The Newtown bee., 1895-06-14
 The NeWtoWn Bet
 FRIDAY, JUNE 1A, 1895.
 CIRCULATION: tlttRf ltR455 E9sis IT.. Il HHlH oAreplpdltAhe be Fireside1 A CONSUMING FIRE. 
 SERMON BY REV ROBERT CARTER I( THE WASHINGTON CONGREGATION CHURCH. F. Deut. 4 :2 For the Lord thy God | obhsYnin fire. ven ajealous God"
A CONSUMING FIRE.
4 :23, For the Lord thy God re, @ven a jealous God"

Isk hSFesis mu Sh of course that is itIi- m md Gh ildish in the thoughts of thRN ld HfsstRdnent people about God ;the fhAlllaaff fihisfight and beauty had not eSnk tH ssil glhs ss0fsh in Jesus Christ: they
 walked beneath cloud, and the host
 beautiful Hghtlof God was to them un- seen -behiHdthe cloud. Two things we
 therefore find in the Old Testame ent,
 which sometimes seem strange to us, one
 is that certain attributes or thoughts of God are made very prominent, which in
 the New Testament take mueh less i'm
 portant place; while, on the othef hand,
 other thoughts of God, which are in the
 New Testament almost supreme, are
 only dimly and propheticaly, seen in
 these older teachings. Yet 'ttfis was not wonderful, nor by apyy maAneqr m4lalA sq, of ,me bans
 to be criticised as~ fncbnsistent. What different impressions of men one has at difftrent3 periods 'in f6ne'sE fife?h IA dhild twouldDbe struck mostG emphatieally on meeting Shakespere for instance by the pointed beard which he wore, while ap older one would notice and make fnehI tion of far other reharacteristicsI A child would think of Julius Caesar as wearingD such pretty arnor, the man would notice quite other features, Is it any, wonder then that on different agesoi the world, God coming to men left differ ent Tmpressions on their mtndsfoAhd tue freeord of that re reqmqing fndfcG fndfc GodW to Pef Pef would not be true, save as those diftefeht r Firhprsssions were there nciearly foqpd
 And there isthis to be said .ferrthe, dhfid
 ish, way of looking at things, it s(aal tways true. It Is not to be thought bf a: 3 fAlseg| Ep is itHutnG 1.-The only 6tr oubii Awith, # is thatit is isinseomlplete. Sois it O
 the thoughts of God which meet us 1T, th!
 text before usa o1 They are Shoaghts whfcl si are made faF, more prominent in the Olt
 Testament than in the New. They ifilleG
 much more conspicuous 'plsce in tn
 mipdsi9 of those daSs,tbanl theB ao in ours
 The sternness, the stElctness of God, hoy
 much more Of that there fgih the Ol'
 Testament than iGl the words of the Lor' Jesus? How much less impression tha
 thought makes upon the world to da..
 than it did upon the Jews! But hoy
 natural that is! In childishness, g, t
 childishness which is the thingI tha
 makes the first strong impression, ger l ltlepeSS--or .sternness? l don't Imea
 I i&hichthakNthe most impression ohi.th
 child's life. l do believe that alway
 ftles lesnnss..LIr ,Mto Mtonr,nn,r r.,,, :; ;:s3 3;;;9
 in the end, but if there is the nsedft PmfngHng OF Doth, the child will firBt-Ee
 mark upon, first notice the sterner way ' tI knessiaAatle ehiids whpseT othet wa
 one yef 1hee ekindestJ whosReee htlqqms ,tT tTA Amin
 was one of the gent1est, though DC f deftiehtb fnR ebst0 0nad&ssaf y tHsbi ipYine I3 MhepsiistlesihterIsame gtt9Ttbba5 hous this child first remarked to it nov y6 fIidst better be gobtds ihni hniamffP wfiip aH ffdl!pt at sqbG1dlbe 4otaltyi antdrt9 r. on
 takee that Jasr ths sWholee, truth truth abot that mother. but 1t was the nstdra on f5r tie ehf4di E0 first h1teGoH ak4 Is, th
 impressiotIWhielgta qhill'aaIIshbAsaass qhill'aaIIs hbAs eoul most easily retain. So do not Tonde :, that in these first teachings about Go EtRe Rtern$ featufesof his rule we're feeId,t dth Idhes mos npticedE God was as kind, "a gentle then as ih all his kingdom %nItr dqubBteadl y9 af sneeIipaei eIipaei peasure of kihdneq
 was shown to these first people of nGS
 bees@ qrthaH e9ae Sqt tha
 was no, what they were quickest to- pel 3ct4Ss.1 1ofhs olm pressive1 thing to thst
 was that certain christening dis eiplin
 of God which they saw in all the 7@ay of their lives. And there was a grea
 truth, soHe bN Ao means inconsiste1trwit
 the blsssed te&Mnk of the love of God which Jesus made the. world to kfo@ bRhich 8 feal pafeofthe eternal trstI [ ksbSutthis loving God and Father, I gEea Etf Ahih fhe, thpb 4Hts bf God, which, i
 these sterner words, is brought to us:sliif' ) 0fh9 Hbrd our God is a jealous God
 How can that be at all? What right
 eousness is there in jealousy that GO
 can, be, jealous? The word as we usg,
 often hatSsterj5es oHea btatief attie fqm qme eanes and lowest motives in the ehqmAn heart lI a metiNe totally bad and deyiiflish. In5aq God cahi ihaSea Tho, share: Bdts9that ther
 is a Godlye5ealousy yl the Q apos tld PaG
 bears witnesg wheeHa so55 55the s{&6i s{c;&6i q iuthisns4hA ann oyer y on5 with
 G9dtyi Jealous tnds .,ss There isiaai jeh hleus
 which isnot st express siono of flmesr r5 3nt tiVesp of selfshness hate hate and and qanget ts, tts r is'the fruit perfect and righteous love What man is there of you but Is jeaioa
 over his children? You would bd hurt 1tgyiAYed dtthfWturned to anothef tha y6d for th6se things which theif live