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LESSON XIII. -SEPT. 26; 1909.
Temperance Lesson. -1 Cor, 10: 23-33.
Coznmentary.-In verses 14-22 Paul re-
sumes the discussion from chapter 8; 13
touching the eating of meats which. had
been offered im sacrifice to idols, In the
lesson before us we have some practical
directions on this su:bjeet, whioh every
Christian would do well to carefully
heed. In applying the lesson to the team
peranoe question it will be necessary to
insist upon the importance of total ab-
stinence and prohibition.
1. The Duty of Living for Others (ve.
23, 24),
23. All things are lawful -"I may law-
fully eat- all kinds of food, but all are
not expedient. It would not be becoming
in me to eat of all, because I should by
this offend and grieve many weak
minds." Tough it may be admitted
that it des strictly lawful to eat meats
offered to idols, yet theme' are strong
reasons why it is inexpedient, and those
xeasans ought to have the binding force
of law. -Barnes. Not expedient -And
so, being unprofitable and injurious,
may theae£ore become unlawful.-Wlte-
don. Edify not -A11 things do not tend
to build up the cause of Oboist, and
therefore are not expedient. 24. His
own -Let no man consult his own happi-
ness, pleasure or convenience, but let
him ask what will be for the good of
others. "No 'rule is laid down about
eating or not eating any kind of food as
a emitter of importance in itself. Win).
such things the Gospel has no concern.
What Paul does prescribe relates to the
effect of our conduct upon others." -
Gam. Bib. "Let every man live not for
himself, but for every part of the great
human family with wthich he is sur-
rounded." -Clarke. Another's wealth -
"But each his neighbor's good." -R. V.
This will cause true happiness.
IL The Duty of Guarding the Wea.k
(vs. 25-30).
25. Is sold -The meats of idol sacra
fines were often exposed to sale in the
markets, especially by the priests when
they had on hand a surplus. To the
Christian this was as lawful as any
other meat.-Whedon. Shambles -The
meat stalls in the market. Asking no
question -The • Jews were vexed with
innumerable scruples with respect to their
eating and were accustomed to ask many
questions about their food, as to where
it was obtained, how prepared, etc. All
of there scruples and questionings the
Gospel abolished. The conscience need
not be sensitive on this point. 20.
Earth is the Lord's -See Pea. 24, 1. This
meat belongs to the Lard and is made
for man's use. It does net belong to the
idol even though it leas been offered to
it. It may therefore be partaken of as
God's ft." 27. Bid...feas't-This refers
to a f r' t" e. T .veriles
14-22 , l vc rein -es the
practise of eating at feasts in heathen
temples, because this was one part of
idolatrous worship. If a pagan friend
invites a Christian to his home to dine
lie should eat what is set before him
without vexing his host with questions
about his food. But there is nothing
here commanded whieli would require a
person to eat or drink that which is
lhanmful. 28. Say unto you -That is,
3f one of your fellow guests should dis-
play scruples of conscience, or a heathen
should be likely to draw the inference
that you approved of idol worship, this
altogether alters the case. You are no
longer simply eating with thankfulness
the food set before you as the gift of
God, but the question of idolatrous wor-
ship is now introduced. Your conduct
rimy lead another to suppose that you
regarded participation in the worship of
idols as ' permissible to a Christian. --
Cam. Bib. 29. For why, etc. --This is a
little obscure. The meaning seems to
be that "no man has a right to interfere
with the liberty enjoyed by, another.
save so far as his own conscience and
conscientious convictions are likely to be
affected thereby." We must guard the
point of yielding to another's conscience,
for we may by obeying a man's false
eonsciernee confirm his self-conceit, or
*eta: Wish a false morality. 30. If I by
grace, -"If I partake with thankfulness,"
R. V,
III. The correct rule of conduct (vs.
81-33),
31. Eat or drink -"The glory of God
1 sto be the end of all our actions. In
themselves eating and drinking are
things indifferent, but there are circum-
stances in which they may be matters
of the highest importance. In our own
day, for instance. the question of using
or abstaining from intoxicating liquors
is one which ought to be dealt with
en the same principles which Paul has
laid down in this chapter. Such a ques-
tion should be decided on one ground
alone, namely, whether by using them
or abstaining from them we shall best
promote the glory of God" Glory of
God -To live to God's glory should be
the high aim of every individual. "This
is a sufficient rule to regulate every
span's conscience and practise on,a.11 in-
different things where there are no ex-
press commands or prohibitions" --
Clarke. 32. Give none offence -See R.
V, "Though you may be no better or
worse for eating meal or not eating,
yet if ,your conduct injures others rand
leads thein into sin you should abstain
entirely. It is far more important that
.your brother should not be led into sin
than that you should partake of meat
which you acknowledge is in itself of
no importance" This is a general prin-
ciple which should regulate Christian
,conduct at all times. Though you are
delivered from superstitious notions, it
,is contrary to the spirit of love to hin-
;iter another who is not yet so far en-
lightened. You should not be a stumb-
ling block -a means of confusion which
.might Ind to the overthrow of faith.
', i'ews-"The apostle ever avoided of-
tderse to his kinsmen after the flesh"
;13entilos-"Crossing none of their •preju-
:aces where God's law does not require
It." Please all men -He did this so far
as he could righteously, May be saved-d-
iiis main object was to seek the salva-
tion of all men. This was the end in
view, Salvation enables men to set
aside their own ways in order to uplift
another. Strife over non -essentials de-
stroys rather than builds up the work
of God.
Temperance Instruction. -During the
past few years there has been a great
revolution in the medical world in re-
gard to the use of alcohol,Formerly it
wee used in all hospitals and for almost
every disease. Occasionally a physician
would abandon its use, as did the re-
nowned Dr. Nathan 8, Davis, but this
was exceptional. In 1873 a temperance
hospital was founded in London, which
at first used alcohol only in extreme
cases and afterward abandoned it alto-
gether. The records of the London Tem-
perance Hospital show that in 15,224
cases 'under care during twenty-five
years the mortality has been 'less than
seven per cent. -very much less than fn
any hospital in London where alcohol
is used. Recently a number of temper-
ance hospitals have been established,.
with the same remarkable results; and
i nhospitals where alcohol is still used,
the amount used is small compared
with the amount used a few years ago.
Dr. Rogers, one of Chicago's foremost
surgeons, in three years operated on
about a thousand cases in the Farnces
Willard Hospital without alcohol and
without losing a. single patient from
"shock," that terror of surgeons, in de-
fence against which many physicians
have believed alcohol was necessary. It
bas been proved that the death rate in
fever and pneumonia is very much less
when alcohol is not administered.
Medical men everywhere recognize
that abstainers have greater power to
resist disease, withstand contagion and
recover from wounds than have non -ab-
stainers. The chief cause of this is the
paralyzing effect of alcohol upon the
white blood corpuscles. These white cor-
puscles are the scavengers of the body.
They seem to scent, all harmful germs;
and, pushing through the linings of the
blood vessels, they envelop them or "eat
them up." Alcohol paralyzes these cor-
puscles and diminishes their number,
with the result that the germs multiply
unchecked, secrete their poisons, and
claim their subject as an easy victim.
Some time ago one of the professors of
Rush Medical College gave two rabbits
pneumonia by injecting pneumonia -
'germs in them, and in one a little alco-
hol was injected. The rabbit with the
alcohol in its system died, while the
other recovered. A subsequent examin-
ation under the microscope of the blood
of each showed that in the rabbit in
which the alcohol had been injected, the
white corpuscles contained no germs,
and had evidently been paralyzed, while
the white corpuscles of the other rabbit
were literally full of them, as many as
twenty gs a erms being found in one cor-
puscle. Thi is, vivid illustration of
venni °ticices place in a' drinker. His de-
creased vitality and resisting power can-
not be wondered at in the light of. such
f acts.
Even moderate drinkers play the game
of life with a great handicap. The clear
eye, the steady nerve, the keen percep-
tion that indicate a man at bis best are
not his to enjoy. He has started on the
road to woes and sorrows. -B. L. O.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Take Heed.
"If any man say....This is offered in
sacrifice to idols, eat not for his sake"
(v. 28). "Take heed lest by any means
this liberty of yours become a stumbling
block to them that are weak" (1 Cor.
8:9). "It is good neither to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine, nor anything where-
by thy brother stumbleth, or is offend-
ed, or is made weak" (Rom. 14:21).
Love to our neighbor is linked with love
to God. `Beloved, let us love one an-
other; for love is of God....Ho that
loveth not knoweth not God....If any.
man say, I love God, and hateth his
brother, he is a liar" (I. John 4:7,8,20).
The measure of our love to others is
the measure of our love to God. "No
man truly loves God, who does not love
his fellow -men, and no one loves his fel-
low -men in the highest sense who does
not love God."
Alcohol is the curse of the world. Tt
"leas taken the glow of health from the
cheek and placed there the hue of the
wine -cup; taken the luster from the eye
and made it dim and blood -shot; taken
vitality from the blood and filled it
with eeeds of disease and death; entered
the brain, the temple of thought; de-
throned reason and made it reel with
folly; taken intelligence from the eye
and exchanged it for the stupid stare of
idiocy;; taken beautyfrom the face and
left it ill -shaped and bloated; taken firm-
ness and elasticity from the steps and
made thean faltering and treacherous;
taken vigor from the arm and left
weakness; bribed the tongue to utter
madness and cursing."
Alcohol deadens the sensibilities and
changes love to cruelty. A reporter tells
of the most revolting eight he ever saw
--even in a liquor saloon -a father giv-
ing his three-year-old child liquor, 'The
child became too intoxicated to stand
and frequently reeled and fell. It had a
clrtinken leer on its face like that of a
common inebriate. Although too much
under the influence to stand up, the
father kept giving it liquor, while a
stupid Drown stood and giggled as
though it was exceedingly comical.
Take heed, rumeeller, Leet by any
means this liberty of yours, gi\ren by
the votes of a Christian (?) people, be-
come a stumbling -block to them' that
erre weak. A child lay dying, Her fa-
ther had struck her a. blow on the spine
while insane from the influence of ram,
Among those who gathered by her bed-
side in 'the excitement was the rameeller
wbo had dealt out the poison to the
father, who loved hie child. Re drew
row the del th-lid and heard a waLteher,
stralcing the ohidd'e beautiful .face, say,
'That blow killed ]ler." The child
caught the whisper, and raising bor eyes
to the rumseller's face, said, "You did
it," and died.
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and perrnatlent. Feeds and preserves
the finest leather. Will not soil the
daintiest garments.
No other even half as good.
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The Baldwin apple first grew as a
chance seedling on the farm of a John
Ball in eastern Massachusetts and was
later brought into prominence by a•Col-
onel Baldwin. These facts are stated on
a handsome monument 'which was a few
years ago erected on the spot where this
first seedling tree grew. All the millions
of Baldwins which have been grown since
the birth of this first tree in about 1740
are direct descendants from it.
In a recent bulletin of the Connecticut
State Experiment Station is emphasized
the danger of the introduction of weeds
by the use of feeds made up, in part or
in whole, of grain screenings and similar
materials, which, as a_ rule, contain a
great amount of weed seed. These
screenings vary a good deal in quality.
Thus an analysis recently made of wheat
screenings showed about 30 per cent. of
flax and shrunken cereal; a or cent. of
foxtaila, 8 per cent. of lends and
pigweeds, 15per cent: : 1 meds of
other species and 21 per, et, on dust,
broken seed and said;
Sow rye for a cover eeevon any land
that is idle and not to b' used for any
other crop this fall. Bare land loses fer-
tility, while land in a growing crop gains
in fertility through the plants shading
the ground and the root, opening it up
to the action of the air and ether de-
compositing agencies.
With average cows and using the
cream separator it is estimated that
from $50 to $75 per year can be saved
in butter fat with 10 cows. This amount
will about pay for a good cream separa-
tor, and its usefulness will last for teeny
years, making the buying of one a good
investment. Being able to sell the cream
without hauling the milk to the cream-
ery also saves much time and labor.
The colt should have a variety of
feeds, so that it may build up the vari-
ous tissues of its body. Clover hay and
wheat bran contain necessary mineral
matter for the building of bone. Flax-
seed meal in small quantities is good for
keeping the colt's bowels in good condi-
tion, and for making the coat aleck.
The value of sulphate of ammonia as
a fertilizer was demonstrated in some
-German tests where marsh lands were
fertiliized with nitrate of soda and sul-
phate of ammonia. With both oats and
beets the plants receiving sulphate yield-
ed much more than those receiving ni-
trate. These results indicate that on
marsh lands a liberal supply of lime,
sulphate of ammonia may be advan-
tageously substituted for nitrate of soda
and confirms the wisdom of the practice
in Germany:
Cottonseed meal contains about 7 per
cent. nitrogen, or nearly half as much
as nitrate of soda. It is, therefore, called
a nitrogenous fertilizer, but contains,
also, some potash and phosphoric acid.
According to Professor J. B. Smith, of
the New Jersey Experimental Station,
the most favorable time for, spraying to
kill the San Jose scale is. In the early
fall,when the leaves begin to turn yel-
low.: At this time the little insects are
active and the spray does the greatest
damage to them.
An insufficient supply of bees will hin-
der the setting of fruit. While other in-
sects may take a part in the carrying of
pollen. the fruit raiser must rely chiefly
upon honey bees. Experience shows that,
though bees may fly two or three miles,
Hives should be within half a mile of
the orchard or small fruit patch.
Strawberry Planting.
Planting strawberries is a bit of fine
art. You cannot crowd them into the
ground as you would cabbage plants, or
thrust them down as rapidly as you do
raspberries, but you must make a hole
about half as large again as the roots of
the plant, when spread out in all direc-
tions; in the centre of the hole let the
dirt be mounded, so that when the plant
is set on the top of that it will be a lit-
tle higher than the level of the ground.
Spread the roots over this and brush
the hole half full of dirt; now crowd
down tightly until the crown of the
plant is exactly level with the soil; then
fill the hole full of soil lightly pressed,
and brush over the top dirt not pressed
at all. The plant should now set exact-
ly level with the surrounding dirt; and
the reason for --this is that the runners
when starting should have nothing to
hinder them. The crowding down is an.
important Matter with all plants, and
the spread of the roots is vitally import-
ant with the strawberry. The loose
dirt on top will serve as a mulch to re-
tain moisture in the soil, and gather it
from the air. As soon as the bed is fin-
ished there should be a top dressing or
mulch of fine, rich compost. I suppose
tbat most of the planters would direct
you to use commercial fertilizers. If you
insist on doing this you will find direc-
tions in the bulletins of many of the
experiment stations.
Irrigation is more essential for the
strawberry than for any other member
of the Rosaceas family. A small bed
near the house can be attended to with
little difficulty, but a small plot near
the barn can often be watered with hose
from the barn well. For a larger plot 1
believe that tile drains offer the best
method. Distribute the water through
the fields in pipes or troughs with small
holes in them. A stopcock should be
provided to shut off the water or turn
it on at pleasure. The tile should. be
deep enough to escape the cultivator
and the plow -not less than two and a
half feet below the surface. If water
runs all the time you can block up the
lower end wheat you wish to have it per-
meate the strawberry bed. Three-inch
tileis about what yon want, The straw-
berry is 0 great lover of water, and it
not seldom happens that just as the
crop is full of promise a few dry days
ruin it. If watered by hand a :bole
should be made by the side of each
plant, and not less than a full quart of
water poured slowly in, until the ground
is saturated; then brush dry dirt over
the hole to retain the moisture and pre-
vent caking of the soil. One such water-
ing will last three or four days. Sprink-
ling a strawberry bed does more harm
than good, unless repeated every few
hours. This plan is altogether too seri-
ous a job for a large bed, and I recom-
mend that you be provided with under-
ground tiles. -E. P. Powell in the Out-
ing Magazine for June.
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The
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E. W. GILLETT CO. LTD. ,:
TORONTO, ONT.
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MM1V NIPOINZ
RONru fiiAkKElS.
L1ST1] ,TOCK.
Trade at the' City Market was fain
goon, 'N. to prices very fun fur cabbie o
r'..7d quality; In fac'L, wiles (ll) Ly
Luken Into consideration, pietas are th
invest in many years. Even iiia iigat
weagnc eastern eabr e are Leong taken by
some who Other years would have scarce-
ly iooked atvhcm, let e one iruy diem.
Exporters-Werge etowlitrea: buugnt a
few export steers at $o.20 to +v.$0;
mails at $4 to $5.
i3uteheis-Gew ge Rowntree bought for
the Harris Aasteair Uosupaaiy on ...ties -
day and 1.1Tedneeday, 7 t u ate t.c-putt a-
ers' steel's and heuers, $4.50 to $6.00;
caws, $1.50 to $4.85; ben, 02,25 to do
per cwt,
Milkers and Sp -ringers -Trade steady,
for milker* and springers, at about $ho
to $65 each, but new reach the latter
price.
Veal Calves - Receipts moderate,
psteady, at $3 to $ti per cwt., with
arices very few at $6.50 and $7' per cwt.
Sheep and Lambs---Lwea sold at x+3.50
to $4; culls and rases, $2.50 to $3 per
cwt.; lambs were easier, selling to -day at
$5.25 to $55.75 per cwt.
liogs-H. P. Kennedy reports selects
at n8.65, fed and watered at the market,
and $8.25 f.o.b. ears. In some places
$$.25 per cwt, is being paid the farmers,
THE FARMERS' MARKET.
The grain receipts continue small
Wheat steady, with vales of 300 bushels
of fall at $1.00 per bushel. Oats firm
200 bushels selling at 45 to 46c.
Hay quiet, with prices firm; 25 loads
of timothy sold at $18 to $20 a ton,
Straw is unchanged at $15 a ton for a
load of bundled
Dressed hogs steady, with sales at
$11.25 to $11.76.
Wheat, white, new .. ..$ 1 00 $ 0 00'
Do., red, new ... ... 1 00 0 00'
Do., goose . .. ... 0 96 0 00
Oats, new, bushel ... .. 0 45 0 43
Barley, bushel ... ... . 0 54 0 65
Rye, bushel . ... ... 0 08 0 70•
Hay, timothy, ton .. .. 18 00 20 00
Straw, per ton ... ... . 15 00 0 00
Dressed hogs .. , ... .. 11 26 11 75
Butter, dairy ... ... 0 22 0 26
Do., inferior .. ... . 0 18 0 21
Bggs, dozen ... ... .. 0 27 0 30
Chickens, lb. ... ... ... 0 15 0 17
Ducks, lb. ... ... ... 0 14 0 10
Turkeys, ib. ... ... ... 0 1S 0 20
Fowl, lb. ... ... 0 10 0 12
Potatoes, new, bag .. . 0 80 0 85
Celery, dozen ... ... ... 0 35 0 40
Onions, bag ... ... ... 1 10 1 25
Caulifiawer, dozen .. .. 1 00 1 25
Cabbage, barrel ... ... .. 1 25 0 00
Beefr tta't
lc, a. i
Dd:, o�'equarters .. :..
Do., choice, carcase 8 00 8.75
Do., medium, carcase . 7 00 8 00
Mutton, per eat, ... ... 8 00 9 50'
Veal, prime, per cwt. .. 8 00 10 50
Lamb, per cwt. ... ... . 11 00 13 00
THE FRUIT MARKET.
Receipts were less plentiful to -days
and prices generally unchanged.
Lawtons, quart .. $0 06 $ 0 07
Grapes, Cham„ sm, bkt0 15 0 20
Do., Moore's .. .. 0 40 0 50
Oranges, Val.... .. 3 00 3 50
Lemons, Verdeli .. 4 50 5 00
Peaches. Can.. white .. 0 30 0 40
Da., St. John's.. 0 50 0 70
Do., Crawfords .. 0 75 0 90
Plums, Can., bkt.... 0 15 0 85
Pears. bkt.. ... ... 0 20 0 25
Do.. Bartletts.. .. 0 30 0 40
Apples, basket .. .. 0 20 0 50
Watermelons 0 25 0 30
Tomatoes. Can., bkt, . 0 15 0 20
Potatoes, Can., bash .. 0 60 0 65
Cantelonpes. crate .. 0 55 0 85
Peppers, red, bit.. .. 0 30 0 40
Do.. green, bit .. .. 0 30 0 40
Egg plant. bkt .. .. 0 35 0 45
OTHER MARKETS.
WHOTIPEG WHEAT MARKET.
Wheat- October 96 1-2c, December
03 1-8c, May 98 1-8c.
Oats -October 35 1-8c, December 33e.
' MONTREAL LIFE STOCK.
Montreal. -At the Canadian Pacific
live stock market this morning the of-
ferings were 1,200 cattle, 500 sheep, 630
lambs, 1,300 hogs and 300 calves. A good,
steady trade was done in cattle through-
out the morning, and the market was
active. with no change in prices to note.
The supply was somewhat larger, but,
as the demand was ample to absorb all
the stock on the market, a steady-under-
tone
teadyunder-
tone prevailed. Choice steers sold at
5 1-4 to 5 1-2c: good at 5 to 5 1-4c;
fair at 4 1-4 to 4 3-4e; medium at 3 3-4
to 4e; good cows at 4 to 4'd -2e; med-
ium at 3 to 3 3-4c'. and bulls at 2 1-4 to
3e per lb. On account of increased sup-
plies of hogs. an easier feeling developed
in the market, and prices declined 25e
per 100 lbs. At this rednetion the de-
mand was good and active trade was
done. 7n the early part of the day a
few sales of selected lots were made at
$9,50, but the bulk of the trading was
done later at $9 to $0.25 per 100 lbs.,
weighed off cars.
There was also considerable activity.
in the market for small meats on an-
eount of the increased offerings, and a
brisk trade was done. A feature of the
market was the weaker feeling in the
market for lambs, and prices declined
1-4 to 1-2c per lb., with sales at 5 3-4
to 6c per Ib. Sheep were steady under
a fair demand, at 3 3-4 to 4c per lb. .
good trade was done in calves at prices'
ranging from *2 to $15 each, as to size
and quality.
BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS.
London. --London cables for 'tattle aro'
higher. at 12 1-2 to 13 1-2c per lb; for
Canadian steers, dressed weight; re-
frigerater beef is quoted at 10 7-8 to
11c rar..:. _._ _