Telegram-herald., 1890-01-08

eaEs HaI.lF reHe-tfrs lr.r cre
~ ss.ee III l.eias e .- glsf e. ., al " +. ns
atra~.tN ss-s aaF ureal emv Eel-
-.-.g.tl's srns s-pef lllles aE1 l-AU-
Nc matter - ~hat belief ~ 10
vr.tf..-lon 3 24n belongs. he csuno-
s-r.rhat Ifefs tle great eaef
Fe exist l. 81 -~ae pat rs crisis l-e
.-.-.sf.. uau IS 1-e "ho esae, tle
t-.r .betee le e.aeeu rls rr.fi4l 4a- tle
significant N-Iisfian-tY Is tlo dog
re esf tLe Important There ere ever
tbrse h-udled millions in tes aor-a ro-
s.v 80 roulnally believe tas Blt-e
ms cons e. 10. -s tar unte lever Heiao
rslIslt The zoos ~ Books
Robert HaIAes. creating fhe sunday
School olt 81 dozen ragged children
In 8foucesrer. EuE md Ole hundred
ana utns ,e4rs ago ~o--d star. y %
saw s4s. o59 Blple scholars "t.h their
ZOE coo tsachers ln Tie nlled states
urarrhing Ulth measured tramp 70 t1elr
cheerful an1 es-l eq ppel to-Ms TO
dav Instruction thai ~As once PAD
To- is nov eagerly Nol-n ed and
sought like matinee
qrs Sunday school literature led
she .~Lu4af school Times with rs
enormous cir-u lation - l-6. ooo y prep
erlv m4ssed and laid could be raised %
a tower equal 70 The great Elnel
Thfsro.lG Ia done not once. but hfty-
two times ia tne yea Here We have
. tremendous force which lt le no longer
cultivated % disregard.
There are hundreds of busy. thought
ful people not particularly relgl Gus.
Who still have what one ~ ght rect-
fllly call q sneaklng esteem Tor CHRIS
tzn INQUIRY There has been 20 more
..rfr ..l
possibilities 10 Tie last decade Than
lie fresh and solemn words OF Henry
M STANLEY. written when he had just
emerged f.om the cs4lOron OF ths DARK
Continent lie says
There was an unaccountQbIe lnnu-
ence - tie helm. have been con-
scious that the issues OF every effort
we're in other hands The vulgar call
10 luck UnbeIevers call il chance
To the m mas Of practical men OF the
world the study OF the Bible has scented
hitherto bat dark continent m which
explorers have chiefly beaten each
others brains ont with the boomerangs
OF their pet creeds We believe that
the liberAlized study OF the New Iest&-
ment means gooa government pure
society, business honor. firm stocks.
restricted ram. and comfortable homes.
Mr. Nowells Is ne sponsor OF IoIstol.
who in turn takes 20 himself the credit
o. introducing Christ 20 well bred
society. IN an humber way let this col
Umn present 70 you Luke, the physlc-
ian and historian. The sundays School
work OF the year $50 is confined 10 =
s,aqle letter written by this remarkable
man TO persona. friend. Luke differed
from Matthew, Marx. and John IN being
q scholar and a man OF me world He
was q creek and could boast Of being
at least gentleman. II IS 10 be pre-
sumed therefore thSf ne was an honest
man. He was a rigid Investigator and
not easily dszzled or gulled. To %
frank. all evidence proves Ihat his ma
teriols were second hand. Therefore
they are tho more trustworthy.
He was not blinded by the I'M
mediate presence OF an astound-
ing personality. We crIticIse Jo-
sephus freely, though ne relates
coten porarv events. Luke had tho cp-
portunity 10 Gull from manuscripts and
witnesses tho reliable facts about
Christ lie SAYS this himself Does
this invalidate him as historian +?
Did Bancroft shake hands with Wash
inqton Did Gibbon witness the stab
hing OF Caesar? Did Crete fcht ~
ThermOpylae
The study for tomorrow covers thir-
teen verses in the first chapter Of Luke,
running from the htlk % the seven
teenlh.
VIVA; do We read The prediction Of
q birth. Who is be Hlat needs a vision
for his annunciauon The syant-cour-
rier Of Christ
Greece, Rome, Judea, tho civilized
world, had paused 30 sigh amid the
hope lessness Of rutted philosophy and
decayed religion. Intelligent men
awaited some one from somewhere
10 az something 10 save the wreck Of
society. Herod. the professional mur-
6erer was only one OF a million devil
may-care fellows who mad no hone OF
this life or Of the next % control them.
In such crisis. a vision al the very
ALTA was d momentous event This
trance OF an obscure priest foretold a
change The Roman Drum and tho
Greek Acropo.is felt that now tone
must arise. or there would be an
irsetrlevable smash.
A country ike ours can well under
stand she discordant elements that sur
rounded Old /acharIaS when lie swung
his gold censcr IN the dull beat Of Iou-
t ne. and tie angel swept across II.
Is the Jnited states drifting into a
like emorge ncy o that which John
the fore-runner met? TIE lppressed
ballot in tie ~outh. the bought ballot
In he North. The (ronin outrage n
Chicago. The EeslIy crimes among me
upper 500 c. tie "under five in any
O. orr huge cities, The moral typ old
resulting from tle oVer'owlng sewer
OF foreign immigrs sstnlnCs are
enough TO sta~tle US
H.r. g. 4