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;INTERNATIONAL LESSON No. XIII.
DECEMBER 25, 1904
`7C'iie Prince of Peace—Isa. 9: 1.7 ---Christman
Lesson.
Commentary. I. Great darkness (vs.
1, 2. 1. Nevertheless—"A transition word
from the dark picture of chapter viii.
6-22, describing the woes from Assyrian
predominance to the bright dawn and
consummation of the Messianic era."
Shall not be such—The darkness shall
not be as great as it has been. There
was a ray of encouragement for those
who were ready to receive the prophet's
words. Zebulun—The !country of Galilee
around the Sea of Galilee was the land
that principally suffered in the first .As-
syrian invasion.
2. The people in darkness—The
people of Judah. They were at this time
under a two -fold darkness: 1. The 'dark-
ness, of outward trouble. See II. Kings
xv. 37, xvi. 4-8, 17.; IL Chron. xxviii.
'5-8. ' 2. They were in moral darkness.
Ahaz had led the people into the most
abominable practices in honor of the
heathen divinities whose worship he had
established in his kingdom. Finally, to-
wards the close of the reign, he shut up
the great doors of the temple (IL Chron.
xxviii. 24), discontinued the offering of
incense and the morning and evening sac-
rifice, and left the whole; interior to
decay, neglect and ruin.
II. A Great Light. (vs. 2-5). 2. A
great light—The sudden change from
dense darkness to the shining light which
the prophet saw is quite remarkable.
What light was thos? The promise of
redemption; the prospect of the coming
of Immanuel.
3. Hast multiplied the nation—Isaiah
with prophetic eye pierces the centuries
and sees the hosts that would come
under the reign of the Meesiah and be
numbered with the true spiritual Israel.
And not increased—See R. Ir. for correct
rendering. They joy before thee—The
prophet notes it to be a religious joy, for
it is said to be before God—that is, in
His presence, and with a grateful ack-
nowledgment of His benefits.—Lowth.
4. Thou hast broken the yoke—"The
Jews were successively delivered from
the burdensome and galling yoke of the
Assyrians, Chaldeans, Persians andMace-
donians; but these deliverances were
only a shadow of • redemption from the
yoke of Satan; and that redemption
seems here especially predicted as if al-
ready accomplished." As in the days
of Midian—As Gideon with a handful
of men conquered the hosts of Midian,
so Messiah, the "child" (v. 6), shall
prove to be the "Prince of Peace," and
the small company under Him shall
overcome the mighty hosts of Anti-
christ. See the same coutrast in Micha
v. 2-5.—J., 13. & F.
• 5. For every battle—It was the custom
of antiquity to pile the arms of pros-
trate enemies, the spoils of less value,
and their spotted garments, into a heap
and then burn them.—Rosewin. All that
belongs to war shall be swept away; the
war itself shall die. The Messiah abol-
ishes all war, but not until His foes are
either swept away by His judgments or
submission by Ilis love.—Cowles.
1HI. A vision of. the Messiah (v. 6). 6.
Unto us—The prophet spake of the pre-
dicted blessings as if already communi-
cated. Angels say, "Unto you," but this
child was born for the benefit of us men,
of us sinners, of all believers, to the end
of the world.—Scott. "Iii the far dis-
tance the prophet foresaw the Redeemer
of the world. A little later came the
vision of the suffering Savior (Isa. liii.) ;
then the town where he should be born
(Micah v., 2) ; a more complete revela-
tion came through Daniel." A Son is
given --•-Cod's gratuitous gift, upon which
man had no claim (John iii., 16). A gift
of love, of joy, of universal fitness to
our needs, of eternal enrichment, of for-
ever increasing value; and this gift in-
sures all other gifts (Rom. vii., 32).—
Funk. As Son of pian Jesus was "a
child born"; as Son of God lie was a
"Son given."—Spurgeon. Government—
"The 'ensign of Government, the sceptre,
the sword, or key, was borne upon or
hung from the shoulder. All government
shall be vested in him." His name—A
name -stands for all that the man is and
has—his character, his princi'ples and his
property. Wonderful—Because his no-
ture was both human and divine. Who-
ever refuses to believe in the supernat-
ural must pause at the manger. Ile
can go no farther. How Godhood and
manhood could be knit together in the
person of Christ is beyond us. But
things incomprehensible are not i.ncredi-
hle. All divine works are wonderful.
There are marvels enough in a drop of
water to bewilder the wisest.—Burrell.
Counsellor—One who has wisdom to
guide himself and others. Jesus was
the embodiment of the wisdom of God.
He was a Savior, both God and • man,
a personal revelation of God's love, a
perfect character and example. I'7e is
our Counsellor, never guiding ns astray,
but always by the best ways to the best
ends. Mighty God—"God this mighty
One. As he has wisdom, so he has
strength;• he is able to save to the utter-
most; and such is the work of the Medi-
ator that no less a nower titan that of
the nighty God could aceompiieh it."—
Com. Com. Everlasting Father—Ex-
pressing the divine love, and pity for
men, a love that can never fail for it is
everlasting. The Father pitieth his chil-
dren that are weals in knowledge, and
instructs them; pities them when they
.are froward, and bears with them; when
they are fallen, and helps them up
again; when they have offended, and
!upon their submission forgives them;
,when they are Wronged and rights them.
,Thus "the Lord nitieth them that fear
'him." --Henry. Prince of Peace—As a
King he 'preserves, commands, creates
!peace. )Tis peace both keeps the hearts
;of his people and rales in them. He is
lithe Author of all that nead'e which is
the present and future bliss of his sub-
jer s. •
TV. The Messianic Kingdom (v. 7). 7.
Of the increase, rCc.—'The government
shall increase in numbers, in power, in
t the completeness of its !mule. It shall
increase in the blessinsgs it bestows. It
is like the lowers of nature, •wlliioh are
exhaustlesss. 'There is no limit to their
application to the uses of man, With
all our marvellous inventions and dis-
coveries of what nature oan do, we have
yet gathered bpt a few rays from the
world of dight, a few sprays from the
ocean of blessings trod has ni store for
man.—Pel;oubet, Throne of David—To
sit upon the throne of David means to
reign over the true people of God; and
in this sense CYhrist sat on David's
throne. To order it—to rule it. From
dtenceforth even for ever—"Only such a
kingdom can endure. Nothing is really
settled till it is eettled right. 'Me pow-
ers of evil seem very strong, but every
one is doomed sae fall before Christ. The
prince of darkness in darkest England,
darkest Africa and darkest America
shall be tori horn ,hie throne, and the
light ehv11 'scatter the •darkness, and the
Sun of Righteousness with healing in Itis
wings shall change winter into spring,
and night into day."
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
The land- of Zebulun and the land of.
Naplhtali, because of their sins, were per-
mitted by God to be 'ovevrrun by their
enemies. This was His punishment be-
cause they forgot His law. Still, they
did not repent, and greater punishment
was visited upon them. Notwitdistanding
their persistent wickedness God visited
there in great mercy, not because they
repented. and thus in some measure de-
served mercy, for their conduct merited
only God's wrath, but because "His mer-
cy endureth forever." In the midst of
their idolatry God sends the greatest
blessings of all time.
'llh•e liberty of the eons of God who
are evade free by the power of divine
grace is pictured to us in verse 4. The
yoke of the devil is a galling yoke, His
burden is a heavy burden. He wields a
cruel rod. as an oppressor. What a griev-
ous yoke is the drink habit:
All the great conquerors who have ap-
peared among men have made their con-
quests by the sword. They have been
great generals, great warriors; they have
left multitudes of slain in the wake of
their triumphant march, have waded
through rivers of blood on their way
to power and glory. But a mighty Con-
queror is now to appear who will come:
to pgwer and glory by a very differ-
ent way.
Inspiration always gives the right
names to characters. Here is a person
whose character cannot be expressed in
one name. Five are used to convey to
us as clear an idea of this wonderful per-
sonage as we can comprehend.
His name shall be called Wonderful.
Why ? Because he is wonderful from
every standpoint. He was wonderful in
the prophecies concerning him. He was
promised when man was driven from the
garden of Eden. His nationality was
fixed in the promise to Abraham. His
.tribe was named as that of Judah: L!s
family as that of David; the place of ins
birth, Bethlehem; the time of his ad-
vent, before Judah lost her independ-
ence. These, with many other proph-
ecies„ stamp hint as wonderful in this
respect.,lie was wonderful in leis birth.
He was onderful in his death. The in-
fidel Rosseau truly said, "If Socrates
died like a philosopher, then Jesus
Christ died like a God."
Counsellor. The terns embraces, am-
ong other ideas. that of giving advice
or counsel and that of acting as an ad-
vocate. The Revelator represents the
Savior as a counselor..
The Mighty God. Jesus was born of
a woman, therefore he was a man, but
he was and is at the same tinie God—
the mighty (plod. As we see the ter-
rible work sin has wrought on the hu-
man family, its vice -like grip on individu-
als and society, we are glad the empha-
sis is put on the mighty. He is al-
mighty.
The Everlasting Father. The term fa-
ther means much to many children, but
as we study God's word it is very evi-
dent that 'God intended fathers to be
very much more to their offspring than
they are—comfort, protection, support,
assistance and much more. ]3ut no mat-
ter how near to the ideal any father ap-
proaches, the time will come when it will
be said, "Father is dead." He can then
no longer protect, comfort and support.
Here is one who ,never dies, the everlast-
ing Father.
The Prince of Peace. How sad to think
that man has never been content to live
in peace. History is largely the record
of man slaying his fellow man. The wars
of the last half of the nineteenth Christ-
ian century are sorrowful to contem-
plate. The opening of the twentieth
century is not reassuring. Yet the Prince
of Peace has made wonderful conquests.
We look hopefully forward to the time
when man shall learn war no more.
J. Emory Coleman.
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`Che Week.
Toronto Farmers' Market.
The grain receipts to -day were 6alrr i
'a t,li few cbaage3 in prices. Wheat
steady, 300 bushels of white selling as
90c to $1.O3 per bushel, 200 of red at 95s,
to $1.03, and 200 of goose at 88 to 89e..
Barley, receipts fair, and prices ares
steady, 1,000 bushels selling at 45 to 50e!
per bushel, Oats steady, 700 bushels sell-
ing at 34i/a to 35d/•c per bushel. Rye, one
load sold, unchanged at 80e per bushel:
Hay in moderate supply, with sales or;
30 loads at $9 to $10 a ton for timothy,'
and at $7 to . $8 for mixed. Straw steady
3 loads of bundled selling at $11a ton, aIle
two loads of loose at $7.
Dressed bogs are steady at $0.50 to $7, the
latter 'for light. 1
Wheat, new, white, bushel .. 0 90 $ 1 Oji
Do., red, bushel . 0 95 1 031
Do., spring, bushel .. .. .. 0 95, 1 OOP
Do., goose, bushel .. .. .. 0 88 0 WI
Oats, bushel0 4 0 43 50�
Barley, bushel 00 B0.70. 0 00
Rye, bushel . .. .. .. ..
Peas, bushel ....: .. .... 000
Buckwheat, busbel ... .... 0 56, 0 60i
Hay, timothy, per ton .. •,•... 9 00h 10 00,
Do., mixed, per ton .. : 170 0000 i8
09
Seeds 001
Straw, per ton .... .. ..
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Alsike, No. 1. bushel......6 50 7 23'
Do., No. 2, bushel .. 5 00• 5 75
Do., No. 3, bushel • • ..4 000 4
Red clover .... .... ....
7 00
Timothy .... .. .. .. .. 1 00 1 35 i
Dressed hogs... ••.• ••.• .• 6 50 7 007
Apples, per bbl. .... 0 75 1 50'
Eggs, per dozen •• •. 0 20 0 33
Butter, dair y.. • • .. `0 22 026
Do., creamery .
Chickens, spring, per lb. .. .. 010 013
Ducks, per ib ....... ........ 010 0 11
Turkeys, Ped lb0 14 U 101
Cabbage, per dozen .... • • 0 25 1 0 00
Potatoes, per bag
Cauliflower, per dozen .. .. 0 68 1 00'
Onions, per bag . . • • •. • U 0
0 90
Celery, per dozen .... .. •• •' 7 00 8 004*
Beef. hindquarters .... •• •• 7 50 5 001
Do., forequarters ..
Flo., choice, caraese ......6 75 7 00'
Do. medium, carcase ......5 508 600
:Mutton, per cwt. .... ••.. ..•. 7 50 6 0
Veal, per cwt. • • . • •• • • • 7 00 7 50
Lambs, per cwt. .... .. •.
Leading Wheat Markets.
Dec.1.16May.
New .... .. .. .. ....s 'ii
ToledoYork .. .... .. .. 1.14'/ 1.i6%
Detroit 1.16• 1.16
St. Louis .... .. .. .. .. .. 1.081,6
Duluth .. .. .. .... .. L10u 1.13;$
Minneapolis .... .. .. .. 1.08 1.1214
British Live Stock Market.
London, Des. Live cattle are quoted
at 9e to 13e per pound; refrigerator beef
at 87%,(i per ib.; sheep at 10e to 12%c per
pound.
Montreal Live St) ;•r. Market.
Montreal, Dec. ;','e -About 700 head of
butchers' cattle, 30 milch cows, 50 calves,
400 sheep and lambs, and 200 fat hogs were
offered for Gale at the east end abattoir
to -day. There were no prime beeves on,
the market, nor very good medium beasts,;
paid, 4andc per
fewd wbrougbt highest
3i'a,e per
pound. Common cattle were plentiful and
sold at 2e to 30se per pound; the canners,
like to 2c per pound. The grasser calves
sold at 214 to Me per pound. The young
calves $2.50 to $S each. The sheep sold at
3,iic to 324e,and the lambs at 414, to 53/4,oper pound. Pat hogs are higher, at 4', c to
uagc per pound. Half a dozen good cows
sold at $50 to $60 each, the others at $25
to $45.
Bradstreet's on Trade.
Bradstreet's advices say : Wholesale
trade at Montreal is fairly active. In
many lines there is a better movement'
to country stocks of seasonable goads.
Dry -goods and the fur trade are those
which have mostly complained of the un-
seasonableness of the weather. Other.
lines are moving fairly well.
According to reports to Bradstreet's,,
wholesale trade circles at Toronto con-'
tinue busy. Stack -taking ie in full swing
at the moment and this has a quieten-;
ing effect upon the volume of wholesale
business. ('hristnias goods are being
placed on the market with fair rapidity,!
Groceries are moving fairly well and
hardware men report a gaud business do-
ing. Sorting orders in dry goods are in-
clined to be light. The farmers are mak
ing fairly large deliveries of grain and.
general produce here, and prices are fair-.
ly well maintained. Collections are still
a little slow.
At Quebee general business in this see-;
tion does not show any improvement(
over past weeks. The depression ,in the.
lumber market is likely to affect the,
winter's cut, which it is believed, will be
considerably less than for some sea-
sons past. In the city retailers are
preparing for the holidays.
Advices from Winnipeg say : The eoldi
spell which struck this part of the coun-
try early in the week has already begun
to have some effect upon the movement
of retail stocks generally and more par-
ticularly in dry goods. Money is flow-
ing a little easier and collections have
taken on a better tone. The whole-
salers report that the movement of new
business is heavy and the outlook gen-
eraly bright.
Beporth from Victoria and Vencou
ver to Bradstreet's say : There is a:
fairly good wholesale trade going on„
but in other lines there continues dull-
ness which seems to spring from the del
pression in the lumbering trade. shell
Failures in Canada.
Commercial ntso4vencies in the Domm-,
ion of Canada during the month of No-
vember, as reported by R. G. 1)un & Co.,
were 99 in number and 5049,757 in am-
cunt of defaulted liabilities, which ex-
ceeded slightly the 80 failures for 5020,-
513
020;513 in the same month last year, end
compare with 80 failures and $400.1184
liabilities m 1902. Manufacturing de-,
faults numbered 25, and involved $198,•,
484 liabilities, against 20 failures for;
5280.494 last year, while trading sus
• pensions amounted 'to 74 with debts or
11451,273, as against 67 for 5310,009 a
year ago. There was no especi'll feature
in the November statement of failures in
Canada. No single eoneern suspended
for as much as 5100,000, and the only.
class with that aggregate was general,
stores, where 24 firms owed $106.78.
It was an unusually satisfactory month?
in the'Dontinion as well as in the United
States.
eountry is opening up, however, set-
tlers are filling up the farming lands
and the fruit -growing industry promises
great things of rparts of the province
hitherto uncultivated. Collections are
fair and there is no particularly string
to money conditions.