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CHRIST'S ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM.

HE sat upon the ass's colt and rode Toward Jerusalem. Beside Him walked Closely and silently the faithful twelve, And on before Him went a multitude Shouting hosannas, and with eager hands Strewing their garments thickly in the way. Th' unbroken foal beneath Him gently stepped Tame as its patient dam ; and as the song Of " Welcome to the Son of David" burst Forth from a thousand children, and the leaves Of the waving branches touched its silken ears, It turned its wild eye for a moment back, And then, subdued by an invisible hand, Meekly trod onward with its slender feet. The dew's last sparkle from the grass had gone As He rode up Mount Olivet. The woods Threw their cool shadows directly to the west ; And the light foal, with quick and toiling step, And head bent low, kept up its unslackened way Till its soft mane was lifted by the wind Sent o'er the mount from Jordan. As He reached The summit's breezy pitch, the Saviour raised His calm blue eye—there stood Jerusalem Eagerly He bent forward, and beneath His mantle's passive folds a bolder line Than the wont slightness of His perfect limbs Betrayed the swelling fulness of His heart. There •stood Jerusalem I How fair she looked- — The silver sun on all her palaces, And her fair daughters 'mid the golden spires Tending their terrace flowers ; and Kedron's stream Lacing the meadows with its silver band And wreathing its mist-mantle on the sky With the morn's exhalations, There she stood, Jerusalem, the city of His love, Chosen from all the earth: Jerusalem, That knew Him not, and had rejected Him: Jerusalem for whom He came to die! The shouts redoubled from a thousand lips At the fair sight ; the children leaped and sang Louder hosannas; the clear air was filled With odour from the trampled olive ,leaves— But "Jesus wept 1 " The loved disciple saw His Master's tear, and closer to His side He came with yearning looks, and on his neck The Saviour leaned with heavenly tenderness, And mourned, " How oft, Jerusalem I would I Have gathered you, as gathereth a hen THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. Her brood beneath her wings—but ye would not I " While they who "could not watch with Him one The dizzy faintness swimming in His brain— hour" And, while His own disciples fled in fear, He thought not of the death that He should Were sleeping, He should sweat great drops of A world's death agonies all mixed in His I die— blood, Ah 1—He forgot all this. He only saw He thought not of the thorns He knew must Praying the cup might passl And Golgotha Jerusalem—the chosen—the loved—the lost 1 pierce Stood bare and desert by the city wall; He only felt that for her sake His life His forehead—of the buffet on the oheek— And in the midst, to His prophetio eye Was vainly given, and in His pitying kye 338 TME PREOENT TPUT71, VOL 12, No. 22.

The sufferings that would clothe the heavens in tears of Jesus were not in anticipation of peace would have gone forth to all black Were quite forgotten. of physical suffering as He contem- nations. She would have been the world's diadem of glory. Was there ever love, plated His crucifixion, though just be- In earth or heaven, equal unto this? fore Him was the garden of Geth- But the bright picture of what Je- —Nathaniel P. Willis. semane where He knew that soon the rusalem might have been had she ac- horror of a great darkness would over- cepted the Son of God, fades from the ZION REJECTS ITS KING. shadow Him. The sheep gate was Saviour's sight as He realises what also in sight, through which for cen- she is under the oppressive Roman WHEN the procession arrived at the turies the beasts for sacrificial offerings yoke, bearing the frown of God, doomed summit of the hill and was about to had been conducted. This gate was to His retributive justice. He takes descend into the city, Jesus halted, and soon to open for Him, the great Anti- up the broken thread of His lamenta- all the multitude with Him. Jerusa- type toward whose sacrifice for the tions : " But now they are hid from lem in all its glory lay before them, sins of the world all these offerings thine eyes. For the days shall come bathed in the light of the declining had pointed. Near by was Calvary, upon thee, that thine enemies shall sun. The temple attracted all eyes. the scene of His approaching agony. cast a trench about thee, and compass In stately grandeur it towered above Yet it is not because of these re- thee round, and keep thee in on every all else, seeming to point toward minders of His cruel death that the side, and shall lay thee even with the Heaven as if directing the people up- Redeemer weeps and groans in anguish ground, and thy children within thc,e ; ward to the only true and living God. of spirit. His is no selfish sorrow. and they shall not leave in thee c: e This temple in its splendid majesty The thought of physical pain does not stone upon another ; because tic_ u had long been the pride and glory of intimidate that noble, self-sacrificing knewest not the time of thy visitation." the Jewish nation. soul. It is the sight of Jerusalem that Christ came to save Jerusalem with pierces the heart of Jesus with anguish, SORROWING OVER UNREPENTANT FOR- her children from the consequences of MALISM. —Jerusalem that had rejected the Son her former sins ; but the unholy ex- of God and scorned His love, who re- JESUS gazes upon the enchanting pectations of the Pharisees were not fused to be convinced by His mighty scene before Him, and the vast multi- answered in the manner of His ap- miracles, and is about to take His life. tude hush their shouts, spell-bound by pearing. Pharisaical pride, hypocrisy, He sees what she is in her guilt of re- this sudden vision of beauty. All eyes jealousy, and malice had prevented jecting her Redeemer, and what she turn instinctively upon the Saviour, Him from accomplishing His purpose. might have been had she accepted Him expecting to see in His countenance Jesus knew the terrible retribution who alone could heal her wound. He the admiration which they themselves which would be visited upon the had come to save her ; how can He feel. But instead of this they behold doomed city. He sees Jerusalem en- give up the child of His care ! a cloud of sorrow gathering upon His compassed with armies, the besieged He raised His hand,—that had so countenance. They are surprised and inhabitants driven to starvation and often blessed the sick and suffering,— disappointed to see the eyes of the death, mothers making a repast on the and waving it toward the doomed city, Saviour fill with tears, and His body dead bodies of their own children, in broken utterances of grief exclaimed : rock to and fro like a tree before the and both parents and children snatch- " If thou hadst known, even thou, in tempest, while a wail of anguish bursts ing the last morsel of food from one this thy day the things which belong from his quivering lips as if from the another, natural affection being de- to thy peace— " Here the Saviour depths of a broken heart. What a stroyed through the gnawing pangs of paused and left unsaid what might sight was this for angels to behold ! hunger. have been the condition of Jerusalem Their loved Commander in an agony had she accepted the only help that DESTROYED BY STUBBORNNESS. of tears ! What a sight was this for God could give her,—the gift of His that glad throng who had accompanied HE sees that the stubbornness of beloved Son. Him with shouts of triumph and the Jews, as evinced in their rejection waving of palm-branches to that sum- of His salvation, will also lead them to mit overlooking that glorious city THE TIME OF HER VISITATION. refuse their only remaining chance of where they fondly hoped He would IF Jerusalem had known what it was safety, submission to the invading reign. Their acclamations were now her privilege to know, and had acted armies. He sees the wretched inhabi- silenced while many tears flowed in according to the light bestowed upon tants suffering torture on the rack, and sympathy with the grief they could not her by God, she might have stood crucifixion, the beautiful palaces de- comprehend. forth in the pride of prosperity, the stroyed, the temple where God had Jesus had wept at the grave of queen of kingdoms, free in the strength revealed His glory, in ruins, and of all Lazarus, but it was in a God-like grief of her God-given power. There would its pure and spotless walls, decorated in harmony with the occasion. But then have been no armed soldiers wait- with lofty pillars and gilded devices, this sudden sorrow is like a note of ing at her gates, no Roman banners not one stone left upon another, while wailing in a grand triumphal chorus. waving from her walls. The glorious the city is ploughed like a field. Well In the midst of a scene of rejoicing, destiny which might have blessed Je- may the Saviour weep in agony in where all were paying Him homage, rusalem, had she accepted her Re- view of such a fearful picture ! Israel's king was in tears ; not silent deemer, rose before the Son of God. Jerusalem had been the child of His tears of gladness, but tears and groans He saw that she might through Him care, and as a tender father mourns of insuppressible agony. The multi- have been healed of her grievous over a wayward son, so Jesus wept tude are struck with a sudden gloom malady, liberated from bondage, and over Jerusalem. How can I give while they look upon this grief which established as the mighty metropolis thee up ! How can I see thee devoted is incomprehensible to them. The of the earth. From her walls the dove to destruction and desolation ! Must 'May 28, 1896. 71117 fErV,FIFIN7 Tivirri91, 339

I let thee go to fill up the cup of thine upon the Spirit of Him whom they facility of expression were exercised to iniquity ! One soul is of such value worshipped. They saw his tears and give names to all the beasts of the that, in comparison with it, worlds heard His groans, and for a brief field and every fowl of the air. as the sink into insignificance; but here was space a mysterious awe interrupted Lord brought them to him " to see a whole nation to be lost. When the their joyful demonstrations ; but they what he would call them." The re- fast westering sun should pass from could not understand the meaning of quirement of mental and physical sight in the heavens, Jerusalem's day His lamentation over Jerusalem. effort was not lacking for man in the of grace would be at an end. While Meanwhile, reports were brought to very first days of his existence on earth. that vast procession was halting on the rulers that Jesus was anproaching Indeed if man were created in the the brow of Olivet, it was yet not too the city attended by a great concourse image of his Maker why should he not late for Jerusalem to repent and be of people. In trepidation they go out work? Work is divine ! We are told saved. The Angel of Mercy was then to meet Him, honing, to disperse the in the second verse of the second chap- folding her wings to step down from crowd by means of their authority. ter of Genesis. of God Himself. "And the golden throne and give place to As the procession is about to de- He rested on the seventh day from all justice and swift-coming judgment. scend the Mount of Olives, it is inter- His work which He bad made." And But Christ's great heart of love still cented by the rulers. They inquire Christ Himself said : " My Father pleads for Jerusalem, which bad who and what is the cause of all this wnrketh hitherto, and I work." If scorned all His mercies. despised His tumultuous rejoicing, As they, with God works, it is God-like to wnrk,— warnings, and was about to finish her much authority, repeat their question, and be who would be godly must work. iniquitous work by imbruing her —Who is this ? the disciples, filled hands in His blood. If Jerusalem with a spirit of inspiration, are heard WRY MEN LOVE THE LARK. would hut repent, it is not vet too above all the noise of the crowd, re- late. While the last rays of the set- peating in eloquent strains the pro- THE lark is happy in singing, and ting son are lingering on temple, phecies which answered this ques- winging his way toward heaven. but tower, and flashing minaret, will not tion :— just as happy. when, weary, he closes some good angel lead her to the Adam will tell von, Tt is the seed of his ninions and drops to his lowly nest Saviour's love, and avert the fearful the woman that shall bruise the ser- in the greensward. doom that awaits her ! Beautiful and pent's head. Ask Abraham, be will There is an ecstasy in all high en- unholy city, that bad stoned the pro- tell you, Tt is Melchisedek, King of deavour and great achievement,—a phets, that had rejected the Son of Salem, King of Peace. Jacob will certain rapture of lofty loneliness in God, that was locking herself, by her tell you, He is Shiloh of the tribe of the altitude which removes the heroic impenitence, in fetters of bondage,— Judah. Isaiah will tell you, Im- actor in exceptional scenes, from the thy day of mercy is almost spent ! manuel, Wonderful, Counsellor, the humdrum daily life of the ordinary Here bad lived a favoured people ; Mighty God, the everlasting Father. multitude. Yet, after all, the test God made their temple His habita- the Prince of Peace. Jeremiah will comes to him who has borne his part tion; it was " beautiful for situation, tell you, The Branch of David, the iri great enterprises when he refn-ins the joy of the whole earth." The Lord, our righteousness. Daniel will again to the common level of home record of more than a thousand years tell you, He is the Messiah. Hosea life. It is the petty details of every of Christ's guardian care and tender will tell von, He is the Lord God of day existence that try men's souls, love, such as a father bears his only Hosts, the Lord is His memorial. and prove their metal. child, was there. In that temple had John the Baptist will tell you, He is The exultant cloud-song of the lark the prophets uttered their solemn the Lamb of God who taketh away does not detract in the leapt from the warnings. There had the burning the sin of the world. The great sweetness of his roundelay by the side censers waved, while incense, mingled Jehovah has proclaimed from His of his mate in the heather. So it hap- with the prayers of the worshippers, throne, This is My beloved Son. We, pens that the plain little bird, which is had ascended to God. There the His disciples, declare, This is Jesus, equally at home in the sky or on the blood of beasts bad flowed, typical of the Messiah, the Prince of Life, the meadow, appeals to the heart of the of the blood of Christ. There Jehovah Redeemer of the world. And even world. The skylark's ambition to had manifested His glory above the the prince of the powers of darkness pour out his morning song at the very mercy-seat. There the priests had acknowledges Him, saying, " I know doors of the sun, as they open to its officiated in flowing robes and jewelled Thee who Thou art, the Holy One of earliest beams, does not lead him to breast-plates, and the pomp of symbol God." MRS. E. G. WHITE. forget that the gates of heaven are ;list and ceremony had gone on for ages. as near his own home nest. And so But all this must have an end ; for THE DIVINITY OF LABOUR. mankind loves the lark. Jerusalem has sealed her own doom, But men love the lark not because, and her destruction is at hand. IT was never intended that man in its ambitious flight, it loses its joyous should be without occupation. In voice and tiny form in the far blue THE CHRIST OF THE PROPHETS. Eden Adam was given his task :— heavens, but because, in the midst of " And the Lord God took the man, its wildest enthusiasm of song, and CONTEMPLATING the fate of the city and put him into the garden of Eden from its loftiest heights, it drops with He had loved, the soul of Jesus to dress it and keep it." Gen. ii. 15. plummet swiftness to the level of home yearned over the child of His care. He was directed by the Almighty to cares and domestic life. And because Unrequited love broke the heart of subdue the earth, and to exercise do- it brings to its home. and to us, the the Son of God. Little did the multi- minion over all living creatures upon song of the sky with all its brightness, tude know of the grief that weighed the earth. His gift of language and and purity, and sweetness. If every 340 THE PRESENT TRUTH. Vol. 12, No. 22. morning the lark climbs above to re- only to the social and civil side of life, right, and that because the " church " new its song and fill its heart anew at but to the moral and spiritual existence since his day has blessed war it is the fount of heavenly melody, it is with as well. They regulate, not only the entirely in harmony with Christ's com- the intent to return and bless the work- exigencies of civic life and a man's mission to His church to bless the a-day world all the day long with its association with his neighbour, but sword and the battleship, and pray mission of heavenly music. also the inner thought of his mind, in- for Divine assistance in prosecuting So the value of lofty impulses and clination of his heart, and attitude of national and commercial quarrels. heroic deeds is proved by their appli- feeling toward his neighbour and to- And the churches that happen to live cation to the affairs of daily life, on the ward his God,—things which none on the other side of an imaginary common level, and among the multi- can know except the man himself and boundary line are in turn supposed tude. The poet who sings only in the the omniscient God. To fulfil the re- to pray to the same God for help to sky has no vocation either for men or quirements of this universal law, and slaughter their fellows, whom, in or- angels. The hero whose noble deeds satisfy the omniscient Judge, is to dinary times, they profess to regard are done only among the clouds, and possess righteousness. as brethren in the Lord. who never imprisons his lightning and It is within the power of God, as The mere statement of the case an omniscient Judge, to measure and brings it down to serve his fellow men, shows how abhorrent it is to every is only a tinsel hero after all. Our test every man by this law and enforce principle of th3 Gospel for Christians the fulfilment of its requirements. great Example brought Godhood, and to have part in strife and bloodshed. the angelic host, from heaven to earth, The commandments of God are Christians do not kill one another, to the service of man. In following righteousness. They are Divine law. neither do Christians kill unbelieving Him, though the path be very humble, " Civic righteousness," then, would be heathen, to whom the Lord has com- is the highest and divinest heroism civil law. Civil law is human law. missioned His servants to preach the known to man. But he who brings There is no such thing as " civic Gospel of life. The error, into which the message of heaven to man must righteousness." It is a figure of the journal from which we quote falls, speech in which poor, feeble, fallible mount daily to heaven's gate in prayer is the common mistake of confound- and song, and return with joy-filled human justice has attempted to array ing the worldly system, which arose in itself in the judicial robes of omnipo- heart to live and work among his fel- the great apostasy, with Christianity. tent and omniscient Divinity. lows as the singing, soaring lark re- It was not Christianity. It was turns to the meadows and to his mate. The law of righteousness God alone heathenism, masquerading in the -44.••••••••- can administer. Civic justice, accor- name of Christ. Constantine, who is ding to human law, man may ad- " CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS." accepted as the first and pattern minister. But when the human agent " Christian " leading " Christian " fol- for the administration of civic justice THE expression " civic righteous- lowers to battle, was the murderer of thinks, or attempts, to administer the ness " is one which is not infrequently his own wife, and other members of Divine law of righteousness, he be- used of late. What is the meaning of his family, besides the many treacher- comes the most pitifully incompetent the term? In the second chapter of ously put to death to secure his own usurper in all God's infinite universe. Proverbs the wise man has said:— aims and the multitudes slaughtered in his wars to secure the throne for " My son, if thou wilt receive My himself alone. And the " Christian " words, and hide My commandments THE CHURCH AND WAR. bishops who championed his cause with thee; so that thou incline thine for the patronage he gave the " church " ear unto wisdom, and apply thine CHRIST'S life and teaching are so were almost as pagan as Himself. heEr t to understanding: . . . Then directly opposed to strife and war that shalt thou understand the fear of the it has exceedingly perplexed the re- The Christianity of Jesus Christ Lord, and find knowledge of God. ligious world to know how to justify was not this hideous substitution ; Then shalt thou understand righteous- the general teaching of Christendom and to-day it is the same Christianity ness." that a Christian may slaughter his as in Christ's day—a life which does It is, then, through the fear and fellow-men and still be a follower of not insist even upon its own—which knowledge of God that an understand- the Lord, who commissioned His dis- knows no racial or geographical dis- ing of righteousness is to be gained. ciples to preach the Gospel to every tinctions, and which can take no part Very possibly the thought of Solomon, creature—not to kill. A Church paper in depriving of life the man for whom in writing these words, was directed argues thus :— Christ gave His life. Is it not time to the language of the inspired poet, Christian peoples have followed Christian to preach peace ? And should not his father, where, in the one hundred kings to battle from Constantine's time to the Christians decide whether Christ's life and seventy-second verse of the one present, and Christian bishops have solemnly be- and teaching are the standard for hundred and nineteenth psalm, he sought the blessing of the God of Battles, while Christians, or whether some other the solemn Te Deum has filled Christian Cathe_ says:—" My tongue shall speak of drals with the exultant strains of victorious re- standard of living has been found, Thy Word: for ali Thy command- joicing over the defeated. Are we to say that the adapted to the needs of professedly ments are righteousness." whole history of Christendom has been a hideous Christian Powers which are arming travesty of the evangelic precept : " I say unto So it is the commandments of God, you, resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite for the slaughter, setting the example which, being themselves an epitome thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other even to the great " heathen " nations; of righteousness, are the test and also " ? and teaching those who make no pro- measure of all righteousness. But the So, because professedly Christian fessions about a Prince of Peace how commandments of God apply to the people have done it since Constantine's to destroy life in the most expeditious whole circle of human relations; not day, the conclusion is that it must be manner ? May 28, 1896. THE PREZENT licRttSEU 341

name of the Lord." We may there- fore understand that when Abraham erected the family altar, he not only taught his immediate family but he " proclaimed the name of the Lord " to all around him. Like Noah, Abra- ham was a preacher of righteousness. As God preached the Gospel to Abra- ham, so Abraham preached the Gospel to others.

ABRAHAM AND LOT. " AND Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold." " And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together ; for their substance was great, so that they could BUILDING AN ALTAR. threats:of what he will do if his com- not dwell together. And there was a mands are not obeyed, and executing strife between the herdmen of Abram's EVERYWHERE Abraham went, he his commands, not in the spirit of love, cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle; built an altar to the Lord. As you because they are right, but because he and the Canaanite and the Perizzite read this, remember that the promise is stronger than his children, and has dwelled then in the land. And Abram that all nations should be blessed in them in his power, has much need to said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, Abraham, specified even families. learn of the God of Abraham. " And I pray thee, between me and thee, and The religion of Abraham was a family ye fathers, provoke not your children between my herdmen and thy herd- religion. The family altar was never to wrath ; but bring them up in the men ; for we be brethren. Is not the neglected in his household. This is nurture and admonition of the Lord." whole land before thee? Separate thy- not an empty figure of speech, but Eph. vi. 4. self, I pray thee, from me ; if thou comes from the practice of the fathers At the same time we may be sure wilt take the left hand, then I will go to whom the promise was made, and that his commands were not like Eli's, to the right ; or if thou depart to the of which we are partakers if we are of weak and querulous reproofs to his right hand, then I will go to the left." their faith and practice. wicked and worthless sons : " Why do Gen. xiii. 2, 5-8. ye such things ? for I hear of your When we understand the nature of AN EXAMPLE FOR PARENTS. evil dealings by all this people. Nay, the promise of God to Abraham, we GOD said of Abraham, " I know him, my sons ; for it is no good report that can understand the secret of his gene- that he will command his children and I hear." 1 Sam. ii. 23, 24. Judgment rosity. Suppose Lot should choose his household after him, and they shall came upon him and his house, " be- the best part of the country ; that keep the way of the Lord to do justice cause his sons made themselves vile, could make no difference with Abra- and judgment; that the Lord may bring and he restrained them not." 1 Sam. ham's inheritance. Having Christ, he upon Abraham that which He hath iii. 13. On the other hand, Abraham bad all things. He did not look for spoken of him." Gen. xviii. 19. transmitted a blessing to all eternity, his possessions in this present life, but Note the words, " He will command because the commands which he gave in the life to come. He would accept his children and his household after his children had restraining power. with thankfulness whatever prosperity him, and they shall keep the way of the Abraham was to be a blessing to all the Lord might send him ; but if his Lord, to do justice and judgment." people. Wherever he went he was a riches in this life should be small, that He would not simply command them blessing. But this blessing began in would not diminish the inheritance to do it, and there let the matter rest ; his family. This was the centre. that was promised him. but He would command them, and the From the family circle the heavenly There is nothing like the presence result would be that they would keep influence went out to the neighbours. and blessing of Christ to settle all dis- the way of the Lord. His teaching And now we may well notice more putes, or to prevent them. In the ac- would be effective. closely the statement that when Abra- tion of Abraham, we have a true Chris- We may be sure that the commands ham built an altar, he " called upon tian example. As the eldest he might of Abraham to his children and his the name of the Lord." Gen. xii. 8 ; have stood upon his dignity, and have household were not harsh and arbitrary. xiii. 4. In Dr. Young's translation claimed his " rights." But he could We shall understand them better if this is rendered, " He preached in the not have done so as a Christian. Love we consider the nature of the com- name of Jehovah." Without calling " seeketh not her own." Abraham mandments of God. They " are not attention to the various places where manifested the true Spirit of Christ. grievous." " His commandment is the same expression is found, it is When professed Christians are eager life everlasting." He who thinks to worth while to note that the Hebrew to grasp the things of this world, and follow the example of Abraham in words are identical with those used in are fearful lest they shall be deprived commanding his family, by harsh, Exodus xxxiv. 5, where we read that of some of their rights, they show that arbitrary rules, and by acting the part the Lord descended in the cloud, and they are unmindful of the enduring of a stern judge, or a tyrant, making stood by Moses, " and proclaimed the inheritance which Christ offers. 342 THE PRESENT Vol. 12, No. 22.

THE PROMISE REPEATED. it in the preceding study, and shall throne ; and He shall be a priest upon find it as the central feature of the His throne ; and the counsel of peace ABRAHAM'S Christian courtesy, which shall be between them both." Zech. was the result of his faith in the prom- promise wherever it occurs. vi. 12, 13. The power by which Christ ise through Christ, was not unrecog- as priest makes reconciliation for the nised by the Lord. We read :— ABRAHAM AND MELCHIZEDEK. sins of the people, is the power of the " And the Lord said unto Abram, THE brief story of Melchizedek forms throne of God, upon which He sits. after that Lot was separated from him, a link which unites us and our times But the main point with reference Lift up now thine eyes, and look from most closely with Abraham and his to Melchizedek, is that Abraham lived the place where thou art northward, times, and shows that the " Christian under the same " dispensation " that and southward, and eastward, and dispensation " so called, existed in the we do. The priesthood was the same westward ; for all the land which thou days of Abraham as well as now. then as now. Not only are we the seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy The fourteenth chapter of Genesis children of Abraham, if we are of faith, seed for ever. And I will make thy tells us all that we know of Mel- but our great High Priest, who is seed as the dust of the earth ; so that chizedek. The seventh chapter of passed into the heavens, is by the oath if a man can number the dust of the Hebrews repeats the story, and makes of God made an High Priest for ever, earth, then shall thy seed also be num- some comments upon it. Besides this, " after the order of Melchizedek." bered. Arise, walk through the land we have references to Melchizedek in Thus in a double sense it is shown in the length of it and in the breadth the sixth chapter, and in Psalms cx. 4. that " if ye are Christ's, then are ye of it ; for I will give it unto thee." The story is this : Abraham was re- Abraham's seed, and heirs according Gen. xiu. 14-17. turning from an expedition against the to the promise." " Your father Abra- We will not forget that " to Abraham enemies that had carried away Lot, ham rejoiced to see My day, and he and his seed were the promises made ; when Melchizedek met him, bringing saw it, and was glad." John x. 56. He salmi not, And to seeds, as of bread and wine. Melchizedek was Abraham therefore was a Christian many ; but as of one, And to thy Seed, king of Salem, and priest of the Most which is Christ." There is no other as much as any one who has ever lived High God. In this capacity he blessed since the crucifixion of Christ. " The seed of Abraham except Christ and Abraham, and to him Abraham gave a disciples were called Christians first those who are His. Therefore this in- tenth part of the spoil which he had in Antioch." Acts xi. '26. But the numerable posterity which was prom- recovered. That is the story, but from disciples were no different after they ised to Abraham, is identical with that it there are some very important lessons spoken of in the following scripture :— were called Christians from what they drawn. were before. When they were known " After this I beheld, and, lo, a great In the first place we learn that only as Jews, they were Christians multitude, which no man could num- Melchizedek was a greater man than just as much as they were after they ber, of all nations, and kmdreds, and Abraham, because " without all con- were called such. The name is of but people, and tongues, stood before the tradiction the less is blessed of the little account. The name " Christians " throne, and before the Lamb, clothed better," (deb. vu. 7), and because was given them because they were with white robes, and palms in their Abraham gave him the tenth part followers of Christ ; but they were hands ; and cried with a loud voice, of all. followers of Christ before they were saying, Salvation to our God which He was a type of Christ, and was called Christians, just as much as they sitteth upon the throne, and unto the like Him : " Made like unto the Son were afterwards. Abraham, hundreds Lamb." " And one of the elders an- of God." He was a type of Christ, in of years before the days of Jesus of swered, saying unto me, What are that he was both king and priest. Nazareth, was just what the disciples these which are arrayed in white His name signifies, " king of righteous- were who in Antioch were called robes ? and whence came they ? And ness ; " and Salem, of which he was Christians ; he was a follower of Christ. I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. king, means " peace ; " so that he was Therefore he was in the fullest sense of And he said unto me, These are they not only priest, but king of righteous- the word a Christian. All Christians, which came out of great tribulation, ness and king of peace. So of Christ and none others, are children of Abra- and have washed their robes, and made it is said "The Lord said unto My ham. them white in the blood of the Lamb." Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, The reader will notice that in the Rev. vii. 9, 10, 13, 14. until 1 make Thine enemies Thy foot- seventh of Hebrews we are referred to We have already learned that the stool." " The Lord hath sworn, and the case of Abraham and Melchizedek blessing of Abraham comes on all will not repent, Thou art a priest for for proof that the paying of tithes is nations through the cross of Christ, so ever, after the order of Melchizedek." not a Levitical ordinance. Long be- that in the statement that this in- Ps. cx. 1, 4. And the name whereby fore Levi was born, Abraham paid numerable company have washed their He shall be called is "The Lord our tithes. And he paid them, too, to robes, and mace them white in the Righteousness." Jer. xxiii. 6. Melchizedek, whose priesthood is the blood of the Lamb, we see the fulfil- Christ's kingly priesthood is thus set Christian priesthood. Therefore those ment of the promise to Abraham, of an forth in the Scriptures : " Thus speak- who are Christ's, and thus children of innumerable seed. "If ye are Christ's, eta the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold Abraham, will also give tithes of all. then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs the man whose name is The BRANCH; It will be noticed that the tithe was according to the promise." Grad. in. 29. and lie shall grow up out of His place, a well-known thing in the days of The reader must not fail to notice in and He snail build the temple of the Abraham. He gave tithes to God's the repetition of the promise, in the Lord ; even He shall build the temple priest as a matter of course. He thirteenth of Genesis, that the land of the Lord ; and He shall bear the recognised the fact that the tithe is figures very prominently. We found glory, and shall sit and rule upon His the Lord's. That record in Leviticus May 28, 1896. THE rirkESENT TRUTH. 343

is not the origin of the tithing system, that Abraham rejoiced to see His day. it shows to what an extreme in folly but is simply a statement of a fact. They could see no evidence ,of the practical men of business will go when Even the Levitical order "payed tithes fact. May we not see in this transac- under the influence of these demons. in Abraham." We are not told when tion one evidence that Abraham saw The principal actor in this scene was a man whose name is given, we it was first made known to men, but Christ's day, which is the day of sal- will say, Mr. C. How he was drawn we see that it was well known in the vation ? into Spiritualism is recorded by the days of Abraham. In the book of • • 11,•-•• lecturer in the following words :— Malachi which is specially addressed CRUMBS FROM THE BREAD OF It was a couple of years ago, towards the close of the summer, that C and I, with three others, to those living just before " the great LIFE. made up an experimental circle. Neither he nor and terrible day of the Lord," we are his wife, nor tne two friends engaged in a City A MISSIONARY of the Pacific Islands bank, who sat with us, had had any practical, ex- told that those who withhold the tithe perience of things of the séance room; the clergy- are robbing God.* has related a touching and suggestive man, who made a sixth sitter, and lent authority The argument is very simple : story. As he passed along the road a to the circle, knew a thing or two—indeed, at the poor crippled leper, from whom both time, was engaged in writing a book on the sub- Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek; ject, since published, and read, no doubt, by hands and feet were gone, raised him- many of you. I will not trouble you with the the Melchizedek priesthood is a priest- self on his knees, and, reaching his details of the sittings, which were held at 0's hood by which righteousness and house, except in so far as they seem to have a mutilated arms toward him,—instead bearing on the after events. peace .come ; it is the priesthood by After the first night the clergyman left us, out which we are saved. Abraham gave of begging, blessed him that he had of no disrespect for the circle ; and immediately brought the light of the Word of God he was gone the Adversary popped in. The table tithes to Melchizedek, because Mel- moved with great freedom,, and messages were chizedek was the representative of to that dark island. The missionary, given in abundance. To each and all of us there surprised, and confident that he had came tokens of departed friends ; but the friends the Most High God, and the tithe is never seen the man before, stopped mostly behaved in a way that would have made the Lord's. If we are Christ's then us disown them with shame if they had been and talked with him. He found the still in the flesh. Worked into the marvellous we are children of Abraham ; and yarns whioh they spun for us were threads of therefore if we are not children of poor man knew the story of Christ tact, drawn from the memory of one or the other well, and understood perfectly the sitter, which gave a specious semblance of truth Abraham, then we are not Christ's. to the whole, and the whole was a lie in every But if we are Abraham's children, we saving power of Divine grace. More case that was tested by enquiry. We soon got an astonished still, he said to the poor uncomfortable feeling of our brains being picked; shall do the works of Abraham. and I verily believe that they were. Whose are we ? fellow, " But where have you learned this ? I have never seen you at my One of the demons that personated One other point should not be over- the spirit of a man whose name was looked in passing. The thoughtful preaching, and besides it would be too given as Munfield, commenced by en- reader will scarcely fail to be struck far for you to go who can only creep gaging in conversation which he on your knees." with the fact that Melchizedek, who wished dropped suddenly, as he de- " Ah," said he, " when the people was king of righteousness and peace, clared that Mrs. Munfield was ap- come from your preaching, I sit on the proaching, and he did not wish her to and priest of the Most High God, hear. Thereupon another spirit, re- brought out to Abraham bread and side of the road and say, ' Please, give me a word that the teacher has said,' presenting his wife, interposed with wine, the emblems of the body and the remark that he was beneath listen- blood of our Lord. It may be said —and one tells me one little thing and ing to. From the representations of that the bread and wine were for the another tells me another, and then the spirits at the sitting the lecturer God who told you to come and tell it refreshment of Abraham and his fol- drew the conclusion : " One finds it to us helps me to put the little stories lowers. But that does not in the easier after this to believe that there all together, and so I know." is not so much difference after all be- least detract from the significance of tween the life beyond and this, and the fact. Melchizedek came oat in Thus this poor, helpless beggar had fed from the crumbs which fell from that rest does not necessarily come to his capacity of king and priest, 'and the weary at the snap of the physical Abraham recognised him as such. the Master's table. Of what value cord." Note the connection in Gen. xiv. 18, may be the least morsel when it falls in Could there be a more direct contra- is. 19: " And Melchizedek king of Salem the reach of a hungry soul Who diction of the Word of God than this, when we read of the condition in brought forth bread and wine; and he knows but that the tiniest crumb may feed and nourish a soul for eternity, as death: " There the wicked cease from was the priest of the Most High God. troubling; and there the weary be at And he blessed him and said, Blessed did this ;—or perhaps it may fall into the Master's hands and, like the loaves, rest " ? Job iii. 17. Or, as regards be Abram, of the Most High God, the eternal life after the resurrection: possessor of heaven and earth." It is be broken to many thousands. " The children of this world marry, quite evident that the bread and wine and are given in marriage : but they which Melchizedek brought forth ac- which shall be accounted worthy to SPIRITUALISM. obtain that world, and the resurrec- quired special significance from the tion from the dead, neither marry, nor tact that he was the priest of the No. 4.—OBSESSION OR POSSESSION ? are given in marriage: neither can Most High God. The Jews in the IN an address delivered before the they die any more: for they are equal days of Christ scoffed at the statement members and friends of .the London unto the angels; and are the children Spiritualist Alliance at ,St. James's of God, being the children of the *It should be understood that no man, nor any 34-36. human power, neither the church nor the btate, Hail, on March 27th last, reported in resurrection." Luke xx. has anything to do with requiring people to pay the Spiritualist paper Light, Mr. Such scenes as these are taken as tithe. "The tithe is the Lurd's," aim with him Heywood dealt vvitn the subject, "The " evidence " by Spiritualists, while alone people have to do in the matter of tithes. Tithes ao not belong to the btate, nor is the btate Mybteries Meaiumship, ' and re- they held up to ridicule the individuals empowered to collect them for the Lord. Whether lated one most extraordinary occur- who are foolish enough to believe that or not a person will pay the Lord's tithe to the rence of control by evil spirits. It the Bible is the Word of (*lad. Lord, is a matter for himself alone to aecide, just lacked the exciting scenes that were After this, we are told, another the same as whether or not he will worship God at all, whether he will keep the Sabbath or not, recorded last week in, the case of the spirit made its appearance upon the etc. " Modern Demoniac," but nevertheless scene who professed to be Comenus, 344 TINE PRESENT TRUTH. VOL 12, No. 22.

" a humble disciple .,and unworthy to decide for them whether the control A day or two later the father called friend of Vastena." His promises is a " good spirit " or an evil one, and her and said, " Dearie, did you not were lavishly poured forth upon the they may be led as far as this in- give me your purse the other day?" ears of Mr. C. and wife, telling them dividual was before they detect the " Yes, father." he would help them in many ways, character of their control. "How could you have thought I " leading towards whatever was up- Mr. C. found out that he had been needed it ?" right, noble, and good in conduct, and standing outside an unoccupied house. Smiling she replied, " I thought that truly spiritual in thought and aspira- For two hours he had stood there in perhaps you intended to put some- tion." How these promises were ful- the keen, raw fog, and when he bitterly thing in it." filled we shall see as we proceed. He expostulated with his "familiar spirit " " That is just what I did. And influenced his victims to " request over the matter, the answer came back now you may comprehend that God Munfield and his wife to depart,'' and that it was " all a test." asks for our heart in order to take it then, we are told, "Comeus took en- That morning he was late for busi- under His care, and it is because He tire control of the proceedings, and ness, and Comenus prompted him to wishes to put something within it. every subsequent communication pur- tell a lie and say that he " had to sit We are empty and poor, having noth- ported to be from him, and him alone." up all night with a dying man." He ing of our own; but Jesus will render At the close of each sitting this spirit indignantly refused and then the answer us happy, rich in love and holiness, of a devil finished up with a " written came back : " We congratulate you on and all that is precious and good. and spontaneous prayer " for the use the splendid stand you have made. We must then confide in Him when of his victims. You are right. You have a higher He says to, us to give something to The first step taken was to seek to duty to God and to Truth than to any- Him; for itis to render it to us again p break up the home. Mr. C. was body ; you answered to the test ad- a thousand-fold richer."—Selected. " gently admonished that he had a too mirably, and we rejoice exceedingly 1 " affectionate regard for his wife." We are told that Mr. C. and his 44-4,-14 Mr. and Mrs. C. after this were re- wife learnt a bitter lesson from their quested to go here or there on " small experience, " neither have they had, THE FATE OF THE WICKED. missions of no special importance, but nor whilst of their present mind will generally of a kindly or philanthropic they have any further traffic with the EVERY Christian believes that "God nature." But the climax of the whole world unseen." It is sad to think, is Love "; and in all His dealings with was reached in the following man- however, that many will go through man they behold only manifestations ner :— the same experience before they learn of that love. It was for man's happi- It happened that C had been very strenuously that these spirits are " the spirits of ness that God required of him obedi- at work till past midnight and retired to rest devils, working miracles." Rev. xvi. ence to His holy law. Had man con- with brain fagged and exhausted. Between three 14. They might be saved from such tinued in obedience, he would not and four in the morning he was surprised to find have lost the image of his Maker, nor himself awakened and his hand writing a mes- an experience if they would listen to sage as he lay in bed. It was an urgent request the testimony of the Word of God. the life which God had given him. from Comeus to rise, put on his clothes, and pro- There is a stage, however, that is In his temptation Satan persuaded ceed to a certain address at South Kensington, our first parents to believe the very which happened to be the house of a member of called " complete possession " by the Parliament with whom C had business relations. Spiritualists themselves. The indi- opposite of this. He said : " Ye shall Mrs. C, perceiving that there was a dense cold vidual whose experience has been re- not surely die." " Ye shall be as fog enveloping the district, and knowing that her gods." The law of God is the basis husband had already done so much by Comeus's corded had not reached this stage. desire that he was not in a fit condition physi- We are told : " The next stage would of His government, and to allow dis- cally to undertake such a mission, gravely ex- have been complete possession, which obedience to its holy requirements to postulated. The control admitted all the points go unpunished would jeopardise His urged, but reminded C that if he meant to act up would have rendered the task of getting to his expressed desire to do God's will, no duty rid of him (the control) exceedingly throne. God had said, " In the day would be too hard or distasteful. Mrs. C de- difficult, but so far he had only got to that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt clared that she would accompany her husband, surely die." Not live eternally in but this was firmly negatived. the point of obsession, which was a C was to go to a certain railway station near comparatively simple matter." conscious suffering. by, where he would find a hansom; he was to Had no sacrifice for sin been pro- offer the driver five shillings to drive quickly to If therefore " obsession "—a state his destination; and a message would be given of being besieged—is but a " simple vided, man would that very day have him on the way to deliver. C went, wondering matter " we can form some estimate suffered the death penalty ; but Christ what wovild happen next4 anxious to see the became man's substitute, and to all thing through, and not wishing to fail in any of what " complete possession " must duty entrusted to him. Arrived at the station he be. Nothing but the power of Christ intents and purposes met the penalty %MP found the hansom spoken of, and no other can exorcise these demons when once of sin in man's stead that very day; vehicle. C discovered that, except for an odd for He was a " Lamb slain from the copper or two, he had in his pocket, as Comenus they have gained complete control, told him, exactly the five shillings required. and only the indwelling Presence of foundation of the world." Thus God Tho driver had momentarily alighted to drink Christ can guard the citadel of the in love and mercy provided a means some coffee from a stall near by. Surprised by by which man might be delivered from the arrival of a fare, and particularly one who soul against their entrance. volunteered twice the usual pay, he climbed to H. CHAMPNE SS. the death penalty. his perch with alacrity, and quiekly drove where Before sin entered, the condition requested. A message was then given by the control to C for delivery to the M. P.'s wife, to was : Obey and live ; but man failed the effect that her husband had suddenly met "GIVE ME THINE HEART." and his life was forfeited. After sin with his end by suicide. Some picturesque de- entered, the condition was, and still tails of the tragedy wore added for C's melancholy satisfaction, and, needless to say, he was greatly " FATHER, what does that text is: Believe in Christ and live. As startled and upset by the information. Alighting mean ? " said Marguerite, as she failing to meet the first conditon at the house, C rang the bell, and anxiously leaisned these words by heart. After brought upon man the death penalty, awaited a response. None was forthcoming, a moment of silence the father replied, although he constantly repeated his efforts to so failing to meet the second condition rouse the inmates. Comenus was interrogated " I will try to explain it to you later. leaves man still under the death penalty. upon the matter and made numerous explana- Meanwhile, give me your purse." Out of Christ there is no life, and tions requesting him not to go away: and he actually did stop on the door-step something like Without hesitation the child drew without Christ man's final end will be two hours knocking and ringing at intervals, from her pocket her purse, which con- the same as Adam's would have been without effect. tained a small sum, a great treasure that very day had no substitute been Such is the experience that every for her, and handed it to her father, provided : death, eternal death, will be Spiritualist is liable to go through, for rightly thinking he would not ask for his portion. Therefore, when man the Spiritualists have only their reason it without some good reason. finally suffers the penalty of his own May 28, 1896. THE IFIZEblaRlf tEVItE, 345 transgression, 'he will die ; " for the but God appreciates, to the uttermost, for.the Spirit to guide the reader into wages of sin is death," the " second our griefs; and just as soon as the de- all truth, should always precede study, death," a death from which there will sired work is wrought upon our char- reading, or meditation on the Word be no resurrection. Rev. xxi. 8. acters, He will say, It is enough. At of God. Read Luke xi. 13 ; John Immortality is not a natural attri- a word from Him, strength returns ; xvi. 13. J. H. DURLAND. bute of man, but it is to be obtained and with it, joy and peace far beyond only through the Gospel ; therefore anything we have known, perhaps. . the finally impenitent are not destined ELSIE A. BROWN. GIVE YOURSELVES. to live eternally in conscious suffering, but to suffer the " second death " in a DR. A. J. GORDON said : " I have " lake of fire," "-prepared," not for MADE NIGH. long since ceased to pray, 'Lord Jesus, man, but " for the devil and his have compassion upon a lost world.' "Aso you, that were sometimes alienated and enemies I remember the day and the hour when angels." Matt. xxv. 41. in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He recon- By no process of reasoning can the ciled." Col. i. 2. I seemed to hear the Lord rebuking Bible be made to harmonise with the Calvary's cross, once far away, me for making such a prayer. He doctrine of eternal conscious suffering. Seemeth very near to-day. seemed to say to me, I have had com- Calvary's cross, once small tolme, passion upon a lost world, and now it The justice of God will eventually rid Reaches through eternity. the universe of sin ; but first He in- Calvary's Saviour, once unreal, is for you to have compassion. I have vites every soul to accept of Christ, Doth my wounded spirit heal. lett you to fill up that which is behind Self, that posed the world before, in Mute afflictions in the flesh for the and live. Those who choose to refuse Lieth prostrate to adore. the offer of salvation, deliberately Love to God, once dark to me, body's sake, which is the church. I choose the death penalty, and God in Lighteth all eternity. have given My heart ; give your Self, that boasteth unjust grief, hearts.' " pity brings down fire from heaven, Now of sinners is the chief. which will " burn them up, root and Jesus Christ, Thy cross I see; "Hangs my helpless soul on Thee.' branch." Rev. xx. 9 ; Mal. iv. 1. The Surety, substitute Divine, SPIRITUAL CRIPPLES. Psalmist says : " Yet a little while, Power, and purity are Thine. and the wicked shall not be" (exist); Righteousness of souls undone, No Christian is born a spiritual Clothe me with the robe Thou'st won. cripple. But many a Christian be- " they shall perish "; "they shall con- " While the billows o'er me roll," sume, into smoke shall they consume Plead the causes of my soul; comes such a cripple by his own acts, away." And the prophet Obadiah Till Thy God Lud angels see and it takes but a seemingly small evil Thou in me, and I in Thee. act or sinful indulgence to cripple the says " They shall be as though they FANNIE BOLTON. had not been." Ps. xxxvii. 10; Obad. soul. Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith says : xvi. " Any root of bitterness cherished to- Even Satan himself will finally be " SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES." wards another, any self-seeking, any destroyed, and be as though he never harsh judgments indulged in, any slack- had been. See Heb. ii. 14, and Eze. " SEARCH the Scriptures; for in ness in obeying the voice of the Lord, xxviii. 18, 19. Then, when Satan and them ye think ye have eternal life : any doubtful habits or surroundings— sinners, the " root and branches," are and they are they which testify of any one of these things will effectually destroyed, the universe of God will be Me." cripple and paralyse our spiritual life." clean. Then will the song of Rev. v. There should be some distinction How much our spiritual soundness and vigour and usefulness depend upon 13 be sung, and every created intelli- made between the study of the Bible, our carefulness ! Take heed how you gence will join in praise to God for the reading of the Scriptures, and His great salvation. The inhabitants meditation upon some portions of the live !—Zion's Herald. of the universe will recognise the love Word. Eaon has its place, and is es- and justice of God in maintaining the sential in its way. The three com- LONGINGS FOR GOD. character of His government, and in bined give a completeness to searching righteousness vindicating the and per- the Scriptures that will very materi- As turns the needle to the pole, fection of His holy law. ally aid in a daily communion with As turns the flower to the sun, I. J. HANKINS. So turns my eager, longing soul the Lord. Unto the great, Eternal One. South Africa. The study of the Bible is needful in As pants the hunted, thirsty deer order to get a thorough knowledge of For cool, refreshing water-brooks, the contents of the sacred volume, the So, fleeing from the toes I fear, BE PATIENT ; WAIT. meaning of words and phrases, the To Thee my fainting spirit looks. fulfilment of types, the understanding As on the rivers ever flow, ANOTHER has told us that " we lose of ceremonial observances and pro- And rest not till they find the sea, nothing in struggle, in trial, in bitter of So would I follow till I know phetic utterances. The reading The fulness of eternity. distress." Why, then, lose courage ? the Bible is necessary in order to hear L. A. REED. Does not God see that our energies God's voice speaking to us, so that are flagging and our strength failing in Divine communion may be encouraged the weary struggle ? Does he know and perpetuated. Meditation on the THERE really is no place in a true, that the trial permitted comes in the Bible is indispensable in order to feed earnest, Christian life for worry. Do way to be felt most keenly ? Does he on the sincere milk of the Word, or your very_best in the circumstances, not understand that bitter, overwhelm- the strong meat thereof, that we may and leave..the_rest with God. We ing distress has overtaken us ? Yes, grow thereby. should aim only to be faithful in_dtity, indeed; God sees all. He understands It must be clearly understood, and and then be at peace, whatever may all. He permits all for our good. the fact fully recognised, that however come. We should work without His great heart of love and tenderness we may study, read, and meditate on worrying.—S. S. Times. is stirred with sympathy as he watches the sacred Word, we cannot truly hear * * the furnace-fires upon us. the voice of God speaking, nor listen Human hearts may be cold, hard, with reverent attention to that voice, No one can ask honestly or hopefully and unsympathetic, but God can be nor rightly understand the force of its to be delivered from temptation unless " touched with the feeling of our in- expressions, except by the direct teach- he has himself honestly and firmly de- firmities." We may not be able even ing and guidance of the Holy Spirit. termined to do the best he can to keep to make ourselves understood to man ; Therefore, earnest, believing prayer out of it.—Ruskin. ,r346 THE PRESENT TRU Vol2r12, No, 22.

nursing her first patient—the shep- herd's dog. e jaisr .oever tOinds are t In the evening, when Roger came, not expecting to find visitors in his think oiodrePeet 7e. stjUstnitlUre;:e ftdri humble cottage, Florence went up to him. " Roger," she said ; " your dog won't die. Look at him ! " And Cap rose and crawled toward his master, whining with pleasure. " Deary me, deary me ! What have you done to him ? He could not move this morning when I left." Then Florence explained the mode of treatment. " You have only to keep on with it to-night, and to-mor- row he will be almost well, the vicar says." And smiling brightly, she continued: " Mrs. Norton has pro- mised to see to Cap to-morrow while you are out, so now you need not kill him ; he will soon be able to do his work again." " Thank you kindly, missy, 1 do in- Tit lvtolvta.KD., deed," said the old man huskily. " It went hard with me to do away with him, but what can a poor man CAN IT BE? amiable, but by dint of coaxing, ,at do ? " And putting out his hand, he CAN it be that I rose in the morning last allowed him to touch and examine stroked the dog. " see to him, And took up the work 01 the aay, the wounded leg,. Florence persua- missy, now as I know what's to be With its cares and its crosses so heavy sively telling him that it was " all Without kneeling a moment to pray ? done," and he stood his crook in the Can it be that I took blessing right.' Indeed, she was on the flour corner, and hung his cap on the peg. With no thought of my God's loving care beside him, with his head on her .lap, Then Florence took her leave, strok- That aay alter nay is about me, keeping up a continuous murmur, Without even one moment of prayer?. ing and petting the dog to the last, much as a mother does over a sick and those who, standing in the cottage Can it be that at noontide, when resting child. " Well," said the vicar, rising door, watched her disappear, little From the burden and heat of the day In a cool, shady place by the wayside, from his examination, " as far as 1 can thought they were gazing upon one That there 1 iorgot, too, to pray?_ tell, there are no bones broken; but whose mission would be to tend the Can it be, when my day's work was ended, the leg is badly bruised. It ought to sick and wounded on many a battle- And 1 rested from toil and from care, be fomented to take the inflammation That .1 never once turned my lace upward field, and how, in years to come, men To commune with my Father in prayer? and swelling down." dying far from home would rise on " how do you foment ? " asked No wonder the day seemed so lengthened, their pillows to " kiss her shadow as And its burdens so heavy to bear, Florence. it passed them."—Every Where. And 1 so impatient and fretful " With hot cloths dipped in boiling When 1 ouered not one word of prayer. God pity the soul that is living water," answered the vicar. So Ina from his Father away, "'Then that's quite easy. I'll stay BEDS AND BEDROOMS. Thai in ail of life's cares and its blessings, and do it. Now, Jimmy, get sticks He never once thinketh to pray. Too little attention is paid to beds AIRS. 11, C. PARROTT. awl make the kettle boil." There was no hesitation in the and bedrooms when we consider that child's manner; she was told what about a third of everybody's life is FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S FIRSI ought to be done, and she set about spent in bed. At sixty the individual doing it as a simple matter of course. can look back upon twenty years spent PATIENT. in bed—twenty years of bed training, " But they will be expecting you at twenty years of growth and develop- home," said the vicar. THERE is a beautiful incident re- ment in bed ; and to a great extent the lated of Florence Nightingale when " Not if you tell them I'm here," body, the face, and the temperament she was a child. It shows that God answered Florence; " and my sister are thus formed, by the habits and had already planted within her the and one of the maids can come and attitudes of the individual at this time. germ which was to develop so beauti- take me home in time for tea, and," A soft bed, that will give a great fully in after-days. she hesitated, " they had better bring deal, with high, soft pillows, will al- her first wounded patient was a some old flannel and cloths; there ways deform the body. There will be Scotch shepherd's dog. Some boys does not seem to be much here. But to some degree spinal curvature, and had hurt, and apparently broken, its you will wait and show me how to a lack of symmetry of the body and leg by throwing stones at it, and it foment, won't you ?" poise of the head that speak too plainly had been decided to kill it to put it " Well, yes," said the vicar, carried of improper sleeping attitudes. You out of its misery. away by the quick energy of tne little will hear some individual say that he The little girl went fearlessly up to girl. And soon the fire was lighted, cannot sleep except on one side. If where it say, saying in a soft, caressing and the water 6oiling. An ofd smock- this is true, there is something wrong; tone, "Your Cap, poor Cap." The frock of the shepherd's had been dis- it may not be more than a habit of this dog looked up with his speaking brown covered in a corner, wnich Florence kind mat has warped the body. eyes, now bloodshot and lull of pain, nail deliberately turn in pieces, and to Correct habits of sleeping snould be into her face, and did nut resent w nen, the vicar's remark, " Wnat will Roger formed early in life, and parents snouid kneeling down Deside him, she stroked say ?" she answered, '• We 11 get turn see that the beds are not springy with her ungloved hand tne large, in- another." And so Florence Nightin- enough to take the body out of line, telligent head. gale made her first compress, and and tne pillows should be small, and To the vicar he was rather less spent all that bright spring day in not of the softest kind. Sleep will be May 28, 1896. THE PRESENT TRUTIIii. 347 more refreshing on a bed of this kind after he is fed, and then put him in following my direction, he opens the than .on one which is so soft as to the cradle and rock him till his mouth in the proper manner and pro- spring out of line. wretched little head bounces from side nounces with me in a high, mechanical There is also a great tendency to to side, and the world turns round be- voice, paw-paw.' This is often re- sleep under more clothing than is fore his dizzy vision, and weary with peated, the vowels being changed. healthful. The body is amply pro- trying to keep pace with it, he falls " From words we pass on to sen- vided with a circulatory system that asleep at last ? tences, so as to introduce in close con- will keep it warm if it is exercised to We were all babies ourselves once, nection all the vowel sounds. The a reasonable extent, with a moderate but we are none the wiser for it ; and respiration before each vowel sound is amount of clothing. Hence if the body it seems quite likely that time will go necessary. As the patient-pupil pro- is accustomed to too warm clothing, on, and we shall none of us know what gresses, the length of this respiration there is not the opportunity for surface the baby thinks.—Selected. is reduced, the pronunciation is made circulation, and the larger portion of in a lower pitch, and in a few weeks— the blood is stalled in the various in- rarely exceeding five—the most in- ternal organs of the body. This ren- THE FIRST IRISH POTATOES. veterate stutterer can talk fluently and ders the individual susceptible to the rapidly, with no sign of his former colds incident upon changes of at- IN the garden adjoining his house affliction. But continual vigilance is mosphere. at Yougal, Raleigh planted the first necessary, since, it the apparently A good bed, good sleeping attitudes, potatoes ever grown in Ireland. The cured patient becomes careless and plenty of ventilation, will help to de- vegetable was brought to him from forgets the necessity of proper respira- velop, in the twenty years out of the the little colony which he had en- tion, he may relapse into his former sixty, an amicable disposition and a deavoured to establish in Virginia. state, and then his training must be symmetry of body that will go a long The colonists started in April, 1585 ; done all over again." way to insure the health and happi- and Thomas Harriot, one of their ness of the individual.—Pacific Health number, wrote a description of the Journal. country in 1587. He thus describes a LEMONS AS MEDICINE. root which must have been the po- WHAT THETHE BABY THINKS. tato :— LEMON juice sweetened with loaf or " Openank are a kind of roots of crushed sugar will relieve a cough. THE baby's sole idea, if one may be round form, some of the bignesse of For feverishness and an unnatural allowed to judge from his actions, is walnuts, some farre greater, which are thirst soften a lemon by rolling on a how best to get both his fists into his found in moist & marish grounds hard surface, cut off the top, add mouth at once ; and after that comes growing many together one by another sugar and work it down into the the problem of how he can best turn in ropes, as though they were fastened lemon with a fork, then suck it slowly. his heels over his head without getting with a string. Being boiled they are Hot lemonade will break up a cold off his back to accomplish the feat. very good meat." if taken at the start. Make it ,the And when he finds he cannot do either The Spaniards first brought pota- same as cold lemonade, only use boil- of these things to his satisfaction, he toes to Europe, but Raleigh was un- ing water instead of cold water and cries, and his loving mother is terrified doubtedly the first to introduce the use about one-half as much sugar. for fear cholera infantum is coming on, plant into Ireland.—St. Nicholas. A piece of lemon, or stale bread and she gives him a dose of soothing moistened with lemon juice, bound on syrup and sends for a doctor. a corn will cure it. Renew night and No doubt that a baby has some no- STUTTERING. morning. The first application will tions of his own, if he were only given produce soreness, but if the treatment the faculty of speech to express them. PPOBABLY few of the minor physi- is persisted in for a reasonable length The world to him smells of flannel cal ills are more annoying than stam- of time a cure will be effected. and sour milk. Does he like being mering or stuttering, and yet, says a The discomfort caused by sore and caught suddenly and tossed up to the London journal, the cure is easy tender feet may be lessened, if not en- ceiling, and turned upside down and enough, according to a doctor who tirely cured, by applying slices of downside up, in the reckless way has made a special study of the vocal lemon on the feet. people have of handling babies? Does organs. Lemon juice will relieve roughness he relish snappy kisses from fond old and vegetable stains on the hands. aunts and uncles ? " The sole cause of stammering and stuttering," says this gentleman, " is After having the hands in hot soap- What does he think when a pin sticks suds rub them with a piece_of lemon. in him, and he yells with agony, and careless respiration. People who suf- fer in this way need only pause, take This will prevent chapping and make his mother takes him on her knee, and the hand soft and white.—Selected. trots him, and tells the nurse she is a long breath, and then pronounce the afraid the " little precious " is going to word sharply. Have you never noticed have that " dreadful, nasty colic " that inveterate stammerers are often A METHOD of treating cotton is said again ? And then comes the castor-oil accomplished vocalists? That is be- cause, white singing, respiration is to have been lately discovered by bottle. which a new material is produced Is it happiness for the baby to be done in a proper way. capable of all the industrial uses of swathed in flannel, and smothered in " Furthermore, the troubles of stam- celluloid, and indeed many more, as it pillows, in a furnace-heated room where merers lie entirely with the vowel the mercury is higher than it has any sounds. A patient comes to me, and is incombustible and can be manufac- tured at half the cost of celluloid. It right to be on the 1st of July ? say to him, say ' papa.' He will is thought that this discovery marks Does he like to have his feet pro- commence P-p-p-p-p—oh, Doctor, I the establishment of a new industry. duced from their wrappings and shown c-c-c-c-c-c-an't say p-p-p-p-papa.' to admiring visitors as the " prettiest " It is at once apparent that his 'ittle footsies " in the world ? Does trouble lies with the vowel `a.' Then he like to have fingers thrust in his the treatment commences. Standing To CLEAN OILCLOTHS.—Wash al- mouth to make him show his new before him, I make him take a long ways with warm milk. Once in six teeth ? breath through the partially closed months scrub with hot soap-suds, dry How does he like his mother to mouth until the lungs are well filled, thoroughly, and apply a coat of var- churn him up and down on her knees and then, at the moment of exhalation, nish. They will last as long again. 348 THE PRESENT TRUTH. Vol. 12, No. 22.

extraordinary change met our view : in one night we had been transplanted from the burning heat of the prairies into the land of everlasting ice and snow, not less than ten or eleven thousand feet above sea level. At Donald we stop half an hour for dinner, and here we have gained another hour on the sun. A loud " all aboard " from the conductor sends us scrambling back into the genial warmth of the train, and on we go plunging deeper and deeper into the barren wil- derness, with clouds around and be- neath us, by overhanging glaciers of enormous size, seeming ready to top- ple over and crush us out of existence; whilst few feet from the railway track yawn fathomless abysses, the magni- tude of which makes us shudder as we look down. On either side, in A LONG RAILWAY RIDE. ing and log house, owned by some en- front and behind, rise the high moun- terprising backwoodsman or fur hunter, tain peaks, and huge rocky fastnesses, WHEN a party of us landed at Mon- whose solitude was only broken twice assuming the most fantastic shapes. treal, one Tuesday afternoon, from the a day by the passing trains. Some so nearly resemble castles and liner Lake Huron, we had only a few At Port Arthur we have to advance fortresses that one might almost fancy hours loft to prepare for our journey our watches an hour, having gained them to be the work of some gigantic west—the whole length of the Cana- that much on the sun, and at Heron race of a prehistoric age. dian Pacific Railway. Soon we had Bar we catch the first glimpse of Lake Thus passes the whole of Sunday, chosen a section in one of the fine cars, Superior, tha', wonderful inland fresh- the general silence of the party only and settled down to our long journey. water sea, upon which travellers by relieved by exclamations of awe and One of these west-bound trains steamer lose sight of land for a whole astonishment as we are surprised by usually consists of three emigrant cars, day ; and for many hours we travelled some greater marvel than the last, a first-class sleeper, one drawing room, along its north shore, passing flourish- and which in its turn is shortly one smoking and day car, and a bag- ing fields of corn, rich pastures, and eclipsed by something more terribly gage and mail van. Each section of many kinds of wild fruits. On Friday grand. an emigrant car is curtained off and evening Winnipeg is reached, where we About midnight after a long stoppage forms a little room of itself. The make our first and only change, feeling and careful examination of every seats are arranged in pairs, facing each quite sorry to leave our comfortable other, and underneath is a movable quarters in which we have travelled wheel, axle, and coupling, and with a brakesman on each car to attend to framework which can be drawn out between fourteen and fifteen hundred the powerful brakes, we begin the de- and joined together, thus forming the miles. But we find another train in scent, in the same ziz-zag manner as lower berth. The broad upper berth, readiness for us, and soon we are once which is hinged against the car during more ordered " all aboard." before, into the fertile plains and val- the day, can be let down, and with By the following morning we had leys of British Columbia. By day- mattress, pillow, and rug you have entered the great wheat growing area light we had got well down into the quarters fully as comfortable as the of the North-west Territory, and en- foot-hills, where large herds of cattle second saloon on board steamer. At countered one of those hot stifling and flocks of sheep were grazing ; and either end of each car is a large stove, prairie winds, bringing with it clouds later on we passed well-stocked water-tanks, lavatories, etc., and a of fine sand which filled the cars and ranches, homesteads, and farms, with porter is allowed to each car to attend crept into everything, making us orchards and flowers, mostly owned to its cleanliness, and the comfort of parched and uncomfortable. It was by English settlers who had brought the passengers. the first of September ; the reaping seeds and slips from the " Old Coun- Each car is connected with the next was almost over and threshing in full try." Here the fuchsia, geranium, by a corridor, so that when you get swing ; large stacks of grain were piled and many other of our familiar flowers tired of sitting or lying you may walk up in sacks mile after mile on either blossomed in a most luxuriant man- the whole length of the train, or stand side of the line ready for loading into ner, reminding the exiles of former on the corridors and enjoy the scenery special trains. All was bustle and ac- scenes and associations, and forming, and fresh air. tivity, no houses or farms were in as it were, a connecting link between The first night we did not sleep sight, but just one endless tract of the old home and the new. much ; the surroundings were so stubble, stacks and panting machinery, And now we are rapidly approaching unique, we lay chatting hour after hour. stretching away in every direction as our destination. Each hour the signs Early next morning, after a wash, we far as the eye could reach. of civilisation increase. Here and strolled outside, and found we were At Brandon we had gained our there are small towns, with their travelling through an immense pine second hour on the sun, and advanced churches and school-houses, sure forest, from which we did not emerge our watches accordingly, and shortly tokens of prosperity and enlighten- till late in the day. The fresh morn- after we commenced the ascent into ment. At Yale we make our last ing air gave us good appetites and we those marvellous regions so appro- stop for meals, after which the officials were very glad when, at 8 o'clock, a priately named the Rocky Mountains. warn us to pack up our belongings waiter came through the cars, calling Our train was divided into two parts, preparatory for quitting our quarters ; out, "Breakfast is ready in the dining- two powerful engines specially built and at five o'clock on Monday evening car." for climbing steep gradients being at- we steam slowly into Vancouver, The scenery the first two days was, tached to each part, and in a ziz-zag where ends our railway journey of for the most part, forest or broken manner we commenced the climb. nearly three thousand miles. rocky prairie, with an occasional clear- The next morning, when we arose, an E. COOPER. May 28, 1896. TIME PREfENT TRUTH, 349

the river of life, from which everybody may drink. And close beside the river will be the tree of life, filled with its wonderful fruit of twelve different kinds. Lf cikM1r In that blessed world no one will ever be ill and die, and no one will shed any tears. All will be happy. The G children will not quarrel, and even the dumb animals will be so kind and loving that even wolves and lions will lie down with the tender little lambs and not hurt them. And besides all this there will be the golden city, in which all will have a great mansion, - - _ and Jesus and angels will live with them for ever. But how much would all this be SOW! SEWS SO! the stork was very dear to them, and worth if Jesus were to allow Satan to Tins is the way my father sows, begging the good people in whose be there ? Or suppose some wicked, As up and down the field he goes, country it might spend the winter to quarrelsome, fault-finding boy or girl Walking fast, or walking slow, be kind to their pet, and send i t back Right and left the grain to throw. were to be there? Would not all the Father knows, to them in the spring. happiness and glory be ruined ?—Cer- While he goes, They fastened the note to a ribbon, tainly. And because Jesus knew this That the grain thrown here and there By and by good crops will bear. tied it round the bird's neck, and He has so arranged it that no one can All he loves will have a share tucked it under its wing. The next possibly go there who is not fully If the grain he throws with care. day they sadly watched the stork wing ready to enjoy it. And who only do So he throws, its way toward milder skies. When So he goes you think could live in such a place Sow 1 Sow I Sow I the spring came again, their little feet without making trouble ? Well, they used to climb to the roof day by day, This is the way my mother sews are those who can live in this world As up and down long seams she goes, looking for the stork's return; and be- without making trouble. Working, singing soft and low, hold ! one fine morning there it was, Listen ! Jesus says, "Blessed are While she's sitting there to sew. tame and gentle as ever. Mother knows, the meek; for they shall inherit the As she sews. Great was the children's delight; earth." Perhaps you do not know Jackets, trousers, aprons, too, but what was their surprise to dis- what it is to be meek. A meek person Johnnie's hat and baby's shoe, cover round its neck and under its Patching old, or making new, is one who suffers wrong without try- Love runs all the stitches through. wing another bright band with a note ing to " pay it back." A meek little This she knows, attached to " the children who wrote boy will never strike back when his So she sews. the letter the stork brought." Sew I Sew I Sow I playmate hurts him. Instead of It was from a missionary in Africa, striking he will take the injury pa- I can neither sow nor sew. stating that he had read the children's When I'm big, I'll learn then, though. tiently, say nothing, and sometimes But while little, as I grow, note, and had cared for the stork, and return good for evil. Oh, how I wish Little bits of love I'll show. thought that children whose good For I know, all our boys and girls were such as hearts had prompted them to provide this As Igo, for the comfort of a bird through the 'Tending baby, calling Nan, A long time ago there lived a man Running errands like a man, winter would be willing to help clothe Helping mother all I can, and feed the little destitute children of whose name was Moses. The Lord Love will grow where it began. his mission. said he was the meekest man in all the Ah I I know, earth. And why?—Because when the See, 'tis so. The children were fall of sympathy, Little bits of love count up, and the missionary's note won a gol- people of Israel found fault with him, Like drops of water in a cup. den answer from the family. called him hard names, and did a great Fill it—so I many things to provoke and annoy 'Twill overflow I Other letters came and went by Sol So ! So I post between them until by and by him, Moses said nothing, and instead —Eva Lovett. the children learned to know the mis- of finding fault and trying to " get sionary and his little black waifs even " with them, he loved them still, THE CHILDREN'S STORK. almost as well as they knew the be- and so much that he was willing to loved stork who had proved so trusty lose heaven if by so doing he could A STORY is told in Our Animal a messenger. save those who had treated him so Friends, about a pet stork which emi- spitefully. Just think of it, he loved his enemies better than himself. grated from Germany to Africa and THE MEEK. returned :— And have you not read about Jesus, Some children, living in a northern " BLESSED are the meek ; for they how when the soldiers struck Him in province of Germany, discovered a shall inherit the earth." the face, and even did spit on Him, stork's nest upon their roof, and all There is coming a time when all the He said nothing I And when they the summer shared their tidbits with earth and all that is in it will be made nailed Him to the cross, He prayed their long-legged friend, which became new and beautiful. The flowers will that they might be forgiven. " When very companionable. never droop nor die, nor the leaves fall He was reviled, He reviled not again." At the signs of cold weather, the from the trees ; for there will be no And Jesus is our example. stork prepared to flit to warmer climes. cold, snowy winters, nor hot, scorching Are you one of the meek ? Do you The children were sad at the thought summers. All through the year the love your enemies ? Can you suffer of losing their pet, but their parents ground will be covered with glorious wrong, and then " pay it back " with consoled them with the assurance that green grass, and the birds will con- good only ? If not, ask Jesus to make the bird would return next spring. tinually sing. The Bible tells us, too, you so now, for He is coming soon, to The children consulted together, that there will be rivers of pearly clear take the meek ones to live with Him and wrote a little note, stating that water, and, best of all, there will be for ever.—C. L. Taylor.

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Then the results of the use of these foreign and irritating substances are not confined to stomach trouble. While inflammation of the stomach, and even cancers no doubt are en- conraged by using them. That is not all. Kidney complaints are becoming more and more prevalent. One fruitful cause is irritation from the use of pepper, mustard and the like. The kidneys feel the effects at once, when such things are used. Bright's disease and kindred com- plaints are caused by this bad habit, and those suffering from such com- —A reform of military criminal procedure is plaints should carefully avoid promised in Germany. CURRANTS. all stimu- lants. —Hong Kong is suffering from a recurrence of IT should be remembered, says a Another bad effect is over stimula- the plague that raged last summer in that place. writer on cookery, that currants are a tion of the heart. How sad that even babies are fed on —Buluwayo is reported out of danger, and particularly dirty fruit, and should looking forward to an immediate resumption of always be washed before they are food, seasoned with pepper ! The business. heathen in Africa stuff their new born used. The best way to do this is to —The cost of the Russian coronation ceremo- put them in a colander, sprinkle a babes with cayenne pepper, and if they live through it they think they are nies is estimated at £2,400,000, this the amount little flour on them, then rub them of State expense alone. round and round for a minute or two " worth raising." Some civilised shaking the colander well to detach people do about as badly, but seem to —Herr Liebknecht declares that the 5,000,000 not understand results as well as the peasant proprietors in Germany " are all going to the stalks, and make them fall through ruin as fast as they can." the holes. When this is done we may Africans. pour cold water gently over them, Those who never use them have a --The Germans have been engaged in fighting drain them, lay them gently on a more natural taste and enjoy food African natives in Damaraland, considerable towel, and dry them gradually at the better. If you want to be really losses being sustained on both sides. healthy let them alone.—Vanguard. mouth of a cool oven or before the —It is estimated that the amount spent in fire. When quite dry, lay them on a England on sports, racing, cricketing, etc., is over white cloth, and look over them care- £38,000,000 annually, or about £1 per head of the fully to see if there are any stones. SAGO Soup.—Soak one-half cup of whole population. As currants must be dry when used, sago for one hour in a cup of cold —Great damage to property has been done,— they ought to be washed as soon as water. Add a quart of water, and during the first half of the month of May,—by they are sent from the grocers, and be cook in a double boiler until trans- local tornadoes in America, accompanied by the put in jars ready for use. If they parent. In the meantime cook to- loss of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred have not been washed it is better to gether one cup of sweet prunes and lives. be content with rubbing them well in one-half cup of raisins in a small —Spain is said to be preparing to send 60,000 the colander, rather than to wash quantity of water. When the sago is troops to Cuba in the autumn to subdue the re- them and use them wet, for wet transparent, add the fruit and juice to bellion. Meanwhile the insurgent forces are re- currants will make a heavy pudding it, together with one-half cup of ceiving arms and men fron, Florida, and are pre- or cake. currant, or some other tart fruit juice, paring for a desperate attack upon the Spanish and one-half cup of sugar. The quan- forces. CONDIMENTS. tities given are sufficient for three pints —The Empress of Russia has been appointed of soup. Serve hot with croutons Honorary Colonel of the Second Regiment of WHAT are they, and of what use? (small squares of toasted bread). Prussian Dragoon Guards. In France, the prac- Instead of the above, rice with dried tical employment of women in the army has been Webster calls them—" pungent sub- under discussion. It was even proposed, in good stances, as pepper or mustard." apricots, prune and currant juice may faith, to make certain forms of military service People have an idea that they are be used. Dried apples with dried compulsory upon all women without distinction useful to stimulate the human body. cherries may be used, if preferred.— of rank or position. Animals avoid them, and usually Good Health. —The developments of the London horseless even the household cat objects to pep- carriage exhibition go to show the probability of per and mustard. the speedy adoption of motor vehicles in the These substances are irritants. A zoo rapid boiling ruins the flavour streets, and the consequent removal of horses Mustard will blister the skin in a short of any sauce; it must boil once, but from the thoroughfares, at least in a large degree. time if properly applied. Red pepper should never more than simmer after- The cabmen have expressed anxiety lest their will make a very painful sore if wards. occupation be taken from them. This fear is moistened and laid upon the skin. groundless. Fares will be reduced. Many more Black pepper will also irritate the skin will ride. The result will be more cabs, and oc- WHEN keeping food hot for late- cupation for a greater number of cab-drivers. and cause inflammation. comers, instead of putting it into the It is a mystery how people came to oven, cover it closely with a tin cover, —Detailed accounts of the Armenian massa- suppose that the use of such sub- cres come in very slowly. Reuter's from Con- and set it over a basin of hot water. stances was beneficial. The stomach stantinople, May 13, gives details of the terrible is as easily irritated as the outer skin. This keeps the food hot, and also pre- deeds done at Ourfa in the autumn of last year. How much " heart-burn " which is vents it from drying up. Out of a population of 20,000 Armenians at least one-half seems to have been put to the sword or generally stomach irritation, is caused * * burned alive in the cathedral where they had by strongly peppered, and spiced food ! gathered for protection. The report states that The stomach is inflamed, the nerves FRUIT cools the blood, cleans the the attack was made solely upon Armenians, no cry out in pain, then the poor victim teeth, and aids the digestion. Those distinction being made between Gregorians, takes something worse perhaps, to ease who cannot eat it miss the benefits of Protestants, and Roman Catholics,—professed the pain caused by the irritating condi- perhaps the most medicinal food on Christians of other nationalities being unulo- ment. Nature's bill of fare. lested. May 28, 1896. PREZIENT TREFT111-. 351

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years a Roman Catholic procession, accompanied compel the recognition of Sunday, or by all the paraphernalia of Roman ritual, might of any other religious institution. It the present gni*. pass through crowded London streets on a Sun- day afternoon not merely without provoking dis- shows how religious sentiment is ap- "I em the way, the truth, and the life." "And lo, I em with you alway, even unto the end of the world." turbance, but amid undoubted manifestations of pealed to to cover prejudice or some respect? Few of the Catholic cities of Europe other unworthy motive. The compe- !LoNDoN, AlAY 28, 1896. could be expected to offer it a more decorous welcome. . . . Father Whelan in his sermon tition in trade is supposed to be as FOR TERMS SEE FIRST PAGE. at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament after- strong a factor as the religious senti- wards described the procession as a glorious wit- ment in the fishing riots. ness of the progress which the Church had made MEDICAL Missions are doing great towards winning back the place which it had held good in China, in the way of breaking in England for a thousand years. Ritualism, he IT was Matthew Arnold who said down prejudice and getting the Word added, was only a preparatory school towards that two things govern the world, that great consummation. before the people. The various mis- Force and Right—Force till Right is sionary societies are increasing this This procession in London streets ready. In saying that he was only line of work. is worthy of note as marking an epoch. expressing what Zoroaster had said be- These gorgeous and picturesque pa- fore him. And before that the Word rades are effective object lessons in WHILST " godliness is profitable," of God had said the same thing. Roman Catholicism. They are Roman the man who tries to serve the Lord Force and right, Ormuzd and Ahri- as a business investment is bound to Catholic street preaching. man, good and evil, God and Satan. be disappointed. His thinking of Brought down to its original terms it what he can get for self out .of the simply means, then, that Satan rules SOME have hastily assumed from this world, and will until such time as work of the Lord shows that he has the Pope's recent letter that he really never surrendered himself to God, and God is ready to take His kingdom. disapproves of war. The Catholic This corresponds with the teachings of his lack of faith closes the avenues organ of England, however, assures through which God so much desires Christ, and for this reason He taught us that he does not " shut his eyes to us to pray, " Thy kingdom come." to send him help. the fact that there are occasions when war is an inevitable necessity." It is THE Pope is figuring largely, at THE annual report of the Peace what the world generally believes. Society, which held its meeting last " Don't fight unless necessary in order present, as a promoter of " religious liberty "—in Russia. The representa- week, expressed regret at the revival to get what you want" is a maxim tive of the Vatican at Moscow is said of Jingoism." The Chairman said which a man need not be a professor to have been charged with a mission, that in 1869 the armies and navies of of religion to approve. and provided with a letter on this Europe cost £116 000,000, and now subject, from the Pope to the Czar. they cost £230,000,000 per year ; while IN Alabama a Seventh-day Adventist the national debts of the European When Rome and Russia become pro- was arrested under a law enacted to moters, defenders, and exponents, of nations have risen from 4,680 to 6,000 prevent an employer compelling a religious liberty, that which will be millions. minor to work on Sunday. The man's granted will no doubt be of a distinctly son, of eighteen, who worked on the Russo-Roman type. However, the " WE are constantly boasting of the farm, testified that he worked of his world looks to the new Czar with hope superiority of our Christian civilisa- own free will, being himself a member for the amelioration of the condition tion," says the Echo, "we are con- of a Seventh-day Adventist church; of Russian political prisoners and stantly applauding our modern econo- but the father was c6nvicted and re- exiles. mic methods for human amelioration, moved to prison. Friends of justice and, at the same time, we go on spend- in the place paid the fine and secured In Chile.—One of our workers in ing more and more of national treasure their neighbour's release. Such are Chile, writing from Valparaiso, reports in creating and maintaining means the Sunday laws in the United States, progress there, success attending the for human destruction. Such is the where church organisations are work- work of preacher and colporteur. Of triumphant wisdom of modern Eu- ing as never before to get control of the general situation he says :— ropean statesmanship ! " legislative bodies to secure more Our city and state are much concerned over the stringent enforcement of Sunday ob- increasing prospects of war with Argentina. The two countries are vying with each other in prepa- THE Roman Catholic "Guild of Our servance. rations. Those who know, say that no such de- Lady of Ransom, for the conversion of pression of business generally, has prevailed here England" paraded the streets of Lon- THE riots in Cornwall, requiring the within the last fifteen years, and all seem to feel don in picturesque procession last that a terrible struggle for the mastery is in- presence of gunboats and soldiers to evitable. And, as if to add immediate consterna- Sunday week. The Daily Chronicle keep the fishermen of Newlyn, who do tion to gloomy forebodings, the severest earth- gives a detailed description of the not want to fish on Sunday, from quake shocks that have been experienced for spectacle, and says :— maiming or killing those fishermen twenty-five years were felt here last Friday night at about nine o'clock. Many buildings were The procession was a mile and a-half in length. who do want to fish on Sunday, is a thrown down, while the earth groaned. There From altar to altar it occupied nearly two hours. new development in the Sunday con- were thirty-two shocks felt during that night. Nothing of the kind has been seen in England troversy. The appeal to force in be- The people who live in high houses take their since the period km.wn to Englishmen as the beds and sleep in the streets. I am informed Reformation. Not many, perhaps, but some who half of Sunday observance is no new that the Grand Avenue, which is more than a witnessed it, might have remembered the " Sur- thing ; but magistrates and courts are mile long, was, and is yet, every night almost one plice riots " of St. George's in the East, or the usually used instead of sticks and continuous bed. It seems to me they are un- disorderly scenes at St. James's, Hatcham, or the stones. Both methods show the necessarily alarmed ; but they say I am a threatenings at St. Alban's, Holborn. How many " gringo," which means that I am unsophisti- of these could have supposed that within twenty wickedness and folly of trying to cated.