THE ART OF FOgfiETTINfi Dr. Talaafe Hlutratn How All Ollcodm May Be Efflaodpated. How to Be Happy — Allow Other to Foffcl —Coot Isto Marty cad Partfoa.

and illuctratei how all oiTrnden

how all offender* may be

‘ted; test, Hebrew* rtif, 19, line and their iuiquitiea ’ —

letter i text

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i Uie plain Unfuate 1!

Ttfc national flower of

of thP Chinece m the chryaanlhcmum. We hare no national flower, but there ic

f^tnSw. ifn

like to berecnembered, and one at our mjc-. fortune* ic that there are »o many th.np .we cannot remember. Mnemonic*, oe the art of ajaiatina memory, is an important gimm

toM yon that 3ebt wa» canceled F^^VcH.

my nifndr. there arc many Chriaban*

guilty oi worae lolly than that. Wl..le it u rwiit that'Hiey ,«;ic9t of n*w pint and

of I'tfeect cine, what i* the uie of bother-

ing youraalf and fnau - '' ’■* *■

Him to fohxive sine

forgiren! Sod boa forgiren^em. Why do you-not forget them! No; you drag the load on with you, and 395 timos a year, " dev. you aak God to re-

rh|ch He ha* not only for-

were dialed. Ye*, be Jhankful for tl rcecue. but do not make display* of t Xcud of tlmt horrible pit or^t^riasb U oi

mSm icb «

s-k'iiif El is

print. My old friend, through great age. lost hi* memory, and •iicn I aahed him i\ this f.ory^pf the 'raflrtlad depot wa* troe t, -a. '.'Tdo *

you before!” my guMt lie*, an hour ago. that man be-

; memory I ever knew and no memory at all!

But right afoflg with thii art of recollection, which I cannot too highly call

— ant, and yet I

lection, which 1 . “ o ”rS“.d2:'

heard it applaudetf. 1 mean the art of forgetting. ITjerft ia a splendid faculty in that oirection that we all need to culti-

ire useful t n told that

fban

__t for-

1 ought to be “y cane. So far hut ascribe* it to Th<

we now are. - V\ e have be

jSsStw*

from a weaknes*. my text awribe* it to fcore.” To remember no more is to forget, and you cannot make anything else out of

iuV^fn^rirAm one man. afUr a lifeall right, get. ' ■ins of tna heart pardoned and the ol man, after a life of abomination, gets .

doned God remember* no more against

Si

word or ever got drunk or went to compromising places or was guilty of asaault and batfery or ever uttered a slanderous word or ever did any one a hurt, although I knew my heart was sinful enouxh and I nyeelf, "There i* no us* of mf trydo any good, for I never went those depraved experiences." Ihit ■d 1 caw consolation in the thouaht one gained any ordination by the laying on of the hands of dissoluteness and An/ though an ordinary moral life, ending in e Christian life, may not be as dramatic a story to tell about, 1st u* be grateful to God rather than worry about it if we hare never plunged into outward abom-

inations

A tuf forgetting God! That is dear beyond llnd far above a sin pardoning God. How often we hear it said, "I can forgive.

if one> h be is.sure to be misrepresented, to be lied about, to be injured. There are those who keep these things fresh by frequent rehear- "■' ’* *'-■— * are appeared in print, they

cions paragraphs out oi news-

papers or books and at leisure times look them over, or they have them tied up in •undies or thrust in pigeonholes, and they frequently* regale themselves and thor friends by an inspection of these fling*, tbeae sarcasms, these falsehoods, these crulitica. I hare known gentlemen who carried them in their poeketbook*, so that they could easily get at these irritations, and they put their right hand in the inside it their coat pocket over their heart and Bay: "Look here! Let he show yon aomething.” Scien ti|ts catch wasps and bor>ets and poisonous -insects and transfix them in curiosity bureau* for itudy, and chat is well, but these of whom 1 speak catch the wasps and the hoi—* —— >nous insects and play with , Jhem on~ tbemoclves and on their friends and sec how far the noxious things can jump and show how deep they can sting. Have no such scrapbook.-' Keep nothing in your possession that it disagreeable. Tear up the falsehoods and the slanders

and the bypercriticisin*.

Imitate the Lord in mv t«xt and forget, actually forget, sublimely forget. There is no happiness for you in any oth*r plan or procedure. You see all around you in the church and out «f the church dispositions acerb, malign, cynical, pessimistic.

Do yon know how these men and wot got that disposition? It was by the

balmmcnt of things .pantberine and viperous. They have spent much of-their tone

in caQing-tbc roll of all the rats that 1 nibbled et their reputation. Their sot a cage of vulture:. Everything in tha sour or imbittoe-1. The milk of hui

kindness has b-cn curdled. They do believe in anybody-or anything. If they sea two people whispering they think it is •bout themselves. If they eee two 'people laughing, they think it is about themselves. Where .there it one sweet pippin 'in their orchard there ore fifty crabapples. They have never been able to forget. They do not want to forget. They never will

forget. Their wretchedness is ftr no one can be happy if he a

petuilly in mind the mean tfa ^ hare been done him. On the other band.

I here and there

a man or

wnose ouposiaon is gemaj an/ Why! Have they always be Well! Oh.no. Hard things bavu against them. They have been charged with oSSiousnesi, and their generosities have been set down'go a desire tor display, 'and they have many * tone been the subject of tittle tattle, and they base-had enough . small assaults like guts and enough great attacks like bona to have made them perpetually miserable. If they would hare consented to miserable. But they have had enough divine philosophy to cast ol the annoyance*, and they have kept themselves ia the •anbght of God * favor aod have resUxed that these oj.pnsitioa* and hindrances are a pert of a mighty dumplme by which they are to be prepared foe Mcfabea. and heaven. The sserk of it all is they have, hr tha hsip of the Eternal God. leaned how to forget. Another practical thought: When our faults are repented of let them go ost of stf J'i2S.‘sr ’£v-!rv pea ted of our iafebeitia* and miademssn-ST-^-tS.^AiTHK nr i 1 ir-“£^r,rJ u MA Dolrtas*" Yeumvtmi

day I conic m aud say:''Wy d*ar.«ir, about that d*bt--I can oseer get over the fart that 1 owe you that mao^y. It if somehat weight on ray mind Jike a millDo forgive mo that dobV." _ This

B, W^d < do , yS d m?fc if l4>t affair? I am

"aou are a nuioanoc. Woal

bv this reitersMon of that anairr a am almost sorry I forgtre yoo debt. Do you doubt py voracity or do you no* tin-

i use

insulting God by aiking that long ago were

ceipt nTS. God having .

decreed "your sin* and your iniquities

B^Trcfer

a. —

e to the horrible pit from ;

here it something in the armeanor that

” h

well, but that unfortur poos out of my mind."

nate affair can never pais out of ray mi There may be no hard words past 6?ti them, but until death breaka in the t

. mains. But God lets our d offenses go into-oblivion. He n Ogam up tO T“ V”

He feels as ■e had been

ily toward ns as though we hid b< dess and positively angelic all along, lony year* ago a family consisting of husband and wife and little girl of two years lived far out in a cabin on a western prairie. Tha husband took a few osttle to mafhet. Before h» started his little child ' Wm to buy her a doll, and he proraHe ooald after the sale of the cattle purchase household neegasitirs and certainly would not forget the doll he had promised. In the village to which he went ’ ‘ “ -*-*-*— 1 —roeer-

ir his

„ tss along on horsAsek s thundsistorm broke, and in tbs most lonely part oi the road end .in the heaviest part of the storm he heard a child'* ay. Robber* had been known to do some bad work along that and-it was .known that thi* berdsad money with him! the price of the cattle sold. The herdsman first thought it as a stratagem to have him halt and he despoiled of his treasures, but the child'p cry became more keen and rending, and «> he dismounted and felt around in the darkness and all in vain until he thought of a hollow tree that he remembered near the road where the child might be, and for that be started, and, sure enough, found a little one fagged out and drenched of the storm and almost dead. He wrapped it np os well aa he could and moun>d his --■* returned his journey home.

bom “and Coming in «

the wife .of '

from

excitement,'Ond^ho

nlri-

dflMfll

of the house, who was insensible * greet caismitr. On inquiry the husbdnd found that the little that cabin was gone. She bsd

J out to m*ct her father and get the present he had promised, and (he child was lost. Then the father unrolled from the blanket the child he had found in the fields, and, lo. it was his own child and the lost one of the prairie home, and the cabin quaked with the shout over the

otr suggestive of the fact that once wo e lost in the open fields or among the

jntain crags, God* wandering children, and He found us, dying ir the tempest and wrapped u* in the mantle of His love ... and fetched us home, gladness and eonne prstulation bidding us welcome. The fact ve i* that the world does not know God or

is they would all flock to Him.

i* So I set open the wide gate of my text, an invitidk you- all to come into the mercy and pardon of God—yea, still farther, into the rpins of the place where once was

krat Ahr knowledge of your iniquities.

The piece has been torn down and the records destroyed, and ^T'gou will find the, ruin* more dBajynated and broken and prostrate than thi ruins of Melrose or Kenilworth, for from I these last mins you a pick up some fragment of a sculptured oaa tir you can »e*Jthe curve of aome

i arch, but after your repentance

a cannot fmd f ~

THE SAUATH SCHOOL

. ,_ w m be would not be ebnsidertd an intruder. "Underetandest thou s ” The question would imply that Philip was ready to explain. Pbahp did not begin in a roundabout war, but came directly to tbe point. In holy conversation we should come at once to tbe truth itself. 31. "How can I?" Thu* admitting that there was nothing within himself to unfold the meaning of God’s word, and yvi expressing an earnest desire to' know its 32. "The place of the scripture.'’ Tbe chapter (Isa. 53) contain* eleven distinct referencea to tha vicarious sufferings of Christ. "As a sheep.” A vivid.dascripMoB of our Eariour’a silent submission to that sacrificial death, to which He humbled Himself. 1 Peter 2: 23. 38. "Hi* humiliation." In his humble position as a poor man. ‘'Taken away. In the contempt, violence and ontrege which "He suffered «f part His humiliation, the rights of justice and humanity which belonged to Him were taken from Him. "Declared His generation." There ia a great variety of opinion as to (he meaning of this expression. Many think it equivalent to arnfag. Who — J ' v - *' : -’-

iwraries?"

Six different I on that nijht which was interjected into tl* daylight of Christ's assassination. The neighing of the war hdrses-for some of th* soldier* were in the sad die-was one round, the bang of the hammer* was a iceoad sound, the joer of maHgnants was n third sound, the weeping of friends and follower* wa* a fourth Bound, the plash of blood on tbe rock* wan a fifth sound, and tbe groan of tbe expiring Lord waa a •ixth sound! And they all commingled into cas sadnore. Over a place in Russia whore woh-t* were pursuing a load of traveler* and to save them a rerrant sprang from the tied into th* souths of thewOd beast* aud was devoured, and thereby the othre lira* wen saved are inscribed the words. "Gre*»WJrt'VEttr&n^: mmm

•* Ihrftrr’* Lsmsu.

28. "An angel." (R. V.) Sot the angel

which signifies Christ Himself. We do not know how he appeared to Philip, but we know that he was "o .real meieencer, bringing a real message from God." "Unto Philip." The evangelist, or deacon. "Go.” Philip was probably still in Samaria when he received this command. "Gaa." One of the five chief cities of the Philis'.ines. It was situated near the southern boundary of Canaan, leas than three mile* from the Mediterranean. ■The way—which is detert." This is s description of the exact route be was to take. The word "desert" means a wild and thin-i h- settled regiou. This - was the roatf through Hebron. But eome think ‘.hd 79rd desert may refer to the "place” be

27. ‘fe arose and went.’’ It doe* not

appear that he knew the object of hi* jouruev, but still he obeyed God instantly without question. '•Ethiopia." No* called Nubia snd Abyssinia. Tbe high Usd south of Egypt, of which the capital was Mar Of. caDedVaidM. Geo. 10: 7; 1 Kings 10: 1. Its Hebrew name was Cush, from the son of Ham. At this time there were many Jew* in Ethiopia. "Eunuch/’ Denoting here a atate officer of great authority. similar, perhaps to that of Joseph. Gen. 4-t: 39. Sometime* called chamberlain. Act* 12: "Candace.’’ Title of the queen ol Mefoe, as Caesar of Rome, and Pharaoh of the earlier, and Ptolem* of the Utter dynasties of Egypt. "Of sQ

rare." Tr. saur *

i com. mon in the Bast, where not only manor, hat important documents were kept. Etra 5: 17; Bother 4: 7. Of these treasure houses this etmuyh was custodian. Ho was the cniVen's 'secretary of the" treasury. 28. "Wa* returning." Heihad eome to .Tenisalem to keep the recent feast of Pcntecoet, as a Gentile proselyte to th* Jewish faith, and having come so far he not only etaid out daring the festival, but prolonged his stay until now. “Read Esaia*. The Greek form for Itoikh. He was evidently reading aloud, and this was common among OnentaU and was the practice of the Jew*. He may have obtained the expensive manuscript while at Jerusalem, and was now looking over his

new found treasure.

29. "The Spirit said.’’. That inward voice which directed Philip to approach the traveler and keep near the chariot, was a command of the Holy Gho«t dwelling in him. The angel who bad given him the first direction hod departed, snd now' tbe influence of the Holy Spirit completed

the information.

30. "Philip ran.” Showing promptness in obeying the guidance of the Spirit. •’Hesrd hfan^fcd." ^ Philip ws* walking

* the * —HU "■

34* "Of whom speaketh," etc. Probably there was no little dismission on this point. “Ol himself.” Thinking Isaiah might have predicted his own martyrdom by sawing asunder, according to Jewish

tradition. Heb. 11: 37.

85. "Opened his month.” Feeling the great responsibility of unfolding the true meaning of the Scripture* to his heathen companion. "Began at tbe same.” He took hi* sermon into the gospel concerning Christ. What the prophet bad dccUreo, had indeed been fulfilled. The Old Testament is fulfilled in the New. "Preached Jtsus." Showed that Jesus was the Christ, and in His person, birth, life, doctrine, ‘— death and re "—

U* Scriptures ol the Old Tes

fulfilled.

38. “A* they went.” They must have fourneved tome lime together. “A certain water.” There are many idle conjectures as to the 'exact place of this hoptum. “See, here is water.” Tho expression is marely, "Bchoid, water!” 37. "Philip asid.” This rarse is wanting in the Revised Version. "If thou behevcst." Believing is essential to relvation. With the heart man belirveth onto righteousness. Without faith it is impossible to please God. It is not *o much our doing as what w* are at heart that God estimates. He desire th truth in the inward parts. God wants the heart to be moved toward Him. "The Son of God.” After listening to the story of Christ’s humiliation snd death, to believe truly that He was the Mesaieh would certainly stir all tha love and adoration of the soul; for love purchased redemption, and love U the price far 36. "To stand still." Of count the -vboU retinue would tse what took place, and they may certainly be regarded as the Kings 18: U: 2 Kings 2: IS, and th* disappearance of Christ in Luke 34: 31, interB&ttXSS+TiVSX th* miraculous manner of his

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THE HISTORY

Cape May Qounty The Aboriginal Times.

LEWIS TOWNSEND STEVENS.

Chanter. CONTENTS:

I.—The Indiana and the Dutch Explorer*.

а. —Pioneers and Whaling.

S.—The Settlers and Their New Homes. 4. —life Early in the Eighteenth Century. 5. —Drveiopmcnt of Religious Denomina-

tions.

б. —Maritime Tendencies and Cattle Own-.—-Ancient Loon* and Tanca.

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9.—Wkst Jemey Society Right*, ia—Jacob Spicer and His Saying*. It.—Aaron Learning and Hu Time*. ta.—John Hatton, the Tory. 15.—Preparations for War. "T",. _ D—IlMnn.

rll^BT^Sw^dTodependeno*. 17. —The County.in 1800. 18. —Tbe War of 1813. 19. —Progscsa After the War. , aa—Noted Men of a Generation. c.—The Decade Before the Rebellion. »-Openhig of the Civil War. *x—First New Jersey Cavalrr. a*.—The BoUatments of t86lf as —The Campaign* of 1864 and 1865. *6.—Life Following \he Rebellion. *7.—Fifteen Year* of Prosperity, afi.—Distinguished Visitor*.

*9-—Cape Wand. yx-Cape May City. 51.—-Tbe Borough*.

Appendix A—Members of the Legislature.

B—Board of Preeholdera

C—County Officials. D—Postmasters.

B—Municipal Officers. F-*-T»blt of Population.

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