The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-11

reason for serving God here. IL Is prepara-
ton for the future. That will be perfect
happiness. Any true happiness we get here
will be from serving Him. Here We tire OF
service Not so there, "day and night"
Here we are often far or from Him, and the
cry, NEARER, my God, to TheeW is fitting.
Not so there He that stitch on the throne
shall dwell among them. Teachers cannot
too much dwell on this and try to make
heaven happy, glorious and real in the
minds OF the pupils.
V. 10 Saints in Johns time, and In all
time suffered much. The world, in spite OF
all that men say of II when in the sunshine.
is n vale of tears, Sin brought in misery.
We may have "trade unions" better laws,
improved dwellings, larger profits, greater
privileges and the ike, but suffering, misery,
pain, death, are here in spite Of the best mere
human means But the redeemed shall have
an eternity in glorious contrast with all that.
Natural wants will never again press on
them. Heat shall never Cypress them. Earth
quakes shall never terrlfy them. Malaria
shall never waste them. They are to be in
the new heavens and the new earth wherein
dweleth righteousness, and with it perfect
happiness. This is put in the most lively pos
siae way in
V. II. The Lamb-the good Shepherd
shall feed them and lead them to living foun-
tains Of waters (,ee Psalm xiii, pure, peren-
NAL, gladdening. Zech. xiv, s. and Eek.
Xvii T., give Old Testament precedent for
this. And as for tears, God shall wipe them
away-all of them. What brings tears' Suf-
fcrngS, bcrcavcmcntS, SORROWS, sins There
will be none of these forever This also is an
old promise. See lsa, XIV, S; Ii, II; XIV,
49,
The following points are worthy of re-
newcd notice:
u Gods servants have many blessings
hcrc-some that others never taSte-but 1t Is
not here they find their heaven. They have
many enemies here.
c. Suffering for God is never forgotten by
Him. 1t may he when schoomate says in
Scorn "Oh, you are relgious.' or it may be
at the stake. He remembers it.
Co Christ's work is not in vain. There will
be an innumerahle multitude saved. He
shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall
be satisfied great us is the love of His COM
passionate heart,
"a We do not worship angels, for they are
creatures and our fellow servants; and we do
not ask them to pray for us, for that were
to reflect on the prevailing intercession of the
one Mediator; but we must be interested in
them They are our fellow servants now and
will be for ever and ever. Finally,
Cj) Let us make sure that we are washed in
the blood of the Lamb.
HINTS FOR QUESTIONS.
l. On the Lesson Explanations. -How long
the world will stand. Sealing the servants of
God. Others than Hebrews saved. Sealing
the l+i,0OO. Attitude and position OF the
saved Their dress. Palms in the hand.
Father and son joined. Grace as viewed by
angels. Their worship. Use of a question.
The angels answer Washed their robes
The real Eden. Heaven temple. Prepare
ton for heaven. The earth "vale Of tears"
Misery brought by sin. Happiness of the
redeemed. The Lamb as Shepherd. Points
for notice.
2. On the Light from Bible Lands. White
robes A little weed producing tribulation.
The sun in Syria. The sun i'll heaven. Ar
chitecture modified by heat. Temperature
of Mosul Significance of water. How sup
piled.
8. On the Suggestive Applications.-The
popular view of the number of the saved.
How erroneous How the number shown to
be great The robes of the redeemed, What
the figure implies. The discipline through
which those wearing the robes have passed.
The blessed resut-Sunday School World.