Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-05-19
sUNDAY-sCHooL LESSON.

~. ana also upon lLo servants ana upon Tie
maids in those days will pour out my Spirit.
80. And will shew wonders in the heavens and in
the EARTH blood, and fire. and pillars Of smoke
81. The shall be turned into darkness, and the
into blood before the great and the terrible day
of the Lord come.
49, And it shall come to pass, that whatsoever shall
call on the of the Lord shall be delivered: for in
mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be delverence.
the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the
Lord shall call.
Your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy ". 28). All of us want our
sons and our daughters to do better than
we have done. We want them to con-
tinue our best work, and to improve
on it. AS we grow older, our plans and
hopes center more in our children and
according to their development and pros
poets we count our lives a success or a
failure. This is true even of parents
who seem neglectful of their children;
and yet more of those who are faithful.
A lady teacher stopped an unfortunate
drunkard on a village street. to say
kind word in praise of two of his children
who were in her Sunday-school class.
The poor mans eyes filled with tears, as
he replied: "I'm glad to hear you say
that. I'm wretched, worthless drunk.
ard myself. But l do love my little
children and l want them to do well,
if l DON'T The richest promises of
Gods word are to US and to our children.
Let us have this ever in mind, and pray
and plan for our sons and our daughters.
III view OF these promises.
Your goatng men shall see vsssOns. 1t
is good thing for young man to see
Wisconsin, see the unseen, to have glimpses
of something better than the dull reali-
ties of everyday life. 1t is gain to
him to have the conception and the in
SEPARATIONS of lofty ideal. 1t makes
him unwilling to live on the lower plane
of existence; it tempts him to rise above
his fellows, and above his and their sur
roundings. The young man who never
sees a vision of that which is better,
nobler, grander, than the actual, is sure
not to come up to his highest possible
attainment, nor yet to strive for that. II
you are young man, ask God to give
you glorious visions, and to help you tt
struggle for their realization. If yor
know young man who sees visions, en-
courage him in the effort to make then
power in his living and being.
Also upon the servants and upon TIL
landmarks ". 29). Religion is failure
in any household when it is not felt il
the kitchen as we'll as in the parlor. Goo
is as ready to bless the servants as tn,
master or mistress. If blessing come
into a family, and the servants have NJ
share in it, the fault is not the Lcrd's
nor yet wholly the servants. 1t is RICH
to judge the parents by the children, ant
to judge the master and the mistress b.
the servants. Is the Holy Spirits pow
er shown in your servants and landmarks
If not, you must answer for the lack.
I aciH Sheao aco,aders ia the heaUens an
IN the earth ". 30). We ale all read
to admit that God will show wonders i
the heavens. None of US doubt his cor
troll there. But we are not so ready
admit that he will work wonders in tn
earth. We know that he does commo
things in this world continually. W
expect them as a matter of course. Bu
thing that is out of the common orde
that would be a wonder if accomplished
we do not look for. Yet it is the wor
derful things that God stands ready
do for his people; and that he loves
be asked, and trusted, to do. No matte
what it is-if only it is to meet a nee
in our lives, our duties, our friendship
our trials-we can 60 to him for it
f confidence and we can expect it accor(
ing to his promise.
| WhoSoever shall call on the name of tt
3 Lord shall be delivered ". 32). The
are limits of free grace. Salvation is f,
all, but not to all. Only those who wal
;. deliverance shall have it. Whoever pr
4 fers heaven to hell can 60 to heaven Fl
= the asking. But he who wants to
d lost, can be. Redemption is never he
/. before the sinner as a threat. 1t wi
e not be forced upon any man. Whosoev
shall call on the name of the Lord
and no one else-shall be delivered
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