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TALMAGE’S SERMON. •'KINDNBSS FOR fANOTHER'S iAKB." SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. •fc pm Tat lif That b Ufl of She ■ana af Baal That I May Show Him Kladaaa. fa* Jaaatban'. taka" — Samuel til. _ ‘ AS there ever any thing more roman tic and chivalrous than the love of David and Jona than? At one time Jonathan was up and David was down. Now David Is up and Jona than's family Is down. As you have heard of two soldiers going Into battle making a covenant that If one Is shot the sur vivor will take charge of the body, the watch, the mementoes, and perhaps of the bereft family of the one that dies, so David and Jonathan had made a covenant, and now that Jonathan Is dead, David Is Inquiring about his family, that he may show kindness un to them for their father Jonathan's sake. Careful search Is made, and a son of Jonathan by tho dreadfully homely name of Mephlbosheth Is found. His nurse, In his Infancy, had let him fall, and the fall had put both his ankles out of place, aud they had never been set. Tbls decrepit, poor man Is Srought Into the palace of King David. •avid looks upon him with melting tenderness, no doubt seeing In his face a resemblance to bis old friend, the deceased Jonathan. The whole bearing of King David toward him Meow 10 Bay. now giaa i am 10 urn you, Mephlbosheth. How you remind me of your father, my old friend and ben efactor. I made a bargain with your father a good many years ago, and I am going to keep It with you. What can I do for you Mephlbosheth? I am resolved yhat to do: I will make you a rich man; I will restoro to you the confiscated property of your grand father Saul, and you shall be a guest of mine as long as you live, and you shall be seated at my table among the princes." It was too much for Mephl bosheth, and he cried out against it, calling himself a dead dog. "Be still," «says David, "I don’t do this on your own account; I do this for your father Jonathan’s sake, I can never forget bis kindness. I remember when I was bounded from placo to place how he befriended me. Can I ever forget how he stripped himself of his courtier ap parel and gave it to me Instead of my shepherd's coat, and how he took off bis own sword and belt and gave them to me instead of my sling? Oh, I can never forget him. I feel as if I couldn’t do enough for you, his son. I don't do If for your sake; I do It for your father Jonathan’s sake." "So Mephl bosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for • he did eat continually at the king's ta ble; and was lame on both his feet." There Is so much Gospel in this quaint Incident that I am embarrassed to know whero to begin. Whom do Mephlbosheth, and David and Jona than make you think of? Mephlbosheth, in the first place, stands for the disabled soul. Lord Byron describes sin as a charming rscklessness, as a gallantry, as a Don Juan; George Sand describes sin as triumphant in many intricate plots; Gavarnl, with his engraver’s knife, always shows sin as a great Jocularity; but the Bible presents it as a Mephl bosheth, lame on both feet. Sin, like the nurse in the context, attempted to carry us, and let us fall, and we have been disabled, and In our whole moral nature we are decrepit. Some times theologians haggle about a tech nicality. They use the words "total dAnrnvItv M nml anmo nannU In the doctrine, and some reject It. What do you mean by total depravity? Do you mean that every man is as bad ns he can be? Then I do not believe It either. Ilut do you mean that sin has let us fall, that It has scarified, and disabled, and crippled our entire moral nature, until we cannot walk straight, and are lame In both feet? Then I admit your proposition. There la not so much difference In an African Jun gle, with harking, howling, hissing, fighting quadruped and reptile.and Par adise with its animals coming before Adam when he patted them an stroked them and gave them names, so that the panther was as tame as the cow, and the condor as tame as the dove, as there Is betweeu the human sou) dis abled and that soul as Clod originally constructed It. 1 do not care what the sentimentalists orthe p mi a say In regard to aln; In the name of Ood I declare lo you today that aln la disorganisation disintegration, ghastly disfiguration, hobbling deformity, • • • Jdephthoaheth In the lest stands fpr the disabled human soul humbled and restored. When this Invalid of my test got a command to come le King Da vid's palace, he trembled. The fact was that th« grandfather of Mepht hwahith had treated thru id most shuck tagly, sad new Mephtbosbeth says is himself. "What doe# the king want of me* Isn't It eiiuugh that I aw lame? Is ho going to d**»«> my life? Is he going to wreak sn we the vengeance • bu b be bolds toward my gianllatfcr MmII It'S too bed.'* Hot go to the pal ms Ms phD> j she ill mnet. liter the king be* *•»<•>««•*» !* t It. With •• rtf and trnt h<« *><d helped by kts ft tend* I pw l|*pbttu thitb going up the stairs sf the pat* > | k*ar hi* staff and gpw«.-’. - i ruling an the tssselksied Near of the dnMWNMs No soottef have thee*’ l*o p*.'*»e* eonfreated ##*’b sdh«e '■♦•pbtn.-eketh and IbtW. tbs hlag t. a Mephlbasbeth threes him galf Cat •• bt« face before the king. a#4 «»yl* himself a dead dog In tbs gut, when a man Mr It# h Massif s h# UH<(* tha utmost term of seif |ggt|ilf-,,‘ H i« got a term so Mrong Ill this country, where, It a do* hu a fair chance, he sometimes shows more nobility of character than some human specimens that we wot ot; but the mangy curs of the Oriental cities, as I know by my own observation, are ut terly detostable. Mephlbosheth fives the utmost term of self-loathing when he compares himself to a dog, and dead at that. Consider the analogy. When the command Is given from the palace of heaven to the human soul to come, the soul begins to tremble. It says: "What Is Ood going to do with me now? Is he going to destroy me? Is he going to wreak his vengeance upon me? There Is more than one Mephl bosheth trembling now, because Ood has summoned him to the palace of divine grace! What are you trembling about? Ood has no pleasure In the death of a sinner. He does not send for you to hurt you. He sends for you to do you good. A Scotch preacher bad the following circumstances brought under his observation: There was a poor woman in the parish who was about to be turned out because she could not pay her rent. One night she heard a loud knocking at the door, and she made no answer, and hid her self. The rapping continued louder, louder, louder, but she made no an swer, and continued to hide herself. She was almost frightened unto death. She said: "That's the officer of the law come to throw me out of my home.’’ A few days after a Christian philan thropist met her In the street, and said: "My poor woman, where were you the other night? I came round to your house to pay your rent. Why didn’t you . . < a «• . . .a a._nt i 1*31. 111*3 UK /VU MV UWIM« . "Why" she replied, "tu that you?" "Yes, that was me; I came to pay your rent." "Why," she »ald, "'If I had had any Idea It was you I would have let you In. I thought It waa an officer come to cast me out of my home." O soul, that loud knocking at thy gate today la not the sheriff come to put you In ]all; It is the best friend you ever had come to be your security. You shiver with terror becuase you think It Is wrath. It Is mercy. Why, then, tremble before the King of heaven and earth calls you to his palace? Slop trembling and start right away. "Oh." you say, "I can’t start. I have been so lamed by sin, and so lamed by evil habit, I can’t start. I am lame In both feet." My friend, we come out with our prayers and sympathies to help you up to the palace. If you want to get to the palace you may get there. Start now. The Holy Spirit will help you. All you have to do Is Just throw your self on your face at the feet of tho King, as Mephlbosheth did. Mephlbosheth’s canlnal comparison seems extravagant to the world, but when a man has seen himself as be really Is, and seen how he has beer, treating the Lord, there Is no term ve hement enough to express his self-con demnation. The dead dog of Mephl boshetb’a comparison falls to describe the man’s utter loathing of himself. Mephlbosheth’s posturing does not seem too prostrate. When a soul Is convicted first he prays UDrlgbt. Then the muscles of his neck relax, and be Is able to bow his head. After awhile, by an almost superhuman effort he kneels down to pray. After awhile, when he has seen God and seen him self, he throws himself fiat on his face at the feet of the King, just like Me phlbosheth. The fact Is, If we could see ourselves as God sees us, we would perish at the spectacle. You would have no time to overhaul other people. Your cry would be, "God be merciful to me a sinner." And again: Mephlbosheth In my text stands for the disabled human soul saved for the sake of another. Mephlbosheth would never have got Into the palace on his own account. Why did David ransack the realm to find that poor man, and then bestow upon him a great fortuue, and command a farmer by the name Ziba to culture the estate and give to this invalid Mephlbosheth half the proceeds every vpnr? Whv rlM Klr.cr Itavirt ttkiLtp such a mighty stir about a poor fellow who would never be of any use to the throne of Israel? It was for Jonathan's sake. It was what Robert Uurna calls for "auld lang syne." David could not forget what Jonathan had done for him In other days. Three times this chapter has It that all this kindness on the part of David to Mephibosheth was for his father Jonathan's sake. The daughter of Peter Martyr, though the vice of her husband, came down to penury, und the Hmatu of Zurich took care of her for her father’s sake .Sometimes a person has applied to you for help, and you have refused hint; but when you found he was the son or brother of some one who had been your benefactor In form er days, and by a glance you saw the t esc mb la nee of your old friend In the face of the applicant, you relented, and you said "lih. I will do this for your father's sake." You kaow by your e* perten<« what u>y test means. Now, my friends. It Is on that principle that tnu tad I are to get lata the Kings palace. Again: M >phlbeeh«th la my lest steads for th<> dm titled human soul lifted to the King s table. It aaa u,. re dim. ult la those timet wsa Ibaa It ta new fur coaimen atea to get lata a royal dining-room. The subjects might base rows around tbe roll of the palace aad might have seen the lights k lulled, sad might hate heard the clash of the halves and the rattle of the guides gob tela, but rot get ta Hteul area with Mont feet could Set got ts set# Is all their lives to oas lesgsvl, vet poor Mvphibswheth g» a la. lives there, and Is every day at the table, tih, What a getting up ts I he world II wws for peer kfephibowhsth? Hell, though row set I may be w»etuii> lamed with Ms. fur ewr dtvtsw Jeo*< thaw's sake | hope wo *iU all got la to diaw oitk tk« King Refer* dining as mwM he tatiwdased If row ere invited to a eeatgaay si persona Where there are duungoisb,J people present, you are introduced: "This Is the 8enator." "This Is the Governor.” “This Is the President” Before we alt down at the King's table In heaven I think we will want to be Introduced. Oh, what a time that will be, when you and I, by the grace of Ood, get Into heaven, and are Introduced to the mighty spirits there, and some one will aay: “Thla la Joshua," “This Is Paul.” "This la Moses." "This la John Knos.” "Thla la John Milton." “Thla Is Martin Luther.” "Thla Is Oeorge Whltefleld." Oh, shall we have any strength left after such a round of celestial Introduction? Yea! We shall be potentates ourselvea. Then we shall alt down at the King's table with tbs sons and daughters of Ood, and one will whisper across the table to ua and say, "Behold what manner of love the gather has bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of Ood!” and some one at the table will aay, "How long will It last? All other banquets at which I aat ended. How long will this last?" and Paul will answer "For ever!" and Joshua will say "Forever!" and John Knox will say "Forever!" and Oeorge Whltefleld will aay "Forever!” O my soul, what a magnificent gos pel! It takes a man so low down and raises him so high! What a gospel! Come now, who wants to be banqueted and empalaced? As when WUberforce was trying to get the "Emancipation Bill" through the British parliament, and all the British Isles were anxious to hear of the passage of that "Eman cipation Bill," when a vessel was com ing Into port and the captain of the vewsel knew that the people wai so anxious to get tho tidings, be stepped out on the prow of the ship and shouted to the people, long before he got up to the dock, "Free!" and they cried It, and they shouted It, and they sang It all through the land, "Free! free!" So today I would like to sound the news of your present and your eternal emancipation until the angels of Ood borering In the air, and watch men on the battlements, and bell-men In the town cry It, shout It, sing It, ring It: "Free! free!" I come out now as the messenger of the palace to In vite Mephlbosheth to come up. I am here today to tell you that Ood has a wealth of kindness to bestow upon you for His Son's sake. The doors of the palace are open to receive you. The cup-bearers have already put the chal ices on the table, and the great, loving, tender, sympathetic heart of Ood bends over you this moment, saying: "Is there any that Is yet left of the bouse of Saul, that I may show him kind ness for Jonathan’s sake?" "If T* Lore Ms Kssp My Cornmandmsntft1* One day there was wood and water to bring home, says Rev. John F. Demp ster, and mother was tired and ill, and John said, "I love you, mother,"—and then he put on his cap and ran away to the swing under the tree. And Nell said, “I love you, mother,"—and then teased and sulked till mother was glad when she went out to play. After that Fan said, "I love you, mother; there Is no school today, and I shall help you all I can." Then she rocked the baby to sleep, and swept the floor, and tidied tbe room, and was busy and happy all day. Three chil dren that night were going to bed, and all of them said, while mother tucked them In, “I love you, mother." But now tell me which of them did mother think loved her best? If you love the Savior, you will not forget him. Some of you tell him In your hymns and prayers from morn ing to night all Sunday that you love him. And then you go out all the week, and never seem to think of him again till the Sunday after. You just live as If there were no Savior at all. We shall meet him some day, by and by, and he Is going to say to some of us, "I never knew you. You sung my hymns, but you forgot my command ments." THE WORLD OF WOMEN. The wedding presents and trousseau of Princess Henrletto of Belgium, which were rocently sent to the villa of her husband, the IJuc de Vendome, near Neutlly, fllled 170 boxes and w< lulled eleven tons. Mr*. Cleveland had been putting on floati rapidly In I be pant few year*, and I* now raid to weigh nearly MO pound*. A* ohe neither akate* nor play* golf nor teonl*. and the pretddent object* to bicycling for married woman, aha baa taken tn walking aa hard a* aha can go from 10 to 18 every morning. Though the |iarone»a Hlrach la notn 1 lnatly the unlvertal legate# under her late huaband a will, Harold Frederic declare* that the bulk of Htron Hlrach’* fortune, after certain philan thropic bc»|U*at* «te paid, will go to Utelanne. natural daughter of the bar on'* dead *<>n and a French gnvei nt*» tlov and Mr*. Wtlttam M< Kinley, Jr„ celebrated the twenty Irat annivrraary of their wedding on the S&tb «f Uit January. Mre M Kinley ha* been aomething of aa invalid ever at*** the death at hey lather which occurred Joe* before her eeeottd tlaugVee wne horn It-dh hey children dl«4 when very young Cora Holla Follow*, waeao marriage to t'hvaha, a Hleua, created a i- dm tk>« erne year* **»», haa keen deeerled I and Wt In aeoHlutlon hy hey In Fan huatoand Oho mim of an • •fatten! Wcthlagton family, hut fell In lova With Chaoha while tea.h.ag a hue) on the rwaorvaihMi near Fierro, g |i and married him tn *pl»n of »h* «u»p*»iu«o nf her family. Milam Haven l yon • • tn heua* haepiM i*H Newly marred man N», we t« wnltlng to aa>» «p enwugh U Uve tn heeptng with the iiylo af Utt wwddtng yiewatt . cx I I POHAttK CROPS. How l.ate Forage Crops Can Up Sop cmafiill) 4 uHlvaleil The following g(s»d article was awarded the second premium In a prl/.c essay contest of the Michigan Farmer, calling for the ls*st written essay on the Miihject of forage crops. The writer Is Alfred Anderson of Mus kegon county Michigan. What substitute for bay and forage slmll we Is- able to plant as late as , tin* JOtb of June, with no present pre paration for same, and Indications of ' a dry season as the last one of isiioV Whatever is done must ls> (lone In a hurry. The first tiling I would do | would Is1 to prepare n piece of land ! for corn, as there Is, at the aliore date. ' plenty of time for maturing a crop of j corn. The season of 1MM I planted j the fith day of June, and from nine acres harvested WMt bushels of good corn. I would select a sandy loam soil, j as there would not l>e much use of attempting to prepare clay ground at (Ills lime Ilf vein- Stubble land, or hoiiu* tlmt had lieeii recently plowed, would la* more likely to contain more moisture and give corn a better sturt than soil laud. Itut In ease I could do no hotter 1 would plow sod about six or seven Inches deep, then roll and drag thoroughly. With the ground well fitted. I would drill sweet corn In rows about three feet nine inches apart and alsrnt four or five inches apart In tin* drill, t'ul tlvnte and work the same as for a crop. Then I would look the farm over for a piece of moist land, a piece of low Isdtom land, or reclaimed swamp, and sow some millet, und If this is harvested at the proper time before It gets too ripe It will make an excellent article of hay, especially for milk cows. Bye would Im* the next substitute, principally for forage, and I think likely It could Im* made to produce fodder hy sowing as soon as jsisslhle after June 10. As to the quality of rye cut for fodder, I think It Is nearly as good as timothy hay. Cut with the hinder Just uhout the time It blossoms. Ilye, I think, stands at head of for age plants. I would commence by sowing the wheat stubble ns soon after harvest us possible, and then in tin* corn at the last time of cultivating. The pastures we will now suppose to Is* getting rather short. We are now past the middle of July and our first ulautlng of fodder corn, which should tun • been planted about May 20. will soon he ready to commence feeding. If we have planned our planting right we may have an abundance of '•orn fodder up to Oct. 1, when we may commence turning In on the rye, which will show its worth In the In creased flow of milk and with fatter /lock to commence the winter. For sheep raising, and these dry •canons, rye Is almost Indlspenslhlc. furnishing feed the entire season If managed rightly, provided the winter Is open, and tin- first thing In the spring when some green feed Is need ed so badly for ewes In lamb. We may now pasture the rye till about the 1st of May, then If we wish to se cure a crop or cut for hay aud turn under for green manure, the stock can Im* taken off which will give it a chance to make ample growth for a crop. Tlie past few seasons have demon strated the fact that we cannot de pend upon pasture land for our stiM’k. It matters not how many acres we have in pasture, when the terrible drought of summer strikes It, it Is waste land, so that all the use we re ceive from our pasture land is altout two mouths out of the year. So it seems that the present method of pasturing stis k is expensive in more ways than one. First in not receiving suttieieiit returns from our land, and second by losing In quality of our stock aud shrinking of milk in our dairy herds, which menus not only the present loss of milk but the future .1 It K4hmiih tu me tlmt the more econ omlenl mill reiiiuuvrutive way wotthl lie the stabling of Ktnek through the NtitniiKT, thereby keeping more m«k on half the uuuilier of acre*. The hIIo won hi, no doubt, till a gap lien* that we eolllil Hot lIUpeUMt* witli, If follow ing thin method. With the ni|o mid feeding of Hlock through, ill the entire year, we could de|M*ttd* liion* largely on cultivated crop* Hiieli iih would lie Hiiltalile for etiHlInge, anil the viirimiH root crop*, tllereliy M'l'iirlng ottraclve* agalunt the drought* of Hummer, ami giving u* more tillable land, nImu an llicren*cd amount of manure to enrich our noil. .. Moo w t * mi it I r«|i Um Pal.ill Mr. J. A Uniter, of WtmUtlkl, Katmta. ratoed PM huahcl* of com |<cr m re on tin* acre* lu«t whiter ,u* fit were on tile lore* la*t ttvuoou, and III the March re|airt of tla* Kmci.i* mate lt*ud of Agriculture he till* hew lie did II, a* follow*: The puitMt «>f my crop giving yh*ld of 1**1 buahcl* of htlaked. well dli.ii I lift» >n |».iio<!* alulh ill coru per acre Wa» Hie ,o tv* of nr It ocicli I plant! d la*t year lb land t* alightly rotting piritnc ami about a fair average Kan ■hi# not!, w tlh a hard. Intprw ton* •ul> •oil. I lo* live m tv* no Mimed were at one eml of a iwcitt) liv* acre to M. I pari of « hh h had lain In p*.ial*«e* for | two ycata. ami the u«i crop dug with | a pat tug plow late tu tlit*,l-1. w tit. h w4* al. nt ecpdvahui to « il* < p tail i ph.wtug In aptdtig the ground wi*» r.m h like i« 5»*l of gaha-a It W*a thru .h ■> ill |*$t’tiM*t Hi**' fMt***#*# li Willi il ! plank drag ami dulled lh" Ufa) week | {w May with a "I'artuera Irwul I pinnp i of medium w kith w tth a >K» <* I Miul«wd )< Ih.n Ivut Mtgj about the j *ai v iptanldy of me* »aa naed ga I would haw UeU If f»om three t»» a*wu* I what h-aa livaU Cunt g>atmt had lav* 1 p»(*.,«l tu hilta tin* ordinary dmtame tpall I Ida wa« tufUtgod l»ur Moot i with > ntmeu ganjt »ultattuia gml | hoed three time*—the ln*t hoeing aftet It had been finished with the culti vator*. I am a strong believer In deep nnd thorough cultivation, and long since learned that n good crop of corn nnd a rank growth of cockle burrs, crab grass and similar weeds, can not oc cupy the same ground nt the Maine time. I have not sub-soiled for pre vious crops, but last fall Invested In a I’erlne subsoller and used It on fifteen acres. I intend planting 100 acre* In corn this season, and aim to have It all subsoiled. Am sulisolllng my Held* the narrow way first <tliey are from forty to eighty rials wide and 1U0 rial* long) as deeply a* four horse* can do the work, at distances of two and a half feet. Will then throw up the ridges cross-wise of this with a listing plow, following It In each furrow with the subsoller a* deep as three horse* can pull It, and drill the seed Immedi ately in the track of the subsoller. This will leave the land subsoiled In both direction*. My whole crop for lWfi averaged only fifty-seven bushels per acre, yet would have made seventy-five bushel* but for an unfortunate Invasion Just at the critical time by all army of chinch bugs from uu adjacent thirty acre field of oats. With proper treat ment of soils, and thorough cultiva tion, I am of the opinion that In all favorable seasons such as last, w< should raise from seventy-five to one hundred bushels of corn per acre In stead of the more common twenty-five to fifty bushels. I am always cureful to avoid cultivating when the hind Is .* .I •l.li.is I..IIIIV f-irim-ls innk<> a serious mistake by working their corn when the soil cleaves from the shovel In ehunks. The sun Is like |y to then bake the ground and the growth loses Its bright, healthy green and turns a sickly yellow. Mulcliliiw <« Kill Weeds. A small patch of quack grass or Can ada thistles can be more easily killed by mulching than In any other way. Bury the young plants heavily with straw, bending them down so as to make a long, spindling growth near the ground. If any come through the straw covering do not cut them off or pull up the stalks. Imt bend down and cover deeper. If this Is done faithfully for one slimmer the roots will be com pletely smothered before fall. It Is much easier and cheaper to destroy a small patch In this way than by cult! Voting 1111*111. Wllica OIIIJ iMCi.sn u|> UK roots a ml causes each piece to grow with new vigor. In fact, even where eultivath.n lias been tried as a rem edy, we have always found the ls*st success by covering each green shoot with moist soil as soon ns it appears above the surface. One of the* advant ages of the mulching system Is that It works liest In a wet summer, when, by relying wholly on cultivation, the weed Is more likely to be spread than to be subdued. Fnrrn Keep down tin* w«*<*dH. Stir tlu* soil frequently. Cut the clover In good season. Clover cured too much wastes In handling. * I iidcrfceding ruins more stock than overfeeding. When fattening pigs make them eat all they will. If necessary to stack hay outside, put Iri large ricks. So far as possible stack the clover hay under shelter. Win at ought to be cut before the grain gets too hard. This Is a good month to plant cu cumbers for pickles. Clover too ripe when cut contains too much woody filter. Do not breed all of the cows so as to come fresh In the spring. In nearly all eases the last cultiva tions pay the best profits. A good garden can be made the best paying plat on the farm. So far as possible have every tiling in readiness for harvest. So far as can lie done, do not allow any weeds to mature seed. Keep up the cultivation until the crop can lx* considered made. The colts will grow faster and better if they have good pasturage. A good part of the necessary mulch ing should lie done this mouth. Wat<-h tlie pastures and do not allow thorn to lx- pastured down too close. Keeping tin* surface of the soil tine and level will help to retain moisture. All kinds of grass makes better hay if cut Ix't'ore tile plants are allowed to Istecme too I'ljs*. II ill" second growth of clover is to lx* allowed to uni lure sets), t In* ttrst growth should lx- cut reusouuhly early. i’li .. >1... .s*tf t. mu n.uul Tlut (lilleii iicc in driven* will often make rev dal year* dllfereuce III Clie life of a home. Whether the culllvatlon given the cro|M he few i r many, the lant cultiva tion oleii'lil ulwayn have the moII clear of nivtln ami In a good eouilliiou. I he recent rouilnunl tain* have given III*' Weed* a chalice |o get nlieiut. ami It will now take heroic work lu ■Mime locnllllcH to huImIiI* them. I'rof t'renter of .Whigau atatlon, alter a careful attuly of tin* Httliject. «»,«>• tally recwtnmemlM tirocui non it-1It* t for iioor itoil« It U inferior to many other om|*» on cmI wilh, hut M-eiiia c*) icc In I tv milled to |hmii eoil» It ktand» drouth well r.\l«-»ino nt« at a uuudier of ■iattou* ■how that a lo*‘|» uM'l Mw |im do , • I t>i| |t end* lM|tttc| and Hot id manure i«cr unoih; I |mumh **f •heeft (ttodiMe T..I i»,iin,U |tcr month. I i**i (kiutoU >d hog*. «.‘ivi |*tuitda |er n • ndi. • t I*»t|k>«nd m» i.Ulil |mnuvU l«r n...mil i ' a manure. If all anted. | i. $ , il. » i« r in it li t.r.o li I nti | iiiola of nolo. it» Itui aa gen • rally iiMWfol auov than half of |i u Herman tadioHi v ant* dial the ■n u te atwl root* of an acr>« of a |,t«l> c»» it of red lover Weigh over a ton* ami contain iw |»ot*ol» uttrw * .< I ti otoik «( ylamilwiti mnt and ff i.ooi.H |»i.*»n |‘bl» nitrogen »n gUMthf !#»*>*, the air ami the |ik>a |.|<..i ., a eld and |» >***(> w« te brought •*|* from the t ilt kill where hIiIHMH uiauta iovttd u« hate h«< bed It Yrii • • li ii,» i. »• In the form of nun due hit (With * * odd * vat liter M* THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IV, JULY 26—000*8 PROMISES TO DAVID. Golden Toils* “in Thee O Lord I Pnt Mf T rue I" — ritlma 71:1 — Longings For Clod's Kingdom and Fulfilment of Word. K now com# to the be ginning of another de velopment of the King dom of Ood. We can look at It first ss the unfold ing of the promise of Ood for the redemption of the world. In the Messiah Redeemer. It Is linked to the former promises, from that of Adam down to this time. These premises become clearer and more definite. They are the comfort and sup port of God's people all down the ages. On the other hand, we have for our comfort and strength an example of how God satisfies our longings for the com ing of Ills kingdom and answers our prayer*. The section covers the whole Messianic Ides of David's time. Including chapter 7. and the "Parallel.** I Chron. 17: 1 27. "Messianic Psalms" (according to Professor Briggs): Psalm 110, the conquering King; Psalm 2, the enthroned Messiah: Psalm 72. the right eous King; Psalm 4.7, the bridal of the Messiah; Psalm IX. the advent of Jehovah as Deliverer. "The Last Hong of David." 2 Hamuei 23: 1-7. "New Testament Light."— Christ the aon of David, and his successor on the throne. (Luke 1: 32, 33; 20: 41-44; Acts 2: 29, 30.) Historical Betting. "Th^ time" was probably not long after the last lesson. B. C. 1042. "The Place.*’- Jerusalem. "David," about 44 years old. "Prophets."— Nathan, now first mentioned and Gad, who had been with Duvld In hi* exile. Th© lesson for today Includes 2 Hamuei 7: 4-16. 4. "That night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan." by a vision (v. 17;. The prophet was right. In the assurance that, the object of David's desire was pleat ing to God, but there was need of light upon th© best way of occomidishing it. 6. "Hhalt thou build me a house for mo j to dwell In?" This Implies that h»* shull % not build th© house, as Is stated in 1 Chroni cles 17: 4. 6. "Whereas,** rather, Because, "1 have not dwelt In any house." permanent temple, because there had been no firm, unendan gered, permanent place for it; and the ori ginal tent had sufficed. "In a tent and In a tabernacle." The word tent refers to the outward covering of skins, etc.; the taber naole denotes the framework of boards and bars.—Cook. 7. "Hpake I a word • • * Why build ye not me a house of cedar?” God had made no such command, for the best time had not yet coine. If religion could prosper so many past years, It could a little time longer, till the right man and the right time should arrive. 8. "1 took thee." Ills life was a plan of God hitherto, and from the past David was to learn lessons of trust for th© future. All David's greatness had Its source In God. "From the sheepcota," 1. ©.. fold. Better, "from the pasture." Ood exalted the shep herd boy to be king. 9. "And I was with thee." All your suc cess was from me—your character and fitness to succeed, as well as th© favoring circum stances and guiding wisdom. "And have cut off all thine enemies," because they were enemies of God and his kingdom. These wars were wars of the Lord waged by him as king of his people, and for the real good and progress of th© world (1 Ham. 2.7: 28).— Lange. "Made thee a great name." Under David. Israel, hitherto obscure, first became recognized as a great and powerful nation. 10. "I will appoint," or prepare (better, have appointed, as some render It), "a place." That is. by subduing their enemies he made room for a safe, unendangered ex pansion In the promised land. "And will plant them," better, have planted them. That is. on the soli thus cleansed and mad© safe. He established a firm, deep-rooted national life.—Lange. "Neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more." They might attack Israel, as some of them did after this, but they could not conquer and oppress them. 12. "I will set up thy seed." First. Solo mon. who recognize* the fulfilment of this promise in his elevation to the throne (1 Kings X: 15-20;; then the line of David's descendants who succeeded him on the throne of Judah: and finally Christ, in whom the prophecy reaches Its higheor ful filment. See Luke 1: 31-33; Acts 2: 23-31: 13 : 22. 23. 13. "He shall build a house for my name.** "The name of God signifies God himself, so far as he has revealed and manifested him self to men."—Cambridge Bible. The glori ous temple that David desired to build was built by his son Solomon, while David him self had the privilege of making great prepa rations for this tern* le. at least 150 million dollars in gold, besid'3 vast quantities of other material. 14. "I will be his father, and he shall be my s m." This prediction applied to Solo mon, but he Is chiefly "only the herald of its realization," through David's line to its culmination in David's greater Hon. the Messiah. In Jesus, the Son of God. la God's fatherhood best mad© known, and through hli$ to all who love and obey him. No sweeter, better, mere comforting and en couraging promise than this of the love am! , uru , .1 u Imui'i.iilv fm hi.r i' in Kn upon any on#*. If ho commit Iniquity." Thera was only one way In whleli David's descendants could enjoy this prorn'sed blcss Inii and that was by obedience. If they re futed to be obedient sons, they mu*; suff#*r the* punishment and loss due to their slr.s. “I will chasten him with the rod of men," I. mu h a ehastl*rm«:it as men inflict upo;i their children, t rr««t and reclaim th«*dAf not to destroy them «' i * lb. ' Hut my wm y shall not depart away from him. as I took It from Saul." In Saul's eunt. not only was lie himself punished, but the kingdom was ufc«u from his family. 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