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*7?C"5F' TPer Anntm. fiftrtctiy "' ; •- - j -->4. Is Adranm.. Six month* ,80 cts,three month* 60 cts NrNOTtcp h* ” MTWhen yon see thh paragraph marked take notice that your sub scription has expired, and without re newal at once we shall he compelled to discontinue yourpaper.-^t B We particularly call the attention ol all oor snbscriben to the fact that whenever they see two blue mabxh cppcriU «/ p«gr*Pl. rdti« (o time, it lathe U»t pcper th.t will V* m|til the suhsoription is re newed U«il Balwcribers «• to remit bj check, Foot Office Money Order,Foetal Note or Registered Let ter. | (NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS The Stax or Sum will be gladtore •tire wen-writ*** • r’SStt£Sw<U not rooponmbk lor ofth* writm mast accompany hia oonmmni«tion Thi* u deeixed not for publication, bat m • gainntM *f|uoa Ww. ^ ._ ,_ for publication one aldo of tbe sheet only, in I "F&sssrzz*.* rwttto v«leet sash matter m his judgment may wittuire qmestfcms. G4W. CLINTON, Editor of Stab or Zion, Ministers . who are pastors in charge of A. M. E. Zion churches are hereby authorized to act as agents lor the Star of Zioh. Any minister finding a delinquent subscriber, or persons desirous ol subscribing is re quested to collect from such persons end remit the cash to this office after taking out the ccst of forwarding the same. All persons indebted to the Stab are earnestly requested to remit the amount due at once. Is our next we shall make some comment on the Atlanta Exposition and the Negro exhibit With this ferae the Stab enters upon its XIXth volume: We will have more to say as to its present and future plans in our next: Mayor Stbokg of New York Jk** surprised other persons than Dr. Parkhurst by expres ing himself in favor of the Sunday opening of bar rooms in that city. Those brethren who said the; would forward their subscription in thirty days after reluming from <rin ferenoe are hereby reminded that the thirty days are out_ Pbof. B. A. Johhsoh, A. M ,.has been requested to accompany the Col ored Educators to England and pro* pare a paper to be read at one (fits meetings to be held in London. We shall say more about this matter in our next. The Centennial Committee will meet at Metiopolitan A. M, E Zion church, Washington, D. C., next Thursday, the 21st inst* Again we urge the attendance of every mem her. Somebody must make the sacri fices and spare the time if this matter is properly worked up and made a su The election of Hons. Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan, Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, William J Sewell, of New Jereey, Thomas A. Carter and Lee Mantle, of Montana, and other Republicans who have al ready received caucus nominations greatly strengthen the Republican forces in the national legislature and insure wise and patriotic legislation for the whole people. All of these men are true and tried friends of the Negro and sound on the principles of Republicanism. The subscription price of the Stab is One Dollar and Fifty Cents pe year. To ainistezs £*d clubs oftfw* or mors wu said it for One Dollar aid twenty-five cents. Those ministers who have peid the Habeps or agents appointed by the bishops only One Dollar are doe twenty-five cents moi* and Abas additional sum must be paid In three of . our large conference* where the editor was unable to be present l*iP then one third of tie minister! Mid up or renewed tin m i ir tui ‘g wim ~w .7 womsnpmnm Dwiww ii wm fiif «®r« uBr»SS*»oU-»»aif 11 'i■" n»i*. • ■»«»*«»« ir■■■!—m'■iOniim T—! bwya succeeded in leaning the work 1 lone at the Rtar office so that two ■< hands can do the typesetting nod ’ fall cost of getting oaf a weekly is*^ 1 will not exeeec $37.50 If oar deU«h J quent subscribers, many of whom are 1 pastors and presiding elders who are i in arrears from one to three years wi 1 i settle up and s$tcit subs ribers »od ; forward the cash promptly we fcuaran ^ tee to get the paper to your address ■ before Sunday unless the prt'ss b eaks down or some unavoidable hindrance internees. Brethen will you help ua for your own gixd as well as for Zkn.’a honor ? The Charlotte Observer criticises Bishop flood’s article on Mlhe bis* tory of Negro education in North Carolina// which appeared in the re* cent ksne of the A. M. E. Zion Quarterly, as being in bad taste. If the Observer had read the whole arti cle instead of an extract as it ap peared in the Wilmington Messenger and then glanced at the title of the article, we cannot see how it could have made snch a criticism. Bishop Hood started out to give a history of Negro education in this state, and that he did so, neither the Messenger or Observer denies. Had he left out one fact whether it reflected upon the Democratic party or any other party or individual his article would have fallen that much short of being an accurate history of the subject treated. We doubt not that Bishop Hood is better informed on the sub ject cf Negro education or any other subject concerning the Negro in this state than the Observer, therefore better prepared to speak thereon. We are sore that the Observer will not find one word in the Bishop's af* ticte discrediting the Democratic ad ministrations for the establishment and fostering care given the schools of the state. The Bishop bestows the highest meed of praise on both Governors Vance and Jarvis for the courage and effort they put forth for the Negro. The Observer will do well to secure thi Quarterly mid read the article. We are sure it will be bene fitted thereby. UUA DXUVV OWIAJ.UXfcC. Hons. Jeter C. Pritchard and Marion Butler, formerly members of the North Carolina legislature and young men'of recognized ability, the former a life long Republican and the latter the leader oithe Populist forces in this state hate received the caucus nomination as United States senators to succeed Senators Ban som and Jarvis, both Democrats. The election will take pldce next Tuesday and Mr. Pritchard, the Re publican, will go at once to Fashing ton and take the seat now occupied by Senator Jarvis. Butler, the Pop* ulist, will not be seated till after the 4th of March. ANOTHER VIEW. General O. 0. Howard, who baa been recently placed upon the retired list of t! e U. S. Am y has been a lifelong friend of the Negro. He it was who organised tie Freed men's Bureau, Instituted Hbw erd University and throughout hi* long life, did many other good things for the welfare of the oolored race. Much praise, at home and abroad, baa been be stowed upon this grand old hero, all of which la deserved. His seven years* work In ohnrge of the Fieed man's Bu reau, resulted In establishing large num bt is of schools in the Southland for the Negro, and did more in that time to ad just the differences between the races in the south than any other man. Hay his years In retirement be many and happy, made so by the knowledge of work well done.—The Baltimore Stand aid. If thd condition of Howard Uni versity which was founded by the good and great General Howard i* what it is represented to be, the General could not wind up his days in a better place nor perform nobler service to his country and a large el ement of his fellow citizens than to return to the institution whioh ho founded and bring it back to the pur pose for which it was organized. The trustees would do well to ask for Dr, Rankin’s resignation and of fer the presidency to the veteran General Howard. * * ;4 ti ■ ..... STATE POLITICS. The Charlotte Observer, North Gar olina’s best and most popular paper, gave its readers the -full text of Governor Carr’s lengthy and v&lua he walls of the peniten iary. la £ >ur opinion the legislatures will do \ veil to enact laws in harmony With ( -hese and some other recommends- c ions of the governor. The governor leems satisfied with the present sys ;em of county government and would mpress the legislature to be like ninded; but no one, not even the 1 governor who so recommends, be- 1 ieves that the legislature will heed * ;his recommendation. THE GENERAL FUND. - i 1 he 108th paragraph of the A. M. j E. Zion Discipline says, ‘‘Every J member of our church, including bishops, ministels and preachers shall be as&essed the sum of Fifty i Cents per annum to constitute a i General Fund. Children under fif teen years of age thall not be required to pay the full amount, but shall be encouraged to pay what they can/ Section 3 of the 111th paragraph ; says, “On the fourth Wednesday in every month the General Steward shall apportion pro rata all receipts from the General Fund to bishops and general connection^! institutions as hereby designated: “1. To Bishops’salary. *•2. The Bishops’ back salaries, &c • “3 Livingstone College. - “4. The Book Concern. ‘•5. The Stab of Zion. “6. Superannuated ministers. “7. The salaries of General Stew ard, General Secretary (and editor of the Quarterly).” The above paragraphs slow the law providing for the collection of the Generali Fund and the purposes to which it is applied. We invite special attention to these paragraphs and urge our pastors to read and ex plain them to our people. It is ev ident that a great many of our peo ple are not properly informed re specting'the purposes to which the General Fund is applied. Years ago when the General Fund was but 25 cents, it was called Bishops’ Fund, because it required nearly^ all of it to pay Bishops’ salaries. But according to the plan which is now in operation it is divided into eight parts, each part going for a different purpose. Whether the sum held by the Steward be* small on large each claimant gets his part. Many pas tors either unwittingly ask for Bish ops^ money when calling for the General Fund or fail to explain the purposes for which it is collected j and thus cause those people who have known it as Bishop Fund or others who desire to instigate rebel lion to poison the minds of the peo ple, who only need a small pretext, to prevent the payment of this im portant fund. Every disgruntled and rebellious person in our church, as well as those who go out to other churches, not having a fund under such a name, misrepresent our church and bishops by saying that the General Fund is an unnecessary expense and unwisely used. There is not a well regulated denomination of note in the world, but has a fund answering about the same purposes and aggregating as large and often a larger taxation upon the member ship. No church can show greater re sults accomplished by the money raised for general purposes than the A. Mr. £. Zion church. Besides maintaining a church government unsurpassed, it supports a college second to none, pays its general offi cers less than any similar organiza tion, gives aid to its superannuated preachers and assists a missionary in Africa. If one third of our member ship should pay the General Fund we would have Eighteen thousand ($18,600) and six hundred dollars surplus to devpte to other purposes. But as it is, less than two thirds the amount needed to keep up current expenses is collected. Let us take one claimant and see what he gets and you can judge from this how. a1! others fare. The amount appropriated to the Stab of Zioir is $1,500, one thousand of which is to be applied as editor's salary. 'J he first year the 8tab re ceived $T80. The second year it received $808, making a t. tal of $1,582. Thus it will be seen that in two years the Stab received but $82 over the amount appropriated lor one year. The others share the General Fund in a similar manner, and come short in the same propor tion. We believe if these matters were fcHy explained to the -people they would pay better and b* less restless. j It is evident that something must be done to stay the tide of opposition that is rising up against we get all & do as many already o ? If so, Zion haa nothing to fear. PERSONAL MENTION: Rev G H Smith, of BigZion church t Mobile, Ala, raised $385 of Gener 1 Fund last year. If any other psa or and ohurch' have raised so much re would be pleased to rep rfc it. Rev J M Washington Is meeting rith most encouraging success at- the ; rfc at Metropolitan church, St Louis, ifo. ^ Rev R B BI%ce, who was recently ppeinkd to Grace cbuich, C harlotte, i being greeted in a manner that iroves ho is the man for the place. Presiding Ejder B F Martin is one >f the ablest pulpit orutois in the Ne gro pulpit of to-day. IPe are pleased to sei from a clip ping publicbecUelsewheie that Rev K A Morrisey, A. B., of the Greenville College is mmeting with success in his canvass in the interest of the above institution. * “Elder P A Mc(Jo< kie raised his fail piota of General Fuud at Statesville sod had an honor roll of seventeen. Dr J B SapalJ, of York, TNi, will ioon issue a book of sermons. We are sure it will be a valuable addition to Negro literature. We regret to ’earn of the death ol Mrs J C Saunders ef Livingstone Ala. A sketch of lifo will appear in out mat. REPORT OF GENERAL STEW ART FOR DECEMBER The following is the amount rec'd: Rev W. H. Davenport. C. N. U cor fererce $128062 J. W. Cooper. E. Ala con , 1,052 82 R. 8 Hire*, NO “ 1.686 91 E Hunter, YU Ala “ 1,31095 A L Newbv, Va “ 885 0C F Kiilbgflwortb, 8 C “ 820 3C H Blake, Palmetto “ 422 Of E M Stanton, N J ,f 83 6C J B 8roatl, Phil & Belt “ 20 0( J P Mescham, W 1 ern d£M conference 37 9C D J Adft ne, H Miss coj f, 17 0( Total* A 7,614$ J W. Aut.eKj v • •«* General 8tewar J. BETTER THAN GOOD GRAM MAR. Good gramjpa? is a good thing, but some good things are said un grammatically. The man who speaks sneeringly of a preacher or teachej because be detects in him an occa sional fault or speech, or who refus es to open his spiritual ear to wordc of counsel because his fleshy ear de fects in those words slips in gram mar, exalts the body above the spir it. He goes into a voluntary bond age to a soulless master. It is a fine and a desirable accomplishment tc be able always to speak grammati cally; but it is a still higher attain ment to forget the preacher in his message, and to welcome and enjoy the truth—to hear the voices of the spirit, come how they may— S. 8. Tima. ZION MEN A8 8EEN BY OTH ERS; At the celebration of Dr. Coffey’s quarter century anniversary, Dr. H A. Monroe, presiding elder of the Delaware conference of the M. E shurch, spoke of Dr. Coffey and Rev. Johnson as follows» “It giv^s me great pleasure to be with you this morning But I an more than delighted to meet Drs Coffey and Johnson, whom 2 have in bimately known for .twenty-five years. “At the" time your pastor entered i,he gospel ministiy, l was absorbed in politics, endeavoring to convert bhe phople of the eastern shore of Maryland from a state of heathen ism; I was editing a newspaper and righting the KnKliu Elans, who were th$n perpetrating the most bar barons efhnes upon onr race that they have ever been called upon tc suffer. ' “Dr. Coffey was one of the most intimate and influential men in the Methodist Episcopl church. He has done any thing that was> anworthy of the purest gospel ministry, but m tearing our church he was astuatec by the highest and noblest princi ples.^ and my only fueling in that matter is one of fraternal regret ‘ I day it openly; I say it here ano now, that the A. M. E Zion church has every thiDg to congratulate it self upon, m receiving into its fold such a noble, well trained and well equipped man of God as W. H. Cof fey, RD. “If I have accomplished any thing as his successor ip* the presiding elder ship of the Delaware conference, it. is entirely due to the rough ways be ing made smooth IT hen Drs- Coffey and entered that work, to hold a obllege diploma was worse than haring the small pox'; the people believed in, nqsueh preparation for the gospoLniintetry. But the. e two young men entered that field.of ignorance and darkness, being filled with the sublime fkith in. their mission which has made the great men of God and the? heroes of history. [ am frank to g nfess that I did not think they would be abl to dispel the darkness and make that conference the equal of any, the su perior of many, in the Methodist Episcopal church; but they did it and today the reformation speaks for itself. ’ , INDIANAPOLIS (IND ) NOTES. BY HBV. S. H. HARDIN. ypqr sad bereavement and pray that you may have grand success through life in the name of the Lord. Mr. Editor After hearing ourjjeloved brol sou, it was a source many friends in transferred to 1 ence four years of Washington cbapei at St. Louis, and after three years' labor he was successful in leaving one of the fin est structures in the city? and every thing concerning the church in the latest style. His neat work was in Indianapolis at Jones Tabernacle with a successful year, and at our last conference he was transferred to Elmira, N. Y We can say for Dr. Thompson his work in the Mis souri inference surpassed any one s strong links and church has gone to rest from has met many be ,and of bliss, the family. My Age with you iio BELLEVUE NOTES. BX <JAJK.rBiSB.I4. We desire to inform the readers of the shining Star that we are working for God and Zion. At the sitting of the last Ohio conference we were appointed to this charge— only sixteen members on the roll. We felt greatly disappointed because we were removed from Carnfg^e. There we left forty four members in good standing and seven others that we hoped to. get in line soon, mak ing a total of fifty one. Also the other beautiful little church where we doubled the membership. Con sidering the fact that there were on ly four members at Carnegie and thirteen at the other point, and as soon as we raised them from four to fifty-one and the other one from thirteen to twenty three you can well undestand why I was disap pointed However, the Lord has *} waysbiessed our efforts, though it has been very little appreciated. ITe went to work with all our might taking charge of the West End mis sion. There we raised and paid one hundred dollars on the church, in the meantime put in a pulpit and a table was presented to the church by Mies Cheatwood ; also the stewardesses presented a large new lamp and a large and handsome pulpit Bible. We paid off a few small debts and left over 318 in the treasury and re ceived $3V for the two‘months’ ser vices. |Te desire to give special thanks to Beys Franklin,, Clinton and others foy their valuable aid. The iltove described work wag done In a mission and only twenty foof members against great opposition 1 hey now have as their pastor, JSev J E. Little. We pray for his Suooess At Bellevue, Pa, where we were appointed the. first day of Oct, *94, we have raised about $200 in tiro over one dollars on the main gouts, membership is only about Ber W H ih, D D, the new tstor cf Zion « hur- h, this city, has trnvfd attd prrach<d two Able i«r o-m* which have captured biscoDgre jati'.ij c» nap^t^ly. JRev JL E Alleo, wLr> vu r ceirtly *PF* fated pif aiding elder of the Dt To.it Distrut of the Canada i n I Mich igau c nice c , writes hdpeiuJv ot d ou’s out In k in this far • ff fie’d tee E der A.!ex »nd* r’s report on onr i at page. religious’ MATTERS; OUR father in heaven. fistful, appealing, we lift up our prayer; ase-toThl people 'teas riven, hocpus.i» UadfWesre,^ Father of all, though they wander away; , Father whose love is unceasing and wide. Swifter to answer than we are ta pray. Sending ns blessings when hoe ns are denied Op to Thine ear, in the aids* of the glory, Rises oar strain, and Thon pausest to hear. Angela and archangels bowing before Thee Come not. tor all their groat music, so now. Down from the heights of Thy beautiful conn* * try, , Sweeping the stardust aside se they fly. Hasten^Thy messengers, bringing Thy eom Whlspering gently that Heaven is nigh. j Lilt we this prayer, and our tones do not falter. Prayer of the ages, that never grows old; Lift we this ory, from the hearth and the altar, Lord of the nations, our weakness behold. Give ns the bread that we need for our day; Give us the grace to resist la temptation; Give ns glad hearts Thy pure will to obey; Father in Heaven, be Thon our salvation. Trustful, appealing, we lift np our prayer. Dearest of prayers that from Heavea was given; Keep ns, O, keep ns, In tendersst care, Thon who almighty art. Father in Heaven! —Elisabeth Munson, In Harper’s Baser. DISCOURSE ON REFLECTION. Thoughts ea Almost a Lgat Art—Why Meditation la So Bsseatlsl. Everybody who reads the papers saw this dispatch on September 19: Mount Uaoompaghre, Col., via Mount Ellen, Utah, via Thompson's, Utah, via Denver, CoL, September IS, 18»t—To Chief Signal Officer, Washington, D. C., through Commanding Gen eral, Denver; By sunbeam lash signal re flected this heliogram has bees seat direct 1SS miles ever the sunset slopes of Colorado and Utah, thus distaaeing the highest record over made in military signaling [Signed] GiAMyoBD, ir Captain. Let ns pause and ponder the word “reflected” in that dispatch. We are told, in an accompanying note, that mirrors eight inches square were used in transmitting the message. The signal corps of Mount Ellen in Utah, who read the signals of Capt Glassford, were enabled to do so by the reflection of those mirrors. The sun’s ray* without the aid of the mirrors could never have made those signals visible at a distance so immense,- it is a fresh illustration of thg power of re flection. •MttV II H UUb MIC UUijr UlUBtrAUUU that comes to us in the news of the day. There is the searchlight. By a combination of mirrors or metallic re flectors, the electric light is so inten sified that gbjeot* are risible on the gftclcest nights ten miles away. And we read of a wonderful searchlight that the doctors npw hare. ar ranging tiny polished reflectors they can look down a patient’s throat, and Wfltch the operations of his rital or gans. By sunlight,' or the- best arti ficial light, we can not look around corners or down into deep eqIms, But we can do so by reflection. The ex plorer dPfl8 net need to go into the re cesses of the care. He fixes his mir ror so that it gives him a perfect im age of places far away and inacces sible. And finally onr most powerful telescopes are constructed with mir rors as well as lenses. The astrono mer does not study the star itself, but an image of it In a polished reflection. It would require oolumns to enumer* ate the eases in which the knowledge of natural objects is increased by-reflec tion. But It !■ enough for my present purpose to add that we could not see our own faces if we had no mirrors. We could not tell the color of our eyas, or whether our cheeky were rosy or pale, withqnt reflection. Webster give# this as the secondary meaning of the word: “The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it, continued consideration, meditation, contemplation.” And it is a remark able fact that this kind of reflection is so nearly obsolete, while the qther kind, whose wonderful power we see in the searchlights engaging the earnest Attention of scientists. People nowa days hare no time to think. They hear and read a great deal, but who sits down to- meditate npog what he hears and reads? fhe result is that we pro learned but not wise; we know more than thp men of any previous generation, but we profit less by whut we know, The words reflect and reflection are not fonnd in the Bible, bat we (find their synonyms, “ponder," “consider,” “meditate,” on almost every page. When Isaac was expecting the return of his servant from Padgn Aram, he went out iuto the field to meditate up on his approaching marriage (Gen, xxiv. e). God told Joshua to meditate the Book of the Lew, day and hfht. And Parld, in the first Psalm, pronounced ‘'blessed” the man who does this. Paul exhorts Timothy to meditate (1 Tim, ir. 15). Our Saviour tells His bearers to consider the lilies and rebukes them for net considering the beam in their own eye, In the epistle to the Hebrews we are exhorted, to consider the High Priest of our pro fession, and also to consider on# an other. We read in Prov. iv. 26, “Ponder the path of thy feet,” and in Luke iL 19, that Mary pondered in.her heart the wonderful facts connected with our Saviour’s birth. God fires us light is the re* ▼ealed word; but it is like sunlight, we eflu intensify its illuminating power by reflection. To do this successfully, however, our minds, which are the mir rors, must be polished. They must be free from prejudice andpaaslon. They must net he steinad with personal con study for himself the truth,, d direct its ac^,;lUfia THE 8UNDAV [Specially AnsmreS from PeloeW’s We—.] Ooton tbb.—Hi fare teem bm4 from Heaves to ees-Jaka «tU. Tma Saonov teetotal a review of th*u*» leeeoa, aad therefore the wfcolo of lota 4 TXXS-.A Bobboth MrlyU April. ▲. Dl «, Iho day after ear loot-leeeea. that ft «ae their' Sebbeth Is ehovn from the fact that the latter part of the dleeeane wee clrea ia«haetroo> r*«e <v. »), ' Pejlob—.COperaaam, oa the i ef tee taka of Galilee. sow TeU Warn. >. oomoine uru The First Efleet of the miracle of the loaves was to produce each confi dence in Jesus* power that the people aooght to make him their king by force, imagining, perhaps, that He was too retiring. Here was just the leader -they needed, who oould at a word sap ply all the needs of an army, and had all Divinepower at His command, With Him for a leader, taking advantage of the discontent, the whole people would rice up, overthrow Herod, go to Jerusalem, make it their capital, throw Off the Roman yoke, and enter upon the glorious oareer God had promiehod. So, often in God’a work, we would pluck the fruit before it is ripe, end. not whit patiently the Divine proeeasea^ The Night of Prayer (John 0:18; Matt*. 14:98-85).—When-Jeans had fed the mul titudes, as in our lest lesson, Hf sent* them sway to their homes, constrained the disciples to set out for Bethseida in their boat, end then, retiring to th% mountain retreats. He spent the night in mayor. The reasons probably were (1) He needed rest of spirit after the long days of labor in teaching and working. Communion with God is real. (2) ]n all spiritual work there ia need of communion with God. The beat paif of prayer is this communion. (8) ^jsos was standing alone against % ..iagara current of misleading balance*. The action of the people to make Him a king wee a renewal of one of Hie great est temptation*- -to obtain immediate success by a worldly kingdom, instead of a spiritual kingdom and the salva tion of men by the slow way of the cross. “And as He prayed, the faithful stars in the heavens shone out." The Storm at Sea (vs. 18, 10).—While Jesus wa* praying among the hills, the disciples were rowing in a north east direction toward Bethseida, where, apparently, they were to meet Jysua, take Him on board and then proceed to Capernaunutheir home. On the way they were overtaken by one of the sadden, violent storms from the north so eon mon on the Sea of Galilee. The danger was great, and the tempest drove them away from their harbor. The reason for this experience probably wUa to train them in faith, hope end courage. For soon they were to sail on the world’s stormier sea, with Him ter above, seeing but unseen. “He will not have them to be clinging only to the sense of His bodily presence so ivy, needing always an outward sup port—bat as hardy forest trees which can brave a blast; and this time He puts them forth into the danger alone, even as some loving mother-bird thrusts her fledglings from the nest, that they \oay flnd their'own wings end learn to use them.”—Trench. It is I; Be Not Afraid (vs. It, 90).—Xn the fourth watch, between three end six o'clock (Matt. 14:25), when they had gone two or three miles (v. 19), Jesus appeared to them, walking on tht boisterous waters. But before mis, as Mark (5:48) tells us, Jesus watehing them. T3 themselves .. seemed alona, tat Ills eye was ui them from his mountain top. His heart was with them. They were con tinually within His love ana protection. At first the disciples were afraid, but Jesus oalmed their fears—“Be of good cheer; it is 1; be not afraid;" and loOtt they were in the desired haven. Their faith was strengthened by knowing that Jesus was Lord of the sea, and land, and all the forces of nature. Here Is a type of the Christian and of the church amid the storms of sorrow and temptation, doubts, and perplexi ties and cares. “Ours is a ship on a voyage, not a ship in a harbor, so that the storms blow aver as. It Is not the sbsenoe of danger, but the presence of Qhfist which, reassures us?*—McDon ald. The church Is safe ia the world so long as the world is not b» the church. The church with the Divine Saviour, the Christ, in it it always sate. Peter's experience, reoordod in Mat thew (14:28-31), should not be omitted. As Jesus drew hear the boat, walking on the water. Peter desired to try the experiment himself, by the aid ef Christ’s power. He stepped out upon the ses, and the water bore him up. But, looking at the boisterous waves instead of at Jesus, bis faith failed him. and he began to sink. Jesus took him by the hand and brought him into the boat. Self-confidence led to failure. But faith in Jesus, who put forth flla hand, brought him safety. pbjlCtical suaaxsTioxe. Jesus taught those who come from the lowest motives. We ere not re* sponsible for the motives with whloh people come to our teaching, bat we ere responsible far whet we do to help them. V. *7. The true elm end parpoee of life is that which is spiritual end eter nal, belonging to the character end the soul rather then the body.. The soul needs food as really aa the body. The food of the soul is that which gives it fresh life, which enlarges fir i being, strengthens its faculties, de~ ! velops its morel character, satisfies its I longings and aspirations. t V. 29. The first duty God requires la 1 to receive from Jesus the new heart, which is the source of all true moral action. Va KM3. God does not ask credulity of ns, but faith; and Be gives ms rea* sons and proof! on which to found our ? faith. The greatest proof oi Christianity In Christ Himself, His person. His Works, His character, Bis teachings, the efleetr of His life upon the world. V. 85. The teste of the breed of Hit are (1) ft is from God: (?) It Is lifO gjy lug; (8) it k for the whole world; (4) It satisfies the wants of the soul THE GREAT EXTERNAL , REMEDY Kioto’s T bacon TJrlment for Rh#um**wlG''ot, W*ii*a)fhL Pnrsirs *ru8«, Pa n*. Acbsv, A*, c^mbionr »He WQidorfal rfi-u8i*e virMws T* bsncq oi her gpiroved mb fl*
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