HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-01-10, Page 9LESSON IL -JAN. X2, 19oa.
Jesus and John the Baptist. -John r;
19-34•
Commentary -1, John's statement eon -
venting himself (vs. 19:24). This was a
time of great excitement and expecta-
tion concerning the Messiah. John spoke
with authority and his success was
-great. He had proclaimed that a new
dispensation was at hand (Matt. 3:2),
and this was believed to refer to the
Messiah. Accordingly a delegation of
priests and Levites was sent to John
tram the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem for the
purpose of interviewing Vim with re-
spect to himself and his mission, They
asked him, "Who art thou?" Who do
you profess to be? Do you assume to
bD the Messiah, or aro you a prophet?
John positively declared that he was not
the Christ neither was he Elijah nor
"that prophet." It is true that Jesus
said that John was Elijah (Matt. 11:14),
but he was speaking figuratively (com-
pare Luke 1:17), while John's question-
ers were speaking literally, and Johu
was not Elijah returned to earth again.
The prophet referred to was the prophet
of Deut. 18:15, who some thought would
be a second Moses, others a second Eli-
jah, others the Islessiah. John replied
to their questioning by saying that he
was "the voice of one crying in the wit-
derness. Make straight the way of the
Lord." John was not the 'Word," but
merely a "voice." He was nulled a voice
because, 1, He w.s uttering -God's
thoughts. 2. The importance lay chiefly
in the message, not in the messenger.
The message he delivered is referred to
in Ise. 40:4-5. The idea is taken from
the practice of eastern ,nionarcl1a, who,
whenever they took a.journcy, sent har-
bingers before them to prepare the way..
Before our King will come to us there
must be .a .thorough ;preparation .for his
coming.
IL Johns testimony of J.eeus .(vs. 25-
28).. 25. they asked him --The deputation
from Jerusalem asked John the Baptist.
wily baptizest thou then -33,y what au-
thar•ity dost thou administer the rite of
baptism, seeing that thou art not Christ,
nor Elijah, .nor the prophet? Baptism
as a rite was common to the :Jews and
-was .administered to those becoming
proselytes to the Jewish religion.- "The
Pharisees held most strenuously that no
prophet, after Macs, had a rightitoo or
in-
troduce any new emend .usage,
ceremony among the Mosaic institutions,
except the Messiah himself. The ques-
tion, therefore, Why baptizesthou
then? was a ceer;y peremptory Y one
'Medea.
26.- 1 baptize with water -john's an-
swet is very ;pertinent. •"1\1y baptism is
.the symbol and precursor of areal bap-
tism by the great Baptizes:." there
standeth ,one -It is not necessary to sup-
pose that Jesus was standing in the
.crowd .at that time, but he was living
among the people, and was unknown to
:them. 27. after me -John was the fore-
runner to announce his coming. not
worthy -A proverbial 'expression. The
work of unlacing and removing the san-
dals belonged t.o the humblest servant,
anti because of Christ's greatness John
said he was unworthy to do even that.
The desire to exalt Christ and abase
himself was ever uppermost in John's
mind. 28. Bethabara-The B. V. has
on
the Mount thany. (This noBethany
ofOlives.)namesBoth have
nearly the same meaning, Bethany some-
times signifying "boat house," and Beth.
abara "ford house,' or "ferry house."
"Probably these were the names of two
villawhich nam a districts near
Bethany,
the together,malleof
of
the two villages faded out. Or John
may have been baptizing in a place be-
tween the two villages, and hence some-
times called by one name and sometimes
b the other."
I•II. John points out Jesus (vs. 29-31.)
29. The next day -The day following the
testimony of John to the deputation
from Jerusalem. Seeth Jesus -The fact
that John knew Jesus shows that the
baptism and temptation (Matt. 3; 13 to
4; 11) preceded the events of this les-
son. Lamb of God --There is no reason-
able doubt that John gave this name to
our Lord because he Was the true sacri-
fice for sin, the true antitype of the
Passover lamb, and the lamb prophesied
of by Isaiah (Isa. 5:3; 7.) -Ryle. The
daily sacrifice of a lamb was continually
lly
before the people, reminding them
of
their need of an atonement for sin.
Without doubt, John, who was the har-
binger of Christ, was enlightened beyond
others with respect to Christ's office and
mission, and saw for him the great sin -
offering for the sins of the whole world.
Taketh away -Or "beareth away," as in
the margin. On the great Day of Atone-
ment the priest confessed the sins of
the people and laid them upon the scape-
oat, and the goat was sent to the
depths of the . desert. Christ's taking
away the sins of the world is borrowed
from this act. We have here one of the
many expressions which declare the
great scriptural truth that Christ's
death was a vicarious sacrifice for sin.
The sin ---All the sins of all the children
of Adam. The atonement was complete,
and no one was left; all may be saved if
. they will accept the provisions made.
"The world is weary with its cumbrous
and futile methods of obtaining deliver-
ance from sin," Salvation from she comes
only through faith in Christ,
30. After me, etc: -Jesus came after
John in point of time, but he was pre-
ferred before him in dignity and honor.
Was before me -This refers to Christ's
Amami -pre-existence with the Father.
John's attitude toward :'lhrist from first
to last affords an illustrious example of
true humility. Few names in the Bible
stand higher than does the name of
John abases himself, declines all. flatter-
ing titles and exalts Christ. The greatest
saints in all ages have been men in this
spirit, who have not sought their own
honor, but who have always been ready
to decrease if Christ might •only* increase,
31, Knew him note -He dia./nit know
him as to his stature, office and mission
until the time of his baptismr John was
a cousin of our Lord, and that he had
had some acquaintance with him be-
fore his baptism seems evident from
Matt. 3; 14. While joins did not know
him as the Messiah, yet he had a )nowl-
edge of him sufficient to reeogn ze rn
hint an exalted spiritual nature that
caused 3»m to hesitate when Christ came
asking baptism at hie hands. Therefore
am I come -John here declares that the
great end of his ministry was not to
form a seat in his own name, but to
make Christ knawfi to the Jews. The
great work of the Christian church is to
magnify Jesus Christ and bring out his
beauty and greatness to a lost world.
IV. The Mesaialiehip of Jesus revealed
to John (vs. 32-34). 32. Bare record -
John now proceeds to -tell how, more
than forty days before this, at the time
of the baptism of Jesus, he learned
that he was the 11Messdah. I saw -"I have
beheld:"- R. V. John had been an eye-
witness, and was not now reporting from
hearsay. Like a dove -"That the Spirit
of God should, descend as a dove is in
accordance with the emblematic charac-
ter of the whole transatetioii" The dove
represented an undefiled; character
(Dant. 6. 9), harmless (Matt. 10: 16),
gentle and meek (Oant, 2. 14). Abode
upon him -Thus definitely designating to
John that Jesus was the Messiah (v. 33).
It was not it ,passing influence but a per-
manent abiding of the Spirit.
33. Ile that sent ere -John was con-
scious of his divine mission. 13e WAS
sent .of God. Baptizeth in the Holy Spir-
it (1t. 1.) -John could baptize with wat-
er, ,but it was the prerogative of Jesus
only to baptize with the Holy Spirit.
"The .gift of the Spirit is oonstantly re-
presented as an outpouring." To -day we
are living in the dispensation of the
Spirit, It is the office work of the Spir-
it to .eolivince of sin, to regenerate and
cleanse the heart, aucll to guide and to
sustain the trusting soul. The holy Spir-
it .dnvells in the heart of the true Chris-
tian. Matthew and Luke .and that Jesus
would baptize "with fire." Fire here is
an emblem of the Holy Spirit and brings
out the thought of warmth, or heitt.
Baptista meats cleansing --fire is a
°Teat purifier. 34. The Son of Goch--
2.Che Messiah -the Christ, John here de-
clared that Jesus was divine. God also
spake from heaven (Matt. 3. 17), thus
confirming the sign given to John.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
The Small Yield Cow.
Dairying in the United Statee Is depressed
by one element that : gnat forever stand in
the way to Mock the dairymen from sueoees.
That element is the emall yield oow, and the
she steer than eosts $40 er $50 a year for
keep and •returns her awn $25 to $35 for milk.
Many a milk producer, with a herd of 30
such cows representing an investment of
"The Lamb of God."
The Word tells of Christ, the Prophet;
the Lamb speaks of the Redieemer. One
brings. us to the revelation of God's• will
and truth, the other to the great Re-
deemer. It is not only a touch of love,
but a touch of blood. Spoken after
Christ's baptism, a short time after Be
had passed under the. floods. of• the Jor-
dan, a symbol of physical death and re-
surreetiou. In this typical act he had
died and risen again for the sin of the
world. "The Christian's escutcheon is
not the Russian bear, the British lion,
nor the American eagle. It is the Lanib
.of Gad. The church fs ever to be an in-
dex -finger pointing to Him who taketh
away the sin of the world" (v 29). Let
us consider the following points:
I. Spotless. "A iamb without blemish
and without spot" (1 Pet. 1. 19). The
utmost care was used by the Jewish
priest to select • a lamb free from all
blemish (Lev. 3. 6; 4. 32), and "without
spot" (Num. 28. 3), for ;God would not
aeeept any other (Lev. 22. 20-25). Not
only must the lamb be spotless, but the
priest must certify it to be so (Lev.
22. 26-33), and. the words, "This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"
(Matt. 3.17), were God's seal to the sin-
lessnese of Jesus. Though He was made
in the likeness of sinful flesh (Rom. 8.
3), yet he did no sin, :neither was guile
found in his mouth (1. Pet. 2. 22). Al-
though He was made sin for no, yet He
knew no sin (2 Oor. 5. 21). Viewed from
every point, He was always perfect. He
was ever wholly self-possessed (Matt.
21. 23-27). He never retracted a word.
He never altered a plan, He effectively
turned every occurrence to a spiritual
purpose (John 4. 7-10; Matt. 16. 6-12).
I1. Submissive. "Be was oppressed,
and he was afflicted, yet he opened not
his mouth. He is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb so he opened not his
mouth" (Ise. 53:7), "And when he was
aeeused....he answered nothing" (Matt.
27:12-14). Hugh Stowyll says: "I have
watched a lamb led to the slaughter and
have seen the little guileless animal lick
the hand about to be imbrued with its
blood; patient; meek and free from all
resentment. Blessed shadowing o that
patient, long-suffering •Man of sorrows
who cause among us and was never pro-
voked to resentment or cavil or retalia-
tion or unkindness."
III. Sacrificed. "The Iamb that was
slain" (Rev. 5:12, 13:0). The Lamb of
God stands for submission, suffering and
death. Under law, in a figure, the sins
of a guilty soul were transferred of
the white, innocent lamb ere it was
slain. Under grace, in fact, tlic sins
of "all" guilty souls were "laid" on the
Lamb of God, ere he was sacrificed for
us (Isa. 53:6). He took our place. He
died in our stead. He became our sub-
stitute, "A gentleman who was travel-
ling in Norway tells how he went to see
the church of a certain town. Looking
up at its tower, lie was surprised to see
the carved figure of a lamb near the
top, He inquired why •ft was placed in
that position, and he was told that when
the church was being built a workman
fell from the high scaffold, His fellows
saw him fall, and, horror-stricken, rush-
ed down expecting to find him dashed to
pieces, but to their surprise and joy he
was almost unhurt. This was how he
escaped: A flock of sheep was passing
by the church at the moment of his fall,
and ho fell among them as they were
Talrt
the Bal>tist„ Jesus spoke highly of crowded together, .and right on the top
him --See Matt. .11; 11; John 5; 3d. of a lamb. The lamb was crushed to
thorities, was $72,66. The value of
the butter -at, at prices that have been
paid neighboring Partners by the College
creamery, was $190.38. If the 20,000
pounds of skim milk and buttermilk
sere to be valued at, say, 20c per cwt.,
it would &mount to $40. Adding this
to the value of the butter -fat, the total
yield of butter -fat and skim milk would
$1,000 or $1,200, is toeing money regularly, equal $230.38. Deducting the Coat of
and must loose as long as he insists on feed we have a profit, once feed. with Such; cows, He can invest o-
his $1,200 in, say, twelve cows that cost $loo suited, of $151.72. At the priee,of cicala
apiece, and these cows will give WM more which have been received during the
m s ecru s as ', '. .
ease, the feed of eighteen cows, with all the Rice, of i'illsornbuig, Ont., the batter fat
hard
er would bedln the costs of thanakee]noney in this cow's milk would have been worth
There is inb sight no wehange In farm and $224.57, The skint milk in this case
market 'cinto ons that carried
ever to put would have been, say 175 cwt, worth
& ,prom into dairying carried on with cows $35, making total proceeds of $259.57.
that average 1;000 to 1,500 quarts of milk Or refit over Cost of feed of $1x6.91.
per head per year, and producers s may as P ,
well open their eyes to this truth. The prop- To state this eery s record another way,
espied to make mllieivnh such cows is an aeording to the rule for estimating but-
absurdlty, because it is proved beyond all ter yield by adding one-sixth to the but-
ter fat, the estimated quantity of but -
money into their milk than they can ever
hope ever to get out of it when it is •sold in ter which could have been wade from
the market. The student 01 milk production the cow's milk was practically 912 1-4
is surprised .every day to observe what a poundts, 1abioh is about six times the
large number of herds be will find that ield of the average cow of this eoun-
averages less than 1200 quarts of milk per y
head per year. The owners of these herds try. This is a wonderful record, one
say that they "cannot afford better cows," which very few cows would be capable
The truth is that they cannot "afford"
these cows, One Correspondent says that last the best, summer, in a tour of over 300 so-called
"dairy farms" lie Lound lees than twenty
herds whose average yield was large enough
to bring the cost of production inside of the
net returnso from their milk sold at the
average price of the year. The twenty who
owned these herds were making money. The
other 180 owners were losing money' -on their
small -yield herds. The lesson is plain. The
conclusion fa inevitable, -New York Farmer,
ilk thanh1 30 b give him He would past year by her former owner MI Geo
COWS NEED CONSTITUTIONAL
VIGOR.
This is the element that produces en-
durance under great strain of any sort -
in the race horse under the strain of ter-
rific speed, in the milch cow under the
strain of enormous production. Under
the strain of a severe climate it is called
hardiness. The presence or absence of
this element is especially manifest in
the growth and development of the
young of the different breeds. Of the
one they live and grow without special
care or attention; of the other they
perish .easily if they do not have the
best of care. The difference is simply
in constitutional vigor or eita1 force
born in the calves of ties one and not
in the calves of the other. The differ-
ence continues throughout the lives of
these, animals. ' It may not be mani-
fested go eonap'enonsly in after -life,
yet it affecto 9].11 -Coir relations to their
food, care ern p eduetfons. Ins what
does it consist? Is it in possessing
what is sometimes •ea1']ed the nervous
temperament? Not infrequently we year. The average coil is a good poduc
find the offspring of breeds that lay er for at least six years, or until she is
especial claim to this temperament, es- eight years old. It willon the average
peeially lacking in the ability to live • be four years after rchasing the sit
and rapidly develop without special before his (fist daughters will have
care. It is a secret force hidden in brought in the first extra. $10. Eight dol
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REM ClCV�w
MONTREAL LIVE STOCK
Montreal Despatch: About 554 butchers'
cattle, 46 calves, 145 sheep and Iambs and
1,132 fat hogs were offered for sale this fore-
noon. The heavy snowstorm seemed to have
a bad effect on trade, which was further
depressed by email supplies and higher
Prices of cattle. Hoge also are higher la
price. Best cattle sold at about 5c per pound,
but they were not extra; .pretty good animate
sold at 3%o to 41/2c, and .the common stock
at 244 to 3'44c per pound. The calves were
chiefly grassers, which sold at 3c to 3%c
per pound, Good weals sell at 40 to 3440 par
•pound. Sheep sold at about 4o per pound,
and the lambs at Sr4c to near 6c per pound.
Good lots of fat hogs solei at 6% to near
6%e per pound,
TORONTO FARMERS' ?ifARK0r
The offerings of grain to -day were all nil
owing to the unfavorable weather, and prices
are purely nominal..
Hay and straw dull and nominal at quota, -
tions, there being no receipts.
Dr•eeeed hogs continue firin at $7.75 to $0
for light, and at $7.60 for heavy.
Wheat, white, bush... ., ,,..$ 0 97 $ 000'
Do., red, bush,,, .. , .... 0 97 000•
Do„ Spring, bush... ., .. .. 0 90 0/05 -
Do„ goose, bush,., ., .. 0 87 0 00
Oats, bush... 51 0.51.
Barley, bush.. .... .. ., 016 0 00•
Rye, bush.. ... .,. ... 086 000
Peas. bush. ... , . 10 Q6 210 0 00
7
Hay, timothey, ton. .. .. ,,,
Do., clover, ton... .. ... 16 00 18 00
Straw, per ton.. .. .,16 00 9 OD
Seeds, Alsike, No. 1 bush.-;6 76 8.05
1)
Do.,red clover..... ... 9 00• 950
Dresed Hoge... .. ... 7 50 0 00•
Eggs, new laid, dozen.., .. 045 050
0'30,
0 30
0 32
0 10
0 10,
0 111
0 16
3 50••
096•
0 00
1 25
S 00
5 00'
720
,b 60
9 00
10 00
950
of. making, Prof. Dean writes that so Do., storage... .. ... ... 0 25 •
fair as be is aware, it is one oflc es , i Butte], dairy... ... ... .. .... 0 26
if not the best, ever made in Canada, Do., creamery.,. ., - 030
Geese, dressed, bb... .. .. ..,. 009
and he doubts whether any eow begin- Chickens, per Ib.,, ., ... 0 08
ring her record before she was four , Ducks, dressed, Ib.,. •. 0.10
years old had a better one. -:Farmer's 1 Turkeys, per lb.. ... .,, .. 0 14
Advocate. i Apples, per bbl... .. .. . 2 00'
` Potatoes, per bag... 0 85'
Cabbage, per dozen,.... 0 40
VALUE OF A PURE-BRED SIRE. { Onions, per bag. 100
Beef, hindquarters.., 700
A fewpoor cows ma • do little errata- I Do„ forequarters,,. .. 400
y p Do., Choice, carcase,.. ,6 75
nent harm to the dairy herd but a poor i Do., medium, carcase.,. , 500
sire will no untold damage. Frequently Mutton, per cwt... 800
dairymen hold the penny so close to the Veal, prime, per wt... 750
t 's 'in osevible to see the dollar a Lamb, per cwt,,. ,,, „ ,., .., 850
eye i i i p
little farther off, and this is just what BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS
a man is doing who has a good dairy 1 London -London cables are firmer at toe
herd of grade cows and thinks he is ei:on- ; to 1$ per lb., dressed weight; refrigerator
omizing by buying a poor or even com-
mon sire.
11 the good pure-bred sire improves the
milking capacity of his daughters only
one and one-half pounds of milk at a
milking, above the production of their
dams this would mean an nicrease of 900
pounds of milk for the ten months or
300 days an ordinary cow should give
milk. The daughter would also be amuch
more persistent milker, that• is, would I Trade, owing to light receipts, was brisk,
give milk for a longer time in the year ;with prices firmer.
and she would regain her flow of milk ' Exporters -None on sale, excepting a few
better after an unavoidable shortage of export bulls, wbich sold from $3,00 to $4.
Butchers -Best butchers', 34.50 to $5; medium
feed as in a summer drouth. These $4 to 34.25; common, $3.50 to $4; canners, se
daughters may certainly be credited with to 31,50 per cwt.
Feeders -None on sale,
1,000 pounds more milli per year than Milkers and Springers -Fred Rowntree
their dams produced. At the low -esti- bought three at $40 each,
mate of $1 per 100 pounds this extra Veal Calves -Prices firm et $4 to $6 per
amount of milk would be worth $10 per cwt.
° Sheep and Lambs -Export aheep sold at 34
per cwt,; lambs sold at 35 to $5.50 per cwt.
Boge --Selects were quoted at 35.80, fed and
watered, and 30,40, f. 0. b,, cars. at country
points,
beef Is quoted at 9%c per pound,
WINNIPEG WHEAT MARKET
Following are closing quotations on Win-
nipeg' grain futures to -day:
Wheat -Dec. $1.08% bid, May $1.131% bid-
Oate-Dec. 46c bid, May 5374c bid.
TORONTO JUNCTION LIVE STOCK
Receipts of live stock at the Union Stook
Yards were 13 car loads, oomposed of 243
cattle, 32 hogs, 205 sheep and 2 calves.
Tho quality of fat cattle was fairly good,
Bradstreet's Trade Review.
the raee, in the breed and in the ani- lura and twenty-three cents. kept at Montreal -During the past week all
mal. Perhaps it may be properly compound interest for these fourr years 1 trade here has been practically holidayliy confined
p P p p° to the retail movement of cods.
called the vital temperament. The at 5 per cent, will equal $10. So the' It is as yet impossible to exactly state
just what the volume of this trade will
have been or how it will compare with
that of previous years. At the moment
bulls of the Holstein -Friesian breed daughters improvement or increase of
possess this vital force or temperament income the first year is worth $8.23 at
more strongly than those of any other the time her sire is purchased.
improved dairy breed. The breeders If the heifer calves are to be raised for , it would appear as having been heavy,
in dolland-andd iin ries acid breeding, In llxoosf dairy
0ccowar the1e n enis absolutely
h uttelor yee no
busi- ping aj but there are wholesalers who state they
•avual
that this breed has maintained a high scrub bull. The dairytnen who think i have found nd oft business quieter than couldunot
standard of vital force we point to its there is pay A. heavy price annually for be this end the season. This not
use in almost every climate, including maintaining the tradition. The serab be unnatural in view of the stringency
raja -
that of Northern Russia nearly up to bull is the most expensive and extrtva_ of money and its consequences in goner -
the Arctic Circle. Its salves are rail• gent piece of cattle f�eah on the faun. al trade. Wholesalers she having the
ed without difficulty. Taken from He does not atop at being merely worth- usual hill. They look forward to having
their dams at. three days old, and von- leas but velli lose the farmer the prise of a good revival of the sorting trade early
sonably fed on skim milk and a little two br three good bulls every year he in the new year. Values of commodities
oil meal, they grow like weeds. Given is kept. The dairyman could not Afford
generally
the icountrd has 1 steady.The
1 eavyt Receiptail s
plenty of food, no natter if most of it to keep a scrub bull if the anim'tl were of -produce have niuee increased during
is roughage, they develop rapidly. The given to him, if he were paid for board the week, and prices have been easier -
heifers usually drop their calces at ing the beast and giving a prenmfnni of
about two years old, and henceforward $100 per year for using hiin. The pre,• Toronto -Retailers are generally pret-
ence of the snub in so lean Illinois ty well satisfied with the volume of holf-
are profitable to their owners. y' day business done here to date. Despite
the fact that the trade was somewhat
slow in opening and that -there has been
considerable talk of coming trade depres-
sion, holiday shoppers seem to have had
plenty of money with which to make
purchases. In some lines of business,.
however. wholesalers state business dur-
ing the past month has not been quite
up to average. The fur trade, for in-
stance, has been sloe',. In this line, as
in many others, retailers have been
price -cutting and it would thus appear
they are all pretty well stocked up. The
wholesale dry goods business is quiet,
although there is a good volmno of
business booked ahead. Values hold
steady to firm. The grocery trade is
quiet and is likely to continue so for
soo little wh-:Tile.
Wninnipeghere has been a good
general holiday business here during the
past week. Its volume will compare fav-
orably with that of previous years.
Wholesale trade is quiet and will con-
tinue so over the turn of the year. The
weather has been fnyorable to the rail-
roads And goods have been moving free-
ly, The circulation of money following
the heavy retail trade should show forth
in collections ]text month, Wholesalers
expect a good sorting trade to open up
early in the year,
Londi]n-•-Retailers have done a good
business ,luring the past week. 'Mole-
salers find business quiet. as is usual at
this time of the year. Sorting trade is
quirt, but coltectiens are eallitlff in well.
Hamilton ---The holiday trade has been•
heavy in all lines and wholesalers report
a better tone to collections. Country
trade has Koen good anal the outlook
favors the opening; out of a good buss.
11000 early in file new year.
nttnna-Seasonable goods have been
nutr e 1)11%1;1y and the holldn ' trade
lana been of excellent volume. Collections
aro reported to be improving.
20,778 POUNDS MILD FROM
IN 12 MONTHS.
ONE COW
Visitors of the Ontario Agrieultural
College during •the past summer were
shown a Holstein -Friesian eow, called
Boutsje Q. Pietertje DeKel, which was
expected to produce twenty thousand
pounds of Hulk within the year. As a
matter of fact, she has actually exceed-
ed tints• estimate. From Oct. 27th, 1006,
to Oct. 26th, 1907, she has given 20,778
pounds of milk, testing a fraction over
3.76 per cent., and containing 781.01
pounds of butter -fat. The Cost of the
feed, as charged up bY the College au
herds -many times without n single
qualification except that he is a male -
is an offence and disgrace to the dairy
business and n plain advet•tisennaot of
the dairyman's thoughtless bid for fail-
ure. The only thing on earth the scrub
sire is good for is sausage and i;, is high
time that this plain and simple truth
wns given practical acceptance on `very
dairy farm.
By all means gel a good dairy sire if
you have to sell two or three cows to do
it. The improved sire is without ques-
tion the most economical investment in
any dairy herd.
Wilber J. Fraser,
Chef of Dairy husbandry,
University of nitres.
death, but the ratan was saved. And so
they ,carved the lamb on the tower at
the exact height from which he felt to
commemorate his escape. Christ was
crushed to death under our load of sin."
"Tire continual morning and evening sac-
rifice of a lamb, under the Jewish law,
was intended to point• out the continual
efficacy of the blood of atonement; for
even at the ,throne 'of God Jesus Christ
is ever repre&entcd tis et lamb newly
slain" (Rev, 5:6).
IV, Sovereign. The living ones and
the Were adore "the Lamb;' myriads
of angels cry, "Worthy is the Lamb:"
the universe praises the Lamb" (Rev,
5:8, 12; 33) ; the wicked fear "the wrath
of the Lamb" (Rey. 6115, 16) ; the hun-
dred forty and four, thousand. "follow
the Lamb whithersoneer he goetli" (Rev,
14:1, 4); the brineof• Christ is "theShe (After the opera) -"If I am not
wife"- (Re.21:9) 'tile marriage
mistaken, I have the honor of speak -
Lamb's
of the Lamb" is the great feast of the ing to the renowned bass have I note
tore Rev, and. re t He (flattered)- And what can I do
for you, madame?" She -"If you
would be so kind as to call out John'
at the top of your voice. 1 can't find
]my carriage," •
The witness to Jeans was, 1. The tes-
timony of John, entirely disinterested
and self-sacrificing. Ile gave his whole
•life to bearing his witness to Christ, re-
sisting every temptation to gain notori-
ety, and to muike friends of the =Men-
: tial Pharisees, 2. The -witness of facts
that. entirely convinced John himself, 3.
The witness of a voice from heaven. 4.
The witness of the baptiser of the Holy
Spirit. It was the token that in Jests
are fulfilled the prophecies of the Old
Testament with regard to the pouring
out of the Spirit in the Meseeiuic age,
and especially to the impartation of the
,Spirit, to the Messiah himself (Isa. tilt
I; Luke 4:1h) ---prophecies which de -
rennet the crowning glory of the latter
days. A. C. M.
fu ( 10:7-9);i d the title of
"tire Lamb" as final conqueror is Lord
of lords and King of kings,• and they
that are with him hire called and chosen
and faithful (Rev. 17:14).