HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-9-1, Page 3THE NYSTERY OF TIIE S
An Enchanted Realm Beneath the Waves
of the Deep
Entered necording to ect of the' Sere
ttament of Canada., tn the year One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Four,
by Win. Deny, of 'roseate, at, t110
elepartmeet of Agriculture; °stew.% )
A despatch from eteas Angeles, Cal.,
says: Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage
preached the following- text:—Revela-
tions xxi., 1, "And there was no
more sea." ,
.
Who was ,the welter? Where weee
his feet . planted when be .eatS ' the
spectacles :Which he describes in his
' divinely inspired, apoealypse? These
two conditions must be clearly under-
stood before ozie can in any true way
grasp the _meaning of the words of
-tiny text. Indeed, to properly aP-
Nreciate tbe words or the actions of
any man we must first put ourselves
in tied: men's place.
,
To -day, 'in order to righely inter-
pret the words of int. -text, we must
first, . put ourselves in St. John's
place. In the first instance, we no-
tice, he is an old mani•Iis life's
work was nearly done. A man at
eighty looks at conditions in heaven
and onearth differently from the
way • a young 3nan at twenty look's
at theta The struggles of life were
to St. John very real and intense.
" For yea.re he had been a• resident of
Ephesus, in Asia 311inor. He had
been a mighty factor in tihe spread-
ing of the gospel through all those
regions. He had sulthred for Christ;
he had alniost been -martyred. • The
second fact we must notice, is that
Stjohn is tot exile. Under the Do -
initial persectition, he was sent to
this lonely, rockbound island of the
Mediterranean. Therefore the sea
meant more to him than it might
encan to some of us. It Meant, as I
zinal try to show, first, the "Sea of
Mystertio" secondly, the "Sea -of
Hate:" thirdly, .the "Sea of Separa-
tion'," and fourthly, the "Sea of he looks over the Mediterranean wa-
'Spiritual Struggle." By putting ters to Asia Minor, where he knows
.ourselves in Stjolan-s place as ex- his Cheistion colaborers • are work-
-hes upon the island of Patmos, 1 ing among the churches of Asia.
'believe We can symbolize all these "Ah,' says the old. patriarcb, "in
-facts. heaven I shall never be separated
GOD IS A MYSTERY. from those I love. 1 shall never
be compelled to have the silver cords fell on its head. I endetsvored to
What the mysterious sea was to of affection snapped at the grave. i pull it up, but found the animal was
the lonely exile looking oil upon the These waves of separation shall for- unable to move, its foreleg baying
eta' Mediterranean God always has been ever and ever be licked up. There been blown off. I left my wounded
and always will be to es on earthshall be no more sea." cbarger and forced my way on foot,
Ile is a inystery. We linOW, that he Is not this rdunion tesfhe, of etea when I was attacked by -Russian ca -v-
-created the world, but how? We isle of Patmos to you a transcen- alry, through whom I succeeded in
•cannot tell. We know that in the dent thought? is it not an uplift- cutting my way-. No sooner, how -
beginning eChriet was, and yet he Mg hope that those Nvho were once ever, had I got clear Of my foes than
-was born a helpless babe. How? We snatched away from •us by death I was knocked down and ridden over
cannot tell. We know that John, shall be gie,on back in all the beauty by a: number of rieleriess .horses.•
AS the beloved disciple, 'walked and and love of the redemption ? Not Having regained my feet, I observed
lived with Christ. Yet concerning long ago the groat battleship Of the one of the Thirteenth. Light Dragoons
many facts about the personality of. United States naVy named after the ender his horse, which had been
he Jesus, John was as mieu
much in- the dark State of Missri was threatened killed. The rider (Trooper J. 'Ma-
,
r.its was Nicodeentls when he said, with annihilation. By a certainomis- lone) not being able to free himself
HOW can these things be?Paul hap the powder charges on the decks I succeeded in dragging the horse
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were ignited and exploded. In. an in -
••compares our knowledge of God to a on hint and set him at liberty. La.t-
little child's knowledge' of a human stant a sptxrk might fir into the mag- er on I assisted SergtaMajor Far-
parentWe know that our babies azin,e room; and then 'the whole 51111) 1011 of the same regiment, to carry
:.
would be destroyed and six hundred
•cannot fully understand ,us. There- Captain Webb who was badly wound -
fore Paul says: "Now' we look mon might be hurled into eternity. ed, out of danger. I once more re -
At once a• gunner's mate who stood
'through a glass ' darkly. •Now I turned to -the open under a heavy fire
Do -you woe_ near jumped through the open door
'know only in part." and brought out Trumpeter William
..der that when John began to use the
- shut tbe the magazine oom Tand slammed Brto
etton, who es very seriously
iron doror. he magazine.
einieterious ocean as the symbol of nd woded. I then caught a stray
room was flooded athe ship was un
a naysterious God he cried out in the saved; not, however, before the brave horse belonging to the Eighth 1 -1 -us -
words of my text in reference to g . unnel s mate sus was nearly drowned in which I mounted and returned
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heaven, ".And there was no more that magazine room as a rat might up the Valley, galloping through
'sea? " All the mysteries of earth be drownecl in his holegAs with scores of dead 'comrades and horses
:shall receive heavenly solution when that • ' • • is • that lay strewn oe-er the ground.
unner s mate , sometimes it
the seas shall vanish away. ." our duty to face dangers. Some- Later on I found that out of a
Tu. ea sea of mystery is to be scat- tunes tve. meet, as it were, turn air deed and forty-five men belonging to
tered. Yes, but the great "sea of backs upon our friends and slam shut the. Seventeenth Lancers oho went
, MAC,'" is also to disappear on the an iron door, called the door of the into the charge only thirty-five could
=millennial dawn. That se -t of blood tomb, which sepaxates us from, our be discovered. Some were on Reis-
-shall forever disappear, the drinking dear ones. Sometemee we must be se- elan horsesand the i•est on horses
•of N,Illeh turns a human heart into parated from those we love, even as belonging to other British, regiments,
that •• of a wild beast's when . he is St. John on the island of Patmos whose riders had.been killed. On the
willing to trample upon and destrwas separated 'from his friends in morning ol the battle there were
oy
'hie . weakerfellows. That sea of Asia Itlinor. 13itt in heaven. God thirteen. 'of us lancers in one tante
bleed Shall bo • licked uP which mal will give tis back ourloved onoe. and at night I was the only one
marl lawn at the feet of man onl
h Yes, there will be no :separations, no left." • •
" '
'because, like a tiger's cub, his claws partings there. For in heaven, ate
lain nations have been and are sep-
arated frorn other nations by , the
barriers of mighty mountain ranges.
The Pyrenees separate France front
SPaila and the mighty Alps form the
northern botinciary of Italy and' the
western boundary of /Lustre% and the
southern boundary of Germany, and
shut up Switzerland as with a Chin-
ese atter all, the great-
est .separtilars of nations always
have been the mighty sees. Thus,
when St. John looked on uporei the
waters of the Mediterranean and
said, And there waken() more sea,"
he meant practically this: in heaven
there shall be no hate, no, bitterness,
no fault findings, no bloodshed, no
Jew hating Roman, no :Roman hat-
ing Creek, no Japan fighting Russia
and no Spain sucking the lifeblood
of a prostrate Cuba. Then love and
kindness and sympathy and mutual
self sacrifice will blind the lumen
family to-gether, because the "sea .of
hate" shall forever disappear.
But as the "zee oi separationt'et
sometimes the sea of hate," so it
may be also the impassable barrier
which separates friend Rom friend.
Napoleon, fretting life' away in• St.
Elelena, or Captain ,Dreyfus, suffering
on Devil's island, or Victor Hugo, in.
on the island lef Guernsey, were no
more separated from their friends
than was St. John, on Patrnos, se-
parated from his friends.. Legend
tells us that he was sent to work in
the Patmosmines as dm Russiai
exiles are put to work in the Siber-
ian miiies. But, when the elay'e work
was done St. John was allowed to
freely roam .over the Tatinos rocks.
No prison walls were more secure
than this prison of the apostolic ex-
ile. And now, methinks, I can see
him, his white hair being tessed by
the winds. He strains his eyes as
"mountain of 0411447" eliall not
only be a wide moonteia, but a high
mountain. It shalt lift LIS up and
U1) until it lifts us to the very
gates of heaven tteelf. Oh, my bro-
ther arid sister, will you tand anon
this mountain, this blood red Cal-
vary moteetain? Will you not to-
day let the ielancl of Petrnos be to
you it stepping stone to a heavenly
throne? There you will never again
hear the surging waves of temptation
berating against the rocks of sin and
aad theentening to sweep you out
into the unfathomable depths. May
the eunriee of a gospel hope shed to-
day its yellow beams over lire's trou-
bled waters and have for you a gold-
en boulevard which shall load up to
the streets of a new ,Terusalern,
where there shall be "no more
LAST OF LIGHT BRIGADE.
Sergt. Nunnerley Receives Meritor -
ions Service Medal.
Itt the recent birthday honors list
were a number of veteran officers
who received marki of roYal favor in
commemoration of the jubilee of the
Crimean War, says tile 'London Tele-
graph. His Majesty, at the same
time, was not forgetful of the splendid heroism displayed throughout
the campaign by the rank and file of
the British .ailey, and he has con-
ferred on Sergeant Nuunerley, lona-
erly of the Seventeenth Lanfiers, who
took part in the charge of. the Light
ade at Balaclava the medal for
meritorious service. r.fhe Secretary
to the .Army Council has intimated
to Sergy Nunnerlcy that King Ed-
ward bestows this honor upon hint,
together with the annuity, as a is
for his long and highly merit-
orious service, including the Crimean
Nunnerley is a man of splen-
did physique, standing six feet two
inches, and, in spite for his years,
retains a fine soldierly appearance.
Two brothers also served, with him
in the Crimea.
The 'gallant old lancer gives it viv-
id description of the daring charge
of fifty years ago. Ile says:—"We
had not proceeded far before the men
in the left division of any squadron
were nearly all mowed 'down, includ-
ing a sergeant, who had his head
blown off, but afterwards rode about
thirty yards before lie fell from the
saddle. Every shot from the enemy's
guns came with deadly etTect, and I
had many hair -breadth escapes from
death. Within a few yards from the
Russian guns my horse was shot and
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cordihg to, the inspired Apocalypse, •
are not yet sharp enough and his
WHAT. THE JAPS READ.
"there. is no inore sea."
jaw not yet strong enotsg,h to 'teax
DTIVARD SPIRITT_TATa STRIFE.
limb from'. limb tile being he noty ,
Russian:is the Favorite Language
saletes as master ai.1C1 king. But the Mediterranean waves beat -o
But perhaps We had better ao. mg against the Patmos rocks were Studied in. Japan.
:scribe how the words of iny text not only symbolic of external treillb-
may mean ' the "sea of hate" before les, but altso of an inward spiritual Until forty years ago an English
N,vas practically unknown in
we make our application to this ,strife. t ?:31,illettt. St; ..rohn gaze his 1:Jgampkan
truth. God made of one blood all 1 the only foreign literatuee
eirneamrtciPoeted "freniall scgo solliftli
mations, to dwell upon the face of caVtie,a1,1 studied was the Chinese, and the
the earith. ,He never intended Jews first language to be taught in the
never for an instant, this side of the
bare a g•ospel stronghold. The' Bible
cap- schools Was the 1/uteli.
Notv, while English., is the xaost
grave, leaves on his struggle to
-to be antagoeietic to gentiles or'lrue
man governments to be arrayed
against human -&-r, declares a Chrietian shall not be conunon among the people, and is
g°v°11"ilent's' '—'" tempted by a sM greater than be can studied by all high-school pupils,
never intended the dividings al of
color to sepaeate the white races
\c' 1 - - bear. But Christians always have (Seeman and French are favored gen-
ii= the black, or the yellow skins to be going to Christ for more spir- pettily by scholars and physicians,
itual strength in order to repel the There is It foreign -language echool in
of the Asiatics to be at war with Satanic onslaughts which axe daily Tokio, where ahnost all laeguages
the combined forces of the civilized being made against the sti•ongholde are taught,. and, curiously enough,
world. But the oceans, perhaps, of their hearts, Russian is the favprite. •
move than any other means, have
been the cause which has produced Can we not find the symbol of a The study of Extglish litera,ture in
theee much to be deprecated results. spiritual struggle in the never ending .5aptin is represented by Professor
restlessness of the sett? "Oh," said Yuzo TstiboUelii, who has translated
Great seas have flowed in between a lady some time ago to me, "I am into Japanese some of Shakespeare's
the Continents. For thousands of so tirecl al hearing those waves beat plays—'Othello." "Macbeth," and
years the navigators were unable to up against the rocke." Yes, those the "Merchant of Venice."
cross thein. The ocean beds see so wave:: have been beating up against The most widely known English
broad and long that though the -Os- those recta; for thousands of yearswriter in Japan is Carlyle. All stu-
tralia n continent, wi tit: an . area of When sailing upon the ocean, some dents of English literature in Ja-
2,044;628 ttquare miles, was discov- days its surface seems as calm as pan read his works. Next to Car-
ered by the Dutch explorers iis 1606, Loon 'lake asleep, as a smiling child tyle collies Maeciulay, and the new
. it wee practically .
lost 'for nearly' ih the broad lap of the AOironback Ifanyaku, or transla.tion style, was
two centuries, as it pebble might be mountains, nut that ie onlY a practically' created by borrowing his
100, in the bottom of a lake, It lind eluniber. Within a • fete home; she
lan
to be rediseovered by Captain Ca
Cook may awke ttco
•ith a scowling face, gerarY uage by the atinyushamen, a lit-
band in Tokio, Emerson is
in 1771. Thus widely separated with the hoe of the liggs htninin her
grently a:Indeed, . and his writings
peoPles gteaw up with eeparnte inter- eye and with the shriekiegs of 'the have influenced many notable ,Tapan-
ests. The.y spok.e different Jangle tornadoes he her voice. In our lives ,
ages, l'ileh countenances were , es e j ot ir n a li s ts to -clay, Mill and
the spiritual eteuggles keep 011 tO t,,,1130 ',Torbert hpouccr &thee also hotheeed
"euc).(1 tulgst`''' the thought of modein ,JePan•
bleached by Ile snows of the frigid end. 'We Have the a
zone or darkly tanned by the teopi- whispetting in one ear to be good;
cal heats. Becauee they had no pre- we btive .the "bad an,gel" sti 0 Tennyson,. T,ongfellow, Wadsworth,
yi oti 0 in t ere our se ' they a seoei at ed Nvili ' critlb Inttrort, and :Milton ase the most pia -
then ts el vets in tea n s or banded them-
selvestogether in nations. When they
confronted each other, they canne not
,
aS friends, but as armed fees.
. TH111 SEA OTP ITA'Phi
Rome
Do yott suppose itienne would have
ever pyiced hoe iron heel of tyronny
upott die itecle of the prostrate lie-
n the other ear to be bad. St,
Tohn eVen tip to the end of His life, !Pi,3'nr poets, and in fiction lineng,
heel to fight by the power of the Trio braY, and 'Dickens 110 la t
IToly Spirit '1,1)111 '1 the restless sea 1.111).91'n• TlellernY's "Looking' I/eeke
of Letnptatiorts. So bawl we, ward" has been recently translated
!`1111.38 teXt 211 ea 118 1 a ore then. it 'tate Japanese,
mere figure of pooch 1 1 h more
than a inere literal interpretation a„,
that Ileac:et is to be a phace without Alother---"I'M SerpriNed at. you!
atn1OS1)herie 11101stta.0, it means Couldn't yon tell ho wits going to
bPew 11 ad +Ter usal cut itot been sena rs that the "motel tale e el' Calvary" hiss Y0111" Da ugh ter —" SOs, • 311.11
at ecl from the capi t ti of the. Geezers shall be largo enough o hold all ; but theint, was 9119 olio for me to
by the :elm:: Wrives. 'which separai ea peoples who g•ive their hearts to ten ioceept, him, and lie knew it el
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Rome from ChIrtilage? Of coUrse cer- Jestel Christit means that this heatiely,"
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HOME.
PLUM JAM AN.D JELLY.
While the fluor varieties of plums
make beauthul dessert fruit, rich
and hisciaus of flavor, they aro not
no wholesome tmcooked as their next
of kin the peach arid pear.
When it conies to pickling arta Pre-'
serving •the plum runs a very close usual, and it will be diced very fate.
found in nearly all parts of the coun-
is Onion jiving Can be Obtained by ruble
inn a cut, onion over a lare grater,
second to thee peaele The fruit
try and the provident decidedly lack_ heeding the grater tipped :sogthat one
ing if lier ,etore closet of pserves corner of it rests 111. the Spoon. and
the other is held above it; by prees-
has not Rs usual good re
supply, of ing the onion -against the grater eine
Plum jani, jellY and cheese. soon 01.1.11105a supply ef juice, which
Damson Oheese.—Damson cheese is really flavors many, -things much
aa old English preserve, made much more delicately than the onion it -
stiffer than either jelly or jam. It, is self, ,
used as a dessert and keeps well if
sealed up in a cold place. Put An old remedy for hiccoughs is to,
sound plums in an earthetu jar, set ap.ergetsislaiir1711Yw0itnhthtehePithrnoaunt(111 tightiv
in a pea of cold water and bring to closed. Try this IT troubled,
a boil over the fire. Cook. until the Mille will rarely prove indigestible
fruit is . soft, then run the pulp if it is sipped slowly. When Mal -
through a sieve to remone pits arid lowed hastily it forms a solid mass
s] ins Foe each pound of the pulP in the stomach, thus causing' indiges-
allow half a pound of lad or granu- tion. •
lated sugar and boil to a thick paste Lemon hake and sugar thickly. mime
Crack some of the pits from the ed will remove hoarseness and cure
fruit, take out the kernels, 'blanch sore throats. Lemons may be kept
and add to the cheese. When the fr 1esa for weeks . by, covering .them
pulp elings to the spoon in a lriaSs daily with fresh Water.. A little
pour into pots and cover, or pour o11 lemon juice in a spoon, then a, dose
a cold dinner plate, cut into neat of castor oil and a little more lemon
pieces ance,d17 for deseert. juice over the oil, will mask the,
Da.111SOn Jane—Damson jam is an- disagreeable taste.
other sweet essentially British. It If baking soda is shaken thickly
is a great favorite with children and O'er n, burn as Soon ete poseible,
with plenty of bread is allowed ad will ease pain and prevent blistering.
lib. It as very inexpensive doue up It should be made into a paste and
at home, and 'trill keep for years, spread thickly over the injury.
Wash .the fruit from dust and cook A cupful of rice left from dinner, if
in a, jar set inside a pan of water added to 'thie batter for flannel cakes,
until sort. When perfectly: pulpy will make them both tender and mare
rub through a Siert: to remove the easily digested. It may also be add -
pits. Return to the preserving ket- ed to waffles. Stale bread, if soak -
tie with sitar in the proportion of ed for two hours in milk, then added
three-quartere of a pound to each to the batter, will prove a pleasant
pint of pulp. Siminer until of a change from the plain cakes.
thick jelly-like consistency, stirring
almost constantly so that it will not
scorch. Pack in little pots Or tura- CANNING HELPS.
biers, cover with paraffine and set in Crack a few peach pits and cook
it cool, dark closet. Green gage jam the kernels with the fruit, addirge
is made in the same way, and though few to each can.
not quite as rich as the elainson it A rose geranium leaf in the top
possesses a superior delicacy of fla•te. of each can of pears gives them a
or. . most delicious flavor.
Preserved C4 reen Gages—Do not If you run. short: of new rubbers
attempt to peel plums; merely prick for cans use two old ones to each
the outside to prevent cracking. Ae, can and the result will be safe.
lo•w one pound of sugar and a, small • Save the skins of feuits fOr syrups,
cup .of water to each pound of 'fruitrejecting all decayed 'spots. Skins of
:Boil the sugar and water ten Mina- Peaches, Pears, phuns, and also of
tes before putting the plums in; slum pineapples, if thoroughly scrubbed,
then cook until the plums are tender make delicious syrups for pancakes
enough to pierce with a straw. Do and other eses. Barely cover with
from the fire and let them etand Strain and add to the juice measere
tvater and cook until n,early done.
not let thein cook to pieces. Take
over night in a cold place. The next for measure of granulated egar and
day bring to a boil, adding a few of boil down until quite thick. Put up
the blanched kernels taken from the in bottles carefully sealed with par -
stones. Pack the fruit in glass jars, afflue
cover with a paper wet with brandy, The juice of pe-ach ekins, if boiled
and seal.
down very strong before adding the
sugar, will Make a soft jelly .of verY
Plum Jelly.—Use for this -the fruit
pre_ fine flavor. In making any syrup or
which is not perfect enough for
serving. Cut it a little and 'put in jelty, lse particular- not to cook the
;ruin done. It should be barely
a jar set in a pan of boiling water.
soft, for if it boils to pieces at all
When thoroughly cooked so that the
juice exudes strain through a coarse
linen cloth and measure. :Allow one
pound of auger to one pint of juice
and put •the sugar in ehallow• pans in
the oven. 'to heat while the juice is
cooking. Boil twenty minutes, add
the sugar, stir until dissolved, take
at once from the fire and pour in
bowls or glaeses relic(' in hot water
to prevent breaking. Put rounds of
brandied paper over each glass and
seal when the jelly is cold and firm.
and line closely with hread as if erith
Suet crust, Pour in the Plums and
cover the top witli more bread,
Cover with. a, Plate and a heavy
Weight and set in a cold, place for
Several hours, Serve with cream.
U9E101./L HINTS.
An easy way to seeelre it table-
spoonful of chopped or diced onion
SouP is to cut a slice from it
"large oilion, and then with a sharp
1 knife out deep into the onion itt
straight lines; cut another: sot of
lines across these to form tiny
squares, and thee tdice the onion as
Candied Plums.—Drop the plums,
which must be large and perfect, in
boiling water and cook eight minu-
tes. Make a' syrup of one pound of
sugarand one pint of water and let
it, come to a boll, but do not stir,
as it would granulate. Test the sy-
rup by dropping a little in very cold
water. If it forms a ball that can
be worked it is done sufficiently. Put
in the „fruit, using a pound of plums
to the syrup mentioned, Take from
the lire and let it stand over night
in a .slow oven, turning the fruit
occasionally.
Sweet Plum Pickle.—Wash and
prick large egg or blue plums. Make
a syrup in the proportiou of five
pounds of sugar to a pint of vinegar:
spice to taste with cloveshcinnamon
anll mace, hring to a boil, skim and
drop in the fruit. As soon as the
plums are scalded through take' out
the fruit and pack in jars. Cook the
eYruP until quite thick and pour over
the pianos: Seal. If during the first
month the plums show any signs of
fermentiug, Which they seldom do,
set the cans, uncovered, in a kettth
of cold water, bring to it boil, then
seal again. ,
Plum Tart—To make this tart be-
loved of our cousins across, the water
either blue plums or ripe green gages
may be used, Stem and remove the
pits and pack in a pudding dish.
Sprinkle well with sugar and cover
with a rich cruet, cutting slits to al-
low for the eticape of steam.
Serve la the baking dish, or lift off
the crust, ley upside down on a largo
plate, pour the plums on it and !cover
with whipped .cream.
Plum and Barerna. Tart'.-111alse
rith view by bouling' together one -
hal f cup of water with one-half
pound of sugar for five Minutes, .then,
add one and a, hall pounds of plume
and $law gently until tender. lOake
out of the syrtip and set aside to
cool. Take the skins from eix
sound bananas, cut fete moderately
thick slices, and cook in the plum
$yrup five minutes, Place the plums
and. bananas in a deep (belt, pout' in
syrup to pertly fill, :adding more su-
gar it the plums aro veey Ma. 'Cover
with a light pun paste ancl Nike in a
hot °tan, A Short time berore re-
moving from the oven tartish the crust
eveo with the white, or ail egg tuel
dust 913 111 suge o give the cr tist a
gI ti ce appearance, •
Chatiotta—Plare the teeth 111
TIIE SUNDAY SCI10011
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
AIM, 28.
Text of the lesson, I. Kings xix.,
1-8. Golden Text, rsexx. p 1r
alert and wonderfully well inforhied•
The adversary 15 alweys, on the
How much the great adverealor, who
goeth about as a roarieg lion, seek-
ing whom he man denour, klIONee of
the .afilabsi of God eind UM people one
cartnot say, but his knowledge is not
to be made light of, and we must
not only have on the whoth ariaor
provided for us, but we must dili-
gently watch anci pray that we may
resist 'Min and not be overcome by,
him. He is neither omnipotent nor.
omaiscient, but our Great Delivei•er-
is both; therefore we may always be
-victorious. So weak arc We in cur-
t:elves, however, that the moment we`,
take our eyes off our Lord we will
be sure to fail, as Simon Peter did
when ho saw the winds and wee-eS
and at once began to sink instead of
walking triumphantly on the water,
as he might have continued to do
had he continued to see Jesus only
(Matt. rite 28-31).
Elijah had done nobly, wonderfully,
and a mighty victory had been grant -
eel him, but he is seen fleeing for his
life from a wiekea woman1f could
trust God to care for him by the
lonely brook and in tbe poor widow's
home and securely to hide him from
the wrath of Ahab; he could stand
fearlessly on Carmel against all the
prophets of Baal, but now, seeing
that Jezebel was determined to take
hi life, he semis to forget the power
and care of God, the living God, be-
fore whom he stood, and, leaving hie
servant, at Beersheba, he flees to the
wilderness, In ourselves we aro ut-
terly nothing. It is only in thh
Lord that we can be strong and over-
come. eizziah was marvelously help-
ed till he was strong; then in hie
own strength he failed (II. 0191011,xxvi, 15, 16).
Poor Elijah, overcome by the ettraie
that had been upon him, weary in
body and in mend, needing rest and
perhaps not knowing what ailed him,
sat down under a juniper tree and
said to God : "It is enough. Now, 0
Lord, take away my life, for I am
not bettex than my fathers" (verse
4). Many a one has wished that he
was dead, but it was a foolish wish
for the Lord knows what is best for
us and has assured us that we shall
never be tried beyond what we are
able to endure (I Cor. x, 13) and
that trials are among the best
things that can come to us and will
make us sure of the crown of life if
patiently borne (Jas. i, 1.2; Rev. 11,
1.0). It is easy for us to see the
folly of Elijah, but this is written
for es that we may not be guilty of
sinO11,tlie
111arfolljessed
nthiistry of angels,
who excel in strength, doing His
conunandments, he,arkening unto the
voice of His word—His ministers
who ilea ilis pleas•ure 1 (Ps. chi, 20,
21). ' They sang at His birth in
Bethlehem, ministered to Him fa
His temptation, strengthened Him in
Gethsemane, waited amen Him at
Hie resurrection and ascension. They
visited Abraham in company witb.
the finished _product Is apt to be
cloudy. the Lord Ilanself, were seen in vis -
Ono of the most delicious oE the 101)by Jacob and are wonderfully
prominent in God's dealing's with
old-fashioned preserves is jam made
men. They bring heaven* very near
from equal quantities of blackberries
to earth, for our Lord said concern -
and huckleberries boiled 'down quite .
thick with 1S; lb. sugar to '1 lb. Dent.
1WOULDER AND LINQUIST.
Kr. John Tine, a German, Speaks
ing His little ones, "In heaven their
augels do always behold the face of
My Father who is in heaven." They
aro ministering spirits, always min-
istering to the heirs of salvation
(Matt. xviii., 10; Hub. i., 14). The
Six Languages. elements bare no power over them,
and they go and come like lightning.
A twentieth century rival to Ernie :In our resurrection bodies we shall
Durritt, thepoly-lingual blacksmith, be equal to them, but in position far
is at present an employe at the Gun- beyond them..
ney Foundry Works, Toronto. John Find the proof texts in Dan. ix,,.
Tinz is an iron -moulder and a. good Ezek. i., Acts xxvii, Luke -mx., Ret.
ani rejoice in the presence 01
such companions who serve unseen
and unthanked—not our departed
friends, bet angels who were created
such end alIvaye have been and will
ill
and ,Lattisli, and write three two are mentioned by name, and
both names are found in Daniel and
one mine in Luke i. Again the an-
gel waked him and fed him, and. in
the strength of that meat lie went
one. Six feet two in his boots, he th
is built to correspond, e 'beau
ideal of a man to handle masses of
iron. But Tinz is a maxi of culture,
for be can speak six languages, Eng-
lish, German. Russian, Finniss, be hist, ministering spirits. Only'
of them, whic.h makes him valu-
able as an interpreter round the Gur-
ney works, where it large proportion
of the employes are foreigners.
1.1•Ft•. Tinz was born in Stettin, Ger-
many, near the border. ,tit an early forty clays and forty nights to Hor-
, ,
age he went to Scotland to learn the eb. the mount of God (verses 7 8)
iron trade. He worked 12 years
there, and it wee there that he be- Whether you shall ever hear the
VOiCe of en angel or not or see one
gan his linguistic studies which made before you thave or not, or see one
him a useful man as interpreter befold you leave the 'mortal body,i
among the sailors. Like 13urritt at do believe in no thank cod for
Itis blows he delved into books their loving ministry,
while •engaged as an iron -moulder, How 1,2 oat the, strength imparted.
Mr. Tinz has visited Russia three to Elijah by that meal! God could
times, and has been practically all 'base strengthened him without the
food, but Ito is pleased °Mimes to
ese oedinary Meat.% in accomplishing
Pis purposes. Ile bas angels enough
to proclaim in sill the world the
over the Russia,n Empire from St.
Petersburg to Vladivostock. In '99
lm made his last journey- through the
land of the Czar "as interpreter for
Mr, Ballantyne, a Scotatimen in glorious gospel in 0310 day or lose,
search of iroa ore. They spent see.- vessvia as we aro.
Who Would .not
but lie sees fit to tiee such earthee.
eral months in the Ural Mountains desire to bo a vaf..Isca meet ror 00
Met s t er ' s use and ready to every
good work? (II. Tinaii., 21.) But
we must never be cast down nor dis-
couraged, for lie whom we serve
so farnilittr to our School-bookgeo-
graphy days. ITere they drove hun-
dreds of miles in sieclges eves the
narrow trails, drawn by, three hoist%
111n' "Andsttriyilot ought to see a. Russian
driver bit the lead horse, with hie r41lal3 -hot fail nor be .discouraged
long whiphe said, "the bendle of (fee. x)ii, 4). Tire work is His,
thitistihwi/stita is Only tafoegeilhilltogrleat lgauratpthitiec .thc' 17111,1 f00.11:1 dowelc1.19,s1v,(i).1011.
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sti:Pkied.;Vau sac anreP
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14;1`7th"0 , a SS‘l-Cee ot1)eefibrie will poll- li,ben ,:c0,011t1,7111jostihp. 0111, 1, Tile; eshole 21
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111 't:tc(11Y1.lues1;0‘1•9:I08• f0. 1111 tal l'1.1.;0•1 1(91C(9% our r•11oesnus tha 1:
trouble to travel," ll ,, not our thuhr ' ' but • (" e
"T -Tow did you like tissia?
"y . t"I"
tolel to do at that. seine "Horeb, the
molint of Garteeput on our shoes
hell, thank he ihroiod. 110 0t1001]9l, to atanage or let:green,
Mtrate is good thereIote of 1 "1 ())11Y nucl ub(W S
ucl iron workers and plettty of ore." telt 1)°01)1eh1le'1 t'irettelgtelle0,:.
"nen you are 1101. a Russian rale 010" (bibo 1 1. ' 8: PS.' INN.?
bi o ' 191 13 22), As to 99 11111129 to die,
"No, 1 'tin just. n moulder, Some- rlit:ah 11 9(1 'died, and We 121191 not
three; T go clown to the York etreet (T • rill'. •Xl.r. • 51 ). 1110)1110 (91
inisitioit to help them interpret., '112 3 29 time do eS 0100ei01l Rerhe Its and
n pan eii 1 he mirk of 1121 P1111 go 1.0 " lOnvo all to God,
sir,11,10r, ado iitg 111.9 21 bn Maizo 'S'OrV ''ll'etv did the 1111es-ions write yolir
11e11but roue elicee of name," "Von Fny he is sumerstitiouse"
121,1)1 stalo bleatl, 111111 off tire cruel:: And the Misty lin 2)1' goodtrinter- "Yee." `Ithat Neal does hie tomes -
101:1 emelt in flIn 211(1' 11111 ti but • '1 :oily wrote for the reporter ",fotel hike?" "Virhy, he thinOs it
toted mottle', 1511102 1)11 0 Pitl.ft). 0110y TirtA" as it is la 'Russian. thiltielee' to 'work!"