The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-31

That the mere fact Of existence gives
20 every living man the ore priceless OPP
.asaa.ly 10 DO good denied forever 10
.. ,aose who have passed from This Hfe
lg. Ea.maEe fgTcibiy set forth 10 bis
sermon for vcsfer1 Iv Re bid an 20 make
ne most ~ the talents they possess, ana
called tD m.fd the numerous examples
a. sIgc-ssfl. effort Dy those who DC buJ
,He JhiHe, and 90 that vel. For his text
Hr. Ta.maee took EctIssiasyes, !x:l: a
living dog IS better than q dead Hon. and
said
The bible ls tie strangest. tine love-
Test the m.vhfl6st. the vrirdest. the best
@. books Written by Moses The lawyer
Joshua the soldier. Samuel. the Judge.
Ezr4.. abe scholar Nehemiah, The build
n. Job. Ja" poet David, the shepherd;
Daniel the prime minister. Amos. the
t.rGswaus Matthew. the custom house
officer. Luke. the doctor, Paul, the mis-
...raTy. John. the exile. and yet com
f'a.- harmony from the middle verse Of
rg- B.5.--wh.ch IS 'the eighth verse OF
s.t one h-rdTcd and seventeenth Psalm
io-h WINS TO ihe upper and lower Ids.
and from N. shortest sage-wnich Is
the thlr,y-nfth verse Of the eleventh
.hapter OF. JOhn-to the longest verse
which IS the ninth verse o. the eighth
chapter of E-ther-aud set rot an imper-
lection Iu aIi the 773 5B words Of which
g. = composed il rot only reaches over
the past but over the future; has IN II
ierryboat. as IN second samuel, anu
Geographic wire. as i'm Job; and u rail-
road train. as IN Nahum, and introduces
ne 90 90 iouudrymau by the name OF IG-
bal Cain and a shiD-bulder b. the name
o. Noah. aaI an architect by the name
ar AHulian. and tells us how many stables
Solomon had TO shelter his horses, and
ROW much h. paid for those horses. But
f... things Boz this versatile and compre-
h.u-iye book interest me 50 much as its
aruth,rm--t those short. t-rse, Senten-
loy-. sulerammatic sayings. OF which my
text !s one: A living DOG is better than
d dead lion
Here The Hon STANDS Tor noblhty anu
the dog loI mraAh'-s. iou mus NM"
i.-J Inc dog mrhuOhru IL '"t "a - NO
one OI our American Vi hlE'iSH VI ~
lisH -oNs' '""' 'u ""i N'li'u' - . - az.
hNih lot the bed"'''"', ''' -
AN'l.l"L--Ir. me s1E dI'uu,' anu nv ~.
tAe - hrIH1iu aug - d III, ~ -.
eoNbl IT, ash lLe SLOW u 'i.e Up, -, -
"I WI" Ie picheu '"' 20, -
e. ne s"sp'Ieiu Jug - = p-'' c..
S"1 uouO' IT, an l'lo y. '''',,.-7 VI
4"iu. Inc dI''IS ""s y ''lV $50 -
I.orers. ana II you uouDt L. ASK Ut.
name 'Npr-'''o''' az -
i''"+ f'o'o'',''' ""N . ~ 49, ., -
ten ihousahl hoiirSteauS over "HOSs
-dlelS III "di'Heu IDS, HlSH. i'u' ~
non, the au'HoT OF my lehl lI'eu III 'eI
salem anu 'L' uos ne 'pT"NS u !"
text was o'6 III J'r'S"'T"i' O"e
'rmprT passed days anu hleh'S "''il'h
stone Ihiv" OF "hviT "uIOli'oH rue
'h!s text ara from %iaI -" u 'H7
cannes OF Jeiusaieih oS Jay anu ne"i
al lieH "H Il7"'' l Ohi ul'ue ''"iIu ~
S'5"' TPP' T~','1'o" ~ - - - -, =
"'s Oh S''''s' = =
GU u''s ms "'-U - -
-. -, -i.,, -
'~Ns - INNS ''e W.
Inc D"s ana 'he i-ioh'
All up and down the Bible, the most
Of which was written IN Palestine or
Syria or contiguous lands the dog Is USED
in COItcmptuUus comparison. HdZdti
sid Is Inv servant a dop that he Should
-. ill.,, Ia -1lf a ,,-..,y.,ti,,,, tho
-
SliO-T AoeAICidA woman SiIu. LNeh IHe
dogs eat Of the crumbs which 1dl from
The masters table Paul says, in Philip
,.f-rs .Ravrar. Of dogs and 81 Jobu
- % t..a,-., - ,Ivitbo,,, or
sl10'.'''s "a -N~'~'' N0'"'
toES.
'On the other hand. the lion Is heaItny,
strong and lOud-VOiced and at its roar
Inc forests echo and The mountains trem-
I, a. .r..-r',,, 9. .-,r..,,,,b nd
- ~ - t,-',,,II-
"Ith us niue i lt!ho'eu the muscular
COmpaCtuess shown is something wonder
ful. and the knife Of the dissecter bounds
hack from the teDdons BY The Clearing
n ,.r ~. forI.srs 90 E,,lagriT.a ana tho uss
- - -, : -,
OF Aiediils, q NI4l1A the non y pa 'iS"-
larry afraid, they have disappeared from
places where once they ranged, but they
-, VEN, L,II i'm oIJan tirnes They al
lacked an army of NrrXes while march
ing through Macedonia. They were so
numerous that one thousand lions We're
slain ia FORTY years in the amphitheater Of
Rome. The BuTbIry lion. the Cape lion,
He Srnegh. lion. the ASsyTlan hon, make
Up most absorbing ana exciting chapter
ln natural history. A. most of the Bible
Was written In regions Hon-haunted, this
,isd,aLy appears III almost an saIlS oi
a.. blI-. ~ t-1,,.Ij-, nj jsy-sI,Irn-
trriug. as is sen nom his description:
The young lions roar after their prey and
seek lhtT meat rom Coo. ! ne sun
-.5 ~ -, ~, IN III ders AMI
AGAIN ne cries out. Mn soul is among
Hons Moses knew them. and said. 'Ju-
eHH rs eGughrd like lion samson knew
'.'H', L1r ne tooh money rom tLir al go 800
-. IN. I,i,,,'s ,,,rrb - tb, "a Gf
70 ION. and again The slothful man saws.
Jbere Is a lion IN the way Isaiah knew
Them, ami says In the millennium, The
Ion sn,L- ,al straw AAg an an ON. EAeHi tL
f.rs ~ - Wnrs pm unaNr rban and
says. i was delivered out Of the mouth Of
me Ion Peter knew them, ana says.
me GrElL as Ioaring hon Wa, wax. IN
rrrtsr. .IssIold Ihs lion ar fha rri6e M
Judah
The War,b of III. Cheerful ,Iau.
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