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SERMON, PREACHED BY PASTOR c. H SPURGEON, v “Am I my Brother's [\erpcr ;’ ” Gen. 4 : v. To what a shameful pitch of presumpt- uous impudence had Cain arrived when he could thus insult the I. 0rd God ! If it had not been on record in the page of in- spiration, we might almost have doubted whether urin could speak so imprudently when actually conscious that God himself was addressing him. Men blasphenie frightfully, but is usually because they forget God, and ignore his presence ; but. Cain was Conscious that God was speaking to him. The cool impudence of Cain is an indication of the state of his heart which led up to his murdering his brother; and it was :tlSo a. part of the result of his having: Committed that terrible crime. Having Committed murder, the } HAHDENISG LVILUENCE 0F SIN . upon C Lin’s mind must have been intense, and so a: last he was able to speak out to God’s faCe what he felt within his heart, and to say, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” This goes a. long way to explain What has puzzled some perswxs. namely. the won- derful calmness with ivhich great crimin- als will appear in the dock. I remember to have heard it said of one who had un- doubtedly Committed a very foul murder, that he lookel- like an innocent man. He stood up before his accusers as calmnly and quietly, they said,as an innocent man could do. I remember feeling at the time that an innocent man would probably net have been calm. The distress of mind occasioned to an innocent man by being under such a. charge would have prevented his having the coolness which was display- ed by the guilty individual. Instead of its being any evidence of innocence that a man wears was addressimr frightfully, but forgetG 0d, and Cain was Conscic to him. The c Once in royal David’s city Stood a 10le cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby, In :1 manger for his be Mary was that m Jesus Christ that d ; other mild. little child. when charged with a crime, it should by wise men he considered to be evidence against him. Well may he seem dispas~ sionste and unmoved who has already been so unfeeling as to dip his hand in blood. If he was so hardened as to do the deed, it is not likely he will display much softness when the deed is brought home to him. Oh, dear friends, let us shun sin, if it were only for the an] effect. which it has upon our minds. Now, let us note here that while we are thus heavily censuring Cain we must mind that we are not guilty ourselves; every kind of excuse that we make to God is a very high piece of presumption. When we are charged with any form of guilt, if we begin denying or extenuating, we are guilty of the sin of Cain as to imprudence before God ; and when there is any duty to be performed, and we begin to shirk it, or try to make an apology for disobedience are we not forgetting in whose presence we stand! Now, let us look quietly at what Cain said. I. First it is to be noted that man is NOT HIS nizorfiim’s KEIPER in some senses. For instance. every man must bear his own responsibility for his must bear his own responsibility tor ms} own acts before Almighty God. It is not 3 possible for a. man to shift from his own‘ shoulders to those of another his obliga- tions to the Most High. Obedience to the law of God must be personally render- ed, or a man becomes guilty. No matter how holy his father, or how righteous his mother. he himself will have to stand upon his own feet and answer for himself before the judgment-seat of God. Each man who hears the gospel is iesponsible for the hearing of it. No one else can believe the gospel for him, or repent for him, or be born again for him, or become a Christian for him. He must himself personally repent of sin, personally believe in Jesus Christ, personally be converted, and personally live so the service and glory of God. Every tub must stand on its own bottom. There have been idle attempts TO SHIFT THE RESPONSIBILITY to a certain order of men who are called priests, or clergymen,or ministers, accord- ing as the case may be ; but it cannot be done. Each man must seek the Lord himselfâ€"himself lay his load of sin at the foot of the cross, and himself accept a personal Saviour for himself. And again, no one can positively secure the salvation of another, nay, he cannot even have a. hope of the salvation of a friend, so long as that other remains un- believing. Unconverted people, we can pray for you, we can ask the Lord 1:. A- 1... u- “a.“ hut we can do renew you J ng his spirit, but we SURDA‘I’ READING. The Sabbath Chime. A BRAZIN FRONT :h crime, it should by )1) Gen‘ 4: 9. can do nothing with you ourselves, neuu our prayers be answered untll 3‘01 selves make a confessmn of your 5 fly to Christ for doubt,a very great salvation. It blessing to have who bear your names upon their before God, but, 0 fidence in h, do not have a PUT THE GOSPEL 1‘1qu L1 1.11.41 before you all and pressed it upon you, if you refused it I had nothing more to do with the matter except to pray over it ; if I earnestly entreat the Lord to send a‘ hiessing,and tried again and again to plead ‘ and urge with your consciences that you‘ would be reconciled to God, and if still I failed, I remembered that I should not be held responsible for not doing what I Could not do, namely, turn hearts of stone to flesh and quicken dead sinners into iife. There is, however, a sense in which we jJJ‘b‘ Our brother’s keeper, and of that 1am now going to speak. You will be-u- my C‘H'eht in mind. and it will not weaken (he force of what I say. butit wil‘. lmCX‘cuSn its weight, because you Will feel that 1 locked at the subject all round. ll L J“___"A IU\II\D\A klU v-ov ~v-\. V. II. So now, sec’ondly. ii. a high degree . we are, each one of us, our brother‘s, keeper. We ought to regard ourselves in that light, and it is A CANISH SPIRIT which prompts us to think otherwise and to wrap ourselves up in hardheartcdness and say, “It is no concern of mine how others fare. Am I my brother’s keeper?” Far from that spirit let us be. For, com- mon feelings of humanity should lead every Christian to feel an interest in the Soul of every unsaved man. I say, “com- mon humanity,” for we use the word “humanity” to signify kindness. Such a man, we say. has no human feeling. I am not quite certain whether human feelings is always so human as the words would seem to imply. Yet still I trust among us the expression may be used that Cour mun humanity leads us to.) desire the sal- ‘ ration of others. Will you let souls per- ish for lack of the bread of life without pitying and helping them 2 When a per- son is in jeopardy through acmdent. we rush anywhere and use every exertion if by any means we may rescue him; and yet this life is trivial compared with life eter- nal, and for us to be indifferent when men ‘ are perishing, is to act as if all brotherly compassion had fled our bosoms. Christ- ians, 1 charge you, even upon so low a motive as this, because ye are men, and men are all your brothers, born of the same stock, and dwelling beneath the arched roof of the one eternal Father, Therefore care for the souls of others and be, each one of you, his brother's keeper. POWER INVOLVES RESPONSIBILITY. A second argument is drawn from the fact that we have all of us, especially those of us who are Christians. the power to do good to others. We have not all the same ability, for we have not all the same gifts, or the same position, but- as the little maid that waited on Naaman’s wife had oppor~ tunity to tell of the prophet who could heal her Master, so there is not a young Christian here but what has some power to do g0ud to others. Now, take it as an axiom that power to do good involves the duty of doing good. Wherever you are placed, if you can bless a man, you are bound to do it. To have the power and not to use it is a sin. In witholding your hand from that which you are able to do for the good of your fellow-man you have broken the law of love. All your know- ledge, all your experience, all that you possess that grace has given you, demands a return in the form of service rendered to others. Do think of this that the power to do good involves the responsi- bility to do it wherever that power exists; and so, as far as we have any ability, you are by that very fact your brother’s keeper. Once mcre. To the Christian man per- haps the most forcible reason will be that the whole example of Jesus Christ, whom we call Master and Lord, has in the direction of our being the keeper of our brother; for what was Jesus’ life but entire unselfishness? What was said of him at his death but that “he saved others; Inm- self he could not save 2" The very fact that there is a Christ at all means that there was one who cared for others, and that our Lord became a man means that he loved his enemies and came here to rescue those who rebelled against his authority. If we are selfishâ€"if we make our own going to heaven to be the one end of life, we are not. Christians. We may call whom we please Master, but we are not following Jesus. Let the thought next rise in our minds that we are certainly ordained to the office of brother-keeper because we shall be called to account about it. Cain was called to account. “ Where is Abel thy brother ?” I would to God, dear friends, that you could now hear the Lord speak- ing to you and saying, “Where isAbel thy brother?” .1 you ourselves, neither will be answered until you your- a confession of your sm, and st for salvation. It is. no 7 great blessing to 112w e friends <--- r\n\\10q nnnn l’hcll' hearts FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. any 001* THE WATCHMAN. You my dear power over bru brnthcrs have. let me put the (I yuu ~where is y daughter ‘4 For you say. But ( cluld were to In your trial? Come, have you done all that should be done? For my part, I depreente the spirit which takes a'Chris- tiun mother from her children to be doing good everywhere except at home. I dread the zeal of those who can run to many services but whose households are not cared for ; yet sometimes such is the Case. I have known people very interest- ed in the seven trumpets and the seven seals who have not been quite so particu- lar about the seven dear children that. God has entrusted to them. Such things ought not to be. Where is Abel thy brother '? Thy Son? Where is thy daughter, thy sister, thy father, thy cousin 1 See to this that ye begin at once seeking the salvation lof relatives. Take first thus; But, beloved, we must. never ‘end there because brotherhood EXTENDS TO ALL BANKS, races, and conditions; and :::_:CH!'-li:l{f to each man’s ability he will be 1.5m res- ponsible about the souls of others whom he never saw. Where is Abel thy brother? Down in a back street in London. He is just going into the saloon. He is half drunk already. Have you done anything friend, toward the reclainnngt of the1 drunkard? Where is your sister? Your sister who frequents the midnight streets? You shrink back and say, “She is no sister of mine.” Ay, but God may require her bleed at your hands, it you thus leave her to perish. Have you ever done anything towards reclaiming her '? She has a tender heart despite her sin. Alas, many a Christian man who comes across the path of such Wlll draw themselves up with a kind of l’harisaism, shake the dust 03 their feet, and feel as if they were con- taminated by their very presence. Yet Christians ought. to love the erring and the sinful, and if we do not we shall be called to accmnt for it. If we have an opportunity of doing good. even to the vilest, and do no: use it, we shall not be quiltlcss. Some of you who get rich in London go and live out in the suburbs oirectly, and I cannot blame you. Why should you not? But if you leave the heart of London, where THE WORKING ”101'”: are without any means of grace- if you are content to hear the gospel yourselves and withdraw your wealth from churches among the poor, God will one day say to you. “Where is thy brother 2" One thing more upon this calling to ac- count. The more needy. the more des- titute peOple are, the greater is their claim upon us; for according to the ac- count bookâ€"need I turn to the chapter? I think you recollect itâ€"they are the per- sons for whom we shall have mainly to trim an account: “I was an hungercd, and ye gaVe me no meat. ; I was thirsty. and ye gave me no drink; I was sick and in prison, and ye visited me not; naked. and ye clothed me not.” rI“hese objects is a lie. Inconsistent Christiansâ€"and there are suchâ€"woe. woe that it should be so l-bad-tempered, covetous people cross-grained, sardonic, snarling persons, who we hope may be the Lord’s people, what shall we say of these? How little they are like their Master, they are the propagators of death. Perhaps some of you have backslidden since your conver- sion and you have committed acts which have made the enemy to blaspheme the ,name of Christ. I charge you by the filove of God repent of this iniquity; Look So if there be a nation more ignorant than another, our call is there first; and if there be a people more sunken and de- graded than others, it is concerning them that we shall have to give account. KEEPER 0R MURDERER. Last of all, it may turn outâ€"it may turn outâ€"that if we are not our brother’s keeper we may be our brother’s murderer. Have any of us been so already? When were you converted? Will you kindly look back to your sins before conversion 2 He must be a very happy man who did not before conversion Commit sins which injured others: ard there are some persons whose lives before they turned to Christ were frightfully blended with the career of others whom they have left in the gall of bitterness to perish. I have seen bitter tears shed by men who have been of ill lives when they have recollected others with whom they sinned. “I am forgiven; I am saved,” one has said to me. “But What about that poor girl ‘l Ah me! Ah me l" One man has been an infidel and he has led others into infidelity, and he has been saved but he cannot bring those back again whom he tutored in atheism. Before conversion you may have committed many a. soul-murder. Ought not this to stir you up to seek now 'if possible as much as lies in you, to bring . those to Christ whom once you led away, land to teach the living word since once lyou taught the deadly word which RUINED SOULS 2 But what shall be said of our conduct since we have been converted '5 May we not have helped to murder souls since then? I tell you a cold-hearted Christian makes worldlings think that Christianity w.-â€" J v 7 fl of chm-its! ‘é'ére the most destitute'and poor of all, and the great question at the last dayris abgut what was done for them. who me united to us flush, wlm come under LINDSAY, THURSDAY, JANUARY at what you hdve done. Look at how you have led others astray. And do you not think that we may have 1 been seriously injurious to others by deny- ‘ ing them the gospel? If you want to murder a mam you need not stab him: starve him. If you Want to destroy a. man you need not teach him to drink or swear: keep back the gospel from him. Be in his company and never say a word gfor Christ. Be where YOU OUGHT T0 SPEAK, and be sinfully silent, and who knows how much bl()(.d will be laid at your door. Do you not think that to deny a cup of cold water to a man and let him die of thirst is murder ‘4 To deny the gospel, to have no word to say for Jesusâ€"is not this ‘ soul-murder? God accountsit so. “Well,” say some. “ I could not speak or preach.” No. but do you pray for the conversion of others '4 Some people also have money entrusted to them: they cannot go to India or China. but many other men are Wendy to go, and they ought to assist in ‘sending them. I have men in the College ready to go, but I have no power to send them. Is there no crime in all this? Does not the voice of your brother’s blood cry unto God from the ground ? I believe it does. You are not to do what you can- not do, but what you can do. If some shall be stirred by these words, my heart will greatly rejoice, but if you are aroused do not promise to make an effort in your own strength, but pray to God about it. Commit yourself to God, and ask the divine Spirit to lead you into ways of usefulness. that are you go hence you may have brought some souls to Jesus; and to his name shall be the glory, for ever and ever, Amen. A Roman nose in a horse, like the corresâ€" ponding aquiline shape in a. man, generally indicates strong individuality, often accom- panied by great intelligence, says the Rider and Driver. A straight facial line is quite as often found with :1. high degree of intelligence, but a. dish-faced horse is rarely anything but a. nonvnity in character or a. fool. I have :an-VI :; inwvxcbptions to this rule, but they only prove it. u 1‘ 1 . I'1 .. 7.7... muzzle usually denotes a high .:<:";>1\(u3 urrremization, which a. coarse and large muzzle with small and non- expansive nostrils and pendulous lower lip means stu- pidi" _ . - l . s 1 . ‘1 J , -\ sensitive and trumpet- -shaped nostril Iii-rims courage and intelliuencc, even when, as it loes sometimes, it also men: is heaves. A broad and full forehead and length from eye to car are good general indications of intelligence, but. the eye and car are the speaking features of a horse‘s face. Last summer I became acquainted with an old fisherman who lives some distance up theluke shore. He is hale and hearty, though nearly seventy years of age, and is quite an odd characwr. The old man is somewhat hampered by rheumatism at times and in one instance allowed a travel- ling quack doctor to prescribe for him. The prescription was something out- of the ordinary. “"he old fool told me to filla kettle full of spring water,” said the fish- erman, and then go out and shoot a robin. I was to hold the body of the bird so that when the kettle was on the fire the shadow of the robin would be cast into the water. ‘Then what do you think he said? Told me Tto boil the shadow of that old bird for three hours and rub my legs with the water while it was hot !”~Bafl‘a.lo En- quirer. The country's desirable farm land has been largely taken. Population and wealth and the demand for farm pmducts in- crease at a rapid pace. Farms and farm products from this time on are bound to be in increasingly sharp demand Md meet with augmenting prices. Now, of all pe- riods in the history of the Unit-ed States, is the time for the farmer to hold fast to his homesteadâ€"Minneapolis Tribune. How It Happened. VVifeâ€"“Why, Henry, the dinner is spoil- ed. Where have you been _?’ METHODIST, Cambridge St.â€"Rev. T. M, Campbell. Pastor. Services at 11 A.M.. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School and Bible Class at 2.30. Classes at 10 A.M. Prayer Meeting, W’ednesday at; 8 P. M. Young People's Christian Endeavor Societv. everv Friday evening at 7.30 Suburbanite~“l got carried by the sta- tion and had to wait an hour for an up- train. Wifeâ€"“Reading at the time, I suppose.” Suburbanitcâ€"“Vo; 1 was trying to con- vinceafriend of the benefits of living in the suburbs.” BAPTIST, Cambridg c Street. â€"-Rcv. W. K Anderson Pastor. Services at 11.00 A.. M. and? ..00P M. Prayer Meeting Sab ath morningr at 10. 30 A. M. Sabbath School at 2.30 P. M. Young PeOple's Society of Christian Endeavor Monday at; 7. 30) P. M. Pray er Meeting XVednes- day at 7. 30 P. M. â€"All seats free. METHODIST, Queen Streetâ€"Rev. Newton Hill, Pastor. Services at 11.00 A. and7.00P. M. Sabbath School 2152.36 P..30M Prayer Meeting Thursday at 7. P. M. ST. MARY’S Roman Catholic) Russel Street â€"â€"Rev. icar-General Laurent, Pastor, Rev. Father Nolan, Curate. Services at 8.00 and 10.30 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 3.30 P. M. ANDREW‘S (Presbyterian). \Villiam Street. Rev. Robert Johnston, B. A., Pastor. Services at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P.7 M. Sabbath School at 3.00 P. M. Prayigr Meeging )Yedygsnjax at 100 y. PAUL’S (Church of En land) Russel Streetâ€"Rev. C. H. Marsh, Rector. Ser vices at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M Sabbath School at 2.30. Prayer Meet‘ ins: Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. M. Young People 5 Christian Circle Sabbath Morning at 10.15 M. C. A., Rooms Cor. Kent and Cam- bridge sts. Open daily from 9.00 A. M. to 10.00 P. M. Prayer Praise meeting Saturday at 8 P. M. Young men’s meeting Sunday at 4.15 P. M. Short addresses. Good singing? Youn men always welcome.- Dr. . H. C arke, President; C. K. Calhoun, Gen. Secre- tary. The Time to stick to the Farm. Cure for Rheumatism. The Horse‘s Fact. The Churches. 28, I892. x“ Search the Happy Homes of the 0mm and It’s a well recognized fact that daily surroundings have much to do moulding of character. If the home be neatly furnished the chances are that the good man will come home early 0’ nights and that the children will grow up rehed and gentle. YOUR HOME CAN BE FURNISHED CHEAPLY nowadays compared with the outlay that would have been necessary a few years ago. Well-made Furniture was never cheaper in price than it is to-davâ€"with us. at least. A Sideboard for $4.50. a Bureau for $4 a Bedstead for $2, or a Mattrass and SpIings for $5. Common Chairs, Hal: Furniture: etc, very low. We are making a. special drive in Mattrasses. A Handscme Parlor Suite for $30, V__--â€"â€"_a :fTHE MARCH IF EMWFVEENT% Art in the household and beauty in the ordinary surroundings in life was the gospel propounded by the late Professor Ruskin and other elevators of the human mind, and to realize what progress has been made in this direction it is well worth while paying a visit to the mag- nificent show rooms of the old established furniture house of Messrs. OWEN MCGARVEY8Z1 Son. 1849-1853 Naive Dame Street. MONTREAL- A walk through those spacious show rooms is a revelation; in fact they really amount in themselves to a Montreal Industrial exhibition in their line. Such must necessarily be the reflections of anyone who pay; a visit to this firm’s prominent establishment and m’kes a tour of nspection through their attractive warerooms. Everything in the furniture line is to be found there, from atwenty- five cent chair to a fifteen hundred dollar bedroom set, and prices to suit everyone. No one need despair; the millionnairc can furnish his house from top to bottom with the finest and most costly, and his junior clerk can fill his little tenement with useful and pretty articles at prices to suit his more limited means. On entering the well-known and extensive warerooms on Notre Dame street, the visitor is struck bv the excellent display of Sihbomds, Dining Tabea, Hall Stands, Bookcases, Wardrobes, Library Tables, Writing Desks. and Easy and Combination Chairs of all descriptians. On reaching the secend floor a beautiful assortment of meets the eye: SUCh as 3, 4) S: 6 and 7 piece parlor suites. Odd piece suites, gilt chairs, corner chalrs, ottomans, dwans, tetc-a-tetes, piano and SUILCD, gut. buau a, yum.-. --n..-_,, v __________ , v-.--,,,, ---_ __ “"'1 1' -â€"--v wu-.. foot-stools in plushes, brocatelles and silk dama H “ . 51m of all the and latest shades; also a full km of fancy centre, card and work-ESE? statuette-stands, ladles writing desks, music stands and cascls 5’ On the third floor a fine selection of Rocking, Easy and Reclininc Chairs claims particular attention. The Celebrated bent wood furni‘: ture imported from Vienna, Austria, and of which the :‘Jessrs. McGar- vey make a specialty, also occupies a prominent position on this flOOr. On the fourth floor bedroom sets in profusion are to be found {mm the cheap ash wood to the elegantly carved set valued at fifteen hun- dred dollars. Brass and iron furniture, of which they have just receiv- ed a very large consignment from Birmingham, England. is an especial- ly noticeable feature; handsome solid brass bedsteads and pretty cots for Children from $30 up to $125â€"there they are of the newest designs : neat iron bedsteads as low as $5, and rising to much higher figures. can also be found here. A great advantage in this house 5.: that the price of every piece of furniture and article is marked in plain figures, but owing to the widening of N otre Dame street west. which will necessi- tate their removal next spring, they are now offering special induce- ments in the way of Discounts off the marked prices. The entire es- tablishment is a model one, neatness and order prevailing everywhere; all available space is taken up to accommodate the enormous stock which they carry, and from which purchasers can select at their liberty. Their new passenger elevator will be found not only a great govenience, but also a luxury 1n its way to carry their customers to any of their six flats of show rooms. W The firmly established reputation of this 11 ch knoun house is sufficient guarantee that outside show is only the last thing: aimed at and that stability and good value for money are to be found 11 the old established firm of Messrs 0710674 [11666277163] (9‘ 50%. 18:1 and 1852 Notre Dame Street, earner of McGill street. ANDERSON, NUGENT <95 00. Furniture Dealers and Manufacturers, near the Market You will find our Furniture [LL GIVE YOU 'RNI'I'U'RE