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nose of their hearts, the winds and
waves of the soul, were composed, So
when the fearful sinner resorts to Christ
His word of forgiveness allays the
storm and there is as great calm." --,
Vthed<n, 27. Marvelled -They were
greatly astonished; filled with amaze-
ment. They were overwhelmed with the
majc ty and ease with which he issued
His orders to the elements, and at the
enbrission with which they, like living
intelligences, are hushed by His word.
II. Healing the demoniacs (vs, 28-34).
28, To the other side -Tete east side of
the lake. Country of the Gergeseites-
In Matthew and Luke it is called "Gads -
renes." The region was called Ga<lara,
but there was a place close to the shore
sailed Oergcsa, answering all the par-
ticulars of the narrative. There met
hint two possessed with devils -Mark
and Luke mention but one demoniac,
probably the more prominent of the two.
Demon -possession is a subject at once
interesting and mysterious. In the New
Testament it is frequently associated
with physical disease or imperfection,
but Jesus distinguished between demon -
possession and mere disease. See Matt,
4: 24, and Luke 13: 32. The demoniac
seemed to have a double personality.
The demon in him spoke, and cried out
in rage as he left him, and Jesus spoke
directly to the demon and received re-
plies. There might be more than one
evil spirit holding possession of the
person. as in the case of Mary Magdalene
and the demoniacs of this lesson. It is
possible that demon -possession may have
caused inanity, but the New Testament
makes such a clear distinction between
the two maladies that we conclude they
were not necessarily connected, There
is no doubt that a course of sinful in-
dulgence often resulted in demon -posses-
sion, since the mast's wickedness would
open the way for the demon to enter.
"God's obedient children are absolutely
safe" It is a. modern fashion to scoff'
at the reality of demoniacal possession,
but the difficulties that attend the de-
nial of it in the recorded cases seem to
be quite as great as those that are in-
volved in accepting it. -Am. Com. To
deny them is to charge the evangelists
with misrepresentation. "The objection
is frequently urged, How comes it that
this malady is not now among us? But
we cannot tell in how many cases of
insanity that malady may even now
be traced to direct demoniacal posses-
sion." -Alford. Dr. Nevins, a missionary
of intelligence and experience, declare&
that there are many cases among the
Chinese that are exactly like those de-
scribed in the New Testament. See also
Lesson 10, v. 16. Tombs -Here the de-
monises had their home; for all "maniacs
were outcasts as soon as they became
violent, for that age had no provision
for taking care of them. Institutions of
pity for the unfortunate are among the
gifts of Christ; antiquity knew nothing
of them, or the spirit that would pro-
duce them." The morbid condition of
the demonises may have Ied them to
seek such an abode. Exceeding fierce -
Mark says, "No man could bind him"
and "neither"could any man tame him"
His presence vas it menace to the com-
munity.
29. They cried out -They recognized
the Son of (god. hence they were not
simply insane men nor were they merely
physically diseased. The evil spirits
that possessed them knew Jesus, and
cried out in terror. To do with thee -
What have we hi common? • Why do
you interfere with us? Thou Son of
God -Evil spirits acknowledge the
truth that Jesus is the Son of God. To
torment us before the time -There is
apparently a. desire on the part of these
unhappy spirits to come into such pos-
session and into communion with the
human scene of things, as if they were
thus less miserable than when without.
These infernal beings dread to be driven
back to their own infernal •abode. They
are there to be chained down in dark-
ness, and in dread of the day of judg-
ment yet to come (Jude 6; 2 Peter 2: 4).
Renee they fear that Jesus will antici-
pate that. day, and "torment them before
the time."-Whedon.
30. Herd of many swine -Swine were
unclean animals to the Jews. They were
forbidden to eat them and it was unlaw-
ful for thein to keep swine even for the
purposes of trade. Mark says there were
2,0110 in the herd. They were probably
owned by (Centile inhabitants of Gads -
re. 31, The devils besought -Made an
earnest request. If thou cast us out -
The demons recognized Christ's power
a.s superior to theirs, and that he would
he likely to drive them out of their poor
victims. Suffer us•--IIere is the attitude
of entreaty. Into the herd of swine -
They did not wish to be sent "into the
deep," that is, into the bottomless pit.
"Send us anywhere, anywhere but to
perdition. Send us to the most shatter-
ed man; send us to the lowest creature,
into man or beast, bird. or reptile; any-
where but into hell." -Parker.
32. Said unto them, Go -Jesus had al-
ready commanded them to come out of
the men (Mark 5: 8), and now grants
their request to go into the swine.
Swine ran violently -The men who had
been demon -possessed had an opportun-
ity to see the workings of demon -posses-
sion on beings less eapable of self-control
than themselves. Perished -Cavilers
have charged our Lord. with wrong -doing
in "sending" the demons into the swine
and thus causing such a great loss to the
owners; but it should be noted that
what Jesus did was to drive •them out of
the man and then permit them to go
where they wished. He did not "send"
theist into the swine. "The owners, if
Jews, drove an illegal trade; if heathen,
they insulted the national religion; in
either ease the permission was •;nst."---
J•., F. & B.
33. Fled -They were filled with fear
(1) because of the remarkable scene
they had witnessed, and (2) bemuse of
the grea.t.loss to the owners of the swine
for 'which they might be held responsi-
ivonderful power. And with it the ter- ble. 34. The whole eitg :They beheld a
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LESSON XI. -MARCH 13, 1910.
Two Mighty Works. -Matt, 8: 23-34.
Commentary. -I. Calming the tempest
(vs. 23-27). 23. Entered into a ship
The "ship" was a fishing boat. At the
close of a busy day of teaching by the
seaside, Jesus suggested to his disciples
that they go to the other side of the
Sea of Galilee (Mark 4. 35). His dis-
ciples -Probably the twelve. Others may
have followed in other boats. See
Mark 4. 30. 24. There arose a great
tempest -It was one of those sudden
and violent squalls to which the Lake
of Gennesaret was notoriously exposed,
lying as it does 600 feet lower than the
sea and surrounded by mountain gorges,
which act like gigantic funnels to draw
down the cold winds from the moun-
tains. These winds are not only violent,
but they come down suddenly, and often
when the sky is perfectly clear. -Cam.
Bib. Covered with the waves -The waves
ran high so that they dashed over the
boat, which was beginning to be filled
with water, He was asleep -Mark says
more particularly, "He was in the hin-
der part of the ship. Asleep on a pil-
low." The stern in the ancient ships was
high and afforded a safe and comfort-
able place to sleep. His human nature
was wearied, and demanded rest, "He
slept, it may be, for a purpose, that is,
to show the apostles that where' He was
there was no real danger, and to -each
Christian souls calmly and faithfully to
repose on Him, while all outward things
sedan most distressing." -Scott. He slept
not so much with a desire to be refresh-
ed, as with a design to be awakened. -
Henry.
25. Awoke Hint. -He was really rile <p
not seeming to be asleep, as some as-
sert. It was the time of peril with the
disciples and they appealed to their
Master. Lord -Mark and Luke use the
term "Master." The twelve disciples re-
cognized His authority. 26. Ye of little
faith -They had some faith, but not
enough to remove their fears. They felt
that, unless Jesus should undertake for
them, they were lost, yet they did not
seem to grasp the idea that, with Christ
en board there was no danger. They
had faith but it was "little faith." He
arose -He could have lain still and calm-
ed the tempest but He relieved the dis-
ciples' fears by arising. Rebuked the
winds and the sea -This seems to have
been almost, so to say, our Lord's for-
mula in working miracles, The fever
(Luke 4. 39), the frenzy of the demoni-
acs (Mark 9. 25), the tempest, are all
treated as if they were hostile and re-
bel forces that needed to be restrained.
Mark, with his usual vividness, gives
the very words of the reuke: "Peace,
be still," -literally, "be dumb, be
muzzled," as though the howling wind
was a maniac to be gagged and bound.
Ellicott. There was a great calm -As
a rule, after a storm the waves contin-
ue to heave and swell for hours, but
here at the word of the Lord of nature
there was a great ealm. "The calm was
great from the contrast with the previ-
ous stormy, and great as a product of a
TE:nr,D�•RGRIP. 01 GRE
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sea
marvelous thing, the dentoni:aes, the re-
cent terror of the community, clothed
and peaceable. Besought hint that he
would depart -They saiv rather the de-
struction of the swine, than the healing
of .the demonises. Jesus left witnesses
there of his power in the persons of the
delivered men, who became miseloneries.
Questions. -On what body of water
were Jesus and: his disciples sailing?
What occurred during the voyage?
What proof have we here that Jesus was
human as well as divine? How was the
sea made calm? What did Jesus say to
his disciples about faith? Who ,net Jesus
as soon as he had landed in the country
of the Gergesenes? Describe then.
What did the demons say to Jesus?
What request did the demons make?
What was the result? How did the peo-
ple of the city feel toward. Jesus? Why?
PRACTICAL .APPLICATIONS.
Stilling the Tempest.
"Even as he was" (Mark 4:36). This
is one of the little sentences that show
the human nature of ores blessel Lord.
It reveals the human weariness of the
Master. Days of incessant service such
as he had just passed through drained
him, and whole nights of„prayer told up-
on Trim. He did not avail himself of di-
vine power to rest hint,,, bat bore the
fatigue as part of his substitutionary
work (Heb. 4:15),
"The ship" (v. 23). Qbmparing your
life to a voyage and yourself to a ship,
as Talmage suggests, sett that, 1. Your
craft is made of the timbers of truth. 2.
Love is the helm. Pride, ambition or
avarice will strand any ship. 3. Chris-
tian perseverance is the. 0w, cut so as
override the
-*treats."
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itches. 4. Falls maws
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any ship harborward. . The running
rigging must be prayer. Pulling on the
promises you will hoist the sails of faith
and move steadily onward. 0. For a
compass use tate word of God. Study it
daily. Sail by it constantly, Its needle
always points to the Star of Bethlehem.
7. Have hope for the anchor. 8. Look
out for icebergs. Have no fellowship
with cold, worldly professors of religion
(Epb. 5:11; 2 Tim. 3:5). 9. Keep a log
book. "Examine yourselves, wlieth4ar ye
be in the faith" (2 (`ol', 13:5), 10, Keep
your colors at the masthead. Write
"Holiness to the Lord" on your banners
(Exod. 39:30). Then the pirates of
temptation can never overcome you, 11,
Acknowledge Christ as the Captain of
your ship (I:eb, 2:10), and trust 14
every time of storm (Psa. 107:29; 02:8).
"When the Diaster had said, 'l.et us
pass over unto the other side,' the dis-
ciples indeed might have known that to
the other side they would come if they
had to foot it at the bottom of the sen.
That is the faith we ought to have in
him, the faith that ventures everything
on his will, and then rests in him in per-
fect peace. Calm water is not always
the sign of the highest state. of grace.
Far better to weather a storm in per -
feat confidence in him than to enter a
calm he creates, if the price of it is a
rebuke from his lips for , lack of faith.
The better way would be to sing in faith
even in the midst of the storm, 'With
Christ in the vessel I smile at the
storm.'" 12.- Receive the Holy .Spirit
and depend on hint to be your pilot
(John 10:13).
"There 'vial a great calm" A writer
beautifully says, "We shall not under-
stand Christ's mission into our world
as we ought till we discover that our
position is such as to make us safe when
the interests of our Savior are safe, and
that we are in danger when they are in
danger. We are in the boat with Christ.
All the storms that beat in upon him
fall upon us, and all the storms that
smite us strike him -we are together.
This assures our safety. To make life's
voyage with Christ is to be sure of safe-
ly landing on tite other shore with Christ.
No storm can prevent this. In the ship
with Christ ought to assure the intens -
est interest in the affairs of Christ.
That which moves his heart should deep-
ly move ours. Our interests are one.
Those scenes which moved him to tears
as he looked upon the great and wicked
city should so touch our hearts as to
work a transformation in them. That
in the soul of the lowest which moved
him to give his life to save them should
move us to so lovingly present this di-
vine message as to win then to grin."
The word of Jesus was all that was ne-
eessary to calm the wind on the Sea of
Galilee, and his word can calm the tem-
pest in the human soul. The peace that
be gives abides. --A. C. M.
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TORONTO MARI{ETS.
LIVE STOCK.
The railways reported receipts of 60
carloads of live stock at the City Mar-
ket, consisting of 1086 cattle, 781 hogs,
224 sheep and 137 calves, with 62 horses.
Trade for the finished cattle was good,
courage as all of his class was readily picked up
1'1'bl: T -slay es, but the light, unfinished.
Ysr ;' •« ;else,`` -+e?, slow of sale in comparison,
u1 wart and, in x, t, they were not all sold at
the close of the market, and prices for
these were 15e to 25e per cwt. lower.
Exporters -We did not hear of any
cattle being bought for export purposes
on this market.
Butchers -Geo. Rowntree bought 370
cattle for the Harris Abattoir Company
-+steers and heifers at $5.10 to $5.75;
cows, $3.50 to $4.75; bulls, $4 to $5.20.
Milkers and'°Springers-There was a
moderate delivery of milkers and spring-
ers at $40 to $60 each.
Veal ('aloes --There was a good market
for veal calves at $4 to $8 per cwt.
Sbep and Lambs --The market for
sheep and lambs was firm. Ewes sold
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thousands of women who have been
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at $4.75 to $55.25, lambs of good. quality,
$7.50 to $8 per cwt.
Hogs---li.eceipts of hogs were light -
only 781 from all sources. The market
opened at $9 for selects, fed and watered
and $7.70 f.o.b. cars at country points;
but before the close of the day prices
advanced, and $9.10 to $9.15 was paid for
selects, fed and watered. and $8.80 and
$8.85. f.o.b. cars at country points, and
there were upwards of 300 hogs brought
these prices.
FARMERS' M I.RKEL
The grain market continues very dull.
with offerings retarded by the bad roads.
Has- doll, with sale, of three loads of
tinloihy at $17 to $'20 a ton. Straw is
nominal at $14 a ton.
Dressed hogs are firm, with quota-
tions ruling at $19 to $12.35.
Wheat, white, new .. ..$ 1 10 $ 0 00
Do.. red, new , . .. .. 1 10 0 00
goeee ... ... 1 05 0 00
Oats, bushel . ... 0 44 0 45
Peas, bushel -, . -, 0 82 0 85
Barley. bushel , .. . , . ... A 00 0 61
Rye, bushel , ... ... el 68 0 70
Hay, timothy. ton .. 17 On 20 00
1)o., mixed. ton ... ... 0 INT 21 00
Straw, per ton . , . ... 14 On 15 00
Dressed hogs ... ... ... 12 00 1.2 35
Butter, dairy ... ... ... (1 95 Il 30
Do., inferior . ... ... 0 22 0 24
Eggs, new laid, dozen . 0 35 0 37
1)0., fresh ... ... ... 0 98 0 30
Chickens, 13.)...........0 1.0 0 18
Ducks, lb . ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 17
Turkeys, Ib.. , . ... ... . 0 10 0 91
Geese, lb. ... ... ... . .. 0 15 0 16
Fowl. lei. 0 12 0 13
Apples, bbl, 2 00 3 50
Potatoes, bag, by load ... 0 55 0 80
Onions, bag ... ... ... 1 00 1 15
Celery, per dozen .. 0 20 0 40
Cauliflower. per dozen .. 0 75 1 25
Cabbage, dozen ... ... . 0 50 0 75
Beef, hindquarter , . .. 0 50 11 00
Do., forequarters .. .. 0 50 8 00
Do., Omits!, carcase ... 9 00 fl ;til
Do„ medintn, carcase . 7 00 S 00
Mutton, per cwt. .. 9 00 11 00
Veal. prime, nor cwt. ... 10 00 11 00
Yearling lamb. lb.. , . ... 0 13 0 15
SUGAR :NIAIIKTT.
5t. Lawrcnee sugars ars quoted as fol-
lows: Granulated, $5.20 per cwt., in bar-
rels; No. 1 go:deta, $4.80 per cwt., in bar-
rels,. Beaver, $4:00 per cwt., in bags.
These prices are for del very here. Car
uicklyCure
Everybody has a cold. Some resort
to tablets and powders that contain
dangerous drugs, and death from heart-
depressing remedies is not infrequent.
It's poor policy to neglect a cold -
especially when it can be
cured so quickly without
medicine.
You can send the sooth-
ing vapor of the pine
woods, the richest bal-
sams and healing essences,
right to the cause of your
cold by inhaling Catarrh -
ozone.
Little drops of wonder-
ful curative power are
distributed through the
whole breathing apparat-
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Like a miracle, that's
how Catarrhozone works
in bronchitis, catarrh,
colds, and irritable throat.
You simply breathe its
oily. fragrant vapor, and
every trace of congestion
and disease flees as before
fire.
Mal
Catarrhozon
No trace of the disease
remains after Catarrh -
ozone is used -no more.
matter to clog up the
nose and cause you to
cough and spit -no more
headache and buzzing
ears.
Cure is absolute.
Because Catarrhozone contains such
healing balsams and soothing antiseptics
it can't help curing every kind of cs
turrh, throat, lung and bronchial trou-
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Don't experiment longer-Catarrho-
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treatment (guaranteed), price $1.00;
smaller size, 50c, at all dealers, or the
Catarrhozone Company, Kingston, Ont.
lots 5c Iess. In 100-1b. bags prices are 5e
less.
OTHER MARKETS
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET.
Sugar ---Raw firm; Muscovado. 30 test,
3.89e; centrifugal, 96 test, 4.39e- molas-
ses sugar, 89 test. 3.64c; refined sager
steady.
WECNIPEG WHEAT -MMAltizFfr.
Wheat -March $1.03 1-4, May $1.06 3-8,
July 81.071-4.
Oats -May 37 5-8c, July 385.8c.
BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS.
Loudon -Liverpool and London cables
quote live cattle (American) steady, at
123/2c to 14c, dressed weight; refriger-
ator beef firm, at 100 to 101/4c per lb.
MONTRR AT, LIVE STOCK.
Montreal -About 550 head of butch-
ers' cattle, 75 miich cows and springers,
450 calves, 70 sheep and lambs, and 600
hogs were offered for sale at the east -
end Abattoir to -day. Trade was fair,
with no material changes in the prices,
excepting hogs, which are higher. Prime
beeves sold at 5s/4 to 63/40 per lb.;
pretty good animals, 41 to 51,4c; com-
mon stock, 3 to 414c per lb. There were
some superior mulch cows, which sold at
$60 to $65 each; other cows and spring-
ers sold at $30 to $55 each. Calves sold
at from $4 to $15 each, or 5c to 7c. per
lb. Sheep sold at about 5c per lb;
lambs at 610 to 7c per Ib;
lambs were sold for $20, or a little over
20c per lb., live weight. Hogs sold at
exit, to 9% per 1b.
SPRING SKIN
TROUBLES.
Pimples, Eruptions aud " Sport)
Complexions."
At this' season, scores of people -girls
and young women especially -find their
faces disfigured by pimples, dark spots,
eruptions, etc. The skin needs attention
-needs renovating after the trying time
it has passed through during the winter.
Just think what it has gone through!
You have been out in rain and sleet and
snow. You have been at one moment per-
spiring from skating, or some other exer-
tion. Then you have stood to "cool off."
'You have spent hours of the day indoors
at a temperature equal to summer hent,.
Then you have covered up your skin-ex-
cept
kin-except your fare -and gone out into a tem-
perature away below zero: No wonder
that, with all these changes, the skin of
the face and neck shows signs of need-
ing attention.
Don't forget that the skin has to dun
stork just as any other organ of the
body, and if you overwork it, it gives out.
Zam-Buk is the remedy. Smear it lightly
over the spots, the eruptions, the sallow
patches, at night, and notice how quickie'
your .appearance improves. As the rich„
refined, herbal essences sink deep into
the tissue, the hard, scrufy-like patches
are removed. Better color results. The
cells of the skin become transparent. The
blood beneath Is able to impart its proper
coloring to the tissue, and the delicate
Gloom of xiealth replaces the sallowness
and pallor of disease.
Zam-Buk is also of great use for skis
injuries and diseases. Eczema, ulcers.
01 ups, ringworm, acne, yield to Its ustc..
For cuts, burns, bruises, children's rash-
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