HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1900-02-22, Page 8SOME LESSONS FROM
SAMSON'S DOWNFALL
w omen who had only Male physleal lntrodaoUoa 1 " rhls day la Wig.
h� BANK OF Hand yet consumed that energySUNDAY S�IOOL 8orlptura fuI'lad la your oars.' The
in a conflagration of rellginua entbue• body of tibe sermon la not recorded,
lam. how will we feel abahedl Oh, we..rss.. land we can opt Judge Oat Ha must
men of the strong arm and the stoutg1fTBRNATIONAL L1CS ON NU.VIH here dLcouraad let a general way
heart, what sae are you mak'atg of from the test He bad taken. He raw
your phyelcal forces? W111 You be FRO. 25, WOO.
their eandl'tion end Ile knew that els
could save them. He is Prophet, Ptty-
JawReJecludatNarsrelh.- -Lulul:ta 50 Wien, Redeemer, Deeverer. They are
hear raptivea, blind and bruised. It
Superintendent -What le the (Will to fie who says, 'Lake My yoke upou
able to stand the lest of that day when
we must aoawer for the use of every
talent, whether It were e, physical be-
- ergy, ur a mental acumen, or n spirit-
ual
Ipgy
Healthy People Accountable For Right Use
of Their Physical Power ---Impurities
of Modern Society Condemned.
glen, Feb. 18. -In title dig- day, yet how he preached and how
emu. Lir, Talmage seta forth the re- he eoulnrllke hlmeeng to swim in of dying
u nett of
sgeingbUlty of those who are strong
glory. And }toberl Mctli=w", a ++'alk•
..A wall, as Ina former dlecnutee h' Ing skeleton, yet yau know what he
ed to the disabled and "the abut did In Dundee and how he shook Scnt-
Teat, Judges My., l: "And land with seal for Clod. Philip Dod-
n went down to Tlmnath." Bridge, advised by hes friends because
N are two aldea 10 the eherartcr of his Illness not to enter the minims
on. o
lowed Into particulars, would ed•
try, yet you know what he did for the
Scot-
ism
The no phase of his
Itre
ff "Itler and Program of ltetlglon" In the
IMiaister to the grotesque and the church of the world.
Bltrthful, Hut there Is a phase of Ills Wilberforce wag told by his tloctore
character fraught with leesona of sol- that he could not live a forUdght, yet
MO and eternal impart. To the/e at that very time entering upon. elle-
r lessons we devote our sermon, anthroplc enserprl"ee that demanded'
hi giant no doubt in early life Rave the greatest vadurnnce and persever
evldences of what he was to be. It is ware. Robert Hall, suffering exeru-
alMoat always so. There were Inc clatfnns en (hal often In his pulpit'
Napoleons -the buy Napoleon and the while preaching he. would "top and Ile
ldlan Napoleon -but both alike; (++'r (lawn on a mote, then getting up again
man Howwie_bei. bete oward,-the boy Howard and Ibe wo to reach about heaven until the
/Iama.ona-rho bay 8amnunall and It he
glories of the celeetlal elty dropped on
Alan Samson -but both alike, This
the multitude, doing more work per-
glant waw no doubt the hero of the haps than alma"? any well man In Ida
itlaygrslund, and nothing could eland day',
Meese,
tore his exhibltlone of youthful Oh, how often It Is that men with
betrothed to tht. lite daughter ears of of e a! Phil- _ great Ireat n moral andical rance are not mpfrltual 'stature.
Islip, Going down onward Tlmnath. While there are achlevemente for
a Son Mame out upon him, and al- those n -ho are bent all their days
though this young slam was weapon- with elcknese-achlevemente of pa-
lette, he eelaed the monster by the long , tlence, achievements of Chrlalnn en -
mane and shook him as a hungry durance -1 call upon men of health,
bound 'hakes a March hare and made men of muscle, men of nerve, men of
Ms bonen creek and left him by the phyolcal power, to devote themeelvre
wayside, bleeding under the smiting 0f to the Lord. (pants In body, you
his fist and the grinding heft of hie ought to be giants In soul.
heel. Behold also in the story of my text
There he kende, looming 111 above illumination of the fart of the damage
.ether men, a mountain of lleoh, his that strength ran do If it Ire mIs-
arms bunched with muscle Out can gelded, It 'secure to me taut 1h1, mal
11fi the gate of a illy, taking an sl,ettt a great deal of his time 1n de -
attitude Want of everything. His Ing evil -line Yemen of my text. To
hair bad never been cut, and 1t roll- pay a bet which he had lost by the
ed down in seven great plaits ever ,treeing of hie riddle he rot X and kills
ata shoulders, adding to his bulk. thirty. people. He was not only glgnn-
nereenees and terror. The Phlllstlnes tic In strength, but gigantic In
grant to conquer him, and therefore
mischief and a type of those men
they must and nut where the secret of
his strength Ilea, In all .gra of the world who, powerful
There le an evil woman !lving In body or mind or soy faculty of 0,1•the valley of (Meek by the name of clad In Position or n'ealth, have used
Delilah. They appoint her the agent their strength
for
oruiniquitous purposes.
In the case. The Phlllatlnee are se- phyeiral health,
creted In the some bullding, ane men of great mental stature, men of
than gneat end coaxes Iroan, f
Ramaon toDelllab telt wnhatto se1s the .acral e01 power highacetal of any sortltlo, 1
men owant yaugreet 1e
his strength, "Well," he "aye, "If understand your power, and I want
you should take seven green wlthee you to know that that power de -
syph aa they fasten weld besets wtth voted to (Ind will be a crown on
be • put them aroune,
erfectly powerlise Igo oche
binds him with the seven green wlthee.
Ulan she dupe her hands and son
"They come -the Phllletlnes:" and he
wattles out as though there were no Im-
psdlmeet. She coaxes hien again and
again. "Now tell the secret et lata
grout strength?" and he replies, "if
you should take some rope, that have
never been used and lie me with them, ,
1 -should br lust like other men." Pe
ties blm with the ropes, clasps her
hands and shouts, "They come -the
Pb1111Unes:" He walk" Dirt as easily
u he did before -not a single obstruc•
d ito
aR Nowlfyou shoum, Site ld htm taken these
ISMS long plelte of hair and by this
hem loom wear„ these into a web,
L could not get .sway." 80 the house
loom hi rolled up, and the rhultie thee
backward and forward, and the long
liver hair ere ,coven Into a web.
she elMps het hand" and says,
+ y rome-the I'hlllpilltesl" He
walks out tie MORIN ps he did hefnre,
dragging a part of the Innen w'lth tem.
Bol eater awhile she permed..+ him
to tell the truth, He0a{e, "If you
(tarot Omuta a
ff Ihlalong hairtake a reser , 1
1ssh,uld,b,
powarlee and In the hands of my
*mules,' Batnaon sleeps, , and that
abs may not wake him up during the
process of attesting help le baled In.
You know that the barbers of the east
have much a ekllful way of manipulat-
ing the head to this very day
that Instead of waking up a elle.•
Ins man they will put a man wide
awake sound asleep. 1 hear the
blades of the shears grinding against
eacb other, and 1 see the long lockn
fallingoR. The shears or raiser ac-
cofnplahea what green wlthee and
new rope and huune fount could not
do. Suddenly she clasps her hands
and seya, "The Pltillettnea be upon
thee, Samson!" He rouses up whit
a struggle, but hie strength Is all gone.
He la 1n the hands-ef his enemies.
1 bear the groan of the glant as
they take his eyes out, and then 1
g ee him etaggerinso on In hie blind-
ness, feeling ble way as he gaea on
toward Gas.. The prlann door ie
open and the giant is thrust In. He
alta down and puts hie hands on the
mill crank, which with exhauvtlny
horlaontsi motion goes day after day,
week after week, month after month --
work, work, work! The ennsternntion
eft the world In captivity, his locks
MOM, his eyes punctured, grindlne
corn In Gaul
Pint of all, behold In thee giant of
the text that phiystical power IR not
t
zlwAYa an Index of moral power. }i
e
tettitm+r•' WV a huge man -the lion tuund it the platform and In genie of the
oat, and the 3,000 man whom he stew churches of the country. 1 charge
round it out; yet he was the 'subject upon tree lovtem that It ham blighted
'of petty revenges and untalented by innumerable homea and that It ham
low paaulon, I am far tram throwing gent Innumerable nolle to ruin. Free
&ay discredit upon Owlet:al ,lamina. Miriam 1s beetlal; It is worse-ItIs
There are those who seem to have Infernal! It Nae turnlehed the. tend
great admiration for delicacy and lick• with many thousands of divorcee im-
ams of constitution. i never could se,' nually. In one county In the state of
aarinyy glory In weak nerves or glek head- Indiana it turnlehed eleven divorcee t❑
ache, Whatever effort In our day Is one day before dinner, It Nae roused
lasde to make the men and women up elopement" north, south, east and
MOM robust ehould have the favor of west. You can hardly take up a
Avery .pod cltleen we well as of every paper but you read of an elopement.
llhrl.tlan. Gymnastic/ may be 1)0,1- Al far all I can understand the doc-
t1iN1y rettglous. trine of free lovtsm, It le thte-that
erten It Ina that you do notevery man ought to have somebody -
And physical energy Indleetive of elee'e tvlfe and every wife onmebudy
' plritUal power? It a clear head le lee'g husband. Free lot/Ism! It 1s
worth mora than one dim with per- the double distilled extra°c of nux
petual vertigo. If muscles with the vomica, ratsbane end adder's tongue.
Ala, at Width in them are worth Never until noclety goes back to the
More than thole drawn up In chronic old alible and hears Its eulogy of pur-
to anathema of u
ncleannees
I ria m
rbeu n quick and Ilea t
wlXti ' t an a IL 11
c"' I Y q Y
catch missing object" Is better than -never until then tvlll this et'll be
one with elation dim and uncertain, extirpated.
then God wet require of W etllclonee Behold also In bile gloat of the
Jwt in proportion to what he bee text and in the giant of our own Celt -
liven 00. Yhymieal energy ought to tury that great phyelca' power meet
Ira a type of moral power. We ought crumble and expire. The Salmon ofe
to have a 0001 digestion of truth aa- the text long ago went away. He
We have capacity to eealmllate food. fought the lion. He fought the Phll-
Oursplrltual hearing ought to be as letinee. He could fight anything, but
death was ton much for him. He may
have required a longer grave and u
broader grave, but the tomb neverthe-
u
le was hs, terminus.
If, then, we are to be compelled to
go we
tt
o go to? of ?wherehls world, are
This natty andsoulmeet
soon pat'G What "hall be the destiny
Thehover• e1 you, and a *heel rad rest for your
The day nppruachrs, a,nd I ace one , t 'Pext? Subset -He uumr, unto H'
1 own and Hs owe oaaatved him not. souk'. 3. I� message is to the
blind.
who in the world wee an Invited, and
ao she elands before the throne of (led ' John 1. 11. The Light of the world hall
to answer she Saye: "I was sick all What le tho °antral Truth -Truth appeared: one who ii able to
my da)10. I had but very Ibttle often pn,vokee reeeutmeut. unseal blind minds, as well as
etruegth, but I did as well au 1 could What La the topic -Reputing Jesus. bend eyes. The one sitting In dark -
M bang kind to those who were more Wbat M the outline -1. JOINS lit' nest by the roatlalda, begging, may cull
nick and more aufferinge, And Chrlat ?tutu NasareU*. 1. Wm method. 2. II11 to lI nig and you who aro In tho
will nay, "Well done, faithful servant," subl :et. 8 lila sermon, II. The effect darknoel of unbelief and superetiton
And then a 1lltle ehIld w111,stand h1- of the sermon, 1. Wonder. 2. Wrath, may now "Atlee, *Mote; for thy light
fore the throne, end she will Say: "On 8. Rweenge. le roma, and the glory of tha Lord is
earth 1 had a curvature of the spine, When was flu thus? April, A. D. rlaen upon Utes." llet 118111a cbrslek
and f wan very weak, and I was very 28, cal , Gr utllea as wolf all Jaws. Even
;II, but 1 used la gather flavvere out of Where wets the place? Nazareth !n ba''Jtth rend F-tlaltu conferred their
the wild wood and bring them to my (laWae. grenteet hlweinge On those outside of
whoa she awteek neither, nttheu'tweeho ttfowersrnut IVlto were the persons? Jeans. The farad, Lemmas there they found faeth
of the well woad. 1 did not do much, ted JetaS. '0 (lot. Those who rolrt Chrltt will
but I did aometh'mg," And Chrlsl What aro the parallel accounts? receive nothing,
Matt. x111. 54.58; Mark vi. 1.6, - The effect of the eermon.-They
shall nay, au lin taken her up In ha
acne and kesee her, "Well done, well
Bane, faithful /tet'tant; enter thou Into
the Joy of the Leri," What, then, will
he Bald to Le, we to whom the Lora
wise ph)1!ral strength and,runtlnuoun
health? Hark. It thunders ag0',d! The
judgment, the judgoteit!
I "aid to an old Snitch minister,
who was ole of the beet Mende i
ever had, "Doctor, did you ever know
Hobert Pollack, the Scotch poet, who
write The Course of Timet" "oh, yes,"
he replied, "I knew hem well! 1 wan his
classmate!" And then the doctor went
on to tell how that the writing of The
Course of Time exhausted the health
of Pollock, and he expired. It seems
all if no man could have such a glimpse
of the day for which ell other days
were made as Robert Polack had and
long survive that gllmpae. In the
dtncrtptlon of that day he says, among
ober things
earth, to you ?velvet of a crown In
heaven, but misguided, bedrageled In
gin, admtnienatWc of evil, Clod will
thunder ag'ninet you with hie con -
denotation In the da when million-
aire and pauper, murder and clave,'
king and subject, shall stand side by
elde In the Judgment and money Mtge'
and judicial crime and royal rube
shall be riven with the lightnings.
Behold also how a giant may he
stein of a woman. Delilah started
the train of circumstances that pulled
down the temple of Dagen about
Bameon'e ears; (en" of thousands
of giants have gone down
to death and hell through the same
fasenatone. It teems to me that it
is high time that pulpit and platform
and printing preen speak out against
the Impurities of modern society. Fat -
Odiousness and prudery say: Better
not speak. You will route up ad-
verse criticism. You will make worse
what you want to make better. Bet-
ter deal In glittering generalities. The
eubJeta Is too Mlle -ate for pulite ear"."
Hut there comes n voice from heaven
overpowering the tnlneing sentimen-
talities of the day, saying, "Cry slued,
spare nal, lift up thy volee like a
trumpet and show my people their
to,tnegreaslonz and the houeo of Jacob
their eine."
You woe are seated In your Chris-
tian honing, compassed by moral and
religious restraints, do not realise
the gulf di iniquity that bounds you
on the Retina and the south and the
reef and $ks went, While I 'peek
there are teres of (hounand,' of men
and wo ten going over the awful
plunge of an Impure Ilse, and while i
cry to (Ind for mercy upon their Routs
I cry to you to marshal In the detente
of your holnra, your church end your
nation. There in a banqueting hall
that you have never heard de.rribed.
You know all aboutthe tenet of
Ahasuerus, where 1,000 lords eat, You
know all about Belahassar's earoural,
where the blood of the murdered king
spurted Into the facets of the banquet'
ere. You may know of the scene of
idol and wassail where there
w -6a set before Aeenpue one
dish of food lent coot 1400,009. Hut
i "peak now of a different banqueting
hall. Ito roof In fretted with fire.
IIA floor le tessellated with fire. Ito
Menem+ are chased with fire. Its
sung Fe a Anne' of fire. Ile wale" are
buttreeaee of dee, Solomon refit" 1.0
It when he mays, "Her gueete nee in
the (leplhe of hell."
Our Amercan communitlee are suf-
fering from the gospel of free Invlem
which SO years ago was preached on
Begin the woe, ye %rootlet, and tell it
1e the doleful winds.
And doleful winds t+n11 to the howl -
Ing hills,
And howling hIlle mourn to the dis-
mal vales,
And dismal valen sigh to the sorrow -
Ing brunet,
And eorrawlne, broke weep to the
weeping stream,
And weeping stream :mak.. ;ba grnan-
Ing deep;
Ye heaven", great archway of the
unlveree, put earkrtoth on,
And ocean, rub' lhyseli 111 13a rb of
widowhood,
And gather all thy Wave` Into a groan
and utter It,
Long, loud, deep, Nerving, dolnroun,
Irnnuo*e,
The nccaelon uakg it, Nature dies,
Ifni angels rem, to lay mer In her
grate.
Commentary --Connecting ilnky Al- wondered, Ills words were eloquent,
ter Jesus lett Sy+.har He went to Cana end 10 full of love and eompase'uu that
W Clallhee, where he waw met by a they were moved tnwnrde H'n1. At
Colleen nobleman whcau nut wa0 ('ret they "hare illm wltnw:a": that
slot at Cupernaum, and Jesus spoke 'e, they endorsed what Ile wile. Tit
the word and healed h4 eon. John Iv. truth woe preached wah such form
48.14. Joni" then wout to Zaxuretn.-nut power ORE they cold scareely
16. Came to Nazareth -This wits n ree!et h/ influence upon them. When
trying vlelt. Hie own pcv;ln were their rate pre' elleeN were rtrnek lhly
In no mmol to receive him, bait Jesus ,It one ^weer f'1!ri rvlth wroth."
very properly' opone Hit public work "relud!ea le etro'tger (.Inn moron,
let 0ulllee at HW own henna. Ylbb*tl IThe could not g'vn tnntttettenrn to
day -We should on tho Sabbath day `n trencher whc+even Intrrnrl that the
always avoid work, ooavoreut!on and Gentles, whom tlry hnLwl err bit•
readlug unfit tot the Lord's day. rind forty, rout i Iv hleeeed ; and what Ile
gfao muwlelr4 t0 ,pLlxdrde-s. nut the Oentllee alt^ad of them they
Tide was lila owtom."17../171;.:4371.71
:mull endure 1t no longer, but rose ftp
Lbo means of grace surely we rho- Steed on hdarhlto'l mob, and by violence
op -They stood to read Vie 1.lcrIp'
thrust h'm out of tho tlty and en
tures, but sat town to teach. The denrorrd to k'Il him. Rat the Lord Iter•
whole oongregaklou stood during the
severed, not The "went H!I way." Ile
readleg hdil came to Me awn, and they and
17. Isnlue-(creek form of Imolai'. rx1 ro to not
the book -Tho cull. The HorlDturos _ _-`___
were wrlttun on parchment, with
two rollers, se tint, eta they woe
read, one wad rolled it and the other
rolled oft.
J8. Fetrle.,,,.ls upon me -Tale war
given Wm at Ills heptlnm. tlnth II Ir.
olnted me -i have been Net apart for
this' very purpose. This le the llret
great qualification of a true preacher.
The g'oeprl-1 eytl news (tnnenrnln'
iilmwelf, Hie 'Mallon end the doliver-
ence He bring3. To the Itory•hrhie woe
the crowning proof that ,)ante Wile
the 1deselnh. The here/en-hearted-
Through n scuba of their sing. Rue 11,
1', The cnptIvel-';'ansa In bondage u'
cin, evil hnbttt, or the devil. The blind
-Rplrltuniby blind, A great Light hoe
now ror, and Cle sight of such out}
be r•aoomver0l.
Whet Robert Pollnek saw In poetic
dream you and I will nee In poaltive
reality -the judglne lt, the judgment!
Brave Men Fall
VlaYms to st liver troubles
on, sa i • and llremi lr n l
of wall es Women, and all fwd tae backache, lae, loll
or latentlasdace,tpulins to rhe ed, lie 1.,., 0 1mer
teling, Bee
there's
tired Ito tore, ,sen do,1.
Listen ti moa l40. (l no .n, to tee, use not.
Ltsteo l0 7, w'. Uanluer, Idavllle, dud. IU
says; '• IUelrlo Bitten ate 3aat the tilos int
e may when be el a'1 roe down and don't oars
wbetbr rte error dies. 1t did more to ply.
me new atreuatb and Rood appetite flout airy.
thing 1 eoald Saes. I eau yew eat anything sed
bele s new rare en Iib," Only 60 0,11.11 J.
M Ramama's Drug Store, Amy bottle guar.
intend ____ _ _
('cloyed Preacher ('Ulf tel ed.
Montreal, Qile„ Feb. 16. - Rev.
Chariot Winfield, at one time col•
looter for the Methndlot r,pl.copal
Mission, who recently saute here
from Ontario, was Benteneed to
three months' Imprlsoument for ole
tenting utoaiey under !aloe pro.
fence.. The complainant wag Itev,
Mr. Hatohett, both being colored.
Working Day and Night.
The busiest and Windiest little Oleg that
seer was mods 1e be else New 1.Ifa Pole.
refry pill lo•ugarem,ted al bul,of health,
Wal change waives. Into etrenetb, Ibe eemn,
Mao Miry, brnto.hu bdo mental power,
ebey're wonderful le building( up the health.
Ody ale per boo Sold ey J, OL. Hamilton,
Trooper Schell 111.
Hnl!fux, N. 8., Petl. 1u. -Trooper
Shell, of tho Toronto klount oa 1t
took leek en the trail un ell', w ty
here, and yeeteeley woe. sent to the
inep'.tel. ile it mnffcrlug from ton•
edits+, and will hardly be allowed to
go on the M::wnukee.
Red Hot From The Gun
Wu the ban that bit 0,B. Steadman, of
Newark, Mlao., lot the Civil War It canoed
horrible 11 oat flat bo treat:aaut helped or 20
FrTheo 000ht'n'a Aeat'. 9 dye nun
seOats, Bruder, Barye, Bolls, Felons, 0 TIM
Sraptlona Sall PI Do o ib
Pile Oars o *rote. (So s
Fat
Sea 0, re gu0rsuteed, Sold by J. M. Hawll-
key,DtsgINsA
France has taken no action
'lord to the Huy-1'dlm:efot0
physic hearing. al hr• 1 Our
spiritual taste ought 10 be as clear
ea oar tongue. Sammons In body, We
t to 11*an
n tsIn MOW al
poorer.
er.
w often It In
that men wtth
'strength do not serve
ip
111111111111 end full rigged, capablefuel
7$at tQOlra$., able to endure all metes "f the termer I know -duet to duet.
M weather, yet swinging idly at the net what shall be the destiny of the
thuds, when theme men ought to be tenor? Shall It else into the rem-
erselleing amid recroeeing the great fumonehip of the white robed, whose
50'eatl of human suffering and "1n stn" t•hrlat hag Blain. or will It go
wltk 0od'e sappllea of mercy, How Men among the unbelieving, who
oris* It le that physical Strength le Ivied 1,, gain the world and mace
u.sd 1n doing poittbve damage or In th"Ir 5111., but wereewtndled nut of
luxurious ease, when, with sleeve" Bath'' Sleas,d be God, we have a
M IIMI up and bronzed bosom, fewness (!ttomplon! He le eo styled In the
al the 'hefts of opposition, It. ought Bible. A Champion who has rem-
and
be laying hold with all IM might -' 00rd death non boll. A'v1 1„- i' '''hi'v"
tend a lying away In Ilrt up title- m•n:k-'1,'',•,,: ,ur usrtfes, from the Oral
en wreck of the world. to Let.
It 1. a Most shameful fact that Teweeeee. 1f wermnne Are erneed
mach of the Witness of the church 1n It m,, e. 1 preach tale, pennon to
Mut Of the world moat be done by most give to (le,j"'gin nc��omen, 148
those trmtparattvely Invalid. Richard r;eat see of the ant for the
1laxtmr, by reason of ala dinettes, all Peom0' nrgar:"m.
Ms days sitting in the door of his Veto account torp erha p"rnitveny Ilt-
male, yet writing more than one bun- not lift twenty patinae Thy could
*sed volumes and sending out an In- not walk half a mile without ej,,.
Ware for Hod that will endure as down to rest. Yet haw much ata ng
king as ibe "Saints Everlasting Rest. them aecomprtrh. Rla,us up In jr 1nf
Mtwani Payson, never knowing a wall meat, atamdllr beside the men tt„el-
IS YOUR
11AIR
TURNING
GRAY?
o ro-
reety.
What does your mirror say?
Does It tell you of some 11ttic
streaks of gray? Are you
pleased? Do your friendo of
the seme age show lata lose _
of power also?
Just remember Out my
halt never becomes darker
without help, while duk hair
rapidly becomes gray when
once the change begins.
• ger
lldIr
vigor
will bring back to your l:ai
he color cf youth. It not
fails. 1t Is Just as cure to
that heat melts snow, cr ilia
water quenches fire.
It cleanses the scalp also
and prevents the formation of
dindrul. it feeds and noer-
ishes the biles rf 1'
making them product a luxu-
riant growth. It stops the
heir from failing out and gives
a Ane soft finish to the hair
as well,
W here n book en the nal, and
gealp which you may ont•"a taus
tient mMenet.
If yew do not obtain nil the b,e eats
oa warted from Ibe u:o a we
�M°''write
Marc:,,Dn11.s1' 1013,
Losec.!, 1Iu
10 Aeceptnl le year of the T orrl- v
reference to the year of Jiibllnn 1 et
erv. 8-17. Tilt. sen" Lho yenr when (1
Debts and of lientlnne were vetener:I
men Hebrew 'termite were get free
(fl Each roomed pnsesgelon of the In
hrrltnnce. Title wee n type of gospel
times. 1
Po Pr 1 n'k--^ell" d rip the
rill To the t 11 11,ter-The rotor of 1lir
ernatIoner air him Iervant fent ,lr+vn-
See on re000 10 This Indiented ten'
Ile lane thrown rcndleg ren 1 n•nu now
elerlt to tench.
21, lrelfllle,l In yn1r inn•-'• h•--
werls nee merely the itelspet or 11)
dieormree, ter oohed,- of watch, m'
amble was inl,•'11 1 to ...fleeter them
that He was t be Messiah of whom
there Hinge w(rre 11roItheelal."
22. Lace him wflnene-"Gave elgne
of opprebet!on," graelouo 0-ord"-Tble
peseuge and John vie 46 give um tome
Idea of Idle m,,beste and eweetneee
which cher/Wormed nor Tartlet ut•
terences,-Willooek. Me w•nrde morons
from hie boort. Is not thio Joeeph'e
eon -How can it be peemible thet the
son of this obscure famlly-a carpen-
ter who has made furniture Inc our
bounce, a man without education,
without rank or office -that Ile
abould be the Measleb, the King of the
Jews 1-A. C.
29. Proverb -0r pernb:e ; douoting
any kind of figurative discourse.
Phyvlelan, heel thyself -That Is, (bey
would ask why He did not perforin
miracles in Naserith-at home, In-
stead of at Capernetun, "The unbellet
of its inhabitants hindered the exer-
cise of Isle powers,"
''4 In his own country -'Nn prophet
1s received In his own enuntry, ne he
L+ cleewhnre; and It le God's wto'
to send His messages to strangers, as
In tee case of EI!jth and Blithe, who
were sent to be the ministate' of God's
mercy to Gentiles,
25. I tel:you-He now proceeds to
show how Welsh and 2'leha, two of
their grenleet prophets, had gong to
the Gentiles with thelr b:eseings, and
that by Milne direction, while many
in Lvrael were suffering unnotice
In the des of 1111u-.`0ee 1 Rings sell
1-9. The heaven wad shut up -There
were two rainy 101.008, called the
early and latter rains.
20. Save unto 8arepta-Greek form
for Zerephath. Eajnh was not sent
to the windows of !creel, but to e
widow of Zarephalh-a village on the
east coast of the Med'.lerrunean, be.
tnvten Tyre and Sidon,
27. EIINeue-(break form for Ell.
she. "The meaning of theme two
t'ereee Is. God dleponess Mg benefits
when, where and to whom Hr
{demo. No person can compinln bn
ansa no person'dseervet any goat
from 111s hand,"
29. Filial with wrath - They
SAM to have drawn the conclusion
Gentiles mm
r
to nt
b
Urns Reconsidered
proclaim than the Jews, In the eight
of (lot, raid PA once Wee who+,e eon
gregetlon nose up In frenzied tory
to make (sway with Hlm.
20, Ilam of the 11111 - "Nazareth
Rereads Resit out upon the eastern
face of a mountain whore there le
perpendicular
high,"
Il of rock from
40
80. Pawling through - His oveapr
from them was .no doubt mlrnculoue
They .l ..,,l to see It miracle and
Market Reports
-OP-
The Week.
LEADING WHEAT MARKETS.
Foliow'ing are the clming prices at
,n,lo:tent wheat centres to -day:
Cash, May,
Cal: -ago .. ., .. ., 1-- 10 187-8
New York ,. „ .. ., 000 0751.2
a:. Louie ,. „ „ ... 0 71 0 71 1-4
Militia Oren .. ,. „ „ 008 --
l'u:adn .. ........ ... .. 0 721-4 0 74
Ueeto:l, rtd ., ,. 073 074
Detroit, while ,,. 074 --
Uniteih, No 1
Northern 0 00 9-8 0 08 3-8
Oututh, No, 1 hard „ 0077.8 --
M:nnenpolls, No. 1
No' thern,. .. 005 000
N:emen liaros No, 1
hard .... 0871.4 --
Capital, all paid up, $1,5oo,000, Reserve, $1,000,000.
Total Assets, $13,163,057•
BLYTH BRANCH.
A enerat Seeking bueinesa transacted. Advances made on all suitable
securities. Farmers' notes discounted and money advnuced to feed (tattle. etc„
end pending the harvesting of the crops, Debentures bought. IJollootiOUI
made on the most favorable terms. Drafts Mimed payable at all principal point,
in Canada and the United States, i)eoits on Ureat Britain eat the Continent of
Europe bought and sold,
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of it and upwarde received and Interest nilowod from dale of
deposit to date of withdrawal, leterea: ridded to principal in May and Novem-
ber eaolt year. Special deposits else received at current rates. Doposite may
lea withdrawn without formality or delay.
C. H. 13ENNETT, 1=i0B•AoRN'r.
TORONTO FARMERS' MARKET.
The rert,pt, of grain on the street
market Here to -day wero fate ; preen
w ere hlenly,
1Chcn1-Five hundred bushels of red
and while fall "old 1-2c higher at 7Ic
.0 `1l 1-2, to: whdle and 71c for red.
Tres hnndrul lelehele of goose sold
al 71 1
Barley -Twelve hundred bush. nold
3: leglier et 45;+ to 4Se.
Ors. .-Three hundred bushels euld
telt.. higher at 30 1-2 to 81c.
Hay end S;raw'=elarty fonds of hay
sold at #10,50 to ala and six loads of
straw el p1 to #8.50.
Dressed Hoge -Firm at 10 10 #8.25
per cwt,
liutlor-+Small quantitlee were of -
fee 1':1 at 22'.
Eggs-Drmnand was weak at :'2r for
str.etly new 11011.
Pottle'y -`mell receipts were prnclL-
eaCy unsold at Paco. quoted at lie
to 12„• Inc turkeys, geese Nr, to Be,
ducks flee 10 80e, nhlekerin 50e to 80',
11 'hent-Wns eteudy, 010 tend of
red telling at 71e and 800 buellele of
gonte at 71e W 711.2c.
)lnrley-Wee prefer, 200 bushels sell -
.ng nt 41e to 4211,
Ottte- Were steady ; 1100 buehele 1011
at 800 to 1101.2r.
Hay and .traw-The re'eipte were
fnir, the demand was moderate and
the market wax steady, "5 fonds of
tiny selling nt $1.1 to $11.70 and four
Mile of straw nt lee to $H.r,O.
lirn•ised Him -There were none ai-
fero1 and price! were nominal at
115,7,-, W 611. •
nMsn+rNr+
lekak OM Nlev.
ovessayseesese
131•:I:DS.
In C'hlcago to -day teinolhy closed -
,teedy at 12.55 nominal for February
and 12,00 nominal for March. Clover
wets ateady At #0.50 nom:nal for
March, all per 100 Ibi. in Toledo old
primo clover oloaod steady at 14.85
asked and Februnrp steady at 55.0:'-
1-2 and Meech likew'i'se a; #5.05, all
per Male•.
iIR1Tl H APPLE 91,I11KET,H.
)Jleeero. Frank Ilnmlltun & Co., of
Literpool, cable: "Market la timid-
edly etronger ; tendency upward".
Onldwlnr,
1.11e to 19s; russets, 18. to
•0+ ; mem, 11a to 183; Haines, 12s
to Ili;,"
LIVERPOOL CHEESE ' MARKET.
Mset; with n fair rvanemP•
ROLLER
tle lemau.1, MiILS
and with very Ilgutt
t., -k3 Importers aro tlret at our
quota taut I. We quote to day (hent
u,
col-
ored,
'•u ,t,tm
:` I l IJ
roti I
50e to 60e; white, rile 61 to
81: futect states, Petered, 5Uo W
00,; white, 570 to ribs; under grades
-d full ercaut and hull meats urn 111
light supply, and Nell readily from 46s
to lire- per cwt., ad to quality. 1 -
llredetr,'ete' 011 'Trude.
Newspaper Advertising
11 THI
Life
of a
Business.
,r.NkMIenee
The shrewd merchant knows
it and acts accordingly.
To bring trade your waythese t
growing times use
THE BLYTH STANDARD
1
1 he movement of the wheat to the
country markets. Labor is toil em-
p1elynd, the prospects pu:int to it fur-
ther Influx of settlers, and the de-
mands for all classes of staple geode
wet show a great Increase over pre-
vious years. Collections are fair.
Wholesale buiWteee at Toronto con-
tinues of larger volume than last
yenr, and travellers contemn. to send
.n good mixed arddre for the spring
trade. The markets for all clones" of
goods are very i:u•m, and the opinion
nlmoatgeneral that higher prices
may be looked for fin many lines of
tuanutaetured goods in the next cou-
p:' of mowing.
The demand for money.0 fair, espec-
ially jar mercantile purposes, and
rate,' are steady to easier. Payments
on Eeb:-nary dry goods paper were
generally gooel, with no inrreose in
(he naval number re renewals ; name
!isms report fewer ouch requeola than
a year ago.
Their Business Booming.
■{ Probably no one thing bu mow such e
Drug Nom as h0 review p giving 101 la hU Immaf
oKnossumNaw ed L•.uov.ry tayr 5C11o,.i1 hoapltrloyof BDirs.
ie timely ouormoee la Ibis vetaable
nmsdy, tram 1.111...34
e foot ?bat 11 always Burr Ind
nava d p. Ooegba Cold. Sathma,
llroaobltl., rloup• and all lbroal sod hang
aeasesgyt.INejai dd.WDrecGetea,IlWpfel.
sod and 90,&. Ryury botthe wuranl.d,
Wed Ire Penitentiary.
'11
laugstuu, Fee. l,y. _lt. 11. 1 sa1l•„ Of
Rt. 'fhurnoe, nrutenetel to the hag.
etre' Peoltentlary fee maueluoghter,
'net early nn Sntunlay meriting. after
reeving mrrrnl ,years. Ilio body was
.11pl'0,1 to (rliallt88 in Bt. Thomas en
Saturday evening.
BLYTH
There ha" been a fair development
of trade al Montreal along the line
of spring orders the peat week. In
,he meantime sorting orders of cen-
time they had one. - o.dernb,e volume are ccming for -
Thoughts. - "Narnreth'e Ryna' word. Payments on the dry goods
g05100 1e an image of uuteellevingg paper that matured thin week were
iernel." "Cadet le our examp101 1. c¢t,ufacto:y, Va;ues continue very
in Life eplrit of devotedness, 2. in Him firm for eft staple tied Lmpurted goods.
Itnlnti filled with the Hp It. : In Trade a;
Hamilton co
l.nte3 Uf
fait
illi custom of ireq»suting the eyrie- volume. The retail trade are disposed
Rogue" 4. In 1110 knowledge of the to stake liberal put':hases Jer the
Scriptures 5. in Hie gracious ut• spring aria summer, mvtng .net on.)
terellee.R. 6. in Ills poIntef teaching, lu the expectat:uns of larger gale",
7. In Elle calmest' In the 11)ldst of but because of the app:ec.ation of
danger. Vereee 18, 10.-" Five pr. values. Payments Ilia week were
traits of Christ. 1. The Evaugeltat, good.
2. The good I'hyeieian. 3. The Lite Trade at the Const cities hag been
crntor, 4. The Revenler. 5. The Ju' fair for this season. '1'31e alalenco of
Wee of Elle Chervil."snow al some of the mining comes
PRACTICAL SURVEY. hos retarded bus:nese in some lines i
rid m altogether
a menta were not e,lo
l y y
Atter en absence of a little more satisfactory, Thera has been a sudden
than cue year Jesus ognin enters drop in the price of fresh eggs; they
or 00
Nes¢rotri oreach sold at 5e each or per dozen et
pal iq hhlire ownder peopto.prn, 7`hlnthe le gthooe-
Clhristmas. Since then prices dropped
beginning of lila public ministry In ;0 30: and 85c per dozen. Large ar-
eal?lee,rivale of outer) app:ea recently
Preaching In Ibe synagogue. Both broke the market from 15.50 10 y:]
the preaoher and tbe "omen shou:d per bb: Cbllec“ons
have been some,.
servo ria a males (,:r every true ni.nis- what "low.
ter of bhe gospel Ile came to them The bus:nees condi;luns at London
in the "{sewer of the SpbrIL" He wen continue gond. The eutren1 sales are
render the anointing of the spirit. V. fair for this time 1r th' v '
10. 2. 11c had been "sent" to thein. ',,.ue.9 a rely active one, and ler-
11u w,ia " uww.aau.wed watt author- :ng Inv the spring trade Is guoa. Vi1-
oty, qualitled wale gifts," and set sea o[ all I!neg o1 geode, In nwhole-,
apart for Chia Important work. 8. 'Ile ealn way, are strong and pr'ce ' 11'
show's great wiedran in approaching cese!one are the exception (11, tear.
eels -
them., and does not begin In ¢ way Winnipeg reports o1 trade indi�nie
to give n((enee. 4. Enttrely forgettul a moderate movement :n who'.. -ala
of pereonil ilLereeta, He does nn1 circles this week. Tee wholesale Erms
shun to declare "ell the oMunsel of aro devotingtheir attention to spring
Gal." fie secs their benne, He known goods, antravel;era report very
all about thorn, and He preaches the favorabl on the prospects for the
trutih, even though they would act sprang, good Aeal of wheat ham
receive it. been marketed eitice the first of the
But our interest centres n the ser- yenr. The colder weather and the
mon, ile begiae with an applicatory .naw roads have been favorable to
w
••••••••
Having assumed control of the above
named mills I am prepared to supply
and deliver Hour and Feed to any part
of the town at ronsonablo prices, Ask
your grocer for FINNEIPORE'S
FAMILY. FLOUR it is the beet on the
market.
GRIST1NG and CHOPPING done on
short notice, being a practical mil•
ler am euro to please you.
GIVE ME A TRIAL.
Highest market price paid for e11 alas
see of wheat.
..,.....
W.H.F{NNEMORE
BLYTH.
1 Y
Ii IiJ
T. J. ULKS
r
Barber and Tobacconist
Choice Stock of
i
�isiaeocz, Cigars and Pipes on haul
401111? POS reg
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Sale Nous e, specialty. Ad4'amhell
made to farmers on their owe
notes, No additional security re-
quired.
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS 11 Current Yglel.
We offer every accotnmodatiou con-
sistent with safe and conservative
banking principles.
0 ;LIMITED PRIVATE FUNDS
'Co loan on 1Leal Estate at lowest
rates of interest,
EP!, ESTATE AGENTS,
Pergolas wishing to Ball will do well
to place their property on our list
for Bale. Monte collo ted.
CONVEYANCING
Of all kinds promptly attended to.
INSURANCE.
We represent the loading Flee and
Life Assurance companies, and PIP
spectfully solicit your account,
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Juirsirimminmommmi
C. HAMILTON.
Licensed Auctioneer and Valuator.
Land, Loan and Insurance Agent.
Office, on Qnoon street, [Myth. Orders
left at THB STANDARD office will reooel i
prompt attention,
C. A. COOKE, LOA., O.D.S.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Uni-
varsay of Toronto, and raduats of the
Royal College of Surgeon#,
Special attention poi 5 ppreeerva•
tion of the natural , CBide over
J. V.T. Dell's itttrnese store, Queen street
Hlyth, Visits Auburn let and 8r4
Mondays of each month.
W. J. MILNE, 15.0.0.(5.
Physician, Surgeon and Aoconche
M. L).C.M„ University of Trinity
logo; M.D., Queen's University y 'el
low of Trinity Modica) College, and.
member of College of l'bysicieua and,
Surgeons of
Ontario. Coroner for the.
County of Huron. Office, one dr
north of the Commercial hotel, Q.
street, Slyth.
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j BLYTH POST OFFICE.
I IIOURE SIOR? A.M. TO 5(033 P.M,
Mails Arrive, -From North -7.20 a.r
end 8.50 pm.; Sout11-10,43 e.m, at
7,110 p.m,
Mails (lose, -Go'n'g Noeth-10.8 Lr
and p,m,i Joni/L-3 ala. and a.