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Exeter Advocate, 1906-4-26, Page 2N,O' ''hS AND COa"1' . '1ENTS :tom Oliver Lodge, in an article in the roe knightly Review, appeals to men o ealence to approach the marvelous with k Inore open and investigating mind. Considering the results that have been. gained in the last third of a century one 3s. Seely to think the imputation that modern scientific men do not keep an open mind toward such phenomena as Sir Oliver Lodge refers to is hardly .warranted. There has been a change in the scientific attitude since Michael Faraday classed mesmerism among things unworthy serious attention. In consequence of that.ehange the realm of the "marvelous" --Which Faraday and his fellows looked upon as largely one of mere fraud -has been much narrow- ed and grows daily less. Take the progress made by psycholo. gists in e:tpiaining what are now recog- nized as the kindred phenomena of hypnotism, "divine healing," and reli- gious conversion. It has not been long since hypnotism and "divine healing" were regarded by some as impostures fit only to gull the ignorant and by others as equally wonderful and inex- plicable. Religious conversion was looked upon by some sceptically, by others as a revolution in the life wrought by a direct divine intervention. It is now known that they are all as much facts -and at bottom as much physical facts -as dreaming or the beating of the heart. They have all been connected with the law of suggestion, which is de- fined as the tendency of one's ideas to realize themselves unless inhibited. Get the mind completely possessed by the idea that hypnotization, or the healing of some functional disorder or a great moral change is going to take place and that, it has been shown, often is all that is necessary to cause it to take place. The psychological nature of conversion Christ's golden rule of putting your- istby 8 now admitted .relf io-scientific self in the other man's place, and acting never been set aside. ' l h cc ordm s a accordingly, Y -writers lIle Prof. George A. Coe as well Christ exemplified that rule perfectly. as by purely scientific writers, such as Prol. William James. Other once puz- zling matters as wide apart as multiple personality and the tricks of the fakirs of India have been cleared up. When phenomena have been traced to their causes they do not cease to interest, but they do cease to appeal to the sense of the marvelous. FTE -R WHT fS TRUTH?' Christ ,,st Is the Life, the Rock of Truth, Upon Which His Church Was Founded saidhim, Jesus.unto .I am the way and the truth and. thelite; no num com- eth unto the Father but by nue-John xiv., 6. These words of Christ to IIis perplex- ed disciple, Thomas, are an answer to doubters fn every age. Jeremiah ex- claims, "Where is the good way?" Pi- late cries out, What is truth? James asks, "What is your life?" Three burning questions, therefore, in human experience are here present- ed to us, viz.: Whom to follow? What tc believe? Ilow to live? Whom to follow? We are blinded by sin, weakened by inherited corruption, befogged with an evil environment and yet seeking and struggling for the right path. Something within us is ever cry- ing out for the way of life, and the prom- ises of God all point to the fulfillment of these desires. But how can Christ be said to bo the way back to right living and to God? Because He is the revelation of the great loving heart of God to us. The father- hood of God is made plain and real to us by Christ. ` As He lived in the • Fa- ther and with tite Father, so may we. Be a follower of Him, for a knowledge cf Christ opens eyes, IT NEVER DARKENS TIIEM. A second question facing us in daily experience is what to . believe. This may not be an age el doubt greater than sc'me previous ones but it is a time when many Things are being restated and. differently stated. Under these circum- stances many and many a one to -day is asking, and I believe with an honest heart, "After all, what is the truth?" Back to the Christ must this generation go as all other have had to do, if they would know what to believe in the face of all the new discoveries and improved opportunities of this century. The main ground of Sir Olivet Lodge's complaint against his scientific brethren is the scant courtesy they have raid the claims of spiritualists. Probe- bly the chief reason for this has been the large ;amount of palpable fraud that has been mixed up with spiritualism. Despite repeated exposures of impos ture, however, intelligent people contin tie to believe in mediums and material- ization and anything numbers of intel- ligent people. believe in is worthy of serious attention. There are other "marvelous" things than spiritualism- telepathy, premonitions, clairvoyancy, mind reading -which have never been either satisfactorily explained or ex- plained away. Is there any ground for the widespread belief in these things? They are proper subjects of inquiry. The exact truth about some of them be- sides gratifying the craving for more and more knowledge would save many from the clutches of heartless and greedy impostors. I1 Sir Oliver Lodge's article stimulates science to more active inquiries for the 'purpose of further narrowing the domain of the marvelous it will serve a useful purpose. Seaweed selling is the price of certain Norwegian prosperity. The gathering of seaweed in southwestern Norway has assumed the proportions of a large in- dustry which has surpassed fishing and agriculture in fortune building. Far- mers collect the apparently worthless growth, burn it, and sell the ashes to representatives of various manufactur- ing institutions in other countries. These ashes contain valuable chemical properties, including iodine. Old debts have been paid and srnall farms that were isolated and surrounded by un- productive land have had their boun- daries extended by the draining of marshes and clearing of rocky wastes that have not been utilized or produc- tive since the stone age. Twenty years ago there was not a mowing machine in the distract, while now there are mowers, hay . rakes, harrows, and other modern machinery on nearly every farm. Modern dwellings and barns for grain and stock have replaced the ancient huts. The transformation has been so great that farming in this locality has become completely modern- ized, UNDER ORDERS. The Irish trooper's tient bolted down the line with him and as he passed the general palled out : "Here, you fool, where are you going?" Pacicly, with his arms around the horse's neck, yelled back "1 dunrrio, yet honor, ask the -parse." TI•Irs (HIGHEST. "Do you attend a high church, Mrs, Brown?" the caller asked. "Oh, of course, we attend tae best," raid Mrs. Millionaire Brown, languidly. 'put" pour rent .is $1,000 a yettr." f-}?:404-3Cff♦3:E') + 3 3 Foiled By Fate Do you ask, like Pilate .In his bewilder- ment, "What is truth?" I point you with joy to the Christ, and bid you ac- cept and imitate Him, and thus and a solution for all your doubts and errors. A final question in daily experience. Is, how to live and act. The inspiration and power to live aright must cote from the same source -the Christ. is His who prompts' to noblest duty and to the most phi:lanthropio service. The nations of the earth can never ex- press all they owe to Christ and his fol- lewers for what they are. The world of taade and commerce does not compre- hend its debt to Him and His flight of life thus brought • to the regions beyond. Christ is the life of all 'morality, too. Sometimes morality descends into in. heritance unacknowledged.. Sometimes it enters INTO THE LIFE OF A MAN like contagion from . his environment. Sometimes a man's . own selfish heart convinces him that tis be moral is to do the best thing for himself, yet, in its final analysis,• the great cause of up- rightness, of purity, of self-sacrifice, of disinterested • love, is the Christ. Christ is the life, the rock of truth, upon which His church was founded.. Tits divinity as well as His humanity, His :infinite power as well as His most human love, must be acknowldeged by the church bearing His name. Christ- is the lite of the home. Ilow often He sanctified the joys thereof while upon earth! And Ile has never smce ceased in such ministrations of love. But more intimate than • all this is. His nearness and power within the individu- al -to you and to me In our sweetest joys and in our most difficult tasks of life. In our moments of greatest hope- fulness and in our seasons of deepest depression, in our days of largest in- gathering n- as h g t Erin and in our tunes of keenest loss, Christ is our life. ANDREW HAGERMAN. "My dear Mrs. Barton, I think you had better not see him. Your father's will is very explicit. While your hus- band is alive you are entirely depen- dent upon the trustees for your income; at his- death you will have everything in your own hands. When Tames Bar- ton comes out of jail he is to have £100 a year so long as he goes abroad and stays there; bet should you rejoin him, the whole of your fortune passes away to charities." "There is no fear that I shall do that, Dr. Carp. I married James Barton when I was an ignorant schoolgirl of eigh- teen: -My father was in India at the time, and only knew of it after the event. I was mistress of £10,000 which my mother left me, but my husband squandered it in two years. You can- not imagine the awakening I had when we had been married but a few months. The man I had imagined to be the em- bodiment of everything manly turned out crafty and unscrupulous, a drunk- ard and a gambler, and at last a thief." "What an awakening 1" "Ahl it was terrible. While my money lasted he left me for .months at a time while he went to Monte Carlo. Then the time came when we were reduced to poverty and one room. He sold or pawned everything we had and came home every night madly intoxicated, and so ill-treated me that I had to seek pro- tection. Then came his arrest for the jewel robbery and the sentence of five years, and when my father came home from India lie found me starving." "My poor girl, what you have suffer- ed?" "So, you see, doctor, you need not have the slightest anxiety that I shall rejoin my husband. My only prayer' is that I may never see him again." "There is no need for, you to do so, my dear Mrs. Barton. Your husband is to be released in a week's time. With your permission I will meet himas he is discharged, give him the money, an.i inform him , of the conditions, and, furthermore„ 1 will see him on board the ship." "It is more than kind of you to fake so much trouble, doctor, and I thank you so 'much." "I would do anything for your happi- ness. I am hoping for the time when you will once again be a free woman." "Ah 1 I wonder how many women there are in the world whose chance of a happy love comes too late?" Dr. Carp stroked his handsome black beard as he gazed for a few moments at the bowed head of Beryl Barton, "Then -if -if youwere free, there is someone who, you .. think, could make you happy?" Mrs. Barton raised her eyes to his and then turned away, "Yes; 1 have at last met -a man." Whrrn Dr, l3nwrinn Carp left Beryl tartan dna ilai'usuu,c Lail, tvuie iti 'toes of exulting satfsfaotion. Beryl's state- ment that there was someone wile could make her happy was accepted by the doctor as referring to himself, and his self-satisfied egotism would not permit the possibility of there being anyone else. As he walked towards his own house a man on horseback approached liim. "Sir Anthony Lynch -going to call on Beryl, I' suppose. It will be a good job when he goes abroad," • "Morning, (leder; have you horn to see Mrs. Barton ?" "Yes; she's plckirig up nicely, and will soon be her old self again." "1'rrt glad to hear that: 1 am just grl- ing to gall.Shaa'n't haVre many mare opportunities. I am ordered to start for Japan in a few days." "Ah 1 you diplomatic fellows do get about." With a mutual nod the two men went their different ways, Sir Anthony to feast his eyes upon the woman he loved above all others, and the doctor to an interview of a far more unpleasant na- ture. When he reached home he found a gentleman awaiting him whose card bore the name of Moses Sibith.. "Now, Dr. Carp, 1 think I have ar- rived at the end of my patience. I hold your bills for £4,000 odd. 1 do not wish to do anything harsh, but unless you can give me something tnoresttiau promises I mutt proceed to recover any money.' "I am sorry, Mr. Smith, that I have not been able to take the bills up, but for you to proceed now woiiltl be dis- astrous and spoil everything." "What do you mean?" "Supposing I was to marry a young widow with £10,000 a year in her own right?" "Ah I" "It would pay you very much better to wait and get paid in full than take the risk of a problematical dividend by forcing me into bankruptcy," "And the chances?" "There are no chances ; it is a cer- tainty.", "How long do you want?" s "Renew the bills for a month and: I'Il sign for an extra £500 by way of in- terest." "You are either very confident, doe-, tor, or very desperate. However, -I can lose nothing by waiting a month, so 1 will do it; but, remember, I shall be clown on you five minutes after the bills fall due." During the next few days Dr. Bowdon Carp was a very busy man. ile paid several visits to London, and made some mysterious arrangements at a house in Stamford Street. The evening before Jim Barton's re- lease the doctor visited this house. and interviewed the •particularly ill-favored woman who seemed to be its presiding genius. "Well, and how is the patient, Mrs. Slim grove 7" "Near a corpse as can be." "I will go up and see him." In an upstairs room a man lay on the bed. He turned his eyes beseechingly as the doctor entered. , He did not speak. He was . suffering all the horrors of diphtheria. Carp made a cursory ex- amination and went downstairs again. "He won't live .twenty-four hours. Now, I shall be here to -morrow, Mrs. Slimgrove, with a friend. here is some money; get in some food and whiskey- plenty hiskeyplenty of whiskey. I rely upon you lo attend to these written instructions, and expect me about six in the evening." On the following day Dr. Carp arrived with the released convict, Tim Barton A sumptuous repast had been pre- pared, of which Beryl's husband partook ravenously. During the meal he was silent and morose, but after he had satisfied his hunger and applied himself several times to the decanter he lit a cigar and turned to the doctor :- "Now, then, what's your game ?" "Perhaps it would be better if I asked a quest?4n first. ' What do you inten•f foolery roes for nothing?" t4 do 7" "Not quite, ` 1 am not so easily "Well, what cio you think i My wife beaten." has inherited all her father's money, A husband's place is with his wife- eh?" vife-eh?" ; "I don't think you quite understand. Your father-in-law left an his money in the hands of trustees. Your wife is to receive the income as long as she keeps away from you. ' If she altemlite to s1s- sist you in any way, or recognizes your rights as a husband, the money passes to charities." "And where do 1 come in?" "You go out. That is to say, you aro to receive £100 a year so longas you stay outof England, RRemain''.ilere, you get nothing, What do you.. say?' The ex -convict was silent for a few minutes. "Well, ft's hard lines en me, but! signed to the grave under the name et ;e100 is better than nothing." James Barton. "111 the case of your death the trustees Although the doctor was away at are relieved of their responsibility, and Pliyrnouth he had arranged to be kept well supplied with news of the doings of Sir -Anthony Lyneh and Beryl, and one day he received the information that they had been quietly married, and were` spending a few days in London prepara- tory to starting fon' Japan. The news Doused the doctor consider- able satisfaction, and he wrote to An Barton telling him to hold hrinself in readiness for any emergency. .The fol- lowing evening saw him in the train en route for London. Sir Anthony Lynch was very lunch surprised to receive a telephone mes- sage from Dr..' Carp, asking him to' meet him at the Gordon Hotel upon a matter of grave importance, and further re- questing Sir Anthony to keep the meet- ing secretfrom his wife. In due course the appointment: was kept, and Dr. Carp assumed a profound air of mystery. your wife has her fortune in her own hands." "Nell,, you can bet your life that I an not going,. to die to please'. her." "It is a, pity." "Is it?' That's only your opinion." "What are your feelings with regard to your wile?" think it is hard lines that she should have all the money and I no- thing. Beyond that I don't care if r never see her again," "Then, if you were paid, say, £500 a year, you wouldn't care whether she married again or not?" "What do you mean?" "I mean thatyou would be better dead. Listen 1 'There is a sick man up= stairs. He will die to -night. Why cant. he be buried as James Barton?" "I-Iere, none of that." "11 is so easy. I give you a little powder. You become insensible for two hours and look like a corpse. I "My dear Sir Anthony, I have some send for your wife and. she identifies terrible news to contntunicate. I. the body as that of her husband. You thought ft best to see you before I had come to your 'senses again, the other an interview with Mrs. Barton." man is .buried op my, certificate, and you receive £500 a year for life." "Who from?" "The man that .marries Beryl Bar- ton." "And that man?" "Whatever your news is, doctor, 1 must tell you that Mrs. Barton is now Lady Lynch; we were married two days ago." "I know that; and that makes my news all the more terrible," "Is myself." "I thought as much. And what guar- antee have 1 that the money will be "I am alarmed myself, Sir Anthony. paid 7" You saw lames Barton lying dead in the "The simple guarantee that it Is in house 'in Stamford Street?" yourrpower to: turn up at'any'moment did." and expose the whole thing." "I made all arrangements for the "That's true." ` funeral, ' and then had to go down to "Will you, do it?" Plymouth. • I went to Stamford Street "It is worth thinking about; but no this' morning, and. the man who opened; hanky-panky with the , physic and the. door .to me wase - James Barton 1" stretch me out in real earnest. Impossible 1" ' They talked far. into the night. They "It is true. What I mistook for death were, atone . in :the house save for the was simply coma; he recovered a. few sick man upstairs. At last they came hours after ,I left" to some agreement, and the doctor. "But, I saw the undertaker, and he told rose. me that the body had been buried." Aided by the feeble light of a candle "Unfortunately there was another man he made• his way upstairs. The poor lying dead'. in the house, and ho was patient lay neglected in his agony. The buried by mistake as James Barton." doctor took a phial from his pocket and "Great heavens 1 And Beryl, my poured a.liquid into a glass. Raising the wife?" sick man he held it to his lips. Ah t Must we tell her, Sir Anthony? In a few moments the man was be- Has she not had enough trouble in, her yond the reach of pain. life without this? Can we not keep it The following morning Dr. Carp sent from her ? " a wire to Beryl Barton "How, man, how? Don't you'see that "James Barton is here. Very ill -teal, if this/man is alive she is not my wife 7" the worst" "She can never be anything to him. Twenty-four hours later this telegram Supposing this man was willing to dis- was followed by another :- appear, to remain dead, for a sum of "Barton died this morning. Can you money'?" cone at once to identify the body 7" "I would do anything ,to save Beryl Having received an answer, which pain." simply said, "Twelve -thirty train," Carp "Then give me £6,000, and I will un proceeded with his arrangements. The dertake that this man troubles you no dead man was taken from the bed and afore." placed in another room, and James Bar- "But that would not make Beryl my ton took his place. wife. I must think, I must think. The doctor mixed the draught, and as Colne, take me to see James Barton; 1 Barton swallowed it he carefully noted cannot believe that he is alive. When the effect. The color receded from his I have scan him perhaps I shall know face, the heart seemed to cease beating,' how to act" and to all intents James Barton was a . With ready compliance Dr. Carp corpse. called a hansom and the pair drove off Carefully arranging the blinds and to Stamford Street. The door was covering the body with a sheet, Carp opened by Mrs. Sliingrove. set himself to await the coming of l "Is 'Mr. Barton in?" asked"the doctor. Beryl Barton. An hour later he hurried! "Yes; oh, yes, he's in, an' likely to be. to the door in answer to a ring, and He's upstairs." there stood on the steps, not Beryl, but "Ask him to come down." Sir Anthony Lynch. "I think you'd better go up to him. "This is very sudden, Dr. Carp. `Mrs. IIe feels too stiff to walk much." Barton could not face the ordeal her- The old woman went croalcfng down self, so she asked inc to come. I ]snow the stairs, leaving the two men to go to Jim 13arton well; we were at ,the Uni- James Barton's room. versify together." The room was in darkness as they "I am glad on the whole that Mrs. entered. The doctor drew up the blinds. Barton did not come, as there is a great They both approached the figure lying risk of infection. The poor fellow died on the bed, and -then started, back with of diphtheria." a simultaneous cry of horror. • "Poor fellow. A wasted life." - Jim Barton lay there dead. "Better get it over at once. I would "Strange 1" said the doctor. "He was rather you did not come farther than well enough when I left him this the door. No need to run any risk." morning." Sir Anthony followed the doctor up- "Then how do you account for this 7" stairs, and gazed into the semi -darkness asked Sit Anthony, as he picked up a of the ,room.. paper from the table. `.`Yes ; -this is -.Jim Barton right "1.51h January. I am dying. 1 have .enough." caught diphtheria from the man who "Well, let us get down again; it is died in this bed. May my curses rest not good to remain up here. How does on Carp and all his schemes. -James Mrs. Barton take"it? Barton. "Very quietly. Of course, we cannot "The • 151h," continued. Sir Anthony.' expect, any sentiment. It is ,a happy re- "Beryl and I were married on the 16th, lease for her." - so our marriage was quite legal. Now, "It is; and I hope .her -future will in sir, what have you to say in explana- some measure make-up for the unhappi- tion?"• Hess of the p" ,"That I have -been. foiled by my own "Thank you," answered Sir Anthony; weapon. I was a desperate man; Sir "it will not be iny fault if it does not." Anthony, and played for, a great stake "What do you mean? - to win or lose my • all. I loved Beryl. Barton,- and to .win her I risked much. I did" not know 'that you were taking a hand in the game; I was confident that I held all the cards. 1 have lost, and I am in' your power." "I have neither lime nor inclination to use that power, Drs Carp I am only too thankful that my wife has been spared the knowledge of this horror which you prepared for her. • We are going abroad - . to -morrow, and I can only hope that neither of us will ever see 'Q1X again." And so Beryl never knew the plot so carefully prepared to ruin her life: and when some three years later she re- turned to .• England with her husband Dr.• .Rawdon Carp had disappeared. Moses Smith had been as_good as his word. "You alarm me." "1 mean that Beryl and I have loved each outer for years. ,I am going out to Japan in a few days. We shall be mar - "led by. special. license, and she will ac- contpany m." "I -I congreatulate you."I "Thanks. I shall be glad • if you can come to the ceremony, as you are such art old d: of l'." "I .am afraidfrienIBerycannotsmanage that. When I have seen atter the funeral arrangements I must: go down to Ply mouth . for a week or ten days." `When , Sir Anthony' had gone • Dr. Bowdon Carp manifested his rage in a variety of ways. iie _considered himself tricked. All his plans were upset, and the vision of Moses Smith loomed large in the near future. But, one piece of. rascality having failed, he was quite ready to try another. When Jim Barton came to his' senses again he was all eager for news, "Well, did she come and shed tears of regret and repentance ?" "No, she dill not come; she sent Sir Anthony Lynch instead-" "Sir Anthony 1 Why ]rim ?" "Because 11 appears that he is the man she is going to marry" "Good heavons 1 And all our tons - "What can you do ?" "Let them get niarried, and a day or two after tell Sir Anthony, that you came to lite agein. I think he would part with a good round sunt to keep the knowledge from Beryl." "What a mart you are, doctor 1 By Jove 1 that's capital." "1 must disappear for a few days, but I will keep you posted with the' news. Meanwhile you had better stay here and tet Mrs. Sliregrows look after you. I must, go and arrange for that Mart's funeral noW. til the course of the er'ening, the under- taker called and took ewey the'remains of the unfortunate victim of tar. Carp's Scheme, anti in: dna course he was con - ALMOST. Ilewitt•-I'V0 .had this suit four yeras. Tewett-Gea1 You trust have it near - et( paid for by this: time. TSE SUNDAY S O4 INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 29. Lesson V. Thee Parable of the Sower, Golden Text: Luke ri. H. LESSON WORD STUDIES. .-The text of the [revised Version is. used as a basis for these Word Studies 1'he Parable of- the Four Soils. -This parable usually called the Parable If the Sower, is one of the very few se ings of Jesus - recorded by all four ev gelisis. It is one of a larger group o eight parables which set forth the na- ture of the kingdom of heavaa. Of this larger group of eight all but one are recorded in Matt. 13. That one, omitted by Matthew, is the parable of the Growth of the Seed, recorded by Mark chap" 4, in connection with two other parables of this group, the Parable of the , Sower, and .the Parable of the Mustard Seed, also recorded by Matthew. Luke records this parableand also the Parable: of the Mustard- Seed, together with the, Para- ble of the Leaven, making in all tri}res of the group of eight, the same number as are recorded by Marls. Of these eight parables again, four make useof the figure of the growth of the sews, in Iustrate the gradual development ofthe kingdom of heaven. One employs the figure of a net, two 'the figure of the great treasure, the hidden. treasure,and the goodly pearl; and one the. figure of . the leaven which leaveneth the whole lump, to set, forth other aspects of the nature of the kingdom of heaven. This.'. group of parables belongs to the earlier part of the ministry of Jesus, and is pre- ceded by a . still earlier sub -group of three short parables : The feasting of the wedding guests, the patching of the rent garment, and the pouring of old wine into new bottles. • Two other larger groups of parables belong to the latter portion of the min- istry of Jesus ; one coniaining eighteen parables, recorded principally in Luke, belongs to the period of the Perean ministry, and the other containg eight, belongs to the latter erio . of conflict g P In Jerusalem, just before tkii passion of Jesus. Those in this last, group are re- corded principally by Matthew, and in part by Luke, while Marls records only one of this group, and only ons : of the group preceding. Verse 2. Parables -The word parable• cones from the two Greek words, "para," ,meaning beside, and "hello," meaning to throw, and means there- fore literally to throw or place one thing beside another. In usage it soon came to mean also a comparison of things thus placed .together. It is used in the• Bible with a large variety of shades of meaning, all of which involve the idea of •comparison. 3. Went forth -Possibly farfrom his, home teen distant field. 4. " 13y the wayside -The Ways!' re- ferred to is the 'hard trodden 7aath• through the grain field. The birds cane and devoured it -Ire the grain -raising sections of our own: country, where are found the immense grain fields extending fog' miles in every, direction, it is not unusual in seed time• to see large flocks of birds, sometimes even of wild geese, following close be- hind the plow, from which the seed is• scattered in front of the plow shares which immediately turn over the soil' and cover the seed, which have been left uncovered, and which have fallen to one side of the plow. The picture in the mind of Jesus was not the same as this, but this reference, to a scene familiar to• some of the readers of these notes, will assist in making plain the method of 'Christ's teaching which was to take the familiar objects and scenes with which his hearers were acquainted, and use, them to illustrate the truths which Tie• endeavored to teach. 5. On the rocky ground -The slopes of the hillsides about Galilee- toward' which Jesus was 'looking from his posi- tion on the edge of the Lake, were in many places rocky with but a thin covering of loose earth. These slopes of the hillsides were the first to assume their covering of green after the early, rains, but were the first also to become parched and dry after the, rainy season had passed, because on them there was no deepness of earth. 7. Among the thorns -A` variety of thorns most common in Syria and Pal- estine was the "Nabk" of the Arabs. Of . this' same variety of thorns doubtless the crown was woven which Jesus later was forced to wear. Choked it -The'; thorns being hardier, and of more rapid growth, as well as many in -number, absorbed all the moisture and quicicly shut out the sun- shine, making itimpossible for the more tender ` sprouts el the grain to 'thrive and grow. 12. The lesson of this verse is that it is the receptive attitude of mind which makes ,possible the understanding .of Christ's teaching. 15. Straightway . Talceth away the word -Some men are so hardened in sin, so pre -occupied in their temporal pursuits That the word of God- fails to find a lodgement whatever in their heart and minds, 17. No root In themselves -Shallow unstable natures, not independent in their convictions. THE BUSY BEE, "I've heard it called the busy be,,, Remarked our little friend. know blamed well he's busy, For I felt his businers end." WHAT'S TI -IB USE? Scruggrns i s ri certain] a hustler. 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