Cape May Herald, 18 October 1902 IIIF issue link — Page 5

“ANGELS VISIT’’ Sood*\ DiMonrse By Dr. Cluipaua. (he Noted Pastor EvaatelUL A Rcaotital Lcmm Dr»wn From tbc Pula Wriitea la Mraory •( (be WIMeraeu WM*crt>|t—Aafth Oaardiau. New Tom Citt —The following be»urv»ng»Usl in the countrr «nH onr of the preached from 'he text. •'He ehell give Hie angels eharge orrr thee to keep thee m all the war* " Psalm 91: 11. The wntar of thit l’«alm i* midoubtedle Mom-* We •hall appreciate it* atreneth and beaut,! all the more when we realiae that it wa* wntt.-n in the memory of the ailderne** wm-lenna*. In these vertea we find that Mom-* *pr»V* of victory in every *ort of trial. Thing* hidden and wen are to be overcome and influence*

trial* that a

"Take heed’lhal y* derpiae not on* of the** little onaa, for I ».y aSto T«. That in heaven their ana*la Jb always babeld the face of My Father which ia in htava®." Matthew 18: 10. That ia not the aneela of the children behold the face of the father, bat the angele that guard the children behold Hie face, aa if to know Hia will eonceming them. Fourth, they watch over the church, I’mil muat have had Una in mind when he said. “For I think that God hath act forth ntlea laat aa it w ‘

t maidiou* 1 abundant

t» fbe leader of them all. and the very angela of heaven are their bodyguarda. It ia t general Psalm, evidently for every one, i* indicated bv the word*. "He that dwell--attse the »ecret place <a »ogge*ted where ee may meet God. and not only tell Him •ur aecreta. hut *- " "*

* *'4t\r tbs

"six .. Hia second coining. Prophets, evangelTfire :* there ahalThe i^ihn^ud'g^hmg It ia my purnoae to show something eon-

secrets, bat li*ten to Him aa I rf fight »• indiratrd )>y the mention

aiXk ’sXiTX" .txk S: .r'lUi the though! of the feather* would «ugge«t >n need

the building of a bird'*, neat, all the thorn* of which are coveredLwith bird*’ leathers, and Mote* would mfihi 'tn -this mbjects Hia faitMnlnra* lo Hi* own. for a the 14th and the IBth'versea there 4~

“l will deliver him."'

“I win deliver^um and honor him.'

ta of Mamre, and he sat in the xh : ™"xx.i',s ss

in need in these days. It is not so much

All these blessings ** indicated br fh 11th Psalm are for us if we stay in the secret place of the Most High and not withter in the po*t box on which no direction baa been written. Men have alwaya believed in angel*, and the Bible confirms this belief. Their ministry is quite distaoel from that of the Holy Spirit of God and yet quite as real. They are not to be eonfaaed with onr beloved dead, for our loved one* are higher than they. In speaking of Je*u* the writer in the Hebrew* say*. “Who being the brightness of His ^uTtpho'd'K* tS by .t’w^i •f Ha* power, arben He had by Him**lf ervs. s& to much better than ’he angels. *« He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent ram* than they " Hebrews 1: 3-4. A.ad that we are to have the «ame aa Me where I am: that they may behold My glory, wh'-h Thou haet given Me. for

anSd/‘ , .& u”n. u ”

The Holv Spirit in a 1 ! dispenration* he* been the interpreter of the word of God. but angel* have had a more material work WBen doshua wa* in trouble an angel appeared unto him as the captain of the host*: wh*n Peter was in prison an angel threw hark the bolt of the prison door and talked ••rith him. The beat fllnatration of the ministry of the gel*, defended by angr.*. strengthen'd by “For if the word spoken ty angels wa* steadfast, and every tranegre**ion and die■pel was spoken by the Spirit. "Foiu»mch re are mani/eatly dr-1*red to be the Ana*la are aetnat Iv-ng*. THer at* with Abraham, they took Pot hy the hand, they refnaed to be wo-.hiped and they aecept-t-o-oi*-!-*- They are a company rather

ot marry, neither

. two order*, good

—i ther were not always so. G»*e th-y were all holy: then •ome sinned and kept not their first e*iate. The other* are distinguished from this company » the fact that they are called the elect-an-

, "“ 1 ‘ u ,to

uESkX s:t,w. na ws ssixaxsii’iif.x.tcs

«fwi l ,. h X;s''

. stood the seraphim: each one had six WHAT twain* hr , TOr^r'h'rfee h t“ a^T wUh Hw glory. And the no«t* of the door moved, at the voire of him that cried, and 2k v5»“ ir,.r; l, x"X jx iC.IS-XXlKSJX.'Pi’S ► ■P‘» “T mouth, and said. Ixi. this hath xzstzmc:.: is- sr-s^yJtiTs. xt

i XbX.iltrX'™ ee

more beautiful to Abraham and Sarah, for as a matter of fact hornet are transfigured day. and in His coming He is the aa rs2s-^KeJSrs™ffi.*?s2

KM* ti-VB SK£

that when Paul wa* converted hi can-e the couch where He rested, possibly the

^3

ed hospitality. Thev are a than a r«ce; they do pot do they die; thev are of ti

and' evil, but ’

work*Vn *Sa^ uif* Pkuhp was at I^rt ‘ n AcU WtT ^d h Se 'angrl'of the Lord spake .mtc Pfarfip savins. Aria* and go toward (be south unto tU wav that goeth down from Jerualem unto Oa*. which M dearrt. And b« arose

And he arose and

4. a man of IthlbiNa. ar authority under Gadan.

a. which i* desert "•■•^aad. behold

•m Jorusalem for to.worship was ret ag and r-.Uiag in hi* ehanot rami Rsaias. ♦s prophet T»en the Spirit sail unto 22^ i 5 ® “d jo.n thyself ta tha

Ronrad. the help

it of Ahratened holy

burn. We nay

_ _ ;ae daya in unex-

pected ways

I like the otory of the German boy whs sat a nlaee at the table for Christ, and Stated kXktfXd “ l £r te SFuS s jSJtjss not come He ha4 aeut this man in Bit Whatever msy be the ditpenrational

SSX'S,

are at least most striking in this eonnecjr r zrx s.Si's' "I’k.'S u^Tirois ntwer Him saying, lord, when saw hee an hungered and fed Thee? or thir and gave Tore drink* When saw ISdVkl&'n.ATVXbSw. w-e Thee sick or in |>tt*on and cam* unto Thee? And the King shall rjiswer and 'iiV~A‘i. b rk7X' - ite« d ”” nr.s-xs.ixix's X£dXS i ^‘2X u “ l "' i “ Their riail to Ixit. Genesis 19: 1-3. “And there came two angels to Sodom at even: and Lot sat in the gnte oi Sodom; te, n dV^ifTth p hf^^^d the ground; and be said. Behold, now, my iste “d K S-kSSt S S; hut we will abide in tbs street all night as .'jxmrrxs ssSi ss

iiifS s

isrJd'XkX.i', X

in the second. , 1^31 ia -a type of a worldly Chris-

ian a man w-L had a good start and nade a miserable failure. With au.-.h a man the Angel of the Covenant can have E:S“X.“Lj5S'Xfi-S'X"S

i.is

“X, i *2i,"S™;' , X'X d u2^.“: £Sb?iXi,^.X t 2^^ -leas to move them. There may be • wanderer here who ia saying, ia

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53ft SPJ52 fall nor the weight of the snow could not !L. , '^5E“i,‘'.b2k25 5 , 52S 53. l Sl!!?i£”b42i':£,.rSlS-af cutties Satan ran never put a roof over a. S^£.* , k”.a or your feeline*. but away to the p

THE SABBATH SCHOOL

MINDING THE BABY.

InterMtioMl Lesson Comments For

October If.

Sab)cct: The Fall ol Jericho. Josh. vL. J, 2f —QoWeo Text: Heb. xL, M-Memory

Verse, 20 — Commentary oo

the Day's Lesson.

t'wela Bad to Cwdarga- | ] Mrs, Uidders, leaving. "He’a on the ag from the ball Into tho atudy. "Oh. I

grotostonil Vxrdt. \R. WALTER B. LEAKING,

II you mind baby for a aer- | o Kqjng. and Norah baa step- 1

the planets overdue, do forget to come, has He

The angel of comfort. Genesis 21: 14-21. “And Abraham rose up early in the morning. and took breed and e bottle of water, and cave it unto Hager, putting it on her ahonliler. and the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderne** of Beeraheba. And the water SidCXX K. Z went and *»t down over against him a

ig.s.rxb: x

2rS3»sis«

him a great nation. And God opened her eve*, and she *aw a well of water; and she went and filled^the^hottle with

, and aatd agar? fear

and

lag fre Dick—

ond?

poj out."

Voice at Dick—her portly bachelor j'

brother. “All right."

Mrs. I/ttddera. leaving. "He's on the I

lATJS/SX‘Lll-'Ti Z" "ol *23 j D" us^vw-wiiiaVAoik-

j Ui».-

9 to 11 a. m. 8 to 6 p. m.

Cor. Ocean and Hughes Street,

(2d floor.)

Cant Mar. N. 1.

proceed to U—~ ... — escape of the apiaw, whom Joshua had sent to leara the condition of the city, had aroused the king of Jericho eo that be l

—*— care to have the ga

uln ox. U B.n Hi. au'u'tbl d2

“h ,r /'x. h .':xT. i "

These instninenU were probably made oi the dreadful trumpet of war, they sounded z?zts,‘ a frxx-j sr£c, Kwa-i-u^;: « the victories of Israel were from Him. By uit* token the faith and tatienee of the people were increased. The prints went 1

‘r-5S l X2 rl X"2T'ii.

X.I the 1

Door ahtiiK. Silence for a few mo-

ments.

Baby prolchta. "Ya-a-a-a! Ya-a a’ I Ah-a-a-a-a-a-a " Mr. Wlere. hastily springs from tho j chair and bolts Into the sitting room. : “What is it. baby? Nice baby. "8h- 1 ah-ah-sh." I Baby, seemingly Incensed. “Ah-aa-a-a-a-a " Grasps watch-chain aa Wit-re kneels ; In front at him, and abruptly ceasea hts cries. Wlere. with cheerful celerity unfa*- : tenlng chain, and aurrendcrlng watch i

Tick.

"Ther

aby. Tick, tick.

Baby listen’"

Pwan; of the

company of Israel followed in the line of march. The order of the procession seemi to have been, 1. The soldiers. 2. The seven i--. <*•** s?~£>afs ts

probably kept at a ' ■e walls, so that no v

tick—pltty Itty sing.

Baby, violently throwing away time-

a "

j P W1

Ah a a-a a-a a-

,'lere. nonplussed, yet eager to be service. “Poor baby. Naughty mamma gone—all gone. But unkie here. Yea. I know—baby want to write Jus' like ankle. There I " Carefully draws pen from pen-hold-

er. and extends latter to child. Also, at expense of sundry' puffs and grunt*, finds watch and chain and keya,

and places them In child's lap. Baby. "Ah-a-a-a-a-a-a "

Wlere. in apology. "Of toursc' aby mus* have rut per. Tan't wile wlv-out paper. Bad unkie, to for-det.

Now!”

manner for battle. No mot

»Ttd. mr

is^sUsa , _, some one. The l#th verse is most striking, (trance manner for battle. No mount was Wit

j “lE&ISH;!

caat down, the church is such a we!!. | to be taken and subdued. There were j

at sip down^om'^drink this morning and i armed men in this^approarhing^army^ but Paper dlatracts baby, who clumsily „.../ ^ 0 „

« - -■ •*»--•- would sink bla ancestors were goats

Instead Bf apes’"

Baby, despite paper. "Ya-a-a-a! Ya-

a-a-a-a-a-a ''

Were, whirling tn chair, with mani-

fest eholer. .“Good heavens: t wlsr

1 knew whether you were old to lick. If you were my childyou aren't, thank the Lord!" Rises and tours the room, nlucking

various articles of shiny ajB Jingly j nature from the mantel, bookcase, ta- ■ ble. bracket, desk. etc. Dhnips them upon the baby, and round about him. ! "There! Now play—chew and j break and anything else, but ollow me

| five minutes' peace. I'm busy." Baby, rapidly dispersing the col lee-

Ah-a-a-a-a-a-

K, s “ -"“’s ftsLiwe

SL'iS'Six:

^*14^

known time. There are several place* lately come into Canaan, -

S !S - Tt. r»p«l

zrizl z££"

Iron. God s ways and work* feet. One of tneae seven dayi

!X‘!h7i.Sh ob £SS,JS,!S';"£.2 "

bad healed him. If Una be an illustration

...

for j (even tunes aa much iervice for the Lor

. u '2.o' , Q,X. 1 ''a",h,?S!

must It

seeming

enough Id—but

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ISSVff&f

to the day.

ay. Seven denotes perieo

rays and-work* are all perThere are many hearts to^av submerge ! i tect. One of tneee awn day* must have by grief and despair and trouble up from ' been a sabbath day. The Jews say it was which there ia rising a great cry. To meet the last, on which the_ city wa* taken; and

' A ^^»d*re2ment i ta Tndia

her of year* ago was for some un&X™SS~ n «. tK'^I

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■E MAY, I. J.

COR- JACKSI

CAP]

old Seothmd, and t

sick for those days when we were free ' Here not only Joshua riaes early, aa from trial, and bret of all the better days : 12, but also the whole army, because i when we shall see Christ aa He is. but alas, I great day’* work was before them. Karlj between ns and thst fair city lie* the ; riser* nun many victories that otherwise

ihoold „ il

vfcile we rrat there fi'-T-xr.'Xi!'

there the »a '

.agel* of heaven keep guard.

"Casting all your care* upon K.s’K-s.r.x

iod. Their < great, their faith so ear to well tuned, that their — t at once raised to sound the note of triumph when God said shout. "Shoot." They were to shout by fsith at though the victory were already gained. This thev did and the wall* fell only after they bad-declared it aloud. There is ranch in the about* of Go

Baby. In cobtlnuous performance.

‘Ah-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-E "

Wlere. savagely. “Shut up! “ At this instant door opens, and Mrs.

l.utlders rushes In,

nant, gathers up child,

ostentatious symi

him for the benefit of her | 'Poor darling! Poor pre- !

cfous! There—don't cry. Mamma s j turn, an' of unkie sha'nt 'base him any ‘ more—that he* sha'n't! Cruel unkie' Yea—letting him have all these things )

ight have choked him. or hurt

him In an awful

ant. i 1th c

through 1 brother.

£2

dreadi

ully; and sitting there yell- |

ing—fairly yelling at him In an :

voice to ‘shut up!' The Idea!” bay. “Well you told me

nlnded

225^ wraTH

1 mind me.

’XX?!/SIS £5 ‘XSL e ISXSXS ff’XSS&'SESE

a shout that caused the enemy to flee terror stricken. M Jesus gave Hts followers

Wlere a*.

to mind him, and I minded him! That's the trouble; he's been minded much. If he was my child, by gad,

me."

and slams door, i The Criterion.

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CAPE MAY, N. J.! constant effort la directed toward trade with the freshest, paraekl

bread, cakes, plea, etc.

upon u* in freer dep How glad, tVn.

mber that w* ter to caat the

we I Bcense to shout His praises. Luke 19: 40. , Vare eneour- i Ibouting saints seldom become discouraged.’

hem all—not But of course there is no virtue in the a Him Here : noist; God looks at the heart and if that ,,

“!<?.<» ! l, rSi5t7!L , 2!W.*!St. ..... I .<

hat prat inch bell and wb

■ when | assail us, t

id hat

imised to

than lllc's tdM

bear our hardens. How

to take Him atH' trials, no matter h

hem to Him in every truth, and having lone to. leave them there. It is only when v« get into the habit of drily, hourly interlourse with Him that we discover the true 'meaning of such promise* as there. Thu only are we able to lire rejoicingly no mat-

mms® told Hia disciples and

Sodom and o work, net to sit

w and

in the pew te to ne; tht

that i* the wav with folded hande the unsaved to eon

I/Ot, for they were dead in e rhureh needs a baptism of

They laid bold upon the hand of Lot. Preaching ia not cnouah; there mast be personal contact with those who an lost.

HI.

Th* angel of strength. Matthew 4: 11. ‘Then the devil leaveth him. and. behold, angels came and ministered unto him.” There is no reason why we should fail in thee* coming days granted the last that

iac flesh i' weak, the temp.* appetite awful, but atill ! C« 10th rhai'ter and the Uth v_

Tbet* kith no temptation taken you. bat nrh *su common toman, but God is faithful, who tnO not sailer you to he tempted shove that ye are able, bat will with the tomptatioa aba make a way to eveape that ye may be ahie to bear U * h ti*v»bog through the coaatry yeetse-

UH^ia II *TWa the

They led Rhjah when they ncnwlered to mat

mi enaserang UtUe chddreg it ■ mid.

moat hand. They mer.t of aerri should be to re aged by the >!

some t>f themthen, is the greet time-tried the world's wonw. We hear . day* about “don't worry etubs,

t* something far better, even a graciuoa w- , vitation from our Lord to bring every- i notes ‘to cut off. to devote, toV—_____ thing that vexes us to Him. Eut having 1™?“ common use and consecrate to God.’ cast our cares upon Him we should leave This was the first victory in Canaan. It them there. This is as important as the T**. 1 *™* 1 ,* ^ frutU, and as such must c*.*ting. Many good Christian people go be devoted to the Lord. The *■»—*—

through hie burdened with^earestbatthey punishment was just. In the’last day all the wicked of the earth will fall beneath

the anathema of the Judge.

18. “Keep yourselves,'’ etc. See R. V. *Tt would be sacrilege to .dedicate the whole to Jehovah and then to take possession of a part for their own use.” “Make the camp....accursed" (R. .V.). If

:h cares tv_. , Have tried lo cast upon Him. but baring failed to leave them there arc still r‘— sling under the load. He has promii

Cal ration.

Salvation, as a growth, ia no cheap and fleeting result. It has dignity and endurance, and they who make it theirs, to any good degree, are the mca and women of various and sterling growth, upon whom the temple of cirilixatnin rests, with all it# riches of use and beauty, as on strong ool-

m, as the putting forth of fe into higher and better gradual achievement, and mmatsd even in tin* sphere

-- — a. For whose nature, enriched as it may be, has enlmi’ 'tad in all the perfections of life? The creatytar of eternity is still a rear of growth. Ever th* way opens nnd the ardor rircs. We may find indifference lew down, but never far up; for ever wisdom and virtae and love and piety know their own value, and find in thcmrelyq the sufficient motive of pro-

(Cab's 7aUh.

be said to nx our tnal, out not our fate. Every man is to be pot to the nr oof some-

growths, is cannot be eo

of

•acm, aon me camp vuuiu i*c irouu tnd distressed because of it. 19. “The silver," etc. Ercrvthing ralue was to be set apart for the een.__ tf the tabernacle, and counted among the (acred things. God would be honored by mriching His dwelling place. Hts cause is built up br the detraction of the enemy's strongholds. This wotfld teach the Israel (tes not to eet their heart* on worldly uealtb. and would ahow the nations around that thtnr were not a eet of "!£, ' ' "

....

nations.

40 "Fell down flat.” Several commentators, both Jew* and Christians, hsre supposed thst the ground under the foundation of the walls opened, and that the walls sunk into the chasm, so that there remained nothing but plain pound for the, Israelite* to walk over. Probably th* wall Nil down from its foundations in -own wave. This Tiiraele pot into the

S3. Tjo

■ho gar* both Israel . rhelming proof of the on

i overwhelming proof of t of Jehovah and of H

Kravery al a Ulscount.

There are ' iiqps when bravery is at discount. It is all very well to Inst upon It when the small hoy Is afraid to ntaiy alone tn the dark, but when he kcU> to being brave on his own account there may be trouble. That is -a hat Joel's papa thought- when he took hie amall son down to one of the beacnes as a special treat beoause it was hia third birthday. Papa does not usually navigate the young man alone, apJ when he came home after

the beach he solemBly* de-

clared he would never attempt It again.

business himself.

me, apJ p visit li

he a

u going

i thci

i wi

t, reme t a bo;

t a long ■

t hallow water near chore It occurred to him, remembering tne time when he was a boy himself, that Joel would undoubtedly like to wade while he was gone. He removed the youth's shoe* and stockings romewhat clumsily, not bring accustomed to the task, and left him wetting his small pink loee ana with an expression of rapture on bis face. It would be all right and the

would be happy, and be turned to e him when hj was recalled by a

shout: •

Jf)h. papa. papa, look, look!” Joel, not a bit afraid, had thrown

l-imself on bis small stomach In the

ttle waves rippling him ns they were

around another mall boy in the water, hot one who was wearing a bath-

ing salt

History does not relate what papa aatd.—New York Times.

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New

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The prince ia question! Is nobody's heir presumptive; it hU heredity is to be mentioned at all be be called the heir apparent of dr apparent. An heir presumpi heir pemuing the possible birth heir in the direct Hae.—London

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