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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-07-19, Page 7OUR SINFUL NARIR Faults Hidden 0 From Sell' Sources of Danger Clean% tiaou quo fecan secret faults.- ' Peaims esix. 12. To knoter ourselves is a difficint task: We are -eontented with a eliglit know- ledge- of our hearts and of our duties as creatures of God, and in consequence we have only a superficial faith. Wilful sins need no light, for they are too evident to the transgressor. It is the list of unobserved sins to which we must attend If we wish to be )better to mankind and more acceptable in the eyes of Hint who- will demand a *reciconine for every "thought, word end 'deed." 'iehen we have come to com- .prehend the nature of disobedience and 'to realize our actual unworthiness on account .of Imperfections we then can reel what is meant by the removal of seeret faults, by 'pardon and by soul lease, which otherwise are to us as meaningless words. • The poet, the writer, or the man with .serne commercial scherrie cannot, work out that 'which he desires unless he per- mits his mind' to be impresaed fully, ' quietly and carefully with the subject es Under consideration. Ile is best alone with his thoughts, books or figures. And se is it with -matters of the soul, for God speaks to us primarily in our hearts, which are best whea searching tholights of 'Oen NATURAL WEAKNESS. Let us consider how plainly we see (the . faults of others. Do we differ in !nature from them ? If we see defectin them of which they seem unconscious or heedlese by habit, they also see faults in us.,whieh would surprise ue to ' -"hear. The faultewhich we commit:even thoughtfully „weaken and give disagree- able color to 'hue characters as seen by 'our fellows. How, then, do we appear Ito God, who sees what no man can see 'and who knows the stirrings of pride,' the vanity, covetousness, discontent, re- sentment and envy which we nurture in our hearts day after day? , It is necdssary for us to be. disturbed e, about our spiritualcondition: To beeat ease is to be unSafe. No one lin0Vis his hidden weakeess. Peter, not suspecting his heat, denied hie Master. David continued faithful to his God for years, and yet power and wealth weakened his loyalty for a time. Hezekiab bore trouble welt, but prosperity milled him. It Is only by earnest QXaminollon and prayer, that we can begin to learn of the abun- dance of our faults, which are either entirely or, almost entirely unknown to s. ,Hence the best men are ever most humble, because they see somewhat of the breadth and depth of their own sin- ful natures. Everybody knows that care of details is essential in all callings of life. Whet possible reason can we give, therefore, for 'lack of care in matters pertaining to our spiritual perfection? Do awe care more for the perishable things than for God? Perhape we have yielded to THE FORCE OF HABIT which tends to self -deceit, for by it we forget things to be wrong which once shocked us. We speak peace to our souls when there is.. no peace, for "axially are the scourgesof the sinner; but mercy 'Shall encompass him that hopeth in Gou.e The future prize is worth a struggle. We die with the grave only in body, but the spiritwill live in happiness or pain eternel. ,Without seleicnoWdedge we may persist for, a time. Our self-reliance, however, will. not be adequate unto salvation. In truth, there is nnich danger that we shall be "as trees of withering fruits . Plucked up by the rats." Even though we die in outward com- munion with the church, let us cry out in contrition with the psalmist, "Wash me yeti more from my iniquity and 'cleanse me from_ my sin." And let us evee be mindful that "blessed are .they whose iniquities are forgiven and .whese ,sins are covered." Neffifaleli****1014* W********* SOME DAINTY DISHES. Stuffed EggplantjeCilt - the -eggplant In two ; serene out: all the inside and .put it in a saucepan with a little minced nam, coverwith water andboil with tan; drain, off the water ; add • two tablespoonfuls of grated- crumbs, table- - tpoonful of butter, half a minced onion, salt and pepper.; stuff each half of the hull with the mixture; add a small lump of butter to each and bake fifteen ' minutes. Wined Sweet Potatoes. -Boil the pota- toes and set them to cool. When cold, peel and slice them. In a well buttered baking dish spread' a layer of the pota- loesesprinkle with butter, sugar, and a, little salt.' Then another layer of pota- toes, butter, and theother ingredients, and SQ continue the layers until the dish Is full, having laid on toes a plentiful supply of butter. Put a little warm 'wet- ter in the dish to prevent dryness, in- vert over the baking dish another dish • trust will held in the steam and set to. bake In a moderate oven. - After the potatoes are thoroughly heated take off the covering dish, let steam brown a trifle, and just before taking from the Oven pour ever them a little wine of a flairor agreeing with the eotatoes. Germarr Potato Cakes. -This well- known German dish has been made a part of the cookery of our cOunlry, in- troduced by many 'of our German families. In ,rnaking it grate the pota- toes raw, addebutter to enrich it; eggs and flour to hold the grated potato to- gether, a little salt, and season with eugar and einnamon to taste. The cakes are Weds inbutter on a griddle or in a flat saucepan till biown. c. . Glazed Onions. --Peel twelve medium- sized white onions and seek them for one hour in cold water, changing the water twice while, they are soaking. Drain them on a sieve. Put two ounces Of butter iri a saticepan, add one tea- epoonful of Anger and half a. cup of beef broth or stoele Arrange the onions in the pan so thee do not touch. Cole Over a slow fire until they become ten- der and the outside is brown. Remove the eover from the saucepan, put a little beef extract on top of each onion. Then plaee the pen in the oven foe five Minutes. When the extract melts and 0, nice glaze forms on the top of the onions they are ready to serve as a gar- nish oveegetable. If seeved as a vege- table-, the' sauce they were cooked in may be poured °tier them. Spanish TomatOes.-Orte can of toma- toes, one can of Spanish peppers, two medium-sized onions, two tablespoons of butler. Chop the, onions fine and fry In butter until a light brown. Then to the Spanish _peppers, chopped fine, add the tomatoes. Mix' all thoroughly and Cook over a medium fire five minutes, adding shlt, and' white peper to taste. Pour in baking dish and bake in me - ilium oven ehree-quarters or an hour. English Mullins.-Dieselve one, yeast Cake in one pint of warm want, avid. oh le nett dro et - ed b t er, 4pittele rind tut' griddle one teaspoon. salt Add eno bread flour to make a thick ler.. 'Stir one tablespoon Mel and beat hard; set in' a war boat li tilt; lava, having, ritederat,dy hot, lay on it e ings Well - greased ateel drop in enotigh batter tO half fill Ihini. Blo not turn until allhoot Cooked through, 'then slip off the rhags and be raten on the other side. Daniell, Stra.wherel 1)eeserves. - In Detiniarl strawberries are preeeryed in ts very $iinple and eaey w84 'which' makee 'then equal to the Oefene.11 ber1lef4 1' ''t tfte,17 are wadatited to kt`!el) fee leave 6et thin, large berries ante stem, but 6 not wash them. Weight three-quaiters of a pound of sugar to every- ppund. of fruit and ar- range them in a deep porcelain kettle, %Yule may lee removed by vetting on a day with the milky int.',0 that Ibis dry in theroughly. Another Vine-, dy Is to Moisten the Lingee with ,ealiva from the month eeney 'interning en veinier,. Apply the inner to the eveet, and allow the moieture to dry in s To limey° Su burrti. T«,410 egnaR parte 'of leash ouic, roeewater, and reetified 8pirit. Mix together and 'then leave till next day, velum the deer Part e should be strained off :through. muslin. Bathe .the face Wald and morning ,With this lotion, and dry the skin' with a eofta cloth: . Chalk may be used as a cleaneing agent in many, ways, Rub it into 'grease spots on dreeses, wall papers, or anything of a like nature requiring to P0 Cleaned. When cleaning garments with it, rub on the chalk overnight, hang up the garment till next day, when it should brush clean. A tablet of prepared chalk ,:an be bought cheap- ly in any small town. Your papiersniacbe treys "and box should never be waelied With soap and hot water, as this treatment causes cracks, Just wipe them with a sponge wrung out 1n tepid Water, and sprinkle flour over the surface. Then dry and polishwith soft dusters or flannel. This substance is much prized nowadays, especially when inlaid with mother-of- pearl. , SERVING DISHES IN SUMMER. One of the best hot weather reminders to housekeepers is that food intended to be served hot should really be hot, and should be served on warm plates in summee, as well as in winter. Even °on a warm day meat juices,' such as the gravy 'of mutton chops, etc., tend to stiffen if served- on a plate that is not sufficiently warm. The flavor of soup fe preserved better when served in quite hot plates, and the breakfast toast ,s much more tempting on a plate that keeps it warm than one on which it quickly cools and toughens. The plates in summer may be warmed by lighting one gas burner and turnirig it low under the oven, ore by letting hot water run over them and polishing them ready to be s' ent to the table. On the other hand, the salads, and cold desserts, needing chilled plates, can be accom- modated by • placing the edishas on a shelf.- 'in the refrigerator for some time', taking them out a few minutes before they are needed that they may Rise the cold, clamminess that the delicate sense of touch finds on china fresh from 'the ice -box. It must lie -remembered that fine china is injured by sudden changes, and should not be subjected to either rapid heating or rapid chilling. One housekeeper, who is very fond of flowers on the table at ,all times IN fliE LAND OF MG GAME ALONG THE SliftillES OF LAKE NA " EASY AFRICA, Great Hoek of Flandecieee and ifeesnee -6lazelles Mingling With „ sheep., The modern traveller who goes by the Uganda -Railway from Mombasa, to the Victoria, Nyanza ha e many Wonails in store for him, For. several hours at lira, as the line winds quickly upward from the coast, he may see glorious Views of the Indian Ocean (the last for a long tune to come) and its beautiful bays and harbors. "The belt of inhabi- tate(' and cultivated country is narrow and soon passed; palm trees and man- goes and bananas disappear and Ole place to queerlooking euphorbias and yellow flowering acacias; it is a dreary and waterless land, where little but thorns will flourish. For many hours he travels through a country that, reminds him of a well stocked farm, or rather of the zoologi- cal gardens, 'writes A, F. R. Woolaston In the Westminster Gazette. Huge herds of hartbeests, zebras and gazelles, parties of wildebeests and osteches, bus- tards and cranes are scattered far and wide over the plain, and if he be lucky Pc may see a herd of giraffes or a fain - In of lions. If he seems to be a stranger in the land half a dozen dif- fcrent fellow passengers will tell him the!story of the unhappy non hunter who slept at his post In the railway car- riage and wee carried out of the win - dews and eaten by the very lion he went out 'to kill. More notable still is the sight 0! Kfireanjaro, .a huge truncated pyramid or snow rising out of the morn- ing mists sixty miles to the southward. Xenia, too, may be seen, or more likely greet cloud bankse'weere the MOUNTAIN LIES HIDDEN. After many years of toilsome climb- ing, through scrub and swamp and jungle, .always upward, the engine Whistles -it sounds like e sigh of re- lief -and :.of a sudden we are plunging down from the Kikuyu Escarpment into the Great Rift Valley: It looks, indeed, like a Promised Land, and it is likely within a few years, if• not fo flow with Milk and honey, at all events to be till- ed with cattle. and sheep. The climate at this altitude of 6,000 feet and more above the sea is healthy for Europeans. Of all the beauties of the Rift Valley there is none that can be compared -with the lovely and mysterious Lake Naivasha, It is hard to believe that this sprinkling the sugar lightly between, throughout the slimmer, uses them fre- is Africa and but a few miles from the layers of the fruit. 1Cover, and let this quently as garnishes, with sometimes equator. Naivasha has been likened to stand all 'night, or, if the weather is rather absurd effect. There are plenty , many different' places; one writer was verTY hot and damp, prepare them early of ways of beautifying the table with I reminded of a gloomy Irish lough -per - In the morning, and let them. eland six flowers without utilizing them as gars haps his visit was in a , wet season, or nishes. . Indeed, .there are vett, few possibly it was the snipe in the swamps; kinds of blossoms that do not stem another was reminded • of the Bay of quite out of place in the Immediate NOples and the view from Posilipo. To ,decoration of edibles. A garnish should, my mind there is something of New Zea be something edible itself, like bee& land in the air and in the scene as well: .boiled egg, lemon, cress, parsley, cane* To the wandering' naturaliet, whether died Mane, witleeleeserts, etc. The has- his, bent be toward birdS, beasts, butterturtium has ornamental leaves with a Pio or plants, Naivasha is one of those sharpe spicy flavor, and is net unsuit- "PPY hunting grounde that he has able for garnishing meats and salads, dreansed of but has never expected. to if one sighs for a floral decoration et see. Then' margin of thp lake is fringed all. A long-stemmed pink rose or two withesedges, tall reeds end papyrus. •Placed at the side of a dish on which is Beyond the papyrus is a marvel of a jellied or .frozen dessert* fresh from water s -lilies, red and white and blue, the mould, makes it pleasing to the eye. but mostly blue. Where the snallows Sometimes a few freshly -gathered pan- extend far out into the lake there must sies may be used, but lavish floral, gar- be near a mile of water lilies. In the nishing is apt to suggest tiny insects morning, when the breeze ruffles the to the mind of the Imaginative beholder, water and breaks up the ireflections of and at best gives the effect .of "over- the hills, the green of the transparent in turned leaves, tli4 blue of the flowers, doing,it." the orange. of the. submerged sterns and the almost arnethyet of the water to. USUAL NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES. gether make ---, hours. Heat slowly to the boiling -point, 'skimming. very thoroughly, and simmer fifteen minutes. Take the kettle from the fire at exactly this moment and cover with a. thin cloth and stand it away all-night Without moving. In the moinitig heat" again, very sloWlY, and skim; lee it simmer ten minute e and take from the fire Strain off the juice from the berries Without breaking eaent, and boil the juice to the thickness you wish; five minutes is the best time to stop,fsitice after this it loses flavor, but if you. wish a very stiff preserve you can boil it fifteen. Add 'the fruit when you take the 'kettle from the fire and put into hot glass jets with new rub- bers and glass tops. The :cans must be sterilized by being bakeel half an hour, and the rubbers should be put in very hot water for ten minutes. If these pre- serves are kept in a cool, dark place they will be as good, after years as at firsts Steamed Salrnon.-This is a good way. to make canned salmon tasty, nice for lunch or supper :-One can of chopped salmon, one cup fine breadcrumbs, three eggs, one tablespoon melted blit - ter, one tablespoon chopped parsley, pepper, salt, and a little milk improves; put in a buttered dish and steam one hour. Serve with white sauce or egg. sauce made with hard-boiled eggs &top- ped fine and' added to drawn butter. Serve hot. s HINTS FOR THE HOME, , Peeled vegetebles should always be put into cold water till they are wanted for cooking, or the 'color will ,be spoilt. Whenaenixing_ passeryenseethe coldest water that you can procure, and if your hands are hot, mix it with a knife. '‘ A troubleseme cough may often be allayed by diSsolving a small lump of borax in the mouth. To make it more palatable mix a little honey with the borax. Have cisterns. cletined out and entirely emptied about 'Ohne a year, and More particularly after the summer holidays, NwhOn the house has baen empty and the water 'has been allowed to stagntite. To keep tinware bright wash it in- side and out with hot water and soda. Dry with clean cloths, scour with \tiapd and -whiting in equal parts mixed ,vleth water to a paste. Permanganate of potash dissolved in boiling water in the proportion of half an Mince to omit pint of water nukes a Very good 'disinfectant. The same eolu- tion applied whilst. hot Wilr'llein fleet' hoard'; beautifully. To boil new potatoes well wash them and scrape off the sidle, but 'never cut them. Put the potatoes into, boiling water with salt and a good sprig of mint. -When cooked, dry for a few min - idea, add a lump of butter, and lose all to gel here ,. coffee stains en a woollen Woe. may be removed by the use of glyeerine. Rub it over the stain, and then wash -the pliiee with itike-werrn water, and Jilin the materiel on the wrong side till it is dry. ' Fruit, Stains on Line/I.-if applied et once powdered starch will take out many kinds of fruit staine. on linen. Thie nmet be left ori the stained part for a,afew hours so that all.the dieeol- -Oratiote•ie, abaorbed by the stercle On Pantry Washing" lelp.adreilleet all glasses and jugs that have been, used for milk or cuetarde, rinse carefully ea eold waier, and then plunge info tepid, soapy veatere Val makee lit easier 10 keep lie Iglateeee 'polished. anti prevente any 431,11e curd at 1.1te bottom Of jugs, etc. , , Oh, A VERY OPAL OF coLon Professor . Milne Says They Are Not -4_ , 1 More Frequent. One of tne prettiest bird sights 1 .htive ever had the gocklluck to see was here; A fallacy which has not yet been over- in a little bay of water lilies, standing , leaves and preening their taken ds to the effect that our world, iri ri1 the ,plu- gllirage, was a party of long legged, black consegaence of some eneral but bane- ful influence, has of late been trembling winged stilts, winter migrants from the and quaking more frequently than has north; behind them was a wall of grtice- been ner wont. Evidence to this effect tul bending. papyrus 'and 'overhead was .is not forthcoming. If we turn to facts a snowy' Casipan fern . Among the lilies open water beyond are a we find that from 1899 to 1905, inclusive, end on the the yearly number of world dieturbing myriad coots.\and grebes, ducks and earthquakes has been 91; 56, 43, 64, 58, ,cormorants, and further 'still huge pell- 29 -and 55. In the year 1905 we had, cans. ' ., therefore, one large earthquake less Overhead are circling and constantly cry than the yearly. average, which is 56. ing a pair of fish eagles sometimes Since the end of 1905 the large earth- so high up thawe can barely make quakes have been seven or eight: out two s1 muteing specks above us , e s iffejitly bfe4asteyearr_the_ colifornin, omellines so near that we an clearly earthettake, Wag entirely "eclipsed as a see the brilliant black and whites- a red brown of their plumage. On a World shaker by two disturbances which originated in Central Asia. Wandering shallow, 'sunken mutt bank is 'a long tine of white, Which shows a tinge , of tribes do not write in the papers, so elack arid crimson, as the great flock of these, so far as the public are con- flamingoes rises and flaps slowly away cerned, had no existence. On Sept. 8 Happily there are no trocodilde here, Calabria was well shaken, But whether but hippos abound, and one may often this played any part in freein,g Von- ego a glimpse of noee and eyes as vius Is ' a matter for historical Inquiry. they lie° in the shallows basking in the The Columbian earthquake shook one, sun, or at night, whenthey feed, liear if not three, 'volcanoes ',into activity. In them crashing through the reeds. March; 1,087 people lost their' lives in • It is only here .and there that one can Formosa; but Formosans are not Euro- follow the water's edge; mostly' ' the peans, therefore, but little notiee Was iceds are too thick ,and the ground too taken ofthe eveht. Earthquakes and swampy for any but a waterbuck to eruptions have not been more numerous pass. Along the outside, where the than usual, but their effects have been reeds meet the graes, are bfg flocks ..1 brought to our doors. e Eftyptian geese, which spend Most of . toe day in sleep, but make noise enough in the evening and early morning. Here GERMANY'S TOMMY ATKINS. . too, are black ibises, wary as curlews, The pay of Germans officers IS fixed and sacred ibises in small parties of on a very low scale. Lieutenants -re- two and three, always busily searching ceive from $3Q0 to $400 a year. A cap- kr food, eXploring every ineh of grounl. tain receives $500 or $600; a major 050 Mettler and more nonfiding are the ,ore$800; and d eolonel not more than great white hercn and the smaller buff - $1,000 "per annum. Even if the Officer backed heroin nwhich hardly take the has private means he must generally trouble to move at one aproaehes; they depend largely on his 'eVire's dowry for Icitikteoet? often apiriereenhgintgileonherodles obionkn astlYef. the maintenance of hie lioasoliold in a nu beagle, aS I haVe .r.orn them tin in Style suitable to his social rank. 11 an BMA.. Crowned cranes, generally 'n officer 18 insulted by Iiiii inferior he has the * right of clittensing the offender. But the lot ?of the eommon soldier is far less attractive. Discipline is, of course', extremely strict, Many noracommia- sioned (Slicers tonsider it, necessary to edtieute their recruits by thrashiag and kicking them. A non-coilimissioned officer is freqbently sentenced 4 a court-martial to a remarkably Mild punietiment for perpetrating many ads of ereanty on the common soldiers under 'Ide minima -id. and viand their necks a strine of beach; or empty cartridge caer-3. it k3 a pretty sight to nese a herd al the Ora:alai little 1119Y41,31erl gaze:to pecality called Tenieniee) mingling' with a fleck of EloSTIr) kInd: feeate, and foliewe ing with the OU/Cri3 when the boys svhia- le, or even needleng a prod. with the spear point to maize tnein enee'e teeter. 'Whether they do It for arnuedment or for the. she of Companionship or for a better preiteetion againet their, enemiee, the prowhng lion and leopard, who 401 riay? , , • Crept's, gazelle,' a "' 'opeatiev:iiat; larger animal .evith beautifully curved horn% is. flailed here, too; but. he is not so tame as the former, and goes bounding away --bouncing' is almoet the word -as, thoug,h his body were built of, springs. A few lumbering hartbeests, hideoue red- brutes with all the ugly features of a cow and of the donkey combined, are seen here and there; they trot off until they are just out of range, then turn around and treat us 10 an inane stare. One morning we came suddenly over a. Jow hill and walked -into the midst of a "herd of zebras. Off they went, fifty or moressof, them, as fast as they could gallop, straight toward a newly strung wire fence. Either they did not see it, oe they were too much frightened to turn aside; not one of them swerved, but ell dashed through the fence, as though the wires were cobwebs, and as far as we could see not one was dant- aged in the least. Zebras may be seen from the railway literally in 'thousands on the AIM Plains, nea Nairobi, and again on the rolling gress lands between Naivasha and Nakuru. ..e e . '. AT THE" GOVERNMENT, FARM, a few miles from Naivaenae) experi- ments have been made in crossing ze- bras, but hitherto no very sattsfactory hybrid has been produced. The pure, bred animal is difficult to tame and of very little use as a beast of -burden; but a strong hybrid, capable of resisting Inc many diseases of the country, would solve the horse problem of East Africa and would go far toward insuring the prosperity of the- -colony. ' Near the southeastern corner of the lake is an island, the largest in the lake, where we camped for a time, The voyage of a mile or more from the main- land is made in the relics et a boat, which, from its appearance, must havb Leen brought Pere by the first explorers. thirty years ago. It wasneverless than tali full of waterewhich kept two boys busy baling with buckets, and the one and a half broken paddles threatened every moment to be reduced to none at all. Half way across are two smael is- ts; one a favorite breeding place of herons and ibises, which nest here in hundreds, the other apparently a play- ound for the hippos, to judge from Inc trampled reeds and the cra.shings and gruntings which issue from it by night. The tangle by the lake there is the haunt by day of many water buck, which sWine over 'from the mainlands and find here a sanctuary from their enemies, the lions and hyencie. As the shadows grow longer and the sun goes down behind the Mau a troop et baboons In the rocks' begin to chatter before they go to bed, and there is a tier among the geese 'beside the lake. Jackals, walcine from .their long siesta, trot over the plain and creep cau- tiously toward the camps of the natives. Something brown appears at the edge -of the reeds; it is a water buck. At 'first his head and horns alone are vis- itle, then after a wary look 'about him, he steps out from his shelter and, stop- ping here and there to crop a tuft of grass, strolls off to a favorite saltlick a mile away. , Like the red deer of Exmoor, the wa- ter buck play havoe in any unfenced garden or cultivated ground. They loVe to pull a plant up by the roots, and atter 'a single bite (not always that) pass en to another. The twilight gOGS qUi0k. le, and'in half an hour it is black night. There is a croaking chorus of frogs by the lake and the "Iconit" of hneons over- head flying to their fishihg. As we move toward the eamp our steps are perhaps a little quickened when we Dear Abc, unearthly hotel of hyenas and the discontented grunt of a lion. MOTOR C7 -4----R. WRECKS COTTAGE' The4nmates Awoke to Find Themselves in Debris. Two motorists •connected with tho Celthorpe Manufacturing Company, Birmingham, England, who were ,on their way to compete in the eCottish motor trials at Glasgew, had a narrow escape from death near Penrith early the other Morning. k -nortir of-Penritit thenroad di- vides, and at this spot stands a cottage, which is probably , bid toll house. On approaching the corner the driver of the car turned to the left instead of the right. Realizihg his error, he en- deavored to wing round, 'but the car, which was travelling at a high rate of Speed, skidded and crashed with great force into the front of the cottage. The porch eves demolished, the door smashed, and much brickwork broken ,down. The falling debris severely cut one of the passengers, and the other suffered from shock. The inhabitants of the cottage, which Is a familiar landmark known as Mile- stone House, evere asleep in .bed at the time. They were awakened by the critah. and rushed to the door, but could not get out owing to the Wrecked car. Fort una tely. some. mot orists from Nottinghem, who are taking part id the trial, appeared on the scene. They assisted the four lenan18 to eliinh out of the voting., rind conveyed the injured men back to ,Penrith. okkasa LN TIIE PA(;KiNo tiOt3spi. pelt% stride conceitedly about ill ; olr,epe, nose -Say, what are yeu eloppin' f a dozen yards of usevidently conscious :'1'he Foreman -We have" utilized all of the law that protects themtime but eticfaT u . Tj 1(01 nee. eiPtit seine beet.' end molaesee into eaucere wed plaee them about the ,reorne. Change t4e content:3 Of the MUMS every third day. , sir. • I here a nothing left Of big game, though there is plenty in the dietrietone does 'not see very The mutt on Us'e 'eastern sideof the lake. Here on the wide gressy flats and on the inw(91* slopes at the 1 lis immense q flocks of sheep and mate ted peeture. At the time of our visit thole were &W- eil net'y Menhip‘,. to the' boma near our temp Mow upon , 20,060 .131,„EATINO ANIMAS. te. the . aeeempanimea of mutt nbeill s -----Wel utilize that, loo. A 13A1) 1,4,110VINO. wi at man has a very shady recoiel." "I met What eloes he do?" "Pu p aerating:LI "Last niglit, George, you told me yen: 11t-Nrzl, 1110. ylnIT 'ban multi fell. ape, ole, ("',r0. ilea wasn't truer "Why der ing, Nvhfil 410 Nufl Inronr "l iliOOfl ,4441.041.011. E SUNDAY sonett INTErtNATIONAL isleeiSONt SeleY 2e. Lesson 1V, Jesus Teas How t* Pray. Golden Teel t Luke THE lfeeeseON WOIID STUDIES. Note. --Tire let of the Revieed Vereion, e used as a baeie for. elies4 Word Studies. The Lard's Preyeree-The prayer :edithe Monty known as the Lord's Prayer appears from -the gospel narratives to have been given by Jesus to his. dieciplee on at least two separate occasions. In Re 'utter and more formal form it appears in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt, 8. 13). Now, that is, at the thne of the events Of our present lesson, the samo prayer in. substance is given to the dis- ciples in response to their definite re- quest that Jesus teach them to pray. Stress is laere laid on the subject mate ter, the order -and ete proportion of all prayer, and the lesson of the old model prayer iteelf is emphasized by further parabolic teaching of Jesus on the sub- ject. If now we examine more carefully the prayer itself we note the following characteristics; 1. Its humility-eace knowledgirtg the utter dependence of the petitioner upon God; 2. Its revert - pees. 3. It e simplicity, and modesty- tisking only for the needs of the pre - Sent day ; 4. Re brevity -omitting all vain repetitions; Its tone of confi- dence -uttered in the seerit of expecta- tion ; 6. Its spirituality -asking only the simplest earthly boon while empha- sizing strongly the spiritual needs. Verse 1. And it came to peso -Several important events Intervened between those of our last lesson and those about to be mentioned. Among them are the visit of Jesus to Martha and Mary (Luke) .10. 38-42); the healing of the man borseal blind; the discourse of Jesus on the Gond Shepherd ; and the events con- nected with the visit of Jesus to the 'Feast of Dedication (John 9. 140, 42). • In a certain place -We remember, that Jesus with les disciples was now on his journey southward from Galilee to Jerusalem. The exact place referred to, howeVer, is not known. Even as 'John also taught his disciples -In this John fellowed the custom of Jewish 'rabbis generally in giving to his adherents or disciples a definite formu- la. for prayer. .2. Father -the rendering of .the Au- thorized Version, Our Fattier who art an Heaven, has- the support of many,. though not a majority of the .eest ancient manuscripts of the gospel. The same is true of the petition', Thy will PC done, as in heaven, so in earth, in- serted in the Authorized Version. 3. Day by day -Greek, Our bread Jor. - the corning day, or our needful bread. 4, Sins -Literally, shortcomings, from the Greek word meaning to miss th.e mark ; in the New Testanient used only: of moral 'shortcomings, hence trans- lated sins. Is indebted -The verb here used is not the same as the verb above trans- lated sins. • Into temptation -Trial, testing, temp- tation, proving, are all different ren- derings of the same Greek verb in the New Testament. The context in each case determines the renderliag, whioh here is as it should be, temptations. The.clause, But -deliver us from evil, as found in the Authorized Vereions like the phrases above referred to,. has the support of many Greek °manuscripts. 5. At midnight --Because of the op- pressive heat, of the day, Orientals often travelled at night. 7. The door is now shut -The Oriental manner of shutting :the door for Inc night often included barring and bar- ricading it on the ineide, quite a oum- bersome operetion in some eases; hence the occupants- of a house closed for -the night found it inconvenient to, Pc forced to open the door before morn- ing. 8. Importunity -Literally„ shameless- ness, though the original word has no , evil sense. We note, also, that the im- portunity of this man was not selfish but in behalf of a friend in need. ' • 9. And I say unto you -For this aps plication ot the parable which follows and its teaching bompare' Matt. 7. 7-11; 21. 22; Mark 1, 24* and John 16. 23. 11. Loaf -The cus'tornary leaf NVIls ln reality a round, flat cake, and so la seei- bled somewhat a flateround stone. • 11, 12. Fish . . serpent -These two words may be.st be taken in connection with the word egg and scorpion in the following verse. In the suggestion of giving a stone for a leaf it was • the cruel deception of the parent which was emphesized ; in the suggestion of Web- stituting . a serpent for a fish, it was mike the diabolical intention of giving something extremely harmful in the piece of something wholesome; end in the suggestion' of giving a scorpion in place of an egg "both the deception and the more wicked intent of inflicting harm which are brought out. The force of the argument of Jesus lies, in part at least, in this climacterie arrange-, ment of his threefold suggestion. It may be necessary to note that the coiled -up scorpion is somewhat like nn, egg in appearanee. 13. If ye then, being evil-7,1AL, being evil 'from the fleet. 6r evil arready. ° llow nmeh MOre shall your heavenly, Father -The contrast is between the perfeet gift of the perfect Heavenly e Father, namely, the Holy Spirit, end the imperfeet gift of an impoefect human pti rent, THE DIFFFASENCE. 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