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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-3-7, Page 6THE EXETER TIMIES2,- NOVA SCOTIA TREASURE COMPANY IS DIGGING FOR A RE- MARKABLEMOARD. I .04k Island Is the Scene of Operations ' Which Are Stranger Than Fiction— At a Depth of 150 Feet Under the, Ground the Boring Tools Have Struck Metal, Oek, Cement and Sheepskin With Lettering, Another attennet is to be made to solve the mystery of the famous Money pit on Oak island, in Mahone I3ay, Nova Scotia. At the last at, tempt neade'seme years ago some vary remarkable discoveries. were made. tit for eertain reasons they were not advertised abroad. As in the case a their, predecessors, the treasure-seelte ers on this occasion were baulked by uncanny accidents which destroyed the labors of many months, but the tale of their doings is the most inter- eetiug and most eonvincing chapter in the history a this amazing quest for treasure trove. Tb.ey demonstrated beyond a doubt that at a depth of over 150 feet below the surface of the ponied something encased in eement and oak -wood lies buried, and that a tennel was constricted to permit the sea -water to flow into the pit and baulk the efforts of anyone who did not know the secret of shutting off the pa to raise whatever may be at the bottom of the pit. Captain J. W. ;Veiling, who had charge af the operations on the last • occasion when an attempt was made to solve the mystery, consented the other day to tell the story of his ad- ventures and discoveries. "When I went on the island to take charge of the work there, I was very •eeeptical," he said. "I had no money invested in the enterprise, and did not take any stock in the story of buried treasure. I got into it in this way. Some time previous I had left a ship and gone home to Amherst. I had hardly got there before some of nay friends came to me, told me they had formed a company to search for the • treasure on Oak Island, and asked, me Ito go down and take charge of the work. They said the man they had 'appointed manager was not giving • ;satisfaction, and that so far he had 'done little or nothing. : "Well, I laughed at them, and told ;them that they could find better use ifor money than putting it in holes in ;Oak Island. But they hacl the treas- ,nre-hunting fever, and insisted that I !take the job. So at last I consented and went down to the island. I found ,very little had bean done, and that ,things were about as they had been 'represented to me. and wrote back - tome advising my friends to quit. But lthey told me to go ahead. So I got a • tpew gang of men, most of them good reniners, and went to work. I had 'only been at work a short time when ki strange thing happened. An old man who said he was from the United States came to the island, and de- clared he could tell just where the 1 toeaesxmp•earimwaesn,t ifwii.tht coitn.sisAtefdt:f a gold.few eew h7aadrdae, divining iunee wroed,waenudbahfienbdegthane oment he said we were digging in e wrong place, and, stepping aside a easure under the place where he as standing. Then he walked away, Ilid his divining rod kept pointing to - ards the place he said the treasure WAS. He spent a little time taking eneasurements along the surface of the ground and noting the angles of his divining rod. Then he made some dal- tulatimis and informed us that the reasure was located at a depth of be- tween 150 and 160 feet. "After that I took the old man in a eznoat and rowed him off the island. At la mile away his divining rod pointed 'towards the Money Pit, at a great an- gle with the perpendicular, and three emiles away it still pointed towards the proney Pit. The old man was a bit *excited. He said there must be a big • quantity of treasure buried there. "And this old man did another pe- culiar thing. 'He said: 'I hear there is a tunnel running frorn the pit to the shore below Ivey water; I've never seen • a map of the island, and don't know where the tunnel is, but I'll wager any money you like I'll show you just where it runs.' Then he got a small switch, took a turn around the Money Pit, and started off to the shore, walking right over the line of the tunnel. When he came near the shore he said: 'Now, that's funny. The wa- ter seems to me as fax down here •as it is near the Pit.' "The old man went away, and I • have never seen or heard of him from that day to this. At the time I did not take any stock in what he said. I was satisfied that we were digging in • the right spot, and that nobody would • dig a hole 150 feet deep to bury any- thing in. We supposed then that the mystery -was located at a depth 'of a little over 100 feet. As for the tunnel, we thought it sloped up from the pit towards the low water mark. "Well, we kept on working in the pit, which we supposed was the Money Pit. We were bothered a great • deal with water, but with the aid of • pumps we managed to get dower to a depth of 105, where we struck a cross • tunnel, driven by the Halifax Com - patty. We worked through this tun- nel, and found that it ran into a shaft which had been roofed over. And thie , shaft was. exactly in the positidn the old man with the divinity rod said the Money Pit was located, •'ne e e. to the sutfa,ce we treks ground over this shaft and worked down thirty feet. when we struck a solid platform which hEtd evidently ' been placed there by the Halifax Cern. pany, and from whieh they had filled thr it to the surface. M the bottom el this shalt the water • boiled •in a ' peculiar manner described by former •excavators, and ,ve concluded it was el e Morley Pit , 'Ve cleaned out teas pit and work- - ed down to 113 feet, at weieli depth • on 'the eid e next to Smith's Cove we &One te wild* we supposed to be the •entrance to the pirate tunnel. At aey • tate, we found in the puddled clay wall of the Pit a spade about, three feet wide filled with beach atone, Fronl attiong the ebones arid greeel 1 ,aeseeeeeeeeeaeseieteeeee,eee eseett.... found a chip of wood and a *CO 01 bark. The beach stones 'were exactly wo the etones on the beach at SISitiVe OOPS, and g you lo there to -day you can notice the places where large quantities ef stones were removed from the beach years ago. "In the meantime, we had, been bon Me' in the Money Pit. Our maehine had been set np over the pit mouth, and we commeneee boring a two and a half inch hole. As e said, the pie feet, but it was en full of water to hed been opened to a depth of 113 Ude level, which was about 32 feet below the surface. At a depth •of 126 feet we bored thiough oak wood in good preservation, and struck the edge • of a piece of iron. An attempt to pipe this hole was mac's., but the pipe was turned by the ir z obstraotion and • went Off to one 6110 through puddled 'Way. -When it was drawn out the side of the pipe wesecit stele with a .coal nh.isel for 1 lee it cites, and a piece was broken off. "We then attacl:ed a 1 1-2 inch drill to the machine, worked past the iron at 126 feet, and continued on down. At 153 feet 8 inches we struck what was first thought to be sandstone, but was afterwards found to be hard ce- ment. We bored through 7 inches of cement, and then through 5 inches of solid oak wood. When through the wood the augur Cropped about 1 1-2 inches and rested upon -what seenaed to be soft metal. The augur was care- fully withdrawn and the borings were preserved. Among these boring was a small piece of sheepskin parchment upon which were written characters-- • apparently parts of the letters "vi" or or irwi.J.1 When the augur was withdrawn it was replaced by a boring chisel, and with this by twisting the rods we managed in the course of five hours or more to work down through 2 feet 8 inches of metal in pieoes, and struck a soft metal into which we could force the chisel and make it stick. We hauled up the chisel and found itewas as sharp as when it went down. '.'We then, decided to pipe this hole and try to scours a sample of the metal. With this idea in view we lowered a small pipe, but though we managed to get it past the obstruc- tion at 126 feet it was turned from its course, did not go down to the ce- ment, and the hole was lost. "The company's funds were exhaust- ed by that time, and the bigger share- holders Were adverse to the idea of taking in outsiders. They thought that they would be able to raise the money necessary to get more pumps and boilers on their own account in a short time, and it was decided to floor the bottom of the Money Pit and put everything in shape to withstand the water and prevent the eribbing from settling, which was acoordingly done, and the work was abandoned in the hope of being able to resume opera- tions in a short tirae. "But the four Men who were the life and soul of the company all died within three months. "After that a dozen men in Amherst held a meeting and agreed to raise the money necessary to go on with the work; but somebody had been telling tales of the very strange things' that had befallen ns during the course of our labors, and some of their lady friends convinced them that the is- land was.. enchanted, and that some witchcraft guarded. that box of metal , in the Money Pit:" Although Captain Welling went to Oak Island in a sceptical frame of mind, his experience there made him a firm believer in the existence of a great treasure in the Money Pit, and after the death of the four principal men in the old eompany, he and Mr. t F. L. Blair, of Amherst, Nova Scotia, took over the lease of the island. ' Many people are familiar with the le- gend that Captain Kidd buried $10,- * 000,000 on Oak Island, a legend whioh arose from the discovery by some of the earlier diggers of a flab stone bear- ing an inscription • whicei somebody said conveyed the information which is the basis of the legend. But Cap- tain Welling believes the treasure was put there long before Kidd's time, and that it is a much bigger treasure than Kidd gathered together. And certain- , ly it is impossible to imagine any body of men burying an oak box encased in cement and full of soft metal at a , depth of over one hundred and fifty feet on a secluded island, and to con- struct a tunnel which must have .cost months of weary labor, unless they had a tremendous treasure to hide— some great religious or national trea- sure. And, then, what of the mys- tery beyond the piece of iron at a depth of 10 feet? The whole story of this island is amazing, but Captain Welling's discoveries only deepened the mystery. When the piece of parchment the auger brought up from the bee was sent to a professor in Nova Sco- tia who knows something about such things, he pronounced it to be a piece of very old sheepskin parchment. In order that there Might be no doubt of the matter, this man sent it to an au- thority in Boston without explaining where it came from. The Boston ex- pert wrote back that the specimen sent him was a piece of sheepskin parchment of a kind that had not been manufactured for 250 years, and that the characters on it had been wiitten by a quill pen using Indian ink. As te the tunnel, there seems to be Betel actory evidence that it was the work ef men. The Halifax Company whirl; made an effort to solve the zn sterv in 18E0 made some interest- • enveries on the shore of S.• Cove. With a view to locate t e inlet to the tunnel they re - ;tune +hr and arayel covering t' e and came to a <severing or be4'• brown, fibrous plant, resern- a husk of a cocoanut. This erimens of which were prey- • oued in the Money Pit, was e) be a tropical plant, and in • t tries was used ne dunnage in • the cargo of ships. This bed t. n fibre was two inehes in depth over a considerable area. ing this was four or five inches ,yed tea -grass, and under this v. impact moss of heath stones t r In sand. • Captain Welling who' with F. L. ; Artherst,,X,S, holds a lease of Oak bland, is at present, chief Offi- cer of th n Government dredge W. fit. Fielding, engaged in deeping the 0136 trace to he harbor of St, 3 ohn. COULD NOT RAISE Cird) l3RXDOXiOaT, C. B. "Pot the past er years, I have been Suffering with Rheumatism. When I read. in the papers that GIN PILLS, would positively cure rheumatism, I Wrote yoa for a free sample to try. I could not raise my right arm because of the awful pain in my shoulder—was not able to drink. After taking a few GIN PILLS 1 wee able to lift my hand and pit it on the top of my head, • I went to the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon and met an old fisherman named La Pape. His limbs were stiff from Rheumatism and I gave him some Gin Pills. I net him again in a few days and he told me he could lift his arms, which he had not been able to do for ten years. ADOLPHE MAHE. • sec. a box -6 for $2.50—money back if not satisfied, Sample free if yon write National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, Dept. ' A Toronto. MANGA - TONE BLOOD AND NERV TABLETS—an ideal tonic for weak, nervous women. soc. a box. 107 REFORMATORY METHODS. Revelations In Mimic° Industrial School Inquiry. Toronto, March 1. --Charges that Wilbert Spain", a fifteen -year-old in- mate of the Victoria Industrial School, was kept manacled in bed for a month, was kept for that time on a diet of bread and water, and was flogged as punishment for running away from school were substantiated and readily admitted by Superinten- dent Chester Perrier at the investiga- tion into the conduct of the school, which was opened at Mimic° by. Dr. R. W. Bruce Smith and Property Com- missioner R. C. Harris yesterday af- tereoon. The superintendent declared that in his opinion putting the boys in irons was the only cure for the run- ning -away habit. "After long years of experience," said Mr. Ferrier. "I have found that chaining them up is the only way to keep boys from running away. The custom was here when I came here sixteen years ago." From January 9 to February 11, Mr. Ferrier admitted, Wilbert Spain had been subjected to this treatment. Six other boys of the institution also told of having been punished in a similar manper for running away, the periods varying from a week to a month at a time. That the investigation is likely to result in the realization of important reforms was suggested by a statement of Dr. Bruce Smith towards the ad- journment of the inquiry. "As a result of this investigation," said' Dr. Smith, "I hope such re- formation will be brought about that there will be a classification made of the inmates of such schools as these. by which the line may be drawn be- tween those who are mentally defi- cient and those who are normal." Now It's the "Bath Tub Trust." Detroit, Mich., March I.—trailed State Judge Angell, presiding yceter- clay at the trial of the s;.e.ealled bath- tub trust, charged with censpirae.y hl ft d tiered tee uit restrainto ra e, or acq - tal of seven .of the defere !s e t e. e %%el other defendants would 111 e. beee Peopling the West. acquitted but they siguified Ltd. it the c se thr,; • The annual report of the Interior • ANCIENT FUNCTIONS. Two Very important Bodies In ibe Commons, judged by practical results the /nest important sittings of the House of Commons are those devoted to the Committee of Supply and the Com- mittee of Ways and Means, The func- tions of Parliament exercised througlt these two committees of the whole House, are also among the oldest. if not the very oldest, performed by the representatives of British people as- sembled in national council. These functions consist at deciding upon wtes andmeans by which revenue is to be raised—and that means tom- tion—and of appropriating that rev- enue to the Public service. Devising means for raising revenue was about the only service the Plantagenet Mlles wished the 'Parliament to perform, but having gradually 'established control over taxatiOn the leuglislt House of Coinmonsernade use of that control to build up- that system of constitution- al representative, responsible govern- ment which Canada bas inherited and' so ineny other countries imi- tated. The Committees of Ways and Means and of Supply are, therefore, foundation etons In our parliament- ary systems. The former decides the ways and mealfe—the method of rais- ing the revenue: The latter decides the amount of money, to be granted the crown, which to -day means the Government, and the manner in which this money shall be spent. We hear little of the Committee of • Ways and Means—although it sits a number of timeeach session—except • when the customs tariff orethe excise tariff is under revision, for these are the measures under which fully three- fourths of the federal revenue are collected. For instance, this session theresevill be very little for the Com- mittee of Ways and Means to do. The tariffs stand, the method of rais- ing the revenue is on the statute book. There it stands till changed or repealed, and under its operation the revenue flows into the federal treas- ury. Not so, bowever, with the Commit- tee .of Supply to whose sittings MT devoted probably more than one half of every session. While the revenue • accunaulates in the treasury not one penny of it can be spent by the Gov- ernment without the authorization of • Parliament; the only exception being in the case of emergency arising when Parliament is not sitting. In case of • such emergency the Government can , use the public funds on the authori- zation of the Governor -General's war- rant, the expenditure to be ratified by Parliament as soon as it meets. Supplies are voted by Parliament for only one year. There must be a 1 session every year, and each year the 1 Government must go before Parlia- • ment and ask for the money necessary for the carrying on of the public ser- vice. Because of these things the Committee of Supply sits during a considerable part of each session. I The basis of the comraittee's delib- erations is a little bine book of about 'one hundred pages, known, as the Estimates, mad which is, or should • be laid before the House of Commons ; early in the session so that the mem- • bers can study the work before being called upon to pass judgment on its contents. The supplies, as a rule, are voted in advance, and the estimates now ' before the House are for the fiscal year, which will run from April 1 next to March el, 1913. 1•The estimates contain a detailed I statement of the sums required for the public service, for the year, the r items being grouped tinder the vazious departments. The estimates also show the vote for the 'preceding year, so that comparisons of expenditure ca -n always be readily made. The estimates are always accom- panied by a .message from the •Gov- ernor-General approving of the ex- penditure proposed. Measures pro- posing expenditures or charges upon the revenue must •always be intro- duced into the House by a Minister and accompanied by a message from the Governor-General recommending the same. ingnese o see a. Publ.Fh LAth De; artment of the Dominion for the last fiscal year, tabled in the House Iof Commons recently, calls attention to the fact that the total cash revenue from all sources collected by the d. kr Work! 0 partment during the year reached the I TWO large total of $5,093,140. Tiles is an Iincrease of $351,126 ovei the previous The Words of Harold P. Bushy, Who Was Pernla- neatly Cured of Chronic Lumbago by "Nerviline." , twelve months. The revenue of the department is now fourteen times ea large as it was ten year's ago. A corresponding increase is noted in the number of homestead entries. During the year there were 44,479 ens tries, representing a total acreage of 7,166,640, which is an increase of 3,000 entries over the previous year, whieh had been the largest in the history .,e1 t14, department. ' • Those entries represent a total pop- ulation of 107,834 settlers and their Tv -allies. It is regarded as very • • 'Were sry from the •immigration -tecnipoint that, over one-third of the zeta I nninigration last year can be • ereerreted 'er as having engaged in • pursuits in the westefn arovinces, "Three years ago I discovered that a man subject to lumbago might just as well be dc.ad as alive." These words open the sincere, straightforward Jetts!. of H. P.Bushy, a well-known rnan the plumbing and tinsnuthing busi- ness in Portland. "One attack came after another, en 3 lumbago got to be a chronic thing with me. I could scarcely get in a do•Y's- work before that knifing, cruel pain Would attack my back. I used a gal - Ion of iinhneets: I ETTER not one of them P1•00 seemed penetrating re 0 enough to get at 4311 the core of the read in the, Montreal Wit-, ..1.-41-matermamoneiesimestenewm ss about Nerviline, and Tot live bot - tits. It is a • wonderfilr medicine—I cnnitl feel its soothing -pain-relieving action every time it 1 was • applied. When I got the disease under control With Nerviline, I built up my strength and fortified my blood by talting'-Per- rozone at rnealS, This treatment ctired me permanently, and '.1 urge everyone to give up the thick, white, oily liniments they are Using, arid try an up-to-date, penetrating, pain -de- stroyer like Xerviline. "Please publish my letter the world oven I want all -to hear of Nervilinee" ". Don't be cajoled into receiving any, - thing from your dealer but "NerViline." Large bottles 50c,, trial 8ize, 25c, Sold everywhere Or The datarrhozone Co., Xingston, Ont. Ng11104.114.E:. "Toronto, the Good." This is a reference to Toronto, cull - ad fiiritu Reynolds Newspaper, of Lon - den, Hrigland: Clara Were, once the Priacess De rhiamy, who ran away with a gipsy is about to take her fourth untrimonist venture in the person of • hemiserne, Italion chauffeur, . She eon boefeeeet of her money e but still eu ierome ni £3,000 a year, Clara • Ward wae, originally a Canadian and not an Arbericen, ae is usually stated. She lived in Toronto, and moved in local seeiety, the most strait-laced, churl -going aociety on the American eontinent ' ' • ,A Big Rink, . , eniusttalethi fig has happealearahis wiriterain that,the whole of the Little Silaseeae Leh, 13.0h lias frOzen einnOthe providingthe ekatete of Chase 'With *aril* -i five; nilearjong. and .fiota, two to three miles wide. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM., U105 For All Kinds of Lace on Wititea • Costumes. SOMO of the new lace waists have long sleeves, but many in three-quarter length are shown, especially in those made 61 the more expensive materials. Jebots or plisses are extremely wide aud long. In the majority et cases they extend to the waist line and oTer NEW Health ail morns. as far as the shoulder. The shape is generally broader at the top than at the bottom. Lace and tbe most gorgeous 'of bro- cades threaded with gold and silver and worked in flowers of wobl or silk, or both, make up the most bandseme of evening gowns. But beaded net is also used, with a softening note of old. lace on the shoulders. The blonse that is closed at the front and finished with big revers and frill Is essentially smart. The sleeves and eollar, too, in the model pictured are very novel. JUDIC CHOLLET. This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes Lor misses of fourteen, sixteen and eight- een years of age. Send 10 cents to this office, giving number, 7263, and it will be promptly forwarded to you by mail. If in haste send an additional two cent stamp for letter postage, which insures more prompt delivery. When ordering use coupon. No Size Name Address CHIC STYLES. .1 What the Furriers Are Showing on Long coats. The sable bordering on a long coat of Persian lamb is run up over ,the shoulders from the closing and ex- tends down around over the right side In front on a separate scarf section of the Persian, which ends in a tassel. A beautiful coat of broadtail has two capes of the fur, tke upper one belhil 133141I7 saloon DRESS4 only shoulder width and ahnost hidden by an immense white for skin. Cutaway coat effects are m,eefing with considernble favor. . Nearly all new emits have large cel- lars. and the newest Wive the long pointed effect simuleting a hood and finiSited off with a teasel., Elere is a smart little School dress for girls from ten to fourteen yeare of age, ' .n1)10 CHOLLE Th! t Seer eTinto n psttern is cut In sizeJ for girls of ten, twelve and foUrteen years of age, Send 10 cents to this. odlce, giving number, 760, and It will he promptly for - worded to you hy matt if In haste stnid )111 additional IMO et•rW 8tarnp for letter post age, • which Insures more prompt rie•-•.: livery, • When ordering use eotipon. N ki3ORRO. • 81v.v ... .. ,s 60011!1:4i.di ... . *R44,06 40i4 eentreest . o . .. 0.041 . • uuSDA nk IE7th 10a Woman's World Princess Eulalia's Book Offends King Alphonse. "The Thread of Life," by the Count ees of Avila--sucb is the title page of the most discussed book of the decade. for the Countess 01 A.vila is none other • than the Infanta Eulalla of Spain', and "The Thread of Life" Is tbe little vol- ume of essays waieh has luvolved the infanta in so violent a discussion we h her nephew, King Alfonso. ' Report made it quite -probnble, nett theipublicatiqatoof the book woeld , 41 Eillellieuilee"alihafice 'and pueesie.y eyed her titles. altienigh theta, tem be revoked only by n decree of the cortes On reading the essnys one is indeed moved to hope that the royal lady tins an income- that does not depend 00 tha approval ef tbe Spanisb eourt, for '"I'he Thread, of Life" is as eery a declare don, of ,endependenee as ever woman nailed to the wall. Eulalia is in revolt against very near- ly every convention that royalty is Photo by American Press Association. • MANTA El:MALTA OP SPAIN. brought up to respect. and slie has a whole hearted, unequivocal fashion of speaking her mind. She believes in ed- ucation for everybody, in all sorts of riabts for the workingman. in the cow- pletest freedom for women in every Walk of life and in divorce for the ask. Ing. Could a Spanish princess wave the red flag of revolution more vigor- ously? It is the essay on divorce which bas called out the severest protests from King Alfonso. It is, however, reason- able to believe that in her remarks about the family and women she has also thrown a few bombs into the court in whicb she was reared. for her book Is not a compilation of commonplaces. On the subject of tee indissolubility of marriage there is no doubt that the infanta feels strongly. Her own mar- riage was unhappy, and she speaks from the hearf when she declares ber- self in favor of divorce. She argues the 'matter at some length. • In her preface the infanta says that she has been*placed near enough to the social questions she discusses to know them and far enough from some to view them without prejudice. -She believes that opinions as honest and as carefully thought out as hers will interest those who seek to glean from all elements of society indications of the tendency of thee present. And she adds. with a decided pen, that she has never been afraid of criticism. Milk to Clean White Gloves. The smell of gasoline on white gloves is so very objectionable to some people they hesitate about using it. It is a possible thing to clean gloves and do it well, too, without using gasoline. This method is not only good because of there being no odor. It is also easier on the hands. Gasoline is very rough- ening to the skin. To clean gloves suc- cessfully fill ait small basin or bowl with ,intik. Dip a, piece of clean white flan. siel in the milk and rub white soap on the flannel as well. Then clean your white gloves thoroughly with this. Be euro all the solled,,grimy spots are gone and 'finally rinse with clean milk. Do not be alitrined if your gloves turn a grey or yellow color. You have done them no harm. After your gloves have dried you will find them soft and gloss,, and there will be no unpleasant odor. The expense of cleaning the gloves Is small. Several pairs can be cleaned in a pint of Milk. White kid shoes and slippers can also be Cleaned in this way. Watch Your Shoes! ' The fashion of the short, tight skirt has certainly had the effect of making tis pay considerably more attention to otir footwear and to our undergar- &lents. The former has been brougist into fax greeter prominence, and con- sequently both our shoes and stockings have undergone a great improvement, while the latter have been, tedneed te, a minitnum, and now require to be tut well fitting as the garments whicb cov- er them. It is to these details of her toilet that the well dressed Woman Pays the greatest attention and which are, after all, very considerable items In giving a chic appearance. Soarf For Nall Table. An effeetive„ scarf for n hall table May be made of linen ertish with tt nre embroidered on each end and of., the same deeiga aa the paper On the *sit UN DAT Leseort First Quarter, .For March 10,1912. ' • THE INTERNATIONAL. iERIESi Text of the 1.eilaon, ' Mark "1, " 29-44 Memory ,Vcraas, 40, 41—Golden Te* .Matt. viii, 17-a-Commentery Preperc by Rev. D. M. Stearns. ' The events Ofthis lesson, the hea ,lnga ofathe fever strickea, and all ma ner of diseased people:and spirit' vo . .. sessed people and the healing . , a leper, are all samples of the kin dora which was at hand, bile -which. not come because they Woulfitnot be Him. Verse 39 ot Our lesson eunam rizes it briefly, "He preached in th synagogues througbout all delilee,a. cast out demons." It is more fully$ stated in Matt. iv, 23, "And Jesus went ,about all Galilee, teaching in the hynagogueS and preaching. the gospe of the kingdom and healing all manne ok sickness and all manner of diseas among the people." It was predicte by the prophets thee in the kingdo the blind Would see, the deaf hear, th dumb sing, the lame leap as a har and, no one complain because 01 sit ness, for iniquity would ,be forgive (Isa. xxxiii, 24; xxxv, 5, 6). it we also predicted that in the kingdo wolves and lambs, leopards and kid calves and lions, cows and bears an little children Would all live in peac together (Isa. xi, 6-9; Inv, 25). . No on seems to expect these last mentions things until Jesus 'shall come fig but miany, are wondering why they ca not be healed of all diseases eve. though the ldngclone , has not com They ask often complainingly, "laeno the body as well as the soul bided in the atonement?" Yes;, the grea I • atonement will reach the body, toc0L: and in the resurrection these bodies p n. our humiliation will be fasbiioned like. His glorious. body, but till then wet!, e must wait patiently, M strength or e weakness, as He may in }Tis inienittilie love .and wisdom decide. Some., area. healed by His hand: without a physi4: clan and some by His blessing upoite • the physician's skill and medicine; while some 'continue in weakness, an many are passing mit from the mo body. The truly devout soul say der all circumstances,. "Enen ,s then" and rejoices in the perfe of God. Our lesion verses 29 to 31 tell o going from the synagogue to the, bo of Simon and Andrew, wheee• Simon' wife's mother lay sick of a fever. took her by the hand, rebnked the 1 ver, and immediately she was W, and ministered to them. Compare th ministry of angels in verse 13. T of Samuel is a, little boy ministe to the Lord (I Sam. ill, 1) and let" , our service be "unto the Lord" 1134 "before the Lerd." Possibly mot might be healed if He saw that the would miaister mato Him, for He seeking in every way to bring peolal unto Himself that He may 11.1.1 tlitl with His fullness (Ex. xix, 4; i ii ill, 18).. .a., , Verses 32 to 34 tell of all manner o diseased and demon possessed peop being brought to Him to -beeenetrf and it is writtenhere and in the par lel accounts in Matthew and Luke . He laid His hands on every one , them and healed them (Luke iv, that -He cast out the spirits with word and healed. all that were s1 that it might be fulfilled whieha spoke by Isaiah tbe prophet' sayin "Himself took our infirmities and la our sicknesses" (Matt. vitt, 16a17;' till, 4). If they had only received as their Messiah the Lord would ha made bare His holy arm in the eyes all the nations, and all the. ends 4 the earth should have seen the salytaa , tion of our God (Isa. ill, 10), but beal cause He is still the despised and t- ' jected one ' of Israel we continue faith and patience to wait for His r turn. He needs no testimony from adversaries, so He suffered not the d mons to speak even though they,sal "Thou art Christ, the Son of God.'" , Lesson verses 85 to 39 tell of His eara 0 ly morning praying a great while be- ,4 fore day, having gone off to a twill ' tary place. Since He felt the need o; 'being away from even these. few dir ciples that He might the better co mune with His Father, how can know much of real communion God in the constantlY busy life se many lead? It is true that we a pray to God anywhere wed at any JAM but see how He Went away alone. El mon and the others found Him in told Him that people were looking to Him; then He said: "Let no go into th next towns." "X Must preach the kin dom of God to other dtlei also? *I' mast not forget that "the field is th world" and our orders are, "Go ye int ali the world." The four lepers io • Samaria should" put us to shame With, their words: "We do not well. This dal Is a day ad good tidings, and. we halilii , our peace" (II Irings,vii, 9), Our 1e - Son chapter closest with the record vitas el a healed leper publiMIshed blazed abroad the fact of his bein ei healed so widely that Jesus had t , stay away froni the cities, and the ti ', pleacame to 13.1m front every quartet( He. lo 0111 the same aesue, full of cell4. passien as when He, said to that leper "I 'will, be thou clean," and as quick as the leper was healed dmmediatel just as' qUielrly can a. sinner be sav Without money and without , price gives eternal life to ill wbo tec /Hun The strange thing is that whoprofess to have ,been oar Him haVatiOt the zeal of talialePe gtatitudearittough to toll others the ' tfilnaia, Sir ai,a. '''