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Feathers? —Ps. 68:13. You can see this dove rise up from the smutted pots and shine in the sun as she soars. She is a carrier dove and this is the message she bears—that the Lord’s poor and down-trod den shall yet be glorified (1 John 3:1, 2). 4. In Revelation 3 :20, there is a wonder ful picture. A king at a hovel asking for entrance to make it a palace and its pauper a prince. Newman Hall painted the picture as he saw it—' '‘Christ Knocking at the Door." On the edge, under the frame, a long time after, somebody found the words, “O Lord, pass me not by.” Newman Hall opened to the dear Lord—how about you? 5. A Picture of Peace. Several painters set about painting “Peace.” They made ■beautiful landscapes; sunsets; fireside scenes; and times when spears became prun ing hooks and swords ploughshares (Isa. 2:4). But one pictured a dreadful storm; black sky; tortured forest; roaring sea; a black rock, over which awful breakers dash ed ; and in a tiny cave in the rock a white dove! in perfect peace! Picture of a soul in Christ, amidst the storms of time and judgment. Sunday, M arch 15 To Be Strong We Must Be Tem- porate. Why?—Prov. 20:1. 1. Scripture Texts on Drinking. Genesis 9:21; Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 4:17; '20:1; 31:4, 5; Isaiah 5:11, 22; Jeremiah 25:27; Amos 4:1; Daniel 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6 : 10 . A long computation by insurance actuaries of the extra risks involved in ihsuring moderate drinkers, has lately been brought to a head, and the results figured out are clinching proof that abstinence prolongs life. In an equal number of abstainers and moderate drinkers whose lives were watch ed through a period of twenty-six years, there were 57,891 deaths of drinkers as against only 46,956 deaths of abstainers. That is, taking all ages together, abstinence gives at least twenty per cent better chance of long life. But excellent as this advan tage is at any time of life, it is astonishing- (Concluded on Page 125)
and one struck him for being a Christian, neither answered nor struck back. But afterward tried to win the one who struck him to believe on the Lord Jesus. That was meekness; that was Christlike. It took the bravest to do a thing like that . The late Dr. Hoge illustrated meekness- by a story of two Christian men who “fell out.” One heard that the other was talking against him, and he went to him and said: “Will you be kind enough to tell me my faults to my face, that I may profit by your Christian candor, and try to get rid of them?” “Yes, sir,” replied the other, “I will do it.” They went aside, and the former said: “Before you commence telling what you think wrong in me, will you please bow down with me, and let us pray over it. that my eyes may. be opened to see my faults as you will tell them? You lead in the prayer.” It was done, and when the prayer was over , the man who had sought the inter view said: “Now proceed with what you have to complain of in me.” But the other replied: “After praying over it, it looks so little that it is not worth talking about. The truth is, I feel now that in going around talking against you, I have been serving the devil myself, and I have need that you pray for me and forgive me the wrong I have done you.” Sunday, M arch 8 Pictures that Teach Beautiful Les sons.—Ps. 90:16, 17. 1. What Is the Beauty of. the Lord Spoken of in this Text? —Ps. 110:3. 2. Pictures of Silver —Prov. 25:11. Here is an allusion to what we call “word pic-, tures.” We hear the words and make the picture in our minds. The Bible is full, full, full, of the most beautiful and in structive pictures of that sort. And they have real “apples of gold” in them, indeed “better than much fine gold” (Ps. 19:10). 3. Did You Ever See a Dove with Golden
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