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ness VIII Geln or h'ndef Us IN splr,tual ut-
velopmsnt See the lesson m Lots case.
He pitched h.s tent toward Sodom and
then moved INTO the clty. H,s family be-
came ldentined with the hle OF the city.
and ho part OF rs government In the
end af the story he has lost his power 10
witness. all his property. his political Pc
Sltion ms influence over men. over hls own
iamily. and even wish Cod Abraham was
very different God choose For him Gene.
sis Is. l4.l5 And the Lord said unto Abra.
ham. after that Lot was separated from
HIM. Lift up thine eyes and look from the
place where thou are northWard. and
southward. and eastward and westward
For all he land which thou setst. ~ thee
will | give Il, and 20 thy seed forever
How ike this l. 20 our own inheritance.
Have vou ever noticed the differences IN
he ending OF the lives OF Abraham and
Lot? Lots story is written IN Genesis 10.
IL Is an awful picture, His vile u taken
from hlm his daughters are dlsgraced and
he Is IN despair while with Abraham the
picture Is exactly the opposite, and 10 my
mind l. most beautiful. Genesis y: IS,
And these are the days Of the wears Of
Ahraham's life which he lived, an hundred
three score and fifteen years. Then Ahra-
ham gave up the ghost and died IN good
old age. an old man, aud tu'l OF years, and
was gathered To his people.
Second Moses was an illustration OF
the text III tltnftN~ IL 80 re tNAAAlNN
a. seeing Him who Is Invisible, That eN-
plains the mystery OF the burning bush
and this vision of Christ explains how u
was that when your hope seemed to be
consumed and the dearest plan Of your
life Was burned as in the fire, YOU relolced.
David has learned the secret of happy liv-
ing when he saws IN the text. II have set
the Lord always before me; because lie Is
Al my right hand. | shall not be moved
This VISION enabled Moses TO surmount
every difficulty. What did he care that
the mountains were on every side, certain
of the Egyptians behind him aud the Red
Sea before HIM lie marched like con
qucror until the water parted IN advance
OF HIM and drV shod he went over To the
other side But such pictures as these
have been realized IN our day when men
have passed through Bed Seas of difficulty
where other men OF the world have gone
down in defeat and all because thev en-
dured as seeing Him who ls invisible
Third, our Saviour - ~ illustration lie
always set God before Him. IA He came
,rto the world He said. 30, | come to do
Thy will" as He sa: on the well curb ot
Jacobs well. "Mv r,cat is 90 do the will
of Him that sent Me-" ne He bowed
in Gethsemane. "No, Nv viii hut Thine
he done" At the beginning of His minis
try, in the midst OF it aud near to lts close
He gave forth the same llusic. What
life IL was.
The strong mans strength to toll for
Christ,
The fcrvcnt preachers skill,
| sometimes wish, but better far,
To be just what God wills.
No service in itself is small
None great though earth 1t FILL
But that is small that seeks its own,
That great which seeks Gods will
~. .,.1,.
ton of the spirit OF our text lie caught
that visio- IN the sky as he made his way
20 Damascus and he never forgot a. He
said truthfully. II was not disobcdlcnt un.
20 the heavenly vision" This made him
inscnslble To him surroundings. There is
really nothing more, pathetic than his re.
enumeration of his trials II Cor. IL l27,
"Ot the jews five times received ! forty
stripes save one. Thrice was | beaten with
rods once was | stoned, thrice ! suffered
shipwrcck. a night and n dav | have been
m the deep; ln lourneyings often, IN perlls
Of waters, IN perls of robbers, IN perils OF
mine own countrymen, IN perlls by the
heather, in pcri!s IN the city, IN perlls IN
the wilderness. IN perils IN the sea. IN
periis among false brethren; IN wearness
and paihfulnass, IN watchings often, IN
hunger and thirst, IN fastings often, IN
cold and nakedness' And vet here he
saws. II have learned with whatsoever
state / am, Herewith To be content. He
was with Paul 10 the very end. II Timothy
4: rs, II have fought good fight, have
finished my course, ! have kept the faith.
henceforth there is laid up for me crown
" righteousness, which the Lord. the
righteous Judge shall give me at that day,
and not 10 me only. but unto oil them
also that love His appearing
That was the secret OF his victorious
life. and that the secret OF his triumphant
death.
If He is before me no path is too hard
for me to travel since He walks in every
wav in which He would have me 60; nor
shall I ever walk in darkness. for "Iie is
the light Of the world, and in Him is no
darkness at al, nor shall | ever be moved.
Have you never noticed the differences
between the second and sixth verse. in the
Sixtv.second Psalm. The second verse
reads He only IL my rock and my saliva.
ton: He u my defense, ! shall not be
greatly moved" And the sixth is the same
with the exception of one word. "He only
is my rock and salvation; He is my de-
tense; | shall not be moved" That word IL
greatly There il deep meaning IN the
omission oi greatly" Confidence has
grown evidently. In the frst hope was
that the waiting heart should not be much
shaken, that the totterIng fence should
not be quite thrown down the second is
that il shall not be shaken at al.
He il before rle ~ all experiences,
whether OF sorrow or o! JOY, but since men
are born unto trouble as the sparks hy up
ward u Is well 10 remember that He y be-
fore us in suffering There never has been
n heart ache on the part Of any Of He fol-
lowers that the pain did not reach Him,
and He had fellowship with vs. "a our suf-
Ierings. az we are privileged TO do IN His.
lle shall be with u, even IN death.
Since Jesus is mine III not fear undress.
ing,
But gladly put of these garments Of
clay,
To die in the Lord is covenant blessing,
Since Jesus 70 glory, thro' death Jed the
way"
II is an awful thing for life no. 10 have
the helpful presence of God.
"Oh 70 have no hope IN Jesus.
How dark this world would be-"
One Of the ocean danger. that captain,
fear almost more than anything else is the
danger oil coming IN contact with 'dere-
iIct. az a ship abandoned AZ sea D. called
There are now supposed % be about thirty
Of such vessels floating about az the Will Ot
the curreats IN the Atlantic waters 1ney
are without pilO.. have neither crew nor
rulder. are bound nowhere aud carry no
cargo % any port One Oi them. which
has q cargo ~ mahogany on board, and ~
level with the waters cdze. has been drift
ing about since Mach 1897
The peri.s ~ collision az sea have been
reduced since the steamship companies
adopted what - known ~ the lane routes.
Now the route steamer follows after
leaving New York "a fifty miles awav from
the route taken by steamers bound west
One steamer, therefore, is little lkey 20
meet another and come INTO collision with