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ieNTEItNATIONA.L LESSON NO VIII.
EIMtltTJAE Y 14, 1904.
Jesus Forgives Sins. -Mark 2: 12.
•
Plemmen'tary ,-L '.A; palsied sinner
brought to Christ (vs. 1-4). 1. And
1 again -At the close of the mission-
' at'y tour in Galilee., Capernaum,-
r`Whicli was his home or headquar-
let:ers, it was noised The news
spread very rapidly. In. the house
,-Either the (louse which: he occu-
pied, Rattle his mother and his breth-
ren (Matt. iv. le), br possibly that
of Sit. Peter. -Cam. Bdb. C. Many
were gathered -The audience Includ-
ed Pharisees and doctors of glee law
svho had come from ,the towns of
Galilee. Judea and Jerusalem (Luke
V. 117). About the door -There was
,a great concourse of people, so
;that the house and, court were both
filled. I'reache'1 the word -The doc-
trine of the Son of Gods -Clarke.
frhey had come portly to criticise
and partly out of curiosity, and
clow Jesus seized the opportunity to
preach the gospel. We should be
:Instant in season and out of sea-
son to point others to Jesus.
3., tome unto Him -Access to Jesus
seemed impossible. There were
. many obstacles iu the wlty. Should
they have waited for a convenient
season ? No. They must 'force their
way to Christ. Bringing one -He
was young, for Jesus Galls him
eon, but he was 'grown, for it re-
quired four to carry him. There are
many so weak and discouraged that
they cannot go to Jesus without
assistance; we should always foe
ready to help such. Sick of the
palsy -Palsy, a. contraction of 'iko
lwprd paralysis, is a disease that
deprives the part affected of son-
sation, or the power of motion, or
''both. This patient was utterly help-
; less. The disease is considered In-
` curable. "Palsy is a 'type of sin.
Sin in the soul 'takes all the forms
?bvhich paralysis does to 'Lhe body.
fe3orne of four Each one holding a
;corner of the "pallet," or bed, which
' evlas merely a thickly padded quilt
•or mat. "There was eo-operation
'In this work."
. 4. The press -It seemed quite im-
. possible for thine crowd to make
;an opening sufficiently large ]for
I them. to pass through. Uncovered
:the roof -Luke says, "through the
;'tiling." In the eastern countries
'the houses were flat -roofed and
I joined together so one 1eoula walk
*yen them from one end of the city
to the other. Broken it up -They
I ,took up the tiling. They determan-
• ed that nothing should stand in
, their way. Let down -Imagine the
surprise of the crowd as this open-
ing through the tiles appeared, and
a pallet was let Clown before them.
H. Christ forgives stns. -ave. 5-7.
5. Saw their faith -Many of the gifts
of healing and restoration were ob-
tained through the fajth and pray-
ers of friends of the sufferers. See
Matt. viii. 13; Mak: v. 36; John iv.
.50. Jesus "saw" their faith. Real
faith accts. Their holy boldness pleas-
ed tem. Thy sine are forgiven (R. V.)
-Our first great need is the forgive-
ness of sin. Jesus rightly puts this
ahead of the healing of the botfly.
We cannot doubt that this paralytic
was a conscience-stricken young
man. The conditions necessary to
forgiveness are repentance, confes-
sion, forsaking sin and faith.
6. Certain of the scribes -"The
scribes were the leaders of the na-
tion, the theologians, 1egislators,
politicians.'•-Gei'kie. In their hearts
-They had not spoken openly. 7.
Blasphemies --To blaspheme is to
slander God or speak impiouslY
against God. But God only -They
rightly understood all sins are sins
against God, and therefore only God
could forgive them. See Psa. 1. 4.
III. Christ heads disease --vs. 8-12.
8 Jesus perceived -In telling them
.the thoughts of their hearts Jesus
divinitve y eNothe
kin fullest
escapes hist not his
t
Why reason ye?-elattllew says,
"'Wherefore think ye evil?" Why are
you putting a mieconstruction on
my words? 9. Whether ie it easier
-"Both are equality easy and equal-
ly difficult. Everything Is equally
easy to that power which is unlim-
i ited. A universe can be as easily
produced by a sieigle apt of the di -
'rime will as the smallest part of
matter." -Clarke.
10. That ye may know -"External
miracles are the proof of internal
ones: Christ was conscious of di-
vene power. "If failure had been the
result His humiliation would have
been ovorwv lelmning and final." He
proposes now to prove His divinity
beyond ctuettion. Son of man -This
is the title which Chalet most fre-
quently applied to himself, some-
times intercha,ng'ng it with the
"Son of God." IIe appropriated to
himself the prophecy of Daniel. -
Matt. xxvi. 60, el:; Dan... vii. 13. It
applied to (hriet more than eighty
times in the New Teetament..f'ow-
er on earth -They were thinking of
(foil as being in Ili'aven, and Jesus
calls attention to the fact that there
is power on earth now to forgive
sins. The. son of man has come to
earth and has brought this power
with him. f •
. 1:1.. Ariacv. Here is the test. Christ
shows his ability to heal. 4.2. He
arose. The man hail a part to per-
, form. Had/ he not acted at the word
Of command he could not have been
:healed. Before them all. This thing
;twee: enot done in a i miracles were performed/lertU1a most;
public manner and word never quer-
; tloned by those who witnessed them.
Amazed. Luke adds, "They were filled
with fear." Glorified God. They had
a 'high degree of reverence for God
i and they were filled with admira-
tian for hes power and goodness.-
Benson. On this .fashion. Christ's
works aro without precedent. He
I nets tnd,ependentjy and advises with
no owes They had peen three sharks
Se elle divinity ; 1.. rorglving sins. C.
Perceiving thoughts. 3. Healing dis-
ease, The works of Christ are as-
tonlebing the world to -day.
PreAC.TIS5AL SURVEY.
Jesus carried in hie name continu-
ally what' ,lie mission, on earth was;
"And thoui sheet call his name Jesus,
for he shalli sew{ his people from/their I
eine" (,Matt. 1, 21), The normo par-
ries the same significance now, that I
it did a;t firs(t. Those who are "his
people" are those who choose to be,
so, and thus it iCvill be always. 'Who-
soover will, lot him take the water
of lite. freely" (Rev. 22, 17)'. He will
force, no one to become a. member of
the divine family. He makes us hide.'
ually responsible ; the invitation is
alike to ail. Every man In a state
of nature is a sinner, and to save
Ulm from. his sins is a greater work(
than to maske a world.
"" 'Tomas great to speak a world
from naught,
'Twas greater to redeem."
Bin is the worst thing that ever
afflicted the humans family by far.
To deliver trola the guilt, power and
dominion of sin, the. death and suf-
fering of the Son of God was re-
quired, .which was the greatest sac-
ritiee ever made, and all that will
may be redeemed. "Him that cometh
to mei, 2 well in no wise east out"
(iTohn 6, 87). To save mon from sin
and fill the heart with the love of
God is the; only way to make them
holy, asi God made man at first', and
it' is the only state in which he will
be Ba.ttiefied with him, for he "has
called him. not unto uncleanness, but ,
unto holiness'• ('1 Thetis. 4, 7e; "Be .
ye holy, for I ani holy" (s1 Peter 1,
16). Thus can person be ready for
a place with the pure and holy ;
above.
Christ was continually, while upon
earth, about his Father's business,
and his coming in contact with the
sick of the patsy in the lesson is
no exception, and he could say with
equal facility, "Arise, take up thy
bed and walk," or "`Thy eine are
forgiven thee." He possessed power
to heal the body when he saw it
wlould be best for the individual and
for his owin glory, or to heal the soul
when sin was repented of, and the
person believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ. Tho lesson chows the in-
terest he had in „see sick man, as
,well as tate faith of she four by whom
he was borne. No doubt he was lilin-
pelf somewhat inspired by their
aarnestnees, for when they found
there was no other way to get to
him, because of the press, they open-
ed a way through the roof and let
him down. The houses were con-
structed in those days so that they
Wald do this. Nothing could have
pleased him better than the mani-
featation of such zeal to get to him ;
WO must want his salvation more
than anything else in order to ob-
tain it. Ile could not let so favor-
able an opportunity as that pass
to do good without improving it, so
when he slaw their faith he eald unto
in hip wprds, and they thought this'
their time, for they regarded hila as
a mere man, and he bad assumed the
prerogative of God and had claimed
to forgive eine.
Be perceived imniedia.toly in his
spirit howi they reasoned within
themselves, and he said until them,
"Why realsi]n ye these thiuigs in your
hearts ?" Ile ,showed himself to be
(tied by forge:ding sin, and that it
wa,s as ,easy to do that as to say,
"Arise, take it'p they bed, and walk."
He did thus, in part, to convince them
that he WasGod,though it is hard
to convince a, man against his will,
for a man thus convinced will very
likely hold the "same opinion still"
They were amazed, however, at this,
t and glorified God, Saying, "Wo never
saw it idn this fashion." Apparently,
at least, they were convinced by the
wonderful works which they caw
done, and closed their menthe for the
time being, for they knew not what
to say. The human heart v
perverse, and of ton when conviis ncedery
that it is 'wrong, will continue to re-
ject the truth. Thus liar it ever been
with the human family. George W.
Coleman.
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Toronto Globe.
Mho chief duty of the wary citizen
these days is to dodge the pneumonia
bapillus.
the sick of the Paley, "Son, thy sins Nell -You say it is a perfect.' dream
bee forgiven thee" (Mark if. 5.) There Ott a hat? Belle -Yea, just as I was
were some of the scribes present who about to try it on laasste night I woke
doubtless were desirous to eatch him up.
AN
TWENTY -THE R
UAL
-OF THE-
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pany
-HOME OFFICTL-
1112-1118 King Street West, Toronto,
Far the Year Med 31st December, 1903
Deo.31, 1002 -To Net Ledger Assets • $1.773,785 35
RECEIPTS.
Dec. 31, 1003 -To Cash for Premiums $1,137,615 91
218,716 7S
$1,331,363 69
0,153,139 04
-To Cash en Investments
DIS URSEMENTS.
Deo. 81, 1913 -By payment ger Death Claims, Profits, oto ,$429.217 86
355,720 43
770,938 29
376,210 75
-By all other payments
Deo 31, 1903 -By Mortgagee, etc
ASSETS
41,0o3,86160
-By Stooks, Beside and Debentures (market value $3,170,017.471 3,148,345 88
374,398 02
863,909 63
-By ,.satins on Blocks (nearly all on pall) 443,310 34
42,584 22
$ 5,376,210 75
208.937 14
40,652 89
-By Real Estate, Including company's building
-By Loans on ?alleles, etc
-By Cash in Banks and ou hand
-By Premiums outstanding, eta (less cost of collection)
-By Interest and Rents, duo and accrued
LIABILITIES
Dec. 31, 1903 -To Guarantee Frnd $ 60,000 00
-To Assurance and Annuity Reserve Fund 4,974,197 00
-To Death Losses Awaiting Proofs, Contingent Expenses,
etc 41,367 02
----$5,07 5,801 02
NET SURPLUS $550,236 76
Audited and found correct -John T. Standen, Consulting Actuary. ,
*New insurance issued dnrina 1903 $ 6,831,590
*Insurance ao in
g year in G R 1n081(ranch in the history of the Company.
$ 32,452,977
*No monthly or Provident policies were issued -this branch having been discontinued,
PRESIDENT,
$5,625,800 7S
JOHN L. BLAIKIE.
ViCE-PRESIDENTS,
JAMES T130RBUIiN, M.D., HON. SIR W. R. I,IEREDITEI, ILC.,
a Medical Director.
DIRECTORS,
HON. SIGNATOR GOWAN, IC.C, LL,D., G.sf.G., 10. GURNEY, ES61 ,
L. W. SMITH, ESQ., g'ICD. 3b1a tAE, ESQ., GUELPH. S. K. OSBO1tNPC, ESQ.,
MANAGING' DIRECTOR,
L. GOL DMVMAN, A.I.A., Y.C.A.
SECRETARY,SUPERINTENDENT OF AGENCIES,
W. B. TAYLOR, B.A., LL.B., T. G. MCCONItEY.
The report containing the proceedings of the Annual Meoting, held on Jan. 28th last
showing marked pronto of the oentinued progress and solid position of the Company, wilt be
sent. to policy -holders. Pamphlets explanatory ,of the attractive investment plane of the
Company and a copy of the Annual Report, shoving its unexcelled financial positigts, will be
;ern shod on applloation to the Rome Oce or tiny of the company's .Aeonolea,
Leading hVneat Markets.
F101110NYing are the plosing quota -
times at important wheat eexitree to-
day : ••
Cash. Mtty.
i\`ew ... ----• • 95.11.8
Civic af;+oleek --- 084-4t
-
Tbiotlo
94, 1 2 04
Duluth, NO. 1, Nor. 011-8: 911-8
Toronto Harmers' Market.
Thc. offerings of grain on the street
Ieeeday were iemall. One load of red
winter wheat Cold at 85sec, and 200
bushels of barley at 4,.'.i?, to 47tic.
Ray dull, With sales Of 20 loads
at $10 to $11 a tong for timothy,
and at $7 to $8 for ,nixed. No straw,
offered, and ,prices are nominal.
Dressed begs are unchanged at
$6.75 to $7.25, the latter for light.
Following are the quotations ;
Wheat white, bush., 851e• to San;
do. red, bush., 8511 to 56c ; do.
leering, bush., 84.en; do. goose,bush.,
Tele to 703ic. Deas, 'bush., 135 to
66c. Oats, bush., 33e to Ole. Bar -
lay, bush., 45 to ;1.71e, Flay, timothy,
per ton, $10 to ':51.1 ; do. clover, 57
to $8.14): Straw, per ton„ 59 to i
$10, Seeds;, a.lsike, 'i:u811., $1 to $5,•`0 ;
do. red clover, bush., 56 to 56.25;
do. 'timothy, 100 lbs., 52.25 to $3.
:Apples, per barrel, 51.50 'to 5225.
Dressed hogs, $6,75 to 57.25. Eggs;,
new laid, per dozen, 35 to 400. But-
ter, dairy, 17 to 210 ; do. creamery,
21 to 25e. Chickens, per Ib., 11 to
12c. Geese, per lb., 0 to 10c. Dunks,
per Ib., 10 to 12u. Turkeys, per
1b., 1.1. to 16e. 'Potatoes, per bac;,
85 to 95c. Cabbage, per dozen, 00
to 75c. Cauliflower, per doz., $1.50
to 52. Celery, per dozen, 15 to 50c.
Beef, hindquarters, 56 to $8; do.
forequarters, $4, to 50 : t1o. choice,
carcase, 1$6,50 to $7. Lamb, yearl-
ing, $8 to $9. Mutton, per cwt.,
el6 to 57. Veal, per cwt., $7 to 59.
Bradstreets on Trade.
Business in Montreal has been af-
fected this week more or less ser-
,iously by the snow blockades on the
railways which have impeded the
movements of trade. The snow falls
have been unusually beery, especially
in the west, delaying the mails and
hampering the movements of the
travellers. The shipments of grain,
cattle and othertproduce have, is con-
sequence; been light.
The continued interference with
railway traffic by the snow block-
ades this week has seriously curtail-
ed the business movement at Toron-
to. Canada is importing considerable
quantities of British cotton this sea-
son. No job lots of American et -
ton or cotton goods have been ffer-
ing herle ars in past years.
Business in wholesale circles at
Quebec during the past week is re-
ported a little quiet, and in some
quarters country remittances are
slow. The cold weather and heavy
snow fall is believed the cause.
Reports of wholesale trade at Van-
couver and Victoria aro unusually
satisfactory for January, according
to reports received by Bradstreet's.
The outlook at Roseland, Nelson and
other mining centres in the province
is bright.
Stormy weather i.ni the west has de-
Iayed railway traffic in Manitoba
and interlerred with transportation,
and 'wholesale trade at Winnipe.g has
suffered to some extent ; but the out-
look for business in the North-west
this year is very promising.
In Hamilton this week there has
been a fair movement in wholesale
tide considering the difficulties un-
der which business is being done
through the country owing to the
snow blockades. The condition of
trade, according to travellers' re-
ports, are satisfactory, and the out-
look for spring business is good.
Reports of the state of wholesale
trade at London, are, satisfactory, ac-
cording to reports to Bradstreet's.
The buying for tho spring so far
compares well with the volume of
business at this date last year. Val-
uers are firm and that fact is ex-
pected to stimulate purchases later
on. in the season.
Ottawa wholesale firms report a
fair movement in trade since the
middle of tee month, and when the
present difficulties attending trans-
portation have disappeared they look
for renewed activity in many de-
partments of trade. Values are firm.
CANADIAN BUTTER.
The Good Butter Can't be Beat
-The Bad Butter.
Slpsenkinz on the above subject be-
fore a. recent meeting on Ontario
dairymen, Me. J. A. itaddick, Chief
Of the Dairy Division, Ottawa, gave
;some advice, that will, if followed,
have an excellent effect upon the
quality of the butter exported from
Canada. HIt,• scald in p,ti't: "Very
peeper tele:snows for butter manu-
facturers to.;Lsk would l i s Ilow does
our butter Bruit the British trade?
What aro its defects, if any, and
hely` nlay they bo remedied ? In ans-
wer to the li.rst question I would
say that our very finest butter
gives excellent satisfaction, and it
is doubtful if there is any better
butter on the market. The trouble
is that the quality is irrcguliar, lacks
uniformity, or in other words it is
unreliable. • A dealer may get one lot
in excellent condition, and of choice
quality, but the next one he buys is
not up to his expectations, so that
when lie is offered Canadian butter
again ho is inclined tae give a
price equal only to the value of the
poor lot. In this way nxuch.of our
butter does not receive the kande
ing which it deserves. • Tele butter
that is of known quality and that
can always be depended on to come
up to a certain 5tatedeeeete \vii. be
more in demand than one wthLch ,nay
average as meed, but which ie fre-
quently of inferior ,grade ar•, well as
of eholceiet quality, Our butter is,
also said to deteriorate very quickly,
after it its landed on the other sine,
and that being so dealers are not en-
couraged to trade in It. I want to
emphasize the importanee of pleas-
ing the British m.erollant as well as
the consumer. The me•ehant le in-
clined to handle and Dash that par-
ticular butter out of which he stands
the best chance of making a pro-
fit.
CAUSE OF DETRIORATION.-Nota*
let us see if we can determine the
cause or these defects wdl:.ch, comped
mete accept from one to two ce tts tl.
;round les/. in price than some of our
competitors receive. I bel.eve iL can
be stated in •a very, few worths. It is
because the butter is not kept cold
enough at the creamer:es, is exposed
to l:ea,t unnecesear:ly in shii)p ng to.
Montreal, anti is not always frozen
properly when it arrives there and
beforo tieing placed in the cold stor-
age chambers of tb.e steamers.
Mr. if. A. Knowlton, travelling in-
spector, w4 o made numei ous tests •
during the past schwa of the tem-
perature of putter at the creameries
and as delivered to the reirigeratoz'
oars, reports that the lowest tem -
feat -hire he fund was 33 degrees on
two occasions, one lot being from the -
West ehefford creamery and the
(.:.tier trona tee Compton )aloclel Farre,
creamery,. The highest temperature
wale 61 degrees, and the average of.
fifty Iota was nearly 40 degrees. Is
it any wonder that our butter Janke
uniformity ? Mr. M. B. Longeway,
who is refrigerator car inspector at
elentreal, examined 400 cars and con-
tents, ale they were vf.e..ed in railway
yards. He reports -the temperature of
butter as varying from 40 up to tea,
ands in le few cases as high as 60.00
the whelp the refrigerator cars pre-
vented the temperature from rising
to any extent. In fact. in testing
some boxes it was found -that the but-
ter was colder at the outside than
it was at the centre of the package,
showing that the temperature was.
even being lowered• Tee refrigerator
car service is capable of being im-
proved, but it is better now, than
what the creameries provide for
themselves. 'Ile prove that it is pos-
sible for creameries to maintain a•
lower temperature, I need only quote
the record made at the Sherbrooke
creamery from .illy 20 to 23, when
aifthermograpsl. placed in the refriger-
ator showed a temperature varying
from 32 to 86 degrees.
Now I t(h': lk I bave said enough to
ettew \clay our butter is irregular in
quality, and why sumo of it deteri-
orates rapidly after reaching the
other ,side. After butter is packed
boxes, the length of time it will ,
keep depends almost wholly on the
temperature at which it is held. 71be
ago of butter is not j:roperiv calcu-
lated according to the temperature
at welch it has been stored, thane
from the elate on which it was made.
Butter, w".uich would turn out well
after several months' storage at If)
degrees or under, m'nht become quite •
stale and rancid in a few weeke, it
40 to 50. Butler may be held at
the crenmcry at these high temper-
atnre><i for a week or so without
sbowiug much deterioration, never-,
tlielees, the fermentations which prose
duco bad flavors, rancidity, etc.,
have been doing their work and
eliortening the life of the butter.
These fermentations may be checked
wilier. the butter Is paced in cold
storage, at Montreal or on 'tate
,steamer, only to start up again with
renewed vigor when the butter is
exinsed to 1tigh temperatures on
the other side.
Let every creams -7 owner give thee
matter bis earnest attention during
talo coming Beason. If he finis that
will; proper management the tem-
perature of alis refrigerator cannot
be kept down to 86, 38 degrees, or
lower. the insulation should be ime
proved until it can be."
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Merely Tentative
Chicago Tribnne.
"Katie," said Archie, "do you think
you love me well enough to marry,
mo ?"
"I de not," she promptly an-
swered,
"In that case," rejoined Archie,
with equal.promptness, "I shall not
ask you to. No young woman ought
to marry a man unless she is sure
she loves him."
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1Vhen it Hurt.
Toronto Globe.
.Danhiless the greatest punishment
that tine been meted ant to Prince
Athrobald Stuart de Modena lathe
atrocious attempt of the authorities
to !Attenuate that his real name is Bill
Drown.
The Best 5 Cent Magazine on tit
Market.
The Fnur•Track News for February. (�
snle at all n: \VH NtlLndM.
• Took the Oath.
A Russian sailor, a deserter f
hies u11ip, recently, gave himself n
a crew. of British seaman do
guano island of Leone, saying t
be dee'ired to renounce his allege
'to the Czar and to become a esu.
oil Ring Edward. The British .cub
were puzzled how to naturallee
man, iso thcyyl held a eonsnitatt
the subject. Finally, after the
eia.n had abjured his country,
British tar threw a bucket of
over Mm a:nd thus 1312 natio
',ma's washed off. 1 , ,