BATUKDAY EVENING. NOVEMBEB 30. 1901.

Pulpit and PewDR. CHAFFEE'S VIEWThe Venerable Minister Explains

His Doctrinal Position.

DOES NOT DENY INSPIRATION

lit* Refuses to Suhscrlhe to LiteralViews of Genesis—Man Is

au Evolution.

Dec. 1, "That the God of the Hebrews WouldBe the God of the Universe"; Dec. 8, ''ThatThis Would Come to Pass Through the Mes-siah": Dec. 15, "That He Would AccomplishThis Through Suffering Dec. 22, "That HeWould Found an Everlasting Kingdom." Atthe 7:30 p. m. services: "The Fallacies ofUnbelief.' 1 Dec. 1. "What Is Unbelief?";Dec. 8, "Its Origin'1-Dec. 15, ..."'lts Assump-'tions"; Deo. 23, "Its Conclusions." The sea-son of Advent is one ln which the churchbids an examination of the foundations ofbelief In Christ, to prepare our hearts forthe coming of Christ at Chrlstmastlde. -

Religious Notes.

Rev. J. C. Kuntzmnn, superintendent ;ofhome missions, will preach to-morrow, mor-ning and evening, at the Salem English Lu-theran church.

The Lena Mason Society will hold Its regu-lar meetings In the Thirteenth Avenue Meth-odist church. . Rev. D. Reaves of St. Peter'sA. M. E. church will preach at 3 p. in.

Sunday night Dr. Leavitt H. Hallock, atPlymouth church, will give a prelude on"Railroad Consolidation, or Northern Securi-ties Company," with a sermon on "The Hang- jing of Hainan." _,:.-. \u25a0';;;

A grand concert and dedication of a largenew pipe organ will be held at the Bethle-hem Lutheran church, Lyndale and Four- ,teenth avenues N, on Sunday afternoon, Dec. !1, at 2:30 o'clock. All are cordially Invited. j

The topic of the third lecture In the course ion "Home-Makers," being given Sunday eve- |nings at the First Congregational church byRev. E. W. Shurtleff,. the pastor, will be, ."The Son and the Daughter."

The question raised by Charles Steele ln !"The Right of Way" finds its real answer ln Ithe story which is the theme of the Sunday jevening sermon at Park Avenue Congrega- jtional church, "Let Us Follow Him," by i

Sienkiewicz. '_.."\u25a0:"-:Rev. Charles Fox Davis will deliver two '

sermons Sunday at the Bloomington AvenueM. E. church, based upon. Paul's argumentbefore Agrippa. The sermons have been espe-cially prepared to strengthen the newly addedmembers of the church and for non-Chris-tians generally. I

At the Century hall at 4 p. m. Sunday, |Mr. Riley will speak on "Jonah in the ;Storm," the second sermon in the series o_the "Book of Jonah." Irving Lawrence will Iagain lead the congregational singing. Mrs.C. T. Bergren will sing "Throw Out the LifeLine" and "Drifting Away From God." j

The orchestra of the. First Presbyterian |Sunday school will take part in the exercises Ito-morrow noon, for the first time this year,lt will be the same large orchestra that as- 1slsted in the weekly program last year. To-morrow the school, accompanied by the or-chestra, will begin preparation for the Christ-mas entertainment.

The First Baptist young men's Bible classmeets to-morrow at 12:15, in the churchThe subject for study will be, "The Call of |Moses." ' This class is starting an aggressive j

: Christian work for young men, and an at-tendance upon the meeting is of much prac- !tical vulue. Rev. Wm. Francis conducts theclass and opportunity is always given foropen discussion. \u25a0'<;"-\u25a0

The program for the evening music at theCentral Baptist church ls as follows: Organvoluntary, "Barcarolle," Lemare; anthem,"Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name," Llewel-lyn; duet, "Messrs. Williams and Stevens,"Crucifix," Fame; anthem, "O SweetlyBreathes the Lyres Above," Chopin-Shelley;postlude, "March Milltalre," Gounod. Fred-erick G. Simpson, organist.

At the First Baptist church Sunday evening:Pastor Riley will speak on "Mrs. Eddyism,jor Science and Health vs. the Scriptures."This is the sixth sermon in the series he isdelivering on "Isms, Patent and Popular."*Mr. Riley spoke on this subject some threeor four years ago in the presence of a crowd-ed house, but on further study he believeslt deserves additional treatment

The next monthly meeting of the Minneap-olis Ministerial Alliance will be held nextMonday morning at 10:30 at the Y. M. C. A.building. All ministers of the city and vicin-• ity are invited. The paper, of the day will

'be read by Rev. C. J. Tannar, pastor of theiPortland Avenue Church of Christ, on "The-I Good and Evil of Christian Giving." Items of: vital importance are to be brought up. Theimeeting commences promptly at the time

! appointed.

I The morning service at the Portland Aye-; nue Church of Christ will be in the hands: of the local branch of the Christian Woman's'Board of Missions. This is their national: day. Mrs. Charles Oliver will preside andiaddresses will be made by Mrs. Adelaide! Gail Jenks. Mrs. Eleanore Ankeny Mathews,iMrs. David Owen Thomas. The choir willrender special music. The topic of the night

: sermon will be "Internal Proof of the In-| spiration of the New Testament.'

The young people of Tabernacle Baptist| church have arranged with Professor B. P.\ Stout, the song evangelist, to give a song;recital at their church. Twenty-third avenueand Eighth street S, Friday evening, Dec. 6.:Professor Stout delighted and helped manypeople In his beautiful rendering of gospel

; songs last winter at the Central Baptistchurch and the Y. M. C. A. This concertwill be unique. The range of. subjects will,

: of course, be wider than in a series of meet-; ings.I At the Wesley Methodist church, Sunday| morning -and evening, Dr. Montgomery is an-nounced to conduct services. The subject ofthe morning sermon is,' "The Supoly andDemand of the Christian Life." In the eve-ning the subject is, "The Blind Guides—Hereand There." The following special musicwill be given: Prelude, Pastorale, Whiting;quartet. "Father, in Thy Mysterious Pres-ence," Scott: quartet, "There Is a Safe andSecret Place," Marston; quartet, "There Is aLand Mine Eye Hath Seen," Crownshield;

: postlude, selected. '.';•;\u25a0;:\u25a0>'•---! Those who attend the evening services atWestminster during December will enjoy aseries of four sermons designed to make thecelebration of Christmas even more interest-ing. This series was prepared to satisfy ageneral desire at this season of the year fora more intelligent study of the historic condi-tions which led up to the celebration of

iChristmas. While these discourses will be

'historical they will be given In such a plain,[practical way as to make them not the leastprosy. The theme of the first sermon to-mor-row evening is "Voices From the Nile." Thecommunion of the Lord's supper will be cele-brated at Westminster in the morning.

CHURCH SERVICES TO-MORROW

Methodist.Park Avenue— G. G. Vallentyne. Morn-ing, "A Message to the Pews"; evening, "The

Will of God."Wesley—Rev. James S. Montgomery, D. D.Morning, "The Supply and Demand of the

j Christian Life"; evening, "Blind Guides-Here and There."

North—Rev. W. A. Shannon. Morning,"The Mind That Is Stayed on God"; evening,"Elijah,at Carmel." :. \u25a0.;=- W;: ,•

Simpson—Morning, Dr. J. F. Chaffee willpreach and conduct communion service; even-ing, Dr. Rider, "Symmetrical Character."..

Foss—Rev. J H. Dewart. Morning, "Howto Obtain Peace and Power"; evening. "AnIdeal World."

Twenty-fourth Street—Rev. Donald McKen-zle. Morning, "Life, Its True Value"; even-

l ing, "Mother's Love," fifth in series of ser-'\u25a0 mons on the home life. ' ".:> *i Richfield—Morning, Rev. W. Burns, Ph. D.,I "The Secret of Personal Power"; evening,

Rev. J. J. Noe.St. Louis Park—Morning, Rev. W. Burns,

I Ph. D.; evening, Dr. W. Burns, "Past, Pres-j ent and Future," a Thanksgiving, sermon.

Thirteenth Avenue— T. F. Allen. Morn-! ing, Thanksgiving sermon; evening, '"Jacob! and the Ladder.'' \u25a0 •.'.-:.'I Hennepin Avenue— S. D. Hutsinpiller.

Morning, "The Cultured Young. AristocratChanged to the Humble Disciple of Jesus":evening, musical service and address on

j "Visions of Young Men and aMidens."I Bloomington Avenue—Rev. Charles Foxj Davis, "Paul's Argument Before Agrippa"| will be considered morning and evening.| Franklin—Rev. John Stafford. Love feastj at 9:30; short sermon by pastor at 10:30; even-! ing, "Jesus the New Type of Man."

Lake Street—Rev. T. W. Stout. i Morning,"The Firing Line of the Church"; evening,"Ye Must Be Born Again."

Fowler—Morning, Rev. P. A. Cool, D. D.,"Orthodox Christianity"; evening, Rev. J. D.Croissant of Washington, D. C, "Travels Inthe Holy Land." ;_,..-

--| Central German—Rev. C. L. Lehnert. Morn-: Ing, "Four Great Essentials"; evening, "The

Tragedy of the Uninvested Pound."First— £ Wm. '-. Love, Ph. D. Morning,

1 "A Confession of.Unfaith"; evening, "A Con-, fession of "/\u25a0.J'-'V-

Trinity— C. F. Shsrpe. Morning, com-munion and reception of members; evening,

I "Annointed."j Broadway—Rev. T. E. Archer. Morning,"TillHe Come," communion service; evening,

i "The Young Man With c Backbone," firstj in series on "The Young Man of the Biblej and the Young Men of To-day." -j Forest Heights—Rev. John Henry Cudlipp.. Morning, "Hold Communion"; evening, "ThatPrincely Youth." .I Western Avenue—Rev. J. C. Shelland, D. D.s Morning, "Worship"; evening, "Courtshipj Marriage and Divorce." .*•:..i

Congregational. -! Park Avenue—Rev. Clarence F. Swift, D., D.; morning, communion service; evening,, "Let Us Follow Him," Sienkiewicz, in serieson "Novels That Preach." , , \u0084 , >

! Lowry Hill—Rev. Henry Holmes; morning,i "The World in Which I Believe"; 6:30 p. m.,

Christian Endeavor service, address by pas-; tor upon "Books as a Force in Characteri Building." No evening service.

Plymouth—Rev. Leavitt H. Hallock, D. D.;morning,. 'Transmutation"; evening, "TheHanging of Hainan." Prelude on "RailroadConsolidation." •

! Fremont Avenue Richard Brown;morning, "The Greater Works of God"; eve-ning, "AFine Group of Christian Graces."

Fifth Avenue—Rev. J. E. Smith; morning.

"The Abundant Entrance Into the Kingdom,"fourth In series, "Three Gates on the West."Evening, "What Doth Hinder Me?"

First—Rev. E. W. Shurtleff, morning andevening. Evening, "The Son and the Daugh-ter,' 'third In oourse on "Home Makers.'

Vine—Morning, Rev. R. R. Kennan of theFirst Free Baptist church. Evening, Rev.John S. Rood, "God With Us." \

Thirty-eighth Btreet--Rev. Wm. A. Wilkin-son, "Perfection the Christian Goal"; eve-ning, "The Vanity of Worldly Glory."• Open iDoor—Morning, Rev. J. M. Hulbert,Como Avenue Congregational church; eve-ning, Rev. Ernest E. Day, "The ITriumphsof Love." ; i• { .-,_- y ..! ' :

Pilgrim— F. A. Sumner; morning,*Sign of Your Calling"; evening, "Comple-tion." .. i.t.-ffi

'<•v:'-'.;-.. I Baptist. . .

Chicago Avenueßev. Q. L. Morrill; mor-ning, '"Wasted Energy"; evening, "FortyYears and Over."

Immanuel—Rev. George A. Cleaveland;morning, "Conversion of Children"; evening, jsong service, followed by baptism. j

Calvary—Rev. Loren A. Clevenger; mor- Ining, "The Reign of Christ in the HumanHeart"; evening, "The Love of God," bap- ,tlsm. ':: . ' . :.:_*_* |

Olivet—Rev. Frank H. Cooper; morning,"Mystery ln Religion"; evening, "The WrongFront." ' j

Tabernacle—Rev. G. H. Gamble, "The Lord 'Called the Child," communion service; eve- jning, "Choose Ye This Day Whom Ye Will :Serve." j

Central—Rev. W. W. Dawley, D. D.; mor- 'ning, "Peace in Tribulation"; evening,"Judg-ing Others."

Fourth-Rev. G. F. Holt; morning, "Glory ''Through Suffering"; evening, "How to BeRich. -"'_"

First—Rev. B. Riley; morning, "The Secret !of Christian Living"; evening, "Mrs. Eddy-ism, or Science and Health ; vs. the Scrip- )ture." ...._• j

Century Music Hall—l p. m., Rev. W. B. !Riley, "Jonah In the Storm," second sermonIn a series on "The Book of Jonah." Bible .school at 3 p. m. j

Emerson Avenue Mission—Sunday school at I3:30 p. m. . . . . . .

Berean Branch—Morning, Dr. H. G. DeWitt, "The White Slave"; evening, WilliamFrancis, "Lessons of Grace in Old TestamentLives—Erfoch."';* ..... .

Free—Morning, Rev. John S. Rood of VineCongregational church. Evening, Rev. R. R.Kennan, "Amnion, Moab and Edom In Proph-ecy. , .. ;„ *

Presbyterian.

Franklin Avenue— W. O. Wallace;morning, "Joy In God's House"; evening,"Testing by Tasting."Grace (service held at Lake Street M. E.)—

-:30 p. m., Rev. Donald D. McKay, "Talents." :First—Rev. J. B. Helwig, D. D.; morning, IMisapprehension of the Requirements of :

Christianity"; evening, "The Ninety and'Nine." j

Westminster— John Edward Bushnell, 'iJ '\u25a0"\u25a0: morning, communion service; evening,Voices from the Nile." |Andrew—Rev. Martin D. Hardin, morning •ana evening; morning, communion and recep-tion of new members.Bethlehem—Rev. Stanley B. Roberts; mor-ning, God— Communicable Attributes";

evening, "Can I Not Serve God as Well Out- !side the Church?"

Shiloh—Rev. Willard S. Ward; morning,Soul Saving"; evening, "What Is Sin?"Welsh—Rev. R. E. Williams; morning, com- ]

munion servioe; evening, "The Power theSpirit Gives," English .reaching, iHouse of Faith—Rev. Charles Scanlon, mor-J

ning and. evening; morning, "The Sacredness!of Vows, ' second in series on "The Makingcf a IHome." communion and reception ofmembers,

Hope Chapel—Evening, C. K. Thompson. "It!Is the Gift of God."

Universalist.Church of Redeemer— Marion D. Shut-ter; morning, "Union with God"; evening, !

fifth lecture, "The Supernatural— of;

the Past and Present." -S,,'.;'All Souls'—Morning, Rev. A. N. Alcott,

"The Natural History of the Moral Idea."Tuttle—Morning, Rev. S. J. Rogers, "Chris-

tian Specialists."

Unitarian.Morning, Rev. H. M. Simmons,

"Sects and Their Reconciliation."Nazareth— Rev. A. E. Norman,

"Stories of Colonial Days Among the He-brews in the Land of Canaan." !

Swedish 'Unitarian Society (services in Naz- jareth church)— 3 p. m., Rev. August Dailgren,"The Atonement." (-—'.;

Lutheran.Salem (English)— Rev. G. H. Trabert, D.

D.; morning, "The Kingdom of Christ"; eve- !ning, vesper service. j

St. John's (English)—Rev. Alfred Ramsey; jmorning, "Human Need and the Divine Com- Ipassion"; evening, "The Book of the Lord."

Immanuel (German)— Louis H. Achenbach; |morning, "Behold, Thy King Cometh Unto |Thee"; evening, "When the Lord Turned:Again the Captivity of Zion." ',-'\u25a0- \--;:

Episcopal.Holy Trinity—Morning, S. B. Purves, "Ad-

vent"; evening, Rev. H. Shutt, of St. Peter'schurch, St. Paul.

Gethsemane— Rev. Irving Johnson;8 and 10:30 a. m., holy communion, Advent,course of sermons; evening, Advent course,"The Fallacies of Unbelief."

Christian Solence.

First Church of Christ (Fifteenth street, Inear Park avenue) Morning, "God, the OnlyCause and Creator"; evening, same as mor- Ining. $

Liberal Christian Church (Masonic Tem-ple) Morning, Rev. George Edwin Burnell, jpastor, "Freedom."

Second Chirch of Christ (Lyceum theater)— iMorning, "God, the Only Cause and Creator." I

Catholic.

St. Charles —Rev. J. M. Cleary; morning, '"Works of Darkness"; evening, "WhyPriests Do Not Marry."

Disciples of Christ.

Portland Avenue Church of Christ—Mor-ning, speakers from the Christian Woman'sBoard of Missions Auxiliary; evening, C. J.

ITannar, "Internal Proof of the Inspiration ofthe New Testament."

Friends.Friends' First Church—Evening, Rev. W.

L. Pearson, of Perm college, "Biblical Teach-ing of the Present Day."

Adventist.

Advent Christian—Rev. C. A. Slocum, mor-ning and evening. ';^v : . .1

Theosophy.

Universal Brotherhood (207 Sykes block)Bp. m., "Anarchy—A Living Question."

Spiritualists.

| Light of Truth (723 Nicollet avenue)— 3p.| m., Mrs. E. P. Mane well, conference and

Itests. ..' .". '-.'.TV.--Band of Peace (229 Central avenue)— Ev-

e! nlng, Mrs. S. M. Lowell, "Personal Responsi-bility"; spirit greetings..

The Progressive Spiritualists (A. O. U. W.hall, No. 17 Seventh street Evening, ad-

J dress by Mrs. Tryon, "The Fruits of a Spir-itual Life."

Rev. O. L. Concannon and wife, materializ-ing and test seance, at Unitarian church,Eighth street and Mary place, at 7:45 p. m.

Meeting at G. A. R. hall, Twentieth andWashington avenues N, at 3p. m. E. Swen-son, leader.

People's.

People's Church (K. P. hall, Masonic Tem-ple)—B p. m., Dr. Wheeler, "Spirituality andHow to Attain It," followed by demonstra-tions of spirit power.

Miscellaneous.Crossley-Hunter Mission (Norwegian M. E.

church, Ninth street and Thirteenth avenueS)—4 p. m., John W. Arctander, "The Gospel

j According to St. Matthew." ,People's Mission—4 p. m., gospel temper-

ance meeting; evening, revival service.i A liberal religious service, at 7:45 o'clock,

' at Durnam's hall, corner of Twentieth Iand| Dupont avenues N. Rev. A. N. Alcott, pas-I tor of All Souls' Universalist church, willI preach. *.. ".-• , '.'- "".V "'4'

Chicago and Florida Special Service

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From Chicago will be resumed . about

Jan. 6th, 1902. Sleeping car runningthrough to Jacksonville and ' St. Augus-tine on the Chicago and Florida Special

will leave Chicago Union Station at nooneach week day. Florida resorts will be

reached next evening for supper. This is

the tourist ticket route. to winter.: resortsin.the. South. . Address, H. R. Derlng, A.

| G. •P. Agt., 248 : South Clark jSt., Chicago,

j for further Information.. , ;

IAfternoon ; Tram (or •' Hutchinson.

Train leavrs Minneapolis for Hutchin-I son, via GreatsNorther_.. Railway, at 5:03

p. m. dally except Sunday. :' ; ' \ > ' • \u25a0

•. Dyspepsia ,in its worst forms will yield

to the use of Carter's Little Nerve Plll_,aided by ; Carter's Little - Liver Pills.They not only relieve present distress,butstrengthen the stomach and digestive I ap-,paratus. \u25a0'.''• >,-.;.-. :--•-..-.,.,..._._._,_.__

Rev. J. F. Chaffee, D. D., makes thefollowing explanation in regard to hispaper which was delivered before themeeting of Methodist ministers last Mon-day morning: ';'. A

While the report in The Journal of.the Methodist preachers' meeting last Mon-day is quite correct, I am afraid that sometl . your readers may come to conclusionswith regard to what I read which will bewide of the mark. Dr. Cool's criticism that1 "set aside all theories of Inspiration," thatmy "logic did not take into account the per-sonality ofman," and, leaving that out, "thatthe strongest argument for the personalityof God was gone," aud that my paper was"materialistic from start to finish," was en-tirely without excuse, or foundation, as Ithink I showed to the meeting. For, as toinspiration, I certainly did not set aside myown theory, which is a much broader onethan the old theory of a miraculous and su-pernatural inspiration, which lasted but fora short period and was vouchsafed to butfew people. My thought Is that God, beingImmanent In nature, He is always ln in-spiring touch with humanity, and, therefore,that all good id of God.

As to the ''personality of man," that ques-tion nowhere came within the purview of mysubject. I know of no one who questions thepersonality of man, and if one should do so,how far that would go towards destroying theargument for the personality of God is aquestion too abstruse for anyboy except themetaphysicians, and they would not ra_k upall one side by any manner of means.

And now, whether my paper was "material-istic from start to finish," depends on howone would define materialism. If I shouldsay that a stone, unsupported, will fall inobedience to the law of gravitation; and if1 should then define that law by saying thatbodies attract each other directly as the mass,and inversely as the square of the distance,and some one should charge me With ma-terialism, I would be obliged to confess judg-ment. Certainly it is materialism; but howmuch more it ls, no one knows. And, any-how, It is high time to stop this everlastingvituperating of materialism as being some-thing unclean and unchristian, provided onlythat we use "material" for what it Is, andfor what it can explain.

What Dr. Chaffee Contends.

My subject, "Eden and the Fall of Man,"was quite a material one. The old conten-tion has been that about six thousand years

ago a holy first pair, Adam and Eve. fellInto sin. On the theory that the first chap-ters of Genesis are historic, and that sucha fall did actually occur, all atonement theo-ries have been built. The contention in mypaper is that the 'first men were savages andnot enlightened; besets and not saints; andthat they lived so long time ago that we donot know what they did; and that, therefore,we cannot build atonement theories on whatthey did. My arguments and illustrations,therefore, were trained on this point—namely,to show that man, like everything else, is theproduct of evolution, and that everything inhistory, present as well as past, goes to show•that he is on the way up and not on the waydown; and that, in spite of his tendency toreversion to a primitive type of beastliness,the "law in the mind" Is slowly overcomingthe "law ln the members," and that men. Inconsequence, are surely though slowly com-ing up with the condition of "sons of God."And I further insisted that the ascendingman, wherever he may be, should be takeufor just what he is, and met, not with atone-ments, which always include more or lessof the unethical proposition that an inno-cent one shall suffer in order that a guilty

one may be saved; but that rather, theyshould .be met with saviors, chief amongwhom is Jesus Christ, whose turth, if obeyed,

now and always will make men free.

TO PREVENT DECAY

D. C. Bell SuK_<*sts Remedies forConditions of Belief.

David C. Bell has issued a leaflet con-tain? some suggested remedies for thepresent religious conditions as outlinedin an address delivered by Dr. CyrusNorthrop before the Chicago Baptist So-cial union. President Northrop's sub-ject was "A Decay of Belief," shown inthe doubt at to God's communication withmen.

Dr. Northrop said in opening:

It seems to me that we are confronted byfour marked changes which have grown toprominence in the last few years. Thesechanges stated briefly are: First—A decay

of belief in the supernatural. Second—WhatI may call the disintegration of the Bible.Third— views respecting inspiration.Fourth—Loss of the sens? of accountability.

Mr. Bell adds the suggested remedies atthe close of a brief of Dr. Northrop's ad-dress. They are:First—For the Pulpit

(a) "Preach the Word." Restore the Bibleto its rightful place as the Word of Goddivinely inspired and supremely authoritative.Use the Old Testament scriptures as ourLord used them; freely and without apology.He never explained them away. You neednot. To discredit your text book is to dis-count your message. Eliminate the "ifs"and "perhapses" and proclaim the word inthe power and demonstration of the spirit.

(bi Remember your calling; it is not toexploit shifting philosophies and passing fads;sociology, evolution and even higher criti-cism; but to declare the gospel of the graceof God. The former never edified a churchor saved a sinner or comforted a humanheart. The latter Is the wisdom of God andthe power of God unto salvation. "Theprophet that hath a dream, let him tell adream; and he that hath my word let himspeak my word faithfully."

(c) If the Bible doctrine is true that theone sufficient remedy for man's sin. is thesacrificial death of the divine substitutenothis teaching or his example— the pop-ular teaching of "salvation by character," ismanifestly unscriptural and unwarranted."He suffered for us, the Just for the un-just, that he might bring us to God."

(d) "The fatherhood of God and the brother-hood of man," as so often indiscriminatelyand universally applied to saint and sinneralike, Is equally unscriptural and misleading.There is no spiritual fatherhood without spir-itual birth. "That which is born of theflesh Is flesh." "Ye must be born again."Second—For the Pew— V\i- \u25a0 ;.vl

(a) "Take heed what ye hear," "Let noman deceive you with vain words." "To thelaw and to the testimony; if they speak notaccording to his word, It is because there Isho light In them." "Examine yourselveswhether ye be in the faith." "Be ye readyat all times to give * * • an answer forthe hope that is In you."

(b) "Be not conformed to this world, butbe ye transformed by. the renewing of yourmind." "Be ye blameless'and harmless, thesons of God in the midst of a crooked andpervert generation, among whom ye shine aslights in the world, holding forth the word oflife." \u25a0_.*"/--•;;/•

(c) Live and walk habitually in the lightof Titus 11., 11-14.

Rev. Croisant Here To-morrow.Rev. J. D. Croisant, of Washington, D. C.

president of the board of the Metropolitanchurch, will speak ln Fowler church on Sun-day evjMJßp. Mr. Croisant is a great trav-eler. fUe has Just returned from an ex-ploring trip in the Holy Land and will speakon his travels. He administered the sacra-ment .to President .McKinley the last time

'he took communion, about two weeks beforehis assassination. Mr. Croisant is an oldfriend of the pastor. Dr. P. A. Cool. Mr.Croisant spent a week in the home of MissStone, in Bulgaria, just before she was ab-ducted. -

Advent at Gethsemane.The rector 'of Gethsemane Episcopal

church, Rev. Irving P. Johnson, an-. nounces f the " following courses of < sermons.during the four Sundays of Advent: . Gen-eral *Topic, . "The Four Great Prophecies ofthe Old Testament and Their Fulfillment."

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUENAE.

Sabbath-School Lesson._*o_l DEC. 8, IDOI *

Lesson 10—Fourth Quarter— John R. Whit---; / • '' ney. Copyright, 1901. ,;•. ,

Moses and Pharaoh-Exodus XI. 1-10.Golden Text—The angel of his presence

saved them. Isa.lxili., 9.The scene now brought before us is a Judg-

ment scene. It is the judgment of God uponhis enemies and the enemies of his people.Moses and Aaron— representatives of hislaw and of his atonement— beforePharaoh—the representative of the world andall worldllness, and they condemn him andlt to a complete overthrow. It Is God's ludg-meht against sin. The scene as described bythe Inspired writer, is a magnificent paint-ing. Nothing-can surpass it in the malestyand power seen in Moses and Aaron as theydeclare God's wrath and his supremacy;nothing can be more perfect than the wealth,peace and security assured to his people, andnothing more solemn and full of awe than theface of the hardened and Impenitent Pharaohas he listens unmoved to the words of thoLord. It was 'the culmination of a longseries of Judgments, ever growing more andmore Intense in character, until . now theyhave reached their climax. To understand itclearly we must look at them carefully.

When Moses was fully satisfied that he wascalled of God to deliver his people out of thebondage of Egypt—and that divine powerwould sustain him, and divine wisdom directhim—he bade farewell to Jethro, his father-in-law, and taking his wife and his sons, heleft the wilderness of Midian for the land ofEgypt. On the way an incident oocurredwhich apparently has a very important con-nection with tbe death of "the first born" ofthe Egyptians as It is brought before usin this lesson. It relates to the circum-cision of "the first born" of Moses that hemight not die. It is important to noticethis, because in God's covenants "the firstborn" always stood for all of the after born.

Whilst in the land of Midian two sons weregiven to Moses—Gershora and Eliezer. (ii22; xviii., 2-4.) By birth they were "aliensfrom the commonwealth of Israel" (Eph. ii.,12), and probably in their Midian home theyhad never been united to God's people by thocommanded rite of circumcision. Now theymust be numbered among God's people, or becounted as among his enemies. , .

It is very significant, therefore, that beforoMoses left that home, God repeated to himIn a clearer and more emphatic form, hisgreat commission. He was now told not onlythat he was to stand before Pharaoh and de-mand the liberty of his people, but he was toset distinctly before him the alternativewhich he must choose If he refused to obeythe demand. He was to say: "Thus saiththe Lord: Israel Is my son, even my, first-born; and I say unto thee, let my son go thathe may serve me; and if thou refuse to lethim go, behold I will slay thy son, even thyfirst born." (iv., 22-23J

But Moses' own "first born" son was as yetno more entitled to the covenants of God thanwas that of Pharaoh, or of any of the Egyp-tians. It could not have been without somespecial purpose, therefore, that in Imme-diate connection .with this repetition of hiscommission it is recorded, "And it came topass by the way in the inn that the Lordmet him and sought to kill him" (iv., 24);probably "met" Moses and "sought to kill"his "first born." For God himself had said,"The unclrcumcised man child, whose fleshof his foreskin is not circumcised, that soulshall be cut off from his people; he hathbroken my covenant." (Gen., xvii., 14.) Thisnow, could only apply to his son.

Some, however, have supposed that Ger-shom, or perhaps Moses himself, was seizedwith a sudden and dangerous illness "in theinn," and that then, moved by fear that hemight die, Zlpporah consented to do thatwhich she had heretofore refused to do. Suchmay have been the case, but there is no in-timation of it in the narrative or elsewhere. IAs it stands, it seems to be simply the record !of a divine interposition without explanation, ;

but the connection in which it is recorded jseems »to indicate that it was' intended insome way to impress Moses himself with a jdeep sense of the scope, both of his commis- ',sion and of the judgment he was to pro- |nounce. His own "first born" must receive jthe "token of the covenant" (Gen. xvii., 11), 'or he would perish as certainly as "the first iborn" of the unclrcumcised Egyptians.

When Moses set out on this journey "the \u25a0

fulness of the time was come (Gal., iv., 4)for the appearance of the Deliverer of Israel. :

Rameses 11., "in process of time," or "in i

the course of those many days" (il., 23, R. jV.); that is, after an unusually long reign \of sixty-seven years, had been gathered to 'his fathers, and his son, Menephtah 1., was !seated on the throne. So, then, "the Lord Isaid unto Moses in Midian, Go, return Into iEgypt; for all the men are dead which soughtthy life." (iv., 19.) Before he reached that |

! land, Aaron, his brother, by God's direction !(iv., 27), went out to meet him. They metupon Mount Horeb,- where Moses had seenthe burning bush-and received his call.

Thus united and strengthened by all that!they had to tell each other, they came to ;their people, "and gathered together all the ielders of the children of Israel," as God had i

commanded Moses. (xiii.,: 16.) Then, appar-ently, they- gathered together the people and Itold them of the great purpose-and promiseof God (iii., 8). . \u25a0

\u0084 jOne would suppose that the mere announce- '

ment of such a great deliverance as this |would at once have filled every heart with jjoy, and that every one would have pressedupon Moses to learn with eagerness everyparticular concerning the good news, andwhat they must do to receive Its benefits.But no. It was just as Mos<_| -ad antici-pated. The people did not hearken to hisvoice until he had shown them by the "signs"of the "rod," the "hand" and the "water"'that he had really been sent of God. Then,they "believed," and "bowed their heads andworshiped." (iv., 31.) Yet it was even thenno true and hearty acceptance of God's grace,but only a sort of blind hope. The simplepromise cf deliverance, although it camefrom God himself, and was confirmed by"Signs" and indorsed by their "elders," theycould not at first grasp any more than Jacobcould at first realize the truth of the mes-sage from Joseph which his own sons broughthim. So Is it always when God reveals Hiegrace to man. :,.-•-;*:..-

Moses and Aaron, however, were to declareGod's purposes, not only to Israel but toPharaoh also. The message made no Im-pression upon him. For his only idea wasthat it was a cuningly devised scheme totake the people away from their work. Sohe made their burdens heavier. And, as theirburdens increased, and they searched here

iand there for "stubble Insteady of straw,"and tried to fulfil their dally tasks, eventhe little faith and hope which Moses'"signs" had awakened in them, soon died outalmost entirely. They not only cried out toPharaoh, but they were angry with Moses.(V., 20-23.)

Now Pharaoh represents that spirit of theworld which always says:' "Who is theLord that I should obey his voice?" (v. 2).

To such a spirit, activity in worldly thingsis far more Important than God's service;it is far more necessary to make "bricks"In Egypt than it is to hold a "feast" any-where to the Lord. And so reasonable andimperative does this claim often appear thatmany who have been awakened to seek de-liverance from satan and from sin have be-come discouraged and fallen away.

God, however, neither withdrew his gracefrom his people nor his judgments fromPharaoh. To the disheartened people hesent Moses with renewed assurances that hewould surely bring them out "from underthe burdens of the Egyptians." "But theyhearkened not unto Moses for anguish ofspirit and for cruel bondage" (vl., 6-9). Sohard Is it for the sinner to believe the prom-ises of God. ..' _.;;..

But to Pharaoh there was no word of grace.He had sinned away his day of mercy. For

There is a time—we know not when,A point—we know not where,

That marks the destiny of menTo glory or despair. '

But, although no mercy was offered to; Pharaoh, yet God did not cease to warn him.Moses and Aaron proved by their "signs"that they came from, God. The magicians,however, appeared to be able to do the samething "with their enchantments." Pharaoh,therefore, refused to believe either the words

jor the works of God's messengers (vii., 1.5).So it is to-day. Those who have "a form

of goodliness," without its power, hardenothers against the | claims of Christ. For,so far as the outward, visible impression isconcerned, it is very easy to make a counter-

! felt coin. But, so far as intrinsic value is1 concerned, lt ls very difficult.! The superficial and merely professional! Christian, and the most devoted worldling! also, can i do, and often does do, exactly the' same things as the true disciples of Christ.i He can feed the hungry, clothe the naked,minister to the sick, build churches, foundhospitals and libraries, even engage in prayer

I and the preaching of the gospel, and yet bei nothing more than one of the magicians of(Egypt who withstood Moses. For our LordJ himself says of the day that shall decide all.such matters: "Many will say to me in that! day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied inI thy name? and In thy name have cast outdevils? and in thy name done many wonder-

i ful works? • And then I will profess unto; them; I never knew you; depart from me,lye that work iniquity." (Matt, vil., 22-23.)

. Although there came a time when the ma-I glclans confessed their weakness to Pharaoh,and said, "This is the finger of God" (viii..

\u25a019), yet Pharaoh's heart was still-hard and. growing harder. Nothing but God's fiercestI judgments could touch him. As they came! down mora and more severely upon him and! his people, he only seemed for a time to re-. lent. Every apparent relenting was simply! an effort to compromise with God, as if he! could be satisfied with anything but : a com-! plete deliverance of his people from the poweri and influence of Egypt! ;;~ -,;.;| At first, to obtain relief, Pharaoh said, "Goye, sacrifice to your God in the land." (viii.,

! 25.) But when Moses would not consent toi this, he yielded a little more, and.said, "I\u25a0 will let you''go.' that ye may sacrifice to the! Lord your God in the wilderness, only yeshall not go very far away." •-. (viii., 25.)Then, when pressed sw*»lharder, he .was will-ing that the "men" sb-trfd go, but not theirchildren." (.x.; ll.) But* when-"darkness",rildren. .-- 11.)

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filled the land, he was forced to concede eventhis, and he "called unto Moses and said,Go ye, serve the Lord, only let your flocksand your Herds be stayed; let your little onesalso go with you." v(x., 24.)

So hard it is for the world to relax its holdupon those whom God would deliver from itspower! It' is willingthat they should servehim if they do not entirely withdraw fromits intercourse and fellowship. They may sac-rifice "In the land," or-at least not go "veryfar away." To satisfy the world there mustnot be too much difference between the disci-ples of Christ and its votaries. It will even,however, sometimes admit that "men" mayserve the Lord, but it :_ altogether too muchto ask that children and property should beconsecrated to his service. -:-!..'

God, however, will have nothing less. Hispeople In every age, and place, and condi-tion, must take the same position that Mosestook before Pharaoh, "We will go with ouryoung, and with our old, with our sons andwith our daughters, with our flocks and withour herds, will we go; there shall not ahoof be left behind." (x., 9, 26). For God'speople are not to be delivered by satisfyingPharaoh, but only by his complete over-throw. When he said. "Only let your flocksand your herds be stayed," he knew that itwas just as true then as it is now . that"where your treasure is there will yourheart be also." (Matt vi., 21), and if Mosesyielded to the demand, the people wouldsoon return to the making of bricks. God'speople were not to go out of Egypt impover-ished, but "with great substance." ' (Gen.xv., 14.) It was not, however, to be by anygrand uprising of the people, but by themighty hand of God upon him, executing the

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But it was the last. It was given in the iemphatic words of our lesson. (Verses 4-8.) jIt was given, probably, at least four days, 'perhaps more, before the sentence would be jexecuted (xii., 3-6). The warning was given iclearly, and fully and publicly. It declared !that death would reign supreme among all ;

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