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TALMAGE’S SEKMON,! "OATES OF CARBUNCLE" THE SUBJECT OF SUNDAY. from She Tm«1 "And I Will Make TfcV Wladnal tf Affataa and Thj flam •t Cai*;wlM" — Book ef l«ai«k. Chapter 5*. Varan 1*. (ERHAP8 berausd• human dlneaa* of moat painful and ofttlmee fatAl char acter la named af tar It, the church and the world have never done Juatlce to that Intense and Ell-augBoatlva pr« ctoua atone, the carbuncle. The pearl that Christ picked up to Illus trate bis aertnon, and the Jasper and the tapphira and the amethyst which the apocalyptic vision masoned Into the wall of heaven have ha<l proper reco* Bitlon, but this, In all the ages, la tha L first sermon on the carbuncle. i i um yi ci/U/ui mu/urj tm iwuuu ^ East Indies, In color Is an Intense scar- | let, and held up between your eye and the sun It Is a burning coal. The poet puts It Into rhythm as he writes: Like to the burning coal whence comae Its name; Among the Greeks aa Anthrax known to fame. Ood seta U high up In Bible crystallo graphy. He cute It with a divine chisel, chapes It with a precise geo ip metry, and kindles Its fire Into an al most supernatural llame of beauty. Its If law of symmetry. Its law of zones, Its law of parallelism, something to excite the amazement of the scientist, chime cantos of the poet, and arouse the ^Kfrdijratlon of the Christian. No one W*but the Infinite God could fashion a carbuncle as large as your thumb nail, and as If to make all ages appreciate this precious stone he ordered It set In the first row of the high priest’s breast plate In olden time and higher up than onyx and the emerald and the dla >nd, and In Ezekiel's prophecies con ing the splendors of the Tyrian __rt, the i ai bun-lc la mentioned, the ^ brilliancies of the walls end of the tas fi ggllated floors suggested by the Bible , sentence, "Thou hast walked up and fedt/ygown In the midst of the stones of ififrya!” But In my text It la not a soll . fary specimen that I hand you, as the '%|Wepei of a museum might take down -I from the shelf a precious atone and al low you to examine It. Nor Is It the JPJvpaiiel of a door that you might stand s’vADd study for Its unique carvings or v.frronz'd traceries, hut there la a whole jjjpUe of It lifted before our admiring *j!nd astounded vision, aye! two gates ; ef It, aye! many gates of It: "I will it : make thy gatee of carbuncles." What ■Mpates? Gates of the Church. Gates ^?$fgf anything worth possessing. Gates Kef successful enterprise. Gates of sal s' ration. Gate* of national achievement. S. Isaiah, who wrote this text, wrote also fr all that about Christ, “as the lamb to the slaughter," and spoke of Christ as to iaying, "I have trod the wine-press W alone,” and wrote, "Who la this that eometh from Edom, with dyed gar ments from Bozrah?" And do you think that Isaiah In my text merely happened to represent the gates ae red gates, as carmine gates, as gates of car guncieT jso. tie means inai u ie through atonement, through blood-red Struggle, through agonies we get Into anything worth getting Into. Heav en's gates may well be made of pearl, a bright, pellucid, cheerful crystalliza tion, because all the struggles are over and there le beyond those gates noth ing but raptures and cantata and tri umphal procession and everlasting holiday and kies of reunion, and so the twelve gates are twelve pearls, and sould be nothing else than pearls. But Christ hoisted the gates of pardon in his own blood, and the marks of eight lingers and two thumbs are on each gate, and as he lifted the gate It leaned against his forehead and took from It a crimson Impress, and all those gates are deeply dyed, and Isaiah was right wbsn he spoke of those gates as gates af carbuncle. What Is true of Individuals Is trus •f nations. Was It a mild spring morn b Ing when the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock, and did they come In a gilded yacht, gay streamers flylngT Ho. It was In cold December, and from a ship In which one would not want to «ose the Hudson or the Potomac River. ealplng knives all ready to receive them, they landed, their only welcome the Indian war-whoop. Rad men on the baach. Red men In the forest. Red piao on the mountains. Red men In the vslleye. Living gates of red men. (isles of carbuncle' We are not Indebted to hletory for eur knowledge of the greatest of na tional crtaes. Many of us remember It, and father* and mothers now living had better keep telling that story to 1 their children so that tastead of their being depeudant upon cold type anil obliged to say, "On such s page of such 4 book you can read UML they r»tber be able to eey, "My father told , jut |u"4 "VI > itityMhff told IU9 M)'1 Melt •1*4 vnipftt wfcti vitMly r*m#«itmr IHI I •ml 1444. and 1*41 aa4 1*44. Am fvur •i 1 v •* It*# ItitoMtAI, ImIIIMM It, Am VUl t>#a< AmI with lh>H| U»t*«UM Itt* fotcf aa4 |<#! 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Gather them in one vast assemblage, the millions of bereft from the 8t. I^awrence to the Gulf, and from the Atlantic to the Pa cific beaches! Put the tears in to lakes, and the blood into rivers, and the shrieks luto whirl winds! During those four years many good and wise men at the N'orlh and the South saw nothing ahead but annihilation. With such a national debt we could never meet our obliga tions! With such mortal antipathies Northern and Southern men could nev er come Into amity! Representatives of Louisiana and Georgia, and the Caro lina* could never again sit side by «lde with the representatives of Maine, Massachusetts and New York at Hie national capital, I»rd John Russell had declared that we were "a bubble bursting nationality," and It bad come true. The nations of Europe had gathered with very resigned spirit at the funeral of our American republic. They had tolled the bells on parlia ment* and relchstags and lowered their flags at half-rnaet. and even the lion on the ether side of the sea had whined for the dead eagle on this *ide. The deep grave had been dug, and beside Uabylon, and Thebes, and Tyre, rud other dead nations of the past our dead republic was to be buried. The epitaph was all ready: "Here He* the American Republic, Horn at Philadelphia, 4th of July, 1776, Killed at Hull Run July 21, IMl. 7,“,n n-y enteen days. Peace to Us ashes." Hut before the obsequies had quite closed there was an Interruption of the cere monies. and our dead nation roee from Its mortuary surroundings. Ood had made for it a special Resurrection Day, and cried, "Come forth, thou Republic of W'asblngton, and John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, and John Hancock, and Daniel Web ster, and 8. 8. Prentiss, and Henry Clay. Come forth!" And she came forth, to be stronger than she bad ever been. Her mightiest prosperities have come since that time. Who would want to push hack this country to what II was in 1800 or 1850? Hut, oh! what a high gate, what a strong gate she had to push back before she could make one step In advance! Date of flame! gee Norfolk navy yard, and Columbia, and Cbambereburg, and Charleston on fire! Date of bayonets! See glittering rifles and carbines Hash from the Sus quehanna, and the James, to the Mis sissippi, and the Arkansas! Date ol ; heavy artillery, making the mountaloc ! of Tennessee and Kentucky and Vir ■ glnla tremble as though the earth It self were struggling In its last agony The gate was so flery and so red that 1 can think of nothing more appropriate than to take the suggestion of Isaiah In the text and call it a gate of car buncles. This country has been for the mosl part of its hletory passing through crises, and after each crisis wan bet ter off than before It entered It, am! now we are at another crisis. We an told on one hand that If gold is kepi as a standard and silver Is not elevated confidence will be restored and thli nation will rise triumphant from el the financial misfortunes that havi v>aan afflioflri? u« On fhe* fithpr hfirul we are told that If the free coinage o silver la allowed, all the wheels of bus loess will revolve, the poor man wtl have a better chance, and all our in dustries will begin to bum and roar During the last si* presidential elec tiona I have been urged to enter th< political arena, but I never have ant never will turn the pulpit In which preach Into a political stump. Ever; minister must do as he feels called ti do, and I will not criticise him for do lng what he considers his duty; but al the political harangues from pulpit from now until the 3d of Novembe will not In all the United States changi one vote, but will leave many ear stopped against anything that suel clergymen may uiter the rest of tbel lives. Aa a general rule the laymen o churches understand politics bctte than the clergy, because they (the lay men) study politics more than th clergy, and have better opportunity e ; being Intelligent on those subjects. Uu good morsls. honesty, loyslty, Christ tan patriotism, and the Tsn Command meat* these we must preach. Qo says distinctly In the Illble, "The *11 ver and the gold are mine," and H will settle the controversy betwsei those two metals. If sssr this oountr: needed the Divine rescue It needs 1 now. Never within my memory hav so many people literally starved t death as In the past few months Hav you noticed In the newspapers hei many men and women here and ther have been found dead, the pcet-mories esamlnation elating that the cause v death was hunger? There te net n da that we do not beer the crash ef tem greet commercial eetabliebmenl, an as a consequence many people ar thrown out of employment A man what we considered comfortable herns have csiine privation snd close calsuli Uuu and economy that hills Mtiltua *f pe iple wh" »uy anthlag *' •* tt »f at thle n«tii«ki at Unit wtte' en« i There eiw Millions ef people whs d net went charity hat want wwfh Th cry has gone up te the ears ef lh i "l ord uf ttsheotlk," pad the prayer wl i be beard and relief will seme. If ■ bare berthing belter te depend an 'he i American politics relief wilt uevt rest Whoever Is elected IS the pree I dntef, the wheels nf government tut I an slowly, end a ramus la yonder wh1 i l building on the hill may tie the ham I ef any president. New, though we wl lire In the District of Columbia eannt* rote, we ran pray, and my prayer daj and night ahull be, "0, Ood, hear tht cry of the souls from under the altar Thou who hast brought the wheat an! corn of this n a on to such magnltudi ' of supply, give food to man and beast Thou who hadst not where to lay Thj heed, pity the shelterless. Thou wht hast brouKht to perfection the eottos of the South and the flax of the North clothe the naked. Thou who hast Ailed the mine with coal, give fuel to ths shlrerlng. Hrlng bread to the body, Intelligence to the mind, and salr tlo* to the soul of all the people! Ood sa.f the nation!’* Hut we rauet admit that It Is a hard gate to push back. Millions of ‘his hands have pushed at It without mak ing It swing on Its hard hinge;-. It ll a gate made out of empty flour barrels, and cold Are grates,and worn out appar el, and cheerless homes,and unmedlcat ed Hickness, and ghastliness,and horror It in a gate of struggle. A gate ol penury. A gate of want. A gate of dis appointment. A red gate, or what Isaiah would hare called a gate of car btincles. Now, as I hare already suggested, as there are obstacles In all our paths, ws will he happier If we content to hars our life a struggle. I do not know eny one to whom It Is not a struggle. !»tili the Fourteenth thought he had erery thing fixed Just right and fixed to 'lay, I hiiij n*/ iiw iiimj ii'” *«•»>. » n deaux made. The hours of that clock were struck by figures Id bronze rep resenting the kings of Europe, and at S certain time of day William the Third of England and other kings were made to come out and bow to Loub lUe Fourteenth. But the clock got out of order one day and Just the opposite of what was expected occurred, a* the clock struck a certain hour Louis th# Fourteenth was thrown to the feet of j William the Third. And so th© clock of destiny brings many surprises and those go down that you expected te stand, and at the foot of disaster most regal conditions tumble. In all the styles of life there comes disappoint ment and struggle. God has for some good reason arranged It so. If It Is no! poverty. It Is sickness. If H Is not sickness, It Is persecution. If It Is nol persecution, It Is contest with some evil appetite. If It Is not some evil nppe tlte, It I# bereavement. If It Is nol one thing, It Is another. Do not gel soured and cross and think your cans Is peculiar. You are Just like the rent of us. You will bavn to take the blttet draught whether It be handed to you In golden chalice or pewter mug. A I man who has a thousand dollars i 1 year Income sleep* sounder and has i better appetite than the man who hai five million©. If our life were not i struggle we would nevor consent to gel out of this world, and we would wan! to stay here, and so block up th* waj of the advancing generations. By tb< time that a man gets to be seventj years of age, and sometimes by thi time he gets to be fifty year* of age he says: "I have had enough of this and when the Ix>rd wills It I am read] to emigrate to a country where then are no taxes and the silver of tb< trumpet put to one’s llpe has no quar rel with the gold of the pavement un der his feet.” We hare In this worh more opportunity to cultivate patleno than to cultivate any other grace. La that grace he strengthened In th# Roy al Gymnasium of obstacle and oppo i sition, and by the help of God, havlni overcome our own hindrances and wor i rlments, let us go forth to help other whose struggle Is greater than our owl • • • My bearers, It will be a great hear#! tnr nil who set through, but the bes heaven for those who bad on eartl nothing but struggle. I! leased al those who, before then entered th gate of poarl, pasted through the gat | of carbuncle! I , RAM’S HORNS. ’ The greatest hualnaaa for aaybod ' la Ood'a bualnesa. Wa cannot havo God's favor and th . i pleasures of aln both. , The rejection of Christ la a refusal t i hear God's boat witness, i It la better to starve and be rlgh r than to feaat and be wrong, f The man who la on the aide of th r saloon la not on the Lord’s aids. All of our future will depend upo 1 the stand we take today for Christ. The top of the tower of Babel wae n 1 nearer heaven than the top of a pi ‘ sty. I No other man can got so much out < thla life aa the one the Lord la leaf , Ing. , The man who bates hie enemy, find r no joy In thinking that God lov« I him. » The eststenca of the devil la neve > doubted by those who are on the Lord i side. < There la no greater career poeelbJ ■ than u> do wall whatever Ood gives « > to do. Without the shedding of hleud. th r name of love could never have boa * written The man who would be a leader am be ready ta start before the pruceeala * la formed * Mo far aa this world la Maeeraed, a little child la the blggeat thing Us a evar put la IL Commanding aa army «e aometttat „ email business compered holdta s the head at a child • (trite the devil out of the ehureh ( H owe dour, and ha will enter up hi • elutes hoof sad e«Jh la at ansibar a If «o have ea the whole anew* i 4 tied, we an teau spun Urn Lord h I- victory at err lime as go Into hauls a If premvhlag aeraaaly deem a tea tl a pieaehaa felt Hha ebmeUag, shore d duuea weald stay shut meet at U • Iteam FARM AND GARDEN.I MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Homo Cp-tn-d.ts lllnt. Atmnt CnHI»a tlon of tha Hot) and Viol do Thoroof — Horticulture. Vltlrnltnra anil Hurl H taro. Csnutgre at liio Arlanou ‘t.tloa All the work thus fai done at the Arizona Agricultural Kxpcrlment Sta tion, located at. Tucson, has led Prof. Forbes, the chemist of the station, to deduct the following conclusions re specting this Important Industry, as set forth In Bulletin No. 21 of this station. Just Issued: 1. Oanalgre Isbestadsp'ed to thPinlld, dry, sunny winter climate of the south west. Although It will endure frost, and will grow In rainy regions, It does ' not promise good results In these un congenial sit nations. 2. Oanalgre roots and leaves sre damaged to some extent by Insects, but i the plant Is not known to be seriously threatened by them. 3. Oanalgre tanning materials are j found throughout the plant, being In ' i greatest quanltlty In the central per j lions of the roots. 4. The tanning materials form rapld ! ly during the first year of growth, show- i tng a small percentage Increase after the first year, and os long as the root retains Its vitality. 6. During the dormant summer perl od of the plant, the tanning materials seem slightly to Increase In young roots Sprouting docs not slfect ths quantity of tanning materials. Ths svl | denes thus fsr does not show that Ir rigation lessens the percentage of tan ning materials. 9. Heat, air, and fermentation, act ing on either roots or extracts, all de stroy canalgre tanning material*. 7. The red and yellow ooloring mat ter* of canalgre affect the quality of leather produced. The red matters are lesa desirable and are formed chiefly ' In the wild crop. They are not present In quantity In cultivated roots. This fact Is considered an Improvement In the quality of the root for tanning pur ' poses. H. The sugar contained In canalgr* gives roots and extracts their "plump ing” qualities. If properly managed It Is a valuable factor In the production of heavy leathers. 8. Canalgre bagasse, properly pre pared, should he about equal to mes qulte wood In fuel value. When well ! rotted It ought also to have consider* able value as a fertilizer. It promises 1 little as a stork food. 10. Canalgre draws heavily upon the i eoll, especially for nitrogen. Hs total drain Is about twice as costly as that of sugar beets. 11. The utility of canalgre Is dem i j onstrutrd. Properly bandied It pro | duces an unusual variety of leathers of i‘ excellent quality. , i 12. The agriculture of canalgre 1* yet , ! In Its experimental stuge. A fair estl mate shows that It will be necessary i to produce an annual crop of about i seven tons, or a biennial crop of about . thirteen tons an acre In order to equal the profits of sugar best culture. On | present evidence this yield seems hlgh i ly probable, but, so far as known, has I sot yet been demonstrated. Irrigated Nebraska. The greatest need of irrigation Is I when the growing crop demands molat ’ ure for Its support, says a writer In i World-Herald. The condition prevails • more generally during the months of July and August than In the preceding 1 months. Careful farmers have said 1 that they were not greatly concerned | about the moisture conditions during the spring season, that more was sure to be had and Jew* needed during tint 1 period than later when the crop was growing and when the Influences of evaporation are greatest. The crltloal period with th» corn crop Is at hand; If 1 Reasonable showers supply surface mois ture the corn crop will be a bountiful ( one. The greatest corn crop prospect ever aeen In the corn country of the Missouri valley was during the month 1 of July In 1894. The seasonable show ers had carried an immense growth of ' the plant up to the beginning of the drouth, when there was little If any ■ under moisture to assist. When tbs hot blistering winds which followed i commenced their ruinous work on veg etation, the crop was left to tha mercy u of this unfavorable condition of ths I ‘ elements and the evident lack of un i d. r moisture then became manifest, Ir ( | rlgatiou is a permanency iu crop grow . t tug; it Is not s conditions! Improve ment, where agriculture is made a bus iness. Thers Is uot a season In whlnfa II Irrigation Is not needed in order to ac 1 { quire the heat results In crop growth ; A faw days of hot, windy weather will ' check the growth uf auy crop when ■ artificial moisture cannot he called In to use It matters not what Influences e of drouth are presented, the remedy it ■ gt hand to avert crop loss and the farm er rests eaay knowing that his eubsti • lute la sufficient te provide all the re n gutrementa of the crop In a successful growth and bountiful yield. Irrigates i Nebraska will raise a great crop lists , year, and In the years to rums will iu Influence add tw the sure crop acrengv # 11 <he stale by a widening wet ef th« j Irrigated districts Tbs restate a There ta as ether part wf harm mam t agemaat that !e so often made uapreflt ante by neglect as pasturing and than 4 la no other that may he made mwsr 4 pregrahle. truly save a rmugwlsed aa thwrttjr la tha “tWntry Owntiesnan' 4 It ta wee of the meet cwe»eetwwi mesh , eda wf gatbsrtag aad using the prwd set ef the ami, and thw animals «• better aa this ne ural feeding than m * any nHlietal automate far W tot ' s n tees the pastwfw la ta Use hews ana I Slbte Condition th» profit or It I* gTMts I I ly reduced nr wholly los> end the use ; of the land becomes wasteful. Natural Partnr".—Pastures may bs ' permanent or temporary. The perma nent pasture la. however, not so well suited to our climate as In countries , where the summer Is cooler nnd the rainfall Is greater In the summer, for nothing more conduces to the growth of graaa than moisture and coolness. The best toll cannot produce grasa without the requisite supply of moisture, and If this be provided, either naturally or artificially by Irrigation, the heat of the climate becomes a secondary eon •Idf ration. But It la also (rue that tha condition of the land may have much to do with thla supply of Indispensa ble moisture, for It may be made ao rou< h more retentive of Ita water a« to greatly overcome the tendency to evap oration by the eiceaslva heats of tbs summer. Thus we find auch localities as that known as the blue grass region •f Kentucky, in which the soil Is so well suited to the growth of grass and so retentive of the needed moisture ao to produce the finest pasture and main tain It In the best condition for a cen tury. There are found fields that have never been broken by the plow, In j which the native grass at first took complete possession and haa kept It and promises to keep It In perennial verdure. Thla, however, la one of the rare Instances on thla continent of such favorable conditions of soil and cli mate, for elsewhere the greatest skill hardly prevails against the natural ob stacles to the maintenance of per in a^ nent pasturage. Preparation.- But It Is not at all dif ficult to make a profitable pasture for a abort term of years by a due prepara tion of the soil and after care. Thla I.e<.narnli>ih /■/»*! U I U> « M (if t )l ( ) f ( J11 11 I)IOW‘ In*, fertilizing and proper selection at the varieties of grass. Draining In In dispensable If the soli Is not naturally d-atned, for In such cases the land may vary easily be too dry for the growth of grans at. one time, and at another time may tie too wet and sodden, and drainage often tends to render the soil moist by conserving the water and preventing too rapid evaporation. Moreover, a wet paaturo Is always In jured most seriously by the tramping of animals and the poaching of the ground. Pre ervatlon.- When by the skill ot the farmer the pasture has been made, Its preservation Is not to be neglected. It will not do to leave it to Ha chance*. It must tie fed quite as much aa the animals that feed upon It. It must be repaired continually by fresh seed and fertilizers, as time and season may make inroads upon it. To leave any pasture without due care to avoid cer tuln Injury by neglect Is to encourage the loss of the grass and the substitu tion of weeds for It. And In addition tt must be so used as to give all needed opportunities for the grass to make sufficient growth before it 1* eaten down at the beginning of the feeding seiv | son. This Is an Important considers^ tlon at this time. ... — Mailran The old Mexican »hecp art the dl reel descendants of the original Hpan ; ish Merino brought over two hundred years ago by Bpanlards to Old Mexico, says dolman's llural World. They | have been bred with scarcely any out ; cross, and are a very distinctly mark ed breed. They have long legs, a long, 1 thin body, not very deep; small, rath er long neck, and a long, thin head, carried high. The wool Is fine and Ihln. i To the eye they appear almost worth less as mutton cheep and of still less : value for wool. Their good points ars 1 that they are hardy, excellent travel ers, will keep in good condition on tho poorest and driest of ranges, aro fairly prolific, and can be herded In bunches of almost any size. They fat ten easily, though never getting plump and fat like the northern sheep. When .«a/.k iha f1kloQtr/> Wl Url/dt If IVI good condition, they outsell all othag sheep, tor they shrink very little la dressing, the meat has an excellent flavor, and the hide la so thin. Arm and i soft as to command the highest price. Low Prlr** fe» He««. This haa been a year when ordinary rules and condition# have keen pretty well twleted around, aaya Drover# Journal. We have gone through th< ••aeon when hoga are expected to ad vance with liberal supplies, excellent quality and almost record-breaking low prices. Ths country te bearish oa hogs and It Is a question whether this ex ceptionally down-hearted feeling will not result In aome more surprises dur ing the remainder of the year. Therr is a theory advanced that the farmed and feeders Agurlng on exceptional!) low prices after the new corn crop hat had time to out a figure, will crowd hogs forward so tael as to make tht lew turn root# earlier than It mtghi naturally tie eipeeted, aad that aarl| winter prices sre liable te be belief then prices between now aad the*. 1 Vtakiag fountain The rleaaesi and cheapen! hune midi drinking fountain la coaafru- led ae follow# , Take an empty fruit tea. and with « wire sail or "harp end of a flle, web< a bale tbreugh the ua van shout eae ! fourth to ua* half lack from the epea end, ill the ni with (teas freak water place e «eu er upetde dews oa Mm •lied «•• end turn (hem upetde down oa the level ground Idle will leave ’ j the coo setting upside down la the 1 Moeaw, aad the saucer oill stand full ' ef water up te the beta la the tea 1 i bte is the akeot way ts water vhleh ' : eaa, aad is •eoaeatleal They vanned pel lata It wttk their feet, aad It rear eat only ee fast an they driah M Thu ' eheotd ha tried now •vary forme* the* taboo no totoraol > ta Orams aad flawere dtoold ha o mam > oar of hie mate hevMooHoral pi I iky. rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL. .ESSON II —OCT II —SOLOMON'* WISE CHOICE. lolrten 7 e s 11 “The Feer ef the t».< la tha llegtenlng of Wisdom"—Paelmt 111:10 What Ohall We tkoote tot 'lan.lf«r ray N our laat lesson , / we studied Solo nUF ///Jl mon'a way to the Ml/ 7 Al kingdom end lte SIM) leaeone, end left J ^1/ him firmly seated I on the throne. II To-day w# eee the source of hie great power and success In tha choice that was presented to hlrn at the beginning of hla reign, and hie choosing that which was wise end right, l"*“*®4* of that which mlghl naiurally »*em more desirable lo an ambitious young The lesson to be taught I* found In different object* set before ‘-VOTF I*"®" at the beginning of life, the object which It Is the wisest lo choose, end Hie and motives for »o choosing. Every • gum. rii, Illustration and examplei snouio lie employed to persuade each make the right .hole and to rnas# The section Include* 1 Kings I; t*l*. parallel, 2 Chronicles 1: 1-13: ' 2» and the Hcripture texts given »<ei»w Time. It c KM, the early part of » '*o mon'a r«licn. .. . Place. Hlbenn, a h'gh hill «•* "... north of Jerusalem, now called Here wm* ihc ancient talo-rno'>• con gtructed by Mogeg 12 Chron, »’• *'• Holomori. Ik or 21) year* old. . To-day’s lesson Include* 1 King* “'16, at follow*: _ . _ (. “The Lord appeared to Holomon in a dream.” It waa probably at the clost of this season of worship, when hi* mlriO had been elevated Into a high »taW 0* religious fervor by the protracted ser vice* "And nod sad. Ask what I enali give thee.” A* there 1* no limitation In the Implied offer, ari almolutely range of choice Is here placed hefor* Solomon .. _ «. “Thou hast shewed unto thy David my father gnat mercy." David nan no claim, and put forth none. It wps of mercy. “According as he walked be fore the., In truth." In sincere devotion to God, In the true worship of the trus n„.i i.'Phoi * l.ual iriv'pn him ft WOII W ■it on his throne.’’ It Is a. great favor to have Oort's blessings to us continued to our children, and thus to make our in fluence for good enduring, „ 7. "Thou bast made Ihy servant klng^ lie was chosen by God lo be king, and oy the aid of God's prophet he hud gained the throne. "And 1 urn but a little Ohltd. He was young and Inexperienced com pared with Ins fstlier, who came to ths throne after a youth of activity, ana ten or twelv* yiars of special training, and seven mor* as king over a small king dom. "I know not how lo go out or com* In.” This expression I* proverbial for ins active conduct of ufTa rs. (Hee Num. fit 17; J>ul. »•: 6; 1 Hum. IX: 13.)—Cowl. I. "Thy servant ts In the midst of thy people:” I. <•., Is set over them as a king. "Which thou bast chosen.” It was not only a great nation, but tb* nation chosen to represent Ood before the world, and carry out his kingdom, and leach th* world his truths. "A great people, that cannot be numbered,” They* seem* to M a reference in those words to th* prom ise* made hy God to Abraham, mor* especially to Oenesl* 13: 18, 9. "(live therefore Ihy servant an un derstanding heart." There were two di rections In one or the other of whlcn • young king's desires would naturally lead. "To Judge Ihy people." Administer the government In all Its department*. "That I may discern between good and bad." I. e., right ami wrong, Justice and Injustice, what plans are good for the peo ple and what are had. "For who I* Able to Judge this thy so great a people?' Th* larger the number of people the more wis dom and ability It required to govern them. . _ . „ 10. "And the speech pleased the l*ord. Why? (1) It was right, noble, unselfish, like God himself, (2) It rendered It possi ble for God to give him large measure* or the best things In all the universe, (I) It furnished an opportunity lo give many Other things, God loves to give. He fives us all we can berieflclally receive. The more he can give us, the better he I* pleased. . 11. “Because thou hast . . . not aaneu for thyself," He hail not selfishly asked the things which would merely give glory and pleasure lo himself. 12. ”I*o, 1 have given thee a wise and an understanding heart.” for which he had asked. Hee I Kings *: 16-28, and 4: 29-34, together with the descriptions of Solomon's temple and palaces, govern mental plan* and commerce. “8o that there was none like thee before thee, etc. This has been literally fulfilled In history. He had wisdom and understand ing exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that la on the aeashure <1 Kings 4: 29). ... ..I •_ than that which thou hast not esked." Here we see a striking llluetratlon of that law of the divine government. "Seek ye first the king dom of Hod and his rlghteouaneea. and all theae things shall he added unlo you" (Matt. «: 33; Huke 1*; SI),—Cook. “Hotb riches ami honor.’’ gee the neat lesaon. 14. "And If thou wilt walk In my ways ... I will lengthen thy days.” Tha promise here Is only conditional. As the condition was not ohservsd (1 Kings lit l-S). the right to promise was forts ted, and It was not fulfilled. He died at tha age of si*ty, ten ycare younger then hie father l‘avld. 16 "And Solomon awoke, and behold It was a dream." hut the results wert real, because what was done In the dream ea pressed wliat goto mol) really was and actually chose. "And he came to Jsrvl l aalem " his home, and the other sanctu ary where the ark was placed. Here be continued the eacrlltciel feast Practical I The iSwe, aa pteseo ted her*.. Is good tail It for proof and for Mug* tratmn of the prluv pie that when men eovst earnestly and supremely the beet Sifts Ood loves nut only to give these eel things thus preftraHy and supreme ty sought, but to threw in tlw buser things as unasked gruiuih* in business phiase iniu the tmigatu 'live ym*r full aeart and ehiri endeavor to s>efctng the kins Juts of iM end ku > gbisousnesa, and tied wfU see to the titling o| year •Up with earthly g«wd aa may be beat tar ran. MINUtt ANII HINU t OHg. 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