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0 Facts are stubborn things. Again, after Israel had long been ruled I y Jeru-alem had long been the metropolis of the land, and the residence of their king, where also God had placed his name, and required his. people to come up for worship thrice a year —right in this city, dwelt Huldah, in their* college. Her the Lord made prophetess for his people; . and to Aer the king of his people .... .. n~rt i" rh i a in th s ir ord nf thn Lord, or rather word from the Lord. Yes, sent a priest of the Lord, accompanied by four others, for a message from the Lord, who obtained it and conveyed it to the King i Again we say, Tacts are stubborn things. These are the Lord’s doing, and marvelous in our eyes. These are specimens of the stigma God has placed upon woman, as such, because he has made her so ! Paul, after silencing those turbu lent women in Corinth, who in as suming so much authority in church, had failed to honor the headship of man, reminded them, that in requiring them to submit to wholesome the church, he had the example of the law’, as it, too, recognized in ma n the ri ght to-rule, which they had ignored. CHRtSTlAN H ÀLD. yet we owe them -all the good we off in some secluded part of the house. And we should be there in can do. Rom. 12 : 14-20,’ 2 Surely we owe something to the due fiw r not a t ’a fate ’ h o ur, the singing is done. Oh, these late church, for it js the most important church goers are woefully in debt, agency ever employed by the and, if they thus die, will surely be Savior_gf the world for the salva- in bad condition for the final settle tiorTof our race. It is the great fountain of blessing to each Chris ment. Each member owes to thé church tian. In it, through it and by it he is,able to stand against the evils a large amount of forbearance. of the .devil. Eph. G: 11. It is Some are weak, few are strong > more important to the world and and many of the strongest and although he be the most insignifi. cant and worthless in a congrega tion of Ch ri^iana can so mcti nuiMe more to pull a church dowm than a whole congregation can to build it up. He can sow more discord than all peace-makers can succeed in harmonizing. He can bring more disgrace upon a church than they may all be able to bring of honor. The devil is in every hindrance. The Lord in every’ help. The odds government, than all riches and all is none good, no notone.’’ “If any he has no sin he deceiveth J pleasures. Let us, therefore, stop man sav and oonsider our duties_ to the himself, and the truth is not in t 1 “ Bear ye one another’s bur church; w’hat we owe it, for its * him?* own sake, for the world’s sake, for dens, and so fulfill the law of who* neVerte IT s b a ’ ITO Christ's saTTe’anTIor our own souTs CTîrî s t. burdens for anyone to bear for him. sake. 1. It is our duty to become I He who has burdens to bear and jnem^rs^^^the^^^l^^^^^nly feels the need of aid to bear them to be baptized into the body of Christ, to be born of water and the of others. “ Let him that is with spirit into his kingdom ; but also to I out sin cast the first stone.” Breth be in the strictest and fullest fel ren, let us be slow, very slow to lowship with the congregation condemn. What wre see may be nearest us and most agreeable for really really an error. But it may be » -1 • • , v us to meet with and work with. only a misfortune, not a fault. The He who refuses to unite with, and Lord is not soon angry. Let us be share w’ith the friehds of our like him. Charity’ covereth a mul- power is required to move than to stand still or prevent. How cautiously therefore a people should look after impediments. A faithful horse will pull unto the uualll) I without stopping to see that the wheels are w’ell oiled or the harness comfortably adjusted. But think- pared for the final settlement. Here we have two ideas: 1. The ne cessity of being citizens of“the di vine kingdom. No one can claim Hebron, O. the protection and blessings of a ------------------ ----------------------------- DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS, government to wThich he does not > us will be quite large enough when we have extended our mantle of Charity to its utmost" Capacity. Tale bearers are not needed in the church. Grumblers and chronic fault-finders are not in demand. after the hindrances as well as the helps. He has the Masters consent to do so, and his command t^attend to it. At another time we desire to look into these things. It may be that some preacher has labored day and night and not without tears, yet failing to see the result he longed-for. There is an impeding power somewhere. For success fol lows labor where this is not the case as sure as effect follows "cause.“ Look within first. The capse may be there. It so often is there! Look around you. Look with full _ QR-D YdNGrINDEBT. _ C. J. WRIGHT. Certain duties we regard as family duties. These we owe to our families, and if we do not dis charge them, we must die in debt to our families. Family worship ■ was the first worship in the world, and it was never abolished. As the family relation is a sacred and holy relation, so the family wor ship is sacred and holy. We are not only indebted to our families, but to others also. Paul acknowl edged his indebtedness to the Jews and to the Greeks.This debt w as not owing to what they had done for him. They had done him no favor. They had persecuted, striped and imprisoned him, but for Christ ’s sake he • was their * ■ - debtor. He really owed them the 3&i^=orWTKFgdb<rih his power, and if he failed in this he would have/died a debtor. Every Christian owes something to himself, to his family, to his neighbor, and something to hiu enemies. Yes, they may persecute and do us all the harm they can, despised and rejected. 2. No one ren and sisters, pure love, Christian can reasonably claim the use of or- love. “ A n?w commandment give dinances, the means of grace, the i I unto you, that ye love one an consent, the aid, the comfort and other.” Christ manifested his love strength of the members of the • for us by dying for us. Let us church in his vicinity when he re > manifest our love by living for each fuses to unite with them. He who other’s good and to his honor and would have the church bound to glory. Brethren, let us each ex him must first bind himself to the amine himself, and if we are in 1 church. The obligation must l>e debt on any, or all, of these points i reciprocal and equal. These gener and many more that might be al principles include everything, mentioned ; let us settle up before but it may be best to .specify in the night of death comes upon us, detail several items. t for it is a fearful thing to die un- We owe to -the church our prepared. * presence at all its stated meetings, unless it is out of our power to at HELPS AND HINDRANCES. tend. See 10 : 25. Oh how much C. J. MCKIKNET. many are in arrears under this head. Every member really owes, A pound of hindrance will coun not only his or her presence, also teract a ton of help. My watch the deepest felt interest in the has run for a year propelled by a cause. To pay this indebtedness strong mainspring. It stopped the , we must make an effort to feel an ! other day. The microscope reveal interest in the cause of our Master’s 1 ed the fact that a most diminutive government ahd w'ork for it. We fiber of cloth was the hindering need to make this a matter of cause. A brake applied to one prayerful meditation and consulta wheel on a railroad train will com tion. We should be in our places i pete successfully with a forty horse in due time; in our place, not far 1 power engine. A single individual 1 pept. Speak and act with the dove’s pure harmlessness. Where is this wisdom with innocence more need ed. It may be that some pastor who feeds his flock from week to week has discovered to his distress that they are not nourished thereby. Stop and think. It may be that the food you give them is not nutri tious. It may not be wholesome. Or a pest is in the flock, or w’olves maybe, or dogs w hich neither eat the sheep’s food nor allow them to eat. Who can tell ? —-------- »------------------ _A good healthy love of fun is commendable in any boy. This world was not made to mope in. But see that your amusement is al ways pure; and pay due heed to th« feelings of all about you. We live in the midst of an infin ity of pleasures and disappoint ments, writh senses capable of being touched by the former and wound ed by the latter. A little reason will cause us to enjoy good as gen tly as possible, and to accomodate ourselves to the evil as well as we can.