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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1906-09-28, Page 7r4 6 boy off. IFIVI,R12&T1ONAL LE66,01:8 NO. I OCT. 7, 14800 The Two Great •Co andmente. Mark I2 $1&t and 88-44, Commentary, -I. The two great cool- mandments (ve, 28-31), 28, One of the i scribes --Matthew calls him a lawyer. A ' doctor of divinity, A. professional in- tezpreter of the law of Moses, "Usually such a noted scribe was a teacher and had a company of disciples about him." Came -Probably at the 1•enuest of the Pharisees who were determined to catch and overthrow the !Saviour. Having heard.. , . , perceiving -He had listened attentively to the discussions of Jesus with the Herodians about the tribute money and with the Sadducees about the resurrection, and had been pleased at the answers Jesus gave. Asked him - Matthew (xxii. 35) adds, "tempting him,' It has been suggested that this man may have honestly wished to test the char- acter of our Lord's teaching before join- ing the conspiracy of the other Pharisees against him. Abbott thinks him neither a caviler nor a disciple, but one curious to see what reply so able a. thinker would make to one of the puzzling and theologi- cal problems of the day. "The question suggests philosophic and spiritual sight into the nature and precepts of the late. Tt calls for the results of protracted and profound meditation?'-73uell. The first commandment- This was a disputed question among their doctors of the law. Some ascribed first place to the law of sacrifices, others to the law of circum- cision, others to the law of the Sabbath, While some gave the distinction to the law of meats. "But Jesus, with much Letter reason, decided in favor of a com- mandment inclusive of the whole of I piety, and leading to every holy temper, word and .work." -Benson. 20. Jesus answered -He quoted from Dent. vi. 4-9. One Lord -Faith in the ! absolute unity of the Godhead is the ' point where the Christian religion ant- agonizes all heathen religions. 30. Thou -Christ makes this a personal matter; he does not speak in a general way, but he brings the truth home to his questioner. Shalt -There is no chance for cavil here; no ambiguous expressions. Love the Lord -It is impos- sible to obey this commandment only as the love of God. has first been sbed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost (Rom. v. 5.) "To love God is to have our desires and purposes mingle with God's desires and purposes. Love is an inter- , mingling of soul with soul, so that they ere no more twain, but one. The test of character in loving God, and the bene- fit from loving God, will depend on one's conception of him." Heart .... soul - mind .... strength -We may understand this fourfold enumeration as a command to devote all the faculties to the love of God. -Cook. 31, The second -The first "table of the law defines our duty to God; the second, our duty to our neighbor. Is like -Of a like nature, embracing the whole of our duty to man. Neighbor as thyself -See Lev. xix. 18. The Jews understood neigh- bor as meaning fellow -Jew, but Jesus taught differently (Luke x. 25-37.) "It would startle the most of us to think out the full meaning of this." • II. A discreet answer (vs. 32-34.) The scribe said -He expressed his approval of Christ's answer. 33. Is more than. offerings -The scribe gathers up inhis reply some of the great utterances of the prophets' which prove the superiority of love to God and man over all mere cere- monial observances. See I. Sam. xv. 22; Psa.11.; Hos. vi, 6; Mc. vi. 6 -8. -Cam. Bib. "Why is love more than these? 1. Because it is nobler in nature, infinitely above in quality, as the soul is above the body, as thought is greater than lan- guage. , 2. Love is the very thing which sacrifices were meant to produce and ex- press. 3. Love is most, effective in lead- ing to obedience toward God, in cultivat- ing all virtues, in producing good works. One can offer sacrifices and still be bad; but no one can love as here described and not be holy and heavenly."-Pelou- bet. 34. Discreetly -With knowledge and understanding. Not far -Ile wa.s' near but !sthile on the outside. It is dangerous to the near. This man saw the light, he knew the tru(rh, and yet we have no krrmwledige that he ever entered into the kingdom, It is po'ssiblc to be near and • e'b be lost. A person will not long re- ane,n: nems. He will •eitjluer enter or drift farther away. No man, etc. --No one undertook to entangle helm in his talk after this. III. A warning against hypocrisy (vs. 36-40). In verses 35-37 Jesus asks: the Jews a question trhich they could not answer. 38. In his doetrine-"Im leis teething." -R. V. Dewarn--Be on your gu,aird, The warning here is against pride and hypocrisy. Long clotlting--Literally, in stoles, long robes reaching to that feat, such as ladies of rank were aeous- tomed to wear, and kings, a.nd nobles, and certain priests, and'other high per- eoarmges.-Morison They took pleasure in the display. i5mrlutatioms-"They lov- ed auppedlattons of honor and respect, such as Rabbi, Father, Master, Teacher." "Men often profess a desire to magnify tkelm office, when in •truththey want to magnify ,themselves," --Ryle. Marloet places -Any thoroughfare or public square. Their ambition was to show themselves oef in these public places,. 30. Chief seater -The chief seaits were at the upper end of the synagogue, near the chest containing the Book of the Law. Uppermost rooms --"Chief places." R. V. 40, Devour-Lilte ferocious beasts they idevoumed, the substance of the widows, ttbe =owe defenoedess and the most de - /serving of the poor. Perhaps as execu- tow of wills and' guardians of children t1h wonild rob widows of their pro - Icor a pretence•-H'ypocritesi in - They made religion a mask, and ma:t .r.a:Yw.w,wone5 v.s.mvr.,,+n... through .their pretended piety they tsought to gutiu the confidence of these 1 whom they were planning to rob. Great- er damnation - 0r "condemnation," -R. V, "Implying a most teerribl-e punish, went. For the 'double sin •of hypocrisy and fraudulent injustice, Huey should meet a. terrible doom," -Clarke. •Pride, hypocrisy and injustice are kindred sins. IV'. A lesson on giving (vs. 41-44), If this narrative is taken in connection with the discourse just given, it places the hypocrisy of these Pharisees in a most glaring light. They wore religious for gain, while she, ,one of the very class they were planning to rob, had a religion that led her to east into the treasury ail she had. 41. Sat -Probably to rest. Over against-Onnosite. The !treasury -A name given by the rabbis to thir- teen chests, sailed trumpets from their shape, which stood in the court of the women, at the entrance to the treasure - chamber. Beheld -The original indicates that he was purposely observing the people, studying their notions and char- acters. Qbrist still keeps like watch in his .church (see Rev. 1. 13). -Abbott Be- fore the Passover, freewill offerings, in addition to the temple tax, were general- ly presented. -Lange. 42. Poor -The word rendered poor is a very strong one, nearly equivalent to "beggar." It implies utter destitution. -Cook. The condition of a poor man's widow in that country- was most help- less. Two mites -The smallest Jewish coin about the value of one-fifth of a cent. It took its name from its ex- treme smallness, being derived from an adjective signifying thin. "The value is only of importanne as ;showing upon how minute a gift our Lord pronounced this splendid panegyric, which might well be envied by a Croesus or a Rotchs- child" 43, Called diseiples-Jesus di- rected their •attention to this act. More -More in proportion. to their ability to give, and thus more in the estimation of God. 44. For, etc. -The worth of a gift is to be determined, not by its in- trinsic value, but by what it costs the giver. The measure of that eost is what is left, not what is given. -Schaff. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. Christ's answer to the catch question, "Which is the first commandement of all?" (v. 28) was a sentence from the law twice repeated, "Thou shalt love" (vs. 30-31). Our lesson on love reminds us to: I. Love God fondly. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy C4od with all thy heart" (v. 30). Heart affection is a. personal attachment to a person. Gold would have us love him as a child, who look- ing into his face dare cry, "Abba Father" (Rom. viii. 15); love him as a redeemed slave, who cries, "My Lord and my God" (John xx. 28); love him as a bride, who says, "my beloved" (S. of S. i. 14). When Cyrus, the conqueror of Asia, was reviewing his troops, the wife of Tigranus was beside him among the captives. As the crowd pressed to see the conqueror, Tigranus approached and offered a thousand talents to redeem his wife. Afterward, as a company of peo- ple were praising Cyrus, Tigranus said to Ms wife, "What did you think of him?" "I did not see him," was the reply. "Upon whom were your eyes placed?" asked Tigranus. The wife looked fondly into her husband's face and answered, "Upon trim who offered a thousand talents to ransom me." II. Love God ardently. "With all thy soul" (v. 30). Soul,psuehe, is synony- mous with life ,and is sometimes set. translated, as, "Ile laid down This psuche e is for us" (I John, 3, 16). psuche a ransom for many" (Mark 10, 45). To love God. with the soul, the life, is to love actively, intensely, "in deed and in truth" (1 John, 3, 18). To be so enamored of God that service is delight and suffering counted as glory (Rom. 5, 3). It is not "a man abstain- ing from this or that evil indulgence af- ter the binding force of carnal command- ments, bet an exhaustive, holy, loving, spontanehus loyalty, that is ceaselessly bubbling up and out, flowing through all our thoughts, words and deeds, in an instinctive obedience that anticipates all legal enactments by fulfilling the spirit of the law." III. Love God intelligently. "With all thy mind" (v. 30). Dr. Lowry Asbury says, "This means with all the mental powers. As the heart is the seat of the affections, and the soul is the seat of life, so the mind is the seat of ration- al nature, the fountain of thought and reason ,and all out superior faculties of will, memory, conscience and judgment. All these must be brought into action in loving God. Irrational love is not pure and supreme. If judgment cloes not ap- prove and sanction the affection, it is inferior, rising no higher than, animal in- stinct or human. feeling. The supreme love of God le a divine passion as ration- al as it is ardent." What we "think" of Christ (v. 42), has a close connection with our love for him. We cannot but a mire and tolere him, if we contemplate him as he is. "Son of David," yet "Lord" of all (vs. 42-45); very pian, yet very God ;one with humanity, yet one with the Father; his character, holy; his works, unexarnple; his teaching, unex- celled; his life, heavenly; his mission, di- vine; revealing God and redeeming man., bringing God to man on cltaking man to God," IV. Love God supremely. "A11 thv. Ifeart..all thy soul -ell thy mind.,all they strength" (v. 30). "Love nothine beside Cod but what you love for God." Love Him above all and in all and through all. This love is "utterly beyond tho products of human nature; neither heredity, nor culture, nor ceremonials, nor rigid discipline, nor literary senti- ment, nor poetic genius produce this heavenly affected. It is a river from the heart of God, poured upon the world in the atonement, opened hi our hearts by regeneration and under the Pentecostal baptism of the Holy Spirit filing the banks of our, being until all the inner Stanfield's Underwear is the most perfect protection against Canadian winters. It is just the eight weight for warmth -yet not too heavy for easy comfort. Si is made of Nova Scotia wool - the fine£t in the world -and is guaranteed absolutely unshrink- able. See that your dealer gives you what you want-STANFIELD'S Uade7wear. 88 senses are deluged with its holy energy." Anna Downey tells of astudent in De Pauw University who went to the altar seeking something from God. A teacher knelt beside him and said, "You have been so earnest in Christian work, have you not the witness that you are God's child?" "Yes." "Are you not eoneoerated to God?" "I believe I are." "What are you seeking?" The man looked up with intense desire in his face and said, "Oh,. professor, I do so long -to love God." The Holy Spirit had awakened in him an unspeakable longing to love God sup- remely, to have the blessing of perfect love. He believed for it and his prayer was answered. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (v. 33). Neigh- bor is from a word signifying "close by." The question, "Who is my neighbor?" was answered by Jesus in the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke. x. 30-37). "As thyself" (v. 3L), Love to hide thy neigh- bor's failing.as thou dost hide thine own xiii. 37). Love to speak of thy neighbor's evicellencies ae thou dost of thine own (Phil. iv. viii.) Love to see thy neighbor prosper as thou dost love to see thyself (Rom. xii. 15; Prov. 2S.) Love to do for your neighbor ex- actly what you would do for yorself (_Matt. vii. 12; Roan. xv. 2.) Such a love as this is divine. NOWUS WEEDS t o-e-c-o--o-o-> Toronto, Sept. 5th, 1006. Dear Sir, ---In view of the numerous en- quiries which are being received by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, re- specting the Act to Prevent the Spread of Noxious Weeds, I append herewith a synopsis of the Aet in order that its pro- visions may be more clearly understood, and should be glad if you would allow the same to appear in your columns. Yours very truly, NELSON MONTEITH, Minister of Agriculture. The Act to Prevent the Spread of Nox- ious Weeds makes it incumbent on every owner or occupier of land to cut down and destroy, when growing on his land, the following weeds: Canada thistle, oxeye daisy, weld cuts, burdock, las often as is necessary to prevent the rip- ening of their seed, provided that the destruction of growing grain crops is not involved thereby. The operations of the .Act may be fur- ther extended by by-law to any weed or weeds, and to any disease of grain or fruit trees (excepting Yellows and Black Knot in fruit trees). In order that the provisions of the Act may be properly enforced, it is pro- vided that the Ooinrcil of any city, town, township or incorporated village may, and upon petition of fifty or more rate- payers, shall, appoint at least one inspec- tor for the purpose. The inspector is re- quired to serve a notice in writing on the owner or occupant of any, land with- in the municipality (or within his divi- sion of the municipality, if there is more than one inspector appointed), where said noxious weeds are growing, requir- ing him to cause the same to be cut down or destroyed within ten days of the service of the notice. In the event of neglect to carry out these instructions, the inspeetor shall enter upon the land and pause such weeds to be cut down or destroyed (unless the land be sown with. grain), the cost of doing this work to be charged against the land with the other taxes imposed by the municipality, Where such noxious weeds are growing upon non-resident lands (by which is meant "lands which are unoccupied, and the owner of which is not resident with- in the municipality"), it is not necessary that the inspector should give any notice before proceeding to cut down or destroy snob weeds. In the event of the land baing railway property, the notice shall be given -to any station master of the company resi- dent in or nearest the municipality. The owner or occupier of the land is also required to destroy, at the proper time to prevent the ripening of their seeed, all noxious weeds growing on any highway •(not being a toll road) adjoin- ing his land, from the boundary of such lartd to the centre line of the road. It is the duty of the overseer or inspector of highways in the municipality to see that the Act, as it relates to the keeping of highways clear of weeds, is properly en- forced, and in case of neglect after notice has been given to the owner or occupier, the work niay be performed by the muni- cipality and the costs added to the taxes against the land. In the event of their being no 'overseer or inspector of high- ways, the enforcement of the Act in this regard falls upon the -clerk of the muni- eipality. Every offence against the Act is punishable by fine ma summary convic- tion before any Justice of the Peace, the fine to be paid to the treasurer for the use of the municipality. Every 'inspec- tor, overseer of highways or other officer who refuses or neglects to discharge the duties imposed upon him by this Act is liable, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than $].0 or more than $20. G. WU HAUL WESTERNGRAIN NEXT SEASON Rapid Progress Being Made in the Construction West of Winnipeg. 100 MILES NEARLY READY. Mr. Comm{cigweod Schreiber lias hist Completed Tour of inspection of Line From Winnipeg West. Ottawa despatch: "Canada will have a remarkable railway when the (grand Trunk Patifie is built," is the state- ment which noa•s made this morning by Mr. Collingwood Seereiber, chief consulting engineer to the Canadian Uovernnrentt, "I have ,just come from the west, where 1 have been inspecting the por- tion of the line from Winnipeg to Edmonton. I drove the entire distance of the route from Portage la Prairie to leduiontosi. "The surveyors have found a splen- did line. It is practically straight, and the maximum .grade to •the eastward is fonir-tenths •of one per cent., and west- ward five -tenths. "As the Grand Trunk Pacific people expect to do about as well through the mountains from Edmonton to the Paci- fic, end as the national transcontinental surveyors have practically secured these grades all the way from Winnipeg to the Atlantic, therefore no doubt the line will be the best of all the transcontinen- tal lines, and capable of the most eco- nomic adaniatastration, and handling the greatest'amount of traffic at a minimum; cost. "By auttnnn t are will be over a hundred miles of the line west of Winnipeg railed, and there is little doubt the road will participate in. the Mauling of the crop next year. The settlers are going in with the. road. Their shades are sear dotting the prairie for the whole distance from Portage la Prairie to Edmonton "The company has sixteen. surveying parties working to the west of Ed- monton through the mountains. The eontraetors are encountering ennee dif- ficulty in getting labor. Ilow.ever, there is no doubt the road will be built in a very slrart time. There will be a meeting of the Gov- ernment on; Monday. ear iWlfrid will be present, Hon. Me. Ilymsn returned to Ottawa this morning. 21he Governor- General also got back from Quebec. AMID FIRING OF SALUTES. Body of Rear -Admiral Chichester Leaves for Ene,-land. Gibraltar, Sept. 25.- The Ameriean squadron. arrived unexpectedly, and two days ahead of schedule time. Rear - Admiral Br•ownson immediately landed detachments to assist in the convey- ance of the body of Rear -Admiral Sir Edward Chichester on board the British battlesip Fornttdahle, and leaves here for England to -night. The body of the late Rear -Admiral was conveyed on hoard the Formidable amidst the firing of salutes from the shore batteries and the British and American fleets. The ceremony was most impressive. Rear -Acheiral Brownson and the Spanish Governor followed the cor- tege. M ark et Reports The Week. Leading Wheat Markets. Sept. Deo. May. New York 70 82 84'x5 Detroit .. 141/2 71% 81 St. Louis „69% 714 77 Minneapolis . , . . , .., .., ... • „ 72% Toledo . .,, .. 7e 76% 8014, Duluth ,.. .., .,. .,741/2 73' 77' British Cattle Markets. London. -Canadian cattle in the British markets are quoted at 10e to 11100 per Ib,; refrigerator beef, teem per 1b. Canadian Cattle. London.-(C.A.P,)-Liverpool prices of Cues- adlan cattle are fourpance to fourpence three farthings per pound. Ewes are five and a half to slxpeuce. Glasgow pries for cattle are 308: per hundredweight. The Cheese Markets. Pleton.-Tbhteon factories boarded 1,006 buses of cheese, all colored; 131c .bid; all sold. Buyers, Miller, McCaw, Morgan and Thompson, Woodstock. --Offerings on the .Woodstock cheese board to -day were 1,200 white and 1,100 colored, .September make; the 'white sold at 13 cents aad the colored for 12 15-16o, Peterboro.-At the Peterboro cheese board there were offered 3,600 cheese, being the first half September make; it sold at 13o,, Who and 131/40, Board adjourned for two weeks, salesmen: Cook, Whitton, Kerr, Gil- lespie, Wrigbton, Morton and Brintell. Toronto Farmers' Market. .Offerings of grain to -day were fair. Wheat is unchanged, with sales of 200 bushels of white at 74c, and of 100 bushels of goose at 70o, Barley firm, 300 bushels selling at 48 to 50c. Gats are easier for new, with bales of 600 bushels at 35 to 36c, and one load of old brought 40e a bushel. Hay in fair supply, with prices steady;. 35 loads of new sold at $10 to $12 a ton. Straw nominal at 313 a ton. Dressed hogs were firm. Light quoted at 39.6$ to 59.75, and heavy at $0.25. wheat, white, bush. ... .....$ 0 74 $ 0 00• 1)o., red, ,bush. .. 0 74 0 04 Do., spring, bush. . ,. 0 72 0 00• 1)o., goose, bush. ... 0 70 0 00 Oats, bush. .. .. ... 0 38 0 40. 1)o., new, bush. ... ... 0 30 0 36 Harley, bush. _,. ..- 048 060 Rye, bush. ,. ... .. 0 65 0 00 Hay. new, per ton ... ... 10 00 12 00 Do., old. per ton ... ... 14 00 14 50 Straw, per ton ... ... ... .,1s 00 0 0o Seedlaikc- Ae, fancy, bush. .,. .,. 0 50 6 60 1)o., No. 1, bush. ... 0 00 6 30 Do. No. ' bush. ... 500 626 lied Clover,.9,bttah, ... ... , 0 00 6 60 prorsad hogs 986 9 75 D_gs, dozen ., ... .,. ,0 11 0 23 Better, dairy ... 0 Si 025. Do., creamery ... 0 2,3 0 28. Chickens, dressed, ib. ... 013 015. Turkeys, per lb. ... ... 0 13 0 14 liens, per Ib,... ... ... 0 90 0 11 Apples, per bbl,.. , ... 1 00 1 50 Potatoes, per bag .,. ,., 0 85 1. 00 Cabbage, dozen ... ... .. 0 30 0 60 Onions, bag ...... . I . . 100 1 10 Beef, hindquarters8 00 9 00 Do., forequarters .,. 500 600 Do,, chotee, carcase . 7 50 8 00 Do., medium, carcase ... 6 00 6 60 Mutton, per ewt. ,.. ... ,8 60 9 00 Veal, per cwt. ... ., 9 00 11,00 Lamb, per cwt. .. ... ... 10 50 12`00 Toronto love Stock. Receipts of live stock at the city cattle market as reported by the railways since last Friday, were 79 carloads, composed of 1,151 cattle, 556 hogs, 1,725 sheep and lambs, 104 calves and 4 horses. There was an active demand for all good cattle, but there were few of them, and the common to medium classes were slow sale at ]ower quotations. There was not enough good quality beef to supply the demand. Exporters -All the loading dealers reported no business being transacted in the export line, consequently all reports in the evening Dopers to the contrary are incorrect. Butchers -The best single steer en the mar- ket sold at $4.75, and several d :.:ars were after him. The best on the market sold at 84 to 94.25; medium at $3.50 to $3.75; com- mon 53 to 93.23; cows at $2,70 to 37.60; bulls $1.50 to $2.255. Feeders and stockers -A few sales were made at unchanged quotations as follows: best feeders, 900 to 1,100 lbs., at $3.60 to $4; best feeders, 800 to 900 lbs., at $3,40 to $3.65; best stockers. 600 to 500 lbs., at 53.25 to $3.50; medium stockers, 000 to 900 lbs., at $2.75 to 53.27: edmmon stockers, 600 to 900 lbs., at $2.22 to 62.50. Milch rows -About 40 milkers aad springers sold at 9::0 to $55 oath. Veal calves -Prices steady at $3.50 to 56.50 per cwt., an extra choice new •itch ted calf would bring $7 per cwt., if not too heavy. Sheep and lambs -Lambs were glinted all the way from 55.50 to 56.80 per ewt,; sheep at 54 to 91.50 per cwt.; bucks at 93 to $3.50. Fanners were buying buck lambs to take back on the farm at ee.en per owt, Ilogs-Mr, Harris got over 500 .at unchang- ed quotations, selects $6,40 and light fats at 30.15 per cwt. Manitoba Wheat. At the Winnipeg option market to -day the following were the closing quotations: Sept. 731ic aeked, Oct. 7174c, Dec. 70%o bid, May 747$,e bid. 13radstreet's Trade Review. Montreal: Wholesale trade has con- tinued quiet in tone during the past. week. This, to a certain extent, is sea- sonable, but some Iocal authorities say trade is quieter than it should be at this time of the year. These authorities ore also of the opinion that the outlook is not so bright es indications ha-ve caused to be expected. To substantiate this there is talk of poor crops in some parts of Eastern Canada. Collections are fair, but paper due early in the month showed an increasing number of renewals. The fall anillinery trade has opened well, buying having been fairly heavy. Gro- ceries are silowiug more activity. Values. hold steady, Meals and hardware keep brisk demand and there is a good trade in paints and oils. Hamilton: Fall trade is opening out well. Wholesalers 'are meeting, with good demand for seasonable line: and retail trade is reported fairly brisk in all departments. Receipts of country produce continue on the light side and values are firms. Collections are fair to good. London: Prospects for fature trade are good, Retail and wholesale stocks are moving more actively. The millin- ery trade is brisk, with purchases nue ring more than ever into the better class lines. The hardware trade is brisk. Col- lections are good. Ottawa: There is a fairly good move- ment of general lines foliorwi.ng more ac- tivity in country retail trade. Values in all linea bold steady to firer. 'Vancouver and Victoria: A good bwsi:-• neas is moving in all branehes of trade here , The exports of grain and fish are also likely to be heavy.