The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-01-25


Entomology. which Is generally under
stood not 10 be correct. gives Il as b. G.
pLACE.-Outside the Garden OF Eden.
hut probably In the same region. which
whole region was called Eden. near the
Tigrls and Euphrates rivers
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES The
xvii Hating the Good.-Psa. II 2: 81 80:
1885. Prov 29:iO: Jer. 1i:ls Hab. i Is:
Matt 1916; Acts 4;l-s; 7:S2: Pet s:lt.
etc The cure. John 1884 So; Rom. - -.
10 1s 1921. i3.S-i0: Gal SIP. Phil 2.2-4:
John 2.10. Show how love is the cure.
New testament Light--cain was "of
murderer from the beginning" (John
so The reason OF the difference I'm the
sacrifices Is given In Heb. ia. Crimes
.f,v unto God JAS 50: Rev. 6:l0). Christ's
blood speaketh better things, or louder
than the blood OF Abel Dieb. 1920.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The picture of Cain and Abel por.
trays how from the first opposition
has subsisted between good and evil,
between faith and self-will. between
obedience and lawlessness. The two
brothers brought up in the same fam.
iIy. became the types. the one OF sin,
he other of righteousness" -Ryle.
The Two Sacrifices. True and False
Worship-V. 3. In process OF time"
An Indefinite note of time. II prob
ably was many years. Gain brought
the fruit OF the ground The products
~ his business. as was natural and
proper An Offering unto the Lord"
Jehovah. who had made himself
known in the garden. and probably
since.
VA. And Abel, he also brought OF
the frstlings of his flock" Either
the first born. which God afterwards
demanded lex. 1912. or the choicest
and best dob 1919 Cook. And
the fat thereof" Literally, the fat.
ness OF them, 1. e., the latest OF the
frstlngs. the best he had. or. as Dill.
mann, their fat pieces" the part TO
be burned The Lord had respect
unto Abel and to his Offering" 1T is
impossible TO know In what way the
Lord showed his favor. but IL was In
any case. visible sign of satisfac
tion."-Keil.
The Anger OF Cain. ~ II was
against his brother (2) II was with
0ut good cause. 90 II grew out of
envy and jealousy. (4) II was inten-
sified by his own consciousness Of be
ing in the wrong, and the desire TO
quiet his conscience by blaming 9th
ers 90 II was against Coo. (6) II
was violent, ill-tempered. beyond the
control Of reason. CD Ii was the feel
ing OF hatred In the wicked toward
those who are better because they are
continual reproof
v S. And Cain talked with Abel
and his brother" Hebrew. And Cain
said unto Abel his brother after
which there is. in many of the Hebrew
copies, a blank space left. as IL some
thing had been omitted. "rBush. He
talked over the matter with his
brother. He went on In familiar inter.
course with him. and II was during
one OF these conversations that his
anger was again inHamed. Others rep
resent Cain as asking his brother TO
go away from the home into a lonely
field for the purpose of doing evil to
him Cain slew him" Whether
he intended TO kill, or struck blow
in anger. and the result was more
N-1A hN - ItNAtAs VIC III HOb
Am | My Brothers Keeper?-Only
Cain-like men ask Gains question. We
al are our brothers keepers. God has
made the circles OF family, friendship,
acquaintance, race. humanity, so that
each OF US has an influence In them,
and we are responsible for that infiu-
snce. No one lives or dies TO himself.
And God gives us wealth. position, in
tellect. not for ourselves alone. but
that we may be better keepers OF our
brother D We are keepers Of our
brothers, not by debating to them. but
by brotherly love; CD by helping
hem. as the good Samaritan. or as
the righteous in Matt. 25:31-46: (3y by
considering their welfare in all our
business relations; ca by using avery
influence for their good, doing to 9TH
ers in all relations "as we would that
hey should do unto us"
The Voice OF Abel Still Heard
The blood that speaketh better things
than that OF Abel" (Heb. 1920. He
being dead yet speaketh" Heb. 11:D.
Here is a fine picture OF Abel's work.
lie Is living and speaking down all
me centuries one long triumphal
march, scattering blessed gems of
truth 70 all ages. like Prince Siddartha
n his fathers dream in The Light OF
Asia.
Gains punishment consisted 1) IN
me strengthening OF his evil charac-
ter. He added lying and selfishness to
murder. GU He set himself in opposi-
ION to God and his laws. changing
rom the light of blessings to the evils
mat are the necessary consequences
OF defying Gods laws. (S) His life
work was a failure. (4) He lost the
dressings of companionship with the
GOOD. He was lonely. estranged from
ms Kind, an outlaw. CD Remorse and
ne condemnation of his conscience.
Practical Points.
The only explanation OF the differ
ence between Cain and Abel lies in