The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-07

Erhraim sacrificing to falsity
being accustomed to kiss the colors
they sacrificed, in reverence. They
are carnal, read of the harlot kiss es
in the proverbs of Solomon. They sre
hypocritical, as the kisses of Absalom
when he was melting the land to re-
bellion and giving every man bis
mouth and heart and lastly
they are iraitorous.
The kiss and the kisser, they are Of
many kinds. Submissive. respectful,
aAectiouate, loving. devoted. pass, IN.
ate, faithful, truthful, sympathetic or
tender or idolatrous, hyp critical,
lying. deceitful. carnal, drunken
treacherous; What kind of Q kisser
are you christian! A lover CT .
traitor
Ay, pause for the reply and fear
me for the answer. This then is q
sermon to the great latter class and
i;s theme is
"THE KISS THAT BErRAYETH"
and its text is from Solomon's s,Oried
wisdom The kisses of On enemy are
deceitful." l d,not deal now vi h
deceit G Gt sSHnIe6 ofaaeherSyu i and ID
those more subtle and insidious m &C.
which make up the deadly
and Overwhelming betrsyals at
which the world ct inds sghast. TIE
little things like the drops Of water
which incsrnates the food or the
grain of sand which shadows forth the
granite mountain. And I speak to
Christians now, and to
those who are Christians with the
kisses of the m ruth alone AZ and that
mouth is
FILLED WITH GALL
md bitterness and that heart with
nockery and despair, though The lips
may tremble and be tender aud the
yes beam and the kuees bend, We
Ire betrayipg Christ with cur fslse
rises, our sham prayers, our rebel
ious thoughts and Wild desires. We
ire then the enemies OF the Master
md decsitful and sad are the kiss.s
fan enemy"
In the times of King David there
nee lived a mighty man of war who
vas called the Prince of the Kings
rmy and dignified with the almost
egal title of Lord" He was second
My in rank prestige and power to |
lis uncle, the king. The nation looked |
0 him as nations look to their great,
lowadsys for an example not only of |
'hysicai courage and military skill, |
nut for loyalty, fidelity aud truth and
sery ether virtue. But Jvab took
nightly Abner. his whilom eoemy.
side one day after the
eace had been made. and like the
liserable traitor that he was while be
'as speaking quietly with him he
note him uuder the fifth rib all UNI
and 90 be did. And
gain Joab meeting Amssa in the
~, his rival, and greeting him With
iendly words of cheer Art thou in
ealth my brother p takes bin BY the
card with his right hand and while
ressing |,
A KISS UPON lis LIPS
18th his left hand, how much tresch.
y is left banded. smites him deep
ith the deadly steel in that certain
ace under the eth rib which much
,actice enabled him TO reach 60
rely-and 60 he died also-under
e kiss that bstrsyeth. Pes by the
ges Of history and come with me to
later age upon . night in spring
re under the orient star to little,
Iden Of olive and fig and pomegran- q
trees outside the grim walls Of thei
y of Joab and David and Solomon.
lere are three men lying asleep in 9
e long grass under the trees, in the !
Illness of the night and little fur.
er in the garden under the deeper '
ade of the trees there is a kneeling o
ure, hands elasped 10 prayer, drops q
sweat upon his forehead, the .
epers Of tie garden find strange red l
rns upon the grass where the man q
d kneli ,whe Il they enter in the morn n
E. Of a sudden an hitherto unnoriced y
Ind breaks the won.ed stiffness of o
night, the trampiOg of many feet, Il
clash of arms, subdued D
WORDS OF COMMAND. IL,
g Of steel armor, . whispered con. 81
tation and then another hu.hed p
,nce, all is still as before. The man
IS from his knees, turns to the gate. y
' beyond which is death for him. fe
axes up the startled sleepers and f.
ps outside the shadow aud into the OF
:seDce of the assemblage. The b
20 0rnws E0hfar ho -.I "a al