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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-03-18, Page 3_.__�..1000 sti.rday Sc ooLL JrRIrG¢iivnrlolvAi.I ,ai4asor; NO 7i.1 14iItltOf•1 18, 1t O t, 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.