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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-04-01, Page 7L uday ' INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. lf, APRIf, 3, 1904. jams Visits Tyro and Sidon, -Mark 7: 207 COMM "11ARY. - I. A Mother's pleya, (els,, 124-26). 24. Brom, thence - He arose -That lis, after delivering the dieiooli rses at Ca!p'erntaum'. 'Eder - Wedge! 'thinks that ,Jesus. and the i t,wlelv.e apostles went itm'ntediately to (!the • north country, wihitle others Wink there Was a short delay in, or near, Capernaumi before ,startling tl eordees bf Tyre and Sildon- eleyre and Sidon were heathen cities ioa the east coast of the MecIiiter- taanean Spa, 'They were the prin- !blifiral cities (of Phoenicia, a country Illorthwlest Of Capernaum, and whits: !lay betwieen: the Lebanon anbuntain iiranges and the Great sea. They :were ancient and important cit- :Seis, and here they signify the whole :Phoendwian district. Jesus had never i,va,sited the country before, and nowt hit is not clear wihether he really ien'tered heathendom', or stopped just !outlsirie, near the border. Into an etou'se-In all probability the (louse •'df a Jere iEdensheim thinks He must !have 'tarri'ed here several days; lithe fact that He desired to be kept hid, but could not, would suggest i!thils.• No man: knew It -He judged :lit proper to conceal Himself'awilile from the •Pharesees, who were ;pletti'ng against Hine. Could not be difild-"It !seems that He eves per- hsenlally knelwin to m'any tin this leoui try, who heel ;seen and heard`' 'of Him in Galilee.;' i 25. Whose young daughter -The ,aletual ,sufferitngs of the daughter 'ware great, but the sufferings 'tivhiroh the (mother endured by eYIn- IiIathy ev!ere still greater. our IHudferi'ngs for others are great in ;proportion 'to the amount of lose ;ere have for them. Hence the great- est sufferer on earth was Christ. 'An unclean spirit -Matthew, says !her daughter wag grieviously vex- ed .wi! tie a devil." Tills was certain- 'iy! a Sad case. Nath.'ung can destroy. -tloe peace of a home wore than ,to kavle a daughter possessed with Sa- rtanvc influences. ,The spirit that :eossessed this girl was un'elean-a :,vale ,spirit. At ,His feet -This at Once !sholws the humility of the wo- tman; she assumed the most 'lowly attitude possible as she appeals to Ides riveloy. 26. Woman was a Greek. "By language."-Geikie. The Jews called those who were id'ola'ters Greeks, or Gentles. A Syropheniciau by na- tion. A gyro-Pnoentoian. Phoenician helonged to 'the R,orna.n province Syria. "She was a Syrian. of Phoeni- cian." "Matthew says, she '•was a woman of •Canaan." "During the earliest times of Jewish history sev- eral trews of Canaanites, who were the origami inha•b tants of Palestine, lead ret.rett uor.lrward be.oro the Is- xaeI tes. Prom thea the Phoenicians were descended." -Lange. Beseugb,t .him. Earnestly entreated hint. The came tvaS an urgent One, and, on her knees, alt les feet, she peered out her request. Would cast forth. She bel:evc.a he had power to do this. Matthew says, she "cried unto him, saying, 'Rave mercy on fine, 0 Lord, thou son of ]?avid.' " See plead for mercy ; ,she knew she co'uial make no claim upon lien in any other way. The woman re•,coan'zmcl .Jeeus as the Jewjsh Messiah ; sire called him "Lord" and 'Tie son ot David' - terms distinctly Jbwi: h. -The state of this woman is a proper emblem of -the state of a sinner deeply con- scious of the misery of his howl•"- f21•a,rka. The devil, etc. here is a plain ttr'ag.:ttorwar.l cont s lo t, 'There is no effort 10 cover i.ip the family troubles, and gloss ovor tmtttere, and make it appear, that, after all, !her daughter IS "quite respectable. • II. Faitli triumphing, vs. z7-3!0. 27. Jesus said - This 'woman's di,s- oouragements were great ;I:. Her advantages had been small. erne was a heathen woman with but little means of even obtaining the light of the Hebrew. titorip'tures. 2. At first Jesus did not rePlal 1.0 Zier request, Matt. xv. 24. 3. The dis- ciples :besought Rim to send her away. 4. When Jesus did speak He seemed to repel her. The soul eeek- in•g salvation, ;frequently) meets these same tests, and mane! became dis- couraged by thein. The Children - Tlre Jews. first be filled -They; are the Savored people. "The gospel was first to Ise offered to the Jews, and to them our Lord's personal minis- try,' on earth, was chiefly restricted." Jesus told her His blessings were for the lost of Israel, Meet. This would have caused people with or- dinary' Faith to hat o given up the ,stru'ggle, but not so with title wo- man; she came now amt worshipped Him, Baying, Lord, help me (Matt.) Not meet -It is not suitable - hot the p'r'oper thing to do. Children's 'bread -Me take those blesoin.gs that belong to the Jews. Unto the clogs -Theis was the severest test of nil. The Gentiles were considered by the Joeteleh people as no better than dogs, and Jesus only used a form` of speech winch was Common ; but it :must have been very, o;ffens'iye to the heath en. :Wq'uld this woman resent •it(7 Would her pride at last bo stir- red. No. elhe "uhrtenk and shriveled" •into nothingness at Hie feet, and her faith still held on for the desired ;blessing. : 28. Yea, Lord -"Truth, Lord," Matt. It le all so. The Jewe-- the fa,vore,d ones ought to be blessed first, I know; I ami a heathen - o7ilyl a Gentile dog. Yet- Now fol - loves (1) Ern answer to hie argument again et entertaining her petition, and (2) a meet touching appeal to his clemency!- Tho dogs ...1..,Bat of the Chiidren'a orudnlbs -"1 only) ask such kindness• as the dogs of ati'y; family enjoy." If I ten a flog give me at leant. as 'dog's fare. • 29, Pot this saying-II)err faith: had triniepbea. Jesus said, "0 w1ontan, meat its thy faith" (Matt.). There were soveral other graces that shone bright In her; wisdom, humility, meekness, patience, perseverence in prayer; but these were the product Of Iyer faith, and therefore Christ commends that, because, Of all graces, faith benors 'Christ most ; therefore, of all graces, Christ lion ors faith, most -Bronson. Devil Is g'onee-Now;, at this very moment, tiny request is granted. 'Though our Lord's mission wins to the lost see'rp of Israel, yet he aiw!ays honors per-. aanal faith in himself, wiherever found." "Persevering faith and prayer are next to omnipotent. No person can thus pray and believe without receiving all his soul re- quireae-clerks. Hr. A. man he!aledl (vs. 31-37). 31.. Departing -Learing the "borders" of Phoenicia, Jesus made a circuit to the southeast. He crossed the Jor-: dan• and sought seclusion in Dna- polio, southeast of the Sea of Gael- lee. alllee. 32. One deaf -The healing of this man is related only by Mark, an lnipedi.ment-I-Ie was not a mute, but a stammerer. Beseech-Barn- estly entreat. This shows their, faith in Christ's ability.. 33. Took him aside -The man would thus be more deeply impressed, and a pub- lic healing would cause the people to come together 1.n great crowds.. Put his fingers, etc. -Soma external sign was needed to show to others that the.result really proceeded from Christ. Re put his fingers into his ears to mark the ear -drum that was to .be quickened; he spilt and touch- ed his tongue to 'show that its stif- Cened muscles must be lubricated in- to limberness; he looked up into heaven to show: that the source of power was God; ho spoke the word to rnark that the effect was instant In time upen the commarid.-Whedon, 34. Stghed-Christ's sympathies were touched, and he sighed when he saw the suffering and sorrow around him. Ephpliatha-The actual Aramaic weird used by our Lord.-11Pacteltr. 35. Spake plain -When Christ under- takes a case he, always does a com- plete work. In verses 36 and 37 Jesus charged them to tell no man, but they published it so much the more and were astonished beyond pleasure. A great life that. could not be hid. Many lives are small, narrow and narro'wj. They are easily con- cealed and their owners are never ,sought out by the great busy crowds that hunger for coln:Tort, for strength, for linform'ation. The noble, the good, the unselfish, they alone live sure lives •that are worth living. Such a life was that of Jesus. When the benficence of His mission •became known, hands were .stretched out to Him from every direction. Everywhere weary hearts poured out to Him theur burdens. Everywltere were bodies to be keeled, ,spitrits to be subdued and ,set free, and could to be saved. To tl.:re touching appeal of a needy world Christ gave an affectionate and effective response, The ,superlative value of humility, .10 grace lir so rare, so precious,as leumili,ty. C•pon its possessors are retired out heaven's richest bless- ings. It is represented in the Bible as being absolutely essential to the soul that desires spiritual exaltation. It may adorn the brows of kings it may lend a charm- ing grace to the walk of the lowly. Christ discovered it in the heart of the S'yrolshoesecian woman, and it won for her the one great favor nli,e desired above all otners - the healing of her daughter. 'This in- cident illustrates clearly she fact that we may, by assuming a becom- ing attitude iu our relations to God, bring rich blessings to others. There sts, no limit to God's gooi.lness ;when! he b'eho'lds a humble soul pro- strate before hoe( God's love for the whole world. The gift of Christ was to the:world. "To 'the! Jew first, but also to , the Gentile" Christ revealed I•Ils kind- ly sympathy and abounding love. No racial prejudice:( restrained His un- bounded compassion. No ecclesiasti- cal bigotry led Him to look .with dilal(ain weal the needy de any ola,ss. "For God so loved the world" -the world: in the largest sense,the teeming mass of its !population - "that whosoever 'believeth ire Him should not perish." This whosoever inieluded the ,Roman centurion and the keyrol111oeu•icien ;women as well as the torthodox J'cw. '"The hearing ear." Deafness is a core al'fltction and excludes the un- fortuuatas from a thousand com- mon joys of life. In this busy world, so replete with joyous sounds and charming lima°, lie dwells in pro- tound silence. Because of this un- avoidable seollision his perceptions become, In some measure rt,t least, weakened, and lie is likely to give himself largely to the eonsideratiolt of his own personal thoughts and feelings. Bat wira;t a. world of now ideas and what b flood of new ;mo- tions must have swept into the soul of the man whose ears wore opened by the power of Jesus that day. No wonder that Jesus could not be lild. It is not a,t all strange that the more Ire bade the sufferer not to tell what he had done for him, tile more he went Lverywhero telling the glad tidings. Tho freaking tongue. We can quite fully appreciate the ember- rassmont and mortification of tite man who was conscious of the fact that he had a tongue, but could not use It, even in ordinary colrversa- tion. No doubt when the ,string of his tongue was loosed, IIe ]osti no time in acquainting hie friends of the fact by actual eemon,stration. The power of ,speech is an inestimable blessing and should be the cause ot daily thanksgiving to the Giver. This es-. pecia.ily Is the case hien the string of the tongue is loosed, that has, through fear of shame, been silent in testimony, and ie praise, and in worship. The eloquence of such cfi, tonguo Le wont to bring joy an!] wonder to all 'hearer's. All Chris - Miss Peterson, Secre- tary Parkdale Tennis Club, Chi- cago, from experience advises all young girls who have pains and sickness peculiar to their sex, to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegea table . Compound. How many beautiful young girls de- velop into worn, listless and hopeless women, simply because sufficient atten- tion has not been paid to their physical development. No woman is exempt from physical weakness and periodic pain, and young girls just budding into womanhood should be carefully guided physically as well as morally. Another woman, Miss Hannah E. Mershon, Col- lingswood, N.J., says: • "I thought I would write and tell you that, by following your kind ad- vice, I feel like a new person. I was always thin and delicate, and so weak that I could hardly do anything. Men- struation was irregular. " I tried a bottle of your Vegetable Compound and began to feel better right away. I continued its use, and am now well and strong, and men- struate regularly. I cannot say enough for whatour medicine did for me." -$6000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will cure any woman in the land who suffers from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, and kidney troubles. thane sbouid pray for the spoaki;n and should use our tongues to pro- claim his love even in the midst of his onemien. ALBERT II .STILWf'LTe Have You a Skin Disease? -Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm, Eczema, Itch, Barber's Itch, Ulcers, Blotches, Chronic Erysipelas, Liver Spots, Prurigo, Psoriasis cr other eruptions of the skin-wha.tDr. Agnew'sOintment has done 804 others it can do for you -cure you' One apptica,tion glreerelleL-35 cents. -S7 TIIE FARMER'S WIFE. A Country Editor's Account or Her Daily Life. In an essay on the pleasure of coun- try life, a city girl takes the read- ers of the woman's page into her confidence, and declares, "It is a fond dream of Imine to become a farmers wife, and meander down life's path • Whereupon a country editor, who profeeses to know something of the realities as well as the dreams of a rural existence, remarks "Oh, :eve, that is a nice thing, but When your hucaband meanders off and leaves you without wood and you have to meander up and down the lane pulling splinters off the fence to cook denner, and you meander around in the wet clover in search of the cows until your shoes are the color of the setting sun, and each stocking absorbs a pint of ground 10 drive the °owe out of tee buckwheat and tear your dress on a wire fence; and when ,you, meander ball, to the, :louse, and find that the goat has 'butted your ehild until it resembles. a pumpkin, end find the old hen and sixteen' chickens hi the parlor, the cat in tire eupboard, and the dog l.n the milk, you will- realize, dear ,girl; that Ellis Meander business le rot wtgit it is cracked up to be," - But •thts country editor is evidently Ignorant of the • conditions prevail- ing on the farm,' especially in the. ,1atiiddle .West, at the, present time,' •Tdl.e city giri hes a mach. more in, teltigent - idea of them, and .conse- quently it is not to be, wondered n.t that elle should long to be a farmer's wife and meander down, life's Pathway. Take Kansas as au example. When the farmer rises note he does not dis- turb leis wife, but talks good morn- ing to her into the boudoir pilono- gI'aph, together with a hent of what ho would like to have for breakfast when he returns from his automo- bile ride around the place. At eight the maul' calls tura farm- er's wife; her toilet is completed by nine, and at 9.80 her husband tele- phones her from the northeast quar- ter section that he will join her in five minutes. At breakfast the morning papers, which have :just been delivered by the rural delivery poet - men, are placed• on the table, the news is rapidly scanned, and the far- mer asks his wife whether this is her day for music, French or calis- thenics, or if she is going to at- tend the Woman's Club of Township 38 North, range 16. Ry the time breakfast is over a package of the latest novels has ar- rived from Topeka; the farmer goes to leis bank, forwards a few thou- sands to New Yore to relieve Wall street, or tries a flyer on the Chi- cago Board of Trade, while the , ia1•rner s wife talks to the governess, instructs the housekeeper, writes ac- ceptances to receptions, calix for her favorite stare, takes a brisk ride aeross country, ami returning. does Iridian basket and bead work till the luncheon is announced. In the afternoon sire receives or res turns calls; attends perhaps one pf Edmund :Russell's lectures in the vil- lage, hard by, skates if it is winter, plays golf if it is summer, and meets her hueha.nd at the dinner table af- ter a wctl filled day. After din- ner Beethoven or Mandel and Haydn, or perhaps the lighter composers, are heard on the Manatee the govern- ess and the children are dismissed; the farmer reads his 'favorite poet, the farmer's wife calls up the neigh - bore on the district telephone and ]tears the gossip of the day ; the but-. ler and housekeeper call to pay their respects, and say good night, and the farmer's wife meanders to her apart- ments, where her maid awaits her. The city girl who longs to be a farmer's wife in 'these days, that she may meander down life's pathway emooth.le, tranquilly, blissfully, knows what elle is longe r& for better than the country editor knows the coun- try as it was; not as it is. -Chicago In_ter.Ocea n. War Names. This war news is frightful -it angers a man Ts read of ':rirsampho and Tallenwan, Alexieff, too, and Yingkow, and Sase- bo, And wtiat lea penned last itt Chefoo and Chemulpo, '1'ladistok. and N.0 Ceivn.ng and Kuro and Mee, And of what may occur on the Gulf of Pe Chili. Datunkow, 3immintging, Tsugaru, Ichbn,hepu- When the reader struck these In a rage quickly he flew. But lo, came Sujatun, Yokosuka and ;Seoul, And other tough names in the blood- thirsty duel- leouropatkrn, Chingwan Leo, Verlag, Nagasaki, Till -the pcor reader's brain became loosened and shaky, Now ire mutters, this nuisance we ca g can't n't et away from water, and when sou meander out ! "Gartttnbum che.rumdum beramdum across twenty acres of ploughed 1 balumdttm." ,� tI o a o ,« a �;_, r s 000 0 000 0 0 �}QgOFJ-®O O O m Handsome BOS LIE LLS Also 0,.OVELY liYYACEPLE;Tand SOLED GOLD•.firniished „TX f TUNG G RLS a Here is a Trem rWe have in our fa. 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Depatrtmen't of Agriculture, teemmllssioner's . Brandie Mr. A. W. tur;;nutey, Agent 'af the Department of Agrioulture in Great Britain, gives the following informa- tion in.regar'd to the 'trade in canned and evaporated goods during 1903, In addition to the extracts from his an- nual impart n-nual'epart, published last week;.: h'rnit Palpis-tehere is a .:good de- mand Y•cer the following fruit pulps, wlh•ice can lee put up in Canada: Strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry. black currant, peaches, pears, apri- cot 71ne above fruits are largely used in jam tactosies in Great Britain. Canadian packer/4 of fruit pulps should observe tire [ollowing. points: 1. Ilse a heavy grade of charcoal tin plates for making the cans. 2. Do not use resin for soldering the inside seams, as the least por- tion impel -tea bad flavor to the con- tents:. 3. One -gallon tins are preferable to cans holding Live gallons, &alefly because there! is less loss in case of a puncture or other cause of damage. 4. For colored pulps an internally lacquered tin is very much preferred. 5. Na coloring matter or preserva- tives of any kind !should be added. : 0. Have eases holding cans made strongly, and with• tight covers, not slats. Tinned Meats. -There is a good demand in Great Britain for tin- ned meats, but complaints are made that Canadian tinned meats, etc., are often colored next the tin by some acid action. This may be cad'sed by using some light grade tin plates for making the cans, These plates are rolled after being tinned, and so much of the tim peing taken off, the iron is exposed in spots and a chemical action sets in 'shortly rafter the goods are packed. The quality of Canadian beef and mutton Is preferred to the im- l:orts from ether countries, the packs of which countries are often filled with meat from which ex- tracts have been taken to make fluid neat preparations. Most of the Canadian tinned beef and mutton is put up in tins hold- ing not over two pounds of meat, There is a good demand for tins holding six pounds, especially for war office and naval stores., Whatever sized tins are packed be sure they contain strong net weight, Tinned Lobster. -There is a good demand for Canadian tinned lob- ster, If properly put up., Only heav- ily tinned plates should be used for making cans (lobster works quickly on light plates), the inside of which should be lined with heavy parch- ment paper and the lobster pack- ed while thoroughly fresh. Dessicated Vegetables. - There is a. growing demand for dessicated vegetables in Great Britain, not for home consumption, but for nasal stores and tine War Office. !:ours very truly, W. A. Clemons, Publication Clerk. Illtogant Solid Gold-Ylntshod dewellea Na money wan Lod nota cent from snake arrangements to deliver the right to your address: without coati member, Girls, weivo these love Washing Blue. Address; Tule ]link 000000 00000 BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. ]niprovement in the transportation sit- uation this week has brightened up trade eouditions in 'Montreal. The outlook for business for the balance of the season is promising. Retail spring trade is being much delayed by the late season. Values are firmly held. Tim domestic mills have delayed issuing prices of flannelettes and other cotton lines for the next season. Country remittances are a little slow. Busines conditions at Toronto are more encouraging now. Orders have been com- ing to hand fairly well this week and shipments have bee nmore freely made, less difficulty having been experienced in coinnection with railroad traffic. Business conditions at Quebec are only fair. Collections are still reported slow. In the city the spring millinery openings have been the means of bringing country retail buyers to town, and sales are re- ported favorable. Shoe manufacturers are a •e1 employed, and many have orders far into May. Business at the Pacific Coast continues to develop some further activity. The outlook in the training industry is more encouraging. Preparations are being made for active work the coming season in the lumber industr. Mercantile conditions are healthy, and a' fair expansion in the demand is looked for the next few weeks. Trade is - improving. in Manitoba and the Northwest . Preparations for the next crop indicaete a large increase in the wheat area this year. Better facilities for making shipments have materially improved the immediate outlook for. wholesale trade at Hamilton this week, as reported to Bradstret's, The preparations for the retail spring millinery openings have stimulated the demand for seasonable goods, and in other departments of trade business is looking up. Values are firmly held in staple 'goods. An Easter Lily. Aln Baster lily by the altar rail, Pure, golden throated, bent with fragrance sweet ; Like to an 'unstained soul its petals pale, Purest of blossoms for the altar meet. A. little child that knelt beside my; knee, Whispering a baby prayer at Eas- ter time, A year ago -no longer here by me- Tlrou•gh lilies bloom and Baster church bells chime. -Judge. , The Speaker Will See to That. (Toronto News.) Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. Borden shook hands cordially before the open- ing of the Parliamentary set-to. And the fight will be conducted with the greatest good humor and regard for tl rules of the gain°,