HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-3-8, Page 7Notes and Coinments.
When a recent telegram, annotuaced
that a hoe nine years old named Ja
Chun had been deeignatecl as thither
to tlae throne of the Celestial Em-
pire, and that the prteent Emperoed
Zwaug Su, was expected to aladieate
In his favor, couflicaug explanations
of the incident were forthcorniog,
The Chinese Minister at Washington
was disposed to minimize the impor-
tanee Of the traosaetiont, and denied
that it portended any change in the
foreign or domestic policy of hie coun-
try. Oie the other hand, despatches
from Shanghd deticribe4 the appoint -
meet of an heir -apparent and the
intention imputed to the Empreee
Detvager of deeesing the Teigning
EpVereign and assumina the funetions
of Regent as a decisive victery for
the reactionary party, a. victory r
garded with favor by the Manchus
dwelling in Woe, but distasteful to
the Chinese prefer and eepeciallh to
the natives of the relatively fanlight
-
Cued eQuiliern provinces. The latter
interpretation of the palece reVolue
to turns- out to have been cerreet,
for, after eonee hesitation, the Em-
presa Dewager has ehown her bend,
and, according to a telegram, elle lute
caused an edict to be iseued, rescind-
.' the measures previously taken
with e view to educational referee,
niUdeelariog that the Confucitio
elesiiica shall hetacefortle, as or old,
constitute the oily sobjects at the
ofticial examinations of candidates
for poste in the Cneee Pima service.
That the death, depeatIon or come
puleory abdiettiono weng Su,
WitO ie still the nominal ruler of
Chloe, will emu follow the selection
a his succeesor ie proliable enoug
Stuhe an event will surprise nolued
familiar with the unscrupuleaus career
of the Erapreih Dowager. It idwell
known that Ted An is the Golly survive
ing widew of the Emperor Zen
Bung, who died in 1801, and was sue-
ceeded by his onty son, Tuog Che. The
Chinette Blinistor at Washingten must
have been incomeetle reporteu when
be was made to say that Prime Tuan,
the father, of the boy din OM% now
made heinopparent, is a on of Little
Fung. That otivereign, ea tve have
said, left but one son, tind Prince
Two *must be a son of Ihwang Suis
predecesser, the Emperordiaou Moan,
who "Ascended on high" in 1850. h
may be remembered that Tung Cho
wee only live ygars old wheri he no-
minally eucceeded his father, Hien
Bung, and that, for the tollowing
twelve year, the Government, was in
the hands of the two Empresses
_Doweger, of whom Tei Axe the actual
rater a the Middle Kingdom, is the
survivor. In 1678, Tung Che attained
his ranjority and began ostensibly, to
rule, but he died without bum in
1875 under circumstances that cast
htispicion upon the present Empress
Dowager. A's by the law, a Chinese
Emperor's heir must be younger thnn
he frora whom. the inheritance comes,
Tung Che, having no younger broth-
ers, had th be succeeded by one of
the sons of his father's younger broth-
ers. Of these brothers there had
been five, Hien Bung himself being
the fourth of the nine sons of the
Emperor Tam Hwang. The choice of
the Empresses Dowager fell on the
infant son of the Prince of Chung,
seventh son of Toon Kwang, which
infant son beeame Emperor under the
name of Kwang Su.
•THITS. XETEI.. TIMES
THE ANCIENT WAR HORSE
Rev. Dr. Talmage Speaks di His
Strength and Fleetness.
The 'Redeemed Are Represented. as Riding on White
florses.Strength Of the Weakest inhabitant of
Fleaven.=Parade of Soldiers in the Ceiespal City
With the Oreat Commander at the tiead.
A deepatch ream Washington says; eity witha robe gold -embroidered; in
—Rev. Dr. Talmagepreached erera one hoed a liatinl, ti he o -her, a
115 following following text e --"And the armies tre; :the call"ve4
aru-iy venneg atter; the wlite:Tereneplig
Odell were in heaven followed leire lajon. in lacilidae drains, theetingialcing
ujon white herees."-elleeelatiens xis, the lieei leut15 nay text, tha lataven,
ly Cerenfaucter ride t wiht the sword, ot
en.veiree1 u barneh, and eu 11.4 h iad are
We canuot, in this age, uuderstand :many orowne, the oith turns out
the beauty and glory et the ancient to greet htiateethe Conqueror oe ear: b.
hone. Tbite animal comes to us and heaven. ante hell. Strew tiewere
throoor
gh centtes cif oppression and ga rinaters
WAVe all
hard treatment, which have taken oe lemven! q*Iiitlasenan 311 Ilaleeij te
the gracefuluese from Ilia lintts, and le he that ceneeth la the name of the
the flame from hie eye, and the arch L Hie ohneh in, Ile ,h etbhdit
Wow, come, on the nettationi of the
Of pQmp fliQ111 14$ neti/ci The iblent eraved, Here p &sees ;lot reale-teat of
hone that le now to be found prance .Chrietieti martyrs. They endured all
ing he the parke, an ancient king Mogi for Clenst ; they were haiunded
would Pet have been Eeen riellog. Of
elfl* the ox and the use titled the
groend and cerriea the bureleuet hut
the horn' was used for corenatimut
and triumpitaut processions, knots
and chieftains sitting upon hint. ob
deecrihes a war-horse until 1 canitio
meet hear the chewing of his bit,
and the dither of his hoofa among the
fallen shields. "lila then given the
atrength? Ilaee thine clothed, ed epiii.e. tiray.ritre Chundayerd
his neck with thunder? The glory of 1'01 nue tbi3 thelfl tail% but liven
Ms nostrils ia terrible. Ile Paweth ih weary teei tlrec'eugUitsibe gaiuoneocitne
the valley* and; rejoicetie in his and in times of pereeteetion, and crawl..
gth. He gooth forth to meet the 4 up the magi On their Meade and
ud with fiertenties and rage. ITO .0:11..0Wii'o'klItIZeatua;'5;314.fluvapt.;
4 rheth lia hehhitheth the lir‘eeeenhbui; atehly they lotlowairlyioitlintirloysnot
among the. trumpets, Hal hal conqueroril Victorg of Itanoilar
emtilieth the Louie afar Eft; C'ni le aud Bola Reek, and Rather -
under of the ca,ptalus and the °lire eltildhei rho' regiment or English
(ening." mar.yrs. Qu en Mary against K ng
When my text, 15 figure, lep uneven tig e
twenty Monett:id chariots of God emo-
tive armies of the gturified as riding
upon white hories, it sets forth the ing 411'IAstee" or heaven
,""
WOE OVER AlsY YO.
strength, Out fleetnees, the victory,
QUM Mary thought thet bytiword
and the innocence or the reiloetueili and !leo she had driven Proiestants
The hi.aree, hes always Leen an can- down, but elm Coale drove thera up.
bit= of strength. When startled by Ndtrilihdit.11eireVellithiy°"0/93htilitItcreri, annul
itudden sight, or sound, how .15
Amidst -hop Crantnen who gut his collh
plunges along the h Otto:Lel The age back ha time to save his soul; end'
hand of the t r on g driver on the reins Anna &Izmir. who at twenty-xive years
ei lute the met, eg a hoe. ma hoofs of age, rather than foreeke her God,
eubmitted hist to the rack without a
strike fire, the harness is snapped, groan, and then went with bones so
mad the veaiele iturhad titer the reeks oislocated site must be carried on a
ehair to the etake, her last words ris-
g through Eames being a prayer for
dinVifthlakneose.trulillipalinoatinag tactsd.iefdeleaman tying
tara
, urderere, Oh eavalcade Of men and
elute Waet teieteneLet ebees 4" women, whom God snatched up from
.be nuesiles hurled at him. nor tile the iron fingers oi torture into eter-
wheal whoa 1 co elle mon:ludo. Awa e oat oho hide on, thou glorious regi.
he tiles, irresistibly! intent of Englieh martyrs!
Thermore, when the redeeined are I Leek at this advancing host of a
epreeeuted as toting on wine horses, hundred thuu .anal. Who are they?
Lheir teenet IS set £orth.," e das Wok upon the flag, and upoza their
oh their invalidiem, and decrepitude uniform and tell us. They are the•
are past. Never 0111111 they be sick Proiestants who fell on St. Bartholo.
*again or tired again. Take the menthe Day in Paris, in Lyons, in Or-,
strength. of tort of the giants of earth, leans, In 13erdeaux, while the king
and the weakest inhabitant of heaven poked oaf of the window and cried,
could muster bim. 0 the day when, 'Kid! kill 1" Oh l what a night„fol.
having put off the last physical ire.. by nink wile& otio a day Who
il
pediment, you ehacome to the t
raightinees of heavenly v.gour 1 There e hoe horses were tossed out
%vial be hardly anything you cannot of windows, and raanacled, and torn,
lift or crush, or conquerand dragged, and slain, until it seam-,
,
ed that the cause of God had perish -
The horse used in the text is also
ed, and cities vere illuminated with
the emblem of fleetness.
infernal joy, and the cannon of St
THE WILD HORSES ON Angelo thundered the triumph of
hell! Their gashed and bespattered
the plain, at the appearance of the
?bodies were thrown into the Seine,
hunter, make the miles slip under
but *their souls went up out of a na-
them, as with a snort they bound
tion's shriek into the light of God.
away, and the dust rises in whirl-
winds from their flying feet, until
far away, they halt with their faces
to their pursuer, and neigh in glad-
ness at their escape. More swift
than they hall be the redeemed in
' re iawn aelent er, tiy were
horted tin 04 ll Here come the
elgle ewe th u and Scotch 04.Ve1314 era
wha Peri 15.1 10 One persecodem Fee
caped from the eithehei et Calvet. -
!levee, and bloody 3TeKe,nzie, and the
Maims of thlterais Iiykst. thty ride
in the great battalion of Setitch
tyrh Hugh ALKiiii, and datueta Rene
while aim jelio Keene and o jx.rsw,lt se
verde are a tentleashout for the
Church h. ch k
boue a en it a. rotig arras* ande. woe re t-
1 After a minority, which on various
pretexts, was unusually protracted,
Riming Su, was perznittedeeey the pre-
sent Empress Dowager, who, after the
death of her co -regent, had been sole
mistress of China, to assume the sov-
ereignty, No sooner did he evince,
however, a determination to retognize
. the Chinese system of education by
, the adoption of Western methods and
ideals, than he was compelled by a re-
volution ;within the palace to invite
the lEmpress Doevagee to leave her
xetiretment and. to co-operate with
him in hiis imperial functions. This
compulsory invitation was regarded as
tantamount to abdication, and the
Empress ildoevager has beet since, as
she Was before Kwang Su's accession,
the virtual ruler, of China,. It seeens,
however, that she feels insecure 'so
long as Hwang Sp lives, and it has
been predicted that we would soon
hear of his death, As a anatter of
face, the ignaperoris poor health and
alleged inability to conduct the busi-
ness of State, i$ the pretext given for
•
the appointment of ,Ju Chun, the nine-
.
year-old eon of Prince Tuan as the
heir -apparent.
MAKING THEIR MOUTHS WATER,
The method employed by ISaiteh fish-
ermen to ensure big catches is thus
described: The fisherman puts a
t umber of live worins and insects in
a bottle partially filled with water,
and then eorks it securely. , The bet -
tie is dropped into the water, , the
fieherman sinking his line' altmgeide,
ft is fauna time the sight, of the
-wriggling contents of the hott le so
retetteet the -appetite of the finny
eibe that they fall easy victirne to
dace beltet hooks,
drovv.oing from Alnwiele Castle. The
good Samaritan, vitae pot the 'oteunde
WI mon 04 hie boree 'while he Wm-
reelf walked, new riding 'more 'firmly
for thet eharitabla dismenotheit.
Tholesand 04 men and .,women who
served God, end -grandly did their
duty—whole companies, regamente, and
battallons. Pass on, great troop of
God It etieroe as if there were no
-end. to it. Forw,rd., ye areith of Chris,
time Workers! Ride an, whilo the sof-
fetters weoeu hoo heeled, ani the ige
noratit whena you insleueted, and the
abandoned whom yell reelaimed, come
out ma the streets of heaven. to genet
you 1
*RIDE' 071.1 RIDE ON
;Jere emeee a great ooluzoo of the
Christian poor. They always walked
on earth. The only ride they everted
was the hearse tint t00% Mena to
Potter% Field. Trey went day by day
poorly clad, and meanly fed. and in
suffieiently sheltereh. They were jos-
tied out of houses, whose rent they
could not pay, awl out of ebuircleete
winire their preset ch eras an offenee.
Consideaing the Insegnifteant way
mealy of these went out of the world,
the poor doetoring. and the coarse
shroult and the haste of the asequies
you might have expected for them a
tame reception op the other side; hut
o staining retirato waa waittne beeetrid
the_ river. for their_ depeettng spirtte,
11114 03 teey passed a eelraiial evert
confronted them, and snow-white
chargere of heaven are bra:tight in.
and the conquerors mourted; and
here they pasta in the throng of the
victors— Gear -house eachan ted for pal
ace. Tags for leaperial attire, weary,
walking for seats on the wbite horse
from the Kingn ateble. Ride an, ye
victors t
AnOtheir retinue: that of the Chriae
Ran Invert Is. Theee who pass now
languished for many a year an t heir
coutalies. From the firmness, and the
strength, and the exhilaration with
whielt they ride, you would not have
supposed that they hail bent double
with at Monte, and had cremated wtth
rains irausedicable, anti writhed in
eufferinga that were ghastly to the
beholder. But after twenty years of
uselesa prescriptioni and all surgery
laad failed, in one moneent ther re-
m) ere • Th b15ikgr ea name
Death magi out and put their runt in
the atirrup, and gave them one lift,
by which, in a moment, they sprang
won white horse to ride forth—con-
qiuerone for ever.
I heard Thoma a Stockton. in the
raidet of his sermon about the Good
Land, to and cough for two or three
minutes, until It oceraect as if he nev-
er would gtt itis breath, told then go
, on again; but, recovering his strength,
i he put his band upon his lungs and
a said. " lltank God there is no cough-
ing in heaven." 'He is well now. Elo-
quent Thomas Stockton I Glorious
norm Stockton. I had e friend who
preathed the Croapet in the West. He
was tielzeil by a disease' whieh must
prove fatal unless he submitted to a
surgical operaticao The prospect
was that he would die in the hands
of the surgeon, but there was a
FAINT HOPE 01? RECOVERY,
tout so Ite felt it his duty to submit.
One Sabbath morning he stood in Ws
pulpit, supporting himself by a chair,
and said. to his congregation, "My
dear people, to -morrow morning I
wart for NeW York to submit to a
surgical peoraiion, uhich will proba-
bly take my life, but there is a faint
.bope that it. may restore me; and that
faint hope leads me to go, but it
is probable I shall never see you
win. Z shall now proceed to preach
to you ray farewell sermon." And
then, with a laze all illumined with
find my text in the fourth ehapter of
second Timothy, at the sixth verse:
,1 era now ready to be offered up and
joy and -triumph, he eaid, "Yoy will
the time of my dewarture is at band.
1., have fought the good fight. I have
finished my course. I have kept the
faith. Henceforth there is laid up
for me a erown of righteousness,
which the Lord the righteoue Judge
shall give in. at that day." The next
Thursday morning he was well; he
was. all well. In that kind they nev-
er say "I am sick." . Ride on, ye
great host of recovered invalids 15 115
triumphal possession of heaven.
Henry VIII. brought Anne Boleyn
to has palace. The river Thames was
the scene of her triumphal entry. Fifty
ficials dressed in scarlet. Choirs
chanting along the banks of the
river. Flags adorned with bells that
rang as the breeze stirred them. Anne
Boleyn, in cloth of gold, and wearing
a eirelet of precious stones, stepped
into the barge amid. the sound of
trumpets and the shout of a king -
dorm a Then entering the street, seat-
ed on a nobly caparisoned palfrey,
they sometimes waked on cloth of
gold and velvet; led between houses
adorned with scarlet and orimson,
and defended by guards in coats of
beaten gold; and along by foun-
tains that were made on that day to
pou r. out Rhenish wine for the peo-
ple, until she at last, kneeling in
Westminster Abbey, took the crown.
But alas for the career of Henry VIII.
and Anne Boleyn! They lived in sin
and died in shame, and their splendid
eareer went out in darkness. Not so
with those whom our King shall call
to the bonors, of heaven.
ALONG ME RIVER ,OF DHATu
their barge slaall glide amid the shad-
ows until it comes to the light of the
City; and then, on streets of gold,
and greeted by harps at gold, they
ellen join the armies of the King, fol-
lowing oxi white horses.
But I cannot count the inteimin-
able troops of God as they pass, the
redeemed of all ages, and lands, and
conditions. One hundred and forty-
four generations of people have lived
&nee the worth was xnade ; and con-
ee.quently about twenty-nine thous-
and million of !people have died—fig-
ures of which eve can have no appre-
ciation. A great proportion of
these must have gone into glory, so
that nothin,g but an archangel for a
mathematician, with an arithmetic
of eternity, could ,give any idea 01 115
number who ehall make up the throng
that follow. on white horses. :Every
hour the line is lengthehing. They are
going up by *scores, and' by auncireds
and thousandsAt the begin-
ning a this discourse, We took our
position an the street of heaven to
watch, but the first regiment ha a not
passed yet; and near the clatter of
the hots still coming. Yea, atand at
this point and watch until the cen-
tury ha e gone, and the world has.
perished, and time,is wound up, and
myriads of ages have gone.their stow
round, i5ti1l you will not. have Meen
hall of the First leviaion who hollow
upoo white horses., Go up on thehigh-
and now they pass along the boule-
yards of heaven.
" Soldier of God, Well done!
Rest be thy loved exriployi
And wbile eternal ages run,
Rest in Thy Master's joy:"
heaven. 0 the exhilaration of feel- Ride BoiraLkhyoel
ing that you can take worlds at aonameottwiledDat;o1 ops of St,
bound, vast distanoes instantly over -
Here conies another host of the
oome—no di.ference between here and
there! Heaven is said to be the cen- redeemed; the regiment of Christian
philanthropists. They went down into
tre of the universe. If so, how swift
the battle field to take dare of the
moist a messenger spirit- fly, in order
wounded; they plunged into the damp
to reach us in any crisis of peril!
Light flies one hundred and ninety- and moulded prisous, and pleaded be -
.ed ; theyreach-
cid for ages, whose light has just
five thousand miles a second, and yet governora in be-
thfore God and human be -
there are worlds that have been create a- 0 e thee a °crat
ed Christ among the besetted 'pope-
;
reached us. If light, flying one bun-
htions of the city they carried Bi-
dred and Winety-four thousandbes and- bread into the .garrets of
lmiles but in te -
a second, has taken ages to come from pain;
worlds this side of heaven, SWEET RIVER OF DEATEt
how swift must a messenger they washed off the filth and the
spirit fly from heaven in loathaomenese of those to whom they
order to administer into us? Swift- .ha,d administered.
er (hail fleetest horse under lash or Now they pass through the streets
spur; Swifter than eagles, or wino, of heaven in glorious review. There
or
Light are the redeemed. H
It Sohn oward, who cirominamvigat-
,
The horse in the text is also a spa. ed the globe in the nani,e of him who
bat of victory. He was ncat used on said, " I was Seek and ye visited nee."
orellimay occasions; hat the conquer- What to Hint were the thanks of the
House otf Commons or the recognitiori
or mounted him, and rode on among
115 acelanee.tione of the rejoicing mulo of all the goverament on earth cora
titades. Se all the redeemed -
to hear_ pared with the joy of this day in
which he rides one followed by mule
en are victors .Yee, they are more than
titudes of those wham, he found in
conquesors through him that loved
dungeons of darkness and lazarettos
them.
My text places us on one' of the elf nein! Here go the Moravian mis-
sionaries, who were told that , they.
malty avenues of the Celestial 'City,
The soldiers of God have come up from could not go on a Christian errand
to a hospital w -here the plague was
earthly ba,ttle and are on parade. We
shell not have time to see all the great raging uniees they would consent to
go in and never coene out—deliberate-
hosts of the redeemed; but John, in
ly made all arrangemeues and went
my text,- points out a few of the bat -
in, and took Care Of the sick, and
talioaae: 'And the armies which were
then lay doevn beside the dying theme
in heaven followed him upon white
hodhegie . I selves to die. Here goes Elliott who
I
You have sometimes stood in a once toilcd for Christ among savages,
'
street waiting for hourtravelling on foot through the wilds's for a proces- I
sion to come up. Then you sow it saying, " My feet are always wet. hut
greal excitement in the street, 1 hull off lay boots and wring my
and heard unusual shouting, and stookings, and put them on again and
yen that theprooeseion was
go forward, trying to endure hardship
koe,w '
r in
near I hhe ear tsound of the heav. 5,e5 a of Jesus Christ
good soldiet
enly hest adverteing. The shout of defying the savages, who bade hin
or die, by saying to
the redeemed Leen the niansions and, stop Pretidihing
"I am about the woek of the
palaces of heaven seems nearer. The "'nil,
great God, Touch ine ihyou dare!"
proceseion is- ha sight, the marshals of
heaven clear the way, and the great The Maid of Saragossa, the angel of
the Seeinish battlefield, passes by. Elie -
C o menden, rides plIfiL at the head of
n3e, host. abeth Fry, followed by those whom
• she showed tbe way from Newgate
THE ROMAN VroTOR
e •prison to heaven. Grace' Thirling, of
laeeng elain at hetet five tb011aaiad the stroeg oar and the sea -bird's wing,
men in battle, eede into the ancient with which she once swooped .to the
est tower of heaveoeloole to the north,
and look tet the eolith; cen; Yon eee the THF, SUNDAY SCHOOL
eod? No/ No 1 Conairgi etniteinal For
over and far ever they pests .on I "The
arnaiee evaieh were izi heaven followed INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NAIL 11,
Uml, upon yiuto horses.'
11 hies been to me the most atonoue
MZeistme eh the eveoing, will you mid
1 pin that great proeeaszon? Not an -
an ea.rth we belonged to the heard's
army, and fotiowed After the
You must know that the cevairy of
heaven that you see paresoag fought
with the cavalry of hell- and that the
arebdemon has lead his victories, end
that the o whom ha conquers he
net away an chains, to be reserved. an
derkuese until the Great Day,
"CLACK STARS."
Theo Are lasedla reace or toe Sum To
Proles:14r it7
hehe 144:7er°;:1;r:01.i people gape
nee that the observatories obtain the
correct hirate from the eon. When thea
average mau wiithe-e to give his watch
Ibe higheet praise he says. "It regu-
lates the sun," not being aware that
a watch whech would keep with the
ietto aroond, the year would have to be
.aa bad as Capnin Outtiee. The torten
vr ;aril eafell deetle whoa to go to dio-
!Peg by the snot but if the mariner W14
as confident time the sun marked al -
way e the correct' time as the farmer
io15 woula be sure to be at thaws 20
iar tOl enheie freell where he thought he
'
d 71: is* L14 Ina aud liTse a onlyrs vt n4 4 rdt':714.c:44:ha gt vt-
iterveniog thaw gets as far aft a whole
!hemmer ',tour feat or elow.
There ua several inendred eaten I
wireee pcothous have been establiehel
whh the greateet eecureer by the
"most oarefut observations at a nereher
of the prioepal obeervaeliartes at the
world. It aS"iitarie exact pceition is
knowo,11 eao readily be -calculated
when it will pnia the meridian Of any
given place--ohet !h. theilltetaut it with
erosea mute? amt Gown tine through
115 pe. The data regardaig thee
Istmos
are all published io the nautival
,adthanitot, which are goit out by several
difeerent obeervations for the me uf
'navigators and. all othere ,who have
uses for them. These eters are kuown
as "clock stars."
"elent leeratyfie 111104041." mark 2. lee.1
cietien, Text. merit e. ne,
PRACTICAL NOTES.
Verse 1, Again he entered. lute Ca-
ESQUIMAU DOGS.
They Are Supposed:40 Pe the laireet epee*.
4.7:10.0%44 rki:00040.ritgizsixtiziouucees.t40.3crk; to
'1 t15etfmt tboit the moot useful and ef.
• leut beeete nc burden for tbe con-
veyance of' the mails aia4 ail Manner
4:tc)ercr'rh:Pptcorivetiltiotr:reaa. oaxerheertVa:ditr:instrifetuhite:nhYatt:loki
1.4aboa4eo doge collected two years ago
by Caoedian Govertimeot agents and
;"k:r eattrti7te 9'willeo°1:4e°itavte9 inatIredestc'll CeittoYs-1
iithf etadir of theeet dogs regand theMt
as the purest speeinateos extaue of the
pareot canine etock, unaltered by' hoe
man experiments, sod 15appearance
;melt en Adam laca' lit )ave amed 15
PernaULTIA 4.1.16"15 Jesus, Caperile
' Was a sort of heatiguartere eorlde
work. It was noised, Literally, lt
woe heard.", That is to sayt it was
eentl4. The ton -e, 11JII usual plac,,o
Of abodes iri Caperneuto,
2. Straightwa,ye The ruiner of his
arrival fellowed elehe UPOrt Wes arriv-
al, and. the gathering followed close
upon the rumor, May were gather-
ed together,. From the other records
we leant thee the crowd included enen
of divers eor.e and'trorn a1 metivee—ecribee
pArts„ sosctators and critics
fromevery town io Galilee, arid eveu
from Jalea. ad Jerusalem- There
was oo room to receive them. But
that hid not hinder them foam pouring
iineet and orottud the house. Oriental
:freedom ef eationero aanzraists starti-
iloatr 'moth Western restraint ant de-
cautn°413n. thAel4ggt itut rem; ileaTtrer ti)lfeet%
, into end amend the teu-e. Oriental
'leave. Be preached ebc word auto
them.1i proclaimed the Message—
th.,!% atintimtement that the kingdom of
God, was at hand. and the terms 04 ad.
,ndi,sioo to it,. Luke says. "The
PleWee of the Lent was present to
kelt" lotirriatIng that the healing and
toe teaching went together.
Ottosiele of the palsy. The word
Itieki. is a igenerie word for all 'eerie Ls
of parelyels, Ilearue of four, This
item is given ouly by Mark, who hati
atteetor tbepe -q
4. Ttey could not mute nigh unto
hint for the press. T'llese
are not given bei Matthew. "high"
ateaue dente; "press' ravens the
crowd. They uncovered the root The
houee probably eousieted or oneatory
only. The outetde staircase le a fea-
tura in Palestinian derneatio arehiteto
tore. It leads from the ground belle
root', sometimes from the street. some -
firma trent the eneloteed courtyard.
Whore be was. Over the room In
vhieb he eat. Wheat they hod broken
t up, "Scooped it out." We cannot,
of course, tell certainly how thispar-
ticular root was Mad% but roofs are
Lound lo Palestine made of a combine
ation of mortar, tar, white, and sand
rolled hard. Sometimes underneath
this stone slabs, or, as one of the evan-
genets calls them, " tiles," are laid
across joista, and the eorth put on
these slabs. Often grass grows on
roofs, ao that it would be easy to
break up a roof, and not difficult to
meud it. Let down the bed whereon
the aiok of the veiny Jay. But the bed
was hardly more than a rug. Bed-
teads are uoe, used In the Orient.
5. When Jesus saw their faith. Ilo
,eaw the evidenee.s of it. 'What faith
these men had in Jesus eonsitited sim-
ply in their confidence in his power
to heal. It was worth all the damage
to the roof, whirth, of eourse, they
must repair, and all the anger of the
trowd they Jostled; it was worth
the utmost Inconvenience to there -
selves, if they could only get their
sick friend to Jesus. From our
vantage -ground in the noonday of the
Gospel !hie faith seems unspiritual
and of low grade. But the highest
shiritual faith has just such begin-
nings. Moreover, faith cermet lorig
continue without faithfulneas; the
two are indivisible, "Their" doubt-
less includes the sick man is well as
his four bearers, for, as Dr. A.bbott
says they would searceiy lia.ve carried
him to Christ against his will. He
said. Apparently the four bearers
and the diseased man say nothing.
Their actions are Silent prayer. Son.
"Child." Jesus was very possibly
younger than ,the man he healed; but
his great power or healing turned him
into a fatherly benefactor. Thy
sins be forgiven thee. These words
surprised everyone who heird them.
the infirm man had been laid ut the
Saviour's feet not for forgiveness,but
far cure, The Pearisees were dispos-
ed. to oriticise such an assumption as
our Lord here mottos. But he may
have 'seen in tilt? raan's heart a peni-
tence and receptivity so great as to
require the first exercise, of divine
power.
6. Certain of the acribes sitting
there. Hostile eritics these scribes
were. See Luke 5.17. Reasoning in
their hearts. Thinking, but not
' talking to each other, '
7. Why death thia main thus speak
blatsph,emiee? Notice the more direct
text; of the Revised Version. For
"this men" read "this fellow." Who
cant forgave sine but God otlyhi See
Ise. 43 25; ,Ter. 33. 8. .
8. Immediately. "Straightway,"
again. When Jesus perceived in his
spirit. This supernatural power ot re-
cognising the thoughts of others was
one of the traits which the Messiah
was expected to have. So they reason-
ed within themselves. Each man took
both sides of the question. a
9. The question of this verse means,
Which requires higher authority,
more of divine power, to heal sins or
to cure diseases? Really, forgiveness
of sins requires more power, hut it
would. not them so to spectators, be-
cause, it would not be followed by
vistble effect, while the cure of paraly-
sis would be sesu at once. So to the
wendertag peasantry and the critical
scribes alike the cure of disease would
tie the greater manifest wonder of the
tWo.
ABOTTT IlEANTIFUL WOUEN.
The physical beauty of woman
should last, growing more and mare
mellow until the end. That the
beauty of women, l:ke thqt of men.
should he determined front the stand-
point of advancing maturity, cannot
he,disputed. It is absurd to claim that
the ripe, rich beauty of forty is less
attractive than the budding maturity
of su est sixteen. When women live in
harmony with Natures lawn each
stage of lite bas its eon charm The
fulness of beauty does nut reach its
zenith, under the age of thirty-five or
forty.
Helen of Troy comes upon the stage
at the age or forty-eight, A.spasia
was thirty-six when married to Peri-
cles, and she was a brilliant figure
thirty years therearter. Cleopatra
Was past thirty when she zuet Antony.
Diana de Feeders was thirty-six when
she won the heart of Henry II. The
King was half her age, bat his devo-
tion never changed. Anne of Austria
was thirty-eight when described as
the most beautiful woman in Europe.
Mme. de Maintenon was forty-three
when united to Louis, and Catherine
of Russel, was thirty-three when she
seized the throne she ocetipied for
thirty-five years. Mlle. Mar was most
beautiful at forty-five, and. Alma. Re-
Camier between the ages of thirty-five
and forty-five.
The most lasting and intense paseion
is not inspired by two -decade beau-
ties. The old saw about sweet sixteen
is exploded by the truer knowledge
that the highest beauty does not mean
immaturity. For beauty does not.
mean alone the fashion of form and
coloring as found in the waxen doll.
The dew of youth and a complexion
of roses are admirable for that period
but a woman's hest and richest years
there from thirty-six to forty. It is a.n
t arrant error for any woman to re-
gard herself as passe at any age, if
she grows old gracefully..
GET OUT Of? DOORS,
"Oh, yes," responds some over-
worked: woman, "it's easn enough to
advise us ea get out intothe open air;
but after having been' on ray hest all
the forenoon end hell the, afternoon,
Pin too tired to go • oub ahywhere, even
if I didn't have to sit. down and sew
every minute till time to get suppere'
Very true; and the sewing you; have
to do is no fancy work, but ooarse
trousers to patch, little garments to
mend, and endless Stocking darning.
But don't sit down in the ,kitehen to
do it. It is the bounden duty a every
pra.cticat housewife to stay out of that
apartment all she can. You. neeg a
change front the attnosphere of work
which must etudure even in the most
iivell-ordered kiteheu. Take your
mending basketeand sewing chair and
go out in the yard, somewhere leader
God's blue heaven, and let the fresh air
and sunshine and all ifie soothing in-
fluences of nature charm and rest you
an,d make you fergee awhile the in-
door cares. Outdoor air .iet at eriace
tonin aid a:nervine, It acts' both' on
the mind and body.
e'leou ootintey folks don't half lenoW
how to enjoy life,' say our eity friends
when they some to see us. How can
you stay indoors ween you San get
oute No best parlore for them; they
prefer greou grass to the most luxuri-
ous carpete. It is a eolemet fact that
our summers are ehore and the winters
are long, so we, should all the more
eedulously utilize ihe golden hours
white they last. ,
STRANGE COOKING.
strane,e method of cooking an egg
1,s solinettimee employed by shepherds in
the Eas't. The e.gg 15 pleeed in a
sling s nt whittled ennad end round un-
til the heat oe the, motion lla,secooked
ie. -
the Garden fEden,
In ite native whirls, the vole*, .of the
Fesquinimu dog is net a bade 151long regalucholy howl. The sumialrity
of appearance between this dog and
the borren ground wolf is very great.
Notwithetending the fact that these
doge will eohabtt with waltees, the cone
elneion 01 petite observers that they
'two thedlY Ciralh domeatiented wolvea
le not henerully atteePted. to aPtt,o 5,4
the powe'r. of eeproduetime .PeeteS
hold that le credited to the hvorie mr-
alihireg of the two animals. Wild doge
are known to exist iu many other
couutries. The ajuara South Aime
mica. the dhole (4Indio. and the 'lingo
of Australia, all bear A close resembe
lence to one another and to the Arc-
tlo Ateheiene doge in the most (mien -
Ina particulars. As wild dogs do there-
fore exiet distinct from wolves, it Is
more reaeonable to attribute to Moro.
Or) gsquiraau varleties and the hu.skies
(4 13» Arctie coasts, though both these
leen may have inherited their very woi-
fieh appearance from crosses,
Whatever the origin of flame alai -
loge they are a necfisaity to the abor-
iginel dwellers in the dreary wilds of
the far atorth. They are the only
heneta at burden and a train or team
of three good dogs will tool a loa4 of
500 pounds, Their lite is a hard one.
The only manse beatowed upon them
by their nmeatier 15 a blow or a Itick,
Their food is untally the trash too
wretehed for the far from Idiot stem-
aoh of a Chippewa, or a Montagooto lek-
clinn. A fat dog Is gelded:10 nor never
seen among those belonging to the ab-
origines. Yet when an Indian dies it
Ls no uncOMMOn thing to have hia
principel dog either hung from a tree
oar stake at ide grave, or buried with
On the barren lands. these Eskimo
,dep.s make very good hounds for 101 -
lowing caribou in the northeast and
moose in the norrthwest, on the crust
Of the enow 15 wring; for though they
have neit sufficient strength to bring
down these animals themselyee, then'
retard their progress sufficiently to
aalow the approach of the hunter.
These dogs are of conelderalhe size,
muscular and 'well proportioned. Tile
01.ra are small and pointed and with a
good lereadth cif skull between them,
the xauzzle is long and sharp, the eyes
are placed at angles ,a.nd not horizon -
tidily, the fulr is deep and thirle, the
tail bushy, the feet broad end well
covered, and the °ober is generally pure
*tote, though other shades ere not
uuconanion. The dog has no lank nc
sagatity and its *very look tells of
wisdom. and curiningrt is very sod -
aha and fond of its master. When
two or this limed of dogs begin 'light-
ing, the whole hand light upon one
of the pair, and if not forcibly prevett-
ed will tear 'it into pieeee. They become
very teroolous when extremely hun-
gry end have been known to devour
children.
The Hare Indian don is the rave do-
mesticated among the Xndians, of the
Maekenzie River distriet. ft is char-
aoterihed by a nate ow, elongated and.
Pointed muzzle, by erect, shoop ears
and by a. busy tail, not carried erect:
but only slightly curved upward,
well as by nne silky hair mixed with
thick ureter fur. Its color is tolerably
varied in the shades of brawn, gray,
black and white. Of these tints the
darkest are the most rare. Some ab -
servers have supposed this animal to
be a domestizated white fox, but apaxt
irom the great difference in size, there
is even less reason for the supposition
than for that which attributes oecom.-
mon origin to the wolf and the large
er variety of Esquimau dogs.
RUSSIA'S INTENTIONS.
Jitivr the Government Proposes to lelettite
the IlleSseS.
Working people and prohibitionists
will applaud the action of the Rus-
sian government, weal& is preparing
to give vast popular festivaes in etehtn
provinces. The working people -will be
delighted with the low mice of ad-
mission, while prohibitionists will re-
joice because no aleoholic liquor will
be sold at them. The ,government
closed a vast number a saloons re-
/ Gently, in which very bad liquor
1 was sold. These entertainments,
which will eoeur at frequent intervele,
t, are deigned to iiatiodinee healthier,
;
and more intellectual habits of life and
tbought among the 'people. The ad-
" anission will be only ten kopecks. %the
t idea 4 taken from the Greeks, wboee
aneleAt games are still tamous.
gn Ste Pena -Moog the Committee of
Management will epend not is 'than
1 two million francs and in Warsaw half
a millien francs. At oue of these
1 feetivals there will be five inieitaley,
orchestras, a eircuS, a ballet., a nen-
tomine, a theatre of marionettes, an
exhibition of photographs wit h ex-
planations, leetures on popular sub -
leets by well known men, dancee in
several ballrooms and a performaace
of a popular eerinedy or trag,-edy. °nee
the ,speettetors leave entered the great
building in \yeti eh theee en tee tain-
mente are beiieg given they May go
to whicb they lactase. They eon bilY,
ohoodlate tortea at ewe cenllinee a
cup, but they cannot buy alel
eoble,
,..
Some of The buildings in a bleb those
popular festivals 1,tre to be lteld will
acconamnoda te LiCtiri t la oue 41.0
ale, and even ivthe pooreat ttiee eteas
tbey will be la) ne enough to aaeounno-
dal e allwhet cleeire to at tand.
10. That ye may know that the Son
of man bath power on earth to forgive
sins. Here' our Lord exp,reesly dee
elares that his reason for this miraele
was to.give n sign of his power in the
spiritual world.
11. I say unto thee, Arise, and take
up thy bed. By the indication of no
power higher then leis own Jesus in-
etantly cures the men. The bed Was
.pessibly a rug or blanket. Poseessed
with• new, healthful peeved', he voile it
12
T mined Oa nett. Straightway. Went
forth before them ell. These things
certainly were not done in a ceiener,
Glorified God. The power was divine,
and it was a good si,gn that its ex-
ercise threw the spectators at onee
into reverent tlitInkegiving. We -never
slw it en this fashion, Lake inekes
them. s;.1y, "We have seen, stranee
1. hi lags to -day,
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