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serulou:
Toe Bi5ls is the srrangest, the ioTe'iesi, tas
nlixaties1, the weiraesI. tns uesl q upo-s.
Written ~ Mgses the lawyer, Joshua tls soi-
der. samuel ths Judge, Era tns builder,
Job tie pet, David tie saspherd' Denisi
L. prime minister, Amos tAe herdsulan Ma
tlew Tue custom hoase ofIoer, Luke tae doc
tor. Psul tne scholar, joan the exile; anc
vet = complete harmony from the mlodle verse
az ths Bible. which IS the e. gath veFse u the
one auniredth and seventeenth Psalm. both
ways to tie upper and lover hds and tron
ths shortest passage. which = TIE thirty y-l-it0
verse OF the eleventh chapter of J0An, = the
lon-ssr verse, which IS the ninth yerss q tie
eighth chapter Of Esther. and yet not an illl-
perfection in ell tAe 7sS 6dj words - ~aicA 10 Is
composed Of Il not cniy reaches over the
past, but over tbs future has IN X ferry
boat. ss IN second Samuel; and a telegraph
wire as IA Joo. and q railroad tram, a. in
Nahum: and introduces Us 10 fcunarymsn
by the name Of Tubal Cam, aud shlpodildeT
bv the name OF Noah, and an srchi-ect by Tie
name Of Ahonsb. and tells Us bow many
stables solomon nad u taze care II h4s horses
and how much he paid for those horses. but
few things in this versatile and conpreoea-
sive book interest me % much as iti apo
thecms. those short, terse, senlenrols, cpl
grammatic sayings. or w1icA my text IS Ole-
a living dog is better taan dead lion
TIE DOGS AND LIONS or TIE BIBLE
Here the lion stands for nobility, aud tho
dog for meanaesS You must know tnat tue
do- mentioned IL the texJ Is Got one ot our
Americ 10 or European or Scottish dogs that,
in our mind, is a synonym for tue beautiful,
the graceful, the arectionate, the sagaclous,
ana the true The ST. Bernard dog Is "A hero,
and ii YOU doubt il, AK the SHOWS Of the
Alps. out of which he picked tho exhausted
traveller The shepherd dog IS poem, and
land. The Arctic dog is the rescue OF ex-
plorers. and II you doubt it, ask DR. kane's
expedition. The watch dog IS living pro
Z lection, and IL you douot it. ask ten thousand
s homes.eads over whose safety he watched
: last night But Solomon the author or my
text. lived in Jerusalem, and the dog ha
j speaks of Ia the text was a dog IN Jerusalem.
Last December | passed days and nights
-s witniu a stones throw OF where Solomon
Ut wrote thls text and from what 1 saw or the
:. CANNES OF Jerusalem by day, and heard OF
them bv night, | can understand tue sil8nI
~ appreciation my text puts upon the dos OF
= Palestine 1t IS lesa and snariy and disgust
n ing, and afflicted with parasites, and takes
I'd revenge on the human race by filling th'
y nigh with clGmor. Al up aud down tA'
ae Biol. no most Of which was written IL Pales
= tine or Syria, or contiguous lands, the dog
used in contemptuous comparison. hazae
said: ''Is thy servant dog that be should do
.. this thingF In self aonegation the Syro
- Phnnican woman said Even the doss ea
of the crumbs which fail from the master
I table" Paul says, IN Philippians: "Bewar'
4 Of dogs and St John, speaking of heaven
says: Without are dogs"
On the other hand the hon Is healthy
strong, and loud voiced, and at its roar th
forests echo and the mountains tremoie.
. Is marvellous for strength, and when Its md
is removed the muscular compactneSs l
something wonderful, and the knife Q
the dissector bounds back from the ten
dons. BY the clearing OF OF the forest
f Of Palestine and the use Of firearms, of whic
the lion is particularly afraid, they have d:
= appeared from places where once they ranged
IT but they were very bold IN olden times. The
" attacked an army of Xer1es while marchin
Through Macedonia They were 50 nunei
d Gus that one thousand lions were slain 10 fort
,d wears in the amphitheatre Of Rome. The Bal
m barry lion, the Cape lion, the Senegal lion, tn
Assyrian lion. make Up a most absorbing al
L exciting chapter in natural history. As mo
Of the Bible was written in regions Io
,p haunted, this creature appears il almost a
= parts OF the Bible as a simle. David unde
stood its habits Of night proving and ga
Numbering, as Is seen from bis description
''The young lions roar after their prey an
seek their meat from God The sun ariSet
they gather themselves together, and IL
rbem down in their dens." And again
cries cut, My soul Is among lions" Mos
knew them aud said, Judah u cOuched h
2" q uon.n Samson knew them. for he TO-
honey from the carcass Of slain lion. Sol
mon knew them and says, the kings wrai
is as tue rvar Of lion" and again, ''T
slothful man says, There is a lion III the way
Isaiah knew them, and says, IN the mile
mum. The loo shall eat straw like an OK
Ezekiel knew them. and says, the tal
n was "a the face of lion" Paul knew the
\ ard says. II was delivered out Of the mou
IL. az the hon. Peter knew them and sa'
The devil rs a roaring lion walSsth about
St John knew them, and says OF Carl
Behold toe Lion Of the tribe Of Judahr
\ THE MEANING OF TIE TEXT
Now. what does nv text mean when il p
living dog aud a dead lion side by side. a
saws the former is better than t5e latterl
., means taat small faculties actively used 8
:. II more value than great faculties une
ploYed How often you see it' Some ~
,zT with limited capacity vastly useful lie "a
IN that which Col has given him aud says; %
mental endowment Is not large and the wo
would not rata ma high Tor my intelhgen
and nv vocabulary Is limited, and my ed1
ton vas defective. bIt bere goes What hs
for Col snd salvation. and tae making of
wor.I good ani happy-' he puts in "
hare ara a word there. encourages "a
beartsd msa gives a scripture passage
~1rsalq-ian - sorns here't woman. PICK o.
child fallen In TIE stree sBd he-ps 0im or'
of the duet and puts dve-cent p.eoe in
hand. telling him not - cry. e. that toe
issInZilg before be go round fbs corn
waiting On everybody taat has a letteT
= carry or message ~ deliver. comes int
raj traia. or stage coaca. or dsp0t. ~ sa
i.