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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-02-19, Page 3Skniday Se ®o a t0 shcr.Vemercy. :While they are plot- ting to murder Jesus, he Is planning tel heal a poor Invalid. 'The error of the ,Pharisees is the common error of formalists and hypocrites. TI1ey caro, more for the letter of the law, than for the isperitual principle which 1st embodied in the ordinance." The Sabbath wasllnade for man, for the wellebeing of man ; hence Christ could eohsistenly Ileal the sick, feed the hungry, or save the sinner on the Sabbath day. "The Jewish Sab- bath was partly' of political institu- tion and partly or moral obligation. Sd fari as it was a political 'appoint - Meat, designed to preserve the Jews distinct from other people, it is ab- rogated. So fair as it was of moral obligation, it remains :lm force." We are enjoined inferentially to observe the Sabbath by our Lord's declara- tion Itivat he came not to destroys the law or the prophets. The Sabbath was made for man. 'Macauley wrote of it : e •Chat• day is not lost while industry is suspended, while the plough Dee in the furrow, while the exchange is silent, while no smoke .ascends from the factory. A process is going on +suite'ae important to the wealth of the aationi as any pro- cess that is performing•on more busy days. Man, the machine of machines, the machine, compared with which the contrivances of, of theWatts and the Arkwri.ghts and the Bessomers are worthless, is repairing and winding up iso thatche ,returns to his labor on Monday with clearer intellect, with livelier spirits, and with renewed bodily vigor." In the observance of the original command, that there be a cessation of all physical and secu- lar labor on each seventh day, and the devotion, of the day to rest, lies the well-being of the man. It has been demonstrated many times that it is better for man and beast. There ;are two extremes in re- gard to Sabbath observance, as there is in almost everything else. One is the hard, austere, puritanic way. making it t crane to smile, a day to be mortally dreaded by the children,, a woeful, weary day. Tho Sunday excursion, now, so popu- lar, is doing much to pollute the sanctity of the Sabbath ; the low rates tempt those who would oth- erwise be disposed to observe the day more suitably, 'to make the illness of a ,friend or relative an excuse fdr patronizing it. Let all w;:io name the, name of Christ depart from such in- iquity, and let it be to there a day for meditation and holy convocation. Many honest people have been sad- ly misled In regard to the change from ire Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, and have been led into a Iegal bondage which Jesus never intended we should be. "Tee original command says nothing or the epoch v;lien the reckoning Should be- gin." The change from; the seventh to the first day of the week was made by Inspired men. "Though there es not: on record any divine command to obange the Sabbath from the env- enth to the first flay of the week, yet when wo see this wns steno in the apostolic age (not in the time of Constantine, as some claim), and that St. Paul speaks of the .Tewisli, Sab- bath as not being obligatory upon Christians, while he yet contends that the whole moral law is obliga- tory upon then, the fair inference is that ttie change of the day war mn de by divine direction. At Least the change was made under the sancti: n of inspired ';nen, appointed rulers in INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. "AIL FEBRUARY 21, 1904. Jesus and the Sabbath Commentary, -e. Plucking corn on the Salbbaele.-vs. 1-8. 1. At that !.'thus, --It may be well to note that 'there Is a difference of opinion here as to time. Some think that Jesus ,had a't'tteaded the feast of the Pass- over just preoeding'title, but this is ,called in question by the best critics. T,`h.rough the corn, --To an !Lmerloan reaider, 'the word corn suggests the idea of Indiain corn or maize, but the word in 'the text 'has relerenoe to grain, melt as wheat, rye or barley Regan to pluck -They rubbed it in itchier hands (Lluite vi. 1) to separate ;the grain :from the chaff. This w•as allowable according to the law °(Deut. xxiii. 25), but the iehatisees !object to their doing it on the Sab- i/oath dace. C. Pharisees saw it. -They were .watching for an opportunity to catch him. Not lawful -This prohi- lbij ion is a Phag'isa1e rule not found in ,the Mosaic jeep-. It was a principle with the Pharisees to extend !the gerovisions of the law, Old make min - ate regulations over and beyond What Moses commalnded in order to avoid the possib.lity of transgres- ,sion. To pluck the ears of corn was In a sense to reap, and to reap on the Sabbath was Weise:`Iden and pun- ishable by death. -Carr. 3. Rave ye not read -To vindicate Els disciples Cltxist referred the ;Pharisees to a similar ease record- ed in their own Scriptures and with which they should have been famil- iar. An hwn:gebed--Oar Lord here es .moll arguing for an excuse to break ';the law, but for its true construe - :4. The house of God -The taber- nac'e. Did eat,-Ahimeleeh, the priest ,at Nob, gave David and hie compan- lions five loaves and the shew:bread. lel. Salem. xxi•. 1-7. The ;law provided that twelve loaves of bread should ' 'be put in two piles upon the table in the sanctuary, to remain a week and then to be eaten by the priests •only. S :iew'bre:td-"Literally, bread of setting forth, that is, bread that was set forth in the sanctuary. 5. P.o:ane the Sabbath -Jesus con- tinued His argument by showing that even the law! under certain eir- cumstanees provided for the doing of that wlvch had been exprese•I,y forbidden in the law. Riomeleer Not merely does the sacred lv:story re- late exceptional instances of neces- sity, but the law itself ordains la- bel' on tete Sabbath as a duty. -Stier. '6. Greater than the temple-Inas- mmueli as the one who builcied the 'house is greater than the house. Christ refers here to Ills own au- thority and power. 7. If vie had, lenoiwn-=A knowledge of the true ;meaning- of Gad's word will iprevent rash judgment. Jesus Here 'charges his critics with ignorance of their own prophets. Mercy,, and snot sacrifice -See 1. Sam. x•v. 22; 131osea ve ei "I desire mercy. I re - .quire iniercy; rather than sacrifice. 'It is a pretest by: the prophet against the unloving, insincere tor - :mast of bis day 8. Lord even of abet (aabin,r t-y11_(.usne(r,:aJtermsr Him- self greater than the statute law. of 'Moses ; Slay. He is Treater than the Sabbath law, established 'by' God at tlue creation.; II. Healing a withered Band on the Sabbath (vs. (s)-143,). 10. eland with- ered -A seise ea paralysis. Watch dis- eases were considered incurable. The asked aline -.Bark and Luke mention some points omitted b,y, 119:atthew. Luke Ray's, "Tho ccribee and Pharisees watched Him wheth- er Ile would heal on the sabbath day, that they might ;ind an an- Cusation against 111m." Might accuse. -"They, did not donbt that Be'was able to work a miracle ; they' expected it ; but they intended to make out that Isis miraeios were .contrary; to the divine law and so• immoral: ;11. Ile said -Jesus then proceeded to answer thorn by drawing; an ar- gument from their own conduct. If et fall -This was a self-evident pro- position. Deeds of mercy and hum- anity; did not Infringe on the rails - bath dwy. 1'it-"Cisterns dug in the earth for the purpose of water, into erbteli animals often felt" 12. A ;man better than a sheep - Christ always puts an enormous yahoo on man. A man is of infinitely; snore consequence and value than a sheep, would they) not show mercy 'to a amen i? Thus they are taken on their own ground and confuted on their own maxims and conduct." It 'is lawful -This was universally, al- i'lekwed by the Jews themselves. 18. Stretch forth -A remarkable cons - mend. Tbe man might have reason- ed that his hand was withered, and 'that he could not obey, but being ;commanded, it was his duty' to make 'the effort ; he did so and Was heal-, ed "Faith disregards apparent 'im- ,pteesibilities where there Is a coin- ' an•and and peornl.se of God." Restored whole -A little before k irs Christ had Claimed divine authority; He now proves that Ile possesses. it.. "These two cases determine what may be dolne on the sabbath. iPhe one was a ease of necessity; the otter of mercy'. ip PeleS.CTIE,AL SERVE Y. Sid times was our Lord, either di- rectly or througlb,hie disciples, charg- ed with S't,bbath breaking. ;.Che Phar- isees pushed the letter of the law 6o ear, and added ao,.many traditions af !their own( to at, that their religion vias very burdensome. In strong con- itreet with .this, 'Jesus had just taught that this yoke was easy and his burden light. In the observance of the Sabbath Christ came into sharp conflict with the religious teachers Of his time. The great sin of (the Pharisees was bigotry, hypocrisy, and a spirit of .i.rntolera,nt cruelty to all not of ;themselves. Our Loris calls their at- '.'sention to this, and Said, "Mercy, .not sacrifice," They know how to snake legal sacrifices, but not how the Christian church, wlioye. business It was 'to' ret all things in order.' We apt on apor,•tollc authority for observing the ltrst day of the weed, and thus commemorate at oilce both the creation and the redemption of the world. Lannon Il. Mulholland. February er Four -Track News An interesting magazine. Only 5 cents, Any nett Numb H (leader Fond of slops. auti'alo Express. "Why to it you Germans are so fond of 'beer?" "For the same reason you French- men are se fon,1 of frogs' legs." "How is that ?" "They're both full of hope." LADIES SUFFERING from 13a'ckache and Neuralgia will find the ;greatest possible re- lief from the troubles by using, the wonderful relieving `faction, so that it as thought that if pain]) &1, " Menthol l'd:isaers.. more anti larger shipments were sent ing at 5834c. Burley Le unchanged, They cure when others fait. forward, better pt•lces would be real- with sales of 600 :bushels at 4,6 to . --- • Peed. Concessions in the way el 48c. Oats are firm, with sales of 500 freight rates will evidently have to be bushels at to 35ac. obtained, if this export trade is to Ilay in liberal Supp1Y, with prices ZnaliadadiroltatootapsOrosimmammo culations of fruit growers all over damps It down ht Che ata that n wi bo � ii the continent, consequently the eons. -any conslcleratlon e p R g petition tluex'e Le keen, orders are ting rid, of it co quickly air possible, being received from Australia, Il'a- The cost of hauling the butter to the wail, China, and Japan, and efforts station should be considered o. part were matIe last fail to get a foot- of the operating expensesin tiff creameries, t t t• hold in Britain. On October 101H, ' last, lvlessrs. Stirling and Pitcairn, of lealowna, shipped the first car- re.. wee+++ Load of :British Columbia apples, con- sieting of Spies, 13aldw,ins, Ontarios and Canada Reds to the B,r'itikab Tile riarkets. market. They arrived in Glasgow, on Nov, 9, in first-class condition, and wad at an average price of about Os per box, while Eastern Canada apples were selling in the salve place Toronto earwigs' Market.at about one dollar per barrel leas, Tee offerings of grain were ritod,3r' figuring three and one-half boxes to the barrel. However, when the extra ate to -day, with prices as a rule !'might charges to Montreal were de- firm. Wheat Ls unchanged, with ducted, the net returns were llarcily_ sales of 200 bushels of white at 89ft, . su Ls eo eery. Enquiries 200 bushels of red w,unter at 89a ct, Jug received from other firms, who saw the British Columbia fruit, a,nd ,and 300. b�ushkais of ,goose at 77;a to learned that it gave first-class satis 'r$he. Rye to higher, one iorkd sell. t' f t E ii s are now be- . Enthusiasm. "Here's a story about a man who pretended lie Was inane and lived as a patient in an asylum for five years, What do you think of that 1" 'I think it was kind of a crazy thing to do."-Cincinati Commer- cial., . Indigestion, that menace to human happiness. pitiless in its as- saults, and no respecter of persons, has met its eonaueror 1p South American -Nervine. This great stomach and nerve remedy stimu- lates digestion, tones the nerves, aids circu- lation, drives out impurities, dispels emacia- tion and brings back the glow of perfect health. Cures hundreds of " chronics " that have baffled physician. -09 FRUIT GROWING. In British Columbia Markets and Drawback. Ottawa, Fab. 4, 1904. Some interesting facte regarding the fruit industry In the Prairie i PIN -to -4 ( be devldoped. • Dr,aw:backs-T tet 'the British Go- at tumble growers .abor under disabil- ities similar to those of the eastern fruit men is shown by the following list mentioned by President Metcalfe in his opening address.: Fleet -flue lack of co-operation on the part of our growers in shipping, marketing and maintenance of prices, the Onrcfase of pakages, paper, spraying materials, and redress of grievances. Second -We 'suffer, as fruit grow- ers, from the general „lack of knowledge, or want of confidence as to the benefits of spraying. Third -We need canning and evap- orating factories 'lo take our sur- plus fruit, the rips and lower grade varieties that will not ship long dis- tances, varieties that are subject to the attack of fungus diseases, there- by relieving the markets of -these qualities of fruits, and leaving the higher grades and better fruits to sell at increased prices. i Fourth -We suffer from the lack of a proper dlstribution of our fruits in t the different ivarkets we are ship- s also require better facli- Province were brought out at the e flies in transportation, ano lower recent meeting of the British Col- umbia Fruit Growers' Association. The i growing eommereial importance of the industry is evidenced by the increased shipments by freight and express, as the following figures show : There were carried by the C. P. R. durthg 1902, 1,169 tons of fruit, while in 1J03, 1,987%Z tons were carried; an 'increase of 8.5per cent. The Dominion Express Com- pany carried in 1897, 70 tons of fruit; in 1901, 378 tons; in 1902, 483 tons; in 1903, over 676 tons. The estab- lishment of a. fruit cannery in New Westminster is assured, which will employ forty to 'fifty hands during the aeeaeon. Tris. will give growers a market for their surplus fruit. ',iarkets-1.t the present time Dirit- hh Cstumbia. fruit practically rules i Rist on bating sliest a wagon alwaysconditions of trade are sound, end the markets ;meats east as Calgary. i clean. The manager would have au- the outlook promising. kind had cot - The markets' of the Northwest, I thority and control over a con Irue ton goods arc bhuwing increasing' though vast and valnabie, are very k tor, but !ie has very little over the strength and the clot.;tic m.11s are :scattered; 1'4i.iinipeg is the great I inklependent patron, who takes the strelaying inorea:ing r,Jncisance to; wholesale centre, and is of such im- load wlken it writs his convenience, accept large orders at current' 1a•r•tanee that It enters into the cal- ` very often in an unsuitable wagon, passes. Cau.:t,y remittances are slow owing to snow block:Wise. rates.; Mee express rates are ammo sive, and the care and attention given to the handling of fruit on and off express cars are careless and un- eatisfactory, and ought to be dis- couraged and corrected. easier; 35• loads sold at $9 to $10.50 a. ton for timothy, and at $6 to $8 ' for mixed. ,Straw, firmer, ,six loade selling at $10 to $10.50 a ton. Dreaeed hogs are unchanged $6.50 to $7, the latter for light. Following are the quotations; , Wheat, i vihite, bush., 89%e; do. reel, bush., 8030; do. spring, bust:., 88c ; do. goose, bush., 773¢e to, 7&3e. Peas, bush., 65 :to 06c. Oats, bush., '35 to 35%c. Burley, bush., 46 to 48c., Hay, timothy, per ton, $9 to $10,50; do. clover, $6 Olga Straw, Iter ton, $10 to $10.50. Seeds, alslke, bush., $4, to $5.50; do. red clover, 'bush., $6 tte $6.2551; do. timothy, 100 lbs., $2.25. to $S. Apples, per bbl., $7..5.0 to $2.25. Dressed hogs, $6.5'0 to $7. Eggs, nevi laid, per doz., 35 to 40c. . Rutter, dairy, 18 to 210.; do. creamery, 21 to 25c. Chickens, per lb., 12 to 13e. Geese, per lb., 9 to 10e. Ducks, per lb., la to 12c. Turkeys, per ib., 11 to 16c. Potatoes, per bag, 95e to $1. Cabbages, per doz., 0 to 750. ,Cauliflower, per doz., $1.50 to $2. Celery, per doz., 45 to 5'0o. Beef, hindquarters, $6 to $8; do. fore- quarters, $4: to $6; do. medium,car- ease, $15.50 to $6; do. choice, car- case, $6.O0 to $7. Lamb, yearling, $8 to $9. Mutton, per cwt.,. $6 to $7. Veal, per cat., $7 to $9. Leading Wheat Markets. Following are the closing quota - Every precaution should be taken tions at important wheat centres to see that butter is delivered to the to -day;; stations at such an hour as to make 9Cash. May the closest possible connection with New "York ., ,,, -_ 97 1-41 the refrigerator cars. An hour's ex- , Chicago .. „ ... ... .. -- 96 3,-8i posure to the heat of a warm sunt- Toledo .. ... 09 :381-4i mer day means positive injury to tile Duluth, \o. 1 N 911-4, 033-4. butter and shortens its lite. It , n Trade. would be better to have all the but- 13ra.dsa,reets > . ter carried to. the station by con- The dare:uitles of tracFportation, tract, Re that setae man would have! owing to snow blockades delaying a properly equipped wagon, with a ' the receipts and shipment of geode cover, for protection against sun caused nru:h ineon :enience in trade and rain. It would be possible to in- circles at Mentreai thin week. The • Insurance Compa r ii r SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL, REPORT. Life The seventeenth annual meeting of' the shareholders and policyholders of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company was held in the Company's offices, Toronto, on Thursday, February 4th, at 2.30 p.na. The report submitted was eminently satisfactory to all interested. A detailed report of the proceedings will be mailed to all policyholders, but we believe that the average busy reader will get a clearer conception of the progress the Company is making by having, as it were, a bird's- eye view of its affairs. Below will be found the figures pertaining to the main features of the business for 1902 and 1903 and the increases ; also a comparative statement of the Company's growth since its organization. The growth made in 1903 is well shown by the following table :- 190E. 1903. Increase. Net Premiums Income $ 1,054,815.72 $ 1,219,435.91 $ 164,7 0.19 20.19 interest, Rents, etc 186,074.11 215,852.67 12 9,7118 56 Total Cash Income 1,240,889.83 1,435,288.58 94,398.75 316,556.63 366,533.04 749,976.41 3,753,892.00 4,461,800.00 4,406,329.19 5,136,668.52 730,339.33 6,542,336.00 7,764,542.00 1,222,206.00 6,082,336.00 7,294,050.00 1,211,714.00 30,152,883.00 34,392,303.00 4,239,420.00 The Manufacturers Life began business in 1887, and the following figures for four year periods taken from its returns to the Dominion Government will illustrate its remarkable growth and steady progress Payments to Policyholders Policy Reserves Total Assets Applications for New Insurance New Policies Issued Insurance in Force OF INTEREST T TOT { L AB8Tk MIER& 'The death ratio in the Manufacturers Life has always been favorable in both sections, but exceedingly so in the Abstainers' Section. The past year shows a continuance of this favorable experience.. The death losses in the General Section were 75.7% of the expectancy, and in the Abstainers' Section only 41.3% of the expectancy. The saving this year from low mortality 'in this section is therefore 58.7% as against a saving of 24.3170 in the General Section, which means much larger dividends for Abstainers. Correspondence is invited. HON. G. W. ROSS, President. J. FO JLJNKIN, Managing Director. 1 Trude at Toronto has shown no, cxpairslon ties week as is 'usually lookcd for this month. 10 some nor- thern sections the snow is 10 to 14' fent deep, ani shipments haze been g:' ia.le delay. d. Cat 1 in 1 men 113 ; withdrawing prises again. Woollen goods are very firm. Business has been moderately a-- • live in M:inrtobt the past week, ac- cording to Bradstreet's repnrts, ' shite of -the cold weather, which na- turally checks business in some lines. At Victoria, Vancouver and other Pacific Coast centres trade is relrly good for this seosan, which is : never a very active one. Business at Hamilton, as report- ed to ]3radstreet's, has been bars, all things conai,Lered this week, bast shipments of spring staple goods have been much delayed, and the wholesale trade bas also been much Inconvenienced in tite receipt of • goods. Travellers have been sending: in more orders than last week, and 1 mail orders are better. London wholesale traders report a fair movement considering the In- terruptions to traffic. The dclayettes of grain at country points having fallen off, business in a retail way has been adversely affected. Cold weather a.nc1 brow have kept business from expanding the p:fat i two weeks at Ottawa. The dine. cnities of shipping goods is causing muck inconvenience at country ceml-. tress The prions of staple goods are j firm. The outlook for business le' bright. Skate Sailing. There is nothing new in the idea of , skate sailing; it rs as old as skates; and dates back to the time when our • ancestors, with bones of animals bound to their feet, spread their ample cloaks! and allowed the wind to waft them over • the surface of the ice. But since that time the art has pro- gressed, keeping time with the evolution , of the modern steel. skate from its rude bone ancestor Some time in the eighties skate sailing was first brought to the . attention of the general public by a so- les of articles upon this subject, white). appeared in various periodicals, and we - then became familiar with the Danish square sail and top sail, the long double or two-man, sail of the Norwegians, the English lateen sail, with the mast made fast to the skater's leg, the handsome ; double -diamond sail invented by Charley Ledyard Norton, and many others of minor importance. As a rule, the foreign designs are as clumsy, impracticable and as much out of date as the forms of government nn - der which they flourish: -Dan Beard, in February Outing. Year. Income From Interest Rents, etc. Net Premium Income. Total Premium and Interest Income. Assets. New Policies Issued. Assurance in Force December 31st. $ 2,342,000 7,413,761 10,645,021 14,368,236 34,392,303 1887 1391 1895 1899 1903 $ 778 13,236 39,245 72,018 215,852 $ 27,184 184,106 324,449 510,560 1,219,435 $ 27,963 197,342 363,694 , 582,578 3,435,288 $ 165,732 431,610 1,012,569 1,809,505 5,136,668 $2,564,500 2,111,100 3,017,760 3,579,109 7,294,050 OF INTEREST T TOT { L AB8Tk MIER& 'The death ratio in the Manufacturers Life has always been favorable in both sections, but exceedingly so in the Abstainers' Section. The past year shows a continuance of this favorable experience.. The death losses in the General Section were 75.7% of the expectancy, and in the Abstainers' Section only 41.3% of the expectancy. The saving this year from low mortality 'in this section is therefore 58.7% as against a saving of 24.3170 in the General Section, which means much larger dividends for Abstainers. Correspondence is invited. HON. G. W. ROSS, President. J. FO JLJNKIN, Managing Director. 1 Trude at Toronto has shown no, cxpairslon ties week as is 'usually lookcd for this month. 10 some nor- thern sections the snow is 10 to 14' fent deep, ani shipments haze been g:' ia.le delay. d. Cat 1 in 1 men 113 ; withdrawing prises again. Woollen goods are very firm. Business has been moderately a-- • live in M:inrtobt the past week, ac- cording to Bradstreet's repnrts, ' shite of -the cold weather, which na- turally checks business in some lines. At Victoria, Vancouver and other Pacific Coast centres trade is relrly good for this seosan, which is : never a very active one. Business at Hamilton, as report- ed to ]3radstreet's, has been bars, all things conai,Lered this week, bast shipments of spring staple goods have been much delayed, and the wholesale trade bas also been much Inconvenienced in tite receipt of • goods. Travellers have been sending: in more orders than last week, and 1 mail orders are better. London wholesale traders report a fair movement considering the In- terruptions to traffic. The dclayettes of grain at country points having fallen off, business in a retail way has been adversely affected. Cold weather a.nc1 brow have kept business from expanding the p:fat i two weeks at Ottawa. The dine. cnities of shipping goods is causing muck inconvenience at country ceml-. tress The prions of staple goods are j firm. The outlook for business le' bright. Skate Sailing. There is nothing new in the idea of , skate sailing; it rs as old as skates; and dates back to the time when our • ancestors, with bones of animals bound to their feet, spread their ample cloaks! and allowed the wind to waft them over • the surface of the ice. But since that time the art has pro- gressed, keeping time with the evolution , of the modern steel. skate from its rude bone ancestor Some time in the eighties skate sailing was first brought to the . attention of the general public by a so- les of articles upon this subject, white). appeared in various periodicals, and we - then became familiar with the Danish square sail and top sail, the long double or two-man, sail of the Norwegians, the English lateen sail, with the mast made fast to the skater's leg, the handsome ; double -diamond sail invented by Charley Ledyard Norton, and many others of minor importance. As a rule, the foreign designs are as clumsy, impracticable and as much out of date as the forms of government nn - der which they flourish: -Dan Beard, in February Outing.