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' ' : "v; . : : i 'IHE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON B> 'OR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE. w 1so-l>jec(? Tlte Sin-of IrreTere&c*. , Brooklyn, K. Y.?Dr. Charles Edwa Locke, in tlie Hanson Place M. Bi Church Sunday, preached on ^'Popular Desecration of Sacred Vessels; or, The .Sin of Irreverence." The text was from II Samuel *4:6-7.: "Czzah put forth his hand to the ark of -God and took hold of It; and God smote him there for his error*" Dr. Locke said in / the course of his sermon: There is danger that out .greatest national sin shall be the sin of irreverence. The ancient story of Uzzah's act of desecration in placing his hand upon the holy ark of God is full of serious and important lessons which appiy with solemn significance to our .age. and our country* .and our individual citizenship. God hud given commendment to Moses to construct a -sacred chest to ;be overla-id within aiad without with pure gold. It was te be surmounted , with two cherubim of beaten gold. This casket was to be a receptacle for the Tables <of .Stone which Moses fead received on the top of Mount Sinai, and t Is beautiful :ark was to he an altar <of: prayer which was .to he kept in the midst of the people, far <5od had said. "There wiE 1 meet with, thee." God explicitly commanded that no hand -should touch the ark save the priests* mid rings and poles were provided -by , which this sacred vessel was to he carried. a i The Philistines came up against! Israel and captured the ark and held it i jbl captive for sixty .years, when David; conquered Pliilistia and builded a suit-! able place for the .aTk, and, with 30.000j warriors, went down to the borders of; the enemy's country and secured possession of the precious treasure. In the excitement and joyousness of this : *. Jong looked for victory, Uzzah's mortal sin of irreverence was committed, | which cost him his life. Id the days of prosperity, Irreverence ] arrows cost insidiously. When men feel secure in their own successes they are prone to forget the commands of ' Ood. We do not depend so helplessly on our Heavenly Father when our achievements have given us great confidence in ourselves. National and individual prosperity are at once our greatest danger and greatest security. In the frenzy of victory, as did Uzzah, so do we often commit acts of irrever ?? - enee. , j Sometimes it is fashionable to be ir- ; + -reverent. The Philistines, in transporting the ark. had placed it upon an ox eart and when the Israelites captured the ark they followed the error j -of the Philistines and were returning with the ark drawn by oxen, instead 1 of carried by the staves and rings, as God had peremptorily commanded. ; One act of irreverence leads to another. And when the ark shook as the cart went over Xaclion's threshing floor, Uzzah heedlessly committed his ( serious offense. When the church allows the world to set its fashions, sac- 1 rileges, disastrous and deplorable, * speedily follow. Two other fruitful causes of irrever- * -ence are forgetfulness and familiarity. The ark had been in Uzzah's hoyse since'his boyhood and he dared to take ! privileges with the sacred furniture. Familiarity sometimes breeds con- 1 tempt. It is not discoverable that 1 Uzzah was either malicious or willful, 1 but be was heedless, and even so ap- 5 o hnrmlace cin nc? Viooilloccriacc 1 brought upon him the awful penalty tor his disobedience. The influence of sacred things depends upon their saeredness being preserved. God could not control Israel without their respect and obedience, hence the suffering of TJzzah. No sin is more treacherous than irreverence. It decoys its victims. It is like dry rot in the ship's timbers. Irreverence slyly gains admittance where grosser evils would be easily repulsed. Satan is constantly busy trying to transform the sons of Levi, who serve at holy altars, into the sons of* Eli. Beware of the deceptive tenden> cies of familiarity; when delicate respect for holy things is lost then defilement and sacrilege easily enter. .When reverence departs character cannot be retained, for character depends upon faith and in obedience to sacred things. ? At Belshazzar's feast, in the supposed impregnable city of Babylon, it was the towering crime of irreverence in defiling the sacred vessels of the temple worship at Jerusalem that / ' brought disaster and death to the dissolute young monarch. What are some of the holy things to-day which must be honored and preserved? The church is a sacred vessel. Dedicated to the service of God, it should not be diverted into secular uses. Jesus drove the merchants out of the courts of . the temple, and, as yet, there has been no permission granted for their / return. The sons of Aaron were devoured by the strange fire which they L undertook to offer at the altars of the * Lord. And similar results occur to- e day in the consuming of holy instincts e and respectful inclinations, when the r church of God is made a place of E amusement and merchandizing. In *3 chapels and parish houses many things * are proper which in the sanctuary lead t unmistakably to irreverence. * The Bible is a most sacred vessel. ^ There is not much danger of bibliola- 13 try, but we need to be much on our c guard lest^the very availability of our * J Greek Book shall cause it to be less f appreciated. Things are often valued s by use in proportion to the sacrifice which has been suffered for them. F A genetleman placed a copy of the p Gospel of St. John on my desk the 0 other day, and said it cost only two I cents. It was in excellent type and t neatly bound. During the days ot * the persecution of Diocletian, many a P>???tc+ior?e cnrrnn qvck-I * V? nit* S Viil AOliAUO OUl 1 V4AUVi VU liiV A A- a?? 4 n.' I v w and the sacred utensils of worship, 8 * 4 and in consequence lost their faith. * When the Bible goes out of our lives, * our Christian character loses its chief support. A man once, in the presence of his family, picked up a Bible, . turned its pages carelessly for a few moments, and petulantly threw it * down upon the table, saying. "Pshaw! give me Shakespeare!" Perhaps he never knew that the Bible was the acknowleged inspiration of the marvelous lines of Avon's greatest bard; It is certain no man ever prefers * : ny other book who lias discovered tin- Vxtr:iordinary beauty and power of tne Bible. We must valiantly defend the Bible against irreverence. It is the bulwark of our civilization?the foundation c.f liberty, the cornerstone of truth. 3 submit whether we do not commit a serious offense against the sacrediross of the Rook when we indulge in constant jokes and puns based upon the Scriptures. It cannot be anything less than sinful sacrilege to weave the holy personages and incidents of Bible history iuto ridiculous story. The Bible (fells with most serious questions which involve the life and death and weal and woe of - j -t. - ~ lilt' r.TCP. 71 Jiu un nc utn. wuiuic ilo sacred Tights when we mate it the basis of our fun and laughter? This is a popular desecration, .which, like Uzzaii's -sin. lias been committed so long that it has not occurred to many people that they are unintentionally undermining the very book which tliey desire most to defend. The Sabbath is a sacred vesseL A divinely instituted day, for rest and worship and home. We cannot spare the Sabbath, but we cannot keep it if it is steadily allowed to become more and more a social and a business day. All vices and enemies of our nation thrive best wheTe the first day of the week is decreasingly reverenced. Dinner parties and hilarious outings arranged for the Sabbath are direct attacks upon the security of our republic. The perpetuity of * nation depends upon the reverence -of the people. When the temples are empty, the walls of the citadel crumble. When the altars of worship are neglected, virtue and purity are dethroned, a nation's protectors lose their courage and spirit of sacrifice and there is speedily decline and fall. <3od has put Himself on record as ready to cause those nations to "ride upon the high places of the earth" which keep His Sabbaths. History fulfils 5n .every century the curses of the Almighty which have rested upon those people who have destroyed Hi? holy day. Why do we argue the question when he who runs may read? The human body is a sacred vessel. What a marvelous gift Is the voice., with its capabilities of music and speech. Alas, that ever its powers are i profaned! Consider, too. the tastes i and appetites and muscular possibili- j ties and vital forces. What exquisite joys God has invested in the human body! But, desecrated and disre-. garded, how this body may become a bundle of clashing nerves, a prisonpen full of cruel and warring enemies. God's great apostle wrote, "If any; man defile the temple of God," as the body is called, "him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." The human mind?soul?is a sacred vessel. A man is not with "all diii-. gence, for out of it are the issues of: life." Man is the upward looking animal. Kis mind has been created with powers of concentration and' analysis, that he ifciglit find out God. When man uses his faculties against bis Creator, he has desecrated a sacred vessel. Man's logical faculty and powers of invention are often diverted to; the injury instead of the elevation of men. A prostituted printing press is Soing much in "vampire literature" to violate the human mind. A bad book or an immodest picture is a poisoned arrow driven into the mind, from which an absolute recovery is not possible. Each must revere his own mind, and shield himself from the ten thousand inimical influences that ire intended to thrive on the spoliation of pure natures. How empty would be the playhouses and how bankrupt many of the publishers if the American people would suddenly refuse to be any longer the receptacles for the filth and corruption of many of the popular books and most* 3f the popular dramas! .Tosephus says that in the closing scenes of Jerusalem, such were the ir*everent and sacrilegeous practices of the people, that if the Romans hadj not destroyed the city, some dreadful judgment like that which befell Sodom tvould have come upon that city. Thus.' ndeed. have nations and cities and ndividuals disappeared under the disntegrating processes of irreverence. As the bold and wicked Belshazzar ivas, in revelry and drunkenness, do* iling the sacred vessels of the Lord, i white hand came out of the black sleeve of the night, and wrote, in etters of fire. "Thou art weighed in he balances and art found wanting!"; ind that night the irreverent young iing was found dead in his palace, rhe inexorable penalty of irreverence s death! But they who bear reverently the Lrk of God, who obediently follow the ."ommands of God, who daily honor n thought and deed the Son of God, vho hold in highest esteem the privleges of the sons of God. shall enjoy jeace and joy forever more, for the eward of reverence is life?here and lereafter! Drawn Toward the Unseen Country* We have secured a property right in he unseen country because dear ones lave migrated thither, and it now exTts a more immediate and vital hiflunce upon us. An old lady who had nade full acquaintance with bereavenent was asked if she ever received atimation of the presence of those who tad Darted from her, and she replied hat she sometimes felt "a drawing." )aniel Webster, in lines of tribute to tis angel child, touchiugly says that te had expected to become the teacher if the boy, but that now, instead, the oy has become the ancestor, the ather and the guide; and the great tatesman humbly beseeches the saint-': :d one to lead him on in the earthly >ath. Surely, all who have experinced a genuine sorrow by the entrance f death into the cherished circle, says lev. H. P. De^cy, are constrained, if hey have held to the Christian faith, o feel that Heaven has oecome nearer md dearer, that life has become more acred and duty mcrre commanding, md that the gracious ministry of the oved ones has been continued, though he veil has hidden them from sight. The Prayer Which Araili, Six characteristics of the prayer rhich avails may be named as follows: 1. It presents a need. 2. It is importunate. 3. It is according to the will of God. 4. It is faith. 5. It is in Christ's name. . It is for the glory of Go4. ^ Eoylit" l'atnt. Springtime? after the weather ha* ; tecome well settled?is painting time. ; There is 110 dust flying, no insects are ; in the air at that time ready to commit suicide hy suffocation in the coat of fresh paint. The atmospheric condition* are also favorable at that season for proper drying and increased life of j the painr. j It should be a habit with every prop- J eriy owner every spring to look over j his buildings, etc.. and see if they need | repainting, not merely to see if they | "will go another year." but whether the j time Las not come for putting in the j proverbial "siitch in time" which shall eventually "save mue. rur uu<r,vv?*v , of paint applied just a little before it is i actually needed will often save most of ] tne paint on the building by preventing j it from letting go and causing endless trouble au<l expense. Taint lets go because linseed oil, which is the "eeroent" that holds all good paint together, gradually decays or oxidizes, just as iron exposed to air and dampness will slowly decay or oxi- j <Tize. The water and oxygen in the air j are the cause of the trouble in both cases, and the only reason, ontside of its beautifying effect, that we apply paint to wood or iron Is because we want to keep water and air away from them. Live paint, that is. paint in which the linseed oil is still oily, does this very effectually, but dead paint, that is. paint in which the oil is no longer oily, is no more impervious to air ami water than a single thickness f cheesecloth wonld be.- If then we apply a fresh coat of oily paint before the old paint is dead, the oil from the new coat will penetrate the old coat, and the whole coating will once more become alive, and this method of renovation may go on indefinitely. This explains why it is better economy to repaint a little before it becomes absolutely necessary than a little after. When the paint is once dead the fresh coat will pull flie whole coating off. In the days when repjHutmg meant a general turning of ihingg upside down, | a two-weeks' "cluttering up" of the place with kegs, cans and pails, a Jot of inflammable and ill-smelling mater-: ;als standiug around, etc.. the dread of painting time was natural. So was the I dread of soap-iuaking time, of shirtmaking time, of candle-moulding time and the like. But we live in an age when soap comes from the store better and cheaper than we can make it when shirts are soid ready made for ^ less than we can buy the materials, when we can burn coal oil or gas cheaper than we can make tallow-candles, and when all we have to do when we want to repaint is to pick out our colors from the card at the store and pay the painter for putting oa the paint. When It conies to picking out the j paint it is not necessary that one [ should be a paint chemist any more than one should be an oil chemist when buying kerosene, or a department store buyer when selecting shirts, or a soap chemist when buying soap. All that Is necessary to insure a fair show is some knowledge of the character of ; our paint dealer and the reputation and stauding of the maker of the paint offered. Nor must cue expect to buy a pure linseed oil paint for the price of linseed oil alone. It can be taken for granted when any one offers to sell dollar bills at a discount, he is baiting a hook for "suckers." So it can be :aken for granted when any one? whether mail order house, paint man ufacturer or dealer?offers paint too cheap, he is bidding for. the trade of ' suckers," no matter what his promises. But naints sold in responsible stores under the brands of reputable manufacturers are all good products, differing from one another in the less important matter of the solid pigments contained. but practically alike in having their liquid portions composed essentially of pure linseed oil. ? The competition of the better class of paints has driven inferior goods practically out of the market, and 110 manufacturer of standiug now puts ont a poor paint, under his own name at least. As to guarantees on paint, they can be taken for what they are worth. Any reputable manufacturer will make good any defect actually traceable to the paint itself and not to improper use or treatment of it. The really important guarantee which the paint buyer should exact from his dealer is that the paiut is made by a manufacturer that knows liis business and that the paint itself has a record. If lie secures this guarantee he can affnv/7 in />lianr>a fits root nf it ilia nainf fcvni lv V MUUVV MIV * VOi Vfc il 1UV |^;aUH will undoubtedly give good service if properly applied according to d'reotious. When a woman gives a man a piece of her mind she loses just that much?and he gains nothing. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitarv Lotion;-nev$r fails. fco)d by Druggists. 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