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LESSON X.-MARC1-1 7, 1909.
Pat;lipand the Ethiopian. --Acts 8:
2®•'40.
(:onuuentary.---i. Philip sent to the
cnnueh (vs. 26.241.) 26. An angel (It. V.)
- Noot the angel which signifies Christ
.himself, \Ve do not know haw he ap-
petteed to Philip, but eve know that he
was "a real messenger, bringing a real
massage from (1O&" Unto Prel p -The
evangelist, or deacon. Go --Philip was
',probably still in 'S'amat'ia. when he re-
oeived this command. Gara---One of the
five chief cities of the Philistines. It wee
situated near the southern boundary of
4)aerpan, leas than three miles from the
Mediterranean. The way .... which is
desert -This is a description of the ex-
cret Tonic he was to take. The word "de-
sert" rneans a wild and thinly settled re -
gloss. 'Phis was the road through Heb-
ron. But some think the word desert
refers to the -place" where he was to
go.
27. He arose and went -it does not
appease- that he knew the object of his
journey, but still lie obeyed trod in-
etaYrtly, without R. question. Ethiopia -
:Now called Nubia and Abyssinia. The
high land south of ijgypt, of whieh the
'capital was Merge, called t heba in (len.
1O; 7; 1 Kings 10; 1. Its 1-lobrew name
was Cush, from the son of slam. At
this time there were many Jews in 10th-
topin. Eunuch -Denoting here a state
naffheer of great authority, per-
haps hattps to that of Joseph(Ge
ssometitnes called Chamberlain (Acts 12;
20:))3'lnney. Candace -Title of the
queen of aleroe, as Oaesar of .Lome, and
P'1DaaOh of the earlier, and Ptolemy, of
the latter dynasties of Egypt.
Of unsure---Trees-ure-housee were common
in the East, where not only money, but
imp- rtaut documents were kept (Ezra
5; 37; Esther 4; 7.) Of these treasure-
$ndvuihes this eunuch was custodian. -Ab-
bott. He was the queen's secretary of
the treasury. To Jerusalem -lie had
come a long distance, at great expense,
<rver Tough and dangerous roads, and no
doubt was accompanied with. a: numerous
ani• anise. To wohtehip-'Phis fact implies
#,bat he had been taught in his African
$kcaae to recognize the God of Israel as
the true God, and the worship of Je-
1aoaah es the true religion; he had now
snizde pilgrimage in order to offer sae-
rii'iees and adore God in the holy city
find in the •bsn pie itself. --Lenge. 28.
'Wee returning He had come to Jerusa-
lem to keep the recent feast of Pentecost
au a. Gentile proselyte to the Jewish
aaltb, and baring come so far he not
may stayed during the festival, but pro-
longed his stay until now. --J., 1+'. & B.
Reuel Esaias TlheGreek forth for Isaiah.
"Se was evidently reading aloud, and
this was common Ganong Orientals and
was the practise of the Jews:" --Cam.
Bib. "He may have obtained the expen-
rtiv'e manuscript while at Jerusalem, and
was now looking over his new-found
tnctasure." 29. The Spirit said -That in -
wad• voice whieh directed Philip to ap-
pvoaoh the traveller and keep near the
thalreiot, was a command of the Jioly
ehjhirit dwelling iu him. -Lange.
The
angel who had given him the first diree-
a•ion. had departed, aunt nompd now he int lu-
*'rxte of the Holy Sp
he
a. f sane tion: ---C la rke.
13. Philip preaching Christ to the eu-
altaell Iv'. 30-33). 30. Philip ran--yhow-
ing promptness in obeying the guidance
of 'the Spirit. heard him read -Philip
'was walking or running by the side of
chit chariot.. 1n attaching himself to a
train etf people who were journeying in
lite Same direction, he would not be con-
esicy<ered an intruder. IYnderstandest thou
• ."The question would imply that Philip
was ready to explain." Philip did not
begin in a roundabout way, but came
direetay to the point, "In holy eonverstl-
tion we should come at .ones to the truth
itself. In this case the way was opened
liy the eunuch's desire to learn. --Ab-
hott.
33. How can I Thus admitting 'lhat
there was nothing within himself to un-
fold the meaning of God's word, and yet
e> pressing an earnest desire Ito know
its enetaning. The 'passage in Isaiah was
a difficult one for a ,Tew to understand,
al,s hal idea of the Messiah was very dif-
ferent from the description there given,
ant only the 'facts, which PhtIip fully
understood, couldsolve the problem. Be -
],,caught Philip (R. V.) This is a very
strong expression and shows his hernia
ify as well as lois earnestness, He had a
;:rent desire to )Mow the truth.
eta. The plate of the Soripture The
tistp%er (lea. 53) eonta.Lns eleven distinct
referennees to the vicarious sufferings of
Malta. Ae. a sheep --A vivid description
(la our Saviour's silent submission to
that sacrificial death,att to
hi
ci
He e hum-
b1eel Himself ((T Pet. 2 03).-Binney.
Ot;f,:er sheep of Ilia fold, not Israel, were
to 'be gathered by this great Shepherd.
,1r elh unbelief 1uu3 nude way for 'the
fulness of the Gentiles. The prophecy,
"Gentiles shall come to thy light," (Is'.a.
ad!, 3) was about to be fulfilled. -Need-
1Jt
erre
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n Sense On The Ceiling Question
People used expensive wood, like mahogany
to t 11 i n k -doesn't begin to compare with
a Pedlar Art Steel Ceiling,
metal coil -
Doesn't compare either in value,
ings were n cleanliness, hygiene, 'beauty, or
sort of min- durability -especially the last
ing camp named.
makeshift- Take the matter o£ cost or
something value. Plaster, you • see, costs
that would as much as or more than, a Ped -
do after a lar ceiling in the first 'Atwe-
ll i o n counting only to the smooth
a
when y o u coat stage. Time it's decorated
couldn't get a real ceiling. And or finely papered, it "costs con -
.'d • bl re
But that was long years ago- And the 1 e o'
they were not far wrong, then. rel a y rrlo
1'f f the goo(. kind.
before even I got
into the metal ceil-
ing business. Metal
ceilings have
changed since then
-and opinions.
People know -
nowadays, that the
right sort of metal
ceilings are fine
enough for any plaster ceilings is short find it tivort.11 readting.
building that cant use marble of mind if are merely curious
ceilings. I know a few build- enough -even if it doesn't de- now -I youot you to merely
e Your
ings even, that could have mar- rants repairs every year. address, please?
ble and do have Pedlar .Art Of course every plaster cell -
Steel Ceilings. Like to send you ing cracks and keeps on crack -
pictures of such buildings. ing for three years after it's
And Pedlar ceilings are not new.
only fine enough, in point of Wood ceilings are costly in
looks, for any building -they themselves, even if the cheaper
are good enough in all that `woods be used. And they are
makes a ceiling good. They are dearer in that they snake a fire -
away, 'way ahead of plaster, to p Steel t:elliugs and Sidc walls-theye are a
start with. Of course, plaster is not fire- 2e 0 designs 'Ms y vie send youtarbo 'booklet
And of course wood -even proof, far, far from it, a; it is and ;pictures of tome et them':
for Churc
only a mere shell t f limo and
sand.
• But a Pedlar Art Steel Ceil-
ing is fireproof, absolutely --
and outranks every other kind
of a ceiling in every particular
that appeals to people of !com-
mon sense.
I would. tell you all about it
ill detail, if I knew your ad-
dress -the subject is far too big
to handle here.
Possibly you have sone vague
idea -a survival of the old
days, -that metal ceilings are
machine -made art, crude, stiff,
unlovely °1 I just
wish you could see
the pictures of
sonic of my ceil-
ings. You would
know better. then.
Suppose you let
me send you a lit -
ART
STEEL
hes, Residences, Civic Edifices, Schools,
c tie hook on the
s, Hotels, Club Houses, Office Buildings,
Factories, Shops, Stores.
subject. I and pret-
ty sure you will
S don't
.`owl, lb .. •,•.. 0 1"a 013
Terkeye, ib... . ..... 0 23 0 2$
Cabbage, per .doyen .....0 50 0 75
Cbk ry, per cloven . .... 0 50 t) 75
I'olatoce. is r bag .. .... 0 75 0 90
Onion , bag .. ...... 0 85 0 90
Apples. barrel .. .... 3 50 0 50
13eef, ]ti elquarter�s , . . 8 50 10 00r
t)o., t•urequarte rs • .. . 6 00 7 50
Lau , choice, oureas3 .... 8 00 9 00
Do., medium, carcass .. 5 50 7 00
Mutton, per cwt.. .. 8 00 10 00
Veal, mime, Per cwt..,. 8 50 11 00
Lamb, per twi: .. • . . 1'2 00 13 50
SEEDS.
Local dealers are paying at country
point% the following prices: extra.
ALytbe--No. 1, $7,50 to 97.75;
feury Iola :t. litttle higher; No. `2, $7 to
$f tied Clover -$1:.50 to $5.50erper buvslnel.
Timothy -$1.50 to $2.10 per bushel,
according to quality.
London, Feb. 2.4. --Calcutta li.ns'eed,
Feb„ March, 4`2s 3d per 412 pounds.
LIVE STOCK.
Pedlar products inetudeevery kind of
sheet notal building •natertals-tag many
items to even mention hero. You can
have a catalogue-inform:^.ion--eytizrizte
-pricer-advice-just teethe asking. We'd.
ke s,yeclal1Y to lutere--t you In our Art
Receipt, of live stock at the city mar-
kec .were 5'D carloads, consisting of 862
eabtle, 5142 slogs, 338 sheep and lambs,,
71 salves and one horse. et arteras
A few tote of fair to good.F
and battlers' were on sale, but the bulk
of the cattle on sale were of the light,
mediums a.tid t'untmon classes.
Trade was fairly strong at about alto
sante quotations ata at the Union Stock
Yards at Monday's market, quality con
sidereal.
Exporters -There were too few ex-
porters on sale to Make a market. Bulls
sold from $4 to $4.50, wi'ih an odd one
or two at $4.75 to $5. There were ex-
port cattle sold at $5.40 that cost $5.50
per ewt, in the country.
Butchers -Prime picked steers and
heifers sold at 154.80 to 95; loads of good;
sold from $4,50 to $4.871-2, the latter
price being paid for the best load of
butchers' cattle on the market; medium:
light cattle, $4 to $4.40; common, $3.50
to $4; canners and eonnmon cows, $1.50
'to $`2.65; bulls, $3 to $4.25.
Feeders and Stoekers-H. & W. Mur -
by report nothing of any account doing
on the market. with prices unchanged as
follows: Best feeders, 900 to 1,000 lbs.
each, at $3.75 to $4.25 per cwt.; med-
ium, from $3.60 to $4; stockers, $5 to
$6 and 92.73 to 93.
Milkers and. Springers -There was a
fair delivery of milkers and springers,
with some few good cows among lite
number. The bulk of these, offered
were bout up for the ideal trade.
Prices ran ed' from 980 to $60.
Veal. Calves-L'lmrards of 100 calves
sold at $3 to $7 per ewt.
Sheep and Lambs -Receipts of sheep
and lambs were light, with prices firm,
as follows: Grain -fed lambs sold a.t $6.50
to $7 per cwt.; common lambs, $5.50 to
$6 per cwt.; export ewes, $4 to 94.50;
rams, $3.25 to $3.75.
liege -Receipts light. Mr, Hars'is
quoted prices unchanged at $6.00 for
selects fed mid watered and $6.40 f.o.b.
cars at country points to drovers, •
ESTABLISHED
he Pedlar People .: sh .
Address our Nearest Warehouse:
1861
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the pro -
vainest. all «7-----. I;a+•,t are Lew' yV dis-
obey.
ii. Earnestly. 1. Prennptiy. '`Philip
ran" (v. ,91 the w a v of Gate to eommatnd-
merits ii' -u. IIsi; :1.2), llrnrge B. Peek
say. "Many fail to run after the pass-
ing char lrt, when i:irt,len. and miss their
man. 'lucre ie a nick of time in every
creed for a led" s i king '211: 40, Lec1.
9: 10)• „
2 Aggre"-ices'• '•Philip ... said
(v. 30). He slake Mat. eines he did itot
talk about the rainy chariot or horses,
nor about. Queen . andatce and her treats-
ure; nor oven itlrout Jerusatleiu and the
meetings from which the Ethiopian had
come. Ile n keel the question that would
erdekei;t. lead to Cadet.
3. Pointedly. "Uiuh (ann,le.4) thou?"
(v. 30), Philip's questiou was direct and
personal. He would know whether the
ruin with the word of (loci in hie Intact
had the thouglatY of rctiodalin hie
heart, ra is
111'. EN`p.eein,
promised for faithfulness, mit for sue-
esee. The word of (sod will never re-
turn to stint teal (Tsai. 53: 11). Work
will be wee light although we luny not
ly. ite sl all live forever, to ages PRACTICAL A1'PLIt'ATIONS• without
t hurry, war,.{ he t tJu outward
voice, patiently.
whirl. cannot be numbered., for His life How to \furl:. I u l,s
Oohtaken only froni the earth, ete.m, L Divinely (rinsed. The Spirit sand,
Coral. 34. Of whom spealceth, etc.- ° Go near and join th) pelf to this char -
"Probably there was no little discussion iot" (v. 99). '"'Cite. steps of a guod man
ea yah point:' Of redkltla„.e.thinking ed hie own are ordered by the .Lord; and he de -
Isaiah might byhave
heasunder, accord- lighte.th in his way" (Pea. 3 c : 3 s. The
rng 40 . sawing Spirit himself personally talks with the
ing s .7etvOpened
(Heb. 11, 37) no surrendered soul, not only about ir-
tho great
35.rOpenbi his mouth-ing the itunl things, but alrnnt the particulars
a
tu gmea ing o responsibility r unfolding the of personal work. God will guide as as
true heathen
eom of the Behan
t to hie he dui Philip if we are Spirit -filled.
-athto companion. text Behan at the samea,,,Tr the spirits whether they are of
riehis se his text from Isaiah. andcar-God" (1 .john 4:1). When you are not
Tied his sermon into the Gospel concern- sure whether a sit„ gestion is your own
claing Christ. What the fulfilled.
prophet <had d 1 thought, or a whisper from Satan, cohn-
s Testament list u fnifill in th,. Oi . in ags "an angel of light" (2 C:or. 11:14),
Peachis fu-- Showedh in the Jesus orthevoice of the Spirit, look up in
was
reathed... ,Jesus e that Jesus
wthe Christ; and in His person, birth, perfect submi,;sion and say, "Yes, Lord,
life, doctrine, miracles, paseion, death, if this thaught is
speakingy1 will
you it,"
and resurrection; the Scriptures of the H the holy Spirit the
ll
01d Testament were fulfilled. grow quietly certain. Theta are .st1 l-
lII. The eunuch's Conversion (vs, 39- pression will leave a'
cr ways of trying the spirits.
44), 1. 33y the word. The Holy Spirit never
3r. y theyowent-They The} must have speaks contrary to God's word. The lady
journeyed -Ta time together. ea cer- who thought the Spirit told her to
taro water -There are many idle eon- '"mortify the flesh" ;and wear a big, old-
jectur'es as to the exact place. of this fashioned. lwnnet to church, was old -
baptism. see, here is water ---The -ex-
pression
„
pression is merely, "Behold, water!
The euneelh evidently rejolfefotoinn,the
he
opportunity present
make a public confession of bie faith in
Christ. 37 , Philip said -This his verse ie
wanting in the Revised Version. if
thou believest----i3elievinr is essential to
salvation. '°,Vitlh the heart: man believ-
etlt unto righteousness:' Without faith
not
1 is
God. t
age C
lc
e •i le to
,b
it is imp:p
so much our doing, aswhat we acre at
heart that Clod etsttmates. "Ile desiretlt
truth in the inward parte." God wants
the heart to be moved toward him. the
Son of God -After listening to tlue story
of Christ's humiliation and death, to be-
lieve truly that he was the Messiah
would certainly stir all the love -and
baa. X33. His humiliation --In His hum-
ble-rariition as a, poor man, 'Paken away
---"an the contempt, violence and out-
rage which He suffered as part of His
iyum,liataon, the rights of justice and
diuunanity whicli belonged. to His there
'taken from Him." Declare Ills genera-
tion -There Ise, great variety of opnuunon
its to the moaning of this expreeston.
Many think it equivalent to asking, Who
yarn describe the wickedness of the men
. o} Ms time -is contemporaries'?" But
the following is more satisfactory: "1.
Hai divine nature is incori rehemsdble.
lit 3a eternal. 2. His Human nature, as
rwneeiced by the Holy Spirit, ins beyond
the Teach of man. 3. Itis stairibtnal genera -
idea the multitude of file faithful, in
•
tnely tO as 41 -'-'Denton, naide of t1Teken ts no
fraan the
tnir](Y i b I+'. & B.
aar4'h=PCe suffered tv'rons•fttlly. 37�e died•
J h, deceived, A, C.. .
for "God is not the author of. confusion" + sc'c i!..
(1, Cor. 14: 33). ile tells na, "Let all
things be done decently and in o1•der
(1 Cor, 141 40). He bids ua "Look Het
on the things of others" (Phil, 2: 4).
would have '.'women adorn themselves in
modest apparel" el Tim. 21 0). The
love that "worketh no ill (Rom. 13: 10),
will lead us to dress s0 as nut to attract
the attetltiolt of en audience from the
adoration of the soul; for love pur-
chased redemption, and love is the price
for it. 38. to stand still -Of course the
whole retinue would see what took place,
and they may certainly be 'regarded. as
the nucleus of a congregation to be es-
tablished in Ethiopt:a-Cam. laib. 39.
caught, away -A sudden supernatural
removal. The expressions in 1 Kings
18:12; 2 Kiags 2:16, and the disappear-
ance of Christ in Lute 24:31, interpret
the statement here. --Abbott. he went..
..rejoicing -Joy from God, joy in God,
joy of God. -Bonar. He bad found
Christ and the key to the scriptures;
his soul was set free, and this disciple-
ship sealed; he had lost bis teacher, bat
gained what was infinitely better. -J.
i
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cru .t7 s,., - j
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OTHER MARKETS.
MONTREAL DV STDG '
:Montreal ----At the Canadian Pacific
live stock market this morning the of-
ferings were 400. cattle, 100 Tisch cows,
300 tutees, 50 sheep. anti lambs and 500
hogs.
The supply of tattle was not es.-
cossive, and iu consequence the under-
tone to the market good, and prices
show no change as compared with those
of Monday. In additiou to the demand
from butchers, there was some buying
for export account, which tended. to ±rt -
crease the activity in the trade, and a.t
the close the market was well cleaned
up of all the offerings. Choice steers
sold at 51.4 to 3 1.2c; good at 41-2 to
5e; good cows at 4 to 5e; common at
°21.2 to 312e. and bulls at 21-2 to
'13. -Se per pound. The demand for milcit
cows was somewhat limited, and trade
in this line was rather slow, but prices
ruled steady, with sales at from $30 to
4+65 each, as to quality.
The market fur sheep anti lambs was
quiet, on account of the continued email
supplies coiling forward, and prices re-
main very firm under a good demand.
Sales of choice lotsof lambs werat 5e made
e
at t31•2 and 70, g
61.4e, while sheep sold at 31-2 to 4 1.2o
per pound. An active trade was done in
calves at prices imagine from 4 to 6e per
pound, live weight. Supplies of hogs
were fair, far which the demand was
good and the undertone to the market
was firm. Salesof
selected
lots
se-were
made at $7.50 perpounds,
d.
off ears.
• BRITISH ISH CA'1"i`I,E MARK T'S.
London London cables for cattle use
steady et 131.4 to 14e per pound, dress-
ed weight; refrigerator bf is quoted at.
10 3.-4 to 10 3.Se perpound.
LONDON PRODUCE.
London -.Raw sugar, centrifugal, lie;
ua
ebx
sugar,1 ,
�
• beet
:ilustocado, 10
lOs 3 1-2d. ('alvtttte linseed, February-
Mareh, 42s 3d. Limed. oil, 20s 71.2d
Sperm oil, lay. Petroleum, American re
fined, (113-16d; spirits, 71.4d. Turpen-
tine
.Curpen
tine spirits, 27s 9d, Rosin, American
strained. Si; fine, 15s 3d.
WINNIPEG IVII.'11.AT 1fARKl T.
Wheat• ---February $1,08 3.4 bid, Marc
$1.08 7.8 bill, July $1.11 5.8 bid, Ma
$1.10 3-4 sellers.
Gets -February ry 42 5-8c bid, Ma
448•4c bid.
NEW YORK SUGAR MAR1iT.
Sugar -Raw firm; fair refinin
3.231.2; centrifugal, 06 test, 3.73 1
molasses sugar, 9.98120; refined firn
No. 6, 4.15e; No. 7, 4.100; No. 8, 4.0
No. 9, 4.00e; No. 10, 3.95e; No. 11, 3.9
X70. 12 3.85c' No. 13, 3$0e; No.
to
God worship
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he wo
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Incl ��
and ���
of U TORONTO ward ��
At
ourselves.
2, By Providence. The Hair Spirit 1'.1I:\II?ll�' \1 �lllil�,•1',
never speaks Contrary to cod's prowl- i
im ressed to go as i The un�avelrabin morning ttas the rea-
aeforeign A may ft ii p , for a ; son „oven for the dull ess in ;;rain re-
p irmissionary. to lt13 1: 8,
to opened toAats 1: 8, and felt 1 cetpt:,: No iYtllaveall�j �lnd ery price*
them
re -
promise s1 purelynominal.
s'tue be was to go. Bet the nussiouary +
board did not accept her and no motley beim; only a few loads, which sold at
was provided for her jiassage. The Lora a ehal cl Prima
had
ease at $3 to $0,15
had not mise her to go. But he furl clhd ; 1.03 $i0 t.
his promise by giving her a Bible class ; for hc}rvy, neat at :b0,'? i to :5O.a0 for light.
of young glen. to train, from whieh many Wheal, <Yoose, bush . , .... 0 03 0 00
went as missionaries. 0 4O 0 50
8. Dy our jttdggtnent. • The holy Spirit Oats, bush • . , .. 0 G0 0 50
never speak contrary to sanctified judg- I liarlee, bush .. • • . • • 0 50 0 70
Iuflilp left in the midst of a Bye beslt .. 0 0 00
ng revival, but he dial not leave Peas, bush 0 00
without care. Peter and
Buckwheat, bus la 00 13 50
000
13 00
9 50
0 30 3.80c; confectioners' A, 4.45c; mould
0 00 5,000; cut loaf, 5.45c; crushed, 5.3
0 28 powdered, . 4.750; granulated, 4.65
0 18 cubes, 4,900.
fl�onrishi
the converts
John were there, and, he could well be
spared. The Lord may lead its to do
things that some 1)003) 5 think are ex-
treme, but the does
Do not fear, us Having rep
(Eph. s: 15).
eelved the Holy Spirit, recognize him as
within you, "the Spirit of truth," veady
. 1) 9
il.. .. ,. 061
Hay, per ton .. .. 00
Do., No. `2 . , .. , .. 12 00
Straw, per ton2 00
Dressed hop.. .. .. • . 9 i0
Butter, dairy • . , ' • .. '
Do., creamery .. , , . • • 0 27
Eggs, new laid .. . , - , .. 0 30
gg"' 0 27
Doe fresh .. ,
to It ti f
"guide
heYti huts al tin r' ,Tohn
13). If haeaeobta wilt on the Lord Chickens, dressed, lb, - 0