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VOLUME XXXIII -NO 43
THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD
ALFRED OENTRE
FIFTH DAY
WHOLE NO 1708
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message et us rema n n our eto ea o our shopo 0 ou m S aod on our farms and out of tije abuodaoce wh ch th oogh these cbaooe s ftows nto oor haods let os susta n those whom we have thns seot out aod then as we a e ab e let us seod an other messenger and then aoo hsr and another unt I the" Bste p 3ces shall sbout for JOY unt I the th s y he land shall heco ne poo s of wate un I the w IderneBs and the sol • v place oha be glad for hem and the deoert sha reJo ce and Can we do ths? Ce ta oly we can How? That s Just what we des e 0 show n tb s d scourse
TUOUGR'l'B SUGGESTlID BY THE PERUSAL Ol.l'
GILFILLAN AND OTHER AUTHORS O~ TlI11 s,.:m.ATH By Rev Thos B Brown
Pasto of the S en h-day Bapjj. ChurclJ a L e Genes e N Y Second Edi on 125 pp me C h 50 en~ Paper 10 cell!/!
Fe v ce the fi ot f n s of a the land It s a pract cal luot a on of that p ecept of the New Testament en JO n ng t upon meo to seek fi t the k ngdom of God aod h 0 r gh eonsness
ommon cause w th those who abor o he same gsoeral p DO pIe t s a 0 ussumed that wh e there are s n the Ch s ao chu ch e tber
aU nat ono mean that each one of n8 Bhould ea e h s home aod h 0 ocoupa t 00 and go runn ng he e and the e teach ng a I ttle and work ng a I ttl. to suppott h mself aod h S lam Iy ? 811cb a course would su ely defeat the whole obJect bad n v ew S Dce tben we oao not each of uo take a field as a m BB 00
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arated set apa t, la d by n 0 0 e on the first day of the week the e s no temptat on to Ie t go by JUBt th s once and no danger of ts be ng fo gotten DODe on the fi st day of the week t B done for a the It 0 a sure h ng For tha W t then have to be done aga 0 the next week? Cer a nly And the nex and the next unt I the work 0 a done or Home he ter way dev sed for do ng t But w I t not after awh Ie be ome monoto nons aod poso bly bu densome? It w I at least make a regular bus n/l$S of aod that s one of the so e needs of the wo k of the Lord at he p esent t me II s peop e ought to feel that he advance ment of h s cause 0 the and most m po aot bus neso a hea ty labor ng man com pIa n of three mea 0 a day for se en days n a week as a monotonous and hur densome th ng? Ought a Chr ot an man who I ves npon God s houoty everv day comp a n when he s asked on one day 0 every oeven to oet as de someth og to be devoted exel 00 ve y to h 0 wo k? Th s on stant daft upoo men S resourceothe r t me the r ngenu ty he r st eng h the money- • a neces oary a compan ment f t 0 not a law of aU buo oes" ente pn.eo The me ohaDt oe s as de money 0 re p eo sh h B Bock 0 tr",le aod the manufacture h 0 stock of mate al In every b anch of buo ness b Us a e egularly aod constant v fa ng due apd regu a Iy and coootaotly the honest and thr fty man of af fa s makes p ov S on fo the p op er ad uotment Now why may oot the wo k of the Lo d p esent to the the Chr st an man once a week one of these small b 0 payable? ADd why cau we not as consc eDt oURlv as COD stant y aod as chee ful y meet them? I can be done fol low ng the s mple d rect on of Paul On the first day of theJVeek let everyone of you lay by h m n store That s et someth ng be la d aB de regularly II 1716 plan emlYrace8 everybody Let everyone of you lay by h 00 n store In Chnst an labor there B alwaY8 a two fold beoefit there IS the outward resnlt the accomp h ment of the object ve po nt of the labor and there s the nward re so t or the 80bject ve d sc pI nary effeot upon the laborer h mBeif That tbe enl stment of all the mejllbers of a church and soc ety 00 th s plao w U secure thIS two fold result 0 ts great recommendat on Exper eoce haB showo that men wbo have been accu8tomed to contnbut ng to m s • onary and oboroh work 10 an r regular war bave given more aod w th le81 of noonven ence to them
the I oe 00 that we may know Dst what 0 the meaau e of our pro per ty and the efo e the mesou e of 00 duty? Preo oely th s 8 the quest on wh ch 00 mao can answer for aDothe aod wh eh each man most aDower to h sown conoc eoce before God We looe a her than ga n when we attempt to leg .. ate or dogmat ze upon th s matte Ooe mao may be profited n the forma t on of h B udgment by the conv c
we fe I da e oot at empt to sto e n figores wlrat wou d be e esu t to he t eaBunes of our de nom nil. ana ente p ses wh e God on y kDows how much nch n the op ntual life of ou peop e we wou d be fo the sacr fice we shoo d thos lay uy6n h s a tar Are we not ready for someth ng of th s k nd? W 11 we not at leas t y the expe ment upon the p an of the apoBtle and on the jj st day of the week eve y one of os lay by h m n 0 ore as God hath prospered h m? I ca upoo you my b e h eo and s sters hy the p es ng demands of th 0 work upon us hy all the earnest calls from feeble chu cQeo and from ov t ng aod to tal y unoccup ed :lields aok og for
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A 00 emn s lence at the Lord stable almoBt every 8 far more mp ess VA Bomet mea • are a few persono who than the moot eloquent words It ac uated by the deop cs o s t me for med tat oo-for com A th og dODe when thonght of 0 of fIl e or ru n If the mnn on w th God-to beak 0 upon never 10 gotten
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granden n The Nd to al departments are In tb s nomber unusua Iy replete In the Notes and Qoer es A ppar and A Problem for the Sow
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ance to epresen an dea B n e there must he a I m t to the n um '.Jer of wordB nBed n a Ian guage (1) they may adm t of a mod ficat on n form to repreBent a new dea analogous to the pI'lmary one nstead of nB ng a new word fa th. pu pose aB n the nnmher and gende of nouns yet a few of ~he most mportan~ nouns use d fier ent words to express theBe deaB aB man woman 2 The Bame word w thout any change of form may take othe mean ngs thao the firBt o p ma y one Qo te commonly wordB used at fi Bt n a. good sense come to be nsed iJ a bad sense as VI a n (1) a tenant of the 10weBt or poo est c a8S (2) A w eked per ",