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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-02-05, Page 74031.(ik LESSON VL -FEB. 7, 1909. True and False Brotherhood --Acts 4: 32-5: 11. Commentary. -I. The ohurch in a highly prosperous state (vs. 32-37). 32. ll&ultitude..that believed -The whole :five thousand mentioned in v. 4, and probably many Moro who had been cou- verted later. Of one heart Though of different ages, dispositions and condi- tions onditions before they believed, and• perfect Strangers to one another, yet, when they xnet in Christ, they were intimately ac- quainted. -Com. Com. Neither said any of them -There was not a dissenting member. No such thing as discord ex - 'kited among them. 9.11 things common - 'Such perfect confidence existed among them that they assisted each other as though they were members of the same family. 33. With great power -The apos- tles, enooutaged by a spiritual, praying ohurch, preached with great vigor and earnestness. Witness=The apostles were 'witnesses to what they had seen and heard. This"' is a most effective way of preachin. Of the resurrection -All, know of the death and burial of Jesus. But the enemies of Jesus would not believe in His resurrection. "This was the main pillar and chief corner -stone of Chris- tianity, supporting and connoting the whole fabric of it in all its parts." - Bonson. Great grace -The word grace means favor. The expression here may mean either that the favor of God was remarkably shown to them, or that they had great favor in the sight of the peo- ple. Upon them all -Not the apostles only, but all the believers. 34. That lack. ed -This was one reason for their fav- or among men, for all could see the self- sacrificing spirit that actuated them. Sold therrt-It seems clear that all the owners of real estate who belonged to the church sold property. Things that were sulci -Tie language here expressly avoids saying that these men sold all they "=had. They sold some things, and the sum realized from what was sold was offered to the common store. -Cam.. Bib. The phraseology is not strictly univore sal, expressing all. It was the voluntary engem that whose had real estate should Sell it, ail or in part.-Whedon. 35. -At the apostles' fee To be dis- posed of as they should. direct. They would 'lace better able to determine where there was need. Raving a relief fund, the apostles could draw upon it without making every case publio. 36. Joses- Or lfosoph. He is the well-known Barna- bas, who i.e afterward frequently men- 1ioneifi, as an: associate of the Apostle Pant He was a Levite. We are soon af- terward told that even many 'priests be- lievog (chap. 6. 7). "The surname of Baenabas, which the apostles gave him, alluded, without doubt, to an extraor- dinary gift of the Spirit which was anan- ifesteR in his addresses and. exhorta- tions." -Lange. Of Cyprus -An island in the Mediterranean sea, not very far distant from the Jewish coast. 11. The church •strn,ggling with false profeasors (vs. 1-11.) 1. But-" The 1it- tieword 'but' is -the hinge, ori which great' ie tees turn." -Arnot,' Ananias- Jhm Meaning of the word is "Favored of the lord," or "Jehovah le graei.ous.' Sapphire -"Beautiful." Their characters were in sharp contrast with their names, ''here is a contrast between the 1',orreat liberality of Barn'abas and the hypecrisy of 'Ananias and his wife."- Ilurlbut. They were certainly not true believers,. for all that truly believed Were of one heart and. one .soul, 2..1Lept back part of the price -While they pre- tended to make gin offering of all. 'this was hypocrisy, and is called at live. Bin- »el'- His wile -This sin was premedi- tated by both parties. They liad not set their ax'et et1ons on the ;and, but the money exceeds:ad such an iniluence on tl em that they could not resolve to re- sign the whole, and hence they could not resolve to resign the whole, and hence they retained a- part. They were unwilling to acknowledge this fact pub- Jie ly. Lan{re. 3. Filled thane heart - Satan, the -Sather of lie's, it liar from the beginning. Peter tra. ca the sin back to dei source -the heart into which Satan had teen admitted; his question recog- r:wes Auarriate' power to resist these evil influences. Sextan ka _i., 1_ Ananias. (.ested hie, 'kart: Hur bet. To lie to the Holy Ohost-The aleo,tite diselnam r.t•y power in thenrsearee it t.. the: Holy Spirit who is grieved by elns- like that 2; Acnes+ '.flreir crime teas, 1. so ide lit;).ous r,ult' pecking. Thee dedied to me.s as gicat',. credit Cnveto.'"rest. They weial ..1 to retain ;.test: of their honey. 3. •l per:trf. They knelt inti were preteidtre to be vibe, t: og weee not. 4. Fall,. mod, They Pa not only to the apostles, but to thelloly Spirit. Satan bad caused' the terrible downfall of these people. Thus we see that while there 3s a personal devil yet Ananias and hie wife might have re- sisted him. It is not necessary to yield to temptation. "They lied to the Holy Spirit, because the offering was made, not to the apostles, or to the church, but to God."-Abott. 4. Thine own - He might have kept it without incurring the displeesur•e of the apostles or the Lord. In thine own pow-'er--These ques- tions show that the bestowi sent of goods was 'perfectly voluntary and not a law, and that the estate was a free and deliberate act.: Whedon. Ananias -;'as not censured 'because he had not surren- dered his entire property, but for false- hood in professing to have done so when he had not Hackett. Tinto God -The offense was chiefly against God. David takes this .saanee view of his sin in Psa. 51; 6. 5. Gave up the ghost - The immediate fall and death of Anan- ias, when Peter lead addressed him, -lust be viewed as a direct act of God. -Lange. Great fear came -The effect on the church was perhaps the chief design of so startling a judgment, G. Young men -The earliest church was not without young men and young wouren-.riots 12; 13..1 Carried liini outs--.Tuet beyond the walls of the city. That the body 'was not token 'to his home is indicated by his wife's ignorance of what had occur- red- Buried -In a hot climate like that of Palestine, burial took plaice at once. 7. Thee hours after -Probably at the next hour of prayer. The death of An- anias caused such excitement that the people had not dispersed. S. Tell me --The question was San- phirn's plane for repentance; the Holy Spirit strove with her in 'Peter's wards-, AFTER 2 YEA' A' So SUFFERDIG. ,4F' r°l, r tCt s am -3' yak's Heeling Power Proved t� v= aci`te,4 by School Connt•t'iissioteer and Baptist Deacon. NE of the most recentconvertsto the Zam-Euk method of treating and curing disease is Mr. C. E. Sanford, of Weston, i,d3€ a King's Co., N.S. Mr. Sanford is a justice of the Peace for the County, and a member of the Board of School Commissioners. He is also Deacon of the Baptist Church in Berwick. Indeed throughout • u, �+i r the County It would be difficult to find a man x re highly more widely known and no respected. r,>t4M Some time back he had occasion to teat Zam-Buk, and here is his opinion of this great balm. He says:- " I never used anything that gave me such satisfaction as Zam-Buk. I had a patch of eczema on my ankle, which had been there for over twenty years. Sometimes, also, the disease would break out on my shoulders. I had takers solution of arsenic, bad applied various oint- ments, and tried all sorts of things to obtain a cure, but all in vain. I was advised to give Zam-l3uk a trial, and as I am a firm believer in Nature's remedies, I did so. From first applying it I saw it was altogether different to the ordinary ointments and embrocations, and it soon began to show signs of clearing away the eczema on my ankle. This was ao gratifying, that I persevered for some time with it, and I am gladto say it had the desired result. I am now cured of the disease which defied every other treatment for twenty years. "This is not the only direction in which I have proved the merits of Zam-Buk. I suffered for a long time from piles, and I found a perfect cure for this painful ailment in Zarn-Buk. Zam-Buk soothes the pain, relieves the congested veins, and so restores the elasticity to the tissues that the piles gradually but surely disappear." Zam-Hutt is a positive and certain euro for cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, piles. festering sores, ulcers, scalds, blood -poisoning, eczema, scabs, champed hands, cold cracks, chilblains, ringworm, scale sores, bad ieg. diseased ankles, and all other skin diseases and injuries. Rubbed well into the Warts affected, it cures ne n.il(a, rhenniatis,n, and sciatica. All druggists and stores sell at 50e, box, three for $1.25, and post free from Zam-Sisals Co., Tomato, for price. Refuse the harmful imitations spnieti,nes reeresanted to be ' Just as geed," Aloe rs 4f4iktO " MAW OS Y ainiOsm rr. of sni1 . ZY ;t. To c.ielayiq d,at geaous--i.nflaminatiori must he drawn) orit at once... 'Rill) throat and chest well with ''Nerviline." ,and put• oil, a Nerviline,Porous Plaster. In one hour you'll feel well, The penetrating qualities of Nerviline enable it to soak to the 'ueiy,,eore o1 the trouble, and from the Nervil- ine Plaster,eolales a feeling of warmth and eur"tor; that proves datiger is. past. ..For weak cheat, 'ore throat, colds, quinsy and bron- chitis n.ol:hiug can be butter than Nerviline treatment. No home is safe without `Nerviline." • Kingston, Dee. 14.11. "To Mfrs. of :Nerviline; NerviEne - "Eight weeks. ago I wag exposed to very rnelement weather, and during a twenty mile' drive caught • a severe cold liViir$ that settled 01 nay chest -.suffered in- tensely, couldn't draw a long breath without it hurting; gy eheet was tight, and every time I coughed it rasped and f, i made my thro»t raw,:I went to bed, and Hid/ still that cold -didn't, break up. Then 1 sent to the drag store for the Nerviline treatment. I•took half a teaspoonful of Nerviline in hot water three times daily, rubbed my throat, chest, and shoulders with Nerviline, and put on a Nerviline porous plaster. In twelve hours I was cured."' Cyrus C. Stanhope. • For nearly 50 years Nerviline has 1)een a family stand- by.. Large bottles, 25c, and Nerviline Plasters, It is -tet. rill dealers. but site resisted his strivings. So nnxeh -Perhaps Peter pointed to the money still lying where Aea.ni'as had placed it (v. 2) . Y ca -1 t had been in her power to save her lautbaanl by ti, word of warn- ing protest; it was •naw in her power to clear her own conseienee by confes- sioan.-Plumptre. .9 gre, d:--Sapphira's answer proved to 4,04 Allat their sin had been. preine(iit;rtildpsnd was not one of haste or ignorterrtx+ e'hie-,avis equal in the sit with her 3iuiibtuid ' I'eter'c queat- tion gave the knondedge to Sapphire that their guilt't 'teas discovered, but her answee ' w Given. To tempt -To teat <ir t ,`,a Spirit of the lord. by atteinptir: <1 tee±.ve hint; but "God is not meek'at deluded. 10. Fell -yielded t not through Peter's words, r 1 1u t't e -. nor through shame;ugh remorse, that this guilty ` ''. • but by the immediate Iudgam 11. (seat fes air:, indolent an- swered the told -- `tl'at, it, -this inflict, ea; •a deeply• ; u v t t qty- . '�rrul:iSci every - nand, r..'�. , 'r " �} r a' #!. t cep - tiara crer$ a>resembly -• PRACTICAL IC°A,L rN Bin PUMA I. The sin "Kept, is prim .. .. and bromic (v, lt.) . ft 11M Wet* artists wanted to ap as the other digit part of the money sessions, and thus xn g veil with Ilse all eontingeneies; sat eliseiplec, yet secret G3i.:tix`oeide fen• a, rainy day; be Suppe out of the eomuron fund, yet h e,,' lr:netting if that al.t should fail; get ertdit for trusting God with lits~ interested yet be looking after them hirnself. Met; are like An- axing who asounit• to lee.het l>etLit tare hey not ; who desires top,. appear of the vi't(tttill part" etat tlr� I n tor&. yi.ett t kept back •fue lois ltaa- ilils; itf against they are.. "%lie, hath Sietaar tilled thine heart to lie?" (v. 3). "Why:hoot: door eon- erived this; Laing in thine hear11" (v. 4). An evil suggestion to; the brain le no sin, but set •il, rna.i "thiii.k •alt in his heart, sex is he" (Pros. 231 71. "Out of tiro heart prt«cardevil thutaghts" (!tart. 15: 8). We are titr eponeihle for the hwift thought in the hail. hut we are revesusil,le for the strong.:deeire itt tht, heart. We take r thon;;ht into our bearta when we co, en nt. to it, atecept it, yield to it and find sati fae•tion in it. If we allow the t -v31 1houflit an <selves- sion. from oat 6p wt' ars on the way to lodge it in our Jt itis "Not lied unto men (c 4) It was nothing to Peter p laon,ii t whetter Ananias kept his money or Lave it. lir did not sin against. P ter. lie woe ale violating any rule to the. c 0trmit:unity of goods. lir was tinder ne obligation to ratan to sell the property, 'Rett... lied., , unto Ger' (ti. 4). the presence of the Holy Spirit r'ns tunnifeet in the church. Ananias.:prattie:thi denied.11ist omrtiscienc2 and otunipre5(e.1101'. 'Lying to God showed eontemlet of (tan). 'lih.e of- fering'was not made to the apostles nor the church, but to Cod. and the act wag a lie •to Him. 13. The puniesbinent. "Ananias.. , fell down. and gave up the gltnpt" (v. 5). It WW1 inapbrtants at the beeoweing of the new dispensation to itnjirees upon the church and the world t e guilt: and dan- ger of hypocrisy. At speCia.l tithes, un- der peculiar ei:reumstAnees God. visits retribution, on some sutlers which all sinners deserve. The '''first Sabbath - breaker in 'the wilderness'„ wag takou without the camp and st.oi,ed (Num. 15, 32.36). At the founding of the priest- hood, Nadab and' Abiini "offered strange. fire;" and. "there,.wcet out'fir•e from the Lord, and de voere l them, ttd+1'they died" Lev. 1, 1-6). At the entrariee into Can- aan, annaan, 'the eovetousAchnn with ell hie possessions and his family suffered from the wrath of God (Josh. 7;;22.26) Ko - rah, Dothan and Abiram `opened their lips in rebellion against Moses and An- rm,, and "the earth opened lice naout,i: and awallnwed i,hent up" (Ntnn, iii, 3.12). It is n frarfnl thing to fall into the. hands of the living Clod. Su'ell.pidgments ate admonitions to the llrigodly which should make therm retectl0l1,' "teree.t ff Clod should tale. Ina r r like:z)ranner, and strike me dead in th i 'tof cit n ngY" 111ey are alms people -rod ,ni of mercy. 'they are invitations to be true to God and be safe (Itstm. 11. 22}. "'1'been fell elle d. " t: r.truightwey at his feet, and yields u uta the tares" (v. 10). Such a ju(Igtnen: ie itt example of the truth The gages of sin is (loath" (Rom. G, 2.3). and ",a divine pre tot against the eneeluslen 'ti , trill's for- bearance townrde sin to .illy ,'ontraclic'- tion of the falai. filial re -alt of lin." Pear ctune Rotex the eloirch and the world (v.11). ()t It trtittl what a lolly God they were ere r(i ro ,rive, the other that it was not sof. to Itk:y the hy'pu- crite. A. t'. M. KIERAN ARRESTED. Head of Fidelity Funding Co. Ac- cused of Lucency. New York, Feb. 1. - Patrick J, •Rierae, the promoter and brad e,f the Fidelity Funding Company, 47 Broad- way, who on January i(ath gave him- )te1f. up to. the police at Pittsburg. where -he Woe Wanted to answer a charge of lar- ceny, was arrested to -clay. lie ati:, locked up at pollee. Headquarters. A few hours later he was released under instructions froxn Pittsburg. Kieran was arrested in his apartment in the 1)evoushire, 'J'lue police laid after the release ret hierae that they teeter in accordaeeo with a request made to them by Chief of Police MoQuaide, at Pittsburg, an December 1' and that, though Kieran has surrendered in that city, nu .,f- fieial terntilaa ion cf the res:ne'tt to -arrest had been reve vett here. Wheal Kieran left eollea i.eetle:is •; ere Ile 1105 coved 'milli an 'near 1y ewe. tice frinx:;;et•, conor,tuaii g him to ap- pear en .1nonnry te 1;,. ixaniiuerl ,11 the -tatter of the fidelity Paudi,ig Company. Thiis woman says that Lydia, P. Pink ham' t Vegeta hie Compound cured her after everything- else had. failed. Mrs. W, .Barrett, 002 Moreau St., Montreal, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: •• For years I was a great sufferer from female weakness, and despite every remedy given me by doctors for this tronble, I grew worse instead of better. 1. was fast foiling in health, and I was cons pletei;v discouraged- " " i t day a friend advieerd me to try Lydia 133. Ptntrislx('s vegetable Com- pound. I did so, and am thankful to say that It cured the female weakness, making vile strong and well. "Every woman who antlers from fe- male troubles should. try Lydia E. Pink- gain's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR SICK e WO E; ' . For thirty years Lydia E. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female i11s1 awl has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with 'displacements, in'famniaation, ulcera,- tion, fibroid tumors, i.rrep''tilarities, .periodi.o pains, backache, that bear- ing -down. feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. 1V'hy don't you try it ? ItriErs. Pictkhuxn..tnvitcs all sack women lo write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Adci.'r a is, Lynn,1ss IIEFT TORONTO MARKETS. LIVE STOCK. Receipts of live • stack at the C k •,fids, as reported by the railways, w 73 car loads, mado tap of 1,350 cat 385 hogs', 547 sheep and launbs, with calves. The quality of fat cattle was fat good, that is, there were several lo but not many in comparison with • total of better finished cattle than lit been, as a rule, seen on this market Trade was brills, as the deliveries w rot heavy everything was sold early the day. • Exporters. -One choice load of exp :deers was sold by Corbett & Hall :15.05 per cwt., and the rest of th offered sold from $3 to 35.60. Bop bulls ranged all the way from $3.75 $d..75, The- sales given below show t few shipping cattle were on sale, more of the good to choice kinds wo have found .a ready market. Butcher+. -Prices for butchers' cat were aboat steady at Monday's qu Onus. Prime piclred lots sold at $4 to $5; loads of butchers', $3.85 to $4. canners and Common cows, $1.50 $2.6.5. Feeders and Stockers, -7i. S; W. M Ly report receipts of feeding cattle lig They bought a moderate supply at lowing prices: Beat feeders, 900 to 1, lbs. each, at $3.80 to $4.25; best sto cis, 700 to 300 lbs. each, at $3.40 $3.80; medium stockers, 600 to 800 1 each at $3 to $3.60. Veal Calves. -About 75 veal cal sold at $3 to 56.50 per cwt. Sheep and Lambs, -Receipts lig' but. prices were not any higher; er said at $3.50 to 54. per cwt.; rat $3 to $3.50; lambs, $5.50 to $6 cwt. 1i ons. -Mr, Harris quotes $6.60 to $ GJ for selects fed and watered at t market, and $6.9.0 f.o.b. at count points. 1'.1113iERS' \MA1U ET. The offerings of grain continue. suit. ; and pr;et: are firmer. Pall wheat high., ,\lth sales id NO bushels RC 117 t0 9.i per bnncel. Barley also higher. 300 buil els selling :it 57 to tit):. Hat in ,:rod supply, with prices went cr: 40 loud. sold at 81 2to $13 a ton f., So_ 1 and at 5(1 to $10 far mixed. Stras . ,catty, :Igoe toady of lsandled selling a i 1 tt 1„ t ;1, t anal loot t ?Ji to $7, r bray-s'rl l,og :ire fire,..it ,ti., i to x. for heavy and at $:1,21) to $9.3.5 fu light, Wheat, fa1J, birch i :s 1i) 07 0 0 0O ))o. goose..bu ,rel ... 0 91 f) 02 Oe t s, bushel ... , .. 04,5 0 45b Barley. dnrchgl ... . , . 0 SO i) (39 - h t er, bushel .. . ... • t) 69 p 70 Peas, bushel .. ..... ti SS n 911 11 ay, per ton ... ... 12,.00 13 an 1)0„ ate 2 ... ... ... 11.00 10 00 strew, per ton ... ... 11 (n) 13 00 1)re-sed hop ... ... . b 7:, 9 8.5, limier, attiry .., ,,. . 0 25 0 2(3" 1)o., ereaunery ... ... 0 2.) Loge new laid ... ... . o :40 1)1... ((1:•-l1 .. ... 13 95 ('hlelnet , tl:•esye,l. 14. .. (1 14 14,,.'..............0 12 lurk ey . i6. . ... ... a 131 liar dee n . , . (1 on Celery. l'' r dui, Peat sze e-. Ong ... ... . .1 75 thi(„t;. tsar; ... ... .-, a S5 Apelre, barrel ... ... . 1 :iii Beef. hitch tartees s act T)oe forequarter:: ... al no J)o.. choice, t':ire:,-e .. S e)t) 0at'ea'e ... ,+ ,0 1111ttait, per cwt. . .. 7 on Veal, prinrta, per ewe ., S 50 Lamb, per cwt, ... ... 10 :9 3i 14 7.5 75 i6 art 00 51) Oil 00 00 00 OTHER MARKETS wINNIPlods' 1Fl•1l A'r .11AREET, Wheat ,lax'it'y 119e hid, July $L02 1.3 bid, May 51.01 1-2 bid. Date- .January 37 3.4e hid, \lay 411.4c bid. I3Pi'I'l-lt t'1111.1; \IATiKlTS, London.-• Tnand(ti cables fur rattle are etead,v, at 1:3 to 13 3-4e per 111., dressed freight; refrigerator liter is quoted a.t 10 7-8 to II 1.30 per Ili. MO NTREAL LIVE s:TOI'K, slontrc ci.--At the Canadian Pacific Live Stook Market this morning the offerings were re 16,600 (n (tr , 1(0 sheep and lambs, -100 huge and Ist) calves. There was no 1101r11111ilt ruer;,,e in the condi• tion of the market foe rattle, as prices for all grades were a.'eii zeainiaieed, 'C71e. attendance of buys=- was fairly large and in consequence. the demand was good for all the best `+tor•k during the early part of the morning and a fairly active trade was done, but towards noon it slackened up some, as the common and inferior grades dirt not seem to be want- ed, consequently the met'ketclosed quiet, but with a firm undertone. There was no business done for export account, ow- ing to the fiat that there were no suit- able stock available. Choice s•lecrs sold at 51.4 to 5 1'2e; good, at 43.4 to 5e, fair, at 4 to 4 i -9c. and teratttxmrn, at 31-J• to 3 3.4e. tloo,l eines brought 4 to 4 l-2se, and eontmop, 2 1.9 to 31 2v. while bulls sold at 2 1-2 to 41.9c per Ib. Supplies of sheep and lambs were very small, for which the (Osmond eontinues good for 10041 eortemnpt.ion and 'prices rule very fioni, Sheep Sold at. 53-4 to 4e, and lambs at 51-4 10 130 per Ib. The trade in calves was active and prices were firm. At frail $2, to $10 each, aS to size and qu-ality. The undertone to the market for hog's eon -linen; stroug, owing to the crnnll supplies; corning forward aria the good demand for the sane. :Prices show- ed no further champe, but they were firm and salts of eeletettrd lois were made at 57,21 to 57.35 per cwt., weighed off (ii5,