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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-01-30, Page 7\aa LE' 20:7 V.—FEB.; 2, 1908. Jcsua the :'ev;c.;a of thct ', or'ld.-Jopn 3: 1-2I, Commentary.—I. The new birth (vs. 1-1). • In these verses Jesus clearly states the condition of entering the lcingdoul of God the kingdom of grace Imre and of glory hereafter. It is by being "born again "from above," converted, regeta elitted. Nieodonnis could not; under• stand this and asked how a man could he horn lehen he was old, Jesus gave him to understand that it was not n utteral but n spiritual birth to which he referred. The Savior then brought to Nicodemua an illitstration about the wind. JIe need not think it strange that he, could not understand the operation of the Spirit., for ho could not even un- derstand the blowing of the wind, The gars of the spiritual life aro unknown. \l'e can understand the new birth only as we receive it. 11 iesus.inspires faith (ter, 0.13) Nie- odemus was still in the dark. He could not apprehend spiritual truth. Jesus ex- pressed s•u-prise that he a great Jewish teacher did not understand these all- important truths. 30909 spoke with posltivcneS.s and authority. He said, "We epeak that which( we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen" (v, 11, R. V.). Jesus spoke frorn personal knowledge, not from hearsay, mud yet Nisodemns and the class of peo- ple he represented failed to accept the testimony given. III. God's great love for man ('vs. 14- 17), 14. the serpent—Study the story in ,`oars 21:4-0. "The ]history of the braz- en serpent is a parable of the gospel:' even so—"Christ here testifies of the prophetic anus• typical character of the Old Testament." must—This was God's plan to save men (Hob. 2:0, 10), Son of man --This is the title which Christ most frequently applied to himself, sometimes interchanging it with "the Sus of God." He appropriated to himself the -prophecy. of 13nnitl (1114th _26:63, 041 Dane 7:1 3). It is'.atpplied ,to Christ more than eighty tinle1S9 the NeW,Testil111e11t, 111129lies, 1. H1a' 110miilatio11 (Matt. 8:20)', and that he, the Son,of God, became a trite man ([Tom. 3:3).., 2. That lie ;vara the': cue perfect man, sinless and complete in every human virtue. -3. That he was ,1,1e representative mann, elevated above individual, class and 'national prejudices. 4, 1)14111 he was, officially, the represen- tative of the human race in his life and death for maul. be lifted up -1. In his l crucifixion, 2. In his exaltation. .3, In This is the treason why men erre guilty and will he punished. Light 1. igiht often denotes instruction te•eching, doctrine, as that by which Ave sec the path •of duty. -Barnes• the (wprll an tl03,teninee, Gen is used With respect to Christ, who cs the light (((4)re world. 1t is also au emblem of holiness, happiness and hi tn•- en; Is come -00d has sent the light to us, but the .work of carrying the light tm 11 lootiand darkened world rests upon [.lose who see thou light, The heathen nations of -the earth must be reached through the efforte of the ('hri-li:m church. Alen loved 'darkness --Lore of evil prevents men from accepting the goal; they prefer .the dsork talo evil tend late the good. Men roleet Casuist 1c and religion bocal.nao they are evil, 1 and they aro evil because they reject (Ariel, and ialigion. Irreligion.mud Wickedness are one,—Whelan. 33ocnus eta --1t is lard for men to 010410 themselves lie - fore God and confess and renounce their miss, 20, Ifateth the light --Evil works are performed in the night, under cover o1' tiarintess. Wicked men are afraid of the light. Reproved—The gospel re- proves and condemns the sinner, It makes sin appear odious. 21. Docth truth—"A most expressive phrase. Right is truths and wrong is falsehood. inLdvis and grinds net a lie," To do the truth is to obey the truth, Cometh to the light The good man prefers the fight. He does nothing under rover. Jesus said, "1-11 secret have 1 snarl nothing,",The 111011 11110 101'00 law light 1102.8 not find it, in harmony with hir0 feelings to join Himself in secret car clove, behind locks an bolts, with those who meet to learn patsswo'dq end grips in order to be able to emery on their deeds under cover. 31113 be made mani- fest—T1e. desires 'the most rigid and searching exnaninntion into his actions. He is right and 10 knows it, and he not only has nothing; to fear by coming isle to the light, but be los'1nu011 to gain, He courts the light. W1' right ie God - 11w deruiro of the good men is to mag- nify nify God not himself. This closes Christ's interview with Nicodomc. the publishing and preaching of his ever- lasting gospel,—I3em'y. ID. whosoever, ere,—Gentiles 99 10011 as.Tews. "Who• seem' is better -.for .'each one Cain though he were called by name, for the same Dame might belong to another, Those who accept Christ as their per- sonal Savior will be saved from the ef- fects of 0111, which naturally mod in the destruction of the soul, and will lie given spiritual life here and in the world to coma life everlasting, not perish-dhnit- ted in 11. 0. etordal life—Eternal life is the life which nothing eau destroy. It is more tlnini endless existence. The wicked will exist forever. "Eternal life is fullness of life, joy, peace and love." It is the life of God in the soul 10, Luther called this verse "parva 1libht" (little Bible.) On his death -heel 110 said, "it is my favorite cordial," The 00150 is said to be "the best thing ever nil in human speech" So loved—Such a uc0 could, not be described, Jesus did de n ' i tai f root 't. There s a t etc n p lot attempt neaunin6 in thatlittle word "so" which + the finita mind cannot fathom. The world—".A Methodist cagier 111 York- shire opened his first sermon with this striking comment, 'When God lures, he loves a world; when God gives, he gives his Sen.'"--lleniton,Only begotten Sun—While G od has r an sols made much through the regeneratingnowerr of the Spirit, he has only one "only heget- ten" Son --a Son of equal rank and di (1)10. with himself. 13e1(oveth in him -- To believe in (or "on") Christ is to ac- eept arms as our Saviour; to believe and obey his teachings. It implies a thor- ough 'repentance 011d a renouncing of the old life, as well as 0101110102/ and faith, Not perish—Not be banished front the presence of (sod. To perish tines not mean total extinction of be- ing. Everinsting life—"Eternal life,"— „ IL V. Tia Greek is the same as Litt,. '17'15, Here is n double benefit offered: "1. These who believe in Christ are ex- empted from eternal perdition, 2. They aro brought to eternal -glory" 17. The 'cots—As 11 4. , o w w e Inman race is meant, not merely the Gentiles. To condemn} --Or to judge, 171/1 purpose of Christ's coming ono not to judge and condemn men, but to save them. "Thig does not contradict John ix. 30, Tor judgruent am I cone into the world; Compare Luke 0; 56,' Since there are sinners in the world Christ's of them coming involves a separation from the good, a ,judgment, a sentence; but this is not the purlins, of his 0nnr ing—the purpose is salvation. Might be saved—Tia world ern reject Christ if it ehooses to do so; it is not compelled ,iltrhe saved, 1 IV. Man's responsibility (vs. 18-21.) ",Terns here explains to Nicodemua how men hire guilty for re1ceting him." ]8. That believcth—The one who trusts in Jesus Christ for , satiation. Not con- demned—Or "not judged." He is not condemned because be believes in Christ. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 1, Nic0ds,mns coming to ,Terns, "Th0 1)10ee100 of Jesus in Jerusalem, and es- pecially the excitement produced among the rulers of the Jews consequent upon the purging of the temple. together with 11(1 increasing fame as a teacher and evoker of miracles, which had reacting Jerusalem from ,the hill country \"here' Jesus had been, led, to this famous 1n. terview." Nicodemus was not ready' to, neeept Jeans as the Messiah until lie' had seen and heard hint: With the greatest solemnity Jesus ,turns abruptly from things temporal to things spiritual. His first sentence tuns too deep for the wise councillor, 111(0 great plan of salvation w110 disclosed to him. Niendenme, was ig- norant of spiritual things. "Ilov can (hese things bet" was the, true index of his darkened mind. "It was not teach- ing lie needed, bob the ability to under- stand teaching; not more light, but sight" IT, The nen birth. `he nest he born again" (v. 7). There is no other way to be saved. Flesh Can 1101 be ,justified )Rom, 3. 20). "By no process of evolu- tion Dan the natural man develop into a spiritual man; by no process of de- generation can the spiritual ruin deter- iorate into the natural man, They ore from totally different stock," It is not enough to improve the old nature, but there roust be a new fowl:1011011, a neyv life, a new creation, a birth •"from above. Regeneration is the work of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3, 5.) i1. The brazen serpent, ":Ind as Moses lifted 0p oho gement in th, rrhldm noon. 0v011 00 1111101 the 3011 of Man be lifted up" (v. 14; Luke 24, 7). 1. As the Is- raelltes in the wilderness were hitter by the fiery serpents (Nuns, 21, 6), so the sinner is bitten by "that old serpent, called the devil" (Rev, 1 2, 0). 2, As river' one bitten by the serpent must die 1 er) so death hath yawed \pmt all mom, for all have sinned (11(iiii 5, 12), 3.As hoose lifted np the served by divine appoint- ment (Nuns, 21, 61. so Christ was ap- pointed by the 1111)11er to die for the world (I. John 4, 0). _. As the serpent 00(10 lifted up visibly in the presence of the people (Num, 21, S) s0 -vas Christ lifted up publicly bofiee rhe Whole nation Me �e � Israel- ite en 9.:1e i. ' ,LL 11 nt the Pars1 mast look to the serpent (Num, 21, 9), so we must. believe onChrist, the et0811 701. ti, A0 "every one" looked "lived" (Num. 21, 8), so Fevers one" that believcth on Christ bath everlasting life (John 0, 40), - IV. (nod's great love fo' the world. 1. The lover, "God so loved," Jesus did not die to appease the wrath- 0f God. "God so loved ug" that Ile.sent His Son to die for us (I. John, 4, 11), Man sinned and sold (himself to Satan., God lutist boyback, for redemption is'the way back to God. God paid Satan his price, the blood of IIis-own Son.: ' • 2. Tho. object of Gods love. "'floc world" A sinful,- rebellious, ungrateful world (Eph. 2, 1.6), "God is love" Love is sacrifice. The death of Christ was the sacrifice of God, Redemption was love prompted, love conceived, love wrouglht" 3 The expression of I -Ins love. "He gate." Cadention is a gift. 11'e cannot buy it; we cannot earn it, lest the "should boast" of it, instead of glorifying God. Yet 00(110 so long for it that they try to buy it. A wealthy Brahmin gut bathed in eight :aced rivers and visited fifty temples; a114 walked around a certain tree forty-tw-o times every morning, malting an offering to her gad at every circuit. She fasted twenty-five days; taking nothing but a little milk, coin, penance each day. Aga.ia she fasted forty days, She gave liberally. She built a temple to the gods; decorated the idols with her own jewels and fasted 107-13.14100 Jay's mare, For hours she 710171] sit before the idols and say a hundred prayers over her bends, Daily she would light several hundred lamps before the shrines and sit and rend the sacred boosts, But her longings were never satisfied; her heart always ached. One day she sent for a lady missionary 17terestcd. She 0ecepted salvation as a gift. tsarist satisfied her heart and gave her a peace she 1104 never known, She lost all interest in her idols and came to loathe them, IIe' family because suspi- cious. The priests ordered her to fast and not to see the missionaries, The days were dark. At last she decided to leave her lovely home and tntlell loved family, whom she could nests see again, and espouse the cause of Christ. Slio left all her sills and jewels, and with only a cotton cloth gauuent crept one Christ - nuts night to the mission door and tlu'ow herself into the lady's saris, exclaiming, "I 0.10 come!" A, C. M. 4-- CONGO TREATY DENOUNCED. 13elieveth not is condemned—Christs coming was the act of God. It w08 nn not of the most stupendous character. it obligates a man to God. If, however, man neglects, ignores and then denies it, he stands condemned, If God sent his Son into the world duly authenti- cated. man's duty is to respect and ac- cent that coming—W11eden; to pray to the gods. She taught her in k Th hlindu became Resolutions' Passed by Reform Associa- tion ,of Britain, London,, Jan. 27. -There 11'05 11. imeeting in this city this afternoon of the Congo Reform -Association, raider the Presi- dency of Lord Monksivell, at Which a more active campaign was decided upon. The association passed a num•ber of, 3e - solutions, denouncing roundly the pro-, posed treaty for the tr,uasfer 'of- the 1.uugu Independent ;state hu t'olgfum, and deuantling that the British Govern - mow proclaim an eorly time limit with- in winch. Belgium 101161 produce a plan of auuex,ctlou poovidiug guarantees for a 00111piete, reversal of the claims and pa a Gees el the 01l0tling systelii, the 1'eetul Mien to the nauveh OI their 17gate, and abrogation of slayers and forced Labor,. Another resohition 5038 ,that if Belgium does not adopt such n whine the ltrrt- lsil Goveruutent shall appeal to the pow- ers for joint action: in the event of this appeal failing, the British. Govern anent, 11 was resolved, shall 30000/00 the Congo Independent State as a bar- barous state w'luell Great Britain refuses to reeog 1110, rad tile British Govern- ment n- ment shall notify those c011001ued that any iutcrferenco with the rights of Brit- ish subjects in the Congo is an unfriend- ly act, and that any disturbance in the Congo involving the security of British possess1008 will be suppressed, The resolutions .are intended. to strengthen the hands of Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, 1\'10 is only awaiting definite actio, by the Belgian (toveauucnt and Chamber before intervening, ♦.e TRADE WITH WEST INDIES. NO FEAR OF LIQUIDATION. SOVEREIGN BANK DIRECTOIRS TO CONSULT SiIAREHOLDERS. • Three Prominent Brink Managers to Assist in Arranging the Affairs of the Bank—Not Interested in the Penman Company of Paris. Toronto I i oto despatch: The directors of the Sovereign 'lank net yesterday afternoon mud decided to resist in the courts any' atst,i(m which might be taken by or on behalf of one or more shareholders to force the business into liquidation. The solicitors for the bank advised that no fenced liquidation could he authorized by the courts, although an attempt might lie"made in that direction. The, directors are satisfied that the voles dry winding -sup which they have ulider',.ken will safeguard the interest ,of all and insure the very bent results. • The directors also decided yesterday to call it meeting of the shareholders at the earliest moment possible, and no- tues will he sett ant to -any calling 1110 nemtiug for the last week in February, 11r, Laird, General 'Manager of the Bank of Conutiete; 31r, Braithwaite, local manager of the Rank of Montreal, and Mr. Henderson, inspector of the Hank of 'Toronto have been appointed to net with the President and chief offi-, aero of the Sovereign Ranh to insist in earryiug out all the neces,ary business connected with the transfer of accounts, the realizetinneof securities and the oth- er necessary business, lovas President of the Sovereign Dank: said yesterday tont the bank (nine out of the transaction with the Penman Manufacturing Company of Berns, Out, all right. 10 the advertisement; of the Neaman Company in the British newspa- pers the Bank 0 Slontreal, and not the. So'e(eigu Bank, is given as bankers for 3)01 Pt map Ccmpum;, First Step Registered at Great Meeting in Barbadoes. Bridgetown, Bablool0c0, B. 1V. 1., Jan, 21.—The agricultural conference which has been in session for the past week in Bridgetown came to an end to -day. Delegates from all British West Indian Islands, including ad- ministrators, merchants and plant- ers as well as W. C. Parmelee, Can. affirm Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce, to the number of S0, wore in attendance, ' The address delivered by the pros - idem of the conference set fprth, among other things, that 'great pro. gross has ,been made in the new cot- ton industry, which already is worth 35,000,000 a year to the islands. With the view of effecting closer relations' .between Canada and the West Indies, steps looking to recipro• cal trade was registered. This would be regarded 110 a purely faniily arrangement; and it was said retaliation was not feared. The con- ference demanded also improved tele graph' and shipping facilities for the West Indies. 1D. --This is the condemnation—Or, t 3 I f M NEW EXCLUSION ACT. ,Y Government Bill in the British Columbia Legislature. Victoria, 13, C., Jan. '21.—The teat of the Natal Act, which the Provincial Government will re-enact 91 this seg. sionof the. Legislature, and winch was given its first reading yesterday, las bent given to the House. It is vir- tually the l h coma as the introduced that i o ced last year, with the, exception that the typographical error responsible for l a ap- peared the invalidating of the act, tvl s GJ o- peared in the final draft, has been set right. The not provides for an edu- cational test to be imposed upon all immigrants entering British Colum• bis, with the ordinary reservation, and a provision for the enforcement of the act and the penalties for its infraction. The disabilities to attend ,unauthor- ized immigrants are set forth, and penalties provided to be imposed on any corporation assisting immigrants to contravene the act., MURDER CHARGE. Insurance Company Refuses to Pay Husband's Claim. STEERING GEAR BROKEN. Sicilian Driven 18o Miles Off Course, But Reaches Halifax. Huililsx, 3, S, Ian .. •- she. Man Line steamer Sicihwi, Capt Camp• bell, six (lays' out from , Philed' liana for.' Liverpool; vitt St. Johns Mid, curie unexpectedly into pot yc ler- day afternoon with liar 0t.um„ gear damaged. I11 the hurricane width. raged 011 tete Nova Scotia 00101 O1. 31)1n1'day and Sunday great seas washed over her deck, one large one breitit ng n portion of her steering gear, and while this wens bang repaired the other part gave way, leaving the big liner at the mercy of the gess It mem impossible to guide her avid she was driven 180 miles off her course. fart of the broken gear was patched up, and Capt. Campbell shap- his course for this port, 11101 wa0 sighted off the harbor shortly after noon, steaming slowly up. During the storm, the chef suitor hail lois leg fractured, and is now confined to his room. Another 1110111 - her of the crew had his hand frost- bitten. NATURAL GAS Syndicate to Supply Windsor With Heat and f ig'li. Wiud,or, clan. 23.-- The $vmoo'o Syndicate will pipe natural gas to Windsor from the Tilbury fields at 25 cents for cooling and lighting, and 25 cents for all other purposes, with the privilege of increasing the rates five cents at the end of seven years. Mr. Symn.es' company, as a guarantee of geed faith, proposes to spend ,350,000 of the .1)00,000 that will be,•required to bring the gas to the. nice and laving mains outside the city limits before beginning to tear up. the streets for pipes. By oho terms M the by-law all the pipes nec- essary to supply every part of the ety must be laid within three avers. The company' ng]cee not to export gas. Buffa)o, Jan. ''7.--; he suit of 'Pony di Shutt ,against the Mutual Lite Insurance Company to um0ver $2,0011 on 11 policy' on the life of his wife, Josephine, who w'a, found strangled in her room in the Terrace Park hotel, three years ago, was begun before Justice Marcus in Part 2 of the Supreme Court yesterday. At the very outset it developed that the de- fendants will endeavor to prove that the dead woman was killed by her llus- band. Not only has Inspector Taylor, head of the detective bureau, been sub- poenaed to tell what he 111102s about the case, but Thomas Penney, attorney for the insurance company, in this open- ing address referred to what he termed the murder, in plain English. The grand jury refused to indict Di Smitf. "And this htnnaih being, in the guise of a 111811," he said, pointing at Di Santi, "has the effrontery to cone here? 1 trust and expect that you gentlemen of the jury cha'n't force us to pay a sent on the death of this woman, who, we say, died at his hands." When the taking of evidence. began, Henry Wertheimer, local manager for au uustmlue company, told of visits Quid to him by the plaintiffintifk andd his wife. Snitsaid that the taeon had been insured in the Equitable for 38,000, and he for 30,000, and he wanted to take out an additional policy for 38,001) on his wife. ' The company de-- OMNI e-cloned the risk. II. Weibe•t Spence, the former local manager of another company, 0000' lo - 051011 at Detroit, stated that Di Santi had applied c l t0 hint for , 6.((10 additional 11 3 insurance of his wife's life, • Further testimmm,y to a similar elfeet will le offered this forenoon in an enden- vor to prove that the plaintiff plotted to insure his wife heavily. DYING ON DOORSTEP. Toronto Butcher Discovered Last Night in Unconscious Condition, AToronto despatch: Last night at 11.- 15 o'clock Detective Nat Guthrie found Jahn Zeagnn 11, aged 45, butcher, room- ing at 4 Ontario place, sitting on the doorstep of a house near the corner of Frost and Princess. lie (v00 surrounded by a small crowd, and when Detective, 'Guthu'ie reached lrim was in as uncoil - 8010110 condition, the empty bottle of carbolic acid at hie aide indicating the cause of his condition. He died in the police ambulance on • the way to ' St. Aliene0l's Hospital, Zeagrt 011 vvn5 un- married and lived with -his sister at On- tarioplace. G. T. P. WANTS MEN. Edmonton, Alta., Jan, 27.—Within a few days between two and three thous- and nen will be required at Edmonton in connection with the construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific section west of the city to MacLeod River; 125 miles. Foley, Welsh & Stewart, successors to Foley Bros. & Larson, who have the con- tract, will start work at once. ONLY MATCHES. NO EXPLOSIVE SENT TO RIO DESTROY U. S. FLEET. Vessel Which Was Suspected Had Cargo of Phosphorus and Chemicals, Con- signed to Match Factory at Brazilian Capital. Nen' York, Jam. 27. The ITe'uld has received the following cable despa tell from its correspondent at Rio Janeiro: From information received from an au- thoritative source I am able to furnish The true explemiti0n of the story of an Anarchist plot to destroy with dynamite 111e American warships DOW hi the gar. h•or. While the fleet was en rou.te. to Rio word reached the American 3110bas0y at ]'oris that Anarchists bed despatched n steamship ioded with explosives to Rio. It was believed then that the explosives were intended to blow up the fleet. The German ship ,which had this cargo was inspected by police on her arrival at Rio, and it was found that one-third of the caro consisted of phosphorus end the other half of chemicals used in the manufacture of matches. 1t w110 die. covered that this cargo 9805 consigned to n match factory, butf'fherpolice took ex, tea precautions watching, for Anarchists, A wenithy.French Merchant in Sao Paulo 00)10 amgnk ithose;� under surveillance. This explanation shows' the matter some- what in the light of 'a joke, despite the police vigilance. TO -oo-s NEARLY DEFEATED, Lord Curzon's Majority for House of Lords Was Small h}0111 1, ,lin. 27.—Tho (aazette an- nounces that Lord Curzon received the (1, it welketli not in the counsel of oho largest number of votes at the elec. 1 a •"soehly:" Christ is not there. If you, tion 11011 yesterday by the Irish peers 1 '1'0(1111 walk with Christ keep mit of lyll., evil company, of all eve)] associationsJ, beep from all evil places --fat' every; e, place where yet rann0t go in the Spirit:, of Christ, and that, if upon earth, you.•, .' might not expect to meet Hine therb s- Jf you g0 out of the territory w'htwe, • ITe would go, you need not exneet''to find Ilia. Prayer. Ever blessed God, our gracious Father. let the oyes of our understanding be opened that we may sec Christ Jesus as May C ill the 1. Ile is sot before us gospel. we Over behold Ilio in Itis majesty and beauty, the chief among ten thousand, the one altogether lovely. 31a' we adore Him as the Eternal One. tine Son of Gal, who, for our sakes, veiled IIis heavenly glory and (arae biro this world, and grant, O merciful Father, that such faith may be vouchsafed to us that we may he able to accept and rest upon Him for the fulfihneet of those gracious purposes which Ile came to accomplish. By IIis sacrifice may all our guilt be washed away; by talooutpouring of Rio Spirit may we be renewed and sanctified and changed into His image. And may our hearts' true love and devotion be His both now and forever, Areen. Going on Forever. This life's choice is not for this life only; it is for the next world as well, 1Vhotever our future condition may be, we know that it is to be a conthn once of tied, which we have chosen here. But, that 001101 we hive chosen will he deep- ened anti intensified in the world be- yond, Paul hints at (hie when he speaks of Christ's representatives 00 being n "savor of Christ" both to the lost and to the saved; "to the 000 a Snvo1' Rom death unto death in the other a savor from life 111110 life." We ere dead now without Christ; but the dcetlh beyond the grave will he a deeper death. W are living eternally 11011' and here if our life is in Christ; but. the surprises fond joys of the life in Him on the other side of the grave will he richer then the hest tiat we 01111 know here. The tor- tu}e -of our 'sin-0h1sen momenta end the joy of oto' Christ-surrend0md mo - monis m'0 both earnests of their eternal eohtinunner, tbo ale a warning. the other an invitation, Why 810111d we ever choose wrongly? —Sunday Seinedd', Times. Walking With Christ, If we aro to walk with God, we Must t:0 nowhere that Christ, will not go. Oh! how many venture beyond the ter- ritory in which they ought to wall:. end they wonder why they have not the enjoyment of religion. They g0 where 'Jesus will not go. 'Blessed is the man for a representative peer from 1., - land to fill the place glade vacant by the death of Lord hahnaine. It adds, however, that Lorca Curzon's right to vote in the . elections of represen- tative peers has never been certified, and that Lord Ashiown received the next highest number of votes., being only a few behind. This is generally Mterpreted enerally- ,llterpreted as meaning that Lord Cur- ze71'0 election may be inva!idated ov- ing to his not having taken the nec- essary steps to qualify as a voter. e Lord Curzon claims that eminent legal advice makes his position secure. Lord Curzon asserted to -night that hi., failure to qualify for admission to the roll of Irish peers was due to a technical omission, to which his attention had not been called, and which in 110 way debars him from election .as n representative peer. SAID HE WAS BLACK SHEEP, And Proved It Later by Appropriating Vicar -General's Wallet. Ottawa, Jan. 27.—A your; man gain- sho 1 Archbishops to the truce ed admittance ',Palace yesterday and later an audi- ence with Vicar -General Routhier. IIe gave sus name ,is Oscar hcuaud, .in" to have been once a fervent Cath - 411c, religiously inclined in his ways, nie�t; volunteered the information that lady he had fallen from grate 0101 ani evil companions. it urn's Idling to lire over lei, t y in a manner regain his least position, 1ad C1 's aid. conic to make confession, 10.1 he, Then watching his chance, frau n onuses table at his right band he nppropr1ated , hand, and no hnl'ln can bofall us. Ac hes a gold watch and chain awl In a little crowned all the past years of our lives while tools his departure, The loss 0000 with Itis 00eihm'ss, and walking with The Crowned Year In Psalm 65 the sweet singer nay's: "Thou crown:st the year with Thy good. Hess," and thesewords touch a respon- sive chord in ninny hearts. To ali of 113 the year has ln•onght 001.10(1 and man• Hold experiences. Upon the pathway of some the shadow- has fallen. Bereave- ment, sickness, business disnpopintlnents have been the lot of not a few. Bnt amid all the strangely mingled oxperi- 0115 we 0011 hear the voiye from the , eternal: "L0, I am with 'you all the days." And that promise is very real to Gods children, Evan in life's dark- est Med we have felt the touch of the unseen hand, and have been drawn closer to the heart of infinite love. He has 11e01 with ns 11ithecrto: He has given 1.10 songs in the night; Ile has led us in right 1 'Sht mths • not one of His promises cause. has I failed us, and so wt face the future with hearts glad and strong and unafraid. We know not what the new year may have in store for us; in mercy the future has been veiled from our eyes, but we know that nothing can phuek us focal IIis hand or separate us from IIis love. Some who are with us now nary loo with God be- fore the year is done. Some of n; may have t1 'shed our little worse. Some of . nt i us may be lulled to pass through the waters. So be. it. Our times are in His discovered the pollee notified and the 1 11ieae11 suceoedng year will he mato young man arrested. radiant until the call 7051105 and we en- • ter into the presence chamber of the FOOL MIDDLESEX FARMERS. Ring. Where Go the Boats? London Ont., Jhe l o the Lots n - are again being beard on the Lou- Dark brown is the river, don market of the number of framdol- Golden is the sand, lent agents passing through the It flows along forever, southern part of Middlesex. One With trees on either hand. farmer stated that he haat been "Lek- Green leav s a -floating, ' ern in" on two cessions by men selling Castles p34 the foam, butter color "gm ra meed to be harm- Boats es ming. E -boating f t} la lens to the 00)10(10101' 0 the gnu' and sure of bringing higher prices Where will oral c9nte hor"c: for the r the commodity." He paid three On goes the 4.1ver dollars for the sample case, and two And on sp:rdvehe,'mill, i days after the parties left the t'hei Awa down the galley', nits, found that the stuff was n con- y, down the hill. taction of chemical coloring 11(1.3100 Away duses, and oil, cheaply made up, an ss for any purpose. A complain 101.1,s made at the of- fice of the market @leek this morn- ing, and 601110 action will be taken if tiro whereabouts of the scheming aunt can be found. •4- FELL sFELL FROM SCAFFOLD. Galt Factory. A Galt, Ont., despatch: Two labor- ers, John Walton and Charles Prime, while at work this afternoon at the Goldie & McCullodlr Co,'s workshops, fo11 a distance of ,20' feet to the floor. The men 980981 origaged in whftewashipg the shipping room, and; were ow a scaffold, when one ' of the hanger° broke. Both were very seriously in- jurerd, Two Laborers Suffer Severe Injuries in Away clown the river, A hundred es. ore, Other little childrennlhlor m Shall bring my' ,bouts ashore. —Robert Loco j$tevensol, Fore Forward is written e t1 f f dyl,;'., youth. He pas(o '°from office nay t clerk, from cler)t,. caslder; then lie be- comes partner;',4 finally head of the firm. Tho'Trap has seemingly moved forward a1 t, he time, but in reality, in- stead of'ing headway he has made Stern,wq3�7;�, for he has travelled towards afftq- ;carps, that hay in which all must fititil!it Come to an anchor. Our face is (named aft, and not to the fore, for the drift of our, life- is to the afterwards. Brow humbling are the paradoxes of life! "Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but aftcrw•m•iis lois Mouth shall be filled with gravel." -11. T. )killer.