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Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.

neither be discouraged" But the people
came to Moses and asked that men be
sent to search out the land and bring
cities to enter.
The asking for>spies was a lack of con-
ndence in the promises of God. The idea
and the Lord gave commandment to have
1T SO, just as afterWard the Lord com
manded Samuel 10 give them king, be-
like other nations.
The next section of the lesson shows
that the spies had returned after a search
q o. 1ort y !, DAYS: they testified that as
but instead of seeing the goodness of God
and His promises, they saw difficulties
S Wnl en- seemed + to them insurmountable,
Tor they forgot the deliverance from Egypt
and the dividing of the Red sea, and the
quailS and the mama so wonderously
given. and SO they talk of walled cities
seem not to reckon upon God at all. and
Caleb stilled the people before Moses and
SAD, let US go up at once and possess
It: for we are well able to overcome it,
Then hear what Caleb and Joshua said
in chapter xiv, 6-9: IF the Lord delight
II in y US: then He J. will bring US into this
not We against the Lord. neither fear We
IS with us Fear them not Listen to
he asked Joshua for the mountain where
the giants, were: And, now behold. the
Lord fo. hath kept me alive. as He said, these
ICrty and i've years, if so be
the Lord will be with me, then 1 shall be
able to drive them out, as the Lord said
sn The men men ih!99TweVer who had acted as
against the people, for they are stronger
than We" They saw the giants and
themselves as insects. 1t wasga case of
I'VE" and they" but not a word about
COD. They are stronger than We We
were in their sight as grasshoppers In
our c, confllcts with the enemy as we pass
pleasant land everything depends upon
our point of vision. If we see things from
our standpoint, the giants and walled
c GdeS viii seem SEEM, very real but if like
all difficulties will seem as nothing
And now the whole people murmured
and wept They We're within sight and
reach of the good land, but occupied with
themselves and despising the promises of
God and even God Himself. They even
wished. they were dead or might die in
the wilderness, and many of them got
their wish Their thought was to get rid
OF their trouble, which was of their own
imagining "And. they said one to an
return into Us TRsY f ame et b hs
Lord was their captain and leader They
forgot that the right thing was to look
They forgot the penalty visited upon Lots
wife In looking back.
NOTABLE DAYS bF THE WEEK.
Aug. "A is the thirteenth Sunday after
Trinity. This day is konored in the Cath
Ole church for St. Bartholomew, who is
supposed to be the apostle called Ma
thaniel his surname being Bar-Tolmai;
that is, the son of Tolrnai. He is said to
have preached the gospel in Armenia and
India, and to have suffered martyrdom in
the former country~by being fiayed alive;
hence in pictures he is always shown with
a tanners faying knife. AT one time a
custom prevailed in Europe of hosts CIV
ing faying knives to visitors on that day.
This IS the anniversary of the fearful mas
saere of Protestants in in, Paris and through
out France in 1872. This day is also hon
ored at Rouen, France for St Quine, pat
ron of that city. 1t was formerly cele-
brated by. what was known as the Peri
fair, because of the blowing Of whistles
and horns.
Aug: 25 is the anniversary of the birth;
in 1744, of Won Herder, remarkable Ger
man writer; of James Lick, in 1876, Amer
lean philanthropist; of Francis Bret
Harte, in 1889, American author.
Aug. 26 is the anniversary of the birth,
in 1919, of Albert Francis August Charles
Emanuel, husband of Queen Victoria, and
father of King Edward.
August 81 is the anniversary of the
BIRTH in 1875, of Barthold George Niebahr,
German historian and critic, whose His
tory of Rome is regarded as the most
profound and original work on ancient
history produced by any modern writer.
Aug. % is celebrated in the Catholic
church in honor of ST Augustine, who is
usually styled the greatest of the faith
ers." He was a profound thinker and his
opinions are highly esteemed by the
tire Christian world He was bishop of
Hippo Africa. where he died in 430. There
is an order of monks named in his honor.
He is the patron of theologianS and learn
ed men There is another saint of this
name, the one who was sent to England
and introduced Christianity to the Brit
onS. Also the anniversary of Won
Goethe. iHuStriOus German author; of
Count Leo Tolstoi Russian zealot and au
thor; Of Ira David Sankey, on a Friday,
in 1910. American musical evangelist.
Aug. 90 is recognized in the catholic
church as the day on which ST. John was
beheaded. The story of the act is told
in Mark vi, 1928. The day Of his be-
heading by order of Herodias. which is
is commemorated in the Greek church on
Sept. 20, but the Western church OBJ
serves it on Aug. 80. Also the anniver-
sary, in 1882, of John Locke, English phil
cratic constitution off the Carolinas; of
''Parson'' Brownlow, In 1905, American
divine and politician; of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, American author and physician.
Aug. 80 is the date of the festival to
st. Rosa di Lima the only canonized fe-
male saint of the. New World. She was a
to Christian work, and, being beautiful,
disenchanted her lovers by destroying her
complexion with quick lime. She died in
1917, and was canonized by Pope Clement
in 1871.