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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1898-12-1, Page 3'11E4 EXETB11 'TIME$ NOTES AND COMMENTS. Mr, WiMara Archer has perfortned relit eervict to Englishmen and Ameri- calls by pointing oat. the true reletion- Ship existing between their respective countries, In an artiele in the Pail Mall Magazine he enters a profest against England being styled the "mo- ther country." He declares it to be a ' misnomer, or rather a misleading metaphor. He says: Tbe American of to -day is not the daughter of the England of to -day. TheYare both* daughters and co-heir- esees of England. of the past, and es- aseaDecia1/411y, we May say, of seventeenth - century England, • * * We hew; no shadow of an excuse for putting on maternal airs towards the trana- atlantic republic. We, tici less than the 'Americans, are revolted children of the England of North and Grenville, though our revolt has been 'a blood- less one. Surely, then, our relation is fraternal, not parental and filial, Or, since a significant personification --a, ,remnant either of mythology or of chivalry—makes nations feminine gen- der, let us say that we are sister eomnaonwealths. The truth of all this is obvious to students of history. The England of to -day is not the England against which the •American colonists re- volted. It has so far progressed that enlightened Englishmen not only con- cede justice of the American revolu- tion, but are inclined to applaud the revolutionists for having _refused to submit to the impositions and discri- minations of a senile monarch, and - Englishmen join with the Ainerican, colony in London in celebrating the Fourth of July. The bitterness which ance character- ized evera expression of Americans concerning England, has been gradd- ally growing less until it has practi- cally disappeared. Whatever of it may 14 'eft is due as much te the false metaphor of mother country ap- plied to England as to precept and tra- dition. On this point Mr. Archer says : The false metaphor begets false feel- ings on both sides. England, as "the mother country,' falls into all the besetting sins of parenthood—a pedago- gic habit, as assumption of superior wisdom, experience, even virtue, and a resentful amazement at every mani- festation of individuality onthe part of her "offspring" that does not hap- pen to be quite convenient. America, • on.the other hand, accepts the rela- tarrs, hip -in words, only to realize the more keenly the absence of any valid and essential fact ' behind it: "If 'mother' at all," she instinctively feels, "then 'stepmother' P' and the result is 'apt to be an embittered sense of fric- tion. ' The destiny of the two countries, Mr. Archer believes, will be worked out not through a formal alliance; not wholly through a. union of hearts ancl hands so much as' a union ot imaginations. He declares that "an idea, an attitude of mind, is stronger than all the trea- ties :ever. signed, sealed and delivered. MINISTER.OF THE GOSPEL REV. DR. ,TALNAGE, PREACHES 019 HIS ADVANTAGE& Mae illeneree ia Every Thousam.1 at Thom Have Jae* came ror Thankful, nees-some or the Joy* or the ChrIstnot mtillaturY - Hr. Talmage Preaches an Eloquent sermon on the Hateist 814( ori Hinastmes A deapatch trona Washington says: —Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text :—" My brethren dear- ly belotred and longed for, my joy and crown."—Philipians iv. I - That is what Paul 'mid, expressing his love for his confidence in the peo- ple to whom he ministered. But the words are just appropriate to -night for me to use, in this my parting address now, as I am some time to be absent from you: " My brethren dearly be- clorvoewclaao.d long•ed for, my joy and my The great cry -in all denominations of Christians to -day is for more minis- ters, There are many brilliant young men, having earnest, hearts, now en- tering upon life; but for the most, part they float past the ministry into the countingaroona, the law -office,. and the medical chair. + So much has been written and saiclanneut the hardships of the ministry,Ahat otir +young men are afraid to ran the gauntlet of so much neglect, abuse and starvation. L have tol say that the majority of the books written on this subject are ex- aggerations of the sorrows of the min- ister's life„ and for the most part give only one aide of that life. I have to tell you that I believe the office of the minister of Christ has fewer trials, larger spiritual emoluments and re- wards, brighter inducements, higher development, grander joys, than any other occupation in all the earth. Admitting, so plainly that no man shallmisinterpret what I say, that there are now many, ministers under- going persecutions, andhardships and outrages that amount to positive mar- tyrdom, I contend that these are the exceptions; and that, gathering an au- dience of a" thousand ministers of Christ, NINE HUNDRED of them have many advantages,—good hooks, refined associations, sons and daughters well fed, well clad, welt -edu- cated, opportunities innumerable— while all around there is the evidence that their services • are being appreciated. Gather a thonsand merchants together, and I will show you that nine hundred of mety breathes upon hira its most give yoa an inheritance a/along ell them that are sanctified. them have had harder knocks, greater ELEVATING ADVANTAGrEw S. "In this dark orld of sin and pain privations, have come more frequently! Men in other occupations must depend We only meet to part again; to the study ofsevere economy, have; on their wealth and achievements to But when we reach the heavenly shore, 'made- work to pay their rent, • and, obtain such position. By reason of We there shall meet to part no more; the .respect of men for Use Christian The hope that we shall see that day many 'have been subject to annoyances mirnimsteirnit , allthesethat, dmoreopaennbefore Should chase our present griefs away." which a minister of Christ never ex- h periences. • I than that, his constant associates are You have heard sermons on the bara- ships ef the ministry, oa the privations of the nainistry, op the sorrowe of Use zninistry. I have thou lit, in tine My tribulation come to him hi his lioura of 'disaster: 'Their streaming eyes together flaw For human guilt and mortal wee; parting address, I won d talk to You Their ardent prayers le:Mather rise a little while about the joys 04 the Like mingling flames in sacrifice, "Together oft they seek the place Where Christian ministry, hoping that be- fore I get through 1 may induce some aofrmtohueSre oyfouthneg Tra4oernd. tAo ilimuicgtiklt,At lengtb. they meet in realms above, In the God reveals bis face; sniuing In the first place, there is the joY A heaven of joy, heatinse of love!' of interesting work. Tbe minister of I have felt, my brethren and sisters Christ in this day must Lei' thorough, in Christ, constrained in this moment ly and continuously. If he would be of parting for an absence of some able to instruct, tbe people, he must weeks, to tell YOU the deep, high, pro - have something deeided to say, and be traoted joy of the Christian ministry able to say it in such a way that the 1 do not believe) there its any congre- peoPle will understand. There are in gallon on earth that has been more this thy so niany pamphlets, so many sympathetic with the work of a books, so many newspapers, SO many pastor than you have been with me. lecturing platforms, that the .great And I have fejt that before I go away mass of people are accustomed to dis- from you nowImust offer my thanks, cuss 'questions of literature, and mor- first to God, and next to you. Forst als, and religion; and X care not how can say, in the words of the apostle in fine the voice may be, how elaborate the text, "My brethren dearly beloved, the rhetoric, or how high-sounding the my joy and crown." phrase, unless the minister of Christ For these three years I have reae4f- has, something to say, all the people ed kindness at the bands of this peo- know it, and plc. I have dwelt among you with !imperfections, not SQ well known to THBY KN'OW IT BIGHT AWa.Y. Hence he must be busy not only with over (hese th I bit! one . You as to myself. And in looking the books in his librtiry, but with that fault tree years, have o find, and that isthat I book of . every -day Christian expel-- 1 YOU HA,VE B,EEN TOO' KIND. lanceand of worldly observation. Ile sae, Voltaire, but be acquainted with the th,_ anY things that I ought never to I know that I muat not +wily know what vvere fuel a' "" my temPerament, scepticisma of Mune, and Gibbon, and must in that time have said a good modern infidelities that swarm in the uave said,' and must have done a good street and drawing -room. Besides many things that 1 alien never to that, his heart and hand must ever he have done. And to now, in this dosing open for Christian sympathy and nein. hour, 1 ask the forgiveness of God There are the bereaved to be eomforted. and I he torgivenees of this people for There are the dead to be buried. There all tha E ho, tcomin zs of my ministry. are the fallen to be lifted up with great I I know, my friends, you will not be - encouragement. There are young grudge me this vacation. IL has been men coming to town who need Chris- a very busy year to me—God only tian counsel. Plenty of evork for voice, knows how busy. I have tried as well for hand, for pen. Besides that, there as I could to look after the spiritual.' are a thousand charities of the world welfare of hundreds of families. While and of the Church to which he must I have seen angry discussions in ++ the in the name of Christ, put forth his newspapers about how many hours hands." 1 a man ought to waik, some saying Now, I say that a man entering the' he ought to work eight, and some say - ministry with the right apirit will ing eight bouts were too tinuoli, I find perpetual exhilaration and joy in have this year worked fifteen hours the work. To stand before a company per day as a regular thing, and still of immoral men and women iraportun- stand before you in perfect heatlh, til- ing them to such belief and behaviour though this vacation comes very ac- es shall lead them to high happiness cepta.ble. You will be glad that I bay? on earth and open for them the gran- deurs of eternity; to enter the her - vest -field where the grain is ripe, and the sheaves are coming toward the gar- ner—that is life for the body, that is inspiration for the mind, that is rap- ture for the soul; and if there is in all the world an occupation or profession that yields such mighty satisfaction. I have never heard of it. Some have ex- pressed it as a matter of surprise that our life -insurance men have stated that ministers of the Gospel, as a class, live longer than any other class of people. rt is no 'stu-prise to me. The joy of their Work is the reason of their longevity. ' , I remark again: there is the joy of elevated associations for a minister. If a man be tolerably acceptable in his work the refinements of society open before him. Lie is invited into . the conclave of poets and artists; he is surrounded by kindly influences; so - is opportunity' ,to, rest. I want, to -night, ;to build on this platform a rnonnment to the goodness of God and to your faithfulness to me as a pastor. I Would like to say over that monument, as was said over one ,that was +raised in the wilderness, " Mizeph; The Lord watchaetween tbee and me when we are absent one from another !" • To the God of the mountains, and the God of the valleys, and the God of the ocean, and the God of the great town, I commend, you and your fami- lies. Let us all make league with him. The timewill soon come when I shall preach my last sermon, and you will have had your last opportunity of salvation. + "It is appointed. 'ant° men once to die; and .after that the judgment." . And now, brethern, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to Wu are to remember he fact that a the princes of God and the heirs of vast majority of men in worldly oheaven.c- i Then comes the joy of see' cupations do not succeed; that it is an co t d "Go into all the aver e . mg souls world and authentic statistic, that out of a hun- preach my Gospel," said Christ; and dred merchants all fail except two; that is to bethe great means of bring - mg the world back to God T o thousands that there are tens of dra , from the house of God some. Sabbath clerks living on insufficient salaries ; , and feel 'that the sermon has fallen that it is a rare thing when a mechan- , dead, and to be told the next day by " ic earns more than a: plain livelihood. some man, re - We are to take, I say, these' things into demption of That sermon was the my soul." It has been. nsiderationand ber the history. of , almost all the sermons co, rememtht if . . America,ns require- England a hard- abouttch I have heard that that the rainistry sometimes has its to complete her past and England re- ships, commerce and meparticular administration of the Gos- their herdships chanism have - • pel has been blamed to some one's sat - We are to remember that the minis- vation. I went home one Sabbath al- ter ot the Gospel, so far as worldly most resolved never to preach again; the Geepel seemed to have no effect.; support is sconcetned, has the advan- but before one week had passed I found tage over the doctor, the lawyer, and that five souls, through the instruinen- start ; for although a man in these almost every other profession at the tality of that poor sermon, had press- ed into the kingdom of God. It is a joy professiohs may after a while come to affluence, we all know that his first: repentant sinner - to see men turning ten years are a hard struggle, and a their backs on the world. to follow livelihood is not won ; while the inin- , , , ister of the GoChristand to hear them saying spel steps right out of "Where thou goesst I go; thy people the theological school into a settle -I ment, where from the first day he is be my people, thy God my God;is where thou diest will I die, and there supported. Show me one minister of ." Christ who has fared hard, and I will will I be buriedOh this is the show you ten merchants and mecbanics joy of the heavens. who have been fretted and exasperated, and tossed about, and moved from a large house into a smaller one, and dogged, and dunned, and abus- ed, and set upon, and trampled under foot, until all courage is gone out of quires America to crown her future." Thus the Anglo-Saxon race is to fulfill its destiny, with its two grand divisions occupying the relationallip of sister commonawealths. CURIOUS TRANSFERENCE OF HEAT A. correspondent of Nature, who is associated with the observatory at Tou- louse, calls attention to a very sing- ular Thenomenon, the scientific explan- ation of which he seeks. Take a bar of iron in the band by one end, and plunge dm other end in the fire, heating it strongly, but not so much that the band can not retain its hold. Then plunge the heated end in a pail of -cold water. Immediately the end held by the hand becomes so + hot -that it is impoesible to retain + it in the fingers. `this phenomenon, said by the °arres- t:Sentient to be familiar to workmen in iron, is ascribed by them to some+ repellant action which they suppose the sudden gold to exert upon the heat contained in the. iron, Which is thus. driven to the opposite extremity. OLD-TIME HIGH BUILDING'S, Lanetant, the famous Roman archaeo- logist, has shown that in the Rome of the Cae,sare trouble was experienced, with high building's. A law was pass= ed restricting the height of fronts to 60 feet, In order to evade it builders adopted the practice of carrying up the rear portions several+ stories more. 01,11- er laws bearing on the heights of build- ings were'passed. in old times. There was a tendenoy to diminish the height of stories as the buildings increased in size, and a height of 130 feet was pro- bably attained. It is believed that the ceilings were so low that a man cCaild not stand upright in the rooms. IN CASH WE CAN'T St/ST HIT TIIE HAPPY MEDITTM. f suppose," said Mr. Goezleby, "that sufficient for (Jur needs is all we want; bat if we shoold find it impossible just to etrike. that happy Mean end hold it- there, why plan r should say thai it would be better to have too much than 100 lit i lo," WELL-KNOAVN PHISNOMENGala Mrs. ,,Taueltiorth—Isn't aletaled 5 goo(' *liana to shrink a hat With Me, :Lushfor Ib—it alwaysslrxnks like that of the angels of God over a But you say, see how old ministers are neglected, and their families after them. I admit it. Shame on the that has escaped sickness, josses of Christian Church that it is so. But property, or bereavements of the house - remember, also, that there are thou- hold. 01 if we were obliged to stand sands of old merchants, who, with their in the pulpits without this balm of families, have come down to abjectest, hea.ven ; what should we do? povertea and that every clay there are mechanics moving out of their plain TO SEE THE WOUNDS HE'ALING ; houses becauee they to 8ee some one kneelbag down beside ANNOT PA.Y THEIR RENT. the coffin of a loved one, and hear her What company of men is it sends a Saying, "The Lord gave, and the Lord music teacher to Iturope because he taketh away ; blessed be the name of has bronchitis? What company of the Lbrd"—I feel as if I could trust and pass Rime and see Christ come to the prow well-to-do en rneet together "Pleased with the news, the saints be- low • In songs their tongues 'employ ; Beyond the skies the tidings go, And heaven is filled with joy." There is the joy of comfort -bearing. It does not take a very long ministry before you look over an audience and aee that there le not a single family FELL AMONG CANNIBALS Story of the last tratse or the sea Ghost - A German Trader's Fate. Banking upon the supposed peaceful intentions of the Solomon Islanders, Capt, Kohlshon, a German trader and the owner of a cutter called the Sea Ghost, started from Queensland in the early part of September for ,the Island of Buka,. German Solomon group, with the intention of securing a cargo of copra,. • The telegraph despatches stated in brief a few weeks ago that the Sea • Ghost's crew had been killed by • natives. The mail from Sydney brings the following details: "Captain Kohl- hon'had been warned that the natives were not as friendly as 'they had pro- fessed." " • ' He sailed from the Bismarck archi- pelago with 'two white mates and a crew of seven natives. The, Sea Ghost arrived, at Buka in the night and lay off until morning. Soon after day- light Kohlebon gave the word that a number of boats were. putting from the shore for the schooner, but: the oc- cupants were waving palm branches, and giving other signs of peacefel in- tent. The anchor was dropped inside and the sails lowered. Five or six native boats came elong- sicle, and in a few- mom inents the Bis- marck en and the white mates .were chatting and making friendly signs to the, Solomon people. Before the vessels crew eould. make a move' to go below for. goods and weapons, the is- ladei' ndedrew knives from under their belts and attacked the crew furiously, Captain Kohlshon was overcome and 'his body was run through and through' vvith spears. The corpse was than thrown over the side of the schooner. All but three of the crew WOrO killed. resolutionsmof sympathy when a car- of the vessel and silence the The attacking natives then started a soul.. rise up ashore with their prisoners, taking Tenter is sick? I admit that in the EnrwlYd°71; and see d th strengeneand.cornfd orte; to look with them the bodies of the mates and ministry we have our annoyances, but . r. I wish it understood, at the same time, over an an(4enee+ one-balf of them in the deadaBistnarckmenthe prisoners they are no more,. I think (hey are the habiliments of mourning, and, yet were thrown into a canoe, landed on the , feel that there is potver in that Goepel beach ,aria left on the sands, while the lesEse,rthuainisalinieautihareranoedensfiea-etiiftap• purpose to silence every grief and soothe every Solomonitess prepa,red a. meal of the Lo -night, r mint: to 853' to young men , wound of' dab soul -- eh! to tell the bodies of their comrades.. When the Who hear me, that iryottenter the holy brokee-hearted people of the oongrega-: grewsome feast was being made ready office with the right spirit; loving God tion, that Gori pitiee, that: Goci. feels, a, number of warriors ran the scboonelr and desiring usefulness, you will find that +Gee hyves,---that-, Goa affyipalhtzea, ashore arid Attebeeded. in finding in herthis Ichristinn work of the roinigtry _that is ilia joy of the Christian min -1 cabin a keg of liquor, and In less than WaYS a satisfaction, often a joy,. and istryl , hour the entire party was stupidly sordaimcs: a rapture, . Of ,,eourse, r ex. I There is joy in a church's sympathy. drunk: Two of the prisoners managed dada from these consolations those It is a sad. thing that many of the best to esoape, topic a boat and Pat out to men who enter the ministry with half a heart, and who at the first opportun- ity escape through Wall Street, or, through the fortune of a rich wife. II also Occlude from these consolations those ministers who smoke thenWolves to death, as hundreds of them do, exelude else' frail these consolations those ministers who pass their lives in complaining, about the gins of the world, instead of putting both hands forth to make that world better, This JO of which r speak comes to those who feel palled to the work Of the Christian ministry, and are glad of it. people in afflication do not get sympa- thy; they are all alone • in their sorrow; Ilia world yields them no condolence at all. If the minister of Christ has been at all faithful in his work, he knows that there are those who are willing to aympathise in hisevery sorrow and in every success, 4pe knows that he has their prayers and good wishes. It he be sick, he knows they are -praying Lor his recovery. If dark thadonte IT SEEMS NOT. hover over his heusehold, he knows „ there are those who are praying that Stilbruat, the eritica SAY Your book those Shadows may be lifted, Multi.. shoWs grog promise for your future. tudes of those to Whietn he has brought Volute Great Jupiter—can't a man the comforts of the Gospel in hOtra a ever do anything good and then quiif After floating helplessly about for two days they were picked up by a trader and afterwards transferred to the steamer Moresby and taken to Queensland, where they related their adventures. ME SUNDAY SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL LESSON DM 4, '+‘ The Hook or the Itiew l'ourAL" 2 king* 22. tile 41.'ollden Text. Pita. HS. 2. PRACTICAL NOI'ES, Yerse 8. Hill4ah the high priest, One of the band of reformers who sur- rounded the throne of josiala His an- ee,stry is given in 1 Chron. O. 12, 13, He had, a, little before this, received fanOs the kind a command to ascertain the amount of silver coin already eon- triboted for the repairs of the temple; this money had eome from Manasseb and gphraim aid all the remnant of Israel, as well as from Judah. By means of this looney "carpenters and builders and masons" were now set to work. These repairs a're not fully re- eorded in this passage; they are in- cidentally referred to, beeause it as when Shaphan, the soribe as sent to Hilkiah, the priest, about the money accounts, that Hilkiaia informed him of his great discovery. The crube,ox seoretary of an oriental king, was one of hts most prominent. and .powerful of- ficers. Dr. Plumptre uses modern terms to express ancient facts when he calls the scribe a minister of religion, a secre- tary a $tate, and a secretary of the treasury all in one person. The records af the past, the edicts of the present, and largely the policy of the future were in the matte's bands. I have found the bask of the law in the house of the Lord. This verse of itself shows how neglected had been Jehovah's wor- ship; how unexarained had been the clioisters of his temple; and how limp- ieg had been the public services be- cause of lack of authorized direction: By some means Hilkiah and Shaphan appear to have identified the book with one that tradition °ailed for in the temple. It will make our story vivid to try to ascertain what this book look- ed like. It -was probably written on parchment, that is, the dressed skin of a domestic animal, and the learned men who wrote it had ueed a reed for a pea and dissOlved lamp -black for ink, and had been careful to write on. one side only of each square of parchment. These squares were fastened together side by side, and rolled upon a stick; sometimes upon two sticks, one at eaeli. end. Ihe writing was in col- umns, with a space of two fingers' breadth between each two columns. Early in the history of literature it became suctomary to ornament books with bright colors and gold leaf, es- pecially those whose contents were be- lieved to be sacred; so we may imagine this book to have been a huge roll with gorgeous writing, but with much of stain ands dirt, the result of decay and neglect. The writing, however, was still legible: +Hilkiah gave the book to Sheehan, and he read it. Prob- ably enough Hilkiah could -not read; few men in that age Could, and a priest's work was not at all literary. In those days most of the legal forms and -'ata a life were orally transmit- ted from generation to generation. 10. Shaphan read it before the king. The threats and curses of Deuteronomy were apparently among the passages to be read to the king. 11. When the king had heard the words of the book of the law. How would the Bible impress us if we had never heard a word a it until to -day! Thus Was King Josiah duly im- pressed. And so dense was the ignor- ance of his time that it is probable he had never handled a book, and it is even possible that he had never seen one, nor any other literature than the detached sheets of parchment on which Shaphan at intervals put down the rec- ord a of the palace and the kingdom. We may imagine the courtiers who stood around stretching forward with eager faces to see that rare curio—a book. Then, as was immediately under- stood when the voice of the scribe was heard, this was God's word, the direct message from God -to those people, and the first divini message they had ever heard. He rent his clothes. Read in your class a selection from Deut. 28, as being probably one of the passages winch so stirred Josiah's feelings, The abandon of the king was thoroughly .oriental, but it must. have startled the courtiers and filled them with awe. Everyone ha.d seen clothes rent, but who had ever seen a proud king of Judah rise from his throne' to thus abase himself? 12. The king commanded five men— appointed them to be a special com- mittee—to " inquire of the Lord ' con- cerning the massage of the book. The delegation was n very honorable one.. First came Hilkiah, whose condict throughout shows his loyalty to Je- hovah. Next was Ahiltam, eon of the noble scribe Shaphan; AMIE= himself appears in .Ter . 26. 24; 40. 5s as the head of an influcnliuml family; and the One friend of ateremiahrethe prophet. Net: is Achbor, , who, like Ahikara, evidently belonged to n. ruling family. (See Jer. 26.22; 30.12.) eaten the ven- erable Shaphan; and a Mall named Asahiah, of whom we know only that Ite was a servant of the king's—that is, an officer of tile court, 13. Inquire of the Lord. At the beet there were few prophets Two, Jere- miah and Zephaniah, proclaimed' the word of the Lord while Josiah was king, but Jeremiah (probably) was at this time $1, very young man in Ana- thoth, while Zephaniah lived far in the south. Ifuldah seems to have been the, only member of the prophetic order in Jertreiterii. The name and office of her husband and the na,tnes .of her ancestors are given to indicate ber good position. For me, and for the people, and for all Judah. tHe felts as every conscientious soul in sixth oir- oumstanees must feel, great personal anxiety. As a good king he WAS anxi- ous for his people. But his solicitude reached further still. Josiah under- stood that among his people was the only clear revelation of the true. God. Other sheep indeed, Jehovah had, but they were gathered into his Sold, and the priest -hoods and ceremonies Of other :yell gionS were more i harreitti than beneficial, With Sudat eitak Or sur- vived. the world-wide hope of the Mes- Slab,. The curses read in his heating Seemed to swallow up that hope, They from God, and Josiah knew that it had turned from God, Can just wrath be 14atailtYeer4sav IZxetharkenedePne:tan:eli3unto eour e words of this book, Joiah assumed taat the fathers had had an Opportun- ity to hear the book and obey its orders; but this present generation had not, and in moral Ignorance the young- perlyptehooptlethheadiogsrpoovvr Tile bhooisww0aUsideoirtl- palT44.tHivie413rdah"ethelletPxopbetees, Pluldah cs btheecellYMiiawr°llan ainadDtheeah Old Testament sid clearly stated to have been endowed with prophetic gifts. The keeper of the wardrobe. Either the courtier in charge of the royal robes or the Levite 1114eveithat the '"lower city" was di- vided version, iontile"ItemthPle vestments' we firid She welt in Jerusalem in the college. into two drilseterstoNell • 3' 2' 12 icts, language, 10. T1[ theman that sent you to met There is startling abruptness in this 16. I will bring evil upon this peo- ple. The parallel passage, 2 Chron. a4, 24, is stronger, "Even all the curses that are written in the book which they have Fetid before the king of juclah." "This prophecy of irremedoo able doom repeats itself in the two other prophets of the reign. It was irremediable for exactly the same lea-, son as the "blasphemy against the "Spirit" is not to be forgiven — the Sinners have gone too long and too far to repent. We can say with absolute certainty that the bar to forgiveness never can be on God's side. But for- giveness not fnerely cannot be given—, it eennot be received—without change of heart and life. Even Josiah's zeal could not do more than wake a filcher- ing loyalty to Jehovah, which postpon- ed the inevitable judgment, God's ap- pointed remedy."—Moulton. 17. Because they have forsaken me. This is the iramedinte or remote mese of every earth'y calanaity. Have burnt incense unto o her gods. This was the/ , and spiritual condition of hostility to tohuetwtariude aGnodd.vieible sign of an inward 18. But to the king Of Judah..From this on the message is more merciful and the tone more courteous and tender. As touching the words which thou hest fhoeuanrd. oThe words read from the new.. d roll. 19. Josish "heard" God' a words, therefore God "hears" his, 20. I evil gather thee unto thy fath- ers. A Hebrew phrase for death. Thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace. Around his death Providence will throw merciful proteetion. it is not easy to find this prophecy fulfilled in Josiah's death. But we are not justified. in ending the prophecy' with this phrase. It is closely connected with what follows. Thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I shall bring upon this place. Josiah's best hopes clustered -about his nation. The glory of Jehovah and of his people were all he lived for. Death in battle was not more terrible, rather, indeed, more to be deeired, than death from disease. Josiah's soul recoiled from neither; the one horrible thing from whicb het pleaded to be saved was the apparent ruin of God's cause—the overth-ow of the nation, the destruction of the tera- ple, the forfeiture of Judah's privi- leges. This was the evil paramount. If Judah wi'l,not so turn to God thet this evil might be averted, if the ruin must coma", then merci•ul will be the arrow that "gathered him to his grave." refer'e e seaond guar, By PHYSICAL EDUCATION. How You May 'Derive tbe Greatest Value Pram a Carefol Tralittax. The aim of physical education is to bring the body to its fullest develop- ment and vigor. Such education is al- ways good, but its effect varies with different persons. Every sone re- ceives by inheritance certain tenden- cies' and peculiarities. Naturally ' a narrow -chested, under -sized youth can- not be expected to become a perfectly .developed athlete. Yet it is precisely those whose physical endowment is be- low the avefage who derive the great- est value from a careful physical training. Under the guidance of an instructor conscientious effort may bring about a change for the better that would have seemed almost incredible. As nearly as can be ascertained, phy- sical improvement includes an increase in height, if a course of training is pursued before the age when growth ceases. An apparent increase in sta- ture alter this period is to be attribut- ed to a straightening of the spine and a more erect carriage. Physical education, in order to be most effective, should be systematic, carefully graded, and in all respects adapted to the needs and capacities of the individual. c • Its results are apparent not only in increased ability for physical exertion, but in freedom of museular action and in gracefulness of movement. Pro- perly trained muscles perform their work with less expenditure oeenergy. 'While physical training may have beet unduly emphasized in some quar- ters, college athletes are rarely among the drone,s of their Masses in menial work. The stanulation ot the circulation by systematic exercise improves the qual- ity of the eblood provided to both the muscles and the brain. Greater con- centration and more contitiuous appli- cations in ' Mental employments are possible because of physical training. The hours of study are not the only ones that teachers and parents should supervise. The child should have, his hours of recreation properly filled, wttoitah:o t ,ime for absolute idleness. As has been said already, physical exercise should be so planned as to suit the needs of the individual conetitu- It has bean the oestom of one in- structor to prescribe fencing, gyatinas- tine with apparatus, and lessons in rid- ing -school for ail "those idle persons whose brain languishes for lack of work." But for a child overworked in School, or for one going through the mental strain of examinations, acroba- tic feats ere not appropriate. Walks atta rides offer the simplest and best fessis of .relaxation, , To the sedentary brain -worker, the easily Mastered exertise of rowing is a profitable Outline, while the old games of leap -frog, prisoner's haft, and the like, will always be ef inestimable Value artiOhg the exercises of child - were conditioned on &Wall tttrhing hood. LABRADOR INDIANS STRICKEN. Th'e once Great intentagintis laud Nalltiv4Pro Dying I prove* or the Gt1P. Once more from tee bleak ooatit Of Labradoe cane s e recurrence of the periodical wail of distwee and death among the misetablit ten:144We of the ellee powerful Montagnais and Wastes. - pee tribes of Indians. In the times of (dtieitn• aiannds CohaetnuppleiadinQAtbeebo000 Montag- nais h tesurrounding country as well as the in- terior of the great Labrador peninsula, l'ae steady advance Of Civilization bile drlenhenrtherdlirtl:i4t° theW"ldtate r,and:heradida oreeoftneraeththonutanae 0fetshfetureHudson BayrneganlCompanyniailstiltheY trap orthas led to such rapid decrease in the num- here of these poor redskins that the early extinction of the race seems Probable. The half-starved condition of many of their numbers renders them favorite eubjects for the ravages of disease, and it is not surprising to learn that the grip has claimed many victims among them during, the last few weeks, having in fain attained the proportions of a veritable plague. These Indians are, a branch of the Cree family and are divided into two tribes—the Nascapees or inland In - diens, a.nd the Montagnais or shore Indians. The last of the Jesuit mis- sionaries to the Montagnais of Tad- ousac—tb.e learned Father Labrossos— had an ingenious theory of the origin of the North Americaa Indian. He maintained that when Solomon decided upon the erection of his temple at Jerusalem he despatelaed vessels to ev- ery known part of the globe, for artists and materials. One a these ships was driven by a storm upon the coast of Nortlt America, and the crew, unable from their ignorance of navigation to trace their way back, landed and were THE FIRST INHABITANTS. of this continent. And -in support of this theory the Jesuit indicated what he thought the points of resemblance between Indians and Israelites. At the time .of the first arrival of Europeans at Tadousa,c ana beiore the advent of missionaries among damn, the Montagnais were a the lowest Al- gonquin type. Parkman relates that often goaded by deadly famine, they would subsist on roots, the 'bark and bud a of trees, and that in extreme cases cannibalism was resorted to. The In- dians of the interior have continued most of these practices up to quite - modern times. No later than 185a Fa- ther Arnaud, who is still living, met at Sept isles a Nascapee vvotnan who, before her conversion to Christianity by Father Durocher, was not only a noticed sorceress of her tribe, but an inveterate cannibal. Her first victim was her husband, who had died of hun- ger. As late as 1867 Father Nedelee, who journeyed as far north as Lake Mistassini, to minister to the Indians there, reported the murder of a youth of 18 years by his own mother. Although still et:aging to many of their old superstitions, deeds of blood, and violence are far less common than foemely. Up to quite recent ttimes, however, it was the custom among both Montagnais and Nascapees to strangle their old and infirm whenever it be- came impossible for them to follow the rest of the party upon their hunting trips. To carry them aboub with them was out a the question—their own guns, tents, provisions and canoes, be- ing all that they could manage, They probably justified the murder upon the ground that it was more merciful than to allow the infirm to die alone of hunger. Many old Hudson Bay offi- cials now living, such as Peter Mac- kenzie of Montreal and Henry Con- nolly and Allan G. Cameron, formerly of the Labrador poets, can fnenish in- stances, just as the older missionaries do, of successful intervention in cas- es of intended murder of aged and helpless Indians. But eometirnes hu- mane efforts of this kind have been thwarted, and Mr. Connolly tells of an old Indian woman, thus RUTHLESSLY KILLED close to his post, his first intimattion of the murder being a covensation which he overheard between two oth- er squaws who were discussing the division of the victim's poor belong- ings and her apparent unwillingness to die. Utmetly, however, in sueli eases there is a quick and ready understand- ing of the eituation, and when the victim feels that he or she is of no further use there is a perfect resig- nation to approaching fate. ' Among the Indians who bunt in the Gatineait countryana thence to the headwaters of the St a Maurice it was cusaornary up to a very few years ago and doubtless is so still in the biter- ior of the country, for an aged hunt- er when he felt himself no longer able to accompany his companions upon the to divide his belongings upon the ground into as ninny little piles as he had sons. J3erleatia one of these wee concealed his axe. Then the sons were summoned to select etteb the heap that was to be his share of his father's goods. Upon him who diseovered the axe bene a Lb. his patrimony devolved the' duty of becoming his father's oxen.- tioner, whoa die children were en- gaged ;r +king the terrible selec- tion tin: hunter chanted a mourn- ful dirgo, of which the following is a free translation: 'Withered and old am I; the flesh can no longer take, the deer can, no longer cheee, the rab- bit no longer trap, and life ia no more for me." CURING A HORSP, Or KICKING. It is said that tile following expe- dient will mire a horse of kicking: Ppt the animal into a narrow stall that has both sides illicitly padded. Sus - rend .s seek filled with hay or straw so that it will strike his heels, toad let the horse and s.icit fight it out. Be sure to have things so arranged that Lha horse cannot hurt hine.e.f. 'rite seek will. be Viotorious every time, and in the end the horse will tillsolutely refuie to kick the sack ox anything ole-' .