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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-09-16, Page 3Sunday school. INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. SEPTEMBER 18, 119044. i<sreal Reproved. -Amos 6: 1416. Commentary. -I. A lamentation for reel (vs. 1.3). Because Israel eontin show no signs of repentance, A tees that certain and speedy destruct will octane upon the nation. He aceo ingly proceeds to sing a funeral di Israel was spiritually dead; like a fal • virgin, she glad debased herself and 1 her purity. She was prostrate on ground, unable to rise, having none assist her. The prophet also dec] that the strength of •the nation was be reduced to one-tenth of what it was. "Snell an announcement as'` made in the height of the prosperity cured by Jeroboam II: would nature he a. startling one to those who Ilea it." II. ,An exhortation to seek God tea). 4.- Seek ye me -Cease your reb • lion against ane, return to me with your heart, and, though consigned death, ye shall be rescued and live. piorable as your case is, it is not utte desperate. --Clarke. Shall live -Shall cape the threatened destruction. 5. Se not Bethel At Bethel was one of the g den calves Jeroboam had set up. At time it 'was 'the most popular sanctua of the northern kingdmom, and was p ronided by the king (ehap. vii. 13), G gal -This wa.s an important church ce tre about •nine miles northwest of Beth Here, as well as at Bethel, was a ech of the prophets. "At Gilgal were care images." -.Clarke. To Beersheba -Sit sited in the extreme southern part Judah. Dlris' eity had evidently beco a centre for idol worship, rind A warns them against journeying thith Into captivity -`he prophet shows the that all hope from these idolatrous tars is vain. Gilgal and Bethel are doo ed and heathen deities cannot save the S. House of Joseph -That is, the t tribes or northern kingdom; so used b cause Joseph was the ancestor of two the chief tribes. III. Israel's deplorable condition (v 7-13), 7. Turn judgment -"Israel's cr sin is negleet of civil justice and o pression of the poor." Wormwood -A intensely bitter, unpalatable plant. It always used as a symbol for whatev is nauseous and destructive. In the civil courts bribes were taken (v 12 righteousness was "cast down" (R. V. to the earth, and instead of bringing r lief to the oppressed, they brought bi rterness and greater ,oppression. 8. Verses 8 and 0 are intended to im press the Israelites with the power an majesty of Jehovah, the Creator an Ruler of the' universe. "They are intr duced abruptly and interpret the co notions between verses 7 and 10." Th seven stars -Tile Pleiades, a group o stars in the constellation Taurus, cane frequently the seven stars. Orion constellation noted for its three brigh stars in a straight line. Tur•neth. maketh- That is, causes morning t follow night and brings the day to a end in night. -Cam. Bib. That collet] etc. -By evaporation "the waters" ar collected into cloudy and thein immedi ately poured out in showers upon th face of the earth. 9. That strengthenetl. etc. -See R. V. "Who takes the par of the poor and oppressed against th oppressor." Sudden destruction come upon the mighty, so that even thei strongest fortresses cannot save them. 10. Bate hint -The prophet again take up the subject tinder consideration i verse 7. "They earnrot bear an uprigh magistrate, and will not have righteou laws exec+uteri."-C'larke. In the gale The place where the '`elders" or magis troths sat and where justice was admin istered (v. 12). 11. Treading -The poo were oppressed. Burdens of wheat -- Even the bread was taken from the p'por as the price of ,justice. Shall not -'.Che penalty for such gross injustice is here annonced. 32. I know -They imagine that Jehovah is ignorant, but He knows their many smaller offences as well as their "mighty sins." Three of the:r greater sins are mentioned: 1. Afflicting the righteous. 2. Taking bribes, so that judgnient was perverted. 3. Refusing to hear the cause of the poor who had no reward to offer. 13. Keep silence -In an "evil time," such as the prophet had described, when it is useless to attempt to obtain justice, wise men are silent. IV. Mercy offered. (vs. 14, 15). 14. Seek good -Again the prophet uses then to forsake their sins and. turn to Gocl. May live --Even yet there is hope. God's decree offering mercy is absolute and unlimited to the one who will repent. .And so, eta -Because of their prosperity they imagined and said (see R. V.) that God was with them. But they were de- ceived. Now Antos tells us what to ds in order to actually have His presence. 15. Hate the evil -The exhortation of verse 14 is repeated in stronger lan- guage; hate evil. love good, establish judgment. It may be- cis should not be understood as. expressing doubt. God will have mercy upon such as heed the prophet's exhortation. Remnant of Jos- eph -The ten tribes. 111. Is- nues mos ion rd- rge. len ost the to ares to then It Se- lly rd vs. el - all to De- rly es- ek ol- this ry at- 11- n - el. ool ed 11 - of ane Am er. a} m- m en s - of s. ry- p- n is er it ), V. t- a d o- n- e f d t 0 n e e, t e r $ n s r a mighty torrent in one perpetual, irre- sistible flow, Your hypocrisy is fatal. You and your idols will go into captivity together, PRACTICAL SURVEY. God dealt .with Israel anciently v much as he deals with men today. chosen people had exceptional opp tunities for knowing God's wtil; s they persisted in wrong doing. Ara the prophets of God, sent to speci warn Ills people, Amos spoke;, to th in terms they could not misuirderst. He seeks to gain their attention by c paring his message to a funeral dirge lamentation for the dead. Israel, e sen of God, as a virgin by her husba is fallen. "She shall no more rise.". W this startling statement our lesson introduced, Let us notice, Whom God Warns. "The House Israel." God is always specific. points out definitely: "Ye who to judgment to wormwood, and leave righteousness in the earth." There such a thing as nominal justice wh costs more than it is worth. Repeat adjournments of court are made to w out a poor litigant. God knows -wh men seek justice by the shortest cour .Another class is pointed, out : tho `treading" on the poor and taking f them their bread. By so doing th an build fine residences and lay out pensive grounds, but will God let su c taracters go on in their evil ways u ebuked ? No. God knew better, a o did they. God pleads with them. "Seek ye nd ye shall live," "but seek not Bethe �Vhy ? "Gilgit' shall surely go into ca laity and Bethel shall come to naugh eek hint that created the heavens, th he earth may bring forth its fruit; th trengthening the conquered and mak em the conquerors -"`The Lord is ame," "Seek good and not evil." "Ha he evil, and love the pod," "it may hat the Lord God of Hosts will be gr ious unto the remnant of Joseph." T ins of the people were such that th eserved the severest denunciations he Almighty, yet with every outbur f his wrath is a pleading appeal to th ouse of Israel to return to God. God points out the evils that wi me upon them. The eity that coul uster one thousand will be only on undred strong. The places of idol wvo rip will be destroyed. He will brea it like fire in the house of Joseph an de • it. "Wailing shall be in a reets." Husbandtnen shall be called t mourning; wailing shall be in all vin rds; your condition shall grow wors d. worse; "Therefore will I eause yo go into eaptivity beyond Damascus, ith the Lord, whose name is the God o sts " A few general truths gathered fro is lesson. The ten tribes appear t ave had a good reason for revoltin am Rehoboam. From Judah's stand int, God appeared to approve of it. Bu olartry was sure to bring tits disastron esults. 'Where are the ten tribes now st. Why? Idolatry. To worship any ing, but God brings equally disastrou sults to -day. "They hate hint tha �uketh in the gate, and they abho m that speaketh uprightly::' The faith 1 minister,. the unbiased statesman, th icompromi;ins4 reformer fare no better our time. But who live, today in. th „ht of God, and in the esteem of men los or his persecutors? Faithful Hien ver die, Could ]calf -hearted and forma. rrship be held up ,to rnore scathing de neje tion? Feast -days were all right were solemn assemblies and burnt cl'ing's and meat-offerill;*s and peace erings and songs, but because theii arts were not in those things they re an abomination to God. The sone, arne a mere "noise" that' He would t hear. They would count to their tilt the sacrifices and offerings far ty year, in the wilderness. but trod ew now that service was mixed with olatrv; therefore their punishment uld be greeter, .because of their at- ipt to palm it off on •God. Can we nk God ie guy less particular to -day n anciently? Certainly not. Can we n substitute grand church arelritee- e for heart offerings? Surely not. (.`:ut d be pie -zeal with eloquent preaching artistic singing that are nothing re? No. ('•an we substitute amnia - giving for personal piety? Never. by we each and ail be helped to gauge heart -life by these searching truths m God's faithful prophet .Amos. J. Emory Coleman. ery The or- 4111 ong ally em end. om- ,a ho- nd, ith is of He rn off is ich ed ear en se. se Rom ey c r $ a t S t s th n t .t c s d t 0 h co m s] 0 d st ya an to sa lie th h• fr 0 id r Lo th re re b hi fu lU in sig An ne two nu so off off he' bee no ere for len id aho ten till tha the tar Go and mo ten ala 00r dro ex - eh nd me 1." at at es his to be a - he e of st e 11 d e r - k d 11 0 e - e u 0 g t s 3 t r e c V, The Day of the Lord (vs. 15-20). "Amos sea» that his exhortation will be unheeded, and again dra'I114 a dark pic- ture of the future." In their blindness they desired "the day of the Lord," the day when, as they supposed, (Mod world confer some great honor upon His peo- ple; but Amos warns thein that in their present moral condition, the day of tile. 'Lord. would be n, day of lamentation, wailing and darkness with "no bright- ness in . it," . VL Hypocritical service rejected, (ve, 21-27), Breasts p.nd sacrificea could not evert the threatened judgments, "Do you think to win Jehovah's hear by yourreligions services and ceremonial obeervanees ?" What he demands is not sacrifice or the noise of songs on yoiar Instruments of music, but justiee and righteousness. And lie desires these to 'roll' on" (R. V.) through the land like DOMINION MILLERS, MEET. Discuss Apparent Shortage in the Wheat Crop. Toronto, Sept. 12. -No class. of men throughout Ontario is better qualified to judge of grain crop conditions than the millers, and ,...e reports which 75 of them brought to Toronto yesterday were anything but encoura,gtng. If these esti- mates are borne out by the returns from the harvest fields, Ontario will be in a bad way this winter for wheat. Well -posted sten front twenty six coun- ties reported at the annual meeting of the Dominion Millers' Association yes- terday that the crop of winter and spring Wheat would be about one-third of the expected yield. Rust has appar- ently spread over the whole country. The highest report given was a three- 1 quarter crop, many went. as low as ole- quarter, and the, greater number of es timates put it at one-third. The Secretary, Mr. C. B.. Watts, in his report, annonncecl that he, had co•re- sponde4 with the British committee in yestigating preferential relations, and had strongly urged the admission of col- onial flour on the same terms as colon- iaj grain, pointing oat that a discrim- ination against the flour would result in an increase in the price of bread- � stuffs to the consumer, as the milling capacity of the United Kingdom wets not sufficient to grind the flour to sup- ply their needs, and. also pointing out that the. milling industry in Great Bri- tain already enjoyed acertain 'amount of protection 10 the lower freight rates on grain. The ofifeers were elected as 'follows:, f Ex u to Flavor and Absolute Purity Ceylon Natural Creen Tea composed only of fresh, fragrant tea leaves. It is to the Japan tea drinker what "8ALADA" Black is to the black tea drinker. Sealed lead packets only. 25 and 40c per Ib. By all grocers. President, H. 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Altona, Prussia, Sept. 12. -Details of the anouncement of the engagement of the Crown Prince ;Frederick William to the Duchess Cecilia., sister of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, show that the Emperor while dining with the notable people of Schleswig-Hoi- stein last night received a telegram from • the Crown Prince, who was at Gel- bensande, the home of the Duchess Ce- cilia and her mother. His Majesty thereupon arose, raised his glass and said that the engagement of his Royal Highness and the Duchess had just taben place, and called for a threefold hurrah for the/couple. The banquetters greet- ed the anouncement with tremendous cheers. The Crown Prince, it transpired, visit - 'ed the Duchess and her mother at their lodge at Mueritz. on the Baltic, and while taking a cup of tea he asked her to marry him. Upon receiving the con- sent of the Duchess, the Crown Prince caled for telegraph blanks and immedi- ately wired to the Emperor and Em- press. 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Barley, bush. 0 46 0 00 Hay, old, per ton 12 00 12 50 nutter, dairy . 0 Tit 20 Do., crearaere 0 19 22 Chickens, spring, -per lg„ 0 14 16 Cabbage, per dozen 0 40 50 Cauliflower, per dozen 0 76 50 e ery, per dozen 0 35 50 Beef, hindquarters 8 00 00 Do., forequarters 4 50 50 Toronto Live Stock. Receipts of live stock, as is usual on Fri- day, were light, 10 cars, 556 cattle, 508 hogs, 334 sheep and 3 calves. Outside of the sheep and hogs there was little doing. There was ouly one load of cat- tle delivered to -day, but there were a few lots of the eastern stockers that were left unsold. Prices sold as low as $1.25 per cwt. The run of hogs was light, but prices went 12%c per cwt. lower. Mr. Harris quotes selects at $5.37% and lights and fats at $5,12% per cwt. Leading Wheat Markets. Sept. New York $1,12% Duluth 1.15% Toledo Detroit 1.13 Failures in Canada. Insolvencies in the Dominion of Can- ada were somewhat more numerous in August than usual, but the concerns were all small, and the total liabilities fell considerably 'short of those in the precedina month or in the corresponding month heist year. Losses were exception- ally light in 'manufacturing lines, and there was no eingle failure of great magnitude. Of all the classes into evhich these records are divided. the dry goods traders suffered. most severely, while general atores and. arocers provided the greatest number ofs' failures, which is customary. 'Manufacturing insolvencies in Canada numbered only 18, with a to- tal indebtedness of $129,007; trading fail- ures were 82 in number anal $520,119 in amount. There were three other com- mercial suspen,sions for $11,926, -making an aggregate of 103 defaults and $061.- 952 liabilities. In the corresponding month last year there were 90 failures of 8846,620, of which 23 meanfacturers provided $518,438 and 63 traders owed. $319,195. The preceding month, July, 1904, there were 78 failures for $1,040,- 640, of which 25 were in manufacturing and involred $647,864, Bradstreet's on Trade. The wholesale trade situation at Montreal is looking up. There has been quite a marked improvement in busi- ness this week. Fall orders are more numerous in some departments. Orders from the Northwest are coining forward in fair volume, and this is taken to ha dicate less unfavorable crop conditions than represented in some quarters. At Toronto this weetr. there has been inarked improvement in wholesale trade. The travellers are in the city this week helpina to receive the visiting buyers. The hOuse sales have been very heavy this week. Next week renewed activity in buying, for the fall and winter trade is expected. Values are firmly held in most lines. At Quebec the opening of the Exhibi- tion broeght a number of country buy- ers to town, and, as a reault, wholesale business shows more activity than the preceding week. There has- been some improvement in wholesale trade eirele.s at Hamilton this week, as reported la Bradstreet's. The sorting demand in various departments of business is piekino up, and large ship- ments are being maile. The outlook for business is promising. Landoll. wholesale trade is very satis- factory, Lied the eolume of business com- pares well with previous years at this At Victoria and Vancouver trade eon- ditions are satisfactory, The- oatlook for business is good. The movement to interior points during the neat • few weeks promises to show a good:inerease. The outlook for busincee -.seems lei be very ono -waging. As the harvest progiasease came. There linea 'amen atian et; • etifetvor- do not,' Sepratoate •ea cepa etandittoiie eat the' ;wheat The goadar ..A Ead Polley. 11'7 341;; gigifAini1P ecigti