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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-6-12, Page 2SOLUTE ttenulne art.er s Little 1,,iver PIPS. Must Bear Signattare Of TITAIN IIL It Heads Straight Up to the Throne of Grace. eeseseeaseeaseeeee.e.,.......esess .• I am ready te work hard and do more than. I am ashod to o ticeause I 15116W thAt tt 1RSt My employer will reward me with a higher Tosis Lima" The young college student saye z "1 am ready to bury myself in my books and work hard because know that at last there will come a time when my industry will he recompensed as well as recognized." k-io the sweet faced angel a hope leads the disciple of Christ along the self-sacrificing pathway of the twain mile. She puts the Bible into the disciple's isand and says "Read Christian, read. That Bible • is the promise God has given to you. God declares that if you will do what he. bids you do, you shall have your reward .for travelling the twain Mile. for him." Then the Christian be- lieving the Bible, says to himself : "I will do what Christ wants me to dcf: I will live as Christ wants me to live. I will speak what Christ wants me to say. I knot that Christ will reward inc at the end et the twain mile. Did not my Se.- vioer promise, 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteous - nes, and all these things shall be added unto you ?' I may not hag° earthly wealth, but I shall surely have treasures laid up in heaven. I may not bave worldly • adoration, but I shall have the commendation Of my Saviour. I may lie; er be a temporal potentate, but I shall be crowned among the redeemed of heaven. I shall hear Christ say : 'Well done, good and faithful ser- vant. Thou hest been faithful over few things ; I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.' " When • the disciple of Christ is travelling the twain mile, he • is always being led by the sweet faced angel in inspiring hope. 'Entered according to AO of the Parliament ot (?"4" it, the Year One Thousand Nine nun - tired and Two, by William Baily, of Toronto, the Department of Agriculture, Ottees,1 •••••••.•••111. A deepatch from Chicago says :— Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage preach- ed from the following text :—Mat- thew . v, 41, "Whosoever shall com- pel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." . , A keen,. shrewd lawyer was one day listening to John 'Wesley pretteh- Mg. The Mender of Methodism had three different headiugs for his ser- 1 mon : First, "Get all. you can with - out hurting your 'soul, your body, 1 or yonr neighbors." "That is sen- ior something he willnever have , a man is continually reaching out l anything. Industry is the founda- 1 tiou of all success." Second head- ing, "Save all you. cae, cutting o. for something he will uever hay( e any needless expense.'' "Right again," muttered the listener, it is not so mudh what a man can earn that makes him wealthy as what he saves." Third heading, "Give all you can." "There," exclaimed the hard headed lawyer, • the minister has foolishly gone and spoiled ev- erything he has said. He ought to have had for his third heading. 'Give as little as you can.' You cannot save unless you keep wizat you have earned." So some of Christ's auditors felt that he was preaching the most foolish of doc- trines when he used the illestration of the twain mile They were ready to obey the bleenic lam of' justice. They would assent to an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a. hand for a hand. Theywould travel the first mile willingly and pay every penny that they legitimately owed, but they were not rea.dy to turn the left cheek to a foe after the enemy had deliberately struck them a stinging blow upon the right cheek. They protested against a communistie gospel, which allowed a thief to run away with their whole wardrobe, with their cloak as well as their coat. They would not enslave them- selves- to any merciless taskmaster. For every day's labor they must have a full day's pay. Yet Christ's statement is strikingly true. It is right in reference to the temporal life. as, well as the spiritual. The willingness to travel the twain. mile is -the forerunner of all tree success, The unwillingness to travel the twain mile is the cause of almost certain failure. The twain mile is the place of test- ing. It is where the powers that be choose the men who are to be hon- ored in life's service. There the hi -i- mam race is sifted.- There the faith- ful are separated from the ierespon- sible, the energeticfrom the sloth- ful, the true man from the false, the self-sacrificing from the selfish, the one purpose man from the indolent, lazy, shiftless individual who lives without a definite elm. The twain mile is the thrashing floor of hu- man life, where the wheat is separ- ated from the chaff, the rich grain from the useless tares. THE CROWDED FIRST MILE. Most of the human race are hud- dled together and jostling each other during the first mile, where they oaly do what they have to do. But -in the second or the twain mile of life's journey, where a man does more than he is asked to do, he al- ways has plenty of elbow room. As the great statesman once said, "There is plenty of room at the top of the ladder of success, although thousands of ho.nds may be reaching for the lowest runt'e:: Every merchant knows of the sep- arating or testing influence of the twain mile. When a, position in the store became vacant, whom, in all probability, did you promote to tbe. vacancy—the . clerk who has been in the store for ten or fifteen years, the young man who has never been will- ing to do any more than he was compelled to do ? Did you select the employee who was generally ten minutes late in the morning, the clerk who has his hat in his hand ready to run for home as soon as the hour hand points to the num- eral 6 ? Did you promote one who seemed to be indifferent to his work and had to be watched day by -day to be kept busy, as a mother has to watch a little child ? No. The man who received the promotion was the poor country boy who en- tered your store with no recommen- dation except the willingness to Laxa-Liver Pills cure Constipation. travel -the twgin mile, the willing- ness to do more than he was told ,......_ See Facsalsolle Wrapper Dole*. Very Tonal and es easy to take es ...tgar. Fen tiVIDAOHLI FOR DIMES& MILIOOSNEki. FOR TORPID LIVER. :FOFICOROTIPATION. Fon SALLOW SKIN. Fon TRECOMPLEXION CaMICIVXMilX4 reat I PS2r0.17 TegeteM. CUBE SICK HEADACHE, CART:Ks ITTLE IVER PIUS. Tunis Bad Blood into Rich Red Blood. This spring you will need something to take away that tired, listless feeling brought on by the system being clogged with impurities which have accumulated during the winter., Burdock Blood Bitters is the remedy you require. It has no equal as a spring medicine. It has been used by thousands for a quarter of a century with unequalled success. HERE IS PROOF. Mrs. J., T. Skine of Sbigawake, Cue., writes "I have used Burdock Blood Bitters as a spring medicine for the past four yaars and don't think there is its equal. When I feel drowsy, tired and have no desire to eat I get a bottle of B.B.B. It purifies the blood and builds up the con- 6titution better than any other remedy." Primezumwscraarical NYE MILS Fon ift/EMEA PEOPLEe AND THOSE TROUBLED WITH Palpitation. Throbbing or Irregular Beating or the Heart, Dizziness, Shortness of Breath, 'Distress after Exertion. Smothering Feeling, Spasms or Pain through the Breast and Heart, Morbid Condition of the Mind, Partial Paralysis, Sleepless- ness, Nervousness, Anemia, Gene- ral Debility, After -Effects of Grippe, Loss of Appetite, eto. Remember Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills cure the worst cases after other remedies fall. T P IL LINIMENT FOR Spealei, Strains* Cuts* Wounds's:VIM/4 Open Sores, Bruises, Stiff Joints, Bites and Stings of Insects) Coughs, Colds, Ccatratted Cords, Rh6t1m4t1dm, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, Croup, Sere Throat) Quineeyo Vithooping COUgb and all. Falafel Swellings. lloARG4 SO'XTL.E. •!/t/. or paid to do. For years the twain inile young man was the first em- ploye at work in the mornings For years he was the last person to leave the store at night. When the work piled upon his desk, unbidden by the head of his department he always stayed many hours over- time until the work vsas done. Ho was the y-oung man who threw bira- self into his allotted tasks with such intensity thet he made his em- ployer's interests his interests. ANGEL OF THE TWAIN MILE. The twain mile has for a, guide the angel of inspiring hope. The man who' lives without ambition or without the hops of making some- thing better out of his life is 1.:VELD: tically dead. He is like the branch of a tree in midwinter. All its lat- ent buds are frozen. Then ihe sap of life is unable to flow, but when the spring comes then the snow- flakes melt away. Then the air is redolent with incense. Then the tree takes on anew life. Later on, if the tree is an apple tree, its branches are laden with the golden fruite. The pathway or the twain utile is always warmed by the life develop- ing sunshine of hope. The young Mali says to hiroself "I am ready to work years and years if neees- sary in an inconn icuous position. LEARNING TO FORGIVE. The twain mile is the place where the Christian traxeller upon life's journey learns haw to forgive an in- justice _as well as to forget. For giveness is one of the gospel fine arts. It is the power which comes into a Christian's life which prac- tically says : "When I have a wells to dd and only a short time in which to do it, I cannot afford to be wasting my enereies in foolishly attacking those people who are at- tacking me. I cannot, as a general, be spending most of my time in pursuing' a few foraging parties when I ought to be marching on toward the great city of Gospel Success." Besides that, tbe Chris- tian traveller says to himself : "Perhaps I have not done my full duty toward my enemies. Perhaps I have not been kind and loving en- ough. Perhaps I have not presented my Jesus in a clear, simple way. If I did, then I might change the foes of Christ into his loving disciples. I will forgive as well as forget. Af- ter mine enemy has smitten me on one cheek I will turn to hiin the oth- er also. After he has compelled me to go with him one mile I will go with him twain." This is not an absurd interpreta- tion to make of the Christian's feel- ings in reference to his enemies when he is trying to tritvel the twain inile of forgiveness. Almost without ex- ception the truly great men who have consecrated their lives to a temporal cause have been able to drop the bitter personalities of their existence. They were able to forgive as well as forget the personal injus- tices which had been practiced against them. When ,the ,north Ger- man states were being welded into the great confederacy of the German empire by the master statesman of the last century. Prince Bismarck said to a friend during the darkest days of the struggle: "I must not thinrs of what mine enemies might say or do. To attain this end I noeld brave all dangers—exile; in- deed, the scaffold itself. What mat- ter if they hang me provided the rope with which I am hanged binds new Germany firm to the Prussian throne?" Jesus has been given as an ex- ample for all his disciples to copy. What did Christ do when he was scoffed at and spit upon? Why, the enemies made so many charges against Christ that Pilate, in amazement, asked. hini to say some- thing and refute the charges. "Hear - est thou not how many things they witness against theo? And he an- swered him never a word, insomuch that the governor marveled great- ly." Christ came to save the world. Jesus did not have time or inclina- tion to spend the last moments of his earthly life fighting his detrac- tors; neither should we. HATE'S WORST ENEMY. The twain mile is the place where the enemies of the true Christian are either mellowed or completely conquered by love. As the willing- ness to love one's enemies makes a man strong to go forth to the bat- tle of life, so that willingness to love an enemy dulls the battleax of almost every foe. Love ,ie the most dangerous onexny tate has to com- bat. Love is the duelist which will disarm many a, fatal adversary, Love is the shield which can blunt or snap every plunging spear. Love is the dazzling light which can woo a smile from many a sconsful lip and the tear of remorse from many a flashing eye. My brother, tbe difficulty with you and myself is wo have been fighting our enemies 'With the *serene kind of weapon. We have been fighting fire with fire, hate with hate, bitterness with bitterness., slander with slundere death with death, But now. Jesus has given to us a new way to con- quer our enemies. We zenst disitrin hate with love; we must submerge slander with forgiveness; we must answer the curse with a prayer; we must offer to the enrolled fist OW* M.P0*,,,R*PWANNert4 i'dneealuYis tkthileelpinrigtelriP4111,edtatioSuurolY this tliQ words, "'Whosoever shall smite thee upon thy right cheek, turn te hitn the other also." "Whosoever shall compel thee to go with him one mile,go with him twain," WHAT TIWE LOVE ALBAN'S, The' twain inile. is the place whoro jesus becemes to every Christian a treasured, loving personality. Well substantiated is the fact that love, grows as Much, upon Wbat we do for, -others as what others do for ase up- on " what we are ready to give as don what we are ready to receive. In order to have true love, NVO must be reedy to lose our lives before to can have those lives come to their true develepreent. We must be ready to,(.(1)ieliift 11;60 t truly live as \lo lgi Why is a mother's loye the purest of all earthly love? Becraise the baby directly dos so much for the mother? Oh, no. There never was a bigger tyrant who ever Wielded a scepter than a little baby in the average home. From the time the child is bora until grown it prc- tically dos nothing for the mo- ther. The mother is always doing something far the child. From the advent some one has to keep tend- ing the child. The mother Node it, dresses it, tares for it. Por the. first year, at least, the mother has a tug- ging silver cord of affection, with oue end attached to the crib and the other end attached to her heart. She practically lives by the side of that childfor weeks and months. Then, when the baby is sick, who nurses it the graduate from the school of trained nurses? Oh, no. -The train- ed nurse may come in and help. The person who for weeks never takes oil her clothes, the person who is al- ways by the side of the ,crib and sees that the medicines are given regniarly, the person who is anxious- ly toiaching the fevered cheek, is the mother, the sacrificing mother. Why is love generally purer and deeper and wider in the poor man's home than in the rich man's pal- ace? Some people may declare that this statement is untrue, but if you have- been around as a pastor as much as some ministers you will find that such a statement is true. The reason that love is generally sweeter and purer in the poor man's home is not because the poor man naturally has a, bigger heart than the rich man, but the poor man has to daily sacrifice for his wife and children. When Christmas Comes round, in order to have a Christ- mas tree, - perhaps the father him- self has to go WITHOUT AN OVERCOAT. When his sons are to be sent to col- lege, in all probability the poor man will have to run into debt. He has to work overtime. He has to live in a small house on a side street. His love feeds upon his sacrifices. So, my brother, if you and I want to love and truly lbve Christ,. we must be willing to do something for Christ. We • must give ourselves body, mind and soul to his service. We must be ready to travel for him the twain mile. It is because somo of us are not ready to travel this twain mile that Christ's teachings seem harsh and narrow and perhaps unsympathetic. And, my friend, I- want you to fur- ther remember that as you travel along the twain mile :For Christ he is also traveling along the twain mile with you. Upon the one side of you will go, as I said before, the sweet faced angel of inspiring hope, but upon the other side, the left side, the side nearest to the heart, you will have for companionship the One who sticketh closer than a bro- ther, the One who will be by your side, even if your father and your mother should forsake you. If you will only trust him. he will not let you carry a burden water than you can bear. He will not let you have asorrowwhich he cannot and will not He will not let you shed iro a tear unless he is ready to wipe it away. He is used to traveling the twain mile. He once traveled that twain mile of his own accord. He left heaven and traveled it to the foot of the cross to ceary our sins and to die for us.- Christ gladly did all this for you. Are you ready to travel the twain mile for Christ? TEE S. S. LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE /5. Text of the Lesson Acts xvi, 6-15. Golden Text Acts xxii, 15. 6. Now when thoy had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia. This is written of Paul and Silas on the second missionary tour. We left Paul and Silas and Barnabas and others in the last lesson at An- tioch in Syria preaching the word of the Lord. Then Paul suggested to Baruabas that they revisit the cities where they had preached a,n.cl see how the brethren were doing, Barnabas wished to take Mark with him, but Peal refused because he had left them on the previous jearney. There was a sharp contention, and they separated, Barnabas taking Mark and sailing to Cyprus, where they began the 'first tour and to which island Barnabas beloriged (Acts xiii, 4; iv, 36), while Paul took SilaS and started through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches (chapter xv, $6'41). It is interesting to note that the time 'tame when Paul thought bettor of 1Vlark and was glad to have him with him (Col. fv, 10; 11 Tina iv, 11):- 1. After they were come to ,Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia, bet the Spirit suffered them' not. :hi teaching this lesson and the other missionary lessons a map is essential to the endorstanding Of the lesson, One of the most striking things in this book is the partner- ship of the Holy Spirit and the aposties just as Jesus had said that it would be (John xiv, 16, 17;, v, 26, 27; stvi; 18, 14; Acts i; 8), and as it was manifested to be in -such passages as Acts v, 82; vii, '20; 2,; xv, 28. ,It has been well said open paha; We must extend to every that our fidelity to our Master is ae thoroughly exemplified in our re- fraining from doing what the Spirit forbids es in our doing what Ile commands. ' 8. Como OVUr into Macedonia and help us: , Being hindered in going either north or south, as they waited at Troas this is what they heard and sa* in a vision,. We may be sure of this— that if we are wholly under the Spirit's control, seeking only ths glory of Clod, He will. guide no ir some umulatakable way (Ps. xxxii, 8; In. xXx, 21). Opposition is not necessarily au evidence that we lire to move on or cease the work, but often it is an encouragement to caa- tinue. See chapter xiv, 2, 8; 6, 9, 10; I Con xvi, 10. And after lie had -Seen the -vis- ion immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia,' assuredly gath- ering that .4the Lord had called us for to preach tbe gospel unto them.' The pronoun "we" which now be- gins to be used may indicate that Luke, the writer of the book', had now joined the party, Previous to this it is 'ahe," speaking of Paul, and "they," speaking of the party. See Col. iv, 14; Plei. 24; 11 Tim. iv, 11, for further references to Luke. 11. Therefore lensing from Troas we came with a. straight course te Sarnothracia and the next day ti Neapolis, By consulting the map we find tha Sumo thracia was an Weed in tho Aegean sea, almost in a line direct froin Troas to Neapolis, being the port of Philippi and about ten miles distant from it. Although we are not told of anything accomplished on the voya,ge over, we may be sure that He who teaches us to "buy up the opportunities" (EPh. v, :16, It, V, margin) was not slow to do the same. 12. And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that pert of Macedonia and' a. colony, and we were in that city abiding certain days. Strangers in a etrenge land, . no one to meet and welcome them, m kindly greeting, not expected by any one! And probably lee tried it Satan to get in some work on his line 1 And probably he tried it, perhaps after this fashion : Well. Paul, you are quite a distance from home, and nobody knows you Or wants you here. Your man in the vision who called you this way is not up to time. Perhaps you have ino.de & mistake. Hadn't you better get back where people know you ? 13. And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side. where prayer was wont to be made, and we sat down and spoke unto the WOLTIOn which resorted thither. What is this but a women's prayer meeting at which the gospel is first preached in Europe ? Thank Goe for the women who love to meet for prayer and who labor In the gospb1 either by proclaiming it or helping those who do (Phil. iv, 3; Ps. lxviii, 11, R. V.) , 14. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshiped God, heard us, whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. We can readily imagine the topic of Paul's theme, for he had but one —one person had taken him captive (Acts ix, 20; xvii, 2, 3; xxvni, 23, 31 ; 1 Oor. ii, 2). Paul was not suffered ate this time to go into thr province called Asia, but here was a woman of Asia who up to ber right worshiped God and doubtless eagerly prayed for more light, and now she has received it by a special messenger all the way from Syria and but recently from the holy city Jerusalem, one who had himself seen the Lord (1 Cor. xv, S.) 15. And when she was baptized and her household she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us. Now the apostles and their com- pany are not so lonely. They have seen the good hand of our God upon them and have seen souls receiving and confessing Christ. Happy in- deed are those who not only receive Jeses into their hearts, but cheer- fully hand over to Him spirit, soul and body. WOMAN'S SHIRRED WAIST. Simple shirred waists are always be- coming to slender figures, and are re- vived amens- the latest of the season's styles. This pretty model is shown"in pale pink mousseline, with collar and cuffs of cream lace, and is charming, but all pliable fabrics are appropriate in silk, wool and cotton. TO cut this waist for a woman of medium size 5 yards of material 21 inches wide, 4 1-4 yards 27 inches wide, 3 3-4 yards 32 inches wide, or 3 yards 44 inches wide will be required, with 1-2 yard of all-over lace for collar and cuffs. • FRENCH WOMEN WORItERS. Madame .Schirma,cher, a doctor, writing on Woman's Work, in a French magazine, says that over 6,- 300,006 French women work for their living, well on for 3,000,000 of whom are married. Most of these outside workers '(over 2,700,000) are employed in forestry or agriculture, including N,votnen landowners. In- dustrial: occupations 'claim nearly 2,- 000,000 more, the cloister 120,000, 'tire theatre about, 12,000, and the liberal professions 188460,, THE KING, )ri THE QUEEN and THE »CESS OF DEVONSHIRE. Retnarkgle Here is the best offer ever made in this cemmunity. 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From the BuPtiva.yo end of this line the rail- head has reached the Arguza River, so that when this gap Is filled, in and the line completed, as is expeeted by the end of the present year, trains will be able to run from Ode Town to Dalagoa Day, ,via, Bula- wayo, Salisbury and Umtata • 4,000 GODFATHERS. Princess Irene, the wife of Prince - Henry of Prussia., enjoys the unique distinetten of havieg about 6,000 godfathers, Born in. course .of the • war of 1866, her father, Prince Louis of Hesse, requested the officers and men of the Hessian reglineats form- ing part of the cavalry, brigade un- der his command to stand sponsors to his baby -girl, and at the christen- ing, which took place after the tele mination of the hostilities, "depeta- tions of officers, non-commisSioned ofticere and ,men from each regiment were present, in order to • eicpress in the name of their respective corps the readiness of the latter to assume the customary, spiritual, moral and material obligatiOns towards their godchild. The name of Irene—Whieh means "peace"—was given to the 'little princess, Whose ehristening incided with the end of the war. Pt was 011 this account that Princess Carpenters' Kidneys. Carpentering is nob easy trade. The " 'constant reaching up and down, the lifting and stooping over are all severe strains on the kidneys. No wonder a carpenter exclaimed, recently, that ,every time he (e_ drove a nail it seemed --TV; • as though he was piercing his own back. He uses CARPS Mairgey ills now on the first sign of Backache and is able to follow his trade with comfort and profit. "I bave had kidney ansi urinary troubles for more than three years with severe pain In the smell of my bank anclin both sides. I could not stoop without difficulty, and I had seeore nen- reigns pain in both temples. Seeing the adver- tisement of Doan's Kidney Pills, gota box. They have given me quickrelief, iemoving the pain from the back and sides, and banishing the neuralgic pains from ruy head. Tho urinary difficulty is now entirely gone, I feel fresh and vigorous in th e mornings, and amlnuch s tronger In everywaysinoota,kingthese pills." CLARENOS IL SEEDS, Carpenter and Builder, Trenton. Ont. • Irene, throughout her girlhocr6,' Was known as the ."1Priedenskind," or "Child of Peace." EXPLINSIVE 4"l'IDYING-UP." 'An awkward iostance of tjtvoinan's proclivity • for "tidying -up" is re- ported from a country railway eta, - ton th the North of England. The Station masterwas counting tip his receipts in his office when a train, , came in. Hastily bundling the money, with some bank notes, .into a piece of brown paper, he put it to one side and went to attend to the train. In the meantime his wife went into the ()Ince, and noticing the crumpled -up brown paper ' apparent- ly thrown aside, she threw it into the fire, unaWare of its contents, The bank notes were destroyed, and some of the sovereigns were much durn-, aged and defaced. 'They were taken to a goldsmith, who is now endeav- bring to restore them. The Dank of England, it appears, is willing to re- place the, bank notes, on the usual indemnity being given, but not until' the lapse Of ten years..