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man bu, n. was Il leppr. AN
these butts which pitt the sting of
,ieath INTO the Sweetness Of life. In
'aptaM N~aan.arfs household. AS the
Feast Of his SERVANTS, was n little He
Prev maid, n captive exile. With
large-inearted magnaninity, that was
n splendid testimony to her religion.
she told of the prophet in Samaria who
could cleanse her masters disease.
And when Naamnn had consented to
condescend To IL iowly position before
the main If tiod-uli heavens are en-
teied upon our knees-he was cleansed,
even ar the awfulness of sins leprosy
may be washed away in The River OF
Life. Uesson ~
The prophet was a patriot. and
Syrian plots. The Syrlnns. learning
this. SURROUNDED Dothan. where Elisha
was. The array scared his ervant.
But the master pra ycd that eyes may
be opened and behold. the noun
tains were full Of horses and chariots
of fire round about F.lishn." A lesson
on eyes and no eyes, an don exhorta-
tipn tn cultivate
THE instinct that can tell.
That God Is IN the field. when he.
Ia most invisible"
a FoiLED CONSPIRACY.
Leaving Elisha, the lessons led into
the less delightful company of royalty.
Still. they were lessons about men and
women. and how they moved their
world. First came the shameful story
of Il woman's bloody plot-one conse-
quence of q wicked marriage further
back in the story-and of how another
ana better woman foiled it. (Lesson CO.
-Athaliali. the cruel and despotic.
thought to thwart Gods plan by de-
s%troying all the seed royal ana making
herself queen in name as In fact. The
babe Joash was hidden. however. in
the temple, and II few years later he
was brought forth and crowned. to the
CONSERVATION and destruction of the
murIerous queen. III is II dramatic tale
oi the triumph of good over evil. and a
reminder that
behind the d m unknown.
Stanleth God within the shadow,
keeping watch above his own"
When the boy king Joash had come
TO years of discretion he proved him
self II man indeed. and ii true king. by
taking on his own shoulders the bAr-
lens OF responsibility. He cleaned out
idolatry. overhauled delinquent priests.
and re-eStablished the temple Worship
on II business-like basis. quite II re-
Viviti followed the restoration of right
relations between the people and God;
and this is Still the divine program.
0.esSon -
There are strange stirri...s of the
popular thought these days. Great
Britain is moved deeply over grave
questions of conscience. in a way tina
reminds me of reformation times. On
this sid of the water there are plain
signs of an awakened political and
moral consciousness. Questions of ma
tional duty abroad, of the seriousness
of internal problems. like the race
ul1eStjnn tEa the r,.nu.inu 1n yft,, <f III,
present law. like the widespread mu-
nicipal corruption. like the prevalent
divorce evil, like the relations of great
aggregations of capital to the peoples
welfare, and like the insistent liquor
issue-these things which once were
OF interest only to the few. now are en-
gaging the attention of the many. 1t
may be seriously questioned whether
the need of this hour is not a clear,
vibrant. vital message from a prophet
OF the living God. to awaken the peo-
pie to duty n to vision, ever as
lsatah's appeal to Judah showed the re-
lation of Jehovah to a nation, and
pointed out a clear path for the latter's
life. (Lesson 81
ance Sunday the historical continuity
OF the series was broken. and Isaiah's
MESA K upon the evil of intemperance
was Considered. CLesson 81
THE End Of Thy Road"
h last two lessons included both
the northern and southern Kingdoms
Of the Jews. In the latter. good King
Hezekiah, son of a bad father, proved
that the chains Of heredity cannot
bind n resolute soul. by restoring the
temple worship after cleansing the
temple itself. and then by holding "a
festival OF rejoicing. Nesson 1O.)
The end Of the road was reached by
the northern kingdom. The ten tribes
had steadily declined in morals and re-
itgiOn. So. as no nation can be strong
people IRE weak, the outcome
was inevitable. The point made afresh
by MIR. Bryan was illustrated in the
Kingdoms career. Its course OF ain
was pursued until II tumbled In the
chasm Of destruction. The whole ma
ton was b.otted out. The ten tribes
were carried captive, and disappeared
from history's lagos. Their fate is
n OF the worlds riddles. Their les
son Ia plain though to every passerby.
God. justice. tardy though 1t prove per-
chance.
Rests never on the track NTH 1T reach