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•TMEL1IIT0F ENDEAYOi” t Briillut Surd*j Sermo* By Rev. C D. C**f, Ph. D. U» IUk* Dart > •» Altia*l tar 0*4?— .0:»t» Orate Balk lar Lirlag aa« Djlaf.

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ucached on Sun .lol of the HU' Ui> aubjaet Ur I'aac »aid it -the Chrut.an

Kill iwplc. men women and children, e doiv,i to the Uanulw. at that tune .Be hv mart u:n. to . ~ape to the other , A loijte' Iteel oi U .U and eadoe. had I l.rvtided. and lor .eteral daya and in

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,r> bet ore thia remariub'iC occur other va.t horde ot men. women Uy count t hT4' u in oeer 'boO.QiW

•-»ra of a*e, and the out •J.Otn.tWO. The

ey into which they deacended Waa of iihar fortnaTion. The outer t-alley

Hire ho»t dumbered a

width. I

a half mile and

wwi in width, and alill within lhi_

■ river itaelt varyina from twenty to »‘*V

C rd. in width. But thia river, too. had m .wollrn by many ram. and the melting .now. leather up lU eourae. and now had overrun ita uaual bant, and »vaa ruah-

h rapi

_ _ O boat! had been prepared for the croaaing oi Una boat, and yet. v rventa proved, not one of the heat waa loat in the cfomng Evidently there waa gome vaat dutinction to be made between «hcae two great, hoata of antiquity. What w aa that doit motion T May it-not be thia. t he worda that Isaiah u»e» in the fortyK ird chapter and aerond verae. which may conaidcred the text of thia aermon: When thou paaaeth through the water* I will be with thee, and through the ri*er». Ithey a ball not overflow thee.” . . On the part of the larnelite* in their croaaing of the Jordan aome apecial [irrpar etxm waa needed, but not in the procuring of boaU. The commander of the army had ■ent mewaengen throughout the boat, and commanded all to aanctifv tbemaelvea. which meant the waahing of garment* and *be abataining from all that might dial It be mind. Similarly Moaes had once < enanded the people to aanctify thenueh-ea go-day and to-morrow, and to waah their S rmenta and be ready against the third y: for the third day Jehovah Htmarif (would come down in the sight of all the

eieople on Mount Sinai.

It waa a critical moment for the hosts

land. To fail now meant to fail forevi.. JTo succeed now meant a promise for the

future. “Hereby ye shall kn

Joshua, “that the living God is among you •ad that He will without fail dnve out from before yon” the inhabitants of the land. What a nation or a man achieve*

through God-giren strength to-day •aaurrwuc* for victory for to-morrow,

cea* is a handmaid at assurance. "Yl-— not passed thia way before." aaid Joshua

u.? He make, na the couiUlnr. that w» open the door. Doe* H# declare that we •hall b'.-r much fruit? He »lao make. <u the condition that we aball gbide in Him Whal. then. »hell we do in the face of God's command, and (ironqaea which tbu. yt the limit to oar eudesioi ? ( etiainly accept the limit, and be satiatied with nn * -ommand means a bUly, •nn a privilege Tbc Chnalian hie ui easy not by trying nothing bm what ae«i». rosy, not by lading graceful!) with file hope that GoJ'w avor »rill pardon onr nesecl. not by thinking that .li* command* md promise* are not really for us. but by igreeing with General Armstrong: ' What are the Christiana m the world for but to do the impossible?" But .u accepting the high ideal the soul must a. certainly accept the complementary conclusion that all ►trength is of God. Tower belongeth unto God. Our auftciencT of God. Some people act aa if God had been deporfd. John a three words are light, life and love; Paula grace, faith and power. It is by the re of God. Ilia unmerited favor, reached faith, a complete truat in Him. that we, uain the power of God. And what powWhen Paul had reached the lowest depths of Romans, the seventh chapter. ' -p* that he mu.t sin, and exclaims pally. Who shall deliver me from the bod) of thi. death? he can only answer liimieli with humility and rejoicing. 1 :hank God. through Jean. Christ our laud. Watch the repetition. “Power, "in the power of the Holy Spirit." in the demon; ilration oi the Spirit and of |>ower," 'able to do excreting rbundantlv above all that we a-k or think according to the power that worketh in us;" "that ye may know- what i* the exceeding greatness of upward who believe accordurking of Uis might which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him ' om the dead, and made Him to ait at is right hand in heavenly place. " But power cornea through faith. Watch the priest, aa they put their feet in the brink of that •wollen stream. What confidence. How did you know what waa going to happen? Some say that as we grow older we gain more wisdom and therefore need not accept less and

by faith.

THE SABBATH SCHOOL laterutioaal Leuoa Comraeata Fai !

hukjecl: Jesus aid Ike Sakkatk, Mall. *U. hU-deMta Test. Half. all. 12Meaery Verae a, M—Cum.

1. Tlnrkiug corn on Ihe Ssbballi (»a. 1-a.l 1. "At that time. - It may be well to note tlut there is a difference of opinion here a* to time Some think that Jesu* liad attended tlie feast of the l*a..oief jurt preceding lhi», but tbi* i* called in qnrstMU by the best critic*. "Through the corn." To «u American iradei Uie word coni suggest* the idea of Indian corn bl maize, but the won! in the text hx. reference to grain. *nth a. wheat, rye or bar ley. “Began to pluck. They rubbed It in their hands (l.uke 6:1) to separate tiw grain from the chuff. Thi* wa* allowable according to the law (Dent. but the Phanaee. object to their doing it on the Sabbath dav. The plm-kinc and rub bing necessary for thi* purpose were considered by -the Pharisees to be MifCciently near to reaping and threshing to eonsiitute them recondsry violation* of the fouilh

commandment

Pharisees saw it." They were watch

lawful " ?^n* prohibition

rule not found in the Mosaic law. jt was a principle with the Pharisee* to extend the provisions of (be law and make minute regulations over and beyond what Moses commanded, in order to avoid tbc possibil-

ity of ttanagresaion.

3. "Have ye not re*d." To vindicate Hi* disciples Christ referred the Pharisees to a similar case recorded in their own Scriptures and with wiuch they should have been familiar. “A» Vangered." Our

Lord here it not arguing (or

tch Him

•'Not i Pharisaic

a spirit it ts aup-

and

leaf in national history bad been

turned; a new territory invaded.

A new endeavor with the Israehtisn army a* with na U^day needed apecial

guidance. The sacred ark wa Hbe people, but f»r enough it

jjbe seen by alhthat "ye may know," said the leader, '‘the way by which ye must go. jReTerenre is needed for divine things, but jdinne guidance more. The pillar ot fire •nd the cloud is now superseded by the ark. and it in turn superseded by the Christ, who said to all disciple*. "Follow ■Me." In each case the command is not to Snake the Guide follow you, bat you the Duide. _ , . Five miles over the river «a a walled city. Thousands are watching from the walls toe foolhardy attempt of the disordered boats. One person, however, alone upon the wall, unnoticed by the many, is looking down with expectancy. That one it Rahab. bhe watches eagerly aa the priest* bearing the ark by the |iolea step with measured tread down to the river, wonder* a* Nothing hapjirns, starts a* the priests seen actually at yhe very edge, but at l**t her hopes are realised, a* the rushing current is stayed tv Mine unseen force and roUa up in a mighty wall, while below the wfcters hurry •way until the last streamlets trickle down over the atones and leave land for the pas-

sage of the army.

What, after all, is the limit of endeavor? Evidently not reason alone if at all. That Israelite who stays behind and watches 3he foolish performance from the hill aide glare* back and forth in his disgust. Such • foolish waste of life! finch a spectacular display. Will Joshua never be done with such undertakings? Any one might know that that motley herd could not be gotten safely aero** that boiling stream, boat*, no possibility of wading, or ewimming—it simply can’t be done, out watch, ft is done. I heard a teacher in • certain normal school read in class for the correction of professor and student what she would say to a clan of boys and girls about the ironing of the Red lies by the Israelite*. A *trong east wind, she said. . blew the water down the sea until the Israelite* could wade aero**, and then .when the Egyptian* came ap the srind had < hanged and drowned all of the Egyptians in the passage. “And what do you sappose.” said the woald-be teacher, "the people thought that God made the waters to go hack. That's science for ysg. But, by the way. such science is s little oat of date. Even Huxley declared that Hum's argument against miracle* wa* unscientific since he maintained a* a premise that nothing miraculous or supernatural could

Bor it the extant of — adequate limit to oae’a cadaavnr. “Give yc them to est." mid Christ. Impoa There .re 8000 men beside woman children It woald taka aa. are ram i , life’s aariags to feed them. We hare, ia fact, enough to giv* a few men a little to Maataia them, a paltry Are leave* and two s&’s.’tf.sussEir cfs. says. Arrange them in group*; make ready. What, then, are the hunts of cudewror?

afariy God's MMMtari. &r d a.‘a3rS

faith:

posed by many that as we obtain mot. more strength we need lea* »nd Ire* of divine interposition and have lea* and lem need of faith. But "let him that •tandath take heed leal be fall." Aa long aa we live .-•-v: —j, there will be new territory and power to reach, and new Jordans to croa*. We cannot, Paul declare*. in Galatians, begin by faith and then be perfected in the flesh. Faith a* the stretching oat of the hand tou-ard Chriat must always be a Christian's priv 'T.k, your owu condition, if yon are not a Christian. If you join a lodge yon make up your mind after examination that you can keep all of the requirements of the constitution and pledget. Yon know your own ability and strength. But when you come to Chriat. you do not begin by saying. Can 1 or can I not hold out to the end, taking into cornu deration the powers that I now possess Rather you my. He has promised to keep that which 1 commit unto Him, and therefore I shall hold out. Yon Brill make the conclusion of Charles G. Finney aa be went ont into the woods engaged in a life sad death struggle with theHoly Spirit. The voice was mying. "Will you accept hob—to-day? He,went out determined to give his Mart to Christ before he came om. and be did. But it *a» a promise which he laid hold of. That C omiw was: “Ye *hall %rk Me and find e when ye shall search lor Me with Ml our heart.” H» answering faith aaid: Lord, Thou canst not lie; I take Thee *

Thy

T l-Mnsr • U,, t ,.,.,

be Continued in prayer the

peace ol God came into hit heart. Then there are commands and promL..

connected with your burdens. Chriat said.

“Do not worry over.-*- ”

keep from worry? .

and again the word*;

the Lord red He will sustain thee, — note that the margin of the revised version say* as the other reading for "thy burden ’ “that which He hath given thee. ’ and Mao notice that God auataina not the burden but "thee." Cast upon God what He ha* given you to bear and He will bear—thee,

bearing thee the burden will be a

mr ouruens. v.on*i **i* rd*. 'That thy burden o

Wreaing, r

_ prayer a farce? Or can the limit of endeavor in prayer be also God's promises? “Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, it shall be done unto you." Christ declared to the dagciple* as they bad stood helpless before the demoniac boy, 'This kind

strict letter of a positive precept ia to viMd to the demands of the general good. The necessities of .tke disciple* lusubeil them jn doing on the Sabbath a-hat wa* otherwlae unlawful. 4. 'Tbe bouse of God." The tabernacle. “Did eat." Ahimelecb, tbe priest at Nob. gave David and his companion* live loaves of the ahewbread (1 Sam. 21: 1-7). The law provided that twelve loaves of bread Miould be put in two pile* upoo tbe table in the sanctuary , to remain a week and then to be eaten or tbe priests only. David, fleeing from haul, weary and hunB , had eaten chi* bread contrary to thr er of the law. "Shewbread." "LiterMly, bread of aetting forth, that if. bread that waa set forth in the •anrtuary. It waa also called 'continual bread' a* bring set forth perpetually before tbe lairo. hence the Hebrew name, ‘bread of the presence.' Twelve loaves or rake» were placed in two piles on tbe 'pure table* every Sabbath. On each pile wa* pot a golden cup of frankincense. See Ex. 25: 30: Lev. 2t: M.” 5. "Profane the Sabbath." Jean* codtinned Hie argument by ahqwing that even the law under certain circumstances provided for the doing of that which had been expressly forbidden in the law. tin the Sabbath days as well a* on other day* fte priests were engaged in kitlini and burning t'.e sacrifice* and ing the whole temple service. .. of tbe savings of the rabbins that there waa no Sabbath-keeping in the temple. Thu*, if Ml work on the Sabbath profaned the Sabbath, at the Pharisees maintained, the priesta were guilty of continual profanation. “Blamelees.' Not merely dors the sacred history relate exceptional instances of necessity, but the law tUelf orlains labor on tbe Sabbath as a dot' . 6. ‘Greater than the temple." Inasmuch aa Jm one who builded the house is greater than the bouse. Chriat refer* here to His own authority and power. The lawgiver greater than the law. Chriat wa# great- .. than the temple because. 4. Tbe temple exist* but for Him- 2. It ia but a place of assemble where men may meet with Hun. S. However splendid it is nothing except He be there. 4. However lowly tbe presence of the great King makes of It besvenly palace. 7. "If ye had known." A knowledge of the true meaning of God's word will prevent rash judgment. Jesus here charge* His critics .with ignore nor of .their own

REDUCING NO!BE IN CIT}M. Vibration from Tralna Daadanad, and Mualcal Telaphonaa. One of the uest office building* In Berlin la that of a certain electrical ffnn. Whenever tbe telephone 'Tlngii' In that building It doesn't ring. It slugr a mualcal note. This result Is due to a Yankee When the bulloing wu* being complet »d a young telephone engineer from America, who waa associated with the firm, wa* aaked to Inatall the tele phone service, it waa obviously ap proprlate that It should Illustrate the beat telephone practice, and U> hi* mind Ibia demanded the avoidance of the rolae and nervous wear ordinarily produced bf the telephone bell. He therefore substituted for tb's disquieting Instrument a device which give* forth a soft musical note. In aome of the offices the innovation was welcomed, in others It was taken on trial, and In others. It waa declined on the ground that this quiet sound would certainly not lie beard. After n U'.tle time, however. It waa found that the ear accustomed Itself to notice the •oft and agreeaole sound with just »* much precision as was secured by a harsh and startling sound. Tbe result of a few months' experience was. therefore. that every rattling bell or buzzer waa discarded for tbe "singing note.' and the enhanced composure thus realized In the building was very material. In tbe same city, when an elevated electric railway was recently being built, not only were all the plans of the company carefully scrutinized In advance by the munidpM authorities, and those for the stations radically changed In the Interest of street beauty but special devices were also em ployed to deaden the vibration from trains. The lesson from Berlin la. therefore, that, despite the vaunted “demands of modern life In cities." noise can be redneed by attention, even In the case of these two pre-eminent offenders, tbe telephone bell and the elevated railway.—Chicago Record-Herald.

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t forth save by prayer.”

Beyond it. Dr.

is the domain of prmyer-acn David Gregg when be ws*

ton presided at the fiftieth . Dr. Cyrils Hamlin, long of Constantinople. In the year 1861 Mahmoud had issued an edict ordering tbe expulsion oi sD missionaries from the empire. The Britiah and

ambassador* told them that they

go. William Gode 11 replied to Hamstatement. 'Hamlin, tbe Sultan of en can change this; let u« appeal to Him in prayer." Together, like Hezekub of old. they spread the edict before the Lord and prayed Ml night. Tbe next day Mahmoud died and the edict waa never mentioned. Robert College ia the mono-,

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Yon. to-day, are thinking especially oi the work before yon. How much dare yon attempt for God? We most often begin onr doty before we feel conscious of the strength. Bat God gives greee for Imne and dying both and always *ben we need it. Thank God, we are co-worker* with Him, wmch aenas vastly gvore than that Father worketh hitherto and I work,

showing that Hr waa the work which His Bat He also said, worketh in Me, He

One limit is certainly God's

Tbe Lord comi

■ad the deed with command*. Are tbey becoming uselea*’ Has the Bible yvt becoam aa obso-

lete text ~

res *imp.y carryme oat dia Father was doisg. 1, "My Father, which

obey. Yet what

sands a

Bat there is another limit, which is still ' farther to thr horitoa oi Me. the kmH el

God's promises ere ia ~ seeae has aaid thef _e Lord's breaches

•e water, that oar Dad's

workers with God. —_ - doing God's work, but that He Hitneelf is in na ''working ia m both to will and do of Hu good pleasure.” Professor Peabody, of Harvard, declares that there are three classes that make problems for as ia so-

TTSiX . to maks problems; for there are no i works," as every om wh# cannot u Sunday-school class or/ do some .tun thr “will works."

I require mercy rather than aarribc-e. It ia - —■-’* *— ‘ v - prophet ags : —' **— —

[ormsliat oi « Sabbath.''

“Lord, evea of it** affirm* Himself greater than the statute law of Moees; nay. He ia greater than the Sabbath law cetablUbed by God at the creation. Than does .He maintain Hieiae'f ' be the incarnate Legislator of tbe world. II. B—lfa»e a withered bond on tbe Sabbath (ve. f-13). 10. “Hand withered.'' A esse of paralysis. Such dieeese* were considered incurable. “They asked Him." Mark and Luke mention aome iiointa omitted by MsttbcB-. Luke say*. ‘Tbc -ibe* and Pharisee* watched Him irbethHe would heal on tbs Sabbath day. that they might find «n accusation Mains-. Him.” ‘Might accuse." The)- did not doubt that He was able to work a miracle; ' ■)- expected it. but tbey intended to ke out that His miracles were contrary the divine law and so immoral. TTiey would then have some ground for rejing that He worked miracle* by e diabolical power, which charge they aid soon begin “iL* "He said." Jesus then groereUed to them by drawing aa uvnnrat from’ an conduct. “If it Dll." This was

What He Was. "Yea. gentlemen." said the phrenologist, sagaciously, shaking the forefinger of bis right hand towards the crowd, white his' left wandered lovingly over the subject's 'bumps.' this development indicates extreme modesty not to say shyness." The Brat faint glimmer of a smile dawned upon the subject's face. “You sec." continued the professor “an instance of the rearing nature of this gentleman In his reluctance to admit the possession of such an enviable characteristic before stffcngcr* He is not one to push himself forward In any way." The smile gradually widened Into a grin. . -Yet my friends. I can assure you bis modesty would not prevent hit bold championship of the truth, if It were required, for there Is here a decided Indication of downright hemeat;. of purpose. He would boldly speak out what he though^ though his other prominent characteristic* would prevent him tailing Into exaggeration. No doubt these qualities will be brought Into use in this gentleman's calling Perhaps, sir, you do not mind saying what your occupation IsT' “Oh. dear, not at ail. sir." remarked the modest .one. rising and lazll? stretching himself out. "I'm the advertising manager of Smiley's worldrenewned circus, which Is the most unparalleled aggregation of esquestrian and equUlbristlc talent the world— But the "profesEor" had vanished, without even troubling ■*

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12. "A man better thaa s abeep.",C'hrat always put aa enormous value on man. A man is «f infinitely more consequence and value than a brute. If they would •■orr set of kindness to s sheep would tbe)

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The truth implied in Christ's qaertion it pre-eminently ecriptarM and Cbrietias. it h not a Aeroyery, but • revelation. Notice a aeries of points In raapirt of which • man ia bet Ur thaa a aheap: 1. Hi* phyaieM form and beaaty. 2. He is endowed with reason. S. He is endowed with a

moral nature. 4. 8. Hi* soiritusl i

for knowing God. ... —--r—---

“It -is lawful. Thia >Bowed by tbe Jews

_ “Stretch forth.” A r ..

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rapacity of . . ire and hi* capacity He i* poaaeseed of *wf n ) “ Thi* WM*

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