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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-5-6, Page 7TIIE NINETY AND NINE y GREEK IRREGULARS STORY OF A GOSPEL HYMN FA- MOUS THE WORLD OVER, Mr. Mood- Wouldn't Heel. It, But His Co- e Laborer, Mr, Sankey, Captured Hearts by Stinging' It to a T.ar;e Audience. The "Ninety and Nine" isalready of man's ago, for It came into the world in the fall of 1873, a few months after I1ir. Moody and Mr. Sankey began their first revival campaign in .England. For three months they had been .laboring in Soot- land, and were just leaving Glasgow for Edinburgh when a trifling incident oc- curred which, according to the Boston Globe, resulted in the birth of this famous hymn. .As the two evangelists were waiting for their train at the Glasgow station, .Mr. Sankey purchased a copy of the Christian Age of Light, a penny religious paper:, which ho bad never heard of, but thought he would glance over on the journey:' As Mr. Sankey read he came upon some little vers tucked away at the bottom of a column and published anonymously. It is doubtful if he would have noticed the verses at all, had not the first two lines caught his eye, but theyhad strength in them, and so he read on:— There were ninety. and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold. So it began, and Mr. Sankey followed down the lines, while the express for Edinburgh rushed on at 60 miles an hour. "Hurrah!" cried Mr. Sankey, bring- ing his hand down on his knee in char- acteristic enthusiasm, "I've found the bymn I've been looking for for years," "Y'es?" said Mr. Moody, absently; "what is it?" "It's about a sheep." "A sheepl." "Yes; a sheep that was lost on the mountains and carried. home by the shep- herd." ""H'mn, h'in," said Mr. Moody, notpay- ing much attention; "read it," Mr. Sankey did read it, and he put feeling into his words, for the beauty of the verses impressed him, but when he looked up he saw that Mr. Moody had beard nothing of the reading, being lost in his letters. "All ri ht," said Mr. Sankey to him- self; "he'll hear that hymn later on," and, cutting out the verses from the paper, he put them away carefully for future use. A few days after this they held a great revival meeting in Edinburgh at the Free Assembly hall, which was crowded with the best people of the city. Mr. Moody spoke most eloquently an the Ave Mountaineers and Resemble the Scotch Highlanders, The sounds of battle that re-eoho among the despatches from Greooe and the Levant have started a hive of bees. • The critters have swarmed rider the headgear of some good citizens, and they want to fight the Turk. Dr. Constantin- ides, Torouto, has been taken into the confidence of several ofthese would-be Byrous, and they have not found. Max very sympathetic, One of them was even anxious to proceed with the mobiliza- tion of a force of 500 .nen, but most of them, the doctor told a press representa- tive, were old solaiers, or chaps out of work. The doctor said the Greeks do not need men, but money. Of mon they have plenty, but of money they are shy. And yet the money necessary to the 'oarrying SANKEY AT THE ORGAN. Good Shepherd, and then followed a fine address by Dr. Horatius Bonner, the author of "I Hear the 'Voice of Jesus Say, Come Unto Me and Rest." .As Dr. Bonner finished there came over the meeting that stillness and solemnity which indicates deep spiritual feeling. Those are golden moments in the evau- gelist's work. Bending down from his pulpit toward Mr. Sankey, who sat at his right by the little melodeon, Mr. Moody said: "Mr. Sankey, have you any- thing to sing on this subject as a solo?" Mr. Sankey hesitated. He could think of nothing directly on the subject except the Twenty-third Psalm, which had al- ready been sung three times that day by the congregation. They must have some- thing else. Like a flash it came to him, "Sing the song you found on the train." But his second thought was: "How can I sing a hymn without a tune?" Meanwhile the audience was waiting in silence. "Sing the hymn you found on the train," carne the thought again, this time imperatively. Mr. Sankey opened his little scrap book of solos, found the newspaper slip wbioh he had cut from the paper, laid it before him on the rack of the melodeon, and then struck a full chord and began to sing. What notes he sang he did nob know, nor what chords he played; he took no heed of harmony nor of the laws of mu. I glee] progression. He was not thinking Ole such things. He was thinking of that prior sheep on the bleak mountain side, and of the good shepherd who searched for it through the night and brought it items. .And what he sang was the joy that swelled in his soul, the hope that was born, the love for those who suffered and needed help. When it was over Mr. Moody came down from the pulpit, and, resting a band on Mr. Sankey's shoulder, looked with wonder at the newspaper .clipping. "My dear friend," bo said, with emo-. tion, "where did you get that song; I never hear anything like it." "That," said Mr. Sankey, "is the hymn I read you on the train, the one you didn't hear." Dampness in Itoonas. If it is desired to ascertain whether a room is damp, the doors and windows should be closed hermetically and a kilo- gram of fresh lime placed therein. In 24 hours it should be weighed, and if it has absorbed more than ten granas of water (one per cent.), the room should be con- sidered damp and unhealthy. The Instinct of Oysters. , Oysters, after they have been brought away from tbe sea, know by instinct the exact hour when the tide is rising and approaching their beds, and so, of their own accord, open their shells to receive their food from the sea, as if they were. still at home. Aluminum Helmets. et not p riluminurn holm s have proved a v enti "sly successful in the German army, the saving in weight being more than offset by the metal's storing heat even to blistering the foreheads of the wearers. �t A lei "b BIND CHRISTIAN on of . the campaign is not so great in amount as might appear. The pay of the Greek soldier was only a penny a day, and many of them didn't look for pay at all; they fought because they enjoyed it. And for rations, too, they didn't stink for beefsteaks and coffee every day; they could be content with a dry loaf and a drink from the nearest stream. If pos- sible they might shoot a goat, but they wore not accustomed to, and didn't look for, the luxuries of the season. Moreover, the Greeks who owned horses had freely given them to the Government for the army; and the Greeks, the dootor says, are too patriotic and not yet highly civilized enough to make money out of Government contracts—the matter did not yet occur to them in that light. Speaking of the irregulars who have invaded Turkish territory, the dootor said they, were all mountaineers, and very much resembled the Scotch High- landers. Like the Highlanders, they wore kilts, white instead of plaid; their music was the bagpipes,and they woeild fight to the last man. Their favorite weapon was the gun, and they were all sharpshooters,. At close quarters they had long daggers, but preferred to use their guns as clubs. The purpose of the raid was to incite the natives of Macedonia—Greeks and Alban- ians—to rebel, and so cut off and sur- round the Turkish forces. The doctoe holds the opinion that this having been done, and war having been declared, about two days would suffice for the Greeks to demolish the Turkish forces now in the field, The doctor narrated afunny experience of his own to illustrate the opinions en- tertained by the mass of the Turkish population. Just. after the outbreak of the Crimean war he was walking with some American friends in Constantinople, and the day being hot, they went into a coffee shop to rest. The doctor was sitting next to a Turk, who disturbed the silence in which they usually smoked their long pipes and sipped black ooffee by asking las friends if they had beard tete latest news about this excitement of the war. And one made answer: "Oh, you great ass, the son of an ass, how am I to heat any news, who work all day trying to earn a few piastres to support my, faml y, and cannot go about, an idler like you! Tell us the news." "Our sublime Sultan, the great power of the Almighty, has declared wax against this cursed infidel of Europe to the north of us, the cursed Mussulman. The Sultan has sent his mandate to the stupid old woman of England, to the head of the Government of the United States, to the gabby, light-headed French people, and to his other serfs in Europe, to send regiments to fight the Russians. The Turks will look on and enjoy it" This was received with stroking of beards and approving remarks. The Turks now think that the European fleets. are in the Levant at the command of the Sultan. M. HANOTAUX. The Minister of Foreign Affairs in the French Republic. M. Hanotaux is a present an important factor in the affairs of Europe, being the mouthpiece of the French Government in its dealings with foreign affairs in gen. eral and the Cretan situation in partial - lar. To Ms ehilfui manipulation is due the very moderate and to some extent individual attitude of France toward the perplexing Grecian question, and hie utterances are carefully watched for and considered by the Powers at every" move on the chess -board of European diplo. many. A Quaint Report. During the agitation now going on in England for the amendment of the laws relating to motor cars on public roads, a curious report of the Seleot Committee of the House of Commons in 1881 has been disinterred. The committee con - eludes its report by observing that suffi- cient evidence has been adduced to core vince it: (1) That carriages can be pro - palled by steam at an average rate of ten miles an hour; (2) that at this rate they have conveyed upward of fourteen pas- sengers; (8) that their weight, including engine, fuel, water , the attendants, may be under three tons; (4) that they can' ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety; (5) that they are perfectly safe for passen. gers; (6) that they are .not (or need not be, if properly constructed) nuisaaoes to the public; (7) that they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses; (8) that, as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the road are not acted, on -so injuriously ei by the feet of horses in - common' draft, such oserriages will causeless wear 01 roads than ooaohes drawn by horses. GREEK AND TURK. WHERE IS THE WRONG AND THE. RIGHT OF 'THE WAR ? The Big Iiu111o5 oc F mope Have Shawn a Perverse Aess That Has Aroused Indigna- tion and Imbecility Which Ilas Excited 'Contempt.. At length the smouldering and threat- ening embers on the Macedonian frontier have burst into the flame of war. It is war without the formal declaration. It is a hollow but grim fiction on both sides—a thin but bloody and ; ominous masquerade that deecives nobody. Greece professes ignorance and irresponsibility as to the advance of the regular irregu- lars aoross the border, but it is only a flimsy veil. Turkey avoids declaring war by assuming that a state of war exists, but the distinction is only a transparent figment. The game opens on each side. with cunning play for diplomatic ad- vantage. It is Greek sublety against Turkish artifice. But behind the mask looms the lurid reality of war. The world will not pause long on the pretences which cloak the opening can- nonade without disguising the actual ,truth. It will put aside the claim of ir- responsibility on the, one hand and the device of evading a war declaration on the other, and go straight to the vital issues. Who are the real . aggressors? Where is the wrong and where the right ofthelight? What is involved in the struggle? What is the relation of the Powers to the conflict? What is portend- ed in this clash of turns? These questions are asked by the Philadelphia Press, which then proceeds thus :— In oue sense the Greek Government may fairly claim to be free from respon- sibility for this violent collision. It is the Greek people who have accepted the issue and who have swept the Govern- ment along with them. The Government has had to choose between revolution and acquiescence in the popular will. The Greek people have taken up the gage, and they have been lea ' to it, if not impelled to it, by the feeble, vacil- lating, untoward, unjustifiable policy , of the Powers. Through all tbis Cretan and Greek chapter the Powers have shown a per- verseness which has aroused indignation and imbecility which has excited con- tempt. The revolt of Crete against Turk- ish tyranny was the repetition of fre- quent outbreaks, and the product of con- tinued ani insufferable wrongs, The as- pirations of Crete and Greece for union are natural and right. Race, religion, history, sympathy and interest make thein one. But for the Powers, Crete would Mee become a part of Greece when Greece achieved her independence The intrusion of the Powers to forbid the bans at this time is equally' indefensible under the ethics of national rights or the principles of liberty. The pretense that it was to preserve peace cannot be sustained. Who was to make trouble but the Turks, and why should not the hand of the Powers have been laid upon the Turk instead of the Greek? The old stalking-horse of "the integrity of the Ottoman Empire" is too worn and de- eripit to bear up any vital and enlight- ened statesmanship. Tine Powers, had only to call off the Sultan and he • had nothing to do but submit. But they had their own selfish purpose to serve, and it was not their game to allow Greek as- pirations to gain their full fruition. And so there was the half -brutal, half - ludicrous blockade of Grate, and the world witnessed the shameful and repugnant spectacle of the guns of the Christian Powers being trained on the Christians of that devoted isle. Then Dame the threat to punish the irrepressible Greek ardor by blockading Greece—an offensive menace of intimidation and chastlsebeent followed by a grotesque exhibition of indecision and inanition. The concert of the Pow- ers has developed rude notes of discord. It has strikingly lacked the harmony of sweet sounds, St. Petersburg and Berlin could be as arbitrary and arrogant as they pleased; but London and Paris faced an intelligent and powerful pubiio opinion, and public, opinion revolted aginst this harsh and unjust coeroion and suppression of heroic little Greece. England and France found that if there was a "federated Europe," on the one hand, there was a vigorous home rule and uprising on the other, to which they must pay heed, and thus there have been divided counsels and flabby policies marked by incertitude, weakness and in- action. • Under this course of mingled menace and impotence the Greek people have flamed into open outbreak. They are rising against a cruel attempt at repres- sion and denial of natural right. The fire which is smothered in Crete breaks out in Macedonia. With all the odds against her Greece boldly flings down or takes up the gage of battle. It is possible that what threatens to be war may yet be restrained at the outset. After the first serious clash shall have brought the full danger into actual presence, it is possible that influences yet to be exerted may call off the forces. But to -day it looks like war in earnest, and what is to be the outcome? Will it be limited to Greece and Turkey? Will there be an up- rising in Macedonia? Will the Balkan States become involved? Will there be some unexpected or accidental spark which will light a general conflagration? If the war is confined to the original con- testants will Greece be able to hold her own among the classic mountains and peeks of herrugged frontier or will'Tur- key succeed in pushing on towards Athens? Will the Powers hold together after their poor fashion,or will the possi- bilities of this conflict unsettle the great balances of Europe and bring mightier interests into clash? LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Toronto, May 3. BREADS'1'UFFS, ETC. Wheat—The market here had a rather improved tone to -day. For white wheat west 750 was bid, and red was wanted at 74e. Manitoba No. 1 hard offered, Midland, at 81o, and 80c was bid, firm. No. 2 was wanted at 78c. . Flour -Hard to make sales. Holders ask $8.75 for straight roller, middle freights. • Millfeed-Bran is quoted at $8 to $8.50 at Western mills, and shorts at $9. Oatmeal—Steady. Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at $2.85, and small lots at $2.95. Peas—In good enquiry for export. Car lots, north and west, sold to -clay at 40%c. Car lots east are wanted at 43c. Bye—Car lots west, f.o,b., are quoted at 32 to 88e. Buckwheat -Car lots west are quoted at 26c, and on the Midland sales were 'made at 27o Barley --Nominal. No. 2 is clouted at 28c; No, 1 at 31o; and fancy at 33o, out- side. Feed barley, north and west, is quoted. at 21c. Corn—Car lots of yellow, Chatham freights, are quoted at 24o. Oats—Demand is good and offerings light. White oats, north and west, sold to -day at 20%o, and mixed at 19%c. PRODUCE' Eggs—Tore were not many here to- day. Demand is large, and large supplies are soon cleaned up. Round lots were bought to -day at 93 o. Poultry—Nominal. Quotations for bright stook are: Turkeys, 10 to 11c; geese, 8 to 9o; chickens, 40 to 60o; and ducks, 50 to 80c. Potatoes—Receipts light and prices firm. Car lots of good stook, on traok, are quoted at 22c, and out of store lots at 80o. Field Produce—Quotations are: Small lots, out of store, turnips, 20c per bag; parsnips, 40c per bag; and onions, $1 to 1.25 per bag. Beans—Hand-picked white beans bring 70c, less commission, for single bag lots. Round lots sell at 60o, less commission. Connnon beans sell at 85 to 50c. Apples—Dealers quote small lots of dried here at 2%; and evaporated at 4o. Maple Syrup—Dull, New run maple syrup is quoted at 65 to 70e in large tins, and at 70 to 750 in small tins. Baled Hay—Choice to fancy hay sells at $9.75 to $10 on track here. No. 2 is quoted at $7.50 to $8.60. Dealers quote two -ton lots of No, 1, delivered, at $10.75 to $11. Straw -Car lots of oat straw, on track, are quoted at $5 to $5.50. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter—Weak. Receipts of dairy roll butter are heavy. Under pressure to sell values have weakened. Both large and small dairy rolls sold to -day at 113 to 1234c. Creamery pounds and dairy rolls are now coming forward. Quotations are as follows: Low and medium grade dairy, tubs, 8 to 9o; choioe dairy, tubs, 12 to 13o; large dairy, rolls, 1134 to 1234c; small dairy rolls, choice, 111,E to 18c; creamery, tubs, 17 to 18o; and creamery, pounds, 18 to 19c. Cheese -Quiet. Summer makes sell at 10 to'10eeo, and fall makes at 11oj,. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Receipts of dressed hogs nil. Light lean hogs will be taken by local packers at $6.25, light fats at $5.25, and heavy fate at $5. Quotations are: Barrelled porks shoulder mess, $10 to $10.50; heavy mess, $12.50 to $18; short cut, $13.50 to $14. Dry salted meats—Long clear bacon, car lots, 7 to 7nee; ton lots, 724,o; case lots, 73o; banks, 7%c. Srnoked meats—Hams, heavy, 10c; medium, 11c; light, 12c; breakfast bacon, 110 ; roll, 8c;. tracks, sllc; picnic hams, 7 to 71,x. A11 meats out of pickle le less than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard—Tierces, 7o; tubs. 71/c; and pails, 7%0; compound, 6 to 63,c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto,May 8.—At the Western yards this morning, we had a poor, because overcrowded, market, as there were, all told, quite 80 loads of offerings, com- prising 2,000 hogs, 180 sheep and lambs, 100 calves, and about the usual run of milkers. We had a poor enquiry from Buffalo; about 13 loads were shipped to the North- west, and five to six to Ohio. This helped the market somewhat, but sales dragged all the morning, and the yards were not cleared. In butcher cattle trade was slow and prices were off around two dollars a head, except for anything extra °beioe, and the supply of choice cattle was limited.- A few loads sold at 3 1-8o and 3%e, and picked lots occasionally a sbade higher. Fairly good stuff went at about 8c, and poor cattle sold down to 2?4c. Many loads sold at from $2.60 to $2 per 100 pounds. Row She Cooked. Aunt Esther -How are you getting on with your housekeeping, Charlie? Charlie—Oh, well enough; only Ethel has given me mainly Biblical cooking, so far. Aunt Esther --:Biblical cooking? .How' so? ` Charlie—Oh, I ask for bread and she gives me a stone. Breaking It Gently. "And how did he die?" asked the lady who had come West to inquire after her husband, who had been lynched.. "Er -by request, ' ma'am," , said the gentle cowboy, as mildly and regretfully as possible. -Indianapolis Journal. PJalmistry. He—Do you believe in palmistry—thai you can tell anything by the band? She—Certainly;. now, for example, if I hada certainkind of ring on a cars• lain finger of my left hand, people woul8 know that I. was engaged.- Truth. Wheat, white, new 78 79. Wheat, red, per bush.....- 77 78 Wheat, goose, per bush00 64 Peas, common, per bush40 43 Oats, per bush.. ... 00 -24 Rye, per bush 00 31 Barey, per bush00 26 Ducks, spring, per pair..-40 80 Chickens, per pair 30 50 Geese, per lb 08 09 Butter, in 1-1b. rolls 15 16 Eggs, new laid. • 10 10 Potatoes, per bag ... 00 30 Beans, per bush..., 75 85 .Beets, per doe 09 10 Parsnips, per doz........... 9 10 Apples, per bbl 40 1 50 Hay, timothy 12 50 18 00 Straw, sheaf ....,..... 0 00 8 00 Beef, hinds 04 06 Beef, fares ....,... ., 02 087e Lambs, carcase, per 116,,.• 6e 7 Veal, per. lb 05 fie Mutton, per lb 04 05 Dressed hogs.. ..... 5 25 6 50• UNITED STATES MARKETS. East Buffalo, May 8.—Cattle—The re- ceipts of sale cattle were only a few odd head. Verus and . calves—Receipts 200 head; market steady, good to choice veals brought *4.25 to $4.50, with common to fair at $8 to $4. ,Hogs—Receipts, 26 oars; market fairly active at quite an advance from yesterday's dose; good to choice Yorkers, $4:20 to $4`.25; nixed packers' grades, $4.15 to $4.20; medium weights, $4.15to $4.20; roughs, $8.50 to '$.'l0,. Sheep and lambs--R€oolpts, 85 .oars and 171% cars held over from yesterday; the market was decidedly dull and fully 15 to 15c lower for lambs and sheep. The Rochester Confevenee of the Wesleyan Methodist Church has expelled the Rev. R. C. Horner from the confer, epee and the ministry for misconduct. ' 1 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON ' eel, SECOND QUARTER, IN- TERNATIONAL. SERIES, MAY 9 r'ext of the Lesson, Acte xiii, 06.39—Mem- ory Verses, 38, 39—Golden Text, Acts xiii, 3S --Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 26.' "To you is the word of this salvation ;eat." By invitation of the rulers of the 11nagogue at Antioch, in Pisidia, to which place they came after leaving Perga•, where Mark deserted them, Paul Is preaching on the Sabbath day (verses 14, 15), His open- ing words are, "Men of Israel, and ye that fear God" ;(verse 16), and this, in sub- Jtance, he repeats in'this first verse of our lesson. He begins with thedeliverauce from Egypt and mentions the period of the wilderness, the judges and the reigns of Saul and David, then passes at once to Jesus, the Saviour of Israel, of the seed of David, who is the salvation of God pre- pared. for all people, a light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of Israel. 27, "They knew Him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day." As it is• written through John, "Ho was in the world, tUId the world was made by Ilirn, and the world knew Flim not; He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (Toho i, 10, 1).) Et was the complaint of the Lord through the prophets that His people did not know Flirty. "Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider." 28, 29. "When they had fulfilled all that was written of Hitn, they took Him down from the tree and laid Elim in a sepal - then" Although they knew Him not, yet they unwittingly fulfilled the Scriptures concerning Him. Both Herod and Pon- tius Pilate, the gentiles and the people of Esrael, with all their indifference to or hatred of Christ, only fulfilled what God had determined before to be done (Acts iv, 27, 28), and yet they were all free agents. Spurgeon once said, "My God. can rule free agents, leaving them absolutely free, and yet effecting all His purposes with them." t do not understand how this can be, but I believe it. 80. "But God raised • Him from the dead," See also verses 33, 34 and 37, and let this fourfold emphasis given by the Spirit in this lesson to His resurrection from the dead show you the importance of this great truth and recall to your mind the fact that by His resurrection from the dead He was declared the Son of God with power (Rom. i, 4). Our Lord Jesus was dead, but is alive for evermore, and has all power (Rev. i, 18). We, believing in Hien, aro ono with Him, as children and heirs of Godsend joint heirs with Himself. 81. "And He was seen many days of them whioh came up with Him from Gal- ilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses unto the people." He was seen at least ten times during a period of 40 days after His resuureotion before He visibly ascend- ed from Olivet, to which same hill He will in due time return with all His saints (Acts i, S, 11; Zech. civ, 4, 5). The one thing for a believer to do is to be a witness by life and testimonyto the great fact that Jesus Christ is His living Lord and. Sav- iour coming again to fill the earth with righteousness. When we are ready for this, He will 1111 us with His Spirit to this end (Acts 1, 8). 82. "And we declare unto you glad. ti- dings." Tho angel at His birth brought "good tidings of great joy for all people" (Luke ii, 10), and we are commissioned to testify the gospel of the grace of God and the gospel of the glory of the blessed God (Acts xx, 24; I Tim. 1, 11, R. V.). • We are allowed of God. to be put in trustwith this gospel, and we are to speak it, hot as pleasing men, but God, who teiethour hearts (I Thess, ii, 4). But it is a trust committed to us for all people on earth. Are we faithful to our trust? 83. "As it is also written in the Second Psalm, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee." The Second Psalm tells us that, in spite of all the rage and vain imaginings of the ungodly nations, God will yet set His Sing upon His holy hill of Zion (Ps. ii, 6). And verse lis here ex- plained as referring to the resurrection of Christ from the dead to that end, and not to His birth in Bethlehem, as some might suppose. It is a great inspiration to be- lieve that notwithstanding all hindrances and delays every promise of God shall be Welled; not one can fail (Joshuaxxiii, 14; I Kings viii, 56). 84. "I will give you the sure mercies of David." These sure mercies are set forth in 11 Sam. vii, 12, 13, and I Chron. xvii, 11, 12, and are more fully stated in con- nection with Israel's future glory in Isa. lv. 35. "Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." That David in Ps. xvi, 10, spoke of Christ and not of himself is made very plain in Peter's ser- mon at Pentecost, and also that David saw In the promise of God, not a mortal man, but an immortal man, risen from the dead (Acts ii, 25-31), in whom His throne and kingdom would be established forever. 36. "For David, after he had in bis own age served the will of God (margin) fell on sleep." Being a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus, the thing for us then to do is to let Him accomplish His will in us in serving The purpose with us while we live. Let the question search us, Am I fully in His will for His pleasure or living for my pleasure? "Even Christ pleased not Him- self" (Roma xv, 8). 37. "But He whom God raised again saw no corruption." That body, although for us it tasted death, was as free from corruption as from sin. We are comforted by believing that even though our bodies see corruption "This corruptible must put on incorruption," and if • we tarry till He comp, "This mortal must put on immor- tality" (I Cor. xv, 58). Death, which smites the body and makes it sleep and pass through corruption, is an enemy which shall be destroyed (I Cor. xv, 26), andcon- Derriing which God has said, "0 death, I will be thy plagues" (Hos. xiii, 14). 88. "Through this man is preached unto Sou the forgiveness of sins." We are sure that the kingdom will come and the na- tion of Israel be all righteous, and the earth be fillcce with the glory of God, but what is the present benefit of the work of Christ? The forgiveness of all sin. By sin came death and every woe. Our in- iquities separate us from God. But in Christ there is full provision for the com- plete blotting out of all,, our sins. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin. One of His last commands was that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His nanlo among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem (Luke xxiv, 47), 89. "And by Hint, all that believe are justified from all things." The law cannot justify any one, for the law is as holy as God, and all are sinners. But since God in Christ has taken the sinner's place and borne our sins in His own body, suffering the just for the unjust (Isa. liii, 5; I Pet, It, 24; iii, 18), a full justification is grant- ed freely to.. every sinner who receives Christ (Rom. iii. 241. FIERCE ROBBER CRABS. One of Them Makes It not For a Man Who Reached Into Its Burrow. A man in the Ellice group of islands in the south Paeifle ocean found .a 'heap of teased' out cocoanut Mier and cocoanut shells at the foot of a large peri tree. He recognizedthe work 'of a palm crab or, cocoanut enter, and looked about him for the burrow, He found it and carefully felt in it to ascertaiu whioh way it turned. He had his arm in to the shoulder when somothrng seized his wrist. He shouted. with pain and tried to pull his hand out, but could not. A white loan was fishing on a nearby reef, and, bearing the shouts came to the rescue. He tore the earth and platted rants away, and quickly saw that the owner of the burrow, a palm crab, had resented the, Intrusion of a hand and had crushed the bones with its grip. A sheath knife plunged through the pendulous tail caused the crab to loosen its held. Tho curious man slid not recover the use of his hand. The pally crab, which is known as the robber crab also, is one of the most power- ful of the crab family, and is credited with all sorts of feats of strength and some feats of agility. Its tail is short, sousewhat like a lobster's, and fat. The fat and the white flesh of the animal render it a delicacy highly •relished by the Englishmen, Pan- ratuans, n'aciety islanders and Tongauans. The robber crabs are (creat iIghters. When one of their kind enters the burrow of another, the intrusion results in a nip and grip contest, in which legs are crushed and other damage done. The great strength of the nippers is clue to their con. stint use in shearing open the cocoanut shells to get the pulp on which the crabs feed. When a crab is confined in a tin box, the box must be carefully examined first and any loose edges soldered down and holes filled up, If the crab gets a place whore it can use its nippers as sbears and tongs coJuhined, the box is opened up in shortorder. A man living in the Tonga group who neglected to examine a box carefully stored a crab in it on the porch. Next morning the crab and half the house monkey were gone. These crabs are very fond of turtle eggs. They have eyes especially adapted to seeing cocoanuts in trees and trails of crabs on the ground. They can see in all directions at once. They are so fond of turtle eggs that when two of them meet on a nest a fight to the death follows. Louis Becke was walking on ale island in the Ellice group with a native companion, when the native burst out laughing. He bad seen three of tbe robber crabs in one bunch with their 30 legs so tangled about one an- other tbat they could not release their bolds on the approach of the men. All they could do was to roll their eyes about. One of the three had two of its armored legs crushed by the nipper of one of the others. The native took a vine which grew near by, lassoed the lot, woundthem about with it and carried them off.—New York Sun, IT WAS NOT GOOD. The Lillie Man .,earned Row Counterfeit Money Is Treated. Behind their wire and glass cages the bank tellers and bookkeepers were work- ing under high pressure. Long rows of men could be seen, the bookkeepers stand- ing and bending over bugs ledgers and the tellers thumbing bilis, notes and de- posit slips. Lines of people were waiting before many of the windows, and to one side could be seen the bigber officials at their desks, most of them busy with cus- tomers. A special policeman at the door stood guard over the throng. The crowd bad momentarily deserted the paying teller's window. A little, thin man entered and with quiok, nervous steps made for the unoccupied spot. .Anx- iety was shown in every move as he push- ed a $50 bill through the grating. "Please tell me if that bill is good," be asked. The teller looked at it and gave a sharp glance at the tremulous little man. Then he put tbe bill in an iron contrivance on the counter and smashed his fist on a disk of brass above it. The little man gasped as he took the bill and held it up, for, punched out, in clean, big letters was the word "counter- feit." "Sorry, sir, but the law requires me to do that whenever I see a bogus bill," said the cashier. But the little man did not bear him. The policeman ran up and car- ried a Iimp burden to the door.—Chicago News. Franklin's Loan. Wo often learn by sad experience that it 'is.a very unwise plan to give money to the poor. It is much wiser either to loan or to require some slight return in work. 'Ibis plan tends to raise the respect of the recipi- ent rather than to form the easily ac- quired habit of begging. In an old Eng- lish magazine we find the following letter from Dr. Franklin to some unknown beg- gar. It is amusing as well as instructive: "Arlan 22, 1784, "I send you herewith a bill for 10 loris d'or. I do not pretend to give such a sum. I only fond it to you. When you shall re- turn to yore country, you cannot fail of getting into some business that will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay ins by lending tbis sum to him, en- joining him to discharge the debt by like operation when be shall be able and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands before it meets with a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich enough to afford Iamb in good work and so am obliged to be earning and make the most of a little. "—Harper's Round Table. For bathing purposes, long mittens. made of Turkish toweling are much more convenient than a washoloth or sponge. At night put them in a washbowl of salt water and in the morning wring them out, put them on and rub the body with them. Make the contents of the school lunohboxes as dainty and attractive as possible. Roll each article separately in oiled paper and strive to have something a little different eaob day. Remember that a, little surprise will often tempt the wan- dering appetite. Have you a black gown that needs fresh- ening? Cleanse it with clear blank coffee diluted with water and containing a little ammonia. ' ARBERING :6.E. Young man, learn the Barber Business itt home, We teach it by .nail, You call earn 35 a week after school hours. Write for further information: Address all letters to the •Secretary, It. 8. GXBSO.N, 47 Trinity -Square, •. Toronto. •