HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-03-19, Page 6CURRENT TOPICS.
The war with Japan lett (Mosta prac-
tk ully without a navy. It Ls net bur -
Klee g Hint the should be thinking and
p!aruiing the c instr uetion of a now
fleet. and a roabonabte naval pre -
gramme wa,utd be taken everywhere
as a m,tt• r. f vourse. A reasonable
prlbrrateee :•.•.uel recognize accontptish-
et; facts -Ilia loss of fort Arthur, the
dash ng of the hope; of an ice -free pert
In the Peelle, the blow t') the sc1icmo;
of empire in the f:a,t. But the naval
pruer:mime which the admiralty has
(,rel,an d and wants the dunes to ap-
prove is considered win not only by
till the liberal., but by many et tete con-
servative editors and writers as well.
The total to be spent in nine years is
c ns:der•abfy over a billion, and the ap-
prupi ialions for this year for now con-
btruction and some improvement work
4.1 sort; and natal stations amount to
$13.7.00,000. This certainly stems tar
too ambitious u j.rogramnte for a coun-
try s!ruggbng with a famine In some
pt evinces and suffering from p(,or crops
gen.'rall•, industrial and political dis-
order and staggering debt burdens.
Almost lie entire press has opposed
the schemes of the admiralty as tore-
ehadoweJ in septi -official statements,
and has jointed to the nod of agrarian
returns. which will cost a geed deal
c[ money, of Universal primary eau -
cation, of public works and other things
That are essentlel in themselves, and.
in addition, conditions of pacification
and regeneration. But it is reported
that the conte, including the czar him-
self. is determined to force the accept-
ance of the programme as it stands.
Indeed. the dame has already been toll
Ly high bureaucrats that it would be
di_cselvei it it should tkcline to ratify
the naval budget_ What the October-
isls and the other moderates and con-
servatives in that body will do remains
to be seen. The fanatical react ovaries,
it is believed, wilt vole against the na-
vat lir 'gramme in order to bring about
Ike df solu :en l:treatened. They love
the navy, but their halrel of the duma
and of reform is deeper. Perhaps, how-
ever, the government will finally agree
to compromise en an alternative pro-
gramme of mere modest pr.)portions to
coyer a shorter period. The prospects
of new foreign loans wiU have some-
thing to do with its attitude.
Puzzle -Find something that has no
coal tar in it, There is coal tar in ev-
erything the eat; more than halt our
drugs ore products of coal tar; all our
dross goods arra dyed by coal tar; arit-
flcial perfumes, saccharine, which is
500 times sweeter than sugar; explo-
sive., med;cines, Need preservatives,
and photographic developers are all
pri.v:ded by coal tar. Chemist.. have
(volved from cunt tar no less than sev-
en hitherto unknown netts. torirtcen
alkaline substances, and ton neutrat
4:odies which have amazed the world
and revolutionized almost every branch
et industry. According td Dr. Hugo
Schweitzer Wo shall find coal tar reme-
dies that will cure consumpton and
Other daea•es can -ed by germ infection;
we shall have perfumes stronger and
0. more beautifully scen'ed than anything
nature can produce, and explosives
non, l.owerfel and safer than any yet
d.s ovcreil. The pwssibilitlts are re-
yarded
o-yarded as practically limitless. From
181'0 le Peet) coal one used to make gas
fru• illulm tinting purposes an 1 the test -
due from this J;Cx•ess consisted ut three
well known subsl••nces-coke, anunon a
and tar. The first two could be une•1,
t•ut the latter. black, thick, halt soft,
had 10 bo lett 10 accumulate until it be-
came a emblem what to do with the
large quantil cs that furme'J uns'ghlly
pile; in and mound gas house,. Abet
tis thcntist• leggin ,o experiment welt
1. and extrneted oils which eettel
toned for lighl:ng. but This left much of
tee a agile unutilized. Il ens lett to \\'i:•
tient Hemi y Perkin=, n young; English•
man fresh fr.nn cWeep.. le stumble on
a method ed prodncin;.{ dye which re -
Willi nivel many industr es. Unknown
about fitly years ago. coal tar tt-day
represents an induelry ewe e led in
velum° by that of sky! alone.
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INFLUENZA.
Influenza is an acute infe'cti)uis dee.
ease of peculiar character. Its original
home is believed to have been in that
mysterione region called Eastern Cen-
tral Asia, where also the plague is
thought to have its natural habitat.
From this region it was wont to issue
re irregular interval; of feint lour or
five years to seventy or eighty, and M-
ende first ltussia and then w'e'stern
Europe.
It was for long not known how it
spread from one country to another,
affecting largo districts almost at once.
Its appearance in a city, for example.
was hardly noted before the entire city
was in its grip. It was thought due
to some mysterious atttaspheric "in-
fluence,' whenc its name from the. Itali-
an torn► of the word. The French call
it la grippe, whence our "grippe," be-
cause ••f the way it seems to seize upon
its victims.
Tho last great irruption of the dis-
ease was in 1839.90, when It spread
over the entire civilize) world with such
extreme rapidity that the belief in an
atmospheric influence was for a limo
revived. A study of the epidemic, how-
ever, prated that it followed tho wand-
erings of human beings along the lines
of travel, at first in a definite dir,'cUon,
because the travel in Siberia and east-
ern !Nista vas along narrow caravan
routes and in u westward direction.
Once it reached populous western Eu-
rope, with its radiating lutes of rail-
ways, it burst forth in every direction
like Ike explosion of a rocket which
has journeyed for a time in a straight
lute up through the air.
This explosion and almost simultane-
ous diffusion throughout Europe was
simply the result of human intercourse.
As soon as the earlier carriers of the
infection reached a populous city they
scattered in various directions eo their
homes or to lodging -houses and hotels;
and each one who was suffering at the
Bine from the disease became a focus
of infection, and from each of these cen-
tres the disease spread, and the grippe
seized upon great numbers in all parts
or the city at the sante time, as soon
as the incubative period of from otto
to four days had passed. Europe for a
time had the epidemic to itself, but in
ten days or two weeks, just long enough
for the steamers to bring their infected
human cargo, it appeared here on the
Eastern coast, and as fast as steam
could carry it spread over tete entire
country.
The epidemics in former times lasted
from one to three or four years and
then ceased, but since 1890 Influenza
has been epidemic in Europe and Ameri-
ca every winter.
This is an exceedingly infectious dis-
ease, often confounded with a common
reed, but really an entirely different at -
fair. It attacks young adults more fre-
quently than the very old or children
but no age is exempt, especially during
severe and widespread epidemics.
An attack confers immunity for n
variable period, from a few months to
a year, but after that there appears to
be an increased susceptibility. Many
persons stiffer from the disease every
year.
Influenza prevails chiefly in late au-
tunut and winter, although epidemics
may occur in the .urnmor, especially if
Ike reason is cold and wet. The disease
assumes one of three special forms.
called from the parts chiefly affected
the respiratory, the digestive and the
nervous. in each case the onset is sud-
den. with a chill, headache and mental
depression, muscular pains, dizziness
and high fever. Sotnetlutes there are
premonitory symptoms for a ' day or
two, such as taseitude, mental torpor,
dull headache and pains in the ernes
end legs. Soon after the onset catar-
rhal tsymptims--snoozing, running at
Um Pose' and tvatering of the eyes -
make their appearance. in alto respira-
tory forst these increase in severity.
and there aro also cough and shorh►ess
':f breath. It is not uncommon for this
term to devc)op Into pne;nnonia.
ft the digeetito form the most prom.
'tient symptoms ere nausea and vom-
iting, or diarrhoea and severe adtoont-
lnnl pains, the first hyo indicating in-
volvement of the stomach, the second
two that the intestines are involved;
sometimes nit are present at once, in-
dicating a very severe attack.
in the nervous term the headache is
usually inknse, ane the muscular and
neuralgic pains are very severe. De.
pression, both physical and mental, 's
a pniminent symptom. the despond-
ency often passing into real melancho-
lia and sometimes leading to suicide.
Ineonuiin Is a *minion symptom, both
during the elleek and billowing it.
('e nvil...sconce is tedious, the body re-
gaining its ser. •i !Ih t . •r slowly enJ
the mind tliroeeig eft :t, dcpres.ir•ns
.•111) after wet4t or inoettis.
The !lest tuip.•rtatit j art of the treat-
ment is absolute rest in bed. The sick-
le -out is to be, if possible, on Iho sun-
ny side of the house, with windows
kept open both day and night. The
patient should bo protected by light
but waren bedclothes. and by a silk
nightcap. The diet should be greatly
restricted, especially while the fever
'eels. but water should be drunk in
abundance. The medicinal 'treatment
nuturelly varied with Iho form which
tete dieease assumes and. Uie parts which
it attacks:-Yculh's Companion.
BURIAL PLACE OF KINGS
IIE ttTIF l'1. CATHEDRAL OF ST P1-
CENTE DE FORA.
Bodies of the Sovereigns of Portugal
Lie in the Splendid Royal
Pantheon.
An unusual mode of bur:al in Portugal
induces many a traveller to visit the
cemeteries of Lisbon. Instead of the
headstones and monuments of tho grave-
yards of other countries, rows and tows
ut tiny chapels are to be seen ranged
in long avenues bordered by cypress
trees.
The Portuguese are reluctant to bury
their dead out of sight, and these chad-
ors serve as mortuaries for the cwllins,
which are placed on shelves within.
Through the iron grilles the eye dis-
cerns small altars and flowers glearn-
in , through the subdued light of the
interiors.
Still more curious, and fraught with
strangely mixed interests, is the method
et burial, preserved from very ancient
customs, for Itis monarchs of the rul-
ing house of iraganza.
Their resting -place It not dillicult to
end, for the church to which the Royal
Pantheon is • attached is conspicuous
from many parts of the city.
In fact, the cathedral of St. Vicente
de Fora, with its Majestic facade de-
ccratei in the Jesuit style of the six -
tenth century, is looked upon by resi-
dents as the handsomest churl' in Lis-
bon.
Tho edifice stands high upon a slope,
'rhe present building was erected by
Philip 11. of Spain, ant, though greatly
Ir.Jtlro.l by the earthquake of 1755. still
preserves in the restoration Its original
appearance. .St. Vicente de Fora is the
gathering point for great. religious fes-
tivals .such as the centenary of St. An-
thony a few years ago and the interna-
Lenal Catholic Congress.
BURIAL -PLACE OF KINGS.
There Is an exit into the adjacent
cloisters, which. curiously enough. are
lined w•i1h blue and while teles
hating the the fables of 1.a Fontaine.
The only round that ;lira the silence
01 the enclosed garden is tic murmur
•:•t running water as we turn towards
a doorway at the end of the arcades.
A dim, low chapel lies beyond, and
within its walls there broods a spirit
51 unutterable quietude and mystery.
Here 1s the Royal Pantheon of the
Kings of the (louse of Rrsganza. Here
rest the mortal remains of Dont Joao
Il'. (eighth Duke of Rraganza and the
King of the RostoretIon) and his suo-
cessnrs-Dom Pedro III.. Dorn Joao V.,
Dom. Joao, Dom Joao VI.. Dom, Pedro
IV. the liberating King. weo gave Por -
fugal her Constitution). Dona Marta
Gloria, Dam, Pedro V.. and Dom Pedro
I1., who was the Inst Emperor of Brazil.
There Ls aomelh•ng more than ordin-
arily solemn and awe-inspiring about
the manner in which these defunct
monnrchs repose in this house of the
dead.
The bodies have all been embalmed
like efilgie;s, and until quite recently
the feces were visible. as though come
posed in trance -like slumber, through
glass apertures in the coffin {Ids. The
bier of Dom Luis. the father 1 the
Inf., murdered Kung. occupies the chief
position in the erypl.
The mortal remains of the genial
King and hie promising young heir.
Dorn led; Filippe, are row in the awe.
s'mo companionship of those embalm-
ed monarchs in the Royal Pantheon,
and it is there that the once smiling
and graelons lady, Queen Dona Amelia,
kneels in mourning for her dead.
ITIS BELIEF.
Mira Elderleigh--"Doctor, do eou. Ix'-
Iieeve that bleaching tele hair leads to
ie.11eening of the brain?"
Doctor -"No; but 1 believe that soft-
ening of Ike brnin sometimes leads to
Lleaching the hair'
FAMILY
MEALS R
A WEEK
INSTEAD of the menus usually pre-
pared by myself under the above
heading, I offer this week a set sup-
plied by a member of our )-xchange,
who maintains that all tho dishes here -
In c'Ilel far may be put upon the table
at an expense not exceeding $3 s0. it Is
an Interesting and curious Question, to
be decided b)• Nur readers who are brae•
Beal housemothers. Ile 11 remembered
that the provision is for two persona,
MONDAY
S't'ill, renal, fees. hart. coffee. tTht.•
for breakfast teas) )
1.11:e•11FJY.
ureal and butter, cola meat. cheese. fruit,
pie, tea.
n1NNER
Moat omelet, p,ratvs ete•btdr•. corn -
Starch padding, bread and Futter, tet.
TUESDAY
it))- 1KF AST.
('ereai, trntt. odes. watme,-u potatoes.
t,ewes. bread ani butter. coffee. (Two
friends to bneaktsat 1
YCHF,ON.
cheese. bread and butter. rornstarce pea•
ding, bananas, apple pf•, tea,
DINNER
wood ilea! p.btn 1 e•itail
berries
. heeled and butts 1•e.a.. ('ryrM entails
to Saner.)
WEDNESDAY
Ittt EsKr•AST.
Cereal. eggs, l,t.t boll. celery, bmtnu.
cookies. bread and butter. sorra. 1Three
friends to br.akfa•t.)
l.L• V c1t EON.
(''11 meat. choose. pie, tart. beacnits, tea,
bread sad butter.
DiNNER.
'•reameI salmon. r.,tato salad, Apple
;aura. mi.:. pudding, hot biscuits. bread anti
Goiter, tea. -
THURSDAY
llltF:A1C1'AHT.
Cereal. apple sauce, breed and bullet,
coffee
1.t: t (1FI N.
Dolled • gs. ehee•e. rice pudding, pee,
bread end butter, tea.
D1bNF.R.
stew, tomatoes. potatoes, canned peat.
es. bread and butt... tea.
FRIDAY
Ititl .1KF'.tsT.
Cereal, fruit, b: ad •n 1 butter, entre&
t.d•Nr nRI)N.
Dolled riga. frust. I. tread and buster,
Oa.
DINNER.
Salmon with Nee, pv tatoea, onions, fruit,
bread and butter, tea
SATURDAY
batt;.+K t•AAT.
?reit eeteal, eggs, Leat. Dread enJ bot•
hittea•
Ll'N(11noN.
Omelet. baked potatoes, breed and butter,
apple sauce, tea.
DINNER.
Meal and !*'tato slew. coldstaw, bread
and butter, brad pudding. tea.
r.xr):N:tnn nY 111D F'nfRontNO,
11111, ti cents, bread. ri: meat. it; salmon.
MR 4. rd; sugar, 24. .o ua, 10: celery, 0;
taut ot.lnn•, 1; tomat.,es, 5; cabbage., 5;
cereal. I), roeosta:eh, S. bananas. 11; Ber-
rie. 12. rows. 11: peaches, 70: her • pound
of coffee. 11. butter, 2t. Total. 15.10.
1 offer but one eomment upon menus
that flirty. or may not, Impress other
women as they Impress me. and which
should be caretally Inspected by any
John who may take the trouble to read
them, before he Jumps to the conclusion
that i.e would be content with the fare
herein indicate.l, also that his a!te
ought to be able to set her table for
tw•'nty c• nes less than the famous 11
per week.
My observation Is tl,af t do not mom -
prebend hoar our frugal manager enn
bring tabl.• expenses within the stated
a•.rm And hate pie rive limas nt na.
pent -- nut In mention that she hat] In
the same time nine ,;u••sts who sat
duwu lu her Aosta:4We beard.
RAILWAYS DEATH TOLL
ONE P.teeEN ;tat Kili l:D unit I:\'I:Ity
:59,101 (:4111tIF:1).
ProLl•11 Bail, and Level Croe„i110, Chief
Causes for Accident, in
Canada.
During 1907 there were 587 persons
killed and 1,698 injured on the railways
et Canada. This is the Iurgt51, 114nlber
41 the history of Canada. 01 the tolal
number 69 were killed and 69 injured on
level crossings. This also lents the re-
cord. Of the total number killed 70 were
passengers and 219 employes. 01 the
total number injured 352 were pss+e11•
gets and 1,12G wenn employe..;,
With respect to passengers 26 were
killed and 93 injured in millstone. 21
were killed and 127 injured by derail-
ments and 10 were killed and 38 injured
by jumping on or of( trains. Forty-six
employes were killed and 135 injured by
collisions and 12 killed and 56 injured
by derailments,
Of trespassers on the railway tracks,
such tis tramps etc„ 185 wero killed and
AS MAN THINKETN, SO IS HC
e
Self -Mastery Is the First Requisite For
Best Results
But 1 keep under my body and bring
it into subjecti_rn.-1. Col. ie. 27.
Every mart is a Icing, and to hint Is
given the scepter c -f a kingdom. His
t.,dy is full of vital farces and Its spir-
it of vast and turbulent powers. 1f he
camel., masters, holds these well :n
Band his will to a successful and happy
life. But if he allows these powers to
tun wild, to know no !Inn rel❑, to riot
at caprice, his lift) will be a failure and
11 ede
Tho apostle Isere, first of all, calls
attention to Ilse need of 1odily sel!-
mnskry. "I kcop under my body."
'1110 Jody is our most excel'ent servant,
but a tyrannous master. Its appetite,
and passions must bo governed, sub -
every 459.101 carried, os compared with jeckd to discipline. That the body Ls
one killed for every 1,749,361 carried in largely the seeat of temptation and that,
P.M. One passenger in every 91,299 was at our text says. "it must be kept un-
injured, as compared with one in every der." Il means that it is better to
1<1,168 during the pre.eding year. In
addition to the foregoing, eleven shop -
men and other employees not engaged Itt
the actual work of operation were killed
and 454 were injured, bringing the total
up to 508 persons killed and 2,152 in-
jured.
in connection with the killing of 31
persons during the year in e(14plin or
uncoupling cars. and Utc injuring of 141
employes from this cause. the report
netts that the number of fatalities last
year was ❑tore than three times the
aaerage rale for any ten years before
the present system of eutomattc coupler
was introduced.
TORONTO'S FATAL RECORD.
'!'hen, too, 71 persons were killed and
1,736 injured on Lite 811 miles of electric
railway in the country. Of tho total
Totalities Twenty-two occurred In Mont-
real and twenty in Toronto. Not a sin-
gle passenger was killed in Montreal,
while nine lost their lives in Toronto.
Of non-fatal accidents, many of which
were of a minor character, 490 occurred
in Montreal, and 696 in Toronto.
The gross earning; on the eleclrias
were 812,630330, showing a betterment
cf $1,163,559 over those of Ilse preceding
year. The proportion of operating ex-
penses to gross earnings was 6L25. The
tela! number of passengers carried was
273,999,404, a gain of 36,344,330 over
1906.
Twenty-ei fent railways show nn aver-
age passenger charge of 2.e32 rents per
mile. Four railways, whose passenger
revenue represents 71 per cent. of the
total, for the year return a rate of 2.0'7
cents. The five principal railways, re-
presenting 73 per cent. of the total
freight earnings. show an average rate
of 7.02 cents per ton per mile.
COMPETITION KILLS.
On the subject of bad rails, the report
says: -'"the matter was taken up quite
ecntpreheectively at the meeting of the
Canadian Seeley of Engineers in May
Last. The fact was brought out during
the discus;ion that in the year 1906 on
three railways 537 rails hod broken, of
which 439 had been in service for one
year and under, The character of the
Canadian ores was alluded to as one of
the difficulties encountered by our own
manufacturers, but there was a con-
ecr+sus of judgment that herr, as In the
United States, the fundomentnl trouble
had grown out of keen competition on
one hand and pressure upon the mills on
the other. These things have led to the
eccnonlizing of labor to a degree which
has meant poor and defective ralis.
'rho!, however, Is bad ceonomy which
leads to the wasting of huntnn lives and
valuable property. The killing of 35 per-
sons and the injury of 287 by derailments
may in snnie degree have been the price
which Canadians paid last year for hasty
and Imperfect production of steel rails."
TO SAFEGUARD LIFE.
Steps urged to increase the safety of
travel Include Use Introduction of a
thoroughly tested block system, closer
inspection of now rails. roadbed and
equipment, and a stricter holding to ac-
etum of these responsible for mistakes
resulting in railway acchbenLs. The
money waste involved In railway acci-
dents during the yeutr reached tlw' high
total of $1.961,970, including $612,248 for
injuries to persons.
HIGHEST MILEAGE.
The total railway mileage of the
country, including dAuble !reeks, sid-
ings. elC.. Le pieced al 27.611 titles. The
addition during the year was 1,099 ►r ere,
not including 321 miles of new double -
It nek. 01 the tnlet mileage Ontario has
7 637 miles, Quebec 3,515. end Manitoba
'.071. Canada hes one toile of rnilw•ny
for every 289 inhabitants, and every 161
square mites of aren--the highest mile-
age
ileage measured ngninst population and
the lowest measured against territory of
nearly all countries of the world.
OVER A BILLION iJVIeser ee
The Iola! capitnl invested in eanndinn
railways Ls placed el $1,171,937.801,1110 calls his Father's house. le Jish(.u-
1'he total net earnings; were $42,989,537, ;reed. and with blazing zeal her Its re -
:duration In the " 1141(1on of halm••-;
and banetit% teat lelenged to it he fell
deny tho body Than to lose the soul.
Again, keep under the heart. the ec-
helon;
-
f.'c l`on; and the temper. The heart
feels the engines of the soul and is the
nursing flro that moven it to deals. A
real ►nnn will be plaster of his thoughts,
feelings and desires. That the world
does not seo them doe; nut concern
him. He sees them and he will not
Icicrale That which is not
(:LE\N, JUST AND NOBLE.
Here it s, in this Inner secret cham-
ber. !hat n and women aro made or
unmade. As a man thinketh in his
heart, so is ise. He tvti) keeps under
discipline his impulses and affections
will be master of his words. He will
sol to at the mercy of Ills temper. Ifo
will not speak hasty words. His out-
breaks will not pain those who love
Mtn. lie will be cool under public
stress, judicious in speech, calm under
trial, kind and gentle in his home. In
any best he will illustrate the Scripture:
"Ile that r•ulth hes spirit is better than
he That laketh a city.`
1'o n true self-mastery wo must keep
under lite spirit of selfishness. This
tendency is 0110 of tho most insidious
and powerful in human nature. The
great majority of people ahnust uncon-
sciously lead selfish I1%03. Their heerts
do not go out in True beotlter►s•)od. They
do not enter into fellowship with neat
:::00.14.1 suffering. They "puss by on the
her side' of scenes of sotrow and
Sir Philip Sidney, as writer, soldier
and courtv'r, was the udttti.lat.on .,f his
ages. But hi; noblest act was when
dying from a bullet motet 1 on the field
of Wile, he intently handed 1110 water
brought to quench his burning (hind
to a wounded sold;er carried by, whom
he saw koking eagerly at i1, with the
remark, "Thy necessity is yet greater
than mine.' Such fine self repression
can 011110 alone from a daCiplimo 01
obo.lienco to the rule: ' 1'hou Aunt !eve
thy neighbor as thyself."
THE S BUGGi.E FOR SELF MASTERY
1; the secret of individual fate. Victory
or defeat, salvation or ruin hang un
the issue. This i; the temptation that
puts every man, woman and youth to
the test, to tell of what moral stulie•ee.
they aro made.
"1l is ruin to anyone,' says Ruskin,
"if he lets hausolt alone, does not keep
him'elf under the curb and spur of dis-
cipline."
Si Virgil in flant.•'s great pcem first
tikes the poet through all the experi-
ences of !tell and purgatory anal then
haves him b) bo his own g;iietl', say -
Ing: "Master over thyself 1 now crown
and mitre thee.'
'1•o Cain lies self-ee'ntrol reveres a
sharp light against our lower nature,
and sucoess can alone be won with Ilio
1 eIp of God. stere 'religion ol(ers her
supremo aid.: Prayer, the Bible and Iho
church with her uplift to heaven's al-
ter. and per.l'nts and wonderful is that
course tetore every soul -life on earth
with its dangers and triumphls and
then the spirits night nine Ile' stars.
And the first requ silo n•'•.h l fur this
great venture is self nias'ery, that them
bust thyself, b5.ly and spirit, all Ihy
powers and fake under wis) art.l first
mutest.
REV. J. II. IIEME\sNYI)1:1i,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERN !TION 41• LESSON, MARCH
2P,
Lesson XII. First Quarterly Review.
Golden Text, John 1. 4.
Jesus the Centre. it is by no means
difficult to determine the centro of the
unity of this Quarter's lessons. Every
ono distinctly anJ pointedly bets torah
Jesus Christ, There Ls no better re-
view scheme than one that places his
rrnmo in the centre of a circle, with
rays leading to the eleven names which
constitute the various revelations that
ihese lessons make of the Incarnate Son
of God.
Lessor► 1. shows 115 Jesus as the
%Vord, that is, the Reveater of God
Ly his truth. The contact between hea-
ven and earth was accompanied by love,
and the pudnt of uonlact was the intel-
ligence of the hying soul that God had
made. The divine address vas made
t., this bout by the truth, and the Mas -
tenger we; "Tho Word." the key -text
of Ihis leseern is verse 14 (of chapter
one): "And the \Vord became fleet), and
dwelt nniong us (and wo beheld 1114
glor)5, glory of of the only begotten
front the Father), full of grace and
Itruth,"
Lesson 11. makes Jesus prominent as
the Lamb of God, which suggests the
d(.clrtno of Otto atonement. John 111e
Baptist had been preaching nitwit of
sin, and warning his hearers, without
respect of dignities, to flee from rho
wrath to cos. Ills best doclriun,
however, was "Itepent.' Ile had no
niessnge of salvation except as he should
prepare the way for the Ileraki of the
new kingdom. This lie did faithfully,
humbly, earnestly; and es s•s)n as he
sato tete divine Preacher of the new
gospel coming toward hila he cried out
(verse 20): "Ikilsoid the Lamb of God,
that laketh away the sin of the worldr
Letson 111. introduces the Evangelist
et the kingdom. and sh'tws us hew be
Legins his work by bringing the grace
of ('sod down to the level of men, and
illustrating it in the sweetest of Iwo
Acne! intercourse, Jesus appears hoe
ae the model semi -Witmer. gruciol'
hospitable, ver•alile, and tactful. The
key-veree of the lesson is verse 39.
"Come. 51141 ye Abell see.'
i.ess.u► IV, shows Jesus in the stok-
ing role of a Pres!. The temple, which
Te presenting a rate sof 3.66 per cent. on
Me total Investment. The capitalization
eterage's x&905 )Kr mite.
Traffic (luring 19)7 slowed subelnnlinl
gains over the preceding year. In freight
there was an increase of 5.899,122 Ions,
and passt•ngere curried Mere:tsed by
4.117 537. The total number of passen-
ger, carried was 23.137.319, and the to-
ts,l number of tons of freight wens 6.1;
111511 the d'-s.•rrat.er4 with a sdnurge
rind dente 11t• nt away, saying: "Take
!hese Thing. hence; snake not my Fite
threes hoose a !poem of nterchatelbt'
;.' 1fi).
I.eson V. tencl►ee us that the Wort
Is the con of (;o4, and 111111 he 1'111111
Inln the worel by his Fnlher's lw hest.
1•.11 to judlgre the nnut.l, hal lu 1110 il,
16.7 ental eoptesg!s of the increase
were (:•sh it toting pastas.' 1 ,i his eros
821.115 M9, re 17.09 an i ov rase of lc eternal lite. Ile woul;l spare hie a �nl
(j rifling or 1 ses per cent. over inco. von thrid the world might eel lie ruin!st.
fl{•ceralingt expenses nrnountrvl b 51tt3:
71.0.672, nn Increase of 19.07 per rent. 11 nny salt should be r; ned, it tvotibl
Thr pmi•nrbknt of operating expenses to Ix Irceuse it dries ❑.•rept the snh•n-
r.rning, way 70.70 per rent hen off.vrd ) ('...•1 through the an.
O'L't•W1•:N•f1EIIl. To eommil ane'; slut t.) the saving Sun
1'he numb. r • t pereons in the employ In . s. ape the judgment. "lee (awl
of canaille') railway. during the y.ar y. ked Ihr v r' i. that hr gate hi •
)!1117 was 1211,12. and the tom
amount onlit
y 'mermen Sen. Ihal tvreae..,eter b.'•
!,aid during the year in sninries end t'et'eth on him ah.n!d n•,1 Perish. Lill
the res war R'.8.719.03. 11 is eeti►l•alr'd have elernnl life' 1. ICI.
Ilial sail•' setenly per cent. of the a hole
tepitlalien et Canada ruin their daily
tretil front the enrrying trade Un all its
various blanches.
1.0.son \'i. 11crr wo hate it tt•
ta) Interview of Jesus t+sill 1h.. ,ee,••e• ,
41 Seeir ria, in w hires he r►w'm• !•e 11..1
earl. mint the. spaCi.iu; troths of ea.!
-4
a: a universal Father, and the worhl
wide privilege of worship. Ile :immune -
ea himself to her as the Messiah in
plain terms, and allows her, auk' all
the Samaritans, and everyIwdy else,
to worship the Father wherever they
may be, if they worship him aright.
"Good is a Spirit: and they that woe -
ship him 111(131 worship in spirit and
truth" (4. 21).
Lesson VH. u 1110 first of the three
That give us Jesus ne it Healer of the
ills of men's bodies. Ills power is made
prvnnitlenl in the healing of the nobl•-
mam's boy who lay at the oiled ref death,
beyond human add. Atereetee potter
eves exerted at a dislanco from lite ,Ick
rouln. "Jesus saith unto him, Go Ihy
way; Ihy sett livetlr' (1. 50).
Lesson VIII. gives us the healing of
the impotent matt at Ilethesdn, lu
which the oompassi.m of the Christ is
n striking feature. It .foes 11.0 appear
That the Poor roan a -Iced the aviour
Ie • any help. But when ht.us stew hits
1) int; there in Itis misery he npen'.l the
Interview himself, and revealed his len-
der pity for hint, and healed hint per-
fectly. Key -verse: "Aria', take up thy
bed. and walk" J. 81.
Lesson iX. presents another view of
Ile. great Rev.wkr. Ile is now to the
east side of• the Sea of Gallen, follow-
ed heedlessly by n great multitude of
men, women and children. 'they are
far from home and have nothing to eat.
He takes the initiative, recognizes the
metering of the people, nut become-: a
revelation of God the l'tovid••r to them.
11( is ROW ministering to beelth rather
than to disease, mill he leaches the les-
sen of the goodness of God in jinniling
for our daily needs: "Jesus thereeue
trek the knives; and having given
thanks, he distribute(t to them that was
art down: likewise Woo of the fishes dot
much us they would' i6. 11).
Leis' to X. fellows this with the ., ere
lual 1nterprllati•It of the mired... our
dally bread is the token of Jesit.e. itis.
til the bread of life, be ,lowtel I.y Ile
mune Fethor, who made us amt I+r••tvi les
for us, We recelve hint by Ins!)!, u hieh
apprehends the ups x11. The (tread That
perishes la visible: nal so "Ile Peel
which abideth unto eternal life." But
tha hitter Is U e bete object of our high•
est and hardest ieber. :111 ele, wen41
do the work of 0541 must accept Ilii
breed of heaven. "This is the 11.1x6 of
God, haat )r lxlk'vc on hint whom he
hath seal' e6. 2►9).
Less. 11 X1. furnishes us with n strik-
ing pool et the divinity of the groat
Heeler. N . 111nnnn ismer eotrl] 51uen
the eyes of the man lent bliu•l. Jesus
belts us aril the week then Is made
tnnnifesl in him is the wort led reel. It
vas se taken t'v the man nn.l by the
PhnrLse zi. There was no other etplu.
nntien of it possible. There r,u) be
ter` clearer teat of divinity than that
on.e shout.' 11,IJ in hie hand 11.' {ower
(.1 God. rind use 11 urine ne'(ttt en.
"1 .sus answereil. Neither did the. man
p)i••en1s: ut Ittal Ih•• wuuk8
... 1 IN' bmade mans( •,t ut
bt,ir.„ n '.
rtes I (inst.'s'; iseeel1i
trot 1.• • ;••ginned 111) in this: "Jsus
r!.r.-' t1..• ! 1,' and the light of men."
flee r.. ' !• n Text lenrhrs 111 this: "111
trim wd, life: rtn.l the tate was the baht
of men'1. li. The same sammneen
r::.psora in n Ictl nnlr the end ,1 the
(ander• "1 ant Ih' lil;hl '.1 the evild:
h-• flint 1•,11 meth me shall not Welk in
tars'.••; lett shall here 11.' light el
; re 1".
t. to • ell) ei the •.let• lein►'s tight
Ib • • lett. ant it. I all c,n•es 1!.' s/1
1 . f tri -! I•,17.!.s tiger 'tel life Iia
Ih.. tet r•' to tl;.
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