as her divinely instituted, means of sanctification, and have no fear but that your leprosy will be cleansed and your soul become once more as the soul of a little child. In a word: " Be you humbled under the mighty hand of God that in the day of His visitation He may exalt you " (i Peter v. 6).
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.
Suicide.
"Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith." — Matt. viii. 26.
SYNOPSIS.
Ex. : 1. Process of despair. II. Popular sentiment. III. Church's stand.
I. Fifth command : 1. Suicide is murder. 2. Worse. 3. God sole arbiter of life and death.
II. Crime: 1. Against Nature and society. 2. Self-preservation. 3. Scandal and cowardice.
III. Causes and remedies : 1. Judas. 2. Materialism. 3. Christian education.
Per. : The restraining influence of Christianity.
SERMON.
"If God so bounteously feedeth the fowls of the air, if He so gorgeously clotheth the flowers of the field, how much more you, O ye of little faith! "
Loss of faith in God's protecting providence, loss of love for God and humanity, loss of strength to endure life's temptations and hardships, consequent sins innumerable and revolting crimes, no joy in the present, no hope for the future, despair and a suicidal death, these are the rounds in the fatal stairway by which many a poor soul has gone down to hell forever. There is something simply awful in the grow-
