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LESSON XII. September 17, 106.
A Prieoner in the Castie—Aets 221-30
COMMEN'PARY*—L Panne defence
(ve. 1-21). From the fact that Paul
addreesed the excitecrowd ia He-
brew, the language known to every
Jew, he gained a, hearing. He used
an honorable title in speaking to his
OPPosers, classtng himself with there
as a fellow Jew. He was bOrn la the
important city of Tarsus, and at it
suitable age Was placed under the in-
struction of the great GonnaBel. He
was a careful observer of the law of
Moses and was (leave ills religious
life, He was energetic in his efforts
in behalf of the religion of his fath-
ers. He sought to destroy the dis-
Ciples of jesus Christ. He lid au-
thority from officials, who were etill
living, to arrest them and to bring
them as prisoners to Jerusaiena. Whim
on this mission of persecution, as he
Came near to Damascus, he was sud-
denly stricken down by the ehining
et a light brighter than the sun .at
noon. The Lord Jesus spoke to him
And he harkened to His voice, ac-
knowledging him as Lord. He be -
Came submissive, saying to Him,
"What shall I do, Lord?" At the com-
mand of the Lord he went to Dames-
eus and there found a man named An-
anias, a devout man, a Jew who be-
lieved in Jesus, This man instruct-
ed and encouraged him, and Paul be-
came converted. Ananias tont iiiip.
thta he should be a witness to all men
of what he had seen and heard.
17, When I was come again to
Jerusalem—It is quite evident that
this Tien to Jerusalem was -made
more than three years atter his con-
version, for it was after the three
years which he spent in Arabia (Gal.
1;18). While I prayed in the temple
—Paul's mention of his visit to Jer-
usalem and of his praying in the tem-
ple would show his hearers that he
was a Jew and had high regard for
the city and the temple. He recog-
nized the temple as the proper place
for prayer, I fell into a trance (R.
V.)—Paul became unconscious of his
surroundings, and his mind was ex-
ercised in what was revealed to him
by the Spirit. He here received one
or more of the "visions and revela-
tions of the Lord" (2 Cor. 12; 1)
which came to him during his It fa 18.
Will not receive thy testimonet—Tlius
Paul was informed of the attautle, of
the Sews of Jerusalem toward Jesus.
The Lord commanded him to escape
quickly. He had work for Mm to do
in other lands, In Acts 9;2G-30 an
account of this visit to Jerusalem is
given, and Paul's preaching stirred
the Jews to such a pitch of enmity
that the disciples thought it not beet
for him to remain longer and sent
him away to Tarsus. Thus Paul was
warned in a vision and his fellow
Christians saw the danger, hence he
fled from the enemies of the cross,
1D.—Lord, they know that I am inie.
prieoned—In his trance condition Paul t
Is epeaking to the Lord in answer to
What he had said to hi. Some of
the people in that crowd must have
remembered him as a zealous perse-
cutor of Christians and that he was
constantly at it. In evety synagogue—
His efforts were not confined to nar-
row limits. He went wherever he
heard that Christianity was gaining ad-
herents. 20. Thy martyr—Thy witness.
This is the original meaning of the
wordetbut when those who witnessed
to the resurrection and Messiahship
of Jesus were being put to death for
their testimony, the meaning of the
word was extended to its present sig-
nification. Consenting—Paul approved
of the stoning of Stephen. Kept the
raiment—Those who hurled stones at
the martyr laid off the loose outer
garments. Paul was the man who took
charge of these articles of clothing
for the executioners. "This reference
to Stephen musthave thrilled the
heart of Paul. himself with emotion
at the recollection of hie own share in
that deed of blood with some of his
murderers now present, and ready to
inflict upon himself the same doom."
—Whedon. 21. He said unto we, De-
part—In this vision in the temple
Paul was warned to leave the city to
escape his persecutors. I will itend
thee... ,unto the Gentlies—Here was
a distinct call to Paul to become an
apcetle to the Gentiles.
II. The fury of the mob (vs. 22, 23).
22. Gave him audience unto this word
—Up to this time the crowd listened
to the apoetle, but the saying that the
Lord sent him as a messenger of sal-
vation to the Gentiles was more than
they WOuld endure. Paul had set forth
with olV....trAC se his attitude toward the
law and beg described plainly his con-
versionlah had preached the gospel
to the ?fat a, but they would listen
no furehe when the speaker said
there watt tIvation for the Gentiles.
Away with glob, a fellow—The rage of
the mob knew no bounds. They
thought a man who would preach
such doctrinee ought not to be allowed
to live, 23. Cried out—With shouts of
anger at Paul. Cast off their clothes
—Threw off their loose outer gar-
ments as if they would rush at Paul
to tear him in pieces. This act was al-
so an expression of rage. Threw dusta
into the air—Another expression of
anger, as if they must throw some-
thing at such an offender. "Then be-
gan one of the most despicable spec-
tacles which the world can witness,
the spectacle of an Oriental mob, hid-
eous with impotent rage, howling,
cursieg, gnaehing their teeth,
flinging about their arms, waving and
tossing their blue and red robee, east-
ing dust into the air by handfuls, with
all the furious gesticulations of an un-
cOntrollecl fanaticiem.—Farrar.
III. Saved from being scourged (va
24-20.) 24. Brought into the. castle --
The captain ordered Paul to -be plac-
ed in the tower of Antonia, Where be
'Would be protected fret' the rioters.
Examined by scourging—The captain
evidently did tot understand Ile•
brew or he would have known why.
the Jews were time enraged at Paul.
To examine by emerging was to tor-
ture aft accused victim until he woulil
Confess the Crime with which he was
charged. The scourge was a whip
eempoeed of two or more lashes, oft-
en with sharp pieces of metal ataelt-
ed to them to lacerate the flesh of
the one beaten. 25. Bound him with
thong—he victim was bound or
stretched along a whipping peat with
leathern strap, so that he Would re-
eeive the ftill forte of the fle0Urg,5S,
ond that upon his bared backh. it
lawful—Paul's Roman eitizenship had
once before been a help to him, and
now he urged It to protect himself
from the pain and disgrate Of
Seeurging. The Rotten law forbade
the scourging of d Roman citizen
under any circumstance% an1 pro-
teeted hint from punishment of every
eat without a. legal trial. It Meant
death for one to lay a Wee claim to
:Roman citizenship, bent° sIl.
tutu, when informed by -the centurion
oaf Patil'e question, was troubled, for
be was convinced that Paul was it
Roman citizen.
27. The chief captain came — Ere
wished to know from Paul's own lips
about his citizenship. 28. With a
good sum ---At times ton= citizen-
ship was eold in order to ream reve-
nue, I was free born—Some Of Paul's
ancestors had Roman citizenship con-
ferred upon them, henee he was a
free-born citizen. 29. Departed from
Itint—The soldiers who had been or-
dered to examine Pail by scourging
left Min, for they had no right to
proceed further. The chief captain
also' WEIS afraid—He had no fear 011
the ground that he had areated Paul
and put chains upon Mut, for that
was allowable even in the case of it
Roman citizen; but his fear was be-
cause he had ordered him to be
scourged. '30. The captain showed
consideration to Paul and speedily
went about the task of ascertaining
the facts eoncerning him.
Questions,—What was Paul's situa-
tion when he made his defense? Give
an outline of his address. Why did
the crowd listen to aim? What via -
ion did ho relate? What was Paul's
attitude toward the law? At what
point diathe crowa interrupt the
epeaker? How did they express their
rage? What did the chief captain er-
aer to be done? What privilege did
Paul have as a Roman citizen?
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Topic.—Paults life -review.
I. Formed the basie of Ms de-
fense.
II. Disarmed Jewish and Roman
patower.
I. Formed the basis of hie defence.
Upon a stairway leading to the cas-
tle stood the venerable apostle Paul
in ohains, surrounded by the Roman
guard, while the bloodthirsty Jews
formed a multitude of lookers-on. He
had barely oscaped with his lite, Hie
name had been held. up as the author
of blasphemies and sacrilege and as
the enemy of his race. It was on a
false and malicious charge that the
uproar had been excited. Paul's confi-
dence in truth, in his own mission, in
the work of the Holy Spirit, in the
future of the Christian church and
als fearlessness of men enabled him
to speak to the infuriated mob. Whe-
ther we consider the man, the circum-
efances, tho speech or the effect pro-
duced, Paul's address is .'worthy to be
ranked among the famous speeches
of the ages, A man with a life of suf-
fering and an unfathomable love for
the Saviour, whose cause ne would de-
fend, was back of that speech. The
elements of its greatness were its wis-
dom and moderation, its simplicity
and its truthfulness. The simple story
Of hie conversion was told without
embellishment, nothing concealed,
nothing modified. After the manifold
experiences of a missionary's life, af-
ter having been beaten, stoned and
imprisoned, Paul rehearsed the
story exactly as it occurred in his ear-
ly life. The circumstances of his
early life were well known to his
hearers. He appealed to them to lis-
ten with impartiality, His Hebrew
speech, his thorougLly Jewish atti-
guile, his unruffled spirit. his earnest -
'nese and noble courage seemed to sub-
due bis hearers. The nature of the
case made it absolutely neceseary for
Mw to speak of himself, He did this
without any trace of vainglory or eg-
otism with no boastings, no affected
humility, but with absolute simplicity.
Paul related his experience with a
definite purpose to show that through-
out his life he had been loyal to Jud-
aism and had followed the special di-
vine direction given to him. The -God
of their fathers, by a gracious man'.
festation of himself anti his will, had
ealled the apostle to his eervice. That
was the sole and ail -sufficient explare
ation of his life and conduct, and
that became his entire deftnce. No
true Jew would deny that Jehovah
might choose any of his people for
special service and give to such im-
mediate visions and directions. The
leaders of the Judaic party knew per-
fectly well that they had no awe
against the -apostle. They appealed to
the prejudice of the people and excited
iheir feelings into a passion which
might have led to Paul's death within
the temple courts. Because he had car-
ried the gospel to the Gentiles, that
mob had been aroused. Paul carried
a good conscience which remained un-
disturbed in the storm of sinful rage
Which surrounded him.
II. Disarmed Jewish and R.oman
power, With national jealousy and re-
ligious bigotry aroused, the uncon-
trolled fury of the mob put Paul's life
again in peril. waited until the
clamor subsided at the sight of pre-
parations for his scourging. Then he
spoke, The thought of using his Ro-
man citizenship to secure relief from
indignity and pain came like an in-
spiration of the Spirit. Paul was a
free-born citizen of Rome while the
chief captain was only a citizen by
purchase. Without. rage or excitement,
before the first humiliating lash de-
scended, Paul asked with all the hero-
ism of a great man, "Is this right?"
This question made the .Roman quail
and appeal to higher authority. Fear
of the people in their exasperation
agaihst the defense of the apostle
a ad determined the chief :captain in
his course with Paul, but greater fear
et the Roman power caused him to
desist. Utterly defective as Roman
Jaw wag, it steed in strong eontrast
with Jewish frenzy. It afforded the
safe custody of Roman soldiery. It
regarded Paul's claims of Roman cit-
izenship. It secured order, all of which
was inimeasurablg superior to the
violent excitements of an ungovern-
able mob. Divine deliverance was
brought about by the right feeling of
the Roman captatn together with the
civil privileges of the apostle. Out-
witrdly ill-treated, Paul remained in-
wardly unhurt. Contending parties
were silenced ana their (Meats de-
feated by their owii fury and Violence,
T. It. A.
•
OSTROVA LOSS
HEAVY BLOW
London Cable.—A Reuter despatch
from S.alotalci seys:
"Deeuments found en' ulgaritin of-
ficers, both the elain and theme made
•:rlsoner, Prove the overwheitning
lin-
p't'tanee which the tulgariau coin -
mend attached to She offensive 1;1
Meceaonia, and especially 10 the de -
teat of the Serbians occupying the
line on the western shore of Lake
CSVova.
"A Serbian 'eorinnunique neinta oul
lhat far from athievaig these alma,
the Bulgarians, after the sacrifice of
n?.arly 15,000 men, art5 too exhatiated
riakthe least otfernive movement,
aod ate digging themseIvee in. The
Bulgarians wheat they found their Ver-
dun at °strove."
.14.1....titEttP
AWES DRIVE INVADERS
OF ROUMANIA BACKWARD
Russian and Home Troops Retake Dobric-
Transylvanian Towns Taken
Berlin Claims Silistria Captured—Russ Drive
in Serbia.
London, Sept, 11.—The Bulgarians
are evamating Varna, tho principal
port on the Black Sea, according to
a semi-official news agency despatch
from Oclessa.
London, Sept. 10.—A despatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from Pe*
trograd sat's:
"Russian cavalry has occupied sev-
eral points on the Bulgarian frontier."
It is reported from Sofia that two
Russian monitors and one cruiser
have bombarded twelve Kavala forts
along a front of 16 kilometres.
These are the Greek forts seized by
the German and Bulgarian forces a
iortnight ago.
Major Moraht, the Berlin Tage-
blatt's military critic, estimates the
Russian Dobrudja army at between
300,000 and 400,000.
London, Sept, 10,—Russo-Rouman-
ian forces have retaken from the Bul-
gar-Teuton invaders the city and -fort-
ress of Dobritch (Bazarilk), fifty
miles south-east of Bucharest, atter a
24 hours' battle beginning immediate-
ly after its fall. yesterday. Dobrachi,
a small town near Dabritch, was also
retaken. This first important success
scored by the Roumanians and their
Muscovite ally since Roumania's en-
trance into the war, was announced
by the Bucharest War Office to -night
as follows:
"Russian and Roumanian" troops
drove the Bulgarians from Bazardjik
(Dobric) and Dobasca"
TEUTONS GIVE UP FORTS.
It is certain that the Germans and
Bulgars have had to give up the Black
Sea ports of Kavarna and Kali Akra,
which are norta of Basardjik. These
points are on the Teutonic right
flank, News that they have been
forced out of Aflatar, little more than
ten miles south of the Roumanian
fortress of Silistria, is expected at
any time.
This driving back of the Teutonic
right wing and centre is almost cer-
tain to be followed by a withdrawal
of the lett ing, which rests a little
north of captured Tatraltan. Basadjik
the recaptured city, is south of a line
drawn straight east from Tutrakan,
and if the Teutons in Tatrakan do not
withdraw they will be caught with the
Russians and Roumanians in front of
them aite the Danube and Roumania
behind.
The result will be that the Russo -
Roumanian plan of an invasion of
Bulgaria from the Dobrudja will be
earried out, and with greater chance
of success than it the Teutons never
had invaded Roumania. Together with
the reported Roumanian advanee int°
Serbia, this t. .uld out oft the Bulgar-
ian and Teuton forces in the Balkans
and pin them between General Sar -
rail's army at Saloniki and the Russo.
Roumanian armies to the north.
In the northern Transylvania Alps
the Russo -Roumanian forces captured
six towns, including Toplitza, 14 milee
north of Orzova, the others being San
Milaj, Deline, Clurghiurgen and San-
miglan. They repulsed a counter-at-
tack south of Mehadia, 15 miles north
of Orzova.
The Roumanian seaport of Con-
stanza was again bombarded by Ger-
man and Bulgarian aeroplanes, ac-
cording to the Roumanian War Office
statement.
SERBIA INVADED.
A Russo -Roumanian army has be-
gun an invasion of Serbia. Sweeping
southwards from Orzova, taking the
identioal course the Teutons took in
their whirlwind campaign through the
littleekingdom, the new invaders have
penetrated as far as Negotin, seven
miles inside the Serbian border, oc-
cupying the town, according to an
Atnens despatch to the Daily News.
Thus the first blow in the long -her-
alded Allied campaign for the isola-
tion of the Central rowers from Bul-
garia and Turkey by cutting the Ber-
lin -Constantinople -Bagdad Railway
has been struck. Indeed, the Athene
despatch adds that the Russo -Rou-
manian troops are advancing toward
the Orient railway. To reach it they
have to cover 60 more miles.
Through tide new Serbian invasion
the Teutonic and Bulgarian armies in
Macedonia are placed between two
formidable threats; a French -British -
Serbian 'thrust from Seloniki and an
attack from the nueo-Roumanian
forces. An added menace lies in the
possible thwarting of the Bulger -
Teuton campaign in Roumania, which
would result in a simultaneous Rus-
sian drive for Constantinople and a
second Russo -Roumanian invasion of
Serbia from the east.
The Central Empires are expected
to put up a supreme struggle for the
Orient railway, adMittedly vital to
the continuation of the war, Military
critics here and in other Entente cap -
la's predict that tho coming week
will witness the long -postponed "big
push" from Saloniki. Events decisive
for the otitcOme of the whale War are
expected to follow ia its wake.
INVADERS CAPTURE SHASTRIA.
The Roumanian City end fortress of
Silistria, on the southern batik of
the Danube, fifty-four miles front the
outer forts of Bucharest, has fallen
to the centre of the I3ulgar-German
invading armies. The Capture of this
itnportant stronghold was announced
this afternoon, by the Berlin War
Mee.
With Mistraa in its hands, the hi-
vadiag eentre is now in a position
either to swing to the northwest and
in conjunction with the left, which
holds Turtukal, fel-trees (thirty-nine
Miles from Bncharest), attack the
Roumanian capital or turn east Wald
the invading right In stemming the
Rusee•Roumanitin tide that threatens
a Sweep down along the Black Sea lit-
toral into Bulgaria and toward Ceti-
stantinOple.The Allied troops are pin-
ned upon the developments of the
situation in the Dobrudja. If the Mete
:dans can break through there, it IA
argued the posseetion of the two
Dellabe fortroee will bo.•of qno avail
to the invaders and the menace to
Blecharest will be removed.
RETAKING Ole DOBRIC.
)3azardjik (Dobritch), which has
just been retaken by the Russo -Rou-
manians fell to the Bulgar invaders
two days ago because the Russians
came too late to save it. Not far to
the north on this point 011 Tartlet,' the
invaders encountered tit e Cossack
vanguard,
Bulgarian accounts of the subse-
quent fighting are triumphant. -4
Russian cavalry bregada," says the
correspondent of the Sofia Kambana,
"assisted in a levy, advanced in thick
waves against two Bulgarian battal-
ions. The Bulgarians allowed the
Russian cavalry to approach close to
their positions. Then they mowed
down the whole brigade with an anni-
hilating fire. The Russians fled in
panic, being unable to resist the Bul-
garian shell fire. The whole battle-
field was covered with Russian dead,
among whom was the commander of
the brigade. •
"When the Russians cried out `little
brothers, the Bulgarians answered,
'Nobody invited you to this wedding.'
"The Bulgarian soldiers were em-
bittered especially because they found
sixty innocent civilians had been as-
sassinated in the Dobritch barracks
and that others had been carried off
by the Roumanians."
There is great rejoicing in Berlin
over the capture of Turtukai. Major
Moraht puts the Roumanian losses in
the battles for this stronghold at
a0.000. A belated Bulgarian official
report states that eight Roumanian
infantry regiments and two battalions
of a gendarmes regiment were cap-
tured. The total of Roumanian pris-
oners taken up to September 7 is given
at 400 officers, including three briga-
dier -generals, and 21,000 unwounded
soldiers.
The intense bitterness felt in Bul-
garia toward the Roumanians, dating
from the second Balkan war and re-
vived by Roumania's intervention on
the Entente side, is reflected by the
Bulgarian War Office statement,
which, in enumerating the booty,
speaks of two batteries "stolen in
1913." More than 100 cannon were
captured at Tartukai.
To -day's German War Office state-
ment says: "The losses of the. Rou-
manians and Russians in the last few
days appear to have been very con-
siderable."
Russian naval forces have begun to
bombard that part of the Roumanian
Black Sea littoral now in Bulgarian
hands. A torpedo foat fiotilia. already
has sunk thirty-nine barges, in which
the Bulgars were shipping bread, off
the seaport of Baltiik, which fella to
the invaders Friday,
A Petrograd despatch points to the
tremendous number of heavy guns
with which the Germans have sup-
plied their Bulger ally for the action
against the Roumanian inferiority of
enuipment. for though the Rouman-
ians have plenty of Krupp and Creua
sot guns, they suffer from a dire
lack of shells to feed them.
U-BOAT BASE ON BLACK SEA.
A Central News despatch from Bed -
lin transmitted the following official
statement issued there:
"A German submarine successfully
shelled the Roumanian port of, Man-
galia."
This port lies about half -way be-
tween the Roumanian northern and
southern frontiers. The statement
gives rise to the theory that the Ger-
mans have established a submarine
base on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
A semi-official statement from 13u-
charest to -clay told of the shifting ot
important Roumanian forces from
other theatres of operation in Dobrud-
ja. This explains the slackening of
the Russo -Roumanian drive in the
Transylvanian Alps. The stateMent
says that "a further retirement in the
Dobrudja may be necessary," as the
territory is difficult to defend. It
adds, however, that Roumanian mili-
tary authorities are confident the in-
vaders will be unable to throw any
large forces across the Danube for an
advance on Bucharest.
The fortress Tutraltan, the state-
ment says, had to be given up by the
Roumanians after four days of heroic
defence, the defenders being outnum-
bered four to one. So terrific was
the bombardment by the Gerrean
guns that it could be -plainly heard in
Bucharest,
The King and Crown Prince of Bul-
garia are visiting the Gernea.a head-
quarters in the east to confer with the
Kaiser.
After a battle along the road be-
tween Petroseny and Ilatzeg. ni Lower
Transylvania, the invading Rouman-
ian 'forces were driven back two and a
half miles. the Vienna War Office
anhounced to -day, The Roumanians
then launched a nett- and strong at -
tock against the southern wing of the
Austrian forces, which were Compelled
to retire to its former position.
THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
An official report on Balkan opera-
tions issued by the French War Office
reads:
"There was patrol activity and inter-
mittent bombardment on the greater
part of our front. In the region east
of Vetrentic the Bulgarians oval:tinted
a number of trenches, • abasidoning
mine war material."
The British 'War Office Weed the
folicwing Saloniki official report:
"On the Struma front daring the
night we shelled Jenikoi and Nevies-
tino (the letter etiat of lauetenail),
Enemy patrols and working parties
were active, but were disperned by our
artillery end machine glin fire. On the
Doiran front o, sucetesful raid eintbled
its to effect identification."
The official statement trent Boa-
manian headquarters lamed to -night
reads:
"On the north mil northwest.'
front there bag been lively fighting
up the upper valleys of the Maros ea'
Alute Rivers, the ea0My WItitilratvitig4
st1vard„ 11Y t,
• "On the southern front our hatterierk
bombarded Widtn, Lerepelanite, end
RabOvo, which are in flanlea.
"Our aeroplanes successfully lamb-
ed ellenty calnpe at Turittitkal,"
The Serblen official statelnent, is-
suea to -day reads: "an artillery Cluel
(Warred along the entire front Satur-
day, while 111 the direction of Florian,
Our artillery forced the Bulgarians to
rctlre in disorder from some of their
advanced trendies, where, we found
sixty rifles, many bombe and other
Material.
"In the direction of Kozeni we ex-
Pelled the Bulgarians from the vil-
laces of Paleschori and Emborla."
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ALLIES ARE FIRM,
Cannot Allow Aid to Poland
Till Huns Reform.
• Washington Report.-- president
Wilson had on his list of callers to-
day Sir Cecil Spring -Rice, the British
Ambassador, who was to preeent King
George's reply to the President's ap-
peal to all the European belligerents
for an agreement permitting the ship -
merit of relief supplies- Into portions
of Poland occupied by Teutonic arm -
The reply was said to follow the
positon, already laid down by the Al-
lies, that Germany'e insistence upon
the right to feed her garrisons on
Polish products makes it impossible
'foie -them to allow supplies to go into
the country through their lines.
—THE—
Quiet Hour
FOR THOUGHTFUL
PEOPLE
LIFT UP MY EYES, 0 GOD:
Life up my eyes, 0 God. Too much
with me
Is sin's dark shadow, and I cannot see
The star of hope that ever shineth
bright
Across the brow of night.
Lift up mine eyes, 0 Lord, for often
sleep
Weighs down mine eyelids, and I can-
not keep
The vigil that I ought. Till miming
break
Keep my poor heart awake.
Lift up mine eyes, 0 Lord. Yet even
50,
Tbough hid the winding way through
which I go,
Lead me through darkness of enfold-
ing night
With love's unfading light.
0 Thou that slumberest not, remem-
ber me;
My going, .coming and wherehm I be;
Till, when my weariness and sin be
past,
Thou bring me home at last.
Lauchlin MacLean Watt, in Cana-
dian Baptist.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
I am the good shepherd, and know
my sheep, and am known of mine. My
sheep hear my voice, and I know
them, and they follow me; and I give
unto them eternal life; and they shall
never "perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall
not want. He maketh me to lie down
in green pastures; he leadeth me be-
side the still waters. He restoreth my
soul; he leadeth me in path of right-
eousness for his narne's sake.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
Nce have tamed every one to hie own
'nay; and the Lord hath lain on him
the inquity of us all.—I am the good
shepherd; the good shepherd giveth
his lite for his sheen—I will seek that
which was lost, and bring again that
which was driven away, and will bind
up that which was broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick.—Ye
were as sheep going astray: but are
awe returned unto the Shepherd and
Bishop ot. your souls.
THE IIORN LANTERN.
In our early days glass was dear,
and the poor man's lantern had horn
sides. The light was good, but the
medium through which it shone was
dull and distorted. The horn lantern
has been superseded, but the parable
has survived, and we see through a
glass darkly, and not faoe to face.
"In -no time or country has Clines-
tianity ever been exhibited in its
simple integrity. The soul of its
author was the only pure and perfect
expression of its spirit; it was at once
the creature and the sole director of
His mind, born within that palace to
bo its Lord. In every other instance
Christianity has been only one out
of many influences in forming the
character of its professors, and they
have given it various shapes, according
.to the climate, the society, the occu-
pation in which they have lived."—
Martineau.
We have too Many horn lanterne in
our present night. The student, the
patriot, the peasant, the merchant,
each looks through their own lantern,
and the light is modified by the me-
dium tarough whieh it passes. The
Blue Nile passes tlirough a belt of
blue clay, and the White Nile through
a belt of white elay. The lantern
sides give a color to the light.
When Christ was born the teMple
of .1 -anus was closed; it was a time
of peace. But what a peace! "They
make a wilderness aud call it peace."
The fact is Christ came Into a land
moat dreadfully oppressed. There was
no king, no council, no flag; a foreign
soldier was in the sentry box, the
housewife went to market with for-
eige coin in her pocket, and at the
wharf a foreign official taxed every
bc.atload of fish that was landed. The
Temple Was defiled, and the devout
grieved for the afflictions of Joseph.
Christian organizations abound. We
put the label on the breast ae We put
the deeoration oil the breast of the
here, and we tall it Chriatian, tifid
when we look for the Meek spirit of
forgiveness and fOtbearance, ae it is.
eeen in jesust we are abatehed, and
perhaps it is thie to-day'that the glori-
one British Empire could not stand for
five minutes on thefeermort Qa tha;
rnoant. ,1) we nht,nead eleati the
sides '0! our 141'4ga/hal We whnt the
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HUNS PREPARE
FOR A RETREAT
ON WEST FRONT
..•••••• mg/ Fattiout,toot....,
Fall of Peronne Will Mean
Retirement Between Rue
and Rheims,
THE COST IN MONEY
Already Poky Billions, and
Finally Will Reach One
Hundred.
(By C. F. Bortelli.)
Paris, Sept. 10—While huge Ger-
man armies are lurching forward in
vain attempts to straighten out the
salients the French have inade north
and south of the Somme, General
Foch is strengthening Inc pcsitons
won in this week's advance. Taota
sands of guns are belching hundrede
of tons of explosives, affording cover
for the feverishly -working Infantry,
Another bound forward may be ex-
pected at any moment the period or-
dinarily necessary for cleaning up the
battlefield and of smashing counter-
attacks as well as for the bringing up
of heavy batteries having expired.
Meanwhile the guns are roaring cease-
lessley front Thiepval to Chaulnes,
and 30 miles of the German third line
are menaced by. a pulverizing lobw of
which the present week's advance
was only the prelude.
It cost all the united allies forty bil-
lions of dollars to reach the threshold
of victory on the Somme, in Galicia
and at Salonika
Economists estimate that if the war
lets enother twelve months, in view
of the increasing expenditures of all
countries, the final victory will cost
something like one hundred billion
dollars.
ln this connection an idea of the
magnitude of the stupendous battle of
the three nations on the Somme is
conveyed by an estimate of its cost
supplied me to -day. It is calculated
that the French, British and Germans
combined are consuming wealth at a
rate of between $25,000,000 and $30,-
000,000 daily.. This 'figure includes the
cost of the whole wastage of gime, ma-
chine guns, cartridges, air torpedoes,
aeroplanes, grenades and other war
material. The figures would be higher
if the value of the property destroyed
in a region thickly studded with towns
and villages were included, I am as-
sured that the titanic gun figure a --
counts for the largest proportion of
the cost, chiefly because for the first
time the Allies are showing Germany
what their united industries are cap-
able of contributing to the war. Their
heavy artillery is now superior to that
of the Germans.
This was not the case at Verdun,
where von Falkenhayn concentrated
2,000 batteries, that is to say, the
greatest number of shells ever massed
on any battlefield.
MILLION GERMANS IN WEST.
On the Somme the Allies have sur-
• passed this record, though their guns
are distributed on a wider attacking
area. That General von Buelow is in
a positon of inferiority is clearly
shown by the fact that his counter-
attacks have come to naught. One
million 'German troops are massed
either on the battle line here or held
in readiness in the ienmediate rear,
while in the last two months battery
Tollowed battery to the Somme,
Krupp's output having been sent
there almost in its entirety.
Nevertheless, despite this typical
display of German energy, the French
continue to hurl greater columns of
metal, and von Buelow is powerless
to smother their cannonade in order
to counter-attack successfully. Dur-
ing the past week he sent his best
troops to recover the lost villages and
trenches north and south of the river
at least thirty times egainst the
French alone, but not onee re -won an
inch of ground.
Compare the relative efect with
the German counter -strokes in previ-
ous allied offensives and it becomes
evident that the French in 'the last
two months have developed a cepa-
city for holding an iron grip on all
new gains. Besides the untraversabie
tire enables them to cover every inch
of the German lines.
One of the hidden results of this
week's sweep is that Gen. von Einem,
who commands between Roye and
Rheims, is gathered for a backward
spring, though he is not expected to
retreat until Peronne falls and St.
Quentin is menaced. Upon further
reflection, military critics here are
convinced that Hindenburg will only
shorten the western front when the
allied pressure threatens to envelep
large sections of his lines and that
he will straighten out his 'front only
to collect als troops from France for
blows in the east and southeast.
OBJECTIONS TO DRAWING BACK.
Quite aside from the political ob-
jections to such a move, the military
risks are enormous, while Germany
naturally is averse to yielding Flan-
ders, the Pas le Calais coal field and
the engineering Works they now part-
ly occupy.
In any case the best evidence that
Hindenburg is dispesed to hold all
Freneh soil he can is that contrary to
the laws of war he is employing thou-
sands at Russian prisonere in digging
new trenches behind the fading
Somme line.
A continuation of the Sothme sweep
and a great drive from Seloniki are
again prognosticated for the e0ming
week. They will be coincident with
the reopening of Parliatuent. 'Finance
Minieter lubot will introdiace a new
lean bill Tuesday. Several propesie
tiOns will be preeented to the Chem-
ber of Deputita looking for an le-
creeste of the Fretieh reserves and a:
still more vigorous prosecution of the
war. Premier 13rland returns it bril-
liant political genies owing to "the
Somme Psuceessee and Itis dipionuttle,
Vietoy 111 Reuenaela. , t, ,
ara-h-e""ta-tatataah . .
PatlaONERB p WAR rpUND.,
Ottewa, Seet, rineyess of;Coii,-;
naught's "I'llsonerh of "War 'Pond- has •
already ,noet $1£025 to thetranadiarl,Red„
Crosi Society in London. Itecent ante.
scrintionS 1011.10 Wrie hf,,, 41,080,.••4front,
CLatiltiltarillitWosIlligilt(gPfSe2WATAloetillt,".
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BRITISH LOSSES,
Casualties 250,000 in Last
Three Months,
Londa, Sept. 10.—Froill June 1,
Wits Year, to date the Britieh army
ant navy have lost more than 250,000
men. For June the casualties num-
bered approximately 30,009. During
August 80,150 offieers and niea were
reported killed or nalseing, and 00,838
more wounded.
Although these lists are official, it
is impossible to draw deductions from
them, as they include all fronts and
cover no special period of fighting.
However, they serve to ellow what the
war is costing Britain in man Power.
It is believed that the German and
Austrian losses for the same period
are much greater.
LEMBERG GATE
FALLING INTO
RUSSIAN HANDS
Teuton and Turk Garrison
Abandons Halicz Under
Heavy Fire.
ROHNER'S RETREAT
Great Capital of Galicia
Likely Soon to be
Captured.
is
London, Se.pt. 10.—The Austro.
German forces defending Halicz, the
fortified city 60 miles south of Lem-
berg, have blown up the remaining
fortifications of the town, and some
of them have been occupied by the
Russians, according to a Reuter de
spatch from Petrograd late to -night.
hours. fall of Halicz it a matter of
The despatch ma's that the great
bridge across the Dneister has been
blown up and that the Russians hold
the left bank of the river, heavily
shelling the retreating Teutons. Two
stroniropftre.ains were wrecked by the Rus•
ia
To-night's official Austro-Hun-
garian war statement admits that the
Russians in the Carpathians east of
the Cibo valley "succeded itt taking
isolated portions of our front."
The Turkish army which was re-
cently reported to have gone to Ga-
linlanngarians, assisted in the defence of
aalLto aid the hard-pressed Austro-
.
The of fcial bulletins from both Pe-
trograd and Berlin to -day indicate
that the struggle around there was
been a desperate one.
An unofficial despatch from Petro-
grad likewise enlarges on the fierce-
ness of the fighting around Halicz an
along a twenty -five -mile front north-
ward from that point.
Gradually driven back from its stub.
bornly-defended positon, General
Count von Bothmer's army has been
compelled during the fighting,* of the
past ten days to retire five miles west-
ward from the Zlota Lipa line de-
fences to the present positions along
tNhaeraOynuivtakaLipas and its tributary, the
Although these operations did not
pierce or cause a breach in the lines
the Austrian retirement left Halicz in
a very critical position. It was sur-
rounded on three sides and was saved
from immediate capitulation only by
the excellent natural defences afford-
ed by the high right bank of the
Dniester on which it is located.
The railway station et Halicz, which
is on the left bank of the river oppo-
site the town, fell into Russian ;Elands
as son alt the Russians gained control
of the railway line running south
from Halicz, Nevertheless, a hard
struggle was expected by the Russians
before they could force the Dniester
and take the town of Halicz itself.
LEMBEAG FALL NEAR.
The importance of such an event
was demonstrated in August, 1914,
when, during the first Russian ad-
vance in Galicia, the Austrian loss of
Halicz and the defeat on the Grata
Lipa broaght about soon afterward
the surrender of Lemberg.
Too close a parallel, however, can
not be drawn between the two occa-
sions, as the Austrians, instead of be-
ing alone now, are aided by German
and Turkish troops, and, having greet-
ly improve the fortifications defend-
ing the approaches to the city, Were
able to offer a much stronger defence.
But with the fall of Halicz, Count von
Bothmers army will be compelled to
sacrifice the Guita Lipa positons and
continue the westerly retirement,
leaving the way open to Lemberg
from the sOutheast.
RUSSIAN REPORT.
Petrograd, Sept. 10.—"A group of
seven German aeroplanes flew over
the region of the Kovel-Rovisehe
railway line. One of our aviator-,
Staff Cavalry Captain Kazakov, en-
gaged two machines in successive en-
counters, forcing them to take flight.
Front one of the machines a long col-
umn of smoke was seen to issue.
"Yesterday, in the region of the
Upper Horosanka River, our gallant
regimehtal commander, Col. Vladimir
Timofetex Febedev was kile.d.
"In the wooded Carpathiane, in bat-
tles from August 31 to September 6,
inclusive, we captured 15 officers,
1,859 Men, two Mountain guns, 20
Machine guns and a large number of
rifles. hand grenades and cartridges.
"On the Baltic Sea yesterday morn-
ing enemy seaplattes raided the
Island of Runo, itt the Gulf of. Riga,
without achieving ally result. Dula
Ing the day enenty seaplanes also
appeared sev'eral times aver Trbon
Straite. They were engaged by our
aviators .40, notwitIrstand1n...4 their
•numerical superiority, on each oeett-
ision, wore driven off. MidshipMan'
,Safonov :forced Oneof. the,. enemy's
;sean/anos. to alight on tbe, water."
) Saturday's report chroniCied the
itiriliture of lielAtta hi the 'Carpathians
:With 500 prisottere, tind..the refnilse of'
Counter-attacks in tite. direetion, ot
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