, 1879-01-12
,,d Testament Stories in a
New Light.
,nother Foray on Eternal Punish
ment-Church and State.',
r., Mennonite 1Yay Of Selecting Hin
'' ider-Nr. Scaroeler's Church.
,nornes in the Western Province Of
VT tae Order of the Jesuit Fathers.
,,,,s md Personals at Homo and Abroad..Churth
Services To-Day.

,,,s md Personals at Homo and Abroad Church
Services To-Day.
RIFLE ILLUSTRATIONS.
rEon TIE LIFE OF ABRAHAM.
w Rqbo, L,.oman adler from The +1e.oish
qhe lecturer opened his remarks with the
-..,sment that, owing to the strenuous efforts
~ ro,re theoloeaus to attach importance to
y. fr;anp fact narrated in the Bible, the real
Ns,n,nc and significance thereof is underestl-
@s,sd # Hcrodotus is considered the father Of
.:e,oyr the Bible must be considered the grand
-,o,her thereof. In the historical parts of the
phte therefore, wc must look for history in all
-. sbedes: t,iatne as well as momentous fact,
.ob1e as we'll as ignoble characters. As a mirror
II moral teachings, again, We must expect to
"a. bpnsu nature reflected in the Bib}e-human
,atprr with all its attractive and repulsye feat
ur.s The truer the reflection, the better is the
,nr1or: the value Of the glass comprises the real
.rortn Of the mirror, and not the Communication
~ tbe frame. As an exposition Of what the
D;h.e really contained, three illustrations are
drawn from the life Of Abraham.
TgrE NOBILITY AND PRIESTHOOD.
Tn Genesis, ch. xiv, record is found of war
which four Kings had made against five other
ripes. Tie four Kings were the conquerors.
Tbey had driven the i've Kings to flight, and had
caPt1reo 'ue1 "hes' eoeA e1''o.e' 'ne.t e'a'es'
and s.l their riches among the cap1lTes was
lot The nephew OF Abraham. The patriarch,
ho,in heard OF the misfortune which had be-
fsllen his nephew, armed all the men at his
command, 3lS IN NUMBER, 1ell upon the VIC,
totious armies bT 0lghf, routed tnem, rescued
all that Trey had carried on, ana ocspoHed all
their own riches. From thls 1t becomes appar-
e1t Of what magnitude those Kings and their
armies were. Three hundred and eighteen
courageous men could carry otf the spot OF nine
Kings! Now comes an impressive scenc- The
King Of Sodom comes to meet the conpueror.
He presents a petition which shows that in
the mildcr sentiments OF the heart human
naIure remains always the same. .tkeep
all the treasu1es,'' the King says to Abra-
ham. tsbut restore the souls to me. We
ure satisfied to live in poverty, if we only hare
o,r wives and our children around us,'s While
he speaks there appears the stately figure OF
s1eichizedek, the King OF Salem {probablv the
.iiy which was rallied Jerusalem at q later De
rio1|. priest Of the highest god. The tshieh-
est implies that there we're other gods of less
importance under him. what does this divine
yaute Has he CONG TO plead for the cantiyes:
10 sustain the hing OIL SQQOm IN his Det3tlQQ!
Behold. he has brought bread and wine with
him! To refresh the poor women and children
who had sustained the terrors of war and cap
tiylty: Nothing Of the kind. &c offers the re-
freshment to The conoueror, who had, probably,
more than enough without that, and fn grandil-
oquent language he biesses him. A priest in
TIE true seEse of the word! Not word in
behalf Of the suffering and the supp]icants;
not q morseI for the furnishing; but presents
and blessings for the prosperouBi Abraham
knew him at once; he knew the object
Of his presentation. He gave him his tithes and
did not lose word with 1lm. To the suppliant
King Of Sodo1n the patriarch says with true
nobility: = sha!! not take even thread or
5Goe-latch from all that IS thine, lest, thou say
hat Abraham bccame rich from spoi.'' Thus
be speaks to him emphatically IN the name OF
Tue One GOD who Is the Most Hlsh. Ife theo~
oa:ans who make great things OF MelchlzedeS
are welcome t2 g. havs him, II such is their ideal
oi priest The 1alnuolsts nave SAID tnae
Nelc1l1zedek was >acn', the son OF Moan. we
can hardly CONCEIVE now snem lised such lons
time, about :hN years, without Improving ID MS
pHest!y calling: bot 1pat Aelshizeoek was =
Iong-lsea lnolVlouai Is very probable: since We
Meet b!ln even AZ 7he pfcseuE tlo1e. ID LIE s3He
office and capacity, 10 many cnuren and on
many an errand 70 the mlshty ana a1nach-.
lhe secono Aiustsallon represents Tue ulse
record OF .......
A REAL ESTATE TnASsAcT1oh;
4nc p4ace .N:1a uoL al ol1cc ~ Laao&1tlE stEttt3
but il was the province OF Cheth. Abraham
needed piece Of ground, and was willing to
par Tor It cash down. But 1t was not 60 easy
matter to make such transaction 10 those
times. Instead OF going to the proprietor dl-
rcctty, Abraham had lrsk to apply to the As
6embly Of the State. with all sorts OF genu-
Elections, and fnc-spun phrases 1e broachcd the
subject that he needed a piece Of ground, aud
then begged them to 1ntercede III hl5 behalf
ElIh Ephron, that be should let MIN have the
lot which he 1esired most. Complimentary re-
marks, hIgh-sounding phrases. bows aud ad-
dresses were made on either side, and all that,
IN open State Assembly. The matter was
mere money transaction, but all this play was
necessary before 1t came to the point AT last
lne pface was named, ana Aoranatn nad 1lc casn
On Land. aud paid out 4OO shekels OF silver, all
~ good COLDS mot single trade dollar
II the lot."* The Bible narrates the
story in al its simplicity, for It was the custom
Of those times to make so much ado about these
allaars. III our time We could hardly appreciate
such way OF doing Business Me are fully
alive to the necessity Ut common po]tteness on
!lle part Of both the purchaser and the seller.
but 70 carry on the pollteuess to such degree
so,lid be too much OF good thing Tor us.
lhe third illustration represented
COUNTING By PROXY.
1t was time lur Isaac to get married, and his
talhc7 took charge Of the matter in his own
Eashlon Abraham called his servant and order
cd him to go to Haran to procure wife for bis
'on lssac ne made him swear that lie would
not take girl OF the daughters Of the land,
Win whose virtues and manners the patriarch