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lief. Lot could not believe the evi- left behind and unbelief In threat- who was "losing his vote." Mere
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dence before his eyes. The angels enings of God against sin.
voting is not what people want of
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-r-r>-n a t rr- a bad taken him out of the city. Quinter, Kansas. ^s. They want us to vote only an
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By the le Rev. J. G. McElhinney. p"*^. ^''""^ '"^•""^" .^,^'"1 ^^^'^ V^..i^rv P^nr.1/^ ToOic ^"^"^^^'^^^'^^ victorious;,ticket. This
Subject; "He iLingered." Gen. ^^ '"^g^^-^^' ^"^ yet m the face of YOUIlg reOpiC S 1 OpiC j^,^^ Prohibitionist was spoken of
r it all he said: "I cannot escape to ^^,^,^ -nr-^-rir i-jc ^cwtc «i • u- -^ » d ,. .1 • .
19:16. , . , ., , YOUNG PEOPfLL S 1 OriC as losing his vote.' But this min-
„ , 17 • AT the mountain, lest some evil take
Psalms, 1911 Version. No. ^^^^ ^^^ ^ die.".... Sinners some- FO^ ^UG. 10. ister's words of appreciation and
"6:1-6 312 ^.^^^ ^^_^^^^ ^^ ,^^,j^^^ ^j^^^ (3^^ By the (Rev. Geo. S. Coleman. ^Iso his words of self-defence for
^°'^"'* ^°^ will save them, even when they Subject. Heroes and Heroines y^.j-jng. ^he ReptibHcan ticket, show-
J, , '^ „ ^ know that Christ died to save sin- of the Temperance Cause. Dan- g^ i-^at the one man in that
6q 184 ^''^- _ iel 1:8-i7. big county actually faithful to the
57 155 ' Psalms. 5:6-9; 7:10-12; 10: cause he professed, was doing
Comment. "And while he lingered, the men j^^^. 18:26-28; 26:3-4; 34:8-11 gj-eat work. That lone man wag
This story which tells of the laid hold upon his hand and upon _ M.) ; 37:28-3i; 44:3-4 (n'^-) making a huridred consciences undestruction
of Sodom and Go-mor- the hand of h.s wife and upon he Rgf,,,„,es. Deut. 21:20- easy
rah and the gracious deliverance hand of his two daughters; the t q r r . I' , , . u •
of Lot. illustrates in many re- Lard being merciful unto him: 21; Prov. 23 : 21; Isa. 28: 3; i. Cor. Another example of tbe quiet
spects the condition of the un- and they biDught him forth, and 6:9; 8:13; 9:27; 10:6; Eph. 4:22; -hcroesi and heroines is found in
saved'and the goodness of God in ^et bim outside of the city." Not- 5:18; Mic. 2:11; 2 Tim. 2:22; Tit. the woman who belongs
dealing with them.
withstanding Lot's indifference to 2:12; i Pet. 2:11; 4:3; Lev. 19:17; w. C. T. U. instead of some fancy
I. Human Indifference. his danger and his indecision and ^^^_ ^.^^^ ^^^^^^ ^j^.^_ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^_
AA/p ifforn frnm -9 Pptpr -p "7-8 Unbelief, God dealt merciiully With „^.„ ^.-r-r^r^
We learn trom 2 l^eter 2.7 » . j HINTS FQR TALKS. ter in this organization will have
that Lot was not indifferent to him. That is just what He is do- ^^ , t^ t u id • , .
the shiS of the people of Sodom, ing every day with sinner. They go Tell about Neal Dow, John P. trials on the question of worship;
But he was indifferent to his own on in sin regardless of the danger, St. John, Theobald Matthew, John but that fact does not take away
connection with that sin and the they continue to put off accepting B. Gough, John G. Wooley, Fran- our admiration for the Woman
necessity of getting away from it Christ, yea, more, they "will not ^^^ Wittlard, Mrs. Nation.
-who, when the men refused to act,
lest he "be consumed in the iniq- believe," and yet God sends his ^^^^ .^ ^^^ comparative hero- formed an organization and went
ii;k, r,f1-ViP r-itv" He wat; indif- Spirit and His messengers wh-o- , t^ „ , ,
Ulty ot the city. lie was man p >. . ^ Prohibitionist and a Re- to work. Our church, we are
ferent to the danger to which sm continue with them till they are , - . , „
was exposing him. In this he "brought" forth" out of tbeir dan- publican.or Democrat? thankful to say, has given full oprepresents
sinners in general, but ger. ^ : What hard thing is required of-portunity for work. Send to the
especially those who have been III. Divine Patience. a Covenanter not stood for by the temperance committee for infortaught
concerning tbe punishment The account we have in v. 18-20 Prohibitionist? mation and material.
of sin.. Although Lot had received is very much like the human na- .p^jj ^^ ^^^ u(^^^^^ ^^ p^j,. ^^.^^ ^^^^ example for us is the
the solemn warning- of the angels, ture we have in these days. It seems , . ^ , ^ „ii Cr.,,
ine suieuiu wdiiuug 5 , , r . 1 / • ^ * movement. active Covenanter; not all Lovvet
we read in v. 15 the angels as though Lot was determined to , , , . 1
hastened Lot " have his own way part of the time Tell what the women have done, enanters, but the active ones. 1
Indifference is naturally follow- at least. You would think that It is remarkable that, whatever know of Covenanter ministers who
ed by indecision. He "lingered" al- a person would have wanted to the attitude of the public may be as without voting or waiting for lothough
he knew so well the sinful get as far away as possible from ^^ action on the temperance issue, cal option have gotten to work
condition of the people of Sodom, that storm of. fire and brimstone, the leaders of the temperance work- and stopped a large number of
and in soite of the wartling of the But not so with Lot. He never , , ,.-u \. jxj . a • n ^ „i-^r
anu m spue "^^ '• ^ . . ^ 1 r • 1 4: -i w^ ers have begun to be honored. How sa 00ns. An active Covenanter
anoiels who were waiting for him had been much afraid of evil. He ^ ., , , , s ». . x , •
to escape that they might begin was willing to pitch his tent to- ^en can glorify these leaders yet pushes the religious view of things
their work of destruction. What ward Sodom in the firstplace and refuse to obey them is but a mod- as the true basis of argument m
more could Lot have needed to he was in no hurry to get out ern reproduction of one of the poditical affairs, and on that argupersuade
him to decide to go? even though the storm of divine -^vonders of Christ's day. However, ment, if it were decisive in the poli-
What could have been the cause wrath was hanging over the city .^ ;^ ^^^^ ^^^^.^ prominent leaders tics of all Christians, prohibition
nf his indecision? The only one at that moment. And God said, , , , . . , ^-,.
which seems likely is that Z may "See. I have accepted thee concern- ^'^ ^^^^ to be most interesting would have a majorty tomorrow. It
have hoped that 'he could yet save ing this thing also." How won- and helpful to Covenanter young all the Chrstian people m this
his sons-in-law from the destruc- derful is the patience of God in people. The heroes and heroines country who have a temperance
tion of the city. If that was the case his dealings with weak, procrasti- whom we need to honor are those lesson every quarter would begin
we have a remarkable example ot nating, wilful sinners.
^^^ and women Nyho are not wide- *° announce that they would^never
a common mistake among the un- Christians who are weak in, the ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^,^^ .^ ^^^. ^^^ support any party that did no
>.aved • viz a refusal to decide to faith ought to .get encouragement . , ^ . ^ , . declare for, prohibition, we woum
Lcept Christ until some husband, out of the fact that God speaks ^''^^' "^ "^^^^^'^^^ ^"-i oPPortumty ^egin to get better laws without
or wife, or brother, or sister, 01 of "Just Lot" and of his "right- have quietly and steadily pushed waiting for any election at all. But
friend is ready to make the same eous soul." on the work. nnost people are waiting till they
decision How foolish to "linger" And sinners should "remember In an Ohio county-seat near see a chance to win. The heroes
for some one else, for while one Lot's wife." From our point of Cleveland, a Methodist minister and heroines of the cause walk by
waits one may be "consumed in view it was a little thing to look told a visitor that there had been faith. Daniel just did what he
the iniquity of the city." back, but fron God's point of one Prohibitionist voter in that thought was right, though it did
Another thing which goes along view it stood for disobedience, a county; and the minister then paid not appear exped-ent.
'th human indifference is unbe- desire for the life which had been his tribute of respect to this man Hopkinton, lozva.
to the