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iNTEItNATIONAL LESSON NO. ILL
APRIL 17,190a.
. Jesus Transfigured. -Mark 0: 2.13,
• Commentary!. -L The Transfigura-
tion, tits. 2, 8. `L. After six daiyls-T'bat
i4 six dalyis after, the sayings of the
(last lesson. Luke says, "About an
eight days after:." There were six full
days and the fractional days at the
beginning and the end making
"about" eight. Peter, and James
and john -These same apostles wit-
'ae,ssed His agony in the garde*. He
took these three, 1, because He need -
'ed witnesses to prove the fact, when
the time came to reveal His glory; to
the world, and 2, for the purpose of
encouraging and establishing them
in the truths of His kingdom. Into...
4mountain-The place of the transfig-
uration scene is unknown, but It
;was probably' Ellount Hermon, not far
from Caesarea Philippi. This is the
opinion of nearly all modern author-
ities. N'Iras transfigured - Matthew
say's, "His face did shine as dieser)."
"It would appear that the light
shone not upon Him from without,
but that it shone out of Rim from.
within ; it vas one blaze of, daz+ling,
celestial.glur.yi; tt. 'was 1•lim.seh gior-
ified."3, Itaiment.....sh]ning, etc.-
"His face shone 'with divine majesty,
and all LL3iis 'body; was so irradiated
1.ryt it, tlrnt His clothes could not
conceal' His glory, but became white
and glistening as the veryi light
with which He-oovered Himself as
with a .garment." --Wesley.
II. heavenly visitants, vs. 4-6. 4.
Elias -The Greek form- for Elijah,
with Moses -"Moses .was a represen-
tative of the law.; he was the foun-
der; of the Jewish dispensation, which
foe; centuries had been preparing the
way for Christ ; he was a type of
Christ and had foretold His com-
ing, Deut. xvili. 15-18 ; and through
ham had been instituted the sacrifices
which Christ fulfilled, and which ex-
plained His coming death which so
troubled the disciples. Were talking
?juke tells us what this conversa-
tion was about to which they! were
permitted to listen. 'They "spaice of
Has decease which He should aeeom-
plish at Jerusalem."
5. Peter • said -Eager and im-
pulsive as ahvaty's. Peter said just as
the heavenly visitants were about
to leave. It Ives for 'l.hn too 'brief
a2. glimpse of the heavenly glory.
Good...to be Lere-Meter spoke the
truth. The apostles -would be
more useful because of 'the divine
suanifestations. It is always good
for us .when the Lord especially
manifests Himself to kis ; ashen we
see His glory. Three tabernacles -
Or 'beothti, from the bushes on the
mountain ; :melt as were made at
the react of Tabernacles. He great..
desired to have the heavenly vis-
itants remain tvitlt •ihen:, 6. 1Vist not
-Kit. not. How many times. do we
,speak unwisely bnt•tiuse. we do not
etol. to consider our wprdc. Sore
afraid -They trembled in the pre-
sence of the divilie. manifestations.
III. The voice from 'the cloud (vs.
7, 8). 7. A c: lend...Oversliadewed them
-Matthew snys, a "'bright" !cloud.
A. cloud had frequently been the
Cynthri, of the divine 1:re`sence. It
war; a. <leul that guided and rrotect-
r'tl the children Of Israel (E:cod. xill,
:31 xiv, JO ; a .elotid that filled •the
temule at the dedication if. Kings
10, )11. The Lord m_tiiceth tlu'
cloud, His 'chariots (Psa. 101, 1.3).
Peter himself refers to the clouds
$ha.t overehoadowed them on 'the
mount as "the excellent glory" r3
Peter 1.; 17). Luke .says that ;'they
feared as 'they entered into the
cloud." A voice -The voice of God
the Father. It revealed nothing
new, but confirmed the old, for it
was the same voice which hart been
heard at Christ's baptism,"-T.reneh.
This woula show to Peter and the
arostice present that they did not
feared as they entered into the
<dotal. " A. voice -The voice of God
the, Father. "It revealed` nothing
new, but confirmed the old, for it
was the same voice which had been
heard at Christ's baptism." -Trench.
This would show •to Peter and the
apostles present that they did not
need to ill etain Moses and Elijah in
order to add to their liarrnill 3s•
Til i3 is my ;beloved Son- Matthew.
adds, "In, Whorni I arm well alea.sed."
They had Jesus with thein', and He
iWa.s more than all the hosts of
itea.veit would be without Irlm. Hear
Flim-1fe is superior even to Moses,
bimr,elf had made such n. statement.
See Dent. xviii., 15. He is superior
to Elijah. and the 'prophets, nod is
the one to 'whom they voluted. Hear
Him; attend to His instructions, and
obey IIL3 words.
8. Looked round about --Matthews
tells us that when tho disciples heard
the voice they fell on their faces, and
were Bore afraid ; then, recovering
from the shock, the v suddenly gazed
all around• them and Bawl no person
but Jesus. "They feared as they
entered into the cloud, but when they
heard the voice of 'God, probably as
loud as thunder (see john xii. 20),
and full of divine majesty such as
mortal ears were unaccustomed to
hear, they fell flat to the ground
on their faces, being sore afraid; an
effect which manifestations of this
kind commonly had on the prophets
and other holy men to whore they,
were given." -Menson.
IV. The Divine charge (vs. 0, 10).
ti. Tell no man -The charge which
Jesus gave them would prohibit their
telling even the other apostles. I341t
why this charge '1• "I. They could
not fully understand its meaning un-
til after the resurrection, so as to
tell it aright. 2. Those to Whom
they told it could still less com-
prehend its full meaning and would
misunderstand and pervert it. 3•,
After the resurrection they w,onld be
better able to comprehend Tesus as
• raised from the dead."-Peloubet.
10. Questioning, etc. -How could
they properly preach a crucified
and risen Saviour, when they were
resolutely opposed to his •death and
questioned what the rising from the
dead might mean ? Silence -and die-
eipline wwere- their present duty. Had
they preached him as a glorious
Messiah, superior to Moses and Elias,
as set forth in his transfiguration,
the Jewish authorities would have
held them guilty of treason,-Whe-
don.
V. !A •questidn• (vs. 11-13). 11.
Why may the scribes, etc,- What
foundation have the scribes • for
saying 'that Elijah must come bee
fore the Messiah i? "The scribes and
Pharisees nay have urged as a
capital objection .against the Mes-
siahship of.ttheir Master • th:at • •.no
Elijah avent'before HIM." 12. Cometh
first -Christ cannot mean here and
in Mott. xvii., 11, as some under-
stand these passages that Elijah is
to Co'me before the .second advent.
Restoreth all things -To restore is
strictly to bring back to a lost
perfection, then, to develop, raise, to
introduce a purer, nobler epo^h ; here,
specially to proclaim' the kingdotn
of Gold. -Carr. And how it is writ -
tern etc. W. V.-111ja,lt cometh first
and restoreth all things. But lion'
or to what purpose is it written of
the Son of man that He cometh?
In order ]that He may suffer, not
conquer like a mighty prince. -Cam.
Bib .13. es indeed come -In the per-
son of John tire Baptist. They list-
ed --Whatsoever they chose or de-
sired. .
The incidents of the lesson fol-
low immediately after the circum-
stances recorded in chapter viii.; 27
to 9; 1. The tshatio'lt- of Calvary.'s
tragedy was already upon the Mes-
ter. Twei ends possibly were served
by the calling out of Peter's confes-
sion and the transfiguration scene.
One w,a.s to encourage and confirm
the fait]]! of His ,discif.les, the other
to ,strengthen the Master Himself
to endure the bitter agony that was
soon to come upon Him. Though Ile
ay.a(s divine, yet He was also human,
and, though the .spirit was ready
to 'meet all that came upon Him, the
flesh was weak (Matt. xvi., 41;
Mark xiv., 3$).
"Ile was transfigured before them."
The divinity 'which was veiled in the
flesh burst through and, for a lit-
tle time they were permitted to
look t,pon 'Flint as Ho is." I',y' Mg
side appear -two bright forms from;
the glory World. For a few mom-
ents, before His agony; after years
of association with the earthly', He
is permitted the visible companion-
ship of heavenly; visitantlsl
The scene Is .representative.
Moses represented 'the law. Elijah,
the prophets, 'the class who warned
of sin, -exhorted to repentance, pro-
mised mercy; to the penitent and de-
nor,need penalty. upon those who
were incorrigible. Together they! re-
presented law and grace. The law
which must be magnified and made
honorable, and grace which pledges
m_ere'yi to the sinner who turns from
his sin. alloses died, Elijah :aeas trans-
lated. They 'thins represent the two
classes of saints who shall meet the
Lord when ,Ile comes in His gloryi
(1 Tb ess. rr r. '16, 17). ..
• Tho discourse of the three. Of
what heavenly; things they might
have discoursed to)ietlrer. Moses and
Eli ja.h knew - of His former glory;
of His power and position; Of the
beauty and glory of I -lis dwelling
place. But they, a ;poke o! none of
thesot, things. The cross was near,
the consummation of the great
work He came to do was jest fit
hand. Of this they communed. The
salvation of 'nen is the great work
which engages heaven. We learn
hence what should be the theme and
work of the church.
A foregleadw,o1ng of 'heavenly fel-
lowship.: Christ, Moses, Elijah, the
disciples, all in fellowship together.
Peter, James and %fohn may not have
ftxlly entered into the scene, but
felt the ireavrn'y influence and would
fain have remained in the midst of
it (y, 5),
tme..fexored three, For some reason
Peter, James and John seemed to
enter into closer relation to tire
Master than the other disciples
(Luke 10, 57 ; Matt. 28, 37) They
were permitted to see this glory.
The voice (v.. 7). Peter refers to
this voice (2 Vet. 1, 10-18) as one
of the indisputat,ble evidences , they
'tired of the truth of the gospel. The
voice had. been heard before (Matt. 41,
17 ; John 1.3, :38). Ohe one oecas!otl
(John 123, 29) Isolue'Raid it !blundered.
But: Isere in `the Presence of ]tis iran.-
figured glory the voice was clear
ands nil mietakei,bla,
"Jesus only." The heavenly visi-
ta.nts were gone, the overshadowing
cloud Iraci d)sn.pperar•Fd.'" alley /sties no
man save ,Tesus only." Not oply were
they alone with him, .but he •was
again the plitin testis 'of Nazareth.,
His Caere. had shone rn.s the surf. but
this bad all passed eaway and he
stood beforethea " leenti
only."
We would gladly dwell on some
mount of transfiguration, with some
ideal Christ, whore toil and care are
forgotten, but the Christ who in-
vitee ns to walk with him Is "Jesus
only." Nothing of ',pomp, • show-, or
ideality about him, bait a plain i•urac-
tical Christ who "trent about doing
good" and wa..a "despised and reject-
ed of men. "-John S. MoGoary.
JAPAN—Till HOPE OF ASIA.
Japan is making the last stand o
Asia. If it fails, Asia erases to be
a separate integer in human de-
velopment, and becomes ars nppan-
age 01 Europe. If Japans wins, It
has wrestled well and Overthrown
more than its enemies. It will be-
come he teacher, first of China and
then of a wieder Asia. Ja.penese edu-
cation wiidely retains Chinese as its
classic tongule, playing the part in,
the training which Greek and Latin
play, or did play ,in oar own 'scheme
of liberal study. Its ,administrat-
ors. and officelrs are alone in know-
ing both Chinese classics and mod-
ern science. They arc 'ready for
their task. They have already be-
gun it. The prestige of victory will
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A.lrciia E. rinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
give 'them authority and acceptance
in remodeling China. Jnp:t,n, (site i
all, Ls alone in raising an Asiatic!
State to free ,stir -government. It
institutions are less like ones the.
they 'sem on the surface. Prescrip-
tion plays the prodigious pert it nl-
waSs has in (Asiatic society. '.i'h
F,etls: of p'rsonal loyalty to the Em-
peror is strap•; to a degree no Euro
plan, much less and American, von
appreciate or ntide rstand. 'Chrt
singular attitude of mind which per
mite, what to us seems abasement in
attitude, ceremony and action, ail
yet preserves 0 complete self-respect
Is retained by the Japanese. • They
vote. they have parties, they p'•ne-
tice an amazing freedom of speech i
Japan; lilt at the iinai limit politic-
al action le bounded and controlled
uy influonte: and principles unknow
and alien 10 the Veit, nut 1parfeell,r
comprelret \tble to the Asiatic, who
never forgets .that the state and its
F;nprt•m€• head is .greater than him
eel', his party, or his policy. Jam
ha:, tlo secret of using Europoa,
Fci<•nre without erasing to be Asiatic
It is a kiiallow view or the Japane.s
nation which regards it as Europ.
canized. It remains. at the core Asia
tie. ',What it has borrowod is ;;mai
Loadiri t0'neat IYY,er,ci�.
- New York 1)6 -'r4
St. Louis 1)4 :1-4 79 5.-3,
Duluth•
dlinri. 11dul1-:3, 81
Toledo _
krit•ise Live :atoutt Markets,.
London, April 6. -Live cattle • eas-
ler at 1)1-2e fto ile p.r lb. hor.steerri,
dressed weight ; refrigerator beef,
steilet ,'at •8e ito 8 1-4e pax: Ib, biheep
slow, 12e to 18c per ib,
Toronto Nat'in,^t•n' Market.
The receipts of grain to -days ']sere
small, with prices generally: t.•n-
ehanged.'lVlreat dt.41, .100 bushels tit
goose selling at 82 to 81,1-2c. Bar-
ley firm, )sttlr reales of 200 bt.1.!h,als
at 47.1-2 to 481.-2c. Oats steady;
300 bushels ,selling at 37 to & c.
Hay, in falt' supply, with sales of
35 loads at qt1 to $13.5'01 aton for
timothy, and at is to IN for lnixPd,.
Straw easier, fat.r leads selling at
$.11 to $12 a ton.
Dressed h'crgs are unchanged with
heave selling at $6.50, and light
at $6.75 to $7.
Following are the quotations;
Whoat, while, bash., Ube; wheat, rel,
bush., 96e; m'iieat, spring, buair., 90
to 92c, wheat, goose, bush.. 8:1 to
831;jr; onti, pir bush., :37 to 88; peas,
bush., 68 to 70c; barley, hush,., 47I,j.
to 4,SJec; hey, ti.molhy, p'e ton, $'11
to. $13.:0 any, clever, V to r$9;
strtaw•, per :ion, $11 to $1.2; seeds,
alike, wish., $4.50 to $5.73; seeds,
Teti clover, i Iu,h., 83 Lo $6.35; reeds,
timothy, 100 les., $3.25 to $3.25; ap-
ple.=, p••r bol.. 31.50 to $2.25; dies:•el
hogs, $6.<",0. to 37; eggs, per dozen,
.0 ; gutter, dairy, 19 to 21c; butter,
cloamery, da to 26e: chickens, per
lb., 1.2 to 1.5c; geese, 12 to 13c; ducks,.
per lb., rll to 14e; .turkey, per ib.,
17 to t0 +; potatoes, per •bag, 85e to
$1.75; cc leiy, iter dozen, 40 to 504
Cauliflower, per dozen, :7,1.25 .0
$1.75; Oklery, per dozen, 40 to .5oc;.
beef, hindquarters, $7.50 to $9; creel,
fore:.ivarter's, $., to $11.30 beef, choice,
carcase, g7 to $7._5; Leaf, medium,
carcase, 3'; to $6.50 lamb, yearling,.
310 to -x$1.1; mutton, per oast., 38 to
$9, veal, per cwt., y;8 to 39.50.
lot:anto Horse. Market.
The horse mair•ket in Toron to which,
is typical of the entire province, has,
been more active in the past week
than in any week during the pre-
sent year. heavy draught and gen-
eral purpose horses have been fairly1
neinerotts, but cob and carriage and,
good saddle horses are rare and vett':
hard to proer,rr. Prices ruler' otter
than at any sale this year tor the
class of stock offered. Good first
class mares and geldings, from 1,-
800
;:iii0 to 1,630 lbs., brai.ght from $135
to $240; ootnmon workers, from .1,-
300 to 1,400 lbs., ec�mina.rtr dcd from
$75 to $3125; atv,d lin ses, >.seful
w-;orke.rs, brought from 350 to WO.
)tv the side of 'whit tax ra a
Thr' prospect, strong 'twenty years
ago, th'l.t Eti: tipsier owl intelligent
r1'•sses won] 1 aloe: C'1tnLstinnity, ba.
vanished. There IMF come instead a
rrn:nlssn,nce of Shinto faith, a revival'
or 13uddlttsin-.suet gro)V.s
stronger In every Moslem country-
fied a widespread 6 -etre tri presert'ei
the Japanese attitude in faith, in
morals, and to social life. '.Cite Jap'
anew soldier and sailor -in arms
cosine nmr'111, uniform, organization
61aol t11(' and drill --i;a Enrope:an
but hr' addresses himself to ills task
with tt reckless disregard of life, a
snercey, a subordination, and a free-
dom from personal ambition which
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]uncut() Live Stock.
The first: quarter of the year hav-
ing pneetrd 'Tway, the details of its
records of Alta live stock 'trade Lipari
the Toren to u ;rrkets, are before us.
The nun.tber or cattle amounted to
33,514, being an increase •af 6,187
over the ciiirrc:'pouding time last
,year. The prices paid for exporters
so far tits ecasull compare favor-
ably with the prices, last year when,
far less of Amax' can live cattle were.
shirp: d mud 1]w prices at Liverpool
were :slightly' higher each week
than they have been this year. The
number of 'wire sold upon the mar-
ket a.meented tev `•42,31)7, an. the same
tinme last year the total. was 38,-
737.
8;737.
I3eailct.reets on Trade.
Wholesale trade at Montreal is
showing a steady expansion in a
good 'malty lines, but principally in
millinery and Ary goods in connec-
tion with the Easter retail sales,
which have been very good this year.
The large accumulation of freight
during the ,snow blockade Is still
a factor in the transportation situ-
ation. Cottons and cotton goods are
firm. •
There has (been some increase in
ti.e :spring cfem:and at Toronto. Cot-
ton a44 woolen fabrics are firm.
Crochet cotton is 10 per cent.
higher. It is expected spool cotton
will advance. The demand for high-
class woolens )tas seldom been bet-
ter.
AL' Quebec reports to Bradstreet'rs
from country districts during the
past week are encouraging. Colleo-
tions are still low, but there have
been no in.solvenicies to speak of.
At Victoria. Vancouver and other
British Columbia, trade centres, am
reported to Bradstreet's, trade con -
dittoes are sound and the outlook
for business is good. 'A large amount
of building is going on in the large
centres.
Business in Winnipeg and through
the west is beginning to resume
normal conditions. Tho demand
from the retailers throughout the
Province is large, indicating a heavy
turnover in retail trade this year.
Hamilton wholesale trade, as 're-
ported to Bradstreet's this week,hae
.shown a little expansion in some
department's. The demand from the
retailers kris been urgent in many
cases. This is a factor in tlxo situ-
ation, i:.awevver, which will gradue
ally disappear. Values of staple
goods aro firmly held.
In London this week the movement
from jobbers' hands to the coun-
try retailers has been good. The
marketing of produce has not been,
large.' Prices are keeping steady'..
The reports of the condition of
trade at Ottawa are encouraging.
The outlook for business the next
few months is encouraging,
A Nation Or limiters'
Statistics tell us, s'ay's the' London
Lndiets' Field, that more than 310,-
000 British men and woman gm Oitt
hunting every,' Monday morning. ,