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Canada.
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Many a wife has found herself inca-
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The Literal Mind.
All orders to native servants in In.
dia must be literally given, for in that
manner they will be received. e mis-
sionary once took a country lad as a
servants when going out on a boating
journey. As there are no lavatories
on beard the country boats, one's ab-
lutions have to be performed in a
very simple manner, an ordinary buc-
ket serving as a wash bowl. The bov
was told to bring some water and in
doing so happened to spill a little on
the floor. "Why don't you throw it all
over me?" asked the missionary jo•
eosely. "Aha," said the lad, and int -
mediately, to his master's astonisb-
ment, he took up the pail and emp-
tied it over his employer's head.
English Birth Bate Drops.
The returns for the first quarter of
1913 shows that the, births in England
and Wales number 216.330, which is at
the *ate of 23.8 a thousand, a decrease
of 3.1 below the average of the last ten
years and the lowest on record.
The deaths number 146,5511, which
is at the rate of 16.1 a thousand, a de-
crease of 1.1. The marriage are at the
rate of, 17.5 a thousand, which is an
increase of, 0.8.
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Mallory was too angry to be sane,.
and too heipiess to tape advantage of
his anger. He wondered how he' could
ever have oared for this molasses,.
and mucilage girl. 1ie remembered
now that she bad always had these
same cloying ways. She bad always
pawed hire and, Iike - everybody but
the powers; he hated pawing.
It would have been bad enough at
'any time to nave Kathleen hanging
on his coat, straightening his tie,
leaning close, smiling up in his eyes,
losing him his balance, recapturing
'him every time he edged away. But
with Marjorie as the grim witness it
was maddening,
Ile loathed . and abominated Kath-
•leen Llewellyn, and 11 she had only;
been a,man, he could cheerfully have
beaten her to a pulp and chucked her:
out of the window. But because she;
was a helpless little baggage he had;
to be as polite as he could while she
sat and tore his plans to pieces, em --1
bittered Marjorie's heart against him;
and either ended all hopes of their;
marria&e, or furnished an everlasting'
rancor to be recalled In every guar -
rel to their dying day. Ole, etiquette,j
'what injustices are endured in thyl
;name!
So there he sat,' sweating his soul's
blood, and able only to spar for timet
`and _wonder when the gong would`
,ring. And now she was off on a new,!
'tack:
"And where are you bound for,,
Harry, dear?"
"The Philippines," he said, and fol!
!the first time there was something
'beautiful in their remoteness.
"Perhaps we shall cross the Pacific:
,on the same boat."
The first sincere smile he had ex -i.
•perienced came td him: "I go on an
army transport, fortu-unfortunately.",
"Oh, I just love soldiers. Couldn't;
mamma and I go on the transport?i
;Mamma is very fond of soldiers, too."'.
"I'm afraid it couldn't be arranged."
, "Too bad, but perhaps we can stop'
.off and pay you a visit. I just love
army posts. So does mamma,"
"Oh, do!"
"What will be your address?"
"Just the Philippines -just the Phil-
ippines."
"But aren't there quite a few of
them?"
, "Only about two thousand."
• "Which one will you be on?"
"I'll be on the third from the left;"
said Mallory, who neither knew nor
cared what he was saying. Marjorie
had endured all that she could stand.
She rose in a tightly leashed fury,
"I'm afraid I'm in the way."
Kathleen turned in surprise. She
had not noticed that anyone was near.
Mallory went out of his head cone-
,pletely. "Oh, don't go -for heaven's
'sake don't go," he appealed to Mar
'jorfe.
"A friend 01' yours?" sald Kathleen,
bristling.
"No, not a friend," in a chaotic tan=
r
gle ' ` 11I s, -Miss-]1llss-Er-er-
'er-"
Kathleen smiled: "Delighted to
,meet you, Miss Ererer."
"The pleasure is all mine," Mar-
.jorfe said, with an acid smile.
"Have you known Harry long?"
said Kathleen, jealously, "or are you•
just acquaintances on the train?"
"We're just acquaintances on the
train!"
"I used to know Harry very well-
very well hided."
"So I should judge. You won't
mind if. I leave you to talk over old
times together?"
"How very sweet of you." -
"Oh, don't mention it."
"But, Mar-jorie," Mallory cried, as
:she turned away. Kathleen started
at the ardor of his tone, and gasped;
"Marjorie! Then he -you-"
"Not at all -not in the least," said
Marjorie.
At this crisis the room was sudden
-
ay inundated with people. Mrs. Whit -
.,comb, Mrs. Wellington, Mrs. Temple
;and Mrs. Fosdick, all trying to look
like bridesmaids, danced in, shout-
ing:
"Here, they come! Make way for
'the bride and groom!"
CHAPTER XXX.
A Wedding on Wheels.
•
The cotnilrotion of the matrimony -
mad women brought the men troop-
ing in from the smoking room and
there was much circumstance of dec-
orating the scene with white satin
ribbons, a trifid crumpled and dim of
luster. Mrs, Whitcomb waved them
at Mallory with a laugh:
"Recognize these?"
He nodded d dism• ally. His. own fu-
neral baked meats were coldly fur-
nishing forth a wedding breakfast for
Ira Lathrop. Mrs, Wellington was
moving about distributing kazoos and
Mrs. Temple had an armload of old
shoes, some of which had thumped.
Mallory on an occasion which
seemed 00 ancient as to be almost
prehistoric.
Fosdick was howling to the porter
to get some rice, quick!
"How many portions does you ap-
proximate?"
"All you've got."
"Boiled or fried?"
"Any old way." The porter ran
forward to the dining -car for the am-
munition.
' Mrs. Temple whispered to her hus-
band: "Too bad you're not officiating,
,Walter." But he cautioned' silence:
"Hush! I'm on my ,vacation."
The train was already coming into
Ogden. Noises were multiplying and
from the increase of passing objects,
the speed seemed to be taking on a
spurt. The bell was clamoring like
,a wedding chime in a steeple.
Mrs. Wellington was on a chair fast -
,ening
a ribbon round one of the
!lamps, and Mrs, Whitcomb was on an-
other chair braiding the bell rope with
withered orange branches. when Aet :
FER'ED-
fIC
trou. •"
"hello, Charlie,"
I i 1 e had always found". that when Ira
;grinned and was cordial, some trouble
i s ?was in stern for him, He wondered
1 t li 1 LV I � L,1 wh r -lent t It4i held behind his, back
���� � fY(`ii nqw :.but he lotted an uneaey cur-
dtality "And is this you„Ila? Well,
`we
It yeahs Since last we met,
Ffp
„ - And You rc juet . getting Married, Is
01. !this ,the first linin xra?"
-
"First oitanso, Gist!ie; "
Phe 1evii:1' aboO1 c1 Selby, but !a
UntiI " Fruit- e -fiver." Cornpletely 'greater shook was in stof'e, i'or ,whop
Cured Her 1 he inquired: "Anel who is the=-er-:
MRS. HENRY KEMP.
CoRNwAL7 CENTRE, ONT.,
NOVEMSER 27t11. 1911,
"I was a martyr to I3ay Fever for
probably fifteen years and I suffered
terribly at times. I consulted many
physicians and took their treatment-
and I tried every remedy I heard of as
good for I3ay Fever. But nothing did
me any good. Then I tried "Fruit-a-
tives" and this remedy cured me
completely. I ane now well, and I'
wish to say to every sufferer from Hay
Fever -"Try Pruit-a-tives". • This fruit
medicine cured me when every other
treatment failed and I believe it is a
perfect cure for this dreadful disease".
MRS. HENRY KEMP.
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happy -bride?" the triumphant Lath-
top snickered "I believe you used to
know her. Anne Gattl,e,"
This wee the rock behind Ira's back,
and Selby took it with a wince: "Not
my old-"
"The same, Anne, you remember,
Charlie,"
"Oh, yes;" said Anne, "How do you
!do, Charlie?" And she put out a shy
hand, which he took with one still
sliyers 11e was so unsettled that :he
stammered: "Well, well, I bad' always
hoped to marry you, Anne, but not
just this way."
' Lathrop cut him short with a sharp:
"Better get busy -before the train
starts. And I'll pay you in advance
:before you set cif the fireworks."
The flippancy pained Rev. Charles,
'but he,was resuscitated by one
,glance athe bill that Ira thrust into
This palm. If a man's gratitude for
;his wife is measured by the size of
the fee he hands the enabling par -
'son, Ira was madly in love with Anne.
:Rev. Charles had a reminiscent sus-
picion that it was probably a counter -
felt, but for once he did Ira an in-
justice.
The minister was in such a flutter
;from losing his boyhood love, and
'gaining so much money all at once
land from performing the marriage on
a train, that he made numerous er•-
Tors in the ceremony, but nobody no-
ticed them, and the spirit, if not the
'letter of the occasion, was there and
the contract was doubtless legal
enough. ,
The ritual began with the pleasant
murmur of the predcher's voice, and
-the passengers crowded round in a
solemn calm, which was suddenly vin-
lated by a loud yelp of laughter from
Wedgewood, who omitted guffaw after
Mrs.
,guffaw and bent double and opened
!out again, like an agitated umbrella.
•
The wedding -ghosts turned on him
Tem,
visages of horror, and hissed silence
:at him. Ashton seized him, shook
r: ;him, and muttered:
Peace!
; "What the -what's the matter with
d' you?'
The Englishman shook like a boy
:having a spasm of giggles at a fu-
eral, and blurted out the explana-
ition:
"That story about the bridegroom -
just saw the point!"
Ashton closed his jaw by brute
force and watched over him through
the rest of the festivity.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Foiled Yet Again.
Mallory had fled from the scene at
.the first hunt of the minister's words.
His fate was like alkali on his palate.
.For twelve hundred miles he had ran-
sacked the world for a minister. When
lone dropped on the train like manna
r the roof,even this miracle
through h to o t i
g
.had to be checkmated by a perverse
;miracle that sent -to the train an early
infatuation, a silly affair that he him -
'self called puppy -love. And now Mar-
jorie would never marry him. Ile did
.'not blame her. He blamed fate.
He was in solitude in the smoking
',room. The place reeked with drifting
'tobacco smoke and the malodor of
cigar stubs and cigarette ends, 1lis
;plans were as useless and odious as
,cigarette ends. He dropped Into a
chair, his elbows on his knees and
his head in his hands -Napoleon on
1St: Helena.
And then, suddenly he heard 'Mar-
ljorie's voice. He turned and saw her
'hesitating in the doorway. He rose
Ito welcome her, but the smile died
on his li s at her chill s eech
ton, with kazoo all ready, called out:
"What tune shall we play?" •
"I prefer the Mendelssohn Wedding
March," said Mrs. Whitcomb, but Mr
'Wellington glared across at her.
"I've always' used the Lohengrin.
"We'll play 'em both,"" said Dr. Te
ple, to make peace.
Mrs. Fosdick murmured to he
spouse: "The old Justice of the
didn't give us any music at all,' an
received in reward one of his most
luscious -eyed looks, and a whisper.
"But he gave us each other."
"Now and then," she pouted.
"But where are the.bride and
groom?"
"Here they come -all ready," cried
Ashton, and he beat time while some
of the guests kazooed at Mendelse
sohn's and some Wagner's bridal mel-
odies, and others just made a noise.
Ira Lathrop and Anne Gattie, look-
ing very sheepish, crowded through
!the narrow corridor and stood shame-
facedly blushing like two school chil-
dren about t6 sing a duet.
The train jolted to a dead stop. The
conductor called into the car: "Og-
den! AU out for Ogden!" and every -
',body stood watching and waiting,
, Ira, seeing Mallory, edged close and.
iwhispered: "Stand by to catch the
minister on the rebound."
But Mallory turned away. What
;Ilse had he now for ministers? His'
!plans were shattered ruins,
The porter cane flying in with two;
•large bowls of rice, and shouting,,
"Here comes the 'possum-er-pos-
,son." Seeing Marjorie, he said
"Shall I perambulate Mista Snoozie-.
ums?"
She handed the porter her only
friend and he hurried out, as a lean
and professionally sad ascetic hur-
ried in. He did not recognize his
boyish enemy in the gray-haired, red-
faced giant that greeted him, but he
;knew that voice and its gloating
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Everything in. Agriculture
Exhibits by the Provinces
Exhibits by Dominion Government
Exhibits by Foreign Countries
Acres of Manufactures
MAGNIFICENT ART EXHIBIT
Paintings from Germany, Britain,
United States and Canada
Educational Exhibits '
Cadet Review
Japanese Fireworks.
Canada's Biggest Dog Show
America's Greatest Cat Show
AND HERO Till
!BURNING OF ROME
The Musical Surprise
The Musical Ride -
`, Auto=Polo Matches
Circus and Hippodrome
Roman Chariot Races
Athietic'Sports,
Great Water Carnival
IRISH GUARDS BAND
Score. of other Famous Bands
Twelve Band Concerts Daily
Wreck of the Airship "
Withington's Zouaves
New Giant Midway
Grand Double Bili of Fireworks
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"May I have a word with you, sir?"
"Of course. The air's rather thick
lin here," he apologized.
"Just wait!" she said, ominously,
!and stalked in like a young Zenobia.
1He put out an appealing hand: "Now,
(Marjorie, listen to reason. Of course
I know you won't marry me now."
"Oh,you kowthat, - t,do you?" site
'said, with a squared jaw.
"But, really, you ought to' marry
;me -not merely because I love you -
and you're the only girl I ever-" He
stopped short and she almost smiled
as she taunted hint: "Go on -I dare
;you to say it."
Ile swallowed hard and waived the
point: "Well, anyway, you ought to
;marry me -for your own sake."
Then she took his breath away by
(answering: "011, I'm going to marry
;you, never fear."
, "You are," he cried, with a rush of
' returning hope. "011, I knew you
'loved me."
! She pushed his encircling arms
'aside: "I don't love you, and that's
;why I'm going to marry you."
"But I don't understand."
"Of course not," she sneered, as if
she were, a thousand years old, "you're
' only a man -and a very young -man."
"You've ceased to love me," he pro-
• tested, "just' because of a little affair,
I had before I met you?"
Marjorie answered with world -old
wisdom: "A woman can forgive a
man anything except what he did be-
tfore he met her." ,
He stared at her with masculine die -
Inlay at feminine logic: "If ,yon`can't.
Porgive me, then
whydo you marry
per
"For revenge!" she cried. "You
'brought me on this train all this dis-
(tapes to introduce ms to a girl you
used, to -meson' with. And I don't dike
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Arthur of Connaught
to Wed Second Cousin
His Engagement to Princess Alex-
andra is Announced at London.
London July I5 The bethruthel is
announced of Prince Arthnr of Con
naught and Prince Alexandra Viet
oda the Duchess of Fife,
Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick
Albert is the son of the Duke of Con
naught and Strathean Gonvernor Gen
eral or Canada. He was born on Jan
uary 13 ISS3 rend has served as personal
ride to King Edward VII and King
George V.
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PRINCE ARTHUR.
Princess Alexandre, Duchess of Fife
is the elder daughter of the late Duke
of Fife and Princess Lossie Victoria
(princess royal) the daughter of Kiug
Edward VII.. She was born on June
17, 1391,
THE WESTERN FAIR:
SEPTEMBER 51th to 1.3th.
The, rnianag e,ment of the Western
l'a r London, 0nitru io, will ptes.el:it
aptogramme of attractions this
y..a. that will convuend itself to
all right thinking people, While
k, eping'-au ay .froi-n the sensational
the programme will iron ide all
al fea(tur:eY There will be some
thing nor everybody, with music. by
several bands at every perf,oe-men
es There will be two speed
events daily: which will provide the
beset Programme for this depart-
ment
epart-
m n!t 'ever seen at the Western
Par. More money ha's been ape
pi,opriated for Fireworks this year
Ithran at.er before.; and there is ,no
doubt -results will justify tlie, ex.-
pendnture. The price for the
Grand Stand wilt be the same es.
usual, on Monday afternoons 15c
and !the remainder of the week cov-
ered strand ode:, -with areservesi
seeit:�on 50e., open stand' 15c. The
pi,ogrample will lee given It vice
daly.
Pnogrinrnmes, prize lists, entry
forme facts and information I t n:uiti of
on IIS l.ilncl
regarding ;the ,EalribiLion will be
given on applicaltion to the Sec-
retary, A.M. Ilunt, neem 302 Do-
m`n'�on Savings :Nuildiin;g; London
kinds of amusenten't ane educattioin
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'WOMAN. FAS LGNia „pint
Does 2,000 Miles on Mhtorcycle From
Cape Town to Pretoria.
Miss E. L. C. Watson, 'who had- the.
courage; to undertake a (lonely 2,10)0
miles motorcycle trip from Cape Town
to Pretoria, has retained to London.
England, .,She is hone the worse for
her journey. but :'c.e found wheh she
arri"ad iii 'South Atr'ica that almost
every motorist advised her not to pro-
ceed with her plan. ,"You will never
do it," they sajO. "liven if nothing
else stops you the sand and rough
roads will." She accomplished the
journey in spite of the sand and rough
roads; which caused her to dismount
many times and wheel her cycle, but
the new outfit with which she started
is scattered along the waste of coun-
try.
She wore riding breeches, a habit
coat, high lace -up boots, a motorist's
peaked cap, and rode a 2 1-2 horse-
power motorcycle.
The journey was not accomplished
without some hardships. At night Miss
Watson slept in the huts belonging,
to the gangers, who are placed at five
miles, or found refuge with lonely
Boer families, where only the children
understood English, and they acted
as interpreters. eSome of the roads
were impossible for cycling, and the
only non-stop run she had was one
of 36 miles from Kimberley to Johan-
nesburg. In cue tpwn a cyclist came
up to her and told her that she would
never complete her journey, for the
sand would keep her.
The only a;casion when she was
tempted to use her revolver presented
itself on Majuba Hill. A native ap-
proached her, and demanded money.
She had none to give him, but mount-
ed her cycle and felt for her revolver.
To her amazement the cycle refused
to "spark," but just as the Kaffir was
putting his hand on the back wheel
the cycle started forward, and she
tore down the hill. Miss Watson had
some trouble with the streams, and
on several occasions she "rushed"
them, and landed on the other side
soaked. During the journey Miss
Watson met the first woman in South
Africa who ever used a motorcycle in
that country. She was Mrs. Sutton,
a daughter of Gen. Cronje.
English Take Precautions
So great are the precautions taken
in the port of London in the loading
and unloading of vessels carrying
quantities of explosives that the dan-
ger of terrible explosions in the
Thames is as remote as human in-
genuity can make it.
No' explosives can be leaded, sags
The St, .James Gazette, until the stoke-
hole fires of the vessel, the tug and
all the boats in the vicinity have
carefully been banked up an hour
previously and all other fires and
lights extinguished. The ship's signal
lights and side lights must be of such
a type as to dispose completely cf
any risk of fire or explosion. Winches
or cranes must not be used in handl-
ing explosives of whatever character.
The gangways and decks of the vessel
must be covered with hides or other
suitable material; a cushion stuffed
with oakum and covered with leather
must be used for resting any ease of
explosives upon, and the steel interior
of the ship must be covered with sheet,
lead, leather cloth or other suitable
material approved by the port auth-
ority.
Noperson near the ship is allowed
to carry any matches,' fuses or other
combustibles, and the only matches
allowed on the vessel are those of a
special safety kind passed by the an-
thority, and even these matches must
be kept in a safe place apart from
the explosive. No man is allowed to
smoke anywhere in the neighborhood,
and no passenger can set foot on the
ship when it is being loaded.
All these ships, lighters and tugs
have to be specially registered, and
to mark their dangerous oocupation
the ship, whether at anchor or under
way, must fly a large red flag at her
fore masthead, that flag which sea-
men call the "powder burgee."
Largest Known Flower.
The largest known flower in the
world grows in Sumatra. This flower
is parasitic, and to science it is
known as Rafllesia Arnoldi, so called
in honor of Sir Stamford Raffles, one
time governor of Sumatra, and Dr.
Arnold, a naturalist, these two being
the first white men to find bne of the
gigantic curiosities, while together on
an exploration trip.
The flower'is vg a s a ou a
foot long aad ' of equal width, 'sur-
rounding a depressed disk or cup of
like diameter. The ketals are very
fleshy, a single blossom weighs about
15 pounds. The petals are of a brick -
red color, covered with warty, irregu
lar excrescences of yellowish white.
and, on the whole, rather attractive,
for all of its coarseness. The central
disk is covered with horn -like protub-
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THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the. Lesson, tx, v, 1-14.
Memory Verses, 1, 2 -.-Golden Text,
Matt; v, 4 -Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns:
When ;Moses lief! Aaron gathered the
elders aecl Aaron snake the, words and
did the signs as the Lord commanded
the people believed and bowed their
heads and worshiped, as they heard
that the Lord had visited them and
looked upon their affliction, It looked
bright, indeed, and deliverance seemed
at hand. but the Lord's time had not
yet fully come, for Israel needed to be
made quite willing to leave Egypt.
Even after they did leave we hear
them loaiging for the food they enjoyed
there in spite of their slavery.
The message to Pharaoh from the
Lord God of Israel by Moses and Aaron
drew from him the sneering reply;
"Who is the Lord?* * 1 know not the
Lord; neither will I let Israel go"
(verse 2). Then he accused Moses and
Aaron of biodering the people in their
work and commanded the taskmasters
to lay more work upon the laborers -
let them gather their own straw, in-
stead of receiving it, and yet turn out
the full quantity of bricks (verses 3-9).
He also called the words of the. Lord
by Moses "vain words" (verse 9). Thus
did Rnb-shakeh speak to Hezekiah of
the words of the Lord as vain words
or words of the lips (II Kings 18-20,
margin). Thus do many wise and schol-
arly men today speak of the words of
the Lord concerning the restoration of
Israel and the coming of a great deliv-
erer, but in spite• of all unbelief "the
counsel of the Lord standeth forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all genera-
tions" (Ps. xxxiii, 11).
It was impossible for the children of
Israel to turn out as many bricks when
they bad to gather their own straw:
therefore the officers of the children of
Israel were beaten because the work
was lacking. Then they cried unto
Pharaoh and said that the fault lay
with the Egyptian taskmasters, who
would not supply straw. lie replied,
"Ye are idle, and that is the reason ye
want to go and sacrifice to your Lord."
so the officers of Israel saw that there
was no hope for them, and they accus-
ed Moses and Aaron of being the cause
of it all. Tben Moses turned to the
Lord and pleaded with him. saying:
"Lord. wherefore hast Thou so evil en-
treated this people? Why hast Thou
sent me? * * * Neither hast Thou de-
livered thy people at all" (verses 22,
23).
The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, but is long suffering, slow to
anger and plenteous in mercy (1I Pet.
3-0; Ps. ciil, 8). He has a time for ev-
erything, and happy are those who can
say, "illy times are in Thy band" (Ps.
xxxf, 15). The Lord's reply to Moses
was, "Now shalt thou see what I will
do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand
shall he let them go" (vi, 1), There
is
something in the name Jehovah which
Israel up to this time had not known
(vi, 2, 8).. It is the greatest name of
God in Scripture, being used over 7,000
times. We know but little of the mean -
tog of any of His names, but to me
this great name comes with comfort as
I think of the great. the mighty God,
the Creator of all things. as my Re-
deemer, a sacrifice for my sins, the
One who was and is and is to be, by
the sacriflce of Himself delivering me
from the wrath to come and mooring
out His purposes because of His own
faithfulness. Some do not, perhaps,
know that whenever the word God or
Lord is all in capitals the name is al-
ways Jehovah. In connection with
Ex. vi, 1, 1 have for at least fifteen
years had assodiated in my mind John
vi, (i, "He Himself knew what He
would do," and there is great rest in
both. May we know more fully the
great redemption of the Lord and His
faithfulness and in faith and patience
go .quietly on to know Him and to
make Him known. ,., a 1
Note carefully in chapter vi, 6-8, that
the section begins and ends with "I am
Jehovah" and includes seven great "I
wills," covering the bringing out, the.
complete deliverance, the making them
His people and bringing them into the•
promised land. He said He would,.
do all because of His covenant with,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and be-
cause of His own faithfulness. Set:
when Moses told these great things to
Israel the cruel bondage and their an-
guish of spirit were -se treat that they
would not hearken (vi 9). '' ` ;g,'
How' often in their later history He
had to complain that they did not know
Film and would not listen to Him, as
in Ps. lxxxi, 11-13; Isa. I, 2, 3; xxx, 15;
xxxvi, 10, and other passages. The
Lord then said to Moses: "I am Je-
hovah. Speak tbou onto Pharaoh,
king of Egypt, all that I say unto
thee" (vi, 2S, 20). That is the whole
responsibility of a messenger of the
Lord -to receive the word at His
mouth and give them warning from
Him. As Be said to Jeremiah, "Thou
shalt go to all that 1 shall Mnd thee,
and whatsoever I command thee thou
shalt speak" (ler. 1, 7).
Even the Lord Jesus Himself said,
"The Father which sent me, He gave
.me a commandment. what ,I should
say and what l should speak" (John
4(b. Moses again objected. saying,
"tiow shall Pharaoh henilten unto
:no?" (vi, 12, OO). Contrast the obedt-
enae of Isaiah, when the Lord said.
"Whom al t)I i send, and who will go
fol'. us?" (Isa, 1'i, 8.)
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