Telegram-herald., 1886-08-02
WEALTHY AVENUE sAPrls
series OF Lectures Given by the Pastor.
Rev. G. X Bennett.

series OF Lectures Given by the Pastor.
Rev {. X Bennett
The Wealthy Avenue Bapu church is
20 be congratulated on the large congrega
tions and evident enthu siasm attending al
It's services Especially is this true of the
SUNDAY evening service This is due in
great part to the untiring zeal of the Pastor
in the direction Of presenting truth in fresh
aud attractive manner during his work
with his people First, there was a series
of ten gospel lectures on the Christian
Life" based on Bunyan's Pilgrim $
Progress, running through succeeding
sunday evenings
The interest I'm them was enhanced by a
generous supply of large crayOn drawings
Afer this came a very instructive and iu-
--resting series Of three sermons on The
Promised Land or From Dan To Beer
sheba'
Tie following indicates the line Of
thought In these addresses
For what was Pal S inc made ~ said
the speaker. God made Palestine, and
with "a far-reaching purpose i'm view Greece
was made 20 give 90 the world its intel
ecual and aesthetic culture. For that
purpose see how 10 is articulated
with bavs and threaded by rivers By these
means men are thrown together and wits
are sharpened, and mutual benefit results
England was made to colOnize the world.
The Gulf Stream sweeps its shores, tempers
iis climate invites its citizens 20 commercial
and military c0nquests. Palestine was
made 90 give the gospel TO the world 10 is
shut i'm on the east by the Jordan and the
Dead Sea There Is but one harbOr on the
west ON the north are the mountains Of
Lebanon and ON the south the wilderness
lt is thus peculiarly adapted 20 be the home
OF a single nationality. which should, frOm
time 10 time. receive and perpetuate the
divine revelation. So they lived worship
ping The one GOd though surrounded by
id0'aters. holding i'm its integrity the faith
of their fathers. though IL was unlike all
the religions of the world. The develop
ment of the Jewish national idea and the
progressive character OF the divine revela-
tiou We're entirely harmonious The
Bible IS the contribution Of Pales-
tine % the treasures Of the world
Us geography. It's history and the habits
of its people are mirrOred there Take the
record as We have d. the history the proph-
ecv. the poetry as we have il, and spread 10
ouf upon the and as 10 lies today. and 10
fits. Even that leader Of French Liberal
ism Ernest keuan when he saw the country
was forced to evclaim; To is like a fifth
gospel The Bible could have been writ
ten naturally In mo- other land. But God
was able f0 give there a book that could be
home book in an parts Of the globe and
in All The succeeding generations. Why p
Because thar land IS an epi-ome Of the
earth It's vegetation. fruits. flowers ifs
zoology and ornihologv are in some part
native 20 every other land Then too 60
was central fn the world AIthnuvh n was
rhus shut no. aud its people seldom Went
abroad if was set directly in the highway
NJ nations The great caravan road from
Egypt f0 AssyTia passed through nearly fs
entire length Thus the men of all nations
with their national customs and habits
passed continually through the land
rhs helps t0 give he Bible rs cosmopoh
Tan character it Is adapted to the varying
CONDITIONS 1T All classes Of men Then too
ifs gradual ieve' opment brings 10 in SYM
nafhr vifh al The ages The Student and
traveller finds here Hebron fhe home of fhe
patriarch Abraham. and but lrle dis
fance away 81 Bethlehem that beard the
angel songs and witnessed che birth of the
Savior of men. Here az the Capital cifv is
Mf Marsh where Abraham 81 nearly
offered he beloved and onlF son a sacrifice
fo l.s faifh in fhe divine Vor3 and where
.in fhe fIIness af Hme" Gefs only sn1
we beloved son was free'v offered fa- the
sFns rf che rare lnrs the and and fhe
nnos r'tl fhair v1nderf1' c1rrespon ienra-
mentally r'r-0torafe che fruth of each
.he- u tta rsreranf Christian heart ro
n.are can ar more fesr fhau fhe 'ani nf 0ar
I.-I4 naHrF Che name nf tHe Bible
Tho esfer from 'ine '7 time drew tarli.
e e7on- ru nrIenss "a Che history nf
as