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IN'i'Eli.NAT1ONA.ii LESSON NO. V111
NOVEMBER 20, 1004.
isaiah's Message to J udah-Ira. 1: i•9, I6.2D,
Commentary. -1. The superscription
(v. 1). 1. The vision -A titie applying
to this entire book of prophecies, spoken
or written during the reigns herein men-
tioned. The word denotes a supernat-
ural perception, inspiration, revelation,
prophecy; here taken collectively for a
body of prophecies.-Whedon's Com. Isa-
iah -Of his: origin nothing is positively
known beyond what is stated in this
verse. His name means "The salvation
of Jehovah." His -home was in Jerusa-
lem. He exercised the prophetical of-
fice about sixty years. Tradition tells
us that he .suffered martyrdom, being
sawn asunder at the hands, of Manasseh,
king of Judah. -The story is that he
was placed within a rifted cedar tree,
and then tree and prophet were sawn in
two lengthwise." deb. xi., 37, may be
an allusion to it. Concerning Judah, etc.
-Other nations are also the subjects of
his prophecies, but only as they had a
bearing on the Jews. Uzzialx-Called also
Azariaha. Isaiah *began to prophesy near
the close of Uzziali•s regin (chap. 6, 1).
IL A rebellious people (vs. 2, 3). 2.
Hear, etc. -Heaven and earth are ap-
pealed to and are asked to listen as wit-
nesses. The Lord -The Hebrew is Je-
hovah, a name considered so sacred that
it was never uttered by the Jews, the
word Lord being used in its stead. Have
nourished, ete.-God had cared for Israel
from their infancy. Notice, "1. The
Fatherhood oof God. 2. The wickedness
of man. 3. The purpose of divine chas-
tisement." Have rebelled -This would
include three things: "1. The sin of
idols 2. Breaking the moral law. 3.
Rejection oof thte prophetic message."
3. Ox knoweth, etc. -The ingratitude of
God's people is rebuked by the fidelity
shown by the dumb animals to their
keepers. Doth not know -My people
have Iost knowledge of me and do not
recognize me as their rightful owner.
III. A corrupt people (vs. 4-9). 4. Ah
-The same as alas! The exclamation
denotes sorrow. Seed of evildoers -Off-
spring or race of evildoers. Compare
Matt. ii., 7. That are corrupters -See
R. V. ''The word denotes violence" -
Bannister. Have provoked, ete.-The
real meaning is brought out in the Re-
vised Version. Backward -They had de-
spised and forsaken God. This conduct
,is (1) criminal and (2) inexcusable, but
(3) common.
5. Why -It is doubtful whether the
question in Hebrew is, "For what rea-
son," or "upon what part," will ye be
stricken? The sense is, Why permit your-
selves to be smitten more? Ye will re-
volt -See R. V. Sick ....faint-ln this
figure the nation is meant. The moral
condition of the people is represented
by a body sorely wounded and sick unto
death. 6. No soundness -Here we see
the desperate moral state of God's cho-
sen people. - Priests and prophets, sub-
jects and rulers were all involved. "Not
a spot in the church or body politic was
left unsmitten.
7. Your country -The figurative lan-
guage is now dropped. Desolate -Notice
how nearly every word corresponds to
the curses threatened in Lev. 26 and
Deut. 28. Strangers devour -In this verse
we see the terrible devastation and oy-
pression that was to wine or had already
come, upon them from foreign conquer-
ors. 8. Daughter of Zion --Tile church -
God's people. Zion was the strong hill
of Jerusalem, on which the King's palace
was built. The term Zion is frequently
used figul:atively, sometimes meaning all
Jerusalem and `sometimes God's Israel -
the church. Cottage.... lodge -These
were erected as a temporary shelter
for those who guarded the vines and
cucumbers from robbers and wild ani-
mals. After the harvest these would be
left. 9. Small remnant -13y remnant
Isaiah means the righteous, in destine -
tion from the multitude of the ungodly.
Had it not been for the few godly ones
the nation would have been wiped out
as were Sodom and Gomorrah.
IV. Reformation demanded (vs. 10-17).
In verses 10-15 the prophet shows how
utterly valueless are their .prayers and
religious ceremonies while they still con-
tinue in their ungodly practices. 16.
Wash ye -What Clod desires is a thor-
ough moral reformation. The allusion
here is doubtless to the injunction on
priests, who, on pain of death .(Exod.
xxx. 19-21), were required to wash their
bands and feet before they ministered at
the altar.
17. Cease .... learn -Note the
order here; before we can "do. well" we
must "cease evil." Seek judgment
-Or justice. Instead of seeking bribes
and perverting justice, as was the com-
mon practice, they were to seek to do
justly. Relieve the , oppressed -This
verb should be translated "set right."
The condition of the oppressed, the one
unjustly dealt with, must be set right.
But the Revised Version, margin, ren-
ders this "Set right the oppressor";
that it, "restrain him within the bounds
of justice." Fatherless widow
-Defend and help the weak -those who
have no natural protectors. See Psa.
x. 18, lxxii. 4, Exod. xxji; 22-24, James
i. 27,
V. God's offer of mercy (vs. 18-20).
18. Come now -God is here pleading with
backslidden Israel. Reason together -
Let us discuss the ease together. "To
secure their consent to examine the issue
is to secure their own self -conviction."
How wonderful that God should conde-
scend to reason with sinful meal Scarlet
crimson ---Scarlet and crimson are
really synonymous for one color, pro-
perly crimson. There is perhaps no other
instance of red used as a general symbol
for sin, though'white is the natural em-
blem of innocence (Psa. li. 7). -Cam.
I3ib, 10, 20. "On condition of obedience,
land and city shall be preserved; on con -
tinned disobedience, the ruthless invader
shall bring destruction, as sure as God
jiveth.
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PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Heaven and earth are solemnly ad-
jured to give attention, for what the
Lord . has to say is exceedingly impor-
tant. This people are still God's peo-
ple. Despite: their backslidings ho had
not yet cast them off. God had led them
and defended them and still they rebel.
They are stupid and ungrateful; the
very beasts are credited with more
knowledge than they. The instinct of
animals seems to be stronger than the
knowledge -of Judah.
It is a terrible accusation that Je-
hovah brings against them, and though
they are in some sense the people of God,
nothing worse could well be said of the
heathen nations around them. Further'
chastisement is useless, it does no good
apparently, they are bent on going
wrong though they suffer for it. Tile
nature is bad, wholly bad, thoroughly
corrupted. There has been no medical
treatment of the wounds, no attempt to
cure them.
As a consequence, through God's visit-
ation, their land lies desolate, their cities
are destroyed, strangers impudently im-
pose upon them and spoil them. "And
the daughter of Zion," not the faithful
church, but the city of Jerusalem which
is thus personified, is a picture of deso-
lation.
This exceedingly wicked people are a
religious people. "They have forsaken
the Lord, not by renouncing his worship
which they still continued,, but by reduc-
ing it to a mere formality." Suck is
their wickedness that their veru acts of
devotion and worship are exceedingly of-
fensive to God. Oblations, incense, feasts,
assembles, all are cursed. "Obedience is
better than sacrifice" (I. Sam. xv., 22).
We fear that Judah. has representatives
to -day in those who would like to be
considered Christians. but who will not
submit to be made Christ -like in char-
acter, who live in the indulgence of
known since. either secret or open, and
who, perhaps, with all the rest of their
wrong doing, oppose true holiness.
What a dreadful plight to be in, to
pray and have the Lord turn away from
them. "He that turneth away his ear
from hearing the law, even his prayer
shall be abomination" (Prov. xxvill., 9;
Zech. vii,, 11; Pea. Iasi., 18; Prov. xv.,
8). To be so cruel, mean, proud, worldly,
selfish, covetous and impenitent that the
Lord will not look in mercy upon us
when we pray, "so that even the very
highest occasions of religious worship
are abused, and made an offense unto
God;' this is surely a dreadful experi-
ence. But this is the cause; they do not
"lift up holy hands," their hands are
stained with blood. The Bands stand for
actions. deeds. What shall be done?
Shull they wait for further punishment,
or until a.more favorable time, or for
the Lord to come and miraculously tale
their sins away from them? 'No 1 The'
must repent in the practical manner
here pointed out. "Wash you, make you
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CANADIAN BIRDS
Won Many Prizes at St. Louis
Fair.
'Toronto Report --Private reports
from St. Louis show that Canadians did
remarkably well with their 1,000 entries
in the World's Fair. No other country,
nor any state in the union, had so Iarge
an entry. In Hamburgs, Polands and or-
namental bantams Wm. McNeil Hoke, of
London, and H. B. Donovan and George
Bogue, of Strathroy, won nearly every-
thing. Jas. Dundas, of Toronto, showed
the best pullet in buff leghorns. Mr.
Cornwall, of Thamesville, showed the
best cockerel. J. H. Minshall, of Brant-
ford, won two firsts in black minorcas,
and James Arthur, of London, two firsts
in silver Wyandottes, selling his pen
for $140. Geo. Colwell, of Paris, and H.
T. Brown, of Tilsonburg, were among
other Canadian winners. Their exhibits
in ducks and geese took the larger share
of the prizes.
The President a Slave to
Catar: h. -D. T. Sample, President of
Sample's instalment Company, Washington,
Pa., writes: "For years I was afflicted with
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STUDENTS' HALLOWE'EN.
A Boisterous Evening Indulged in at To-
ronto.
Toronto, Report - The students of
the affiliated colleges of the University
of Toronto took practical possession of.
the Princess Theatre last night on the
occasion of the first production of Hu-
bert Henry Dallas Comedy. Cousin
Bate, with Miss Roselle Knott, the tal-
ented Canadian actress, in the title role.
The whole of the two galleries and a
part of the ground floor were occupied
by the students, who certainly .fade
things lively during the . early part of
the evening. The orchestra was drown-
ed out in the opening overture by the
pandemonium of college yells and songs,
and the whole of the first act of the
comedy was played to dumb show.
The occupants of the upper gallery,
Arts and. S. P. S. men, amused them-
selves by emptying bags of flow on the
unfortunate holders of seats in the gal-
lery below them, the Pharmacy men,
with the result that dozens of students
looked as if they lead been through a
snow storm. A few people on the
ground floor resented the noise and
disturbance by leaving the theatre at
the close of the first act, but the or-
chestra audience as a rule submitted to
the interference with their enjoyment
of the play with en air of.good-natured
martyrdom. Tile principal aletresses
wore the colors of the Pharmacy Col-
lege.
The S. P. S. and Pharmacy men lined
up rather soberly in front of the theatre
after the performance, but soon Sound
employment as they marched up Yonge
street in distributing over the road the
street railway advertising, which ,they
snatched from passing cars. When they
reached College street, finding a cordon
of polite lined up prepared to shadow
them, they broke into a run and soon
left the guardians of the peace far in
the rear. The latter followed leisurely
until they Beard a. series of. cracks like
so much musketry in the vicinity of
the Parliament buildings.
'Jake students had turned off College
street into'the park, and a. portion of
the convent fence on St. Alban's'street
was down. Annesley Hall was seren-
aded, and at Moulton College the stu-
dents were met by another cordon, ,who
lay about diem with their truncheons.
Making for Jarvis street by way of
Yongo and Charles streets, and doing
what they could to disturb the dignity
of the thorou ,hfare, the boys reached
the School of Pharmacy and were per-
suadedto disperse, not, however, be-
fore <whey had wrecked a. good portion
of a beautiful fence near FIavergal Col -
Peeing genidnehess barinot be predNeed .. lie
Market Reports
.-OP-
The Week.
Toronto Farmers Markets.
Offerings of grain to -day were moder-
ate, and prices generally were unchang-
ed. One hundred bushels of cereal wheat
sold at $1.12 1-2. 200 bushels each of
white and red winter at $1.05, and 100
bushels of goose at Ole. Barley steady,
800 bushels selling at 48 to 50c. Rye
firm, 100 bushels selling at 7113c. Oats
37steady1-2,to w38cith. sales of 400 bushels at
Dairy produce in good supply, with
prices firm. Choice +fairy rolls brought
20 to 23c, and fresh eggs 28 to 30c.
Chickens 10 to 110 per lb. Ducks, 10;
and 'turkeys, 16 to 18c per lb.
Hay in fair offer, and prices are un-
changed; 25 loads sold at $10 to $11
a ton for timothy, and at $8 to $9 for
mixed$I3.50.. Straw is nominal at $13 to
Dressed hogs are lower at $6,50 to $7,
the ]atter for ligkt.
Wheat, new, white, bush..$ 104 $ 105
Do.; red, bushel . ... 104 105
Do., spring, bushel' 100 101
Do., goose, bushel , , 0 91 000
Oats, bushel .. ... 0 373¢ 0 38
Barley, bushel ... ... 0 48 0 50
Rye, bushel ... .... ... 0 77 0 78
Peas, bushel . ... 0 67 0 08
Hay, timothy, ton ... 10 00 1100
Do., mixed, ton•
. ®. 8 00 9 00
Straw, per ton ... 13 00 13 50
Seeds-
Alsike, No. 1, bushel . 6 50 7 25
Do., No. 2, bushel 5 00 6 00
Do., No. 3, bushel 400 4 50
Red clover ... ... 6.00 7 00
Timothy ... ... .. 100 135
Dressed hogs ... ... 6 50 7100
.Apples, bbl. ... ... 0 75 1 25
Eggs, dozen ... ... 0 27
Butter, dairy ... ... 019
Do., creamery ... 0 21
Chickens, spring, lb. ... 010
Ducks, lb. .. •.. 0 09
Turkeys, ]b. .... , , . 016
Cabbage, dozen ... ... 0 25
Potatoes, bag .. ... 0 70
Cauliflower, dozen ... 0 60
Onions, per bag . 1 25
Celery, per dozen . 0 30
Beef, hxndquasters .. . , 7 50
Do, forequarters ... 4 50
Do., choice, carcase . , - -- 7 00
Do., medium, carcase 5 50
Mutton, per cwt. ... , 5 50
Veal, per cwt. ... ... 7 50
Lamb, per cwt. ... ... 7 00
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vionely, and glided about 100 feet further
west, where it settled gracefully on the
ground. The 'descent of the Arrow wait
the signal for a great demonstration.
Dozens of eager hands were upstretched
to grasp the frame of the flying machine,'
which, with its navigator, was carried
around the concourse on' the shoulders of
shouting men.
The successful flight followed a day
full of discouragement. Baldwin and
Xnabenshue had worked for 26 hours
without sleep, to prepare for the flight.
and the first essay at an ascent with
Baldwin himself in command of the air-
ship had ended disastrously, the Arrow
falling suddenly to the ground an
breaking a blade of her propeller.
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COWS THAT DO
NOT PAY.
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0 22
025 Mr. J. C. Chapais,, Assistant Dairy
011' Commissioner, who • is particularly well
011 acquainted with agricultural conditions
019
0 40 in Quebec, said in an address: From my
0 85 experience. 3 am Ied to believe that the
100 reasoi>, why the Babcock test is note more
140 generally adopted as a basis for pay-
0
hent for milk is lack of knowledge on
5 50' the part of the farmers. They do not
know no anything about the true value of
6 50 cows. When they are told that n cow
0 00 that yields thirty pounds of milk is more
8 50 valuable than one yielding forty pounds
7 50 they do not understand it. I carne across
an instance of this kind when I wan
Toronto Live Stock.
Receipts of live stock were 12 car
loads, composed of 153 cattle, 75 hogs,
834 sheep and 1 calf.
Prices in all the different classes of
live stock were unchanged from Thurs-
day's quotations.
Wesley Dunn bought 1.00 sheep at
$3.50 per cwt., 75 la"'" at $4 per cwt.
Jas. Sanderson bought 83 lambs at
$4,40 to $4.50 per cwt., the latter price
being for picked ewes and wetliers.
Bradstreet's on Trade.
Montreal. -One or two adverse fac-
tors heve arisen to work against a con-
tinuance of activity in trade circles here.
The election campaign, now in full swing,
is having its effect in quietening trade
throughout the Province. Reports from
the interior sta te that retailers are meet-
ing with a quiet demand, which is not
quite up to expectations. The demand for
hardware goods, however, continues fair-
ly active.
Wholesale trade in Toronto continues
fairly active, while the elections cam-
paign has had some slight effect upon
business it is hardly noticeable. The gro-
cers report a good 'normal trade with col-
lections satisfactory, and the hardware
men are still moving heavy supplies to
take advantage of the lake and rail
frieghts.
At Quebec the volume of business done
during the past week, both wholesale and
retail, are reported fairly satisfactory.
A slowness is still noticeable in country
remittances, but on the whole the out-
look is hopeful.
Winnipeg advices to Bradstreet's say:
The approach of cold weather has creat-
ed more activity in some departments of
wholesale trade, although in some lines
the late season is responsible for a slow
movement of fall and winter goods. The
outlook, however, is fairly satisfactory.
At Victoria and Vancouver wholesale
and retail 'trade continues fairly active.
Bradstreet's report from Hamilton in-
dicate that trade generally is in a fairly
satisfactory condition. While .there is a
tendency to a slower movement in some
lines of trade, sorting orders continue
to come forward in fair volume. The
manufacturing industries are active and
values of goods are steady to firm.
Trade in jobbing circles at London
is moderately active.
Ottawa reports received by Bradetreet's
say polities are interfering with trade to
a noticeable extent. There is, however, a
fairly good demand for goods to sort
stocks.
SAILING IN THE AIR.
Circled in all Directions. for Half an
Hour at St. Louis.
St, Louis, Report -After circling
in every direction at a height of 2,000
"feet above the cascades in sight of thou-
sands of cheering enthusiastic spectators
on the World's Fair grounds, A. Roy Kna-
benshue, of Toledo, in command of Tho-
mas S. Baldwin's airship, 'California Ar-
row," to -day returned to the place from
which he started, covering three and a
half miles, part way against an eight -
mile wind.
linabenshue started from the Aeronau-
tic Concourse at 3.37 p.m, and returned
at 4.05 p.nx. On the return trip the air-
ship sailed slowly over the exact spot
from which it had risen 27 minutes pro -
working with the inspectors in the Lake
St. John district. One man said: "I have
the best cow in the parish; she gives
sixty pounds of milk," I went out to
his place, having with me the figures as
to the butter fat in his milk. I got from
him the facts as to the cost of 'feeding
Inc cow, and figured out the cost of the
milk. I found that it cost, allowing, the
ordinary price for the feed used, about
96 cents per hundred pounds. At the
priest's house I got the figures about
a cow owned by him, whose milk cost
only 44 cents per hundred pounds. I
showed the man that the percentage of
butter fat in the milk of his cow was
2.85, while in that of the priest's cow
it was 5.50. I was able to show him
that, instead of having the best cow in
the parish, he had the worst. The result
was that, whereas this man generally
sold a calf at $15 at birth, the next
year, though the calf was a heifer, no-
body would buy it. This shows that the
farmers will understand this matter if
we go them and explain it. Yours very
truly, W. A. Clemons, Publication Clerk.
BEST CRUISERS IN THE WORLD.
Facts About Three of the Newest British
War Vessels.
London, Report -The tiu'ee armored
cruisers of the current shipbuilding pro-
gramme which are to be laid down at
Portsmouth, Devonport and Pembroke,
will reach the high water mark in cruiser
construction.
The new vessels which will be nam-
ed Minotaur. Shannon and Defence, will
practically be battleships.
In both power and size they will ex-
ceed anything of their class afloat. The
following are the particulars of the
ships:
Guns -Four 9.2 -inch; ten 7.5 -inch.
Shells -380 pounds , and 200 pounds.
Rate -Four shells per minute.
Penetration -2y feet of iron.
Armor belt -300 feet of six-inch steel.
Gun protection -Eight -inch steel.
Speed-Twenty-i,riree knots.
Horse -power -27,000.
Boilers -Water -tube.
Displacement -14,600 tons.
Cost -About £800,000.
The broadside discharge will be 100
pounds heavier than in our present
best cruisers. The guns will be loner
and more powerful and their striking
power three and a half times as great
as that of the latest cruisers afloat.
if']ainly desoribed the (now cruiserel
will be as effective at three miles, as
other cruisers now are at two miles,
as strong again as vessels of the County
class and twice as powerful as those of
earlier design,
The power of attack with 9.2 -inch
and 7.5 inch guns is greater than that
of the newest French ship, the Edgar
Quinet. The 9.2 -inch guns will be mount-
ed in pairs on barbettes on the forecastle
and upper aft decks, The 7.5 -inch guns
will be in bargettes on the upper deck,
five on each side,
First business man -Is your hook.
keeper a steady young man? Second Dit-
to -Well, I've never known him to loser
his balance.
Nell --Miss Yellowleaf writes verse I;
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of the minor poets. Nell -The idea. Why,
she's 35 if she's a day.