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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.