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,01'S AND COMMENTS
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els likely .to feline enpetatien that
rite4eris seieetifie an eio iot liebp ' an
teems; mindtowerd li piewornena ae
Sir °hype Lodge. refere to le hertliy
reiiiireatited, There bee been, a eheege
the -eeienlifie etetude.. eirice „Michael
Fartid9Y classed. ntesmeris , among
"thiogs'unviorthy „serious attention: In
'ecireeequenee of. that Change the' realm
of the "tharVeleee''e-Which Faraday and
fellows looked upon as argely we
of mere fratid-has been much narrow-
ed and grows elaily less, s„
Take the progeteseemade- by psycholo•
giglin.eeplaining what are now "recog-
nized as the kindred pheimmena of
hypnotism, "divine healing," and reli-
gious conversion. It has not been long
since hyrinotism and "divine .healing"
were regarded by some as impostures
„fit only to gull 'the ignorant and by
others as equally wanderini and inex-
plicable. • Religious. ° conversions _wee
looked upon by some 'sceptically, by
others as a revolution in the life wrought
by a direct divine interventionat is
now known that, they are all ae.enuch
facts -and at bottom as much physical
facts -as dreaming or the beating of the
heart. They have all been connected,
with the laW of° suggestion, which is de-
fined as the tendency of one's ideas to
realize theinselves unless inhibiteed. Get
the mind Completely possessed by' the
idea that hypnotization, or the healing
of some functional disorder or a great
moral ehange is going to take place and
that, it has been shown, often is all trial,
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Christ Is the Life, the Rook of Truth, Upon
Which, His Church Was Founded
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,Iesus stela •natto him, I atta, the way Dit yon ask, Iiite Pilateln lila bewilder-
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end the truth taut the life; leo rum cona ment, t'leihat is truthla , a point Yoit
etb, unto.' the. Father' aut, Itv 11110.-401111. with joy to- the Christ, and bid you tee -
ray', 0. . .. . eept and imitate III ,- and thus find a,
These worde ot.,Christ to. His perplex- sclutiteri for all yoUr iltmlate and errors.
eil disciple, Thomast a're, an ,anssver to • A final question in daily experience
doubters in every ,age. . Jereaulah ex- ia., how to live 'and iCet.• , The inspiration
claims, "tathere els. tbe good way?"' Pi- and power to live aright must come
late cries out, "What. is truth?" JaMes frpm the same source -the Christ. It
asks, "What is your lifer' is, Ins who •prompts ' to noblest duty
Three burning questions, therefore, in and to the most philanthropic •service.
human . experience are Imre present- „The nations of the earth can never ex -
ed to us, viz.: Whont to follow? Wbat„ ,press all they owe to Christ and his fol-
.te believe? Ilow to live? lowers for what they are. The world of
Wilma-a:to follow? We Are blinded by hade and commerce does not cornpre-
seat, weakened by Inherited corruption, hend its debt. to Him and His flight of
Vefoggeel with an evil ehvirOnment and life thus brought to the regions beyond.
yet seeking and struggling for the right Christ is the life of ell morality, too.
pathe• Something within us is ever ery- Sometimes morality descends into in-
ing out for the way of life and the prom- heritance imaclmowledged. Sometimes
ises of God all point to the fulfillment it enters
ot „these desires.
INTO TIIE LIFE OF A MAN
But how can Christ, be said to be the
way back to right living and to Goa? like contagion from his ,environment.
Sometimes 4 man's own selfish heart
Becaurei'llesis the revelation of the great
loving heart at God to us. The father- convinces him that tie be moral is to
do the beet. thing for himself, yet, in ite
hood of God is made plain and real te
be by Christ. As He lived in the Rnal analysis, Tie' great cause of up-
rightness of purity, of self-sacrifice, of
ther and vv.itlx. ;the Father, so mai we. disintereaed love, is the Christ.
Bb a follower of Hial, for a, knowledge
Cluest opens eyes, Christ is „the life, the rock of treth,
upon Which His church, was founded.
IT, NEVER DARKENS THEM. leis divinity as well as His humanity,
'A second question facing us in daily His.infinite power as well His most
experience is what to believe. Thie human love, must be acknowldeged by
may not be enagetef doubt greater than the 'church bearing His name. ,
wine previous ones but it is a time when Christ is the life of the home. How
Teeny 'things are being restated and often He sanctified the joys thereof
differently stated. Under these 'drown- while upon earth! And, He had never
stances many and many a one to -day is since ceased in such ministrations of
tasking, and I believe with an *honest love.
heart, "After all, what is the truth?" But more intimate than all this is His
Back to the Christ must this geneiation. nearness and power within the.indivithe
go as all other have had to do, if they al -to you and to me In our sweetest
would know what to believe in -the face Wye and in our° most difficult tasks of
all the new discoveries and-ireproved life. In our moments of greatest hope -
is necessary to cause it , take 'placeopportunities of this century. • . fulness and, in our seasons of deepest,
The psychological nature of conversion Meet's golden. rule Of putting your 'depression, in our days of largest in
Is now admitted by religio-scientific self lnthe other Man's place, and adttng gathering,' and in deer times of keene.st
accordingly,has never been set aside" loss Christ is our life
writers like, Prof. George A. Coe well chris..
e rnplified that, rule perfectly. ANDREW 'HAGERMAN..
as bye purely seientific writers, such as
'Prot. Willie& James. ' Other once, puz-
zling matters as wide apart as multiple
personality and the tricks of th,e fakirs
of India hairs been cleared up. When
phenomena have been traced to their
causes they do not cease 'to Interest, but
they ab cease to appeal to the -sense of
the marvelous.
The main, ground of Sir Oliver
,Lodges complaint against his scientific
leeethren is the scent courtesy they have
. raid the claims of spiritualists. propa-
bly,the chlef"reason for this: has been.'
the large 'amount of Palpable fraudthat
..hres been mixed up with /spiritualism.
. Despite 'repeated erposures of impos-
ti.tres' however, intelligent people .Contiii,
ue to believe in mediums and. material-
ization and anything numbers of intel-
ligent people. believe , in is. worthy of
serious ettention. There are. other
"Marvelous" things than spleitualism-
telepathy, prenemitions, clairvoyancy,
egading--which have never been
either "sfactorily explained or , ex-
plained away. Is there any ground for
the widesnread -belief in these things?
They are proper subjects of inquiry.
The exact truth about, some of thern be-
sides gratifying the craving for more
and more knowledge wet/1d save many
from the clutehes of heartless and
greedy impostor. If Sir Oliver hedges
•article stimulates scienceto more active
inquiries _for the' 'purpose of further.,
narrowing the domain of -the 'Marvelous
• 11 will serve a useful purpose.
Seaweed selling is the price of certain
Norwegian prosperity. The gathering
, of seaweed iri southwestern Norway has
assumed the proportions of a large in-
duttry which has surpassed fishing and
apticultere in fortune building. .Far-
rners • collect the apparently worthless
growth, burn it; and sell the ashes to
'representatives of various .manufactuet.
hg inslitutiens in other couietrtes.
These ashes. contain valuable chemical
properties, including iodine. Old debts
have been, paid, and sniall farms that
were isolatedand surrounded by un-
produetive land have had their houn.
dories extended by the draining of
marshes and clearing of rocky waetes'
' that have not been utilited or produc-
tive since the stone age.Twenty years
ago there was net a mowing inachitie
in the district, - while now there are
mowers, hay raket, harrows, and other
Modern eaathinery on nearly every
farm. Modern deVellings and barns for
grain and stock have replaced the
ancient, huts. The transformation has
' been so great; that farming an this
locality his become cemplately Modean-
azed.
•
t:k
Foiled By Fate
• "My dear Mrs. Berea., -I think you°
had better not see him. Your father's
will is very explleit While your huss
band is alive you are entirely depen-
gilt 'upon the trustees for your income;
at hisdeath you will have eirerytbing•
in .yoer own hands. When James Bar-
ton tomes out of jail he is to have £100
a year .se long as he goes abroad and
stays there;ebut should you,rejoin tem,
the' whole of your fortune passes away
to charities." •
"There le no fear that I shall do that,
Dr. Carp. I married James Berton' when
I was an ignorant schoolgirl of eigh-
teen -re -My father was in • India at thes
time, and only knewof it after the
event. I was neetress of 410,000 which
my mother left° me,, but my husband
squandered it in iwo years. You can-
not imagine the awakening I had when
we had been married but a few months.
The man I liad imagined to be the em-
bodiment of everything manly fuelled
out crafty and unscrupulous, a drunk-
ard and a gambler, and at last a thief."
"What an awakening 1"
"Ahl it was. terrible. While my money
lasted he left me for .months at a time
while he went to !tient° Carlo. Then
the time came when We- were reduced
to poverty and one room. He sold or
pawned everything we had awe came
home every. night madly intoxicated, and
so ill-treated me that I had to seek pro-
tectirm. Then came his arrest for the,
-jewel robbery and •the sentence of five
years, and when my father came home
from India he found me starving."'
, "My poor girl, wharyou have suffer-
ed?" '
"So, you see,• doctor, you need not
have the slightest anxiety' that I shall
rejein my. hesband. My only prayer as
that- I may never see hint again."
"There ie no need for you to do to, my
dear Mrs. Barton: Your husband is to
be released in a week's time. 'With
your permission I will meet him as he
is discharged, give him the money, an I
inform him of the conditions, and,
furthermore,1 will see lern on board the
ship." t
"11 19 more. then kind of you to take
so much trouble, -dodtor, and I thank
YOU so 'much."
"I would do anything for your happi-
ness. I arn hoping for the time when
you win once again be a free woman."
"All 1 I wonder how many evoinen
there are in the :world whose chance af
a happy love coulee too late?"
Dr. Carp stroked his handsome black
beard as he gazed for a few momenta
at the bowed head of Beryl 'tartan.
"Theit-itedf you were free, thare is
•S01116011e who, you think, Med make
you happy?"'
Mrs. Batton rafted her eyes to his and
then turned away.
"Yes* I have at last reeteete Man."
Opportunities. I am ordered hi start
for Japan in a few' days."
• "Ah 1 you •diplomatic fellows do get
about."
With a mutual Med the two men went
their different ways, Six...Anthony to
feast his eyes 'upon the woman lie loved
above all others, and the doctor to an
interview at a far more unpleasant na-
ture. When he reached home he found -
gentleman awaiting -hint whose card
bore the name of Moses Smith
"Nary, Dr. Carp 1 think I beve ar-
.
rived at the end of my patience. I hold
Bier bills for £4,000 odd. I do not wish
to de anything harsh, but unless you can
give me pomething more,thiert promises
I meet Proceed to eecovereity manatee
"Well, it's hard linee we, tut
4e1Ci,0 119 better then nothing."
atlla the ens° ytear death the teusicee
are Ix-alioved of li,9polv5ii-Iiity9 and
YOU r wile has her fortune in owti
b.1111%("3)3ei;, Yen eau het your life that I
atti nOt 'ping to die to please IxO're"
pityra .
"re oriay your opinion."
"What are your feelings, With regard
t°4"1111;ivniti9' ?I; :is' hard 'flin'tre that she
eteitild , have, the money arid. I no.
Beyond that I don't ce.re if r
never see her again."
"Then, if you were paid,' eay, 44'00 tt
yeae, you wouldn't care whether •she
Married agein or not?" • '• '
e'What do You mean?"
' "I 'mean • that you would be Utter
dead. Listen! .There ie 'a sick mart lip,
Stairs. He will the tO-night. Why can't
he be burled as Jarnes Barton?e
• "Here, none of that." •
is so easy, I .givo you a' little
powder. 4You, become inseneible for
two hairs and look like a corpse. • I
send for etur " wife and. she idehtifies
the body as that of her husband. You
come to your senses again, the other
map is buried On my, certificate, and
you receive 4500 a year for life,"
"Who from?"
"The man that marries Beryle Bar -
too." •
"And that man?.
"Is rnyeele" •
"I thought as much. And what gutere
fantee have I that the money will be
-paid?"
"The simple gearantee that it is In
yourspower to turn' up at 'anyjnernent
and expose the whele thing."
"That's eve."
"Will you, do it?",
"It is. worth thinking about; but no
hanky-panky with the physic and the deer tct me Was -James Barton!"
stretch me out in real earnest." "Impossible r,
They talked far into the night. They 'sit is Artie. NiVhat I rnisteok for death
were alone . in the house save for the was simply come; he recovered a few
sick man upstairs. At last they came hours after I left.".
to some agreement, and the doeter
rose.
Aided by the feeble light of a candle
,he made his way upstairs. The poor,
patient lay neglected in his agony. The buried by •mistake Jemes Barton."
doctor took a phial from his pocket and'. "Great heavens! And leeryl, my
poured a liquid into.a glass. Raising the° wife?"
sick man he held it to hie lipee
en a few moments. the man was be-
yond, the reach of pain. •
The following morning Dr. Carp sent
a wire. to Beryl Barton :- •
"James Barton is here. Very, ill -fear
the worst."
Twenty-four hours later this telegram
was followed by another :se:
"Barton died this Morning. 'Can you
come at once to identify the body?"
ftra sorry, Mr. Smith,. that I haVe
net been able to lake the bills up, but
for :youto proceed • now woiliti be dis-
astrous and spoil cagy thing."
"What do you mean?'
"Supposing I was to marry 'a young
widow with £10,000 a year in her own
right?"
. "It would 'pay you very Much better
to wait and get paid in full than•take
the risk of a problematical dividend by
forcing me into bankruptcy." '
• 'And the chances?" .
• "There are no chances; 11 13 a cer-
tainty.", ' ,
"How long do you want'?" • .
"Renew the bine for a month and I'll
sign Tor an extra £500 by way of in-
terese."
"You are either very confident, doe:
tor, or very desperate. However,a can
lose nothing by waiting a. month,
will do it; but, temember, .1. shall be
down on you five minutes ;titer the Nils
fall due."
During.the next few. days Dr, Ilawdon
Carp was a. very busy mana, Ile paid
several visits to London, and natide some
mysterious attangements at a honer: in
Stamford Street.
The evening before Jim Barton's re-
lease the doctor visited this house and
interviewed the particularly ill-favored
woman who seemed to bp its presiding
genius.
. "Well, and how is the patient, Mrs,
Slimgrove ?"
"Near a corpee as can be."
"I will go up and see hint"
in an upstairs rowel a man lay, on the
bed. He turned his eyes beseechingly as
the doctor entered. He did not speak.
He was suffering all the horrors of
diphtheria. Carp ,made a cursory' ex-
amination and went downstairs egain.
"Ile won't live twenty-four hour,.
Now, I shall be here to -morrow, Mrs.
Slimgrove, with a friend'. Here iS some
money; get in some food and whiskey --
plenty of whiskey. I rely upon you to
attend to these written instructions, and
expect me about six In the evening."
On the following day Dr. Carp arrived
with the released convict, Jim Barton
A- sumptuous repast, had been pre-
pared, of which Beryl's husband partook
ravenously, During the meal he was
silent and morose, but .After he had
satisfied his hunger and applied himself
several times to the decanter he ht a
cigar and turned to the doctor :
"Now, then, what's your game?"
"Perhaps it would be better if I asked
a aueralen Pirate' What do you' inten it
B
\V1J Car left erl -la neer ell yI to dor
rsarton .11ariaisaiatelet faa. Weitz iodtt 1 "Weil, What do you thitild • My wife
UNDER onbthvs. bt exulting satisfaction. Beryl's bee inherited all • her father's money,
went that- there eves empire:le who could A husband. e place is with hie eviler -
The Irich trooperte hat% belted hewn roahe her beppy was accepted by` the eh?"
doctor no referring ao hurteelf, and 111G
self-oatiefied egotisfll would not, permit
the poseibility of there being anyone
elec.
Art 'he walked, towardo hie own house
a man an horseback approached him.
"ter Anthony Lynelisegoing to call on
Iteryl, I duppoee. It will be e iroOd job
when he iernee abroad"
"itiorniug, data; have ,you been 'to
eee Mrs. learton
"Yee; CD Al :1;tr*N.!it1 lip nieely, reel
will court be ,lier old cell ogaixx."
clad to hear that: I eta Jura go.
in to call. alio:let bate many mere
0.•
the line with.leiro and as he passed the
general celled 'out : "Here, you fools
where are you going?"
Paddy, with his arm 'around the
horeee neck, yelled beer; : • "I dunno,
yeti honor, act the---41arce.9'
'Mae
eno yon ettend a hieh chuvele
PraNil 2" the ettliee oeleet
e,ouree, WE Mend the be.etee
'Paid Mee. Millionaire 'Brown, languidly,
'Our eesiv rent is $1,000 a year."
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signed to the, grave meter tho naetae of
Jalanca LUt?,31a.
Altheeela the der eves away at
Ithymeuta he had arrangea to be l kept
Well Supplied with ems of the deinge
of Sir Anther*, LYnclt and IterY14 and
one, day he received the information that
theY hed been quietly married, and were
alae4Iding a few deys Lendon prepare -
'tory to starting for Japan. '
The newe eatisad the doctor eoneider-
able oatiefaetiori, and he 'wrete to Jim
Bartell' telrmg him 'to hold himself in
*readiness 'for, any ernergeocy. . The felt
lowing evening eaetr hint tae, train en
route for Lfiliii011. "
Sir Anthony Lynch w $ eery mire
surprised r to receive a: telephone mes-
sage from Dr. Carp, asking him to' meet
Mw at the. Gordon Hotel eerie mattei°
Of. grave importance, and further re -
'questing Sir Anthony ,to Iteeieethe meet-
ing secret from his wire.' '
In due course the aPPoint.Inent wo-5
'kept, and Dr. Carp assumed a profound
air of mystevy.
"My dear Sir Anthony, I have some
terrible news to communicate. I
thought it best to see you before I had
an interview with Mrs. Barton."
"Whatever your news is, doctor, I
must ten yotriefiet Mrs. Barton is now
Lady Lynch; we were married two days
ago." .
"I know that; and that makes my news
all the more terrible,"
"Wu alarm me."
, "I am alarmed myself, Sir Anthony.
You saw James Barton lying dead, In the
house in Stamford Street?"
"I did."'"
z.
"I made all arrangements for the
funeral,' and then had to go down to
Plymouth, . I went te Stamford Street
this morning, and tha man who opened'
"But I saw the undertaker, and be told
,me that the body had been.buried."
Unfortunately there was another man
lying dead' in the house, and he was
"Ale 1 •Must we tell her, Sir Anthorty?
Has she not had enough trouble In her
life' without this? Ctin we not keep it
from her?"
"Ho*, man,. how ? Don't you see that•
if this/man.le alive she is not rny wife?"
"She can never be anything to hirn.
Supposing this Man was willing to dis-
appear, to remain cleade, for, a sum of
money ?" • .
, • .
"I would do anything ,to •save - Beryl
HAving received an answer, which, pain." •
simply said, "Twelve -thirty train," Carp "Then give' me £6,000, and I evill un -
proceeded with his 'arrangements. The dertake that this man troubles you no
dead Man .was taken, from the bed and more." ,
placed in another room, and James. Bar- "But that would not make Beryl rny
ton took les piece. wife. -r must ,think, I must think.
The dector mixed the draught, and•as Come, take rne le- see rearhes-Bgeon; I
Barton swallowed it he carefully. noted cannot believe that 'he is alited. When
the effect. The color receded from his I have seen him perheips I shall _knew
face, the heart seemed to cease heating,' how to .acte" v -
I
and to allantents James Barton was a • With ready compliance 'etiE -Civil
corpse. • . celled a haneoneend the pairedrove off
• Carefully arranging the blinds and. to • Stamford Street. -The door Was
covering the body with a sheet, Carp opened by Mrs. Shrisgrove. ,e
set - himself lo await the corning of I "Is Mr. Baeton in?" askedl'he doctor.
Beryl Barton. An hour later he -hurried "Yes; oh, yes, he's en, a.n' likely to be.
Hes upstairs. • . •
"Aeir him Ito come down."
' "I. think you'd. better go up ,to him.
Ile feels too stiff to walk much."
The old woman went croaking down
the stairs, leaving the two men to go to
Jamee Barton's room.
The rooin was in darkness as thei
entered, The doctor drew up ihe blinds.
They both approached the figure lying
on the bed, and then started laack with
a simultaneous cry of horror.
- Jim Barton lay theee dead. .
"Strlinge 1" said the doctor... "fee was
well enough When I left hirn this
morning."- . • • :
"Thee how do yort 'account for this ?"
asked Sir. Anthony, as he picked up a
paper frorn the table.
el5th January. I ant dying. -Iehave
caught diphtheria from the rnan who
died in this bed, ' May my cerses rest
on Carp and all his schemes.-earnes
elhe lathe? cantinued Sir Anthony.
"Beryl and I were married en the 10th,
eo our marriage was quite legal. Now,
air,' what have you lo 'say in explana-
tion?" '
"Theft' have -been foiled by my own
weapon. • I was a desperate mane Sir
Anthony, and played for a great stake
to wiii or lose my. all. I loved Beryl
Barton,•and to min her I risked Much.
I did -not know 'that you were taking a
hand in the game; I was confident that
I held all the cards., I have• lost, And I
am in your power." • .
iii have neither time nee inclination to
use that power, Dr. Carp. I IIIII only
too thankful that my wife has been
spared the knowle,dge of this horror
which you prepared for her. W(3 tire
' ping abroad 10 -morrow, and I can
only hope that neither of us will ever
see you again."
And* so Beryl never 'knew cs1 the plot
tio carefully nrepared tO tulip her Iffe:
and when some three years later she re -
to the door in answer to a ring, and
there stood.on the steps, no Beryl, but
Sir Anthony Lynch. • °
"This is very sudden, Dr. Carp. 'Mrs.
Barton could not face the ordeal her-
self, so she asked me' to come. .1 know
JIM Barton well; we were at the Uni-
versity together,"
"I am -glad an the whole that Mrs.
Barton did not come, as there is a great
risk of infection. The poor fellow died
of diphtheria." •
"Poet, fellow.- A wasted life."
"Better get it over at once. I would
rather you did not. come farther than
the door. No need to run any risk."
Sir Anthony followed the doctor up-
stairs, and gazed into the semi darkness
of the,aoom.
ayes' ; tales-% Is oJirri Barton right
enough."
"Well, let us get doWn again; it is
not ,good to, remain up hereflow does
Mrs. Barton take 'it ?" •
"Very quietly. Of .courn, we cannot
expect any sentiment. It „is 4 happy re-
•
lease for her." -
"It is; and I hope, her -future Will in
some measure make up for the unhappl-
,
ne'saist Pafnitchyeol.laaas!t"
'answered Sir Anthony,
"it will not be my fault if .it does•not."
"What do tirou mean?"
mean that Beryl. and I have loved
each other for years.. am going out to
Japan in a few days. We Shall be'mar-
bi special liceiesei and she will ac-
company me." • .
"I -I congratulate you."1 ,
"Thanks. I shall be glad.if you can
come to the ceremony; es you ,are such
an old friend oe 13eryl's."
• "I am afraid 1 earindt manage that.
When I have seen after the funeral
arrangements L must go down to Ply -
'mouth ler a week or ten' days,"
'When Sir Anthony had gone Dr.
Tlawdon Carp manifested his rage In a
variety of .waysi He considered himeelf
trickedU1 els plans were upsetr,and turned to England with her husband
the vision al .Moses Smith loomed large Df'.- itawdon Carp had disappeared,
THE SUNDAY Stalli
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
APRIL 29.
LeSSOil at„, The 1Parefide of -Me Hoseere
Ooldett Text.; Luke '1'a. ale
•
IeEfAON Vatt)I4), STUMPS.
Note,. -rhe text of the Ilevieed Version
is . used ae a basis Or Mate
Studies , • .
• The Perable of the Four 80i18.---Thle
parable usnally called the Parable
the Sower, is • one of the t ery few sa
Inge of 'Jesus rttcorded by all flour ev
geliste. It is one .of a larger group o
eight parables which .set forth the na-
ture of the kingdom of heavtee. Of this
larger group of eight all but Orie are
recorded In Matt. 13. That ene, omitted,'
by Matthew, is, the parable of tbe Gratieth
of the Seed, recorded by, Malt (tap. 4,
in connection with two other pareblee of
this group, .the Parable of the .Sower,
and .the Parable of the MusiardeSeed,
also iieccirdeelby'efftthew. eords
this parable and also the Parable of the
Mustard- Seed, together with the Para-
ble of the Leaven, making in all iltree
of the group el eight, the same number
as are recorded by Mark. Of „these eight
parables again, four 'make use. of the
figure of the growth of the seed, to il-
lustra.te the gradual development of the
kingdom of heaven. „One erhploys the
figure of a net, two the figure of the
great treasurv, the ledderetreasure, and
the goeely pearl ; and one the figure of '
the leaven which. leaveneth the whole
lump, to sett forth other aspeete of the
nature of the kingdom of heaven. This
group of parables belongs to the ,earlier
part of the ministry of Jesus, and is pre-
ceded by a still earlier sub -group of
three short parables: The. feasting of
the Wedding gilests, the patching of the
rent garment, and the- pouring of old'
wine into new bottles..
Two other larger group's' of parables
belong to the latter partion of the rain-
istry -of Jesus ; One containing eighteen
parables, recorded prineiteally In Luke,
belongs to the period of the Pereart
ministry, and the other•cohtaing eight
belongs to the letter periere,of conflict
in Jerusalem, just before tele passion of
Jesus. Those in- this last -grotto are re-
corded principally by Matthew, and in,
pert by Luke, while Mark records only
one of this goer), ;me -only -eta of the
group preceding.
Verse 2. Parablese-The veer() parable"
ponies from the two Greek words,
"para," meaning beside, and "bolloilt
meaning to throw, .and means there-
fore literally to throw or place one thing-,
beside - another. In usage it soon came .
to mean also a comparison of • things.
thus placed together. It is Used in the
Bible with a. large variety of shade e of .
meaning, all •of which involve the „idea
of -comparison. .
3: Went forth -Possibly far from. his.
hotha toe°. distant-fleld.
4. By the wayside -The vrayel re-
ferred to is the sii•hard . trodden tier
through the grain field.
The birds came and devoured it-1re
`the grain -raising Seetions of .our own
country, where are found the immense
grain fields extending foe Miles in every,
direction,. it is not unusual in seed time,
to see large flocks of birds; sometinies
even of vvild geese, following close be-
hind .the plow, from which the seed is
scattered in front of the plow shame
which immediately' turn over the soil
and cover the seed, which have been
left uncovered, and which have fallen le
one side of the plow.- The picture in the
mind of Jesus was not the same Vile,
but this reference, to a scene familiar to
some of the readers of these notee,-will
assist in making plain the method:of
'Christ's leaching which was to take the
familiar objedts and scenes with 'which
his hearers VirPT'a, acquainted, and usa..
them to illustrate the trutfis. Which he
endeavored to teach..
5. On •the reeky ground -The slopes.
of ' the hillside,s about Galilee- toward
eishieh Jesus was looking 'mini his posi-
tion 'thee edge of the Lake, were in
many"' Places rocky, •with but a thin
covering of loose earth.. These slopes st
the hillsides were the' first to assume
their covering of green. after the early,
rains, but were the first els() tie become -
parched and dry after the ,rairry season •
had passed, because them- there was,
no deepness of earth. ,
7. Among the thorns -A: variety oe,
thorns most common In Syria and Pal-
estine was the "Nabk" of the Arabe.or
this same variety of thorns doubtless
the erown was woven which Jesus later
was fereed to wear.
Choked: it -The thorn being hardier,
and of mere . rapid growth, asewell aa
many In number, abserbed all the ,
Moisture and quickly shut out the sun-
shine, making it. impossible for the
more terider sprouts 64 the grain to
'thrive and grow.
12. The lesson of thisevers& is that it
is the receptive.attitude of mind whieli
mattes ,possible the underatanding of
Clirist's teaching. • ,
15. ° Straightway . . Taltetli •awaY
the word -Some men are ao hardened
in sin, so pre -occupied in their temporale
parauits that the word of God fails to
find • a lodgement whatever in their
'heart and minde
VI. No root irf themselves -Shallow
unstable natures, not independent 10
their convictions.
doret think yoti quite understand.
Yam father-in-latv left all hie Menet?, in
the hatitle of trustees. - Wier wife is to
receive the Income -art long .1 11141 11141keeps
away crofter. yota If she enemata to ag.
test you„ in any way, or itcotarizes your
rights: as a imoband, the money paesee
eltaritiee."
,"Atal wixer6 (10 I come ill?"
"You go out. '1'beitt r li ayr "on are
10 reeteve etifal yeae f',0 long tie you
nifty out of England. Bereat here,
you glA nothing. What do yott fray ?'
Ile ea-coin/Let telte ntfear
minutes. .
in the near future,. But, one piece of
aasdality having failed, he was quite
ready to try another.
When Jim Barton 'came to his senses
again he was all eager ,for news.
"Well, did she conic and shed tears of
regret and repentance?"
"No, she did not COMO; she sent; Sir
entholey Lynch instead."
"ier Anthony 1 Why hime"'
"Because It Appears that he Is the man
she*isogoihnegteonslmarry."
dGodavd all our tom.
foolery 8o,es for nothing 24
"Net quite. 1 ant not So easily
beaten,"
ii4t7:),eltratthtlernan gyeotumialtr321110'
And a day or
two after. tell Sir Anthony that yo
eau* to life again. I think lie would
part with a good round sum to keep the
ItilaTVvaleadtgefrpifn
nnegulifi
etraare, doetor I By
37'te, tIntieult7lietip
cappietaalr."for a =few days, but
I will keep you posted With the newet
Meanwhile you had better slay here and
let Mrs, Slinigrove look after you. I
rouet go and atrangq for that lama
fouln:Ill'e.t
al1n110ftovt.1"unate victim of DP. CaPp'S
Ill the coaree, of the e4nintr, the under.
taller called, and took tife‘rernaine
echeme, MA in due couteat ao teas ewe
Moses Smith had been astgood as his
weed. •
-AdialaOST.
lIewitt-I'vehad Mit', mit four yeras.
Jewett- -Gee! You most have It near-
ar paid for her nee time.
AiraLitilwr
"I've heard it called the Ivey' be' ,
*
Remarked our little friend.
"I know blamed well, lie'a busy,
For I felt his businerit end."
WHAT'S, THE USE?
"Sereggins is certainly a hustler.
eawayer eats quick lunch restaurant?
"Yes, and it takes him the rest of
week to digest the stuff' he bolls do
THE BUSY BEE. '
A Man atever arks -foe price
wooden legs until lle neede one.
views e on bringing op a
She -"Never mea!t your vi
bring up the family -you go a
bring uff the coal"
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