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iii. 2.

EVERLASTING.

4. Understand your own purpose, 1. Everlasting salvation. Isaiah xlv.17. | Prov. xvii. 24; Luke vi. 39. 2. Everlasting life. John iii. 16.

5. Obtain the attention and affection 3. Everlasting strength. Isaiah xxvi.4.

of 4. Everlasting love. Jer, xxxi. 3.

your pupils, Matt. vii. 6, 9, 10; 1 5. Everlasting joy. Isaiah xxxv. 10. Thess. ii. 7, 8. 6. Everlasting light. Isaiah lx, 20. 6. Express thought precisely; illus. 7. Everlasting God. Rom. xvi. 26.

trate freely, 1 Cor. xiv. 19; Matt. xiii. 34MILE-STONES ON THE WAY. 7. Teach arrangement and classificaPast.--I was chief of sinners,

tion, 2 Tim. ii. 15; Eccl. iii. I, II. Tim. i. 15.

8. Christ's test; fruit, Matt. vii. 16-20. Present.-I am a new creature in

9. Review frequently, Isa. xxviii. 10. Christ Jesus.

2 Cor. V. 17. Future.-I shall be like Him. 1 John

10. Expect great results, Eccl. xi, 1 ;

Matt. xiii, 8. In the meantime.--I press toward the “Thou, therefore, which teachest an mark Phil. iii. 14. T.W. HANDFORD. other, teachest thou not thyself?"

THE BIBLE AND SUNDAY
SCHOOL MACHINERY.

PSALM CIII. 1. Importance of orderly arrange Forgiveth, Luke vii. 36-50. ment, 1 Cor. xiv. 40, 33..

Healeth, Luke viii. 43-48. 2. Officers and Division of Labor, i Redeemeth, Luke viii. 49-56. Cor. xii. 28; 1 Kings iv. 1-7.

Crowneth, Luke xv. 11-24 3. Financial Arrangements, Neb.x.32;

Satisfieth, Luke xvii. 19, 20. I Cor. xvi, 2.

Saved in the Lord with an everlasting 4. Illustrative Helps, Matt. xiii, 34. salvation, Isa. xlv. 17. 5. Sacred Music, i Chron. xv. 22 ;

Loved by Him with an overlasting Neh. xii. 46; 2 Chron. xxix, 25-31. love, Jer, xxxi. 3. Miss MACPHERSOX.

6. Sunday-school exercises, Col. ii. 16. 7. Spirituality pervading all, 1 Cor.

THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. xiii, 1; Ezek. i. 20 ; 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

Who can forgive sins but God only? THE BIBLE AND CHILDHOOD.

Mark ii. 7. 1. Man's anxious question about every If we were to ask, Who need the for. child, Luke i. 61.

giveness of sins? the ready answer would 2. God's interest in childhood, Gen.

be, Sinners. But who are sinners ? AU xxi. 17; Ps. cxlvii. 13; Prov. viii. 17.

..3. God's care of His little ones, Deut. men are sinners. See what God says, vii. 4; Psalm ciii. 13; Isaiah xl. 11; Mal. Rom. iii. 10, 12, 23, and 1 John i. 8, 10. üi. 7; Matt. vii. 11.

Mark the distinction, we deceive ourselves 4. God saving men by homefuls, Gen. if we say we have no sin in our nature; vii. 1; xix. 16; Josh. xxiv. 15; Acts xvi.

we make God a liar if we say we have 31-33.

not sinned in our life. The dreadful 5. Parents as God-appointed teachers, reality of sin in us, and of sin on us, Deut. vi. 4-7; Psalm lxxviii. 5-7.

6. Children to be early saved, Matt. making us sinners in the deepest sense, xix. 41; 2 Chron. xxxiv. 3; 1 Sam. iü. 1, gives the teaching of the Word touching 19.

forgiveness a large and living interest to SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS' DECALOGUE.

In the following Scriptures we have : 1. Pray for inspiration, wisdom and 1. The fact that God forgives sin. patience, 2 Tim. ii. 24; James i. 5. Stated, Exodus xxxiv. 6, 7; 2 Chron. vii

2. Have faith in your convictions, Mark 14; Psalm lxxxvi. 5; cxxx. 4; 2. Illus xi. 22; John xiv. 1; Heb. xi. 32, 33.

trated in David, Psalm xxxii. 5. Sick ei 3. Respect your pupils, Luke xi. 11; the Palsy, Matt. ix. 2. Woman in Simoni Matt. x. 29, 31.

house, Luke vü. 48.

us all.

xl. 2.

25. The

2. The meritorious ground on which | horrible pit, out of the miry clay, Psa. God forgives. Christ Jesus, Col. i. 14; 1 John ii. 12; Acts x 43 ; Rom. iii. 24,

The floods overflow me, Ps. lxix. 2. uestion may be asked what

When thou passeșt ...

through the has Christ done that God forgives for rivers they shall not overflow thee, Isa his sake? see Heb. ix. 22-26; 1 Pet. iii. xliii. 2. 18; Isaiah liii. 5, 6.

I am weary of my crying, Ps, lxix, 3. 3. The conditions in us necessary to

God shall wipe away all tears from forgiveness. Faith, Acts xiii. 38. Re- their eyes, Rev. vii. 17; Isa. xxv. 8. pentance, Acts iii. 19. Confession, I

Reproach hath broken my heart, and Jobni. 9. Forsaking sin, Prov. xxviii. 13. I am full of heaviness, Ps. lxix, 20. 4. The perfection of this forgiveness of

These things have I spoken unto you God. 1. Sins are blotted out, Isa. xliii. that your joy might be full, John xv. II. 35. 2. Totally removed from sight,

I looked for comforters, but I found Isa. i. 18, 3. Forgotten for ever, Jer. none, Psa. lxix. 20. xxxi. 34; Heb. x. 17.

I will not leave you comfortless, John 5. The consequences of forgiveness. We xiv. 18. have-1. Life, Col. ii.f13. 2. Blessedness

Now is my soul troubled, John xii. 27. in the soul, Ps. xxxii. 1, 2; 1 John v. 10.

Let not your heart be troubled, John

xiv. 1. 3. Praise in the heart, Isa. xii. 1. 4 The fear of God, Ps. cxxx, 4; Jer. xxxiii.

They gave me gall for my meat, and

in my thirst they gave me vinegar to 8. 9. 5. Reconciliation with God, Luke

drink, Psa. Ixix. 21. XV, 12, 32. 6. Peace with God and joy

He that drinketh of this water that I ja the hope of the glory of God, Rom.

shall give him shall never thirst, My V, I, 2. J. A. R. Dickson.

flesh is meat indeed, John iv. 14 ; Jobs

vi, 35, 55. CONTRASTS BETWEEN CHRIST

I am poor and sorrowful, Ps. lxix. 29. AND HIS PEOPLE.

Your sorrow shall be turned into joy. My God, my God, why hast Thou John xvi. 20. porsaken me, Ps. xxii, 1; Mark xiv. 20. I am a worm and no man, Ps. xxii. 6.

I will never leave thee nor forsake ... hath made us unto our God thee, Heb. xiii. 5.

kings and priests, Rev. i. 6. Why are Thou so far from helping I am forgotten as a dead man out of me? Ps. xxii. 1.

mind, Ps. xxxi. 12. The Lord is my helper, Heb. xiii. 6. Yet will I not forget thee, Isa. Ixix. 15. Thou hearest not, Ps. xxii. 2.

Mine iniquities are gone over mine While they are yet speaking I will head, Psa. xxxviii, 4. bear, Isa. Ixv. 24.

Their sins and (their) iniquities will I am a worm and no man, Ps. xxii. 6. I remember no more. The Lord bath

He hath made us kings and priests laid on Him the iniquity of us all, Heb. unto God and His Father, Rev. i. 6. viii. 12 ; Isa. liii. 6.

Many bulls have compassed me, &c., I am weary with my groaning; all the for dogs have compassed me. Psalm night make I my bed to swim, Ps. vi. 6. xxii. 12, 16.

Then I said I have laboured in vain, The angel of the Lord encampeth Isa. xlix. 4. round about them that fear Him. Psa. All thy waves and billows are gone xxxiv.7.

Psa. xlii. 7. I sink in derp mire, Psa. Ixix. 2. They all forsook him and tled. Matt He brouge me up also out of an | xxvi. 56.

xxvii. 29.

lxix. 7.

Ixix. 10,

I will never leave thee nor forsake For thy sake I have borne reproach, thee, Heb. wiii. J.

Psa. Ixix. 7, 9, 20. My God, my God, wuy bast thou for- Blessed are they which are persecuted saken me, Matt. xxvii. 46.

for righteousness' sake, Matt. V. 10; 2 Fear thou not, for I am with thee, Cor. xii. 10. Isa. xli. 1o.

Reproach hath broken my heart. Psa When they had platted a crown of Ixix. 20. thorns they put it upon his head, Matt. He healeth the broken in heart, Psa

cxlvii. 3. I will give thee a crown of life, Rev. Shame hath covered my face, Psalm zi. 10.

They put on him a scarlet robe, Matt. Whosoever believeth on Him shall xxvii. 28.

not be ashamed, Rom. X. II. He that overcometh shall be clothed I chastened my soul with fasting, Ps in white raiment, Rev. iii. 5.

They had no leisure so much as to Thou preparest a table before me, eat, Mark vi. 31.

Psa. xxiii. 5. The Lamb who is in the midst of the

I made sackcloth also my garment, throne shall feed them, Rev. vii, 17.

Psa. lxix. I. The Son of man hath not where to

He hath clothed me with the garments lay His head, Luke ix. 58.

of salvation, He hath covered me with In my Father's house are many man

the robe of righteousness. Isa. Ixi, 10.

I am in trouble, Psa. Ixix. 17. sions. He brought me into His ban

Let not your heart be troubled, John queting house, John xiv. 2; Cant. ii. 4-6. xiv. I.

Jesus being wearied with His journey I am full of heaviness, Ps, lxix. 20. John iv. 6.

Let all those that seek Thee rejoica Come unto Me all ye that are weary and be glad in Thee, Psa. lxx, 4. (Greek) and I will give you rest, I looked for some to take pity, bet Matt. xi. 28.

there was none, Psa. lxix. 20. Jesus said I thirst, John xix, 28. The Lord pitieth them that fear Him,

They shall not hunger nor thirst, Psa, ciii. 13. Lot him that is athirst.

come and

For comforters, but I found song, take the water of life freely, Isa, xlviii. Psa. lxix. 20. 21; Rev. xxii. 17.

I am He that comforteth you, Isaiah I looked and there was none to help. xli. 12; John xix. 18. In. Ixiii. 5.

A man of sorrows,

Isa, liii. 3. In all their afflictions He was afilicted, The joy of the Lord is your strength, I will help thee, Isa. Ixiii. 9 ; xli. 10. Neh. viii. 10. I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me, Psa. not, Psa. xxii. 2.

Ixxxviii. 16. This poor man cried and the Lord There is therefore now no condemna. heard him, etc. Psa. xxxiv. 6.

tion to them who are in Christ Jesus, They that hate me without a cause Rom. viii. 1. are more than the hairs of mine head, This man hath done nothing amiss, Ps. lxix. 4.

Luke xxiii. 41. I have loved thee with an everlasting All we like sheep have gone astray love, Jer. xxxi. 3.

Isa. liii. 16; Luke xviii. 10. Mine eyes fail while I wait for my Thy terrors have cut me off, Psalm God, Ps. Ixix. 3.

1xxxviii. 16. Blessed are all they that wait for Him, Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror Isa. xxx. 18; Ps. xl. 1.

by night, Psa. xci. 5 ; Isa. xii. 2. They that would destroy me Crown of thorns, John xix. 12. mighty, Psa. Ixix, 4.

Crown of glory, 1 Peter v. 4, If God be for us, who can be against Lover and friend hast thou put far as. Rom. viii. 31.

from me. Psa. lxxxviii, 18.

are

Deut. v. 15.

vii. 19.

cxliii. 9.

sence.

There is a friend that sticketh closer A glorious arın.

Isaiah lxiii. 13. than a brother, Prov. xvii. 24; Jno. xv. 14. A high arm. Acts xiii. 17. He wondered that there was no inter

A stretched-out arm. cessor, Isa. lix. 16.

An everlasting arm.

Deut. xxxiii. 27.

Be Thou their arm every morning. He ever liveth to make intercession.

Isaiah xxxii. 2. Heb. vi. 25.

His arm shall rule. Isaiah xl. 10. He hath made Him to be sin for us

He shall gather the lambs with His who knew no sin, 2 Cor. v. 20.

arms.

Isaiah xl. II. Their sins and iniquities will I re- He took them up in His arms. Mark member no more, Heb. x. 17 ; Micah X. 16.

His arms like polished brass. Daniel The Son of Man came to give His life x. 6. a ransom for many, Matt. xx. 28.

On Mine arm shall they trust. Isaiah

li. 5. None of them can redeem his brother,

Hast thou an arm like God? Job xl. 9, Psa. Ixix. 7.

Miss McP. I have redeemed thee, Isa. xliv. 22-24. Nor give to God a ransom for him.

HIDING PLACES. Psa. xlix. 7.

Adam hid under the trees. Gen. iü. 8. Neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy Rejectors of Christ will cry to the One to see corruption, Psa. xvi. 10. rocks to hide them. Rev. vi. 16.

I flee unto Thee to hide me. Psalm For I know that my Redeemer liveth and that He shall stand at the latter day

He shall hide me. Psalm xxvii. 5. upon the earth, etc., Job xix. 25-27.

MRS. MENY.

Hide them in the secret of Thy pre

Psalm xxxi. 20.
CONTRASTS.

Thy hidden ones. Psalm lxxxiii. 3.

Your life is hid with Christ in God.
Psalm cvii.

Col. iii. 3.
They found no city to dwell in. ver. 4. Ye shall be hid. Zeph. ii. 3.
He led them to a city. verse 7

Thou shalt hide them. Psalm xxxi. 20. Hungry and thirsty. verse 5.

Thou art my hiding place. Psalm Satisfied, filled.

verse 9. In darkness and the shadow of death.

SHARERS WITH CHRIST. He brought them out of darkness and

In life. 1 John iv. 9; 1 John v. 10. the shadow of death. verse 14.

Col. iii. 4. Bound in affliction and iron. Ver. 10.

In wealth. Rom. viii. 17; 1 Cor. i. 5. He brake the bars of iron in sunder.

In power. Phil. iv. 13 ; 2 Tim. i. 7. verse 16.

In love. John xv. 9; John xiv. 21 ; Afflicted. ver. 17

John xvii. 23
Healed. ver. 20.

In joy. John xv. II.
Near death.
Singing. (Margin.) ver. 22.

In sufferings. Phil. iii. 10.

In glory. 1 Thess. ii. 12; i Cor. xv. Stormy wind. ver. 25.

43 ; Phil. ii. 21. Calm. ver. 29.

Miss MCP. Up and down. ver. 26. Quiet. ver. 30.

CONTRAST AND SIMILARITY OF Great waters. ver. 22.

CHRIST'S TEACHING.
Their desired haven.

ver. 30.
MRS. M. Lengthened interview between one of

the most respectable and one of the least GOD'S ARM.

respectable. John iii. and iv. Thou hast with Thine arm redeemed Specially useful to us in noticing Thy people. Psalm lxxvii. 15.

Christ's different dealing, and yet it is the A mighty arm. Psalm lxxxix. 13.

same truth that saves. Jno. iii. iv. A strengthening arm. Psalm lxxxix. A man of the Pharisees named Nico. 21; Luke i. 51.

demus, a ruler of the Jews, came to Jesus A holy arm. Psalm xcviii. 1; Isaiah by night and said unto Him, Rabbi we lü. 10.

know that thou art a teacher. John iii.

| xxxii. 7.

verse IO.

ver. 18

woman.

A woman of Samaria—no name given Come, see a man. -she a sinner, I must needs go through

Result. Unbelief, ridicule.

Art thou also of Galilee. Search. Samaria. Sixth hour-noon. The woman

After service, Then came also Nicode. saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou mus and brought a mixture. art a prophet. John iv.

A great company of priests were obedi. Christ does not waste time but comes ent to the faith. Acts vi. 7. at once to the root of the matter.

Immediate compliance. “Ye must be born again.” “He would They went out of the city and came to have given thee living water."

Him. Both make the same mistake, think- She has the honor of being Christ's ing it literal birth and water.

first missionary. How can a man? From whence then

Results—Many of the Samaritans be. hast thou that living water?

lieved on Him, for the saying of the Christ reiterates the truth three times :

Born again, verses 3, 5, 7. Water, Many inore believed because of His thrice in verse 14.

own word. See also Acts viii. 5, 6. Contrasts between earthly and heaven.

Miss E. BILBROUGH. ly, and culminating in everlasting life. Born of the flesh is flesh.

SCRIPTURE CONTRASTS. Drinketh of this water shall thirst

In me (that is, in my flesh), dwelleth again. Born of the Spirit is spirit.

no good thing. Rom. vii. 18. Ye are Water that I shall give him shall never complete in Christ. For in Him dwell. thirst.

eth all the fulness of the Godhead But have everlasting life.

bodily. Col. ii. 9, 10. Springing up into everlasting life.

There is therefore now no condemna. And this not purchased or earned, but given.

tion to them which are in Christ Jesus. God so loved the world that He gave. Rom. viii, 1. We must all appear be If thou knewest the gift of God. fore the judgment seat of Christ. (That

One of the first consequences of talk is, the believer cannot come into judge ing with Jesus. Ignorance shewn.

Art thou a master of Israel and know. ment or condemnation ; but his works, est not these things ?

as a believer, must be manifested before Ye worship ye know not what.

the judgment scat of Christ, as the Sin revealed.

context implies.) 2 Cor, v. 1o. This is the condenination, men loved

Without Me ye can do nothing. Jobs darkness rather than light.

Go call thy husband and come hither. xv. 5. I can do all things through Christ, Tells both of the near approach- which strengtheneth me. Phil. iv, 13. The Son of man must be listed up.

Who hath saved us, and called us The hour cometh and now is.

with an holy calling, mint according to Faith the ground work.

Believe and believeth seven times to our works, but according to His own Nicodemus.

purpose and grace. 2 Tim. i. 9. Wort But once. Woman believe me.

out your own salvation with fear and Assurance.

To Nicodemus, general. We speak that trembling, for it is God which worketh we do know and testify.

in you both to will and to do of His To the woman, definite and personal, good pleasure. Phil. ii. 12, 13. I that speak unto thee am He.

They are not of the world, even as I Same spiritual worship.

Every one that is born of the Spirit am not of the world. John xvii. 16. must worship Him in spirit.

Use the world, as not abusing it. 1 Cor. Reject. Ye receive not our witness. Accept. Is not this the Christ ?

Wherefore, let him that thinketh he Bearing testimony.

standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Cor. Nicodemus timidly, some time after,

I give unto them (My sheep) among his associates. Doch our law judge any man.

eternal life, and they shall never perish. The woman at once boldly among hers. I Jolin x. 28.

vii. 31.

X.