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Course pith Us.
The demand upon us for train.
ed help is many times the num.
ber graduating. " Students are
entering each week. You may
enter at any time. Write at once
for our free catalogue of
Commercial, Shorthand, or
Telegraphy Department
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Laid . Eggs
WANTED
We are very anxious to purchase
5000 dozens of strictly new laid eggs
each week. We will pay top market
price for these if guaranteed not over
seven days old. to he clean and even.
sized. Stale or dirty eggs paid for at
ten cents less per dozen than new ]aids.
It will pay you to take the best of care
of your layers and keep their nest
clean.
FAT HENS •
Now is the time to sell your fat hens
while the price is high, Get our prices
before you sell elsewhere.
I NC U SATO RS' °--
Everybody is coming to the con.
elusion that it is the early pallets that
lay the winter eggs. Now is your op-
portunity to buy the hest kind of In
cubator-Prairie State -and be sure
of early chickens. Enquire for prices
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Charleston, Sae ; Nassau, • A. P.;
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Florida Points; 'Havana, Cuba, and
New Orleans, La.
Via New York and, Rail for steam
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Crit.; Preston Springs, Ont.
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ger and Ticket Agents, phone I12
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I5f*R[.ES D. HALE
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Oommiesioner, etc.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Issuer of Marriage Licenses,
Huron St., Clinton;
H. T. RA'N C E
Notary Public, Ooyveyancer,:l
Financial and Real Estate
INSURANCE AGENT -Representing 14 Fire Fn
• suranee Companies,.
Dtvision Court Office.
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Piano Tinning
Mr. James Doherty wishes to in-
form r theubl'
xc that he ispre-
pared to do fine piano tuning,
tone regulating, and repairing.
Orders left at W. Doherty's phone
el, will receive aromPt attention
M.
On.
t- M. G. Cameron, K.C.
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer, Etc
"Office on:Albert Street,' occupied t -y
Mr. Hooper. In Clinton on every
Thursday, and on any day for which
appointments' are made, Cffiice hours
from 9 a.rn. to 6 nth. A good vault in
connection with thefotlice. Office open
every week day, Mrat!ooper will make
any oppointmentsfor Mr. Cameron,
MeditAJ•
'DR 1. W. THOMPSON
Physician, Surgeon. Etc
seeds! attention given to diseases of the&
Eye. Ear.Throat, and Noes,
Eyes dully xamined, and, suitable 'glasses
prescribed.
Office and Residence,
Two da0re west lir the Commercial Dote
Ilnroir St.
IIIII S, 1:11116 aa51 (Ael. I]II
Dr. W. Dann, L. 51, O, P., L. It, C. 5.. ad)
Dr. Conn's office at residence High Street;:
Irr. J. 0, Gaudier. D.A. 1111,8,
Office -Ontario Street, Clinton,
Night esil. at residence. Rattenbury St,
or at hospital
DR, J. W. fir -1 A W •
• PEYSICIAN, SURGEEON,
conceive., etc., office and residence en
tannery Street,.
Die. P. R. AXON
DENTIST
Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty.:
Graduate 01 C.O.D.S,.. Chicago, and F ,O,D,E
Toronto.
DNyteld on Wonders. Mar let to D
DR. H. FOWLER,
DENTIST.
Offices over O'NEIL'S store,
Epeoiel care taken to make denial tract
emelt as .painless as possible.
THOMAS GUNDFY
Live stork and general Auction ass
GODER'iCH ONT
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NEW )'es orrue, 0)4101,011.nry rolnv alt..era
'retma reasonable. Farmers sale not.
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Drafts issued. Interest snowed n
deposits
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OFFICERS.
J. B. McLean, Seaforth, President
J. Connolly, Goderich Vice -Pres,
Thos. E. Hays, Seaforth, Sec.-Treas
Directors -D. F. McGregor, Sea -
forth; J. G. Grieve, 1e e
WinthropW.
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Rinn, Seaforth ; John Benneweis,
Dublin , J, Evans, Beechwood; M,
illi, [ten, Clinton; J. J3. McLean,
Seaforth : J. Connolly, Goderich;
Robert Ferris, 73arlock,
Agents --Ed. )Hinchley, Seaforth;
W. 'Chesney, Egmondville; J. W.
Yeo, 'Holmesville; Alex. Leitch.
Clinton; R. S. Jarmuth. Brodhagen
Payments made at Morrish &
Co. Clinton, and Cutlt's grocery
store Goderich and, Jas, Reids
store Bayffielld.
t Carload of Canada
Portlao Cement
Phone us tor prices
I•t will pay you
John Hutton
LONDESBORO
Drs. Geo, it M. E. Whitley
Hellmann
Osteopathic Phy.
Specialists in Women's and
Children'sDiseases
Acute, Chronic, and Nervous
Disorders
Eye,Ear, Nose, and Throat.
CONSULTATION FREE.,
Office-Ratbenbury Hotel.
Tuesday and Friday, 7 to " 11 p.m. ,.
FORD ft McLEOD
We're �-�•
,naw selling Timothy Seed
(Government Standard.).
We &iio have on hand, Alfalfa,
AJsike, and Red Clover.
We always have on hand --Goose
Wheat, Teas, Barley and Feed Corn
Highest Market Prices paid for Hay
and all Grains.
Poco & McLEOD
TIER CLINTON NEW ERA
Why "Anuric" Is an
. INSURANCn
Against Sudden Detath.
Before an Insurance Compiany will
take a risk on your life the examining
physician will test the urine and repor
whether you are a,
good risk. When
e et sluggish yonr kidneys g gg sh and clog,
you suffer from backache, sick -head-
ache, dizzy spells, or the ,twinges and
pains of lumbago, rheumatism and
gout. The urine is often cloudy,' full
of sediment; channels often get sore
and sleep is disturbed two or three
times a night. This is the time you
should consult some physician of wide
experience -such as Dr. Pierce of the
Invalids'' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. Send him 10 cents for
sample package of his new discovery,
[[Anuric." Write him your symptoms
and send a sample of urine for test.
Experience has taught Dr. Pierce that
"Anuric" is the • most powerful agent
in dissolving uric acid, as hot water
melts sugar; besides being absolutely
harmless it is endowed with other
properties, for it preserves the kidneys
in !a healthy condition by thoroughly
cleansing them. Being so many times
more active than Lithia, it clears the
heart valves of any sandy substances
which may clog them and checks the
degeneration of the blood -vessels, as
well as regulating blood pressure.
"Anuric" is a regular insurance and.
lifesaver for all big meat eaters and those
who deposit lime -salts in their joints.
Ask the druggist for "Anuric", put up
by Dr. Pierce, in 50 -cent packages.
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
Come with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This is a blood cleanser and
alterative that starts the liver and stom-
ach
�ooafarrlrlhe into
ytnnuacte rich blood
which fends the heart, nerves, brain and
organs of the body. The organs work
smoothly like machinery running in oil.
You feel clean, strong and strenuous in-
stead of tired, weak and faint.
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Mrs. Robert Edgar of Seaforth
has received word of the death in
action in France of her son Thom-
as Edgar, who was serving ,as a
gunner.
It is reported that Dr. 13. Ste,-
en up a practice in Winghani i
the near future.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA,STORiA
S.S. No, 5 also No. 3 in 'Morro
are closed for two weeks owin
to an epidemic of measles havin
broken nut.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
.CASTORIA
Arrangements are under wary t
have a fine hew [organ installc
in the Evangelical church at Zur-
ich.
Children Cry
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Cr A S O O R I A
Don't Persecute
your (wets
Cut out cathartics and put ativee. They er.
brutal -harsh -unnecessary. Try
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Purely vegetable: Act
gently on the liver,
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Jeweler and Optician,
Issuer of Marriage Licenses
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`Ow
By
LOUIS TRACY
Author of the "Pillar of Light,"
"The Wings of ` the Morn-
ing" and "The Captaii, of the
Kansas."
Cepyright: 1109 by Edward J. Clod.
bl'uLght the Andromeda to :this ;place
in order to wreck her more easily? it
was to supply a pretext for the visit
thathe made undrinkable the water
to the shlp's tanks."
That appealing hand still rested on
Philip's shoulder. Ito touch affected
nim profoundly, With a lightning dart
of memory his thoughts went back to
the moment wheal she lay, inert and
half fainting, to his arms ou the bridge.
atter be had taken ber from the laz•
arette. But he controlled bis voice
sufficiently to say:
"Von may be right Indeed, I know
you are right so far as Coke Is con-
cerned, When 1 tveut aft to and out
if one of the boats could not be cleared
I noticed that 0 steering gear box had
been pried open again. 1 bad time
for only a second's glance, but I was
sure the damage had not been done by
a bullet. So the Andromeda was doom-
ed to be lost. no matter what hap-
pened."
"Coke will stand by the rest of us.
in our struggle for life, at any rate.
But the Brazilians" -
"Have no fear of them, 1, too, have
watched San Benavides, 1 don't like
the fellow and wouldn't place an entice
of faith in him, but De Sylva has
brains, and he knows welt enough that
no ship from Brazil will come to Fer•
nando Noronha In his behalf. In fact.
be dreads a visit by a government ves-
•seg, in which event our frail chance of
seizing that launch" -
She felt rather than saw that be bad
suddenly grown rigid. Elis right arm
new out and drew her to him.
"Sh-s-s-b!" he breathed and pulled
her behind a rock. Her woman's heart
yielded to dread of the unseen. It
pulsed violently, and she was tempted
to scream. De-
spite his warning
she must at least
hare whispered a
question, but her
111119 caught a
sound to which
they were now
well accustomed
The light chug.
chug of an engine
and the flapping �_
of a propeller
came up to them %.4
from the sea, The JJJAAA
steam launch was o
approaching. Per- y
baps t b e y bad;.
been seen al- t
ready! As If t0 nE Tltan5T rr)e WEAJ)
emphasize this Tnaoucu,
peril there , was an interval of si-
lence. Steam heti been shut off. Phil-
ip torched the girl's lips lightly with
a finger. Then he lay flat on the ledge
and began to creep forward. It was
Impossible that be should run and
ware the others, but it was essential,
above all else, that be should ascertain
what the men on the launch were do-
ing and the extent of their knowledge,
tie found a tuft of the grass that
clung to a crevice where its roots drew
hardy sustenance from the crumbling
rock, He ventured to thrust his head
through this screen, following Domio-
go's example e some
hours earlier.
Al-
most directly beneath his eager glance
found the little vessel, She was float.
ing past with the current He peered
down on to her deck as if from the
top of a mast A few cigarette stook.
ing officers were grouped in her bows.
Apparently they were more interested
in the remains of the Andromeda than
in the natural fortress overhead. Clus-
tered round the hatch were some twen-
ty soldiers, also smoking.
One of the officers pointed to the
ledge. He was excited and empbatic.
The man at the wheel growled au
order, and the engine started again.
Though Hotter knew not what was
said, the signlbrauce of Ibis panto-
mime was not lost on him. The local
pilot was afraid of these treacherous
waters in the dark, but neat day
Grade do b'rancez,which is the talent)•
ers' name for the tdraude-pere rock)
would surety be explored It a lauding
could be made,
Away bustled the lahueb. but Oozier
did not move 0nun there was nu rem
of his figure being silhouetted ub'tllust
the sky. Even then be wormed his
way bac6-ward wan slow caution. iris
was crouched amine Ile 1)04 tett tier.
wideeyed, motionless,
"Good Job we came acro, fie said.
'1t is evident they mean to Maintain
a patrot until mere 14 news or De
Sylvia one way or 1)10 other, It wit)
be Interesting DOW to bear what the
gallant Sun Heua;vrdes says. 15 any
ship conies to b'ernando Aorouba W
night she will be seen from the is
land long before any signal is risible
at this point."
"Do you thick the others saw the
launch?' she asked.
"No -not unless some of the men
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were Mid not - to du. The breakers
would drown the noise of the engines
and screw."
There was a'sllght pause.
"Will you tell them'[" she went on.
"Why not?"
This time the pause was more elo-
quent
than words. Quite uneonselona-
ly Isis replied to her own question, •
"Of course, as you said a little while
ago, ,we owe our lives to Dora Corria
de Sylva," sbe murmured, as if she
were reasoning with herself.
By chance, probably because Nosier
stooped to help her to her feet, his arm
rested lightly across her shoulders.
"1 will not pretend to misunderstand
you," he said. "11 the Brazilians do
not mean to play the game it would be
a just punishment to let them rush on
their own doom. But De Sylva may
not agree with this fop of an officer,
and, In any event we must go straight
With him until he Chows his teeth."
"You seem to dislike ,Captain San
Benavides,"-she said inconsequently.
"1 regard 14m as a brainless ase," be
exclaimed.,
"Somehow that sounds like' a descrip-
tion of a dead donkey, which one never
sees."
"Mademoiselle!" came a voice trona
the lip of the ravine,
"Doe can bear him, though," laughed
Hosier, with a warning pressure that
suspiciously resembled a bug. These
two were cbildreu in some respects,
quicker to jest than to grieve, better
fitted for mhdh than tragedy.
They moved out from their niche,
and,Saa Benavides blustered into ve-
hement French.
"We are going to the landing place
before it 1s too dark," he muttered an-
grily. "We must not show a light, In
a few minutes the path will be most
dangerous. Please make haste. made-
moiselle. We did not know where you
had gone."
He took her hand. Philip followed.
He was young enough to long for an
opportunity to tell San Benavides that
he was a puppy, a mongrel puppy.
After a really difficult and hazardous
descent they found tbe others awaiting
them In a rock shrouded cove. The
barest standing room was afforded by
a patch of shingle and detritus. Along-
side a flat stone lay three broad planks
tied together with cowhide. The cen-
ter Moult was turned up at one end.
This was the catamaran, which De
Sylva bad dignified by the name of
boat.
"W'ere 'ave you bin?" grob led Coke.
"We've lost a good ten Moults, You
ought to 'are known, Hosier, that It's
darkest just after sunset!"
"We could not have started sooner,
sir."
"W'y not? We were kep' waitin' up
there, scarehin' for you."
'That was our best slice of luck to-
day. Had any of you appeared ou the
ledge you would have been seen from
the launch."
"Wot launch?"
"The launch that visited us 11/19
morning. Ten minutes ago she was
standing by at the foot of the rock-"
Philip spoke slowly and clearly. De
meant his news to strike home. As
he anticipated, De Sylva broke in.
"You saw it?" he asked, and his
deep voice vibrated with dismay.
"Yes. I even made out. by actions
rather than words, that the darkness
alone prevented the soldiers from com-
ing here tonight. The skipper would
not risk it"
De Sylva said sometbing under his
re
b aath lit sok rapidly e era to SanBen-
p p y
avide9 and the latter seemed to be
cowed, for his reply was brief. Then
the ex -president reverted to English.
"I have decided to send Marcel and
Domingo ashore first." he said. "They
will select the safest place for a land-
ing. Marcel will bring back the cat-
amaran and take off Mr. Healer and
the young lady. Captain Coke and 1
will follow, and the others in such or-
der as Seohor Benavides thinks fit.
The catamaran will only hold three
with eatery, but Marcel believes he
can find another for Domingo. Re.
member, all of you, silence is mien -
OAP
CHAPTER IX. '—
TUX 1110014 01 TUE GAME.
lN obedience to their lender's order.
e Marcel, the taciturn, and Domin-
go, from whose lips the Britons
had scarce heard a syllable, squat
Md on the catamaran. Marcel wielded
a short paddle, and an almost imper-
ceptible dip of its broad blade sent the
strangely built craft across the pool.
Once ' in the shadow it disappeared
completely. There was no visible out-
let. The .rocks thrust their stark
ridge against the sky in a seemingly
impassable barrier, Some of the men
stared at 'the jagged crests as though.
they half expected to see the Bras.
zilians making a portage lust as trav-
elers in the 'Canadian northwest haul,
canoes up a river obstrueted by rapids.
"Well, that gives the the go-by,"
growled Coke, whose alert ear caught
no sound save the rippling of the wa-
ter. "1 say, mister, 'ow Is it done?" he
went On.
"1t Is a simple thing when youknew
the secret," said De Sylva. "Rave
you passed Fernando Noronha before,
captain?"
"Many a time."
"-Have you seenthe curious natural
canal whicb you sailors cab the Hole
In the Wall?"
!Yes; ft's near the s'nth'ard end."
"Well, the sea has worn away a
layer of soft rock that existed there.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
PAGE THREE
VONsomisalsossossolmoommarissitstoomisssiosasommassaroossonwasstoostas
Water Vs. Deer,
Soldiers Poetical Lament on Min-
isters Condemnation of
Wet Canteen,
Apropos the Condemnation of wet
canteens in England and Flanders, e,
soldier• now fn training at Carlin
Heights, sends in the folhwing smite.
ments of the soldier in the trenches
expressed in verse, -
I suppose were a lot of heathen,
Don't live on the angel plane,
Brit we're stinking it here in the teen.
ches
And doing the best we can,
While preachers over in Canada
Who rave about "Kingdom Come,"
Ain't pleased with our ability,
And are wanting to stop our rum.
'Wa4lrateterr!", Gtheroat y "sScoay, "tt!outld behere better"
wOu
We're 1(p to olio knees id wetter,
Du you think we've sten in beer'?Ob, it sounds all right (rein a pulpit,
When you Stt in acushioned pew,
But try four days in the trenches
And see how that would do,
Tey haven't the heart to say "'Thank
For fighting on their behalf,
Perhaps they objet to onr smoking
Perhaps its a fault to laugh.
Some of these ootfee peace blighters
I think theyanusthe German bred,
Its time they called in a doctor,
For the nater -the water they have
ut their Plead. A SOLDIER
a comeoiseoeeostesoceeeeeeos e
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Huron County News
eleeaoeneesbooss000eeeeoeoo
Frank Clark alts Crediton was
Ained $10 •and oasts the other 'clay
by'Magistrate Sanders for ill treat
ment to h1s live stock,
w'co& o Phosphodi>so;
The Great PJnglishM.Rei,n,i ,
Tonne and invigorates the whole
nervous system, makes new Blood
in old Veins, ('ares Nervous
Debility, Mental and Brain Worry, De on•
demi), Loss of Energy, Palpitation off the
Mari, LAWN!, Memory. Price S1 per box, six
for 95451 One Will please, six will cure•e/Sold•by all
ln,ggty.s or moiled in plain pkg. on receipt of
r)rtre, ,Nero pn•otph1et utaUP,/ Mae THE WOOD
MEDICINE CO.. TORONTO.ONT. (Fe:me,St WiedsorJ
In the Dominion [House !estimates
we notice $22,500 is chalked up for
Brussels public building, for which
the site has been purchased. Prost
abilities aro no con'tnaets • will tie
let until after the war.
Alex 1V1e19 nzie of Kipper has in
vented a harness backhand sato.
die for which helms pY•ocured pat
tone in Canada ad, the U. S. Ho
has alsopa)ented ,other harness
flfxtur)os.
CASTO R BA
• For Infants and Children
On Use For Over 30 gears
Always bears
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the y�•!Y
Sit -nature of
Charles McAllister who has ,sold
his farnr on the Parr ,line has
stented a house in Parkdaale To-
ronto, and will move there early
in March, Mr. McAllister goes to
Toronto to give his children the
advantages of higher education,
otherwise he would ;lave pre-
ilerocld 'Hensel!.
A hearty and u:n•aimons frvit•t-
tiou w's oxtendacl to the pastor,
Rev, J. W. Hibbert, of SVingham
Methodist Church, to -return for
the fourth year cotnmencing con-
ference 1915.
3ok's Cotton Root Comp(OIEId..
A safe, reliable retro,n IN u •
Medicine, Sold in three a..:
(!gees of otrength—Nn. 3, SI,
No. 2, $3: No. 1 06 per bur.
Sold by all druggists, or
of spur:
prepaid
Achlresr
THE COOK MEOICIWIE CO,
dTORONTO.
OST.Y Medea
mer Fa
( t I ,oaa
Mr, James Vancamp has sold his
100 acre farm on the Sth line Bast
WawanOsI) to Mr. Oak of Seaforth
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Lesson IX. --First Quarter, For
Feb. 27, 1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Acts. vi, 1.7-Mem•
ory Verses, 2, 3 -Golden Text, Gal.
2 -Commentary Prepared by Rev. D.
M. Stearns.
Increase of numbers, even in or-
dinary
rdinary chtir011 membership, does not
always tend to increase or even con-
tinuance of peace, esPebiatly 11' 1t
means pleasing more people, as is
often the ease, though it should not be
so. Pleasing people is not the business
of the preacher or tbe session or the
vestry or the committee; not pleasing
men„but God, like the apostles in the
last lesson. In our lesson, while the
number of the disciples was m111019 led,
troubles multipled also, for some were
neglected or felt that they were in
the daily ministration. Today some
people are not happy if they think the
pastor seems to neglect them in bis
pastoral calls orin not noticing them
after church or on the street, and no
committee can rectify this. .
The twelve decided, wisely or un-
wisely, certainly for their own com-
fort, that they could not attend to this
business of serving tables, but must
Continue to give themselves to prayer
and Bible study, and teaching the
Word. When compared with some
other lines •of service theft of prayer
and teaching• would be to many a de-
lightful preference, but ordinary serv-
ice must be attended to also and often
requires more grace. The preacher's
wife may need more grace and pa-
tience for the housekeeping than he
does for the preaching, but any kind
of service needs a special anointing of
the Holy Spirit.
A committee of seven Spirit tilled
men of honest report was chosen „for
this special ministry, the first two of
whom we shall become better ac-
quainted with as we go on in our
studies. Stephen, the first of the sev-
en, occupies the prominent place in
this chapter and the next, while P11119
is the most prominent in chapter vlii.
We do not hear of Peter again until
chapter viii, 14, and tbat is the last
mention of John in the Acts except in
xii, 2, where he is mentioned as the
brother of James, who was killed with
the sword. It is possible that some
others may have wished that they had
been among those chosen as apostles,
but here are two of seven seemingly
ordinary men honored above some of
the apostles. It is well in remember
that the Spirit gives to every one sever-
ally as Ile will and to be content to
fill any place be its service small or
great.
It is written of Stephen that he was
a man full of faith and or the Holy
Ghost, full of faith and power; that
he did great wonders and miracles
among
the people, and they were not
able to resist the wisdom and the
spirit by which he spoke (verses 5, 8,
10); also tbat by the word of God the
number of the disciples in Jerusalem
multiplied ,greatly, and a great com-
pany of the priests were obedient to
the faith (verse 7). In chapter v, '24,
we beard the high priest and others
wondering where unto this movement
would grow, and we still gee it grow-
ing even unto this our day, but it does
look us it we had now come almost to
the completion of the growth of His
body,the a chnrcL: The one thing to
do is to be full of faith and the power
of the Spirit and faithfully and fear-
lessly witness unto Dim and His sal-
vation and His coming again until we
are called out of the body or up in the
air to meet Him. The power of Stephen
in overcoming those who disputed with
him (verse 10) was in accordance with
our Lord's assurance in Luke xxl, 15,
"I will give you a mouth and wisdom
which all your adversaries shall not he
able to gainsay nor resist.”
This and similar assurances, such as
Ex. iv, 12; Jer, 1, 7-9; John xiv, 13, 14;
xv, 7, are all for us today if we will
stand for Him as Stephen did, for Itis
eyes are still looking for hearts that
ale whole toward Hhn, that He may
hold strongly with them (IS Citron.
ave, 9, margin). If we stand for Him
and with Him, as Peter and John and
Stephen did, we must expect to know
something of the hatred of the adver-
sary as they did, for we cannot know.
the power of His resurrection without
knowing also the fellowship of EUs
su>rerings (Phil, Ili, 10). Those who
could not gainsay nor resist the truth
of God in the power of the Spirit by,
the mouth of Stephen could Hire men
to falsely ;accuse Stepben and make
him out a liar and a dangerous man to
be about.
That is one of the wiles of the dev!l
which be has practiced so long that
he is very skillful in it He tried it
even upon our Lord Himself, and we
cannot hope to,escape. foe as the Lord
Jesus was persecuted, so must His fol-
lowers expect to be (John xv, 20). To
these false accusations before the
council we do not read that Stephen
made any reply (verses 11-14). Like
David and like the Lord Jesus, he was
dumb before them (Ps. xxxvtii, 13;
xxxL', 1, 2; :Matt xxy), 09; xxvii, 12,
14). it is a great victory when one Can
keep his mouth and his longue It such
a. tinte er at any time (Prov, xxi 28).
Although Stephen was outwardly in
rhe presence of the council, 'his heart
was in the Pt 30n0e of God, and It was
seen In his tart (verse 1.'}). God was
watching over His word and blessing
It to the sulrnt)ol of many, includ-
ing a great company of the priests. ,