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Jest, ,.,_ Co ;(.1 Iilentt.d,-John 10:1-18.
ke::ary. Ilia parablo 1410). 11
((0.1:1.),,',(U',' s .1ashi... lays the
fool 4 en 1''ur'che discourse tvrueh is to
1, Verily, ve1'!ly—'Intl, empha-
size, ine 2.ep:at,,acr of 001vt. lie is ;(bout
to 1 :sty unto 7011000') was
talking ,l,rettay ut the man who had
0y, u u , a;catetl t'u fernier idi,1,1 1)11sn
(sloe r,.p 9),. .tans t1lg,applieitt!un of
4 1i1. (4',)u,,+ was to thefts as spiritual
ihicve:- and wean -hs .;au 10(11 usurped
nigh' tray over the flock of (hod, as
111x1.1. ; :ll,3phel0s, and who had (1,111!'
a the ohmip 10.,vo(vos. The ease in
hand 1,10.00ated the way they dealt
with ;he Mind:. They haat reviled 1, poor
limn instead of protecting him. They
pert;,odr:,5,' hIhu4l,1,11they were
pellet . ,1111 phimisers. 11 ,vasa fear -
(111 m lig ,neat; liv the dolor ---111 this
le=son Jesus present's )Himself as tr'r,
Door and the .Cocul Shepherd. With
great tenderness and bx'osl1 of expres-
sion Ile speaks of His relation; to us
its '11 t l lowver1. _.te sheep -folds of the
Iiasf <;e not e e,:d like our stable,,
Mit ac 10.1° enclosures 001001012ed by a
well of lob,', stews with thorn -bushes
:upon the top, tut manly an effectual
barrio: egoista t the wolves. -Fait Lens
nen. l here is only one (lour to Oriental
slicer .dal:', "tihcepfold—ln the n.p(rli0a-
tiou thee sheepfold represents the time
chu...0 111' Ul1liel. Tuicf...robber---A
ah!e, 10(0,irs to gain his booty slyly
and:maid detection; a robber 1s a brig -
1).;)d ,.:':,ar le -1,
1( to do violence. o _, l y who
11000 -Cpculy-, and boldly, with no need
to coaetai us
u Iter u , 1.111 --'(Is' lioiv
it is h . o.n, who opens the, door to the
Bement slioph ( .1 t ment 10,, of this
0stub 11,.11 by the apostles. Ants 14, 27;
1, Cr It., 9; 11 Cm'. 2, 12 Cal 1 3-
11;te 0. 11, hop:(ht re , 0 !t1
Nhepha,e„ ie. -(44 neen r1.' :101,11 10, and
qualifying slices for the work of reseu-
Ing ! 13e:1. 110 11, op t rue (,lu is -
tam,. huiie w'1, Ilk ::heap, are "fmn0
cent, lav tlaa, 1-och.thl., obedient”
Ilea: are I mew- 11.1, (01',1 is 0 pleasant
• one,. It so:nodules maluis Severe, but it is
always in Joie, By na ie. ---01 the Last 10
i1 Bork of ,r,ifalieds each sheep would
have 1 , ,101! Wine. 1b is Said that
Cyrus .(I' Caesar could repeat the
nauiies el' the mar ofrh.fir great armtee.
11hra e ete•r(l.''taut was colonel o1 a
le0ilr nal 110 knew wally 1001 0( hie 000
01x,11 ny name, "(001)lerful -would be
the el art of suet' radurnty and separate
remembrance." . (Christ (10050 lis 1)0.1
to es us ':; iudicid)1als. leisdetli then
0211.-i a, 23, When we 1,111,1 ounsolv0,
t,0 the 1 {!'_.ship 1.1 one greal. SlieplCird..
He will •1 ad u, out of our trills 000
dilfh .!tics; into gieen pastures" o:
joy end blessing ;
s.n;.i anal lnc..awcnly 'sunusliiilca
d. '1"11.' sheep fellow 1110)-110 mast .foto
law where elitist 1022�11,. Sometiiue;
the Lust pi:stures acid tria Waters of rest
lie beyond deserts and mountaili,s, and
rough ways lead to thein; still, Jesus
leads HI, chosen one there. Ile guide,
them to the best things in life, to what.
e e,1.
v"
t nl enlarge their soils, cunoulc
theer hu develop lh:ir capacities, in-
crease usefulness."
3. -;triage!' Will they not follow
'11115 'IS tote noroug the sheep in the
eastern countries, and it is equally true
unmh� G;al's people, 31ll: owl men may
deceive fur a time, but some day the
ams!; will !:c tots off by Christiana
them elves,
6. 1' nacrstood';not—Aware that. these
, descriplions woro,leaiolled at themselvds
(Matt, p1; 45; 1.nl(e 20;,19), they did
not see the Motet hinge of which the an-,
plicntien tuned 'Connor, They did
not' vrish to understand hint. The blind
beggar found no trouble in knowing
what he meant,
Il. Christ the door (vs. 7.9). Jesus
now proceeds to explain the parable he
had made use of,
7, 1 001 tho door—The door is an em-
blem ,'1 oroow1i a and hospitality. The
church e lso, ordinances, 0 good elms.
actor are not the door. Christ alone is
the doer (Kph. ;'.: 18). Re has made :111
atonement for sin and perfected .the
great ilvatmn. Faith in Christ is the
only 00? marame into spiritual and eternal
iife, 8. Before' me. -These who came pre-
tending to be pastors or gnidessto the
people The Scribes and Pharisees claim-
ed to he ul1trifet01', of the people; claim.
ed the right to regulate the affairs of
religion (shore only aim wt15 to promote
themselves and oppress the people.—
Barnes, thieves and robbers— These
false to ac hors, \who rejected Christ and
wit, were devouring the sheep from 5
pur0ly mercenary standpoint, were the
thieves and rohhe r;. The application was
easy. Hid n of hear—.Arany dill hear and
follow these false prophets, but "the
sheep'' --this with true spiritual insight
—detected their hypocrisy.
9, l;nter in—Through faith in Christ
w( enter into 1110 fold—the visible
rhnr'h. 'Plat benefits are to be 1•00civea
by eft ..ring in? 1. Salvation—"shall be
faired." 2. Liberty of soul—"go in and
oat," 3. Soul satisfaction—"find p00-
ttro" (Ism 53: 11.). 4. Protection and
'icor(. Shall be saved—"Safe from the
robbers -that seek to destroy; safe frog
false teachers; safe from the sirls that
(world 01)11; safe from the troubles, dan-
gers and temptations of life." "The
Pharisees harleces had fed themselves instead of
feeding the flock, They load senttcred
them instead of folding them. They had
slaughtered the flock, and yet )weld therm
selves not guilty;"—Pentecost. Go in
owl out—We Wrist "go in" to trust, to
root,to think, to pray, before we eau
"go -but" to do effective work for -the
Lord, Find pasture—"Satisfaction for
every need of the soul, sustenance that
is pleasant and that brings ]wealth and
growth to the spiritual life."
Christ' the good Shepherd (vs. 10.
11). '
10. Thief—Any opposer of the gos-
pel. To steal, ete .false teachers steal
the hearts end aftectlons froth Christ.
Thoir heresies kill and,,destoy all spir-
itual life. Those they e1nnot get lata
their possession they shrike r end des-
troy In the estimation of others, 1.f'`
ltbundantly—S(e R• V. Christ is able to
give Ilio people abundant life.
Are s ekong "mere" life; what such reed
is "1114,' -the Christ life, the abua;l.110
life "By this is meant, 1. Fulness: of
life. 2, Overflowing life." Stoh a life
to to growing increasing life, In the ohne.
dont life there is, 1. Au abundance ` of
peace (Pon. 37. 11. 72; 7 Phil. 4. 71. 2
.1n abundance of 'joy (1.'sa. 111. 11; 2 Cov.
3. 2; John 15, 11). 3, An abundance of
grace (Rom. 5 17; 2 Car, 0. 8; 12. 9). 4.
Abundance of glory. 11. I am the good
she sherd—"les asthe good She ho
1 , us, e ;, o. � p 4,
n•as foretold by Clod in the prophets.
His character was that of n divinely ap-
pointed shepherd. Isis purposes, ' 11!s
teachings; His works, His miracles, His
methods of work, all were those which
must belong ,to a good shepherd of
God's people." In v. 14 Jesus adds, "and
know my sheep and am known of mine"
"']'here is a mnturl affection between
Clio shepherd trial the sheep. There is
a nuttual affection between the Father
:and the Son; one ie parallel with the
other. As the Fatter knows the Sin, so
does the Shepherd know the sheep; as
the on knows the Father, -so do the
sheep know the Shepherd, As his Father
read his heart, so did Ira read the heart
of man and recognize Ilis own." —Rob-
ertson. (Christ's sheep. 1. Know the
Shepherd's voice. 2. They hear —or heed
His voice, This is 0110 of the snnst
1114111, of a, sheep. 3. They follow 1;n.
The Way may seen, dark and difficult,
and even dangerous, but where Ile leads
they follow, 4. They know riot, the
voice of "strangers" and will not fol-
low them. Strangers talk glibly, and
many professed Christians will go after
them, but the sheep will not 5, On the
contrary the sheep flee from them. "1"10)
good Shepherd, 1. Knows his sheep. 2. Is
known by Itis sheep. 3. Has a personal
interest in Itis sheep. 4. Gives them, 111,
erly, 5. Gives them soul satisfaction, 6
Cared) for the sheep, Giveth His life—
The oriental shepherd must face storms,
hardships and dangers for his sheep; be
must find them when lost and must of-
ten fight with wild beasts and robbers
in protecting then, Our shepherd,gi;es
tip His lino for us (John 3. 10; Titus 2:
1.1; 1' lohn'4; 10). Christ's death was, 1.
"Voluntary, 2. 'Vicarious.
12. an hireling—Tire Ifi el(ng•is the one
wlro .i hoer .0i1(15(0 201' his wage,, with
no love or concern for the'werk. Such
a person weeks, his own interests and
happiness and rieghcin'autl destroy's the
,lata;.• 11¢.:merihu.s the sheep forliim-
srlf, and not himself for the sheep." the
wolf—The wolf is tic• enemy of soul;•
in any of his manifold disguises, 5.11.01 as.
nerseeutior, here,,, worldly" living, or a
low 01)000111 of morals:--Strdler. 13.
the hireling .... careth not—To'lhim the
a'0lfa.c of the sheep is nothing; he is,
chiefly s011011ousrfor his own snlet01 hu•
own gain and.' Worldly Honor.
In v la Jesus speaks, of "other sheep"
—the Octanes. These, he says, the "must
bring," "and they 511011 beeping one
flock" (R, V.). The (lenftiles were soon
to be ,brought into his church, "The
Rood Shepherd: sweeps the world with
his thought, Ilere is the universal re-
Intiou of 3041tsto sinners of all nations
and tongues." They would 'become one
noel: not in creed, or mine, lel in ;;'hat
.s fan' more essenlint —one in Christ, "0ne
in heart, one in purpose, o110 in the ser-
vice of (sod and man,"
Q1J Sl10NS.—Whom was Jesus ad-
dressing in this •lesson? Flow did his
words apply to the Pharisees?. lu who)
''rise is (mist the, door'! 'What is :near,
h}' the sheen -fold?, '.flee porter.; The
sheep? Who were the. thieves and rob-
bers? Who ;vas the ;11)14? What are
Sone of the elements in the "abundant"
life? Why 1100 Christ's death necessary?
What is meant by "other sheep"? Ia
what sense are all true Christians
"one"? •
TEACHINGS—We never can get to
heaven by deception. All real Christians
:bey the voice of their 'Master, 1-7in-
lings (sinners) get their W0 es--th
wages of sin—death, All true Christian
014,(1 t5. sane Shepherd—nems (lhrist
llhristians trust in the Lord and lean
not 011.0 their Own understanding. They
!-;now it is always safe to follow where
hue leads,
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS,
The Jews, to whoa Ile parable was
poken, were in an early''day largely a
pastu'wl people, :They' were familiar
with the nature and 'hatblts, of sheep
and the dangers to which they were ex-
posed in. Hunt country. They, no doubt,
were somowh0tconvcrs0nt with the re-
lation the shepherd sustained to his flock
and the duties hod responsibilities of
his position. I1n;both the Old and New
i'est010100ts divine inspiration very beau-
tifully and effcctiyely uses sheep to rep-
resent tho 00010110 chnraeteristics and re-
lations of (hod's: people, and also their
natural inability to defend themselves
against their enemies that prey upon
then( and the many d0nge s to which
they are exposed. 1t also Ewes the faith-
ful shepherd to set forth in' en inimitable
0ny the rein tion God holds to his people.,
with his disposition and ability to save
and protect them from their enemies,
and also to abundantly' provide for their
every requirement. In the lesson before
us .Testis represents himself in a very
euphn tic and comprehensive away as "The
Good Shepherd."
I, The good Shepherd las the greatest
measure of. love for Itis people, (a)
"The good. Shepherd giveth Itis life for
the sheep" (v, 11). See L John 3, 10,
and John 15, 13. (1) He died for them,
or male an atonement -for their sines
(v. 15). See John 3, 16; Hob, 2V:0. , (e)
His love and the atonement He • 10115
nude are in their nature and provi
sions applicable to all. mankind (v, 16;
John 3, 10; 12, 32; Rom. 5, 18; 0, 32;
Hob. 2, 0; 'I. John 2, 2).
II. The good Shepherd brings His poo•
ple into a state of salvation and perhe,I
.l 'i
security (vs. 0, 28, '20; 11 L 1 ), •
1II. The good Shepherd 12 1)1001.10;
•1u;quaillte? with His people (1.. a, 27).
Ile knows their dispositions and (mints,
diseases 0101 circumstances, and has; ,t
perfect knowledge of .their every re-
quirement.
1.V. Tho goad Shepherd "gneth before"
and "teacloth" Ills people, ?low sign(1
dint., whether considered from a aeg i•
l.icc or 'ern affiruntt.iv0 point of view!
:14 -sus suss,"'follow rine" (Jahn 21,49).
Paul l50,.'1Ie ye therefore followers of
Boil, as de,))' children" (1(511 p,
.1p0s1lc John affirms in regard to. the
relation Christians had to tilt; 1,01'i1,
1l. that sihth in; 01000111 iu 111111 Ought
nim,c I also so to wail., even as 110
M;)Ike1'' (1. Jo.lrn '2, 6). The 'salmist
declass of "the good Shepherd": 1'112
I.1adeth un( beside the still waters.` lie
Ie.('Lcrip"
t n•
h 1 ,} soul, lir: quiilelh sic int
the paths of righteoudaess for His
a.une, ,eikt', 3m, (Lough I walk
through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear aro evil; for Ilion art
iritll me; Thy rod 11101 117 staff they
comfort m," (Pse, 23,'2.4, I., V.). "And
who is he that will harm you, if ye be
followers of thin which is good?" (i.
Vet, :1, 111. "For as many las arc lett by
the Spirit of Qod, they are the sous of
Nod"(t1
our, 8, 14).
V. 'rho good Shepherd nukes ample
provision to supply 5(003' legitimate
regnireutent of His piroph, (ws, 1, 10).
See P,a. 2.1, '7,11(4 abuuditi)t15." "lIe
:hail he' saved, and shall go -in and out
.0,! find pasture'." "lie 01010111 Hie to
lie clown in 500010 pastures; He leadetl1
rite beside the still waters" etc, 'This is
surely' language that is Capable of a
ver;(' wide and gracious application to
(nnl's people,
VI. The good Shepherd stands by 11is
people in 11)11' of (huger, emits ready to
intk0 any sacrifice to protect and to
save then( from the elements that war
upon them am? the enmities than would
0.,111' of them a prey (vs. 915). "No
enic shall snatch theist out of my hand
says, Jesus, .t d no one is able to
,n itch them wit of the. Father's 1114101„
((:,.28 20, 11, V.).• David was an exam-
ple of 1i faithful and courageous shop-
acrd when he skew the lion. and bear
l 1. Sam. ) 7,111-:i7 ):
0' 1I, 1110 good Shepherd symptithir's
11th and ad,y,G, Hi000'lf t,) alt, various
auditions acrd cireuntstataves of His poo
plc. Ile :'hall feed His flock like n
.14e01; lie shall gather the laud's
lh Ili, arm, and carry -them in Ilis
•„om, and stall gently lead those ,-(11111
11.1 with young" (tea, 40, I1), Bead
0k.,
V"111 The ",r,;d I0. •In l is the author
! 1 t
01(1 di.peoser of i 1010:1 lige to all them
1,ho olo'y'lint test 27, 28; TIM), 3, 9),
1X. The good Shepherd is the Suns, 1(0'
good, for 10: is Clod Iv. 31:1); Ile is the
":5100; Shepherd," b cause Ile is the
Almighty (1],'1, 13, 211); Ile fs tom. "chief
'hephe'd" in com el:hum with the, Tains•
iters of the gospel (I. Pel, 5, 4), and tit
Sbepen'j1 and Bishop" of all the souls
chit 0u111jw5e'the. ('lunch of Cod (T, 121,
,). 1V1losoever eau trittlifuily sal.
The Lord Glchm'lhl i, my Shepherd,"
:ens also With nabom;d,'d eonhdetc„ 0(-
'aihi, "I shall 1101 want" (Pot,. 23, 1
J. Craig.
The Young Woman
on the Farm
(Address by 1)r. Liachus at Guelph eon
(Tae 1Hopu J,nil'mb,)
p.ut the sen0- Woman play, !u
farm lite is of wrote iugintLulc ll;n1
Would appear at first thought, while the
icies4 she taken in the affairs of the
m au,dn toile' 1la5]1100ss and the hap•
pfneSS of the home.
The must fortunate thing for 0 girl
is to have been born .11110 to have
(,ells her eal,y ire o1 a lamp. Dere
is nothing in the world fits young W'o•
.dell and ye11115 men so 11011 for. the
. w ,e ui lire ns childhood .ill the
.0uatry. 11 1105 become 'altogether
too 011.1e11 the Custom of farmers to
,ry for the sake of the chil,h•en to
,lore: into town i1 order that schools
any lit, 000e convenient; but there
"alta (Mans more convenient still,
:1,0 it is ,nada other things which
.nova ams sauulehtrlaa(ee the advan-
tage e of being convenient to the
sleet,.'
First of all, our yonn'aperple should
grounded in the love of holey.
There 'hound be an affection for every
1,0, ever} tree, ever;(' brook, eters
„inside in and lthout the: home faint
The voice of who• songbirds sb0)151 be
weever that (hob's or orchestras, The
knowledge of our 01011 douiestie aui-
mats, their pecilliot'ites and babits—of
more interest tong the "011111.111 c'en-
tures of • the Zoo." Send the girls to
school by nil means, but keep 111e1 in
line with the farm bonze, Let the
friday night's return be one of rejoin.
1); and the Saturday's tramp over
the farm through the Borns and wu'rc
uot the bl s
fet eyrnt of the week.
Do not bring tjte young women up
with, the idea telt there is something
vulgar and unwomanly about taking
an interest in the stock: on the farm.
'Chis i, 5 m000111n sentiment nit's
too prevalent in this country, I hen•d
one of our greatest professors say, "I
110 not know what is the matter with
the women of Ontario.—they take no
interest in the domestic 1u1rm010 011
the farm, ns if there were something
vulgar about it" And he added, "If
they eonld have seen our great Queen
Victoria soleeting from ler own herd
the n tiu)als for breeding ppurposes,
•walking. about, in their midst, and
when from age she was no longer able
10, walk 'about, having them fed before
her, surely they would see that our in -
serest In these creatures is neither un -
'1 nor milate0 ng."
th
I e e tnothe us see to it that. our
i (0J5 thurn go forth front the home
1,');;01.1la ell the artsof housekeeping,
hat '1 n1' all let them endeavor to and
(40 uric rest to Confl life by creating 0
lore for the domestic animals.
!f life o:; the faini is to be erode the
.ppiest and most lively lit',' in the
nen'I, the young women must not be
ha:n'nc a domestic, drudge,
thinking, only of feeding the men, but
they • should learn holy to make the
hou: .s joyous place. There is no
home in the World so homelike as the
o0 in the. em),(1ry, Ilene, instead of
each inember el the family going away
to the evmnn'r . •. n c his own ,�,(i n t. (t way,
the .'(enings nuc spent together around
the fireside.
Are the present conditions of the.
young (('00,0(1 011 the farm all we could
wish fm'. In some ue case, ye,,',and in
(may otters 0o. Our country homes arc
not ideal. '111e mother, with her tunny
care,, (Mos sot always consider that her
daughters should be 511'011 sante 000500-
'Miuty, or should also have an onoortnn-
ly' to develop their individuality. Let
the young woman have 1100 own roost, a
piece whore she eon he atone at tunes
Int her -it it up alter her own ideas, and
lot her Peel that this room is her (any
own. Nothing 1(1,11;.' for eontentme m
nor)_ than this.
1P we stop to cons(er, we will read.
sly see that there ham( [,'renter Mlle
-
glow far joy in the home than ran be
nuwul ly the girl there. The gladness
tad (happiness which eau to scattered
by one bright, cheerful young ((0uuul
trill 1',,! the house with delight.
Among the advantage, possessed by
:ba country girl over the one in the.
etiy arc. Living (near to nature and
leandeg by direct .• observation the
great Imdalient:0 Methods oil not e,
Jho 100,110u1 of country life with the
uaaltlegicag outdoor amusements, its
pure au, the early hours, wholesome
Moil and ',implie.ity of enjoyments. The
,y girl, in turn, has the advantages of
0(cmni15 familiar with social usages and
of aspiring: dignity and confidence of
.inanlifir 1110 latest plays, loetuas, ninsi0
and fietto;) are awl at the hand of the
city point; woman. 111tt the songs of
r' feathered choristers should be sive•t-
er than iialy e0e h( ,ala, and the glory of
t
landseopes more beautiful than
anted ;Mottles, while the sermon, i.;
stases"0id the "books in the, running
brooks" ".,a.((1_i be as Interesting as fie-
ti0:I,
To improve the conditions in 111e coni)-
icy leo e permit the young woofer' to
lintro something to say about the .0r
1,u;t,'na'nt of the (home, Let her pun
way the 1(011. wreaths and tissue, paper
(lowers 1f she Ilkse, ii:41 replace thorn
with natural flowers. 1st her use th.
parley Micheal site please, to entertain
Mr friends, In feet, if more of the
evenings were spent together in a social
ea), itwould add to the happiness, help
the good (11000000 anti p011011 the wit of
rill,
The r u lt.r girl should have seam
delinite loiiree 01 income. 1'he'nluokca.,
the garden, the cows, any of these
ni'1111 be placed in her charge, r cal
tin potion from their incenl)0 being
hers to do with as she will. This would
heap in developing ,..(h-ecliance and the
knowledge of the value of money, '1'h_
eu to) of sending the boys to college,
Ind giving them Immo, and sending the
;111; out into the world with n maw int
;
and clothes, .0t: with a fealh t lt>d and
Iwo pillo.ws as their shate3T,m the e5.
at is as fli5eoureging to young wonnon
15 1 is 111 L:t all: s e 0(11•+
l a I r the a .,e of hum
' Hods of our count girls 0* o'
1 y„ Isgm„t tori:
in shop-, ,,tctorie,'and where net:, be.
.ides forcing theminto undesirable
marriages for the 'sake of hones. Girls
should le taught every branch of
n r'.;ckse ph t;, and should in, 11
:a.
to acquire 1u11 the knowledge po ,u>lr
in this department They should glen
be timght the ru'e of the person, as
well as to beautify the home, and to
gather 0 few beaus of happiness as
Llhev trend along the rough rout called
life.
"DEAN" FATHER COMING HOME,
Man Deserted His Family After Return
From War.
[intenazoo, .Mich., March 30.— A
strange reunion will take place on. April
1st, nihor Frank Sherman, formerly of
Cooper, now in London, Out., will return
home to see his children after practical-
ly forty-eight years of absence. Sher-
man enlisted at the first can for volun-
teers in the civil nor, leaving a ('rife 01111
two children. He was mustered out in
1863, ealne 1101110 for one night, and then
disappeared, Ho (pas not seen until '25
years ago, when he appeared again, but
departed taxi dais dater, and it awns
thought he Was deal,
1leeentl' he wrote to the Rev, R. S.
McGregor, of the 'Methodist Church,
asking about his family. He was in-
formed haat lois wife died twenty:tree
y1111(0•anno, and that his daughters were
marrie?. They are Mrs. Thomas Walk-
er, of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Frank
Brown, of Grand Rapids,. Two (iays ago
another letter was received, announcing
Merman's intention to come here April
1st. •
Inc has berm employed by the Cana -
17.1i1 Pacifrk, flathead as conductor. He
'intends to do all in his power to make
restitution. for his past comluct, he sr-,f0
e e
JAP CABINET.
Tokio, March 10.—A reorganization
of the Cabinet has been efl'ee ed. The
PP
followinga ointments were¶muotulced
this morning:
Baron Senge, former Governor of
Tokio, to be Minister of Justice.
Viscount Hotta, Minister of Comnuui
cations.
M. 'Matsuda, Minister of Finance.
'L Ha.ra, Minister of the Interior.
This constitutes a coalition Cabinet
and it is stated that no further changes
are expected.
WANTS PEACE.
GERMAN NAVAL INCREASES NOT
AIMED AT GREAT BRITAIN.
Chancellor Von Buelow, Speaking in
the Reichstag, Tells That the Em-
pire's Naval Policy is Purely De-
fensive—Unable to Publish the
Kaisers Letter.
Berlin; Alarch 30. -Speaking in the
lieicltslag today, Chancellor on 13110-
10w declared that 10 regretted his in-
ability to give the contents of pane
poor William's letter to Lord Tweed-
aaouth, first Lord of 110 British Ad.
n111011y, which had created such a stir
ill IiagIaud, Ile
Said this ce n '
-
cation(vas purely private, and the ,w-
sortioi' that it Was 00 attempt to in-
flnent:' the 110.51 policy of Gast, Bri-
tain ;vas absolutely (011110ut lauda-
tion.
"The purely defensive character of our
naval programme, in the. face of 111e at-
tempts to infinite to f 1114 aggressive in-
tentions and phut, toward Groot Britain,
cannot he repeated too (01011 lir too
harply, the Prince (1(chn'ed "11'1' de-
sire to live at peau 0101 111 quiet with
Ureas 131110in, and We, therefore, feel
13 that tome l::itish publicists
should (maims, to tolls of tom '1lclruat
danger,' especially ti•hcn (bent Britain
always has had a fleet several bates
4tremger 1111111 ens, While- outer 1101101AS
also h,n•e nano f:uw'rriu' navies 110:1:1
we.
-11 Wnn!d lead 1', the pence of both
;enmities owl the w odd if this contro-
iiiisy mire to as-imd, 1t is satisfac-
1010 to 1.1.,15 1101 the attempts made
Si 'England t, (-reale as false 10(5I'1'01
cogariling'- this communication have fall.
en through."
MURDER CASE.
E
MAN WHO KILLED HIS WIFE TOO
CRAZY TO PLEAD.
Indian Must Face a Jury—Attempt to
Postpone the Trial of Thomas Noah
Failed—Case Has Been Up Three
Times.
A London Ont., despatch: t1 the ease
01 James 1,010;i (01115011 with r nl01'"
,.rg in; wife, 11.o grand jury it -
;tuned u true, bill of murder. 1'(e tr
ens:td was plotted on the stand, .1''
(5011 asked to plead Made no reply, but
starred vacantly at tlac-,judge. Owing 111
Iris mental educlitlou, a banister nil( 1'e
;elected fioul autu0g the local profession
au..( slaw 11'10(1 wilt Le proceeded with.
Thomas Noa.l:, the Indian who rune
;, v0 the 01, 1:0,' of murder last Jana.
.ty, again appeared.. An effort Was
estate, to p'stp,oe the hearing until the
(i!I 0s!• re: , 1131 defence 01(1 00ing an im-
partant twtyes (uis un tblc to be pre,
sort; After 00)0,!d,uib(e W.41151011, the
judge ruled than es the case had been up
thate times 'it weitid he necessary to
1101 :ac of it at the present assizes, am.
Soa:h wit] 31,50)2' on Aprr] MIL The
other eases were principally damage
shits, and were of minor i11nlnitill,e,
4.5
.GORED BY A BULL,
A. H. Atkinson, of Percy Township,
Found at the Door of His Stable.
A (',,bong'despatch: W'or'd has been
received here of a terrible fatality
whereby Mr. A. IL Atkinson, a well.
known fumes, residing near Dartford,
10 Pere( township lost his life o1'
Sntur(110 by being attacked by a vie."
ices MM. Jlr, Atkinson was found ly-
ing at the door of his stable, with in-
juries in the breast, 00111011 oosn!to,I 111
his death a few minutes after he was
carried into the house, One arm was
1(0(101) also.
ORDER -IN -COUNCIL UPSET,
Justice Clement Gives Judgment in Case
of Hindus.
-VainioUver, March 0 -lodge I'h•ulent
tc lay (4l'00t.d habeas carpus for 140
Hindus arriving Lath by wn} of Sara
red 1I;mg Komi). 11,1,11118 that the utder-
,o (oan,a of Jali. 4111 exceeded the pow'.
ei ,:,i: the lulu lgn it(11 1(4, and Was
particularly defective because the dow-
er riarf leneral delegated: his 00lhority to
the Minis•ter jbe Interior; -which the
11,,,',') nn (,aneat-in-Cotuudl alone could
0xet rise.
ITALIANS ACQUITTED,
Three Men at Montreal Charged With
Murder of E. Cassieri,
Montreal. March 00, --After a strong
1511150 in their favor by \h, Justice
Lavergne, the jury brought ie a ver
diet of nit guilty to the coarse of
murder against F. Cia0arri, O. Man-
cini, and thrill Ardhla. 'These three
ft alio were charged with the warder
of 1?. (.a. ,fieri, wife was foiled ill t
dying eondition io a hint=c on Am-
herst street last memos, The .jury
only took five minutes to arrive at the
vet diet of not guilty,_
RHODES SCHOLAR DROWNED.
Washed Off the Rocks at Port Isaac,
Cornwall,
Oxford 1.095110?, ylarcll 30. --Ralph C.
31011y, a1 Rhodes scholar, from Sew
Orleans, la, 01 Oxford, was washed
off the rocks and drowned at Port
Isaac, Cornwall.- to -(1.1v. llalph ' C.
Manny sweated his appointment to Ov'
ford in 1900. Ile Was a student at
Q0001'.'s, A peottliar eoinciito,'o io the
fact that A. K. Tread, the 191.14 11110des
scholar from Louisiaa. died 10 March,
1911:1, front 711ning!1!'.
. "inasmuch as Ye Did It."
(By Rev, J. '1'. Stephens.)
It is not n11te11 the Master asks of thee;.
Only a tender smile, a kindly word,
To some poor, lowly, troubled, ,stricken
soul,
Toast fuels alone amidst life's busy
01.(\
(1
Itis not much the Father asks of three!
Only a helping hand to His prior child
That w1011er3 blindly out o'er mountains'
cold,
Or loses love and life in deserts wild.
It isnot much the Saviour asks of
Only to love the sinner for Ilis sake;,
Only to seek the ('1111011 and the lost ; at.
Only the consecrated cross to tlke,:,''.
•
It is not 11111011 the Christ doth askof
thee;
Onlya eyy n of water in Ills a 1101
1The uagain; , u fed; the naked0('lothed'
b.
A word of cheer to halt, and sick, grid
lame,
It is not ninth that F can •give.to thee!
Oh, 'taster! Father! S1101011' of us all!
But may the words, "Ye did it unto lire,"
To love and labor ho to nun the call.
Osuelaad Lake, Sask.
How to Walk Confidently.
Trustful blindness is better than 'Wor-
rying sight. A pedestrian noticed two
persons coming toward him at night,'
and was pntticuhal,y impressed by the
bearing of one, )who ;vas,wnll:ing straight
ahead at a good gait, head up, shoulders
beet, the whole tanner bespeaking ex-
ceptional confidence and freedom front
all uneortniuly or worry. And then, on
looking closely, he saw that this (010
was blind, -being lid by the other. Of
course the blind one could alk confi-
dently, for he had something better than
sight; 11e had a guide. This confident
bearing of the blind is not exceptional;
it is their usual manner, as (00 all know.
How strikingly it contrasts with the
worried, uncertain look of those whose
seeing eyes shift constantly here and
there in the effort to sere danger and
avoid 111 Blindness is the best training
for calm and quiet faith; therefore the
Lord provides blindness for 110 all, 111
our spiritual ;rdlk.'We cannot see 111111
whirl, is ahead, and we need not; but
.have a Guide who is safer than sight.
Glorious Gospel,
The Glo el, P
(By Ilov. (leo•ge Richardson, in Canad-
ian Baptist.)
"The glorious gospel of the blessed
God." --1 Tim. 2: 11.
Let us bringthese matte's to the
practical teat, the tea of actual exper-
inuent,'.The Gospel is a revelation and as
such it sheds light (01 many subjects
of vital interest to 'mankind, on which
they could 111
• u Id neeneverLova reached any sat-
isfactory- conclusion; without it Take
the fact of sou, and what an appalling
fact is the fact of 111101an sin, and
where outside of the Gospel does nen
find 005 rest or satisfaction in regard
to it': It needs no Gospel to convict
men of sin, of wronn-doiug; The con-
sciousness of sin and its deserts, are
inseparable from mall's being 05 a sin-
ner. Bari cannot shake out of him the
fact of sin, not eau he rid himself of the
dread of iia penalty,
On this fact of sin 1111111 is ?d1ilfu11;
m01:010150d,rcismd, so painfully exete fsevp; at
tines, ns to find his life a 10101100 in-
tolerable to be borne. AVhen a man feels
that he is righteously condemned and
exposed to the wraith of Clod, muter s11011
circumstances, what would be the most
glorious 110500 such a 11011 could receive.
If you 00)1111 assure hint of the remission
of his sins, would 1101 that be the most
glorious news you could take to him.
Let 1110 suppose the ease of 50100 one,
present, it may be, that you feel your-
self a sinner before God, that the con-
sciousness of ,your sin and its dessert
oppresses your soul, that 9t, fill the
present with darkness, and the future
with the blackness of darkness, Such,
as a sinner, is your experience, and,
while you are dumb with grief and help-
less to escape from your sins, tine Gos-
pel brings Tori tidings that yon may be
forgiven, righteously forgiven, freely,
fully 01114 eternally forgiven. Now, I
ask, would not such an experience be as
life from the dead, would it not be
glorious, would it not be a liberty com-
pared with which all other liberty is
bondage.
What eon equal the joy, the blessed-
ness of that spiritual emancipation
which the sinner experiences when the
Gospel opens his prison dour and sets
him free from the condemnation of ltaw•,
bringing hint -into the glorious liberty -
of the sons of God,? The blessed con-
viction that his sins are forgiven, that
the wide gulf betwixt himself 0101 his
Maker is filled up; that he is no longer
an outcast and an alien, but a wanderer
restored to hie former unity, dignity and
peace. What a bliss fs this! How glor-
ious! Yes,0t is a glorious Gospel Which
tells the sinner, not merely to tempor-
ary suspension of punishment, but re-
dempliOn, even the forgiveness of sins,
the liberty of spiritual,' emancipation.
Now this is what the Gospel offers
to every one of us, a free, full, presort
and eternal pardon. And, ns sinners, we
must take hold of the Gospel at this
point of our need and its promised re•
to
lief, The Gospel tells every man
whom It comes that be may be pa'dot-
ti1. And no roar ever became it -partak-
er of the initial blessing of the Gospel
without fcelwg that no n'oe to so 051.1,3'
and ado300Ioly describe 1110 Gospel ns
the word Glorious.
ottery.. 250—Yoe
Ile--liunut�l) u p
wenn a lottery, don't you? He—No, I
menu a, pottery—aa place for staking fam
ily- jars!