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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-01-16, Page 7,1464 P,4A BC•S,'1J N 1...7.,',13V 117;-iAN, r0, I501, Teses and His First Disciples. -John r: Commentary. -1. John directs tw disciples to Jesus (vs. 35-39). 35. the church." --McLaren. 43. Tho day fell ing--This, according to Farrar, was fourth day after his return front wilderness, Jesus started on His ret to Galilee, and on the journey foil with mother young fisherman Ph of Beth nidal,' 44Beth Saida-- hose of mots, 00 called leccusenh lied by fishermen. There Weee tWO pia by this name, 45. 'shinier—"Gift of Cod;" el where celled Bartholomew. Ile lived ('nnIn G ,lilee ,un(re our Lord pellet 0 ed his first miracle, of whom Mews. end the prophets ilii' write --Svc G 3:15; 22:18; Deut, 18:18; Isa, 4:2; 7: Je'. 23:5; Ezek,B4:23; Din. 9:24; Mic 5:2; 'Lech, 8:12; Thal, 3:1. the son Joseph -Philip said this; the steteme shows the common opinion about Jest 48. good.,,,out of Nazareth --"The qu tion sprang from mere dread of misty in a 10101300 se vital." He knew th Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) and not, Naz' 0th was to be the birthplace of thsM sigh, "It has usually been consider that his answer was proverbial; but may merely have implied 'Nnzaret that obscure and ill -reputed town in i little, untroddcn valley ---can anythit good come from thence?'"- Farre', N Uhanael's objections arose from igno 01)00cone and see The same rep given by Jesus (v. 39). Philip could n solve the difficulty, but he could ,silo 0)00801 110)0 30 got riO of 13, M. The interview between Jesus and Nathaniel (vs. 4+,7i -fir). 47. 00 guile -- The expression implies 0 true heart a really converted man, a genuine son of Abraham by faith, as well as a son 0,0. cording to the flesh. -Ryle. 48. under the fig tree -Tho Jowish writers often speak of the shade of the fig tree as the place of meditation and prayer, Probably it was in some such spot, secluded front the human eye of Jesus, that Nathaniel won his title of Israelite, by prevailing prayer with'God.--Whedon. 49, thou asp, etc --Those words are the outburst of a halt 000008ced at once that Jesus was ills llcosinh. We can hardly sup- pose than NathanAel clearly understood the nature of Christie kingdom at this time, but that he saw that Jesus was tho Christ we cannot doubt. 50. greater things -Thou shalt see far )11'0atcr proofs of any divinity and Mee: saliship 51. verily, verily -The double "verily;" used twenty -Five times in this• 'gospel and nowhere else, introduces truths of greet importance. heaven open, etc. -Tic ladder which Jacob saw (Gen. 28:12) was a symbol of the intercourse which would 3)0 opened between heaven and earth in the new dispensation. Son of )1100 This expression is used about, righty times in the gospels by Christ of himself as Messiah, at PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS, 01v - the the arta in 1hp Lhe I ,) nes next clay -There were three days of teetimony of John the Baptist to Je000: 1. To the doputntion from the Sanhedrin (vs. 19- 28). 2. Publics 13', to the people (vs. 29-34). 3. Pri• vately, to two disciples (vs. 35-37). John stood-- 15)1s'tending."-It. V. two of his disci )lefe-Andrew( v. 40 and John. 010 author of thisbook) who modestly avoids using his own 7., name. 'elle great ambition of Johll '0the Baptist was to induce 10011 to be - 030)00 followers of Jesus. 1 "6, and looking -The Baptist fixed 11ie eves upon Jesus, singling him out and regarding him with special at- tention. behold the Lamb of God - Th R V, Tuts 0 comma m after be- hold; yn interjection, not a verb, "(511 the 'lou lis hitherto offered had Mien turn) ilJ0d by men; this one was 1p.ro'idod by 5)od, as the only sullies tient sacrifice fey the sin of the (. world. "-Clarke. 1eHis words Would' be to then) egnivale;lt to a Command to follow hin1.-Scott How faithful .John was in his offiee 1-d0 forerunner! Ile did not think of 11)8' Own honor or popularity, but conscietl4 that he must decrease, he is anxious{0 have his followers become true disciples of Christ. "Ho did not reckon that W he had lost those who went over front ' hint to Christ," "The Lamb is, 1. God's gift. 2, A promised gift (Isa. 531 6, 7).. 3. Spotless and holy (Heb, 9: 14). 4, For sacrifice. 5. To Wee ythe sin of the world. 6. Of God's own providing, 7. Worthy of all ,acceptation." 37. they followed Jesus -The first • beginning of the Christian church, -Plummer. They I understood John's meaning end nm mediately did as they wore directed. It would lie well if all would immed- iately follow Christ, We should fol- low him as our Redeemer, Pattern, Guide and Shepherd, They may not have intended to leave John's lead- ership permanently.; • 38. Jesu,g turned-IIe was ready to give them a hearty welcome. what seek ye --What is your desire or re- quest? Jesus 1dneN they were seek- ing him, for he knows all hearts, but he desired some expression from them. rabbi -A. Jewish tithe, of honor for 4.-. learning, meaning "teacher," "mas- ter." Tints they at once recognized his s merio01ty and their ignorance, where dwelle,t thou -"Where ort thou staying?" IIe hod no permanent place of abode in this locality, "In asking this question they intimate a desire to be better acquainted with him. Where is the inn where you elide?. We desire to receive instrue- ttol from vou." 39, come and see -A kind invita- tion to them to go With him to his place of abode. If those who ]snow not the salvation of God would come et the command of Christ, they would BOOM 000 1 him I tl at with h n s the fountain of lifo, and in his light, they wonld see light." the tenth hour - St. John will so impressed with his first interview with Jesus that he remember ed 1 e the lour, This may y have been either 10 a. m., according to the Ronan reckoning, or 4 p. tn.., according to the Jewish reckoning. -i11 either case Andrew and John spent the remainder of the day with Jesus and then hastened to find their brothers and bring them to Christ. I d lrs: beim thinks these events took plica on Saturday, the Jewish Sab- bath. 11, Several other disciples called (vs. 40.40. ) 40. Which heard John -This was John the Baptist (vs. 35, 30). Andrew - A name of Greek origin, signifying "man" He belontegi to lotiioaidla (v. 44). and was 0 11 ride of .10101 the Baptist. He msided aftrriva rd at 00pernaunl (Marl: 1. 21.) Simon Peter's brother -Referr- ing to Andrew in this way shows that wino) this gospel was written Peter's name Wes more widely known than An- dren'o. The other disciple who heard the Baptist speak was John, the writ- er of this account, \eho 010400tly omits his own 0nine. 41. He findebh first (R V.)-1 t, is supposed that at the same time Andrew., went to find his brother Simon, John also went and found his brother James and brought lint to Christ; but -Andrew found his brother find, This w115.8 true missionary spirit. God's sadyntion is so good that those who experience Ilis love'are always ever - ions to bring others into the same holy relation, Found the Mcssias- 11.0 speaks exultingly. Aroused by John's faithful testimony concerning the ,corning Mes- siah they were badly' to receive Him when they saw a fey true marks of His. Messiabship, Being interpreted =- Mes- sina is the Greek form of the Hebrew word Mossionh, and Christ is its Greek Interpretation, The 1wo'd means the anointed -:e. ( 42. Brought Him -Andrew thrie0 brings to Jesus: 1. Simon, 2, the lad `with the loaves (chap. 6. 8, 9) 3, Cer- tain Greeks (John 12. 20-22). In them three incidents John gives the key to Ids eharneter,-Cn.m. Bib. About all 00 know of Andrew is what 30 said of I1Iim in connection with his bringing some. .one to Jeans, Beheld Ilial --,trees at once knew Simon better than Simon knew himself. 0051 5. , Ston e-Petros,or Peter, has the some m0011)0g in Greek that Cephas'has in Syriac. Tho name was given him to desdribe his character, which was stiff, hardy and resolute. "The new name, referring to character. is 'a promise that fitfulness shall be (+hanged to steadfastness, Referring to office, that he. shall be a foundation - stone in the new building , of the se- at m. cm. 14; all of nt l0, es- ke at tr. '0 - ed it ibt r- ly of LV S, The disoiples follow Jesus, ''And tic. two 15001 des heard him speak, and they followed Jesus" (v. 37.) They left the limns n teacher for the divine, This brought „lent "joy" to John the Baptist (John m. 25.30,) This should be the end of allpreaching and teaching, not to win 10(0) to us, but to win 11001 to lheist, The disciples did not (prickly earn the lesson Jahn the Baptist taught them that 403', for long afterward John the evangelist said to Jesus, "Master, (00 sew' ono casting iout do'ids in tray Cane, and he followed not us; and we forbade ilim, llecnuso he folloveth not rs. But. Jeans staid, Forbid lnfun not, for there is no nnnnwhich s1)011 do n.10100(10 in 1113' name, that can lightly speak evil of me" (Mark 9; 38.39.) Never enter- tain a thought that if people do not de as you do they are not right. Never' lorry them, no' reject then, because they do not keep step with you or look at doctrine from your standpoint. Point them to the Lamb of God as did John the Baptist, and kilow the joy of win- ning them to lesml. EL Mw'dlseipies called. 'Jesus ... , saith unto 15010, Come and see' (vs. 38, 39.) 'Follow rite" iv. 43.) This wain the first call of Jesus' first six disciples. i\ second cull of the first four is given (Matt. 4; 18, 10; 1,1ark 1; 16-20.) A third call is described (Luke 5; 1-1 I.) And after the,e'oss, Christ said again to Peter, `Follow me" (John 21; 10.) Tho disciples were called, I. To the Saviour'. 'Follow me" (v, 43.) Christ's disciples q are. called unto him. (Matt. 10; l.) They, a n'e ordained "that they slionld be with 11;11" (Mark 3; 14.) The call is intensely er,o-il. 2. To service. ',Follow' me, and I will stake you fishers of men" u Matt. 4; 19.) 3. To sacrifice. "Whoso- 0 000 (loth not bear his cross, and come f Iter me, cannot be my disciple ., who- 110yet' a.-feren50th not all that he 0th, h0 cannot be i1)5 disciple" (1801:0 4;27-33.) Out' Lord utterly forgot imself, and from the beginning to the nd of his ministry poured out his life, 'he sick, the einfnl, the sorrowful brouged hint, and virtue went out from im to heal, to save and to comfort. We a.ntnot do anything to save the world' they than as he wrought. The giving f life saves life. The pouring out of Eve upon the sick; the sinful, the sor- owful, Ole perpetuation 'of the sacrif000 f Christ on earth, this is the life that leases God and saves men. III. The disciples finding others `An - row, Simon Peter's brother,." "Ile first ndeth his oYU brother" (vs 40, 41) ndrev Bound Peter, John former James. he valley' Is a (icy' of Ng gardens. The loo Blip f01010 Nathaniel (v. 45). A dis- k.444 1 At8 m Didn't you get just a woo bit tired of "Evangeline" In your school days? You re- member that you hod to commit the plag>ltoy thint g o memory and scan It milli the sings' song of Alm versa got ou your nerves? Cuu 1 YOU hear yourself now, upraised on hvu rather shaky legs, chanting dnmusluully: Thi, Is the forest primeval. Tao murmuring pines "and the hemlocks Bearded with 10010 and is garments green, Indistinct In the twilight, Stand liko Davids of old— But why go on? The whole horrid amino comes back to you. lion you dirt hate that forest primeval) So It will be good uewe to you woo were children to learn that the forest primeval Isn't there any moro on "the shote; of the Basin of Minas," But another fonist late arisen,a forest Mostly apple trees. of fruit trees. There are those who will tell you that an apple is an ample nu matter from whence it cranes. That ism' o t a . A Nova Scotia apple is something quite different. At least that's what they tell you up In the land of tin bluenose, • a must have been n Nova Scotia apple, elle;; tell you, committing an anachronism cneer1ully, which Eras threyv at the marriage' feast of firers and Thetis, thereby anmlng that dlegroceful scramble by Juno; Minerva and Venus, .But they say that It was no fault or the apple, that rho decision of that I:nAreasi I onaglo umpire08)0Perris, awarding)000)) Nome to voiles, calmed the Trojan war and Pogo altil page of Greek that had to ho rend in our hate school days, The history of the apple is still to be writ- ten; The reference books tell us that the tree !s Indigenous to Anatolia, the southern Coueasus-and northern Busses' 11 certainly got a startin Neva Scotia just as soon as that primeval forest began to disappear. It has spread mightily throughout the province, but is found Snore abundantly in the Aooap- 0lic vafhev, The Annapolis Valley has been called the Garden Spot of the Earth." Pilton you have driven miles upon tulles through 10000 e of apple and pear and other trees, In the epr)ag time -When a (00 of red, and pink and while blossoms 1nwls the eye and 0 riot of perfume assails fee nostrils, Or In the tultumn Ghon the trees are weigh ed down with their burden of fruit, you will. think It well n0.ned` l.ocghly)u?eniting the Valley -they just call 1t a Valley 111 eastern Canada and let it go at that -Is 1W Mike long rad thirty tulles wide. The soil fsfatale and welt watered. 1 f•o,s and tidal estuaries divide it lougl- tu-i:ally 1100 a series ofd,fldges. '000 river 3,0)torne and the fiats re laleied from the Area aro given over to hay, field',,And pust010 lana, The ridges aro, devoted largely 10','4L'.Vtt growing. If you stand somewhere 1 bottom lands you 0)1) 000 rising gently from tiro meadows en either sidle orchard after orchard if it is blossom time the Picture 111 be 6 )1)100)• liere and lhcr0 you will see houses and farm buildings rising amid the trees. acre 000 occasional patches of ullnd land, but it in mostly all trees. 1`he yield of the Annapolis Valley t.hl0 year is the greatest In its history. The crop has all been gathered and marketed. It Is esti- orated that more than 700,000 barrels of apples woe shipped, not to mcnri)30 the pears and �. pluilts and (minces. Most of the nppins have gone to England, as 05001, but this year more shipments have been made to the American, matt:et then ever before. T),e priers have ranged from 12,20 to 13 n barrel and the Nova Scotia orchidlsts have received about 12,000,000 for their ha'- l'es. Last year, the crop.was abet)) half as big. This year's harvoct Is seventeen tines great- er than that of fifteen years ago. For a farmer lo' cleat from $6,000 to 110,000 a year on Inas apples Is not unusual, Twenty years ago the farmer who shipped 1,000 barrelsa yearwas a rarity; now there are many 5,000 barrel men. The greatest orchard 10' the vallav Is Iillim'est, near w Kentvllle. It contains more then 20,000 trees, 1 Tile apples of Nova Scotia have a flavor q all their own. Though the fruit growls Targe, w It does not become gross, as is the case with it aowl deal of the fruit IC thatomen c from the VV ct e . There aro any number of varieties. In the late simmer 00111) the Harvest apples, the Bow Sweets, the Red AstraeSsus and others. Later on tomo the Gravetstoins-the Icing of all rho fall apples -the Strawberry apples and the Bishop Pippins. The list of winter apples would be Inter- minable. The two varieties which command the highest prices are the Blenheim Pippins and the Ri ston Pippins. p i Phl • Thay'ro Loth pip - ohs in the colloquial Dense of that word, 'Kings they 'are in the apple fumtly-far, far above the ruck of Duldw),e and ){log of main roads, running generally east and w ono on each side of each ridge, 000 08 streets, The houses are large and prospers 008 looking; many of tbem have pretentious flower gordoue, Peaces have beon gon0rally abolished, • Almost every house has its tele- phone. Evm•y former keeps a good stable and'emart. riga for pleasure driving, Altogether it' is an unusual taming com- munity; The rounds of social life go on as In welly. The sous go to college and return to lm farm content to make that their call- ing in life. Iiero 0101 there the houses get close enough togo111er to forst a settlement which gots a name of Its 000; 1181 there are no large towns.' Annapolis, Bridgetown, KentvIllo and w'ollville aro all under 2,000 population. it 11, .lust one bag city, prosperous and con- tented There Is one great lack Applejack is circ eI5 known. New o Scotland mightwell Mho n ns rn. iron) An Jersey, I NINETEEN !TARS. HEAVY SENTENCES ON THREE "APACHES" IN MONTREAL. i''ound Knock -Out Drops in Their Room -Nitro-Gelatine Sutilcient to Blow Court House Into Fragments Was Also Found. Montreal, Jan. -1-3—,-Sentences amount- iqg 111 0u to 0) years' penal st:rvitnde Ilei .1010 imposed upon th)00 Weil in :Mont- real today. The bands of the prison. 1101 are Auguste 1Jautne, Emile Ardoin and Leon Lefaguc, a trio of 'Apaches" our Paris, -wbmn the polies 1 lard tea going of a particutlarly dangerous char aster. Ji and 1 u t 1 Admu first appeared be- fore Judge Cloquet to be entoa:od for having stored oaploius in their lodg- ngs, 1n giving evidence, Ah', Milton Lhorool city analyst, said that he had analyzed the material found 1u the room, 1t had been contained in a valise, and amongst gst other things, he discovered font' detonators, a piece of nitro -gelatine about three rile les 10 Magill, n dynamite 00)i:rid90, tight mimes of cyanide of mercury' (poison) and two bottles of what are commonly known a, kncek-out" drops. had the nitrogeelaitane been exploded in the n3, court -room, it would 10000 than likely havo blown away the roof of the court, The "]dn0cl:-out" drop; were gene)'- ally. inserted amongst wine, and could put the strongest luaus out of his reek. (ming in n' couple of nlimul0 The consequence of administering too large a dose would be the victims death. Then, It was extremely, w dao oos to keep detonators in the same rr une ceptocie. with nitro -gelatine, as had been done int ' this case. The gelatine could have blown re , house.. PREPARING DE05 FOR WINTER. no not put off preparations for winter any longer than um possibly be avoided. The :sones after the white honey harvest Is over that the bees are prepared for their who- le: ramose the, bolter for all concerned, or less, of course, there is a fall flow of hon .front buckwheat, golden rod, or 00010 0th. source. But 00 0 rule the beginner had be ter nrA figure on Ids boos storing humpy 1 Septa Theenbfirstr, thing to ho dote after the sup ors arc removed is to see that each (oleo has a laying (1000)) and a good number o bees --enough to cover all the combs In a. :eight -frame hive on a day inclined to th cool will generally make a satisfactory crust or for winteH00. To be surd (says E. G Hand, In the "Canadian Deo Journal") th there le n queen, each hive must be opene and brood looked for. Look about the den aro of the hive, and If a nice patch of seal cd brood 10 seen on two or three frames, o even on one, the colony nary- be passed a all right in that respect. If 0 hive 10 fours with no brood, when other hives have a sea sonable amount, a search should be mad for the queen. If sho cannot bo found, ah Is probably not' there, but If .she is, and 1 goad for anything, her presence can bo do tested by giving a little feed to the colon In 0 feeder each evening for a week, 1'h will 111 1150 the queen 0010)110))0 to lay, and th eggs may be easily soon, Unless a queen i much valued, however, or it is desired t winter es malty as possible, It does not pa to spend too much time hunting a queen tel time of yen'. In an apiary of any size, even 0 5 • at d SERUM CURES MENINGITIS, s Dr, Flexner's Discover Used With th Success at Johns Hopkins, Ba l I 1 tmnore ,l.un. ]3, -:1 ease of cadge - :1 spi011 menini9itis iia., been brought to s the J011 11,1 Hopkins Hospital from At- lanta tout the physicians in charge shave used with success the new scrum 105101) Dr, Simon Flexner, head 0 small one, there are nearly always a col 0ny or two too light in bees to put Into winter, though they must have good queens When a populous colony 10 found queenlcns, rafts with 000 of these smoltcolonies hav- ing a good. quem, and everything will he all right, when a colony Is found that ho, boon gunnies(' for a long time, so that "lay- ing workers" bnve made their appearance, an,lc, as a consequence, the hive Is populat- eddtilefiy.),y little drones, 1t is no use In 0815005(0,y th thein, The appearance of a comb contain!. r fr00, the 0000 of these toying workers `-lo so purely different from that of a (0mh containing' --the brood of n good qac n that even a novii'e' Will notice I1 at 15 -et glance. Whereas 'proper" brood is capped evenly, and almost level with the top of the cells, OSlo freak brood of 15e laying workers is very uneven and patchy, with. the cappings bulged away up in sumo places, and having the general appearance of rough ground, or n field covered with bould- ers. Laying' workers lay any number of eggs ler a cell -as many as there Is roost for, sometimes. So does a "drone laying" queen, But there is this difference winch will en- able the beginner or anyone else to distill - boleti between the work of the two; that the eggs of the laying workers aro nearly always stuck to the sides of the cell about two-thirds of the luny to rho bottom, while the eggs of a drone -laying queen will be placed in their proper place in the bottom of the coll. A drone -laying queen is no 000, pod must be destroyed and her colony united Ith ono having a good laying queen. After seeing that all colonies have Good Items and enough boas; Well hive must be etghed to find whether there Is sufficient obey In it to winter the bees. An eight - raw Langstroth hive, with cover, bottom- oard and everything complete, shouldweigh in the fall, at least sixty pounds if It Is pro- posed to winter the bees on their summer stands, If to bo wintered Inn collar any- thing over fifty pounds will generally bo all right, but a few pounds more is safer. A tett-frame hive should weigh about ten lbs. more than an eight, for equal results. When weighing, if hives are not built all alike, al- lowance must be made for variations In weight of lumber or other material in their mike -up. The weights given above aro for ordinary hives of well -seasoned one -inch pine lumber, with single board covers and rever- sible bottoms. Marls the weldTt on each hive at rho time of weighing, and atter the weighing is done, get the light ones up to proper weight, :10 ono hos some heavy combs of honey saved (cern the extracting supers, it does rat take much time to do the feed - jog. Simply open the Tight hive, take out and empty, or nearly empty, carob, or moro than one If necessary, and replace thous with full ones. Arrange the combs so that '4(11 those containing much honey may he noir together, any which aro nearly empty being need) by themselves at elm side of the live. arranging tlo combs this way, .the bees not find it 000000ary to move across 1 1pty combs to ret at the full ones during o winter, as would happen if half the honey at elle side of the hive, and 11017 at the ler. with empty combs between. if no II combs are to bo had the bees may he d up to welght on granulated sugar, mlx- g equal parts by weight of sugar and WS- ' and melting it upon the stove, and feedl- g In a feeder or some kind of dish inside o hive or in an empty super body set on of the 11100. A shallow pan placed on , of the frames, and with a piece of thin mi just a trifle smaller than the inside the pan placed in to float on the feed, so a0. bens may not fall in and be drowned ks , woralt right. Place warm feel In the pal each evening, as m0011 as the bees willtake down In the night, and get them up to weight as fast as possible. Better feed to five pounds or rje 01101' weight, es they writ go bac): that touch after feeding stops. t the feeding done soon as poontble, and le out for robbers while doing ff. - of the Rookefeltor institute for Medi- cal Beseech, discuviced ecentl3-, The case had been running for fire weeks before being brought to Hop - ]:ins and showed all the 10111901st syvnptonns of the disease, ten after Dr, 1'`l00no' made public Iris 41000)5 3 of the serum he. sent a quantity' et it to the lioprins hospital, • One of the most prominent r enitier, of the medical staff at the llopkins, who has charge of the targe there, Stitt yesterday: "Whi"While not enough cakes 11111"t!Limn treated to Bake the percentage • of cures 'absolute, nevertheless the meat 0uecess which Dr. 11000er met n.411,, together with our own experience in the two cases now at Hopkins, en- courages us to believe that this rel.. '0mPkina crud Spltzeubbrgs mud Gloeninge and1 even Ruisset sweets. Phe Norlbern Spy onsidered very highly in some parts, 18 on leo ran in Nova Scotia. The apple tree Is long lived and grows to rest ;e. You will notice In One 1)000 1,5:11 oadeablo 00'100 Is let between the Llama.n the fulness of time rose t.',eea will 0hent n 0101 reach out until tho sunlight Dan (arcely pierce the gloom The soil of the orchards Is cultivated 00re-. oily, Some years It Is planted in grain or Potatoes; hr others sown to grass. Occasion- i pl ally a crop of grain is raised and allowed to Dv do '1'0, yarn. 1100 which had Its Ordure.,, 1 eq Mn. sort 01 family group did a (Incjob this th 1 C tl year. 111 fact It rather. overdid i, and had Is 10 On propped op. The fruit of this tree will , otl 111 throe barrels Mirth, least. An old apple I hn ren will produce ten barrels or more of fe excellent fruit. in The apples are picked In the orchards and -tel tally at once to steamer or in 0115 carted n rain for sh1Praoik, In packing apples mie th Pens the bottom of the barrel. 191e tory' top Inert specimens of the. fruit are arranger). vol 11 sic, layers at what will be the lop of 00ba barrel when it Is opened by the eon- of enc" 'halt'. why the apples always look th e go,when you open a fresh barrel. But the Nova Scotia .fruit grower Is an onset. individual. Ile "grades the apples agefully and marks the barrels 'iNo, 'Na 2' and "No, 9 " ' Even the three are nod. All below that grade go to the cider n1 Gs pre, is ahva;ys to soul -whiner, Soul -env. when three thousand were saved (.Ads 2. 41). Think of the joy of bringing a. Peter to karts, and through hen o]' reaulting thousands. 1 Thoughts. is „ 1 (real results are Annie- ( lines mn0(mud, brought about by small be31)ning0 ":1 few ordinary Gnlilonus, the grain of mustard seed, a little rill, the little stelae Daniel saw, the minute particle of lea- ven, a private conversation -what 0000 these in the great mass of seething evil, in a world where [wealth, rank, power, armies, literature, the sinful hearts of men, were all arrayed on the other sidel But God Himself was behind them." A. C. M. tg is the great il'orl- of heaven. Goer ;1y particular soul who is ready 10 po- re Father made rue greatest sacrifice Isl1? 13'. The disciples' reward. The weds that Joint the Baptist, spoke that dayto 1 1 John the Evangelist v 36),were echoed g (1 01,1 re-echoed long years after the Bap - list was carried to his grave. Twenty- five times in the Book of Revelation ihe's John speak of "the Lamb." :Think of the joy of painting a John to Jesus. Think of the fellowship in the New Jerusalem when they sit (lawn to talk of God's wonderful dealings with, then, and John tells his old teacher of the tiles ei de- lights he found in the service begun that, day when he left the man Ile loved 141 become the beloved) disciple of the Christ. The words that Andrew spoke to Peter e church for souls? 4. Are my efforts of "the Messina" (v, 41) were the foam. prayers at present going out for dation of Peter's Pentecostal sermon the toi Ho ha do hal we an eq chi 010 y011 it t Go Mn 3,D t even He could melte. Jesus endured, lel suffered and died. IIe sett the tii' He, ' Spirit. els exalted t ,the right Y I � g ad in the place of intercession. Angels end endure all God's commands in be. f of the heirs of salvation. If 100 ro to devote all our heart; 'soul, life 1 means to the work 1100 could not ua1 the example set before us, nor dis- rge a tithe of the infinite debt we e to our Redeemer. Have you thought were a disciple? Ask yourself; 1. Is he chief desire of my life to glorify 1 in the salvation of souls? 2. How ny souls has God used me to save? o I pray in the closet, the family and th and One nter1hant of Tokyo has caported 200,000 frogskins in a single year for the nruanufaotttre of purses.'. 0011tng0 will be groat." FOR VIOLATING SCOTT ACT. Two Hotelkeepers, One a Woman, Sent to Jail at Moncton, N. B. A ,Moncton N.B., despatch: Mrs. David .lfe(aenve, proprietress of the 1Vindsor 1totcl, was this moaning 000telleed to ono month in jail, having been found guilt' of guilty violation of the Scott Act. iIcn- ry Cormier, another hotelkeela.r, was . given the side sentence. The sentence on Mrs. 31eCleave is the first ever given a woman for Scott Act violalio1) here, and 000)000 quite n senna. tion in court circles. Following the issue of search warrants Moncton barrooms are row practically closed, Most of the dealers have removed their stock from the hotels to other places, andIfe'e '- much t is unensiuess among (healers, search warrants being expected at any time. There are jail sentences Imaging over a moldier of (b'ale's las well• Prayer, Almighty God, the father of our ,spir- its and the fountain of all blessing, we thunk Chile for the revelation of Thyself in Jesus Christ. We bless Thee that Ile who was in the beginidng' with God, and who was 1.101(eif divine, became flesh. and tabu[ na 1t1 'e among c v on„ leen. We thank The for that grace and truth manifested in ll!» earthly lifo, by which we are still persuaded and enabled to seek Thy face, We would open the door of 000 hearts and welcome Christ Jesus praying hint to enter and take possession as our Lord and Saviour: 211)3' we recognize his presence and His power, as IIe brings 115 into loving and childlike fellowship with the Father and gives us Ole spirit and the 011000eter of God's sols. For Ills ]1a111e'8 Bake. Alien, ANSWERS TO PRAYE113 I. looked through a volume of.' "Ile 1)011 01)10 Aneee.ra to Prayer" and,1 was struck with the flatm 5o of its Contents,' Thirty years ago it would have been wel- come i11 1x101'0 ways than one; now it dict not seem to fit. I felt how incom- petent the large class of devout pursous ere to do the pont of an nnnlyst. Here is a city for 11 10)11101) people, mud the drinking water has to be analyzed. How many could do it? Perhaps a 5100e1, and when done, only half of that number can write a report -,o an to be under- stood by the common reader. There is no greater mystery than the mystery of prayer. There are brans' avenues of thought; at the end of every one there is an impenetrable mystery. If so, our ideas of prayer are inadequate and unworthy, and we never arrive at the final point. A devout man takes his pen ]0 write about -a recent experience.. Can he delineate, mark off its in 11' 11.01 - grunt or chart, and so render it ns to be fit 1•o• publication? 11'e may ask who is lie? What combination of qualities cluster round hint to give Lim full equip- ment, delicate and profound, for such a task? Was there ever such e. crowd of functions concentrated in one person? He is culprit, judge, jury 01111 verdict. ie tries to describe matters faithfully, I e. bee the woman at the well, we may sl in the spirit she said it ill, "Theu test nothing to draw with, and the :welt"( r deep" What is the duty of the ale..e7 olyst'.1 It is to separat(, examine, class- if,4', weigh. measure and tact, continue, stripe au average and give result. There, are millions of prayers: oi- swered every moment, but thatthey are ' capabl(7 of publication f gravely doubt. ('nn yon penetrate the inmost ehnmber of prival0 worship, where the. lonely roan is with the. only God? Tell how the flu'- niture is a'ra1ged in that most holy 1>6)00, No other eye can trace, for yew are alone."There shall be no man in the holy place" ---Lev, xvi. 17, Your own - eve cannot trace, for you are in the dark. The folds of the tont are dark, fold on fold; the light of the sur is not there, nor anoon, 1101' stars, nor ell mMel' of lampstand, "'Phe kingdom of (;oil is within you"; all others are excluded, and you oro incompetent. Your ink -horn is not in your girdle; yes have no girdle; S Lord; your you ore naked the Lor a ' ranked fact stand on the living rock, ak, J'n try to look in upon you is indelicate and impenetrable. This sacred region is in- violate, and most sacred epee in thought. The solitude ie its deep as death. - Only to stand and think of Godl! ' • 0, what joy it is; Co think the thought, to .breathe the 1)01100; Earth has no higher bliss, Father of ,Jesus, love's reward, What rapture will it be Prostrate before the throne to lie And gaze and gaze on Thee. "Like as a father piticth his children n the .Lord piticth them that fear Flim." n earthly father piticth his child. Often e, eaenot help him, but. behind Cod's ity is His purpose, plan, provision, 3Ve c the present pain. He sees it too, but ie sues also the pleasure and the our- u e, which Ore hid from us, 1Ve know rt what will dome in an hour, but from Is eyes nothing is hid. His hand isnot (001, 1)0' is this storehouse empty; i1 lent night He guides thee, with mmti- licence He equips thee; His love is ex- panding, Ibis light is enlarging, and all this is to help you to stem the hostile tide, to bear the cross, carry the pale crown of submission, 0 glory under a cloud, 0 songs sung in the night. What harvest Of answered prayers gathered on the bench after the long storms of Eifel H. T. Miller. BLOWN OUT TO SEA. s A Vessel Sought for Twenty Days to h Enter Halifax. 11 oxide)), • Jan. 13.-A tragic stow is se told by four su001vo' of the crew of 1 1110 bar uontine Fanny Itresbawes, who 118 hunted at Milford Haven. '191e vessel, I Inc which was bound from S:uctoe to Ilit! 1- lI lI fax N. S. ,leached a p0 1111 5(1811in trek(: sl Miles of Halitnx, but was blown out to , si Belt again. For twenty days she strove to muter Halifax, but failed. 'file Cap- tain then, though rations were short, de- cided to make for his home port int w island of Jersey, but he, the baht0- w'aiu • and an able-bodied seaman died as a result of injuries and exposure Mout 520 miles off the lizard. The vessel was extensively damaged, and the sures ors, menkened by over. , work and lack of food. flew signals of distreos. These were fortunately newer - ed by a steam trawler. 0. — MANAGER ARRESTED. Bowmanville Man Charged With Obtain- ing $5,000 by False Pretences, A 'Toronto despatch: last Might at a boarding house on Clairol street Detec- tives.; ett -uveal Archibald and Sockett ,wrested Charles Lehmann, aged 45, of I)00man. Ville, 00 a charge of obtaining 55,000 on false pretences. Lehmann, who is a Ger- man, and kept the Bennett House at Boynmuvillo, las been missing from that town for a week. Before going to B00- nlanville Lehmann was 0l0)10ger of the Ricllai'dson Ilouse, at the corner of I(ltt ' and Spadina and - the Elliott House, at the corner pklhi u•ch owl Stetter. Lehman states that the money he has been arrested -for obtaining fraudulently had nothing to-do with the sale of the hotel, but money, he had borrowed ear- lier in the year. , The great, soft, downy snowstorm like a cloak Descends tto,wrap the lean world head to feet It gives:Ate) dead smother lwindiug- sheet t1 buries 1110 he, Joofs until the smoke clay Seems like_ � tsgyil first from its y has b3433, ) s i 11 brood@ dt1o�S5 p, upontire autumn wheat', And n'i�s,ts `e . A a �'r�`u�" -` their en 1 lqs treat','' To hood and mantle that 1' folk,' With wintry bloom it fills the boot -lest grooves y130' Sagged pine 010111p fences. Every sound 1t hushes to the footsteps of a nun. Sweet Carity0 that bright'ouo where it moves, 'Mincing darkest bits of churlish ground To give aradiont miswer to the sol. thelwyn Wetherald.