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5I,OOO CHINESE TROOPS.
Great Military Movement on Account
of Japanese Troops in China.
A despaltsli froom Che Foo says:— in the Chine Sen and hostilities are
expected. cis
A daepatob from Nankin announces
that Prince Tune has ordered these
great military morv'etmenl:s, owing to
the appeerenee of the Japaneee in
China. The Viceroy of Nankin has
infoorrmeal
the foreign consuls there
that he oann•ot bo anew'erabio for
e.vents in Chao S[n, Ningpo and Chu
Prince Tuan bas inebiUzed' 900,000 men
OM divided thele• into different corps.
The ocs'tber'n corps hrs Well ordered
to expel foreigners from Amur. The
Pekin army, divided into four corPa,
mats the rivet to operate against JVIuk-
den and weepy the Meads •between
Pekin and Shan Pai ltuan; the second
to eoncentrate at Tien Teti) and the Chau. The foreigners; ere freeing to
third at Pekin„ from whence, a(solemn Shangiiit. Th_ir po'sitio'n is alarm-
numbering 40,000 will besent to Wei ing., Sixtepti rorofgners have arrived
ldat Wet and Tain Tau, while the ht'Nankin from Nfngtev no the
houses of icreigners-buve been burn -
/earth corps will concentrate at Nan-. ed and misslonarlee horribly mal -
kin. treated. The rebellion has taken
There aro ncav 29,000 Japanese troops hold of southern Chinn. The foreig
in China. nein at Chu Chau and its Chau have
been attacked and are fleeing panic -
The Chinese fleetis concentrating stricken.
BOER ATTACKS REPULSED.
Botha's Forces Defeated in a Hard
Battle Near Pretoria,
A despatch from. London says :-Iahe
War Office has received the -follow-
ing despatch from Lord Roberta:
"Pretoria, Monday -•The enemy
made 0 determined attack on the left
of Pole Curew's position and along
our left flank coutmanded by Hut-
ton.
"The posts held by the Irish Fusi-
liers and the Canadian Mounted. In-.
Pantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Alderson, were most gallantly do -
fended.
"The enemy made repeated at-
tempts to assault the positions, com-
ing in olese range and calling to the
Fusiliers to surrender.
"The enemy suffered severely.
and four were taken prisoners.
"The British casualties were seven
killed, including the Canadian lieu-
tenants, Borden and Burch, 30 wound-
ed and 21 missing.
"Ian Hamilton's column advanced to
Waterval yesterday unopposed and on
Tuesday proceeded to Haman', Kraal.
"Fifteen hundred Boers, with five
guns, managed to break through the
codon formed by Hunter's and. Run-
dle's divisions between Bethlehem and
Ficksburg. They were making to-
wards Lindley, closely follow'ed by
Paget's and Broadwood's Brigades."
.In a despatch dated on Tuesday,
Lord Roberts pays a tribute to Lieu-
tenants Borden and Biroh. He says;
"They were killed while gallantly
leading their men in 0 omelet. at-
tack on the enemy's flank at a cri-
tical juncture of thein assault on once
position.
"Borden was twice before brought to
ney notice in despatches for gallant
and intrepid conduct,"
Lieut. Burch, who with Lieut.
Borden was killed in the engagement
near Pretoria, belonged .to the 2nd
Dragoons, St. Catharines, lie went
with the second contingent as an at-
tached officer for duty.
AP?ALLP G { Ai sBA TY.
Japanese Correspondents Make
Grave Charges Against Soldiers.
The Yokohama correspondent of the 1
London Daily Mall, who repeats his i
statements regarding the jealousy
felt among the allies on the subjocit
of a Japanese commander-in-chief and
the general leak of 'unity among them,
adds:
"The Japanese noa'respondente
charge the Russian suldiers with ap-
palling barbarity tdwards the Chinese,
They declare that the Peiho is full of
,sorpaes of women . and .children, and
that the Russians loaded 300 bodies on
a junk and burned them."
Shanghai reports that three mission
stations ou Poyang lake have heen de-
stroyed, but it is believed the misalon-
aries escaped. All the missionaries at
Asiaebo, Kerte, and Kuanchang-Tseu,
In Chinese Manchuria, have arrived in
safety at Vladlvostook,
12 is rumoured that Yulu, the miss-
ing Viceroy of the Province of Chihli,
has committed saiciue.
Very conflicting stories are publish-
ed of the manner o£ Gen. Rich's death.
The Times understands that the
chief representatives of the Mohamme-
dan clergy in' Constantinople have is -
seed a strong protest, based upon the
Doran, against palace sympathy with
the Chinese massuore,s.
The Russian Minister of the Interi-
or has issued a notice that the Siber-
fan railway is closed to private traf-
fic,. There fs little doubt that the
Russian authorities were not . preps). -
ad for push an organized Chinese
movement in llianehurua, but they
have taken brisk measures, and they
believe that Chine will sono be leo
much preoccupied with military opera-
tions around Pakin to conduct seri-
ous operations in the north.
The Daily Mail's Shanghai corres-
pondent says:—
"Advices from Vladtvostoek stale
that the Chinese invasion of East ern
Siberia has stopped the Russian ad-
vance from the north on Pekin, The
Russians have burned the Chinese
town of Helampo, and are adopting
very vigorous measures."
General Sir Arthur Powe Palmer,
commander-in-chief in India, said in
the course of an interview in Simla
the etbea' day that no more Briti.9h
troops could be sent .from India to
China unless they 'could be misused
from South Africa.
FOR JOINT ACTION.
Circular Sent by French Govern-
ment to the Powers.
A despatch from Rome say's ;—The
Government has received a circular
tram M..Deleasse, the French Minister
of Foreign Affairs, which bus been
despatched to all the powers, propos-
ing an international agreement for
joint action in China and the future
attitude of the powers. The matter is
still under Consideration here.
Lord Salisbury, the British Premier
it is understood, has already replied
'ina friendly. spirit,
'I.'be replies of the United States and
Russia have not yet reached M. Del-
casse, nor has the reply of Germany.
The latter Government, it appears,
had previously made a somewhat sim-
ilar proposal to the United States
alone. It Ls reported that '''resident
McKinley hesitates to join with the
other nations, but it is regarded as
THE POLICY OF GERMANY. ❑ TI N-TSIN BURNED. practicallere, in view of theassurdangerthat s+of the ll the situ-
-- -- atton, will negotiate, regarding M.
Will be to E xact Reparation Befit- The Allies Completely Destroyed the Delousse's proposal, and finally sign an
ting'the Crime. Native City. agreement ou the China question.
A despatch from Cologne says :—The
Cologne Gazette prints the following
officially inspired comminque from
Berlin on the Chinese situation:—
" The fact that the Ministers of oth-
er powers than our own have fallen
victims to Chinese fury will not in-
fluence; our policy. Nobody knows at
present how the future of China will
shape itself, but this much Is certain
that the policy of this country will be,
first, to'exaet.for the mu'dee of its
Minister satisfactory reparation be-
fitting such an odious crime.
"It would be a grave mistake to
underestimate at this juncture the
Power of the Chinese Empire.
General von Lease!, who is Lo com-
mand the German forces in China, has
been conferring with the members of
bis,staff and other chief army officers
with the object of obtaining, Lull In-
structions which will enable them to
act independently should they be call -
;d upon to assume supreme d'ir'ection
of the German co,ttingeut."
MAJOR BORDEN KILLED.
Son of the Minister of Milltia Loses
His Life in South Africa.
A despatoh from Ottawa, says:—A
cable to the Governor-General an-
nounces that Major Borden, son of the
Minister of Militia, was killed in ac-
tion the: other day. It oama in the
shape of a message from Lord Roberts
' at Pretoria to the Governor-General,.
to the following effect:-'
"Regret to .report Lieut. Borden
killed in action yesterday,"
No particular's are given. Fortunate_
ly, the message did not reach the Min-
ister
inister direct, but fell into the bands of
Deputy Minister Pinault, whotrained",
ateLy proceeded to the Commons build-
ing told showed the communioation to
the Premier. Sir Wilfrid went to his
own moose with the deputy Minister,
and there the sad intelligence was eon-
Veyed to the bereaved father. The ex-
pressiont of sympathy with Dr. Borden
from =inhere on both sides were botb
sincere and heartfelt.
CURE FOR BUBONIC PLAGUE.
An Atiatrallna Matelot. ('lilies 10 BIND.Oslo.
revered 011 linleda.lono 1'ropllylneelc.
A despatcb from Sydney, N,S,W,,.
says: -Dr, MaedoeitIil, of Adelaide,
who has had considerable experience
with bubonic plague, °brims to have
diseovereti a plague prophyluotio, vhiab
is 0:malty efficacious w'llon swallowed
as when hypodermically injected,
Moreover, no fever follows the taking
of the medicine internally. Dr. Mac-
donald and his colleagues have success-
fully experimented on themselves
A despatch frown London, Friday,
say's.—Some further unofficial de-
tails of the capture of Tien-Tsin, are
to the affect that the American cas-
ualties were 32 killed and 38 wound-
, ed.
The native city was completely de-
stroyed by the allies. The loot they
'secured was worth 1,500,000 taels.
The fighting was exirernly severe.
The Chinese showed unexpected tom-
bative qualities, and stood the hail of
the machine guns. at.d lyddite shells
with the greatest bravery. Once they
charged the Sikhs•with the bayonet,
but were repulsed,
Corpses lying breast -high were
found in the city. It is feared that
the decomposing bodies will cause a
pestilence.
According to u report from Tokio,
80 guns, of which 10 are of the most
modern type were captured in the
barracks, 'which the Japanese and
Russians seized after the fall of the
City.
SPREAD OF THE REBELLION.
Missions Attacked, Missionaries Kill-
ed —Italian Bishop Slain.
A despatch from Paris, says'—The
French Consul at Shanghai bas cabled
M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, that the Governor of Che -Kiting,
at the request of the Consuts, has tak-
en energetic measures to repress dis-
order. The Consul adds that the dis-
tttrbanees are spreading its Manchuria
Che -Kiang, and Ronan, where the
missions have been attacked, The
French Consul at Hankow telegraphs
that the Italian bishop and three mis-
sionaries have been killed at Honan.
The Viceroy declares that he feels
overwhelmed at the progress of the
rebellion, . ' • •
A caravan of linglish and American
onginemis and missionaries from Chen-
si was uttaaked near Sian -'Sing and
Several members of the expedition
ware wounded. The caravan is expect-
ed Lo arrive: at Hankow at any time.
These despatches are considered here
to indieitte that the rebellion is spread-
ing to (he Yang-tse district.
RETRIBUTION DEMANDED.
For the Chinese Assault on a
Russian Town.
A despatch from St,Pctersburgsa.ys:
—An :attack by the Chinese on the
Russian town oC Blogowetabesek has
provoked strong expressions of indig-
nation here, and the papers demand
severe eetribution,
THE PROVISION TRADE.
Officials Appointed to Look After
Canadian Cargoes.
A despatch from Ottawa, says:—Mr.
J. A. M. Ruddick, assistant to the
Dairy Commissioner, left for Mont-
real an Thursday to take up the work
of watching the condition of cheese
and butter in which through Ship-
ments go from the railway cars to the
steamships, and also to report upon
the loading of cheese oe steamships.
It is proposed also to engage three
men to superintend the unloading of
Canadian products in the Old Coun-
try. While in Montreal Mr. Ruddick
will eat as official referee on cheese
and butter in disputes.ttsto quality.
Mr. F. 0. Hare, of Whitby, has been
appointed poultry specialist to theDe-
perlinent of Agriculture. Mr. Hare
will have charge of the poultry fat
teeing stations, which have been es-
tablished for the purpose of improv-
ing the quality of birds for export.
NEWS FROM HANKOW.
The Boxer Movement Is. Spreading
in the District.
A despatch from Parris says ;-{Bad
news has been received from Hankow
to the effect that the Boxer move-
men4: is spreading. The recent de-
struotion of the missions at Nang -
Yang -Fu and Siang -Yang were owing
to a movement from the north. 'there
Is, however, no local disturbance in
Hankow. There is a British e,rnisel'
thero,eand also a voluuteer force of te
hundred man, who could cover the em-
barkation of foreigners ou the cruis-
er under any ciroumstances except an
unexpected attack from the north.
THREATEN SHANGHAI.
100,000 C
A
hinese Encamped Within
40
Miles of the City.
desptl
1011 to the London Globe
from Shanghai says that 100,000 Chi-
nese firmed with 3lauser rifles and
having modern artillery are encamp-
ed at three places within 40 miles of
Shanghai. The men and guns will be
used to besiege Shanghai should the
ftlreigners land forces or attack .the
Woo -Sang forts.
GRENEELL TO COMMAND.
Sir Francis to Have Charge of Brit-
ish in. China,
A despatch from London stays:—The
Press Association states that Lieut. -
Gen, Sir' Francis Grenfell, Governor of
Malta, will 110000 ed '11te British:
iecops in China.
NEWS SUMMARY,
CANADA.
Two new banks will be opened at
Sydney, 0. B.
The Ottawa Fire Relief Fund is
0700,600.
There is a large increase of customs
duties at Montreal.
Hamilton's prospects of organizing a
highland regiment are good.
There is a great demand among On-
tario farmers for laborers.
Official crop reports from all parts
• of Canada are not very favorable.
Guelph will erect buildings to cost
'010,300 for the Provincial Winter Fair,
Canada will have no exhibits at the
Buffalo Pun-Amerlean Exposition next
year.
The contribution by Grand Trunk
employes to the Patriotic Fund totals
06,029.
The boilermakers' strike in Montreal
has become general, and all the shops
are closed.
There is a rate war between the
rival steamship companies at the
Thousand Islands.
. Customs and revenue returns at
London the last fiscal year, sbow a
gratifying increase.
Two boys, six and eight years old,
confessed to burning a number of
buildings in Regina.
Forty settlers and three carloads of
effects have just been shipped from
Michigan to Canada.
A boycott is to bs put upon Fraser
River salmon if non-union men are
employed in the canneries.
Major Drummond, military secre-
tary to the Governor-General, has
been recalled to rejoin his regiment.
The soldier's blood stained Bible and
his diary have Dome to the mother of
Private Floyd of London, killed at the
Band River.
It is said that negotiations are in
progress with an English syndicate
with a capital .f $3,000,000, who desire
to start a large iron works in Kings-
ton.
Vernon Stewart, an employee at
Hon. Thorns Greenway's farm in
Manitoba, was killed by lightning
while hauling straw. !the young man
was from Athens, Ont.
Northwest crops this season will be
about the average yield, in Edmonton
district the wheat crop being estimat-
ed at 40 .bushels an acre and Leduc
dist:eke at 50 bushels,
Fuller reports received by the Crown
Lands Department show' that the re-
cent forest fires in the Rainy River
district, although widespread, did lit-
tle injury Lo timber of the Crown, af-
fecting mostly limits held by lumber-
men.
GREAT .BRITAIN.
'Ile Elcho Shield at Bisley was won
by the Irish team.
Baron Sudeley bas been declared -a
bankrupt by the London courts.
Tenders for laying the Pacific cable
are advertised for Ln the Loudon
Ttm s.
The Queen had a brilliant garden
party at Buckingham palace on
Wednesday.
The wedding of Lady Randolph
Churchill and George Cornwallis West
is definitely fixed for July 28,
The Queen 'has approved the selee-
tion of the .Earl of I3opetoun its Gov-
ernor-General of the Australian Com-
monwealth.
UNITED STATES.
Chicago saloon licenses number 5,-
700, tin increase of 900.
There is great distress among the
Cape Nouse misters.
There is an ire famine in halt a
dozen towns In Raulh Cnretina .
never/ billion dollars are invested
in railways in the United States,
Nine people in Marion County, Ara
leansas, ate toadstools and (fled.
Ten countrles in I£ansas will this
Jeer yield 97,000,000 bushels of wheat.
The Chicago policeman who rolabed
a man In a pan'k has been suspended.
The wife of the 'Turkish Minister at
Washington, Oita given birth to a
child,
Every school building to C'hiratgo
will be provided with fire escapes be-
fore fall.
In 39.02 per trent. of milk exarninod
Gt Illinute,tubercle bacilli have been
discovered.
There are many cases of smallpox
and typhoid among the miner's at
Horne City.
A girl went from Austria to Mon-
tana to wed a miner, butebose the
groomsman at the altar.
Two Chicago women, armee with
axe and hatchet, fought Stere deceo-
tives who aooused them of shgplifting.
The Linked Slates Government crop
report indicates a wheat yield of
480,000,000 bushels, the smallest since
1896.
Chinese residents of the recently
quarantined quarter of San Francisco
fere preparing to demand compensa-
tion for losses.
Wo,rkmttn testing a telescope in Ro-
chester, N.Y., saw a thief steal a
crock of butter a mile distant and
caused his arrest.
Reports from the drouth stricken
sections of Arizona are to the effect
that every water bole and most of the
welts have gone dry.
Officials of the Milwaukee Public
Museum report the theft from that in-
stitution of a large collection of rare
coins, estimated in value at between
$5,000 and 010,000.
Charles 11. Westervelt, secretary
and treasurer of the Dime Savings
Bank, of Newark. N.J„ is under arrest
charged with stealing between $38,000
and 040,000 from the bank.
A. high fence, built in spite, hoe
been the cause of a violent outbreak
of diphtheria in Elizabeth, N.J.., caus-
ing the death of two people and the
sickness of two others, Ate excessive
dampness has been tensed by the
fence.
Announcement has been made to
employes of the Chicago Union Tree -
tion Company, on the North Side
lines, that beginning August 1, an
average increase of 10 or 15 per cent.
in their wages will be made. The to-
tal increase will amount to $100,000 a
year.
RUSSIA'S SUSPICIOUS ACTS.
Puts an Army Near India, and
Negotiating With the Chief Boxers
A despatch from London says:—
The
ays:The .Russian Minister of War at St.
Petersburg has issued several orders
for the reorganization of the army.
The apparent effect of the carrying
out of these orders, despite the trou-
ble with China, will be the concentra-
tion of foroes to the north-west of
India.
The Shanghai correspondent. of the
Glebe, who is, apparently, inclined to
sensationalism, telegraphs a story to
his paper that Russia has been sec-
retly negotiating with Prince Tuan,
the leader of the anti -foreign element,
with the connivance of Li -Hung -
Chang. Viceroy Liu-Kun-Yieh, of
.Nankin, received the details of the
scheme from Prince Tuan, but failed
to apprise the powers of what was
going on.
It is also said that certain high au-
thorities of the Yangtze provinces fa-
vour a secret alliance wtib Russia,
but Viceroy Chang -Chi -Tung will not
not agree to any aitch proposition.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INITERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 29.
`•'rhe. Trvu,s5Rnrallo,t." Luke 9. 05-15.
Golden Teat. Lane 9. 35.
PRACTICAL NOTES.
Verses 28, 29. About. an eight days
after these sayings. Matthew and
Mark say six days, both expressions
matting uhetlt a week. The Jews
had a loose colloquial fashion of
reckoning time, by treating frac-
tions of days us days. "Those say-
ings" must refer to the conversation
previously recorded in which Jesus
Oaratold his death. The disciples
must have been deeply depressed by
nor Lard's definite statement of
his claming death, and tha glories of
the transfiguration were imperatively
needed 10 cheer their heats 11111.11
str'eng'then their faith. Bet thea°
glories were given only to the three
whose spiritual natures were mostly
developed, Peter and John and
James had already been selected Craw
the twelve as our Lord's close asso-
elates, They had been present at
the raising or Jaime's daughter, tend
within a few months were to be netts
him when ha prayed in Gethsemane.
Here is seen the working of ,the great
principle, "To him that heth shall
bs given," 'fisc other nine disciples
were loft at the foot.of the mountain,
because, as we tnay reverently as -
mime, they (mild not have received
the spiritual comfort from the trans -
James .i. Bell, of Beaverton, Ont.,
brother c1 cue Hee. John Wesley bell,
prostrated by 'torvous headaches
A victim of the trouble for several
year's.
South American Nervine effected a
complete ,cure.
In their own particular field few men
are beter know''%a than the Rev. John
Wesley Bell, B.D, and his brother Mfr.
James A. Belt The former ww 0e re-
cognised by his thousands of frieods all
over the country es the popular and able
missionary superintendent of the Royal
Temp tars of Temperance. Amoug the
20,000 members of this order In Ontario
his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc-
casions. On the public platform he is one
of the strong men of the day, battling
against the evils of Intemperance.
Equally well known is Mr. Bell in other
'provinces of the Dominion, haying been
for years a member of the ilianitobe
Methodist Cenfer•euce and part of this
time was stationed in Winnipeg. His
brother, Mr. Jaynes A. Bell. is a nighty
respected reeidcut of Beavertou, weere
his influence. though perhaps more cir-
cumscribed than that of Ola eminent
brother, is none the less effective and
productive of good. Of recent years lt,w-
ever, the working ability of Mr. facies
A. Bell has been sadly marred by severe
attacks of nervous headache, accom-
panied by Indigeatten, Wito can do fit
work when this trouble takes bold of
them and especially when it becomes
cbronia, as was, seemingly., the mate with
31r. Bell? The trouble r+eadied suet in-
tensity that last June he was complete-
ly prostrated. In this coadlt4on a friend
recommended South American Nervine.
heady to try anything and everything,
though he thought he had covered the
list of proprietary medlstnes, he seemed
a bottle of this great discovery. .A
second bottle of the medicine was take)
and. the work was done. mploytug hiipp
own language: "Two bottles of South.
American Nervine immediately relieved
my headaches and 'nave bunt up my
system in a wonderful manner." Let ue
not deprecate the good our mer ymer
and social reformers are doing in the
world, but how 111 -tatted they would Ira,
for their work w+ •' it not the relief
that South Amerce. u Nervipe brings to
them when physical ills overtake
them, and when the system, as it re.
suit of hard, earnest sad continuous
work, breaks down. Nervine treats tate
system as the wise reformer -treats the
,ells be Is battling against It strikes at
the root of the trpulite. All dIY•
ease comes from a lsorgenlrpptlota of the
nerve centers. This is a ed itekle feet.
Nervine at once works on these nary,
centers; glvea to them health and vig-
or; and then there eoursee throegb tb.
s stem strong, healthy, life-maretarnbaa
blood, and ppervoua tiwublee of every
variety are thlsgs of the pest.
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
figuration that came to the chosen
three. .
80, 31. There talked with bitn two
men, which were Moses and Elias. The
great lawgiver and the great 'prophet,
mho' appeared in glory, which must
mean that they, too, participated in
the oelestial splendor which encircled
Jesus, Spoke of his decease which he
should accumplish at Jerusalem. The
crucifixion of Christ was the accom-
plishment of all that the law was
given to do, and all that the prophecies
foretold. The word for "decease" is
really "exit"—his passing out of this
world.
There are many beautifully instruc-
tive thoughts that come from this
passage; not the tenet of these is that
we aball know each uther in heaven.
32. Peter,:amd they that were with
his is a .phrase full of suggestion and
inspiration. James and John were not
inferior men, and yet so strong was
Peter's individuality, aro unquestion-
ably was Peter the leader, that re-
freetedly the evangelists describe the
three or the twelve as "Peter and the
rest," Heavy with sleep, and yet
awake. They .had had a lung walk
probably in the daytime, bad climbed
up a sheep mountain, had been en-
gaged in earnest prayer; doubtless
body and mind and spirit were ex-
hausted, and yet so glorious was the
experience now given them that they
were awake, "Fully awake" says the
Revised Version. They had overcome
the force of sleep, and saw ills glory,
and the two men that stood with
him.
83, As they departed Cram him.
Ae Mases and Elias seem t.e be about
leaving. Mester, 01 is goodi for us to
be hers; and lot us make three tabor -1
nodes; one tor thee, and ono Cor'
Moses, and one for Elias. It is well
in studying taxis request; of Peter to
notice the last five words of the verse.
Not knowing whet he said. He slid
not realize the absurdity! of the pro.
position, but ,he rcelizetl the inferior-
ity of himself and his two compan-
ions to the three glorirffed bernge.
Alt his ambitions on earth were swal-
lowed up with thte%desire to profong
1.0319 happy hour. Dr. Trumbull learn
from this that a reverent spirit is
not In itself wisdoaw. A sincere de-
sire to de the hest thrtne possible
may sometimes be misdirected% by
eseesenete "Church building would
seem to be a good business; yet a
serious proposal to build amemortal
ohurch may from a devout but poor-
ly informed disciple, wlho doesn't
know what he says when he makes the
proposal,"
34, Zt'tilde he thus spoke, there
came a aloud, God's best answers to
our prayers are often circumstances%
• not words. This cloud beneftotentfy
answered Peter's foolish petition. It
'was a cloud of glory, according to
Matthew, and trade alt present fear
the immanent presence at God. They
feared as they entered iota the cloud,
Probably it ce'ncanled from their
vieev; Jesus and Moses and Elijah. No
wonder they ware 0100441
1 35. There ctt.me a voice on,t of the
cloud. The other gospels tell us that
oil this voice the three apostles fell
on their faces and remained in terror
until Jesus touched them. The voice
utters nearly the same words that
were used at the baptism of Jesus;
This is my beloved Son ; hear him. It
was it divine attestation of our Lord's
teanhing.s, It confirmed Peter and
James and John as nothing. else could
have confirmed them in the Chrisllan
flush, See what Peter writes after-
' ward ubon,t title experience, 2 Pet. 1.
16-08.
36. They kept it close and told no
maal in them days any of those things
which they bad seen. This silence mat7
have been prompted by all, but ,test's
also commanded it, 't`hes'e Was every
necessity at the present time to avoid
exeretsi.ng the mind of the people with
the thought of establishing an earlhly
kingdom