HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-12-11, Page 7111< asfit,t'V'A.tii9 vAljs LESSON NO. 1X.
1113a ,dili''En 13, 1903,
!, 'The Dodioatiou ofthe Temple,
iCamrrientaree.-I. 'Bringing in the
'ark (vs. tt-1.1). 1-5. Thew Siolo•rnon as-
eembled-The dedication was the
'grandeyst ceremionel ever performed
under the iaoe-aic ,dispensation, and
one of the 'brightest days of Jewish
1istoryl. Not only, ,were the "elders
oe `Israel, `tUe heads of the tribes, and
the chief of the fathers" summoned,
bat "all 'the mem of Israel assembled
.themselves" (1 pings viii. 1, 2).
Brought up the ark -The act of de-
dicatiorn began lbyi carrying the ark
of the lcovenant in solemn 'procession,
with the doing at the (head, into the
temple, and putting it into, "Its
Place," the holy; of holies. The ark
was tho'froot and kernel of the whole
sanctuary,. It contained the moral
law, JehNvah's icovenant, to dwell
in the midst of his chosen eieople,
While everything else was ,new, the
same ark of tee covenant was kept,
and ,only' tC1.enge,d its place. The pro-
cession is described in vs. 1-9 and
2 Chron. v. 4-13.
6-9. The oracle -By this is meant
,the hole! of holies. Under 'the wings
' -Tee o u tepireed 'wings of the cheru-
bim extended 'across tl:e whole width
of the breele (chap. vi. 27), and their
wings toucL'ed one another in the
middle of tie lirontee. Beneath these
wings that 'touched, the ark .was set
down.-Lumby. Drew but tee (staves
-Th,e staves were used ler the pur-
pose of tcarrying the ark.. t"After the
•ark was set down in the most holy;
.place they drew the staves so far
forward that their ends could be seen
from the leanetuary. The object of
tee cannot be determined with
certainty. Two tables of stone- In
Bob.•ix. 4, it is stated that the ark
also oontained 'tile golden pot of
manna, and Aaron's rod that budded,
but these had probably! been lost
while the ark was with the Philis-
tines.
110., 11. 'Cloud filled the house -
"Now took place the most import-
ant event in the dedication -the
ntanifestation of Jehovah in the
new; temple by thle same symbol by
Which he hau marked the ancient
tabernacle as his earthly dwelling
place. A. shining cloud, outclazzling
the morning sou, settled upon the
house, 'so that the priests could
not stand to minister by reason of
the clued; for the glory of the Lord
•and filled thio house of God' (II.
Chiron. v. 13,14). Titus God accepts
the temple as Itis own.'
II. Solomon's Blessing (vs. 12-21,
54-61). Both before and after the
dedicatory prayer Solomon blessed
the Lord and the people. IIe gave
God glory, not for wealth, heeler,
or victory to Israel, but for "rest."
• Not one word of God's promises bad
failed (v. 5,6).
III. The Dedicatory Prayer (vs.
22-553.) In the act of dedication
Solomon stood at the head of the
whole ceremony. He was the au-
thor of everything from beginning
to end -speech, prayer and bless-
ing. He diel not take the place of
17eblovn.h, but was his servant. Ile
hail erected a brazen scaffold, of
five cubits (7e feet) long, five gubits
broad, and three cubits high (II.
Chron. vi. 11). a.n(1 on titin he stood,
raised above the, people, to bless
and instruct them, then kneeled to
offer prayer, spreading his hands
towrarcl heaven to express "the fer-
• vor of his heart:. and the largeness
of his expectations."
IV. Pie Sacrifices Offered (vs. 62-
66). 63, (i3. Offered sacrifice -This
was a burnt-offeriug, with its accom-
paniments, and being the first laid
on the altar of the temple, was, as in
the similar case of the tabernacle,
consumed by miraculous fire from
heaven (II. Chron. vii. 12).
PRACTICAL .SURVi:l'.
A dwelling -place for God. For four
hundred and eighty years before the
building of the temple, the tabernacle,
ordered in the wilderness of Sinai,
had been God's visible dwelling place
among His people. We say visible
dwelling -place, for he had been
among them from the time that He
called Abraham and had appeared to
His servants again and again. To'
Abraham He had manifested Himself
in giving the promise that In him
"should ail the nations of the earth
be blessed," and in the repetition of
this promise, as well as in Bis direr-
. tons concerning Sodom.' So clearly
,did God reveal Ilimself to eaten) at
Peniei that he was led to exclaim,
"I have seen God face to face.' Moses
realized God's presence in the desert
' of Milian, wizen the Lord would send
him forth to the great work for
which he sad been raised up. At the
burning bush he learned from Gcd
Himself His. name, I Am. For the
hosts of Israel, however, a visible
dwelling -place for God must appear,
and the pattern for the tablernacle
was shown to Moses in the mount,
and It was constructed in accordance
wien that paten. Through the hun-
dreds of years between the giving of
the pattern upon the mount and the
erection of the temple the Lord rkinw
no necessity 'for any material nodi-
ficat[on of the pian. After seven and
one-half years of labor upon the tem-
ple all was finished, even the min-
utest details ,and it was ready to bo
presented unto God as Ilis abode.
Bringing in the ark -.Che ark of tho
covenant .was the first and most im-
portant part of the furniture of the
temple, as it had been also the tcber-
nacle. It was the symbol of the di-
vine presence and the repository of
the tables Of stone. It head been In
various places, and as the Iraelites
had c:suet cted peculiar pewees with
it, so they had taken it out to
battle against their enemies, but to
their sorrow, for it was captured
by the Philistines, among whom was
wrought mischief during the sev-
eral menthe of its stay. For yearn
now It had been In Zion, the city of
David, a place peobaleY but a
short distance, perhaps to the
north of the temple. There it had
been kept in a new tabernacle, the
old one being at Gibeon. The ark
now contained nothing but the ta-
bles of atone. What had become of
"the gtoiden pot thst had manna and
Aaron's rod that budded," mentioned
In Hetbrews ix. 4, eve are not inform-
ed, but it is not strange that they
had disappeared among the varied
vicissitudes through which the ark
had passed, and the wonder is that
even the ark itself had been pre-',
nerved during these several centu-
ries. It had lost none of its sacred-
ness and power, for after the priests
had plaited int' in the most holy place
and had oome out, the whole tem-
ple was so filled with the glory of
the Lord that the priests could not
=mister. It is a blessed encourage-
ment to the minister .and to all de-
voted to the true worship of God,
11 occasio•ea1Jy, at least, "the glory
of the Lord" Tills "the house of
the .Lord."
Solomor•,'.s addresses. Tee time
Ilan t.ow come for words, and Sul-
omor: outlines briefly how the tem-
pLe came to be built. Titre tabertaelo
lun.d at •gest be= but a temporary
affair.. Its cor,'struetion sbows that.
It was easily taker, down and set
tip. Directiot,s had been given For
these wets. It was constructed while
Israel was or; a journey, and dur-
ing all these years no city had
been chosen for its permanent
abode. Now, through Davide;
thoughtfulness and generosity, and
the hearty co-operation of Solomon
with his father's purpose, God had
a permanent, visible place of abode,
and He had accepted it and showed
the eeople that He had doze so. The
king encourages and exhorts the
people 1.1'tat their hearts "be per-
fect with the Lord," their "God, to
walk in His statutes, and to keep
His commandments." Solomon insure
shows himself a man of piety and
earnest devotion to God and to the
interests of His people.
Solomon's prayer. H.: stood upon a
brazen scaffold, four or five Leet
thigh, which he had made, probably
for the occasion, and spread fortis
his bands, "and kneeled down upon
his knees before all the congregation
of Israel," and offered one of the
most remarkable prayers of the Old
Testament period. It breathes strong
confidence in God's faithfulness and
a) peals to hirci its behalf of his people
in case they should meet sorrow end
trouble. lee prays especially for
them if they should be smitten be-
fore their enemies because of sin ; ]f
drought, or famine, or pestilence
sheet(' befall them. EI'e proceeds
c Cor. the assumption that these ca-
lamities would come, if at all, be-
cause of the sins of the people. His
prayer proceeded so far as to take ir.
the case of Daniel, who in captivity
Frayed to God toward the house of
tire Lord.
The sacrifices. Service acceptable to
God is attended by sacrifice, and here
unnumbered beasts were offered in
sacrifiee to God, a marvellous ex -
J ressior of the devotion of the icing
and his reople to God. Sacrifice and
true devote)]. to God's cause are in-
separable. "So the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the-
house of the Lord."
David S. Warner.
THEY enlist( PAild.-If a cold settles in the
m ,solos of the chest or back and makes them
so stiff that every twist or turn means ex.
cruciatIng pain, the " L." Menthol Plxs-
ta•r is about the only thing that will produce
quick relief and banish the pain.
Bow to Get a Pit.
Philadelphia Press.
Mies Angles -This new gown oT
mine doesn't give me the graceful
figure the tailor claimed it would.
I'll have ;to have it altered.
Miss Plumpleigh-Why don't you
take it to Padden & Co ?
Miss Angles -Are they your tailors?
Mies Plumpleigh-Oh, no, they're
upholsterers.
Running Sores, the outcome ofnor'lect
cr bad blood, have a never -tailing balm in
Dr. Agnew's Ointment. the Will heal most
stubborn cases. Soothes irritation almost
instantly after first application. It relieves
all itching and burning skin diseases In a day,
It cures piles in 3 to 5 nights. 35 cents. -&i).
SEED INYESTIOATiON
RESULTS FOR 1903.
Department of Agriculture, -
Commissiooer's Branch,
I1bn continued investigation into
the conditions under which agri-
cultural seeds are sold lr, Canada l'as
been given a rather extensive scope
during 1:103. "flit:: report of the work
done by the seed division during
1902 was published in bulletin No.
8. In the spring of the current year
ono thousand ons Jinndrid and twelve
saml,.eat of grass. ccover, flax, tier-
ea:, root crop} anti garden vi:getable•
seeds were secured from merchants
in nil tarts of Canada and tested
1 i thh Lee :1 for 13 ry, t'awa. In ad-
dition to llfec,c, one • hundred and
twenty-five samples of grass and
clover seeds weed analysed for faxn1-
ery and merchants. We find that in
Ontario fist grade timothy sold for
$5.80 pee ifutidred ; second grade for
$6.24, add lower grade for $33.52.
In Quebec first grade red clover
averaged $15.50 ; second grade
$12.88, arra lower grades 915.15.
in these calculations the nature
of the impurities contained in the
salapices was, of course, not taken
into consideration. Samples bon -
tabling 90 per cent. or over of good
seed were rated as first-class;
r•nrep'.es containing between 80 and
00 Iter cent as scoond grade; and
With 'Your 'sr ra.kf art,
With Your Diener,
With 'Your Supper
CEYLON te,.i. Pure and )erciouio ~r:lack, Mixed
or Natural Green,,
Sold only in sealed lead packets. 25e, 30c, 400,50e por lb. By .all grocers.
samples containing less than 80 per three samples of Alsike, which^were
said to bo English grown, was 94.-
27 per Bent„ and the one German
grown sample included in the lot
oontained 84.72 per cent. of pure and
germinable eeede. The latter sample
contained thirteen species of foreign
seeds.
The average purity of the fourteen
samples of Red Clover seeds obtain-
ed in Great Britain, was 98.6, and
the average germination 92.3 per
cent.
The Canadian grown samples yeses
slightly lower in per cent. of pur-
ity than those which were said to
hai•
Chile been grown in England and
e.
Comparing the quality, of the Can-
adian grown geed obtained from
retail dealers in Great Britain, with
that of the samples purchased from
retail dealers in Canada, it would
seem that much of our best recleaned
Alsike and Red Clover exported.
Yours veryi truly, t t
W. A. Clemons,
Publication Clerk.
as a ]ow grade.
TWO. hundred and six samples of
timothy seed were analyzed and of
these 84 oontained 90 per cent. or
over of pure and germinabie seeds.
Out of 136 samples of alsike that
were analyzed only six contained 90
per cent or over of pure and ger-
minable seed.
Two hundred and six samples of
red clover were obtained from small
dealers, and of these 80 samples
contained 90 per cent. or over of
pure and germinable seed.
It is well to note that a large
proportion of these .samples ob-
tained for investigation were pur-
chased from irresponsible dealers in
villages and small towns.
Brit is!) semi.
Seven samples of Alsike and four-
teen of Red Clover seeds 'were ob-
tained from retail seedsmen in Great
Britain. Of 'these, three of Alsike and
five of Red Clover were said to be
Canadian grown. The analyses of the
Canadian Alsike showed an average
of 95.6 per cent. of pure and ger-
minable ,seeds. The average of the
Miss Alice M. Smith, of Minneapolis,
Minn., tells how woman's monthly suffering
may be quickly and permanently relieved by
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Alms
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Ailss Amon M. SMrrn, 804 Third Ave., South Minneapolis, Minn., Chair-
man Executive Committee Minneapolis Study Club.
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't,'us•ua, u, a at•,at.'t a iraa.rb:flt •.
Offerings of grain on the street to-
day elbow a falling off. Wheat was a
trifle weaker, there being sales of WO
bushels of white and ,red winter at
80c, 800 bushels of goose at 72 to
73c, and a load of spring at Bele
Barley steady, with sales of 1,00
buslhels at 44 to as. Oats easy, 7e0
bushels selling at 51 to 31.1-2c. Rye
sold at 50e a bushel for one load.
Hay is easie,r with offerings of ;.O
loads; timothy sold at $9 to $11 a
ton, arid mixed at $6 to )8. Straw
weaker, five loads seliing at $J to
910 a ton. I c , s
Dressed hogs are unchanged, with
sales at 96 to $6.25.
Wheat, white, bush., 800; do. goose,
butes., 7. to 730; do. red, bush., 8001
do. ep,• ir•.g, bush., 75 to 80c. ;?ear,
boucle, 63c. Oats, bush., 31 to ;flee.
Barley, bush., 44 to 480. fray, t.m-
otby, per tor,, 99 to $11; du. clover,'
$6 to $8. Straw, per tore $9 to 91:0.,
Seeds, alsike, bush., $1.50 to 90; dee
red e_over, 95.25 to e6; do. tini.tth'y,
$1.50 to 93. Apples, ear bush„ $1 to
92. Premed hogs, 96 to e6.25. Eceir't,,
snow 1 1 , i.er c.oz. 3 Ito Oe. eat r,
dairy, 20 to 23e ; do. creamery,
to 26e. Clrleker,s, p,er lb., 9 to 100.
Ducks, r.er ib., 10 to 12e. Geese, per
1'b., 8e to 10c. '.turkeys, ter ib., 13
to 11:e. Potatoes, per bag, 70 to
75c. Cabbages, Der dozer„ 40 to 50e.
Cauliflower, iter dozer„ 91. Celery,per
dozen, 35 to 450. Beef, hindquarter,
$6 to 98; do. forequarters, 94 to
96 , do. mid inm, carcase, 95.501 to $(3;
do. choice, carcase, $6.S.0'to 97. Lamb,
yearling, $6 to 97. Mutton, ser
cwt.. $::,.'o to 96.50. Veal, ser cwt..
96 to $9.
Leading Whear 'Markets.
Foilew:ng are ti e clewing quota-
tions at important wheat cen tree
to -day :
• • i Cash. may.
New York ............... -- 81 5-H
Chicago .................. -- $11-2
Toledo ............ ...... 87 3-4 86 3-4
Duluth, No. 1 north... -- 8) 1-S
The Chao; a ."Markets.
'Woodstock, Ont., Dec. 5. -At the
regular weekly meeting of the Cheese
Board here to -clay there were af.
fered 2,440 boxes of white and 8,'.70
boxes of colored cheese. There was
bid 91-2c ; no sales.,
Bradstreet's on Trncle.
Trade in winter goods at Mont-
real this week has been more brisk.
The holiday purchases and the or-
ders for the spring are satisfac-
tory, being generally fully equal to
last year at this date. Pieces of
staple goods 'are still very firmly
held and there Is some talk of fur-
ther advances.
Cold winter weather at Toronto
this week stimulated the demand,
in wholesale trade circles. The vote
ume of business booked for the
spring so far is about equal 10
last season at this time.
Business at Quebec during the
past week shows little signs of im-
provement over that of the pre-
ceding one.
At the coast, according to advice*
to Bradstreet's, business leas been
quite active in seasonable goods.
The outlook for business at Vied
toria, Vancouver and other Pacific
points is excellent.
The cold weather has not checks
ed the trade movement at Winnipeg
mucic this week. The deliveries of
grain are larger at some potnts
and a big general increase in thle
movement is looked for next month
which will Improve business condi
tions.
There has been a very good move-
ment in wholesale trede 01 Hamil-
ton this week. Tile conditioris of
trade, as reported to Bradstreet's,
are sound, and thie general pros-
pects for trade for the balance of
tee year are bright. Tee guider
weather has increased the inquiry
for heavy winter goods, and the
holiday trade is showing Increased
/activity.
In London the demand for sea:.
sonable .good's lies improved this
week.
']%ere has been a good increase
in the sales of certain lines to
wholesale trade at Ottawa thin,
week.
The Birth of a Satellite..
The planets Mare, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranins, and Neptune have their sat-
ellites, and it wos,ld not be unnatural
to classify our own moon as si.mpiy
one more in a series of objects with
precisely similar histories. Of course
the earth le similar in that it is a
planet attended by a satellite, but
text -books of astronomy scarcely
give eufftcient empnasis to the feet
that the earth and moon really do
differ widely from other planets and
satellites. The earth is.. in fact, only
80 times as heavy as the moon,
whereas Saturn is 4,600 times as
heavy as its satellite Titan, itself by
far the eargeet satellite in the solar
system I, eecnss, 41100, that there
may be rauson ta suspect that the
strode of genesis of a satellite rela-
tively as large as the moon may have
differed materially from that of all'
other satellites. Such a. suspicion
confirmed by the investigation of
the part whe:h tidal friction has
probably played in the evolution t,t
our planet. The present article would-
be expanded to undue proportion 11
I were to attempt to touch further
on ties point, but the argument
would have seemed weaker ten it
is if it hull been entirely passed. over..
-George L. Darwin, LL. D., in I1br-
per's Magazine for December.
.1'.sss. first experiment in cross
breeding woe porfornt•t d two centu-
ries ago upon a eosnrlson rink.
The gee mete 1:; :el! of airs may
be as tiresome. :se it ' over'wor'ked,
music lox..