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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-09-19, Page 7Supday School LESSON L—SEPT. 02, 1907. .Joshua, Iirasl's New Leader,—Josh, 1: 0.11. l.,. ii ili a v.-1. Joshua commissioned as .., ,e .t.a:• (vs. 1,0.) I, Sow—This twee)tes 11 el am connection with what meeedes. It is quite probable that the book of loalu,t originally began with the last anupter of Deuteronomy. After the death After 1110 thirty days' meurn- iug Were oven', -the servant of the Lord —'flus Ives the of 1101\1 title of Moses, us invested with a special mission to make known, the will of God, and conferred great honor and authority.—J, F. Sr B. The Lord spoke—True Lord did'not speak with Joshua face to face as he did with 1110111, but probablytlnrouthroughthe high priest (Nunn. 27; 18.22.) Joshua—"Ills' mane ons originally Hashes, Salvation, or help. To.thiswas added afterward the pref Ix `Jell: Jehovah, and his none ]'came Jehoebra, shortened into Joshua —Saltation from Jehovah:' This name in the Greet: is Jesus, and in Acts 7; 45 and Hob, 4; 3 Joshua is called Jesus. "1lnses the 'lawgiver' led Israel to the border, Joshua the prototype of Jesus brought thein over." Joshua was born in the land of Goshen, in Egypt. He was n descendant of Joseph, through Ephraim. . At this time the was about eighty' -four years of age. He 1108 distinguished for his courage, faith and piety. "All his past life 1101 a preparation for the great work to which he was now called, He nwccr Codd ]nave ]one the work, he never would have been galled to it, had he not been faithful, active, ready to learn, and morays doing his hest,' He that is faithful over a few things will be made ruler over many things, This is the only ladder upward, So it ahyays has been and 'always will be. Pelonbet, Son of Nun—Nothing is known. of Null only that he was of the tribe of Eph- raim Moses' ininister—lt was custom :try for great prophets to be thus at• teieled by lliiui'tera or 80rvatflta, .'Thus had Joshua been traiitecd in the best pos- sible sebool.—Steele, ;r ,,hoses was the `b Nita the min - las sm'want of Jehovah o •- tni es honor- able i s less sev�n min- ister of lfosos.. A able than a minister, but it is unspeak- ably griOtcr to be Jehovah's servant than the prime minister of the greatest earthly potentate.—Terry, 2. Go over "TI'; command to cross the Jordan involved 0 direction to make all necessary preparations for that event. Accordingly, instead of enjoining ,Israel to strike' their tents, Joshua turns his attention to providing needful sup- plies (v, 11) and obtaining the requisite information (Josh. 2; 1,) The immediate presence of God with them, and the mir- aculous aid promised them and actually afforded in the crossing of the Jordan, dial not lead this greatgeneralto neg- lect such measures its a wise and pru- dent leader would be oblfged to take un - ,dor ordinary circunet0nces." Jordan— Called the "descender" because of its rapid descent of a thousand feet' between the Sea of Galilee and Ole Dead Sea, if is sometimes deer and at other times sh111ew enough to be foaled. All this people—According to the second census (N010 20; 51) the warriors, mil over twenty y'ear's of age, numbered 601,730, besides 23,000 Lovites, This justifies au estimate of not less than 2,000,000 p 8o1a altogether.' I do give—"They are co stontiy reminded that Canaan was God's gift. Their right and title to it sono from hint. They were not 11 horde 01 hammers expelling peaceful inhabit- ants from their homes. 1L Great promises made to Joshua (vs., lir. Joshua Aborted to be courageous (vs, (U) 6. be strong, ate. Better "be elrmos and firm: It denotes strength of hand mud arm to lay hold of and retain anything within outs grasp rid firm- ness in the kness, and ability to tuain- tabt one's position against the attack of foes. the expression occurs with in - en rising emphasis four times in this chapter, and is rather a command than an exhortation,—Steele. shalt thou' di. vide See 1:. V. The Lord shows Joshua 'that he is the last lint: in the chain which unites prophecy and fulfllinent;" that "all time glorious possibilities of.hfa nation hinge upon his own personal valor and fidelity." "Joshua twos to use ail hitt military skill, and avail himself to the utmost of all the means, natural end providential, placed within reach, God will not help them•who re• fuse to help themselves,"—C3arke: 7. all the law—"All the Meant, 'eore moninl and political prccepta'given fInmm "Joshua, is . Jehovah to the hand of Moses." ' u, the i admonished ,d that 1 e aw most be strictly and carefully observed, 1f tlw great work to which he hidbeen called was to ire successfully , accom• 'dished. IIe was to carry out its-provi- el.ms to the later."—(atm, Bib. to the right o .. ,left—Perfect obedience is •represented by a straight line, and a etell'.c of sin by a crooked way. Mayest prosper -There is no " real or fasting prosperity outside of a perfect obedience to all of God's commandments. 8. book of the law—Moses had already written the law, and they were to study it dill., gently and trills about it and meditate upon it, and their lives were to be goer toned according to its precepts!. • 0. thy God is with thee -"As the soldier's valor is stimulated by the eye of his captain, so a vivid realization of the presence of God is a safeguard against fearfulness and discouragement. "Nothing 8o de- moralizes the forces of the soul as fear; oly as we recognize tie presence of the Lord, does fear give place to faith." 1V. Joshua prepares to cross the h t. dun (vs. 10, 11).• 10. officers of the peo- ple --these were the leaders of the army whose; office embraced various duties, 11 swans to 110ye been a part of their wort: to act its heralds, and to prepare1 the trines for eaten. 11 prepare you victuals+• -The word ticn?tes feed obtain- ed in lugttt� ra"C'hm. Bib.,Although the ins mil • trot cease until several 'nt �r,' ural • supernatural the s t t .. 1� P �gt}1t1' a r s ''kT41 v dajs a � supplvs�pt,oltably air to decrease as the, naturlt{ !strop increased. God never, t��'��' 101 0*1rae ..,ts ,0 prenifun to indolenal ;, *Mai three dot s,1Coulpare 3`:1 e,' ` y9' shall pass over—Jo�"sll�pp at• set dtitlio'v'ast host that they, drid'their wit a dpi\tl ' eltildreu , and' flocks shall,. tcilh lit a• tow deys, safely cross -the rapid Joruun, to enter upon their inheritance. ANOTHER MASSAC �'E .OF JEWS; EIGHTY KILLED AND MANY HURT Bloodthirsty Gangs Murdered Helpless Woman and Children and Looted Houses. Vienna, Sept. 16,—Auother massacre' When they learned that there would be • no interference by the authorities the rioters nhandoned themselves to indis- criminate rapine. tacked the Ghetto there as they did in The Jews barricaded themselves and Eighty JON'S were killed and ninny their families in their homes 1amus theyfought 1906.10g Y ht back the rioters as long more wounded, able, but in many, instances they were overpowered and paid the penalty for As usual, the authorities vide no attempt to' atop the slaughter or protect their r051810nee with their lives, the lives or property of the Semites. Women and children were attacked un- st outrages against man K and K mercifully Y Were ne V The shops the bloodthir ty Jews vex looted by the bloodthirsty mobs age youfornVfrom theltfJe s werep un- many of the Viee di were killed protection aga n std • while defending their b01008 heefall, when altrolsuw were tardilyltstationed a 'l'lie ou break P The outbreak of anti•Swnnitism has in the strwetyso{ledefromJewish thetncityt.nnd heat brewing b. for several 0111910 days. the Hook sought to l cross the border into Rou- to s gathered redoint ringleaders, s +atherod into armed gangs yeater• anania, but,tlpey were stopped there by ann ti and started their attack'. on the the Roumanian gu0eds,t�who e`nti�d the t day Jewish ()nester. pillaged The stores oto rhe Jew8 penult thin to state of tante, and more dere first piwherev alntheysirrnsisted. bloodshed is feared. 1 etrdek -flown: wherever ) OfJews has taken place.111 loiehuieff. Armed gangs of Hooligans yesterday at - e.eJ, 3. Your foot .shall tread—The entire laud ons before diem and it depended upon:their courage and. 181111"'how touch of it they possessed. But the Israelites. intermarried with: the heathen nations, 0)111 as a result idolatry' was introduced among them end much of the land was not taken for many yeast, 4. From the wilderness -The boundaries of the land aro hese defined, The "wildei» ess or desert of Arabia Pennon, was the south ern boundary. This Lebanon -A double range of mountains which formed the her teeth in vain. Before him the Few- .• boundary, "called 'this because ess of Amolte kings lost its ('0110111, you feel like it or not. The dying tvoo11s of Wilberforce to one he loved "Read ` the Bible, read the Bible, 1 thunk' tont the religious people do not ton th d the Bible enough." A len- en" convert said, "1Virer(e' I pray I tall: to'God•'When I read my Bible God talks to " the." Co-workers together with, God need minute instructions if they are to do successful wok. All great teachers are faithful Bible students. Whitefield.. was accustomed to read the Bible "wit11'' Henry's commentary, daily= op his knees, praying over every line and word: "Observe (r. 9). Take heed "'Watch the way" (Nekton 2, 1),l"\Vatch ye and pray" (Mark 14. 38). "Watch to see PlOM T1CAL APPLICATIONS. ,'Preceptsto Keep, "Arise" (v. a "Alosos" was "dead" but Jolulat mus of sit down and grieve, to He nest arise to nobler manhood, definer power, to higher conceptions, to a more devoted, solemn, holy attempt to do God's wall." Have yen buried your dead'! Do not sit mourning beside'' the grave; Arise,,, carry some of the flowers you have planted t117re to the hospital couch of some poor„eek waif, who heves placket' so much as a field daisy. "Some body loves me,” a'friendleei' little boy' said, as they' put in his pale, feverish hand the bunch of loses, Are your busi- ness prospects blasted'? Is the money' all gone? llas the opportunity fur you to obtain an education failed? Do not sit in tears bewailing your lot. Arise. Look up, abroad; find. some poor soul who never heard that Goil is a present help in time of trouble and tell him all the story. Your own. faith will bo strengthened and you will be ready for the work which could neer have twee yours if death o de.,ulation haat not pre• pared ph" way for its coning. "Be strong" (v. 6)., "there is no such, bulwark as the truth; no such power as comes from the eousciousttess of doing right no such strength as the annul pts• 000905 11'11000 conscience is clear. Men in whom God dwells are as truly um harmed by evil as, they 1100 by the stolons that only wet their cheeks, Against the snares and plottings of wild Cantina, Joshua 0105 seettt'O. God 10'.10 With hint. Against hint I'hilistia gnashed visible from the region where the Israe- lites were encamped." Euphrates — The eastern boundary. This was the largest, the longest, and the most important of the rivers of western Asia, It is 1,400 miles in length. r Iittites=A tribe of Can - rotates living in the 0)lltltem part of the promised land, They were the most powerful tribe in Canaan and the espec- ial terror of the ten spies, The name is here put for tie whole body of the. Cawtanites who are elsewhere called Am oriles (Gel. 15. 16,) This was an impor- tant promise—Ye shall possess the land of even the dreaded IDittites, Great Sea- The 31011110000110011• Called "great" in comparison with the seas of Canaan. It is 2,250 miles long, and 1,200 miles in its greatest width, and lis an average depth of over half a utile, Going down— , lfonnmng that this is the Western boun- dary. Your coast -This was a larger territory than the Iiebrews ever possess - 111, except .• for a short time during the seizes of David and Solomon 5. Not any man, etc.,—What a promise is this! He was to have victory in every conflict, But the divine promise implies 11 condition.' See vs. 7.0. I will be with thee—Joshua needed no other allies, but he needed these promises. A crisis had ' arrived in the history of the nation, and he knew that Jehovah alone could bring then into their promised inheritance.. Not fail thee—I. God's,: presence gives constant victory. "Any man may core goer alio fights with the Lord on his side." 2 'Cods presence 1s' given irres- pective of ability or social .condition, God walks with all who fear Hint—the the nedy, the persecut d, the i 't•en will remain with The world cannot crusta Gads children; it can crucify', but it cannot guard their tomb; .It can crown with thorns, but t with all its aright east off the it comm, might, amen of the just. It earn build bonfires, make (1011500116, and sharpen sabres, but it cannot weaken their faith who 001111 such things all joy." "Do"(v. 7). We are to cultivate the habit of constant obedience men in the minutest particulo'. It has been suggest- ed coneernfug Daniels habit of prayer that it had much to do with his strength and courage when the teat. came, "As be did aforetinne" so it was comparatively' easy for hint to do (Dan. 0. 10). To have the courage to obey God implicitly in everything we must do it from strong principle. Once when Spurgeon was spending Sunday in Bristol, to obtain fads for the tabernacle, then building, he ,received two invitations oto dinner; one from a former inrishiorer, a poor but devoted Christian, "the other from a wealthy gentleman who had made ex- tensive preparations and invited distin- guished friends to meet the great preach- er, lir. Spurgeon decided to take dinner in the quiet home. The disappointed host was angry" And refusal to subscribe any money for the tabernacle. lIr. Spurgeon node no reply to those 'Om told him. 1lis trust teas in the God he Id obeyed. When the corner stone of the neo taber- nacle 005 laid, there was placed upon 11 95,000 with this message from the rich Hann, "Tell 1111, Spurgeen I iionor lois principle;` I believe him to be truly a Christian minister, for be 005 not ashamed to keep the Sabbath unto the Lord." v 8. We have here en• joined careful, prayerful attention to eral but no organic nniou, but the great bulk want the organic union in view of the necessity for missionaries 111 the Northwest, It is painful to tenor of' all the ecruggling circles width could be concentrated by or - genie union. The great cry at the present time is the Paste of strength in the Northwest, Two or three hundred thotlsaud people have gone into the Northwest in the past, year, and un- less we are able to get in and formulate and lead ,schools and missions, we will lose a great deal of time. One n Man there naw' is 000011ny twenty ten years hence." TUNNEL CAVES Twenty Woykmen Nearly Lost Their Lives at Windsor. A \V'indser, Ont., special d's:latch i Baptists Stay Out.' The Baptists decline to smite with the what He will say" (Hah, «, 1). 111 quick churches which are at present in Can - t0 10009nine the voice ,of the, Spirit, and oda negot!nttng with 0 van' to union instantly follow. To questiodoubt,and 'n"id u1 u!h - nvited then to enter into hesitate is to lose, ' ;'j'' conference with them, they find "a l. le..of a good " (v, 0). Cour- fatal impediment" in the practice of 'n - eve is an essential requisite ",for lender- font baptism also in the adoption of ::hip. When Cr F. Deems at one 'time any ,other Mode' than immersion; they' wanted motley to pay off a debt on his desire to e ofd all alliance tvitlu secular church, he called on Commodore Vander' authorities; they will not identify them. hilt. "Are you going to preach what I selves with creeds which hove any ten - want to hear?" asked the old man stern- delcy to establish a human standard ly, "I shall try to preach acceptably," over conscience; and they recognize no answered the clergyman, No sooner diad claim to ecclesiastical sue 058100. Such he sold the words than he realized that is the substance of. the 'reply presorted theyG lacked the Spirit of his Master, yesterday afternoon to the Joint em- end. added om•sl.-added quickly, "I shall preach the lnitee on Cluiroh Union of Presbyter• gospel as I believe it lout understand it, lana, Methodists and Congregationalists tConven- ts. e and if you have any special sins;;( shall by the committee of the Baptist Conv- n be most likely to preach against them" tion of Ontario and Quebec on Church "HIumph," said the Cmnnedore,.and one- Video: The meeting took place in the ed the interview. The next dey he sent 'Metropolitan Church at 3 o'clock. Pastor Deems a cheque for $50,000, for The members of the Baptist :otnnt1t not being afraid to do his duty. tee who conferred with the speei0l sub- committee of the Joint Committee were the following; Prof,, J, Ii.- Farmer, Prof, Geo. Cross, 1'11.D., Rev, J. A. Gordon, D.D., Rev, S. S. hates, D.D., Re',,` H. F. Perry, D.D., Rev. A. A. Cameron; D.D.. Rev T. S. John. sten, D.D., Rev. i (I. Brown, I).D., Rev. W. M. Walker BA, Re'. W, J, lfc• Rev. A . E. Norton 1).. Kay, LL,D., R P , D. Prof, ' J. L. Gilrnour, 13.D,. Mr. D. E. Thomson, L.L.D, I{.0., Mr J, G. Scott, K,C:, Ail 110. It. D. Warren, The members of the Joint Committee appointed as a special sub -committee to confer with the Baptists of Ontario and Qnebee. the Northwest and the Mari- time Provinces were the following:— Peeshytoi•ians — Professor Bllpatriels (convener), Dr. E. A. McLaren, Dr. Lyle, Ret'. W. J, Clark, Rev. \V, A, J. Martin,, Mr. W. B. Mellurich!' lie• thodists —1)r. Chown, Dr. Langford, Dr. Briggs, Dr, floss, Mr. N. W. Rowell. K. C.. M'r, Richard Brown, Congrega- tionalists —Rev. J, 1i. Unsworth, Rev. W. '7. Gunn. lJr, Barry O'Hara. ,The Anglicans, it is learned, world not consider a union, and while there 0ppeaes to be a strong feeling among Presbyterians for organic union, it is the general opinion that the union will notbeconsummated for some years. The lives of twenty workmen were en- dangered by a cava ni at the Michigan Central tunnel this'nnornieg. ,The recent rains created an eno0mona pressure on the sides of the huge shaft at the river baulk, and the umbels gave way while 11 score of employees Were down a dis- tuiee of. sixty feet front the surface. Fortenately theeove•in was gradual, and the breaking; timbers gitve sufficient warning for the men to esenpo, All got out safely. ' A portion of 111e channel hawk stink and caused such a depression on Sandwich street that traffic was blocked. The cnve•iu will tie up the work on the tunnel at this point for twenty days or possibly a month. The th as e as serious actual damage. its not delay in construction_ BERNARD SHAW WAS LOST. Eccentric Playwright Missed His Way in 'the Welsh Mountains, • New York,,Sept. 16,—The American has received the following cable despatch from Barmouth, Wales: Thero is great rejoicing in the remote Welsh village of Llaiibodt'ovcr George Bernard Shaw, tvho.was'lost and is found. hundreds of 111:3 Socialist disciples spent the night in the mountains se05ehing for their inns• ter, but they did hot find him, for Snow Ismail himself. 'his • The driuuatist has been spending yaeati011 in \Vales, and he hell an ex- perience pe will not forget in the (rills 110a0 Ilhinogfath, a ueighborlwod re- nowned for its Romain steps, and the most romantic part of the -Welsh moun- tains. Shaw' Went on a ramble, leaving word for his friends of the Fabian Socic• ty of his whereabouts in 0 note that he had phteed'otr`tlie Roman steps. vclsen (lis friends found the note, but they -looked' for Shaw in the place he had indicated he ons not there. A train search was continued all night. Great sestets' was felt. After wandering about aimlessly for some time Slaw II • where e Int d rots l n til Tvn , came e cam upon d spout the night, turning up this morn• ing no worse for tlfo adventure. lie is a muscular giant, alai :aughed wi,en soma one suggested that he had sintered front his adventure, When informed that three 11011dred people had spont the nightaca00hing for him, 1e laughed and said: "It will do them good." CHURCH UNION: CONVENTION OPENED IN, METRO- POLITAN CHURCH, TORONTO, Baptists Refuse to Join --Many Delegates P Arrive --Judge Forbes, of St. John, Thinks Three' Denominations Will .Decide on Organic Union, Toronto despatch: Whether or not 'lac 1 the Presbyterian, Methodist and. Congre- gational denominations throughout Can- ada 'become united hill be decided by nils will' , 125 delegates, represe1ting the' throe do uomin'ntions, at a c0tivetltio1 wid1;11 true in the Metropolitan 010nh i this morning, and will last prebabbly a week. This will be a final snort - on of ing, and it is probable" that p• tau three bodies will be decided' upon, the but a refereudunt must bo :takenli 1 order to have the action taken at toe convention ratified by the various "legations. D01090(ea to tie convention, representing the 101101e of the,1)0iil� 1011, arrived Bathe city last evening, and are are registered at various hotels..; 'Thereand fifty' Presbyterian, fiIyy Methodist,elegates, tw-elty-five Congoegatlonlll Forbes, of among (1Jeui are Judge J. 0, St, John, N. 13.; Dr. l'otrrch , Dr, Bryce, Dr. Duval, Dr. Stowart,' D1 Spatting., Dr. Falconer, Dr, Sedgwiet Prof. 1 ter Murray, Dr. Evans and other;. Judge" Forbes. gave some interesting facto concaving the , proposed union. '"Dais convention is the tial ,netting," J1d"e Forbes, "and the'eptestion of sect, doctrine �ltas already been agreed open• The question of t1te, church • policy has 1001:1,,artielly agreedao,,:u1 site discus• sion'will be' contlaued, The question of govei'ntneht; and the; standard of educe• of theological students" w'ill:bedis• tion . l also he the question of cussed as will administration of the various lepaet• the mcwrts. We wilY have tU deride ars tW d0! an animal conference, an the venous dif- ferent now •hold meetit g ocde thou. AVo will probalply de tie to call the highest body the general soulbly, and will meet once a year. "The theological department is the one which presents the greatest dif• fichlty. "'Twenty articles here, already been adopted, and will form. the basis of the doctrine. This will be the final eonfe0ennce of tl,s united committees and the re- solutions posited will go down to the diffe'e11 denominations for:. approval, that is, the ,lethedist Confeeento, he General Assembly' of the Presbyterial Church, and the Congregational Comair Charity. A beggar died last night, his soul Wont up to Goll and said: "I e0mne uncalled; forgive it, Lord; . I died for want of bread." Then answered Him the. Lord of heaven. "Soni,' how con this thing be? Are not my saints on earth? and they Had surely succored thee." "Thy saints, 0 Lord," the beggar'said, "Live Italy lives of prayer; How shall they know of" such as we? ' We perish unaware. "They strive to save our wicked souls, Arid fit them for the sky; Meanwhile, not Ravin bread to eat, (Forgive t) our bodies die." Thea the Lord God spoke out of Leaven pain: In wrath and angry p "0 men, for whom My Son Bath died, My S•n hath lived in vain!" —Arthur Symons, ln5Woman's World. Prayer. Almighty God, Ave adorn Thee as our maker and our king, Thou Bast given us Thy laws, holy just andgood, the expres- sion of Thy divine nature and the per- fect guide for hams life. We aelmotw ledge thatt, too often, we have strayed -from the ways of Thy cumtnandnvant5, following the devices and the desires of our own hearts. We ask Thy pardon for our manifold sins. Let Thy Spirit dwell withitr us, revealing to us Thy will, (welling tis to love it, and enabling us to do it. Cringe us into the image of Thy beloved Son, that the mind may be in h of us which was in 11101, and that enc us may say from the heart, "I delight 111 do Thy will, 0 my God." We ask tt in the Saviour's name. Ainen. Sin Always Defiling. SHOWER OF ASHES. Lost Earthquake" Occured in 'The Los Ea q Aleutian Islands. NEW OFFICIAL REFEREE. Mr, P. H. Drayton Receives Provincial Appointment. Toronto, Sept. 10.—Mr, Philip dory Drayton, who 100 been a barrister in Toronto formbottt thirty years, has been appointed -official • refette and officio arbitrator under the municipal orbitra• tion, Oct. He succeeds Mr. J. A. Proctor, who died reeetltly,, The announcement wag made at the Parllaatent bttild!ngs yesterday. The duties of the office entail the arbt trntiot of disputes in t 11,11, cities • of over 100,000 population in the • Province are interested, but since Toronto is the only city in Ontario at present' with it population over that figure' time work of the referee and arbitrator are confun• ed to this may. The pceltioi also int plies that Mr. Drayton will be Chair• man of time Court of Revision, There is no salary attached to the appoint- ment, payment being trade by fees, and so much per day when crises are being heard. TOOK GAS. It is to mistake to suppose that one is More likely to become a groat saint be- , cause he, has onee,.bee. a great sinner. The two conditions have nothing in common. Paul was net great in rigltto• ousne0s because ho looked upon him- self as "1110 chief of sinners." Ile coal] say, "By tate grace of God, I am what I 11111,' Peter was. not better' because he denied his Lord. The ramgmbroneo of ain may stimulate a good non to greater zeal in religion; but It is the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, And not the remembrance of his evil life that makes hint wlnit he is. Thousands of men have Tece.Bed the iniquity of their earlier years and have not been made any better by it. Neither sift, nor the remembrance of sin, can maize the character pure. "Thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine," was not spoken of the prodigal The re- membrance that a 10011 once smeared ' notmake his 'i 0ci' with filth does I A C himself complexion any fairer. There is noth- ing in sin to nuke any one's character beautiful or his life better. Grace and purity do not come from beneath, but front above.—United Presbyterian. Sandwich Man Found Dead—Was bl in Some Financial Trouble. A Windsor, Ont., special despatch: Edgar Davis, olio had 0 summer house below Sandwich,• committed suicide at ILu'tfod. Conn, while visiting'his-sister there. When ho retired, he asked not to be disturbed until later the nest morn. ing,•and-when found he was dead. Gas was pouring from an open ,int in his' room. Ther'degeaoed was 'involved in a financial- tran)3ootion' not long ago ;over the purchase of a Detroit choluioal con- cern nod a 01/1000110 was issuer' for his +arrest by a wealthy Buffalo stockbroker. 9i Windsor barrister furnished $2,500, but considered himself fortunate wherhegot his money back. Two prominent \Vinni- peg financiers were said to be interest - Seattle, \Vush., Sept., 10. --Advices re aired here fl•Dn1 U, S. revenue cutter Rush, lying at Dutch H'aubo1' and "dated Sept. 4, says that on "Sept. 1 :a volatile in the Aleutian Islands erupted send- ing ashes and cinders over 0 score 'or more of 1011100 villages. A hurricane accompanied the vole'stllpp sod vessels'of all 161110 avert driven fart' out to ,ee. No lives were reported lost, The e eruption occurred in the.. vicinity of tee volcanic island Perry', which spiting up from the sea a short time af- ter the barn Francisco earthquake New York, Sept. 16.—Tho earthquake reported to have occurred in the, Aleutian Islands on Sept. 1 and 2, news of widen has reached Seattle through an officer of the revenue cutter Buell, is believed to be the "lost earthquake" recorded early in the month on the seismograph at Washington, in England and at Ottawa. Tho Washington experts at the time fig- ured that it had occurred about 0,:100 miles from Washington end from the data which the instrument fu1ntsh0-1 them believed that it was in the region Of 4llaslcar •.• EITHER DIE OR LIVE. WELL. Failing to-'Cominit; Suicide, Jackson Wanted 'Dinner. A Venerable Stronghold, 0n an Isolated hill in tho centre of that; garden of England, the Isle of Wigliti Stand uprenred in bold relief the frowllingb'tttleinelts, the massive round- tow0r'gsugyt'''ancient bastions, and the nedia91111,.fp}t ttressed ramparts of that statelj , fitillnn fortress—Curisbrooko Castle 'tut long before the time of those �0ivli1*1 Normans, to whom we Bri- tish 0008,50 n111011, Cnrisbrooke was a. notable fottifieatior. Here may still be seen 1110 scarped entrenchments of the skint-cluu'13ritish islanders, whom even the legions of Caesar found to be no mean NOS. dere, with the greater skill in the oo'natructlou • of fosses and bas- tions, and palisaded rornpants those:eon- quering Romans could defend themselves agnies1 all attack. And here, later on, after the departure of the Homans to defend their country against the over- whelming onslaughts of Goths and Iluns, a great horde of Saxons swept over the land;; driving n11 before then, and captur- ing'evet this alibi et impregnable fast- ness. And then came the conqueror, with his well `disciplined hosts, who, rafting to the ground the crude defences of the Anglo- Saxons, erects this stately and imposing eaktelleted fortress, which, all down the Militaries,' has withstood tooth the devus- tAting ravages of time, and Ole repeated onslaughts of bitter foes in the constant interneene,Waf•,tare which from time to time'decimatetl the population of the England of those dark days of discontent and, strife.ivelien brother fought to the death with brother, add farther with son. 13t,t perhaps; the most pathetic of all the scenes which these hoary old wails and. casetnents''donjens have witnessed tvasth0'cruel'1ncat'nation of the fair and devout young daughter of Ring Charles the .first, brought; here to occupy preen cally' the same apartments, or cell,, iron which her loved father lied but a short time !before gone forth to his dome, Al• though ill, she was dragged front a dis- tant place,'a seven days' tedious jour- ney,and'after,lingering a few days in risoit, one morning the fair y0un9 001 leftrtuattelded, to die, was found to 11o',' breathed he last; her Bible, which she loved so well, open upon the bed be- side her, And there, in that very chnm- bet'-still pointed out to the visitor -- the doge!-guli1ded spirit of the gentle yotl)M0 princess, released from its earth - trammels, took its flight from the true- , o these shining blous•sceu0s of this lift. t realms Where sorrow and sighing are no moor. Aud having 'tache her trust for eter- nal life in the Atonement mule for her loner fr,r nil, upon the bitter cross by the Saviour of the world, and having, ac- cording to ]em aJ,4lilyee(1yed His be- hest b3 110,11n'the Inlggr3,,and clothing the nlikett'tlie no1S.e' )'hung,girl, through Toronto, .Sept 0. --John Jackson, n ppdx11er, of 5d Ah0O street, made .11 de- termined attempt to, eolinni1 suicide by hanging himself le this bars, of' 118 cell d00t ,by' his. brners•,st'4.30 ye5teday af- ternoon at No.,1 Police Station Ile 1005 disoovactl' by 1 C. tialnilton, wino en- tered;the-ccll and eut him dovrn, in time to 1010 his life.:Jackson had looped his braces rotted the hnrs,put a hitch round his noel, nnd;stuumg his legs'oleas',of,the fleet'. All lain bmtor"110 had .0010001501, so far as to,takeatskeen interest in ntiun- datne things and lit:as ing" they' officers to send out and get tint O'51ppe he im- pressed it upon 1110111 that he Wanted n good one, Jackson's treeble commenced earlier in the tray, when the same officer who saved his life deprived hint of his lilioty, DSr,'\l(u, Coulter, of Coulter & Cainpbell,,41if<nss'.7gnnders, : of George_ street' thawing charged Jnekson with: 040111tg,a quantity' of scrapirdi iron). of +• v r the merits ,of her. 3ledeilh'er, obtains a poor, 11 isn't every nmol who .w olild raphe lbn+n trodden, 4 Coifs presence once Meditate ( ) n l necessary. be right than President', but ntost01 pa, 11is firm, Jackson is a tnaniea:,. moan. gleriints falx 1tut¢0°tfF'.OWParadise of gr i ua forever, u less we His his commandments end theBib book of ndd. Yoe should read her Somel. of he conga is also g God.—fi a Banker, fmsuke His love, Bible daily and.ayatentntically, whether the congregations wnlrt' fed- would rather he right than left. � � t�nfty 'yenhs of age. )'