Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-20

| Every man 81 his best state (apart from
/ Cod is altnasther vanity FPS. xxx, 81
| This shall be fully seen when after 1000
years of the personal reign of Christ host
| OF liars shall follow the father of lies when
he shall be released from the pit. See Rev.
Xxx, 10, aud Ps Xvi. 3. margin. After the
completion of the tabernacle, Aaron and
| his four sons were consecrated to the priest
| hood TO minister unto the Lord in His APP
/ pointed way eek. xviii. l; Lev. viii, /, ,;
| Elk. Xxx. 81.
| 3 And there went ont fire from the Lord
and devoured them, and they died before
| NE Lord" Thus at the very beginning of
/ the priesthood Jehovah made it very plain
that he would have a whole hearted service
| or none. So also at the beginning of the
/ church in the case of Ananias and Sap
| phira (Acts v, 5. 100. He showed plainly
how He hates deceit and half heartedness.
| He does not often Judge so swiftly and ter
| ribly, but such cases show us His mind on
these things and how He will act in the
| judgment
3. ''Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is
1t that the Lord spake, saying viii be
sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and
before all the people / will be glorified.
And Aaron held bis peace" That they
were TO be holy people unto the Lord is
the oft repeated requirement from Tx. xix,
| 6. % UPWARDS Jesus Himself In His great
microscopy prayer said. For their sakes
| sanctify Myself that they also might be
| sanctified through the truth John xvii,
| 49,. = G. II. NJ says that whether the fire
came 10 express approval or displeasnre
| the priest had only 10 worship. and that as
| priests Of God we must rise superior 10 all
i the claims and influences of nature and OF
| earth When Ezekiel's wife was taken
| away by a stroke, he was forbidden 10 cry
| or mourn (Ezek. xiv, 1918. Yet Jesus
| wept at the grave of Lazarus. In Ps. xxxix,
| 9, we have parallel TO Aaron's silence, II
was dumb, opened not my mouth because
thou didst it," See also Ps. XVI, 10.
4. 5. Come near, carry your brethren
| from before the sanctuary out OF the camp"
| Thus their bodies. as in the case of Ananias
and Sapphire, were buried, but what about
| Nadab and AbihuS We never bury people,
| strictly speaking-we bury the bodies or
| temples ia which they sojourned for sea
son. 1t has been great comfort to me TO
think OF this since ever grasped the fact
that IL my body ever has burial will not
be there that day, but absent from the body
and present With the Lord, with Christ.
which is far better lPhil. !, 81, %; ii Cor. v,
81. There ia "a vast difference between being
cut off from further service On earth rs a
saved person, and being forever cut off from
all possibility of being saved. Some Of the
believers pt Corinth were sick, and some
died, because of ttansgression Il Cor XII,
30) 1t is plainly stated in Cor I'LL IA, 10,
that it is possible TO have rewards for serys
ice, and il is possible to lose ones works
and yet be saved,
6. Uncover not your beads, neither rend
your Clothes" Mourning ofttimes has in
it large element of rebellion against God.
This we must desperately resist, lest we
find fault with God. We must even take
sides with God, even though his chasten-
ings fall on those who are dearest to us. II
we love our loved ones more than we love
God, we are not worthy OF Him. The great
est lover must have the greatest love, and
in every dark and trying hour we must
still hold TO this--"God is love" and His
ways are just and true.
2. And ye shall not go out from the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
lest We die. for the amounting oil of the
Lord is upon you" Because they were the
anointed priests of the Lord. chosen to min
lister unto Him, they were to keep them
selves wholly for Him. The Spirit says,
through Peter, that believers are holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ Il Pet
ii, 8, 81; a royal priesthood TO show forth
His praises. In Eph. iy, 80, we read that
we are not to grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
by whom we are sealed unto the day OF re
demption. We should never desire in any
way to go out from His service who hath
called us with such holy calling-never
in any way be conformed to the world
which lieth in the wicked one, but anointed
with the same Spirit who anonted Him
walk in His steps, going about doing good
ACTS x, 8s).
B., And the Lord spake unto Aaron,
saying, DO not drink wine nor strong
drink thou nor thy sons with thee, when
ye go into the tabernacle of the congrega-
ton, lest ye die" In this so called tenn
perance lesson we only.now at the close of
the lesson come nponthe strong drink ques-
tion, and here il is in the form of a prohi-
bition laid upon the servants of the Lord
when on duty. A good word for the I'M
saved who are given to drink is found in
Cor. vi, TO- Nor thieves nor covetous
nor drunkards shall inherit the kingdom
Of God" A good word for saved people in
clined to indulge themselves Is that In Rom.
xiv, 81, 1T is good neither to eat flesh, nor
to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy
brother stumbleth or is offended or Is made
weak" The story of Rechabites in Jer.
xxxv is a helpful one in this connection.
AS believers we are to live only unto Him
who loveth u.s. and do all TO the glory Of
Cod REV. /, 8. r. "; Cor. x, 81. This
should settle all difficulties.
10. And that ye may put difference be
tween holy and unholy, and between I'M
clean and clean.v They We're, as whole
nation. severed from other people, that they
might be The Lords H.eV. Xxx, 26l In
Egypt, and the night they left Egypt, the
Lord put a difference between His people
and those who were not His Eek. viii, %;
II, u. BY Nature and by practice all ara
sinners. aid there Is no difference rs 10 the
fact from. iii, -. 29 Til the sinner receives
Jesus and comes under the blood. then he
becomes saved sinner, and because OF this
should have done with the uncleAn a4d un-
holy.
IL. And that ye may teach His children
Of Israel all the statues which the Lord hath
spoken unto tl,eln b. tie hand of Moses"
The order is always Doing and teaching
Mark vi. 80; Acts j, - Unless we orr
selves are holy N our lives, oar advice 70
others viii not have much weight, for re
will then be like the Pharisees, who say
put do not (NaGh xiii, 81. But if, like
levi, we walk with God in peace and equity,
Ee shall turn many away from iniquity
Nal ii,e.