tbe only explb.nation
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-? " " , you accept the philosophy of supdrnaturallsm, the explanation is altogether sufficient.
.., Dr. Morgan's explanation of the genealogies of Matthew:and Lul_c was that Matthew gives the
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i whetl_er tile plan is still followedi, " while servlna i_l the pastorale, I)r MoNna r_erved five hours {"
THESERMON AND THE MESSAGE
I every morning for the studX of the New Testament add-refused to he called away from this work
even for a funeral or a wedding. And now it is 'remarkable how many things which trouble the T_REACHERS and others frequently speak of the sermon and the me_-_ageas though they were
.most of ordinary mortals, seem clear enouL'h to him. Any way, I made up,my mind to devote _the same thing; but a little reference to his own expeiience will convinCe the preacher that they
i myself to Tile Book with renewed interest and zeal, j flJave _ are younot feltbythat anya means certainidentical llne of troth o_ atshould least they be'presented are not always at a gwen identical. time, and Foryet howyou man_, weretimes
not
I THE MORALITY OF THE PRF_CHER'S VACATION ;'dlear was the on the message text you and should itwas use youro_the task sermon to makeyou or. should recall a_reach? sermon.that Now would that ct:rtpin serve to'make line'o! truti_ tile
!! _ OME s)ig_i intimations of reflection upon the d_reacher's annual vacation have at times, message as clear and effective as possible. On the otherhand. Und at another timeyou have preached
_ appeared, but these intimations "are not well founded. It is the preacher's physical, mental, .a good sermon, bat you brought no.real m_age to the people.
spiritual and I_astoral duty to take a. vacation at le._st once a year, and this vacation should be " It is sometimes a difficult matter for the.preacher to decide ov jfist what to preach. Sometimes
a inontb in duration, should not i%speht somewhere in a revival, should not he made up too corn- he may have a sermon, _mctimes he may have a message---and fortunately indeed, sometimes be
pletely of travel, but silould be a time o[ real rest and change. . may have both. When he has _oth, it is easy, but when there is a conflict and th_ preacher must
Only a little time ago a preacher was commending blmself for having been "at it" for'fifteen choose between a well prepared sermon in which the message is not clear, or els_ he has an emphatic
years without a vacation, and he was even then ._peaking in a weary voice about, the many weeks
message which seems not to lend itself readily to o_ganleed form. the decision is not so easy, but if
allead during which be was sure that there would be no let up in his toils. He was trying to be he is as a rule a studious and careful man_ we think hd can safely allow the message to be the dccidinz
very religious about i1. but evdn a cazual observer could soe that he.was physically weary, mentally
iactor.
fagged, spiritually strained and not more than eighty per cent efficient. Such a preacber.needs a And in the actual matter of preaching, we believe the message, rather than the _rmon. shmihl
guardian. Some of these timcs he will break, th_n he will take a good long vocation'during which take precedence. Some preachers are bound to preach their sermon whether tllere is anyqne there .
he will not rest. He may not die, that would be. a.mercy upon his folly; he .may simply break to h'ear the last half of it or not. But it would be better under the circumstances if they would
down his nerves or fall into the _nare of the:Devil because of his over-strained condition, sttiye rather ta deliver the message and let the sermon suffer. The preacher probably had plannad.
The extremes of life are much closer together than' the means and one extreme, and an over: to preach an hour's sermon on holiness; hut therewas a collection and a number of other special
worked preacher, who scorns vacations is justthe kind of a.preacher who will overeat, eat food that "intecesta which osofipled the time until it is practically time for the benediction.. Now if this
does not agree with him, eat late at nlght.-wben the service is over. indulge in social intimacies th_.t p_eber is bound to preach his sermon, he will probably have no opportunity; or having one, will
border on evil, and tidally break down morally and go wrong not be able to use it_ But if the message_is burning on his heast, becan stand up and deflect hl.s
The preacher in order to be safe and efficient must be physically fit, mentally fresh, ahd spin- soul in twenty minutes and get seekers to the altar. Usualty it is a good rule for the preacher to
Rually keen, and he cannot be all thee all the time. The' only alternates are to bemediocre a lot of deliver themessage by all means, though he may content himself with preaching the sermon if there
the time or to be efficient part of the time, and there is no question but the latter is preferable, and
is opportunity.
it is.passible only if the preacher is religiously careful and punctual to take his vacation.
D. L. Moody never allowed himself to 1Jecomeso absorbed in his evangelistic work but that he _ And let us remember that sometimes the prop e remember the sermon and sometimes they get
the message The man who re_n3bers the sermon may have received it only as a llterary.produewould
religiously take off four months of the year and spend it in rest and prayer'and study. He tion, wtilla the one who eaunbt recall the ordec and lotto'of the"dtseou/se ma_, have received the
loved to get away in some mountain resort where the call of service would be the smallest. Here message of warning or of exhortation in a much more effective manner.
he would rest and pray and read and when he appeared in his next great campaign he would be as
fresh and rested as u boy. Beersheba, Tenn., a mountain resort which was so far away from the
roads of tr,qvel that in several years 6f preaching in that section,we never found opportunity tovisit THE PREACHER IN THE PULPIT
it, was one of Moody's favorite re_ting places. And Mr..Moody counted his rest period.of four
months absolutely es_ntial to hb eight month_ of strenuous activity. . • Although the determination to make the best spifittial apd intellectual preparation possffile is
- And you will find thai Spurgeon was careful to take his vacatlon_ and that other emineiatiy always commendable, still when _e actual hour arrives and the preacher mu._t stand up'to preach
,soceeminl preachers found it positively necessary to observe periods of rest and adjustment tn order %_theword of life to men, it is then too late to take lessons in homiletics or oratory. The only tiling
to do'what they did..It is June now, what are you going to do about it? Oh, you say my charge . . left then is for the preacher to iadnch forth with _/ilhis soul and strength to make th_ most of his
is too poor, I cannot afford a vacation. Thke an inexpensive one. That is the best kind any. way opportunity.
Go off and spend at feast two .weeks in the woods-_-you can live as cheaply there as you can at Between services let a preacher study, but in the pulpit let him drop the.student's air and pou¢
home, " and you will come back n new man. out his s_ul upon the people. Processes are no Iouger'tu place, results are now the demand. It is
This is the first time we ever wrote on this subject, and we do it now because we can plainly useless"to d_ctibe the course you took to reach your conelasion_, the conclusions age what count
see that life, health, efficiency and morality are all involved, and beca_usewe know that many who now. If you are still speculating, wait, don't preach off that subject yet.
read this (holiness preachers have not USually.believed in any hut enforced vacations) need to be " _!
. Duringthe week it is proper for the preacher to read books.on pobfle speaking and to critici_e
stirred on the subject. _ and seek 1o improve hls.mannerisms, but when he stands up to p_'each, let him put nil petty consideratlmrs
behind him and drive .quick and hard and fast right into the main issue and preach the
gospel to the.people.
.... '_he summer months offer opportunity to the zesJous preacher to hold street meetings, park - "{ There is really no w_y to learn to preach except to preach, and yet the preacher sl_ould pr_:ach.
services, and other out door and inforl:nal services, and the man-who is not too "eonveot'ional" to " _ "
enter these open doors • w have the .. record of much good accomplished to his el'edit when the season _ [ _/ndnot best effortl merely Thepractice only way preaching, to ever .every becometime h good he gets preacher up. To is tohim, he the the best present preacher effortyou shntdd can, be eve_ his
is over. !
time you try it.

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is rejected, the harder it becomes t_ accept England and Amcrlca. He has recently written:
DOCTR INAL
and
,hooe,tl,me.
obey will,
soth
In lime, render
,tro
one's consdence
atedroIooistoaceept
so spirhualism, the verdict of -lhe Sen'pluto is absohard
that the truth no longer affects him. "My [ule and final. In Deuteronomy 18:10, It, we
for
.... " " _llCod
Spirit,shall not alway_ strive with map." As use read: 'There shall not be found among you any-
,c of the hand_ eaose_ callousness, so resistance.of one that maketh his son or his danghter to pass
PREDESTINATION . knows hefore one's hirlh whether he will choose truth makes hardness of.heart and conscience. It Ihrouah the fire, or that useth divination, or an
"Aga,nstneeeomancy,
whic! ,slhetruen
By F_, M. Mr.sSF.S'a_:R the right or shoose lhe wrong way, and fie has is the free agent that resists, it is the natural law . observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or
doclrine Ot predestiffation is an old
one,
THE hut as taugbt in the da)_s preceding the foreordained mg the wrong orchoice predestined anil the the' Nessing.accompany- fale of Does God agalnst-resistipg God ever suspend gHisAaw t which ofhardens, free grace in" achaimer, a wizard, or ora anecromancer. consulter withForall familiar lhatspirits, dc these or
great Wesleyan revivals we he:re compar- htg the r_gbt and those laws are as unaherable as a single case and for the good of man create him things are abomination unto the Lord.'"
atively little about it. and ye!, llke lind _ed sown the laws of nature. . . to be damned? No. Ah_ but God said in the Mr. Wilson further says: "For fifty yeal's or
in a field, one i_ surprised to learn how many pet}- ' But lie says lie will have. mercy on whom He case of Pharanl_ thaL He--God--hardened his" more spirithalism, substantially as it is manifest
pie.are tinctured with tile belief that semebi_w we will have mercy,--what must a soul do if He will henri, and adderl. "In very deed for this cause Ioday, has been exposed to ridicule by masters of
are creatures'of fale anti although we m_y bane not have mercy? Let us ask first on whom will have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my legerdemain like the Maskelynes of London or
power and that my name may be declared Houdini. These men have reprotluced the 'pherece/ved
a blessed "exparlence in grace, we were .lie bane mercy? Let Isaiah answer. "Let the
throu_houlall the earth" _tEX. 9:16). nomena' a_ a part of he_r prod'ram of .tricks,
predestined to receive that experience, wicked forsake his way, and Ibe unrighteous man Knowing even before the children are born who And at a multitude of performances thotlght read'-
That there is truth in the idea of pr_edestinalion • bis th_mahts: and let him return unto the Lord it is that will exercise fheir own will against His ing has been ,'t. feature. Thatinnumerable frauds
no one tan itttefiigently deny" but when taught as .,,and He will have mercy '_ (l_a. S&TI. Then On will, it is an eosy'matler for God to-select such a have been exposed is undeniable?'
fatalism, it destroys man's free moral agency nn whom will lie nol have mercy ? On the.wicked one
one as will serve any particular purpose and to do' Houdini has written v01uminously, after painstile
one hand. and God's Iree _raee offered to all . who re; sea o turn from his way and on the unmen
on tile other. It nullifies the meaning o[ the riabteou's man who refuses to forsake his thoughts, so without interfering with any man's free moral taking investigation, that all spMtualistlc seances
agency, can readily be .reproduced and tha't they are
atonement, it denies that "prayer chan_es thitms." "He that covereth his sins shall nos prospee; but
ii makes lhe sacrificial offering of Christ unneces- whoso confesseth an_ forsakelh, them shall have The Bible says God hardened Pharaoh's. heart, frauds pure and simple.
sary,.and does _way with 'the power of Jcsus' mercy." and agairl thai Pharaoh hardened.his own heart; Cbr_stlans who face such pernicious teaching,
blood to cleanse away and save from sin I was on a traio between Seattle, _,_'ashlngton, both statements are true. The light, and the there is hut one safe folk. It is to assiduously
0roofs of God's hand in the miracles performed avoid the forbidden path. Trance production be-
It may be asked. "Does God look down the .and Porthnd, Oregon: before leaving Sdattle a by Moses .shone on Pharaoh's resisting heart and comes a h.'ibit. And at sconces it may happen tha_
ages and .determine a soul's destiny befora its ticket scalper tried to sell me a ticke_ at a reduced
God by HIs nat u[al-law hardened it, and Pharaoh the mediumds the only person present whois not
death?" Certainlyt "For the children being not rate, I didn't choose to2 buyil, but purchased a by .resisting this light-and refusing to choose to in a trancc This is the myslery o] "iniquity,
yet born. neither, having done any good or evil regular _ ticket at'full price at the ticket.office. On
obey hardened his own heart. The housewife spoken'of in the Scripture. Or in-otHer words,
that the purpose of God according to 'election the train the conductor took my ticket, looked'at prcphres the pan of biscu ts, puts them in the hot "the soul losing its way," Keep off the enemies'
might stand, not of works, but of him that call- it. punched it, and pa._sed on lo the next seat. He droll and by so doing the housewife bakes the territory, warm by some other fire_ if you would
eth," How can this statement be reconciled with looked at the man's ticket, refused to accept it. biscuits, and the oven', having been heated to the be safe,
the many invitations "of Christ, like "The Spirit and demanded full cash fare payment. The pas- proper temperature imparts the proper heat to the
and lhe Bride _ay come, and let him that heareth senger didn't know what to do; but finally paid. biscuits and the' oven bak_ the biseuits; the
say come, anti let'bim that is athirst come, "anti his fare while the conduclor took it and passed on. housewife bakes them by a 'voluntary act on her
whosoever will_ let ldm take of the water of llfe The conductor would, accept tickets from whom
part, the oven bakes them by a natural law on its Dr. A. C. ,Dixon once wrote the following serfreely.".fff
a pe_on is born to be damned--fore- he would accept tickets and whom he would he
ordained'to pertlition--_how ca n such a _ng come? refused, hut it was no whim of tbe conductor, my . part, mofiette: " "Ever Z church is divided into two
Just here is WhY'co the 'error creeps in " .ticket was good, my neighbor's .was not, and the classes that may be called trees and posts. Plant
No child is bor_i to be damned. God is infit_ite ru]_ and orders were laM down and decided long the, tree and'it begins to grow. Plant the post.
while we: axe finite. ,He _n look forward into the before either.my neighbor or I bought our tlekets, THE SUBTLETY AND DANGER OF and /l begins to rot. The difference between
future just as well as He can look backward'Into But suppose the situation is relieved on the SPIRITUALISM .the tree anti the post is simply a matter of
[he past, While we can do only the latter, and ground that Ills will is arhitrarliy fxcd only with- I By C. E. COn_=LL life. The tree is alive While the post is 'dead.
The pastor enjoys the living trees of bis church,
that imperfectly, God has made laws which are in the limits of divine law w_th regard to which _ When such distinguished men as Sir Arthur watching them _row and bear fruit, while he is
unchangeable--laws whish no one but He himself tlie human subject has no option. How is the Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge and William T, often perplexed to .know what to do with the
__ can suspend. Man is created fully capable of statement "Whom he will he hardeheth" relieved,. Stead, advocate a teaching, their ififiuenee attracts posts that show no signs of life. It takes much
choosin_z to obey or to disobey those laws. A seeing that a._oul becoming sufficiently hardened • general attention, anti many are ready to follow' of his time and strength, to paint and prop up
choice to obe Z usually requir_'s humiliation, con- would then be incapable of choosing? True, but and believe their subtle teaching. 'and finally have carried off the posts when they
leasing one's sinful past, aceepllng .God's pardon the hardening process c6mes with the exercise of P. Whit'aell Wilson, the author of "The CIMst have fallen down." Which are you, tree or
and tliLgrace, and equipment for tbe future. God free choi.ce on the part of the individual. _t is a We Forget," and "The Church We Forg©t,_' hhs post?--Selected.

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. _ • c]taritabie figure of speech that such ineonsequen- helps the congregation to carry home the dtvlne
_ not sltow respect for the intelLigence of the au- "Some thirty yeats ago we were leading a revival
' . dienee. , in AIpena. ]_lichJgan. A young lawyer was there
,, J 'L ' . .._,_._ :", " "" . " " _ at hldwever limes, such brilliant pu)pitand addresses eloquent mayandbe attractive- they will from minister. Virginia It was oninhasln(.ss_ the month sot, ofht April. a Methodist He was
- : inevitabl_ fall short of the good that mitfltt have impressed by tile homiletical method of my dis-
'_, VI. LETTERS ON PREACHING ever have'before his soul the reminder that he is been accomplished, cottrsra-and invited me to dine with him at the
i " By A. M. Htt._ not there on his own basiner,z but on God's busi- There is altogether too much of such preaching hotel. The next winter we chaneed to meet him
; TIIE TEX_ ness: that he is not uttering _me inventipn or at the present time: and aLl ministers, so inclined. Jn Cblcago and be'told us this: "Last 'sur_mee I
imagination' _f his own little mind, but is pro- should diligently study anti learn from .the giant visited my father in Virginia. He had a camp-
_N our third visit to England we were claiming• a message from high heaven as "an meeting on his hands and a preacher had lailed
_linviled tO speak_at the Soulhport conven- ambassador of Christ," reprt*,enting tile govern- preashers of other days how to unfold a text. him. He ask,_d me _.o preach and I had never
tinn. the grev,t annual holiness ct'mventlon meal of the infinite Dudl If he has any con- Ill. Tile faithful anti honest development of preached in my life. But I remembeeecl one of
! of English Methodism.. We could be spared from science or sense of.Christian honor how _tudious each lext will tend to variety in preaching. The your texts anti'every, point you made in tile _er.
*_ our regular work to preach only three times, and chreful he will be to find :the exact meaning pulpit thew.t_sare few: and they who preach only men and I peeachcd them. and seven persons came
The convcntlon afforded a startLin_ revdalion of the text, and tile very thought of God con- on lbeme_ Will soon run their round in tiresome to the altar and were saved." Now I am sure if
._ of the deplorable comlition of things in the _,{eth- tained in-ill It will be weft nigh" impossible for repetition, and pastorates Will be short. -1 had not preached in. a systematic anti orderly
odist churches of. England. It seems that their such a preacher to be a lazy-minded, careless. But God's texts are innumerable; arM* the way my discourse would have made no such ira-.
minlslers have pegleded to preach holiness until prayerlcss person. He will put a.holy purpose and preacher who learns how to develop them will presston upon that legal mint1 and that blessed
they have forgotten how, or the present generation ambition into his sacred calling, and "study to always have freshness and variety, and will not r_ultwould not bare followed.
of preachet_ never knew..how. ._hnw.hlmself a workman that needeth not to be wear out, This is one of the secrets of lpng anti Now this ant[ many other' like facts should
They had two sermons at each serviee_ but no ashamed, rightly dividing the ,Word o[ Truth." fruitful pastorates. Med studied their Bibles and .teach the ministry the folly of.aimless, rambling
altar call and no altar service. The man that And with such a conception of preaching in dug deep'into the greaLgold mines of truth,.nnd and desultory preaching that does not drive home
• *w
preached before me was the leading official of ldm Who occupies the pulpit, will the congregation "continually "brought things new and old" _.nd the truth upon the minds and learts and cbn-
English Methodism for that year, He stood up, he slow tofind it out? No, [nde/MI The house kept the ment#l appetites of their people keen for sciences of.men. All of us should learn to preach
leaned against t_e desk. thrust his right hand.in of worship itself will soon be to them a sacred fresh food from God.. the truth that is in tile text, and preach nathing
his pocket, took no text. and made rambling re- place where God, speaks to their ihmost._ouls_ Doctor Hawes and Albert Bushne[l of Hartfo_, out el harmony with it.
marks for r half hour. never once mentioning ".ho- They will. take heed how they hear," and they Charles Spurgeon, Dr. Albert Barnes of Philadel-
V. The grea_ texts o/ Scripture, /aith/ully de-
Iir_es_,""sanctification," "Chdstlan perfection." or ' will leave the sanctuary feeling that "God was _n phia, D[', Richard Storrs, Henry Ward Beeeher of
"the baptism with the' Hfiy Spirit P It _;as the that place" and they had heard from heaven. . • . Brookyn,. DeWitt Talmage Charles G. Finney, velol_ed, piton /urni_h an abiding intellectuo_srim.
-tamest, vaguest, most gripless sermnn I ever lis- II. The honest uze el a tex_ will _ure the Alexander Maclaren.and ]mndeeds of others that _du*1o whole communities oJ #eopie. The founds.
toned to on such an oeacsion. It was a most strik, preacher oJ the wretched habit o/ intetfeaual [ might be named had wonderful pastorates of tiofs of this republic were laid and the cradle of
ing illusfraiion of how not to preach, umndering. Many people are not naturally very thirty or forty years' duration, and their flocks liberty war rocked by the hands o| our godly
The custom of ministers preaching from a text logical in their mental make.up. " They.do not _rew fat under their mlnhtry beeau_ they knew sires. And they were trained and their civic and
of Scripture, more or less extended, comes down know how to reason. Their training has been how to unfold texts and get the water _nd. the domestic virtues, their thurnls and their reLigi6n
to us, sacred" frfm the usage of many centuries, deficient. They may have marked gifts in other itoney from the rocks of t_uth _vbeeever they were developed by a. noble band of trained
Luke 4:18 shows that even _'esus,.the greatest of directions and God may call them to preach, touched them. It Is a disgrace to u preacher to preachers who knew the Holy Word and"shunned
all preachers, took a text and from it preached With real piety and a rich "_,ocahularyand fine wear out in a few months; fur the mine of truth hot to.declare the whole counsel of God." The
preachers made that marvelous New. England,
His ministry of mercy to the World. imagin,'ition they mhy have a marked success and from which he can draw is inexhaustible., which for virtue and piety, was tile wonder of the
There arc many m_'nifest advantages in preach- . rise hlgb in the clerical profession. But such per- "To bc impressed with the infinite variety which world.
ing |rein a text sons have a spedal need of a text to bold them to the Scriptures contain and suggest, one has only
I." 1_ give_ the aeal o] God'# authorlly to the a subject and keep tbem from desultory rambling, to reflect that while for ages they have supplied What a white spot an a Mn-be_mirched world
message. The :Scripture comes by inspiration, And they should carefully study'how (o develop therichest theme_ lot human thought and lnstruc- that Pilgrim and Puritan New England was] Its
'. I_aha-singing_ g/ad.bearted people_"its family atfrom
God. Therefor, when a thoughtful, prayer- ._ a text. and get out of it in an orderly way the - tion they are now, like a living fountain or a
tars, its devout convertmtion and its holy Sabbaths
ful, _tndiou_, intelligent preacher unfolds the great truths God put Into it. b0undle_ ocean, as exhaustless as ever. Who, made it a deLight to Gndl And no'wendell It -
thoughts of .God really contained in the text, or It is a notorious fact that many. preachers take " then, would not resort for sdhjects of pulpit nd- was a land built on the Bible, whose rulers and
log cally-deduced from it, the.congregation must a text simply because i't is a ministerial custom_ .dress to this well spring of living waters ,rather tilinkers and state_men were denou_ Chritliam,
feel
soul_,
that it is a. "Thus saith the Lord" to their In
the
their
outset
so-caLled
and never
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get back
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to
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renew
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than In that' shallow source--his own ingenuity." and _/,h_e el.de/ men were l_rt_acherxwho knew
,, lbe advantage , , of this Is immeasurable both" to quaintance with it. If the text had the small-pox
IV.' An approprtat;_text, well-developed, utds how to proclaim "the unsearchable riches of the
' " lhe preacher and the hearer, The preacher will the wrmon would not' catch it. It is only.by a the_memory and stimulate_ luture relteetion. It gospel ol Christi"

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The Bible is tile Bunk oi all bodks Its poetry for pulpit preparation' but f am saying that it is laid down Hear Joshua talk about Moses. Re- about by every wind of doctrine and by the cunts
,be mo_t sublime, and its eloquence i_ the n.- supldementary to it. member the word which Moses the servant of the ningness and craftiness of men.
ble_t that ever fell from human lips or swayed 3. Smallness o] caliber. Littte one track men. Lord commanded you." Again, "ye shall return It. WHY SUCH WEARNES'SES PRI_V^IL.
human heart. No history of earth is so important men that are jealous of the success of others. '! unto the laud of possessions, which.Moses the
.as the Bible story of-God's dealings wRb a sinful Small. _elfish men who ne{_er rio. mucb oL a_ly- Lord's servant _ave you." What did the people I .believe, there is. just one fundamental all ab-
world. No arguments are so unanswerable, no thine themselves.but are always looking for some: say? They said. Joshua, we will go anywhere sorbmg rude of reason, tributary andreasons this reason and that answers is ,be a multi-
Holy
precepts ;ire SOimportant, no promises are so on- one lo make a nest for them. Little. suspicious you _ay and will be as loyal to you as w¢ were to
couragbm, no [hreatenings are so terrible, ha men who feel they are always being discriminated Mug's. Now suppose Joshua had senl in hls.re- Gbost has been grieved• I do not say tbat He bus
prophecies are so far-reacbing aml so true• And. against; mistreated, anti never given a chance. . port to tbe Herald ol "Holiness of tbe awful con- left us. but 1 believe His work has been s[owed
difion he found when he took up the Israelite up Holy•Ghost men do not.preach merely [or a
the preacher.has the key that unlocks them all Little calliper men Lhat have but one pattern or • church, how things were run down, that idolatry lob or [)rofession but heeao_ o[' • burl_ing passion
and the commissinn to declarb tbem all to a dying mold and every member of ,be church must'bear was among tile people, collections poor, etc. But that finds rest in nc other occupation. Holy
world. And these Anytexts an_e) of mi_bt Scripture, covet, dlsregardfd tlds opportunity, by so their personal stomp or be anatIiema. " " "by Ids master hand. after six'weeks collections Ghost men rio not dry up the fountain of p,r_onM
many, are the 'jewelled caskets ,bat contain them 4. Thost struck with femtnlnetis. Menwhoare " - _i:ere coming, crowds increasing,.Spirit was again testimony but+by frequent and spontaneous testiall.
careless in their association with women working and that he _xpected the best year of his mot)y tell of the miahty works of God. Itoly
5. Too much driving power Going toforce life• What wouhI his church have thought? Ghost men are nor'little men. The'Holy Ghost is
ii -- tbings shrough or break it up. We often make a What woubl his old parishioners havesaid? There too great to'tabernacle in a little man. WIlen }to
MINISTERIAL W E A K N E S S E S AND _reat deal over our courage anti holy boldness is little _ained by one man's trying to build his comt_ He makes men big, magnanimous.',_onsid.
• , fame on what he thinks is some other man's mis- crate, cbarital?lc. Holy Ghost men are not hano-
_ I THEIR /_y C. ILREMEDY STRON(;
,ruination. when " it may or worse be nothing yet, carnal, more than stubbornness. human deter- rakes. Tben too_ after the new man has been on ing around and makin_ auto trips with: other
the j6b as long as his predece_or and has done a_ men's wives, ilirtlng with old maids, or havin_
! I. Tin: Wx_x_;£sszs. 6. Want oJ Intercession I fear as a group of much. it will be ample time for him to plume his private council with young widows Holy Ghost
I. Pro]esswnali._m We can preach better, men that we do not bear the marks of soul bur- win_s for flight _md tune up his crowing appa- men are not drivers, hut are lefiders, they deliver
' scripturally than once we could, huf is our motive ministry of God Give me souls or I die has ever- • another's expense is poor business. Politicians trust G!M to work out in His ov(n time an w v
more homiletisally, more logically, find even more den aod compassion, that should characterize the ratus. This matter of trying to become famous at their soul _and do nnt try to lores the*issue hut
• as singular to glorify GOd a_sin other days? Do " characterized great lovers of men and _Ucceksful _m'y do it and zet away with it. Ham_in tried it Hi_ program: Holy Ghost men. live in an atmos*
we.not look well to the si_ of the congregation, soul winners. But where is the Jeremlah that Is lo .his own sorrow, belt God is persuaded better phere of prayer and intercession. Tbey get dfings
the amount of remuneration, before we decide Willing for God to reduce his life to tears that tbings of us. _ frt:sh tlim as from a [riemL tbe hand I{oly of Gbost GOd, and men commune arc never with supwbich
almost field invariably of labor feel'led shall of bethe ours. Lord andtodogowe where not men,mightbe u_ that will incorpo'rate saved? Where the prayer is the of man Pafil amon_ iuto _en o .7"oo p/eaters, tanw,'tedious,'lire_.le, job seekers. Man .Iearers. time Nothing errors, p'.anters for tbemselves or for others, tbey i love
' ! the cungregatioE is the largest and where pros- his a curse own fifewhen [or his he brethren challenged and God kinsman's' to makesake? him can be more paralyzing Lhanthis. Wlien one be- .brother their bro0_er minister as tbemst,lves as tbey wouhlbe and always treated. treat Holy their
. pects are tile mnst lucrative ? Now I am not tg- Where are the Nashes, Knoxes, Baxtets, , and mo_ comes messagesuch of God a minister that man andbecomes feats toa speak molly out coddle, the t;host men are not ihterested in blowing their own .
norant of tbe fact that you are thinking that su(h modern Mr. Buunds'that will step into the breach horn or havinra' committee appointed to do it
a field offers the best opporluoity. Maybe so. no ent ty a pussyfooter a too of tha Dcv and •
But wbat is tim motive that casts tile ballot of and turn lhe tide from Worldliness to righteous- the sooner he ceases"to cumber the grouml' m" ooa_ '": fur them, they obey.'God, and trust Him for prohess
in our ranks today? Until we _ find sucb motions. IIoly Ghost men are not dry, tedious
deci._ion? Is it the voice of God saying tbis is the a man or determine to be such a one let us not and Rives-way to men•who fear nothinr but God
- • pulpiteer_; what they say:is fresh anti not th[ead.
t! way, better watk job? ye in it. or is it the business sense of a retreat and leave the bettlefield to the enemy, and the cause hate notbing of God and but His sm Church. so nmeh _l_e better Ior " bare, time.wor_ and shop-dusty. Holy Ghost
',
, 7. Too mush o I the lacobs_irit. Not that
men,haw a creed, a doctrine, a message of "thus
2, Want of Personal Teslimot_y. We have an 10. Shortness on biblical, doctrinal preaching, saish tile Lord'."
,'i abundance of talk, preaching, eX!_ortation,exegesis, Jacob spirit that prayed all hight for the blessing, Wh!le the world is waxing worse and worse anti
such. as it is, and,.sometimes, . we'groW. . eloquent.and, ingh'Ut totherootJaC°boutthatsomeSUpplanted'other
roanthe'spirt'from his pastorateOt want* when preachers arc propagating doubts .that wohld Ill. TtE REMF.DY. ._'OO. CAN EASILyANTICIPATE
' reg,ster our wsmns ana dreams nut ther£ _ a_. _r_,_. .... , . . put Payne and-lngersoll to shame, and when 'i'ltE REMEDY. ,
- . . . • ....... "mr.position toe sprat taut savors m poucy ano
• _ lack of pos_ttve persona testtmon¥ of what God. Sunday night services are being giveh over •to The remedy is.back to GOd_back to' Pentecost
! has done and is now
-
doing for our_lves. Paul politics
friends to
to
have
get
at
what
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or
brother
want your_
rainbook
reviews
'
instead of to the gospel, it is no back to personal t_timony, back to posltive
_ said he was called to be a minister and a witness; _ time to tame down anti generalize the gospeL' It preaching, back to holy [ivJllg, back to brotherly
i not merely a prescriber of wbat the gospel could ister. The spirit that has a few speak-easy bench- ts ours to ring the dmnges on such cardinal doc- love and kindness, back to 'fellowship with all tbe
do hut a witness of what/the gospel had.done for men to drop.a word of'the possible avaflahillty of l - ,does of the Bible as the creation of man, tin, _aints, hack to prayer and intercession, hack to
you to the place that.another rightfully holds, incarnation, redemption, resurrection, repentgnce, holy reeklemhess, back to consistent living, back
himself. Happy is the preacher that isn't too
' dignified when he gets in she brush to call to llfe Th_ spirit of a scavenger that goes about dabbling _ salvation, sanctification, judgment, second coming, to willing service and sacrifice, back to expressed
some hit of personal experience to save the day. in cesspools to find an argument to further, his healing, hell_ eternity, heaven, To fail here means confidence in our fellow ministers, back to de-
Paul carried ,be day in many a hard'fought bat- owfi kingdom. Lobreed about us followers who are weak in the termination anti desperation, bacl_ to the baptism
tle by relating the Damascus episode. [ am not 8. Sol] Inflation. Joshua was the.successor'of . faith, sballow ih experience, stippled in Scriptural with the Holy Ghost and fire. This will cure "us
.aying that a personal testimony is a substitute Moses, that is, be t6ok she pastorate that Mo._s hope and will result tn otlr members being tossed, ol our prof_'ssionalism. This will give us ames-

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sa_e so hot that if an angel were to.thandle it he circuit the old saddle bags were shouting the . heavenward. The preacher that can be a jack-of- occupy only a relative position. It should not
all trades will not be a power for God in his pul- have pre-emifienee among us. "lice.sou is greater
would have to bare {dogs to keep from burning praises of God and keeping Up the glory hallelujah I
him as in the case of Isaiah. This will help us chorus. My fellow ministers, let us keen God in pit, The man that _pends more time with his old than the body in importance and ought to have
get in elbow touch with broken-hearted, broken- our midst and then we will prove that•thepath of q Ford than communion with his Lord will not suc- ' its relative and superior place• _"
_pirited men. This will cause us to practice our the just.is as a shining light thai shineth more teed in the ministry, Davit[ Brainerd had a bur- Even ;no much negative truth in our opinion is
'den and a.message for his beloved Indians, azld "at advlsabie for tile pulpit. We mean to .say
preachin¢. If the preacher has a rood deal tosay and more unto tile perfect day. I on one occasion .when he was without an inter- tbet the evolutionary hypothesis higher, and deabout
spiritual death he•will be sure he is not on- I . prefer, the gospel meesage_ so burdened his heart structive criticism, popular heresies, fads, hobbies
cumbered with grav_ clothes. II he waxes warm
• that he preached anyhow, though n_t a word was and such like simdld receive but scant attention
[ on the subject of perfect love he will 3urely have
the dye of God shed abroa I n is own heart by A MESSAGE VS. A SERMON understood by his lmllan audience and salvatidn and place in our message. That something should
the Holy Ghost. When he takes the banks Or'rife ""_- By E. E. WOanSWORTII flowed in the mldsL But Brab_erd knew how to be said on these things we doubt not, but can we
river Jordan. for bin pulpit and preaches on re- _ E believe there is a distinction between wrap himself in his bearskin coat and pray in the not find glorious positive lruths that grcatiy need
pentance he will surety bear fruits of repentance wa sermon anti a message. A sermon snow until ne was wet wit h perspiratinn ahd emphasis and enlargement upon? Who can exin
bin own life When he take5 the tileme'of l_o- may be. dcfined as a public discourse sometimes blood would flow from his nostrils• haust the subject of prayer? Who can compass
}loess of heart anti life tor his•subject he Will sup- on a religious subject delivered by a clergyman. O what a burdenl . the outer circle of the doctrine of faith? Who
plement such i{reaching by a constant walk with It may be a real gospel message, |t may not. We The clergymen 'of England sermonized and dis- can fathom.the depths of the inner spiritual life?
God2 It will rfdn a pros'chef of. holiness to preach are llvirig in a day and age of what is called coursed on religious subjects, but Wesley and his Who can adequately portray the wonders'and glo-
"on the fraits of carnality and then _how evidences "ltnok Sermons". delivered by popular l_reaebers coadjutors had a.message and old England was rles anti sufferings of the Cross?
of the old man in his own life Other men with on some current books• A message carries with " stirred and revivals came and mighty outpourings Brethren, the days of our years are numbered.
" ess t_rofrssion,may do it and be received, but no.t it something more than a mere sermon. A mrs- of the Spirit were witnessed, on the Isles and in Wc must hasten ahd work while it is _alled day.
so with us If we preach hlg and make strong ca_e is more than an outline or manuscript witll the Udlted States. Finney had a mesmge that "The night cometh when no man canwork." This
demands on our parishioners we better carry some. introduction, divisions, amplification, application burned like fire in his bosom'and the New Eng- poor lost :ind fallen world needs the .message of
samples _N)ng n our _wlcase. _ As a matter of and conclusion, and _ve _0 no[ write disparagingly . land States felt the power- of his message. Booth salvation. We must reap for the season will soon
fact the minister in the long run is no stranger tn of full preparation for the pulpit. We believe it hctd a message for the downtrodden and the out- be past. We retest battle Ior the swqrd will soon
the putp!t than he is out of tile lmipit and ills life is an impertinence t?or a preacher to be lazy men- " cast. A soapbox was his pulpit and a saloon be sheathed and the roar of the cannon will die in
and conduct will live Ion_ after his" pulpit utter- tally and to assume the sacred role of the ministry crowd hisauditors but the message of Booth has the distance. We must sound-the trumpet with
antes have been forgotten, and 'nut take his calling seriously. The preashee " been felt a_ond_the world, elation tone and no uncertain sound. "Preach the
We may resort to other thlnttr, than tile gospel . should be an ass[do'pus stodenl. He ought to toil A gospel message should deaf with vital anti preacixing that I bid thee."
to regulate the lives of men but we will fail. Gen- early and hale. /undamenlal things in' the main. A preacher in MtUr,'r_tt'oLts, _ttUU,
oral Butter thoughl to cle_in up Philade[pbia by What then is a mcs._ge? It i_ defined as fol- our city recently preached on "Wild Geese." We
law. At the outset, of his program an old time lows: "A divinely inspired or reve_led commum. " have. rcat_ of a. minister who discoursed on *'The
Baptist divine anticipated the outcome and at ca.tion, as of a prophet; • divine tidings[ hence an Hygienic Effects ol Sleep.!' Jowett when [eetur- A PERTINENT PERSONAL QUESTION
that time declared a remedy. He said you can inspired utterance of I_luth." The seraphic John .lag Io the Yale theological students said, "Preach
peace a policeman on the doorstep of every home Fletcher said, "It is the unction. that makes the on the great themes." By.great themes be-ex- Were the whole world good as you--not an
in pIdladellthia but men will continue to.be law- .preacher.". Preaching without unction and pn_vee " " plained,that be'meant evangelical repentance, a atom better--
less hut said if be would lint _n old time preacher and passion and burden, _ven though [t be ortho, blood atonement, regeneration, sanctification, etc. Were it just as pure and true,
of the gospel n_ the doorstep of every home he dox and biblical, will bare a killing effect, "The we oelieve there is cnough in these great themes Just as pure and true as you;
Just as strong in faith and works;
wouM seea revolution of good. letter killeth but the: Spirit giveth life." It was "of the Bible to occupy the minfster_s time and Just as free from crafty quirks;
We may _'vin promotion, but if we win such _id of the great Richard Baxter that he preached attention for a lifetime. His ministry should All extortiott, all.deceit;
promotion_ at.the sacrifice of our spiritual power as a dying man to dying men. He also stained largely.dcal.witl_ saving truth and that which will Schemes its neighbor to defeat;
again we fail. I beard of two men in a great the walls u[ bin study with'prayer, edify and perfect the saints. PremillennIg I truth Schem_ its neighbors to delraud; •
meeting, one bad been promoted b:/ his church A message must have heart in it. Ferfuncfory_ Is very interesting and precious, but we have seen Seheme_ some culprit to.applaud--
and. was recognize_[ as a great leader but n_ :is prdfcssMna[ service 'will not do. Thcprcachee preachers who were more interested in DantcFstoes Would this world be better?
meeting he lamented the fact publicly that be was must be blessed and have the glor_ on. His soul and the mosque of Omar lhan m gracious revivals.
Some are more interested in the lost tribes of If the whole world Iollow'ed you--followed to
not enjoying the victory that be did in his circuit must be filled with holy passion.- He must come I Israel than the lost in their congregations. Please the letter-:-
riding days, the days when God blessed his elides, forth from bin closet bathed in tears. Others may Would it be a nobler world,
when men were traOsformed and as he traveled be prayerl_s but the preacher, never. Others may remelnher that we are not saying that millennial
over his clrcutts the old saddle bags seemed to be formal and cold but the minister must be a truth should not be preached. We.. believe it All .deceit and falsehood.hurled.
shout glory to God and hallelujah to the tune of veritable flame of fire: Level headed theology _ should, hut we should not be sidetracked into put- From it altogether;
Malice, selfishness, and luf.t
the clatter of his ponies' feet. "But the other man and practical common sense is |ndi_peusable, but ring the emphasis on non-saving truth. Divine Banish from beneath the crust
arose and t/ddrcssed his friend of other days and the needs of the'hour demand more khan this. healing.is a precious truth. It has its place. The• Covering human hearts from view--
he said he was yet Hding the circuit, that God The people want a preacher who cat_ preach with preacher will do well to unoidt the sick and pray. Tell me, if it followed you,
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i .. "" _ , ' , not care .how nulch we .l_ay claim to loee and preaching) reminded him of Bottom's answer in
" _ • " " fort by activity i_l bcbalf of F[i_ kiu_dom. "Faith part was yet wrltlen--'No it can he done exte_-
like inscct_&c_..pcertain othcr insects in their home
._._, , " ...... as "guests." "Some of these "euests' thus enter- Voung men in learnin_ a _rade are coml]efledto "
i --_ ?--i_7]' '_ without rained among works.bOth is dead." t q..pnt_ The andtermites, the termites an ant" are pore, serve for as tt anis apprentice only roaring.' for"
several years, They ?o_
WINDOWS TO LE'r IN LIGHT and jealousy, faith in good works ffs onh's say or, harmless or eveff friemlly; white others are dis- _r_ not t_id much at first anti not _o very mush
"" _ compiled by S._ WittXV. _;hii:h produce a spirit of optimism. People do -tinctly harmful, and feed uimn the'Jr unsuspecting is expecterl of them We who have heeh iu the
hosts when the latter are'ea_ght off guaed." If a
- _ Tuberculosis .'7"r_"is _ not transq_itted, _ by" heredity, not take these seriously: They feel the( somehow, Christian amociates with-thoseof the world and has way _bforserve 3_ears.often as an apprentice. forget that He every has Christian to learn
:_ • a_cordmg . to the best medical , authorRles. . How- sucll fatal. sins "There will isnot a way damn which them. seemeth will not rightpi'ove unto
makes of them his guests, he will sooneror later the tr:/de. We must not be too quick to criticise
" i ever, indivlduals may receive from their forbears a man. hut theYnd thereof a_e the ways of death." be the loser. The evil companions or guests will tho_e who ar_ jest enlering the way of life 'if
'_ a constitution which is espe.cially susceptible to cause tlieir h6sts to.die sid_'ituafly. The Christian their conduct dot,s not measure pp to tho_ who
tubercular germs. The only tidng for such ,a who continues to cultivate the friendship of sinful have served long on 1heir appeenticeship. "And
person to an
do, to
I, brethren. not sl_ak unto you IlS
• ment which _s as seek free as forpossible and livefrom in the environ- terms ural It light has been over found artificial that light theissuper due.largely or ty ofto the men these will ycicked either individuals quickly be[o the Christ means or el_ of bringing he will spiritual hut as unfo carnal, even as unto babes u_lto in
of'this di_ase. Those who are not by birth pre- fact that she former is more uniform in its dlstri- 1 in .a _hort time permit them to b_cksllde' him. "Christ."
dispused to this malady may throw off many button. We have often thought that natural light, This illustration may beapplied in anoth'er way.
of its in- The _vetl man who harflors the carnal mind' as a
germs= but not _ with those who have'the weak- was better for the eyes because greater
• , "Choose you this d_ay whom ye will serve "_,a_
ness which we have indicated above. Their only tensity, but this is not the case? As the light of j guest within his heart will soon fall'.a prey,to the Man is an absolute ki;_g: He is supreme in the
safety is found in living in a climate and under the worl6. Christians. will accomplish much more wiles of this treacherous enemy. - '
conditions which will reduce to a minimum the if they will shine uniformly. Constancy is much : . _/_/1/t2*.4A moral empire el his_ soul. The _Bourbons of.-x,,--4r'ht_
germs that they must come into contact with. All better than occasional spurts of brilliancy. " "Let The following is takefi from . the ,_,_ a-" l:rance lightenedanddespots. the Stuarts' They ofwere England absolute werein unen- theiz ,
of this has a spiritual application, After conver- your light so shine before men that riley may see
• . .-_ hereon: "Lightning which struck an Oklahomfi rule and they did. not administer this power for
sion and even .after entire _nctification human your good works, and glorify your Father which Gasnnd Electric Company pole at Park Place and" the goml of their subjects. Peter the Great of
beings have in a sen?e a peculiar susceptibili[y to is in heaven." Oklahoma Avenue Thursday night startled many Russia was. an enlightened despot. He was susin.
The effects of sin still remain •upon their -
. " _,_ citizens and ligl_ted up _.he streets and huffilings, peeme in his power [_ut ire sought for'tbe.h.'st for
minds and bodies They _ontldue to be liable to One of the native trees of Oklahoma is a scrub momentarily for several blocks around. A half- his people. Far .too many men are using their
temptation. They arestill on probation" What oak. Its dead Icarus are very tenacious. They _ dozen insulators _,er_/ knocked off, but electric _:qoral authority to damn their souls, to wreck
then should we do? We should always preserve remainon the trees until spring. Then.they are_ service was not interrupted." I was stmlying in their moral empires. They are surely _nenlightaboiR
our lives by means of prayer, Bible read- rather suddenly pushed off by the rising sap and a room with the curtab/_ down and of course the ened despots. Tl_ey should be enlightened despots
ing, faith, church attendance, and Christiafl gel- immediately the new greep leaves begin to appear, electric light was _'n. Suddenly the light flickered arid.wleld the sceptre with understat_ding.
Iowship an atmosphere which is spiritual andholy. The only sure method of'transforming man's out_ and then went out for.a. ;_ery brief time. Just
Also, we should seek to dwell in the best possible ward life is by means i3f getting the fife of God after the light failed me, and darkness began, a
material and geographical environment. A Chris- within. We:cannot expect evil deeds and prac- heavy clap of thunder was Kcard. Thh Is about. Evil has often truly been likened to a tree So_ t,.,_._( i
tian is Ioolisl_ who rashes into a situation in whid_ tices to disappcac until the new life or sap from all that the thunderstorm amounted to. But up- cial reform movements like the liquor traffic arff "
evil abounds. Qnly the direct call of God should above flows into and throughout man's spiritual lield by the pol_'s (one of whid_ was struck) were " destroying the tre_ by cutting off end branch at a
cause anyone to frequent regions where the germs constitution. This brings to mind Thomas Chal- copper wires which were quietly conveying power time. Eyangelism getting nleu saved, is bringing
of sin and hell are fn abundance. "V_q_erefore let mers' famous sermon on the following subject: to" street cars, interurbans, hiilla, faetortes, and destruction to the tree by cutting at Its.very roots.
Idm tliat thinketh he standeth.take heed lest he ".The Expuisive Power of a New Aff¢ctlon." Its homes. There was nothing.spectacular about Moral reform movements are good and worthfall.
central thought is in line with the illustration what they'were doing, no sudden flash or roar, while and Christians should stand back of them.
gwen above. The love of God.will drive the love no excited and frightened peqp_e, and. yet much EviJ is of sush'a terrible nature that it must be
combatted in every possible way. But the surest
It is a well known fact that some diseasesmake - of the world, out of the'human l[eart and all of work was being done. Very pitch a man comes
and quickest, method by which we may cause the
a person pessimistic, while others have the pp. the evil practices that Would flow therefrom, forth' with great show and, much noise, but it ts tree _f evil to die is to get men saved and sanctipestle
effect_ Diabetes tends toward the former t "much ado ah'out nothing." When the excitement
and the whiteplague toward the latter. Tbesame A certain kind 0I wasp stings the caterpillar tn has nassed it is discovered that very little if any- fled. To use another illustrarion moral reform
is true of sin. Some types of sin, such as adul- its. motor centers.' Thus.the. caterpillar is pre* t thing has been brought to pass. God did not movemems might be likened to the chores o[ the
tery anti murdeh are readily recognized as dan- _'ented from.getting away and yet it is still alive, come to Elijah in the earthquake or the fire or Chelation movement, while tbe complete sa.lvarion
gerous to the one wire indulges in them. It is not The young wasps have plenty of fresh meat to the cyelobe. After these had passed Ite came in of sinners is the real task.
so diffl_:ult to convince people that these sins are 'feedupon when they arrive. One of the tricl_s of the still small voice. I cannot refrain at this " "-w ff-_'
sinful, But there are sins such as lack of/:hurcl3 the Devil Is to sting us in our motor centers_.that .jundum from quoting the following: "Arehhis- TI_e chief business of the packing houses"_s to
attendance, failure to.tithe, manifestations ofpride '. is, obstruct us in our.service for Christ• He does hop .Whatley. used to say It (some extemp0re kill and cure meats; But this industry has certain
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by-productst4chas soap-makingand thc prep- a chechforn hundreddollarsand said:_Young 3. Peacew/th God Isreedy.Is them a moral and said"HeseP He was asked what itmeant,
oration of fertilizers. 'this is done in ordcr to man, I will give one hundred dollars to any man governor in the universe who is opposed to sin? ffc answered: "Tbey: were calling the roll in
make use of what _,ouki otherwise be wasted, who has the courage and faith to ask my father We know there is. Then there isno peace for the heaven and I wasanswering to my.namel" Friend,
Just here our attention may be called to the fact [or it. You deserve the money.'" 'tAsk and ye wicked. But "God was in Christ reconcilimt sin- will .they find your narhe in the Book of .Life?
thai feeling is a by-product. If feeling is studied shall rccei re. "' nets unto himself." "There is therefore now no Will you he able to answer: "Yes, Lord. by Tlly _
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." -saving grace and dying [eve. I'm here["
either psychologically or ethically this will be. . _ " _ .'" ..'_ 4. Peace in the soul is ready. God has written
l_ulod to be the ca_. The seeker who.comes to
the _ltar to get ftfeling will get nothing. He must 1 " ! _ His
_tisfied
law in
in
our
sin.
being.
Judgment
We are
is at
too
war
Godlike
with: desire,
to be
God's IdenlJ['y_ng Name for His. Way
first meet the conditions and get God nnd then ......... _ .. Conscience is at 'war with the will. The Spirit is By W/W. CL^Y
sooner or later be will get plenty o| feeling _ts a Cor_o at war with the flesh.' The sinner cries out: "O
direct effect of salvation. Tile Christlan who B_ A. M. HILLS wretched manthat I aml Who sliall deliver me T_:XT: "And it shall be called the way o] hellwould
have an'abundance
"
of feeling must
" '
keep T_xr: Luke 14:17. "Come, /or MI things are from the
body of. this
"
dcafh?
"
But through nest" (Isa. 35:8). "And they shall call them
Christ we may have "the peace o] God that pass. the holy people" (Isa; 62:12).
up Iris activities for God. These activities 'arc now ready." Ir_rRonucrmr_
such as praycr, Bible reading, church attendance, Jesus uses every kind of. Imagery to set forth eth understanding."
tittmlg, going out after the .lost. Tc fall here the preciousness of His salvation. ,He calls Him- 5. The presence of the Comforter is ready. I. Isaiah was pre-eminently the "prophet of
self "The Bread of Life," "The Water oI Life," We cannot make the world understand that. But re_temption. To other prophets were given'ruesmeans
to lose the glory. "The Good Shepherd," "The Way, the Truth'nod it is blessedly real to thuse wbo have Him. In sages concerning sin and its punishment, cnnccrnthe
L re," "The-True Vine," "The Door." In the temptations, in trials, In sorrows, [n bereavements, ihg fhe cap v ty of the Jews and their restoration.
It is reported of the late Bishop Basifford that text He likens His salvation to a great feast, O, If is so much to have lllml Some even caught a glimpse of the last days, of
he was prevented from becoming n Unitariafi by • All take a peculiar interest fn feasts. If there 6_ Life, spiritual life is ready, This is ardying its awful tribulation, and of the dawning of the
finding out tlmt the Unitarians conducted a mis- should be a great feast in a modern city the enter- . world.' Everything here is doomed to die, What millennial kingdom of Christ, But to Isaiah was
stun in Bosto'n (llashiord was at that time at- prising papers would prifit a full geeoant of It, humanity Is longing forts life. Jesgs' says to all. _[ven n addition to these themes, afull view of
tending Bosloli Ut_i_ef_ity)_ but al_vays employed and the people would read about it, though very "I came that they might have llfe, and that they God's redemption and salvation. .
a Mctllodist to carry'it on. Tile Unltarlans, ex- fewBut were a greater Invitedfeast to it, is made by "The l_ing Eter- might 7. Chrlst have itInyou more the abundantly." hope of glory, is all ready, holiness t. First (Chapter God gave 6), him'a then personal revcalcd experience to him the of
plaincd tbat Unitarlanism was not suited to that nal, Immortal, Invisible," The angels' are the. How peaceful is a Christian In view of death l way of holiness {Chapter 3_). Just as, during the
kind of Work, that while ifcould minister to the mlnlsterlng servants "sent forth to minister to How dark the end of one who dies without hope. Great War, observers.in airplanes cookie,co submarines
in the depths when tht;y weret nq[lb e to
intellectual and to the ldgher classes,, it had no: them who shall be the heirs of salvation." The " Two yoang_ people in-the same High School those near the s_rface of the water, _,_ook
power't'n saving such people as came tc the Sea- redeemed shall sit at the banquet, and blcased,IJe died. One, a moral young man but withou{
men's Bethel. The Unitarians in taking this post- God, every son and daughter of Adam Is urgently Chr/st. His dying screams could be heard a" Isaiah in His airplane.. 'He saw God's w_a_'-, I{eard
tion had to brcak with Christ, He came to seek Invited
The invitation
to be a guest,
is being accepted on every hand,
square.
ties, hut
The'other,
s Cheistlan_
a poor
She
girl,
divided
dying of
her
consumphumble
God's
Ion[dog
name
into its
for
depths,
his w_y
he saw
(Chapter
the Savior
35}.
{Chelaand
to save the lost, the publicans and sinners as There wl)l be.a great multitude at the tcasl_, '_ol possessions among her brothers and sisters; picked ter 5J) nnt this-time as the Prince of Peace, but
Then
well as t_g aristocrat. The gospel el Christ was everY,tribe and kindred.and tongue and people," out the hymns she wished tnrhave sung st her" with bleeding back and marred eountsnante;'saw
just as capahle n'l meeting the need of the So- to sit down at "the marriage supper of theLamhY funeral and the,text from which I' should penni:h, Him bleeding, dying, silent and _ubmissive; saw
maritan woman as that of Nicodemus, a ruler of We heed not ask whether there are few to be and then commended her-soul to Christ In perfect Him lald a_y in a borrowed tomb and with,a
the Jews. • _ved. The question for us to ask is _'Will we be peace, and went to sleep In Jesus. When I saw it rich man's pity Yet he sc'es beyond that and
there?" I am a servant, confmlsslaned to say.to I said, "Let m_ die the death of the righteous." cries out, "He thall see his seed,":"He shall jusfify
- " . you all "Come for all things are now rcady." g. The joys n[ heaven are all ready, Jesus has many," and then there breaks in on his vision a
The Iollowing is a secbnd illustration taxes I. Norlc_ suez or "mr. _!AtLTm._ros" I_ane ahead to prepare them for us, The rest, the glimpse of the ,bloodwashcd. throng, the bride,
from' the life of Bishop Basbford written hy G_R. 1. Forgiveness of all sin is ready. ! once heard ' bliss, heavenly employments, heavenly Joys, heav- widie he heai's God give them the same name tlmt
Grose, During 1878 Bashford became pastor of n man say, who had Just been to the death of his only companionshlps_ Ilkenes_ to Christ and lileas- He gave to His way, "And they shall call them
the First 1'¢[,E Church in JamaicaPip, in, N.Y. father, "When I saw that he was so far gone that urns Iorevermore,. " the holy penple'_ (Chapter 62).
3. It is upon this remarkable name God g_ve
Therc were only thirty-five members, mostly he s#ould never speak to me again I would have II. Wren ARERV.A_Y?_. to HIs way and to His people that I denim to
women_ There was a heavy debt on the church givcri all I am worth to have had my father come Feasts are prepared by. some persons, focus your attention.
property. Bashford writes:. "I had-an impres- back and forgive r_e for.all the unworthy'thing_ I. God the Father, Who gave His Son for I. HOLtS_S rs Gun's NA_r_ run I-I_s WAYAm)
s_on that I ought to go to .see him (a .very rich I had ever said or done to him." Forgiveness is a " you. His PZOt'LZ,
. - wonderful thing for.a convicted and guilty heart. 2. God the Son wire died that you might 1. A challenging thought that It is not man's
mall m Boston). I was advised not to go_ _:s he And how wonderfully our Father in heaven live. name, hut God's, Man's names, whalher given in
would likely lose his telnl)cr and insult me. (Bash- forgives. He tells us that f 3. God the Spirit who does so much to get derislon.or seriously mean little.
ford went a_y way.) I told him tl_e desperate --"He puts our sins behind 'His hack," to be you saved. . 2. Look at tile tabernacle, God's symbolic decondition
in our church and that ][ had mi inward seen no more. .4. The angels---ministering spirit,, lineatlan of His plan of redemption. The name
convietion he ivou'[d not refuse my request. H_ --'_He buries them In the sea" of His love. S. The Church on earth. _holy" applies to both rooms of the tabernacle.
reply was: "I will speak to my son about the --He removes them "as far from us as the, East _ 6. The redeemed ht heaven, all waiting for _The only motto was that on the High Priest's
_" si_bject and answer you in the morning.' Bashf0rd . is ---_'He from the will West." remember them no .more for_:ver."
you to.come., forehead'. In Zcch. 14:20, 21 a time coming when
. took the train that night to a nearby town and 2. Jesus saves from'the bondage o] sin, He is Now are you toady to be saved, and become an it shall be the motto not only of the temple and
went to see tile son hod told him what his father the,Lion of the Tribe of Judah that breaks every heir
What
to
an
the
Insult
eternal
to God
inheritance
not to'be
prepared
madyl
for you?
"
the
from
spiritual
the clanging
leader,
bell
but sball
_f the
be
locomoflve
found everywhere
to the
had said. The son turned to his desk and wrote chain of ev'il habit and sets the captive |rca... ' tlI A soldier,was dying: he suddenly lifted his hand dl.shcs simracrlng, on..the kitchen range.
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3. No Other name sn prominent i;1 tile New as you profess. No{ mixers hut _eparators. Keep (b/ You will never be more aecepta- The Greater than These
Testament. IRefer to.the places where it is. prom- step witb "God, for tie walks with you if you .hie to God, B_ B. F. tD,S'NZS
inently mentioned.L walk in this way. (c) You wi I neves have fewer r_ti- TnXT: 1 Corinthians, 13.
II. TttE NAME Gon eh'WE WASa rURPOSI'7¢UL 3. If yOUare not in the way, seek il now. No _ tutions to make. . L Comparisdn, Verses 1-3.
NAME,ANIDENTIFYINGNAME. _ other way ]earls to heaven {tIeb. 12:14). I want (d) .You will never have less difficu[- II. Nature, Verses 4-8.
When ways indicative God'namesof anytldn_£ a paramount'charaeterL_- the name is a]- to privilege, hold upor holiness to _tlsfytoyour you, desire not merely for, 0ower, as your but _ _ tel ties The of chains eovirombent. of evil habit wiU con- |It Comparison, 1 Cor. 13 is Verses intensely8-13. practical. Paul . seems
tic of the thin_., e. g., Abram, Israel,- Jesus. becauoe it is a necessity, It is God's safeguard. • stantly bind you more tightly. .to conceive of us as occupying 'sundry re-
So holiness is the paramount character* He will not let sin into heaven, and tl{e purposes- I. By delay you gala n'othing, but lose alia lotions. " "
istic of God's way of salvation. Note l_ow tn keep it out of the way that leads there.; Teai, " Ymi ire playing for time that.is uncer- I. As inju_dd,-
the Scriptures show it to be: ' "The uhclean shall not par_. over it." Come to lain, and def)'ing. God, who says, "Now '/Suffereth long and is kind."
I. The Will of God (1 Thess. 4:3,) GOd, let Him sanctify you and walk with you in " is the accepted time." Yield yourself to 2. As in inferior relations.
2. The Call of God (l Tbess. 4:7). hofines_ here.,to tile holy city of God. Christ, and trust Him now. "Envieth not.!'
3. Tile Purpose,of the Atonement (Eph. 5:25- HU;IILA_O,allen. 3. AS tried.
27. fleb. 13:12), • " "Vaunteth not itself."
4. The Heart Cry of Jesus (John 1'/:17]. Paul Before Felix, On Sin in the Flesh 4. As in superior relations.
Nothing in this.prayer about bi_ churehes: or di- By Roe L. ltoLLZ_naeg ByB:F. I{aYur_ "Is not puffed up."
vine healing, or even a lost world.. T_:xr: Acts 24:24, 2L - Tr.XT: Jer. l?:O 5. As a member of soeimy,
.5, The Preparation for the Lord's Return Ifere we have the contact of the gospel with The doctrine of sin In _he 'flesh,:L e., that the "Doth not behave itself unseemly,"
(Rev. 20:6. I Thess. 3:13). a [wart anti life of corruption. Even the vifest corporeal fleshIs sinful: ft. "As 1. "Seeketh in neighborly not her andown.
" business " relations.
6. The Mission of the Church facts .26:17. have at least one good chance to be saved. Felix 1. Makes G_d the author of evil. 2. "Is not easily provoked."
Paul's Conigxissihn). and Drusilla were of the "baser sort." They were 2. Invests Christ with an evll nature. 3. "Tidnketh ' no" evil." Not e vii
IIl.- GOO'_:WAVALONEnEARSTills NAME. "royM culprits." She had divorced her-former 3. Cannot be t_Ue, for the body will return to
thoughts intended, but _'Taketh not
1: Got] holds the credentials of ttis way in His husband to marry Felix. As a'libertine and rene- dust, and thus death Would end all. account of evil."
own hands. No holiness apart from God. It cati gad6, site died th a_ eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 4. Conlradicts Mk. 7:21-23; Rein. 2:29; Rein.
4. 'tReioiceth not in iniqutty,'hut renever
come by birth. enx_ironment, growth, edu- Felix was ferocious, sensuous. 'and a lover of 16:10; Jas. 2:26; Rein. 2:5; Rein, 6:17; Epit. joiceth ifi the truth."
cat on_bseious effort "nor by death. Noboliness_ bribes. (See Acts 24:26.) 6:6. " . 7. As confronting h_man faults.
in thl_orJfl or the .next," whether of in_nlmate But tel us note: _. 5. It is ur_rUe because evll is a moral quafit2,_ 1. "Ocareth all things." Covereth all
_a_nan or of angel, tilat does not come THE "rSUTJIS"WHICIt Paul. aun_ss_u 7o
llhllt0_'g'_'l_partstion from " God or association wilh L TlIE_.r. 6." and Sin is involves said tovolition.
be killed, crucified, destroyed:
2.
things.
"Befieveth all things." Puts best
God qr posse_ion by God He bravel:/ leveled his gun.to tile mark. He etc., whlcb.c¢innot be said of the flesh, construction on things.
2. Tile means of holiness is in God*s hands allot at tile sins ricer .by, He dis_coumed 7. In praying for their sanctification (1 Thess:
alone. Tixrough tile blood (Heb. 13:12. Itch. upon: " 5:231 Paul carefufiy diserimlna{es between the
•
" 3."Hopethail
something better
things."
than it
Hopes
can believe.
for.
2:11 i.'Unless you meet His conditions and come 1. Rlghteousness-_political and sociairlgnt- : people #nd their bodies. • • 4. "Endoreth all things." Slights, aftkto_l_l
,t_e blood .you can never'enter this way. eousness, to which Felix was a slranger. 8. The tendencies of this doctrine are had. for fronts, etc.
. 3w; ' The _/_i_ecy by _vhicil you are made holy is 2. Ternperat_ce--the moral life. Paul dealt they lead either to asceticism or to unbridled CONCLUSION: "Never faileth." All tIdttgs else
G_d's a]one,--the Holy Ghost. See rendering of with the gross forms of intemperance _ lust, " fail
e_ntekt (1_. 35) "For.he shall he with therd." and excess.
•instead of "And it shall he for those" {See Acts 3. Judgment_He drove home Ida daring " Rivers of Water
15:8. 0). discourse with rile'fact of present and ' The Qualities of a.Good Soldier By B. F. HA_SRS
4. Tile hunmn acl "oJJaith by.which you touch final retribution. By C. E, CORNZLL Tgx'i': .Tohn 7:37-3_.
tl_c blood anti t:eceive the Holy Ghost is wholly If Tn_ g_vxc'r o_ _l_SR TaUTtta t_ON r_LIX. Tt_T: 1 Chron, 12:33 I. Water is a cleansing element (Acts 15:8, 91.
supernatural (Acts 27:18_. "Faith which ts in l, "Felix trembled," His terror was no- I. A nRmr ngrr.aZNO_'Yov_tvm. 2" Living water,.rivers of water, etc.--the abonme."
And God never bestoWs this faith till you riced by others. "As a statesman, warrior, hero, poet and dance of the. Spirit. .
have laid all on the aRar, and said an eternal yes L He sensed his guilt, d vine, he stands ufirivalled in the.annals of 3, This water is typical of the Spirit and is to
to His will. . (a) A sense of guilt presupposes that the word; by him alone were the Israelites flow out from us. These streams of living
5. ' r tte Order in which you get into the way is there is a "God o_ [uslice and judg- raised to a pitch of the highest splendor." water are:
God's,--Mways R second experience. Acts 26:17-- ment. [I. THe QUAMT_'OFrilS SOL_lgRS. (a) Love, answering to boma_ guilt. _
An inheritance is tel eldldren only. John l:¢:t?-- " (b) It-is desigfied to secure the repent- fal Supreme loyalty. (l_) Joy, answering to human gloom.
,,Whomthe world ctlnnot receive. Rom. 5:l, 2-- ance of the guilty, (b) Skilled. (el Peace, answering to human turmofl.
"also." Tcxt,--"the redeemed shall' walk there." 3. Tl_e truth did no1 coerce M_"will, (c) Courage, • (dl Loffgsuffering, answering to human weak-
IV. nun RF..LATION "in GOD_S'NAS_L_ 1"ORHIS WAY IlL TJln MANNERIN WlIICItTttgS_ TRUTHSWF.Rn IlL T_m aRatX'OF _Z KINO or X_nR. " nesses.
ANDHis _gOl'Lr.. N_UTRa_.rZr.O. . (al We are'in a tremendous battle. (el 'Gentleness and kindness, answering todis.
t. Accept il_. There may be reproach con- 1, By proeraslinotion--A most common, (hi For time and eternity, couragement.
heeled with it; Heb. 13:12, 13 baya there Is, Yet subtle sln.---He'gought for a "convenient (c) E'_erv soldlerskilled. (f) Goodness, answering to and overcoming
It is not the name that stirs reproach, but the season." (dl Every soldier loyal. • eyU. :
purity back Ofrthe name. Let us love the name. l:A _'convenlent season" will never (el Every soldier courageous. ," fg) Faith, answering to unbelief.
definitely testify to its possession,' its cleansing, come. IV. Gon'a t,a_sx_ e._o_ _i _otmu_-av._a_z_. (hi Meekness, answering to hum.an pride.
and its second_ess, ia,_ YOu will never .h_'vemore ab isy (u) Singleness of heart. (11 Temperance, answering to the lusts of the
2. 1Vedk in.the.Way o/lip/lops." Live as high to act. (b) Determined to win. flesh.

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t.Sha,wek.ow other thorn,. "HINTS TO FISHERMEN
The Supernatural Element in Religion It.HF_V_,N'SINHAnITAN'rs, 1
I
TEXT: St. John 1:12, 13. 2. Our activity, mental grasp, etc.; is it [e_
Tire eOUNDATION, in heaven than bn [he earth? ._. .By C, E. CORI_r,/,L
l." The text illuminated. 3. Dn those in heaven know all that is
z. "Which were bo_n." Supernatural'inter- '
vention. Note the word "born." transpiring on earth (Luke 15: 7}.
HI_,_J.,-T4TUDE
their rendezvoas waydiscovered. The theater and
3. "Not of blood." Not as the blood of the Suppo_ a sainted !anther there sees a way- A lady visitin K Colorado, soffcred greatly from moving picture shows are alike evil in polluting
parents flows into the veins o[ the offsprinm ward daughter or son here going to destruction; the elevation. One day after an attack oi breath- the mind, Thousands of children who look upon
4. "Nor of the will of the flesh." Nor from cool_J the mother be happy? Answer: Are there lessher,s. she sighed out: "I am sure I shall die." such scenes are poisoned and ruined, Parents
the carnal Impulse of _¢nsual nature, not thousahds of happy Christians here who wit- "Will you go to heaven if you die?" inquired her ou_ht to know better than to take their cldi-
5. "Nor of the wiII of man." The will of ma_ aces thelr'loved ones going rapidly t'o destruction, little son anxiously, dren to such places. These filthy and deb_asfng
does not rc_enerme. Ill. FiTl_;l_ssFORIIEAVEN. "I hope so dear.'? pictures are fast.destroying the purity of mind of
_IAN HAS A PART, GO0 I[AS A r_ar.
'.I. S'clf,rcgehet=ation an impossihllity. I. We must have.lt here, The small hay burst into tears, "O mother thousands of boys and girls; as a result the future
Z. Man consents. God rezenetales. 2., l-h_w to get ready, dear," he, sobbed. "don't, don't'go to heaven, generation will be morally weaker and more
3. Man repents,God forgives. 3. Our a_urancc. You could-never stand the altitude." .- difficult to reach with the gospel•
"_' There are not stew here whose life does not
4., Man turns. God converts. IV. IIEAvv._'S Rt,'WROS._NrS,
5. Man believes, God justifies: 1. Songs and everlasting joy. ' . correspond to the high spiritual'altitude of heaven.
RE_ENEI]ATrdN TIIR HEW LU_£ 1N TH[: SOllL,
I. A !'new creation." 2 Car. 5:17. Z. Growth anddevelopment - . They quite serinasly ob_ect to _shouts anti,halle- "AS BECOMETH HOLINESS"
L Reconciliation. 2 Car. 5:18. 3. Eternity of bliss, lajahs the language of [leaven, they have a Io_' Our Nazarene people should Be careful to
3. Witness of the Spirit. Ram. 8:16. mona1 standard, we fear they will uaL_he...ald=_ dress consistent .with holiness. Thejtendency
,4. Mouth confession. Ram, 10:0, 10. !2 _tnnd.thf,alt tude.__ is to follow the styles of the world, _dit re-
S. Brotherly love. l John 3:14. -Destlny_,. quires much of the grace of God.to rdsist such •
- " By C.,B, C_RNELI: WHAT THE CLERGY
'
MIGHT DO
,advertise
temptations
the
and
beauty
make
o[
the"
perfect-love.
outward, adornment
,,
"The Mind of Christ" Tzrr: Hob. 10: 31. A secular.daily papei has this to offer on the Low necked dresses, short sleeves, short skirts
' By C.'E.COR_'_L
divorceevil.Tbeye issaidtobe sucha thidgin
TEXT: Phil 2:5. . I. MAN AS A FREE I_IORAL AGENT.. aremore or'Icsa immodest'andshouldbe avoided.
l. AN INTELLIGF_'FANDbZLmRaArt:CliniCS:. l. Every man has the right of choice, this coantry as the "divorce evil." Cet'tainl¥ the
I. Christ the embodiment of intelligence. 2. Good or evil; heaven or hell number of divorces seems to be oodleS, nnd. il_ isL°°kingno advertisementlike a peacock.forandthedressingdelightfullike
gracea harlntof
2. The plan of redemption not an accident: rl_ at_'a_URt=L_SSVaLUe O_ Cl[.*dtAda'_:a. this sort of thing be evil as wideIy alleged, the
not a happen-so. I. Character herc predlcafes dastiny'yonder, only way it can be slopped pr le._ened is through, holiness. Big, hats, big plumes and' the like are
II. iris VOLUNTARYSELF-I[USeILIATION. 2.. The law of habit upward or downward the clergy. The law of the land sanctions divotS, strikingly like carnality, The birds that have the
fines /um_ *lso have the s_. The
I. This
_. His
mind, to.be
seif-denyhrg
in the .Phil. aLso in us
sacrifice f_r others,
teRc]Sto fix the permanency, of character,
X_A._'SFINAL0ES_INY.
but if the ministers of the churches would refuse
tO perform the marriage ceremony in the c_se of
readerean appyl the force of the illustration,
IIL
. Ours. " "
IIAVINGTIre SAMEDISPOSITIONTIIATWASIN
1. "Into the hands of the living God."
2. The physical life ends and the spirit life divorced
-
persons, these lightsome separations
The adornment of a "meek and quiet spirit"
I_sus. begins, • would- soon cease to be considered moral, is millinery far .superior store; to Have the the adornment former, avoid bought the latter in a
1, His hu_hllity. _:TV,_tTY wz_r_trs _mnR_ ]ayS_aV,.S, _a_n This puts a tremendous responsib[lity upon the and Jesus wil be lifted up and pleased.
2. His love, RFJ,ATIONSIIIPS--N_V_',_oxn_. p_achera. If the divorce evil continues, they are
J. His patience,, Heaven or hell; death or life; joy or Nor- largely to blame. Shall any minister reading
4. His arduous toil. - row; hope or hopelesutess; gladness or these lines be a party to the continuance di HUMILITY
IV. Ills ZRlu31mI AHOCO_*ILpBNSAT1ON.
"Higher than he wasbe could net be, to a
despair; God's continuoas smile or the
Devil's hellish grin; songs of }aspiration
this monstrous evil? We trust not, Here is a-delightful definition of this adorable
lower depth ol humiliation He could, not go. or despairing groans never heard outside grace. "Humility Is p_rfect quietness of. heart.
A more powerful argument .against 'strife,' of hell ; light or eternal darkness, . EVIL CONTINUM_LY' It is to have no trouble, It is never to be fretted.
'vainglory' and all self-seeking could not he FINAL. A Gert_en and his little daugi_te¢ attended a or vexed.,.or irritated, or sore. or disappointed.
flamed." . The final judgment, moving picture _.bow In the. city of New York. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at .nothing.."
V. OUR TRIUMPH ANDCOI_tPENSA'[ION. ' The final hearing. The scene represented a father who had murdcrrd that is done.to me, to feel nothing that is done
1. -Deliberate choice. The final verdkt, his daughter. On. leaving the place the man satd against me. It is to be at rest when nobody
2.
3.
Pardon-Purity.
Glorification
.
"
Tim final.sentence.
to his daughter: "I'll fix you llke that.
.
one o[ praises
"
me, or when I am blamed and despised.
4. Eternal reward
The final doom. "'these days.!' Within a few weeks, he murdered It is to have a, blessed home ln'the Lord, where
Life for the Christian; death for the sinner,
s child then shot himsdf. . . . I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my
' A number of boys _a:,va wild west _ene in a father in secret' and am at peace, as in.a deep
•
Who Goes to Heaven?
. Text: Rev. 21: 27. . See "A Better Codntry," by M.E. Borders,
Chi_go theater, They banded. themselves to_ sea. of calmness when all around and above is
I. l_¢'taooucrzo_,
"
and "Re'cse_tlens'}n Astronomy_" b_; BL_hopWar- gether_ robbed a store of revolvers and knives and.
were,_b6u,[ to "go west" to s_alp Indiads when
troabled." Jesus indicated that
er than love.---Matt. 18:3-4,
humility is great-
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Comntereiai/sm, gr.eed, raphl living arid cohl Standard Dictionary s_.ys that "great" means: "[
them, are'in the swim, There ts no perceivable grew, extreme; involving important interests, rap-
God power; no supernatural display; no great mentous, magnanimous, grand; extraordinary,
,nd,,erenee..reabout,,s. Thechurcho. m,,ny,d "Ofis=eimpori o,ghty, ofcons,derabl0de:.
uce.
" :.PRACTIC
revivals breakin_ out; Why? We are not taking _;,,onderfuL" No doubt, there are some sermons ........................ _ll
time to honor tile Itoly Spirit. If tire churches reported "great" that are very common; some 4
are to have anything worth while, somethingthat revival meetings said .to be "great",that are very | .THE MINISTER AND BIBLE STUDY d_vhw tow. bur which, today may mean even st, ch
will move on the hearts of coldZblooded men and small; ._ome "great" assemblies held that are just. ] BI* BASIL W. ]_[1LLER. hifigs as the =ivlng of cast off garments during
women; something that is surprising, that has the ordim/ry; some "great" men that make addre_es, v
Salvation Army drives. To property understand
Go'l-stamp on it, _nmething from I_eaven, we that have no marks of g_eat_esS. Anyway, the Mttbods o/Interpretation, tile Bible, we must know what tile words u_d
He must be reco_.ntzed. He must fall upon the in phra_o[ogy. We might say. the assembly was a knowledge of the princlples of biblical Hence to unders[and or to interpret the Bible
must have tbe anointing wltb the Holy Spirit. word"great"isoverworked. Let'sLaveachange ,. BAnSICtoastudyoflhcl]ibeand tsdoctr, nes meantto.thewriter.
people, Wllen He comes the tide immediately par-excellent; the members nf the assembb; were terpretation. Sound doctrine has its foun- rightly, m_c should be a studeqb,

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un!ilevery _ord o] time text isfully mastered, •heavenly fire,The soulwill.pulsatewith celestial
..... - say,and thatyou know what you are about,tbey iectsbearing upon the salvationvf men on the
:2. The second prmclpleof n erpretton, after lliedivine, Th_ heart wiU bc surcharged @ith will the more intentlylisten.Some have taken one hand.'and theiru]sbuildinginthe faith,on the
me has studied the meaning of the words, is to unctuous, ailointings of. God. _lerein is the realm • the posit on that to see he end Irom'th_ begin, other. Discover the need and endeavor to supply
st_idy the context of ,the pa._qage. By context we of inspiration_ the only hope of the pulpit, the J_ hint, and _ as tt. were, to dove . certainly . down a . the t/cod. Don't preach just to preach. An old
mean. lhos"e pa_ages that zo before and come one nleamof salvation for the world, sure road would be to bind the I'Idly Spirit anti preacher friend of mine of years ago said he
after the text used. 'rile context of a passage t PASADENA,CALIF.
" defeat freedom and unctton. But this is absurd, would rather preach than to eat. I believe it. His
ellen changes entirely the meaninm The context
-- _ and contrary to fact, It is possible to be blessed mouth was a regu ar-Mauna Lea, preferring to be
tells _s who/s writing, or spEfikin_, tile conditions " '. and free and unctuous and make mistaken asser- m constant eruption, casting up mud and lava.
undsr which he is speaking, and of more lmpor- THREE ELEMENTS tions anti say the wrong thing, Otx the otherhand That dear man was good. Don't misunderstand
tance still, the ones to whom he is speaking: This ' '
By A. E. S_Ntcza tile message, may be guarded and ,,veil thought, me. But preaching with him was the end, the'
is the pivot df the cntlfe matter. It will make _JP ERTAIN elements willenierfnto thesermpn and also free. and unctuous. The message ot objective. He entertained.his_audience mostly hy
much difference whetber it is man, God, demons _.l_,/according to its purpose. But'no'matter thouaht provokes thought, and thought provoked _musing them. They_marvelled at the'eruption
or angels speaking, whether saints or sinners are the purpose,, or the 'constructlon homilet- will be :followed by consideration, tvhich in its It'is better to have a goal. Have a purpose. Go
.referred to, In.Romans where Paul is writing of icalb;, whether Topica!, Textual, or Expository turn will leadAo action. ThC_ugltt thee3 is the key. into .the pulpit to put over something, to get
sinners, or the.unmnctifiEd, often those who. up- (Dr. Pattison's divisions), or any 9tiler, there You cdn change the other man only by showing somewhere, to do something--something worth-"
p6_ the doctrine of holiness use these pa_ages . must be at least three,elements therein to make him a. new idea which commands his own. Either while anti well-defined. Cast [he net for 1hen.
against tile possihility of sanctification. But the the sermon.in the hol[nes._ pulpit wort[1 hearing, to fc_d the saiig or to win the sinner, endeavor "I will make you fishers of men."
context straightens out tlie difficulty, for t shows. These are. we think: :" to •pack the message with thought--thouabtful
that the messages are concerning simmrs and not _, L Thought. exegeses, illustration, and aI_peal. The betterthese,
the children of God.. 2, Fervenky. the more the Holy Spirit can and will use them THE PREACHER AND HIS HEAI-TH
Our rule thus becomes: Never preach Ironi a 3. Objective. for the purpose. By C. E.-Hxanv, },I. D. =
text until every word is tJtoroughly mastered and" If this be true, then the pastor who aspires to Second, Fervency. I would not mention tills as The Voice
•the eontextuM meaning is fully knottnt, fill acceptably any holineX_ pulpit_ .must-set ldm- a segregated something---element--of the sermon, This is the first of a series of articles on the
'_3. A sound, exegete of the Bible dOES not feel;" self to the task, and pay the afire necessary for hut rather to be associated with the foregoing, general subject of The .Preacher anti His Health
which are to appear in Tell: Pv_ac_tEIt's MAe.AZIN_
that'he comprehends the meaning of a text or. the accomplishment. _ Thought. In Act_ 18:25 we are told that Applies, from the pen of Dr. Hardy. There will he an
passage until scripture has been compared with We note first, Thought. By tids we mean the being fervent in the spirit, spa_e and taught dill- article on "The Heart" in an early issue wbich
scripture; The best interpreter of, or commentary. _rrnon must have'thought content. The day is gently the things of the Lord. In Romans 12:tl will be.worth many times the price of the Magon
the Bible is the Bible itself. In actual practice passing when people with the blessing of holiness we are exhorted to be "fervent .in spirit." We get azine to the preachers who will read anti heed it.
• Also there will be articles on dieting, exerci_. 'etc.
this principle [s applied first hy tsacing out all will be satisfied.to hear their preacher makenoise its real meaning in'the original zeao ."to boil;" Dr. Hardy will a[._ answer through TriP. PREttCltcrom-references
or parallel passages to the entird _ He cannot get by longer with a "Bless God. God that is. figuratively, to he cfervent, or earnest, zg's MAGAZINESUCh questions as may be sent him
verse, used. This is most easily accomplished. _ . by" said if you'd open your .m°ilth:He wqtlld fill it" Jude tells, tls "to earnestly contendfor the faith and which may seem to be of general interest.
means of a good cross reference B hie, outstandm_ type of message. Ranting about the backslidden once delivered lo the saintS."" There is no'sub- The questions must 'cornel from .preacbers and
must be confined to matters of health. Send your
among wfdch is-Scofivld's. They this plan is tel- • churches or discussing women's styles will not do } stitute for thorough-going, _ardent, and Sincere questions direct to Dr. C. E. Hardy, 2412 Brasfier
lowed further by tsacin_ out the leading passpgcs _- for a regular Sunday menu " I saw a poor. feBow earnestness, A fervent spirit, a spiritual eathu- Ave.. Nashville..Tenn.--Emvon.
wherein each important word of the text is found. : work laboriously once for a whole hour trying to siasm, pdrmeafing a message, will create an ear- _ HE of the greatest assets of a preacher _s
I shall at:tin refer to that wonderful book, The lift a feather out of a woman's hat. He ought to nosiness that will enlist every power of soul and U his voice. It makes no difference how
Treasury oJ Scriptural Knowledge, as the chief aid have had more _nsideration for himself thaix mind _o win the objective. And it wilt be co'n- much I_e' may be qualified otherwise, if he
in parallel passage _tudy of a text. Herein set- that, even if he didn't consider the innocent hear- tagious, It will grip the other lelio'w. Dead-in- loses his voice he cannot preach. It seems then lm
mons galore .glisten a_ diamonds. From- thesa ei's. I saw a hunch of'"oldsr" and "wiser" earnest in his message and work_'mttst be the should know something about the organs of
words of grace and faith'and salvation can be preachers try from tbe distant pulpit for more Nazarene. ot other, holiness preacher.'. It will add speech and the care of same,
found sweeplng rivets of truth and messages of than a month to get a young man to take off his patiencb, give more endurance, overcome pain, Sound, widcb makes the voice, is pro'duced hy,
miracle-working greatness_ dreamed of never be- necktie. It doesn't take many brains to hand out
conquer dilficuitles, strengthen weakmms, brave the forcing of air from the lungs over two cords
fore eveh [n moments of our greatest inspirations, quips about dre_s. :hut It takes both heart and danger, sustain, hope, keep him working for the .located at the upper end of the trachea, commmdy
The final statement then of our rule of inter- " brains to be a teller of good news. There are crown. He'll feel he must succeed or die, and callEd, the windpipe, This partiefilar cartilaginous
pretation is: Never preach from a text.uv2il ev-. wrongs which must be denounced at proper time before he dies he wlfl pay the necessary price for box, in which arc located the vocalcords, is called
cry word is [ fly mastered, the contextual mean_ and. place,but this kind or type of preaching will succe_ and he'll w_u. Said Chalmers, "Man the larynx. These'two cords are under control of
lug is lhoraugtdy knowrb parallel passages ate not work. Holiness people can die _plritualiy . should trust in God as if God did all, and yet. muscles Which contract and relax at the will el
Iraced out, and scripture is compared with _crip- under this type of preaching• You had better - labor as earnestly as if he himself did all." the indlvidual, when contracted or_tightened and
to;e. come to the ptdpit wlth a positive and practical Third, Objective. You will find it easier to the wind from the lungs is idrced' over them they
r. Saturable your soul with the tr.uth of the Word. subject, with your mind full of your subject, wi'th preach if you have a goal-+a well-defined abler- make h sound. 'I'hls sound is not the voice. A
Fire the mind with the glory and shekinah of the - your heart warm with your sub]oct, intelligently, tire, to which you speak. There ace doctrinal voice depends upon the control of these cords and
Bible truths. Every message from our pulpit will handle the text and develop' the theme, if the subjects, which are needed;teaching, admonition, the sha.ne and eoffdition of the.larynx, pharynx,
• " . _ .
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tl_e mouth A _reat deal ui _tress by some is laid ination. That passage of Scripture that tells us , start off the day as the expression is "like fighting ing, kee l) there [or some time. ]_lasf_age Lbe re,supon
the trainina of tile v,ice, hut this is,not all. man shall cut bread by the sweat of his face can fire. So many _ art to -preac i w| h i e effort eles of.the throat as has been mentioned. Give rim
Every public slwaker or sin_er should bave a ct_- be applied to the preacher as well as any other. ], they should close with. Consequently, they.find body a friction rub wlth ,_ bath towel am] with
lain amount of voice ealture,.but all trahdng pus- If a preacher does not produce .enough energy _ that their voice cannot stand tile strain. Bz_t if lilt. palm of the hands. Then take deep breathing
sible co,hi not make some people's voice equal to when preacldug to c:tuse free petsplr_ion then he you give tile muscles and cords a chance to adjust exercise followed with massage of the muscles'dr
that of otller*. Tile quality of the voice depends sbouId take some kind of exercise daily_ if it's themselves to the strain, you will find that they the body.
more upon the resonance of the above named or- sawm_ wood. which will caUSe him to perspire,, can stand a great deal more than tbeywould have )$nyone speaking in the open alr.shouM be ve.ry
_ans. This great w_rk'is that of nature and no- Sometimes the quality o[ the voice can be ira-. stood otherwise. So much hoarseness is dfle to careful nut to speak directly against the, wind or"
lure's alone• However. all of our voices could be proved by _ein_ to the conditions of the nose, strained co?d{ and muscles. Many a good voice . with it hlowing against Ids back,' hut if possible
_ improved anti we shouhl he talmhl to care for "foil hear it said that "he tMks or sings through has been ruined by Lhis over strained condition, soeal_ at right an_les to tile wuul. .File babit ot
!?
them better than mosl of us do. bis nose." No, that is nat the trouble. It is I have beard thig expression so much, "I imve wrapping up tbe throat .witb"soma warm cloth o[
One•of the firs h has t confr mrs u_ in ear- o herwtse, hedoes not talk thrnu_b his nose. Thi_ . taken !mid and,I am hoarse," wizen I was gallsfled som_ kind-after speaking is uncalli!d for and usually
ing for the voice is the i)rolmr breatbina, .(The may be due to the lack af trainina or"it m_,y he [hat this was due to over worked muscles and dovsharm. Thethroatcan and dues adapt itseff to "
. reader umicrstamls [ am ont.giving lessons in due .to some abnormal condition or .to .some improper breathing, lint dry air. or air not of ti_e changes td temperature jqst as the face and
voice culture f am trealing il from"the stand- _zrowtb:_n the nose, I am asked so many times the proper temperature, or too forced in_piratit!ri,. Itands_ Another dangerous thing is the drinking
- point of anatomy and physiology.) No one need what is _ood for the catarrh of the head or throat• the suddeq drawing into the lungs a large umot)nt of water, .especially colt[ waterl just after preachexpect
to take care of his voice as he shoukl until To the doctor this term does not mean anything, " of alr. Lwill produc$ a dry mucous memhrane aml ing attd eating a heavy meal before the system has
he trains' Ifimself to breathe through lds nose or may mean a number of tb rigs There are sooner or inter cause a cllronicinflammation of the a cbance to return to normal. Tlds kept up will
wizen speaking as well a_ when not. Nature has _ometJmes _rowths i_ the nose, such as polypus, vocal organs. So we'find that most public speak- ziw" cmr friends a chance topass by us and say
caused hMr to _row in the nose Ior the purpo__e of which produce a condition which is called catarrh• ors sooner or later develop what is cared '*clergy- "Alas, my brother."
catching all (lust anti Iorelun partieleswhlcb may Then thdre may be ti thickenin_ of the mucous man's sore throat_" In this case there is found
b0 breathed in With the air. There are also alands mvmhmnes or enlamed conditions o['some hones, _ mostly in the pharynx little noflules, which are RE_I)/AI_$ r
the other organs which secrete moisture tcr _4ve troul?le which, is called catarrh. Also, there may more with open-air, speakers than any others. _ |IF worid'believes in revivals. We need
, to the,air tile right humidity before it is taken have heen tlmes.in our life when we had a blow Nothing much can be done for this. r£be best L not " spend dme in trying to' coh_,lnce ' our
located over the in.the vocal mucous cords am[ membranes into 4he of bronchial the n,,se_ulws and" _ucb on tile as nose. tile turbJnaled as when abooe_. eh[id, These that we alsonever produce re- I enlarged [hiflg is lymphoid to let some tissuethroat This specialist condition cauterize is found hearersBytha_t flt:a_tt,t upheavals _M. Lt/_L_t,'as of tilought, new in.
and the lungs, Besides. in passblg through- the m_'mbered. TIds produced a deviation of the _ep- these nodules The habit of taking w_ter widie, terest ill finance, and a revo[utlonizing of ideals is
_nose and otiwr cavities the air is raised or blwered turn. This also will produce trouble which-may speaking or soon after wliI certaiMy in time pro- an uncommon tMng, .
to a temperature which'will .not produce such be railed catarrh. A nose. speciaflst can'remedy dace a bad effect. - Educational circles have at different periods
marked effects upon the delicate tissues'of th_t* this by removing the growth or thickened mucous Now to a very important part. Leave off all experienced .tremendous earthqttakes. New ideas,
larynx. Air breathed, th'at has dust and otber membrane, or eniasRed bone, or strai_htenlng the patent remedies and proprietary preporation._ o[ z_entaiity tests,'or the development of se.Jentlfic
foreign matter in it. as well as but dry air, will sept,re. Tl_ese abnormal conditions produce oh. _which can be bought at the drug stores. If some- laws ulmost to an astotinding degree as:e brqught
certainly produce marked'effects upon the vocal stroctions and bad breathing wifici_ affects the " } thing must be taken be sure it is pp2seribed hy to light. Frequently such revivals occur following
cords, Any individual who .will exerci_ a littie voice and hinders making the best tones. Then someone who ttndgrstands tile need. Most of the excavatipg of some King Tot, or _tili more
will power can kmrn to breathe protmrly at ufl there may be an.over-growth bI lympho d tissue these preparMions have in them menthol or sire- illnmiuatlng, a skeleton of a prehistoric animal
times Tids is so important for many other tea- in the posterior part of tile nose, commonly called liar.drug or drugs which ]l_s _ marked'effect upon whose vertebra resemhles slightly another _uch
sons as Well as Ior the above, adenoids, which affects the voice. This condition the niueaus membrane_, and will give quick relief skeleton on exhibitinn in Lo_donf--which all
As tittle as we may think, the proper dieting is found more in childhood th_n in adult, hut may and the individual feels he bas been benefited, but proves to all clear thinking_ unprejudiced minds
and elimination has a great deal to do with Ihe hinder the proper development ol this part, or in most cases if taken very often will leave bad "tidal man is a direct descendant or ascendant from
ease Of the _,oiee, No preacher need expect [he prdduee a condition that may he.called catarrh in results. For hoarseness.due td over.used muscles monkeydom,
'voice to keep its proper qnality_ and stand up Igter years. The_e adenoids can be removed by and cords, I know ol nothing better thast a thor- Revivals of te]iglion are most common. ,New
under the•strain.that it is subject to whose body the speciaflst. I have meat|nard some of the ongh massage of the muscles of the throat andthe thought .old thou'g _t and no thought at all is
is surcharged with the poisons due to the lack oi common thJn_s wffieh can be helped or remedied entire body. For hoarseness.due to inflamed popular in promoting revivals among.persons of
right kind of foods, over eating and the Iaek nl .by tile specialist. These things certainly have throat, makes no dlfferencewhat this inflammation religious temperament, whether natural or culti-
. .proper eliminations• That saying is true that their effect upon the voice and its care. The is due to, use'co_d applications externally° Take voted. Almost any religionist, no matter wbat his
,"most people dig their ._raves with their teedl." structure of the moulh has something to do with a towel or some cloth Place in it small pieces o[ creed or interpt'etatinn can promote a religions
Most of the preachers with whom I am associated the quaflty, but the mouth, tongue, lips and teeth ice, apply to the throat, tbezi fasten a dry cloth revival, and i[ tactful and much given to adveryield
too easily to their appetites and earnest so- " have more to do with enunciation. Just here, let around;that and let them remain for some tlme_ tising, can L,e assured ol some follnwlng with a
llcltndes of the good housewives where tbey stay. me _ay, training can produce some of its marked _say from ten to twenty minutes. It you have no likelihood ot that following becoming sufficient to
I confess, it is Imrd to resist -both at':the same results, ice,.nse a cloth wliich has been in cold water and grant some recognition and remuneration.
time. Look well to the organs of effmination. The Voca_ cords,_lik_ other organs of the body, .apply in thd same manner. Take also some small Every period oI _burc[_ history has been In-
See that they perform their function well.• ,The can stand a'great deal of abuse. No one would pieces of ice, do not swallow,but let them pass miiiar with cbureh, revivals, Most religious of
sweat glands oI the body are also. organs oI eflm- expect to hbld Out to do a d_ty's work if he should back in throat as far as possible without'_walIow- ganizations have had their birth in a ,revival of

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intense religious,and, qliritualatmospbere. Whrtb- We face a condition in ot_r own denomination or. As in the ease of a friend of our_, who upon church. Some pastors plan good attractive adverer
io the most conservative or liberal, period at present different in some respects from.that o[ rcac ng the.city saw large cards statinm "A Won- tining to be distributed tile last days of the revival
reV]V
• ais have ever been tile means of stimulating, twenty years ago. At first we received ttf quite derful Harpist. Hear Her Every Ser_:,ice," _.nd announcing their subjects and plans for the next
anti huildin_ the Christhm church. . large numbers, strong men and women from other much to her humiliation, the crowd that c_tme few weeks.
'Our pre_nt century has been most except onally well .estabJished churches, who bad bad ]on_ the first nl_bt.bad to be informed that she only We thip_k it well tn have the reception of new
• :tdapted to the'revb)al'effort and method. Men training in churcll Work. They came to us wilb used a cheap autoharp when n6 [tccompanist was members the first Sunday lollowim_ the revival.
._re not a! present as deliberate and painstaking tt_eir experience_and training and deep spirituality, present, T].w.._,_ublicwill appreciate being sur- pa'stors should receive their members. "Itis not
as in other periods of the bistory of the Christian wbich was of untold value to us in our beginning, pried rather than disappointed: the ecangdlst's job. He may help in lining them
church. The twentieth century is marked and and brought at once'a substargial type of life into 2. Care/ul Organi:ation o/Our Working Force. up for membership, but the wise evam_efist _vfil
distinguished as a hustling, intense and decidedly our organization. A church always needsJa reception committee to seek to draw the people to the pastor, and not.
hectic ace There is a great .ten_lency towai:d Then the pbenomenal growth of our denomina- .
rapid living, which demands qulck thought, quick, lion in the union of holiness forces from East,
sieges
welcome
when
strangers,
more str._ngecs
but especially
come.
duriug:cevival
A wide a_cake,
take
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hearts
should
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plan
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td
wben
visit,
he
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town.
sudden decisions and hurried activities in every West and South created such widespread corn- ._ensiblegroup of men and women ought to be at the seekers as early as possible,'belping any wbo
branch oflife, mere that hundreds of holiness people from the doors fifteen minutes before the service to may not have feceive_l definite help. and becom-
We sball not mention the merits or dangers of churches and interdenominational asso_ations welcome visitors . ing acquainted with the people personally.
• sucb an age. The Churcb has taken advantage of came to us in a very few years• Those fields[arE Distribttte good literature. Sell good books.
this p_ycholo_ical moment, and croat revival el- * well gleaned, and Due greatest task now and from trained We will in afind few personal ._peciaI evenings workers, preceding selecte_l and the Put goodreadiug into the hands of as many peGforts
have been conducted in-_practically every no'g on will be the.making of our own new con- revival, a "benefit. Altar workers need to he .pie as _/assihle. l/e frlefidly. Exhort your meresection
o[ our country, verts. ,It isa tremendous one. Will we be able in ready for that very important service, It is a bern to courtesy and friendlinc_ If our,converts
Schools for trainin_ iv evangel/slit methods, the next twenty years of our history, to produce reflectiort upon the church to ¢pmpe the evaugel- find us cold and shy, and they must crowd past
shag leaders, directors of inquiry rooms, advance from Nazarene homes as strong, substantial, care- ist to exhort publicly for altar help. Have s_uch visiting groups of church members ln..the aisles
men_ and specialists in different departments of fully'tralded a_ spiritual a type of men and workers ready, They willknow this is their place and lobbies, they will soon feel unwelcome and we
revival effort have given, to the religious world • women as have come to us inthe past twenty ,_nd will come prepared for that very important wi[{ lose them.
thousands of well trained, _lendidly equipped years? Such is at least.food for serious thought, work. If we keep the revival fires burning, and our
men'_nd, women. Thus the union revival cam- and an incentive to prayer. . Have someone appointed to secure the names friends find the _me warmth in our rc'_ular._ervpaigns,
more p6pular a few years ago than at We have stated our task /S to get men and and addresses of every seeker. Do not leLthem ices that was so, evident imthe revival, they will
[)resent, were enabled to receivers large bearing women converted. It is not a Job for any who " soon feel at home among us.
from the public A religtous leader of conslde/able wish to experiment. Men will stand little trifling get away. You will lose them. Cards for this OI for an old time.Holy Ghost. character buildobservation
states that the great union evangel- and fooling in religion, They expect sincerity, i_urpose 3. Prayec_ are fine.
ing revival, revivals of a lasting quality that move
istlc campaign has _pent.its force in America, hut *Men driven from _ur aRars: by tactless, inext_eri- /he hearts of young and old to a clo_cr walk with
that it is his opinion that the pt:esent is the ad- enced, unanointed 'workers may return again, but We may have a fe/.,lval without organization,
vantageous hour for short individual church "re- in all likelihood they will not. They may become They have been conducted without any sort el God and genuinely pious and devout living. ,_
viral campaigns, and that this type will be the conveited, but in all probability it will be else- advert/sing,
out prayer.
but
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be
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, most successful in tile next few years to follow, where, " "
The Cburch of the Nazarene is. and has since For practical suggestions, may we consider our bin entire church in prayer for the revival cam- .'?rile HOLINESS PREACHER AND THE
its organization been a distinctive evangelistic topic ir two aspects. First--Preparation far the paign. Such prayer will serve two great purposes BUSI/YESS WORLD
force in the'church world: Our leaders have al- Revival. Second--Conserving tile Revival, Prayer will move God, and prayer will move the By..A_nr.aT M. B_cg_o_
peop|e. When they begin to pray they will begin g_k WRONG relation to the business world of
ways been men with a passion for soul winning. I. PREV",.'VtTI0S_'On"rl[kR,_vn,'_L. to lalk about, the revival, they will go after their _ the minister wil finally lead to the"/nin-
In the heat and glow of a genuine Pc_lecost was I. Proper Advertising. unsaved friends. No actK,ities can ever take tile ,. .,1,ister's failure. A right relat On will tend
our church horn.. We have not gone far enougb Good, .sane, trnthfui, attractive, well printed "placeof prayer in a Holy Ghost revival, for his success, Not only will be be successfu)
yet from our bti'thplaca to lose that Pentecostal advertising is of big value in interesting tile.pub- _II. Co_sv;avt_o _ng RESULTSO_ "n_Z R_V_V_. personally, hut it.will bring the Church in the
• spirif, and may our God giant to us death and lic. Advertisiug has become a fine art. It is our It is not an uncommon thing for a revlva_, right light before the world. In order to be rightoblivion
bolero that sad'day should come. sure way to tbousand_ that otherwise we could somelinies a good and sui:cess[u[ one, to be fol- ly related to the bdsiness world, the minister
Our present body of laymen demand of o_r not reacb. Smal_,poorly printed handbills thrown lowed by a slump in attendan_:e and thterest. We must make himself a nedessity to the life of the
ministers a positive evangelistic sp tit They wit1 loosely on ihe cottage porch( are no longer an have occasionally known pastors to plan n short community around about am, Dr. Storts .said
notbe content with the.soulleis preacher, inducement to any kind -of public gatherings, vacation.at the close of a revival campaign to re- "that a man who preaches only in a pulpit ought
- Our churches _em to require now more.men of Small h_nd cards, pe_tcards_ window'cards, street cuperate,and rest-up a hit. Such is su/eiy a very never to enter a pulpit,"
executive ability, men whose training fits them to car cards, posters for prominent corners, banners unfortunate time to leave the church, Revivals The m his er should join in any plau that seems
become organizers, prepared f_?rsystematic pan- for buildings, all set up in attractive type adver- alone cannot build the church, We no longer _y praclicable for promoting fellowship with..any
_', torsi work. Yet the time will probably never the well• Too little said' concerning the workers "Amen" ivhen some leader says, "We do not care other Cbristians, or that tends to raiste[be stand_
come, at least we trust it will not, when all our may not he best, hut it is our personal judgment wbat church you J_in, just so you get re...igio/_, . ar I of mnra ty ih the' community,. I --f_act'..what-.
churcbes donor positi'bely demand as leaders, men that too much can aL_obe said, and in such exag- We do care, The "follow-up" work of the revival , ecer m,eds to be +lone m promoting happiness, In
wbo are soul winners 'and decidedly revivalistic., gerated terms as 1o positively handicap the work- ia positively essential to the bhilding up of the developing resources, and uplifting human society

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is not to be despiscnl. Nature's plain tleclaratio_ he eat._ "with publicans anti sinners." so long as How TO FINANCE THE. CHURCH AND to be added [ouether: pastor's ._tlary , janitor.
to us, is, "God's secret and riches are concealed his own conscience proclaims that he goes about KEEP THE MEMBERS SPIRITUAL [ue!. water, liahts, insurance, upkeep of the buildfrom
the eyes of the idle and,tbe careless; but lie "doing hood." Though it may _em that what he By Fna_x E. Wrr-_l_ ing, etc. Then we know what our district and
smiles upon the man who thinks, plans, toils, and can rio is but a drop in the bucket, or a grain of _'_ HIS is a most important subject and lies at general apportionments are. arid them all together,
prays." The mJnlsler sllould inflbence as far }is sand on tile seashore, yet see to that "drop and 1 the vo'y [oundation ol the permanent sue- divide the total by twelve for monthly payments.
possible the agencies outside tile Church which that gnlin, _s he values hi_ commission as a ces._ of church life, for n_ church can or divide by fifty-two for ,weekly payments.
are dohl_Cbristian wor_. Christian m/ulster, succeed that does. nnt maintain deep spirituality, When this i_ done have your _ecrerary or treasurer
..ad the itemized budget tO Ibe congregation and
On khe opopsite hufid some "_'nuhi tell us that " 'Ti_ "worth a fbousftnd ),ears o] strf]e,, and no churcb can keep splritual tbut does not let them know that it will take the stated amount
we would lower the stamlar(] _f religion and be- _7'is _vortb a t_,ise man's best o_ file recognize find fulfil its financial obligations. "A
come le._ spiritual by minglln_ with society. But To fe.t_en, he it but by one, church /:an no more retain its holy dignity while each week, or month for you to meet tbe annual
to endeavor to ewlde God's plan and.brea_k His The rounffess evils 'neath the sua," unpaid obligations stand out against it. than a obligations. Impre_ on them the fact that when
taw is fatal to the best and hi, best interests of the A sllccessfal minister must be a merchantman, business enterpri_ can maintain commercial stand-" they contribute to the budget they are paying to
race. A few. however, hav_: ventured to take the that is. he must be able to ¢]o the King's Business ing while refusing to pay its bills, the support of the pastor, the items of current
risk, and the result t,pun their efiameter amf in in a bu._iness llke way..He must be one who can " How can we get our people to accept and up- expense, the District Superintendent. Generai Su-
' . • perlntendent; home missions, foreign mimions.
their lives is anything but _ratifying. OccasionaUy Imhi hi_ own as he meets with other busines_ crate the budget plan? Our answer is. by informa
man becomes tired of fife. (fi._usted with socief'y, men. lie must take an interest in questions risin_ [ng them, or educating them to the relation of the cburcb extension, educatlon,.rescue and orphanage
work. ]o fact. they are helping every interest of
and slips away to some place nf seclusion to spend out of commercial relatio0s, such as capital and connectional interests of the church. The instita- the church, and" if they fail to contribute all inhis
remMnin_ days. Such a one may havemind labor, work and wa_e. trades unions and proton- ttons of /he church should be referred to and crests will suffer. If'at the end of the. montb
intentions, but his cnnceptions of life at6 distorted tint' lie must champion the right, defend the emphasized as often as consistent witl_ the general there should be a deficit let rim report so state, if
and out of line with divine,p_rpose, weak, stand f_r principles, rather than parties, good of tile eongrdgation. Speak.of our schools there is a little meal in the barrel fa balange on
In-the Dark Ages, thousands sougtlt this kbld of The crying ceil'of our day seems to be eagertiess and the good work they are doing, when you get hand/.let the report.show that too. Do not be
life, desiring to escape the sins and _orruptions of "for wealth, with an indifferent spirit about the some encouraging information pass it on to the afraid your people will quit givin_ when they
society, and to deveMp a devout and pious spirit ; means by t,vblch it is acquired. But the true rain- " congregation. Tell them of some instance where
know there is a balance in !he treasury. They did
to become angelic, ant saintly in eliaraeter, riley islet must stand out a_ainst this evil, and warn our Board o[ Church Extension has _aved a
not quit work when they closed the month with a
left the walks o.f llfe. Many sought homes in the the inexperienced against such. church building to some poor uXnfortunate conbalance
in the bank, rather it stimulated them to
depths of'tf_e forest .... or in caves far away npoll But in all his r_mtstrat • • ". pus, he rfiust be careful "gregat|on. • Relate some striking incident where .
work the harder to incrra_e that balance the next
the sides, of.-_huntains, thinkin_ tbat solitude was - to maintain an impartial attitude himself, and our home mission work has planted a new _hurch
month. The _me is true of a properly instructed
conducive to piety, and loneliness the surest ilass- (h'a[ witb questions of the hour in the light of that has developed into a strong asset to the geo- church.
bliss. Christ's teaching. While it is the minister's duty oral cburelt. Call attention |o SOme homeless.
In these conceptions, they were entirely (it,- to he impartial, hnd never'to set himself up as a helpl_s child that has been saved,through our CHUi_CH PUBLICITY
ceived. Though not realising it. they were takin_ judge, it is no less his (luty to be outspoken in orphanage, and has made"a refined, cultured
up arms agMnst infalfihM law. and tryin_ to crush proelabuin_ the teachings of Christ and Jn uphold- Christian who.is blessing t.he world with a godly- By M. Lus_ .
human nature. Virtue, developed, under sue_ in_ the high standards which brought him to his UIe. Tell a I_atf_etfc stoi_ of an outcast girl who ]'N our series ol artlcleson the practical side of
conditions, would uodoub_edty be of a weak an_ ci'oss, was'fished out by our rescue workers and re- J church adveitising we have decided tointerpo_e
sickly type no virtue has a rtttltt to be called It-is'best for the minister to keep himself clear deemed to society and to the Church.' Call atten- part,of a chapter, "The Goal of ,_dvertising, '_
such until it _:an meet and vanquish anopposma from commercial l_ursuits; he, llke most other tion to the gctivitie_L.of our mimionaries on the from F. H_ Case's book! "Advertising the Church l"
vice. Manhood is not developed in a hot house, men. can do only one thing and do it well. Let foreign fields, arid insist that your people read the And.by. the way this hook is just the thing for
Strength comes by exercise• It is in the rush uf the minister, then. "stick to his last," and with paper, the Other .._iseep. Refer to our Publishing tile pastor who wishes.to make a sl_ecial study of
society',where tee develop will.power, courage, oral the best vocation in the world to engage his time House and the church periodicals as the real hub publicity. Our prear _ers would not care to use
skill We, as minister_ of the gospel, are to iift and talents, let idm find there, occupation,for of of our church, which make po_ible the connen- all the methods the author recommend_ but the
up' rids life, Christ did it before us, aml tbo_ his lile and a comp_ensatton .incomparable to all - tional interests, and the general information we book has a sufficient n0mber of good suggestion_
who" nave followed in Hts footstep_ have ever. others, receive from all over the world, Keep this up to make it worth the price and more. It sells tor
done it also, The indignant protest, of Tertullian "And the baud of the Lord was upon me_" cried until our people are eo well informed of the merits $1.25 and the Publishing House. will be glad to
stands for all time,._hen he says of the Christians. F_zckiel, "And he _ahI.... arise; go forth into the of our church work that they wflf naturally de- furnish it for you.
"We are not those who live naked and self exiled plain. I wilt there talk with thee . , . and I fell velop a conviction of the r_ponsibility, for they We thought the following was worthy of a
in the world; we are one people with you, We on my face .... Then the Spirit entered into me will [off that ea_h institution is a real, living _lace in TttE P_Eactte;a's MA_;._ZL_¢, although po_-
do not-shrink from your life, We are found in and set Inn upon my feet, and'rpake with meY member o[ the family, and it thus becon_es not stbly it ._buuld have preceded our present'series on
your forum, in.your market places, ii_ your shops, With God's band to place us on our ieet_ and only a conscientious deity but a happy privilege to practical stlggestions. No institution or individual
your bi-idges, your inns, youris rs We eerve as with God's voice to ring in our ears, then, but support them. . gets very far without a goal. Considerable [errisoJdJem
with you, and as _lflors with you.; we .onlythen, is the ministr_v wortb.while. In that We would suggest that at the very opening_ol[ tory may be covered but one does not "arrive."
were merchants with y_m. We practice the _ame 'spirit o[ (,to! s good grace let us do our ,,york in tile Assembly year you make out. your budget ; But here's the excerpt:
arts and cbnteibui_ to the same public works." the glorious vocMJon of the ministry until we determine as nearly as possible What your local The biggc_t tiling.in tbe'life b[ every comtku-
Better far have men to say of the mlnister that hear th_it final plaudit, "Well done." budget will be. Usttalfy the foi|owing tfems are nity is lbe'center /toni _ which good influence ra-

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diates in every direction. We are beginning Lo They will come i,_ throngs if we let them know advertising _vithout using the avallab{e type to Potter attracted sufticient siltation hath in the
find this out in America and to learn that eff_rt that we have it . make a noise. To bury yourself In surroundin_ secular and religious press to guarantee more than'.
expended in behalf of the Church carries a divideh_d Consecrate the best means--the true gospel does bold face ,rod attack modem competition with passing in[erest. Doran's published 'these debates,
of.the mast positive character. " " not become tarnished by being preached to aU inslpldlty or.stupidity is to (In one thih_ the ._eparately in paper binding, giving the fun text of
Such was lhe dosing stslement of John" Clyde creatures by the pu pit oi"through advertls ng, by cburch canhot afford, to waste its money._ . both the affirmative and ncgat[ve.side_ Now the
Oswald. editor and owner of The Americnn prlnt- epistle or radim Do not misunderstand me I would, not sacri- fundamentalist position as outlined by Dr.Straton
or. iv his address before the CharchAd,_ertising It is not so very hmg ago that people were in rice the dignity of the Churcb. " But if what we has been published by Doran ($1.50), _The four
_jDepartment of the Ashoeb/ted Advertising Club_ tile habit of .talking about '"rhinos secular aml say and do and plan is Christian, then I should sub,iect_ considered are: (1) Tbe Battle Over the
of the World at the cohventioi) in Wembley, Eng- tbin_s sac_ed"--as if In say the highest impulses, not hesitate to make it known, in the largest type Bihle. (2) Evolution Vers_ls Creation. (3) The
land. It was the judgment of an Amerl/:an hnsiness of humah life must not be contaminated with I could buy, and I wouldn't leave all the thunder Virgin Birth--Fact or Fiction? 14) Was Christ
man, calm, considered, and deliberate, life's sordhl aims and life's common duties, to the movies and the cigarets. Both God and Man? The fact that the judges
Greatprogress has been witnessed in the way This is a day of innovations, to be sure. but all " of the dehate decided tbat the fundamentalisl po*
fro REACt{TIIEMASSES in which we have co_e to regard the intimate and history is but a rec0rd qI innovations. WhN .can sition had the better of the argument.makes this ,
Fortunately, such seems to be the attitude of essential relationship between what we call _ur not riPest of [oday he as" fully consecrated and volume of interest, especigl[y to those, who want
those who' would give more publi_:ity to the indi- religious and business life. How the one is bound ' dedicated to the t:isk_of "spread[ng the "ghod to know the s[renath of their position.
news" as those of previous ages? "Little Books on the Christiav Life" is the
vi_lual churcbes. It amounts to a tribute, not to up with the other as a counterpart of man's ex- .. The Protestant Christian Church in America 1o happy title of a new series of attractively bound,
any
lion,
particular
but, rather,
edifice
to the
nor
holy
any specific
universal
denomina-
Church.
_tence;
man has
because
made a failure
your
of
most
life
suc(:ess[ul,
if he has_eglected
business a la_e_drgree
-
is asleep to the great movements of hooks of which "The Christian Optimist" by
exemplifying on earth the teachings of Christ. his spiritual nature, and on the other hand, your religious agencies" in the non-Christisn lands. J_mes Colvllle and,"As At the First" by John A.
People respect purpose--the Church needs to most saintly example of character cannot mainthat
will help to wake up the great.body of 21i- ume is priced at $1.25.)
Church advertising Is the only mof_ern agency -Hntton are the firs! two to appear. (Each vol_
have a gre[tt and alluring purpose behind its tain spiritual elevaUon for a tingle day ff itsideals
publicity• People feel purpose. It'does not need and most sacred principles do nat enrich and 000D00 lay members ofthe twenty-seven leading The former appeals to'minisfers and laymen
to be diagramed, it doits not n_ed to be put into beautify the duties of each hour. communions.of the American Protestant Chtlstlan :- alike. It is extremely tnteresBng rcadtng and re-
Cburch to the fact that Mohammedanism is rap- ireshing withal. Just' the thing to rejuvenate
blue prints. It can he felt. The _eople.are in- ,_ And the church'has suffered hecanse men have idly otRdlstancing the Christian Church in the one's spirits when the daily grind leaves us a bi_t,
curably religious. Man has buried in his gaul this ha'd a misconception of the value at adveriisln.q unoccupied areas of the gr_'at dark continent of _stale, ..
instinct to worship, In the church o[ today he as an elevatinz force. They have said in effect if Alrica - IIutton's book will appeal to ministers, if ior
does not detect any great purpose to respond to noi in words---"Vou must not advertise religmn; no _ther reason, because of the fact that he _s
that hunger in his heact. He does detect a great In attempt to appl_ the familiar methods o| puh- • acknowledged as the successor ol J. H,"Jowett as
d_ire for form and ceremony on the,part of the licity which are common is•th vulgarize and make HERE AND THERE AMONG BOOKS the outstanding British non-conformigt preacher.
church. }It does detect a gr_at desire to perpetuate less sacred the great truth wrapped up in the life By P. H. LUNN In this book Dr. Hutton tells of the character_
itself on the part Of the church. He detects the of.our churches"--and I believe that one ol the I was trying In get started on a review of "The thatenrlched'the.early Church. He writes with._
fact that the average church is linked with cap- chief reasons why we have met_tog_ther is because Call of the Upper Road" by Katherine R. Logan
italistic interests; that-i_ liaunts its red robesand otir best instincts ._.ell us that this attitude of
.
(l_oran $t.25) when my eye chanced upon
,.
a
-
clip- decidedly
as men uI
human
like flesh.and
touch,
blood.as,
picturing
ourselves.
these worthies
[ . its black gowns, its stained windows dad its some: trying to shield our religious ordinances and our ping with the following excerpt from Success • _
times stained officialdom. The average _an detects Christian organizations"from the'glare.of publicity" Magazine; which is peeuliariy fitting as an lotrothat
the church has been used as an institution to is an'oolite mtseonception of our purpose and our duction to this particular volume. "FACT_; AND FIGURES
hush the unrest o( the masses--even to exploit the mission. "Who can estimate the xralue'o[ a hook that By E. J. F_z_s_o.
massesT-but not to serve humanity.. Therefore the We _e not a bit concerned about .creeds and !nsplres, nsonses., starts a young life.on a career of ]From July 1, 1924, to June 3(:1,1925,:th¢ first
great need of the church is a purpose that fs so dogmas, abaci sectarianlsm_)rdenominatlons---hut usefulnessl How many explorers, discoverers, In- year under the new'irqmigratlon law, the total
un_lfish, so clear, so pure, s0 holy that the world if,.as we all believe, we have got the glad tidings vento_'s, o_toeso sr.Jentisis, clergynfen, great hone- number of hliens entering _the United States was
will feel it. The church, cannot fool the public" of the gospel story, reveale_l to us and expressed by , factors of mankind, have been started on famous 4_8,435; the'number of aliens departing from the
ahout this supreme matter. The public will fccl us in Carious ways; if we feel in our inmost souls careers h.V reading some one great b_ook that Ufiited States was 225,400, leaving a net g_tin of
that grea_ purpose il it exists, Too lrcquentty it that we have to offer a potent, force for the stirred their imagination ahd awakened their 232D45.
does no/. exist. No amount of adi_ertising •will world's.advancement and tmpamlleled solutionlor slumbering possibilities[ To how.many h:as a During that. year 238,231 aliens entered through
Jure wbefi the world detects the lack of this great "the world's cam, we Ought to give our cburehes slmple, inspiring book" been like a guide.post at a Ellis Island, of whom 35,000 were children.
purpose behind its advertising. That purpose the widest imsslble publicity, so that millinns and ._r'ds_-rbadthat points to the right road and warns The total immigrants into the United States
must be te serve humanity--to lift humanity to millions mare might he brought under, the spel] of. t[ghinst the dangerous one." since- the Revolutionary Wat' numbers 36,519,000
God--to s._ve the souls o{ men. That is the most the world's Redeemer: "The Call of the Upper R,oa_tt_is a rarely, help- of which number the majority became permanent
alluring thing that the church has to offer in its So they will bear--it Is inescapable, that "limes lift book for young people. It is written In on; residents In the United States:
_ publicity and it has a tremendousneed to gel this change," and so do menus of communication and tertainlngalheit wholesome style. It is sure to Thirty-four philanthcapi¢ and religious socieffes"
purpose'into its-soul, transmission of ideas., av,_k_,nand lead on to higher Ideals. co-operate in the General Committee of Imml-
I We ha_e the greatest gospel'on earth..We bav_ Ypu might as well whirper from the top of The Fundamentalist-Modernist Debates between grants' Aid. This organiratidn is made up of
the thing ,that the people need and hunger for, Ararat as to try to gel a hearing for:your church Dr.' John Roach Straton .and Dr, Charles Frauds many mltional' groups, and Protestant, Catholic,
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and Je,_ish faiths. Nh_ett_n of these organiza- ' In all the cities and towns of the United States
lions have w_rkers on Ellis Island• of lO,O00 _r more inhabitant_ an overage el
iiwA IEs oF OLOY NO,"2
The Congregational CImreh Ires 280 foreign- more than ninety per cent of the police force is !!.. .
speaking churches Jn the United States as a tmrt Roman Cathoilc. _
o'f their Itome Mi_lon work. They are chiefly Roman Catboli_ are in the majority.of th_ _ in two
among the German, S_cdi_h, Danhh and Nor- _,...councilsof t5.0_3 cities a_d to'_ns of the United
wegtan peoples, The CongregaIiofialists sustain. _States. _,
two schools for foreign-born studentS, The Amer- .i t'rln ninety I_er cent of the cases In which the _•
icon International College at Springfield, Mass.,_ _crlm nas are executed for crimes committed, the . _.! .. Limp _Clbt_.- l_eat :and durable
and Schhuffer Missionary Training School at _vlctims of the execut|on have a-priest at their _,_
_ r
CieveIan3,. Ohio.
It is reported thratt_k The tVeaern Recorder
. elbow to administer the last sacrament,
More"than sixty-live pet tent _f the prieou cont
" " _ seetlOus_
at some portions o[ the State of Kentucky pre-. victs of all grades _nd of all kinds of prhOt_ers |ot_ tJrriagn
sent I_reat home mission opportunities. In one _ are Roman Catholics while lea,vtfian five per_eent . _,_ S_apkt copy, ._¢ l_rol_dd -
creek region twenty miles long no religious seer-, r_'are graduates of our public schools. • _
ic_ have heen held for more than two years. On i These statements'are oston shing,!when we re- _ Th|s is" an imitatiot_
another creek' wliere psact[eaffy 10,000 peep e n_ember that 0nly about twelve and one*hall p_" ._ ,.
five, there are almost oo religious privileges except c_nt of the population of the United Stmo ate . [
those supplied by Mormons. Roman Catholic, while the _thet elghty-_eveo and
ann.half per cent are not.
k_ expert hmke tt. ;bookThis b odors Loatheknow
retto_h_ndlng
Someone has sold"The plasterer plastered, and -- _ is finger,prtnt_ water prool Itand wears ,#illhette_ not" _than ahow . "
the preacher preached. When the year was over _ leather.
the plasterer motored and cut his coupons, and • "The government furnhhe_ the following: Oat _1
the pre_fcher walked and' cut his co_ns." of has100 become average wealthy meia t_t atthe thettgl_of ale oftwenty-five, slaty-five, [our one _ I_0_ . -. • ':
Inthe last ten years the _ear East Relief h_s are wel|.t_-do, five llve on [_eir daily earnings_ _
- disbursed more titan $81,000,000 bestdes d'stribut- fifty-four are dependents and [hicty-dx ate dead. " " _ ReturnaH sample Copteg_
lagmorethanStZ,oO0,__o_hof_o_r."_mer- A_c_chang_ _tat_,,,i_u_ yearthereare '_ sent at priceslisted:'i ,::
lean charity tarnished 3t).460,137 meal_nndrations IQ;C_Qhomicides, 15.000 suicld_ nnd.g0#00 fatal .-
for chffdren in Greece, Syria, and Armenia during
t0_;. The Near E_t Rellel is caring for 32,000
aceidentsJ' This means that•during a period of
profound peace, the annual toll of death from
' _i
. • " ...
little children in the orphanages,while giving par- violence _smore
tim careto 20,000 additional refugeeehihlre_ out- incurred d.ring theGreat thando.hlaU,eIp_ War." ofIlia _ NEW SO BOOK ! " _":•
"
Oov_rnme_t r,gu__owh__ following ite._" i[_ A ' NG I! ' :","
side of orphanages,
what thepeopleottheUnltedStgtes'spendinone _ the Old Faith
_ ' " ] '-,
The
.....
fo_w|ng statistics are ohtained [tom The
,
year
Perfumery
for luxuries:
'and Cosmetics ......... $ 7_0_
American Stamlard: _
Five stales now have Catbollc administrations. Candy ............
........... , 1,000,000,000 _'
• Twenty thousand public schools have one-half Chew'm_ Gum .................... 50DO0,O00 _ _' _ 1. Its extoll
* #r ....
and schools. . " Fnr_ ........................... 300.000.000 _ , , _z
and
Six
teach
thousand
from
public
the Catholic
schools
camddsm,
ase Catholic readers Electric
Resorts,
Fans
Race%
...................
Joy Rides, ere...... 3_,000_000
. "B,000#00 . durable _;"" _
"part Three Sixty-two at all,of thousand per thecent schao| I_u'bli_:scbool_ of all taxofficesoi'UhltedStat_, to Catholic now cnntdhute churches ..Autom_bll_ Tobao:o ahd C/garets and Snuff, and ........... Parts Ineludi0g ............ t ....... Clgatt "2,000#00,000
2,000,000,000
i,I _.:_ __ " ,-
both elective and appointive, are now hem by _Servants and Luxuriou_ Sdrvice:.., -.L000,000_00
R_man C_:thoffcL Soft Drink_ and Ice Cream ......... 600,000#00 _
New York City, Chlcag0, Baltimore, Phlladel- Opium and Cocalqe ............... " lO0,O00_O00 . " _,_. '''_" .....
' r _ .... 'b
p_a, Boston_ Cleveland, St. Louh, Los Angeles, When the Lord come_ to Judgment, "what ac- , _ "NAZAREN'I_ "" "_ , ,_
San Fran¢isco, and Bafffilo have _/Sper _nt'Caih- count'_kill ou_,"natl6u give for the $ZZtT_,O00,(_O0
olic teachers in their public,scho01s, which tt spends for luxuries? . .. _ . , . , ,_ : , : , . , ,
- . r" • . /