HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-6-11, Page 6THS FLESH POTS OF EGYPT,
Stand for the World and the Things
of the World,,
;Metered aecordieg to Act of the oar-
lfament of Oanada, in the year One
Thousand Nino Hundred and Three,
by : Wm.- Batty,, of Toronto, at the
department of Agriculture, Ottawa)
A despatch from Chicago says'
Rev, Frank Do Witt Talmage preach-
ed from the following text: "And
the children of Israel said: Would to
God wo had died by the hand of the
Lorca in the land of Egypt, when we
eat by the flesh pots, and when we
did eat bread to the full) . Then
said the Lord: Behold, I will rain
' bread from Heaven for you," — Exo-
des 16:3-4.
"Now those things were our ex-
amples, to the intent that wo should
not lust alter evil things, as they
also lusted," — I. Cor, 10:6.
Tho record of the children of Israc
lives to this day, that it may teat
us of the waywardness, stubbornnes
and blindness of the human heart
and the faithfulness, the patience an
the generous care of God for Hi
children in all ages. Israel is a mil
ror which God holds up for us t
look into. It is a mirror which ha
the penetrating power of the X ray
date palms of Elim and drank of her
refreshing waters, but 1110 Lord leads
the soul out into the wilderness
again, and there in the palace of dis-
cipline the soul falls to lusting after
the flesh pots of Egypt, The faith
which has delivered and the hope
which has led out towards the pro-
mised land of a better life, bave
been obscured and forgotten as the
strong impulses for the old life, its
pleasures, its associates, its unre-
stricted activities gain the upper
hand. Tho most unhappy person on
earth is the
WILDERNESS CHRISTIAN..
How could the children of Israel
murmur so ? we ask Wo wonder
with exceeding and impatient amaze -
1 anent that they could think that
h death amidst the flesh pots of Egypt
s was better than the feeding of the
Lord in the wilderness. And while
d we marvel wo forget that Israel is
8 but a figure of us and plainly Mus-
a- trates the spiritual.conditions which
o prevail in our own lives so often.
s Hankering after the flesh pots of
Egypt prevails to tho present day.
D
s
d
n
s
birthright for a mess of pottage,
and the Christian sometimes is al-
most ready to give his sours hope
for the indulgence and pleasure which
the world has to offer. Lot's wife,
hankering after the luxuries and
pleasures of doomed Sodom, looked
back,
and with the longing look
came lagging footsteps until the
brimstone and alkali which were
raining upon the city fell also upon
her and encrusted her, and she was
lost.
Why was it that the children of
Israel fell into this sad condition,
this yearning for the flesh pots of
Egypt ? If we had gone into that
camp and passed from family group
to family group and talked with the
()murmuring people we would have
discovered at least two reasons for
their discontent. First they had
forgotten the glorious land for
which they had set out, and second,
they had taken their eyes oft the
cloudy pillar of God's presence and
were looking into their meal hags.
And the Clu'istian to -day
FALLS INTO AN ERROR
and reveals in the Inman heart an
life that which lies beneath the stn
face, and it is a mirror, also, whos
polished surface catches the light o
Heaven and reveals God in all Hi
fulness. Let us look into this mir
ror that we may drink in the pic
tore ,which God paints of the redemp
tion of his people from bondage
of His leading, of His deliverances
of His care for them, and of Hiwonderful patience with them in thei
waywardness and rebellion. And as
we sit before the picture we me3
d God's children don't get very far
into the wilderness experiences - o
a the Christian life sometimes bofor
f they begin to long for the Mauls gene.
es of the old life, They forge
- that their hunger can be satisfied b
the Lord who is leading them, tha
the manna of Cod's bounty is a
much better than the leeks an
' onions of Egypt as is life bette
s than death and Heaven better tha
r earth. Esau was willing to sell 11i
learn its lessonsng
, for "these this
were our examples (or, as the mar-
gin of the revised version puts it,
in these things they become figures
of us') to the intent that we should
not lust after evil things, as they
also lusted,"
Some Bible exegetes, in interpret-
• ing the history of Israel's bondage,
deliverance, wilderness journey and
possession of the promised land as
ilgures illustrating the spiritual life,
have held the wilderness journey as
a type of
THE CHRISTIAN WALE
in this life, the crossing of the Jor-
dan as a typo of death, and the pos-
session of the promised land as set-
ting forth the soul's eternal dwel-
ling place In Heaven; but there are
so many difficulties in the way of
such interpretation, and it fails to
harmonize so many essential details
with the teaching of Scripture re-
garding the Christian life and of
Heaven, that we are inclined to ac-
cept the interpretation of other com-
mentators, who believe that tho wil-
derness journey is a type of tho re-
deemed but unsanctified believer in
Christ Jesus, and that the crossing
of the Jordan typifies full surrender
to God, and the possession of the
promised land illustrates the sancti-
fied and victorious life of the saint.
Some of the difficulties which pre-
sent themselves against the reason-
ableness of the first -named interpre-
tation are that the crossing of tho
Jordan marked the beginning of real
conflict with evil and the enemies of
God, while death marks the passage
of the soul from the scene of conflict
with evil and the enemies of God in
this world to the bliss and peace and
joy of Heaved. Tho promised land
was filled with the. enemies of right-
eousness. Heaven cannot be such a
place. The promised land was the
3cele of desperate fighting, but no
such conflicts await the saint in
Heaven, while on the other hand in
this life the sanctified saint is the
ono who has the most desperate
fighting to do against the enemies of
God. Satan is not troubling very
much with the saints who are wan-
dering around in the wilderness, but
when they cross over into the prom-
ised land of tho consecrated and
sanctified life in Christ Jesus then
he begins his bitter and relentless
warfare The promised land wit-
nessed the wandering from God of
His children, their indulgence in
idolatrous worship, their punishment
by famine and pestilence and war,
their captivity, but none of these
things can be true of the
HiEAVENLX EXPERIENCE.
Paul in the seventh of Romans
draws a faithful picture of the saint
who is struggling through' the wil-
elerness experiences, and when at
last in utter despair he exclaims;
O wretched man that I am! who
shall deliver me from. the body of
'Ithis death?" he suddenly lifts his
eyes and the vision of the promised
land of the higher Christian life
bursts upon his soul and he tri-
um7ihaltly cries: "I thank God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,"
And then in the eighth chapter ho
gloriously unfolds the life of the
saint: who has entered the promised
rand of full blessing in Christ, Jesus,
i11c scales height after height until
•fit -last all the possibilities 01 that
,Ar promised land lie spread out in their
rich beauty and wide extent, before
hfln and he shouts: "We are More
than conquerors, through Him that
loved us, for I am persuaded that
neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other
.creature, shall bo ante to separate
us from the love of God, which is ht
Christ Jesus our Lord,"
Tho redeemed but unsanctffied 130-
lieve' stands before us. The blood
Of the Lamb, Christ Jesus, Inas been w
tlprfuklecl upon the lintel and door W
posts of hie heart and ho has gone to
Out of the land where darkness and a
cTeatlt reign. Ido has had some
blessed: experiences. Oh, the sweet. t
nese aid joy of those flint days of in
the note l]fe, :Testae preserico has fr
been felt. Pfe alas: led unerringly, Ho In
alas delivered mightily when the al
'povil 11as pressed hard. The 'hitter it
pools hale :aeon lelado sweet, and the w
jots] hag twitted 111 the shade of tho a'
similar to that of the children of
Israel when he forgets the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus for
which he bas set out and which is
realized in the promised land of full
surrender to God, and when he takes
his eyes 011 the Lord and begins
to look into the meal bag of his
own paltry, mean possessions and
then lusts after the things of the
old life. Human nature is ever the
saute. Israel is a figure of us. The
dreary wastes of the wilderness
made them. utterly forget the tin -
!raised
land of fullness towards which
they were journeying, 0uc1 the back-
ward look shut out the vision of
the glowing cloud. And with us the
temporary desolation and weariness
of the wilderness journey, the cross
we have to bear, the trial wo have
to endure, tho failure tvo experience
and the disappointment and dis-
couragement • we have to face, all
drive from mind and heart the good
land toward which the soul is jour-
neying, and then, instead of looking
upward towards the Bills from
whence Cometh our help, we look
within ourselves for comfort and
satisfection, W0 turn our gaze back-
ward toward the old life with its
indulgences, and is it any wonder
that; like the children of Israel we
fall to lusting after the flesh pots
of Egypt and murmuring against
God e
But God's voice sounded out over
that rebellous camp, 011, what a tl
Gocl we have 1 Instead of abandon-
ing those lnlgreatoful people I in- ]
steead ofschiding and punishing them, #1
Y ahold, I will rain bread
from heaven for you." And that
is what God says to your soul and 0
mine. Bread from heaven I Feeding sn
from the hand of Cod 1 Daily sup-
ply ; enough for the day's needs •
the gathering of tho manna the first
business of the day. Egypt's flesh
po13 could no longer nourish Israel.
The world can. no longer feed and
satisfy your soul's hunger,
GOD MUST PEED YOU.
It will he a daily supply, it will be
only enough for the day, and the
gathering must bo done before the
heat of the activities of the day ,
have molted the manna and robbed
you of your portion, 011, how d
sweet and blessed it is to hear God
stay to the soul : "I will rain bread
from. Ilnavel for you." Listen 1 oh,
soul. Is the murmur of discontent
upon your lips 7 Aro you hankering.
after the flesh pots of Egypt 7 Lis-
ten ! Gott is speaking in the pre-
sent through the experiences of the
pest in His (100111338 with Israel
and saying to you that IIo Will
feed yon abundantly. The needy
Samaritan. woman at Jacob's Well
as promised Living Water that
ould satisfy forever. Tato lnultl=
des that had eaten of the loaves
rid fishes were painted to the
road of.Life which could satisfy
110 '8001'8 Imegerings, and the Live
g Water and tho Living Bread
ant Heaven are for you and for
o, Let us stifle tho hankcvings
ter the old 11fo and the old ilr
uigoticee by _ deep quaffs tet tho
ell of Living Water 1 Lot 11s for-
t the fleshh 11018 of the 61,1 - Jit. 11+
the abundant and full partaking of
tho Bread of Life which God gives 1
Then instead of murmuring wo shall
And tho song of p1•a1s0 and rejoicing
rising to our lips and ihstead of
the backward glance toward the
country of sin out of which wo have
been delivered by the mercy and.
grace of God we shall be looking
forward as tho Lord leads out of
1.11e wilderness into the fullness of
blessing of the promised land,
THE S. LESSON.
Na
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JUNE 14.
Text of the Lesson, Acts xxviii.
16-24. Golden Text,
Rom, i, 16.
16, And when Wo canto to home
° * Paul Was suffered to (1we11 by
himself with a soldier that kept
hint.
The opening verses of this chapter
tell us of two illustrations of the
power of the risen Christ through
Paul during their three months' stay
on the island of Mtilta, where they
had been ship -wrecked ; Paul's de-
i liveeanee from a viper and the heal-
ing of the father of Pulllius and
imam) others. Wo may be Sulo that
Paul did not fail to preach the gos-
pel and tell of 11110 by whose power
these 111111gs were dole, and we
have learned from past lessons just
how and what he would preach (ix.
20; xiii, 38, 30; xiv, 151 ; xvli, 22-
31). The incident of the brethren
turning to meet hint as far as Apii
!forum and returning to Dome with
him helps 05-1.0 understand how it
will be when our Lord returns to
the earth. The church will meet Trim
in the air rind then come to the
earth with Ilio as He returns in
power and glory (I These. iv, 16,
17; Col. ail, 4 ; Matt, xxv, 31).
17-9_0, Ior this cause therefore
have I called for you to see you told
to speak with You because' that for
the hope of Israel I am bound with
this chain.
After three days he called the Jews
together and told them the story of
his arrest and imprisonment and
how lie happened to be now in Rome
under his present circumstances.
Before Agrippa he heel spoken of the
hope of the promise made of Cod
unto., tho fathers, as the fulfillment
of the promises to Abraham. Isaac
and Jacob concerning the twelve
tribes, In Jer. xiv, 8; xvii, 13, the
Lord himself is called "the ]lope of
Israel," and we 11notw that the ful-
fillment and restoration of all things
concerning Israel are inseparably
connected with the return of Christ
and the resurrection of the just
(Acts ill, 19-21; Tse. xxv, 8, 0 ;
Dan, xit, 1, 2). In Eph. fit, 1 ; iv,
1, he speaks of himself as the prison-
er of Jesus Christ, prisoner of the
Lord.
21, 22. We desire to, hear of thee
what thou thinkest, for as concern-
ing this sect we know that every-
where it is spoken against.
They had heard nothing against
Paul, but they lead heard many
things against Christ and His fol-
lowers, It may have been` some com-
fort to Paul to know that tongues
in that part of the world had not
yet opened Are on him, but he had
enjoyed his share of 11 elsewhere and
had found some pleasure in it (TI.
Cor. xii, 10), and he knew well that
since his Master was being spoken
ngainst his turn would come, even
in Rome, and the fellowship lie
prayed for would be surely his- (Phil;
01, 10).
28. There c
his lodging, to
and testified
persuading them
both out of tb
out of the p1
till evening..
100 many to him -into
whore lie expounded
the kingdom o1 God,
rem concerning Jesus,
c law of Bases and
prophets,
13001 morning
Unlike inane- prominent teachers of
our clay, Paul believed all thing's
which were written in the law and
in the prophets (xxiv, 14) and be-
lieved the, Scriptures to be in truth
the word of Clod 011.11 that it effectu-
ally works in all who believe (I.
These, ii, 13), hue also believed ful-
ly and firmly that 10su1s of Nazar-
eth was all that He said He was,
the onto of whom all the prophets
had spoken, the Son of David, the
on of God, Israel's Messiah, and
rat He would restore the kingdom
o Israel and bless all nations
trough her (Jar, xxxi, 81-10; Ezelc,
xxvii, 21-28; Iso, lx, 1-8). That
le kingdom of God or of heaven
to bo a kingdom filling the whole
arth is plainly taught in such pas-
ges es Num., xiv, 21; Tea, xi, 9l
Hab, i!, 11; Dan, 11 and vii; Nev.
24. And some believed the things
which were spoken, and some be-
lieved not,
We ten nowhere taught that tho
good news will be universally re-
ceived in this ego. Some seed will
fall by the wayside, s01n0 on roeRy
soil, some n,n031g thorns, but a. por-
tion 10111 find good ground; some will
be saved, and the church will be
completed (Matt, xiii, 18-2:3; I.Cor,
ix, 29; hph. v, 27). Evan in the
text age, when Satan shall be
bound in the ]lit, fhore will he de -
;elvers wlio will yield only 0 feign-
ed obedience and will follow Satan.
When he cones forth from his pri-
son at. the end of th0 thousand
years (Ps, xviii, 44; bvi, 8, mar-
gin; Ileo, XX, 7, 8).
80 rid Paul , A 1 a 11 dwelt ttvo whole
years in his own hived house and re-
ceived all that canto in unto 1111n.
Doubtless be accomplished the will
of (rod and glorified (rod as tench as
A journeying through Asia and
Maredonfa.. Doing no longer able to
go to people, God brought people
to him, and, thougih he was bound,
he rejoiced that the word of God
Was not. bound (II, Tim, if, 9). Tiro
verses we hallo omitted, 25-29,
They ageeod not among them -
Selves," "and Hatt groat reasoning
among therneelves" (for tints they
begin and fond), tell trn how Paul
quoted 480. vi, 9, 10, and reminded
them that centuries before the Holy
Spirit .through 1801111/ had, Written
those words 01)0311 theme.
31. Preaching the kingdom of God
Anel teaching those things which
co11cc1'n the Lord Jesus Christ, with
all
,confidence, no man forbidding
The adversary cannot hinder be-
yond
o-yond God's permission, and it was
the Lord's pleasure that for Wiese
two years the word should have free
course. This book opens with Jesus
Christ between His resurrection and
ascellsfon preaching the things per-
taining to the kingdom of God and
with the question of the disciples,
"Lord, wilt thou at this time re-
store again the kingdom of Israel?"
(Acts 1, 8, 6), It closes with Paul
at home in a hired house still
preaching the Icingdom,
A TOUCH OF SENTIMENT.
How 1vlr. Finnegan Helped His
Wlfo on Wash Day,
1Tr, FInnegan had been ill all win-
ter end Was just getting about. It
had been hard for Mrs, Finnegan,
who had to take in washing. lor-
tuu1110 11311111) was 83111111 in
11311111101' and well grown, As Mr,
Finnegan began to got his strength
back he tried to 11011) his wife, who
let him sill' about a little and then
sent hien again to his chair, where
110 tt•a8 allowed 10 smoke one pipe
every three hours.
"" Pts long between smokes," said
Mr, Finnegan.
"'Tis good to Seo you 01110y than,"
said Mrs, Finnegan,
must rut Inc help you wid
the clothes," he said, One morning,
as the basket grew to a heaping
white mound:
"Sit still where yo are, Jim,dear,"
"Anyultely ay, I can put up the line,"
"If ye like, "Pis a fine day, and
'twill not hart ye to stay Ont a 111111-
ute. But put on ye'. hat,"
Sho watched h1113 through the win-
dow as he pulled the line taut and
tied it round the top of the post,
leo seemed very active, and she was
glad,
When he came in he had a good red
spot 11n his cheek, and he hoisted one
end of the basket as far es the door
with a great show of vigor,
• Mrs. Finnegan hung a table cloth
on the line, pushed down the pins so
they straddled the rope hard, , then,
stooped for another ln,outhful of pins
and a bed spread. Soon that flap-
ped in the wind.
When she bad filled the line down
ono length and back on the next
turn, it slipped, and the white'
clothes lay in the mud,
Mrs. Finnegan turned quickly and
looked through the kitchen window.
Mr. Finnegan sat with his feet on
the table, looking tate other way.
With a few quick sweeps of her bale
arms Mrs, Finnegan pulled the:
clothes off the line, rolled them up
and put then in a pile on the side
of the basket away frau the ]louse.
Then she strung the lino again, and
]rung 111e rest of the clothes from the
basket,
Tho soiled clothes she flattened
arUul1y into the bottom of the bas-
ket, and taking it up lightly went
into the house and slid the basket
under the table.
".11m, dear, will ye go in the room
while I sweep up here, and ye
needn't come back, 'cause I,1 be
cookie' dinner by n' by, and I'll
have the winders open,"
"B,ow are the clothes?" asked Mr.
Finnegan,
"Fine)" said Mrs, Finnegan.
PENNY -IN -THE -SLOT DOCTORS.
A number of highly original auto-
matic machines, made to rceemble an
old doctor with a big wig, have been
set up in several Dutch towns. By
placing a penny in the slot various
remedies for CO11l1mon ailments may
be obtained, and cold in the head,
stomach ache, sore throat, and head-
ache, may all be cured—theoretical-
ly, at all events.
MATCH -BOX WARNINGS:
The Argentine Health Department
has experimentally arranged to have
comprehensive instructions printed
on the labels of over eight 11111)1011
()latch boxes explaining how the
spread of tuberculosis might be pre -
"That fellow Jawley is a broke',
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an) money 7" "Yes ; he's got
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®F0 THE HE HOME
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(`➢ Recipes for the Kitchen, 1
e Hygiene and Other Nota 4
9 for the Housekeeper. 0
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SOME, RECIPES,
Unshed Potatoes Browned 131
Oven,—Old potatoes that aro a little
wilted will du nicely for 11118 dish.
Pare and cut up into 8311011 cubes
and soak in gold water for an flour;
then boil until they are tender but
will not break, in slightly salted
Water. Drain and put them into a
pudding dish, well buttered, and
dredge them with a tablespoonful of
flour. Break a tablespoonful of but-
ter into bits and spread over tllenn ;
season with salt and pepper and add
a cup of wenn int 11c, Cover and
place.jn oven " to bake and uncover
just long enough before they are
done to brown them nicely,
Balcocl IIam.—Soak tho harm in
cold water over night (old hien re-
quires two nights and a day,) After
soaking, scrape well. Make a quart
of flour into a very still' pasto curd
cover the entire skin side ; place the
ham perfectly level in a roasting
pan and 1111 pan with cold water.
Replenish occasionally with hot
water while baking. I''or a seven to
eight pound ham bake about three
and one-half hours ; for .ono weighing
eight 10•x: ten pounds four to five
hours, and for n ten to twelve -
pounder live to six hours. Leave in
water until cold, then remove paste
and skin, cover with bread or
cracker crumbs, and place in baking
pan. Dissolve in te large coffee -cup
one tablespoon of brown sugar in
one-third clip of cold water, Fi11 cup
With cider and baste with this fre-
quently. Duke thirty minutes to one
hour according to size. If a spicy
flavor is desired stick in a few'
cloves,
To Roast Veal—The Incests of
veal, a Part usually scorned in this
country, can he made into a de-
licious roast by boning it. A great
many of the bones do not need tak-
ing out, but become tender when
c0okod. Remove only the larger,
firmer bones, Flatten it and season
it thoroughly. Make a strafing of
forcemeat, including about a pound
of lean veal ground 5110, three shall
skinned sausages, the crumbs frail
half a loaf of bread, soaked in watts'
and then squeezed ; a tablespoonful
of salt and a teaspoonful of pepper,
with a little sage and Chopped pars-
1cY, and finally two onions chopped
fine and fried in butter. Grind the
dressing as fine as possible and rub
it through a 8iove, Stuff the breast,
roll it 111) and either roast it or
braize it. If brained it will be ne-
cessary to slice an onion and n car-
rot over it, and add a pint of rich
stock to baste it with. 111 the oven
the meat should be cooked until it
is thoroughly browned, and frequent-
ly basted while It is cooking,g. It re-
quires a great deal of intelligence in
cooking to use veal as economically
as the French do, Not one piece is
ever used to disadvantage in their
kitchens. The toughest ends are
carefully saved and seasoned and
made into as delicious a dish of meat
as 1.110 imagination can well conjure
up,
In America the piece used chiefly
is the' fillet veal, as veal cutlet, and
because this is an expensive piece it
is used continually, and the bonier
Pieces, which cure cheaper, but more
difficult to use, aro dispensed with,
HOW TO WATER PLANTS.
Watering 15 an exacting labor, and
yet half of it is usually uulecessary.
The reasons why it is unnecessary
are two : the soil is so shallowly
prepared that • the roots do not
strike deep enough ; wo waste the
moisture by allowing the soil to be-
come hard, thereby setting up
capillary connection with the atmos-
phere and letting the water escape.
See Prov moist the soil is in thio
spring, Mulch it so that the .nois-
tar, will not evaporate, Mulch it
with a garden rake, by keeping the
still loose and dry on top, This
loose, dry soil is the mulch, Savo
Water rather than add it, Then
when you do have to water the
plants, go at it as if you meant it.
Wet the soil clear through. Wet it
at busk or in cloudy weather, Be-
fore the hot ball strikes it renew
your mulch, oe supply a mulch of
flee litter, More plants are spoiled
by sprinkling than by chneth, Bear
in 1ui11d that 001011ng is only a spe-
cial practice ; the general practice
is to so At and maintain tied"ground
that the plants will not need water-
ing.
IIANDY•
IIIN7.S,
A cover of dark calico for the
ironing board to slip on like a pf1-
low case, when the board is not in
use will keen the 110)11 0101111, thio
made tile seine way of bleached
netuf 11, to put on when ironing 11110
white clothes is very race. Make it
so It will fit snugly ; 111)11 on from
the small end of board and pili to
the cloth underneath. Keep a 1111.(0
of beeswax ill a cloth to 111)1 the
irons if they afro Maned to stick ;
a sheet of One sand paper tacked to
the and of board is good for smooth-
ing 111e irons, A s1111111 berms hook
screwed to under side of board Will
hold a bug for the iron stand and
holde'.
Nothing else makes the ordinary
Wonall look so downright hideous as
a trusting cap. Wear a Mice bonnet
of a becoming color and note the
difference.
Lamp burners may be made nearly
tes bright as new by scouring than
With sand -paper, Clean perforated
part with a bl'usl1, Soak wicks in
vinegar before using theft,
Cool a hot oven by putting a dish
of cold water in it. if the Man
bakes faster on trop than on bottom,
Bet the bread or calor pans on bot-
tom of oven mid lily sheet: of a.sbes-
toe )jape' on Ibe top 0f the grate,
THE DOMINION HANK
Proceedings of Thirty -Second
Annual. General Meeting of
the Stockholders.
The thirty-second annual general
meetleg of the Dominion Bank was
hold at the Banking ITouse of the
institution, Termite), on Wednesday,
1day 270, 1003,
Among those present were noticed:
Col. 1
A abon Mess s. William Ince,
Wm Sp1'y, E. 13, Osler, M.P., W.
1), Matthews, Wm, Ross Mlle.. A. W,
Austin, Thos, Walmslty, W. G.
Cassels, David Smith, G. W, Lewis,
A, 11 Boswell, P, Leadlay, t4. N.
HReytncosdosn, ,W:tl., 33,Ib33u1l0d0s1, V. ,7H„, 11
,
J, Foy, IC,0„ Jno. T, Small, Anson
Jonas, David Kidd, }Vat, Davies, II,
Gordon MacKenzie, J. Goti1on Jones,
W. Crocker, J. 11', ICavanagll, Ira
Standish, Jno, M. Bond, John
Stewart, K. W. Langley, 'Phos, Long,
13. Nordho11ner, D. Henderson, Lieut, -
Col. Pollatt, F. J. Stewart, VV. G.
P. Cassels, John C. Kemp, Wm,
Hcndrle, Dr. Andrew Smith, le. J,
Barris, E. Burns, J, 0, Ramsey, J.
J, Long, W. 0. Harvey, W. 0, Crow-
ther, 1:1, II, Love, T. E. Cooke, T.
G. Brough and others.
It was 1lfove01 by Mr, Wm. Ince,
seconded by bar. 13. R. Ilrock, that
Mr, E. 13, Osier do take the chair,
and that Mr, T. G. llrough do act
as Secretary,
Messrs. A. R. Boswell and W, G.
Cassels were appointed Scrutineers,
The Secretary read the report of
the Directors to the Shareholders,
and submitted the annual statement
of the affairs of the Bank, which is
as follows :—
To the :Shareholders :
The Directors beg to present the
following statement of the result of
the business of the hank for the year
ending 30111 April, 1003 :
I4ulaece of Profit and Lou A.0.0 ne, 3011
A p8.1, 0921 5103,30; 94
end •01 ro reined on new capital oto), 483,105 00
oflt Pattie year eating :0.1, Alan, 1033,
after do among otmrgas of mune-
meet, 010„ and nude 111 previa on Lr
bail and doubtful debts 441,06f 00
31,134,707 91
Dividend 28 1)4r 81.nt,
1),11,1 1st Augst,
1'202,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,801,000 00
Oivid 1,1128 ter cont.,
pain 1s. Nov., 1301 01,111 14
Dividend 28 per cu01,
7113 1 211d February,
1t03 .. 2..031. ,,.. ,72,818 52
Dividend 21 per ,en7,
11eyabls lac Noy,
pea!!!
.............
. ...79 98G 30
8z 27,1 7 ,r3
w,u0(0 elf hank prenda,1 ,,, 2(1,101 44
't ranafurnd to rusene Loud..., 413,865 W
-- 7131,410 48
0010,303 of Profit and Lose ear, lea for
1vrrd............ ......
............ 303,356 48
RESSItVa FUND,
Baleen ntc•mdit of amulet, 3001 April,
1000282,300,000 00
Trau••turred from Profit and Luau Ace% 483,806 W
$0,581,801 Co
Branches of the Bank have been
opened during the past year in Lon-
don and 1Tadoc, Ontario ; lloissc-
vain, Brandon, Dclornino and Sel-
kirk, Manitoba ; Grenfell, North
West Territories; and in Toronto at
the corner of Yongo and Cottingham
streets,
All branches of tho Bank have
been inspected during the past
twelve , months,
17, B: OSLER,
President.
The repot was adopted. By-laws
wore passed changing tho date of the
annual general meeting to the last
Wednesday in the month of January,
and authorizing an increase in capi-
tal stock 1.0 the extent of 81,000,-
000,00,
Tho thanks of the meeting were
extended to the President; Vice -Pre-
sident and Directors for their ser-
vices during the past year. Also to
tho General Manager, Managers, In -
specters and other officers of the
Bank, for the efficient performance of
their respective duties.
The following geltlemon were duly
elected Directors for the ensuing
year : Messrs. A. W. Austin, W. 11.
Brock, 84,P„ T. Eaton, J. 3, Foy,
It.C., Win, Ince, Wilmot D. Mat-
thews, 'and E. B. Osier, M.P.
' At a subsequent meeting of 1110
Directors Mr, E. B. Osla', M,P„ was
elected President, and Mr. W. D.
1Tattllctvs Vice -President for the en-
siling term,
GENERAL STATEMENT,
06A1IIL101108.
141g In oimuinhinn
Deposaa not lsnrine 1(11010 a 02 013,402 85
».eositn hearing 10101813,,,,'30,47'1,217 1)0
81,620,608 00
23380,680 75,
Balance due to L0ntkn Agents,,,,, 1,050,303 20
'Perini Liabilities to the PubIio 27,009,881 95
d,,;fl,u sto It mad up 1,043,505 00
Resr,vo Film] 40,083,803 0)
Palen 0 ut I',olltt carried for
ward 330,811 48
idond No 82, p88lb'0103
May 73,880 18
Partcen0r DividendsTub
unclaimed dotr 40876
31orchange r fut. rot and ex-
obunge 2x1,800 34
3101;1,10 on 3111, dlsooulaed„ 08,010 28
3,738,150 41
A581024 532,791,70330
spoolo 81,121,383 77
D0,nlololt Nolan nlbon5 De1,1
Depi,311 with Dominion Gov30,0.17 00
000810nt for +eourlty of
Note oiroulutien 115,000 00
Regis ofnd Ohttuo, on
other Melts 719,98720
0,Pences duo from other
Ranks in Canada.,,.,,., 400,133 42
fnlanouo dam from other
Santis 0loevvhere Omr in
Cit 11111111111d the Dieted
liinadom. • . 843
813,237 41
Previnurat elavo.n0mnt•8w
citrates „ 95,984 17
Canadian TIuni0 pal ,yeeltr•
13103( Audi 11 16711 1 8p Por
oInn or Colonial Puh110
8o0nrl'ice other than
Canadian 071,087 00
Railway and other Bonds,
D,th11;tieea and Stooks 3,077,417 09
Loam 0n (;alt 0(0110011 11y
Stooks and Debenturon„ 0,180,380 73
()!lis Discounted and All. ---$14,010 987 ! 0
Vans, Current,,.,•,,,010,101,110 11
Ovendee Dabts (o,tinhtted
1375�],0,811704 too 30,810 40
Real 25,1,10, 0(110, than
Rank Pr onllao4.,,,.,,.,43,027 63
Tfnrtgny49 on 807(1 ,ptaro
301,3 by 1110 Bank - 12,500 00
Bnak Pc[amisco 420,0.0 00
Otllur Aalute to6riiinbtil30
under Wragoing 11071110„ 11,018 70
10,714,710 80
833,701,703 30
T, G. B1200011,
General Manager,
T01'onnto April: 80131, 1903.
WrialCOCIIV
Small 11111011.36 servo many 118eful
purposes ; one for cleaning vegetables
another for dishwasher and still an -
011101' 1330 cleaning tilt 101101hen sink,
Duly well find a place 011 80101
iioolt:' (Wet the )4l4.c11e1 Oink.
CRUELTY OTS PT:m CON(f),
A Returned 11Tissitts ary Tells e:
Horrible St7p(y,
It has been whispered for some
tame that the white man's greed has
trltunpllod over every sons() of ()moral
obligation to the natives in 11111 Oon-
go independent State, Stories of
forced labor, of maltreatment of tbo
Wachs, of eager wringteg-out of the'
311.ttur11) wealth of that clal'lc tangled
land of ivory and 1110 rubber tree at
the expense of wasted bunion lives„
Have gone the rounds, The Rev. W.
M, Morelson, n missionary of the,
American Presbyterian Church, w110
has just returned on furlough froln.
111s work at Luebo, 1,200 mike in-
land from the West Coast, is stirring
up public fooling in lenglald and the
United States, ITe said in an inter-
view the other dny :—",Slavery prac-
tically exists in the Congo, human-
itarianIsnl anti commercialism ma at
odds there. Concessions or grants of
land, however small, can now no
longer bo obtained from the State by
other than favored industrial cor-
porations, The State is dividing up•
the country among greet concession-
aries, with exclusive rights of trade.
by the colnilaalos to which the con-
cessions are given. There is now'
very little free 101111 not given out to,
such companies t6 exploit, Legiti-
mate trade, except 111 small regions
from Banana to Stanley Pool, is
practically shut out. Not only , area
c.onee8sio115 refused to traders, but
they arc 1,01110ed also to missionaries.
Natives aro obliged to work for the.
Government without pay. Some who
have refueed to work in the rubber
districts, in which Bing Leopold of
Belgium 'practically has absolute
control, have had their hands cut
of, Women are sold into slavery,
The price of a woman is ten pieces
of. ducking, eight yards long, worth.
about $5 in our money,"
The Congo Independent State sup-
posedly adheres to the resolutione of
the. 00113,1T09 of Berlin, which ostab-•
Esti freedom of trade in the Congo
basin, and declare absolutely .free the
navigation of the Congo and its.
tributaries ; lay clown roles for tho
protection of the natives and the
suppression of tate slave trade ; and
impose on the Signatory Powers the
obligation to accept the mediation of
one or more friendly governments in
case any serious territorial dispute.
occurs. Mediation in the interests of'
humanity will he necessary if Mr.
Morrison can sustain his chorea.
The investigations conducted by tho
Congo authorities themselves have
been, says Mr. Morrison, pure farce.
4
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Notes of Interest About Some.
Prominent People.
When the King of Slam le attired
in' his full complement of Royal
robes and is wearing all his State
decorations, the value of these am-
ounts to something like £200,000.
In Abyssinia the duties of a Cab-
inet Minister are very peculiar. Ing,
Ole Swiss Minister of the Emperor
Menelik, who holds cabinet rank,
waters Menelik's fenders, winds up
his clocks, and cuts his corns,
John Newbery, of Tullahoma, Ten-
nessee, has performed the feat of•
marrying a whole family. He bas
just married a Miss Patsy Barron,
and during the past thirty -Ave years
he has espoused his present wife's
mother and her three sisters — Judy,
Martha and Bertha. His first four'
wives are dead,
Sil' Thomas O'Connor Moore is a
titled personage satisfied to livo ilm
obscurity, Ire is the eleventh bar-
onet of an Irish creation of 1631,
and is a bachelor of fifty eight. TIo
resides in Cork, where he keeps a
small store in a working-class
neighborhood. The poor people re-
gard
o-gard him with due respect,
Lady Tweedreouth is a great
sportswoman and an unerring shot
with a rifle, going througha day's
deer -stalking, of which she is espe-
cially fond, without a. trace of fa-
tigue. When the then Prince and
Princess • of Wales, ill 7807, visited
(luisachan, Lord Twcedmouth's place
in Scotland, out of ten stags shot
two wore brought down by Lady
Tweedlnouth.
Miss Millie Edwards, aged thirty-
seven, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has
achieved Notoriety in a remarkable
manner. Smitten lvitl1 a mania for
singing, whenever anyone speaks to
her she replies sensibly enough, but
sings everything she 503,4 instead of
spealcing. Mier wishes, orders, inter-
rogations, and exclamations are all
intoned, As all efforts to break ber
of this carious manta have failed,
she has been removed to the local
hospital.
STRANGE TEST OF INNOCENCE.
"A stating() way of testing the 11a.
nocn11c0 of an accused 1)000011 is etn-
1110y0c1 fn Iiidin," Said- a traveller
Who la(aly retlUl)Od front. 1111(11110,
"They haul the man up and give hint
a mouthful of di;y rice to chow. 1)r) •
rico takes a deal of chewing 16 get
it masticated into a glutinous mess,
11)1.0 gum, and that is the condition
that the accused is required to get
it into Within ten minutes. If yon
are ca111.1 and not afraid, yeti sec -
coed, but if you are nervous and
scared ,vole fail. For it 00e)10 that
kali has a strong effect upon the
salivary glands. it prevents them.
from secreting saliva, The mouth of
a badly -brightened pe•0on is always
dry as n. ,bone. 71. requires a tre-
mentlous flow of saliva to chew dry
rice, and therefore the scared pris-
mte•inevitnlliy.103110 in this Lest,
---•
4--
"Yes, father, when I iiuish my
education I nm going to follow 11>y
literary bent and write for money,"
''1011 ph, Join, yen ought 10 lie
successful, That's all ,you did the
four ,years you spent in co111Ge," '
"Dea','' said the physic'ha,n's wilt,
"trhen cell you let, me have s1I07"
"Well," 10)111ecl for uneed,ent men., "I
hope to 00031 it draft 11hl:'rf.ly, Ana
then-„ " Cashl a draft : "What
draft ?" "'Cho one 3 firm 4114 Jen -
Mee' 'Hitting ht thin m00111100,"