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Death of John the Baptist.-Matthew.1d : 1.82
Ootnnlentary-i. Herod', terrified
eiOnsolence (vs, 1, ::). 1. At that time-
uring the missionary journey of the
tevelve. Iierod-7.his was HAnti-
Pais, son of Herod, the Great. He was
the ruler, of Galilee and Perea. Thirty
J' ars before,lie murdered the Janie
cents at Bethlehem. "Of all the con -
p ible wretc res of Scripture -not
U
1 Herod
•d
ta'tno t
etxclucting J uda,s r who is In some ways
teat problem Herod Antipas
Y
foto �tl ,ll p d
tom generally petty b
iBib
'�
in C th lei p 1 had ti
the whole country, and Hls "fat
wwai increasing, so that it attracted
anew ;the attention of the king
Is Olsen from the dead -Herod
Imprisoned John the .ia�7t of Bfai
A. D. 28, and the forerunner was
be-
headed the Iasi of March, A. D.
$erod's conscience accused And
tha�refore-In consequence of hats
i'1 en From the dead he is thought
to be possessed or miraele-working
pavers. "Trills is a striking sheltie(
adnfismatlon or John x. 41, that J
wrought no miracle while hying.
II. Joh.n'sl fa.ithfttine. a (vs. 3-5). 3
prison -Tale place. of John's Imprieon-
e
rent and death was. Macherus,
Peres.., on the eastern side of
Dead Bea, near the southern iron
era the tetrarchs. "here Antipas bad
a palace and a prison under one roof,
as was common in the east."
Herodias.' sake -"This woman was
granddaugater of Herod the Grt
Bile first ramrod Herod Philip,
uncle, woo was the father'of Salo
$eros 1 Siad put away his legal w
the daua;tLter of Aretahad
29.
oho
in
the
LI er
For
her
s, twig of
rabic J3etrea., and had taken Herod
th�ougb. Philip, Herodias' husband,
wises {still' living."
8. Ins"tructcd- '011e vile aeroti
aaw that the hrrtt;r had Canis for
aeeonttplish the f}endiish deed
bad eu long meditated upon. :Mother,.
-,Whet a inprthe.v Leading her own
daughter into' the vilest armies. Give
zne here -t the ha;atens, (Mark vi.
to hate the deed perpetrated while
the revel is oo, probably in
night. Givo mehee
tor the
, "here," immediate-
ly!. She took .Herod by surprise
made her demand on the .nstr
best Herod should c.hat,n ge his inti
IElead Wl1at a Bald request
11t th L„tgni for his. bored and 'wn
khii head at once. In a charger-
a large platter.
Iv. :1 lured laud committed (Ts.
cL2). 0. rsrry. -ills bZ, lse t>ncc was
/not entLTC.:yi dead, and he twas wor-
ried and tree/teed. For the cal
sake -Ht cared nitn'rn for his oath
--.t1La•n tcj.r 11?s tY; lse:o lee, 02' John,
hes C,'cd. lie cjuid murder, but
tm,ut5t not break a wicked cath time
he never •should have talker. whiten
sat with ]Lim -110 was afraid of
of-
fending the, great neon of his king-
dom. A. s+u.vo to• puL1ki opinion.
be given. Note the steps than had
led 1.eixltl to this. Rejecting
truth. 2. t'a,'mtinuwg to indulge
hiss sins. A drunken feast ; liquor
and
or
he
TO
the
in
is
e+espionsiibie for untold crime
snlstrand
s; 4. An Immoral dance; da
ing Can but xesu11, in. sill. ;.. A w•iclk
ed oath, which utter should have
.been taken, but cines taken, :throned
have been broken 'Immediately.
HUs fear of th,o peO (t.,
10. Beheaded -Dat leis prisoner was
ready.John isnot tho only one who
wit• 6.
• il be beheaded if the truth is
held. Let any man to -day take
position against the evils in
elicits, and, socially, his heard will
xco41 iinto the basket ; It lie takes
pcuittio,n against evils in the ohm
not infrequently w111 his hread come
off ecciesiaeticaily(; if he opposes
orrrrupthcn in politics, h'' will be
headed politically. ,11. ,he brought
it's -What a, paesentt !
i2. H"Ls ,discipl ens-Johnt's disclp
'tioio'k titx rho body"It had b
tbro,tv{n cuff," and thety, buried it
lbh,e last kindness they; Could stir
to due tires{ loved. Sorrow ` then
brought them to Jesus. An'tLp is
and
3is
the greatest -a -little, petty, lis
Wrap;eful Neao, a King John of Eng-
land, a brindle of petty vices." -J.
Watson. The tetrarch -Literally, the
ruler of a fourth part or district
,w e a. province was divided ;
afterwards the name was extended
note rener.all a king, the
. ruler cif a provincial district. -Cam
Heard of the titre-Antipas had
one pt his capitals at Tiberias, on
• e Sea of Galilee. Ile •had, no doubt,
be,a,rd of Jesus before, but the preach-
ing o a twelve a ost es la stirred
upe
his
his
• the
be-
ite
Herodias were afterwards banished
Lby{tbe Rome n Emperor to Lyons, in
France, where 'thely{ passed the re-
mainder of their day's in disgrace.
4. John said unto him -It seems
that John faced the king himself with
this rebuke. Thew bold and courage -
one. It is well when ministers dare
rebuke the sins of politicians and
those in authority. Not lawful-Bte-
nause, 1. He liad put away his legal
wife: 2. Iiia had indueea Herodias to
forsake her husband. 3. Herodias
was the niece and sister-inelaw of
Herod and the Mosaic later (Lev. xviii.
112-14. To have her -To marry her.
The force of the Original bears out
this interpretation.
5. When he would -Although he
vias wlllang.-Caltn. Dib. ]i'nohn Mark
we learn that Herodias was eager
to kill John, while Herod, portly from
per interest in his preaching and
partly from fear of his prisoner, re-
fused to take at say his life. Feared
the multitude-Tthe preaching of John
hod had a pwhverful effect om the
masses and Herod was restrained
from acts of violence, because of pub-
lic sentiment. bilark also tells us
that Herod knew that John was a
Inlet and holy man.
T,II. ]:Lerod's' ,birthday festivities.-
,1c's. 0-8),. 6. Birthday was kerpt-
Ixlbis was doine, probably at the MPa-
edbierus palace with groat display.
'Honed made a. great feast for his
ibeirde, 'high captains and the chief
pemdolns of Galilee. The nobility of
ratallleei ;were obliged to cone some
s r
57th ANNUAL
The Year's Business.
1902, are as follows :
PORT
The new business of the year was the largest ever submitted to the
Company, and the figures in tabular form, together with those for
1903.
1902. Increa.9e.
Number of applications received 6.863 5,022 1,841
Amount of Assurance applied for S13,831,960 $10,687,672 83,194,288
Policies issued 12,635,032 - 9,734,002 2,901,030
Policies 'paid for 10, 122, 139 8,398,386 E ,723,753
Total business in force 95,53 1 , 1 I 0 89,170,575 6,360, 535
Of the applications received, 266 for Assurances of $693,716 were declined, as not conforming to
the Company's standard.
The Income.The gross premium and Annuity income was $2,847,559.74, and the income
from interest, including $30,757.20 profit on sale of securities, reached the
handsome sum of $1,176,374.33. Together these make the total gross income (exclusive of pay-
ments on account of Capital Stock), $4,023,934.07.
The Pare'l�>is. The death claims paid during the year amounted to $1,227,414.42. The
matured endowments and death claims (including bonus additions), and
annuities paid in 1903, amounted to $1,528,420.46, while $145,273.40 was paid as cash dividends and
surrender values to policyholders, making total payments to policyholders $1,673,693.86.
The Assets. The total assets at the 31st December, 1903, as shown by the balance sheet,
amount to $27,180,007.21, being an increase of $1,215,074.71 over 1902-a
growth that your Directors think is very satisfactory. The usual conservative practice of the
Company has been followed in the valuation of its assets.
The growth of the Company's assets in the past twenty years is shown by the following table :
Tx Till. 11 SSETS
In i888
In .1883 $5,664,000 I In 1893 814,313,000
,954,000In81398 20,038,000
IN 1903, $27,1$3C,O0O
In the valuation of the policy liabilities, the Company's own standard has
again been employed, viz.: the Institute of Actuaries' Table, with interest at
3,14',4 for all business prior to January 1st, 1900, and the same table with 3,9u interest for policies
issued since that date. The total net Reserve by this valuation standard amounts to $25,093,374.
In addition to this the Company holds Reserves of $32,315 for lapsed policies subject to revival,
and $55,028 for instalment claims fund. After providing for these reserves and for all liabilities,
except Capital Stock, there remains a surplus on policy holders' account of $1,861,367.32. A large
section of our business was valued on the new table known as the OM Table, and the Reserves
brought out amounted to 90.7% of the Reserves required by the table now in use by the Company.
So that it would appear that no material change in Reserve would result by the adoption of the
more recent tables of mortality. So far as is known this is the first occasion upon which these
new tables have been used in a valuation in Canada or the United States by any Company having
an established business.
A full report of the meeting will appear in'the Company's paper, Life Echoes.
The Liabilities.
distance to attend the festivities.
daughter danced -"Female dane-
nre in the East are a customers part
of great entertainment!." On this
(*meson the dancer was of high
birth, being no other than the Prin-
Cci's Salome, daughter of Herodias
n.nd Philip. Pleased Herod - They
were probably half intoxicated, re-
clining at the tables as their custom
was. The infamous saloon se -stern
of to -day le only a remnant of the
ancient reverie that were ss. Tile and
corrupting in their effects.
7. With nal oath -It ie always
wrong to foreswear ourselves be -
promising to do or to keep secret
what has not, as yet, been die -
closed to us. Whatsoever she would
at•k--Mark adds (vi. 23), "Unto tho
half of my kingdom." "Iierod was
ready to enrrender halt his kingdom
for the pleasure of witnessing the
performance of a hist -creating pan-
tomime.. How many aro willing to
soli ndt only their health, hope, vir-
tue, prosperity, peace and purity, but
he':aver.'s eternal wealth of joy, for
momrnta.ry pleasure -for the ap-
plee of Sodom."
PRee•CTICAL SURVEY.
John b-uffored imprisonment and
death od and
preachedcame ire thetruth wAfflias cti
ons are
not necessarily a mark of God's dis-
pleasure. Jesus suffered as no other
roan eversuffered, and we know that
God t5zis pleased with flim. Some of
the prophets, all of the apostles ex-
cept Paint John, and thousands of
Christians singe the days ' of the
apostles have suffered martyrdom
for the sake of Christ and His Gos-
pel. It le no proof that we are not in
divine 'order because wicked men are
sometimes permitted; to persecute ns.
"Tie 1Listory of salntship Is a. h}s-
tory of suffering for righteousness'
sake, from the righteous Abel to the
last saint that entered the gates of
pearl. Fidelity unto death is the es-
sence eef sonship." "Ile thait lovetil
his lite shall lose it, and he that
I atet:h bis life in this world shall
keep it unto life eternal." "L'irshop
Latimer once displeased Henry VIII.
by a sermon he preached at court,
and tho king commanded him to re-
cant the next Sunday. But when he
rose to preach he introduced his ser-
mon thous: *Hugh Latimer, dost thou
know to whom thou art this day to
speak; To the high and, mighty mon-
arch, who can take away thy life if
thou offend e therefore take ]seed bow
thou dost apea,k a word that may
displease.' But, as if recalling itlm-
self, `Hugh, Hugh, dost thou know
from whence, thou coolest, upon what
mersa.ge thous art sent, and who it is
that is pretant tv.itli thee ? Even the
great awl mighty God, who is able to
cast both body and soul into hell for-
ever ; therefore be sure that thou de-
liver thy message faithfully.' He
then confirmed and urged more ear-
nestly the offending truths he had
spoken the week before,'
"Tihe evil of intemperance robbed
Herod of his mamboed axed made him
the tool of a wicked aind lustful mise
taass. It robbed him of his sense of
jthetice. ,He steer an innocent roan
'Without trial or a eaausfa for punlrtih-
menrt. It robbed him of hl a rea'mn.
He pecmistwlcl half his kingdom, when
he neither ruled a kingdom norhad
the right to di&pose • of the petty
rrevince over which, by the kind. -
noes of Caesar, he was allowed to
ri:io. Intemperate r -ort leade
to crime. Herod would eat, drink
and be merry, and to he killed an in-
nourot ma.n and ltlat•ted his record
for all time. :Alexander would out -
drink IIereules, and ,m he Flew his
bet friend Clitug, and tilled a drunk -
attire •grave at 82 years of ar•e. M en
lay their manhood at the feet of
the !god le.se of lust b'c.'anse min 112tH
tctleu their bratno.' Intemperance
r:I:ares no one who COM ON within
reach of the demon rum. Rev. Dr.
Glithr:r', of Edinburgh, euid, "f have
Moen no It's4 'than ten clergymen, with
whom I f'nve' r'ert down to the Teoare
table, doloned through strong drink."
Bev. Newman Hall once raid, "The
elm relies! of England lose annually
30,001) m 'nib r.; who are slaughter-
ed through drink." "It forced its
way into the. palace of the Caesars
and hissed Tiberias the great into
the desperation of a brutal maniac."
Wo Olouta flee from it, abhor it, de-
nounce it, and do ail in our power
against tho :o:11 -destroying evil.
Life's a Burden -If the stomach Is not
right. Is chore Nausea? Is there Constipa-
tion ? Is the Tongue Coated ? Are you
Light -Beaded ? Do son have Sick Head-
aches ? Any and all of these denote Stomach
and Liver Disorder. Dr. Agnew's Liver
Pills act quickly and will cure most stub-
born and chronic cases. 40 in a vial for 10
cents.- i 7
RAILWAY EMPLOYEE VICTIMS.
In England, where automatic coupling
care are yet unknown, 150,000 railway
employees are killed or injured in ten
years in Ina•king couplings, as shown by
reports of the 13otzrd of Trade. This
offsets in a way the mortality for pas-
sengers, which is very much smaller
than on American railroads.
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NiGHT, Neuralgia, Ithea-
matism,lStiff Neck, Sciatica and other aches
and pains colpo upon you when you least
expect them. Be provided by keeping " The
D & L" Menthol PInster on hand. Then you
have nothing to fear from aches and pains,
Tho Downtrodden Workingman.
Boston Transcript,
Employer -Do you think it treating
the just right to go out on strike with-
out a moment's wafting? You seen to
forget that I kept you on at full wages
through the slack time last summer..
Employee -That's just it. If you had
not done that ;you night be able to pay
me idle higher wages that we are strik-
ing for.
Now a Respectable Citizen.
Drummer -What became of old Tuff -
mit, who formerly owned e. disreputable
dive on Blank street?
Merchant -Ob, he reformed several
years ago and is now one of our moat
honest and respeeted citizens.
Drumer-What business is he in now?
Merchant -None at all. He made a
fortune out of his dive and retired!.
$45O SPRING SUITS
We makeLarhes'
suits. Our leader
isnSari u•>• Weight
Cheviot. Suit Ju
hinek,nay.y, myr-
tle green. dark or
light grew, Clark
red aati eenl
brown. the
Oath is wool. 1t
in a $15 tailored
Hutt. We, the
m'Lnufactarere,
offer it to you
direct at our fac-
tory peeve, $4.50.
1:`e sell IIundredn
. ., f these snits. 'rite
skirt is trimmed
with a baud of
the goods at the
knee, the seams
are, taped. they
are stitched in
silk, faced with
eanvasau,l e!v(t
bound. The coat
hits a tight fitting
hack with Mouse
front. Mee full
sleeves. The coatis lined In good black
mercerized sateen. If you prefer the coat
with a skirt or ripple attached to the belt,
state length wanted We have this same
coat with skirt or ripple attached an well.
The suits are all the latest spring; styles The
sizes are from n 14 year old girt toa stout
woman, 44 bust, Any snit can be returned If
not entirely satisfactory and money refunded.
Send bust and waist measure, length from
neck band to belt in back, sleeve length,
under seam, alsolength, front, side and back
of skirt rants around hip. Perfect satisfaction
guaranteed. Ideation this paper. Send this
ad.
SOU I IUJU I T SUIT CO., LO CANADA
Novelties in Annuals.
Improved strains of giant paeany-
flowered popples--that have been
perfected, after years of high culti-
vation and careful selection, pro-
ducing plants that attain a height
of three feet, with many brilliant
flowers.
ers.
Rosebud poppies with novel little
flowers, resembling silken rosettes,
tnan;yi of them exquisitely mottled
mud shaded.
A. new sweet pea that grows in
bush form, making a compact, well-
rounded plant about 12 inches high,
high, that requires no support eves
when covered with masses of the
fragrant sweet pea blooms.
A new strain orf Salpiglossis -Gran-
diflora,-with blossoms of tmusnal
gime, displa.yin?g a surprising variega-
tion oif the most brilliant and fan-
tastic markings. • 1 ! I
Old Curiosity Shop.
In a narrow out of the way sec-
tion of Bloomsbury, in Loudon, still
stands the original curiosity shop,
known the world over as the ht>lme
of Litttle Nell. Tho quaint little
building has been oarefully restored
and preserved. An inscription con-
spicuously lettered on the wall an-
nounces that this is the curiosity
shot "immortalized by Charles Dick-
ens." Although it stands out of the
beaten way in London, and is some-
what difficult of access, the old shop
is visited every year by tens of
thousn;nds of the admirers of Dick -
enc. ))f this number a considerable
majority are Atnericaans, It is still
used as a shop and gains ooneider-
able free advertisintg from its M-
etter: afaicaola,t+;aie: .
The I'1 a rkets.
1,ee ttut.; .ri111e u. td ,.
1i'ol10wing are the closing quota-
tions at important wheat centres
to -day r •
• • Gash. May:.
New 'Dark .......1 ... -- 1.015-8
Chicago ... ...
99 1-4
Toledo ................ 1.01 1-2 1.00 1-2
Duluth, Not. 1
Duluth, No. 1 N...:,,.... 98 7-8 08 7-8
'locant. Farmers' Market..
Offerings of grain • to -day) were a
little more liberal and prices, with,
the exception of wheat, are. lower.
Wheat in moderate offer, with sarees
of .300 lamellate of white at $'1.01 to
$1.01)4, 400 bushel 01 red at $1.01,
and 800 ilieshels .off goose at JO to
92c. Barley; steady, 600 bushels sell-
ing at 47% to 48y2c. Oats, firm, with
titles of 800 bushels at 38 to 39c.
itafy in limited supply, With prices
firm ; 25 loads sold at ,$10 to $11.50
a ton for timothy:, and at $7 to $8.-
50 for mixed. w�'traw f!rtuer, two
loads selling at $110 to $12J a ton.
• ,Dressed hugs are unchanged at
$6.75 for henry; and at $7.2.5 to $7.-
50 for light;
Following are the quotations :
'Wheat, white, bushes, $1.01 to $1.01
1-2 ; red, $1,01: spring, $1 to $1.01:
goose, 00 to 92 ; oats, :,3 to 30e ;
Pees, 08 to 70e ; barley. 471-2 to
-181 1-2c ; hay, timothy, ton, $10 to
$11..50 ; c•love,r, $7.Sn to 38 50; straw,
$10 'to $12 ; roods, a.lsrke, bushel,
:x4.50 to $.5.75 ; do., red clover, $6 to
$(1.35 ; do., timothy, 100 lbs., $2.25
to $3 ; apples, bbl.. $1.50 to 32.25 ;
dressed hogs, $0.75 to $7.50 ; eggs,
new Laid, dozen, 35 !Co -100: butter,
deity, 18 to 22c; creamery, 23 to
26e ; ehiekens, lb., 11 to 13c ; geese,
Ib., 12 to 13c : 'inks. lb., 12 to 14c ;
turkeys, lb., 18 to 20e : potatoes,
hag, $1.10 to 31.20: cabbage, doz.,
GO to 75c ; cauliflower, doz., $2 to
$2.25 ; celery, dr,:zen, -15 to 50c; beef,
hindquarters, ':$7 to 39: 'forerivarters,
$5; to $6,50; choice, tartare, $7 to
87.50 ; medium, carcase, $6 to SG.:O ;
Iamb, yearling, $9 to $10 ; mutton,
cwt., $7 to 38; veal, cwt., $8 to 310.
Bradstreeta on Trade.
Wholesale trade at Montreal this week
clispleyed a little more activity. More re-
tail buyers were in the city than for
:.one weeks, and they were buying quite
liberally, stocks having been pretty well
reduced of lute, as a result of the se-
vere snow blockades through the coun-
try.-
Many buyers were in the Toronto
market this week for the purpose of at-
tending the annual spring millionary
sales, which really mark the beginning
of the spring season here, and many
more are expected next week, when the
formal openings take place. Wholesale
trade the pre-ent wee;: has shown mora
life than since the turn of the year.
At Quebec trade conditions are fairly
satisfactory, and the outlook for spring
is encouraging. With good roads, an int-
provc>ment is gener:Iilly expected along
the various linea of trade.
-1. little more activity is being shown
in some departments of trade at Vic-
toria, Vancouver. and other Pacifier
('oast points this week, as reported t to
Brtdstreet'e, and the outlook for busi-
ness ie promising. Prices of staple goods
are firmly held. Collections have been
slow this month. The retailers through•
out the west are looking for another big
turnover the next six months.
I3ueinerrs tit Hamilton this week has
been a little better, and the outlook is
for continued improvement. The trade has
been much hampered in staking ship-
ments, and when the sprint rush begins
it is feared. retailers. will he much in-
convenienced. Prices of staples are firm-
ly held.
London wholesale trade is a little more
active. Owing to the interruptions to
business the past month, an increased
volume of trade is looked for in the near
future. Payments are only fair.
Ottawa wholesale trade, which leas
been quiet for some time, is showing a
little improvement. The outlook is for
a good sorting business this year.
SLadily Fuglig Ahead
The Western Assurance Corn.
party is u Flourishing
Financial Concern.
Of the many flourishing financial con-
cerns which have their headquarters in
Toronto, few can point to a more grati-
fying record than that disclosed at the
annual meeting of the 'Western Assur-
ance Company, a full report of which
appeared in the columns of the Mail and
Empire on Saturday, Feb. 20. Tlie flnan-
pini statement showed the company to
be steadily forging ahead, an apprecia-
abl= advancement in business being evi-
dent. The income for the year was $3,-
678,387.45,
3;678,387.45, and the expenditures were $3,-
372,474.85, leaving a profit of $305,912.60,
or upwards of 15 per cent. on the com-
pany's capital stook. 'There was an in-
crease of $131,670.28 in premium earn-
ings, and of $10,681.71 in interest earn-
ings, while there was a decrease of $3,-
273.38 in losses incurred. With assets or
33,546,357.25 and a reserve fund of $1,-
289,850,
1;289,850, the company's financial position
is as secure and firmly established as
wise and efficient management can
make it.
An interesting portion of President
George A. Cox's address was that in
which he referred to the company's in-
terest in the great fire at Baltimore. ,
Having maintained an agency there for
30 years, it would be unreasonable to
hope to escape without some ecnsider-
able loss. The company's share of the in-
surance due had been estimated at $350,
000 which was about equal to the con,
pany's income for one month. The pro'
able advancement of rates in other d'
los on similar properties to those '"
stro3'ed will largely offset this los
Mail and Empire, 'Toronto.