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4 IN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. C. L. PALMER;
Snbject: Ancient Worship*
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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.
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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
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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
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Raged Fiercely in Streets of!
Kronstadt, Russia.
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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.
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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.
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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
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found unsealed were made during the
day. The investigation of the election
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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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All fish are more or less migratory,
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I main meanwhile obscure. It is believed,
for instance, that the summer
| herring fishery comes and goes with
the annual ebb and flow of the great
Atlantic inflow which sweeps round the
north of Scotland, grows in intensity
through the winter until early spring
and then subsides until aufuirin.
Plake move quickly. Heincke records
two which traveled about eightyeight
miles in twenty-eight days, or
an average of not less than three
miles a day, and twenty miles in
forty-three days. Dr. Fulton has observed
that adult plaice, swimming
leisurely in the large spawning pond
at the Aberdeen laboratory, may
move 100 to 140 feet per minute, or
considerably over a mile an hour.
Many of the fishes perform considerable
migrations from and toward the
areas where they are normally most
abundant. Thus witches and megrims
appear to migrate southward
and coastward to the shallower
waters in winter, withdrawing again
before the spawning season. It is interesting
to note that the turbot is
one of the most prolific of sea fishes.
The number of eggs in five specimens
examined by Mr. Fulton varied from
5,612,000 to 10,115,000. The heaviest
of the specimens, weighed only
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