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THE HIRED MAN'S STOR
Saw Gerald Sifton Beat Out His
Father's Brains With An Axe,
A doaflaton frons Loudon, Ont., suvsl
—Gerald Sieben is behind the bars,
charged with the murder of his ,aged
father, and Walter Herbert, his self-
confessed aooamplice, is held for the
sorra 'awful Arline. 'Young 'Sift=
cede no resisBanote and expressed con-
fidenee that everything would lee all
right.
'Torbert Is u big boy of :0 years,
who was employed by Joiepb Stitch
as a fa,t',n hand.
During the last couple of :lays the
pressure has been getting too
Strong ler.Ifeenert, and early Thurs-
day morning be told, tars story of the
killing of Hig11 Constable McLeod.
McLeod was interviewing Edgar
Morden, who lives on the farm ad-
joining the Sifton place, when Sherbert
walked into the room: He handed "his
watch to the constable, with a request
that should anything happen to him
the timepieoe"be given to his grand-
mother. 'Then he broke down and told
his story.
HIRED MAN'S' CONFESSION.
According to it, Gerald Sefton, had
arranged with him to do away with
the old man. The plan was to call the
elder Sifton up into the loft, and as
he came through the floor to brain
him with an axe, The two were in
the loft when the old memoriam up the
ladder. At the last moment Herbert's
noarage failed, and he elairns elicit he
struok the old man a light blow with
the side of the axe, • Then he :alleges
Gerald Sifton, seized his father's arm
and dragged hint, half uuc0nscieus, up
to the floor of the loft, at the same
time crushing the head with repeated
blows of tate axe, which he snatched
from his trembling accomplice. A
couple of boards hid been knocked
freln the side of the barn, and Through
this hole the body was thrown to the
ground, 24 feet below.
A YARN FIXED HP.
The bloodstained axe was placed be_
side the head and neighbours called
in. To them the story was told that
Joseph 'Tifton h'ed fallen tram the hart♦
while en(leavoul'leg to knock flown
some boards with' ;the axe, Tile old
man was still br'e6.Lhing, but did not
regain oonselousnese before he died,a
few hours- later. 'Torbert seemed glad
to tall his ghastly tale, and deolaree.
his willingness to repeat it iu the wit-
hessebox.;
TI•I19: C'IJI;PRITS ARR.PSTID,
Aller be had trawl his stone, be
went. to %ted. at Gerald Sifiol's house
where be was guarded all nightley
two oonslablee, hourly Monday more -
bog! Murray drove out, and' Gerald
Sinton and the; lured man were armee
eel' and brought to gaol.
Inspector Mua•rny's week of hard
Work has disclosed much evidence
watch makers the case against the sun
very black. Willem men have stated
that Gerald had threatened to do
away with hie father rather- than al-
low him to marry again,
RIVAL WAS APPRCAC'H1UD.
Martin Harden, who at one tem,
,vas engaged to marry Mary Jliob'ar-
Jane, the young woman to whom the
el•det Siftan was le have been mar-
ried on the day, of his death, was ap•
preached by Gerald, who wanted him
to come owl to the farm. To hem the
son said that It would ba an easy
matter, to let something fall on the
old muu an dput hint out of the way.
LOOKS DARK FOlI GERALD.
James Mounlen is said t o have
been offered money by Gerald SifLon
to help in disposing of the father, but
refused to have anything to do with
him. To eeveral nuighbours Sifton is
alleged to have stated that he would
pert the old man out of the waybe-
fore he would allow him to marry
again, and Edgar Morden warned Ta9-
ellh Sift.ou 01: what Itis son had said,
and the night before the wedding day
got Sifton and Miss McFarlane to stay
at his (louse. The old man left. for
his home at daybreak and said that
he woe safe then, and would have the
wedding lake place in the morning in-
stead of wailing until the afternoon,
NEWS SUMMARY,
CANADA.,
The Canadian Patriotic Fund totaI-
led $815,868.
Six new cases of smallpox are re-
ported at Montreal,
• Nelson 13. 0., will spend $711,000 in
municipal improvements.
Ottawa sewers are failing to carry
away the surface water.
The Canadian Patriotic Fund state-
` cent shows total receipts, $315,867.85.
Of 391 pupils white wrote for High
school eneranoe at London '270 passed.
,A son of Dr. Scorn, of Rat Portage,
died while having a dislocated shoul-
der set.
This year's drive of logs on the
Gatineau will reach a million. Last
year 750,000.
The G. T. 11. propoues to raise its
traoks in Montreal, doing away with
all level crossings.
Charles Lappin, hi jail at Hamilton
obeyed himself with a piece of broken
glass wbeu refused a razor.
The Wentworth Dairymen's Associ-
ation may organize a milk trust, ac-
cording to a Hamilton despatch.
,The half-breed commission has com-
pleted its work at Maple Creek, N.W.
T„ hearing over 200 complaints.
The Government is asking Hamilton
for a .reduolioln of the water rates
charged for the Hamilton asylum,
A large subscription to the Hull-
Ottewa relief fund has been received
fs•oan Part Elizabeth. South Africa.
Ed. H:edlond was killed, and Gus An-
derson severely injured by an explo-
sion at the Sultana mine, Itat Port-
age,
Mr. Tbamaa Kelly, of Winnipeg, is
the lowest tenderer for the St. An-
drew's Rapids work, and will get the
.con tract.
,Lord Minto has taken a (private
residence at Victoria for " bis family
and household while he snakes his
trip to Dawson,
, A portrait of Spanker Bain, painted
by J. 0, Forbes, has been placed in
the entrance hall of the Parliament
buildings, Ottawa.
?rho various ironmoulders' shops in
'Ottawa have signed an agreement for
• a 10 percent. immense, and thin will
end moulders' troubles for at least one
year.
The total number of olaims sunt in
to the Fire 'Relief Committee at Ot-
tawa is 5,200, Onto oominittee is taking
steps to prepare a complete statement
of the tosses,
Judge Degas, at Montreal from
Dawson, says the Yukon is the richest
gold country in the world, The trip
from Montreal to Dawson can bo done
in seven days.
Li,ea,t, Cal, Shea:weotl of .the Domin-
tan pollee has sworn in a number 'of
111e,1 as guards- tor t11e 0a11a1 all Come,
wall, in view .0f the 'recent dynamite
ere. attempt at Thorold.
Montreal customs officers seized a
consignment of several thousand but-
ton badges intended for distribution
from New York, The buttoner bore
the words, "independence of Canada,"
some being in )t'r'ench and some in
English.
General Manager Hays says the
prospects for business on the ' Grand
Trunk nest winter are very favorable
and he thinks that the people of Port-
land will see the busiest times, as far
as. the Grand Trunk is concerned, that
they have ever known.
The July oru!p report of the Mani-
toba Goverumont says the improve-
ment is not as great as was expected.
Another seetian of the Trent Val-
ley Canal, is to be placed under con-
tract immediately, being that portion
between Kirkfield and Lake Simeoe.
Three of the spacial teachers en-
gaged In England by Prof. Robert-
son under the Macdonald -Lloyd
school fund, to take charge of the
work of establishing manual train-
ing in connection with the Public
schools in Canada, have arrived at
Ottawa.
St. Catharines ratepayers have
elated in favor of granting the Wei-
land Vale elanufaoturing .Company
$4,000 a year for 15 years, and of fix-
ing Lhe assessment of the Kinleith Pa-
per Cu., tit $11,000, but have voted
against the by -taw, to provide $25,0 3
for a new collegiate institute.
The Galt Town Council have decid-
ed lo appeal to the Attorney -General
to interfere with the preposed removal
of the cranks of the Robertson -Tay -
her Comrp:my from that town to
Guelph, because Guelph has offered a
bonus of a piece of land valued at
$1,500, which is to be sold to the oom,
pasty for $250, this being an illegal
not.
GREAT BRITAIN.
,Joseph Chamberlain, Great Britain's
Colonial Secretary, refused the post
of War Miniater,
Next year's Christian Endeavour
Convention will be held in Sheffield.
Manchester in 1902.
Thirty invalided Canadians aro now
on furlough, staying at the Soldiers'
Rest, near Buokingham Pelaoe.
Lady Strathcbno has loft London
for Carlsbad, Lord Strathoona will
spend his August holidays at 'Glencoe.
The British Golvernmont, leas witil-
draavn the proposal to amend the army
bill by making volunteers liable for
service tiptoed.
Benjamin R. Cant, England's cham-
pion rose grower, is dead a,L 78. He
had taken over 2,080 prizes and won
the National Rose Scaiety's trophy
nine tim,ae.
Edouard de Reszke tree neon decim-
ated with the Victorian, Order by the
Queen for singing before her in
Faust." Suranee A,dee& received a
diamond bracelet.
tui
The new waoships being built fur
the British cavy will be of the 21. AT,
8, Formidable class --X0,000 tons die•.+
plaoorent, with 10,000 indioaated borne-
power and 400 feet in length.
tier. T, 3Z. 21a0on, an lneetlable aero,
out experimentalist In Lennon, is
planning u unique ,tourney la it bale
Mon, with the ohJeot of sanding mes-
sages to aeon isolated plaees as Pekin.
The public disoo,'crod for 1110 fleet
:time that Treed Salls'bury wars an ex-
pert gardener when the Royal Hor-
tletiltueal Scolety awarded him a all -
ver medal in the fruit section for a
box of brown Turkey digs,
Prof, Meld Edward llughca/ the in-
ventor of the printing telegraph and
of the mterophoee, hate left liL9 for -
111M, 00:_:.$2,000,000 to 'four houpilu'ls,
the Middlesex, London, K'ing's Col-
lege and Clearing 0r030,
Thr l;osph 5115 Commission, appoint-
ed by the British Government to in-
vestiga4,e the cbargel/l as to the treat-
ment of sick and wounded soldiers in
South Afrioa, hos commenced work
by exanifininge a number of patients
recently arrived in England.
In the Meese of Commons of Tues-
day, 52r. G. T. Goschen, First lord of
the Admiralty, declared tail it was
due to the delay of oonl:raotora that
the Admiralty had not produced more
ehips and defended the Belleville boil-
ers, which had been adopted by the
States, Gerinany, Japan and Franca
A good joke is related in one of
the London morning papers on the
Prince of Wales and Mr. Choate. At
the Marlborough 01211) the other day
the Prince, it issaid, effusively shook
hands with a man he took for the
American Ambassador and later dis-
covered the fellow was an immacu-
lately groomed waiter,
'UNITED STATES.
A cloudburst has wiped out the
town ors Ouleman, Texas.
Chicago stockyards' newsboys have
put a ban on cigarettes.
A abipment o2 830 horses has been
made from New Orleans to South 11f-
rieu.
.1 man 1u White Plains 2loepiutl
who has lost his identity is believed
to have been struck by lightning.
Chieugo division, railway mail ser-
vice, iuore.usecl nearly 53,000,000 pieces
in mail matter handled last year..
A daring thief rubbed Miss Rieke -
rich of $1,339, at a ,Jersey City bank
rind frightened Mrs. Fuhring to death.
Jlfforis are being made in Now
Yoe•k to free Mrs. Neck, serving 15
years for the murder of Wm. Gulden
suppe.
The swearing-in of the newly -ap-
pointed Governor-General of Federat-
ed Australia, and the inauguration of
the Commonwealth Will take place at
Sydney.
Miss Eugenia Hayton is seriously ill
at Port Ewen. N.Y., due to overexer-
tion from .riding a bfgyole. She hus
last the power of speech and the use
of her Unna. •
;lames Hill, the Great Northern
Railway megnate, is reported to have
the finest yacht on the lakes. Her
canvas capacity Ls over 14,000 feet,
tend her crew numbers: 58 men.
Eliza Wise, in court at Anoka,
Minn., charged .James Hardy and
Elmer Miller with the murder of her
parents and admitted her own and
sister's knowledge of the plot.
Attorney General Davies will be
asked for an order directing the re-
moval of Mayor'McGuire, of Syracuse,
on the ground that the minor wee in-
tenesi:ed in the sltlel of supplies to the
city, which is contrary l0 law.
When Barbara Minter, aged 82,
died it Brooklyn 'lest Sunday morn-
ing, her husband, John Minter, aged
87, was sot stricken with grief that he
exclaimed, "Delay the funeral and
bury me too." He died within twelve
hours.
GENERAL.
The Shah of Persia is visiting the
Czar as St. Poterenurg.
There were 9,928 asses of °boter-
ln the famine dietricts in India during
the week ending July 7, of which 0,-
474
;474 .were fatal.
Trouble between British subjects
and Venezuelans Mon the increase at
Ciudad, Bolivar, awarding to a Rings, -
ton, Jamatea, despatch.
;The sister of Edmund Rostsnd, the
French dramatist, wits robbed of jewel-
lery worth 324,000. Burglars broke in-
to her country residence.
Bayonets had to be draws, on New-
foundland strikers in order to unload
the cargo of the schooner Heetea' Mc-
Gregor u4 Belle Isle, Nfhl,
The last living descendant of Sir
Francis Drake has been discovered in
Now Zealand, Mrs, John Angelo nee
Drake, the wife of a settlor.
The London Express Lorenzo blar-
gnez oe,ri'e ponden1 sends the sod
news that Kruger has clad his hair
cot: and his whiskers shaved off.
A Kingston, Jamaica, despatch says
that after investigation nearly half
the militia who volunteered for ser-
vice iu Ashanti were rejoated.
Z,voliey Sahafferson, an American
eubjaot, was arrested in Paris on Mon-
day far peeking pockets. The man
Wars weertng a card amine' bis breast
an which nem written is English and
(:wench " Pity a poor blind man," and
Was accompaniedby a little girl who
was found to have seventeen parses
ie her possession, ooOletheing aver 320
in gold and silver.
GENERAL ADVANCE BEGUN. IEDITORS, CLERGY PHYSIC IANS
Boers Still Withdrawing, Wrecking
Bridges as They Go,
4 despatch from Londcn,'Thursday, hoped whoa ha broke through the Bele
tisk who were hemming bite in, to go
southward and concentrate at Storm -
berg. At present, however, he le re-
treating nartbward. He was last re-
ported to be within a few miles of the
Vaal river, Iia was being followed,
hilt had not been overtaken by a Brie
fish force.
Nothing lies been heard of Gen, Bul-
ler for several days. His whereabouts
le unknown to the public.
Aoaording to a report from Masers,
Basutoland, a considerable .number of
Boers are still in the eastern part of
the Orange River Colony, '1'hey are
well equipped, have plenty of supplies,
and ere not thinking of surrendering.
heavy rifle firing was heard near
Ficksburg Tuesday, but no details
have bean received of fighting there.
cars -The next feiv days should pro-
duce Mnem:eating developtnonts in
S(puth Africa. Lord Roberta has
again advanced, bat the burghers are
reported to be already moving to the
north-east, with theieltentlon of oar-
eying 0111. their long.ttnnounoed plan
of retiring to the leydenburg moun-
tains, Gen, Roberts was recently
eredlted with saying, " 1 cannot fol-
low t11nn1 into the centre of Afrioa, If
Il,ey choose to shutthemselves up
the Lydenburg mountains, I cannot
11r•eve et them."
(12lia Boons are now repeating the
tactics they breve followed ever ,since
1310emfontain fell that le, withdraw-
ing safely, wrecking bridges as they
go, and always distanoing their pur-
suers.
'('hare is a report that Gem Do Wet
TION. TSIN IN RUINS. FRANCE HELPS RUSSIA.
e.. -i
Not a Dozen Houses Intact—Streets
Filled With Dead.
A despatch from TieneTsiu, via.
Shanghai, says:—The native city pre-
sents an appalling spectacle of ruin
and desolation. The suburbs were com-
pletely destroyed by fire, mostly caus-
ed by the shells of the allies. On the
aide facing the settlement, it is be-
lieved that not a dozen houses are in-
tact, and all were a little damaged by
the tremendous fire of the :lilies ar-
tillery, which, however, wee apparent-
ly not: he:wyenough 10produce much
affect. Acuricus spectacle is present-
ed by a number of mud hovels 31n-
modiately under the wall where the
latter was most damaged', hardly one
of them showing signs of having been
hit.
inside the city the damage was ter-
rific. The buildings nearest the 011111
were mostly gutted by fire, and many
,vera literally blown to. pieces by the
shells of the allies. Among the smoul-
dering ruins are many charred o lrpses
which I.he pigs and dogs are eating.
The allies euro busy removing the
bodies. en .consequence of the great
number of dead many linen not yet
been buried. The streets through-
out the city are strewn with all kinds
of articles. Dozens of Chinese are
digging in the ruins for money and
other valuables.
Most of the houses which' are intact
or little damaged display the flags of
one or the other of the allied forces,
the Japanese and the French flags
predominating. There have been
1(11nk attempts to imitate the, flags,
which, aider other circumstnnees,
would be laughable.
ABSOLUTE ANARCHY.
Boxers and Chinese Army Fighting
Each Other in Pekin.
A despatch from Chefoo, says:—
Gemini Li, commanding the Penang
forts, near Taku, reports to the Brit-
ish officer commanding at Tongku
that a runner who felt Pekin the
other day reports that Pekin was in
a state of absolute anarchy, that
the regular troops were fighting the
Boxers, and that the latter were get-
ting the 'better of the struggle
that the Maxim ainmurtition of the
Legetion guards was exhausted, and
they were using their rifles sparing-
ly; that the guards recently rusbod
the walls and silenced the Chinese
guns; that a few Chinese peewee
were desirous of protecting the .for-
eigners, but were In a minority,
General Li is anxious to avoid
fighting the allies.
FEAR ANNIHILATION.
Russians Believe That Railway Guard
02200 Has Been Massacred.
A deepa'tch from St. Petersburg,
says:—General Gacharoff cables that
he bo>bbttrded and destroyed LausohL
The garrison fled. It is now believed
that the lluesian railway guard of 200
at Churbin and 'Felin, which was said
to be surrounded by thousands of
Chinese, has been annibilated,
The Russian agent at IIaukow tele-
graphs as follows ;—
"Forei•gnels are in a constant state
of panic awing to the hostility of
the natives, who are affected by the
evenits Ln the northern provinces. Tho
American and British Consuls have
leeoommended their respective people
to send their families to Shanghai,
Tho foreign Coneuls and barbarian
troops have boon sloughtorod like
chickens and dogs.
COLONIALS FOR CHINA.
New South Wales Legislature Has
Resolved to Send a Contingent.
,A despaltoh from London, says:—
The Legislature of New South Wales
has resolved eo despatch a military
tont {ego nt to join rite Imported
troops ul Crites, •
Dispute Over Control of the Taku
and Pekin Railway.
A despatch from Tien-Tsin, Sutur-
Bay, says;—The Russians announce
their intention to keep control of the
entire railway line between Taku' and
Pekin until the conclusion of hostili-
ties, when they propose, they say; to
restore' it to the Chinese,
Admiral Seymour strongly disap-
proves allowing them to repair the
line beyond Tien -'fain. 111e considers
that the British should insure the uie-
deri.uking :incl oonduot the repairs.
Meanwhile the French are endeav-
ouring to obtain control of the river
tugs. et is believed they intend to
share the profits with Russia.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. 5.
"Jesup and the Children." :Hatt. la. 1.11.
Golden Text. ,hark 10.1.1.
PRACTICAL NOTES,
Verse 1. At the sumo time. Soon af-
ter the transfiguration, when Jesus
and his disciples were again, and for
the last time in Capernaum. Came the
disciples from Mark 9. 33 it is evi-
dent that a dispute bad arisen am-
ong them, and that .Jesus drew them
by Inquiries to ask this question. Who
is the greatest? They were en their
way to Jerusalem, where they expect-
ed Jesus to set up a throne like other
kings, and they were eager fur officio
and rank in the new court. Such
earthly conceptions ars oven naw
held by many who look for our Lord
to come again and establish an em-
pire to take the place of other govern-
ments. Christ has a kingdom, but it
is over hearts, not over lands.
2. Jesus called. Following his custom
of teaching by illustration, and
preaching to eyes as well as to ears.
A tittle child. It is natural that tra-
ditions would gather' around this
child, one deploring that it was Iran-
aeus, another Ignatius. What u mem-
ory for that boy in later years, that
he had been held in his Saviour's
arms 1 Every child. who comes at
Christ:'s mill can enjoy that high privi-
lege.
8. Verily. Hebrew, "amen;" a word
indicating an utterance of epecia.1
significance. Exoept ye be converted.
We use the word "converted" as it
ie ltoi' here used in the New Testa-
ment, to mean the mysterious trans-
eivir
len ` and Women 9n all Walks of Life Tell of the Romarltabt4
Cures Wrought by South American Neriine Tonlat
SIX DOSES WILL, CONVINCE THE MOST INC04EDULOU
EDITOR COLWELL, OF PARIS, ONT., REVIEW,
Al'ewepaper edieors are almost as
sceptical as the average physician on
the subject of now remedies for sick
people. Nothing short of a aeries of
moat remarkable and well authenti-
cated cures will 'inline either an
editor or a doctor to serionely consider
the merits honestly claimed for a
medicine.
Hundreds of testimonials of won-
derful recoveries wrought with the
Great South American Nervine Tonic
were received from men and women
all over the country betore physicians
began to prescribe thio great remedy
in chronic oases of dyspepsia, in-
digestion, nervous prostration, aiok
headache, and as a tonin for build-
ing up systems capped of vitality
through protraoted epelia of sick -
neat,,.
During his experience of nearly a
quarter of a century as s newspaper
publisher in Parke, Ont., Editor Col-
well, of :The Paris Review, has pub-
lished hundreds of columns of paid
medicine advertisements, and, no
doubt, printed many a gracefully -
worded puff for his patrons as a
matter of business, but in only a
Bingle instance, and that one warrant-
ed by his own personal experience,
has be given a testimonial over bis
own signature. No other remedy
ever offered the public has proved
Snob a marvellous revelation to the
Wei soeptleai as the South Amerioan
Nervine Tonin. It has never failed
in its purpose, and it has cured when
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
dootors and other medicines creed
tried in vain.
" I wee prostrated with a partlone
tarty severe attack of 1 La Grippe,'
says Mr. Colwell, 1' and could find nd
relief from the tutenso pains and dile;
tress of the malady, E suffered da
and night. The doctors did not hal
me and I tried a number off med v'
eines, but without relief, About this'
time I was advised to try the South
American Nervine Tonle, Its offea
were instantaneous. The first dose
took relieved me. I improved rappids ,
and grew stronger every day. You
Nervine Tonic cured me in a single.
week."
The South American Nervilitey
Tonto rebuilds the life forces by ire
diroot action on the nerves and that
nerve centres, and it is this notablie
feature which distinguishes it frgniy
every other remedy in existence. Thai
most eminent medical authorities novel
concedethatfully two-thirds of all evil
physical ailments of humanity aria*
from exhaustion of the nerve forcer;.
Tho Booth American Nervine Tonle;
acting direct upon the nerve centres
and, nerve tissues inetantaneousiyi
supplies them with the true nourish.;
cant required, and that is why itis:
invigorating effects upon the whey/
system are always felt immediately.,
For all nervous diseases, for genera l
debility arising from enfeebled vital.?
ity, and for stomach troubles of ever,
variety no other remedy can poesl`bke
take its nlat-s.
forgetting the opportunities for
soulesaveng in the childhood of the
Sunday school end the, home? It
pastors and teachers would give at-
tention and care to this army. con-
verts might be mattiplied, and the de-
crease in Church membership might
be turned into a goodly moralise. In
formation of character wrought by my name. Seeing 1n every child a
God's power in the solvation of a possible disciple of Chalet, and work -
soul. Hence it is better here to fol- I tug for 11122: obild urs Christ would
Low the Revised Version, "except: ye yaork.
turn;" for it is the human work in 8. Whose shall Offend. A Sentence
conversion, and not the divine, that ''of Len misunderstood and misapplied.
is mentor in this passage. "Turn from:
your ambitions and your seekings af-
ter selfish' aims," is the meaning. As
little children. Not that men and
women are to become childish and
imitate the playfulness, ignorance,'
and fiokleness of little children; but
that some traits of childhood should'
be sought in Lha Christian character,'
as its humility, its teachableness, its
wbole-heartedness, and its trustful-
ness. Ye shall not enter, We are
nal to lay undue stress on this sent-
ence, as though the disciples were out-
side the kingdom, It is its though
Christ said, "Whatever rewards there
nay be in my realm aro net for the
self-seeking, but for those who hum-
ble themselves, and surrender their
Wills to mine,"
~ 1.
4. fluhnlhle himself, Just- asa lit-
tle ohild feels nn noncom for gnoney
or house or olothing, so lent the dis-
ciple forget self and leave a,il hos af-
fairs ,in the; hands of his toeing, Fatb-
01. Greatest in the kingdlanr:. In
the external organized Church there
miry be prizes for those who strive
enter them; in Christ's trove Church
of Sefntiy souls the highest seats are
for the husehlost.
5. Whose shall receive. Shall take
an interest in such, open to hone his
heart and .hbme, and aid them in hos
ser'vica. One such lit tie child. is nut
the C,1teroh fn our day tli danger of
It does not refer to "offending
others," but causing others to do
wrong. The Revelled Version reads,
Moore correctly, "Whose, shall oeuse.
one of these little ones which
believe. on me 10 stumble;"
that ,.s, shrill wantonly put temp-
tation in their way, or seek to tern;
them aside—as when one scatters in-'
fidel literature, or a father teaches
by his example a child to drink or l
to .swear, or an older boy leads a;
younger into immorality. What I
shall we say to those who scatter the
temptations of strong drink and of
evil literature in the windows of the
public street i A millstone, Literally,'
"11n ass -millstone," a heavy one turn-,
ed by an ass, as distinot from the
hand -mill turned by women in the
East. flanged about his neck. 1t 1
is preferable to lose cue's own life
rather than to cause another to loss
his sour. Drowsed in the depth,'
Drowning was a frequent method of
executing criminals in the anoient
world. -. •:rt
7, Woe 1 . . because of offences.
"Because 51 oecastans of stumb-
ling," Revised Version. As we'
see how many tiro the tempta-
tions to error, to unbelief, to crime,
we realize how great this woe is. It
must needs be. The need is not in God's
will, nut in the fact of cin in the world.
Woe to that man. Th'e time map
°ciao when every soul will realize the•
full extent of his influence, for good
and for ill. What sorrow will that
revelation bring to many t
8, Hand or. . . foot offend thee.
The baud may "offend," or cause to
stumble, when its work leads others
astray, as the hand of one who writes,
a book which is profitable but evils
Better go poor than gain by iniquityo
The foot "offends" when its owner,
walks into temptation. Leave paths
untrodden if tb'ey lead to sin. Cuts
them oft, A man who gives up a''
position rather than sell liquor, or)
writs opinions contrary to his con-
scienee, may be poor here, but will, ben
rich hereafter. He may enter into life,
maimed, but will have his reward here
after.
9. linter into life with one eye, That
is, to live on earth tittle incomplete
and narrow end poor, for consoionee.
sake. Rather than having two eyes..
To possess all that might be obtain.
ed, like the millionaire who wins a for-
tune, with all its advantages,' by
wronging other men. Holl fire. 11,
dark hint of woe hereafter, of which
we may believe the reality without
comprehending the method,
10, !n heaven their uugels. 'thane
may be heavenly beluga to watch over
those on earth who cannot always
care :far' themselves, See Pao. 84,7; 94'
11; Heb. 1, 14,
11, 18. The Son of man. A title,
which Jesus often applied to bin:melt'
are sharing in our hunlantty, A 1111n-'
Bred sheep. Souls saved and gathered`
in the Church :under pare, One o$
them be hone. The perialhing simnel' er''
the wandering disciple. into the moon'+
teens. So came the bexvenly Shepherd.
molting ouch one of us.
18, 14. Rcjoiceth more. Not with
greater love, but with greeter .rojebee
lag over a emit sue (shed feeler dtyl'le.
ger. Nol the will Soule ore lost not
because God has willed their destruee
tion, but: became they have chosen 1't,