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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-04-20, Page 61 IN THS SCHOOL OF CH9IST We Are Taught the Lesson of Character and How to Secure It. Take my yoke upon you and learn of inc.-Matthew, xi., 29, Soma time before there words were spoken Christ had delivered the Sot -- mon on the Mount, in which Ile taught the principles of Ilis king- dom. In the text Ho invites men to learn of Nina, which paeans that lie is a teacher and head ,naster of a school, and anxious to have loon enter His school and receive instruc- tion. What can be learned in the school of Christ? lie teaches activity and sets the example. When on earth Jesus Christ was a busy man and e(unoudcal of time. The task Christ gives us to do is to bo done quickly, at once, to -day! In this school we are taught to be unselfish, useful to others and to lay out our strength in waking our fellow men happier and the world better. Christ lived for others. and it was His daily work to make men purer and nobler. He darted light into blind eyes, poured Few energy into paralyzed bodies rand ieifased new life into dark and sinful souls! Christ went about healing all manner of SiCRNFSS ANi) i1ISEASE and )lis pathway was one of light and life! We ate to walk in His footsteps, and %re fail to learn the lessons Christ teaches :( we, as Christians, be trot useful to our fel- low men. Christ teaches us the lesson of character•, its beauty, vah.e and how to secure it. As the •rainbow is made up of many superb colors. so character is composed of attractive qualities-honesl.y, truthfulness, self- control. courage. meekness. gentle- ness, patience. forgiveness. purity, holiness, trust in .iesus .'heist and confidence in (god! In the character of Christ these qualities Wine re - lie groped toward a little inner round, ► HOWMEN SHAM DISEASE tnjnry in a railway accident several closed the door, and Ic•aued egtinst kerions may- be simulated, uud espec- the dusty wall. as if afraid that the fully those obscure and ill-defined eorl(1 might hear his soh. Ile had INSTANCES AMONG SOLDIERS conditions which have been attrabut- dared; he had spoken; was that teuch e f her lips an answer, or had it leen a mute sign that he must face the eternal parting bruvely- thut she trustee to his honor to keep silence.? lids brain in a strange whirl, he came back into the quiet studio. Ile wanted to look once more into the face Le hald painted -to read some- thing in the eyes which his hope had splendett, and 110 says to every int- endowed with the genius that made tuortal man, "Learn of me." Char- them live. But that watt not to bo. acter is the most valuable posses- 1.y nig there. near the certalns, was stun (whose bulvutarily puretic idols (teat -ming to excite haemoptysis a Simi, and in the school ,f Christ '.v an open, unaddressed cuvelopu. Ile man atvallow'ed a cork into which had not retire it fall, but it could only stirred u{, the lively compassion of sins had been inserted. Ile slat u , (turn how to secure it. 1 1 1 Another lesson is taught. We aro luaus dropped from her cloak; the the passe►sby. oven of the pour, su blood and became very emaciated nut eurthlurr, but created in (lull's 'cent still lingered about it as he that charitable gifts Mowed into his and then suddenly dill front h0morr- spig'itual image, child's 11 o! (god and picker) it. a,. ready palm. heirs of an immortal lila. It would 4furdly knowing what he did. his This ease has excited some little hangs. At the necropsy it was found attention, el,ielly because the police that the cork and Ilius hod lodged at Ire strange indeed if (Christ did not.. l�•ert pounding dully, he drew out a have prosecuted i. a.. .'sane but, the junction of the pharynx and instruct us how• we may secure the folded sheet of note -paper. Yes; her AND SAILORS. Securing Rest and Treatment in Hospitals -Self -Imposed In- juries. The art of shamming disease has reached a high level of perfection. ed to "spinal concussion." These hitter lora( a largo and very import- ant class, the detection of the fraud of which is often most difficult. Sad to relate, many of the at- tempts to imitate disease have led to serious and irreparable results. and I:\'F:N TO DEA'1'II 1'l'SF.I.1� . present crisis and climax.. I'fifl cruci- tixioa is but his glorification. A grain of wheat lives by (tying. Its uwltiplicrl life depends upon its in- dividual death. Stilt-sucritioe is the test of all holiness and goodness. Ws are all of us dying to some eopart- mcnta of our lives, that we may live to others. 'Phis paper has no read- ers who are not deliberately sacrific- ing some delights for the purpose of securing other delights, and this en- tirely is mainly to bo attributed to tirely aside from religious motives. the fact that the rewards of pro A ►nun excited an ulcer in his leg by Jesus teaches that like the grain of ciency are great. fresh in alto minels means of a copper coin, and later wheat not only must he she to bring f all is the recent case of a pro- g"ugreno upPenu•ed, necessitating am- forth the full fruitage of his lite, but f si .n l beggar in the city o[ Ion- Pu n ion x o ho n In en without hiy death his life would have been an isolation, lacking world-wide influence. All his followers are un- der the same law. 'Verse 2.i gathers rap in u sentence the experience of the world. Ile that seeks happiness Beets it not. Ile than seeks usefulueee orgood for others Bede happinose. 11e that seeks his life shall lose it. Ile that (disparages his lite in the valuation of the things that his life may secure, shall find that life again. Verse 20 directs attention to the man who follows. True service of the Lord Jesus Christ necessarily im- plies following Min. ""faking up the tempts of soldiers to evade arduous the symptoms of disease. cross" has become a hackneyed or unpleasant duty. It is of interestThe detection of malingering is of -1 phrase, but nn absolute necessity of to notice the difference that exists ten no easy matter, and no general a willingness to follow Christ in all between countries in which conscrip- tion prevails and those in which only voluntary service exists. In the for- tner the most strenuous exertions aro sometimes made to escape service, blessed boon of an.e•ternal life. It is ewe handwriting. Vaguely ct,nsciuus here that Ilis instrection trenscunds of u.eanues;, yet impelled by irresis- t1tat of all others. for Ile teaches tilde fascination, he read out the with certainty and positiveness that words she had written to some Ile himself is the resurrection and friend:- the life and that we are to live. at "Dear Katie, -1 ter) I can speak to least may live eternally. you ns to myself. What shall I do? 'I'i:e t ra :tidy of my position grows and glees. It line come to this, that 1 go in fear of a scandal. If ho would only have the tact to realize! Yet I feel sure I have never encour- aged him. 1 (did not realize until the picture was hell begun that he had any deeper feelings than those of the artist: and then something in his manner told Inc that if I disillusion- ed him he w(i lid never finish the jdc- ture. Ilow can I let him know? "Never was a woman 80 awkward- ly placed. What might he not say and (10 when he hears that I ant practically promised to a roan of whorl he has not yet. heard? 110 thinks, of course, I am a rich wo- Teacher he must confess and repent men; obese sill} reports about my of ria, resolve to lead a good lino money and diamonds he fully be - and promise 1.0 submit himself to the neves. Couto to that, if I could let leadership of the Holy Spirit. Tiers ltlttl know my ;►1 n wu'il'1 without flinching but when thrown is the helot of the gospel of Jesus lie the speediestre way topositiomakeit his where voluntary service exists, we into the river he struck out with love'grow less etnbarrnasin are more likely to find applicants for Christ! g enlistment who attempt to lido di _ both anus and swum. Such is the school to whish Christ The pupae dropped from his fingers. + A veryuseful method of detection int item all. 'f'le'e is room, and to He gave that dull little moan, his eases• In all countries, however, muscles quivered. 1►c stood making. many soldiers, whether they have' is the suggesting of new signs and all thirsting for a higher life the in- the effortofhis lifetime. '!'hen, like leen culled to the service by con- geon of the patient. The xtgr- a neap going blind, ho had stumbled scription or have entered it volun- g'e,n rem arks, any in the ensu of a vitntion is. "Come, and welcome." paralyzed ane -3n the heariu • of the Arc you in this school? 1f so you _ •.,rel.. ,gaily 1 b aro on the right path, and before iII' LIVING IN IIIM! Ilis life is the source and certainty' of our everlasting life. _Ruch is the valuable instruction w•o receive in the school of Christ. What are the terms of admission to this school? It is open to all. There in no exclusiveness, favoritism or special privileges. 'I'he doors of the university of God stand wide open nn(1 "whosoever will may colpo." The terms of admission aro the sane for all. and there is no varying from the rules laid down. Before one can he enrolled as a pupil in this school or sit at the feet of the Great says the London Lancet, he is only one of very tunny. It is, holcever, in connection with the naval and military services that the art of nialingery finds its chief exponents. Indeed, the word "malin- ger" was first applied to the at- osophagus and that the pins had ul- cerated through the oesophageal walls and had opened into the com- mon carotid artery on both sides. Children aro great adepts at feigning maladies, and they frequently dis- play a surprising acquaintance with rule can be laid down which will be h "kation and suffering for the applicable to all cases. The mere sake of others. threatening of severe methods of TILE LESSON WORD STUDIES. treatment is sometimes suc(•essfut. but frequently fails. The threat of the Verso 12. On the morrow -Ville day and since most deformities disqualify application of the actual cautery has following the supper at Bethany. pro - for admission, recruits, or rather cured paralysis, but cases have been bably Sunday, April �' A.D. 8U. those who were liable to serve in the recorded where malingerers have en- A great IUtudo-Or, as some army, have not hesitated to inflict on durod the cautery on emeriti octet- ancient authorities read, the common themselves the most severe injuries "ions. A men who simulated blind- people (comp. verse 9). in order to avoid service. Hess as placed on the edge of a in the days vthen it was necessary jetty and told to walk straight for - fur a soldier to lite off the end of ward. Ile stepped out and fell into the cartridge in loading his musket the water, for ho know that those it ass no uncommon event for a who were testing him dared not let man to have one or more teeth ex- tracted or tiled down so as to ob- tain exemption. In countries such as our own at the present time, hint drown. In another case. how- ever. a man who seemed to have par- alysis of an arm allowed the ampu- tating knife to ho placed close to it tow•are:8 pts pr('c►ois pac(ure. t aero -••• • . • earnestly malingerer that it is strange that surged up the impulse to tear it to DESIRE TO LEAVE. IT. the little finger is flexed, ft ora ht to �'ou Ile heaven and home! g I • A Lie for Love! • A quick, fugitive ting -a -ling. The bells sound only -just reared 11.0 glass -domed studio on the lop floor, but to the man painting there It seemed as if a lung -expected burst of glorious music, had thrilled throug:t the air. ilii brush fell; the blood drained away from his thin, earnest fate; %%e h shaky lingers he threw a covering over his canvas, and looked anxio'tsly round to see it the studi.J were in order to a wonlntl's Leen eyes. "This limo!-i'll speak this tinge:" he whispered, his hands clenched in the effort to regain culnln•:ss. hie surest way to fail was to scare her! A moment more, and then .acne n soft footstep on the stairs and across the outer room. Ezra Chat,- dos's heart scarcely seemed 'o beat, as the hangings slowly parted. A faint scent of violets had ttonted in; a sweet, oval face, cradled to :► Mire peered through. The Ilona Vera Landale had conte to "sit" 1.• 1 . struggling artist, for the last 'into. "You aro here, then? she whisper- ed, with a subdued little ripple of laughter that seemed to veil sonic_ note of fear. "Aren't I foolish? i was half afraid as f heard no sound spired my work and trade that pic- ture seem to grow into your dear liv- ing self. It's tree, and your heart is telling you so at this moment." Ilcr lips twitched again, but no word cause. She was looking past him, us if q'rite unaware of the hand still held imploringly out. Her face was set; only in her eyes was a lila that made them like pansies seen through mist. Chandos went on. his voice trailing away to a husky whis- per:- "Are you afraid of what your social world (night think? Why? I have won success at the cost of my best years; your love alight help me strips, but he fought it back -he would not stoop to revenge for her treachery. With shaking lingers he drew down the picture; for one last minute, with eyes brimming. he look- k- soldier was seized with paralysis of ed into the fade --and then, as front the right arm; the loss of power another world, he heard a little cry came on suddenly and without oh- o( infinite yearning. Ifo could not rictus cause. Malingering was sus - move; it seemed as if the picture had pecked, but all the efforts of the sur - celled to him. geon of the regiment were unavailing; •'tiara! Ezra! Forgive me!" no proof could be obtained that the Ile looked. Those curtains had paralysis leas feigned. The man was Parted again: the 8111110 sweet face, examined by two medical boards and working in an agony of hesitation. ultimately ho was given his (Ha- wes there between the folds. Iter charge. As he wont off from the bar - hand had stolen out. racks on the top of the coach (it was "Speak! Forgive snot" sho whisper- in the days before railways), he wav- ed again. "My heart told me that I ed a beauty goodby to his comrades had tried you too far; I could not wit h his paralyzed arm. let the vile trick do its work. Oh, Probably the best example of the perseverance which men will display in the attempt to leave a service which they detest is to be found in a case under the care of Cline. The patient was a sailor in the British Navy, and it is worthy of note that he was a "pressed" man. ile fell on his head and a slight depression `!'here is an old tale, in all probabil- ity true, that illustrates well the trouble which such a man will take to escape from military service. A to go on and reach greatness. 'fake cannot you understand what I have that hone away now, and I pan felt -whet I suffered before 1 could crushed. Without you, I do not write that letter and leave it for you I want the tame. Look! I never meant to read? it was a lie -but a lie for to tell you. but I have refused all love!" these orders for pictures so that 1 i Ile could not answer. it was not might keep my time and the studio real! Ile could only watch he. face clear -for you!" ns one watches a lost. sweet face in ".You are great already -or you dreams. soon will be." came her low, evasive "I could not feel sure; I wanted to voice in the pause. "My picture try you." the trembling voice reach - would make you n name, you have ed hln. "It yo't despise me, I have sai•1. That is why -why I ant so deserved it. I loved you from the eager to sec It shown -to hear what beginning, but. I dared not show it. they s sy of it. Dent prolong the 1 felt 1 might be making the fatal suspense." She strained the slim, mistake so many women make; they while hands together and swept to told me -they told nie that I should and fro -a sweet palpitation of life' rue it, that it ons any money you and grace that made all his canvases wanted. I thought it i wrote that around look dull end dead. "You lie, and then watched -oh, forgive speak .of love! You may mistake it me! I cannot play a part; 1 want for n fascination: you forget what a You -1 love you; my heart wits great change love means in a wont- breaking for you as I stond there! an's life. 1 cannot think seriously at My money is nothing: the talk of the such n moment as this. 'fell me that world 18 nothing; if you love ale for ' the picture is nearly finished. and myself alone, it 18 all the happiness "Forgiro mc! 1 forgot bay' man- that 1 can judge your work with my in life 1 want. Ezra, speak to me! tiers; I don't know why. ' Trying to own ey(s." if I doubted you too long, may I smile, he hesitated with a sort of "It 1s liuished." Chandos stepped atone for it all? I know now; the nervousness that the artistic circle.: quietly back and drew away the cos- light came to me in that moment as had certnb.ly never suspected in the tiring. 'flee glow of passion has died 1 %etched. I can never doubt again. rising young portrait -painter. "Why out of his faro. leaving it drawn and I read in your dear fare-" afraid?" he asked, clearing his voice. resolutely pale. "i worked hall the A pause, a subtle. and then Fara "You can trust me to keep your sec- night: I could see you standing there Chandos had come out of his dream, ret if it is so necessary. 1 was only with that amil0. as plainly as if it and his arms held her -held her as it dreading you might not iie able to were reel. It you must go, 1 cannot they would never let her go again. keep this last appointment -if it keep y our picture any longer. There The world was shut out.'rho sun - should be the last. that is." It is!" shine had stolen bock into the dark "It will be; 1 holo you to your Vera leaned forward. caught her studio. The picture was forgotten now; the original w'as his -his for ever and ever! word of honor there." she said, the breath. and stood as if hypnuti'ed smile datI 1 1 l t'f I t f thefull 1 th t It into u nger g n team 1 u ey es. at ore ting per rn . She looked like sante sunbeam in tho the smiling oval face she stared: see sombre studio as, In white from could not seem to believe. (►eco her head to foot, she stepped (rem her lips mote(!; he lanced he heard -"Can long cloak. "Net; we tnnatn't talk," he think anti as wonderful as that?" she whispered, mot ing ehwiye•1y aside He turned away. that same dry littlo an he came involuntarily forward. rattle in his throat. Perhaps he had "Never mind ceremony; yo't must hoped to hear --"Ye-' Only love could paint for your life." have made a main paint that!" ilow "For my life!" Ile repealed tho lone the silence Wined he never knew; wordy slowly. looking past her. he come to himself to renllee that Settee hieg seemed to rattle in his she had drawn on her cloak and throat. "Vise you know what 1 menu. Only the final touch remainest, you assured toe. i dare not risk it again; you stood 10 say "good -t.3 e.' "ft is really mdse?" she whispered "You do not wish it to he shown first." cannot undt'rstend how difficult it ''It is yours. It is sacred to you has been to get here each time on a alone." he said, quietly. "it shall different pretext. 1'nt positive my he sent to your house to -day, [racked conc•hmnn etitl(d n smile when I told i as carefully as I cast pack it. You him to Walt. If it lecan.e known-(cnn rely upon that. Then --then you just think!" cnn show it to the world." "I2(reune known?" ('hnndos had 1 "Iiut-but-"; she hesitnted, tre►n- touched the covering. Ile turned blingly. "1 aon't say nnrthing suddenly, a spot tingling in each now: you might not believe me; you check. "Whnt If it were inevitnhle?" . might he spoiled. Dilly one thing: he asked, huskily. "Everyone twist I fel, of course, that I owe you - know soon that the lace i have' what can 1 env without womuiina pafote(I here 1s the fnce of the wont - fie --.. "Ihuh' heah'" She glanced around, Ler sneers locked, n hunted little light in her eyes. "Von must not- mean. nothing of that (vats fryer in ins. mind when cru pleaded so for me tit 'sit.' You said that the picture anuli be your greatest arhieventent • Nle put Lack hi. Imploring hand. • ' 1t is not kind of you to deepen my t i.k, Mr. Chandos," she haltered. You surely see hnw 1 am placed - that any throight of such romance %load cause a social sensation." ":And will not the picture do that's Will no ono nsk the nettle of the. pair (. r' Miss Landale --\"ern' 1 twist call you that; you have glen: me the right to to so. You kept •il.•nce. you 1.144 041 the hope to grow; an.. ee(elop is enc --the hope that in-; yeti?" "Nothing at a11," crone the quiet' voice. Anil a little r11:1 et- teemed to run through her. "Nothing? What eon you mean, Mr. ['halides?" Icer cries searche.1 his swt(tly. ns if to rend what might ile behind. -You are so strange." she e hisperod. "We must speak of It again. Till then -good-bye!" "Vera!" it struggled from his lips, in spite of himself. the curtatos had been parting, an instant more and the annllght of her living presence would be gone. leav- ing him the dorkness and desolation. I+id she nn:ferstende Wns it en lin- puhe 01 {arty'' It seemed almost un- real but she had nestled swiftty back. laid her lips tremblingly eg:liesl his cheek. and was gone For n unmet* he steel as in a spell, there ASTOR, THE RENEVATOR. Buys English Castle and Restores It Beyond Recognition. Wit, n William Waldorf Astor pur- chased (lever castle in Kent, one of the ,ins' perfect survivals of feudal architecture, In England. where Anne Boleyn beaked in the favor of Henry Villa, antiquarians rejoiced that it had fallen into sympathetic hands, but he is now improving it out of all recognition. A distinguished member (1 the society of antiquaries, whom Mr. Astor originally consult- ed about his acquisition, recently ventured on behalf of that society (hplonatically to implore him to stay his restoring hand. \1r. Astor untn.•rciIilly stwrhln'+1 his self -constituted adviser. and said he inten(I•sI to do as he liked with his own. ams since then he. has entered upon ah largely ettcnd(d plan of al- terations. Ile hes upward of 800 workmen employed in diverting the cours.• of a rivi r which flow's by Hever %vans, and building 'cottages in feudal design for the laborers on the estate. Formerly lleveAcastle WAS one of the stow {'laces always visited from Tunbridge by strangers, but is now guarded like a fortress. no one being allowed near it. The cabdrivers of Tunbridge petitioned Mt. Astor, pointing out the serious loss they in- curred by his prohibition. bet he ig- nored their appeal. "'Ih.•re's nothing like perseverance; It wins in the lung run." "Not al - way s. Did you ever see a hen on a china egg?" be straight. In all probability at the next visit the little linger will have assumed the suggested position. Tito more mitre and irregular the fresh symptoms suggested by the sur- geon the more definite is the detec- tion. In general anaesthesia we pos- sess a valuable moans of discriminat- ing in certain cases between true and false paralysis or contractures. While the patient is just going under or recovering from anaesthia the "par- alyzed" limb may be seen to move freely. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 23. Lesson IV. The Entry of Jesus Into Jerusalem. Golden Text, Matt. 21.9. THE LESSON STA'1'3?Mi:NT. Coining to Jerusalem -Each of the synoptints inserts the story of how the colt on which Jesus rode, ,nlo the city was obtained for that pur- pose (comp. Matt. 21. 1-3: Mark 11. 1-7; Luke 19, 29-35). 18. 'no branches of the palm trees -The articles used before tho nouns would seem to indicate that reference is made to woll-known palm branches, that is, the branches of palm trees known to grow there, or pos.,ibly, as some think, palm branches commonly used in connec- tion with (t, tivals. Cried -The Greek imperfect indicat- ing cont' ed action. hence kept cry- ing, that is, greeting him with long -- 0011111)11424.1 shouting. Iiosanna-.Moaning, O save! Messed -The perfect participle of the verb "eulogeo," to tipeak well of. to praise, front which comes our isn fish word eulogy. The word "It a beatitudes leased" used in the beat Jca (Matt. 5. 3-12) ("makurios") ap- plies rather to character, this rather to refute. 'ileo words of praise are taken from Pea. 118. 25, 2(1, a psalm originally composed, it is thought, for the first celebration of the Feastof 'Tabernacles after the completion of the temple, the words of the twenty-fifth verse being sung during that feast, "when the altar of burnt offering was solemnly com- passed; that i::, once on each of the first six days of the feast. and seven times lin the seventh day. This seventh day was called 'the (treat Hosanna.' " 11. !laving found -In the sense of hating seem -ed. lieu• Jesus secured the ass's cult is told by the synop- tists (comp. note on verse 12 above). As it is written -In Zech. 9. 9, of the skull was produced. Ifo im- Our lessen presents the 'Truth of which reads: "Rejoice greatly, 0 mediately becunw unconscious and all(God incarnated in the Lord Jesus daughter of Zion; ^bout, 0 daughter efforts to rouse him failed. Ile lay Christ. .lien sometimes applaud the of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cum - quietly In his hantnu,ck and never truth, sometimes sneer at it, some- ell* unto thee; he Is just and having moved. Ho sennet deaf to all atones honestly inquire concerning it. salvation; lowly, and riding upon an sounds, and nt no time uttered any The lord Jesus rereads it. ass, oven upon a colt tho foul of an word. lie was able to swallow food, 1. Popular Applause. ass." Jerusalem when i. Daughter of ''/.ion -The city of both solid and liquid, and indeed he Why did the crowds nt Jerusale mode signs with his lips and tongue welcome the Saviour? Often bands Jerusalem is personified and address - when he wanted nourishment. 110 of singers trent forth to next the eel. 7he stronghold of lion was the was brought hack to England, but Passover pilgrims, so that these pee- castle, or acropolis, of the city of no inuprovem tint followed and tho Pie were folluel)g a custom already the .lebusites (Judg. 19. 11), taken "unconscio•rsne.,s" lasted for thirteen marked out for them. ilut the rens- by David (1 Citron. 11. 5), later part on for this exceptional outburst -for of the city of Jerusalem, though the the carpeting of the road with gar- exact location of the ancient Zion meats and palm branches, and the 1 within t he city walls has long been reception of .lases as if he were a "one of the most important of the conqueror, Is to he found in the disputed points connected with the conviction thathe had fulfilled the tonography of the Holy City." words they sang; that he was in his 1(3. 'I'hetfe things -The fulfilment of prophecy involved in the scene trans- piring before their eyes. When •)esu, was glorified -After his months. 'Then it was resolved to raise the depressed portion of the bone. Flaps were made, a trephine was applied and the bone was cut through. .tn elevator was then . in- troduced to raise the bone, and as the bone w•ns lifted up consciousness suddenly returned to the patient and he spoke. .At the time of the opera- tion most of the onlookers accepted the case as genuine, but no one would nowadays venture to support the idea that the patient really lay unconscious for thirteen months, suddenly regaining coesciousncss on removal of the depressed hone. 'There can be no doubt that rho man was a malingerer and adopted this arduous method of leasing a service into which he had berg forced. TIII' AMOUNT OF I'AIN and discomfort which malingerers are willing to endure to obtain their discharge is almost incredible, but the facts are well attested. A limb bus been held in a fixed position for many 'meths, and not even the ap- plication of the actual cautery lite sufficed to move it. Many intro have own person the fulfillment of law and prophets. Iiow thorough ons that fulfillment was not revealed to the disciples till atter our Lord's death, resurrection and ascension. or, n8 John would say. his glorilica_ 17. iiare wit Rees-'I'estiflel to the time 1t is sadly true to human na- fact of tho raising of Lazarus by taro that thin applause and popular- Jesnts which they hnd witnessed. pro- ity were ephemeral -that 11%o (lays bnbly speaking freely to all whom latex• the walls Id the same old Lown they islet about the greatness and rang with the cruel cry, "Crucify power of .Jests, with the result men - him!" tioned in the next (arse. IL Skeptical Criticism (verse 19), 19. Ye prevail not hing-A II your From the stories of the Triumphal !titter opposition of this .pan is fruit - Entry given by the four evangelists 102,8. it became plain that the hostile Sd►. (1 reeks -1 fel lines whie-h in the Pharisees if Jerusalem were for a New Tpstatllent metes always (gentile moment paralyzed. '{'heir plans had (creeks as distingulrheel froth "liel- not succeeded; their subjects had ren I" or eeJews. The (set away from theta: the whole world thatenixls• flies' a;r(gentilescishad come to SSeville('gr ,ing after .Jesus. A few Jerusnlemg to worshlip nt the feast hours, lows% or, proved to them indicates that they were prose' les that they were as mistaken In their of the Jewish faith. (hopped off some fingers and have; forecast as were the applauding 21 Ilethsairt,i of Galilee. claimed that it was as accident.. Men- i Penlsli•• 22 1'1 flip . . Andrew-Mentorgl tel derangement of one Hurt or an- other is a favorite form of lin- gers., but the results usually reeeln- ble the popular or stage idea of in- senity rather than the true products of mental alienation. it is not un- common for the ntelinger.•r to com- bine tett forms of insanity, and this may be of value in detection. Still, It is often very dillicult to be certain that a patient is sh 4. There are, however, some phenoliena q hick cannot be a' label. It is intpos.i- ble for n sane roan to imitate suc- cessfully the persistent insomnia which often occurs in the insane: the imposter cannot pvl off steep beyond the second or third day. Another frequent motive for malin- gering is to attract attention not for the purpose of obtaining rnoney but merely to gain notice. Simulated joint affections are not rare and there are many other forms. "Mew' cases merge imper(teptibly into hysteria, and indeed in Many' hysteria is com- bined with the tca-h to deceive. It is not improbable that in some ;)f these patients there is a certain de- gree of cutnneotis anaesthesia, whirl renders the self mutilation more easy of accomplishment. There are other causes for simulating disease or in- jury. Sometimes it is (1.100 to avoid punishment. sometimes to wreak vengeance on another person who is accused of having inflicted the lajury, To obtain compensation or 111. ifnnest Inquiry. together John I. 45; 6. 7, 8; Nark Men brought up in paganism, aa - fele 1 by the truth partially reveal- ed in the worship at .1. rusalem, leave their inherited superstitions ntr.1 gather to wor.hip the Truth of Gust as Iiehr(•w• ceremonial sets it forth acd as Jewish rabbis have explained it. But here in the temple courts stands a man who embodies in himself all that the Hebrew ritual sytnboliees anal •e than all the best specula - thins of the trellis. From the outert circle the Creeks hear his supernatur- al teachings and. honestly desiring more, ask for an :!tro'luct ion Why did Philip hesitate to sake thes • nice directly to Jesus? iV. incarnated 'rrut1,. .leans eagerly responds to these men's questionings. 'Ihnt he saw in their approach the beginning of the coming of the (gentiles to his eway,.nnd that that prospect brought with it the conviction of the denth that must first be endured, cannot be doubted. But ell our Lord's teachings (the Sermon nn the Mount. the conversations with N icodetn'ts and the Samaritan woman. the con- flicts with the scrinee, the sev.'ritis spoken against the I'harlsees, and the tender parables given to the common people) all meat he under- stood in the light of the cross. The self-sacrifice of love Is the kernel of holy living. Everything that .Jesus did and sold was appropriate to Ws 3, 18. 23 The hour is corer -The verb is placed first in the Greek for 0111- phnsis-"It has come. the all-im- portant hoar." 'Phut1.,+y, in order that. in - lie purpose. lie glorified-1te1 ant to glory -el can th glt it he through untold suffering and agony. itis work as public teacher wait nt an end. 21. Verily, verily. .Abi(Ieth by itself plume -Is not mul- tiplied, produces no fruit. 2,1. 1 if. ---life eternal -Tito distin.'t wurih for life ere used in the iireek the first. designating Indi idnnl pity. sisal life peel tcmIlotnl existence, tl i second de signat(11,•t life in the ab- stract, including the thou ;ht of the absolute (Mines, of life. troth essen- tial and ethical. and hence the higher spiritual life. The former form of life is perishable, and his who e[nite and seeks only to pos'.e•x'e and enjoy this life will eventually lose it and in to dnie); will lose all. nut he that rightly estimates this temporal life ae of relatively inferior val•te. striving rather for a fuller measure of the higher soul life ahl.'h is Im- perishable, will Rain lite eternal. 201. Whets 1 ate, there shall also my servant be -Nothing, not eves physical death, tan wepante the disciple et the ArM Area hla Man - ter.