OLD TESTAMENT WEDDING Sunday Du course by Dr. Cha|»nuio. the Noted Paitor-Evanielift. n* Lore CoBunce ct Uaac «od Rtbtkak KttoU—TcachM a Leuoi •! Dtrlaa

d«»tb

jtmgunhed »nd bert

to cTBuraift in ihe country. He wm id only to Dr. Talmage. but ainee the 1 of that famous preacher Dr. Chaphaa the undisputed pooea*ion of ths it as the preacher to influanoe the

The next incident is the woorax and the departure. The old serrant tells his story,

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».d, I will Genesis 24: S. And, the camel train is movtnc onoe more, the family of Rebdtah watchin* until the last camel is lost to riew in the distance. The journey is unerentful. but the end of it is more than strildn*. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide; and lifted up her eves, end when she saw Isaac she lighted ol the camel. For she had aaid unto the servant, What man ia this that walk Ah in the field to meet ue? And the errvant had aaid. It ia my master; therefore she took a veil and eovered herself. And the servant told laaac all things

dsy divine. J. Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond. Ind., June 17, 1SS9. He was educated at 6berHn College and Lake Forest Umrermitv, and graduated for the min-

ary, Cincinnati. Ohm.^in 1682. 1

- that*th£r ence is not so much due to excitins the emotions as to winning the hearts and convincing the minda of those who hear him. Dr. Chapman is now ka charge of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, New

York City.] . r York Cmr —The Rev. Dr. J. Wil-

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self. And the servant told laaac all thing! that he had done. And laaac brought her unto hie mother Sarah'a tent, and took Rcbekah, and abe became his wife; and be loved her, end Isaac waa comforted after his mother’s death.” Genesis 24: BM7.

son of divine providence.

when he says, r The Lord God of heaven which took me from my father’*.house, and from thewRid of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that aware unto me. aayinx, Unto thy seed will I give tbi* land; He ahall oend Hi* angel before thee, and thou shall

take a wife unto my son from Genesis, 24: 7. We think of ti

the following eloquent sermon to tjie press. It was preached from the text Genesis xxiv, 58: "Wilt thou go with thu

m&nl And she said, I wilTgo. ’

Thi* ia the story of an Old Testament wedding in which our text is found, and naturally because it ia a marriage scene it is interesting. The saying that "all the world loves a lover" is very' true, and I suppose is not without meaning the wide world round, but there is something about an Oriental w-edding which is especially interesting. Again and again in this Book of Inspiration such serves are recorded, but of all the Old Testament atones 1

place this the first of its kind.

If I were an artist 1 should paint it, and if I were an artist worthy of my theme it would surpass the other masterpieces in the world's great gallery of art, notably that of the Russian wedding feast, which has had admiration everywhere. The' heart of the picture is an old man; his hair is whitened with grief which in the past days has taken hold upon him, and

the line* of his countenance have

with myself. Wny it is we always think of God's care of the patriarchs as miracle*, without it* counterpart is in our own

i:— _v— n-j -ur Rath

live*, when God ia our Father, everything in our life i* precious to Him, and the

very hairs of our head are is the God of Abraham, Ii It u - - —

i of his countenani i- softened by,the

row, leaving

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sorrow, leaving an expression i only come to those who have

bear great burdens and

s, coincidences, impulse*. wh<

£"7.“ S.S”« ”’.iirJbsrs; two servants, one winged one in the air and the oU»er in charge of the camels. It is always to. It i* by thi* double ministry that providences are confirmed. All through life we eee it; in the conversion of men, in things common and in things unusual. You aay. "I feel a strong impulse to do a certain thing.' It is the angel of the Lord troubling the stagnation of your heart. You say that I an. impressed that I ought to do thus and so, when^it is the finger of God writing His purpose on your soul. These arc but the heavenly ministers of Jehovah. Look around you and you will find Momr opportunity for service fitting into»yom impulse or con-

Abraham is practicil

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journeyed with him to Beth'el. down into to hoar the summon* given at the resurrection morning. Abraham waa desolate. ' "In the long yens liker had they grown, Till at the last she set herself to him / Like perfect music onto noble words.” ' ’Above him ia God, who haa kept His won! with him when He said, "As I —as

t to w - c _as old u ,n age; and the Lord blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto hit eldest servant of his ue. that ruled over all that behad, Pot,

ton of the daughter of the , among whom I dwell. But thou ahalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the eervant said unto him, Peradventnre the woman will not be willing to follow me unto thi* land; must I needs bring thy eon again unto the land from camfcl? And Abraham sain uuto Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. The Loi* God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my ‘ ‘ .which snake unto me, and tl me. saving. Unto thy seed will I give thi* nd; He shall tend His i * _id thou ahalt take a v. from thence. And if the

‘ g to follow thee.

land; He shall tend His sngcl before'thee”; and thou shall take a wife unto my ton from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shall be clear from thi* my oath; only bring my son thither again. And the ten put hu hand under the thigh of Abrah his master, and aware to nim concen

that matter.” Genesis 24: 1-9.

One of the incidents of the picture would b. the setting forth of this servant. "And the servant took ten camels of the camel* of b:s master, and departed; for aT

poods of his master were in bis hand be arose and went to Mesopotamia, the city of Nahor." ” • —

of the most pictur

ia a camel tl

gait these uu.u.u. wir urocii

• mospbere of the Orient. I c

turesque sigbts^f the Eart . With a peculiar swinging nge animals of the desert

• mospbere of the Orient. I counted 100

•ne morning journeying toward the pyramids beyond Cairo. The train cf this old servant was made up of ten camel# only, bat they were the camels of a prince. they go until they arc lost to view. The next incident is the approach to Nabor. It it the hour of sunset; the day is £ ZSt.'tnJZ ES’iS? eong, the cattle arc etill, ah nature ia at rest, the hill*, are transfigured and the riven and the acaa arc like most beautiful jewels. Ladcncd with preact* gifU the tea caipels kneel just as the women ere coming forth to draw water from the well. The old servant ts they kneel begins to p

Thou

hast — Generis

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of Ijeart,' fair of -preschce of the s

t of Abraham. Aa ■ the daughter of

Pinty; aa to appearance she waa fair to kok upon; aa to educstjon the waa trained to domestic service. ' This ia Rebekah. the bride cf the picture. "And the man Won-ga.-nSTiiffiS sr £ jsn

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og.of b2f a shekel a for hex hands

proeperous or as the camels

man took

thee. w there room in tby f.tS?. fcS

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ssuu, and the numbord? He ic and Jacob,

angel of

sTnsrij:

many twiata and turns, but ends in heaven.

I find here a good picture of real aervice. When Eleaiar was leaving Abraham be aaid, “Peradventure, the woman will not be willing to follow me unto thi* land.; must I needs bring thy so? again unto the land from whence thou cameetV And said unto him, "Beware, thou,

, —a* aid lie came to Jesus by night. Some have suggested that be did this not because of hu anxiety, but because he did not have the moral courage to come to the unpopular teacher by daylight. If ao the offense was not an unpardonable one. for Jesus did not even rebuke him. He welcomes the coming of lift most timid, the most doubling, the most unworthy. Nicodemus, like nearly all the world who know any- 1 thing about Jesus, recognired His mor^l . ” supremacy. They know H# is a teacher sent from God by tie tCme test that

Nieodemna applied. ”

of my kindred, and which apake onto me, His angel before thee and thou ahalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman wul not be willing to follow thee then thou ahalt be clear from thu my oath ^ only brjug^not my eon thither *It b the same figure that we have of the watchman upon the walla. Both of these appeal strongly to us. We are not free from responsibihty until we bave.tncd at least to win every aonl over whom we but I can try to tell them what I have been commiaaioned to aay, for I am my brother’* keeper. Oh, for the intense desire to do our Master's will that Eleaiar had. Hia camels are cared for, be has entered the house of Bethuel. He is weary with hi* long journey, the savory meat prepared for hu feast appeals to hu weakness, but hear him say, "And there was set meat before him to eat; but he aaid, I will not eat, until I Aave told mine er.-and. And be said, speak on." Genesis 34 ,3S. Ia not this lik< Paul on his missionary journey. "Jr. countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in penls in the wijder-

is it not 1_

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Rebekah saw in him the great love of Isaac's heart. And when they said. "Wilt thou go with this man? She said,

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., when He ia bI-sep"?.

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the story than iw it ^because I

of life, to show us 1

provision has been made for the fuL— meat of the great scheme of Redemption. God speaks in ev. * -

i the that

>1 of ’ide

vjuu awau in cvcij ** ay , “J

raent, by parable, by picture, by types, by symbols, if by all mean* He may make known the riche* of Hi* grace; and here is a whole chapter, one of the longest in the Pentateuch, taken up with a wedding story; there roust be some reason. The spirit of God would not use in entire chapter to describe the journey of Abraham to Mt. Moriah, and another to tell of the death of Sarah, and another to give an account of a wooing and a wedding without meaning. I think it m be that it is all to illustrate the myst a perfect iDnstration of that New Testament story where Christ was offered, the only begotten Son of God, where Israel was rejected because they would not come home. The Holy Spirit, as a eerv-

together except they are agreed r - *

if you will go with Him o it h muetbe to * 0 First: “Youmuit‘share Hu"opinion <ff ing embarrassment a* when He made the water into wine. Driving the wolf from the door aa when He fed the multitude*. You will need to give vour money aa well aa your arm pa thy. ‘'Wilt thou go with this Man r’ I think I see Him treading S .SniOri ci&fs pence. Yonder is a man upon the verge of deepsir. and thi* matchless Savior of our* bids him come unto Him that he may find rest. Thera ia a woman whose child ia dying, whose mother ia on the brink of Eternity, and He who spoke as never %a ‘ ^ "

V.

I put it to all those of you who are not Christiana, and bid you remember that it is not an invitation to come to Christ simply but a command, and in Hia name, after the manner of Eleaxar, I aay, "Deal kindlv and trulv with my Matter.” By His beautifol life, wilt thou go? Bv Hi* agony in the Garden, wilt thou go? By His betrayal and His trial of mockery, wilt thou go? By Hi* shame-

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you; He was a man of sorrow* and acquainted with grief for you. It is the moment of crisis id your life. "WDt thou go with thi* Man?” An.wer, and answer it now as did Rebekah. "I win K.'!, a, 11 Si/’LSiT.fi'JSS

Sis

Seeking the Truth.

rsri, 1

cept a man

laating line qua non. tL revocable condition for a beav How could Jesus have made

* ‘ “NewBirthr

But that compliment - the Christ. That acas no taring w lue. "Ex-

ade plainer the

——rity of the

therefore that i , more than half, perhaps, of nominal Christendom, are persistently searching for some other way. Why is it ao? The world appropriate* other common blesw mgs from God's hands without demur or question. His sunshine snd sweet sir are hive” Stod Hi^tlS 11 ^ly^ salvation, and rejoice in the exnerience.

salvation, and rejoice 7n the exnrriroce. They give us their word that they find and peace. And yet the world is alow

or a constitutional incapacity to act in one'* own interest?-.Teens was patient with the alow believing Nicodemns. But He did not have nearly twenty centprie* of Christian testimony to bear wiMeaa to the truth. That is why it will te les* tolerable in the judgment for ua than for those of Tyre and Sidon and the generation* tfcja have^gone to their reward and

Conscience is God's Immortality is the

Spear Points.

to the soul.

Christ reckons not by what is parted with, but what ia kept. It.ia a weak religion that a man can hide from his household. A conscience void of offense before God gnd man is an inheritance for eternity. There ia no human life eo poor and small aa not to hold many a divine possibility. Humility ia the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him our sacriman to cry

dear in the sight of God and Hi* than any other conquest is the it of eelf. ^ began baa ever failed. To love Gqd is our happiness, to trust in Him is our repose, to surrender ourselves entirely to Hi* will is our strength. When God designates our work, He will give what is needed for its arcoroplith'ment, if we keep in touch with Him.

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