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S abject: Practical Charity The Benevo
lance of Dorcas Kxtolled Ilerj Work
j Contrasted With Present! Day Methods
-mm Woman God's Handmaiden.
WASHINGTON. DJ C.-Dr J Tal
mage,
-ho is still traveling ia Northern i Europe,
baa forwarded tne loilowmg report ot a
sermon in i which he utters heloful Words
to all whi are engaged in alleviating hu
man distresses. and shawa how such, work
will be crowned at t the last text,! Acta
ix, Ana au me wjuowu swwu oy mm
weeping and showing !him the coats and
garment: which Dorcas made while she
was" with them." J f L ; !'
Joppa is a most absorbing city of the
Orient; Into her harbor bnce floated, the
rafts of, Lebanon cedar from which the
tempos of Jerusalem Werej btuldeti, Sok-j.
Dion's oxen drawing the logs through the
town. ; If ere " jNapoieon had 1500 j j prisoners!
"massacred J 'i One .pf the most magnificent
charities of Ihe centuries was started in
this seaport by Dorcasj a woman with her
needle embroidering her name ineffaceably;
into the beneficence of the world. I see.
heritting in f yondef 'home, j In the j door-;
way atfd around bout .the building and in
the room where she sits are the bale faces'
of the poor, if She, listens to their pliant,
: she pities their woe, she makes fearthents ;
forf ithemr! Hheradiustsll the manufactured
i articles to suit the bent form of thisj inva
- lid ,woman aad to. the :!cripple that (comes
crawling on Jhis : bands and; knees. ! fche
gives a coat to this pne
she gives sandals
to that one. With the gifts she mingles
prayers and tears and Christian encourage
ment.; Then ighe goes out to be greeted on
the street corners by those whom she has
blessed, and all through the street- the cry
is heard, "Dorcas is coming!"; The sick
look up gratefully in her face as she puts
ter hand i on! the burning brow, and the
lost and the. abandoned: start up with hope
as they hear j her gentle voice, as though
an angel had addressed them, and as she
eoea out the lane eves half put i out' with
&in i think thev see I a halo i of liehti
about
her brow arid. a trail of! glory in her
path
way. That night a half paid shipwright
i climbs the hill and reaches home and sees
his little boy well clad and says, "Where
did these- clothes come' from?" And they
'tell him; "Dorcas haw been here." In an
other place :a! woman ia trimming a amp;
.Dorcas bought the oil.. In another place
a family that had not been at table for
many a weekare gathered now, for Dorcas
But there is a sudden pause in that worn-;
an's ministry; They say: "Where is Dor
cas ? Why,fwi haven't; seen her for many
;a uay. nere is uorcas : , Ana one' ot
these poor fceople eoesi.up and knocks at
the door anq finds the. mystery solved. All
through ;th haunts, of wretchedness' the
news comes "Dorcas islsick!" No bulletin
flashing from the palace gate telling the
stages pf a king's disease is "more anxiously
waited" for than the news from this j bene
factress. ' Alas, for Joppa there is wailing,
wailing! ;( That voice which has uttered so
many cheerful words is: hushed; that hand
which has made so many garments for the
poor is cold and still; the star whici had
, poured , light into the midnight of iwiretch-s
-ednesa is dimmed by the blading mists
that go up from the river olf: death. In
'every forsaken place in that pawn1, wher
ever there lis a sick child and no balm,1
wherever these is hunger and no bread,
wherever j there is guilt .and no xommisera
. tion, wherever there in a broken heart and
yno comfort, f there are despairing looks
.-and : streaming eyes and frantic gesticula-
tions as they cry, "Dorcas is dead!" - l:
They send; for the apoatle Peter J who
happens to be in the suburbs of the place,
-.; stopping wit h a tanner
Of the name bf Si-
mon. Peter urges his
-crowd abound the door
presence of the dead.
way through the
and stands in thej
What demons tra-
.tion of grief; all about
him! J Here stand
W of the; noor people, who ? show: the!
garments which this ' poor woman1 1 had
made for them. Their grief cannot be apj
easedi. The apostle Peter wants Lto per-;
orm a miracle. He will not do it amid the
excited crowd, so he orders that the whole
room- be; cleared. flhe apostle stands
with the dead. Oh,! it is a serious
! merit, vou know, when you are alone
nowi
mo-"
with
a lifeless bddy! The apostle gets dorn on
his knees and prays, and then he comes to
! the lifeless form of this one all ready for
! the sepulcher; and in the strength of Hira
who is the resurre:tion be cries: "Tabitha,
arise'. w There is a stir in the fountains
of lffe, the heart f utters, the nerves thrill,
the! cheek flushes, the eye opens, she; sits
: v e see uf. this subject Dorcas, the , disci
. nlej Dorcas ! the benefactress, ! Dorcas I the
, lamented, Dorcas the resurrected. I J I J h
- If I had tnot seen that word disciple' in
my text; i iwould ha e known this woman
was a Christian. Such music as that never
came from; a heart n-hich is not chorded
and strung by divine, prace. JBefore I show
you the needlework cf this woman I want
to show you her- regenerated heart, the
source of af pure life and of all Christian
'charities. Swish that the wives and moth-rs-and
d.Ughtedi andr- sisters, of) 'all the
.-earth would imitate Dorcas n her disciple
t&hip. i Before you cros .the threshold of
ithe hospital, before Woiu enter uion the
'temptations and trials: of i to-morrow, I
charge you in the name 'of God and by the
turmoil and tumult of the judgment day,
O woman, that you attend to.the first, last
and greatest duty 6f your life the seeking
for God: and being at S peace with ; Him!
When tie j, trumpet shall sound there will
le an ; uproar, and a wreck of mountain
and continent, and no 'human arm can help
you. Amic the rising j of the dead ,and
amid iHf , bailing f yonderj sea atd amid
thei livejj leaping thunders; of j the flying
heavens j calm and -I placid . will be every
woman's heart who hath put her trust in
Christt-calm notwithstanding all the . tu-
muu,- as iioougi tnc inre m tne neavens
were only the sildincs! of
an
autumnal, sun-
set. a though the lawful voices of the sky
were but ia group o f friends bursting
inTOUgt jj a1 j gaieway at evn urae wnn
laughtetf ajoa shoutincv "Boreas the-! discif
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pie: Would uod l that eyery jviary ana
every iMar ha would this day sit down at
the feet of Jesus! I j j i .. "!:'
Further, rwe see Dorcas, the benefactress.
History. h4 told the story of the crown;
vpit'poei has sung of t fee sword; the pas
toral poet, ijith his ven full of the redo
lence o .cloiver tons and a-rvistle with the
silU' -of !hdcom.;i hm .fiag jth prkisesof
the plovH p tell youUhe praises) of the
rieedle.-f I FlTsm the fig i leaf robe prepared
iu th jrfkn of Edvn t6 the last ; stitch
taken . on ;Uie .garment if or j the roor the
needle lvas; vTouht j wonders of kindness.
-jreneroity 3 innd benefacMon. It adorned
the cirdlc 16 f the hislr priest, it fashioned
the curjtains I in ; the ancient talwrnacle, it
rushiohec! iefci'e chariots iof j ving Solomon,
it proyidedfthe rpbea of Qtieett Elizabeth,
ano in high places j and j in low places; by
the! fire jpf: the pioneer's back log and ur
der the fl4h of the -chandelier every
where it has clothed nakedness, it has
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Dreacbed the eosoel. it haa overcome hosts
of ; penury i and want with the war cry of
"Stitch, stitch,, stitch! : The operatives
have found a livelihood by it, and through
it the mansions of the i employer; arecon-
structed. i ' . I
Amid the Greatest triumphs in all aces
and lands I set down the conquests of the
needle. 1 admit its crimes; I admit its
crueltiesw It' has had more martyrs thah
the fire; it has punctured the eye; it has
pierced the : side; it has struck weakness
tntothe lungs; it has 'sent madness into
the brain; it has filled the potter's field;
it has pitched whole armies of the suffer
ing into crime" and wretchedness and woe.
JKut now tnat l am taiKing oi uprcas ana
her ministries to the poor I . shall speak
only ,' of the charities of the needle. This
woman was a representative of all those
who make garments for the destitute, who
knit socks for the barefooted, who prepare
bandaces for the 1 lacerated, who nx up
boxes of clothing for missionaries, who go
into the asylums of I the suffering: and desti
tute beannr: that gospel which is sight lor
the blind and hearine for the deaf, and '
which makes the latne man leap like a hart
and brings the dead to, life, immortal
health bounding in kheir. pulses. , j , .
j ; What a contrast! between the practical
benevolence of this woman andi a great
deal lof the chanty of this day! ihia
woman did not spend her time, idly plan
ning how the poor of the city pt Joppa
were to be relieved. She took her needle
and relieved them. She was not like those
persons who sympathize with! imaginary
sorrows and go out in the street and laugh
at the boy who has upset his basket of
cold victuals, or like that charity which
makes a rousing speech on the benevolent
platform and goes out to kick the beggar
from he step, cryinpr, '''Hush your .miser
able howhne!'. Sufferers of the .world
want 'not so much theory are practice; not
so much tears as dollars; not so much kind
wishes as loaves of bread ; not so much
smiles 'as shoes; not so . much vuod bless
you," as J jackets and frocks. I will put
one earnest Christian man, hard-working,
against 5000 mere theorists on the subject
ot charity. There are a great many who
have; fine ideas about, church architecture
who never in their lives helped. to build a
church. There are men who can give you
the, history of Buddhism -and ; Mohamme
danism who never sent a farthing for
evaneelization. There are women who talk
beautifully about the suffering of the world
who never had the courage, bke Dorcas,
to take the needle: and assault it. '
. I am glad that there is riot a page of the
world's history which is riot a record of
female benevolence. God says to all land?
and people, "Come, now and hear the
widow's mite rattle '.down into the poor
box." The Princess of Conti sold all her
jewels that ' she might help the -famine
stricken. Queen j Blanche, the wife of
Louis VIII. of France, hearing that there
Were some persons unjustly incarcerated
in; the prisons, went out amid the rabble
and took a stick ' and struck the door as a
signal that they might' all strike it, and
down went the prison door, and 'out came
the prisoners. Queen Maud, the wife of
Henry I., went down amid the poor and
washed their sores and administered to
them cordials. Mrs. Retson, at Matagor
da,: appeared on the battlefield while the
missiles of death were flying around and
cared for" the wounded, i Is there a man
or womad who has. ever heard of the civil
war in America who has hot heard of the
women of the sanitary and Christian com
missions or the fact that before the smoke
had gone up fromj Gettysburg and South
Mountain the wdmen of the north met the
women of the south on the battlefield, for
getting - all their animosities, while they
bound up the wounded and closed the eyes
of the slain? Dorcas the benefactress, i
Has that Christian woman :who went
away fifteen years ago nothing to do with
these things? I see the flowering out pt
her noble heart. I hear the echo ot her
footsteps in all the songs over : sins for
given, in all the prosperity of the church.
The good that seemed to be buried haa
come up again. Dorcas is resurrected!
f i After awhile all jthese j womanly friends
of Christ-will put "down their, needle for
ever. After making garments for others
some one will make a garment -for them;
the last robe we ever weai the robe for
the i grave. You will have; heard the last
cry of pain. I You will have witnessed the
last, orphanage. ! You Will have ; come j in
worn ouf from! your last round of mercy.
A I do not know where you will sleep nor
what your epitaph will be, but there will
be a lamp burning at that tdmb and an
angel of God guarding it, .and! through all
the long night no rude foot will disturb
the dust. Sleep on, sleep on! ' -Soft bed.
feasant shadows,
Sleep on! .' '; ,
Asleep in Jesus!
i-i i i r- i i ri-
undisturbed
repose!
Blessed sleep
1
!: From which none
ever wake to weep!
1 Then one day there will be a sky rend-
tug auu a wmri oi wneeis auu me iiasa oi
a pageant, armies marching, chains clank
ingjf banners waving, thunders j. booming,
and: that: Christian woman will arise from
the dust, and she will j be ; suddenly sur
roundedsurrounded by the wanderers of
the street 'whom she reclaimed, surround
ed by the wounded souls to whom she had
'administered! ! ! ; -f i ! 1 ' r ' ,. 1
; Daughter of(God, so strangely -surround-!
ed, what means this? i It means that re-J
ward has come; that the victory is won;
tha the crown is ready ; that the , banquet
is spread. Shout it through all the crumb
ling earth! f Sing it through all -the flying
heavens! Dorcas is resurrected! M
i In 1855, when some of the soldiers came
back from the Crimean war to London,
the, Queen of England distributed among
them beautiful medals, ' called Crimean
medals. Galleries were erected for the two
houses of Parliament and the royal family
to sit in. There was a great audience ta
witness the distribution1 of the medals. A
colonel who had lost both feet in the bat
tie of Inkermann was pulled in on a wheel
chair; others came in limping on their
crutches. Then the Queen of England arose
before them ! in the name of her Govern
ment and uttered words of commendation
to the officers and men and distributed
those medals, inscribed with the foiir great
battlefields Alma, Balaklava, Inkfenjicnn
and Sevastopol.: As the Queen gave theso'
to the wounded men and the wounded offi
cers the bs.nds-.of musit. struck up f he na
tional air,, and the people, with streaming
eyes, joined in the song: " 1 M .
.': i God save oar gracious qustn! ? .JS
Lo Uye joiy noble iueen! :
i GoI save the queen! j ; IN 5' .
And, then . they-'shouted "'Hurza ! Huzza!
Oh, it was' a proud day for i hose, retiirued
warriors! Bat h brighter, : better' and glad
der day will come! wheh Chrii4- shall;' g-ath
Vr jthoe'Lwhp :hav: tpj.;'iiL:His. servicer:'
good soldiers of .lesus'hrist. He shall rise
before thera, a:ii in the presence of all the
glprified of heaven He will say, "Well
done, good and faithful i-crrant!" And
then He will "distribute the medals of eter
nal victory, not inscribed with works' of
righteousness which we- have done.! but
with those four great batt'efields, dear to
earth ' and deat to heaven Bethlehem,
Narareth, Gethu-emane and Calvary! 1
A Danish army officer is at the head o
the S;amese navy. . .
THE GREAT . DESTROYER.
SOME; STARTLING i FACTS ABOUT
the vici of Temperance. '
The Poor Man'etemplation Some Fale-
'' hooda Told by the Faloonlteener Why
Ills Lunch U "Free" Keaaona Why
i Ton tihonld Avoid the Liar' v
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"Easy for those fenced scfjly roend from
birth
With the best bleintrS'of this fallen earth,
A happy home; religious parent's care, r
Firmy watchful training, sacraments and
prayer, ' 1 .; 4 J ,
Pure pleasure ; that from filthy, pleasure
' '; ;!' 1 weans. ; "j -1 ":,,j; ;''fj ' ll-t :f j. Hr' ij'j !',
Good education, tasts irefined, fair means,
Congenial work f well jiaid) to fill ihe dy.
And books to while a leisure hour away; :
So circumstanced a matt through life might
i . pass i HiV:' l-i'Mf !:h I' I I
Without the solace of the pllttering pHassj
He, whom a well-cooked dinner
waifs -,.at
.. home H, -i i : r. -: h
May Kife through streets cf pub
ic, houses
roanj; ; ; .) :
But the poor man, whose lot
1 1 eloom, i!::'r i 1! i
is full - of
.! :-iiiX
His home at best one shabbr, stuffy roon.
Not overstocked with fum iture or food
"Come in I here,: Jack, a drop will do you
. ; - good : '. !i ! . f
How can j poor Jack" refuse such respi
From
hopeless
future; and
frbtn
sord
present? ;i
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The Ruinseller'a ties
"T do not invite ariv person
into my
place to drinkl is a remark you frequently
hear from the saloon-keeper when be ! is
spoken to about selling liquors,
lie. . ,
Tien the eTocervmah makes
a fine dis-
play in front of his store, whether he has
the price j marked thereon ; or not. he ' is
honest enough to tell v'ou he does it to in
duce people to buy. That is the, truth, j .
The dry goods merchant puts Sri his win
dow all sorts and kinds of weanrig appar
el, tor the sole purpose or attracting the
ladies and selling his goods.
He
tells the
trutn." , h ; , , r , '!; !:
And so it is with all clashes jof trade,
but the "rumseller." He savs he! does not
invite any one in in to drink, h Let's see.
First, in the sigh. "Free lunch from 10 to
12 a. m." Is it free? 1 Go in Md try o
partake of it without ' buying some of his
rum and see how quick he or his dressed
up bartender will, tell you to get out; That
is a lie! j I v'f v , : . f j'-, :" l; If. A fT ;
Does he want you to eat his! free (?)
lunch, or is it free? 11
Again. He hires the finest cabinet mak
er to erect in his rlace what he calls fix
tures, consisting of elegantly carved hard
wood, often trimmed j with marble and
backed with as large1 mirrors as, his room
will permit of. In front of this he places
hijfchlv; polished glasses all frr what Pur
pose? I To ask you in;! j And in inviting
you inj, does -he invite vou just tp see the
fine fixeures? No. No! , But to drink hi
miserable,! health -destroying, soul-damning
stuff. Again he lies! j " ! ; i '
J In front of the piace you will see 'ele
gant Kold and sometimes glass signs, fur
nished by the wholesale whiskv man, oi
the brewer, jrratis tbjthe rumseller for hi
trade. : Do they have them made just tc
adorn his place? . NoJ but to ihvite you in.
Therefore, it is - other lie! j i ;
' The Retail im-dealer ; lies, and says he
does not invite you in. ; The wholesale
and brewer help him 1) lie. and take
mortgages on his place to help him lie tc
i the poor fools who are enticed into, his
place by all this display of elemnce. I
Another final lie: You drink with him.
He says, "Here's to .your good health."
What a He! You can't have good health
if you partake of the vile stuff. Does burn
ing the lining out of -your stomach bring
"good ! health?" Does muddling youi
brain cause "good health?" ' : ! : T:
One more big lie: The rum-seller k 1 ow
he cannot 'stand up and drink 'with every
one, so he (some of i them) have a bottle
of tea to take for whisky, orl 'clear -watei
to take tor gm. and he makes you be!
he is drinking the same vile stuff that
leve
you
are pouring down your throat
only -he
takes his from another bottle.
A big lie!
Younz men. resolve now not to heln h.m
to lie any more. ! Everr time i you are
tempted to go into one of these lying shop
say. x o, iwiu not nelp, anyone to he
and ruin mankind
Avoid the .liar! Presbyterian
Banner.
Baby Saved Him.
A poor, disconsolate mother, t3 wife ol
a arunaara, naa r. nome Darren) of every
thing but a little blue-eyed two-year-old
eifl m racrs. The father ahnoiprl L f ho
one and its mother, ' and in his I quest -if ox
liquor had pawned every article of furni-
iure in me nouse
A few weeks ago
the worried mother
went into a public house, where she f6und
the recreant husband. The little girl in
her mother's arms recoenized her father.
and gave him one of those, little child
smiles of recognition j which ; every father
wove is. ; i. ' -! f' - ! ; ' ; i
The i mother , walked over .
where her drunken husband
as the tears coursed down
the bar
stood, and
iher cheeks
said: V; t: '!.' j- :: :p , ;
"Papa, kiss Ella and bid her
I am going, to1 give her to the
Drink up her value, and when s
evervhintr. hnaaossorl i
eood-bve :
innkeeper
he is gone
is eone
There is nothing In the house tp .eat, and
I Am (miner nut tn wnrlr ' S I !
The little one cv-derstood th meaning
oi tne words, XUss papa,", afs they fell
from the Oniveiinir liru rf tho mnfKor knA
1 ' C l ' -" .uv.u..,
she leaned forward to do as she had been
told. ! "liire me lIa!" the father
claimed, as he became sensible of what
wife said, "I have taken my lajst drink
A new nromiac. 1 strrvntr anrl Kinriinr,
ex
his
their wedding vow, was made in the mm
as
corner ot tne inn, ana tne two Went home
to lead a brighter iu happier life. j
What Made Him I'oor
An old man rapped at a door J and when
nouse he said he was hungry, and begged
oumciuinif ior nis- DreaKiast. ne said tie
would
A good meal was given him which he ate
3 t l H 1 i i nwrl 1
f'.f af reauy yerj, nungryi. i Wfien be
in his hand, his thin gray hair blown by
thi cirl - TTIh dm in-ia U
rather a piteous expression. Said he:
; i inanK you sincerely lor tins loodl
k ...! I , LUM Fit . i
was hungry. And,
fhi!e f (thahk vou, I
want to wrn hma asmihsjt Mmlntr in'liU.
TOaaiiion i am m. i ; nen i wa youn?
.,: Tf, ..--.
worKea bard and made monev. I ppent it
in the saloons. ;I put hundreds bf dolkrs
there. Now I am too old to work. I must
wear rags for lotheJ and beg for a livins.
The saloons drive ; me out and giv-1 me
nothinsr. 1 Tjt llitrKt1 T uraa :
- r- ! I - - m. , !, : ft Mill
one, and would have been in that terrible
storm put lor the Kindness 01 a man who
let me sWn in hia shnn " : 1 :
He is on!y one of many made poor by the
use of strong drink. ! It is, indeed, a de-
THE, SABBATH SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL, LESSON! COMMENTS
FOR JULY 29.!
Subject: .The Transfiguration1, , X.vke lx.9
28-36 Golden Text: , Inke ta 35
Memory Teraea, 3333 Couamentary
:V;;oii the XaT'a JLeeeonJ ' J:;j-j :,. i .jf
28. "About an;ght days after." Mat
thew and Mark' say- :six: days'. iThere were
auc full days and . the 'fractional days at
the i beginning ; and the end making
"about" eight.! rTheaej I sayings." The
sayings of the; last lesson j Edersheim
supposes the great confession occurred on
the Sabbath, and the transfiguration on
the night aftef : the Sabbath one week
later. There is no intimation aa to how
the intervening! week was spent. "Peter
and John and James. j These same apos
tles witnessed His agony, in the garden.
He took these tnree (1) because He need
ed witnesses to; prove the fact when the
time came to reveal His glory to the
worloT, and (2). for the burpose.of encour
aing and establishing them ih the truths
ot His kingdom. ; "Into a mountain." The
place of the transnguration scene is un
known, butit was probably Mount Her
nvon, not far from Caesarea Phihppi. -This
is the opinion of nearly alt modern au
thorities. "To pray." It was tbe habit :
of Jesus to go alone in the night to pray.
Before He chose the Twelve, and after
feeding the five thousand, we see Him.
praying in the night: This time it was a
"prayer meeting. ' : ! :!; i - ' . ? -ni :;f:-
29. "As He prayed' He was doubtless
praying for strength to carry j on His Work
and' for the enlightenment; of His disci
ples; the transfiguration was the answer
'His countenance was altered." Matthew
says. "His face did shine as the sun. It
would ' appear- that the ' lizht shone, not
upon Him from! without, but that it shone
out of ! Him from within : it was ' one blaze
or dazzling, celestial glory; it was Himself;
jrlorified. "Raiment became
white and
dazzlinz (K. V.) Mark says:
'Exceeding:
wlute as snow.T Mis lace shone with di
vine majesty, and all His body was so ir
radiated by it that His clothes ;couldv not
conceal .His glory, and became white 'and
f listening as the very tight ! (with which
e covered Himself as with a garment. ;
30. "Moses and Elijah." (RJ V.) Mosea
was a representative of tbe. law: he was
the founder of the. Jewish dispensation.
which for centuries had been preparing
the ; way. for Christ; he was a type of
Christ, and had': foretold " His coming
(Deut. 18:15-18); and through Him had
been '.; instituted ' the I" sacrifices ' which
Christ fulfilled i and which explained His
comins death which so i troubled the disci
ples. Elijah was the representative of tne
propneis. -iney naa ioreioia tine coming
ana the suffering of, Christ, : and Elijah
was the one who was to prepare the way
of the IiOrd bv : his character and snint
reappearing in John he Baptist, the fore
runner Ot JeSUS. . Mi
31. f Who appeared in alorv." In like
glory ' with . Jesus: with glorified bodies.
"And spake of His decease' Or depar
ture, or exodus from the world ; including, .
no doubt, His death, Resurrection and as
cension. Which 'Me was about to. ac
complish (R." : V.) This conversation
would enable the disciples to see the- im-
SOFtance and necessity of that which waa -to
them the greatest mystery the sufier-
inj? ana ueatn oi ineir Diessea iiiasier.
32. "Were heavy with sleep." Ito
in the night, and the time when they Ustf-
auy i siept - uur nngusn veraion ..implies
that they fell asleep and were awakened
to see lbs glory, while the o'rigina! implies
that, though heavy with sleep, they kept
fully awake. "Were fully awake." (R. V.)
Ji.ven though thCy may, have) been asleep
at first when - He was "transfigured 4 be
fore them" they were fully awake. '"Saw
His glory, and the two men." The "bril
liancy of their countenances and the daz
zling brightness of the garments.. It. was
a reality. It was not a dream, they: were
fully awake. ' . ! !i I M' : "!' :;i-
33. f'As they i departed." ! Peter" must
have seen that they were about ready to
leave. "Peter said." ; Peter is always
ready to speak, i "It is good for us to be
here." Peter spoke the truth. The apos
tles would be stronger and j more useful
because of the divine manifestations, i It
is always good for us when the f Lord ; ea
pecially manifests Himself to us;. when we
see His glory. I "Let us make three taber
nacles." Or booths, from the bushes of
the mountains; such as were made at the
feast of the tabernacles. He greatly de
sired fto have fthe heaVenlv: yisitanta t-
main with them. . "Not j knowing whaff he
said." Peter's plans were frequently in
opposition to those of the Lord. He was
so amazed and bewildered by the glory of
the heavenly manifestations that he know
not what he said. : How many times do we
speak ynwweJv ; because:
tot consider our words.
we j do not stop
34. "While he thus spake
Here' was
the response to Peter's suggestion, a wise
answer to a foolish prater; denying the
petition m order to grant something bet
ter. 1 here came a cloud, and over
shadowed them." Matthew says a
"bright" cloud. A cloud had frequently
been the symbol of the divine presence,
"They feared." . This 'glorious manifesta
tion of God's presence caused them to
tremble. It is very likely that the trans-
which case tb i Ught . of Christ's counte
nance, the dazzling brightness of a-is gar
ments, and the glory of thW cloud, would
have a marked effect, because of the ab
sence of the solar light. "Entered into."
It was first above them and i then seemed
to descend over tthem and envelop them.
35. "A voice.' The voice ot God the
.Father. It revealed nothing hew, but
confirms the old, for it was the same voice
which had been heard at his baptism.
This would show to Peter and the apos
tles present that they did not need to de
tain Moses and j Elijah in order to add to
their happiness. rhis is
iIv beloved
Son." Matthew adds. I fin
whom I am
M-11 rla cor4 " TVtt .Tftara twrif K rKam
and He was more than all the hosts of
heaven would be without Him. "Hear
Him." He is superior even to Mosea, the
gJSJt lawgiver, j Mosea thimself had made
such a st.l;meati Deui 18:15. He is su
perior to Elijah and the prophets, and is
the Une to wnom tney pomtea. near
Him; attend to His instructijohs and obey
His words. - . ii; f :, I ) i; j ,- . i '
36. "When tbe voice was past." , The
disciples fell on their faces, and were sore
afraid. Matthew. ;; They feared as they
entered into thej cloud, but now when they
heard the voice' of God, i probably a loud
as thunder seff John 12:29 and full of
divine majesty 'much asj 'mortal, ears were
unaccustonTed; to hearj jthieV fell flatj to
the : ground on j their faces, j .beina: sore
afraid an .efieci whicht i manliiestations of
this kind conimoniv had on the prophetji
. and other: holy; men to ! whom they wee
civen. It was b with Abram (Gen. J:
12); and Ezekil (Ezeki 1:2S): and Dai iel
(Dan. 8: 17; 10: 8, 9); and John (Rev.
1:17); and Ii have known,' people nowa
davs., when nrader the rdirect illomination
of tbe Spirit, to lose their stren?th aoi
fall to the ground. In this condition tee
three disciples lav ? until Jesus came ar
touched them and raised tnem un, an;
linz their feeara. - ! , i I .
GLEANINGS.
:tl nii !lf::J!i:!Ml:-;i-'
A Clpser Sunday
Thet
movement Inaugurated by thi
pood ! Government LeagTie to bring
bout a stricter observance bf the Sun
day laws is one in the : I proper Ii direc
tion. . ; i'r iif i
: In late; years the dealers In cigar3,
tobacco, the small grocers,i keepers, of .
ice cream 'saloons, fruit dealers, con
f ectloners. ! and even the barrooms! do
a thriving ;s Sunday business.? jln pall
these years, trulyjthe police authri
ties have not be,en ignorant i of these
open violations of the law. but with, a !
laxity they have allowed it to go un
reported, but that the league has taken
it in hand; it i3 to be hoped that tha
evil wil be. abated. 1 if - Mil. fs
The Sunday
to counteract
church and to
barroom Is doing, more
the Influence of the
corrupt the community
than nay other- source and lt dealers in
liquors can not be (forced "Into comply
ing with the law ,then they, should be
neaviiy; nned ana tneir license revoked.
in mis matter we nare certainly
gone from better to worse until today
Richmond has what is almost an open
Sunday, i In many cities where the vio-'
lation of the law is not so open as it is
here, it is charged th"at the dealers pay
for protection, j God forbid that it -may,
be ever said that Richmond police au
thorities are being paid to protect cerJ
tain businesses. We do; not believe it
but if the open violations of the law:
are noe I checked, we believe there are":
some'who will think so.
Race Review.
The
la
w passed by the Ch
ckasaw In-
dian Nation, providing that white
men
must pay $1,000 license fee to marry
Chickasaw Indian girls, is now in ef
fect and will be tigldly enforced, j The
law also provides that white men wish
ing to marry must also prove that they
are of good moral, character. There is
a provision in the act which ; gives I a
non-citizen the rigit td marry Chicka
saw Indians in Kansas or : any other
State.! He can only select an allotment
of' approximately 1 500 Acfes of land,
one-half the amount : he might
hays
shared! had . he
married ; under
the
Chickasaw laws.
The measure
passed to lessen the abuses of inter
marriages. Since; the bill) was pased by
the Chickasaw council last December,
it is estimated that 1,700 i white I men
took out license to marry j Indian girls
in orden to escape the new tax of $1,-
000.
i
Mrs
Fannie Barrier Will
ams,
n the
"The
Chicago
Times-Herald,
! says:
colored people of the South are not
looking so confidently toward the; Nor
them States as theyonce did for their
complete j emancipation.
They
have
those'
learned, from the experiences of
who have already come north, that
there is a1 distressing scarcity, odd milk
and honey which they dreamed of. In
telligence and self-reliance are the two
things that the negro needs more than
a change of habitation. A:J large part
of the South is his, and it Is gratifying
and reassuring to see that he is 'awak
ening to his power and opportunityJ
The position l ot superintendent of
colored schools for the District of Co
lumbia : has been aboi.shed j ! by j Con
gress,
However Congress has created
a new
office to be known as Assistant
Superintendent at a' salary of 12,500.
The
ploy
new system will continue to cm-
colored teachers
ore(I
schools.
Mr. Daniel Brown,
bfthe
Indiana Medical Colleg
has been ao-
pointed in the
pensary,- after
Indianapolis Cltyj Dls
a cotfipetitve examlna-
tlon.j Dr. Brown Is aNegro, and this
(honor has been on merit alone. X
The $10,000 damage suit of Parker
McOomb, :a colored deaf mute, against
the L. and N. Railroad Company for
the loss, of both legs, has ! ; been com
promised ! for I: $3,000. McComb was
awarded I $7,000 by a jury at Hopkins-
ville, Ky., but the case was reversed
by the Court of Appeals on a Itechnlcal-
t d:J ;i ii -it-: ' :.. i :l 'ill H ''
1LJ
The Canadian-Australian steamship
1 . ' i l i . -A
company discriminated against the Ho.
gan Colored minstrel company by re
fusing to sell them passage on a vessel ;
to Victoria. Twenty-eight suits j were I
brought against the steamship compa
ny, the first of which has been decided ;
in favor of the plaintiff, Mr. Ernest
Hogan, and judgment of $2,250 ( ren
dered. ; v :', Is ; .' ;. ': " ,;
An exchange says that Neeley, a
white man, ha3 stolen more j money ; in
Cuba In one year than all; the Negroes
in America have stolen in a 100, years.
. i i i : ! ii - fi :,- i h M
Major Taylor, the celebrated Negro
cyclist, recently purchased a $3,000 res
idence by proxy In a high-toned real- !
dentlal district in Worcester, On find- !
Ing it out the white neighbors offered
him $5,000 for his bargain, which Tay
lor refused to accept. I He has moved
in and declares Ciat he will stay there.
Rerv. J. flattery a Catholic p:I3t.
of Baltimore, Md., has purchased 210
acres of land near Montgomery. Ala.,
fpr the purpose of establishing a Cath
olic school for Negrce3 in that section.
The National Negro Business League
which. will meet in Boston next month, i
will tend to solidify the business rntcr-
ests pf the race and bring a bout. a b?!p
ful, sympathetic; relation between our
btislnfsa men and women, which has
no existence at the present; time. !.t V
! ' The negroes ol jllolSMy : Ga., , har11 de
clared iaal absolute j bcottjMon! I the
ncme ireet ra;iway, sundry
not halt a dozen ner e beea
seen on, the. cars.. )Tf N th
three rear seats,
resented.' j' M ;:!
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