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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1906-05-25, Page 3Wwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwww fitmd Ay School. 11IITS 13,Nl.T1ONAL 2.iL)9SON NO. X. JUNE 3, 1900. The Gentle Woman's i['aith.-mark 7: 24-20. Commentary. --L In heathen borders '(vs, 24.) 24. From thence he arose - That is, after delivering the discourses at Capernaum. Eldersheim thinks that Jesus and the twelve apostles went im- mediately to the north country, while others think there was a short delay in, or near, Capernaum before starting out. Borders of Tyre and Sidon -Tyre and Sidon were heathen cities on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They were the principal cities of Phoenicia, a country northwest of Capernaum, and which lay between the Lebanon Moun- tain ranges and the Great Sea. They were ancient and important cities and here they signify the whole Phoenician district. Jesus bad never visited the country before and now it is not clear whether He really entered heathendom or stopped just outside, near the bor- der. Edersheim holds to the latter op- inion; several good authorities do not venture an opinion; while some of the latest maps represent him as actually entering the cities of Tyre and Sidon, which is very doubtful. Into an house - In all probability the house of a Jew. Edersheim thinks }Ie must have tarried here several days; the fact that He de- sired to be kept hid, but could not would suggest this. No man know it. - He judged it proper to conceal Himself awhile from the Pharisees, who were plotting against Him. Could not be hicl -"It seems that He was personally known to many in this country, who had seen and heard. Him in Galilee." II. A mother's request (vs. 25. 26). 25. Whose young daughter -The actual suf- ferings of the daughter were great, but the sufferings which the mother en- dured by sympathy were still greater. r. Our sufferings for others are great proportion of the amount of love we have for them. Hence the greatest suf- ferer on earth was Christ: Hom. Com. An unclean spirit -Matthew says her daughter was "greviously vexed with a devil." This was certainly a sad case. Nothing can destroy the peace of a home more than to have a daughter pos- sessed with Satanic influences. The spirit that possessed this girl was an unclean -a vile spirit. At His feet -This at once shows the humility of the wo- man; she assumed the most lowly atti- tude possible as she appeals to His mercy. 26. Woman was a Greek -"By lang- uage"-Geilkie. The Jews called those who were idolaters Greeks, or Gentiles, A Sy.rophenician by nation -A Syro- Phoenician. Phoenicia belong to the Ro- man Province Syria. "She was a Syrian of Phoenicia." Matthew says, she "was a woman of Canaan." "During ,the earl- iest times of Jewish history, several tribes of Ca.naanites. who were the or- iginal inhabitants of Palestine, had re- tired northward before the Israelites. From these the Phoenicians were des- cended." -.-Lange. I3r•c:mlght IIim.-Earn- estly entreated IIim. The case was•an ur- gent ono, and on her knees at His feet she poured out her requst. Would cast forth -She believed He had power to do this. Mathew says she "cried un- to IIim, saying, Have mercy on me, 0 Lord, thou son of David." She plead for mercy; she knew she could make no claim upon Ilim in any other way. The woman recognized .loses as the Jewish Messiah; she called IIim "Lord" and "The son of David" -terms distinctive- ly Jewish. "The state of this woman is a proper emblem of the state of a sin- ner deeply conscious of the misery of his soul." III. Faith tested. (v. 27). 27. Jesus said - This woman's discoura•gements were, great: 1. Her advantages had been small. She was a. heathen woman with but little means of even obtaining the light of the Hebrew Scriptrues. 2. At first Jesus did not reply to her request Matt. xv. 24), 3. When Jesus did speak she cricth aster us." "This has been ing salvation frequently meets these same tests, and many :become discour- aged by them. The disciples were an- noyed. They said, "Send her aevay, for she erieth afetr us," "This has been greatly misunderstood. To 'send her away,' according to Oriental idiotns, would be to grant her request, cure her child, and let her go. The disciples knew Viet Christ desired privacy, so they urged a prompt miracle so that the wom- an's cries would cause no further noto- riety." -Illustrative Notes. The children -Tine Jews. First be filledr-They are the favored people. "The gospel was first to be .offered to the Jews, and to thein our Lord's personal ministry nn earth was chiefly restricted." Jesus told her that His blessings were for the lost of Israel (Matt.). This would have caused people with ordinary faith to have given tip the struggle, but not eo with this woman; she Caine now and worshipped Him, saying, "Lord, help me" (Matt.). Seemingly repelled, she still worshipped. Here was a personal, .direct, ainiple, comprehensive, humble prayer. Not meet -'It is not euitaible-not the proper thing to do.` Children's broacle- Ta take those blessings that ibelong to the Jews. Unto the dogs -For "dogs" read "little dogs," household frets, such as ran around the table at mealtime. This was the severest teat of all. The Gentiles were considered by the Jewish people as no better than dogs, and Jesus only used a form of speech which was common; but it must have been very of- fensive to the heathen. V. Faith rewarded (vs. 28-30). 28. Yes, Lord ---`Truth, Lord" (Matt.). It is all so. The Jews -the favored ones ought to be blessed first. I know 1 am heathen -only a Gentile dog. Yet -Now follows (1) an ansever to His argument against entertaining her petition, and (2) a most touching appeal to His clem- ency. The dogs. , . eat of the children's orvmbs- I only ask such kindness as the doge of any family enjoy.' If 1 am a sloac give me at least a dog's fare. 1 would not take one of the blessings that belongs to the Jews, but out of Thine infinite fullness, Thous enlist give me this crumb 1 ask ,and. not impoverish then. By thio she sows her high regard for Christ's power; "even the mighty blessing she was asking was but a crumb unto Him." "She would be glad to re- ceive a crumb; those who are conscious that they deserve nothing are thankful for the smallest favor."-Ilenry. 29. For this saying -Her faith had tri- umphed. Jesus said, "0 woman, great is thy faith" (Matt.). Her faith was "great in its earnestnesss, its humility, its overcoming great obstacles." "The hindrances thrown in the woman's way only tended to increase her faith. Her faith resembled a river, whkh becomes enlarged by the dikes opposed to it, until at last it ,sweeps them entirely away." - Clarke. The devil is gone out -Now, at thisthie very moment, thy request is gr ant- ed. "Though our Lord's mission was to the lost sheep of Israel, yet ile altvnys honoree, personal faith in Hi•mself,where- ever found." "Persevering faith and dark, miserable room where the mother, two sons and mad. daughter lived. The fair was confined in: a cage with wooden bars. Her face was..sweet and pathetic `even in. its wildness; She event from side to side, or tried to climb the bars like a wild animal. Tho anissionary's heart ached for the poor, caked.child, but there were hoasylums for the the insane poor in Japan. There wgs but one thing to do; let the strong faith, and tender love of Christ's well up in her heart. And the girl caught the glow of it. She looked at her wonderingly, inquiringly; let her stroke her arm and speak south- ingy.When the wild look came back. The missionary and her assistant read to the mother of the healing of the lough- Canaan, and told em for her daugh- 'ed, and sang - "Jesus, lover of my soul." The road girl grew quiet, The nett day the mother came and told the mission. on- ary the daughter had slept nearly all night. The seek folio ging the girl ask- ed to knit and wish tl:e "Jesus peo- ple" would come again. '!'hey went. The prayer are next to omnipotent. No . sons got work and -the mother came to person can thus pray and believe with- the missionary, "The crazy girl is well; out receiving all his soul requires."- Gocl healed her. It began with the pray - Clarke. "This woman had asked a er and the song." Then the missionary crumb, and bad received a whole loaf of went again and saw a young girl sit - the children's bread." Although a Shen- ting by the door in perfect health, with then, she now took h.or place by the aide a happy face, and never dreamed it was the once crazed lunatic whom her faith and love had brought to Jesus. But it was even so. III. She was tested. "It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it unto the dogs" (v, 27.) Spurgeon says, "We have no more faith at any time than we have in the hour of trial. All that will not bear tea be tested is carnal confidence. Fair weather is no faith. No man ever had faith and was with- out trial. That could not be, for faith, I. She heard of Jesus. "A certain wo- in the nature of it, implies a degree of man.. -.heard of flim, and came and fell trial. I believe the promise of God. My at His feet" (vs. 25). Faith cometh by faith is tried in believing the promise, in waiting for the fulfilment, in hold- ing on to an assuranee while it is de- layed, and to act upon it until it is in all points fulfilled to rne. To whom God has given faith, it is as though one gave a lantern to his friend because he expected it to be dark on his way home. The gift of faith is a hint to you that at certain points and places you will es- pecially require it. IV. She was true. "Yes, Lord," (v. 28.) "Not a child of Israel." "yes, Lord." "No claim upon me until death has unsealed my heart to all the world." "Yes, Lord?' "0 Gentile, only a little dog" "Yee, Lord?' To the severest word of God, faith always replies, "Yes, Lord." It never murmurs nor tom - pinins. w, She overcame., "For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy uaughter" (v. 29.) . Great faith will en- dure the misery saif self -suspense, see light in black darkness, turn a precept into a promise. Make a stepping -stone of a stumbling block .net solace out of a,. Flight, write d'fi., 'intrnent his ap- * g,.victorythat A- -0. 111' ter of this woman c her clod would hear t ter, and knelt and pre; of Jacob and Moses, for she had prevail- ed. Of thy daughter -'Her faith is pecu- liar in that it obtains a blessing for an- other. Her intercession was successful. Here is also an encouragement for pray- ing parents to persevere in fervent prayer for even the most hopeless case of sin or suffering of a child. 30. Laid upon the bed -A sign of her perfectly tranquil condition; the demon bad previously driven her hither and thi- ther. hearing (Rom. x. 17); by "looking un- to Jesus" (Iieb. :di. 2), who is "Lord of Lords, and King of Kings" (Rev. xvii. 14). Looking to Jesus Peter had faith to walk on the sea; the moment He "saw the wind boisterous" he began to sink (Matt. xiv. 28-312). A lady said to Mrs. Boardman, "Lack of faith is my • great difficulty," Mrs. Boardman asked, "If you wished to confide in a woman would you look into your heart to see if you could trust her?" "No, 1 should look at her capacity and char- acter." "So men do in the affairs of life, but pursue another course when seeking faith in God. A heart acquain- tance with Jesus leads to utmost con- fidence in Him. We do not think of our faith when absorbed in the object of faith. Occupied with His greatness, His beauty, His tender care, we forget to exercise faith and trust Him as easily as tee do our most confidential friend." II. She besought for another. "The woman- ...besought Him" (v.. 26.). A Congregational missionary was distri- buting rice to the poor of Japan, A mother who had a lunatic daughter pante pointiment. Far-„ for food. The missionary went to the overconieth the A Time When Wallen Are Susceptible to Many Dread Diseases -Intelligent Women Prepare for It. Two Relate Their Experiences. The "change of life" is the most critical period of a woman's existence, and the anxiety felt by women as it draws near is not without reason. Every woman who ne- glects the care of her health at this time invites disease and pain. When her system is in a deranged condition, or she is predisposed to apo- plexy, or congestion of any organ, the tendency is at this period likely to be- come active -and with a host of nervous irritations, make life a burden. At this time, also, cancers and tumors are more liable to form and begin their des- tructive work. Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back- aches, dread of impending evil, timiditgl sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, con- stipation, variable appetite, weakness, inquietude, and dizziness are promptly heeded by intelligent wo- men who are approaching the period in life when woman's great change may be expected. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound was prepared to meet the needs of woman's system at this trying period of her life. It invigorates and strength- ens the female organism and builds up the weakened nervous system. For special advice regarding this im- portant period women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mase., and it will be furnished absolutely free of charge. The present Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pink - ham, her assistant before her decease, and for twenty-flve years since her advice has been freely given to sick women. Read what Lydia E. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, 1 am very pleased to write and toll you my expe- rience with it. 1 am the mother of three children grown to womanhood, and have safely passed the change of life, and feel as young and as strong as I did twenty years ago, and 1 know that this iss all due to your woman's friend, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound. `I used it before my children were born, and it greatly assisted nature and saved me, much pain during the change of life. I took it, off and on, for four years, and had but it, trouble and sickness that most women have to endure." -hire. James X. Mann, 806 Bathurst Se, Toronto, Canada, What Lydia ID: Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Powless and Mrs. Mann, it will do for other women at s of . Itthihastime conquerelifed - pain, restored health, and prolonged life in cases that utterly baffled physicians. owwwwwWwWWW Market Reports The Week. Toronto Farmers' Market, Grain receipts to -day were small, the only Offerings being 200 bushels cf rye, which st1d at 7bc per bushel. Hay in good supply, with prices firm; -5 loads sold at 913 'to 915 a ton for timothy, and at $9 to 4'10 for mixed. Cne laud of straw sold et $11 a toll. Dressed hogs are unchanges, with light quoted at $S.73, awl hccvy at $".25. Wheat, white, bush. -, ....9 0 10 $ 0 21 Igo.red, bush. .. .. .. 0 80 0 91 s; ring, bash. .. .. ,. .. 0 78 0 t,0 ISO., goose, twill...0 a 0 00 Oats, bush. . .. .. .. .... 0 41 0 411.6 Barley, bush..... .. „ .. ,. 0 51 0 02 Peas, bush. .. .. .. .. . 0 75 0 ] Rye, hu'b. ,.,. . „ .. . 0 75 0 00 Hay, timothy, ton.. ...... 13 00 15 30 Do., mixed. ton ., .. .. g 01 11 00 Straw. per ton .. .. .. .. .. 11 01 12 00 Dressed hogs . .. .... .. .. 0 25 0 00 Apples, per hill . .. .. .. 3 00 4 00 1"sa.^s, new laid doz. .. .. .. 017 019 Butter, dairy .... .. .. .. .. 0 20 0 23 Do., creamery .... .. (1:5 0 23 C'hl:.+kens, year old .... .. .. 016 0 15 Fowl, per lb. .. .. .. .... 010 0 12 Turkeys, 7'er lb. .. .. .. ,. 014 017 Cabbage, per des. .. .. .. 0 41 0 00 Cauliflower, per doz.• .. .. .. 0 75 1 00 Potatoes, per bag .. .. .... 085 1 0() nninnc, per bar .. .. .. .. .. 1 00 0 00 Celery, per dos, . .. .... a 40 0 50 Beef, hin';'uartere .. .. .. 7 00 9 00 Do., forequarters .. .. .. 6 00 6 25 Do., choice. esr^aFe .. .. .. 7 50 8 80 Do., medium, carcase .. .. 6 00 6 50 ntton, per cwt. .. .. .. .. 9 ee 70 00 Veal. per cwt.1) :s) 10 00 Lamb, per cwt. ...... 11 50 12 50 Leading Wheat Markets. Mr y. July. NAw York 90 57' Minneapolis .. .. .. .. .. 91°a site, T'etroit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 521,1 WI, S't. Louis.. .. .. ...... 8114 90 7'oleclo ,„ Duluth.. .. .. .. ..ri4:ta 6201 Sept. use sltr1 Rte se% British Cetus Markets. London Cable. -Cattle are quoted at 10'2c to i13te per lb.: refr:gerater beef, >,:ac per Ib.; sheep, dressed, 1:1145 to 150 per ib.; lambs, 16c, dressed weight. The Cheese Markets. Woodstock. -Offerings on the Woodstock Cheese Board to -day were 900 colored and 700 white: 1014,c was the highest bid on the hoard, with no sales, but afterwards fac- tor -men sold quickly. Piston,. -To -day 14 factories boarded 670 colored and 290 white cheese; highest bid, 11 7-16; 250 sold at this price. Buyers - Thompson, Carter and Morgan. Stirling,-lTo-day there were 540 offered; all sold to Alexander at 11ne. Toronto Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the city market as reported by the two railways were 64 car- loads, 1,163 cattle, 408 hogs, 44 sheep and 350 calves. The quality of fat catle was fair. Trade was if anything a little brisker than at the Junction on Monday owing to the light delivery. Exporters -Prices for fat cattle were no better, as will be seen by the many sales reported. Prices for exporters ranged from 94.75 to $5 per cwt.. with one or two lots at a little more, but the bulk sold around 94:90 per cwt. Several' loads of exporters that were not properly finished were bought by enterpris- ing farmers to go back to the country as short -keeps. Export bulls sold at $3,60 to 94 per cwt. Butchers -Loads of good butchers sold from 94.40 to 94.10; medium cattle, $4.25 to 94.40; rood cows at 93.85 to 94; common cows at 43 :o £3.60. Feders and Stockers -Harry Murby reports prices about steady at Friday's quotations as follows* best short -keeps, 1,100 to 1,200 it e , Pt 04.50 to 94.75: best feeders, 900 to 1.000 lbs., at 94.20 to 94.5.0: hest feeders, 900 to 900 lbs., at 94 to 94,25: best ptoekers, 59.0 to 7(1) lbs„ all 01.50 to $3.70; common stcokers, 3c ger oound. Milch Cows -About 20 mileh cows and sprin^ers sold at 821 to 960 each, three only bringing the latter price, Veal Calves -Receipts of Veal 021ves were large. Prices ranged from X3.00 to 96.60 per cwt.: prime new milk fed veals are worth 97 per cwt. Sheep and Limbs -Receipts light„ with prices firm. Export ewes sold at 90 to $5.25 tier cwt.; hurlcs at $4.25 to 94.50: yearlings at 61.50 to 37.20 per cwt.; spring lambs at 33 to 60 earn. Hogs-I1ecelpts light. Mr. Harris reports arises unchanged from those given on Frid- day at $7 per cwt., for selects and 90.75 for lights and fits. Bradstreet's on Trade. Montreal -Ocean navigation is now open at this port. Shipments of cat- tle have already been fairly heavy. There is a fair export demand for dairy pro- ducts. The export demand for flour is heavy and the market is firm. Whole- sale trade is active. Retail trade has been moving well and repeat orders of dry goods houses have been fairly heavy. Colder and damp weather, how- United Presbyterian Will Not ever, has lessened the city trade. With Canadian -Church. Toronto -There is a continued good j tone to business conditions here, The ? A Galt despatch: The subject of church demand for all lines of goods is brisk union, so far as the United Presbyterian Church in Galt amalgamating with the Canadian Chureh is concerned, is said to OH allU 011 'Phe seaso:a's first cold may be slight -may yield to early treatment, but the next cold will hang 011 longer; it will be more troublesome, too. U n necessary to take chances on that second one. Scott's Emulsion is a preventive as well as a cure. Take SCOTT'S EJIIIJLSIO$ when colds abound and you'll have Ile cold. Take it when the cold is contracted and it checks inflamma- tion, Beals the membranes of the throat and lungs and drives the cold out. Send for free samp£e- SCOTT 8r BOWNE, Chemists Toronto, Ont. 6�e end 11,00 - - - Ali druggists• WIDOW'S REVENGE, DESTROYED CLOTHING OF UN- FAITHFU'L SWAIN. A Toronto Woman in the Ottawa Police Court -Grant Alleged to Have In- duced Her to Sell Out in Toronto' With the Object of Going to Sam Francisco. An Ottawa despatch: Mrs. O'Leary, aged about fifty years, a buxom widow from Toronto, was fined $20 and costa in the .Police Court here to -day for en- tering the room of James Grant, am Ottawa young man boarding on Slater street, and mutilating his clothing. This. was done for revenge, the allegation being that Grant while boarding with Mrs. O'Leary in Toronto had promised to take her to San Francisco to start a restauhant together, and on the strength of this she sold her furniture and gave up her Toronto home. Repeated letters from Grant, delaying matters, caused her to form suspicions, and, ' coning to Ottawa, she got into, his boarding home, took possession of his room, and cut up his clothing. She- paid the fine, hut in view of the treat- ment accorded her the liagistrate slid not assess her for damages to the clothes, saying Grant could collect in some other court if he wanted to. STRIKE THREATENED AGAIN Lake Firemen Refuse to Accept the New Scale, tilovdinyncl, O:, May 2h -the 'veneer epee between ^iterima firemen and ,rep- resentatives of the Lake Carrier; Asso- ciation, which iias been considering the question of wages for the past two days, ended abruptly late this after- noon, the marine firemen leaving the conference and refusing to aeeept the- proposed heproposed wage scale. As the 'long- shoremen, tegmen, oilers, grain scoopers and water tenders are affiliated to- gether, it is believed the break in the negotiations will bring out all of these elements and throw the lake carrying situation back to where it was previous to last week, when the agreement was reached. DR. KING WILL RESIGN. Unite and values are holding steady to firm. A good sorting trade is gloving in dry beoods.althougll unseasonable whether has en quiet during seeding, but it is be- ginning to be more active. Retail trade in the city is brisk. Collections and re- mittances are generally good. Farmers are taking a fair number of stockers and feed cattle which will later come in- to the market as butchers and expor- ters. Winnipeg -Trade conditions here con- tinue very satisfactory. The movement of goods is heavy and from all points come reports of a good retail demand. Money is now fairly plentiful. The mar- keting of last yearts crops is still under' way and the large members of immi- grants coining into thn country seem mostly to be well supplied with money, the effect of whieh is being felt in the retail trade. Collections are improving. Dry goods lines are moving well and the hardware trade continues active. The demand for groceries is improving and lines of hardware are moving briskly. Victoria and Vancouver ---The activity in local and provincial industries and the brisk movement in wholesale lines is becoming more general as the season opens out, Heavy orders for groceries are coming forward and the demand for hardware and general drygoods lines is brisk. There is also ooneiderabie activity in the shipping trade all along the coast. London --Trade continues active in all lines and the demand for wholesale lines is good. Ottawa- The volume of business move ing continues good. have lost most of its interest,. since a settlement of the differences for some time existing in the congregation of the former church, bee been arranged on the strength of Rev. Dr. King's promise to resign within a yerlr. It is also stated to -day that Dr. King, being a man of in- dependent means, and somewdvat ad- vanced in years, will likely retire per- nently front active ministerial work, al- though his name has been freely men, - tinned in oonn.eetio,r with the vacant 'United Presbyterian •Church at Walton in. Huron county.