AN OLD QOESTION.

A Crilliait SM4ay Semaa By Bev. C. R. McNally. (••tracttrc T*lk aa a S«MkI •! VUal Mftaacf I* l)» Att.

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The men «l;o a.Led tlun »jue*hon wet* dead in e»rne,l They ««krd .1 t-eeauw the entwer wi» 01 vitaj import tn them. word "Chrut" w« laden with • ’wealth of meamns lor the*e -lewiah <jue»' tior>cr* Our word 1‘hriM i« the offepnnc •1 Oh- (Jreek "Chriatoa." whieh m ita turn inherit* all the mramoF ihat O-e Hebrew eeuhadird in hi* word "M»»*i*h Around thu wor.l for liundmii. of rear* all .Icwwh life, iiolitiral and reiigmj*. had eentered The I'*«!mi9t* had mailr it the dominant aote in manr of thrir «weele«t •oaf* IU Buili-eolored >hadin(> had formed the warp and woof ol prophetic vn.on* The mother »* «he lulled lire little onr to aieeji aane of a Me*»iauif hope The little lad a* he rathe tn hi» father'* knee aaknig Inf a tale had h-« iniaeinatioor6t.-d '

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• f \Va>hingfV> or Kdward* to America. w*» the name of Me««iaii to a .lew, far it wa* at onre thr battle err of In* political libertie* and the keynote 01 in* religion The Jew* »• the* thought of the Me««iah mar be divided into two claa*e*. tho*e who** conception wa* predominantly religious and spiritual, and thoae whoae though: wa* predominantly political I •ay predommantlr because the two news were commonly blended. The more spiritual hoped for the delirerance of tlie nations from the bondage of »m. and the’ religious supremacy ef the .lewwh nation through the ministry of the Mewiah. while the le*« religion* looked for the oolibeal pre-eminence of the Jews under the leadership of the Messisnir King. However diverrent the new*, in two thing* *11 were agreed—the coming ef the Messiah meant Jew-li tire-eminenee. and he in hia earning woo'd he the especiallr anointed ol Uod. having the powers, the word* and ‘he aotrit of Cod. he w*« to he the instrument of Ccd. the roiee of Cod'* trill to and foe the nation. Earlier in the history of the nation the conception was more spiritual, hut hr the tirtWif the coming of Je*u* of Nasareth thrir hope liad loat it* huther and more spiritual eiiaraetrr. One morning toward the elo*e of Hia earthly ministry, when the rhillinc blasts •f winter had driven Him from the open courts of thr temnle to a sheltrred spot. Jesus, the row far famed teacher and claimant of Mrarianir honor*, might bare been seen paring up »nd down 'he pared ineloaure known *« Solomon’* Porch. It was the feast of dedigftldbn gnd the fathers of the nation were gathered in Jerusalem. There wa* murh agitation and conflict among them. The Um» and claim of Je*u» of Nazareth wa* known to all. Many of these very men had followed in the crowd* to *ee and bear Him. The mare spiritual had felt a strange stirring •f the soul in response to the call of this strange teacher to a purer and more exalted life, but surely they reasoned thi* coa!<L not be _ the Christ—He was so different* from what the)-'had expected the Christ ts be. The le«* religions were even more puzzled. The life of Jesus from the creature comfort aide was nothing to be en ▼ied. They could find nothing to explain the aim of this Teacher with His subrrrmer teaching. .Of one thing they were son-. He was a dangerous man. *or while by implication and even openly He claimed to be the Christ. He in no war corresponded to their idea of what the Christ * nor Id I.. Uorat*. II. —.. _.. . L. \f ri l. .I

While Jean# paced thoughtfully up and down within the porch He was quickly surrounded by sn eager, pressing crowd, some intense with reaming for Assurance aod satisfaction of sonl. others dark with the clouds of stricken conscience and the maliciousness of disappointed hatred. Notwithstanding their earisd feelings, all alike were anxious to pie Him with questions. Hagerly they pressed unon Him the rital question ''How long wilt Thou ho'd n* in suspense?” literally,.“.How long wilt Thou lift up our souls ?*' excite ns. hold oa between hope and fear? 'If Thou really art the Christ, then tell us plainly." Such is the ineritable question which most be asked hr every soul when brought face to face with the claim of Jeans to be the Christ of Cod. Was H» (he anoirtrd of God? Was He "the Kins'* Son” who should be called “Wonderful, connwlor. the mighty Cod. the eri-r’sating Kather. the prince of peace?” Was He indeed the Christ, or was He an imposter or a weaklmr. illosioned by the fervor of Hi* swn enthusiasms? These ooeslions as old aa Christianity are vital -to our day and hour. If He is not the Christ we mar be done with Him and go our wav. If He is in very truth “the anointed.” ”tlie seat of God.” we are bound to listen to Hia voice as the voic* of God, to learn Hi* precept* and obey. To our question “Art Thfy the Christ?” Jesus it ikes answer; note Hi* words: “I told you. but ye believe not ” The immediate inpeal of Jesus was to Hit verbal attestation o^ Hia Memiahship. Already He had told them that Cod waa Hia Father, that- the Father had sent Him into the world in His name, to establish His kingdom among man. but they would not believe. Of what use wse it to tell them that which they had already heard and had refused to believe? Nor waa it altogether strange that Hie verbal attestatum of Hie Mssaiahehin wa* not readily aegfpted. tor Hia aeeertion to be one with God wae a moet startling one. Man gire oredence slowly to the claims of others; they must see reasons or they will not beJiere. Should s man eotne to our National Government claiming to be the ft missal dor of England the first thing that would, he required nf him would he that he should furnish credentials. Failing to furnish them he would he laughed at for a too’. saw that He must found Hia claim convincing than Hi*

eeaeity lor proof and fgrniabr* that proof in Ilia words “the works that I do tn Mr Fetbcr'i name, these bear witness of Me.” This supcal of JeauCt-i Hi* work# a* proof that He wa* the Christ require* that we

> for a moment examine them.

Strenuous effort* hare been made during this, the new age. to read out of the works of Jesua all that is supernatural and divine. He is unintelligible, we are told, unless accounted for on human grounds alone. Crmuder, then, that when viewed in the light of human action. Hia works were beautiful and powerful beyond compare, and an ihemaelraa point to a higher divine life. The advanced thinkers of onr dev bavc. within comparatively few years, reached the conclusion that tt- ‘■ L -«—* type of lit* is that which they e tie, i. a life spent foe other*. The highest personal life is realised only as

that life, forgetting _ and exhenae* itself for others. The ethic*! world rejoices in this newly found truth. Go back 1900 years and there y.*u will fine One whose days were epewt in doing others good. Follow Jcsqa through Hi* ministry

e footstep* of the von”* a unselfish aah and it- greatest zmiktttfaj ErA's 3i l ’i^srti Ea -, I,.,. -1^.. .. it.,- —I—.» • i... .k.

mis the maniar boy sad smoothed the deep furrswe (rent a father's brsw. This mors Ht drore the (star frsm the mr\ ana m Trier', homr. and rnsrhap. #r# the def •* done He wiS whisper ths hep* «f • pure and holy Ills ts the harlot gl the wall. We ha«s got las much thought of ths works of Jeeue e* |h# ect* of one Irl'ew men toward ethos* Wkea viewed arenrdmf io this standard they sis seen ts he the highest reeligatien of mau'e. highset iilrsl. Christ sas wise whes He midARcheld My works.” fer arcerding twdhe finding* ot the beet thought of all ths ages WS works are more beautiful or sighar God. Ths mere fore*, beauty and holme** of Hi* act* prove Hi* kinship with the divine. Itti - . this was not enough ta satisfy a Jew. The Christ tiisr were looking for was Is demonstrate Hi# divine power by the m zht and ronqur«t of anas. They hud «t aiT cut and dried just what ths Chriafi should he aod do lie wa* suddrnlr to a|*|icar r.ut of the heaven* or out of an me isquesfered way of life, attended by great wonder* With the »word He wa* quickly to overrun the world and set up in Jernsalem a power that would ml* all cetions. Any love or philanthropy that conld be worked in would be ail right, but before all else Messiah must lie the messenger of Cod's wrath against the nation*, visiting them with defeat and disaster, that the

Jew might rule supreme.

Thus it was that to llie qcetuorer* of Hi* day Jesus proved tn be,a stumbling block. Did they find in Him a more than human power? Ye*, they ronceded that they did. As they saw Him restore the emaciated body of the leper, or infnae pew life into the palsied form or open the eyee of the Mind, or raise the d*ad from the gra\c. they were bound to recognize * more than human power. The cross and m*Hrious said this power it of the devil, but the more intelligent seid. a* thev esw the unseltishnens. the lore and .eadrrwrst of Hi* act*. "We bare nevev seen it done oa this wise before!” '‘No-maa could do these work* except God be with him!" "Surely this mutt lie the Christ!” Tbs answer of Jesus tn the questioner* of Hia dsv given in the term* of lore, an answer w hich thcr wo-j'd no* or could not nnderitand. is that whirh satisfies the heart and reason of the mouirer of to-dar. It is aa t.'ioueh Jesus said. “You ask if J am really the Christ of God and in Him you look for divine power T.ook at My work*, art they not of the highest lype? Aye. morr. the? are fraught with the power of God »nd prove, net only that I *m the Christ, hut that the neture of God is better than the thought of man hst made him. He i# a God of tenderer**, of lore.” Blessed answer. for it tcadhea that character if anprrme. and that the higher! life is one of aim tile ministry to the needs of others. To the mouirer of «o-d»y the sntwtr of Jesus ahould be convincing. Since it is our* to look from the mountain peak of rnsny centuries we rasy, however, see still other proof* snd find still other answer* to the all important question. "'Was Jesus the Christ?" History gires a twofold answer. first as seen in the prepare t-on of the world (or the romrag of t ie Mrs.iah tod then in the development of the world’s thought since the dart of Jegus. Psnl declares that “when the fnlness of time waa com*. God sent forth Hit Son" into the world. By the fulne-t of time he roust have meant the period that *r. to el*nee. according to the wisdom of God. before His Son. the Christ, should come. Now, if Jesus was the Christ, we mar expect to find the circumstan-'CS ol the rime in which He lived peculiarly fitt-d for mb coming. What were these rlrcmrstawcea? The vast Roman rcture effcrilril » broad snd areeasible field for thr »"Ttad of * new religion. The »«vptiy of Toman power ruled the world. Radiatmr from Rome aa a centre were snlcndid military roads whirh extended In the remotest houndsr-es of the empire. Because of the«* and thr opening of ocean route* travel wa* easy as compared with preceding centurie*. People traveled more. Tbna facilities for disseminating a new truth were better than ever before tn the world'* history. But the moot notable prenzration wa* that of the Jewish people. Thev bad long striven with their desire to worship idols. At last their vision was clarified in thi# regard. and the way was open for a further revelation. Moreover, the diaeerning among them, from reading the annals of their father*, had come to long for the promised Messiah until that longing was kindled to a fervent heat All the** thing* peculiarly fitted the time in which Jr *

THE SABBATH SCHOOL

commercial Review.

I. Absalom tirahng the hearts nf the mule (vs. 14). 1 "Aftor this." After

•After this." After

for thr reception and apread of great

religious truths.

N or *s historv singe thst time Ira* remarkable. He died a death of shame; no-ie could according to the common notion be more ignominious or disgraceful. His friends apparently were few. That He would soon be forgotten would seem natural. But it was not so. His follower* multiplied with tnsrreloU* rapidity. Tcraecntinn* began and thousand, of them were burned, roa'ted. speared and given over to wild beasts. Notwithstanding all this, within 300 years one-twen! cth part of the empire wer* professed Christians, the Emneror bimseli among the number. From that time until the present Christianity and avilixation bare gone hand in hand. Msnv of the great unhesvsls of the world's life is the store of Christianity asserting herself sgainat the power* that would star her trinuiphant inarch. It wsa so in the time of Charlemagne, of Luther, of Croniwsll and of Plymouth Rock. The line* of history converge toward Jesua Christ. In all thing* tnily He ha* preeminence. Pnrelv, this must be the Chris*.. From the historic point of view wa* He not more than msn? His works snd the voice ef history dee’are Jesua to he the

God-men.

If there still be a lingering doubt in the mind of any that Jeans i* the Cbriat. “the King> boh/' let him study the human heart

self gripped is the relen i evil nature. None ia e

alike are tarred with the one

toration and reception _.

3143). ''Chariots and ht

imitated the magnificsne* of foreign archa ia order to make an impression on the people. Horen wer# a novelet among the Hebrew*, only recently introduced from Kcypt, and arete costly and rare. ■'Fifty. A eon of the king riding in a state chariot with fifty footmdk-a* attendants would prove a great attraction. David waa ao indulgent t#*‘- be seems U> hare

taken no notice of ir

2. "Rose up early." Public bun tire* in i hr East is in many plaeoa transacted early, before the heat of the day. Poaaiblr hi* early ruing waa intended to tore*tall the king, who was certain to lit in thr gate dunng part of the day. It would thus appear tost he had the real good of the people uion hie heart, and would make a nob'c king, just -suited to their present nerd*. Those in iron hie were likely to fear that juitiee would not be shown them, and would eagerly extend their eupport to one who appeared concerned for thirtr interests. AbaaWt relied greatly upon Ms own power*. Though hia father waa indeed very forgiving he despised him tn his heart. 34. “Good and right." Thu* to win favor he gave a decision before an inve*ti gation was made. Thy case ia a worthy and righteous one and ought to be triro. ana all thy grievance* redressed. “No man deputed. Absalom guard* against accusing the king hunaelf of injustice, but he excites tn the mind of the people die ;ru«t of the king'*.whole judicial practice by aavine that there wa* ao regular judicial process'for a just cause. The "hearer” i* the judicial officer whose duty it was firat to bear snd undrratand the people's and then lay them before the Iricg. “Oh. that I.” Thu* he professed extraordinary generoaitv sad interest in public affair*, yet apptarin* to have no selfiah detire in the matter IVe do not read of hit wisdom virtue o. learning in the lawv nor had he given any proofs of hia love of justice, yet he wished to be judge, and such a jnde* that even man who had any cause would come to him. “Obeiaanre.” The cuatomarr preetinr. aa bowint to the ground. "He kissed him.” Embra-ed him a* a friend or brother, apoarvntly forgetful o! hi* poiition and honor. "Stole the heart* " Br hi* hrsuiv and pretended friendship i with them and anxietr for them lie turned - the people from hi* father to himself "H# 1 did not gam thrir hearts by eminent ten j ice*, or by wiae and virtuon* conduct. Absalom sugrratrd that if he could be judge J suite would not then be ao tedious, expen- i •ire and partially decided a* they were. I Tbu* he imposed upon man) all over the J laod: and led them to orefer a worthlam ] rhqrartcr to the wise, righ.Uou* and pious ,

David. ,

IX. Absalom'* rehelbou fra. "-121. 74. i “After forty year*." Rather after four year*. It i* gmera'ly admitted that forty 1 J year* is a mistake in the text. The time j roust be the yrer* afier Absalom's return', to Jerusalem and hi* beginning to practice . ' the base arts of gaining popularity. “Pay | try vow ' It seemed to David that cor.s'lrnce.bsd at hut prevailed, and that right was to lie done. Local sacrifices were j nil) cut loir ary, and the visit of the king'* ! *®n for such a purpoae would be celebrated ; hr « general holiday and much feasting at | Hebron. David waa glad-at this indication of religion* feeling on Absalom's part. Tbe deceitfnl son pretended to have been a | strict fonowv of Jehovah even while b* | w-iia in a heathen country. "Go in peace.” Tbcee were David'* last words to Absalom. They expressed bt# strong confidence in hi* I son. as wffl at e wish for hi* happiness. | l|e seem* to have been utterly without sue- I pirion that black eoneniraer wa* bidden ! under Absalom's avowed object of going to j offer eaerifire at the plaee of hia birth, and*’ where he himself had reigned over Judah ' for seven year*. David waa orobab’.v. at this time, a rather lax monarch. “So he— - went.” To perform the moat unmanly and j bate act a son could commit againat a ,

father.

!0. “Sent apia*To find out public ' opinion and prepare to proclaim Absalom king when tbe signal wa* riven. “Absalom reigneth.' On the sudden epreadiug of this croc lari’oli on some would conclude David was dead, others that be had rerigned. and thus they that were in the arrret would draw in many to appear for Ab•alom. who. If they had righuv understood the matter arould hare abhorred the

thought of it.

II, 12. "With Absalom went 200 men.” These were courtiers each aa usually *e-t-oropanied king* and king’s *ons on their journey*. Thev were probably of tbs principal men of Jerusalem, whom he invited to join him in the feast on hia sacrifice. They were kept ignorant of Absalom's wicked plot. * , Ahithophel—David's conn- , eeUor.” It*is supposed by the Jews that Ahithophel was incensed againat David for abusing Bathaheba, hia granddaughter. He had been David'* most trusty counsellor; *o highly valued was hia advice that ogn regarded it aa an oracle of God (chap. lfi; O'. And long had tbe king profited by his wisdom snd experience until the outrage upon his family made him retire from the king's court to his native city, Uilob, near ilebroa. The manner of Aboalom'a tending for him seem* to indicate that he waa already connected with the plot. “The psopic increased.” This shows that deep and general diaaatiafaction existed St this I time against the person and government of

1 David. . .

oS. snuos? '--'-roi-

win detect the odor of the Ur so to youreelf. Congratulate ourselves aa we may upon onr goodness, it it still a fact that we are by nature sinfnl. But while this is tree, it is a bo tree ihat man feels stiaring within him • higher snd holier nature. H' feel* within a purpoae to bs other and better Man be ia. Before bun be tee* the ideal of a holy character, a nature wholly free from *in. and thst nature be feel* to be akin to God. Now look at Jesus in tbe light o! these fact*. Hia days are one long sequence ol holy thought* and perfect deeds. In Him you look for sinfnlnes* in vain. Jn Him there ia no Unit, not the shadow of n thought that man can brand a* sinful. Thi* at oaee differentia tea Him from all other*. In Him man finds hia ideal expmard. Let the heart once come in touch with Jesua and it need* no other answer to ita question*. In Him it it satisfied. What it would hare. Jesas already has. In touch with Him the soul most keep U it would hare ita nseds supplied, and ita higher life realised. Surely He who alone realises life', ideal snd mtisfies tbe needs aod Aspirations of tbs heart mast be ths Christ. Oh. soul, hare rou tbe aaourance this morning from need supplied, ideals sanctified sad haart satisfied, that Jean* i* the Chriat? Believe Him for His word has been riven. If not for this believe Him for Hi* work's sake. U still yoa doubt, consult the testimony of history and of the human heart, —’ — •ponding to Hi* divine ery out, "Ye*. Jl * * Christ of Ged l"

I know Thou art the

Cbrielian faith i*

with

— . without, you sac no glory, nor can poealh-y imagine any; standing within, ertry rey ©Might reveal* a harmony of nnapsakablg •ricaden. -Nsiiuanl Haathnw*

13-23). Tbe rebellion proved popular. And Abaafem moved ewiftlp to Jerusalem. Ae •oon 9* David beard of it he proposed to fee from Jerusalem and lanre the city wad the kingdom to hie son. This setion seems very eixpn**. But, politically considered. Daiids action waa the wisest that could be taken. For (1) a* sadden waa the outbreak that the city waa not in a condition that David scarcely knew whom to trash He might be betrayed if he remained. (2) He would not Mil against his own loved son. IS) DandT kind nature induced him to spare Jerusalem the horror* of a siag* iraSSSSil that in tim# of peace David had no Standmg army with which to resist this sadden attack from ao unexpected s quarter. (6) Possibly, too, the reroembtnncs of Nathan'.

“ Klttsn Is ■ Pssmk.

Mrs. R. Benjamin of Montpelier, vt.. is the possessor of a freak la th< form of a kitten six waeks old. Th« kitten ia bobuiled. of tiger color, but of moat peculiar shape, half of IU body—the forelegs and bead—Uka g eat. and the bind legs and hips Hkr those of a rabbit, ao Its gait is most peculiar; while tbe forefeet ere planted soruy, one after another, after the manner of cats, the bind legs fol low In an awkward sort of bop. ~ dcltten's appearance U ludicrous

It appear* likely to Ht# and

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