The Herald, 1910-05-27, Page 7Sthiday Sc,Ie,800A0
LE^SON IX. -11111:^! 2a, 1010.
The Multitudes Fed. --"':1 t, 14: 13-
21; 10: 20-39.
Com mentary.-I. Fetel]n the five
thcu.•ard (vs. 13-21). 11.., me:ac.e tt
well ae the feeding the four thousand,
which we study :hors, particularly, is
Preceded by miracles of healing. It was
but natural that the 'sick, and those
vshosc friends were dieeasecle should
make an effort to come t> ,Tesus, when
they knew of the nighty works 1'le was
accomplishing. It would take more than
the opposition of the scrlb;s and Phari-
sees to keep them from Hine who was
healing the sumo kinds of sickness as
those with which they were affiioted.
The miracles of feeding the multitudes
took place in the tetrachy of Herod
Philip, who was more humane .and rea-
sonable than Antipas, who ruled in
Galilee. The feeding of the five thous-
and occurred in April, A, D. 29, just
before the Passover, and it is thought
by some, and with reason, that many of
this multitude were Jews on their way
to Jerusalem to attend the feast. That
:Matthew leas not given two accounts of
the seine miracle, as some have suggest-
ed, but that there were two distinct
• miracles of feeding the multitudes, is
clear from Matt. 10. 9, 10, where both.
incidents are mentioned pareicularly.
There is a difference in the number fed.
In the first instance there were five
thousand and in the second four thous-
and. There was also a difference in the
supply and the amount remaining over.
In the first, there were five loaves and
two fishes, with twelve baskets full of
fragments remaining; in the second,
seven baskets left over. Alford presents
the following proof that the incidents
were diatieet: "It is, that whereas the
'baskets in which the fragments were
• eollected on the first' occasion are call-
ed by all four evangelists "cophini,"
those used for that purpose after the
second miracle are, in both
'Matthew and Mark, "aeurides."
And when our Lord refersto the two
'miracles, the same distinction is observ-
e ed as ?olefins. to a matter of fact, that
(whatever the distinction is, which is
uncertain) different kinds of baskets
were used on the two occasions." After
the miracle recorded in Matt. 14, Jesus
'sends His disciples by night across the
lake, and comes to them before morn-
ing walking on the water; after that re-
corded in the chapter following, He
leaves the multitudes in their own coun-
try anal goes to Magdalre west of the
Sea of Galilee.
II. Healing the sick (vs. 29-31). 29.
Jesus departed from theuce-He had
'been laboring for several weeks in "the
coasts of Tyre and. Sidon," and after
'healing the daughter of the Syrophoeni-
"elan woman; He left that place, some
`Fortyor fifty miles northwest of the
'Sea of Galilee, to go to Decapolis (Mark
7. 31), or "the region of the ten cities."
Into a mountain -A range of hills, or
low -laying mountains on the east side
of the Sea of Galilee. And sat down
there --It was His purpose to spend some
time in that place teaching the multi -
'tildes. The sitting posture was the one
'assumed by the teacher or speaker in
addressing his listeners
30. Great multitudes --Jesus had
wrought miracles in this region and the
people knew of his bower." Some may
lsevc come through curiosity, as is us -
nal when there is great religious inter-
est, yet many came to receive instruc-
tion and relief. Having with them
'They were interested in bringing others
to ,Jesus. Lame, blind, dtymb, maimed,
and ?many others -Matthew mentions
•particularly four diseases difficult to
cure, and gives the' impression that
these were but s. small part of all that
were presented to Jesus. The "maimed"
according to the meaning of the (;creek
word, were those deformed in hands or
feet from birth. 1ln the parallel sec -
'count in Mark, that writer singles out
the easeof ono who was both band
and dumb, giving the details of the cure
and the effect upon' the people (Mark
•7: 31.3.7.) Cast them down at Jesus'
feet i'xpressive of the humility of
their submission.--\e'hedon. 1-1e healed
then& ,!'heir earnestness and faltll
brought rich i•ett.uns 31, The multi.
tilde wondered -The most • obstinate dis-
cases, attd even lifelong tlefortuities, o
lode, were, at tate word 'or touch . •o
Jesus, iniuiediately cured: These nialit-
flies are each typical. of site The seine
Being. that 0:Weecl the people to wonder
because of the relief bruugut to. afflict
ed bodies, waits to ]real our souls' dis-
easee. flaw the duxnb to speak blind
to sec .indicating positively the cotn-
pleteucss of the cures. ,
1J1 Feeding the 'fuer thousand. (vs,
32. (;ailed ids diseiples unto him -For
a• private council after his work of
teaching and healing. The object was
to ar'rang'e for the feeding of the throng
who lied eagerly sought him. 1 have
compassion --The Lord's eompaesieu was
called out by their physical want which,
however, resulted from their desire to
be near him. -Schaff.. Dls compassion
hadbeen shown by healing tate bodies of
the diseased, now. it was to be &town
in providing sustenance for the bodies
of all. Now three days .... nothing to
eat -Their earnestness • had prompted
them- to neglect 'their physical needs.
'Jesus knew their motives and their
ai0eds. He remembered how long they
had been from their homes, and remem-
bering, lie determines to relieve them.
The supply of food brought with them
was exhausted. 1 will not send them
away fasting--.1-Us tenderness toward
them would now admit of his allowing
them to go away hungry. Faint in the
way- "Tire multitude bad followed him
from the mountains. Such scanty pro-
vision as they had brought with then
was consumed. There was no possibil-
ity of either going into the neighboring
towns, or quickly returning across the
lake, They could only retire to their
mountain homes through the messes by
which they had followed him They
nigh, ttherefore, faint by the way."
33. Whence should we have so much
bread -They could not have forgoteen
the former•oecasioci upon which. a larger
number had been miraculously fed.
They knew that .Jesus could do now es
he did then, but thy did not know that
he would think best to do so, and sim-
ply asked, "Whence?" In all his dealing
with tate multitudes before this, he had
fed them only on one occasion. Wilder-
ness -A country district from towns.
34. how many loaves have ye --Jesus
is answering their question. They are
not staggered by the purpose of .Jesus'
as on the former occasion, when Andre*
said, "But wlut•t are they among so
many?" He who can create from naught
can multiply that which is. 35. coni-
mandecl the multitude to sit down -
Probably with the same orderly preci-
sion as before, by hundreds and >`y fif-
ties, the women and the children being
in this instance also_ grouped together
apart from tate men. Ellicott. 36. took
the seven loaves and the fishes --Jesus
made use o£ the food that was available,
and by his power supplied what was
lacking. The loaves were small, that
cakes. The fishes were small, prepared
for eating by being srlted or pickled.
The Sea of Galilee abounded ni fish.
gave thanks Recognizing. the Father as
the giver. We should never eat without
first thanking God for our food and ask-
ing his blessing upon it. gave to his
disciples, etc. -It required faith and
obedience on the part of the disciples to
set about distributing food to such a
multitude from such a meagre supply.
However, as they gave it out there was
constantly more to give, until the last
man, woman and child had been satis-
fied. We cannot tell at what stage of
the distribution the increase took place,
but neither disciple nor person served
saw any lack. What we have will in-
crease as we give in the name of the
Lord.
37. filled -!sere is one miracle of our
Lord attested by at least four thousand
men, probably eight thousand persons.
No one need ever leave Christ's table
hungry. He is able to supply every need
of soul and body. Iie is the bread of
life. Whether we demand "little or
much" it. is an easy matter for Christ to
fill us, There is a fulness in his mercy
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can understand. broken great --Broken
pieces which remained over. According
to John, Jesus directed them to gather
up the fragments, "that nothing be
lost." seven baskets --The word trans-
lated "baskets" means pockets or wal-
lets. Jesus evidexrtly intended that he
and the apostles, should eat the pieces
as their needs demanded. 38. four
thousand men---There'must have been
eight thousand to feed. Jesus lied ale
ranged then: so they could easily be
counted.
39. sent away the multitude•-_Aceord-
ieg to Mark's account, our Lord retired.
to the mountain alone to pray, after ice
had dismissed the Multitude. Magdala
-Tliere was a town of that name on
the west side of the Sea of Galilee. It
was the place from which Mary Magda-
lene received her name. There is still a
small village composed. of n few wretch-
ed huts upon this site called Mejdal.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
"Great multitudes. came" iv. 39). The
crowds did not conte tfreTest:s for himself
but for his gifts; they sante for -loaves"
not.for love (John 6:2, 20). Our Lord's
first thought was always fur "others"
(Phil. 2:4). He could not net while the
weary, anxious, panting, dusty thou-
sands waited to be healed of their dis-
eases and comforted in their sorrows.
He forgot his wear meess t'td hunger in
nt
the desire to bless ai 1.i` ave. If, like
your Lord, you cannot -Le hid" (Mark
7:24). if weary, hungry iou1s press upon
you for the bread of life, do as he did,
and as he bade, "Give to him that ask-
eth thee" (Matt. 5:42).
"How many loaves hate ye?" (v. 34).
Our "chief need is, not greet resources,
but great faith in our Taster's power to
use what we have. God had to teach all
his ancient servants this lesson before
he could use then fully. Moses must
be willing to go with a simple rod
(Exod 147:1-5); Joshua with a ram's horn
(Josh. 6:5); and Gideon with three hun-
dred men armed only with lamps, pitch-
ers and trtunpets (Jude 7:16), ere God
could work through their weakness."
"Gave thanks, and brake" (v. 36).
There was only barley treed and dried
fishes but Jesus gratefully thanked tied
for these. A visitor to the almshouse,
gave an old woman -an orange and some
tracts. Her face lighted up and she
thanked her,` adding. "You see, ma'am,
there is always sonething 10 be thank-
ful for, even in the poorhouse." The
blessing of the Lord upon what we have
adds to its power to an good. "A little
that a righteous man hath is better than
the riches of many wicked" (Psa. 37:
16).
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REPORT
The Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture has issued the following statement
regarding agricultural conditions exist-
ing at the beginning of May:
Vegetation -The warm weather of
Mardi started vegetation unusually
soon -from three to four weeks earlier
than usual. The latter half of April,
however, was very wet and cold, and
further advance was much retarded, the
(result being that May opened with
growth a week or two ahead, of the
average, and three weeks or a month in
advance of last year. Forests were in
early leaf, and many orchards were in
blossom, pastures wore green and were
furnishing a good bite for the many
sheep and young cattle that had been
turned out to feed.
Spring Sowing -Field operations .have
been the earliest for many years: Moet
of the plowing had been done in the fall,
and owing to .the mild weather but little
frost remained in the ground after the
snow went away early in March. Spring
sowing is about a month earlier 1.han
last season, and a weak or two ahead
of the average year.
Pall Wheat -This crop entered into
May well forward and presenting a good
appearance on the whole, more eve.
elaEty
when it had been gotin early.
Boise late sewn' fields looked rather title, $
owing to the dry fall, and on 10v -tying
places there Were bare spots caused by
ice forming during the .winter. The in-
tery from insect pasts is less . than
usual,• there being but scattering men -
thin. of Hessian fly, Wire -worm, and
white grub,
Winter Rye -The acreage of this crop
is small, but where p'owii it is reported•
to be in,,good conifition generally.
Clover :Eike fall wheat, clover wince-.
ed well, and the spring ,was also favor
table, there being practically no heaving
froth frost. •
• ]?odsier Sappliee-_d • eorreapondent,
describing the fodder situation, says;
"The short and mild winter worked won-
ders," and others write to the sante ef-
fect. The good earn Crop of last year
also helped farmers; to save on hay and
grain in feeding live stock. Straw has.
boon scarce and dear.
Live Stock ---all classes of live stock
are at a premium. Pries far horses are
high and ln'm. :attributed by some to the
creat deratted from our western Pro-
vinces. Their general health has been
good, except for a form of strangles.
Cattle have been remarkably free from
disease, :but are rather thin in flesh
owing to somewhat close feedi tg. Milk
eowe are fewer in number than usual,
but in both dairy and beef -raising sec-
tions more calves are. being kept.- Fat
cattle are very scarce, and stockers are
harder to procure than in former years,
while local butchers find it 'difficult to
procure suitable animals. As a conse-
quence a good deal of inferior beef has
been disposed of at good prices. Sheep
aro doing well, Iambs coining .strong• and
plentiful in proportion t0 the number of
dams. High prices for these also' pre-
vail, A correspondent retry sugtrestivety
remarks that the rabies anion; drip ]tas
been n boon, to sheep. Swine are not so
plentiful as in former years; as they
have been rushed to market at prices
characterized by one correspondent as
"Sky high." In feet, there are complaints
of too hasty marketing. -
Fruit Trees --With the exception of a
severe ice or sleet Atortn in the bitter
part of November that broke off many
branches, fruit trees have come through
the winter in normal condition. The
damage done was confined to a few sec-
tions in western Ontario.
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TORONTO MARKETS.
Ll\'E STOCK.
The railways reported 94 car loads of
live stock at the city market, consisting
of 1,442 cattle, 1,573 hogs, 443 sheep and
743 calves.
The quality of fat cattle was fair to
good, some lots of cltofee cattle being on
sale.
Trade was slow, with several small
lots left unsold at the close of the mar-
ket.
Prices were reported barely steady at
last Thursday's quotations for this mar-
ket.
Exporters --There was one straight
load of exporters bought by A. 'McIntosh
at $7.25 per cwt,, and a few other ex-
port steers at $6.75 and some bulls at $5
to $5.50 per cwt.
Buteltet:s--Geo. Rowntree bought over
400 cattle for the Harris Abattoir Com-
pany -exporters at $)3.80 to $7.25, butch-
ers' steers and heifers at $5.85 to $6.60;
bulls at $5 to p6,)0; cows at $4.75 to $8
Stockers and Feeders -Harry Murby
reports having handled over 100 stockers
and feeders thus Inc this week at follow-
ing prices: 60 stockers, 500 to 700 pounds
each, at $4 to $4.73; 50 feeders, 850 to
1,100 pounds each, at $5.25 to $5,75 per
cwt.
Milkers and Springers --Good to choice
milkers and springers were in demand
at $50 to $65 each, but common, light
cows were slow of sale at $30 to $40.
Veal Calves -.-Nearly 800 veal ealvea
sold at steady prices, ranging from $3 to
$7 per cwt., or an average price of about
$0 per cwt.
Sheep and Lambs -Sheep, ewes, sold
at $5 to $5.50; rams itt $4 to $4.50;
spring lambs, $3 to $6.50, with it few
choice at $7 each.
Hogs -Hog prices have again advanc-
ed. Selects, fed and watered, have reach-
ed the $10 mark once more. Selects f.o.
h. cars at country points, were quoted
by dealers at $0.65 to 89.75.
FARMERS' MARKET.
The grain market was very dull to-
day, there being no receipts owing to
unfavorable morning.
Hay is quoted unchanged at $17 to $20
a ton for timothy, and at $12 to $15 for
clover and mixed. Straw nominal at $13
to $14 a ton for bundled.
Dreased hogs aro firm, with quota-
tions ruling. at $12.50 to $13.
Wheat, white, new .. ..$ 1 00 $ 1 02
Do,, red, new ......1 00 1 02
I)o., goose ... ... ... 0 05 0 97
Oats, bushel .........0 30 0 40
Peas, bushel , .. • , .. 0 70 0 00
teiieq, bushel .. , . , . ... 0 48 0 50
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Ilye, bushel ... . 0 05
Hay, timothy, ton N N 17 1)0
Do., :nixed, ton . ... 12 00
Straw, per ton , .. ... 13 00
Dressed hogs ... ... ... 12 5q
Butter, daily ... ... ... 0 23
Do., inferior 0 18
Eggs, dozen . 0 21)
Chicken's, spring, lb... .. 0 50
Ttu•keys, lb.... ... ... 0 21
Fowl, 1k. .. ... 0 10
al>pl:'s, bbl. 1 00
Potatoes, bag, by lead .. t) 40
Onions, sack .. 2 50
Beef, hindquarters - . 12 00
Do., forequarters , . , 8 04)
Do., choice, carcase .. 10 50
Do., medium, carcase . 8 50
Mutton, per cwt... . 11 00
Veal, prince, per cwt. ... 11 00
Lamb; lb. ... ... ... . 0 10
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14 00
13 00
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SUGAR elAm ET.
Granulated, $3.20 per cwt., in barrels:
No. 1 golden,• $4.80 per ewe, in barrels;
Beaver, $55.00 per cwt,; in bags. Thee.
prices are for delivery here. {'Cr lots
5e less. In 1004b, bag,, ori" aro 50
Joss.
OTHER R MARKETS.
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WINNIPEG 'WHEAT MAllKE'I'.
Wheat -May 90 I -4e July 93 3-4e.
Oats --•May 32 I -2e, July 33 1-2e.
MONTREAL LIVE STOCK.
Montreal -,About 700 head of butchers'
cattle, 110 tnilelt cows and springers, 1,-
600 calves, 175 sheep and lambs and 620
hogs were offered for sale at the east
end abattoir to -day. The heavy rains
seemed to have a depressing effect on
trade, but prices remain without much
change. There were no choice cattle on
the market; a few of the best North -
westerns sold at about 7c per pound, and
from that down to 616c per pound for
prince beeves. There were a number of
large fat cows and milkmen's strippers,
which .sold at from Se to a shade over
6e per pound; common stock brought
from 4 to 5lee per pound. The mileh
cows sold at from $55 to $655 each, the
others sold at $30 to $50 each. Calves
sold at from 33 to • deec per pound.
Sheep sold at from 5 •to• Oe per pound;
lambs at from $4.50 to $6.50 each. Good
lots of fat hogs sold at 10; , to 103ha per
pound.
BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS.
London -London and Liverpool cables
quoted live cattle, American, steady, at
14 to 15e. dressed weight; refrigerator
beef steady, at 11 to 1134c per pound. •
CHEESE MARKETS.
Tweed -There were 370 white cheese
boarded; all sold at 103 e.
Woodstock---To-day 5,30 white and 480
colored were boarded; sales at 103ic.
Madoo-There were 735 boxes cheese
boarded; 340 sold at 10 15-16; 150 at
10Tc; balance unsold.
Stirling -On the cheese board to-das
700 boxes were boarded; all sold at 10-
5-80.
Caxnpbellford-There were 840 boxes
boarded s 775 sold at 10 7-16c; same price
refused for the balance. ,
WOOL.
Local quotations are; Washed fleece,
20 to 22c; unwashed fleece 123 to 140;
rejects 16e. Prices to farmers paid by
loam dealers, 20c for washed, 12 to 13e
for unwashed.
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