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nmin g?awy>??wi 'ras pulpit.*' 4 IN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. C. L. PALMER; Snbject: Ancient Worship* I Kingston. X. Y.?The following oru. dite and eloquent sermon on "Ancient Worship" was preached Sunday in the Reformed Church oX the Comforter by the pastor, the Rev. C. L. Palmer. Dr. Palmer said: History discloses .hat the..worship of the New Testament is not the creation of the later dispensation, but is the result of a long and complex process of evolution. All we know re specting the time of its inception is that it is as old as the human family, which confirms the belief that religion and life are inseparable, i Three principal elements constitute religion, worship, doctrine and life. Worship is the attitude of the individual or nation toward its deity. Doctrine is the abstract formation of truth into definitions and conception. Life is the conduct that is presupposed to conform to one's belief. Which shall be more prominent is determined by the spirit of the age. Since religion is both natural and supernatural we must look beyond the former for the channels of revelation. All creation is one harmonious doxology to the Creator, but His works do not give us all the information required for the true worship of God. Accordingly God has appointed certain ones to communicate His will. The prophets were a class chosen to instruct the people in the character and requirements of God. Their teachings are called the "word" of God. Sages uttered proverbs, riddles and dialogues while priests gave instruction in the form of law, which recognized no dis tinction between civic and religious life. Notwithstanding forms and habits have undergone many radical changes, there are certain features of worship - that remain essentially the same. There has always been a certain place dedicated to the service of God. With ns it is the church, but in the early times it was the temple, synagogue, tahernaele. altar or arove. A certain number of men are deui? k cated to the work of the Christian ministry, but in the earlier days there were priests and prophets who labored for the elevation of mankind. At a still earlier time the father of a family or head one of a tribe or clan conducted the worship. Sacrificial offerings have been discontinued among Christians, because the Lord Jesus Christ has. been sacrificed once for all. It was not so in the- distant* past. .It was then believed that the fellowship between God . and His people was fostered by sacrifice. The occasion was not unlike a social meal in which the god of the clan or family partook of the repast with its members. While the original idea of communion with the deity was paramount, sacrifice did not assume its full religious significance until perfected in the temple ritual. Other acts of worship, such as prayer and the vow, have ever occupied an important place, as well as music, and at times dreams, sorcery and dancing. Worship presupposes a time for the service of God. In the remote past when the people lived a waudering life, it was not possible to have a particular time and Dlace. but when they settled down to agricultural life three feasts were instituted, one in the spring, another in the early summer and the third in the autun\n, corresponding to our modern Easter, pentecost and thanksgiving. Worship without hymns and songs is inconceivable. If we were deprived of some of our favorite hymns it would destroy one of the most potent motives of worship. The psalms were just as .precious to the ancients as the modern hymns are to us, and exerted the same influence. ' The most reliable scholars are of the conviction that the-legal code of the Old Testament was not the result of a . single authorship, but the work of a redactor who compiled existing traditions and documents. This is more in harmony with the method God employs to accomplish His puvpose, and is certainly explanatory of the way that our Bible took form. It should be borue in mind that it is not my purpose to present .the ideal worship of the New Testament, but to study the course of religious development that culminated in the service of the Christian church. In so doing we shall encounter many things that are very much below the Christian standard, but we may not on that account ignore them, since they are necessary to illustrate the progress in which we have now occasion to rejoice. The evolution of worship is too vast a theme to cover in one discourse, we shall therefore confine our attention to its earliest phases. I. The ancient Semitic worship, j This antedates the religion of Israel. | and contains practices that would not be endured by the church of Christ, though we must not forget that the now unchristian land of Arabia was tb? mother of religion. The Semitic faintly bas given tbe world the two earliest known forms of civilizationEgyptian and Babylonian and tbe three highest faitbs, Judiasm, Christianity and Mohammedanism. * In tbe earliest period belief and life constituted a very insignificant part of worship. Then tile emphasis was upon the forms. Tbe amount of one's religion was estimated by bis devotion to ceremony. It was not until a very much later time that doctrine and practice were given the attention they deserve. At this time there were no states or nations. The people were joined together in families, tribes or clans. They had no abiding place, but journeyed from place to place to furnish their cattle with pasturage. The god oi the tribe was supposed to be an ancestor, who determined their prosperity or adversity. Each tribe had its god. who could be worshiped only by the members of the clan. If one united with another tribe he was obliged to do homage to the deity of it. Nor could the deity of one clan bless outside of its own territory. According to the most primitive conception but little importance was attached to the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. Future life has ever been a tenet of every religions system but it was emphasized less than the present life, since it was held, that no service could be rendered the deity beyond the grave. This explains the reason for embalming the dead. Sacrifice occupied a most important place among the Semites. And there are traces of human sacrifices which under the Christian dispensation have been offered only by heathen. The Semites living in tribes or clans had a local deity to whom they offered sacrifice. He sat at the table and partook of the slain animal. II. The primitive Hebrew stage. This period covers the patriarchal and nomadic epocn, wnue xue pwpic ?>c still wandering about. It is not surprising to,> discover many points of resemblance between this period and the preceding. They were just emerging from the ancient darkness into the later day. God had assigned them leaders whose work it was to lead them into the truth, but they were slow to follow. Being nomads they appointed worship wherever they were. There was no temple, tabernacie or ark. A rude altar erected out of the stone?!' of the ground was their temple. In Jacob's family were found teraphim or household gods. Sacrifice stili retained the social aspect so that it meant little more than a family gathering at which the local deity was present. However, by this time Jehovah was recognized as the God of the Hebrews. Other acts of worship, such as prayer, vows and dreams were observed. There were very few if any hymns at this time. The law had not been fully compiled, and a limited literature. TTT T>v.l?, dirtci/VIl JntlwInrPQ US to 111. 1U13 U1I1UIU1I ...v. . ? . the Canaanitish state. Great changes took place during .his epoch, because the people of Israel discontinued their nomadic life and settled down in the promised land among tribes of foreign faith. We naturally find that the chosen people suffered no little contamination, of which subsequent history evidence. Sacred places increased in numbers and the worship of Baal flourished. It seems to be a time of degeneration, for the worship of Jehovah was corrupted. The ark containing the two tables of stone was transported from one place to another. Images were erected to represent the deity, and the Urim and Thummim were employed to ascertain the will of God. Sacrifice was regarded as communion with the deity. The burnt offering se?ms to havebeen used more than any other. Prayer, vows, visions were still observed, while sorcery was losing its hold. Having discontinued their wandering life they observed the Sabbath, the feasts of the moon and of harvest. It appears, however, that they were not free from corruption. Music and dancing had its place, and it is said of David as a later time that he danced. There were hymns, sucli as the ^exodus song, the song of Deborah and the song of Hannah. Laws were assuming form as the outgrowth of custom. They were not written by Moses, but compiled or formulated by him. IV. The prophetic stage. This period is so called because of the number of prophets who exercised a most . wholesome influence on the life of the people. This was done by teaching a more enlightened conception of God. Samuel, David, Elijah, Elislia, Isaiah and .Tonah were among those who raised the standard of living. The high places were still used for the worship of Baal, and at one time the worship of Baal and Jehovah were consolidated. At the time of David the ark of the^ covenant was taken to Jerusalem, and the temple was completed in the days of Solomon, which produced a more orderly system of worship. Idolatrous practices were not, however, entirely superseded, for we read of golden calves at Bethel and Gilgal. The completion of the temple made the most perfect organization and development of the priesthood imperative. To this time no distinction was known between church and state, but ? J'-.!-.:*,, mnnonohr in I Ilie lllYl^AUil Ui liic uivuuivuj v.w produced a complete separation. The acts of worship continued about the same as in the preceding period, except that certain restrictions were imposed. Sacrifice was offered to es- . tablish communion with God. There was some human sacrifice. Praying to God was becoming a pleasure, and vows were made by Nazarites. Oracles and dreams were regarded as channels through which Jehovah communicated His revelations. Sorcery was practiced against the protests of the prophets. A hymn book was in process of compilation and the priests were compiling law. The attitude of the prophets toward existing conditions will help us to appreciate our theme and make its application. The prophets considered the high places as detrimental to the religious life of the nation. They maintained that the temple was all they required for the worship of the true God. The prophets insisted upon purity of life among the people of God, especially the priests. It appears from the records that the sawed office was not entirely free from corruption. They further insisted upon the true worship of the heart. While admitting the place of forms, they contended that the forms must be spiritualized. The Keward of Earnestness. Christ met multitudes of men in Jericho one day. But so far as we know He picked out only two for special blessing. The reason was that these two were the most iu earnest. Bartimeus would be heard, though oth crs tried to hush his voice; Zaccheus would see, though the crowd overtopped him. So these two won the rewards of earnestness. A vague desire will never bring us close to Christ; we must be in earnest.?Presbyterian. Ilow George Fox Learned Patience. I found something within me that would not be sweet and patient and kind. I did what I could to keep it down, but it was there. I besought Jesus to do something for me, and when I gave Him my will He came into my heart, and took out all that would not be patient, and then He shut the dear.?George Fox. Path to Victory. God's trials, nobly borne, in obedience to His righteous will, are the paths to victorious triumph. ? S. A. Brooke A BLOODY MUTINY I ! Raged Fiercely in Streets of! Kronstadt, Russia. j ALMOST AT CZAR'S DOOR Pevolt Br-aks Out Suddenly, Troops Are Called, Machine Guns Play and Many Rioters Are Mowed Down. A St. Petersburg special says : It is reported that a massacre occurred at Kronstadt Wednesday night and that the infantry, using machine guns, fired on the people. The British em* bassy has requested General TrepofI tfc> protect the British subjects at Kronstadt. A dispatch to a news agency in London from St. Petersburg says sailors of the Russian squadron at Kronstadt mutinied, oi erpowering their officers, and landed and attacked the shops, public buildings and spirit stores. T -x n-inrnifu iVta linr. ! Liaier repui u? u>abu?; , ror of the situation. The mutiny was I complete. According to the latest reports, not only the sailors, but thQ garrison of some of the forts, joining in the insurrection. The few soldiers and sailors who remain loyal, fought all night against the mutineers ana the workmen who ' enlisted under the banner of revolt Barricades were thrown up. The report that machine guns were used is apparently confirmed. The l^xim guns fired all Wednes- | day night and Thursday morning the streets were flooded with blood. The I number of dead and wounded runs i far into the hundreds Later two regiments of Cossacks and the Imperial Horse Guards were dispatched to Kronstadt from St. Petersburg, and a regiment of Uhlans were sent there from Oranienaum, a few miles west of Peterhof. Altogether about 20.000 troops are engaged la quelling the insurrection. According to some reports, the sailors and strikers were finally surrounded, but would not surrender. Both sides have been losing heavily. The troops lost eight officers killed or wounded. Other reports say the Uhlans deserted to the mutineers, and are now fighting against the imperial troops. The inhabitants of Kronstadt are ir a panic. The boats to St. Peters burg have stopped running and telephone and telegraph communication have been severed. Both Count Witte and the emperor have made another surrender. General "Trepoff has been^ removed from the powerful position which he occupied, that of governor general of St. Petersburg, and assistant minister of the interior, and Russia's premiers hay* agreed to immediate universal J suffrage. BALLOT BOXES IN STREET. Sensational Developments in Contest Over Election in New York. The contest over the mayoralty election in New York, inaugurated by William Randolph Hearst, the municipal ownership candidate, developed interesting and spectacular features Thursday. For twelve hours the boxes containing nearly 500,000 ballots cast in Tuesday's election, choked the streets in the vicinity of the headquarters of the board of elections in Sixth avenue. The ballot boxes had been gathered during the night by the police .and conveyed in patrol wagons to the election board's headquarters. There the officials refused to receive the ballot boxes and the police, acting under a court order signed by Justice Gaynor. compelling the police authorities to turn the ballots over to the V? si A virvlVlf +A A A V\nf tJltJCLlUll uuaiu. llrtU uuuuu^ IV uu uu? remain outside and await the pleasure of the election officials. Apprised of the situation, the attorneys for Hearst appeared beforo Justice Dickey of the state supreme court and seemed from him an order compelling John R. Voorhees, the p;esident of the board of elections, accept the ballots. The order v/a.s served promptly and the ballots ther vere receipted for by the election board. Charges that several ballot boxe'i had been stolen before the returns vere reported and that others were found unsealed were made during the day. The investigation of the election promises to be the most thorough ever made in New York city. MARKED WITH CROSSES. Great Massacre of Jews Planned by the '"Black Hundred." Stories are being industriously circulated that a regular St. Bartholomew massacre of the Jews and intel lectuals has been planned by the "Black Hundred*' of St. Petersburg. It is declared that all the houses containing intended victims are marked with a red cross. Dining With Franz Josef. During dinner, the Emperor converses in his liveliest manner wi'h j the guests of honor near him, and j when he rises the whole party of men j betake themselves to the smokingroom, where black coffee is served. Hore begins what is known as the cercle at the Austrian Court. The Emperor talks in turn to every one present about personal things or current events. He -ikes the frankes. replies, and laughs with great jovialty at witty sallies. Formerly Frar.z Josef devoted hvo hours to his family after lunch, but since the painful death of his .only son, the Crown Prince Rudolph, and the assassination of his Empress at I Geneva, coupled with the marriage ot his two daughters, he leads a very solitary life for the greater parr of the year. In summer, however, he makes his way to his lovely villa at Ischl, in the beautiful Salszkamtr.er gut, and here he is surrounded by his daughters and their children. It is then this pathetic old man is happiest. playiDg 'grandfather'' with the babies, taking walks with them and forgetting for a brief season the trials, sufferings, misfortunes and disappo'ntments which life has brought him.?Pearson's Monthly for October. 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