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CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,' 1904.

THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL

tka In tarnation*! SorlM for Saptaabor 11, 190*—“XUJafc Taka* Up Into HaaTan." (»«^paxad by tba ‘'Highway and Byway” Broach ar.) (Oopyrtaht. »•(. by J. M. Kdaoa ) IXBaON TEXT. a Kta«a aa-U; Maaiory Varaaa. ML) L And It cater to paaa, ol.cn tba Lord would taka up KUJafc loto Hoavoe by a whir-.wind, that EU)ah owl with Kilaha

frvtn OUcal

l And Klyah said unto ElUba. Tarry hare. 1 praj thar: tor tba Lord halt aaci me te Batbrl And Ellsba aald unto him. A* the Lord -Uvoth. and aa thy aoul llvaih. I will not leave tbaa. So they w«a( down

to liathel

L And the aona of Um propbria that ware at Bcibat caaia forth to Eds ha. and aald onto him.. Knowrai thou that tba Lord will lake away tby motet from thy haadtoy^ur «^ fc * V °*' 1 k00W “• fcotd >* « And Elijah aaid unto him. K-taba. tarr> tore. 1 thre; for thv.-Lord bath arr.t me to Jerteba And hr/tald. Aa tba Lord livatb. and ua tby aou.* Ucth. 1 » U1 not .aave itco. So they came to Jericho. L And the aona of the prophets that Were at Jericho came to E.iaha. and aald unto him Knoaeat thou that the Lord wtU tab# awaj thy maater from thy head to-dayT And he anawurrd. Yea. 1 know it; hold your p«ac^ , A And t-Uah aald unto him. Tarry. I pray thee. here, for-the Lord hath eect me to Jordan And he Bold. Aa the Lord .Iveth. and aa thy aoul Uveth. 1 Wl.l not .care thee And they two went on. T. And fifty men of the aona of the prophet* weal, and atood to view afar ofi: ant they twe atood by Jordan ‘ And Elijah took hla mantle, and wrapped it tusether. and emote the waters, -and they were divided hither and thither, ao that they two went over dr dry ground. * And It came to paaa, when they wet ft^ne over, that Elijah aald unto Elisha. Aak what 1 a hall do for thee, before 1 be taken away from thee. And EUaha aald. 1 pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10. And he aald. Thou hast asked a hard thins: nevertheless, tf thou see me when 1 am taken from thee. It shall be no unto thee, byt U not. It shall not be so. U. And It canto to paaa. aa they a till went on. and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder, and E.Uah went up by a whirl wind Into Heaven.

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GULDEN TEXT —"He waa not; for Qod

took him."—lien SAL

T1 ME—Something over ten year* after the events of the last lesson. 1’LACK.—Elijah started at OUcal and traveled with Edsba toward the southeast, through Bethel and Jericho, and then across the Jordan, perhaps to Mount Nebo Comparing Scripture with Scripture. Testing of Elisha.—As one reads this lesson the question is forced upon us. Did Elijah wish to get away from Elisha? In the light of verse 9 ! think we must say “No.” The angel of God did not want to gel awiy from Jacob, and yet he said ‘let me go.” He wished to test Jacob, and the testing completed the bleesings followed (Gen. 32:24-29) Elijah, knowing of his early departure, would test Elisha and prove his fitness m his successor. Testing Is not for th* purpose of destroying but to prove fitness for service. Jacob held on and got the blessing. Elisha followed his master and obtained bis request- The SyroPhoenlcian woman Is a striking example of persistency obtaining the blessing. Math 15:33-33. God tests HU children (Heb. 12:6, 7. Uj and the Christian U admonished to rejoice in the testing—Ja*. f Elisha waa persistent He had the QoaiiUes of a Paul. Phil. 3:13. He saw the glory of blessing ahead and he was determined to have it at all basard. This 4 Is one of the indispensable qualities in God's servants If they lack It they prove unfit for the responteble places In Christ's kingdom. (2) Watchful. No heavy eras God's glory. No sluggish heart ever Mt the exquisite heart beat of the Dtvtne presence. That Elijah was to be taken up Into Heaven had in some wi revealed to ElUha sad Urn students at the scbooU of the prophets at GUgal. Bethel sad Jericho, vs. 3.5 ElUha was determined to behold that glorious sight The eye of faith was In th* watch tower, and th* natural eye. obedient to the soul yearning, was faithfully keeping Elijah In view. GUgal U left behind and Bethel la reached, but nothing can divert th* attention of ElUha. nothing can make him tarry behind. Jericho U vlaltedand still ElUha bangs on. The Jordan U If Elijah goes down Into IU Ettaha will follow. Ah. how my Christians are back on the killtop with the M sons of the prophets, when they ought to be following hard

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THE HEAT* ARK ERE* AT AIJ. SEKVICES

STEPHEN’S SPIRIT.

r the

(3) Ambitious. "Let a double por-

tion of thy spirit be upon me " True ambition finds its center and object In God. Elisha was ambitious for God as a possession, that he might more effectually aerve God during the apostate state of the kingdom. The ambition that makes God IU end and aim and purpose Is the safe ambition We are told to “com the beet gifts“ 1 Cor. 12:31 The great trouble''with Christian people la that , they ask gad receive not because they aak amiss', that they may consume U upon their Inst* Jx* 4:3. The ancr-

«*—i. «:26-»7 U hlaaaad soeour-

"Elisha aaw »L”

V. 12. EUaba'f Intensity of purpom obtained for him the promlaa. Th* Christian may always win spiritual triumphs. 2 Cor . 1:4. Th* amount of gpritual Mam-

tag God la wffltag to give M

®**d to pray for mrgar-a

s depgndsnt reeel vs We

A Splendid Sermon by Dr. Dixon's

Former A aetata nt.

BROOKLYN, N. Y., HepL 4 -Rev. S. V- Robinson, former aaidstant to Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor of the Hansen Place Baptist Charch, preached in the Union Coarse Baptist Church on “Stephen— the Spirit Filled Man.” He chose hi* text from Acts vi: 8: “AndlD^phen, foil •f faith and -poESL did great tronders and miracle* among the people.” Among other things, Mr. Robinson said: As Mont Blanc tower*.amid the moontain* of Europe, so stands Abraham amid the Old Testament worthies became of hi* faith in God. In the New Testament s like honored position is accorded to Stephen, the first Christian Bpartyr. The record of hu life is brief, bat one of hu disttaguighing characteristics is his heroic faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God For many years in the litfle cemetery st Willet'e Point, N. Y., there was s wooden headboard wntefa marked the grave of Jimmy Hamilton. When be entered the army he was little more than a child, hot when he died there was zsooh mourning among the soldier* who 'had served with him on the field, and General Abbott, his con-

spired treasury. Moreover, Stephen'* faith in Jean* Christ may also be viewed a* *n.emancipating and"educating power in his life He had been brought op in the bond* of.legalhun and Jhe elaborate ritual of Judaimn, bnt once he caire to reconcile Jean* Christ as tHy end of the law for righteousness to every one that believetl-, he waa delivered from that bondage and entered at once upon a life of blewed freedom in Christ. He ana free from the terror* of the law which aaid “thon sbalt not," havingentered u|*)n the delights of loving devo-' tion to the divine Lord. This was something to rejhice In. A sneering infidel doctor once aaid to an old backwoods preacher, who was a stranger to the school*, but intimate with God: “So you believe the Bible, do you?’’ "Yet, ai*. Do you?" “And you believe in God,

manhood. None need despair. If the Lord seta the standard h : gh He gives Himself to help them attain unto it. A soldier was brought before his oomihanding officer for some offense agamst military rales He had often been brought up in this way, and the officer seemed at a loss what to do with him. Apologizing, the sergeant suggested to hi* superior officer that there was one thing that had never been tried on the offender. "What U that?” “Well sir, ■he h<s never been forgiven.” The coloncj was too surprised to speak for a few minutes,'but finally ordered the man brought in and asked him what be hml to say for himself. "Nothing, dr,” was the reply, “only 1 am sorry for what I have done." The man expected that hi* punishment would be increased, but when the commanding officer turned to

mid

the doctor. Said the old preacher, looking him squarely in the face,' "Is that anything to be proud of? ” It was bnt a simple question, bnt, like an it.-roi

ilK' i

do yon. "10., nr. ■ "Woll. I nant I him »i,b kindnon, .nd.pitr .nd ndd, yo»to nnder.und lb..Inonn infidyl -We forpre yod." b. ™ humbkd to ,nd brim non, of thon, thin,.." mid lhe „ d „ ept Hki ., c bi|d. Tb.nk-

ing bis officer, be went out to be a new man, and for years no man ever wort a soldier’s uniform with more credit. We too, have been guilty of many offense*, but to the tducere penitent, Jesus Christ says thy sins which were m>ny are all forgiven, and the consdotunees of Ris loving forgiveness prompts os to lire henceforth for Him. By the side of this honest desire He places His divine help, and thus we day by day approach the better anB the only true standard of living. Faith in the risen Christ has a wonderful power to nplrft and transform human life, and multitudes of men and women are rejoUaog to give their living testimony to this fact, and place the crowp uf their redeemed lives upon the Savikov's brow amid loudest acclama-

tion* of heartfelt gratitude.

board: “As a child be served his conn

try, in battle and tn.peace,” for he was greatly attached to him. So God sets np a little monument to Stephen in

this abort chapter, and he seem

special delight in his faith, for twice is it mentioned that be was a man fall of fai h. However much his comrades in Ufc’s battle mourned his departure, he had greatly endeared himself to bn great commander/ lesos Christ, because

e waa a faith-filled man.

Stephen's personal faith in the Lord Jescs enabled him rightly to. interpret the Old Testament scriptures, Jesus Christ, Ron of God, is the only key that ran unlock the tressuri house of God’s Word. Unbelief led the Pharisees to eject the Bring fulfillment of the.Old t estamer; t prophecies in the person and work of the Christ, but Stephen'* faith . nabied him to earn that those prophecies Had been transformed into divine history in the life of Jesus. They wore all foeueed in Him, and to ntfest Him was o throw away the only key to that in-

*hot from the bow of divine truths it bit the mark and ultimately resulted;n the man's emancipation from the bendage of unbelief and gave him something

to be indeed proud of.

But Stephen, the faith-filled man, stands out before ua as a student of Scripture, and the record of hu great speech In the seventh chapter of the Acts tduuv* him to have been very familiar with the wonderfol history of God’s people. He had stored his mind with the great facts in that classic story and knew how to apply them. Stephen’s achievements in this respect are worthy of imitation, for a prayerful study of the Scriptures brings us in contact with the mind of God. Mine. Gnyon once'wrote to some friends- "Kvery day let us come to God in simple obedience and faith, asking Him to keep □* and aid ua through that day’s work. And through years of long to-morrows it will be but the same thing to do, leaving the fatnre^always in God’s band, ire that i ie can care for it better than s.” And ao aa we daily 'and prayerfolly study the old Book ere shall get better aeqnaiated with God, and that divine' knowledge will also give us a much needed illumination of our own hearts-ami their deepest used a, revealing to a* at the same time how oar Father in heaven has met those needs in

the person of Jesus Christ. If we

late Stephen as a- student of Scripture we shall also find that the Word of God seta before os th# true standard of living False views of Hfe are so constantly set before men In trashy and popular novels (and snob leprous writing sag gesta the leprous living of the writer) that it U refreshing to ton to the Book of Books and find n standard of living that la at once true and Inspiring and

filled with a divine magnetism, worid’s greatest statesmen and

honored dtiaens are those who have accepted that standard and are honestly and manfully seeking to bring th«Lr

live* up to Its requirements.

For

her that the more we study the Word of God, and imitate Stephen as a student of Scripture, the mffre, we shall be impressed with the willingness, of God to help men attain the divins standard. By the roadside lay a stick with bnt Uttia green bark upon It, but a man pick-, d it op, plaQted it and watered it, and after a while it began to show rigna of life. Later leaf and branch and bod apdeared, and finally a'beeotiM blossom. By the roadside of human life lie many specimen* of manhood well-nigh useless, bnt Jqsu* Christ with infinite patience and lore shown JU* willingnasa to lift np those who seem to ha moat

TEXT. "He Vt.\Li; lor God Took Him.” Or. u. Cambell Mbiyan tells of a Uttto iiUd * bo a mu«t exquisite explaa.Uob of wait-lug with God. Shs went uome from Sued*) ccbooL and the mother said: “Tell me what yoa taarnad it school.” And she said: “Don't yoa -now. mother, we have bsso l>taring about a man who used to go tor walks with God. His came was Enoch. And. mother, on* day they went far an extra long walk, and they walked on and cm. until God sa<d to Enoch: You a long way from bouse; you bad te come la and gtay.’ And be went"

THE W0EM TURNED.

BY FBZL 1

Bltaeop and I wan at the club. His wife and mine had gone down to Brighton to attend a special meeting of the Wives’ Mutual Protection association, and we had taken advantage of the opportunity to have a good time together. Tbe - ' -

and by imparting to them Bis para dirise life and stieagth riartans &anmifl they trad and btoasom into Christian

proach: and H waa while we Joying the latter that a peculiar feeling

mm over me. - v

It was the sort of feeling that Jack

the Giant Kilim- mi

whan be made up kls mind to attack the

giant My constitutional

waa swept away, and titan and there I .. . resolved to do or die.

encouragement lei us nmepfv - n , , t no longer!" I exclaimed.

"Stand whatr* Inquired Bllaaop.

“The tyranny of that woman,” I replied. adding, with fine earcaam—“the woman who vowed to love, honor and

obey me."

“Tbere’s a lot of that about Margaret. I don’t thinkeald Bllseop. “A man onjcht to be master of bis own

oose.” I went on

“Quit* right.’'agreed Bltaeop. “And the good book Ull* ns that the tan Is th* head of the woman."

"So he ought to be."

."And, by Jove, so be wfll be!" I said, thumping tbeAable and breaking aglaaa. “Bravo!" crltd Bltesop—whether rt

^ or no 1 did

consider, bat.

an sees that he means to be matter, she yields to the Inevitable, and thing* goon as they should.” ‘There's no doubt thst a woman te much happier when she's kept In her proper poeltlor." "Of course she is. Let’s have another drink." We did not want any more wine, so we hsd whisky and aodas. after which my determination to effect an alteration In my domestic arrangements was strengthened. "I won't lose s minute over It.” I observed. "Directly ! get home to-night I shall start my reorganization.” “Suppose she kicks.” suggested Bllseop. who was well acquainted with my wife’s little peculiarities, "and begins to throw things?” “Wen. I don’t Hire the idea of striking a woman." I replied: "but. of rcuree. If she usee force I must play the samr game." "You won’t knock her about?” "Of course not. I shall merely use sufflrlert force to show her the folly of resistance and bring her to her senses." “It's a grand idea.” said Bllssop. "Why don't you try It also?" I asked “i’ll wait and see how It answers vitb you." he answered, cautiously. I always thought that Bllssop was a bit of a coward. Then w* had mfire drinks, and It was Just striking two when I tried to let myself In with my latchkey. , Bnt there w*y something wrong with the lock or the key I always think that Margaret had put the latch down. but she declares that I was trying to open the door with. my cigar-holder. Anyhow, after fumbling for some minutes I was obliged to knock. After rapping two or three times, I heard footsteps oe the stairs, and preeeotty Margaret hereeif opened .the door: This Is a pretty time of nlght" shr raid, “to drag anyone out of bed to rnma and Vrt you in." '•Don't talk to me like that." I replied, full of my new resolve. T am goingko alter things her*. I can tell you, and pat. you In your proper place.” 1 "What do you mean?" she inquired. / "Why, I am the master of this btinse.-. and IU have you to know ft.” "Why. John. I do believe you're been drinking.” she remarked. "What if I have?" I retorted. Yf I’ choose to drink. I shall drink, and I certainly shan't ask your permission.” "Hadn't you better go to bed?" suggested the wtte. "Certainly not!"! replied. "NotunCDl !*ve finished with you." "Finished with me?" repeated Mar garet with

"Yea. you've bad your own way krag enough, sad It's my turn now." •Your tarn M what?” ‘To be master in my own house." "Why. you contemptible, drunken little whlppersnapper!" cried Margaret, all bar pent-up anger now finding vent, “how dan you talk to your wife like that?

And the stretched out her arm to lag

brad of me. ‘

"Don't you touch me." I said. "Don't you pot a finger on me. or I won't be responsible for the consequences. ” TU take an the risks,” answered Mar- , garet And then she got me by the collar and began dragging me about the floor I tried to resist, somehow or other I could not keep my feet and—well. It Is painful story, but this to a true confession. and Margaret has really quite eaorstrength. The last thing I remema* being thrown underneath Uu. bed, where I must hate gone to sleep. 0*. the next morning! Well.-yea. I did send In my resignation > the dab. but It was never much aa* to me, for since my marriage I scarcely ever used it: and I signed the pledge, too. .but I don’t drink much as a role, so that t was no great deprivation—and. jrell. *s. anything for a quiet 'life.—AUg

When a bride’s mother weeps It may be because her daughter didn't marry

rants or no 1 diu net passe to4 a man with lass beauty

but swelling with the valour j mooay.

.nBating me, I want on: I — ■" French say at to th* first step It tshes a smart bunko i