Exeter Advocate, 1908-01-16, Page 6FACING THF. NEW YEAR
The Cross of Christ Is the Symbol
for Our Advance
"Take up the ark of the covenant and
pas; rover.-JorJuha M. 6.
The lung journey in the wilderness is
(tier; the endless stretch•'s of +omit will
haunt tired titeyes of the pUgrtms to
tenger. IWpm.] the swiftly gliding river
lies 1 Attend the Land of 1'ro:nice.
Jm.hue as a born leader of hien. and
as such Lows whet they will do if ap-
pealed to in the right way. Thr, Myer
flows between the Promised Land
and his followers. 1t must be crossed.
With the sante feeling that afterwards
metering lteuglas to take lion) his breast
the jewelled luwrt of the dead Bruce mei
Mpg tt aver the heads of the! advancing
foe, shouting. "Fight. my tion, for the
heart of Bruce 1" So Joshtea, with 1110
deep religion. consciousness of u Jew,
gives s'
the order to carry forward the ant
or the covenant. No ono of his follow-
er s will dream of lagging behind when
ho seers that sriere 1 symbol in remit. And
s.•, following in the footsteps of the
priests, the people, oke and young, cross
the Jordan and enter upon a new phase
01. 'I'111�,111 N.VfIONAi. LIFE.The parallel between our ease. as we
stand on the threshold of a now year,
and the Jews on Um eve of their enter-
ing Canaan is so apparent that it cnn by
seen at once. As the tithed wtulderetea 1'
from Egypt Mood facing (h Itrnis•,id
Land. se do you told 1 stand facing 1t108.
Ilow are we being to °eminence our
Kerney into the new year? Joshua,
though ho leveed long, long ago, and
Teloseseutaro-•new►m-
he 1 1 k h' 1 knew
11x,ugh he was but a leader of a slob of
liberated etavees, can slow us the way.
The captain of law Jewish host sent kir-
weldkir-
weldUho ark of the covenant. We who
toe children of the burger lope can do
nettling better than to send forward into
the new year the cruets of Christ. Why?
Because only by the+ power of 1h.: cries
can we bile to puss successfully
through the trials and temptations and
to c»i1•oonte teat kings of p.Itssiem and
beteslimes which so surely lis; waiting
for tis in
THE NEXT TWELVE MON ITIS.
1t Infest itppcttl to nearly every one,
this ending of nn old year and the be-
g;ieniIg of a new one. A than must be
dull indeed if it awakens no thoughts of
a larger hie, a more a,tses'rut&d man-
hood, a notes devoted discipleship. Thent
past, Ice us renteher, a dead; the fu-
tureis always alive. 1t holds ukift in its
strong right hand the morning slay of m
hope and whispers to each child of an,
"Il Is never too late to mend."
us fire. the naw year with bravo
(:carts and belter determinations, placing
before us as w0 advance the cr ct of
Christ, believing that. in proportion as
we are loyal to this symbol shall we have
strength given us to endure lardnes.Y as
good soldiers of the plaster, patience to
,,arta• without giving way bo despair,
sterow and misfortune, and spiritual
courage :�l that we can cern° through
every temptation triumphant and un-
afraid.
BEV. GEORGE DOWNING SPARKS.
+0+0+o4 0+0+O*
£200 Reward
was lying on the top ot the glass con-
servatory.
It was presumed -and a very possible
1tr�sumplion-that he had climbed to
the top of the framework of the con-
* servatory for the purpose of securing
a better view of the grounds about the
house, when elle housebreaker or house-
breakers had caught sight of him and
had fired. The whole robbery was one
of considerable daring, carried out in
tread daylight, and the the( or thieves,
having probably been frightened by the
presence of what might have appeared
le them to be somebody watching their
actions, left without taking a single
article. The shot aroused the noig',t-
hors, and Glover expired in a few mo-
ments without having given utterance
leo 4.-04.-c> +-a 0++0+o -la 4. +0 4 of
Little AtCia.' V3- out' .)nly child, and
very precious to its. The gratitude of
Loth myself and my wife can well be
imagined when I tell that our boy was
once courageously snatched teem death
Ly a stranger. My photographic glair
liehmenl was in tie high Street of a
London suburb. One day, whilst en-
gaged in tying up a small parcel cr
"cabinets" for a customer, was stnrt-
tai by a scream from the street, fol-
lowed by shouts from the passersby,
1 rushed to the window just in time t4'
see a pair of carriage -horses about to
trample my boy tinder Thee- feet, when
a man sprang from the pavement and
caught up Archie in las arras.
Another instant, and the little fel-
kw must have Leen either killed or
severely Injured. Archie, save for the
fright, was unhurt. I ran out of the
shop, took the hid [runt the stranger's
arms, and grasped the ►naps hand. I
begged of him to accompany me into
the shop --to see my wife --4o let me
try and thank him; but he would not
hear of any such thing. Could I see
him again? Wouki he leave hie ad-
dress! But no, he would hear of no-
thing, and he almost pulled his hand
out of mine and hurried away.
11 was a great worry to us to think
we could not in some way prove how
grateful we were to him. 1 described
hila to my wife, and we both kept a
sharp kook out in hopes of seeing the
plucky stranger who had kept our
Archie sate for us once again. Some
months paYsed by. and we neither suw
hien nor heard anything of Win.
It was tow are the end 0t Augnst,
and trade Was geil:rg slack. I wastr
ruminating in my sop one day. when
rev old (Hetet William Glover cement.
to stogie word. A verdict of "\Vilful
murder against sonic person or p ers.,ns
unknown" was returned. and Mr. thighFrunklin, by whom Glover was much
respected, offered a reward of £200
for the disoovery of the perpetrators
of the decd.
had a ring
w
a bight
tun' The mut hers of env ub1 friendnd
afo bag lake Iwo pieces of board eis tong
and the man tutu suveJ my clad from * * I as the hwide Ls and ono or one
tkali' were ono and the samo!
! clutched ut. ched at the side of the stone
sink, tatol my eye.; must have well-nigh i arra
teen starting from my head. ! darrn t •
look at the face again --it W(15 Ihc'r•e, V(**********
too teal• too terribly true --it was him! 7�
What should I do? Once more tato
ecene of my boy's rescue passed through
my brain. 1 could see it as vividly us
en the very day it happened. Yet
tigain-t this the words, "A life for a
life," rang in my cars. Ikow should i
act:' Ile o-aved our child once ---an only
child. \Vas it for me to save hint now?
Cut he was a ttttu•deteer, aid that hor-
rible word seemed to be shouted out by
a thousr►nd t.)nguess.
I breathed more freely for a moment.
1 found relief in the thought that per-
haps tie might never cross my path
egain, that the world was wide, and
we should never meet face to face. In
my heart even then I prayed (het it
might be so. Just as 1 was (harping on
the possibilities of never seeing this
man again 1 heard the hurrieti foot -
Mops of my boy Ar.hie coming up the
stairs.
"Papa, papa!" my little one cried.
beating at the door with his hands,
"Papa, where are you? Open the door,
NOM
1 tett the room in which the inquest
was held, carrying the camera with
me.
It there was one man 1 respected
morn than another it was Glover. 1
would therefore have liked to be the
one to have discovered the man respon-
sible for Itis death. Week atter week
passed by and November came --a par-
ticularly had period ot 11►e year for our
business. The reward of £200, too,
would have been very welcome just
then, but i thought oust it would never
fall to my lot to find who murdered
poor Glover, "A life for a life," I said
to myself, "and 1 would like to see the
man hung who killed him,"
One morning 1 was in my dark room
(hushing a small order, when sudden-
ly 1 caught sight of the camera I had
lent to Gkhver lying on a shelf. I had
never touched it since 1 had bmught
•1 back again from the inquest, and it
waq now 'bestrewn with dust. 1 stood
kr a molrcrtl with the box In my hand.
inoking at it curiously. "i wonder it
Glover del succeed in taking any pic-
tures?" I sold to myself.
By Iles time 1 had removed the back
n' the lox out of which the plaice were
taken. There were just n dozen, and
e art wee u butler In a large West- t their position told me tint only one -
end mansion owned by a wealthy
bachelor. and had nequtred u liking
for photography.
"•Ah, Bradbury," he said. cheerily,
"you're looking as dull as S011e of your
settles. \\'tu►t:a the matter' Trade
Wit!'
"t ouldn 1 be worse." 1 said.
"Well," he replied. "1 can relieve you
of a spare camera if pint like to send
me one for a few week!. 111 pay you.
of course. The fait 15, the gltiv,'rrx•r's
going to Scotland. end. as he desserts -
a‘ with all formality when in the Mph.
Iambi, he has dCCJded In leave me to
Cask in what little London siin.Mhine 's
1c be found In the early days of `op•
krnl•er. 1 shall have plenty of spare
time, so 1 Ih•,ugM I'd borrow a caters
from you and try my hand. You might
develop the plates for ise?"
"With pleatare," 1 answered. '"tVhy,
1 tie got the very thing, one t tree for
cul-ofek,..r and ins'ant neou3 work. as
handy and portable a little camera as "Gird heavens:" 1 cr:eel, "Glovers
1 know of."' murderer! Glover. then, toad have lake the training of n dog for the pit --
Wel. we PNtn fired up matters. The seen hire. ani was just in time to get pose of seeing tow dependable the ceche
center . I lent to Glover wee one hold- n ,snap at hfrn.when 114 man saw that lure would lura out to bo in succerieg
Ing a devil what's. As one plate was h•• Wit tic:ng wak'heel and fired." w.,unded soldiers.
expose' (r take a picture. by a rite- What will imagination filkd my A dog called Xel:y was chosen frit
chancel nrrangeir.ent it ctw41 be taken mind. II -'re --)mere 1 held in my hen -1 the training. and it was she who wort
the demonstration at Brequtet. This in-
telligent brute. w hen i r•.1••re 1 away to
reareh tc.r a wounded anldcer, Wended
over the goeind at a galloie her wo.t-
tk'rlul se neve of smell at once indica:-
Mg to her the dir•eel.on in w hlch the
scpposed unfortunate ass to be feelmd,
(laving found the object of her search,
she gently renowel his cap. end, re-
turning wdh it toward hi r treader.
trotted 150 to tor) tnetre.% away from
him and tva:teed there unlit Ce came )ep
te her and put on her leash. Th. n etre
i*,rned ntx.ul quickly and unerringly
ccnducteel her trainer to the wenn le 1
Ivan.
Several lime; \e°h wet unable In
tring WI; an •ebjeel of equ:;irnrnt. In
thea.: races she approaches her train.
er, 1nd. hafting war him. herked soft-
} The •Mg,'ei teals were ferfo;;ne.l al
th pot+a','.•' cower, 1 hod lent tem I 'Anse 11)' - 1lcavy:aet (_alums anj n.ght as well n.. in lee deuy time.
it any-oould peaithly have been ex-
posed, and the operator had had no
time to remote 11 to the back in order
to poses on another to lake its place.
That wag eonclush•e.
But hast the first plate been exposed?
I was nut bong deciding. The neves-
eery chemicals wero son running over
the turfece of the glass in a lbw Mtn,
and lot they Ail so it quickly b eeetne
evident that the plate hnd been exposed, 11 has been decider! in enlist flogs tn•
and, witnl was ore, with satslacinry
mulls. The subject was very Mae -
growing,
the French army. It L. tre:i• ve'I they
Inict mid un•prtain al first, Lut !t was
growing, growing, until It assumed a
complete form.
Now my heart began to beat feat,
and 1 could barely bold the plate steady,
my hand treeml,ted so. There wets no
mistaking the result of that fatal ex-
p.-wero now. The figure of a man be-
came more amid more distinct. Look!
1:•• appeared to be in the act of running
away; a pistt,1 wa6 in his hand, point-
ing upwardrt
TESTED RECIPES.
Daley Cup of Chocolate.- Sere a
marshmallow on a cup of choc:,Iute.
1t asuItons the mar.;hmlaltow and gives
a dainty flavor to Use chutxltute. 11 .s
delicious.
Jam ice Cram -re -To one quart of
arum tide one tumbler of fruit jam
and one tablespoonful of sugar; freeze
It it strawberry or raspberry jurat :s
wed- Atter it is thovoughly dissolved
La cream strain through a wire sieve
to take out weds,
Decorative Salad. --(let a package c t
any kind of dessert jelly, rete or yellow,
dissolve it according to directions on
the package, and flavor to taste. in
small mold; arrange seeded white
grapes. and lour the warm jelly, over.
\Vhen cull arrange on lelture, leaves
and writ, t' with a trice French dressing.
Pauper's Fruit Cake. -One .;up but-
ter or lard, one cup morasses, title cup
sugar, one cup sour milk. ono tea:poon-
tul soda, three eggs well beaten, one
cup seeded rnieins, ono cup currants,
one teaspoon cinnamon, ono teaspoon
clove;, three cups flour; bake in mod-
erate oven.
Melnsse3 Nut Cakes. -One-third cup
niolas,ees with a tiny pinch of soda in
it, one-third cup sugar; one-third en
butter; one-third cup chopped hickory
nuLs; one egg. and flour to snake a stiff
dough. Bake in "Brownie" lens. This
is a small rule and should be double:l
except for a entail (amity, as they are
se well liked That there are never any
lett for a second meal.
Fig Jelly. -Para fly and sprinkle
heavily with rsugar, let stand over night,
turn into a kettle and let cook two
hours, Add one cup of sugar to one
pint of fruit and tate juice of a large
lemon. Let this cook until transparent
and will jelly, which will be in two
hours or store. Stir frequently to pro -
vent burning. One -halt hour before
removing frons fire add slightly chop-
ped walnuts, one-half cupful to pint or
fruit. This can be put in small jelly
glasses.
Martnalale.-One dozen oranges, two
grape fruit. two lemons. Slice fruit,
rind and all, thin, picking out pips. To
every pound of fruit three pints of
woter. Let stand twenty-four hours.
Boil slowly tilt tender and stand an-
other twenty-four lours. To every
pound of fruit and syrup add one and
a half pounds of sugar. Boil one-half
hour, or until frit Is transparent and
syrup jellies. Seal in Jelly glass. This
makes about forty glasses.
Apple Ginger. -Mix two pounds et
chopped apples with ten pounds of
sugar, add one pint of water, one -halt
ot:neee ;or, if liked, one ounce) of white
ginger root pounded fine and tied In a
cheesecloth bag, and the grated rind of
two kittens. Cook slowly for Sdt'eraI
hours, until clear and thick. This is u
delicious jam and a good way to use
the: last of a barrel of apples.
Two Cakes from One Egg. -One scant
cup and a half of (lour, one cup sugar,
one egg, Iwo keepx:elates baking pow-
der, flavoring to Last• . Put white of
egg In cup, without heating, put ht suf-
flcicnt melted butter to make halt a
cup, and fill to itie top with atilt:. Sift
fr:ur, pour in contents of cup and stir;
addbaking powder dry and beat live
minutes; aid flavoring and bake half
an hour. Make second cake i:ke afore,
using yolk of egg.
Apple Cobbler. --Take about len ap-
ples. peel and slice in quarters, put on
Move to stew a little with a piece ot
better the size of a walnut and a little
water to prevent burning; also add one.
half cup of sugar; lake off stove and
put in a deep pudding pan and line top
with a layer of pastry rolled out to
the thickness of one-half inch; put in
oven and cook till n nice brown, and
serve with et hard sauce thus: Ono cup
pulverized sugar, one-half clip of butter,
ons teaspoonful vanilla exotic -l; beat
altogether until nice and light; when
serving r:•)bbler place a tablespoonful
tit each piece.
Papa."
Wile an effort I asked the bey what
he wanted -I told him l e us busy and
did not wish to he distill -bee. 1 &toed
trembling. clinging to a wooden kdge
for support.
"Rut you must come, papa-" my child
cried. "lle's come."
"Who -who, Archie?' 1 asked.
"Tho gentleman who saved rte frorn
the horses, paper
1 nearly fe!I. My head Was stvim-
ming-i knew not where 1 was. That
wan Isere -in my house. 1 listened and
remained as ono in a trance, mei with.
rout the power to move. 11 was my own
child's voice. ile was calling to him
t.• come upstairs, and a heavy footstep
ens approaching nearer and nearer.
Should 1 go nind? Think of It, ohl
tank of it. My innocent child alone
outside with n murderer, perhaps hold•
ing Ills hand. perhaps in his arms.
must act, and at once. in a moment
of time 1 seemed to live through the
conflicting arguments of a year. 1
had promised this man 1 would pay
him hack some day if ever it were in
my power for saving my child from
death. Ile himself was in my pottier
now. Should 1 turn hLs saviour and
save him from the gallows? My Archie
was tapping louder at the door. Only
one thing could testa), to this man's
guilt --the picture on the plate, the
man in the act of firing, the lifelike
sresentement of nus features. My boy
wos calling my name. I raised the
plate above my head and threw it
►:envlly on the ground. The plate was
broken into a hundred atoms; the M.
lent witness was destroyed for ever.
i rushed to the door, turned the key,
and opened 1t. There was my chlkl
holding his hand. 1 picked the boy
up in my tuna, and the guilty man
seemed to realize what nay action
meant. lit looked at me for a moment
and would have spoken.
"Not a word. net a word!" i sai3.
breathlessly. 1 pointed to the camera
na the shelf. and his eye' wandered to•
wards it. this face went deadly pale,
and for an instant, but only for an in-
stant, I thought he seentee inclined to
raise his hand against me and the boy
In my arias. But his eyes tell upon
the pieces of broken glass on the floor.
A. wikl light of thankful joy lit up his
face -he saw and knew everything.
"(',o, now." I said. "go without a
word. It's my turn now, and 1 have
indeed paid you back the debt 1 owed
you. No -no, 1 Can't take your hand.
.You gave me a life once. i give you
your Owen no:v."
I watched thfrn hurry dt.wn the slairs.
Now and again he lcokal back at me
and the boy in my arms. but he must
have rend in my face that whirl pre-
vented hint from turning and speaking.
Ile disappeared, and 1 have never set
oyes on hire from that Clay to this.
I told my wife everything -my child
was ton young to understand. but 1
think somehow he must have fell In
h's little mind That something very ter-
rible nud happened, for he never again
referred to the man whr had "eave.l
Lim trots the horceo.'-London 'fit•
Cita.
trios IN FRF\CIi .%I1 lY.
They Will be Trained to Scorch tut
1\oundcd.
can perform a service of very great im-
portance in time of war and perforin it
with realer cMciency than can Le ele
tiered through any other ngenoy. T'rs
service (3 the hunting up of soldier,
wounded in battle and the conducting
k therm of repree ntahvcs of the li"'
petal corps. sec that they may rece,e
a. the earliest possible moment the au...
g;cal aid et which they may be in Heel.
A little over a tear ago Surgeon -
Major l3ichc'.nnne. per'uaded the del
(:ease people of hit district to under.
and one -halt inches th1ek and two or
three inches wide. Bevel oft ono cor-
ner {this nen 1'0 Jonu with an axe).
Stand the spring on the side mid drive
thew pieces in al cacti end between the
wlrev and end piece of spring, with Atte
Leveled edge next the wire. The spring
will he an Melt or two higher, but
otherwise nearly as gooti ai new.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERN VI'1ON'tb.
JAN. Ile
Lesson I!1. Je-us and Ilis First Dix 1ples.
Golden 'Text: John I. 45.
THE LESSON \\'0111) STUDIES.
Rased on the text of Uto Revised Ver.
Mcit.
Son of Man -Lamb of God. -Wo find
iu lids chapter several different tides
applied by others to Jesus. Ile is spoken
01 as the great lured;sur of the Baptist,
as the Lamb of Iced, us Uro Son of God,
as the !thrtsiah, and us tho King of
1-rael. The title "Son of man" is used
only by testas himself in speaking of
Himself. Thin usage is in hartlony_.with
Mat of the, s ynoptics, where the term
occurs more frequently than in the GuC'-
Fel of John. \Ve have in this phrase,
"Son of nein," the expressinu u( the selt-
c.ntsc:t,ustxi„ of Jesus us being rotated
to humanity as n whole, and dcrotiug
bit teal participation in human natare.
and designating himself as in a peculiar
sense the repix.-veniative of Otto human
ra• with relation to his redemptive
teas oat. It. emphasirees tate human ele-
ment in the nature of Jesus, tough not
etcluding bus divine nature, this being
nutlet regal•de(1 through the medium of
humantiy. As the Son of man ho ice
able to become Ilia Lomb of (hod which
cut met eel ;,t the bark •.shist another
was sl.pped up in its place. anti fol on
until the whelp tw-•;ve were used. They
could then test in the comer. until
want..) fer .k'weeie.pnlenI. (hover put
Ihc' ca'r:era ut: ter tes arm and, thaek-
Ing rat••. At 111 b:yry)ay' away.
1 no% or raw• 1x -'r fakeer alive again.
learn: the s'orY of lite death from the
evelen •e at that inquest. at welt 1 had
le atkn.l as a w.tnees to lest.fy as to
how he came to Ice in p,- te.i on < 1
the camera Nun,t on him at the time
n silent witness to the identity t•1 the
murderer. 1 could new bring t, jus.
lice the man wire had shot my trend;
1 should he the means of avenging 0ts
death. The rcwar.i (uo---L200. That
would be min.► as well; and how thank.
h.l I should be for the money at th,s
tune of the year. There would Pe no
need to fear for tine corning winter-
ne worry as to v .,ere food and nue(
were to come from.
.V1 this 1 thougi;t ref as 1 stid' watched
the plait•, with eager gaze. bt•''umung
of his dostlt. Ile vie numeral, ms plainer and plainer. In a fess seconds
master-\ir. Ilegh Frar:klin -- tong my era,'tised eye would b•' nide to d!!•
away in Scotland, an.f tits house tying corn Ili^ fealures of the min himself,
deserted save For the presence rat the V"• yes --the magic chs nasals were
housekeefer anti butler. the opportunity bringing the man nearer rend fearer
es. 51',led ilpein at a favorable one for 1• j' .'lice. 1 held the plate up to catch
cramitt na n robbery. lacer Glovers lite I:ght w'I:ch came l:uough tine smnq
( iv wees found in Ilie garden and 1'3n^ of red gleno.., Merciful !leaven.
taketh away the sin of the world. Wo
Hairy, perhaps not irreverently, permit
sur tansy to paint for us the svelte as it
transpired on elm sloping banks of the
Jordan. and imagine the Baptist address-
ing; a geed, multitude of popple. Vilest -
he has just reached a climax in feat'-
1ct denunclation of sin, or in an earnest
ey hortation to mixed, when on the out-
shit'ts of the throng appeal); the One
Wt -0 13 greater than he, and who is to Le
the: world's radiance, blotting out sin.
But tow is he to do this? In nn instant
the. Baptist litres, it all as Inn vision-ttie
lamb of the daily sect -ince, the I'at saver
lamb, and tate symbolical sigeifleance, of
brill expressed by the prophet Isaiah in
the, fiords, " do i, brought a4 a lamb to
the slnug,'liter" (Isa. 53. 7). Ity bearing
Ilse iniquity of all, by giving his life u
ransom for many, this Son of num is W
accomplish the redemption of the race.
And, pointing f,eyoiid his iuurtc liate
ht tiers 41 the quiet, gentle, unttsstun!ng
figure of Jeatis in the background, he
'ries out in a pan ionato outburst of
prnphetic utterance, which Ls al once an
appeal : "Behold ! he has come -the
Ione) of God hist taketh away the sin
<.l Um world."
411, Bette aids -Not Bethsaida Jults_g,
which was east of the Jordan and north
4 1 the Seta of tiatilts , but a town west of
MO Jordan, lour Un• nt.:r'taern stent ut
lieu lake (oogupure Malt. 4. 1;:1.
45. Nathaniel -'few name nleane, lit•
ernlly, "gill of G ed" and occurs mt Nota.
1. 8, and 1 Chem, 2. 14. Nuthauarl e; W
bo ',k'ritttini with Ita•thofonesw, by
which manse ho u always uitullionel to
ihr synoptic t;ospols.
Tho law--l(etering to Utc l'eutala,dl
at general.
Tim propteee-Iteferring to the pa
tion of the OId Teetatnent w d(tsit(mia
in the Hebrew text, unit including the
h.sloricat books known to us us prtlpheli•
cal.
Nazareth -in the southwestern part of
Galileo. the place of Iho t.:'yl* ssb filo and
training of Jesus.
47. An Israelite indeed --That Le, In
character as well as. in flash. The guikt•
hes-mese of Nathanael is immediately
exemplifies in that he makes no nock
or pretended repudiation of the charac-
ter attributd to tont. "Ile is Mott from
th•t pride Uiat aper; humility."
M. \'erity, verity --The same exlterts-
o int lriutslulxl elsewhere by our Eng-
"°111111,'"
ng-
ttoltl "anu'n,' 11," In, nil coo., eest
fu; solemn entphtuls of t •
hat A11 -
mediately preeeeke or folk -me:.
51. Angah of Leel ascending used tk-
seetding- -A llgurtltive expon•'skat refer-
ring
rierring to the perpetual communion and
intetmeer:se of Jesus as the Son of t'.od
with the Father, of which the dlscipttw
were henceforth to Iia witntsscs. Tl1e
lig;uro ils-clf may have been suggested by
lex historical nssociatk)ns of the plum
near which the Inas ing of Jesus wi1Jt
Militantly.' must have occurred, which
was pnotoahty in the thirst luno of Ja•:olia
j.-ur'ney from Bethel to 1lauran ((Ira. 28.
1.1.15; 29, 1), near the place wheal the
latter had his wonderful vision.
's'wse 35. Was standing -The verb itl-
cludes perhaps the idea of waiting or
standing; in expectation.
Two of hiv disciple.* -Ono of these,
Andrew, Sinton Peters brother, Ls sub-
sequently mentioned (verso 41); the
outer is the evangelist himself, who
studiously refrains thiougixout 111.3 en-
tire Gospel from mentioning his own
name. i lie eta -see -at of his own matte is
111e mono isIgnillcant because lie habituat-
1• ekiixes exactly tie ratios of others it
hie narrative. Compare -hie referencia to
Sinop 'Neer (t. 42; 13. 6; 2L IS), to
Thomas (11. i6; 20. 24; 21. 2), to Judas
Iscariot (6. 71; It. 1; 13. 2), and to the
other Judas (11.22). We also note that ho
i,t•s.•r speaks of the Baptist except by
Ile• .simple name "John." it not being
nec.'ssnry for tuns as it was for the other
esangelists to distinguish between John
the Baptist and himself us the writer of
this nnrraUve.
:16. Iso eked upon J•scu.; - With a fixed
and ateudy gaze.. wrupi(d in conttnpla-
tiQn.
:47. Heard hbn speak -Apparently nil
.iireetly 1) Nlem, but to others oleo aero
pre'scvlt.
I'oll,w:exi kwus-•-That ilaapiSI had been
,su,:otestul at (east in thiee that he suc-
ceeded in directing the thnrgtLti of his
disciples away hum himself t, Hunt her
whom he had conte to prepare the tvuy.
:IK. \\ het anelc ye --Jesus chalionge s
ileal fo a confession of the tee: that it
Le tut whom they seek. ilad lie asked,
"\\ nom seek ye!" the mts'wti• weak)
!thee been rse'if-esident and the response
se
thou two melt not a.s eignifie.ant as it
now ie..
Ilabbi--A title of t'e:sph•t need by 3.w-
is!I pupils in rtd.lritising their leachers.
The fact that John thought it neee,r,ary
b, explain the tweeting of the tern as her
d'es in the pnrenthellcal clause .which is
le say. being interpreted. teerherl. Scorns
to ti)Jie•nlo that the reespel was intended
ler a wet -Jewish c role of readere.
40. Sinton ''Mire's brother -Andrew
thus from the very L imufing of the linos-
pxl narrative take+ a pe!illnn sael.lydl•
'tete to that of his brother Simon. and is
henceforth known in Gospel and party
church history alike only OA tate 1•redher
.,t the disciple who soon eame to Ise the
stokesman and most prominent member
v( the emits' upt)steli: group.
11. tks.;lah--Frrnn the Ilebrew mss-
ehuck. "in anoint." The esptivalent of the
Greek title from which we gel the Eng-
lish word Christ. We note eg:nt* this tett
Met John is careful to explain the mean -
'n g) rot Ile peculiar Jewish expresse,e,
USEFUL. 111NTS.
If n Bedstead creaks at each move•
stent of the Bleeper, remove the slats
and wrap the ones of each in news -
'repents
If your tuba and pails tall to pieees
when rxht in use. try an inside mating
•:f glycerine and you will find them, to.
wiliest with your tettite', perketly
preserved.
When the ieathers on a hat have khat
t,eir "curl" through dantpne`s or wet
i v rain. (told the hat, feat/wee down.
over a healed radiator or near a stove.
and Co "curl" will return quickly.
To (.,ver 01d Floreee - Take mminen
table oilclulh; you cnn get it that closely
represents oak. Make flour paste and
cook glue, half and half; spread on
with old Leitch or rag. Lay cloth un
(boor told brush down tight.
A mail fox fashrne,l to the wall near
the kitchen table is a inost useful
article. Meat bills, gmeery bilis. etc.,
that daily ".elite Into the grottos. should
I e dropped into 1 al once, When pay
tiny comes none will be missing.
11 you have a fern That tines not gr„ti,
fest enough fry wilting the pot In hot
water -trot boiling. but loo hot to beer
. ti the hand. This is especially gored
for the holdall). large fern that re•
r-emtees tih" v: iel fern that grows on
'me shady lellsidee.
Te pail up sauerkraut or any i;inti of
t,okles Inke n flour sack or any elcon
sacko put your kraut to it, !h n put in
veur jar or keg. or whistel-er you have
to rove. Yo•rr kraal er pickles will al -
waw! 'or clan from dust and alum.
Keep \lief Out.-ilomekeepers are
ellen annoyed as mil weather ap.
pn:ac he+ by m't+e tt'nrking Ihefr way
termrglt the plestering. Fill the epee.'
torn mut with pleeter of parte or ste(ro
mo-slenel with 3 little water. Sen ottt
neatly and before it hsnlens preens a
few pins into the %elft nfit. and they
will we onby keep the rniep owav from
the sharp pointe in that place but will
real' them shv of attempting to work
their way thno:tgh In other spot*.
SA1'1'.1) BY A on.
Determination to 'Win Saved (:olc.tel
Ilay's 1.11e.
The power of human will over the
tvcakneees of the human body has set.
dont been more curiously exemplifle3
than in Urn following instance. Ulio
t the bravest encore in Lord Welles-
ky's Peninsular array was Colonel Hay,
who, however, was as notorious for
his love of gambling and betting us for
he deeds of daring. At Salainamaea he
was struck down by n bullet, and lay
upon the field apparently lifeless. 'fwo
brother officers Doming up, one of tliern
exclaimed:-
"Poor
xclaimed:"Poor Ifay, tie's gone at last!"
Ile had scarcely uttered the words,
when a taint voice cams up from the
ground: -
"tit lay you a level hundred lies
not."
The colonel had opened his eyes, but
they looked glassy with death, and it
seemed but a case of tnihutes.
"Enter it," be went on, "and you,
Captain Marston,' addressing the see -
and officer, "be witness."
Then, quite overcome. hie eyelid'
dropped again and he lay uloiionleets.
Major Windsor, the olio with whom
the bet was made, at once had tete col-
enel conveyed to the hospital. It was
found to lo a very grave case, and at -
kr the patient had been restored to con-
sciousness by means of restoraiives, the
(lector told hint there was n ball in itis
lack which could only be ext$14,1 by
a very severe operation.
"But 1 must warn you," added rho
surgeon. "Ihat you will very probably
des under it."
"It anybody will bet inc tatty pounds
en Iho event I'll consent; said the col-
onel. "Send for Windsor, and i'll en-
deavor to persundo him W make it
double or quite."
The major was sent for and agreed
1e the terms.
"Now saw away with you," cried the
ceklnel; "1 wont die."
The operation wit; at once commenc-
ed, and the gallant gambler passel tri•
umptlantly through the ordeal, while
the major, who was n generous knew,
flak! /he bet with the utmost satutfac-
tion.
"1 fell you: Colonel Ilay UM] lo say,
when relating the story, "but for that
tet i should be a dead anon r .' l was
only my determination to v.11 1t that
kept me alive."
CONVICTION NF:1NS CE 1711.
Terrible atonality In French Pend
Settlement.
her French convict. 6ansy., who, it
may lee' ,walled. was Nettl 4) file' French,
penal se•tl.iement, t;liana. u c),)pi.• of
yenta ago for robbing the (*athlete
d liscieriple, rce.•ntly died in def, return
to France. Al the time of his death he
woe reigage.l in writing his memoir., of
prison idle.
According to Galley, the f'i'nch penal
Settlement l; bather for 1110 mnvicte who
have not acquired notoriety, foo Rose
whose crime) bus fouled to mestere to
public, and where, condemnatkin luras
passed unnoticed. Tli.re utfuttunat»
critnlnets are vent .nil to perform erode
tasks under n broiling Sun, to niuke,
read,. eleenr the bush. awl build Fortin•
eali,ns. They are devoured i.y Ins...els.
hnrra;"est ley Wellman jnik.e'. and this
hardships they endure inny la gnrt:a,.'I
at front the statement made i.y l'allay
that not of 00s) eenvirts who arrived in
Guiana front France last July. only '.0
rare now alit'. Th" mm8fnd"r died from
illnesz, privnli.ona, or cruel 1 went.
An.)it)er statement w. hick see. 'Merit
i► 1e` List
• Ili e L• hl
elide fon .\ l
lncmll ! ,
the penal welll•'nu tit fount '.1 3i.* $) rr n•
viees, today thee.• rare only Ile ter e1+
thonsend. 'ihe o'here hive 14eireut11t>•-1
to the ellmate ur the rigor, -tof the le-r-
ril.le life they are obliged to free. But
whirl) would hardly have been necessary the other class of convict$, the Illu,lr?tui
lead thele for whom he was writing crin,inalc, the authors ('f srnsalonal
teer e•t^{ heves Je:ve. crimes • r audacious rohMrtes-- those
t3. 1:0phas--From the Ilebrew. Krph.
\remat. Kephal, (eliciting "a peer of
rock."
Peter -That es, "rock" or "stone.'
43. Galilee ---The northern prnvince in
which Je su_% had been tort ani l m which
he spent the greater part of his life.
I'hidcth_.Ttae verb implies diecovery
niter diligent search.
l'hilip--A Greek name given. ids%illy,
is honor of Philip the tetrarch 'Luke 3.
1). For other t'teferonees t.. this disciple
compare \1nli. 10. 3: Mark 3. la: John
1:5; 11. 11. 8. d'hilip is referred to by
1 .,lyrretcoc. btrixop of F.pliesat in the tat -
ler part of the reMnit century. a: "• nr
.•1 the great lights top :\sin" (.1eia \uteri),
w1er a J.Atn wrote his Gospel.
wh'.s exploits has» occupied rolunine •'1
t';e, newspapers and had been halm
al,out for %treks. throe, are well keok•ed
atter and ca•efelly attended 1.o. They,
ore taken to the Ilei .ie Salol, a veri-
table Eden. whets life is anything but
hars)), and ire given light tact:; in Ilia
prise ••,.
iTS sIiBINKIN'I DISPOSITION.
"flit- shirt I; koro small for me now,'
said I)ubky, "it's funny flow' -oeo!
shrinks,"
"Oh, it's n•ei »u strange," r p!i.•,l Lu
wiie. 'Yon told rile it wee lambs wo)I,
and pit kre ee whet a timid c'-a'.r•e •
lan.b is "