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ieljfgions services among the probably having further ev:mgel· leads to the and San! for is noteworthy mctVeJillellt ·is undeJ:· from the this illumination us the Chris- God's will were demon- ~~~.!!:~~~~~~~ of the two men. ~ ronsoorated, tacit andaki.ll with men tlre forward ended there. 90DI£llllll'Oilin spite<Jf all dJfil- the path to the ages into the sbowed how i!omPTtlRJI Runma.-Acts xv, 1-211. The abllorrence of idolatrY anilllll 'i'ta attendant ~;~bolllil:tations had led to isola· tion; social and religio1;1a, on the part of the Jews. It is difficult for us to fully · understl;llld the feelings of a pious 'ew ·concerning social and religions ~ellow. ship with the surrounding hellthen of Paul's age. Gross~st lloentions:Dess was connected with the idol feasts and wor- ship of AD.t~O!'h tmd other places. In all the cities of ~at part of the war ld the Jews had S1lJagogues and conducted worship which led them to utterly de- test the bnporiiY of the heathen cere· m~tes a:'d ~~use any oompanioiJsblp wh1ch might m any way compromiso their own p1·inci plea. Under the preaohing of Pan! and Bar· nabas many gentiles had socepted Christ as their Saviom. They were unoirolllll· cised and lllltansht in the Jewish ous· ioms and laws ol' .Moses. How can these two eleJnents. the .Christian Pharisees and. geBtile Christians, be harmonious- ly nni ted in one cbnrOh 1 Thie was the burning question of the time. It -was a problem on w .bose solution hung all the futnre of the chorch of Chriat and the world. ·Certain teachers from Jerusalem hav- ing come to Antioob deolared that the gelltiles mrut be circumcised or they could not be sa\'ed. Paul vehemently opposed them. The contentioa wao sharp, and finally it was agreed t() refer tbe matter tu th& .decision of the ohnroh m Jernsalem. . ..AccordiDglytP.aul and Banmball. tak- Uig Titus, ·a gentile oon vert, with tbem, went np ·ItO Jernsalem. A1ter a tllorougb dioonlllflion of the whole mat· ter tht~ decision -:was made that the oon· verts from he.sthenism were not to be o.ircumciaed, Sltlither required ro keep tlhe .Mosaic IM;w. Bnt as the Jews werG everywhere ill,ijpereed, and held in ab· horrence all tihhlga offered to Idola, and t:hings stranglfld, and the eatblg of blood, the Btmtile oonvarts, iD ordal' to have fraternal and sooial onion with them, should also shun these thinga. 'The one mOIIt prominent evil of Antioch .and Syria wna JicentioUSilless conneoWi with idolatlzy. '.This was alll<lfal evil to 'be strictly Bbmmed. By msdOI!l, tact and 1'0111 Christian .courtesy the :w=aat danger of di viaion in ·l!he earlyoh=ch -was thus avoided and a ;})ll!!is of unity fonnd. .Pan! gjVUI :additional light an the ·6'1'enta of this 'OOilvention at Jerusalem in his epistle .to the Galatims in the dlllOOild o4apter. --- developed ThD ~b Leacu• Ho-. tho opposition a. •. 1 ln many COlD1Dllllitiea thero :Is l!ttle :power of t.be 8CilP•• · ·m no en II fot \\alum work.\ Inatitu- O'FeroOme. 'tional cblll'Cbtla ICIDUIOt be BllB'tained in oil: localities---in fact, are not needed . everywhare. Bot there are pbcei ea- O.O.'~'ese:inare tnken i~ Plymouth, pecially in ~ gmat cities. -where e~ -• everythmg known t() appliano~ Blld device that COil be in· 'Wi~ pilgrim history. ' -:vented by Sllmltified sonnd senm Ia d&- ~:etslth!'nl Rook is under-a granite , mnnded. In Boston at the nmtb end :illl}lo:sed with an iron fence. aliDOOt under theeaves of the Old North the day may enter and ahnrch of Ponl Revere fame, -we bave au .Epworth U8ngne bouse which ia doillg work in ~g the people of thnt orl.einit-.. .An~er in Chicago iE equally The DOOds of evey locality llhould be sb>died, and then just the :thing lletlded '!;here should be .dono !'Without speci21l~:~JgiDd to what some Oil~ iB doing. A. l!lotsQalo Stone. Bl~op ..Asbaz:y, in 1785: hid the . of Ccikaahury cotlcge, nt Ahmgdon. Md. 'ID!ia \Was so nliiDed from •the fu!lt bisbopa of tbe Mstbodiet Epillllopal cbnroh, Ooke lllld .Asbnr]. It Wall the first Metbollist college i1f .AlDer· ien. The building was bornod in 1796 and .never rebuilt, an6. the college !IQOn after 'WQil given up. A blook of gmnite weighing :t!OO ponllt1s :from tbe old ·foundations wiiB secnmd .b:> 1B9S and hM been poll shed nnd is tclbe plnced in .the foundation <Of Aabuey !demorinl hall of the grant W~J) _ nniv~l:qy. th'IIS lillkillg this latest Methodist; a:hooi 'With the earliest. ua ........ In mm7 JJIIICGB the -church f!l01I'a slowly, bnt we must ·j!Uard agnhlst thinking :that because Wl6 see no great righ~alllmt us, therefore the cltozcll little or nothing. The Metho- ohnrch dtming the past 1,000 new Sl!Dday t:~<~ooo,JB in tbl! United Stares BDl. aided :8.;000 otbnre_ <lll1 throngh its S:nnday ~ool ~iO!l. Every sohool, congregn- ~ and mdiridual who contributed to its .:funds is a pjliriner in this good -work ~an if it is ig~Qant of the dividends i~ lDYeatment bas elll'Ded. The work does gr?w.even ~ we..d~dn't see it all. Help II litthl and 11 will iJ,llcrense moretra:pidly. TemperJ~~Doe Work. This JlllUSi not be ,lost to mind. The moat prominent ell'il in society st the present ~ime is the !lpen saloon 6Dll the dtink tr!l'filc, The League should b!l ac- tive in &!forts to aseist the temperance reform. Qceasional 'Bleetings to pray and coUD$.el together should be held. Circu_la.te tlle pledge. Seoure the votps of friends fs:lr no license. Ha.ve a talk on some phlis.e of tlle work. Do what- ever is poli!ible to inCl'ease interest, oonvi(ltion and saw the yoDllg from eonttaoting the liablt of intoxi011ti;Ug ~iqnors 118 .a drink. Lesson for ths Week of Dec $. I Lesson for tbe W'eok of Dec. Is. SclRIPrt!R:m RE.wnrO.-AQts xv, 86, to xvill, I !klRIPTtJlllll lblADmQ..-.Acrt;sxviU, 22; :ui, 17. il. . . . . I Resting in Antioch a short time after Panlm.Antioch fe.els 11 destre ~ vis1t his second missionary tour, Paul again the oh.nrches established on h1s 'fit·st sets out to visit th b oh h h preaohmg tonr, and propOlies it to Ilar- . e 0 ur ea e as nabas. The latter is determined to take plant~d. Passmg tbrough Fhrygia 1111d ·his young relative, John .Mark, wbo, on Ga~a!Ia, be fin~lly comes to Ephesus. the former oocasion, deserted them In a rh•s become~ hls home f?r almost three oriticnl part of the journey. Paul ob- years .. Fllst m thesyDagogue and after· jeote. Barnabas and Mark go to Cyprus. I ward m the schoolroom of a. L._ed teach- Panland Silas go to Asia .Minor. Here er, Tyrannna, he preaches salvation they visit all the churches, and !live ! through fu.ith in Cbrist. The success is them the decrees of the apostles and · gxeat. Mally \Who. had den.lt in magic elders at J ernsalem as to the freedom publicly bmo the1r books. At length of the gent ill' oonverts from obligation : one. of tba silve~smi~1s, \:ho foulld his to keep the Jewish ceremonial laws. ! busmess of .makmg SI!Vei 1mages of the Timothy, a devout young man, be- , goddess p1ana aft'. rd by. the great comes Paul's helper and companion. I reformation of .the people, rl!1sed an up- After traveling all the region previ· roar, and ser1ons ~onsequences were onslyvisited and circnms1ancesprevent· I threatened. After th1s IIad been quieted ing .further preacbing in .Asia, they pass ' Paul passed into Maoedonin, visiting over into Europe and begin the evan- , the churches, and went down to Corinth. gelization of a region hitherto nnvisited When the Jews here sought to assassi· by•Cbristi1111s. Beginning at Philippi nate him, be returned by way of Mace· they follow tba Roman road toward th~ dania to .Asia, taking llfiootionate leave southwest, preaching in each of the · of th~ churches, as he left them for the cities along the way till they reach last ttme. He pnrposell to goto Jerusa- Berea. The usual events occur in each ' lem and then to Rome . .A collection for plaoe. At ftl;st they are listened to glad· the benefit of the :porn Christians at ly. Some Jews aooept Christianity. Jerusalem had been gathered io all the Gentiles being also reoeived on equal cbnrches of Greece aDd .Macedonia. terms of faith nlld not obligated to ob- Brethren !'rom .m~ob of the large churches serve the burdenBOllle ritual of Jndaism hEld been a~pmnted to oarry this oontri· enmity ls aroused. The popularity of bntion to the e~ders at the Holy City. too apostle and his companions awakens Touching at vanons points on the coEIBt, the jealousy of the Jews. Peraecntion the company filllllly come to Cresarea.. is raised. The aynagogue is closed Here Paul receives a clear warning of flgainst them. The civil power is ap· danger if he goes up to Jerusalem. He pealed to, and m<ili violence is the usual Is ready to even die there for the sake ontoome. Here ooonrs the notable beat- of Jesus and sc will not be prevented ing and Imprisonment which is follow- going. ~d by the conversion of the Philippi an · His third an<;~ I~ tour ends here. lDller and family. The collect10n IS g1 ven to the chnroh, Driven from .Macedonia, Paul goes to and a full recital of G-ud 's marvelous Athens. Wait~g for his companions to work among the gentiles Is given to come, be sp~ to those willing to lis· Jru:'es and the· a~sembled elders, who ten to his message, bot does not sue- prmse God for his merciful kindnBBB. ceed in establishing a. church. No speech Well might they exclaim, \What bath ever uttered by a native Athenian has God wrought?\ The number of the booome so widely known 11nd done so gentile OhristiaJJs soon WIIS greater mncb to preserve the nrune and know!- than that of t.he .Tewisb. followers of Je- edge of that city as his speech on Mars sus. The work among them had been hill. largely accomplished through the nn- Thenoe Paui!J{)(>S to Corinth. Here ' tiring zenl of tbia man Pa11!, abnndant . be finds congenial soil for the gO&pel in labors, gifted with prophetic insight He labors for many months, working at beyond that of nny ot.her one in the ' :his trade and teaching the way of Cbril!t. church, enduring peri 1B and persecu- A large church is gathered. , tiona greater than evw Peter, and re- He determines to visit Jerusalem : warded by seeing reso.lts greater than again at the season of one of the great all the other apostloo oombined had feusta. He sails from Cenchrea, the port , achieved . Lesson for the Week of Dec 23. BORIP!rtl'IUJ RliA.DING.-ActB lx, 00-119; :nl, U· 115-40; xvlii. 2, 26; :rvii, 12. Women anted an important part in ilie apostolic cburoh. Women of Gali- lee bad accompanied Jesus in hia jonr- :~.eys, ministering to him. They we:re present in the meetings of the disciples In Jerusalem after the aecension and ~eem to have enjoyed greater liberfly of action even than in tho Jewish ciinrch. DorciiB, a widow of Joppa, was noted !or her activity in care of the :poo:r ond works of charity alld relief, 111.1d after ~er death wos restored to life by a mira- ' le periormed by Peter. Lydia was a resident of Philippi and received Paul and bis companions in .:ravel and labor into her bouse. She geems to havtJ been the first convert to Ghe gospel in Europe. Priscilla, with ber husband Aquila, was banished from Rome by the Em- }Jeror Claudius. They came to Corinth, met ,Paul and wore converted. Settled ~terward in Ephesus, they instructed Apollos in the way of Christ and WBI'Il :lf great assistance in the chnrcb wber- aver they went. They are severn! times mentioned in the Aots and epistles. . I Lesson for the Week of Dec:. ·.29 •. BOlUP1'tntl!l REA.nrno.-.Acts ;o:, 2; · xi, 1,;. I lt'V~ 15, 31, 118. • .. ·'. Tb.at children before they hav~;~ tlOm~·: I rnitted willful s'n are In God.'s favo~ aDd s~ved is clear from the SaviOill''S o\Wn -words and deeds. If the kingdo:ni of heaven is composed of such; whiQ.h is ~he language of Chrhlt, then they S¥,ilst b.ave some rightful place in the earthly cllurch. They have the right to nu~tnre, watcll, care, protection and true alfea. tion. As in the JeVIish church th13 rite. of cironDJcision waa the covenant ..sign be• t'Ween Jehovah tiDd his chosen people, 8lld this was bestowed upon the mu.ltl child at 8 days of age, so in the early days of the Christian church baptism seems to bavo been administered to the w~ole household when thllY turned from b.eutbenism to Christi1111ity. No special mention of children is ronde, but the plaiD impli011tion is certainly given,_ Jn t.he case of the household of Cornelius, Lydia and the jailer at Philippi, no oth- a:r adults are mentioned liB professing faith in Christ, and as the honseholds were baptized, the only reasonable infer· ence is that children must be Intended Honorable women are also referred' to. in these books and seem to. ~!liVe b~ Thll Grace AJ.oo. Ghe wives and daughters of G;~~IJJ<i' · There are. many ~embers of the Leagne Roman official•. .Many o1 .thein,. ~itlg ' who_ are fa1thfulm attendance upon the piously inclined, eurly became ~iiiivG.!:fB 'Servxcoa of the obU:Ch and often sing· . to Christianity. They greatly aflf!isfe1i and :PrRY and speak~ t~e meetings anil/ Ghe struggling cbt:rcb by their influence pass for first rate Cbnst•ans, who never~ md wealth. · gave any serious thought to the matt~r FoMfathen~• Day • Deo. 21 is observed in Plymouth, Mass., and in many places where the memory of the pilgrim fathers is rever- ed as the anniversary of the landing on Plymouth or Forefathers' Rook. The desoendants of the sturdy stock are scat· • of t.ho expend.! ture of their money IU:Id the duty of using it in the .Miister's s~ ice. Wh~t proportion of our :members give a fixed proportion of their income I or keep any fair account of the amounts span t for perEOnal gratification n.nd those I givBII to the cause of God? U one wiU I for a little while keep strict account be will be surprised to see bow mnch he speada on his own pleliSUl'es, bow little be gives to help others, and perhaps may gat his eyes open to the !'act thai; 1 be k::nows little of self denial, mnoh· of I self indulgence, and that in spite of aU his self complacency be is really a. T~ selfish specimen of humanity. A littl& vigorons self dllllial would prove bene- fichu to the one Bxeroising It and would bless IDany others beside. Pan! exhortEd ono ol hie chnrcbee that as they abolli:ui• ed in other gift1! they should abolind · I in this grace also. The emortntion. fs timely now. Let 't1B deny ourselves, ~e np our oross daily and follow Christ. ,of Corinth, toucru.s at Ephesus lands at Oresnran, and going np to Jer~snlem ' Some Fo1nls of Dl11'erenM, Tho Junloll' J:.eacue. salutes the ohnrch. No incidents of this · . Much baa bean euidabont'm'gonio nn- What opportunities lie undeveloped visit are recorded. Alter o brief stop he lon of the Methodist EpiS()opal ohnrch in this organization 1 Every exertion goes to .Antioch, which had become the and. the Ch~ South. Usually much should be tilled to start the boya I;Uld oontor of active propagandlsm for the sentiment, 1f not sentlmontality, is girls on the right track In social de'Vo- Qllarging ohnroh. How wonderfully arOUBed, an~ the re!ll dif!lcnlties are .-· tlon:t1l nnd literary lines. If wisdom hi have the boundaries enlarged since be lost to sight. There are several pointe - exercised in these regards we ehall hava first. set out from .this place to preach of difference between t.he two branches NATIONAL MONUMENT ro FORRFATBllllS. em!l.ll caUEe for complaint oa they gta;it' consideration to adjnst. .The separation every land on the globe. The principles alltD'Ilments of the world. Get hnblbtof Ghrist I 1 of ~e chnroh which would need grave tered in every state f4 t!J.e Union and in ddar that they are drawn away bytlie' • ~~17 A.otlvltJ'. WIIB on tn\ slnve:cy qnest10n. That iBB'De for which the pilgrims snffered beoarne rending good and helpful hooks fded :Revlval.servlces s.honld not & post- Is dead. If only hllnt was all, there I the bedrook on whioh onr re:pnblio is I in early childhood and the bad ·1>01\l{ paned until January if it is possible to would be little troubi~ in rennitillg the I builded. The people have done well to 'Wi!J never give ;ny trouble, beCa'tlie'' lm'ange for them before the holidays. church. But sine~ 1844. each branch baa erect o monnment to their memory on tber'(l will be no toste for it, hnt rntl:let Active operations tfuonld be instituted rone on devel~Jl~g. in its own territory ,the highest bill ovarlookins the town «<iagnat. Supply innooent, healthful nnil in.. all dapartmenm The plana of the ts thownd poouhll~tlB:'l and adftp~ing ita · they settled. Facing the east, the figure llolpfnl recr,eation, and the dunce nlia: literary and social department>l should me 0 s to t o ~equuements o1 1ts own o1 Faith looks far 011t ov~r the Atlantic I card table 'Will never attrnot in later have been matured long sine~ and now mrcnmstnnce.:' ti.lJ n~w ~e find ''differ- ootohing the first gleam of day as it yollr!l. Give attractive society, and there. be in process of exeantion. All membks :mces o 1 fiodmuls?'atloll wb1cb become comes over tho boriz[]n line. It is n. no- \WIU be no seeking evil companions. ahnnld be at work. Push the rending . ~n t es to unloll. The terms of ad- blo memorial to noble souls. Purity, swe~tnesa, beanty n:re attractive course. Let the Inetnre oonrse bave mlSSJon to members_hip _are. now unlike. --- to childhood. Use thE>m ill all wiad proper attention. Music must not be The term of :pro~atl<>ll 1a different. The The Land or \Pretty Soon.• 'Way a to form habits, and as these ocyll• · nagleoted. Welcome strangers at nll the ?a~ of the epiBC():pol order alld office I know of~ ln.nd whoro the streets ore paved tnlliz~ int.o character the young people , chiucll services. Let the handshaking lS difi'erently viewed. The powers of With tho thtngs which we meJ\nt to achleve. 'Will be safe committee be on the nlert. .Above a11 the bishops and genera.l C(Jnferenoe are It Ia wn.lled w!tb the money we meant to have · · see that the prayer and class meetin~ widely dlfiereut in the two Methodism&. And\':.:~~leosnrre for which wo grieve. Ohlldhood Under Chrlsttantt)'. are. well snatailled Blld are made inter· . Ln~ delegation ie only part~ a! in one, The kind words 1lllRJlokon, the promises broken In 11otb.ing Is the contrast of the hell•' ' estmg. Seek the unoonverted and culti· : wh1le completo in the other. One has 8 And mnny • coveW boon tbsn systems of religion and tbnt 6!:: ·. vate :their n.-nnaJntnnce and s~·e the'• ohnrch oonflll\IJnoe. Tl•e ot'\er bas none. Are hid nwny there In that land somewhere- Cl . t. \t f .b) sh .. ~, w~ ~ ' .., The !and of \Prutty Soon.\ lrlB 18111 y more orO! y OW.ll thali. attendan<Jtl at the chnrob servicBS. H One allows preachers nnd clmrches mncb in t.hoir respective estimates of child_;·. we are os diligellt in this os t~ mam- · latitude in m.nkillg wrangements for op· There are uncut jewels of possible !omo hood. Now here outside of the rel 1 ·.non· .. , b <lf. th · fr I i Lying al:t>ut in the dust .,. em e variOUS aternitiea and olnbs po ntments. The other knows nothing And many 8 noble and Iotty aim o~ ..\!osus Christ iB there any trne appr(l'< . we shoil succeed in ot1r work\\ well as . of snch bargaining, Evidently there are Covered with mold nnil rust. Olahon of the worth, the rights and, the, they :llUJlceed in theirs. 1 some knots to untie yet OOfore organic And, oh, thlB plnee, whUe it seems so Door, llat~re of chi ldrPn. Bere alone ore · I union oan become an nccompl.i.shed foot. Is farther nwny thnn tho moon, Bho\Wn 118 objeots of God's \\\\iBl Stan In tho 'J>InClm.-·· Though our purpose is fair yet we nevor gat \\!\' ....... - there- and regard. Only slowly bas the Oh!tl~o is nndonbtedlya wicked city, The Impert:an.2: Thinlr· To the land of \Pretty Boon.\ bea:n awakening to a full llPlprtlOi!ll;itin but th8 power of Christ und his church ! Not the presertation of the Leugne or Tbe ron.d that leads to that mystic land of her duty and privilege in tradllj)ig: Is also :prese_nt there. . 'Jlhe .Methodist 8ll! of its depnrt:menbi. The important Is strewn with pitiful wreeks, her young for the service of God. Episcopal ohllrCh bll8 w .the city 186 I thmg is tho preser>mtion of the chmoh And the ships that havo sailed for Its shining bas been well called the age of ~nroh blrildings and 17 missions. Serv· 1 and the suooeasi'ul carrying forward of a.,;t~~tons on their decks. hood. And true it is that, as \\vtllr ,. •• Jces are .eondncted in seven different its work. The J,.eagu.e I!Dd all other young It Ia farther at noon tbo.n It was at da'Wll fore, the child nstore and lan~\l'l:~ Some people think only of people's sooietles are org~mized for this And farther at night th1111 at noon, ing studied end supplied and the Vlce m. these great centers. It is special pnrpoao. Thev ll.im to accomplish Oh, let UB beware of that land down tho...- IWd higher manhood and 'I'~OIDll!WClOd; are:~ well o~Qa' all to b i \' The land of \Pretty Soon.\ . ~on Y ecome .acquainted t by developing vit~l and intelligent -Ella Wheeler Wilcox. surely arising from this better 011lltn1~'' Wl~ th~ reform agencies Imd religlo1!B piety among the membership. Whatever of tJJe childhood of the times. inet1tn_~.andrecognizethe<work they does not oontribnte to tlrle' end is worse Forty Yean. ---- domg. than Vf!lueleas, it Ia positively injnri- What changes In Japan in that time 1 The W..Je, or the z..-meteenth.Coniury. William l3ooth may well he called He pas.sesses many of the churac· teristios of tJie founder of Methodism. He Ia a born ;leader of men. Energy, ~. consecration, deep love ~ar men a:u.d absorbing~aith in Christ havll been ons. Sustain tbe regular services of the Forty years ago Commodore Perry en- church. Make them more inspiring and tered the bay of Yokohama one Sunday helpful Throw more entbnsinam into morning 'With capstan draped with the song and testimony. '/kllcome strangers. stars and stripes and t.he Bible lying on Invite. llonattendants. Pray and speak the t.ap. Not a.newspaiJer was then pub- and rud in every possible way to get lisbed in the country. Now tbero are some saved. '.rhe Leagne lives to aid the more than in all the rest of Asia-more chnroh. tbBn in Spain and Rnssia combined. Tlte Blind 'Bat. She has in a quarter of a century emerg- ed from semi barbarism and taken rank 'With the foremost nations of the world. A Scotchman hod ~ >dream in which he saw fonr rnta In single :file. The first was fat and sleek. The second and third Mloslonaey Zeal. were t~in !llld half starved. The fonrth One of the moat fiiBcinating atorles of was blind. lie JlQi'iZied much \\ to the real life ever Wl'itten is that which Bish- meani?g of the drenm. Both himself 1 op William Taylor baa pnt into the vol• ~d w1~e felt aura it 111eant someoalam· . nma he calls ''The Story of :My Life.\ tty. F~nally the boy of the family, with 1 It reads like romance. It is more thBll keen Wlt and praotical wisdom, ventnr· romantic; itlsmarvelom. OnrLeagnes ed an interpretation. \The fat rat \ onght to buy the book divide up its tmid be, \is t.he saloon k1laper. The le:W chapters among the me~bers, md hlloo mts. are mother and myself. The blind let the story be told· at some meeting of mt lB yonraelf, father.'' It is time these the Leagne. It is stimulating to faith rata were all taken care of and things and an awakener of zeal righted. SIIPJB or OI'Villsation. Among the Zulus, when one is con- verted, he at once shows a desire for cl~thas. He will at first buy a calico shtrt, than a pair of duck pants. After that he wantq a three legged stool. He cannot l!it on the IJrOnnd with olothes on. So clothed and seated he is lifted a thonsand milll!l in civilization above the beathi)D a.roand him. Worth or Mlulons. General Sam~el Merrill, late oan consul general' at C'alcutfai eve of his departure for an nd dress to a Sunday friends, thnt which m.ade impression during my ~own in India lras been· those who have left their other side of the world, hovels of the onteast, to heavenly fl·ielld and the sio,:ns. When all oth!n' · oriEDt have VIWislled, a. radinllr , from heaven n!llly abide.\ c.ZOPJ.c,-P'trl t~l!>m!Vi I~. ~his c psa l:ni tliere fu.:st part (v• culls the tb graoiously b livered hill from teai·s n of which w tbankagi vin ba desirf)d t< pose, and h (verse 12),: ~he cause to !!llnll I rend• benefits tow of the psEih this questi1 things that the Lord in ple, that he rifices of ' would oall• In tbisps before us a ~erve T.han: it'reqnires 1 giving mee1 1. We sb that huve co by, blesain 'Church, in 1 l 'tla]. lir:es. l OUr nation· !the blight · ~!1St disappt We are at p havE) been. been blesaeo :rapidly ud'l' the home ru have also · may :recall lamitiea th• and aa)t, .Al mayhebles eat o.1llioti1 greatest ble 2. We ah render unto toward me! the bles11in1 must also abonld hov' debt and o! expected of ehonld inq1 8. We a! His benefit with he!U't ()01' vows u we have de Christ, ano meroiea ab< ful perlor1 ()l'atl,on tlu aelvee. T enongb. • thankag!vt ,.~ibleRe .t ~i, 1-4;; . 2~-81; xh . ~H1. 11m. 1·8; Jer. 4.7: Beb. Epb. v, 17· 9; Rev. iv Ten Go The gre' ,,troth. Tb ~ommlllldn WilliiiDl C at the BoE genlna of · parity, so:; 1. Tllou :a. A vir · · 8. An nc 4. Thou thy pen as 5. Thou caullnB, tho •if yon are r.t;,:. 6. Th011 · '');IOlitical oc 7. Thou . ~ l61111Desa. . '\. 8. ThOll . pitW. ,-! •. IJ, Tbon
