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LESSON X11. -JUNE 19, 1910.
The Parable of the Sower. -Matt.
13: 18-23.
Commentary. --L Jest. by the sea (vs.
1, 2). 1. Tie sante day -The day on
which he delivered the discourses re-
corded in the preceding. chapter. It was
on the evening following this day that
,Jesus and His disciples crossed the lake
and Were overtaken by the storm which
Jesus stilled, The house --Probably that
of Peter, where he had his home, if he
may be said to. have had a home. Sat
by .the sea side -It was customary in
our Saviour's day for the teacher to sit,
and the disciples to: ,stand.Rabbi Game -
Bel was probably the first who, by ex-
rangement, took an elevated seat, asset
allowed his pupils to sit upon seats
lower than hie own platform. So Saul
of Tarsus was brought up at the feet of
Gamaliei.-V hedon. The smooth beach
along the water's edge of the Sea of Gal•
ilee afforded a convenient place of as-
sembly. 2. Great multitudes -The Phar.
isees had been laboring by base calumnies
to drive the people away from Jesus,
but they still flocked after Hint as ankh
as ever. Clhrist will be glorified in spite
of all opposition; He will be followed. -
Henry. This was the popular period of
Christ's ministry. Great numbers lis-
tened to every discourse. and the syan-
gogurs were crowded when He spoke.
Doubtless many had come out from idle
curiosity, but a large number desired
to be benefited by Christ's teaching.
Went into a ship -The fisherman's boat
into which He entered was pushed a
little dietance from the shore, so that
He could command a full view of Tlis
hearers.
II. The parable (vs. 3-0). 3. Many
things -The mind's of the people ;rare
dark as to spiritual truth. There was
need of much enlightenment. In par-
ables -A parable is a story or dsserlp-
tion of nature or of actual oeeurreneee,
designed to teach spiritual truth. The
child was not far wrong who said the
parable was "an earthly story with a.
!heavenly meaning." Nature and life all
about us abound in material for this
kind of instruction. Belhold Thi open-
ing of the parable is vivid and it is more
than probable that one or more sowens
were actually scattering seed within
sight of the hearers, fur the r bion on
either side was rich and adapted to
agriculture, and it was the season for
sowing, which commenced in October. A
sower went forth to sow -He was pro-
vided with seed. and went forth[ with a
definite purpose. He went where there
was soil prepared to receive the seed.
The soil of Palestine was prepared for
sowing by being stirred to a depth of
four inches. The people lived in vil-
lages and literally "went forth" to their
fields in the esuntry. The sower repre-
sents the Saviour, who came to teach the
truths of the kingdom, and the apostles,
who were taught by Him. and all others,
who as public or private workers scat-
ter the bleseed truths of Christ's king-
dom.
-1. When be sowed -The field contain-
ed all the different kinds of ground
mentioned, but the sowing must be
done, even if some of the seed would
fall in places unfavorable to a harvest.
There were in Jesus' audiences represen-
tatives of all the soils of the parable.
13y the wayside -The grain fields are
rarely fenced, though the landmarks are
definite and plain. There are little
paths leading hither and thither, some
being the highways along which the
horsemen ride and asses carry their
burdens. It was along such a way as
this, a foot or so in width, that the seed.
fell, which the birds of the air immedi-
ately devoured. -Prof. Hall. The seed
dropped nearest the path is threatened
by n double danger, the feet of passers-
by and the birds of the air. -Lange.
Fowls -Little birds. Devoured them -A
flock of bold, hungry birds watch the
sower; and, as soon as his back is
turned, they are down with a swift -
winged swoop, and away goes the ex•
posed grain. So there is an end of it;
and the path is as bare as ever, five
minutes after it has been strewn with
ieeeds.-McLaren. The seed has .not
had time to germinate. 5. Stony places
In some parts of Palestine only an
inch or two of soil covers the underly-
ing layers of rock. 6. Withered away -
The hot sun would quickly dry out the
scanty soil.
7. Among thorns -Thorns, briars and
other prickly plants thrive in Palestine
and indicate a fertile soil. There are
twenty two words in the Hebrew Bible
that denote thorny or prickly plants.
•The farrier is accustomed to go through
his wheat fields before these noxious
plants ripen to eut them out, If this is
not done the land becomes over -run
with these pests. Choked them -The
thorns were so thrifty that they grew
more rapidly than the grain, robbing the
latter of the moisture and substance of
the soil. The soil was good and favor-
able to an abundant Harvest of grain,
but for the fact that it was preoccupied
by seeds of thorns.
8. Good ground -The soil was deep,
free from noxious seeds, and had been
properly prepared. Brought forth ....
an hundredfold -One seed produced •a
hundred. This denotes an abundant
yield, yet such an increase has been re.
peateclly known in that country. 0.
Bath ears to hear, let hila hear -This
usually follows an important :statement,
intimating that be who has the diseenr-
trient to understand will find the deeper
,neaning.---Schaff. Who hath faculties,
let him remember that he Is responsible
for their use: Whedt n.
11 . The explanation (vs. 18.23). In
'ems 10.1.7 Jesus explained to his diet- t to,, mixed, tem .. .. , li 00
aiples his reasons :for teaching in pars- ti rn r•.+ire li xlilt i too ?ahely time
a 84raw, per ton ..... .. 15 00 Ii
CRLPPLEU 3V
Rh1EUMI1T1SM
Suffered Tortures Until "Fruit-a-tives"
Took Away' The
Pain.
"Frult-a-tives," the famous fruit
medicine, is the greatest and most
scientific remedy ever discovered for
Rheumatism.
"Fruit-a-tives," by its marvellous
action on the bowels, 'kidneys and
skin, prevents the accumulation of
Uric Acid, which causes Rheumatism
and thereby keeps the blood pure and
rich.
Mrs. Walter Hooper, of Hillview,
Ont., says: "T suffered from severe
Rheumatism, lost the use of my right
arm and could not do my work, Noth-
ing helped me until I took "Fruit-a-
tives" and this medicine cured me."
If you are subject to Rheumatism,
don't wait until a severe attack comes
on before trying "Fruit-a-tives."
Take these fruit tablets now and thus
prevent the attacks.
"Fruit-a-tives" is sold by all dealers
at 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, or trial box,
25c, or may be obtained from Fruit-a-
tives, Limited. Ottawa.
90 me, slid 16.0 a 01 tt'Gtd heard 011 elle
playground, • A Scatter the word. Sow
it bountifully T3 Cor. O, 0). It is a cue.
tofu among indains, when solving
nr,tize, to psi: .en ,grains of corn into
ane JrilJ, A11 Iudittu tt lay,
xtplled,..' We put iu :Ivi)leeeinegxg11:;)1.1t!et'fallo:
ticcrows, Another for te %veathirdfurtdraSquarz'el:,and t the
rest will briii�� forth frust." The eh/t-
reat of iihie world should not be wiser i.t
their generation then the children of
light. To now bountifully ii to reap
bountifully, One man purchased hun-
dreds of Test:imentn. and cut rte leaves
nd distributed tlteni on ,.. railroad
atrains. Ile ie xne:i of limy bed con-
versions as the result. 4. Preach Jesus
(Acts 8, 35; 18, 28). Jesus, the Cruci-
fied . One, who govt: Himself for us;
Jesus, the Risen One, without whom all
preaching is vain; ,Truus, the interceding
One, who lives to appear in the presence
of God for, us; Jesus, the glorified One,
who has gone t:o prepare a place for us,
and will onte'again end receive us unto
Himself; Josue, the author and finisher
of our faith.; yesterday, to -day and for-
ever the unchangeable One; Jesus, our
strength, our power, our patience, our
love, our all:
The (soil. 1. 'Wayside soil (vs. 4, 19).
The hard heart, the prey of every un-
clean bird. 2..Stony soil (vs. 5, 20). The
shallow heart. The impulsive, superficial
hearer, like the rich young ruler (Matt.
19, 22); like those dreciples who "went
back" after the "hard saying" of the
Lord(John 6, 60, 66); like Pliable in
"Pilgrim's Progress." 3. Thorny soil
(vs, 7, 22). The worldly heart, "choked
with cares and riches and pleasures"
(Luke 8, 14). Our churches are full of
a nxious, ambitions, worldly professors,
who "bring no fruit to perfection." The
amusements which choke the reed and
render it unfruitful are those which are
of doubtful propriety (Itom. 14, 23),
which, followed by others, might lead
them into sin (1 ('or. 8, 9 Mark 9, 42),
grieve fellow Christhuts (Item. 14, 15),
and which the 11olitet Ohri.stians con-
demn (Heb. 5, 14). 4 Good ground eivs.
4, 23). The gated and honest heart. The
one who receives "with meekness the
imprinted word" (James 1; 21. R. V.).
The C'hrie tion has the seed to sow and
has access to so. , of various kinds, but
must not withhol,•the seed because con-
drtioes may seem unfavorable.
A. C. M.
truths could receive, and be profited by
thein, while those who cared not for
thein would not rs'. eive them to trample
them under foot. 18. hear....the para-
ble of the sower -In Mark 4:10 we read,
"They that were about him with the
twelve asked of him the parable," hence
what follows was in answer to this re-
quest. 19. when any one heareth the
word -The parable of the sower divides
the hearers of the gospel into four
classes. 1. The mere unintelligent hear-
er, who hears but receives not. 2. The
'shallow hearer, whose emotions are su-
perficially touched, but whose heart is
still hard. 3. The bearer whose heart is
fully right, but is at last conquered by
other temptation. 4. The persevering
and fruitful receiver of the word. Of the
four classes, alas! only one can be sav-
ed. Whedou. understandeth it not -
,Fails to grasp spiritual truth. He is not
impressed with a sense of duty or privi-
lege. the wicked one -Satan. "There is
a terrible truth in the fact that every-
thing which leads Hien to forget .the
truth is doing the work of the enemy"
-Plumptre. cateheth away -The good
seed is snatched away before it has set-
tled into the soil of the Heart. The
heart of the wayside hearer is hard and
not readily sueseptible to truth. '20.
received the seed into stony places --Su-
perficial, excitable natures charmed with
the novelty of the gospel.-Godet. The
stony ground hearers go farther than.
the first class; they not only hear, but
believe, and reeetve the truth, and the
seed springs up. They take upon them-
selves a profession of religion. anon.-
"Sti lltw•as ."-R. V. 21. yet hath he
not root -There was no deep soil of re-
pentance and true faith, into which the
roots of a religious experience could
strike. dureth for a while-" Endureth"
-R. V. tribulation or persecution -The
scorching rays of the sun act upon the
plant growing in stony ground soil, as
tribulation and persecution do upon the
superficial professor of religion. Both
quickly wither and die. is offended -
Stumbles.
22: among the thorns -There is a re-
ception of the word and it promises to
have its effect, but the heart is open to
other thinks, as worldly anxieties and
the love of wealth, so the fruitage of
godliness is not realized. "Care dwells
with poverty and wealth. The poor
grow troubled; the rich fear lest they
lose and long for more." These things
smother the good seed drawing so much
of one's attention, absorbing so much of
one's interest and using so much of one's
time that only the dregs remain for
spiritual things. -J., F. & B. unfruitful
-The seed of the kingdom can never
produce much fruit in any heart till the
thorns of vicious affections and impure
desires are plucked up by the roots and
burned. -Clarke. 23. good ground -
Those given up to God's will. We are
responsible for the nature of the soil of
our hearts. We may rid them of the
hard wayside paths, the rocks and the
brambles, and we ma.y receive the word
into the depths of our hearts, where it
will bring forth an abundant harvest of
the fruits of the Spirit.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS..
The Sower. "He that soweth the good
seed is the Son of pian (Matt. 13:37).
The Sower's representatives here on
earth are missionaries, ministers, evan-
gelists, colporteurs, tract distributors,
Bible teachers, and all holy people.
111(1 woes "� n,: r e.t u, ,,.re word of
God" (.Luke 8, 11), the 'written word
and the living Word. The seed must be
sown to be pi eductive. We sow the seed
when we, 1."Preach the word" (2 •'Bim. 4,
2). In this, Jesus and His disciples are
ottr examples. Ile began His preaching
at Nameet'a with a quotation from the
scriptures, and Way wondered at His
"gracious wards" (Luke 4, 16-22). in
His last prayer Jesus twice declared: "I
have given unto them the words which
Thou gavetet me" (John 17, 8, 14). When
the disciples weep scattered abroad they
went leverywhere preachingthe word
(Acts 8, 4). 2. Tease the word. In a
day 'school in Utah theOhristien teacher
took the fleet half hour of each day for
Bible study, closing it with prayer. The
childtsen were sadly addicted to vegan -
;by. She taught the coinmandmen't,
"Thou• shalt riot take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless that taketJh His
name in vaie'r (Extol. 20, 7I. She had
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Nei',.'.
A4ax.
TORONTO MARKETS.
LIVI: STOCK.
Trade was good in all classes of live
stock, as Will � .ween by the many sales
given below.
Salesmen were able to push prices up
a little during the past two days be-
muse receipts were only moderate, and
the demand strong.
There was a good active trade from
start to finish au both days, and results
seemed to be satisfactory to the drovers
and country shipper.
Exporters --There were a few lots and
loads of exporters, but most of them
were bought for local killing, as they
were light weights. Prices ranged front
$7 to $7.35 for steers, and bulls at $5.50
to $6.30.
Butchers -George Rowntree bought
160 bothers' cattle for the Harris Abat-
toir Co., as follows: Steers and heifers,
$6.50 to $6.80; cows, $3.50 to $6.25; bulls
$5.00 to $6.30.
Stockers and Feeders -Harry Murby
reports a ligltt trade during the week in
stockers and feeders, on account of the
scarcity of butchers' cattle and high
prices of all cattle with any flesh on
then, as they were taken for killing pur-
poses. Mr. Murby got less than 75 all
told during the week, and reports prices
as follows: Steers, 800 to 1,000 pounds,
$5 to $5.76; steers, 000 to 800 pounds,
$4.50 to $5; starkers, $4 to $4.75.
Milkers and Springers --Receipts of
milkers and springers were large, and up
to Thursday trade was good and prices
about steady, but on the latter day
drovers and commission dealers reported
the market slow and prices easier by
about $5 per head. Prices for the bulk
ranged. from $35 to $60 and $65 per head,
with an odd cow now and again at $70.
Veal Calves -Receipts of veal calves
were moderate. Prices were steady at
$3 to $6.26 or an average of $5,50..A few
of extra quality were reported at $6.50.
Sheep and Lambs -Receipts moderate
and trade good at following prices:
Ewes, light weight, $5 to $5.50; ewes,
fat and heavy weights, $4 to $4.50;
lambs, $3 to $6 each, or 03gc to l0c per
pound.
Hogs -The market for hogs closed
steady to firm at the following prices:
Selects fed and watered at the market,
$9.35, and $0 to $0.10 for hogs, f.o.b cars
at country points.
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Dressed hogs ........12 50 1275
Butter, dairy ........0 20 , 0 25
Do., inferior ........0 18 0 20
Eggs, dozen .........0 21, 0 23
Chickens, spring. Ib .. .. 0 35 0 40
Turkeys, lb ..........0 17 0 20
Fowl. Ib . .. .. .. ... 015 017
Apples, bbl . 1 00 2 50
Potatoes, beg. by load .. 0 45 0 55
Onions, sack .. .... 2 50 75
Beef, hindquarters .. .. 1`2 00 13 50
Do., forequarters .. ..
Do., choice, carcase ... 10 50 12 00
Do., medium, carcase .. 18 50 1300
Mutton, per cwt. .. .
00
Veal. prime, per cwt. .. 11 00 12 50
Yearling lambs. ib ... 0 15 0 16
Spring lamb, Tb ...5.. .. 0 18 0 20
SUGAR MARBET.
Granulated, $3.30 per cwt. in bar-
rels: No. 1 golden, $4.90 per cwt. in.
barrels; Beaver, $5 per cwt. in bags.
These prices are for delivery here. Car
lets 50 less. In 100-1b. bags, prices e'e
5c less.
WOOL.
Local quotations are: -Washed fleece,
19e to 'c•; unwashed fleece, 12c to 13e.
OTHER MARKETS
CHEESE MARKETS.
Kingston -Today at the Cheese Board
there were s regi eredo 1,0383colored.
s of
Nearly
whits anri
all the stocks were cleaned out at 10-
3.4. rn 1„ c<.
Belleville -At our Cheese Board held
hero to -day 2,848 boxes of white were
ffered. The sales were as follows:
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FARi1 +`RS' MARKET.
The only grain revived to -day was
200 bushels of oats, which sold at 38 to
39e per bushel.
Hay quiet and steady, with sales of 17
loads at $18 to $21 a ton for timothy,
and at $12 to $16 for mixed and clover.
Two loads of bundled straw sold at $15
to $16 a ton.
Dressed how ere •,nehsn "rl.•with quo-
tatione ruling apt $19.50 to $11.75.
Wheat, white, ideev .....$ 0 0s $ 0 96
Do., red, new 0 05 0 00
Do., goose „ 0 85 0 87
Oats, 'bush • w . F 0 38 0 99
Peas, bush .... .. ,. 0 70 0 00
`Barley, bush . . 0 48 0 49
Rye, bash . , 0 63 0 00
]stay, timothy, ton 18 06 21 00
unded is Canada from
The National Drug and
medians in employees'
rsements, close to One
ve spend millions every
ties, labels, boxes and
s of Canadian tinsmiths,
graphers, box makers,
,rust as good" as those
following a sensible and
Toilet and Medicinal
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or if the NA -DRU -CO
it and your druggist
/cal Company
orooto, Hamilton, London,
ncouver, Victoria. 12
1,595 bo; s at 10 15-16c. 808 boxes at
10 7.Sc. 1 he balance sold on the curb
at 10 S
Brockvi
the Cheest.
colored an
e -At the weekly meeting of
Board to -day 2,195 boxes of
1,44.0 boxes of white were
offered. Tito sales were: 1,470 colored at
10 7-8e and 070 white at 10 7 -Se.
BRITISIP CATTLE MARKETS
London -London and Liverpool cables
quote live 'cattle (Amer -lean) steady, at
14e to 3.5e, dressed weight; refriger-
ator beef steady, at 12e to 12 1-2c per
pound.
WINNIPEG GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat -July 91 3-4e, October 87 1-4c.
Oats -July 81 3-4e, October 52 5-8c.
MONTREAL LIVE STOOK.
Montreal -Cattle prices were 25e per
300 lbs. higher to -day, and lambs also
advanced about 1-4c per lb.; hogs were
fairly steady at about $10 to 510.25.
Receipts at the C. P. R. east end mar-
ket were 600 cattle, 400 sheep and
lambs, 850 hogs and 1,400 calves. Steers
st,id all the way from 56.25 for fair to
57.50 for choice; cows at 54 to $5.25,
bulls at $3.50 to 56. Sheep were steady
at 54.75 to $6.50, while lambs were
st.rouger at $5 to $7. Hogs brought $10
to $10.25, and sows $9 to $925. Calves
sold all the way from $4 to $7. Trade in
the hater was slow owing to the rather
heavy supplies.
She (sternlyl-T pearl a noise very
late. Be (facetiously) -Was it the night
i tallin�
She -No. it wasn't. It was the
day breaking. -Baltimore American.
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;ales. Those who relished spdrltnetl Fre
some of the
No Heat Except
ere Needed
Dishes hot -food well
cooked -kitchen cool. No
underdone food -no
overheated kitchen in
summer. Everything hot
when wanted. Heat un-
der perfect control and
concentrated.
The blue flame is ail
heat -no smoke ---no
odor -no dirt. These are
advantages in using the
It has a Cabinet Top with shelf for keeping plates and food
hot. Drop shelves for the coffee pot or saucepans, and nickeled
towel racks.
It hiss long turquoise -blue enamel chimneys. The nickel
finish, with the bright blue of the chimneys, makes the stove very
attractive and invites cleanliness. Made witch 1, 2 and 3 burners;
the 2 send S -burner stoves can be had with or without Cabot.
fAllnri5nl1H ROTS: Ile mare rots wet ills ve-sme`chx2Alerase-plate reads "HEW ettlig teff."
lsvery dealer every/c err/chore;
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Toronto.