Christian herald and signs of our times . lutely kept them bribes were offered him by the gamb-ling-house-keepers ; he had been coaxed andthreatened, but all in vain. They then resortedto the Joss, and they pledged themselves thatif the mandarins heart was softened, theywould bring the first hundred dollars that theycould cheat their countrymen out of and pre-sent it to the Joss as an offering of thanksgiv-ing. Their reason seems to have been dulledby the process which blunted their conscience,or they would have perceived that a beingwho would accept such a bargain was notworthy o
Christian herald and signs of our times . lutely kept them bribes were offered him by the gamb-ling-house-keepers ; he had been coaxed andthreatened, but all in vain. They then resortedto the Joss, and they pledged themselves thatif the mandarins heart was softened, theywould bring the first hundred dollars that theycould cheat their countrymen out of and pre-sent it to the Joss as an offering of thanksgiv-ing. Their reason seems to have been dulledby the process which blunted their conscience,or they would have perceived that a beingwho would accept such a bargain was notworthy of worship. The same mistake isoften made by men who call themselvesChristians. They ask Gods blessing and giveliberally to his cause while living on ill-gottengain, and while conducting their business onselfish principles which are his abhorrence. Toall such God says: Thou thoughtest I vtzsaltogether such an one as thyself; but I will re- 420 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. July 8, CHRISTS FIRST MIRACLE S. S. L*sson for July 19, By Mrs. M. 2 : 1-11. Golden Text, John 2: 11. s^j-^HREE days had passed by since thef//^=^ wonderful revelation of Jesus to Johnthe Baptist as the Lamb of GodWhich taketh away the sin of theworld. This revelation was a newera in Johns life; it was more, hesaw it as the central point of all history, it wasthe beginning of days to him, for John saw,asthose in heaven see, all else centering in theLamb as it had been slain. (Rev. 5:6.)John did not see all that the Spirit of Godthrough the Word has given us to see: he nev-er saw that slain Lamb in the midst of thethrone. He who was as a Lamb dumb be-fore her shearers, which openeth not hermouth, is now in the very place of power !John did not fully understand what life wouldflow out of his death, what power out of hisweakness, what dominion out of his submis-sion, what glory out of his humiliation. Paullearned and taught that, because he emptiedhimself, and became obedient unt
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