HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-5-11, Page 3NOTE$ AND CONAIENTS
•The Most iMportant meithure which
has beer), introdueed dorrng the pre-
sent, ecezeion of Parliament 4; the bill
for dividing the wide area over which
the Len'don County Cou.ncil now lio.s
partial eurietliction into a large num-
ber of municipalities, each of which
vitt manage it$ local cmicerns, while
dee County Council will continue to
care for their collective interests. In
order to comprehend the bearing of
this innovation, it may be well to re -
cell the divers ways in which the Bri-
tish metropolie has been governed dur-
Mg the laet half century°
The historic City of London proper
is now, as ie has long been, controlled
by a corporation consisting of a May-
or and Aldermen, who' continue to a1 -
minister the rearenue of its large en-
dowments. The reit of what De Quin-
cey used to call the " nation " of Lon-
don- was origivally an aggregation of
boroughs and perishes,. each locally
aatonomous. These political entities,
which had nothing in common but
contiguity, were first dealt withcom-
prehensively in 1855 by the Metre -
polis Management act, which created
a Metropolitan Board of Works and
delegated to it certain general func-
tions. The same act established through-
, out the metropolitan area administra-
tive vestries and district boards of
works, whose busiriess it was to attend
to local matters. The very different
degrees of efficiency with which lo-
cal duties were performed caused wide-
tiprea.d dissatisfaction, which led, in
1888, to the passage of the Local Gov-
ernment act. By this law, a popular-
ly elected County Connell was substi-
tuted' for the Metropolitan Board of
-.Works, bat "cootrary to a current
not only the historic corporation of the
City of London , proper, but also ell
other existing local authorities; were
left virtually untouched. While this
was theoretically true, the Pregressecte
majorities in the County Council have
iocessantly endeavored to increase their
powers at the expense of the vestries
and district boards, and have tend-
ed to bring about an extreme centraliz-
ation, the ultimate result of which
would be the effacement of the ves-
tries, and- even the absorption of the
'City of London proper. ,
The bill introduced in the present
session is tlae outcome of a decided re-
action against the centralizing ten-
detey. It leaves to the County Coun-
cil most of th'e collective powers which
the act of 1888 intended to bestow up -
MI it, bile' effectually debars • it from
iasequiring any others by ereatihg a
• large number of municipalities:ail:itch
:are to have exclusive conteol of their
local concerns. The bill defines the
areas," of thirteen administrative ves-
tries mid school district ,board which
are to become "munieipaI boroughs."
It also revives the ancient city of West-
iediestereawaiedieeetellehave a population
of 200,000 and will include such places
as Mayfair, Belgravia, • the present
Westminster, the Strand and St. Mar-
tin's -in -the -Field. Commissioners are to
be appoirited to delimit similar bor-
•.oughs throughout ,. the remainder of
Lon.don, under the restriction that
eachshall have a population between
100900 and .400,000. The Councilo2each
borough is to consist of a Mayor, Al-
dermen and Councillors; the number
of its members, however, must not ex-
ceed seventy-two, whereas, at present
• some of the vestries have 120.
The significance of the proposed law
-is that it embodies a conviction, based
upon ten years' experience, that the
diversified interests of so vast a popu-
lation as is comprised. in the British
metropolis should not be committed to
a single bedy of eleetiy-e officers, who
either 'possessed by statue or have
aimed. by eneroachme.ne to acquire ex -
elusive jurisdiction over all'iocal con-
cerns within the metropolitan area.
The framers of the measure, as Mr. A.
J. Balfour explained, are determined
• that the County Council, 'established in
• 1888, shall be what -its name imPliee,
• a board dealing with affairs that else-
where in England, belong to comities,
and not With such matters as are
dealt with in munieipaliffes. During
the last ten. years, as we have said,
the drift of things, under the impulse
given ey County Council majorities,
has been toward. consolidation ; the pur-
pose of this bill is to make segregation
definite and permanent
If the leiH is carried through Par-
.
• Bement, and of its passage there seems
to be no doubt, it will constitute a de-
claration that, so fa,r as 'the' eXperi-
went made in London is concerned, five
millions of people cannot; be success-
fuly governed as a municipality. The
obvious truth is not, of course, Ells -
•tilted that such a huge aggregation
•or human beings must have certain
collective intereets, the management of
which regnires a separate board creat-
ed, for that specific; purpose. To thet
end the present County- Council will
continue to exist, but With powers re-
stricted, and sharply defined, The re-
cegnitioir of this principle, however, is
held, to be exitively reconcilable with
the exeecise ' of autonoMY by eertaiel
territorial units containing at least
100,000 inhabitants apiece, so far as
natinifeetly specific interests are con-
cerned, ln view of recent, telegrams
from :Berths it would not surprise us
lie a similar reaction ag ainst nee tropoli-
tun .consolidation were to be promoted
by the Pruesian Government in that
city. In the French capital, it will be
remembered, there is no each thing as
a Mayor tef Paris. Bach arrondisse-
meet bee its Mayor, ,while the oollec-
five intereets of the whole Depaetm.ent
of the Seine are cared for by boards
and by officiate created for col/meet/en-
sive purposes,
CRUP,LEST YET,
sanally face 18 My fortune.
He—Well poverty is no disgrace,
SAFETY OF YOIJNG filEN,
REV. DR. TALMAGE TENDERS THEW.
SOME GOOD ADVICE. '
where Are Fou • or live eireat Posses to
Lire -Thousands or nen Cot on the
wrong Track—Tim Serio1Ls/m.4s or CItoes-
iiig Wire—Dautter or the First Heel,
ues$1MreNS—NO !Wm Ilbeabot Me Be-
reavements and Trials of Lire—Tike Or.
roint$ Out the 9rrue Way to Live aod
Die.
A despatch f,r9m. Washington, says—
Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the
following text:—"Is the young man
Absalom sa2e?"-2 Sam. xviii. 32. ;
The two great characteristics of Ab-
ealom. were worldly ambition and splen-
did hair. By the fleet he was debased,
by the second hung. Be was a bad
boy, and broke his old father's heart.
He wanted to get his father's throne,
and so he goes out, stirs tiP insueree-
tion, and makes a great battle. Mean -
While the father sits in the door of a
fortress waiting for the news to come,
troops win or Absalom's troops win, but
npt chiefly anxious as to whether hie
chiefly anxious about • the safety of
his son. While the old man is sitting
%here and looking out, he sees the dust
aeising and some one running with
great despatch; but • he cannot wait
matil he gets up to the fortress. The
old man cries out at the top of his
voice: "Have you heard from my boy?
Is he dead! Is he alive? Is the young
man Absalom. safe?" But this mess-
enger had not very satisfactory intel-
ligence, so he was told to stand aside.
The father waited for further tidings,
and, looking out, he sees another
messenger coming, and says: "AM now
I shali hear from him," entirely for-
getful of how much was involved in
the battle. As soon as the messenger
comes within speaking distance, the
old man cries out again: "Where is my
boy? Is he wounded? Is he dead! Is
he dead? Is the young man Absalom
safe?" 0, no, he was not safe. He had
been riding on a mule—a mule is the
meanest thing on earth- to ride on; it
has a tough mouth, and it is stubborn -
necked, and it is uncontrollable, and
will not answer to the bit -- andrid-
ing on the mule, he came under a tree,
and his splendid locks caught in a
branch and the mule, true to its char-
aoteristics, would not stop, but went
on and left Absalom suspended. So
he died, and to . the question of the
text there •came an awful negative.
The young man Absalom was not safe.
I propose this morning to speak
about the safety of young- men. There
are eirctunstances in life when a man
seems to get along quite well without
any religion to help, guide, or restrain
him; but there are four or five great
passes in life when a young man
needs the grace of God, and r shall
give a kindly warning to our young
friends agaiiest undertaking life with-
out religion. '
THE; FIRST GREAT PASS
in a young man's life when he needs
Divine help is when he cheeses. his oc-
eupa ion or proaession. It is a serious
-moment when a young man gets
through with his, schooling, and per-
haps leaves his father's house, • and
says: "Now, what shall I be?" Meehan-
.
ism opens before him a score of trade;
and professiona 1 life opens before him.
seven or eight callings. }Ie must
choose between these, and must choose
aright, for if he -make a mistake here,
he is gone. He may, making aavrong
bhoice, saunter on through the world;
but his life will be useless, and his
every step a failure. I have a friend
wht started life in merchandise. Then
he went into the medical profession.
After • awhile he crossed over ' into
specific sergery. Then he entered the
ministryi. Then he became a soldieet
in the army. After that he entered
the Ministry again, and is now a sur-
geon 01 if he had only had God at
the start to tell hien what to do. There
are tens of thousands of men who get
an the wrong track, and they ' tleVer
are able to correct the mistake. They
are in the law when they ought to be
doctoring the sick, or they are filling
the pulpit • when they ought to • be
ploughing corn. We waot some fine
occupations, or some neat and elegant
trade, and we start out with that de-
termination, when, instead of having
for the chief question, how beautiful
our apparel may be io that occupation,
or how white our hands, the only ques-
tion ought to be: "For what did God
fit me?" There are five hundred busi-
nesses in life; but there is only one
business for which you are fitted,
yoeng man; end if you blunder on
Without any Divine help in your choice
of an 'occupation or profession, four
hundred and ninety-nine chances to
one, you will get the wrong business.
Your father will want you to do one
thing, your mother will want you to
do another thing, your sisters will
want you to do another thing, while
you yourself will not be quite decided
to whether you heve endurance
enougli for tine, or education enotigh
for that, or tact for the other thing,
Ah! that is the time when a young
man needs the grace of Gdd to help
him. God. fashioned your body, and He
knowe .yoar phy,eical queue? nee., He
constructed your rairici; and He knows
for what profession you have the most
ectimen, Go, the.refore, to HIM ,end
say: "Lord, evhitt wilt thou have me
to do?" God will tell you, and lie
will tell you rightly, Blunder here
and you have blundered forever. I
knov, a seore of men who have been
ruined tor both worlds simply because
they got into the wrong kind of busi-
ness
THE SECOND GREAT PASS
!" 7
TiE EXETER TIMES
port i$bould depend on a whim or a
eta/ace? k do not think 1put the ease
too strongly, when i say thet when
a young, man merriee, he marries for
heaven or. hell! If he bring into bis
houeeliold the right kind of influencee,
the home will be elevated an.d upward
ill its impulsions, if he bring the
wrone kind of influences into his
house, Le will go clown—he must go
down. Build not your home on the
colour of a fair cheek, or the epaekle
cie a bright eye, for life is riot: a. gay
romanee, but a treraendous reality;
and there will come a time in your
liouse when you will not want go
nivel; a pet or a toy as a heroine.
There will be a time when the out-
side world will be dark enough, and
you will come into your taome wanting,
inoet of all, a cbeereul word, and to
see a countenance unbeelauded, yet
sympathetic. There is a man—his
head is gray now—who looks back to
the time of some great business disas-
ter, when his soul settle within him,
and his mind almost dropped from its
throne; yet after the duns, a,ncl toils,
and annoyances, and insults of the
day, he went to his home and, *shut the
door against the world of annoyance,
and there, amid the sweet -home voices
of those who had never betrayed huh
Lound a foretaste of that heaven where
penics never come, Why, he hardly
dared to tell his wife of the businees
misfortune. He says: "She won't be
able to endure it." But when be was
cossapelled to tell her, how surprised he
was to find that she was as happy in
a small house as in a large house; and
after the piano went, she could still
sing without the accompaniment as
web as she ever sang it— .
"Jesus, lover a my soul,
" Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the billows near me rola ,
While the texapest still is nigh;
Hide me, 0 my Saviour, hide, ,
Till the storm of life is past,
Safe into the haven guide,
0 receive nay soul at last."
lettere have been, Christian women
who have so had their domestic trou-
bles sanctified to them that they
could get more music out of a sewing
machine than ever before in their
life they could get out of a piano.
A minister a the 'Gospel came into a
home. where there was great,
POVERTY AND DESTITUTION,
and it was generally supposed that the
poverty came from the fact that these
people had. married too early; and af-
ter the nainister had looked around up-
on the utter want and destitution and
had rehearsed the misfortunes that had
come upon the household, he turned to
the poor man and said: "Don't you now
regret your early marriage? Don't
you. think it was your • great mis-
take in life?" And. the man halted for
a moment, and. his eyes filled up with
tears, and he looked up at his poorly.
clad wife and said: "No, sir; she has
been the same to r,neiall through I" 01
there are some of you who would. never
• have knowri what your home. was
_worth if God had not upset you, and
your soul had not been rails/Caked • of
trouble. The first touch of trouble
changed that wife who was too fond of
the gaieties ancl frivolities of the world
into a soul that could rise in ealni
triumph, like Miriam singing the
victory oia the banks of the Red Sea.
0, if you. have spoken of lightness, and
• frivolity, and fondne,ss for display as
the chief characteristic of woman,
you know noe of what you speak., and
may have to correet your mistake in
some, bitter day when all other sup..
ports have failej you, and you are up-
held by the hands of a Christian wife
suddenly armed by the Lord Almighty
for tette emergency. Young man,
rush not into that: relation without an
appeal te God. If -you ever need Efis
grace you need it there. Is there a
name beautiful spot on earth than a
new home in which those just affianc-
ed. have begun the service of God?
/3Iessed the family Bible in which their
names have just been written. Blessed
the hour of naorning and evening
prayer. Blessed the angels of God T
who toueeh wing tip tO wing tip until wet
the home is all covered up with a aga
canopy of light, and love, and joy. it
may have been only yesterday when g°
they clasped their hands at the. altar, thr
but they claspect those hands for ever. °plc
The orange blossoms will fade, and the 0.
fragrance will die on the air, but they 111as
who marry in Christ shall walk togeth-•man
er in the day vhen the 'Church, which be
is the Lamb's wife, shall take the hand. Y°u
• of her Lord and King amid the'swing-
ing of the golden censers I look
THE THIRDeGHEAT PASS teLenuirt
in life in which a young man wants aeee
religion is in the time of his first sue- will
°ass. - You will; k ming' man, after a and
while get through with the drudgery the
of business, and some afternoon You at t
will get into a ;street car, your face
you will know something pleasant has *ors
happened;
shining, and even strangers looking at 11110T
happened; and when you are seated in WOTS
They
r
a car a lady comes in, and you see she state
does not find accommoda.tion, and you very
rise up and say: "Have this seat, ma- expe
dam," and she says, very courteously, get
"1 thank you." What makes you so hear
happy that day? That is the day in mak
which you have had your first busi- a t
ness suedes; You say: "Here I have your
money now of my own. What shall at .th
do with it? What investments shall tha t
I make? What house shall 1 buy? pale
What wardrobe shall I create ? What the
sha 11 I get ? What eharities, what
philanthropies, shall favor V That 'stand'
is the crisis where thousands of men fieeaer
upset. Some of them rush into dissi- The
pation. They swing off into expenctis
tures that swamp them utterly. °there whi°1
that
take On an arrogance intolerable, a
whole caravan of camels goixig through
• We
suppc
the needle's eye of their meanness. I
have known men, before their success, the r
kind, and humble, and loving, and gen- want
We
ell, and usefal, and obliging, and posi-
tively Christian, who; tifter tbeir sac- W.ant
ce,ss, beciaine nerdeand cruel, and over- Some
bearing, and:infidel, A Man wants the "me
grace of Chriet at that crisis to keep Divin
him rightly, balancer:I, Joseph was as "rid
much a Ohrietitin in Pharaoh's court '11)t
a8 in the dungeon, Daniel forgot not 0°1111
God amid the royetering exoesses of art; 1
the Babylonian palace. Queen of She- we Av
ab bonted down before the Ring of hour
Heaven ie a n'
AMID TH,E GLITTER Or GOLD v, o
he perfume of gardens of frank- atei te
e. A man can be as good walk- ity, a
ob. Axmieeter thingh 'he live import
the floor of a shanty. There wee
en xnany a man who has ridden vaulty
h in maghificeht equipage on &tee
and at death got Out a his y, die
ge only to mount the chariots gilt c
ation, in glory sweeping throtagh and
rade ot heaven. It ta an tat. eiete.
for men to talk agaitist 'menet
ugh it had no uses, I wish I had
illiona, itty brethren, au -
cess in life of any kind mii:St' be ac -
or it
think
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compiled's(' by the grace of Gal)
is ruin, Who was it that said—I
tt: was Salomon that said, " The
pexity fools shall destroy th
And wilere.there are ane he/ideal
who can stand trouble, tbere is
one man that can eland sueees
have seen men coming to sudden
Lune get into their eneiliage, and
on faster and faster, and they
ed the steeds ; it was eight mile
hour, and ten, and twenty mile
hour, and a thousand miles an 1
and then they roused up and saw
they were drawn on by fiery hoof
eternal disaster that came down
tering on the pavemente of hell.
Teraelites got along tolerably
when they Were hungry and when
were smitten in the desert; but
a while they wanted something
worthy of mastication, and they
ed for meat, and the Lord sent a g
flock of quails, and they darkened
heavens and they fell all around a
the encampment, arid the people
" Ali, now, what a fine' time we a
have I" and they ate of these qu
and they. ate and they' died. They
through with the hardship and
hunger, but not so with the pries
ite. And I see scores of men who
going on in life, now perseeuted,
tried, and set epee), and they arena
taining their C/aristian character;
give him a little brilliant suecems
they are gone. It is not the trou
of life that slay Men, it is the qua
it is th'e quails!
THE FOURTH GREAT PASS
in a young ina,n's life when he n
the grace of God is when he come
his firse sorrow.. There is no nee
ray prophesying for these young
smooth things. They know that
cannot: be bright all the way.
might as well send out a ship
tain without any carpenter, or to
or extra cordage. As long as the
was smooth, the captain would
along very well; but, after awh
when the abeep is caught in the to
of a nortlaeaster ; crash I goes the Ma,
and the sea dashes clear over the is
ricane deck, and the captain eries o
" Where is the carpenter Where
the tools? Where are the ropes?" le
it is preposterons for us to lam
young rnen on life with the idea t
they are going to have it smooth
the way. There will be storms. Y
want extra cordage. I know when
last war was over, some people ca
back 'without a scratch or a scar,
tleat it not so in the great battle
life ; we get wounded in the han
and wounded in the feet, and W011
ed in lee head, and wounded in
heart. No man escapes. But now.w
are you going to do with your n
sorrow? My young brother, the et
You get through your first sorrow w
decide whether you can endure
other sorrows of life. It is the fi
blow that sends name to drinking
drown their troubles, or that knee
the fire out of them until the r
of their days they go • cowed don
Who is that weigher in that lar,
commercial establishment? He on
owned the store. Who ,is that und
ling in tleat great manufacturing
tablishnaent e He once owned the f
tory. When the first sorrow came he
fell, having no grace to sustain him,
and he never rose' up—never will rise.
Perhaps your first trouble may be
bereavement. God sometimes comes and
takes a lamb out of the fold. Have
you ever noticed how often God takes
the first-born? I have 'seven broth-
ers and sisters, all of whom lost their
first-born. We want the grace of God
to comfort us when bereavement comes
to the house that erst was full of
la ugh ter, and sunny locks, and greet-
ings at the door, and kisses by little
hands flung from the window as you
went down the stairs, and everything
is changed, and the doves cry in the
nest because the hawk swoops, and
the pulses flutter, and the'eheek fades,
and. the eyes close, .
AND THE HEART STOPS.
o put away garments that neve
I be worn again, and toys that neve
in will strew the carpet, and t
with a sense of suffocation. in th
oat through deserted halls whic
O rang with childish merriment—
God, who can stand that? Ora
e who have Thy help. Youn
, when your first trouble corned
it of business -or of bereavement
will want Christ.
OW you are hale and strong. You
as if you could leap, and jurap
wrestle, and row, as though you
d battle your way through; hu
✓ a while you will he sick. • You
be told that you must stay in
• your door will be shut agains
world, -There will be two watchers
he pillow, and the night will be
and nervous and restless. The
ring will cozne and you will be
e, and the lattice will be turned.
will silence tbe footsteps on the
s with a "h -u -s -h!" You will be
sick, and there will be doubt
essed as to whether you will ever
well; and in' your dreams you Will
the dash of waters, and you will
e up your mind it is the brealcing
he waves of the .Torden against
pillow; and you will hear a sound
O gate, and you will think, why
is the pawning of tbe, hopf of the
horse. 0, then you Will event
greet Physician to come in and
by you and say; "Yoling man,
not, aen with thee; whether you
✓ die, all is well."
re comes a great pass through
1 we must all go, my hearers, and
is the last hoar of our life,
!se we all want to die at home.
vent our friende and kindred in
00111 0111' S0111 is launched.
want to take their hand. We
to look tbem in fhe eye. 'Wei
to give than the final message.
of them we went to sin g end
to pray, and some to recite the
O promises, When leave this
, the last object I went to see is
he sum nor the moon, nor the
.e, nor the beciutiful works of
t is tee face of my friends, But
ant it Divine friend in such an
as that. ;Without Christ death
ltd leap into the clerk, Did you
hear what a dying nobleman
to his gay friend? He said: "1
rowing my laet stake for etern-
ad tremble and shudder ter the
Ant issue. 0, my frierich with
horror do recall the hours of
we heve wasted together. 13ut
eplendict passage to the grave,
tit state and litritittish Lander a
anopy, airi expirifig en soft
downy pillonds. Nbr dependenta
and 1
incens
in lift. • when a young mail wante ing
Divine direction is when he establishes ed on
his own household. When a Man has be
bnilde his eitrililY home, he decides his throag
eternity. I know that affianang is earth',
esualte looked upou eonsething to earria
ee merry over, ifistead of eamething salv
to be prayed about; but, what step is the at
there fraught with each weal or woe ? earse
Is it not strange that, an affair, oberga as the
ed with such temporal and eteri dive ea
MY SISTERS WEEP,
my father beAds beneath the load Of
years and of grief, my lovely wife, Pale
and silent, coneeala her inward an-
guish, isay friend, who was as my own
soul, euppreeses his sighs and leavea
me to hide 'kis grief; but 0, which of
them will bail me from the arreet of
del:4h? :Wbo will descend into the
dark prisea of the grave for me?
Adieu, till we meet in tee world of
Whet a ead way to live, and what
a. sad way to get out a the world.
"Let me die the death of the righteone,
and let my lash end be like his," 0,
Youeg man, to -day take Jesus Christ,
fie was a young man. He died. a young
mut. Ile 1'iow all a young mane
toraptatione and trials. Are you
tale and hOneu.ra,ble, and pure and true?
I do not dispute it. Notwithstanding
all that, you want Christ. A young
man has no safety in -these cities with-
out Divine defence. You know not
what is before you. Take the Lord
Jesus Christ this day as y•our pardon,
your life, your heaven.
But there is some young m.an here
who says: "I have already gone too
Lar ,astray. You are too late when
you preach to me, I have gone into
paths of eie, Don't you see it in the
flush of bey cheek? Don't you see it
in the glaze of my eye? I have gone
So far off in sib. there is no neeel• ef
your preaching to me." My brother
you are mistaken. You may get back,
Hear that. "Teough your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool." But some one says: "1
don't care anything about that. I
have started in the path of sin, and
I am going to keep on." 0, my
ero Inn., what a mistake you are making.
You are floating on down into the
rapids of an awful and. eternal 'plunge.
Put back! It may require some energy
and force of resolution, and a laying
hold of the strong arm of the Lord
God Almighty; but put baekl Angels of
God from the balconies of light look
down upon the struggle. You have
not a moment to spare with this aw-
ful tide against you. Lay hold of the
oar with both hands, and pulli and
pull! till the blood start if need be.
Now is your last chance for'hea.ven. It
L5 ruin. here; it is salvation there. It
is death here; it is life there.
"Ye lovely bands of blooming youth,
Warned by the voice of heavenly
truth,
Now yield to Christ your youLhful
prime,
With all your talents and your time.
"Eternity! how near it rolls
Count the vast value of your souls;
Bewarel and count the awful cose
What they have gained whose souls
) are lost."
HERE'S AN UP-TO-DATE CHURCH.
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lobby Luke a Thraire and Prormenlaytt
Iloxes for the Deacons:
The new First 13aptist Temple of
Columbus, Ohio, which was dedicated
last Sunday, is one of the unique edi-
fices in the West. In originality it.
probably stands first in the church
arclaitecture of Ohio.
In style it is', a modified forro. of
Gothic, without cupola, dome or steeple.
Though it has beautiful wrought
stained glass Gothic windows and
arches, many Romanesque features are
used in the minor parts, especially in
the interior decorations, where the ar-
rangement of the building is most
striking.
Instead of entering the house of
worship through a small vestibule, the
visitor steps through the gorgeously
carved Gothic portal into a long
corridor, on either side of which are
offices, lecture rooms, nursery, par-
lors and ceireilar rooms accessory to
modern churches,. The corridor is
wainscoted in white marble and has
the appearance of a theatre lobby. At
either side, near the end of the lobby,
beautiful carved staircases lead to the
balcony abov-e.
The end of the lobby leads directly
into the main auditorium exactly. as
the lebby of a theatre.
From the west aisle which runs
around the rear .of the room under
the circular balcony a good view is
had of the commodious stage whieb
the lia.ptist minister is to use for his
pulpit, ancl wnere are located the great
organ and the seats for the choir.
The proscenium arch is elaborately
decorated and lacks only the drop cur-
tain and the flies to carry out the stage
effect. On either side of the stage-
palpit are a series of boxes designed
to be used for the deacons of the
church instead of the traditional "araen
corners." ,Tbe pitched floor, with its
arc -ulcer seats, the circular bitiony,
the bexes and the stage, with their
rich . ornamentation and brill 'ant
frescoing, give the beholder the im-
pression of being in a pretty little
etehetatrtoehe. rather than in a *Baptist
eA. fair of the building will disclose
every modern convenience, including
eleeteic lights, water plunsbieg, a
room for bicycles, cloak 1'00MS, library,
Sunday school room. kitchen and lava -
es
"We want something new in the line
of church architecture," was the idea
of the building corcusaittee, r1 is the
unanimous verdict of tbe people who
have been permitted to peep into the
churah during the finishing of its in-
terior that the committee :have se-
cured A'hat they were after. The new
temple is the church sensation of
Central Ohio, and already has been
dubbed even by prominent Baptists lhe
"Mot, Side Theatre."
The ground for the new ehurch 'was'
purchased January 1, 1897, and ground
was first broken OeLober 3, 1897 The
corner stone was laid with impreseive
scouin•eenloa,niiess,81:7 the KnightTetuptars
The Rev, II. II. Barbour, pastor of
Ibis up to date eeclesiastical edifice,
is a native of Hartford, Cone, Start-
ing Mit in life as a reporter, lie became
a lawyer, and later on a clergyman,
CANDLE' POWER LICHT.
A light of one Candle power can be
plainly seen at a distanee of Otie mile,
and one of three eandle power at two
miles.
filE SUNDAY SCI1001„
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 14,
BlitrISt Betrayed and A recited," Jelin 18.
, 1-14. Ottitten Text, tee ea, 3.
PleaCTLCAL NOTES.
Verse 1. These Word. The words 0011-
tain.ed in„ the thirteenth fourteenth,
fifteenth, eixteentle and seventeenth
°hunters of John. Ile went forth with
his disciples. Where he and they were
at any point in these teactings can-
not be certainly said. They wenefrorci
the eupper room out into tee moon-
litten raidnight. Some schotere coojec-
ruse that Jesum spent two or three
quiet hours with his disciples in the
temple courts, whieh were open at
night during passo-ver week; in any
ease, they had a long walk tarough the
crooked streets to one of the great
eitY gates, through which he nowt.
"went forth." The brook Cedron.
"Tlae Black Ravine," or "The Ravine
of Cedar," Nearly all ravines in Pal-
estine are dry in summer, but torrents
in winter. The Ceclron, or Kidron, is
now a steep, narrow, pebble bottomed
valley, with cultivated strips of land
and, footpaths crossing it at irregular
intervals. Onceein a while it is filled
by the winter rain; but it is gener-
ally, dry, and the common belief is that
a living stream flews under -ground.
Where, On the Mount of Olives, not
here named, but rasing immediately
frora the outer edge df the Kidron. A
garden. An olive plantation, doubt-
les.s, for its name, Gethsemane, given
by Matthew and Mark, means Oil -press.
There were xnany such. "gardens"
around Jerusalem. The site of Geth-
semane is shown with all the confi-
dence of early and unbroken tradition.
Into which he entered, and. his die.,
ciples. John makes no mention of. our
Lord's agony, which is strange; but
usually mentions nothing except to add
to the account of the other writers,
and here he had nothing to add.
2. :ludas also, "wb.ich betrayed him,
knew the place. A statean.ent made to
account for the traitor's visit. He had
not been with' Jesus tor several hours.
"Betrayed itim" might be rendered
" was betraying lei'm;" the treasonwas
a process still going on. judas &skid
not leave betrayed Jesus if he had not
been intinaate with him. The bitter-
est enemies of our Lord were power-
less without the help of one of his
friends; and the nearer we come to
our divine Mester in church, ier Sun-
• day school, and. in daily life the more
careful should we be to bring :no re-
proach upon him. The questioneof the
possibility of Judas's final salvation
shoulci be left to the Juge of all the
earth, who will do right; but ;exam-
ination. into the details of the treason
brings us at every step to a blacker
depth of iniquity and dishonor. Jesus
oftentimes resorted thither welt his
disciples. Probably this refers to ear-
lier visits on festive occasions. Many
of the crowds that came to Jerusalem
had to sleep in the open air, and it
is not unlikely that Jesus and his dis-
ciples, xecognizing the owner of this
garden as a sympathizer, regatedly
turned its bowers into places of re-
pose. Judas may have expected to find
our Lord asleep.
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3 Judas then, having receivad a band
men and officers from the chief
iests and Pharisees. It is aliorrible
ests and Pharisees. It is a
rrible question to ask our-
ves, but a useful one. What was
dos doing while Jeeus gave his last
dress to the disciples? while they
Beat across the city to Gethsemane?
Ile he agonized in the snadows, and
ter, James and john drowsed m-
ad of watching? The maegin a the
vised Version substitutes "the co -
rt" for "a band of men." A. cohort
s six hundred strong. Pilate was
ost certainly re.sponsiblee or the
est of 'Jesus; without hisi-power the
este would not have dared to make
even. if they had been able. There
bd to be need.of force; ;for who
ew when Galilean fanatics might,
to rescue their favorite Rabbi e
e "officers'. were the police of the
ple, under the orders eif the San-
rin. Most of the "chief priests'.
e at this time -related by
intermar-
go, united closely in politics and in
gious skepticism, sneerers at spirit -
life and the resurrection, and
dies to the Roman power. But we
to take the phrase as a whole—
e chief priests and the Pharisees"
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n understand. it to mean the San-
ein. Lanterns and torches and
poxes. The soldiers hore their
al arms, Lantertis ainl torches,
ordinarily needed on a' moonligbe
were brought became of the
ible necessity to seareh among the
owe of the olives.
Knowing all things. ,- Our Lord
e himself up to his eneenies with
, deliberate will. Went: forth. Out
he shadows of the garden into the
nIight; away from the shxinkings
material nature imp, the calm
ity of Godhead in whieli he died.
ty, seek ye? Not because be did
know, but to give them an oppor-
it to declare their purpoes, and
ciauly, 11 would seena, to conceal
jesus of Nazareth. More precisely,
las the Nazarene.'' In the gloom
could not recognize him, and in
1180 would they expect him to be
first to greet them. em he. See
8, 24, 28, 58; 13 19. Judas
. stood with them. Renised Vet.-
etaading with ehem." lhe
herons kiss 10 110t mentioned by
. Judas had probably eome for-
te take his place among the epos -
and, if possible, corieeal his tree -
6, They went backward and fell to
the, ground, In prophetic worde the
psahnist sang, " When the wicked., even
mine enemies and my foes, canto upon
tile to ea,t up my flesh, they sttunbled
and fellet There is a, dietinet imp/ket-
tle/1 lieee that a3uperneinitil taror
overpoweeed these teem "What ellen
he do," Says Attgestine, T. when he
comes to judge who did this when he
Wee About; to be judged 1" One ineicerte
a tit tact ie pi cal in clear
rettf — our Lord's surrender to
death was Voluni ry, tu
to Peter, and 81tid, "Thinkest thole that
k cannot now pray to my Father, and
he sheli PreseatlY give me amaro Ono%
twelve legions a azigels?" His conduct
bore is in strict necordanee with thee°
other memorable weeds of his: "There,.
fore dote, my Falher love me, because
lay (Iowa my that I ought, tabe
.11 again, No men Micelle i from Mee
but 1 lay 11 clown of me -self. 1 have
Power to lay it down, and P have power'
to take it again."
7, Then asked he them. again.
"Again therefore lie zoked them."
From their terror the Lord bimeelf
arouses them to their military duty,
8, Lel; thee go their way., The die-
ciples, thoroughly identified for three
years will his cause, were now likely
to be arrested, especially so when one
of them drew his sword in defense of
his lYfaster. Our Lord's last effert be-
fore surrender is to secure the liberty
cif those who loved ban. "The Worde,di
eays Farrar, "were a signal to the
apostles that they could no longer
render elm any service, and that they
might now consult their own safety."
9. See Jelin 17.12, "No doubt, ae the
evangelist inst./vote us by xefeeriug to
those words, leaves our Lord's pitying
care for their weakness and fear
"which guided him in providing for their
eecape, keeping their lives in safety
till their faith should be more firm.
Had they followed hien to the judg-
ment -hall, like Peter, they might have
denied him, like Peter, eee Luke 22,31,
32."--Claurton.
10. A. fuller account of the incident
pointed to in this verse is to be found
in Matt. 26.51, 54. No evangelist but
John mentions the names of the actors.
Then should be "therefore)" — fore-
seeing. the arrest. Having a, sword.
Which it was unlawful to have 011 feast
days. It has been suggested by Dr.
Westoott that the healing ,of the
wound recorded by Luke explains
Peter's' escape from arrest.
11. The cup which my father hath
given me. An illusion to the Lord's
prayer in the garden, which, however
John does not record, as none of the
other evangelists record this saying.
Peter had drowsily half heard that
prayer a few minutes before. (See not
only Matt. 26, 39; Mark 14, 36; Luke
22, 42; but also Ezek. 23, 31; PS9, . 75,
8.)
12. Then. "Therefore," or "so;" as a
consequence of Peter's resistance. The
band. "Cohort.' Tete captain. Greek,
chiliarsb; Revised Version, "chief
captain;" margin, "military tribune;"
tile commander of the cohort. Of-.
ficers of the Jews, Jewish police offi-
cers who guarded the temple. Bound
him. Some at least of the enemies of
'Tawas may have really deemed him a
dangerous man, and his bonds a
necessity.
13. Anna. (Luke 3. 2; Acts 4, 6.)
This man is called Ananus by Josephus.
Other variations of the name are Hanan
and Ananias. He was one of the
most powerful Jews of that time, and
had been high priest, hut was removed
by the Romans, and succeeded by
three others, wiro each hall the dignity
for a year or less, when Joseph Cala-
plias, his son-in-law, obtained it. With
the advancement of Caiaphas, Annas
regained much of the politieal author-
ity of the office. Nbree of his sons
came in turn to the high priesthood.
When the evangelist: says that, they
led him away to Annas first it implies
that be was afterwards led to Caiaphas,
as the story goes 071 to say. Caiaphas
held the office af high priest from
A.D. 18 to A.D. 36.
11, Now Caiaphas was he. See John
11, 49.
A GREAT NATION.
The JONI'S of the World. Number Alto
nether 7,120,00o,
Three million Jews live in Russia
where they are shut up in the west-
ern provinces and villainously treat-
ed. If he ventures to live outside the
jewisla pale in Russia, a Hebrew has to
carry on some humble trade, and the
„richest banker in Odessa, if any Rus-
sian has a grudge against him, may
be compelled to work as a cobbler on
pain of banishment.
Naturally, the Jews retaliate, and
delight in getting Russian officials and
nobles under their power with loans
of money. One million five hundred
thousand Jew:, live in the Austrian
Empire, where they are persecuted.
The present Mayor and corporation of
Vienna were elected for the express
purpose of bullying the Jewish com-
munity. France has 80,000 Jews, Eu -
mania has 100,000 Jews; Germany 700,-
000, Holland 80,000 and Italy 50,600.
Great Britain has 80,000, including
many of our most notable and popu-
lar' public men. .
Europe has 6,000,000 je.ws, Amexice
350,000, Atrica 500,000, Asia 250,000 and,
Australasia 20,000.
So altogether there are 7,120,000 of
this nation; which is pretty fair, con-
sidering that 3,00 years ago, they only
numbered about 3,000,000, end the whole
civilized world has been massacring
and bullying them ever since. They
,seem to be by far the most capable
race cm earth. There is not 'a single
Ari, industry or Seiellee, in which they
have not excelled.
SAVED THE SECRET.
inn 'lids :Ilan Will Not tome Borne Again
at lanybrealr„
Ho b.rtd been out late. When he
reached his residence the chureh elook
was chiming, 5. Heavy, WearY) dis-
gusted., he opened the front door with
some difficulty, and softly toiled up
the stairs, entering the bed ehamber
With elaborate eaution.
Tient: goodness, she was asleep!
He &repeal into a (shale, and, with -
'out taking oft his teat or hat, began
to ternove his shoe. One he placed
with great care upon the floor, but,
alas! as he took Off tbe other it slip --
pee out; of hie trend awl fell with a
loud noise.
"Wifey't awake on the Melanie
She looked. tit Eine oat then at the
suennier erten light i1a tOit'OazllOd
theougli ten blinds.
Geurge, what are you getting
up so early for t"
Teik ebont reprieves!
"Why, thy deer*" replied George,
With 1110, elenreet enuiericition of whioh
lie with capable, "1 found I tailehint
sleep, so 1 thought I'd got up and go
out andtake a, Acetic.'
And out the pooe weeteh teent,drag-
ging himeelf: round wearily for tie
hate upon tile verge of tesee anti ter -
pee)