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TO ADVERTISERS Buy nt Home,
Notice of changes must be left at this As spring approaches the mails are'
office net later than saturday noon. I full of catalogues fermi the Depart-
mental stores, and a word in behalf of
our own business men will not came
amiss. It is well to remember that a
cheap article shows up as well in a pic-
ture, as a more expensive one, and the
public generally are requested when
noting prices in catalogues, to Call on
our own local merchants, and we are
assured they can furnish materials es
reasonably as they can be purchased by
mail with the advantage of seeing the
goods before buying, All carry a large
s ock with ample variety in materials
and price. Villagers should scarcely
need to be reminded that the money
spent here at home gives employment
to home people, who co-operate in
building up the village: while the farm-
ers find here a market for all kinds of
produce and should find it to their ad-
vantage to encourage that market by
purchasing init;almost exclusively, It
would be difficult if not impracticable
for the purchasing public always to
send to the city for their needs, and if
their large purchases and their cash
goes to the city it is but poor encourage-
ment for their local merchants. Though
the giving of credit should be discourag-
ed both for the sake of the purchaser
and the seller yet all of us need at times
a little credit and it is hardly fair to
ask it locally and send the cash to the
city. "Live and let live" is a good
principal to practice and no man should
expect to get all out of any saleable
article any more than he should to
eliminate all profit to the seller of the
article he would purchase. People who
buy to sell again expect a profit in the
transaction.
The copy for changes must be left
riot later than Monday evening.
Casual advertisements accepted up
to noon Wednesday of each week.
Tut WiNautim TIMES,
L B MAZOTT, PUBLISHER AND PROP,ETOR.
'THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1912.
HOW THEY LOOX AT IT.
The London Advertiser summarizes
opinion on Mr. Rowell's temperance
:4poticy as falling into four categories:
' 1, Opposition through motives of
self-interest. This class is not restrict-
ed to persons directly engaged in the
manufacture and sale of liquor. There
are other trades which profit by the
business of the barroom, and there are
large financial interests intertwined
with the liquor traffic.
2. Advocates of total prohibition
who look askance at anything that falls
short of it.
3. Conservatives who, though pro-
fessing to favor the temperance cause,
look at Mr. Rowell's policy through
partisan spectacles and pretend to see
only a political dodge.
4. Men of all parties who would
welcome the abolition of the bar as a
great and practical measure for the
reduction of the evils of the liquor
traffic, and who, therefore, welcome
its advocacy by any public man.
"The last class," says the Advertiser,
"comprises the majority of the people
of the province, and the majority of
the voters. Not 'all the life-long Con-
servatives among them, or even the
majority, will leave their party on this
issue, but there are thousand of elec-
tors in this province, and they are a
growing number, who are not tied to
party, and who look on the temperance
question as the most important one in
Provincial politics. Many of them have
for some years not been convinced that
the difference between the two parties
was substantial, and they were even
inclined to suspect thegood faith of the
Liberal leader in the last election'.
They are a minority juct now, and will
be for years to come, but Liberalism,
to be true to its traditions, must appeal
to the element which is attracted by a
moral issue in politics. True Liberals
ask only this of their leaders, and do
do not demand that they find the short-
est cut to office."
A Gruesome Discovery.
On Monday men in the employment
of John Ashcroft, Purple Valley, about
ten miles from `Wiarton, went into a
small shack on his premises, which was
used by Thomas Johnston, when he
lived there, and on the bed upstairs
they found him dead and his body froz-
en. Dr. Wigle, the Coroner, was im-
mediately notified, and upon going up
came to the conclusion that no inquest
was necessary, that the death had been
due to natural causes. This man John-
ston was demented. About thirty-five
years ago he settled in Albemarle, and
after a time his wife died, and taking
her death to heart, his mind became
deranged. He abandoned his farm,
;which soon passed into other hands,
and would leave Purple Valley for a
time -then return, and very little notice
was taken of his movements. He would
;live in the shack on his old farm for he
thought that he was still the proprietor.
(The last seen of him was in September
!by members of Josiah Crawford's fam-
lfly; who live a short distance from him,
Rand they were not surprised in not see -
).ng him afterwards as he came and
went at his pleasure, It would then
!appear that some time late in Septem-
ber he died in his shack and there he was
?found, the body frozen, but in no way
?decomposed, undressed as if he were in
the act of retiring.The deceased was
about 65 years years of age. -Wiarton
Canadian Echo.
(From the Teems of April 8, 1892,)
LOCAL NEWS.
Word was received from Mr. H. W.
O. Meyer, on Tuesday last. He and
family h•.1d arrived safely at Calgary
when he wi ote,
We have been favored with beautiful
spring weather for sortie days, but on
Tuesday evening a very decided change
took place, a cold wave having arrived
from the west. On Thursday; fine,
warm weather set in again. -
The freshet this spring did not am-
ount to much, the snow disappearing
so gradually. On Sunday last the wat-
er was at its highest, and the prairie
to the south of the town was pretty
well covered. Since. then the water
has been receding, and it has now pret-
ty well disappeared.
Christians in India.
Very few English people, even am-
ong those most interested in foreign
missions, have any real conception of
the growth of Christianity in India.
The new figures of the last census, an-
alyzed in The Times, indicates that
there are 3,574,000 native Christians in
India -apart from Eurasian Christians.
The Roman Catholics still have first
place, with 1,349,000 adherents, but the
advance of Roman Catholicism in the
decennium is surprisingly small com-
pared with Protestant progress. In
the ten years the Protestant Christians
have inereasee by nearly 500,000, com-
pared with 272,000 increase among
Catholics. The Baptists have grown
in numbers from 217,0)0 to 331,000, and
are now only a few hundred' behind the
Anglicans who take first place with
332,000 -an increase of 26,000 in the
decennium. Congregationalists have
made very marked numerical progress,
especially in southern India, and they
now have 134,000 -an increase of 97,-
000 in ten years. The Presbyterians
have added 120,000, and the Methodists
96,000. The total Christian population
of India is now nearly 4,0 0,000, or
about one in every 80 of the 315,000,000
living in the great dependency.
) The Pacific ocean is thought to weigh
948,0011,000,000,000,0)0,000 tons.
1
Suffered With Nerye Trouble
for Two Years.
WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO
SLEEP.
lefr. Chas. W. Wood, 34 '1`orrante
Street, Montreal, Que., writes: --"Por
two yestr* 1 suffered with nerve trotible,
and it was impossible for me to elect).
( It did not rnatter•'what tithe I Went to
led, in the morning 1 was even worse
' t'.1ai1 the alight before. 1 eensulted
• e metake
t: fetor, and he >B .v a torsiie to
k .half hour before going to bed.
"It was all tight for a time, but the
old trouble .eturntd 'Withgreater forte
t.ii before.
"One of the boys, who teerks with int,
!eve rile half x box of Milbatn's Heart
..:til Nerve Pills. I to them Bind I got
cut't eatisfaetion that 1 tot another box,
1,0J before 1 fitiishett it 1 could enjoy
i.:et11 from 10 pen. until 6 tt.nl,, end now
feel good."
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The rice of
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\"e tee Iritis le 50 conte per bed, or 3 both*
fel* $L25. . They Are for lisle tit all
dealers, of wilt be mailed direct an
receipt to price Ly The T. Milburn Coe
Limited, Totonto,Ont.
How's Thi 7
We offer One Hundred Dollars 'Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can-
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.' Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, andbe•
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINNON & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern-
ally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price 75 cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti-
pation.
Mr. Thos. Bell leaves to -day on a
business trip to Manitoba and the North
West. Mr. Bell does a large trade in
Manitoba, and usually calls on his cus-
tomers once a year.
Messrs. J. A. Cline & Co. have been
awarded the contract of putting in the
waterworks pipes at the north end of
Josephine street. The pipes are to be
eight inches in diameter, and are to be
laid along the west side of Josephine
street, commencing at the hydrant near
the Dinsley house and north to Albert
street, then west along that street to
the wheelhouse. The contract will a-
mount to about $1100, and is to be com-
pleted before the 15th of May next.
Mr. W. K. Loutit, son of Mr. James
Loutit, of this town, who has been em-
ployed in Mr. Bell's factory for some
Japanese Railway Travel.
The railway station master in Japan
is a dignified individual. He wears a
uniform and carries a sword on special
The uniform consists occasions.a sea of the
ordinary regulation blue, with gilt but-
tons and gold braid, and a bright scar-
let band around his cap, He is rather
a showy individual wheh he gets it on,
and as he walks along the platform
things mot e. When there is a cele-
brated dignitary passing through, such
as the emperor or amember of Parlia-
ment, he buckles on his sword.
About 130 pounds of free baggage
are allowed on each first-class ticket,
on Japanese railways, and baggage
will be delivered by station porters
within a radius of four miles at 21-2
cents a piece. •Trains are in charge of
a guard. Tickets are punched when
passengers pass through the wicket on
the platform and given up when passing
out 'at ' destination. All tickets are
good for stopover at most stations with --
in the limits of expiration date, all that
is necessary being to dhow your ticket
to the collector at the wicket and pass
out -
Special platform tickets are issued
at one cent each to accommodate those
coming with or to meet .friends. In
that way they take advantage, in a
[financial sense at least, of the feelings
of the people, which in Japan lead
them to appear ill large numbers When
their friends l
h d taus or when ,they wish
to welcome some one coming, It is
considered a mark of very great did.
reaped in Japan not to -.o to the sta-
tion to tee your Mende off.
TOWN DIRECTO al
BAPTIST CHURW1-Sabbath services
at 11 a. m, and 7 p, ea. Sunday School
at 2:30 p. m, General prayer meting
on Wednesday evenings. Rev. G. Vic-
tor Collins, pastor. B. Y. P. U. meets
Monday evenings 8 p. m. W, D.
Pringle, S, S. Superintendent.
years, left for Battle Creek, Michigan,
on Thursday, where he has secured a
situation.
The newel :neetang of the Wingham
branch of the Stele Society will be held
in the Presbyterian Church, on Friday
evening, the lith of April.
Mr. t=co. Fretwell hay moved into
one of his new houses in town, having
rented his farm in Lower Wingham.
The anniversary services in connec-
tion with the Methodist Sabbath School
in town were held last Sunday,' Mr. A.
Day, Secretary of the Provincial Sab-
bath Scl•ool Association preached two
excellent discourses; the morning ser-
mon being addressed to the scholars of
the school, who were out in full force.
Dr. Towler, superintendent of the
school, gave a synopsis of the annual
report of the school, which showed that
there were 14 male and 11 female teach-
ers; 24 classes, containing, in the infant
classes, 70 scholars; in the intermediate
classes, 163; in the adult classes, 113,
making a total of 346. The average
attendance of scholars during the year
was 204. •
METHODIST CHURCH -Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. n. and '7 p. m. Sunday
School at 2;30 p. m. Epworth League
every Monday evening. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings, Rev,
W. L. Rutledge, D. D., pastor. F.
Buchanan, S. S. Superintendent,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -Sabbath Ser-
vices at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday
School at 2:30 p, m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
D. Perris, pastor, Dr. A. J. Irwin, S.
S. Superintendent.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, EPISCOPAL -Sab-
bath services at 11 a. m. and 7. p. m.
Sunday School'at 2:30 p. m. Rev. E.
H, Crolv, B. A., Rector. C. G. Van
Stone, S. S. Superintendent.
SALVATION ARMY -Service at 7 and
11 a. m. and 3 and 8 p. m., on Sunday,
and every evening during the week at
8 o'clock at the barracks.
POST OFFICE -Office hours from 8a.m.
to 6:30 p. m. Open to box holders from
7 a. m. to 9 p. m. P. Fisher, postmast-
er. -
PUBLIC LIBRARY -Library and free
reading room in the Town Hall, will be
open every afternoon fe an2 to 5:30
o'clock, and every evening from 7 to
9:30 o'clock. Miss Maude Fleuty, lib-
rarian.
MARRIED.
Geddes - McKenzie. - At the resi-
dence of the bride's mother, Londes-
boro, on 'March 16th, by the Rev. A.
McLean, W. J. Geddes, of Morris, to
Isabella, daughter of the late Peter
McKenzie.
Green -Wilson. -At Portage la Prai-
rie, Man., on March 1st, by Rev. Mr.
Daniels, Mr. Walter W. Green, to Miss
Mary Wilson, daughter of the late John
Wilson, of Morris township, Ont.
WHY I KEEP POULTRY.
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The eight reasons given by Professor
Gilbert, of the Central Experimental
Farm of Ottawa, as to why farmers
should take up poultry keeping are: -
1 Because the farmer ,ought, by
poultry, be able to convert a good deal
of the waste of his farm into money in
the shape of eggs and poultry for mar-
ket.
2 -Because, with intelligent manage-
ment, they ought to' be an all -year
revenue producer, with the exception
of about two months in the moulting
season.
3 -Because poultry will yield him a
quicker return for capital invested than
any other branch of agricultu, e.
5 -Because, the manure from the
poultry -house will make a valuable
fertilizer for either vegetable garden
or orchard, and the fowls, if allowed to
roam in plum or apple orchards will
destroy all injurious insects.
5 -Because, while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in cer-
tain sections, poultry can be raised for
table use or layers of eggs in alt parts
of the country.
6 Because poultry raising is an em-
ployment in which the farmer's wife
or daughters can engage in and leave
him free to attend to other depart-
ments.
7 - Because it will bring him best
results in the shape of new -laid eggs
during winter when the farmer has
most time on his hands.
8 -Because, to start poultry raising
on the farm requires very little capital,
and by good management, poultry can
be made a very valuable adjunct to the
farm.
•
Travelers.
Down this little world we travel,
headed for the Land of Dawn, sawing
wood and scratching gravel, here to-
day, to -morrow gone! Down our path
of doubts and dangers, eve are toddling,
mile on mile, transient and inquiring
strangers, dumped into this world a-
while. Let us make the journey pleas-
ant for the little time we have to stay;
all we have is just the Present --till we
need is jest To -day: Let's encourage
one another as we push along the, say-
ing"Here,
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to a "Ode rather:IIt
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help you with your load! Banish scorn
and vain reviling, banish useless tears
Mid Woe; let as do the journey smiling,
alt our hearts with love aglow. Let us
never search for sorrow, since the jour
ney is so brief; here to=day and gone to-
mato*, 'whathave we to do with grief?
born this little world we wander,
stranger's from Bette unknown at:heres,
headed for the country yonder where
they have no tight or tears; let us there-
fore cease complaining, let tis be no
longer glum; let us alt go into training
for the joyful life to come! -Walt Mallon.
VERSES ON.SOAP.
[By Walter Cameron, in Westminster
Gazette.] •
Let others sing of love and war,
Of empires won, and worlds well lost;
Let others soar from stento star,
In dreamfut peace or passions tossed;
But let me choose the homely plan
To sing of cleanliness in man.
Then come to my Muse, though poorly
drest;
We two shall wonder far and wide,
Throughout the world we'll seek the
best
Of all the gifts the gods provide;
And surely none can better hope
To win cur praise than humble soap.
To cottage and to princely hall,
To servant maid and stately queen,
The cleansing bar brings health to all,
And comfort waits upon the clean,
Pure gift, that all mankind doth bless,
Thy virtues rank with godliness.
The world has many a gift in store,
For heroes bred to battle play;
For plurocrates who grind the poor;
For title Lilliputian clay:
But naught of praise for him whose toil
First made soap from ash and oil.
Then let me sing of that kind soul,
Whoe'er he was, whey er he breathed.
Whose name is lost from honor's roll,
Whose brow no laurels ever wreathed.
He lived his life; he died in grace,
And left this world a sweeter place.
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TOWN COUNCIL - George Spotton
Mayor; D.E McDonald, Reeve; William
Bone, F•I.B. Elliott, J. A Mills, Simon
Mitchell, J. W. Mckibbon, and C. G.
VanStone, Councillors; John F. Groves,
Clerk and Treasurer. Board meets first
Monday evening in each month at 8
o'clock.
HIGH SCHOOL BOARD -Frank Buchan-
an, (Chairman), Wm. Nicholson, Theo.
Hall, C. P. Smith, W. J. Howson,
John A. McLean, W. F. VanStone.
Dudley Holmes, Secretary. A. Cosens,
treasurer. Board meets second Mon-
day in each month.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD. -Peter Camp-
bell, (Chairman), Alex Ross, John
Galbraith, Wm. Moore, Robt. Allen
H. E. Isard, Dudley Holmes
A.; Tipling. Secretary-Treas., John F,
Groves; Meetings secondTuesday even-
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HIGHSCHOOL TEACHERS -J. C.Smith
B. A., Specialist in Classics, Principal;
H. A. Percy, S. P. S. Science Master;
G. R Smith, B. A., Specialist in Mathe-
matics; Miss C. E. Brewster, B. A.,
Specialist in Moderns and History;
Miss B. E. Anderson.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. -Joseph
Stalker, principal, Miss Brock, Miss
Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss WiI-
son, Miss Cummings, and Miss Taylor.
'BOARD OF HEALTH -Geo. Spotton,
(chairman), Richard Anderson, Wm.
Fessant, Alex Porter, John F. Groves,
Secretary; Dr. R. C. Redmond, Medical
Health officer.
Precocity, according to Leslie Wilson
who writes in the London magazine, is
a disease affecting the brain, which it
stimulates to premature activity and
growth, generally at the expense of
the physical health.When the brain
is developed unequally: by this malady,
he says, the invalid displays great tal-
ent in a perticutar direction. If the
talent is cultivated, the general health
)declines. IF the general health is in-
creased, the talent diminishes. Only
in rare cases is the physical strength
sufficient to endure the strain Which
precocity imposes upon it, Liszt was
both an infant prodigy and a genius in
maturity, The disease is o£ the nature
of fever, and it frequently terminates
in the death of the child.
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FARMERS
and anyone having live stook or other
articles they' wish to dispose of, should adver,•
tise the same tor elle in the TIMae. Our large
circulation tells and 10 will be strange indeed it
Toadonot get acustomer, We can't guarantee
hat Jon will sell beganse yon may ask more
for the article or stools than it 18 worth. Send
your advertisement to the Tanis and try thie
plan of disposing of sour stook and other
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Dr. Kennedy spe•,[alizes iii Surgery.
Dr. Calder devotes special attention to Dis
eases of the {nye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Eyes thoroughly tested. Glasses
properly fitted.
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fie VANSTONII,
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Private and Company rands to loan at lowest
rate of interest, Mortgagee, town and farm
property bongbt and sold .
Moe, teavar B1 •ak, wintham
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In turning meat which is being fried
or grilled do not stick a fork into it,, as
that will let the gravy of the meat
run out; turn it over with a knife or
spoon.
On Wednesday, March 20th, at 3 p.m.
was celebrated the marriage of an es-
timable young lady, prominent in so-
cial and church circles, in the person of
Miss Fanny McKenzie, youngest daugh-
ter of.John N. McKenzie, 13th conces-
sion, ex -Reeve of the township of Ash-
field, to Donald Allan McLean, of Am-
berley.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson i1. --Second Quarter, For
April 14, 1912..
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THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Mark fit 23 to Oi,
6 --Memory Verses, 27, 28 -Goldin
Text, Mark li, 27 --Commentary Pre-
pared by Rev, D. M. Stearns.
A. L. DTORIN90Lt DUALLY Homes
DICKINSON & HO.MES
BARRISTERS, SOLI mom sta.
motor TO LOAN
Orrin: Mayer Brook, Wingham.
ARTHUR .7. IRWIN, D. D. S., 5.. D S..
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The record of today's lesson, two
Sabbath day incidents, the disciples
plucking corn and a withered hand
restored in the synagogue, Is found in
Mutt, xii and Luke vi, as well as in
Mark, so that it must concern Film
not only as the Jewish King rejected,
but also as the perfect servant, and as
the Son'of )tau. to whom all things
Will yet be subdued. To understand
Him end [lis words and works we
nli(St cc:risidt'r Him as Nett:a:eel spoke
of Hitu. "I be Sun of God. the King of
Ist•aat" elute) i, VI. ns."rhe ling of the
Jews' whuur the wise men sought
(Matt. 11, 21, and as the "\\'onderful.
Counselor, the Jlii;hty God, the Ever-
lasting Fattier, the Prince of Peace,
a•hu uu '
Duvtdwill and yet whosesit kingdopumthe shtbraltone knowof
no end" (Isle ix, 0, 7; Luke i, 32, 33).
The late 1)r, Weston in his "Genesis
of the New 'T'estament" says that the
,tewel' Sabbath was the tine peculiar
unit tlisttuctit•e ordina nee or the na-
tion, Uther nations practiced circum-
cleion and' had temples, uttered sacri-
fices and performed religious rites, but
the Sabbath was the Jewish national
flag. in it they claimed a peculiar rela-
tion to Uud us their Creutor,'Re'deemer
and Rest. and, if .by this man's treat-
meaat or their Sabbath they are to be
deprived or their distinction from other
nations, what is the use of being God's
people? Considering' this, it is not so
surprising that •the immediate occa-
'siun of the determination by the Jew-
ish rulers to put Christ to death, as
stated in all the gospels, was Ills rela-
tion to the Sabbath. Ile clalmed•to be
greater than Solomon or. the' temple •
or the Sabbath (Matt: Nil, (1. 8. 42), but
they (oull't not so receive 1iim. They
honored flim with their lips, but their
beurt was far from Him (Ise. xxlx, 13;
Ezek. xxxitt. 31; Melt. eve 7, S). They.
had a form of worship without any
power. Jehovah, wtioni they professed
to wor'sbip. was 10 their midst, and
they hue* Mtn not.
Matthew says thnt ns the disciples
passed through the /cornfields they
were hungry, and Luke says that they
rubbed the ears of corn In their bands
and did eat. Our Lord himself was
:t•hungered on other occasions, as re-
eorded In Matt. iv, 2; xxl, 18. Cencerie-
ine Israel it is written that ile suffered
them to hunger (Deut. viii, 3), but it
was to prove them and teai•b them.
The wicked are ever watching the
righteous and seeking to slay them
(I's. xxxvii, e2). and here they are
finding fault and condemning the dis-
ciples, and the Lord, too. because
they knew Him not. nor the Scrip-
tures, •.whieb they professed to rever-
ence. He refereed them to their own
Scriptures, saying, "have ye never
read what David did wben be bad
ut'cd and was nn hungered? (Verse 25.)
There is no word of condemnation
here for David and his followers. He
came not 'to coudemn, • but to sbow
mercy, Bence His quotation from the
prophets in Matthew's record. "1 will
have mercy and unt sacrifice" (Matt.
x11, 7; Hos. vi, 6). The rest of the
verse lu Ifosea says that the knowl-
edge of God is better than burnt offer-
ing. The primary idea in sacrifice is
that God gives to us, not that the give
to Him, for In the first sacrifice the
Lord gave to Adam and Eve redemp-
tion clothing which He Himself pro-
vided, a foreshadowing of Christ lov-
ing the church Mid giving Himself for
it, purchasing it with His own blood.
We cannot give anything to God nor
offer Him acceptable service until we
have received mercy from Him as the
One who Saves sinners. Before ever
sin entered this world God set apart
one day in seven as a time when man
might be free from• all work and give
himself up wholly to becoming e-
quainted With God, for there is noth-
ing that tan compare with knowing
Godis Jer. 23 b Lord of the
( , 24 >. The
Sabbath gave to man in His own im-
age a day on which He might special -
1y bless him by the revelation of him-
self as the sourc:el:
of all being Ona
blessing and life and love and peace.
The man in the synagogue with the
withered Mind was strongly suggestivo
Of the condition of the nation and of
their inforr
e abutanything God
Inability to do nyth g
until they would accept Ills mercy,
In the record, In Matt. xii, 11. 12. He
gees the illustration 05 the necessity
of rescuing a sheep from a plt,eeven
on the Sabbath day. but 1#e speaks
of the owner of the sheep doing this.
saying, “What mon iibell lu2ve one
sheep," not Cee a sheep. He loved
these wayward•sheep. Ha entre to give
Omni life. Ile Woos es ready to heti
Ibent as He retie SO restore that wither-
ed
ithered hand, Mit they not let. Hf
ri
Mut the hardness tot blId si-Mit r •in
1
of their hearts tvaa a grief to Moe
Note the cry from Sia Wei Villieerfl•
ing them. "We would not," "t'i'p will
not," ''If thou hadst known" (Mott,
xxlit, 37; !Ili, 3; John r, AO; Ltike
itis. 41. 42). Instead of intrltig tiny
thing like a Penitent tplrtt, ti 'renvle.
tion of &n, their tii'tiiitl Hearty mmo rehel-
led ilgstnat tlttil tttl(1 the Welling
thnt they llvent actor Mid tank rotin:tel
how they laitght kill Ulm. >f'or Ills*
tore thei' gave Ilitn hatred', tber, link
Ilam not, they *Mild not have inurh a
ane as their M'easlah. but the tfnle will
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