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[TALMAGE’S SERMON. ‘ARMAGEDDON” THE SUBJECT OP SUNDAY’S DISCOURSE. Fran tba Tan; “Aiid Ha Oatbarad Than Tagathar In • FUca Caliad la tba Habraw Toafaa Armagaddoa" — ^ Mtaltllaaa, Chaplar IS. Van* IB Ej[J PD D 0 Is tbs name of a moun tain that looks down upon Hsdrae lon, tba greatest battla field that the world haa ever seen. Thera Barak 1 fought the Canaan- ! Ites; thers Gideon fought the Mldlan- ' i Ites; there Joslah fought the Invading Egyptians. The whole region stands for battle, and the Armageddon of my text borrows Its nams from It, and is here used, not geographically, but figuratively, while setting forth the Idea that there Is to be a world's closing battle, the greatest !' *f all battles, compared with which the conljlcta of this century and all other centuries were Insignificant, because ' of the greater number of combatants engaged, the greater victory and the greater defeat. The exact date of that f battle we do not know, and the exact locality Is uncertain. It may be In l Asia, Europe, Africa or America, but ’ the fact that such a battle will take (place Is as certain as God’s eternal truth. When I use the superlative de gree In regard to that coming conflict, I do not forget that there have been wars all along on stupendous scsle. As when \ at Marathon Mlltlades brought on his >' men, net in ordinary march, but In full l run, upon the horsemen of Persia, and I th» blP'ik archers of Ethiopia, and scat risrea^Tnem, and crying, Bring tire: Bring Are!” set Into flame the ships of the Invader*. A* when Plzarro ’ overcame Peru. Ae when Philip the Second triumphed over Portugal. As j when the Huns met the Goths. At | when three hundred Spartans sacrificed ; • themselves at Thermopylae. As when I the Carthaginians took Agrlgentum. As when Alexander headed the Mace- | (Ionian phalanx. As when Hannibal | invaded Italy. Battle of Hastings! Battle of Valmy! Battle of Pultowa! Battle of Arbela! Battle of Tours! Bat- | | tie of Borodino! Battle of Lucknow! K Battle of Solferlno! Battle of Fontenoy, where 100,000 were slain! Battle of I Chrlons, where 300,000 were massacred! I Battle of Herat, where Genghis Khan destroyed 1,600,000 lives! Battle of Nelshar, where 1,747,000 went down to death! 1,816,000 slain at Troy! And American battles, too near us now to . allow us to appreciate tbelr awful gran • | deur and significance, except you who J were there, facing the North or facing ^ the South! But all the battles I have ; Beamed put together will not equal In r numbers enlisted, or fierceness, or grandeur, or triumph, or rout, the com- ; lng Armageddon contest. Whether it ; shall be fought with printers' type or keen steel, whether by brain or muzcle, ! Whether by pen or carbine, whether M booming cannon or thunders of l Christian eloquence, I do not know, ! End you may take what I say as flgur atlve or literal, but take as certain ; what St. John, In his vision on the locks of the Grecian archipelago, is , pleased to call "Armageddon." My sermon will first mention the reg f| lment« that will be engaged in the con w filet; then will say something of the jBcommanders on both sides; and then HP speak of the battle Itself and the tre- I fW ZL_J_t___ „,UL 4V.A.O i who will fight on the wrong side, I 1 first mention the regiments Diabolic, ; In this very chapter from which my text is taken we are told that the spir tits of devils will be there. How many millions of them no one can tell, for the statistics of tbe satanlc dominions have never been reported and the roll i Of that host has never on earth been ! called; but from the direful, and con- | tinental, and planetary work they have already done, and the fact that every : uaa and woman and child on earth ; baa a tempter, there must be at least sixteen hundred millions of evil spirits i familiar with our world. Perhaps as i njany more are engaged on especial ^enterprises of abomination among the Hfegtlons and empires of tbe earth De Vgide that there must be an inconcelv W gble number of Inhabitants In realms F pandemontac, staying there to keep tbe l great capitals of sin going from age to i age. ffany of them once lived in heav i an, but engaging In conspiracy to put { Ian on the throne, they were burled and down, and they are now among worst thugs of tbe universe. Hav been In three worlds heaven, tb and bell-they have all the ad itages of great experience. Their rer, their speed, their cunning their itlllty wonderful be>uud all stale st! In tbe Armageddon they will, oubt not. be present In full array »y will bare no reserve corps, but will be at lbs front. There will only be soldiers in that battle who be seen and aimed at. but troop# tagltde sad without corporeity, and tpoas but strike dear through Ibeai bout gtvtag them hurt With what ul of dedaace till ta«y vomit up ladder* of gre and leap from tbe Hements af sabeatee lalu the last ipgfga of belt' Haul, the biaveet of i, was Impressed elth their atighl evil when he said, "We a reeds agaiaet Ink ft II4 * OU 4. hut sgatast ictpalitlee. and ag*>Mt power* aad '-■■a th# ruler# of the darhueaa la I eterkd. egaiaat spirttual •kebn4* i la k<fk pla n ' t)b what aa egt ^ uuig mumaat, shea the rush# lias«»! ft It mev* up and take iM« places fat V aaaitet la tbe Armageddon? ft Other icgiateata eka will merth la w kg Uw Igbt wttt be tbe regtmeate Alee t belle, They will be made up wf th» ft brewers eumpaakw*. <He'ide»f uwacre. and liquor dealers* associations, and the hundreds of millions of their pa trons. They will move Into the ranks with what the blble calls the "Song of the drunkard.” And what a bloated, and soaked, and bleared, and blasted, and hiccoughing, and nauseating host! If now, according to a scientist In Eng land, there are fifty thousand deaths annually from strong drink, and In the United States, according to another estimate, ninety-eight thousand deatha annually from atrong drink, what an army of living drunkards that Implies, ; coming up from the whole earth to ! take tbelr places In the last battle, es- ! penally as the evil increase* and the , millions now staggering on tbelr way may be Joined by other millions of re inforcements; brigade after brigade. I with drunkards' bones drumming on the bead of beer barrels the dead march of souls. These millions of victims of | alcohol Joined by the millions of vic tims of arrack, the spirituous liquor of China, and India, and Arabia, and Egypt, and Ceylon, and Slain! Other regiments who will march Into the fight on the wrong side will be the regiments Infidel. God gave but one revelation to the human race, and these • men have been trying to destroy It. ; Many of the books, ninguzlnes. and newspapers, through perpetual scoff at , Christianity, and some of the universi ties. have become recruiting agencies for those regiments. The greatest brig- I adler of all those regiments, Voltaire, who closed bis life of assault upon Christianity by writing, "Happiness Is a dream, and only pain Is real. I have ( thought so for eighty-four years, and 1 know no better plan than to resign myself to the Inevitable and to reflect that files are born to be devoured by spiders and man to be consumed by rare. 1 wish I bad never been born." Oh, the God-forsaken regiments of In- ; fidels, who after having spent their life in antagonising the only Influence that could make the eartn Better, gainer with their low wit and their vile sneer and their learned idiocy and their hor rible blasphemy to take part against God and righteousness In the great Ar mageddon! Other regiments who will inarch In on the wrong side In the battle will he the regiments Mohammedan. At the present time there are about one hun dred and seventy-flve million Mos lems. Their plain mission Is to kill Christians, demean womanhood, and take poxccsslon of the earth In the In terest of Ignorance, superstition, and moral filth. The massacre of fifty thousand Armenians in the last two or three years Is only one chapter In their effort to devastate the earth of everything but themselves. Ho deter mined are they In their had work that all the nations of the earth put togeth er dare not say to them, "Stop! or we i will make you stop!" My hope is that long before that la3t battle of which 1 speak the Turkish government, and with It Mohammedanism, may be wiped out of existence. * • • First of all, I mention the regiment* Angelic! Alas! that the subject of de monology seems better understood than the subject of angelology. But the glorious spirits around the throne ; and all the bright Immortals that fill the galleries and levels of the universe are to take part In that last great fight and the regiments angelic are the only regiments capable of meeting the regi ments plutonlc. To show you some- ; thing of an angel’s power, T ask you to j consider that just one of them slew one 1 hundred and eighty-five thousand ol ' Sennacherib’s hosts In a night, and It is not a tough arithmetical question ] to solve. If one angel can slay one hun-, dred and eighty-five thousand troops In a night, how many can five hundred j millions of them slay? The old Book says that “They excel In strength." It Is not a celestial mob, but a disciplined host, and they know their rank. Cher ubtm, seraphim, thrones, principalities and powers! And the leader of these regiments is Michael the Archangel David saw just one group of angel? , sweep past, and they were twenty thou- | sand charioted. Paul, who In the Ga- | malian college had bla faculties so won- 1 derfully developed, confesses his Inca paclty to count them by saying, “Ye are come to Mount Zion and an Innumera ble company of angels.” If each soul on earth has a guardian angel, then there must be sixteen hundred ni'lllon angels on earth today. Besides that heaven must be full of angels, those who stay there; not only the twelve ; angels who, we are told, guard the twelve gates, but those angels whe help In the worship, and go on mission from mauston to mansion, and help tt build the hosannas and enthrone the hallelujahs und roll the doxologtes ol ■ n<- service that never ends. But me/ all, If required, will be In the last light beta ecu bolluem and sin. Heaven could afford to adjourn just one day, end empty all its temples, and man sions, and palace*, and boulevards In to that one battle. I think all the augel# of God will join In it. Tke one that stood with sword of fleuie at tke gate of paradise. The one tkat pointed Hagar to Ike fountain la the wilder neaa. Tke neat regiments that I see march m* into tke tight will he tke regiments K.clestsstlr According to the lest set oust, and pra t (rally only la tke beginning of tke grrat gsaptl move meal wkteh proposes la take the whole earth for Und there are four million eta hundred thousand Methodists, three million e#«ea hundrod sod tweaty-lve thousand itaptlots. one million two hundred and eighty thousand three hundred and thirty-three I'reehyte Haas sms# ml;Hun tee hundred and thirty thousand tmthciaoe and eti hundred and forty thousand Kyuwops l-aa* Hui the present etat let t rt of churches wilt bd utterly ennmpel wh«o after eti the great denoiWtseUone have deem their beet wnrh the sleeeei of an the sn«te will have mar* numbers than the pteaaat earuUmehi ef all dean iht Hmaa throughout Christendom Again, the regiments elemental will come Into that battle on the right tide, j The wlnde! God showed what he could do with them when the splintered 1 timbers of the ships of the Spanish Armada were strewn on the rocka of Scotland. Norway and the Hebrides. The waters! He showed what ha conld do with them when he put the whole earth under them, leaving It subaque ous one hundred and fifty daye. Th* earthquake*! He ehowed what he conld do with than when be let Caracas drop Into the open mouth of horror and the liland* of the sea went Into entomb ment. The lightnings! He showed what he could do with them when ho wrapped Mount 8lnal In flame, and we have all teen their flashing lanterns moving with tha chariots of the mid night hurricane. All the regiments elemental will come In on our aid# In the great Armageddon. Come and let us mount and ride along tha line, and review the troops of Emanuel, and And that the regiments terrestrial and celes tial that come Into that battle on the right s!de are. as compared with those on the wrong side, two to one, s hun dred to one, a thousand to one. liut who Is the commander-ln-chlaf on this side? Splendid armies have been ruined, caught In traps, flung over precipices, and annihilated through tha Incompetence or treachery of tbelr gen eral. Who commands on our aide? Jebovah-JIreh! ao-called In one place. "Captain of Salvation," eo-called In an other place. King of Kings. Lord of Lords. Conqueror of Conquerors! His eye omniscient. His arm omnipo tent. He will take the lead. Hut do not let ua shout until after we have seen the two armies clash In the last struggle. Oh, my soul! The battle of all time and all eternity opens. "Forward!" "Forward!" Is the com mand on both sides given. The long lines of both armies waver, and swing to and fro. Swords of truth against engines Infernal. Hlack horse cavalry oi peruiuon hkuiiihi wnue nurse caval ry of heaven. The redemption of this world and the honor of the throne ot God to vindicate, how tremendous is the battle! The army of righteousness seems giving way; but no! It Is only a part of the mnneuvre of the infinite fight. It is a deploy of tbe boat celes tial. What s meeting In this field of splendor and wrath, of tbe angelic and of the diabolic, of hosanna mud blas phemy, of song and curse, of tbe divine and the Satanic. The thunderbolts of the Almighty burst and blase upon the foe. Boom! Boom! By tbs torches of lightning that Illuminate the scene I see that the crisis of the Arma geddon has come. It Is the turning point of this last battle. The nest mo ment will decide all. Aye! the forces of Apollyon are breaking ranks. Seal See! They fly. Some on foot, soms on wing; they fly. Bsck over tbe bat tlements of perdition they go down with Infinite crash, all the regiments diabolic! • • • The prophesied Amageddon of the text has been fought, and Christ and big followers have won tbe day. The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and bis Christ. A1I tbe Christian workers of our time, you, my hearers, and yon, my readers, and all the Christian workers of all the ages, have helped on the mag nificent result, and the victory Is ours as much as theirs. This moment Invit ing all outsiders, through the ran somed blood of tbe everlasting Coven ant, to get into the ranks of the Con querors, and under the banner of our Leader, I shall not close the service with prayer, os we usually do, but Im mediately give out the Moravian hymn, by James Montgomery, appropriate when written In 1819. but more appro priate in 1896, and ask you, with full voices, as well as with grateful hearts, to chant it. See Jehovah’s banner furl'd, Sheathed his sword: He speaks—‘tip done And the kingdoms of (his world Are the kingdoms of his Son. ABOUT LANGUAGE. Within the limits of the United States in 1801 there were 6,250,000 Eng lish-speaking people; now there are 70, 000,000. At the beginning of this eentury the Portuguese language was In use by 7,480,000; in 1890 it was spoken by 13, 000,000. At the beginning of this century there were only 6,000 Spanish speaking people In the United Slates; now there are 050,000. At tbo beginning of this century the German language was used by •0,320,000 people, while In 1890 it was employed by 75,200,000. In 1801 It was estimated tbat tbs English laguage was spoken by 30, 120,000 people; In 1890 the number bad ■ Increased to 111,100,000. The most lesrned philologists declare that ibe origin of language la an In- j Soluble mystery, and language ttaeif la ! hn uncontrollable problem. The alphabets of the various laagu ages have, usually, from twenty U twenty sis letters this number being tar front equal la that of the sounds, la Wales the people clalut I ha1 We|«b ta the must ancient language an the earth, and that Adam, Eva sad; the aerpeel chatted We|*h together la 1 Par ad lee Every bhewa language ruatalaa •urh name* aa su-huo, pewit, whip pc own) tad ethers, las which tbs. a *u« I emitted hy the estate! la e'tluae t* the name The Etrua>*n, «a ter aa haawa. was' the Urol language epohsu la Italy, aa< j It is swsperted hr some phiWIuptsu that iha Uicln aae a dtatswt at tin E 'rwacg* What hm la the d»er mat ta the dm*** A » fa her W‘hy dose an wid maid a ear ten tens’ 1* keep a* tg* chap# WAY TO GO TO SLEEP.] _ DESCRIPTION OF A SURE CURE ' FOR INSOMNIA. Imagln. Toor llraln a Kail-Top Da*k— What Ton Mut I>o I. to Skat Up Tour ICcCJ Tbar.ln W bra Tlnl.h.il Ton'll II. A.Uap. HKRK >■ no more dangerous enemy to the perfect men t a 1 condition of man than Insom nia, eaya the New York Tribune. While those cn gaged In literary pursuits and large and complicated business transac tions are perhaps more spt lo be un successful suitors for the favor of the drowsy god, still any one la llkelytoget Into disgrace with this guardian of slumber. Long-continued Inability to sleep ehould be regarded with the greatest and grave*!, suspicions. There Is a wakefulness In the advanced alagea of thp disease that. Is more to 'pe feared than the pestilence. Kvery iwsscle of the human body may be so prostrated with fatigue that a Arc within scorching distance would scarcely Impel the victim to arouse to action. The tongue could with diffi culty frame a brief petition for its own life, yet the brain goes dancing off Into the roost, beautiful flights of fancy and la equally rapatde of sustaining th" most complicated, logical, well-digested argument. There Is a state of mental ecstasy that completely Ignores the ex . a .t *_*.. miriirc ui iuv umi/ . This may seem to the fortunate being who has never suffered the most ad vanced stages of the disease to he an exaggerated statement. Hut there are thousands wto have suffered even up to and beyond that point. Beyond that point mean* Insanity and death. A person who had Iteen a great stiff* rer from Insomnia said that If he could be fiend enough to wish a curse upon an enemy he would give the doomed mor tal wealth and Intellectual faculty to enjoy life In the fullest and then de prive him of hi* ability to sleep. Medical book* record an Instance of a man In China who had been convicted of murdering his wife under the most Inexcusable circumstances. The pris oner was condemned to die from want of sleep. A guard was put over him, each man being relieved of bis duty when an hour had expired, so that the guard might by no possibility fall asleep. The miserable man lived In this torture for nineteen days, but at the beginning of the eighteenth day h ■ Implored the authorities to kill him In some more merciful way. The brain that Is for a long period deprived of the benefita of sleep cannot be In a healthy condition. At this par ticularly dangerous stage of the disease the most powerful opi ates have no more effect than so much water. Kvcn before reach ing this point there are many peo ple who cannot take opium or mor phine in any of the various forms. Thousands of cures for Insomnia have been tried by sufferers, only to be found Insufficient. There Is one that can be practiced by all persons of a sufficient amount of will power, and, If persisted In, is Infallible. Briefly and practically described, this operation is to fancy your brain a roll-top desk. What you want to do Is to shut up the Ideas therein. When you come to try this experiment you will discover that the simile of the rolltop desk is Imperfect, Inasmuch as the cover that closes the thoughts in rolls from the front to the back of the head. Lie down, (let all the bedding and your own personal garments smooth, so that you may be comfortable. You must attempt to He perfectly still after you have once decided upon a comfort able position. Nothing, except mental activity. Is more calculated to keep you awake than giving away to restless nrks. You are now prepared to close that mental rolltop desk and pen up your thought# until you want them the next day. This abutting up la done by a powerful effort of the will not to think. This may seem paradoxical, but try It. It can lie accomplished, and you will And It the hardest work you ever did In your life You will th.nk that all your ideas am quicksilver, Hiid In spite of your resolutely holding shut that rover the tittle Imps will jump out here and there. Sometime* you can catch one of them by the ears, meta (•tiorlcally speaking, before Ills whole body Is out, and chuck him back Into hta prison Thai la, you w ill catch the Idea before il is fairly formula led, when It la simply a word, shut the cover down with a bang, and go ou holding your mind In a flats of vacuity. You hold IL tnta way for an Instant an I if ink you am doing splendidly, when <,r, jumps another Idea This one has got oul whole, complete, alive and in good health At It you go again You will soon be astonished hy an ovarpuwrrtng sense lion of fatigue worse than the most profound thought evwr gave you It I* mueh isrdar wutk to keep from think* tag than It I* >« thigh llut If you will porsoverc In this method of ‘.hutting up your thought* tor twenty minute* nr half ah huur you will toll latu a dreamt**s sleep My pruell tug this you run ehr ten the lime required to pul you* self to sleep One rXpert lu Ihla thru slug the mind Into a .emplsle blank sdtiu.e.1 that he cwuM (to down la g route iu which there woe a bright light ahd a baa<t ml mmi~ and within its mine *• be wound aatewp to he* who teded* that a vaal pet vent of laoaailr to pmeeded hy pereteteai gad leag eeatlaued ta*a*t*<e (he tare Is wuelh e trial- M* ml d • ou.eged If g| trel y m * eu> e*d for II to *V ceedlngly bard work, but it can be done. After the habit is once well formed you will And that you can strep all night without waking. But at first you will be apt to waken in so 3hort a time that you will feel disheartened at having done so much hard work for a brief balf-hour or so of sleep, only to awake and do the whole thing over again. _ Smlm Saw m Miras*. Clouds overcast the sky the greater part of Auguat 18 in Boston. The sun's face was but rarely visible. There were several showers in the lata afternoon, but we had no rainfall between 6 aud 7 p. m„ notwithstanding which s rain bow with all Its beautiful colors was on the southeastern horizon; the rays of the setting sun piercing through the ascending vapors had formed it. Turn ing to the west at 6:30, a long, narrow, dark island seemed to be floating in a blue green smooth lake, surrounded by a rocky shore, s stream of fiery molten lava winding Its way through the rocks. But there were no islands, lakes and roeks. It was the western sky, the ■tin’s fiery rays giving higher colors to the blue sky, a denser dark to the dark clouds, and showing his fire In Intense colors through the lighter vapors. But a great surprise awarded the watchers of this glorious sunset. There to the left, south of the setting sun, about four degrees from the sensible horizon, clouds were heaped on top of each oth er, and while the last rays of the sun were heating on the city of Boston, ■till damp from the afternoon rain, Its picture was being photographed on the clouds. The blocks of houses were plainly visible; the Charles river and Boston hurbor marked the outlines of the city plainly on the clouds. For three minutes the outlines became more distinct, then when the sun’s fiery tare was half way below the horizon they faded away and disappeared,-' Boston Transcrlpi. No Autograph* for Har. A certain family, whom* home la In the suburbs of J.ondon, have In their employ a cook whose way a are Invar iably so methodical and her cooking so near perfection that, were she to leave her present home, one-half of the mis tresses In the district would he eager to secure her services. Never by any chance has dinner been late at. Myrtle Villa, or the Joint under or over done, neither has any policeman crossed Us threshold. Hut, treasure that she Is, she came near to making a change of residence at the close of her very llrst month's stuy. On the morning of the day upon which her wages became due her mistress requested her to step Into the study where her master was watt ing to pay her. In a few moments she rushed from the study to the kitchen, where she had left her mistress, and In less time than It takes to narrate, had given the astonished lady no tice. "But whatever is the matter, Mary?" Inquired Iter mistress. "What has your master said or done to annoy you?” “He hasn't said nulbln'," replied Mary, as she flourished a check In her mistress’ face, "but he's only given me this for a month’s slavery. Not me; I ain’t no ortygraph collector, 1 ain’t." —Amusing Journal. |>i«tnrb»'l Ibr Nap. A minister named Pettigrew who, on asking why his flock were so regard less of his exhortation to them to re main awake during the sermons, was told that his own wife set the erample, but as she sat below the pulpit ehe was out of the minister's sight. On this it was arranged that on the fol lowing Sunday the Informant should hold up his Anger when Mrs. Pettigrew succumbed to Morpheus. The preacher bent forward and saw his consort enjoying a snug nap. With a tremendous blow on the pulpit he aroused her from her slumber, and ns the lady, who, according to the legend, was destitute of both fortune and beau tv Innlaul ills lt«* u/lfl I'MtuJi/l hoe In nr>. cents of wrath: "Sit ye up there, Jean Pettigrew! Ye are na bonnle; I gat ns* tocher wi’ ye, anil gin ye hae na heav enly grace about ye I hae gotten an uuca bail bargain o' ye!"—Pittsburg Dispatch. Til* HIS III Nam*. "I wish you’ll stop calling that hoy Willie,'" he Halil. Irritably, aa he looked up from hla paper. "It doea acetn rather odd to call a col lege boy Willie,ahe admitted. "I suppose I ought to call him 'Will' or 'William,' but u mother ought to be ex curable for holding to the dlmluutlvc ax long —~M " 'Will' wouldn't suit me any better than 'Willie,'" he answered. "1 heard from some more of the Harvard tradex miii to-day, aud I want something ap propriate Suppose you call him plain 'Hill.' " Chicago Poat. ntuiailM Math fw* PracSIas A Mouth American lady ta quoted aa keying that soma lima ago. In the ab trxe* of water, af which theta waa a great dearth at the time, she washed bet fare with eotiai a I the Juice of a • atersseiaa The resell was aa soothing that ah > Itpaaledlv washed her face in this auto, and her Miiiatshweai was Steal, a fear days latsr, on seeing that mere ass ant a freehla left aa her previously badly free hied (ace New York Tribune. »••«*#• la Mall Me* tMeaa f reak t headier, to* af the aae etrai chief af police af Kucbtaid. lit. aad 1|IM Nellie Mhetmak sloped ta Melon receallr ahd w*rw mauled Mra M A Ukt. stepatotkcr ef the bride skjMl ed la the mantas# aad I ha girl last half ha* drasa ahlla leavlag her home la laha lha trip. Mr* lake kaviag hold af aaa purl to a wf lha gttsuii aad Iks grtwim the other The latter aaa la tha guinea match | THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IV—OCT. 25—PROVERBS OP KINO SOLOMON. l.oldes Tsitl "My Mon, If ftlnnara I'nllao Thu, Conceal Thou Not”—From lleeh of Proverb#. Chapter 1. Toro* »•— Wteoet of ftolere, LL the older aehnlar* Hit u lit learn aomethinr aliout the Rook of IToverlie. My luh tng at the title# in the llret vereee of chapter# I, Ik, ft-. SO and M. el*< n. 17; 14: ». 11 Mr. they can ere that the tiook I* «. 'Oi ler tlon of amaller tmoke and doe* n< f eonelet wholly <4 Solomon * proverb* It la well, too, in inent* Then- were of a high order, auch it tiook, from which we havi only throe leaaona, to point out acme of the choicer paaaagea, an well ar to gather together whatever la nal'1 In other part* of tho hook upon the aiihjecta treated in the leeaon. The eectlon Include# the whole chapter together with light from Proverb* »: t-tl ittul k: 1-IS, deacrlblng the Invitation* of wlailom. Today'# leeaon Include# Proverb# chap ter I: l-lk, aa follow#: I. "The proverb# of Solomon." Thl* i* the title of the book no a Whole. 04 r above "Non of David," thla I# elated In order to Identify the author without poe eiblr tnlalekc The choice of Solomon ae one of the writer# of tho Illble at firef light Bfurflr*, hut In deeper Mudy in atruete. I "To know wladom." The hook rt Proverb* lieionga to what modern critlcn < all III# ' wladom literature," Includtrig Proverb#, Job Kcclcalagtea and Solomon'* Hong. Inalrni lion." Properly, "din i pllne." It Hlgnlflea education, moral training, good culture and habltr. tIm practical aide, u# It were, of wladom Lange "To percelv* the worda of undi r alandlng," to dlai'ern, not merely to n ml or learn hi heart, to dlatlngutah giaxl from had, arul lo make tha proper appli cation*. I, "To receive," Thl* I* the arronrt <1 Ja» t «f tin. look, not only to know, hut to accept, to lay hold of, to laka Into th# dally life, ' Tha Inatructlon" or dUrtyllw that leada to "wlailom,” not ihe word used In verso 2. 'nit rather with revised version, "wlae dealing," or dlacernnn M thoughtfulneaa, "Iho thinking through* of a aubjecl. 4. "To glva auhlitlly," a wiae forealyM and ahrewdneaa which foresee* evil and avoid* II, "To the almple." Inexperienced, almple-hearted, not foolish. "To the young man." 5. "A wire from will hear." lic-mi'* he I* not conceited like a fool, hut la will trig and anxloua to learn. "A man of tinderalandlng." An Intelligent one "Hhafl attain unto wire munaela." laterally. the power to aleer Ida eourac rightly on the dengerou* *eaa of life. «. "To underatand a proverb, and the Interpretation." The reault of the wi»e inan'a atudy tn verre G. "Hark saying* * enigma*: raying* hard to underatand, hut mine* of gold when we once untie r Stand them.' 7. "The fear of the laird t* the begin Ing of knowledge." The fear of the laud la that reverence of Jehovah a* Hod whirl lead* ua to v/orahip and obey him. “Hut fool*," who Ihu* prove that they are fool*, "deaplae,” look down upon, "wis dom and Inatructlon." They think they know enough without the help of othera or of Ood'a Word. *. "My aon," a term Indicative of n.tU< Mon, addressed by a teacher to hi* pup i* by an experienced pereon lo u youth 9. "For they." They refer* here to the paternal discipline arid maternal teach Inga. "An ornament of grace unlo thy head." A graceful crown, a wreath of grace, aa In chapter 1: 9. "Chain* about thy neck." The Inalgnla of office and Min or were uaually displayed by some < ore splcuou* ornament worn uhout l hi r.ei h - Htuart. 10. "My aon. If sinner* entice thee,'* »» sinner* arc sure lo do No one ran yo out Into the world and not he exported i»» temptation*. "Consent thou not " TM* la the defense, a blunt, peremptory No. Yourjuethod of defenae must he different from the adversary's mode of attack. II. "Come with ua," etc. The most easy and natural form dishonesty took at that time. "It would seem that bandWft were not only frequent, but that the at traction* which auch a mode of life ct ferred to young. Idle and profligate per son* were great and dangerous. 12. "la-t u* swallow them up alive aa the grave,” suddenly, completely "We will be aa Hheol, aa Hades, aa the great under world of the dead, all-devouring, merciless."—Cook. Thu* they would I* safe. There would he none to revenge th*. Injury, none to tell of their wlckednere ami laminae • hi.m In 11 lei I Inn IS. The aecond Inducement wae the amount of "all pracloua euhatance," Oli ver, Hold, predoua atonea, they could thuo Hardy obtain. "Fill our houaca with a poll," taken from thoae they had robbed M. "t'aat in thy lot among ua," join in our enterprlaea and ehare In Ita danger* and Ita rewarda. "All have one purae The tmeneaa of Ihe purae eunalata In thi*. Iliat the booty which each of them get* belong**, not wholly or chiefly to him but to the who)* together."-Kell. 11 "Walk not thou in the way with them," Avoid I heir coursea, their cru» vernation, and company,- Pool Have nothing lo do with them, do nol walk with them enough even lo he templed by them llrfraln thy foot." Itmtraln thy eelf. aa It were. by force and violence, aa the a out Imput e Pool, Tear youraelf away, ML "For their feet run to evil " It la a ■In aiul < rime That fact alore ehuuld m ter you. Through all their charm ng | - lura aee Ihe hurrkl face of atn IT Hindi Ui vain Ihe net te apread in the atghl of any bird “ I ipen your eye* amt aee that llieae men are epreadlng a net and eettlng a trap for you. Moreover they kre going to he cgoghl to their awn aiutrg la “Ami they lay wall for their tea Mood." They art haeiiag lo Ihetr «»• d* a'loeiloo and they wlah you to go *!••« them H Ho are Ihe aayi of Iteit lee ihat te greedy of gala." amt aet alone «» I hade who allow It In the way above 4e art I bed We aee met templed la be hurt* - warmer*, but the greed of gore k> ailee to dor ' itlktt bllUNUk' PHItUHOPH V, The right Ur la bur M Heaven a boot gift te Mb It bob I t erf dire much brake* Ik tkkkw moggy hut tu keep It, gbit feku kn* l* u*e tl 4u< Ftke cirrifctl af* »t Mb hk»*kt tu everytnddt ak4 they *r« all ItHM* Ml •« MM phoika Kg«*k*** are |»llkf, ptofidkd ki«*T« tkkl ike) dob I MUU 'tag «fUM» and are handled , artfully