The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 21, 1910, Image 6
f Hoods
I Sarsaparilla
Will purify your blood, clear
your complexion, restore your
appetite, relieve your tired feeling,
build you up. Be sure to
a take it this spring.
m wt it today In liquid form or In tablets
known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1.
' WHamMUM
Restores Grey Hair ts Natural Color
laTlfOratal and pt : tata tha hair from falliax ?l,
r? Solo fey DniM'xa. or feant Bl?ao? fey
XANTHINE OO., Richmond, Virginia
QUI a Ma lam,; laayfe l?IIU l,c- law, Hf Clualar,
Forty elephants stampeded and
caused a panic among 5.000 circus
spectators at the Colliseum in Chicago
one of the trainers being seriously
injured before the beasts were quieted
down. Many women fainted.
| gt/y "SA
PUTNAM
Odor more (Tool* brighter and faster colors " ?- aa
MLB dye any garment without ripping apart. Wrl
fCDCC A Package^
rKtt ?f "Paxtine?
| B IMh,fc WU1 Be Sent
I Free of Charge to Every
Gives one a sweet breath; clean, white,
germ-free teeth?antiseptically clean
mouth and throat?purifies the breath
after smoking?dispels all disagreeable
perspiration and body odors?much appreciated
by dainty women. A quick
remedy for sore eyes and catarrh.
^ A little Pax tine powder disP
* solved in a glass ol hot water
MWMhJH makes a delightful antiseptic soUgjsjiVwji
lution, possessing extraordinary
cleansing, germicidal and heslI
fa ing power, and absolutely harmless.
Try a Sampled 50c. a
large box at druggifi* or by maiL
The Paxton Toilet Co.. Boston, Mass.
ffpropsyl
>^hL Removes all swelling in 8 to a
1 days ; effects a permanent cur
dtX in 30 to 60 days. Trial treatmen
v t^nivfn free. Nothingcan be fa ire
F Write Dr. H. H. 6reon's Sons,
TPJISaaclsllsts. Box Q Atlanta. Qs
farm Notes.
To the hired man: You can be ;
man whom the whole neighborhooi
will want. How? Just by being fai
and square, earnest, honest, good na
tured and clean in all your life. N
out-of-work times for such a man.
The answer we have been {giving ti
young men who wish to get into agri
cultural journalism, is to go on !
farm which is devoted to the specialt;
he is most interested in and?worl
and write, write, write, sending hi
MSS. to farm papers; keep on send
ing them until he makes a reputatioi
for himself; then, if a way is to ope
for him?it will open. Others ma
give better advice than this?this i
the best we can do.
In a little while summer boarder
will be in evidence. Deal gently wit
them, brethren, when they ask vo
how many eggs the eggplant produce
in a day, and when they ask to se
the cow that gives butter and clieesi
They mean well, but they are ver
green concerning country ways; an
if they are frightened out of thei
wits when they meet a flock of shee]
do not remind them of their clien
jokes about the perils of a countr;
man crossing a busy street in towi
The summer boarder is usually wil
inir to learn, ami in lime he will evf
be able to distinguish between a bun
bleboe and a grasshopper.
For < oi.lt* mid nuie
Hick's Capcdinb Is the best remedy?r?
lleves the aching and feverlshnesa?cures til
Cold an<l restores normal conditions. It
llrjnld?effects Immediately. 10c., 25c. t.nd&O
at drug stores.
"Stop talking and fjet down t
work" is the word passed alo^'; tl
line at Annapolis. So.-l(>-l
Ask Your Dealer For Allen'i Foot?Eii#
A powder. It rest* the feet. Cures Corn
Bunions.Swollen. Sore, Hot,Callous, Achini
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. A
all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. A
cent no substitute. Sample mailed Frki
Aadress Allen S. Olmsted. Lei toy, N. Y.
Base ball claimed its first iXci
York victim of the 1910 season i
the death of 15-year-old Rudolp
Ridding, who was struck on the hea
with a pitched hall.
Year Medicine Closet Should Contai
aa emergency remedy for acute Indigestion, fuu
poteonlag or Metb erloes. For ?- ... ^ -?
oreST ^c/5v^oiI"]
promptly admlnlatfrnd, will affertl raliaf, ami III
claantlog (ho aystam rfmorc a cuuw for lllnrai
Palatal ! (astr, safa and alTarilvr. The ldaal ca'.haJ
Mo, Ike., druggiiia or Murray Drug Co.. Columbia, ?.l
DAISY FLY KiLLER es&S2S?:
Mm.claaa.UmmJ
Lftali all uiiia
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-JLWorth
Hearing.
Grief makes one hour ten.
It is good to love the unknown.
Nothing is law that is not reason.
No legacy is so right as honesty.
God helps them that help themselvei
Art may err, but Nature cannc
miss.
The heart will break, yet brokenl
live on.
Never look for birds this year ii
| the nests of the last.
We are ne'er like angels till ou
passion dies.?Dekker.
I Buy "Battle Axe" Shoes.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iaflamina
tiou, al Lay s pain,cures wind colic.25c.a bottlo
, All rising to great places is by i
winding stair.
' Doctor yourself when you feel a cold
l cominsr, with a few doses ot Perry Darts'
Painlciller. Better than qninine -nd safer.
f Consul Junior, the educated cliim
panzee, was insured for ."jl50,000. Wlial
monkey business!
TTLE AX
FAD ELE
J other dye. One lOe. package colon all fiber*. Th?
to for tree booklet? How to ujro, Bleaon and Mix Co
I Husband
"My wife," writes D. W
?3 that CARDUI is wonderful an
H has suffered for some time wit
\ ? troubled for weeks. After tak
HE was relieved and now can d<
MM suffering any pain. CARDC
HE think it is the greatest medic:
H
- The Won
i
i HB
H Every woman knows the
e the whole system is affectedr
To obtain relief we urge you tc
l medicine for such ills. For m<
ffl has been successfully relieving
Hm CARDUI is purely vegeta
gently but surely on the deli<
i paia and restoring health. C
r j bad after-effects. Try it toda
For sale at all druggists.
i C. A. Dowdy has been pardoned bi
y Gov. Mann, of Virginia, tor savLnj
lc the life of a prison guard who was
s being attacked bv another convict.
^ For HEADACHE-Hloh?' CAPIJDINB
Whether from Colds. Heat. Stomach oi
11 Nervous Troubles. Capudlne will relieve you
V It's lluuld?pleasant to take?acts lmmedl'
ately. Try It. 10c.. 23c.. and 50 cents at drui
8 stores.
s A BOLD, BAD MAN.
h
u Undertakes a Hold-Up With a Spoor
'8 for a Weapon.
e Oerman-fried potatoes were on th;
e- menu of the Kenton family, of 161!
y I the Paseo, last night, and O. C. Ken
| ton, father cf the two children wht
ir , constitute tho rest of the family, wai
P* In the kitchen at his twtce-a-day oc
P cupation of cook. The children ha<
left the house for a moment. Mr
'J- Kenton was alone.
The knob of the kitchen doer turn
'n ed and the door swung open. A man
3" determined of face and rather heav;
of body, came from the darkness o
out-of-doors and the kitchen ligh
?- was reflected from a shiny object h<
held in his hand,
c- "Hold up your hands!" the mai
from without ordered in a sten
0 voice, nnd whilo the German-fries
u. spluttered, up went the hands o
y Kenton. The glint of light on th<
shlnj object sent them there.
"Now, where's your money?'' th<
intruder added.
At first Kenton did not answer
t Then he thought of the pay envelop*
he might miss later in the week, an<
decided to argue a bit.
"Now, looky here," he said, "I'n
w > nn old man, nigh on to fifty-four. Yoi
n aren't rolng to hold nie up, are you?'
h "Where's your money?" insisted th<
<1
Kenton argued some more. Thei
~ his eyes traveled to the shiny ob^ec
11 agn. i. Incidentally the eyes grev
2 larger for Kenton saw that what h?
believed to be a revolver was only i
p apoo i, table size.
"Well," said Kenton, with mori
J confidence, moving toward an innei
? door, "If you're going to act that waj
abort It, I'll get my revolver."
The hand that held the spoon trav
eled to a hip pocfeet that was empty
! { A second later where the bold, ba4
5 man had stood there remained onlj
I emptiness and aa open dow. Ths
"hold-op" was over and Kenton wsi
I once more attending to the Oeraan
Cries ?Kansas City Star.
The Important
Problem
} confronting anyone in need of a laxi
t tire Is not a Question of a single a<
tion only, but of permanently bent
y ' ficial effects, which will follow prope
| efforts to live in a healthful way, wit
n ; the assistance of Syrup of Figs an
I Elixir of Senna, whenever it Is r<
r quired, as it cleanses the systec
genuy yet promptly, without Irritatlo:
and will therefore always have th
preference of all who wish the best o
family laxatives.
| The combination has the approra
. of physicians because it is known t
j be truly beneficial, and because it ha
! given satisfaction to the millions o
well-informed families wbo have use;
' it for many years past
l To get its beneficial effects, alwayi
" j buy the genulno manufactured by th<
' California Fig Syrup Co. only.
E" Sho1
90000000000000000000000000c>
S S DYES
i- dya In cold water better than any other dya. Too
or*. nO.'lUOE mivu CO.. Vnlncy. llllnoU.
I's Praise I
. Bates, of Caldwell, 0., "thinks Ee
id that she owes her life to it. Site K$
h female complaint, and would be ??S
ing a few bottles of CARDUI she Ira
) housework right along without H
I did so much for my wife, we H
ine on earth for women." PS
lan's Tonic I
symptoms of female trouble, how H
?the suffering and misery of it. Kg
> take CARDUI, the specific, tonic RI
are than half a century, CARDUI
suffering women?why not you? B
ble and non-intoxicating. It acts B
:ate female constitution relieving B
ardui is easy to take and has no B
y. It will help you. *$3
r Foreign Commerce Crowing.
^ If the foreign commerce of th
United States during the last fou
months of the present fiscal year i
, as large in proportion as during tli
I first eight months it will he a recor
year, according to figures prepare
, hy government experts.
Sheep and goat raisers in Soutl
a rn "
i ?i-si i f\as are looking lorward t
a record clip in wool and mohai
1 About 10,000,000 pounds of this con
modify are said to be in sight, a
* against 8,000,000 pounds last year.
" I TRIALS of rhe NEEDEMS"
l WHAT A LOT OF RUBBISH THESE COMIC $EC
3 ! TI0N5 OF THE NEWSPAPERS ARC TRETtEy
! IS HOT A FUNNY THING IN THEM
TTv^lV EVEPVBODy'ELSC SCTHsLurd
1 i \ TO ENJOY THEM YOU ARE HOTftBSSl
A ) \ 1 FEELING WELL TAKE A (T2?
1 ARE CERTAINLY FUNNY \ (?~5SjE# OAY
THE FALLOWS WHO DRAW VWjKitfJ 1
1 THEM MUST ALWAYS BE IN V\f
f A GOOD. HUMOR I WONDER
1 THAT WHEN A MANS STCMNCH OR
LIVER ARE OUT OF ORDER HEC/vHT SEE FUN
IN ANYTHING. MUNYON S pAV.vfAW LAX"
3 I M1VE PILLS KEEP YOU RIOHT
Kunjron'i Paw Paw Pllla coax the Hto
, | Into activity by geutle method* They d
I not acour, gripe or weaken. They are i
' tonic to ttu> atomach, liver and nerveM
j | Invigorate inatead of weaken. Tbey et
rich the blood and enable the atomach t<
- get a\i the nourlahmcnt from food that 1
I put Into It. These pills contain no calo
mel; they are aoothlng, healing and atlm
ulntlng. For aale by all druggteta In 10
? and 28c ataes. If von need medical ad
. vice, write Mnnyon a Doctora. They wll
advise to the beat of their ability abeo
lately free of Charge. MVNTON S. I*
sad Mwjm St a.. Philadelphia, Pa.
BROWN'S
i BttowcmAL Trochk
[ HotmcMa ad laaadaa aeUaf
1 Prtef, 25 emm, SO emm mmd $tA0 pm Um.
- THE PU LPIT, j!
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A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY ]
THE REV. E. M. M'GUFFEY. of
bai
to pie
o Theme: The End of Things.
e- .. mo
* . of
Elmaurst, L. I.?In St. James* P. con
& E. Church, the rector, the Rev. E. M. Is 1
(j McGuffey. preached Sunday morning of
on the "'End of Things." He took his tloi
text from St. Luke 21: "For the anc
n powers of heaven shall be shaken." thli
n Mr. McGuffey said:
Joy is always more Joyous when alw
0 underneath it is a foundation of er
f thoughtfulnes3. Thoughtful people trii
have everywhere and always the ad- <
vantage over thoughtless people, not
1 With the latter class joy Is too often obe
o like the "crackling of thorns under a ed
pot." Here Joy is likely to be like the
the pleasure children; light hearted, ren
f temporary, evanescent and meaning- Sue
j less; mere animal spontaneity, unre- rig]
flective. wel
On the other hand, also, half di- i
3 gested considerations of the solem- des
? nity and seriousness of life, considera- ser
tions of it not thought thoroughly to ma
a conclusion, are too apt to alarm the
and sober us unduly, and produce tral
that timid and melancholy frame of \
mind that refrains as far as possible and
from thinking at all on the great and sun
serious problems of human life. Lord ma
Bacon once said: "A little philos- end
ophy inclineth men to atheism." He nine
might have said also that a large sur- lou:
vey of the laws governing the world eve
and the human mind establish a be- this
lief in the absolute and benevolent elei
scversignty of God over human life. din
I shall be pleased, therefore, to Not
have you do two things: Ev<
First, to make all the jovous days app
of the Christian year and all the joy- pas
ous occasions of your personal life fori
more intelligently joyful by careful in
consideration of the truths and facts fire
which underlie them. If a few months sen
ago we reflected on the true thought its
of Christmas Day, the incarnation, atoi
the gift to the world from the skies froi
of a Divine Saviour, assuring us of earl
J the care and love of the great Heaven- gav
ly Father. I am sure we experienced orij
a happiness that was contagious, be- gas
cause it was deep rooted. If we ex- to
plained lucidly to the dear children uni
in our homes why and how Christmas not
became Christmas, I am sure we i
sowed precious seed in the rich soil ing;
s of their young hearts. of i
With these considerations I pas3 beg
to our second thought, viz.: ter
The ending of this planet as the onl:
thpntrp nnH homo nf 11 f ** ' ' 1
v.* .........nr. inn
Dramatic and terrible as is this All
thought in contemplation, let us seek q
to entertain it that it may be reas- piai
suring rather than demoralizing. If hon
the ending of the career of this world in i
as a planet is to me a tremendous it f
physical catastrophe, a probable re- win
absorption into the sun by an impact be
of collision which will instantly va- c
porize it by the enormous heat gen- wai
erated by collision, this apparently is t
tragic and.utter ending of the earth is by
an ending ordained by God. along the ard
lines of infinite wisdom and love. It elm
will be no more remarkable, when i
viewed in this light, than the drop- tern
ping of an autumn leaf, that, having tell
served its function, is bidden to sub- and
serve other uses. befi
It is wortly of remark that the peo
statement of our Saviour that this the
planet would come finally .o fiery ex- con
tinction, anticipated by near 2 000 con
years the deductions and conclusions the
of astronomical science. For a gen- tint
eration at least, astronom?r3 have ara
known that the earth was slowly Us
drawing nearer to the sun. As this pro
approach is by very easy stages, al- fac<
though positive and actual, it will he gra
c many hundreds of thousands of years upv
before the final catastrophe occurs, of
! And so, just now, we need be under sist
ls no immediate apprehension, in spite wai
ie of the periodic alarms of our friends, raei
<1 the Second Adventists. the
(' Before this happens, the education a si
of the human race will have been the
finished. Before this happens, all etei
i_ terrestrial heat will probably have beb
0 left the body of this planet. With us
' the cooling of the earth, all water
' on the surface of the globe, and all
atmosphere will have been drawn in18
to the core of the earih, and the earth (
will have become a dead planet like Gff
- the moon. With the cooling of the sajrp.rth,
and the disappearance of water
and air, all organic life, vegetable p0ij
nr.d animal, will have ceased, and the <j0t
earth become a dead planet. Gradu- fro]
ally the centrifugal motion which .jng
keeps the earth away from the sun, enc
as it Whirls around it, will be over- av>i
come by the centripetal attraction eve
which is drawing the earth toward asj;
the sun. Let me explain by a simple the
illustration: A boy ties a stone on for
j the end of a 3tring. after the manner ^y
of a sling. He swings it round and 0? j
; round. Should he let go the string, fuii
I the stone wpuld fly off into space. wpj
But holding tightly to the string, he rac
gradually shortens It. ar.d In the SOri
meantime keens the stone whirling, my
the stone will presently strike his sio:
hand when the string is short enough. un(]
And the stone will strike hard. As- tra
trononiy tells us that the earth is the Kir
sione, and the sun is the boy. The jes
string is the invisible cord which we d.
call gravity. The sun 13 gradually
shortening this cord. When it is |
short enough, this power of gravity |
| will pall tlie earth into the sun. The 1
! earth wlli stikc the sun so hard that shi
' Its entire mass will be vaporized in HI?
! an instant and all its constituent ele- ihr
j ments resolved into its original con- day
| tiiticn. So vast is the sun that any thi:
| one of Its great chasms, which we call do
t I spots, is large enough to swallow the sel<
J earth without touching its sides. So Thi
; vast is the sun that the addition to it per
i'- of this whole planet would be as if fllli
wo threw a single lump of coal into thi:
" a great furnace. G6i
Although all life will have ceased ant
e before this cataclysm, when we reflect An
- | upon the destruction of the triumphs
of art, science and civilization, the
t numberless marvellous things which
men have mado and built and deemed 1
of priceless value, all to go In one hat
fiery holocaust, some considerations
a present themselves to thoughtful too
minds. And first, perhaps, to the wll
pious thinker, comes the thought pui
that, however God may have assigned on
, to man the duty to subdue nature and tur
. develop civilisation. It was only that lmi
nature's forces might be harnessed coi
ft is the service of man, and that civil- mo
(
(ton, blossoming into morality and
tars, might bo fore taste of and
i pa ration for oar life as It will be
?d in higher spheres.
Entirely apart from considerations
the coarseness and crassness of
barous and semi-barbarous peos,
and the lowest classes of ciwllllon,
several hundreds of thousands
years will be necessary before the
ral. spiritual and social training
our race approaches satisfactory
idltlons. The conviction therefore
'orced upon us. that In the thought
God, moral and spiritual educa
i* ?o v* |rai niuuauv iux)jui lauLC,
I that all things earthly subserve
s end by the appointment of die
providence. Hence man must
ayB be regarded as Infinitely greatthan
the world itself, and all the
imphs of civilization.
Sod's dealings with human life are
so inscrutable after all. To the
idient, affectionate and right-mindchlld
in our homes, the laws of
household and the will of the pats
are never subjects of mystery.
:h child kijows by the instinct of
ht perception that they are for its
1-belng and ultimate advantage.
V.nd so it comes that the final fiery
tination of the world, after it has
red its purpose, fills us with no disy.
It will have served its use as
schoolroom in which we were all
Ined.
Ve, I take it, shall be elsewhere,
I not greatly concerned that the
i has devoured our old home. We
y therefore contemplate the fiery
ling of this world with entire equality.
And yet herein is a marvels
thing. Science assures us that
n after millions of years of use of
i world by animals and men, its
orients will be just as fresh and untinished
as when the world began.
:hing will have been worn out.
irything in use only changes. Its
larent wear and tear is only a
sing from one form to another
m. A bundle of wood is placed
our kitchen stove to kindle the
. It i3 consumed. It ashes repret
what the tree took from the soil,
carbon goes up the chimney, rering
to the air what some tree took
m the air. Nothing was lost. The
Ih received again what it originally
e. To the air was restored its
;inal contribution of carbonic acid
, which the leaf manufactured inwood.
And so God has made a
verse of perennial youth, where
hing is lost or can be lost,
t is the law of God that the onds
of all things are the beginning
lew things. When night ends, day
ins. When summer ceases, win1b
upon us. The old year ends
y to project its power or weakness
i the new. Nothing is stationary,
things are fluid and progressive,
'he sure and final ending of this
net suggests that it was but the
ne and school room of human life
its initial stages. When we leave
or a larger and greater world, or
jn It finally ceases to be there need
no regret nor undue alarm.
)ur considerations, in looking for d,
cause us to read into life as it
he great truth that all things are
divine appointment working towa
great ethical and dramatic con-don.
n spite of the present popular
dency against church attendance, I
[eve that more people are truly
thoughtfully religious than ever
ore. It is bound to be so when
pie become thoughtful. For then
y must see that "Now we have no
tinning city, but we seek one to
le." But all this is the story of
gospel. Our Saviour taught dis;tlv
that this life is but the preption
for higher life. He incited
to prepare for it carefully. He
mised that no cne who set liis
8 towards the skies should want
ce nnd strength for the difficult
rard climb. The beautiful Church
God stands pledged for this asance.
It exists to help men up d
and onward. It exists to help
a not only in all social ways along
hard lines of life, but to give them
trong hand as they struggle out of
natural into the spiritual and
rnal. The natural being left well
ind, it need not greatly concern
what becomes of it.
A Prayer For the Aged.
)h. mos' merciful God. cast mp not
in the time of my old age. Fore
me not if my strength falleth.
y my*fcoary head be found in rightsness.
Preserve my mind from
age and imbecility, and my body
m protracted disease and excruciatpain.
Deliver me from despondy
in my declining years, and ene
me to bear with patience whatr
may be Thy holy will. I humbly
that my reason may continue to
last; and that I may be so comted
and supported that I may leave
testimony in favor of the reality
religion and of Thy faithfulness in
ailing Thy gracious promises. And
en my spirit leaves this clay tenent.
Lord Jesus, receive it. Send
je of the blessed angels to convey
inexperienced soul to the manns
which Thy love has prepared;
I, oh, may I have an abundant ennce
ministered unto me into the
lgi'.om of our Lord and Saviour
us Christ.?Archibald Alexander,
D.
An Ur.appropriate tJlpssing.
s not God, Who made the sun to
ne. also willing and able to let
i light and His presence so shine
ough me that I can walk all the
' with God nearer to me than anyng
in nature? Praise God, He can
it. Why, then, does He do It so
Jom, and In such feeble measure?
are is but one answer; you do not
mit It. You are so occupied and
ad with other things?religious
ngs, perhaps?that you do not give
a time to make Himself known,
i to enter and take possession.?*
drew Murray.
Behind the Veil,
rou will see again all those you
re loved; you will recognize them.
* * It is not possible to expect
much of Ood; every anticipation
1 be infinitely surpassed. The
est light which for our souls falls
the beyond, the most blissful plce
of the future mseting, is but poor
sgery. a far and palf twilight in
nparison with the morning of im?
rtality.?Charles Wagner. _ '
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Sunday-School I
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- \
MENTS FOB APRIL 24
Knhlprt ? VVsvnlfKf ***!
0- -- ? ?? o AUfU???VUf
Matt. 11:20-30?CommitVerses
2S-S0. '
.1
GOLDEN TEXT.?"Come unto Me,
all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give yon rest." Matt.
11:28.
TIME.?Midsummer, A. D. 2S. ?
PLACE.-?Capernaum.
EXPOSITION.?I. Warnings of
Unutterable Woe to the Imponj^.
20-24. The works of Ood are-* ca?l
to repentance (cf. Ro. 2:4; Acts 17;
30, 31). The greater and more manifest
the works the louder the call to
repentance. If we see great works of
God and do not repent, we bring
greater guilt and condemnation upon
ourselves. Chorazin and Bethsaida
had been witnesses to marvelous
workings of God's grace and power in
Jesus Christ. These should have 1
brought them to repentance and the
acceptance of Jesus Christ as the Saviour
and Lord. But they had not repented.
They had closed their eyes
and hardened their hearts and that
which was intended for their salva- '
tion became their condemnation.
Christ accepted brings salvation and
eternal life; Christ rejected brings
greater condemnation and more intolerable
judgment and penalty (Heb.
10:28, 29). Their impenitence was
utterly without excuse and Jesus upbraided
them for it. But we have <
more light than Chorazin and Bethsaida.
How then must Jesus regard
those who do not repent among us?
Sodom was a very guilty city. Its
vileness has become the synonym of
all that is most indescribably loathsome
in vice, but the guilt of New
York and Chicago, London and other
American and English cities is greater
than that of Sodom; for these cities
have rejected greater light. The
amount of light given and rejected is \
the measure of the guilt of the nation
and of the individual. Caper- (
naum thought it would surelv he e*.
alted to heaven because of the great
grace bestowed upon it, but Jesus
sair^his would drag it down to hades,
because that boasted grace was de- (
spised and neglected. Our blessings
as a nation will drag us down to I
hades unless we repent. Jesus con- j
templated the coming judgment of (
Chorazin and Bethsaida with unutterable
sorrow (cf. Matt. 23:37). i
How gredt must be the sorrow with
which He contemplates the judgment
soon to come on the men and nations '
of to-day who reject the wondrous
light given them. Jesus puts the re- I
jection of Himself as the supreme sin
and the one meriting heaviest con- I
demnation, another proof of His
deity. Jesus is the supreme manifes- <
tation of truth and God. The rejec- f"'
tion of Him is, therefore, the final
revelation of a heart wedded to dark- '
ness, error and sin; it is the supreme,
decisive, damning sin (cf. Jno. 3:18, <
19).
II. Promises of Unspeakable Joy \
to Those Who Come to Jesns, 23-30.
In v. 25 we find one of the most im- i
portant principles upon which God
deals with men in the revelation of t
His truth. If we are to get God's in- '
finite wisdom we must renounce our
finite wisdom. The man who is full
of his own wisdom cannot have God's
(cf. Is. 5:21; 1 Cor. 1:18-27). If we (
are to be wise with the true wisdom,
we must take our place as fools to be (
taught by the All-wise (1 Cor. 3:1820).
Jesus Christ rejoiced in the j
Spirit and thanked God that this is so "
(Luke 10:21, R. V.). The 27th verse .
contains a tremendous statement nt *
the authority committed to Jesus. It
is to be taken in the broadest and f
most absolute sense (Matt. 28:18;
Jno. 3:35; 13:3; 17:2; Eph. 1:20- i
23; Phil. 2:10, 11; Heb. 2:8-10; Acts
10:36). God has actually committed a
the whole universe, celestial as well
as terrestrial, into the bands of Jesus a
Christ. We have a wonderful and '
mighty Saviour. He Is also a wise
Saviour, He thoroughly knows God. |
He alone does, and those to whom He
wills to reveal Him. How foolish I
then are those who seek to know God
by a study of philosophy or theo3o- |
phy, or comparative religion. Out
side of the revelation Jesus Christ a
makes of the Father, God is, indeed, \
as the agnortic says, "the Unknowable."
But there is one who knowrf (
God and who is ready to give to any
one who will believe on Him an un- {
derstandlng that he. also may know
God (1 Jno. 5:20). The words of v. d
2 8 are among the most wonderful *
that ever fell from the lips of Him a
who spake as never man spake. Here "
again His deity shines out bright and .
clear. What presumption or lunacy |
it would have been in Jesus to have
said this if He were mere man. But I
that it is neither presumption nor lunacy
is amply proven by the fact that i
thousands upon thousands have put
these words to the test of actual ex- a
periment and found them absolutely *
true. Jesus does give rest. Note '
four things in this wonderful invi- q
tation: (1) Who Invites?Jesus. (2)' ^
Whom He invites?all that labor and 4
are heavy laden. Commentators have
sought to set various limitationi^t$en .1
this, e. g., "those who labo-^f>ider
burden of guilt." It includef<ve.?8e. d
but is not limited to them. It . Jkns '
just what it says, "All that labor." J
Christ invites every one4that has a "
burden. It mav ho oin -
^ -W- w?M| 1 VU1UI .
doubt, sorrow, sickness. No matter i
what, overburdened man, Jesus says, v J
"Come." (3) To what He invites? 2
rest. That is what the human heart J2
craves, that is what Jesus gives. (4), jm
The condition. "Come." That is all.
Note also to Whom we are to "Come," ?9
"unto Me," not unto a creed, unto $
a church, unto a person, and that
person, Jesus Himself. Not tp * Q
priest, not to a pastor, not to sotAe
great theologian, not to the Pope,. >al
"unto Me." right straight to Jesus, .jja
He only can give rest, but He ean. JB
Tf you haven't rest, It Is because you *
haven't come to Jesus. Come now. .
Then Jesus proceeds to tell of a deep- J
sr rest still?rest in service. "Take '
My yoke upon you," surrender abso- 1
lutely to His will (Jno. 14:21-21;
15:10-141. ? $