HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-11-27, Page 7LESSON
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liESSON IX.-NOV. 2g, rgo8.
World's Temperance Sunday.- Isaiah
s8: 1-x3.
Commeartary.-L The northex'n king-
dom warned (vs, 1-4). I. woe -Grief,
sorrow, misery, a heavy- calamity, a
Burse. to the crown of pride -By the
crown of pride the prophet ,refers to
0a1n11r'i2t, the beautiful capital of Israel.
me city was situated on the top of a
4yournd hill and surrounded by a rich val-
ley. the drunkards of Ephraim -Eph-
raim, the leading tribe of the nation,
had become debased in vice. They were
a tribe of drunkards, and because of this
the woe was upon thent a fading flow-
er -A very forcible figure. Their beau-
ty and glory would fade as a flower. the
fat valleys -The valleys around Samaria
were very fertile and beautiful. over-
come with wine -Wine causes men to
fall an easy victim to temptation. Al-
cohol destroys the will power. The
drunkard has a bad character and gener-
ally enters recklessly into the vilest
sins. What is overcome? 1. Reason.
Irntemperrance makes fools of men. 2.
Conscience. The moral sense becomes
deadened. 3. Physical powers. The
drunkard indulges in thee, which entire-
ly unfits him to meet the obligations
that are resting upon him. He incapaci-
tates himself for any position of trust.
The penalty is lost manhood, social de-
gradation, an impoverished and a deso-
late home and eternal banishment from
God.
2. the Lord hath a.....strong one -
This is a reference to the arany of the
Assyrians, which was soon. to come The
them like a devastating storm.
destruction would be complete, like a
terrific hail storm or a great flood.
3. trodden under feet--uheluvaaleser,
with the Assyrian host, invaded, over-
came and carried the people away, never
to return. It is an unsolved problem
to this day where the ten tribes are;
whether they continue to exist or are
entirely extinct. All of this was be-
cause of sin, and especially the sin of
drunkenness.
4. as the first ripe fig (R. V.) -As the
first ripe fruit was eagerly seized by the
fruit gatherer and hastily eaten, so
Samaria would be a delicious morsel for
the Assyrians. "The image expresses
in the strongest manner the great ease
with which the invaders would take the
city and the whole kingdom of Israel,
and the eagerness with which they would
seize and consume the prey." It is still
true that trouble and sorrow like an
invading army come upon and destroy
those who might have been 'happy and
prosperous but for strong dadnk,
IL God's ransomed blessings (vs. 5, 8).
ii- In that day -The day when, because
of its great wickedness, the Northern
kingdom should 'le destroyed. A crown
of glory -The Lord will bless and defend
those who trust in Him. Reference is
hero made to the two tribes of Judah
and Benjamin, the remnant of God's peo-
ple, who were to continue a kingdom for
more than a hundred years after Israel
was carried into captivity. "And clearly
the closing of the clouds around Samaria
was coincident with the dawn, of a
brighter day in Judah. Hezelriah came
to the throne only three, years before the
fatal siege of Samaria began. His acces-
sion must have been nearly contempo-
aaneous with that expedition of Shah
maneser against Hosea, when he 'shut
HOW MRS. CLARKE
FOUND RELIEF
After Years of Suffering Dodd's
Kidney fills Cured Her.
Pleasant Point Matron Tells Her Suf-
fering Sisters How to be Free From
the Terrible Pains That Make Life
a Burden.
Pleasant Point, Ont., Nov. 16. -(Spe-
cial) -That most of the ills that the
suffering women of Canada have to bear
are due to disordered Kidneys, and that
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the natural cure for them is odd's Kid-
ney Pills, is once more shown in the case
of Mrs. Merrill C. Clarke, a well known
resident of this place and a prominent
member of the Salvation Army. Mrs.
Clarke is always ready to give her ex-
perience for the benefit of her suffering
casters.
"My sickness commenced twenty years
ago with the change of life," says Mrs.
Clarke. "My health was in a bad state.
Water would run from my head which
would make me faint. When I came out
of the fainting spells I took fits. I was
bloated till I was clumsy. The pain I
suffered was awful. It would go to my
feet and then to my head. Many doctors
attended me and I tried many medicines,
but nothing gave me relief till I used
Dodd's Kidney Pills. The first box stop-
ped the fits and seven boxes cured me
completely."
Every suffering woman should use
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They make strong
healthy Kidneys, and the woman who
has good Kidneys is safeguarded against
those terrible pains that make miserable
the lives of so many women.
Proof is fataeaita L 1c that
diaF. Pimkh 's a stable
ompos8ad cures female ills and
riles warren safely through the
e of Life.
kP it };;asitia Blair c'anuifton,Ont.,
writes to Mrt rink am:
I 441 was s3eh for five years. One doe -
'or tend' pie it Irma nloesatiou, and an-
(Cher bhad neeit was a 'fibroid tumor,
a(aj;i o4vieedd an operation. No one
lir Puns Who suffered, and tare bear-
;ingdovettpains were terrible.
wrote to my sister about it and she
x49 Tote to thke LydiaE. Pinkham's
Ilregeeta
le C rnpoundf.
ItIr bored me of all my troubles,
d not have to haver the opera -
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a all. 'rho Coin oitend also
;ped no to pass safely through
tango of
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the true meaning, tl`he p>i'vp11Ct had been
repeating the same warren again and
again, and the people ;were tired of it.
like many to -day they, preferred not w
hear about their sues. 11. 'day (.R. C.) --
The prophet's reply iegins with tale
verae, leaiah attacks thine e offeas,
who considered theniselves perfectly se -
cure.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Some of the Effects def tntenlperanee.
L Beauty spoiled. 'Whose glorious
beauty is a fading Clower" (vs. 1-4). It
is not alone the vulgar, illiterate and
homely who are, "overcome wiiil wine,"
bat the refined, accomplished and beau-
tiful. The highest type of physical or-
ganization is most injured by intoxi-
cants. Investigations as to the effect of
alcohol on anunals prove this. It has
beau found that swine are not irijured
by the conetehgt use of stimulants as
human beings are. These animals have
small brains. The larger the brain, the
more delicate the organization, the more
serious the injury, lntox.ca nts will steal
the lustre from the eye; the bloom from
the cheek, the smile from the lip, the
pity from the heart, until that which
once pleased and atcrai:ted can only
grieve and repel. Doctor Guthrie says:
"Go not away, 1 prayyou, under the
delusion that inte'mpera:n.e is confined
only to the lowest striatum of society.
[ know the eontrary..Muck improved
as are the habits of tide upper aid middle
classes -and we thank (';rod for that -
we have met this vice in all classes of
society. It has cost ,many a servant
her place, and -yet greater loss -ruined
her virtue. It has broken the staff of
bread of many a tradesman • It has
wrecked the fortunes of many a mer-
chant. It has spoiled the coronet of its
lustre and sunk the highest rank into
contempt. It has sent respectability to
hide its head an a poroliousc, and pre-
sented in luxurious drawing -rooms scenes
which havo furnished laughter to the
scullions in the kitchen. But it has done
worse things than break the staff of
bread, lower rank, wreck earthly for-
tunes, and crown wealth with thorns.
Most accursed vioai What hopes so pre-
cious that it has not withered, what car-
eer so promising that it has not arrested,
what heart so tender it has not petrified,
what temper so fine' that it has not de-
stroyed! I speak what I know."
II. Strength sapped. "Broken with
wine" (v. 1, rear,.). A man's physical,
mental and moral strength may be ren-
dered helpless, useless, despicable by al-
echol. Alexander is a lamentable illus-
tration of this fact. Seneca says of
him: "He was in Babylon, in banquet
after banquet, entertainment after en-
tertainment. Having spent a whole
eight in carousing, a second entertain-
ment was proposed. There were twenty
guests at the table. 1 -Ie drank to the
health of every one, and then pledged
them severally. After this, calling for
Hercules' eup, which 'held six bottles, it
was filled, when he peered it all down.
drinking to Proteas, end afterward
pledged hien again in thee sa=ne enormous
bumper. He irad, no sooner swallowed it
than he fell upon ,the:flood, here, then,
is this hero, invincible by all the toils of
prodigious marches; by the dangers of
sieges and combats; by the most violent
extremes of heat and cold -Here he lies,
conquered by his intemperance."
III. Honor humiliated. "The crown of
pride" is "trodden" tender foot (v. 3).
The man who has held the highest posi-
tion, hemming an inebriate, is exposed
to the contempt of mien. He is easily de-
eateci, as were the Harvard oarsmen
some years ago, when in competition
with those of Yale, who depended. on
claret for a stimulant, while the Yale
boys dl:ark only water, His reputation
is wrecked, .as was that of such distin-
guished worldly poets as Burns, Byron
and Poe.
1V. Steps stumbled, "Through strong
'chink are out of the way" (v. 7) . A
man in liquor traveling from. New York
to Philadelphia on the' fast express, de-
liberately walked through the ear to the
him up and bound him in prison' (II.
Kings 17, 4). Yet he was not daunted by
his neighbor's peril. He began his reign
with a political revolution and a reli-
gious reformation. Ile threw off the
yoke of Assyria, to which his father had
submitted (IL Kings 18, 7), and he clear-
ed the land of idols and idol -worship. It
was the dawn of a day of promise, such
as the prophet seems to point to in
these two verses."-Rawlinson. The
residue -The remnant who obeyed the
Lord, often referred to by Isaiah. 6.
.A spirit of judgment -A clear percep-
tion of God's truth. A clear head as
promised as well as glory and 'beauty.
Turn the battle to the gate -Who pur-
sue the fleeing enemy even to the very
gates of their own city. -Clarke. We
have a spiritual welfare to wage (Eph.
6, 12), and we are pledged to conquer
the world for Christ. Beware lent we
render ourselves unfit for military ser-
vice by luxurious habits and sinful in-
dulgences. The drunkards of Ephraim
could do nothing to oppose the invaders
of their country: Hom. Com.
III. The evils of strong drink (vs. 7,
8). 7. But they .also have erred -"Jer-
usalem as well as Samaria has her in-
ebriates and scenes of disgusting intoxi-
cation. Though her punishment is not as
near as that of the Northern kingdom,
there are eeen the marks of sure de-
cline." "Note the effects of strong drink
portrayed in this verse: 1. Erring, wan-
dering into forbidden ways and places.
2. Even the religious teachers led astray.
3. Wholly absorbed in appetite. 4. They
cannot see things as they are, or fudge
correctly. 5. The whole life is perverted.''
Through wine -"Palestine was in auti-
quity famous for its vines' and wines.
There are ten different names in the Old
Testament for the vine, and twelve for
wine, and at leastt tniney texts in which
drunkenness and drinking are nrention-
ed."-Geikie. The priest -They were
specially inexcusable because of Godis
word. No priest could lawfully drink
wine or strong drink (Lev. 10. 9). God,
but offieial Members of the prophetic
order. Swallowed -"Men sometimes say
that they swallow their wine; it were
truer to say their wine swallows them."
"It eats up their substance, it devours
their health, it gnaws off the fine edges
of their sense of honor; in fine, if it
have its way, it will ultimately 'swallow
them down, body and soul." -Dr. Burrell.
Err in vision -Rendered themselves in-
capable of receiving divine communica-
tions` -Gray. Are seen reeling and stag-
gering as they come from their most sa-
cred functions. A strong, indignant des-
cription of d'runkenaiess in genera1.-Pul.
Com. As the outer eyes may see double
and become blind under the influence of
drink, so the inner eye sees double and
is gradually blinded. The true path goes
upward; they love it and go downward.
They acme the true light and follow false
lights to outer darkness. We need a
constant, clear and well-defined vision
of unseen things; God, his kingdaw,
the ideal life, the goal of life. -Leavitt.
hod's ministers need a pure heart, a
o'ean 'life and a clear vision. Stumble
In judgment -Stamper when pronounc-
ing judgment. Priests and prophets, were
eometimes judges. Life is a practical en-
terprise. It requires a quick conscience,
a clear, discriminating, accurate judg-
ment, ---Leavitt.
8 There is no place elean-The liquor
business is a filthy business, and every
one who is engaged in it or has anything
to do with it is made filthy by It.. It
is the parent of uncleanness. The body,
mind, and soul of Cho one connected with
it become polluted and corrupt.
IV. The scoffers reproved (vs. 9-13).
9, 10. Whom shall he teach, etc. -Many
regard these verses as the words used
by the scoffers as they mocked, ridiculed,
and scornfully rejected the instructions
of the prophet. "They treat God's
method of dealing with them, and warn-
ing them by His prophets, with contempt
and derision. What, say they, doth Ile
treat ne as mere infants just weaned?
Doth He teach us like little children,
constantly going over the same easy les-
sons?" -Clarke. We must conceive verse
10 es spoken in mimicry, with a mocking
motion of the head, and in a childish,
stnnnmering tone.- wa1d, For it is
precept upon precept (R. V.) -This is
ACT '• -: S WOMEN.
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tear platform of the .last axle and jump.
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ible ante died soon after.
V, inlhrenee forfeited. The "priest and
the prophet have erred through strong;
drink' (v. 7). Sone 'of the most gifted
ministers of our day have not only been
ruined by st,;•ong drink, but have dragged
down with them those they might have
influenced for good,.
VI. They err in vision (v. 7). Liquor
cloture the mind and crazes the brain.
In contrast with drunken Ephraim elle
prophet predicta that the residue of
the people, the faithful °nes, either re-
turning to hind in loyal obedience, or
n turning to their own land, shall be
crowned, for the lord of hosts is their
(rod. But the prophecy looks away to
"that day," When Obrist ;lull rule over
Iris chosen people, a united Israel, and
then he will be the object and source
of their glory, their hcauty, their wis-
dom, their strength. And Gcd, in Christ,
is all this to us. He is the Christian's
glory and beauty (v. 5), and also the
Christian', strength (v. 0). The believer
is strung in the Lord and the power of
His might (Eph. 6. 101: fnstvcld of ,being
"overcome with wine'' he overcomes the
world. Through Christ whieh strengthen -
et -h (Phil. 4. lel, he can do what God
requires, bear what God inflicts, serve as
God 'directs. and "turn the battle to the
gate." "Thanks be unto Clod whieh giv-
eth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 15. 57).
ECZEMA AND PILES CUED
TORONTO MARKETS.
Farmers' Market.
The receipts of grain to -day show
some improvement, and prices were
steady. Wheat firm, with sales of 200
bushels of fall at 93 to 94.c. Barley un-
changed, there being sales of •1,000 bush-
els at 54 to 59e. Oats steady, 200 bushels
selling at 44e.
IIay in moderate supply, with prices
unchanged; 25 loads sold at $14 to $15
a ton. One load of bundled straw sold
at $16 a ton, and one load of loose at
$7.
Dressed hogs are unchanged at $8.e0
for heavy- and at $8.75 to ib) far light.
Wheat, fall, bush .. ...$ 0 93 $ 0 94
Do., goose, busk .. .. 0 88 0 89
Oats, bush . , .. .. 0 44 0 45
Barley, bush .. .. .... 0 44 0 45
Rye, bush .. .. .. ...... 0 77 0 7S
Peas, bush .. .. .. .. .. 0 85 0 00
Hay, per ton .. .. ..... 14 00 15 GO
Straw, per ton... .. 15 09 16 00
Dressed hogs .. 8 50 900
Butter .. .. .. 0 27 0 32
Do., creamery .. .. 0 30 0 34
Eggs, dozen .. .. .. 0 30 0 35
Chickens, dressed, lb 0 10 0 11
Ducks, spring, ib 0 10 . 0.12
Geese, lb .. .. 0 09 0 11
Turkeys, lb . .. .. 0 13 0 15
Cabbage, per dozen .. 0 25 0 35
Onions, per bag .... 0 85 000
Potatoes, bag .. .. 0 75 0 85
Apples, barrel . 1 25 2 50
Beef, hindquarters .. 8 00 9 00
Do., forequarters .. 4 50 6 00
Do,, medium, carcase . 5 CO 6 50
Do., choice. carcase 7 50 8 00
Mutton, per cwt .. .. (i 50 8 GO
Veal, prime, per cwt 7 50 30 00
Lamb, per ewt . , 7 50 8 :iJ
Live S'-•ock.
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Mr. C. E. Sanford, of Weston, King's
Co., N. S. Mr. Weston is a Justiee of
the Peace for the county, and a mem-
ber of the Board of wool Commis -
sooners. He as also deacon of the Bap-
tist Ohureh in Berwick. Indeed, through-
out the county it would be difficult to
find a man more widely known and more
highly respected.
Some time back )ie had occasion to
teat Zam-Buk, and here is his opinion
of this great balm. He says: " I had
a patch of eczema on my ankle, which
had been there for over twenty years!
Sometimes also the disease would
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various ointments, and tried all sorts
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Zam-Buk, unlike all else I tried, proved
highly satisfactory, and cured the ail-
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"I have also used Zana-Buk for
itching piles, and it has cured them
completely also. I take comfort in
helping my brother man, and if the
publication o.f my experience of Zam-
Buk will lead other sufferers to try
it, I should be glad. For the cure of
piles or skin diseases, I lmrow of noth-
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Zane.-Buk also cures burns, cute,
ulcers, blood poisoning, ringworm., scalp
sores, chapped )lands, Cold sores, and all
shin lnju.:ies and diseases, Ituhbed well
on to the chest in cases of cold it re-
lieves the tightnees and aching. All
druggists and stores sell eat 500. box, or
pest fres from Zorn -Buie Co., Toronto,
or prion, 3 boxes for $1,25,.
Receipts of live stock at the city yams
were again heavy, In fact the largest of
ally Wednesday in the history of the
market. The two railways reported 144
car loi:ds, consisting of 2,806 cattle, 1,501
liege, 1,686 sheep and lambs and 45
calves.
The bulk of the cattle on sale were of
the unfinished class.
Trade, as it result of heavy receipts,
was slow, with prices from 15 to 250 per
cwt, lower for the commoner grades of
cattle, and even the best loads, dealers
stated, were a shade easier.
Exporters, both steers and bulls, axe
not in demand and should they be offer-
ed for a few days at least will have to
be bought at lower prices'on account of
n.o shipping space to be had.
]Milkers and springers sold at unchang-
ed quotations.
Sheep, larube and calves were easy at
unchanged prices,
Hogs -Prices steady at $6.25 for sel-
ects and $6 for drovers, f.o.b., cars itt
country points.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Prioes in car lots on track, Toronto,
are:
Hey -No, 1 timothy, $11 to $11.50.
Straw -Range is from $6.50 to $8, ac-
cording to quality.
Seeds.
Alsike-Extra fancy lots, $7.25; No.
1, $6.75 to $7; No. 2, $6 to $0.25; No.
3, $5.75 to $6 per bushel.
Timothy-Priees are from $1.35 to
$1.75 per bushel, according to quality.
Red Clover -$4.25 to $5 per bushel.
London, Nov. 18. - Calcutta linseed,
Novemiber-December, 46s fid per 412 lbs.
Provisions.
Fork --Short cut, $23.50 per barrel;
mess, $19 to $19.50.
Lard --Tierces, 13e; tuba, 13 1-4c;
pafla, 13 1-2c.
Smoked and. Dry Srxbtied Meats -Long
clear bacon, 12c to 12 1-4c; toes incl
eases, hams, large, 12 1-2e to lee; small,
11.c to 14 1.2c; rolls, 110 to 11 1-2e;
shoulders, 10e to 10 1-2c; rolls, Ile to
11 1-2c; breakfast beam., 16e to 16e;
green meats out of pickle, le lose than
smoked.
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east end abattoir to -day. There were
not many good cattle, and these brought
higher prices, but common stock sold at
about former rates. Prime beeves sold
at 41-4 to 4 8.4e per lb.; pretty good.
animals, 3 to 4c; common stock, 13-4 to
2 3-4e per lb.; lean. canners sold at about
1 1-2c per lb. Milch cows sold at from
$30 to $60 each. Grass-fed calves sold at
2 1-2 to 3 3-4c, and good veals at 41-2 to
5 1-4e per Ib. Sheep sold at 31-4 to
3 1-2c; lambs at 4 3.4 to 5c per lb. Good
lots of fat hogii sold at about 6 1-2e per
lb.
OTHER MARKETS.
Montreal Live Stock.
Montreal -About 1,000 head of butch-
ers' cattle, 25 milch cows and springers,
200 calves, 1,200 sheep and lambs and 950
fat hogs were offered for sale at the
British Cattle Markets.
London -London cables for cattle are
steady at 111-2 to 13e per lb., dressed
weight; refrigerator beef is quoted at 11
to 11 3-8c per lb.
Winnipeg Wheat Market.
Following are the closing quotations
on Winnipeg grain futures:
Wheat -November $1.02 1-2 asked, De -
ember 97 1-4c bid, May $1.021-2 bid.
Oats ---November 39e bid, December
37 1.-2c bid.
Wall Street News.
Spc>t copper in London is 1.2s fid lower
at £6S 2s 6d, and futures 12s 8d lower
at ,£64, 2e 6d.
Stockholders of Boston Elevated meet
to -day to authorize $7,000,000 new stock.
President Channing, of Tenn. Copper,
estimates company's production this
year will reach 15,000,000 pounds, and
states that costs have averaged under
10e a pound. He predicts copper will
sell at 16e before close of 1008.
Revived rumors of 3100,000,000 bond
issue by St. Paul.
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