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Midnight Exploration Fifth Night Pro_10:15 : ’93The destruction of the poor is their poverty.’94 On an island nine miles long by two and a half wide stands the largest city on this continent’97a city mightiest for virtue and for vice. Before I get through with this series of Sabbath morning discourses I intend to show … Continue reading “230. Midnight Exploration”

Rubies Surpassed Pro_8:11 : ’93Wisdom is better than rubies.’94 You have all seen the precious stone commonly called the ruby. It is of deep red color. The Bible makes much of it. It glowed in the first row of the high priest’92s breast plate. Under another name it stood in the wall of heaven. Jeremiah … Continue reading “227. Rubies Surpassed”

Clandestine Marriage Pro_9:17-18 : ’93Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there.’94 The Garden of Eden was a great orchard of fruit-bearing trees, bushels and bushels of round, ripe, glorious fruit; but the horticulturist and his wife having it in charge hankered for … Continue reading “228. Clandestine Marriage”

Slaughter of Young Men Pro_7:22 : ’93As an ox to the slaughter.’94 There is nothing in the voice or manner of the butcher to indicate to the ox that there is death ahead. The ox thinks he is going on to a rich pasture-field of clover where all day long he will revel in the … Continue reading “225. Slaughter of Young Men”

The Gospel of Health Pro_7:23 : ’93Till a dart strike through his liver.’94 There is a fashion in sermonics. A comparatively small part of the Bible is called on for texts. Most of the passages of Scripture, when announced at the opening of sermons, immediately divide themselves into old discussions that we have heard from … Continue reading “226. The Gospel of Health”

The Termini of Two City Roads Pro_4:26 : ’93Ponder the path of thy feet.’94 It was Monday, September 20th, at a country depot. Two young men are to take the cars for the city. Father brought them in a wagon with two trunks. The evening before, at the old home, was rather a sad time. … Continue reading “223. The Termini of Two City Roads”

Jealousy Pro_6:34 : ’93Jealousy is the rage of a man.’94 Some subjects a religious teacher touches a thousand times, now coming on them from one direction, now from another. But here is a Bible theme that for some reason is left totally alone. This morning, asking your prayers, and in the strength of God, I … Continue reading “224. Jealousy”

Traps for Men Pro_1:17 : ’93Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.’94 Early in the morning I went out with a fowler to catch wild pigeons. We hastened through the mountain gorge and into the forest. We spread out the net and covered up the edges of it as … Continue reading “221. Traps for Men”

The Voices of the Street Pro_1:20 : ’93Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets.’94 We are all ready to listen to the voices of nature’97the voices of the mountains, the voices of the sea, the voices of the storm, the voices of the stars. As in some of the cathedrals in Europe … Continue reading “222. The Voices of the Street”

The Cold Psa_147:17 : ’93Who can stand before his cold?’94 The almanac says that winter is ended and spring has come, but the wind and the frost and the thermometer, in some places down to zero, deny it. This whole land has recently been afflicted with depressed temperature. In Dakota, the thermometer forty degrees below … Continue reading “219. The Cold”