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The Blyth Standard, 1907-10-31, Page 7LESSON V. -OCT. 3, seq. The Cities of Refuge. -Josh, mo:1.9. C'rohe Lary, I. The, purpose of the cities of refuge (vs, 1.6). 1, Spake un- to mto 3o,hun-As sot ns the tribes had re- ceived the portion of their inheritance the tool directed that Joshua (should carry out the iojuaetious which Moses had left 0espeeting the eilias of refuge leets thegiver...0, for the sttanger- for the ageidontal homicide. -Cant. 33)I .1s these the,great provision Sec Exod,,21:' 12'•,J,b; Alum. 35. 0.34; Doul, typified 1D.. 2 -la;;, which God was making for the salvation ut-Select; Cities of eefugq,- of both Jews and Gentiles, hence the Prior tl 8'Mosnte'n o it was requh'ed' clr;;uger had the same rights." The h and of the cities of refu e u of the nearest relative,. tie a matted' '61 g p" 40,4jdliehl in the highest degree the sacred - duty to avenge the death of one who' been slain, Ile was called the'.','Guel" ar,j Bess of human life. "Avenger." Some times a whole fanily ' 1?Bch city in its mune is n type of the took upon them this duty (2 Sant, 14. 7).: ;60racter of Christ. -Cam. 10, 3, Unawares and utfwitLiuglj% 1. 10040611, holiness. Sanctuary. Chris -That i,, by neeldentl orwithotit gguib, rhe holy (tae. Christ, is our saectutuy, ty intent. Ala' flee tluthe-, =11'hi8 prhni- 000 holy of the holies. The "secret place rive uethed,,of justice ex1osed'tile'1ioq" of tie most high,,' where dwelling we pie to threcr'gceat dangers:, 1. There was 1101 sing, "110 is my refuge and my for" the danger, of leaking it an instrument tress" (l'sa. 91:1, 2). Thee "both he of private revenge, l,. There was danger (hitt 00011)fieth and those who aro sane - of long, Moody ,'feuits;,reveng00, (ontin- titled m all of one" Web, 2:11). IIe «ed enmity, and 111111061 extermination. is made unto us sanctification (1 Cor. 3. There rens danger of great injustice I:10)., For our sakes Ile sanctified him - by not, making a distinction between self ;(,john 17:19), Dwelling in his re - criminality and, carelessness; between fugu we are secure from the,hltrusion of deliberate Inn ele0 and aecidmltuh'liou» sin, "Whosoever nbideth in ]rim sinneth tide.-Pcloubet, not" (1 John 3:6). 'He that saint he 4, -The gate of the city -Tie trib10101 nbideth in him ought himself also so to of jnif.ice, was at the city gate. The re. wail:, even as he wanted" (1 John 2:6). fugeo, was not k(44 out of the city till 11. Slechem, Shoulder. Christ, the bur - his innocence Was proved, but 1108 per. den -bearer. IIe is the almighty that up - milted to enter and relate Itis cause and : holds, the strength that carries, the receive the, protection :..'of the city.- I :Spirit that accomplishes. He is (a): the Steele. Almy dwell itmong them -When a , sin -bearer. He "bare our sin in his own refugee arrived it tvdd.alle, duty of the ; burly on the tree" (1 Pet, 2:24). Only elders, or rulers, 10-re8oerve' Dal, eta< _ aha Lamb of God can carry the poor for hint and assign 'him a 101100 to lIve. i lost lamb on his shoulder to safety 5.-1f the 0vetger..,',purstte -11 woos i (Lib, 15:5). (b) :The sorrow -hears'. the duty of the aveuget.of blood to pen'- ; 'Cit. twelve men passing over Jordan sue at wilful murderer, ,But when once took every man "a stone upon his 8110111 - sheltered in one of the cities of refuge ler' to set up for a memorial to future the refugee was safe until, after his, if, however, utter le0161169 i gt,,cr111Ons of the provideutiui carr, of trialboth Gnd (Josh, 4;5). The high priest wore sides, and after extunining:,tbc'witnesses •aril Ile ualna`a of the tribes of Israel up (Num. 05.11) 9); d 17,-.6-12; 10, d`«- on toe breastplate 0s a typical token 17), the raters decided Hutt the deed ' that all of the strength of Christ's shout• proceeded, ash malice and that the re- tier, and all the. love of Christ's heart is m44t ie n'iNo pier, he 01) eon- . ,.110,1 in behalf of his own' (Exod. 28:12, lie81s 1 exeoutedNo pity, no money 1G 2.1), Then let 118 roll our burden, ¢p, ' ho11t 1we nthat murderer. ` tt,1,3 oure0hm0; too, of "the Lord (Pea. dR'eli in that City --Even if i nit. oxer?crated' from the charge of murder, ' __'8)' 1e '1400 safe' only while he remained in = 11, Hebron. FelloWOhip, Christ our the city and its suburbs. Even in se- . friend, Alan sinned and sep01060d front 0110)101 killiug there is usually some fattdt or carelessness, • nd this hard- ship of being -inquired to remain away from home anaf>;lends would cause the people to be'cnreful. Until ho stand - "The judges and elders of the people, in trying civil and criminal cases, always sat; the person who (,one for judgielit, or who was tried, always stood," -Rush, Before the congregation. (Deut. the 19, 11), whether he 'hunted' for him or not (Exod, 21; 13; Num, 35. 20, 22), whether he smote him 'in' secret' (Deet, 27. 24). War; `the'deed prest}ttlp- tuous,-that is to say;„1ii.alioious (Exod, 21. 14)'t Was it with gni*, (Josh. 21, 14)1 Especially, was there enmity previously between the two men (Num, 35, 21, MI Was there hatred of the slain on the part of the slayer (Nuri, 35, 20, 23; Deet. 19, 4, 6, 11; Josh. 20. 5) 1 The fact that so Many particulars are enumerat- ed 81m\vs that the trial contemplated was to be: a careful ones"-Beeeher, Death of the' High Priest -"The adminiatra• tion 01'a high priest was regarded 00 a period complete in itself. With the am cession of his successor a new period be- gan, and with it a now order of things" 11, The cities of refine nppeinte4 (v0. 7.9). above every other name. He is exulted to be the Savior of the world. This 0ity was (net of Jordan, about the middle of the mountains of Gilead. Golan-1Re• juicing or exaltation, In Jesus all be- lievers rejoice 1111)1 are justified. 10, is their joy and their hope for salvation. ("his -city was the 001)11¢1 of a district in the land of Basilan, in the north. Bo- lide, all these cities of refuge, the horns of the altar wer011 refuge to those who tuoi: hold on them, if the person tins 1106 "uia^ of crime. This is implied in that law (900)1, 23:14) that n wilful mur- derer shall be taken from God's altar and be put to death. And we find the altar used for this purpose (1 Icings 1 :50; 2:28), Christ is our altar, who not only sanctifies the gifts, but pro - 7, They appointed -Rather, they sanc- tified, set 111)006 for a sacred purpose. - Cant Bib. Six cities were appointed for this purpose, three on titter side of the Jordan, easy of access from all parts of the land. None but Levitical cities were chose!, and thus the refugee's, during their stay, would have the benefit of the assistance and in0t•uetion of the Le- vdtcs. '110 cities were on hills and could be seen afar off, 'linty were 80 situated that one of them could be reached from any part of tine county in a half-day, 'The roads to the cities were to be kept in rood repair; no hillock was left, 110 l'ir'e' or stream was allowed over which there lens not a bridge; tate rand was to he at least thirty:two cubits (three rods( broad; and every hind of obstruc- tion will to be removed that might hurt the foot or hinder the speed of the fugi- tive. At every turning or branching of roads posts were erected bearing the words, 'Refuge! Refuge!' to. guide tho fugitive in his flight," -Bash. Infin- itely greater pains has God taken to lead guilty souls to the refuge of the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. Steele, Kedesh-'f'he'e is some signification in the names ,rf rho cities. liedesh means to sep;u'nte or set apart. It implies the consecration of 0 person, or thing, to the worship or service of God 010110. Thus, as we look for the comparison, we see Jesus ns,thc holy One of Ood, set apart for us ns It Na'i0m' front sin. Trots city was in the extreme northern part of the promised land in Galilee, on the west of Jordan. Shechem--holder, hence its readiness to beer burdens, sus- tain, etc, We read of Christ, "And the government shall be upon His shoulder" (Isa, 1), 6.) This city was in ,the tribe of Ephraim, near the centre of the prom- ised land, west of Jordan.. Hebron -This signifies fellowship, 'friendly association, to unite as friends. Through Christ `sin. tiers lire brought intee,fellewship. with God. Hebron was situated in the south- ern' port of Canaan and among the moan - tains as was liedesb, alsq west of Jordan. 8. Bczer-•A stronghold, a fortifica- tion Jesus is a stronghold, a fortress to those who trust in him. This city was located east of .To•dan, in the plain opposite Jericho. Ramoth-Exaltations, high or exalted. The name of Jeans is God. Christ died and spited tout to (hod. 't'hrougIt Christ the sjuner 0011100 to God; la Christ the saint eonimuees with 1;011. -lbralittut is the only .014' Testament saint called "the friend of God" '(iso. 41, 8; Jas, 2, 23). friendship is "i'etw:atc familiarity, close acquaintance, the out. flow of one tided,00 another, the iuter- setien of Due heart upon,lwilther.", it i; communion. Ileart answering to heart and soul to dioul. We tell our friend: our sorrows, are confide'to thent'0ur sec- rets, we look -to .them for appreeialiou, we are interestad in all they do, hebron is the oldest sity of the world, It has never been destroyed, Christ is our friend forever (John 13, 1). 1V, Reser. Stronghold. fortification. Christ our fortress; (Pea: 18, 2; Nall. 1, 7). high walls, closed gates, sleepless watchmen, protection from every enemy. Blear was "in the wilderness." Christ is a shield from the storm, a phiee to hide front the "roaring lion," a refuge w'he,t cut off from all human help, a retreat when pursued by the "dvengor of blood." Satan not only pursues the sinner, lit' pursues the saved. But in (!hist noth- ing can separate from Him (Item, 8, 33, 36). V. h;mloth Gilead (Dont 34, 1). Heights. Exaltation. Jesus the glorified, Co110 21100y to heaven, that Ire might send the Comforter to earth (John 16, 7; 7, 30), C;ono to prepare a place for us, that lie may 00010 again and 000,6'0 no unto himself (John 14, 1-3). Aseeoded „into leaven now to appeli0 in the presence of (Sod for us (Neb.7,25; Rom, 9, :3l), Highly exalted and given it name that is above every name (Phil, 2, 0), As the Son "of God, so are the 8008 of God (1. John 4, 17). We sit together in beaoclly places in Christ Jesus (Ilph, 2, 0) VI. Golan. Joy. Eattltotion. Christ our "exceeding joy" (Psi/ 43, 4), The "good tidings of great joy," 21610')) 111., angels brought (Luke 2, 10). There was great joy In the city when Philip preach- ed Christ (Acts 8, 8). In the hearts of the strangers to whom( Peter wrote was "joy unspeakable and fall of •derv," because they believed in Christ (1. Pet. 1, 8). "Jo' is a manifestation of faith." The joy of the Lord is your letng0 )i)eb 8, 10), Rejoice in tbo.LcrJ. In this stronghold there is victory, blessing, Golan in the laud of the "giants" which tnnde the spies tremble, 3 t CAN 'FIND NO TRACE OF IHIM. Another Man Has Mysteriously Disap- peared From Montreal. Montreal, Cet. 2S--Auerbcr disappear- ance of a mut in this city is e agagii:g the attention of the authorities. Ed- ward 1-lomnault, a butcher, who worked for Cottle buyers in \Walkerville, Ont„ wrote earl' in September -trout Montreal to his employers for a ticket front ]ere iso Walkcrville. They sent him one, but he neve' used it, and no word of ]rim has been heard since that tithe. ,after a couple of weeks' anxious wait- ing his wife went to Thos, Southworth, Director of Colonization for the On- tario Government. Mr. Southworth wrote to the Ontario Government's colonization director here, Air. 9, Alar- quette, outlining the ease and requesting him to try to find Hannant. Mr, Mar- quette's search las, however, not reveal. ed any trace of the hissing 111)111, DISHONEST RICH. ROOSEVELT WILL CONTINUE HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEM. Declares at Nashville That for the Re- maining Sixteen Months of His Term IIe Will Persevere Unswervingly in His Policy. Nashville, Trema„ 11ct. 28:_. Spe:lking in the Ro.ihvay Auditorium here to- day, President' Roosevelt reaffirmed ,tis intention of keeping up his cam- paign against the holders of ill-got- ten wealth. ""J'hero has been trouble in the stock market and in the high fin anoint world during the past few nolths." he fluid, "The statement ha, frequently been made that the oolicies for which I stand, legisla ,ivc and executive, are responsible ur that trouble. 'These policies of ;nun can be summed up in one brief sentence. They represent the effort 60 punish successful dishonesty. 1 doubt if these policies have had Buy material effect in bringing about the recsent trouble, but if they have it yfll not alter in the slightest degree uy determination that for the re- maining sixteen months of my term hese policies shall be persevered in unswervingly. I will permit neither the demagogue upon one side nor the reactionary on the other to drive me away from the course or policy which I regard 00 most vital for the well- being of this nation. "I will stand against the poor man ;1 he does wrong just as I will stand against the rich than if he does wrong, I will stand against crimes of brutal violence just as I stand :ipninot cringes of unscrupulous min- !1i11g. A crime is a crime, and it 01)100s no difference whether the wrong is perpetrated by plutocracy or by a mob, by n, capitalist or by 0 wage -worker. It 1B' a difficult mat. to punish the crimes of unscru- pulous cunning,, committed by (nen of great wealth, because as yet we hardly have the proper toys, and still acre because the people themselves through their representatives and •)e'sonally do not yet fully realize how serious the crimes are which are committed in this fashion. But re- member this, that if 690 sit supine and let men of great wealth set be- fore the country es It 1vhple the stan- dard of successful dishonesty, so that young mon aro taught to thing of business trickery, of evasion rind vio- lation of the law end stock gambling :and swindling as the chief roads to financial succuss, not only do we bring about a deterioration of the public 00110eie000 as a whole, but 118 euro as fate we 'ultimately invite ignorant and vile reaction, which in trampling out tine wrong will trample nit each right at this same time, which in punishing ' the wealthy wrongdoer will inflict the punish- ment so brutally and so unskillfully as to confound in it many men who lut';e done honestly and well." 3 t DR. WORKMAN Asked to Resign Chair in Wesleyan Theological College. A Montreal del:etelh; The Board of Governors of the Wesleyan Theologies! College has requested the Bt', Dr. G. C, 1Forlcnm)I to resign the chair of Old Tes- tament excgiscs, on tie ground of doc- trine unsoundness, the decision of the beard being' summed up as follows: The doctrines relate the IIoly Nc'ip- tures, miracles, sin, the Deity of Christ uud the atonement On these it is held in general that Dr. Workman's position is uncertain. The board sat until 2 o'clock this morning, when the decision was arrived at, there beim, 111 umbrae's present, in- cluding Rev. Dr. Carman, General Super- intendent of the Methodist Church in Canada, who presided. The vote of the resolution asking Professor 1Porkmnl1 to resign stood tet to seven. The enquiry into the matter has been going on for some months, and some time ago the professor presented Ins views on the above named subjects to the Non rd, 1:t STOVE IN HER STERN. Steamer Wal;condah Struck Wall of Welland Canal. '' e. l'ti 1 . f',' 'mel' Sr Catharines d -ate! . are steamer 1 zt� 1Wnhcondab, of the Al'fireltiints'' , Line, bound from Fort \Willinfi), to ;Montreal, with a cargo of \vilest, 13106 with 11 - 11)11' hap in the \Celloncl'Canal this afternoon, 17;e canal/takes a Very sharp bend at " Incl: 2. and, 'n.g thy steamer approndtrd the lack; " Hind leas blowing 0 1,0,111pale, 4'lani{f4 ,;"')ons unable to nmke the turn'and' "tick against the wing wall of ;the 114k t{nd stove in her stun. Bo- fors she could get out df the loci: her fore passe was full of 11'0100, and site was 00011 drawing fifteen feet forward. 'i'he canal being only about fourteen feet deep, the steamer made her way with difficulty to leek One, where Cloven - meth divers examined her and found the Oates on the stent stove in, Captain Hollingshead at Once notified the un(lcr- writers, and word has been received that Captain Donnelly, of l 111701nn, is lean- ing for Port Dalhousie to make an in- spection, It is thought that the Wah- 00ndah'0 cargo was not damaged, and it is expected she will be able to proceed down the lake tomorrow. DOMINION Atu DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Branch of Diary and Cold Storage Cow Testing Associations. In a report ,just received of 00010 Cory Listing' operatiuus in S0011an1 during 191)3, the following figures oc0ur, and will be rend hero with interest. 111 the Stewurtry association, compris- ing 12 herds and 600 cows, the average yield of 10 piss cent. of the heaviest milk. nig cows in 011011 herd during 211 days (2oth1 March to 31st October, 19)6), was 0,850 lbs. of milk, testi)). 3!9. The aver- age yield of 1110 poorestcows was 4430 lbs,, testing 3,11; this indicates a differ- ence of 2,8.20 lbs, Six of the best heif- ers, 3 -year-olds, in this association aver- aged u,030 lbs. stills, testing 4.1, The Dumfriesshire Dairy Farmers' Association comprises 22 herds, 7,12 cors. From April 2 to Nov, 10, 1906, 11 of the poorest cows (ages 4 to 11), averaged 2,700 lbs. mill:; 15 of the hest wtvs had an average of 7,600 lbs. milk. In the Fcua'ick Society, embracing 18 herds, the average yield in 51 weeks of 1906, from 451 cows, was 6,481 lbs, mill:, Only 12 cows have 10,000 lbs. or over to their credit, their average being 10,5.411 Iles. ;Ten of the poorest e0)00 averaged 4,770 lbs. The dairy indestry at large 15 indebted to John Speir, Esq., of Newton Farm, Glasgow, for a conscientious cmupila- liuu of'nlille records of five distrist asso- ciations since 1902, Air: Speir has the following remarks, which will be of interest to monbers of cow testing associations in Canada, Note his Iasi sentence: "The Iceuwiek Society is principally cump00011 of formers in the parish 01 li'ehwick, between Kilmarnock tout the borders of Lanarkshire, 'lite district lies at a rather high altitude, mach 3(3 it being from 400 to 600 feet above set level. Cheese making used to be the principal industry of the district, but, with few exceptions, all the farms now send their milk direct to Glasgniv or 10 the two collecting milk depots in the district, Breeding is largely followed on every farut, a:d in as very few years the mills records should exercise a material intbmnce 1111 the leads in this district. Ile 11u'ners here have entered into the movement not simply because they were asked to do so, or bccamse one or more MOT tenured to complete the number sufficient to nonce a good group of herds, but because they think it will pay thew 10 do so. The work has now been 502)10d m without any, blydh for over, two 40(116, and the more experience the pee. plo 11110,, of it the mote highly they ap' 700ciate it,'' Some of the recent retards of' cows in the con' testing associations organized by the, Dairy and Cold Storage C0111 s- ,iuncr ate; St. Marc, Que., Sept, IL, 123 cows, ay. range 346 lbs. mill:, 4.0 test, 22.1 lbs. fat. (lest yield, 930 Ibr;,, testing 3.9. Npling Creek, Ont., Sept 1, 202 cows, avennse 751) lbs, milk, 3n test, 26,1 lbs, fat. Several individual cors gore u)1r 1,100 17s, milk in the 30 days. Jonquicres, Que., Sept. 6, 133 cows, av- orage 053 lbs, milk, 40 teat, 22.3 lbs, fat, Highest yield, 1,020 lbs. 101110, testing 4.1. Ormstovn, Quo„ Sept ti, 147 cors av- 1rngc 605 lbs. milk, 3.6 test, 23.5 lbs, tars Best yield 1,772 (hs, mill:, testing 3.3 from a 4 -year-old I-Iolstein calved April 27. Pi110 (trove; Ont, Sept. 17. 129 10100 110 - erase 338 lbs. milk, 13.7 test, 19.2 lbs. fat. Highest yield of milk 900 lbs, test 2.0. C'hilliwoelc, B. C.. Sept. 5, 228 cors average 038 lbs, milk, :3.8 test, 24)1 ills, int. Several` cows yield over 1,000 Its,'' milk daring 30- dad's. Dixville, Quo, Sept. ]13, 223 cows aver- age 403 lbs. milk; 4,1 test, 19.1 ]hs fat. Best, yield of milk 820 lbs. North Oxford, Ont., Sept. 21, 124 cows average 090 lbs, milk, 3.4 test, 24.0 lbs, fat, Om, yield of 1,203 lbs, milk. Keene, Ont., Sept. '27, 114 011108, aver' n2e 333 lbs, milk, :3.8 test, 21.1 lbs, fat. Highest yield, 1,103 lbs; milk. C. F. W. I t STORM IN NEWFOUNDLAND. The Snow So Deep That Train Was Delayed. North Sydney, Oct. 28 -Tile worst snowstorm that has occurred in New- foundland so early in the season tool: place daring the pcut two days and as a result the trail] from St, ,Toho to Port Aeo Basques was three ]ours late a' - riving at the latter place yesterday. Passengers arriving here to -day by the !Immo say that the storm was furious, and mach damage has been wrought to fishing and cunetiug vessels, la Cordroy Valley snow was so dell' amid heavy along the railway that the rugine 0)05 detached from the train awlhn I to butt its way' through the drift before it could proceed on its journey. 3-1 PERIL BY RATS AND FLEAS, Danger of Plague in London and Van- couver by Infection, London, Oct. 28 -Sir Lauder Brunton alluding to the danger of infection iron rats and fleas at the School of 'i Topica! Medicine, said it was n dangerous craws' to allow rat and flen-infeeted district, to exist 10 the cast end of London and 'Vancouver, places which are in daily danger of infection by' plague from tie far East, RARE CEREMONY. JEWS WASH AWAY STAIN CAUSED BY A SUICIDE. Impressive and Unique Religious Cere mony in Undertaker's Parlors -Not Often Required, Toronto, Despatch -Tho Jewish frater- nity in the city were called upon yester- day to perform a rite that is very rare- ly needed In that community. Morris Krakoner of Cincinnati, committed ani - side last Friday, an net that is held fu great abhorrence by all Jews. To make some atoenlent for this offence and to prepare the body for its resting place, four Members of the conuw+udtp volun- teered to wash and cleanse the body so that it might be fit to rest with the faithful. The ceremony took place at the rooms of Undertaker Miles. A curious feature of the eereutony was the rare taken less sonde of the water used in the rite should be spill• ell. it is considered a great sin to step in or torch in any way the w'n- ter with 111)1511 a body has been washed. In this ease, two large vessels were used, one for clean and the other for the used water, When the body had been thoroughly washed it was stood upright in a large granitowaro receptacle while one of the washers repeated the prayers for the departed, finishing with the time hallowed, "Cod Rest itis Soul" After being thoroughly dried with clean cloths it was replaced on the stretcher on a linen sheet and clothed In the funet'ai vestments, which are the same for the .Ievs, whether the deceas- ed be milliouah'c or pauper. White linen socks were pineed on the feet, while the remainder of the body was rolled in wide strips. Then a large sheet 11'05 placed over the head, reaching down to Gm middle of the body, where all was fastened with strips of linen tical in a peculiar knot. The body was then placed in a pine coffin. 1:I WOMAN IN THIS. TWO MEN SHOT AND KILLED AND WOMAN FATALLY WOUNDED. Man Who Did the Shooting Committed Suicide -Woman Had Lived With •( Murderer and Then Went Back to Iler Kusband-Hence the Shooting. Cleveland, Ohio, (let, 28,--Whnl will resclt in a triple tragedy w110 enacted in 0 house 01111uciceye road in the sonth- eastern part of the city hast night 'I'w'o nod are dead 11101 n woman, to wife of ue' of the men, is fatally wounded. The sheeting (immured in the 11001(: of the Iceman, and one of the dead men is her husband, while the other is the trip! `• slayer, who sltot the woman and her husband after the woman had refused to leave the latter to elope with hint, The murderer, after shooting the other two, 101'ned the weapon upon himself. Th. slayer was .Alichnel Sezekel', 24 ycn1, old, who recently cant, here from b'ui'f;ilo. and the other parties to the treg0dy were Erman Ihu'ray, 31 years, and his !rife, The hospital official, say (tat lo11111 18 dying. She toll thein that she eloped with Ezekely son' time ago, uud lived with him in ;i small town uo:))' lhuffalo, bait had deserted him to live with her husband. VIANT'S CAUSEWAY. North of Ireland People Indignant at its Removal. Delhi), let, 28. --'There is emelt indig- nation Ihrougheml the north of Helmet at a atttctwatt that, a portion of the world -Lammed (liana,' Causeway is about to le, rceovol to America. 'L`he first consignment, weighing twit. hundred tons. it is stated, will bo shipped to Phil- adelphia. These wonderful basaltic (mi- ttens., thougih in 711111te ownership, ate seen:Med as n natieno1 possession. STRUCR BY DELIVERY WAGON. Two Aged Canadian., Women Knocked Down at Buffalo, Buffalo, Oct, 28 -Two -Bed women, Mfrs, Elizabeth Keller and AH's. Taylor, both residents of Niagara Falls, Ont., were knocked down by B delivery wag- gon here last 0401, Airs. 'Taylor suf- fered mostly 1001n shod:,' but Ales. liel- ler's injuries were !mite, serious. Mrs, hello' wits taken to the (100)0011 Hospital, There it was Blued that she teas suffering from a. fractured ankle, a deep scalp wound and shock The women were on their way to board a train wheal the accident occurred. The num in charge of the wagon escaped. t' C - SHOW SOLD, Barnum i Briley's Bought by Ringling Brothers. i,bnlou, net. 28-.61 :u1 extraordinary enteral mediae of the shareholders of the Barnum S.:Bailey show to -day a re- solution whs adopted ratifying tje• pro. vine -mat contract providing for the'swle of the property for $410,000 to 1110'900- j prietors of the American circus. With the other assets this will giee the sharehold- ers $2 to $2,25 a share. - 11hen the company was formed in 1900 British investors almost fell over each other in their anxiety to sub - ',critic the capital of the company, (2.000,000. The American purchasers are Ring. ling Brothers of Bauboo, \Visronsin. THE I1)OUSE WE USED TO LIVE IN. Ethelwyn Wetherald in Youth's Companion, Tho house we used to live In looks at us So wistfully as we go driving by; The wind that magus Its near trap mur- murous Flies swiftly after with entreating sigh. Conte back! come back: we hear it low Lift up the grans choked gate, the earth - stained door. And enter in your childhood's home once more. Ah, no! let us make merry with light 80oeeh of newer days and push the past nide. Close to that door the baby used to reach Tho knob and play with It -before he died; Ile used to sleep on the broad window sill, A sunbeam 11, llls curls -no, not that hill - This level road, Drive fast -oh, faster still. Ilow small it weal Before the birds are grown They lie so warmly In one (Iny post: But all the world is theirs when they have flown, And foreign roofs replace the mother's hrest. Ah, well --God 000010, See, before us now The ampler home beneath a loiter bough. Lift up the saddened heart and clear the brow. For In thy empty neat beyond the 11111 Are blessed shadows of Immortal ease; The sun crowned baby on rho window sill, The happy children beneath the trees, Old house, look not so piteous. Thou art Of larger lives the very sweetest part; The first love of the uaforgetting head. "TO HiM THAT OVERCOMETH," (By Rev. 'Theodore L. (Juyler, D. D.) '.l'here is 11 glowing list of rewards pro- mised in the New Ttestauent "to him that ovoreoneth." They aro enough to fire every Christian heart and more than satisfy his highest aspirations. They are the splendid crowns laid up in heaven for all those who, through Jesus Christ, cone off conquerors. But the fighting and the crown -winning have gut to bo done down here in this world. Conver- sion by the Holy Spirit does not entitle warfare; it really only begins it. Con- verting grace is a free gift, but it is not a crown. Just as soon as you give your heart to ,(esus, you are enlisted for a conflict, and a conflict that will continuo until the last blow is struck. You will not reach heaven before your time, When we cellist for Jesus, He furnishes us our weapons, and commands us to put on the whole armor; if any part is left exposed to the ensmy,that point is the point of danger. Of one thing you may rest assured, and that is in a genuine, earnest Christian life conflict is unavoidable; yeti carrot escape - it if you would, Conversion to the core, which is the only conversion worth having, imams a declaration of war; it is 'a clmllenge to the devil. The only way to avoid a fight with hint is to carry n shirk lantern, and be content to creep along in 0 by -way with soft moc- casins under your feet. Even there Satan manages to discover the cowards and the time -servers, and make theta ground 00118 or surrender. Out of the vast num- ber of church members in our land, I wonder how many there are 1v110 can re- port themselves every morning to their Mester as "fit for duty"? How many of then begin each day by grasping the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and putting on Lhe shield of fnith and prayer? We 110000 61060 what day may he day of special temptation and assault by the adversary, and the (sluice in which We lay our armor off and over-estimate our own strength are the disastrous day's in our life record, Dangerous as tie devil is, dangerous as worldly- amusements are, the ` most dangerous enemy that 100 often have to conquer walks in our own shoes. That cunning, artful, smooth-tongued heart - devil, soli, is the foe that needs the eon - %tent wntelling, and subjerts us to the worst defeats, "'rhe flesh lusteth, against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, and these arc contrary, tie one to the other." Paul had it tremendous battle all along -those linos, heating down his carton nature by hard blows; and the old hero was able at lest to shoot: "I have fought a good fight: henceforth there is laid up for me 0. crown of righteousness" Whoever among my readers luta, by Cod's help, laid his de- sires, his plans, his purposes, his pneoos• 010110, and above all, his own will, at the feet of Jesus Christ, is already one of the nvecom010, Ile already begins to wear the white raiment, and the omnis" tient eye of Cod discerns on his brow the first flashings of the victor's crown. NOTES. "It is not enough to have the truth of God in the Bible -it is not enough to have the Bible on our tables; we ought to have its truths in our (marts, Tho P8alnnis1 kept them there; hence he could write "Chy word hove I hid, in my heart, that I night not sin against Thee,' The Saviour himself kept the truth then when Ile was 011 earth, hence He could. easily reply to Satan's temptations: 'It is written..'" At tie death of a Christian girl a bosom friend said: "ha'erywbo'e she went flowers bloomed in her path, and the air was sweeter, when she passed through the roou," What a record to leave of life! The aroma of suoln a character is incense in ,heaven, There can be no death to one. who is in such touch with Cod. Every one of no needs some influence and 801110 impulse 'outside of ourselves to, compel us to strive for our ideals. The hest ianpn(00 that can uplift the life is tho friendship of Jesus. He says: "Ye are my friends if ye do what- soever I command. ,you" The question was asked in a party of children which character they liked best in Bunvan't"Pilgrim's Progress." One replied, "I like Christian best"; en - another said, "I like Christiana best, he. cause she took the little OrlOs along with her:' 1