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INTERNATithNAL LESSON NO I1.
;APRIL 10, 1904.
' Peter Confesses the Christ. -Mark 8: 27.38.
C'OMMPI\7r`A,aY.-1. Different opine
Mania concerning Christ, vs., u7-30.
27. Caesarea, P.eeleippi—it seems that
i !lases died ,pat enter this city, but
i naught i,n its vlldnitp. It was a pop-
Woos and pro.eporous region, and
Oro people (were not so much under
the influence pf the scribes and
bPhari,sees as they were further
leOutth.--iIIurlbut. :Whom; do men `say
1 ,-Chrifst did not "ask this •, quiestion
i (1) for information, or 02 because
He desired the applause of men, or
(3) because 'He intended to form
:Ms course according to the reply,
I jbult (4) because Be desired to
• ground His disciples in 'the deepest
faith." 28. Souvs say, etc. —People
held different opinions edncerning
:Merest., Somle .said John the Baptist
returned to life. Some, Elias, ,who
, !was 'to be the forerunner of the
, Messiah; others, Jeremias-Matt,
xvi:., 14), "in' accordance with the
rtraditien that Jerehndah was to
come and reveal the place where
the sacred vessels were concealed",;
and oth'er's, one of the prophets:
129. Whom say ye—This was the
ar eoitsive moment ip which the separ-
ation Of the News Testament from
I the Old Testament theocracy was
' to be madee The hour had come
' for the utterance of a distinct
'Christian confession.—Lange. Peter
aaniswereth—He spoke for all of t he
apostles.. Thou tart the Christ -Tile
Messiah. The Anointed One. Mes-
rsial: is the Hebrew and Christ is
the, Greek for "anointed." Jesus was
the One who was anointed by the
Father as Prophet, Priest and
' Thug. The apostles thus confess
their Master to be the Son of . the
living God—true divine One for whole
. the world was looking and waiting.
Tell no-man—The time had not come
to proclaim Him publicly. Galilean
enthusiasm might now; endeavor to
snake Hien king if this announce-
mient were (macre openly.,
The account ,given by Matthew,: is
much fuller than this one given by
Meek. In Matt. xvi. 18, 19 tee have
the verses •which have aroused as
'profound and as disturbing a dis-
cussian as any passage in the word.
of God. Jesus is reported as say-
ing, "Thou art Peter, and upon this
rock I will build my church." The
Greek word here for Peter is "pe-
t>os," meaning a stone or a piece
of rock. • This na,ma has been given
Peter by Jesus at the first (John
1. 42). The Greek word for rock is
"petra," meaning rock in mass. Re-
garding this there are four leading
views, all of which are supported by
good authorities: 1, That Peter was
the rock on which Christ was to
build this churclh. 2. That Peter and
all true believers are the rock. 3.
That the confession Peter had jest
wade was the ' rock. 4. That
Christ had reference to himself when
the said "upon this rock." The true
view, is, without doubt, the last one
stated. Christ is the foundation of
bis church. Ile is the tried stone,
the precious 'corner stone, the "eure
foundation" (Isa. xxviii. 16). "For.
other foundation can no man . lay
than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ" (1 Cor. iii. 11). It was as
though Christ had said, Thou art
"Petros," a stone, a fragment of a
rack; but upon 'this "petra," this
solid rock, which is myself—the
Christ, I will build my church.
Jesus also says, "I will give unto
. thee the keys of the kingdom of
heaven; and •w1iateeever thou shalt
h bind on earth shall bo bound in
heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt
; loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven." Keys are a symbol of
off power and authority. Dr. Schaff
says, "The apostles had knowledge
and authority which no one after
• them -needs, or can rightly claim."
Peter and the other apostles were
' to be the representatives of Christ's
church on earth, and they were given
power and authority to organize and
' establish his church after Ms death.
' Peter actually unlocked the kingdom
of heaven to the Jews ohs the day of
Pentecost when three thousand were
canvert:ed, and a little later to the
Gentiles (Acts x. 34-48). They also
received the key to the interpreta-
tion oftlie Old Testament Scrip-
tures. "To bind meant to 'forbid,
oreto declare forbidden; to loose
snLant to allows or to declare allow-
a,'b1e."3•111arison. In their organiza-
tion of the church they were to bo
so guided by the Holy Spirit, that
whatever they forbade or allowed
would receive the authority, sanction
and approbation of God.
II. Christ fo'r'etells 13!ie death, vs.
31-33.
• .31. Began to teach—Heretofore
13,0 bad spoken obsclhreiyt but now for
the first time Ile speaks plainly! Of
'ZSfoo ring suifferings and death. Son
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of man—This was a title He • 'fre-
qu'entlyi applied to Himself, but it
was never applied to Him by the
apostles. It expressed Has hutmanrtyt
Of the elders. etc.—"Tdhe Sanhedrin."
—Carr. "The detailed enumeration
of these parties, proves that there
was a general oonspiracyl on the
part of all the Jewish authorities."
32.— Openly,'—That is, not publicly,
but plainly: and without disguise.—
Maclear. Peter took Hine—Aside ;
apart `from, the rest. Tor ebu:ke Hum..
The idea of a suffering '\T'essiahwas
abhorrent to Peter and to all the
apostles. He would set our Lord
right and banish tbie dismal con-
ception of death instead of a throne.
This shotes Peter's boldness.
33. Rebuked Peter—Christ per-
ceived that he was but baldly; utter-
ing what the others felt, and this
rebuke was before them, all. Get
thee bebind me, satan — Slatan
means adversary'. Jesu's did not call
His apostle a devil, but He sawiin
this suggestion a repetition of the
old temptation b3;1 JWhicle He was of-
fered the glory of the kingdoms of
the world without Hits poming to the
cross. The !Words bi the tempter are
in Peter's mouth, and Christ uses the
very, words which He had teed to
the '(Devil In the wilderness. Thole
mindest not (11. C.)—Thou dost: not
understand or discern the things of
God; 'thou tart wholly taken up with
the thought that nlyt kingdom' is of
:this world.—Clarke. Men would like
ease, distinction and 'wealth, but
God looks at peace of conscience and
the joy of the soul. "To His eye 'the
cross is the i%vh,yl to the crown."
Morison. •
III. Conditions of desciple.sliip,. vs.
3,4, 35. ,
34. Had called—Dven inthese
lonely. regions considerable num-
bers would seem to have followed
Hint, apparently at some little dis-
tance. These Be now called to Him,
and `made them sharers in this port
or His instruction.—Cam. Bib. Who-
soever will—That is, whoeoerer is
resolved at all costs to be JL,c: dis-
ciple. Denpl Himself—Christ shows
shawls the apostles the nature of Ills
Kingdom. Tlheyl must "abstain from
all indulgences which stand in the
wa'yl, of duty" Talcs up His cross—
Who'soeverwould follow Christ must
be ready; to endure affliction and
even death for His sake. This was
the first intimation of His own suf-
ferings upon "the erose."
85. Whosoever will save, etc. Who-
soever succeeds -in ohtainine, the life
of wordly comfort and pleasure, by
•avouiing the Moe of uelf-denial ani'
at the otipensebf rightcousnese, ebnll
lose even the earthly retv:trds lie
seeks and also 'the eternal life of
spiritual joy and !blessedness. But
whosoever renounces those things
in this lite w,bicli charm 'the world-
ling, such, • as the love of gain, pleas-
ure, fashion or 'honor, and from the
worldling's standpoint loses his life,
oslhell eave it spiritually and etern-
ally. For my sake. It as not the
mere loss of :life, but the loss of life
for the sake of Christ, that brings
the promised blessing. Multitudes loco
their lives on the altar of worldly
am'b:tion, I,leasure and fashion, abut
such, have no way of hope.
IV. The value of the soul (vs. 36-
ea1 30. What profit. The question
implies that there is no profit. The
whole world. Even though it were
possible for a man to gain all the',
wealth, honor and happiness the
world had to give, and to enjoy it
a thousand years, and then lose his
soul, his loss world b' infinitely
greater than any earthly pleasure
the may have had. Lose. 'Be cast
away." His own soul. Tie Greek
word for souls as the c'oabl•7 ]meaning
"life" tend "soul.' Tihe %soul is the
man himself. Tete only thing we real-
ly and absolutely possess is our
'soul." The man, who loses his soul
loses all he has that is really valu-
able. 37. In exchange. The price the
w,orldling pays for carnal delights is
his soul. L8. Aclultero.is. The people
were called adulterous because their
hearts were estralitd from God,
Compare Iso. 54, 5 ; Jer. 31, 32, and
James 4, 4.
The Christ ,'itevcaled. "Thou art'
the Meet." Jesus must 'be "reveal-
ed," or remain unknown. "No man
can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy
Ghost." There Is a distinction of
eternal dimensions between the an -
acknowledged "Lord, Lord' of mere
intellectual apprehension, and .the In-
ward soul recognition tyhich cries,
" tMy. Lord and my God." "Blessed art
thou." Present Christian experi-
en,oa and future glory consist in
knowing God in Christ. "This is life
eternal" nto know thee the only
true God, and Jostle Christ, whom
thou bast sent" IWhore or when-
ever that knowlod ee comes, eternal
life cornmeneos. This knowledge in
its limitless untoldings constitutes
the joy of Christian lite and the frui-
tion of Christian reward.
"Do you believe that marriages Are
made in heaven ?"
"Perhaps; but, many married people
don't consider themselveil in heaven
until they are divorced,"
CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN,
A Sketch or 1'ostaihito, Wbo May be
Icing One of These Days.
"Yoshihito, Prince of Baru -no-
'Aiwa, is the eon of the Emperor," so
writes . Florence Eldridge, in her
article in Pearson's. "Born on the
31st or Augi st, 1879, the Prince was
In accordance :with the imperial con-
ventionalities taken from his mother
and placed In charge of the Marquise
Takamaro Nakayama, who, as
guaardiac of the imperial nurseries,
has under her personal supervision
the young princes and princesses un-
til they rea,ch their fourth or fifth
sc"When seven years old the Crown
Prince went to the Nobles' School
in Tokio, a procedure that might be
said to have marked a new era in
Japanese history, for heretofore the
imperial princes, considered sacred
in, the eyes of the people, were nurs-
ed in an atmosphere $i1rcharged with
ancient court traditions, while none
but the nobles or litgh officials in
whose care they ware placed might
come into their preeenoe. It was in
contradiction to t11i4 conservatism
that the Crown Prince entered the
Nobles' Schol; and he recited in
classes with other boys, joined in
their games, and fully enjoyed his
occupancy of so democratic a posi-
tion.
",when tlulte a young lad, however,
being far from robust, his education
was continued with private tutors,
who paid great attention to the
modern athletic and gymnastic exer-
cises; measures that in a short time
spoke for themselves in the eransfor-
matiou of the weak child into a stal-
wart and wiry youth.
"In .Dray, 1900, the Crown Prince,
then in his twenty-first year, was
married. to the second daughter of
his imperial highness, Prince ,Kujo,
S Idako-Kujo then a 1;irl of nineteen,"
"What a : bewildering; number of
nouns of multitude we have in our
language!" remarked the Literary
Man, as Ile sat yesterday in the
Franklin Inn Club: "The otber day
the 011114 of a friend. of mine illustrat-
ed this, as well as the inborn
cruelty of youth. He wanted to
'play a game.'
"'All right,' said his mother. `sWliat
is the game?'
""'!Why, you'll be a poor little blind,
lame man and I'll be a flock of
tigers.'
"But wily," continued the Liter-
ary man, "was he wrong? Why
should we have to spoak, only of a
liosst of angels, a shoal of porpoises,
a herd of buffaloes, a ,troop of sol-
die.rs, a covey of particlges, a galaxy
of Mantles, a horde of ruffians, a
heap of rubble:1i, a drove of oxen ,
mob of blackguards, a. school of
Whales., a congregation of worship-
perp, a. corps of engineers, a. band
of robber's, a swarm of locusts and
a crowd of people?
"I remember how a Frenchman, a
friend of mine, once pointed soawarcl
and remarked: 'See what a flock of
ships.' I told him that a flock of
ship' was called a fleet, and added
for this guidance that a flock 'of girls
Is called a bevy, that a bevy of
wolves~ Is called a pack and that a
pack] of thieves is called a gang."
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Toronto lertriners' .Market.
The street market was quiet to-
day, ;with no receipts of grain ex-
cepting a load of feed wheat, which
sold at 801c. Other grains ale nom-
inal at quotations.
General produce was in fair offer,
with 'pricey as a rule steady. Choice
dairy butter sold at 20 to 22c, and
eggs at 28 to 24e pet' dozen•.
Hay — Quiet and ,steady; a dozen
Joa,d,: sold at $12 to $14 a ton. for
timothy, and at •$3 to $10 for mixed.
Strati- soli at ,$11 a ton, for one lead.
Dressed hog" are unchanged with
heavy selling at :$3.23, and light at
$6.7,ri.
Following are the quota,tions+—
Wheat, white, 971,4 to OS,Ao; Do, red
971. to 98c; Do. spring, 93c ; Do..
lease, 86 to 87;. ; oats, 36 to 39c
peas, 68 to 70e ; barley, 4706_ to 48',6.:
hay, timothy, $12 t0 $14; Do. clover,
$3 to $10; straw, $10 to 811 ; seeds,
tl ike, bus., $1.50 to $3; Do. red clo-
ver, $0 to $6.35; Do. timothy, 100
lb: $2 25 to $8; ap:lles, bb'., $11.30
to $2.25 ; dressed hogs, $6.25 to
$ 3 75; eggs, dog., 23 to 240; butter,
daily, 10 to 22c; no., creamery, 23
to 26e. chickens, lb., 12 to iSo ;
geese,. Ib., 12 to 13e: ducks, ib. 12
to 14c , turkeys, Ib., 16 to :18c ; pieta-
lo,ca, beg, 85e to $1./0: cabbage, doz.
50 to 7,5c; cauliflower, t'o"., $1.25 to
$.1.75; celery, doz., 10 Lo "Oe; beef,
hindquarter_, $7 to $0; beef, fore-
quarters, $3 to $6.50 ; beef, choice
carcase, $7 to $7.50, beef, median.
carcase, $6 to $6.Z0 , lamb, year-
ling, $10 to $11; mutton, per cwt.,
$T to ,`p8; veal, per owl., $8 to $9.
Bradstreets on Trade.
Wholesale trade at M ntreal is
more active this week. This is
largely due, to the practical cessation
of difficulties of transportation 001
the railways, larger shipments, im-
provements in trade conditions
through the country, and more de-
mand from country trade centres-
Mlore activity characterized the
wholesale trade movement at Tor-
onto this week than for a month
or tw,o pest. The steadily im-
proving trade conditions through the
country have Jed to larger pur-
pLases. A. •felature of the week's-
trade
eek'strade w,as the receipt of a. large
number of letter orders in the dry -
goods trade. The prices of finish-
ed cotton goods heave not been ef-
fected by the decline in ra,wi cotton.
Business at Quebec in some quar-
ters shows improvement, although a
general change is not expected for
a. couple of weeks. Collections are
still reported backward, but with
good roads an all-round improvement
is looked for.
Business at Winnipeg this week, as
reported to );radstreet's, bus been
rather better. An early spring is
looked for. Tile fail placing orders
and th,e spring sorting business is
keeping the jobbers busy. The
transportation on the railways is
improv ing.
Business at the Pacific Coast is •
fairly good this week. A revival in
tho Coast mining industry is looked
for. The prospects for the IClon-
dike, trade are enconra.gin.g. There
is a good-sized building boom on at
Vancouver, and building operations
at other trade centres are active.
The trade situation at Hamilton
this week is more satisfactory. Large
amounts of ;goods which had accum-
ulated for statement are now being
moved much to the relief of the
wholesale as well as the retail trade.
In London there is a better feel-
ing in jobbing trade circles, as re,.
ported to Bradstreet's this week?
The outlook for a further expansion
in the demand from the retail trade
is encouraging. The markets are
generally firm.
The conditions of trade at Otta-
wa this week are promising. The
demand for spring goods is growing
more active with the breaking up
of the winter and the prospects are
brighter. Collections are improving
a. little in saltie departments of
trade.
The New Cotton Crop.
Special reports from the branch
offiuree of RIG. Dun & Co. in the
cotton belt are to the effect that
an increased acreage is generally
expected, xanging from; a small •
amount to a.s ]high as 20 or 180
per cent.. over that of last ,year,
In some localities labor is scarce
and higher wages are being asked,
A11 cities report largely reduced
,stocks of old cotton, compared with
last year.• The cotton area ,vill be
widened west and northwest and
will show an increased acreage of
20 per cent., and 'the yield is ,ex-
pected to exceed that of any past
yeah,
English Apple • Market.
Messrs. W. llieatt &• Son, fruit brok-
ers, Co'VOnt Garden, London, Eng.
writ to the %.limes as follows ;
2i:le latest report is that there are
abut 520,000 cases (about bush-
els) of Australian ;and Tasmanian;
apples to arr.vo'tl.is seism, and will
be carried in about 26 ships. This
is absent 1433.,000 more than last
year, and, in fact, the biggest lot
ever known.
U.S.. and Canadian Baldwins made
to -day 1.7s 6,1 to lbs Od ; Greenings,
203 to 228 ; GuIdn1 Bassets, any-
where between 11 a.ne 203. Inferior
apple's aro is:h•inowh,at easier, tut
prime stock very firm. Some are ar-
riving tuneliod with; frost.
Spring.
(N. Y. Sun.)
Sin; low, 'ma honey,
Celia you hear dat sound
Sing low, Ina honey,
Grass is on de group',
Sing low, Ina honey,
Spring time's done cotuu��,,''�rnun',
Sing low, ma honey, sinsiolow'.•