The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-07

chapter OF Matthew.
DAILY READINGS
M-Connection in Matthew Matt 20: 30-34
T-Connection in Luke. Luke Is: 35; 10: ~
T-Marks account Mark H. Ill.
E-Luke's account Luxe 10: 2S-44.
H-Johns account John 12 12-19
S-The prediction. Zech. y: d
BREAKFAST VERSES.
M-@Lift up your heads, . ye gates" Ps
T-@Behold, thy King cometh." Zech. 8: 9.
W-@Every tongue should confess" Phil
2: IL
T-sWith singing unto Zion" Isa 81: IL.
E-4The presence of his glory" jude "a
S-@lhe path OF life." Ps. Is: II.
S-@They shall see his face" Rev. %: 4
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
They dreso nigh unto Jerusalem. One
needed hardly to be told that 1t could be
read in all the air. There was strange, SEN
sitive alertness everywhere. In the faces OF
the people at the city gates, in the postures
Of the pilgrim throngs upon the way, III the
varied movements within the city itself
Something, someone. was coming In the
foggy obscurity of London gathering place
the silent railway thoroughfare begins sud-
denly to snap and flash, and the people know
that the tram is just at hand In the suspense
of the early morning upon the wharf there 10
all at once mysterious movement in the
throng, q sort of awed expectancy every
where. A ball drops, or an unseen bell rlngs,.
and suddenly from out Of the gloom the great
ship moves IN. To waiting Jerusalem at last
her King Sdrew nigh" He was never very
far of. Alasl that she knew it not; and
when at last he came, in truth, alas, that his
own received him not
iStraightaoay ne shall find. 1t is the open.
vision of faith. The church has lost much
of this ready eyesight 1t gropes about feel.
ing with lame hands and in q sort OF specta-
cled half blindness. Is 1T not because the
Christ has been left SO far back upon the wayt
W.. hax, OF haov. wit m nf lQf nd w
we go to look for those things that are OF
service to the kingdom, 10, they are not there
Once in while a soul like Muller, OF Bristol,
or Pastor Harris, OF Johannesburg, goes, az
it were, into the village over against him and
straightway finds But they are so few. Godi
give us all grace to find our Lords waiting
helpers and to do our part toward Fastening
the coming of the King. According to our
faith shall it not be unto us?
me Lord hath need Of them 1t is the sufi-
cient answer. Not, can spare it now? Not,
will something else do? Simply the Lord hath
need; and brother, If you yourself are the
Lords, you will straightway send. That ID
what your property, your strength, your life
is for, that you may loose them and let them
go at the Lords requirement We are all his
stewards, we hold possessions in trust for
him to deliver at his call; instantly and glad
ly. Gladly Yes. Is there anything that
should thrill our hearts more than to hear re-
gardiug these things of earth, which we have
In charge, the word, @The Lord hath need OF
them. " 1t is message from the King. Arise
and obey.
Au this cas done that 1t might be (alftled.
Human doing-divine fulfilling. The faith
full act is more than an earthly deed "done,
it is heavenly purpose fulfilled" In
peculiar sense this was true Of the events OF
Christ's life. @Al these things"-yea, even
the death itself had their roots away back in
the counsels of eternity. In such sense
even the wicked, though all unwilling, @work
the righteous will Of heaven" But in .
larger and happier way the Christian life 10
divine fulfilling. AS John fulfilled his
course. go does the child of God track out
the ways of Providence. Let 1t be in the
spirit Of the meek Nazarene, and it will be
we'll.
The king coneh unto thee, meek. A maeel
king. 1t was q strange collocation of words
The Jew had never grasped the thought He
could have understood . king riding in his
chariot or astride of his charger, the sword
of physical conquest in his hand; but @meek,
sitting upon ass and colt the foal OF
an ass" the sign of lowliness and humility. II
was unheard Of No wonder at such spec
tacle they asked in establishment, @Who is
this?" That lowly figure upon the foal broke
in upon the Jewish fancy like startling ap-
partition. How does it come to you?
And the disciples Dent and did as Jesus conf
manded 1t is perhaps well to observe that
the disciples did not stop and call q conven-
ton to consider the situation or to devise
ways and means. They simply went and
did what they we're commanded. They got
their orders straight from Christ and moved
straight to their execution Perhaps this is
the way to make Gods marvels to appear
on the earth Perhaps we are too much Of
the mass-meeting order and too little Of the
90 and do. Bishop Taylor, over there in
Africa, like his predecessor, General Cor
don, has learned the lesson. They call him
Bishop" now. His Methodist brethren
could not do otherwise than grant him the
freedom of the name-a freedom which "a
Baptists we all (at least in theory possess.
He received his orders direct from God,
and he must needs be loosed and let go.
So long as Jesus commands US, we are safe
in the doing.
Put on them their clothes 1t was the eli
max of humility. He condescended to the
use of borrowed garments. Thus does Jesus
put himself on terms of closest intimacy, in
deed almost of dependence, upon his disciples.
We are with him in the work We can help
him in the progress Of the kingdom with what
ever we have He disdains not our slightest
overtures; he despises not our smallest gifts.
Others cut dorm branches from the trees.
! Yes, there is part for every one in Messiah's
homage. If you cannot spread down gar
ments before him. cut down branches from
the trees. Praise him with anything that
comes to hand. 1t is the spirit that sanctifes.
The poor foreigner converted in Moody's
meetings in Chicago asked for something to
do to help on tho good work. He could not
sing, he could not speak, he could not read
the Bible intelligenty to inquirers And so,
says Moody, he was sent out on the street with
cards of announcement If any one swore at
him il made no difference, he could not un-
derstand word He just kept on handing
out his cards and he served and honored his
Master there.
The nultitudes that Uent before and tn at
foltowed A place for every one. 1t Is not
probable that any one refused to sing @Ho-
sauna" because he was in the rear rank in
stead Of mp in front 1t would have been
pity to allow that choir in the foreground
to monopolize oil the praises of song, while
the great congregat came along in their
turn silent as eath. No, it was q jubilating
procession, and so long as they were in that
mood they all sang and could not be stilled.
It was one grand @Hosanna in the Highest"
Au the city was moved The coming Of
Christ always produces similar effect There
may be no great commotion, but, be assured,