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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-06-25, Page 7( k;L,7`s LESSON XIII, -JUNE 28, 1908. Temperance Lesson.-Eph, g: 6-2o. tit 11l a i TARP. -f. 'Che children of da_fcd, _s and o: light cuu10151011 (vs, 1- 14.) 6. let no num deceive you -in the hist verses of the chapter the apostle Mines a severe; arraignment against un- cleanness, 0Uvetousuess, foolish talking, -jesting :11d; idolatry, and in this verse 110Irv 1v. u u' danger of being de- ceived 1s of t] by the "vain words of the m al with looked upon these things as inno- cent, or as "the unavoidable frailties of Minot nature" because of these things -They are so abominable in the sight of clod that diose who practice them are called "the children of disobedience," and divine punishment will come upon thein, 7. be not, , „ pau•tnkors-More is a clew' call to complete separation from sin and sinners. 8 wall: its children of light-l:et your lib. chow that you have. bee.i changed froth darkness to light - delivered from the power of darkness and transladtd into the kingdom of Christ (Col, 1:13). Darkness is the em- blem of ign0'alec, superstition, misery, sin, and of all that is vitts and degeed- fitg; light 'is the embletit of holiness, happiness, heaven, the gospel, and. of God himself (1 John 1:7). "Light im- plies every 055Nnth11 ezeellenee,''- Clar- ice, 0, the 101(11- of the light )11.V,) -The fruit 01 the gospel, the fruit of a ]tole life. is in all goodness, etc, -A11 good- ' 11050 indicates the state of the ;tens;. Pile gospel nudes noun right, '1110 heart is cleansed from all sin and filled with the love of (god. "Righteousness is the 0010155 of that goodness in the whole conduct of life," while truth is the direr• tor showing the special line to be fol• lowed in order to bring thec greatest 'or' to ( the greatest 1 glory God and tl at t good to k g 5111 10110t0 run. The genuine Christian loves the truth, obeys the truth, and 0e (101m0cs 1111 that is not truth. 10, prov- ing, et See 12.4 13y thus walking in the light of GO will be well pleased in all things. 11, have no fellowship -have no con- nection with or sympathy for anything done in the dark -under cover. "We may not nctnally commit certain sins, but if we tolerate or encourage them, we are partakers with the transgressors. '1110 safest place is that which is farthest from evil. It is a perilous experiment to see bow near we can approach to sin without becoming contaminated our- selves. The easiest way to re• silt temptation is to run away. The children of light should not trifle with sin" -glom. Cum. We should never be accessory to the sin of others, either by commendation, counsel, consent or con- cealuefnt. See 2 Cor, 6:14-18 The gos- pel standard dennonds a complete separ- ation from this present evil world, both in spirit and practice (1 John 2:15, 16; Rom. 12:1, 2)• unfruitfltl works -Sins are called works not fruits (Gal. 5:11)- 22); :10•22); their only fruit is death (Rom. 6: 21; Gal. 0:8),. which is not fruit in a true sense, darkness --"Sin is darkness and its parent is the prince of dark- ness, Plants cannot bear fruit in the absence of light." The graces of the Spirit flourish in the light. "Sinful works conte from the darkness of ignor- ance, seek the darkness of concealment c "-Hen f 1 darkness of hl V dor ke end lead to the �tgem, ' a ansa 1 - ink reprove h em S ret et 8 rt. P P Take a firm, definite stand aganst every foin of sin, as did' John, the' Baptist,. Jesus and Paul. The .parent of crime and pauperism in our country today is the ;diner traffic. .It thrives in dank- ness, behind screens. It could not for a moment endure the gaze of an enlight- ened people. And yet this iniquitous (hind the law of d ' entrenched traffic is reach( b the land and public opinion. The super- lative duty of the Christian citizen is to oppose and denounce this vile, soul•de- stroying business, by voice, by pen, by vote, 12, It is a shame, etc. -They are too vile to be mentioned or even thought of but with abhorrence. The only sign of their shame was that they sought the cover of secrecy. flow low they must have sulk when 11 0110 a shame f0• the apostle to even "speak" shout what they "did." But there are some subjects which IF' it is our duty to remain silent. It is a shame and disgrace for 1110 public prints to be filled with the low and nauseating details of crime, ler secret -Oh, the ab- ominations that nre car00d on in see ret, No Christian should join himself in any way to those whose actions 111051 be kept covered. Jesus said, 'in secret have I said nothing." "The apostle seems to speak here of the Gentile idolaters, and of their horrid mysteries which none were permitted to divulge 011 pain of death "-Henry. ' 13. 'That are reproved -';;Inco they are reproved" -R. V. by the light -it is the light which discovers what was concealed before in darkness, therefore we' ought to be shining lights in the world, 011(1 by a holy exan1)0 and godly life make inroads or the kingdom of r darkness. Turn on the light! Let us know the truth about the devastations of the liquor curse. Let it be known that it makes ninety per cent, of all our pau- pers and criminals, and that it costs 110 more than 000 hundred million dollars each year, Draw back the curtain and let us for one moment see the heartache and sorrow-' and disease and death that it brings to 10; blighting, ruining, curs- ing wherever it touches; and then with an enlightened and awakened public eon - science we will rise up and drive this monster evil from our midst. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, etc. -Sleep is an em- blem of death, and both sleep and death are used to represent the soul in a sin- ful strte.,Sleep,is a state of (1) -un- co1sciousness, (2) seeming security, (3) darkness, (4) inactivity, (5) unconcern; while death includes the idea'of Corrup- tion. Feoni this state, through the pow - 00 of the Holy Ghost, we are to awake and arise, God 11005 means to 111110(e1 (len, and by His power we are to come forth from the' death of sin to e new lite in Jesus Christ (chap. 2, 4-6), Shall shine upon then (R. V,1 --Shedding forth His love, joy and peace into our hearts, and thus bringing us into n state of rest, c'on11'ert and holiness. II, Various admonitions (vs. 13.20). 17, Cliemnspectiy-,Seo Ii. V. Watchful old cautious in order to avoid danger. ,The Christian needs to be prudent. 16. i edeml ing the time -To redeem time is to regain whatis lost and to save what is left. -Hem, Cont. "Buying up the opportunity" -R. V., 010rgain. By eager l3'' seizing the moments, by diligence, by continued npplieatiol this con be clone. Days nre evil -"The present times are dangerous, and are full of troubles and temptations, and only the watchful and diligent have any reason to expect to keep their garments clean." 17, Be ye not foolish (11. V,) -here is R. most evident allusion to the orgies of Bacchus, in which his votaries acted like madmen, running about,. tossing their heads from shoulder to shoulder, appear- ing to be in every sense completely frantic, 18. Be not drunk -Do not become drunken tenth wine and act like fools or anmdmen. There were doubtless con- verted d1'umkarde among the Christians to whom Paul Wrote, and wine was their especial danger, Intennpernnee is a folly, 0 waste t denradation,,a s;n, It anis lo retiouneed orthe end will be destruc' P1011. Wherein i$ excess --"Wherein is. rt(t "-R 17, "The woad here translated excess Means profligacy and debauchery of every 11ind,'Sueltes are generally cons meted wit10 dlvinkcnness, and especially alining the worshippers of Bacchus"- Clarke, Paul's prohibition is positive and absolute, Wine is forbidden because it causes rioting. Filled with the spirit - here Paull shows the difference between the warship of the true God and of the heathen :cities. After offering sacri- fices to Bacchus, the god of wine, it 51510 the custom of the people to get drunk in kindled 0 ill t 13 I e ie v his born by 1 $ (01(10 is e C ing that vrhidl is kindled by the Hol} Spirit is edifying and soul - inspiring. To lo filled with the Spirit; It implies divine guidance; it is to be filled with God and to accept Hint as the only portion of the soul, 19. Speak- ing, ere. -71e11 filled with wine sing vile songs, but Gal's people sing the songs of 31011. Christianity is a religion of song; infidelity does not sing. With your heart (R, 1.) -'flee Lord is not satisfied until he gets the heart. Chris• inanity is a heart religion. 20. Always -In times of adversity and trial as well as in titles of blessing. For all things --11010. 8: 28; 1 Thess. 5; 18. Unto God -James 1: 17. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. Some remarkable contrasts are found in the chapter from which our lesson is taken. These contrasts, applied to the effects of intemperance and temperance, are: The 1. Darkness, light (vs. 11. 13). intemperate love the darkness because their deeds are evil (John 3, 19), and their works are "works of darkness" (v. 11). They seek the night for the drunken revelry, the darkness to 00000 their shame. Those who tempt or aid the intemperate until they fall to the 1010 - est depths or meet an awful death, nre workers of darkness as well as those led astray. John G. Woolley says: "A boy is found dead at the foot of a stairway or below a bridge, with a letter from era ;hero his mother, and a stained 1 g 1ilnol n sweet, patient looking:face in Ino poc- ket. He is known to (hare been afire and Well,, and llrunk: at midnight. 'Who killed this boy?' cries the coroner, and we from the thick cover, pipe like n quail, `Bob White, Bob White, Bob White is the saloon -keeper; and' ..when accused he says and truly, 'The Mayor gave ere leave;and we pipe up the mayor, who defendshimself by saying,'The legisla- ture, w'hic'h answers, and truly, '1 an the voice of the people crying in the gov- ernment: Prepare ye the way of the liquor traffic; make its path straight and respectable -or expensive, which is the sante thing.' So the coroner, the judge. the legislature, and the voter play blind man's buff with murderers, and Christian men are tying to draw the ark of God in government, with a license and an indictment, driven tan. dem, 1`o• licenses for liquor sellers end indictments for liquor sunder, run alike -`in the name of the people, and of the commonwealth'sand, for: the purpose of liquor trials, a criminal court, instead cf being n place where justice is judiciously dispensed, 10 bemnne it place where ,jus- tice is judiciously dispensed with'" "Whntsoeyer doth make manifest is light" (v. 13), The temperate are, among the "children of light" (1 These 5. 5), Christ is "the light." Sober living has no need of darkness to cove' its deeds. All is "clear as the sun" (S. of S, 6: 10) to those who are to inherit that holy city whose light is "clear as crystal" IL Asleep, awake (v. 14.) Old, Testa- ment wisdom describes the drunkard as one who "lieth down in the midst of the sen, or as he that lieth upon the top of night, one of the survivors was hurled into the air while asleep. lits sen0atie1 was that of being transported swiftly and delightfully through the nir. He awoke to fund 11ims01f sinking in the waves, The drunkard rd will cue d,1;, awaken from the illusion that he is Be- ing tolverd heaven, to find that he is sinking into hell. Awake, 0 sleeper, be- fore it is too late. Relieve, on the Lord ,;esus Christ (Acts 16; 31.) Begin to lire (John v; 24,) I'ut off the old matt which is corrupt, and put on the new man which after God is (rented in right- eousness and true holiness (Ppb, 4; 22- 24,) Rejoice in the Lord (Phil. 4; 4.) 'rake Jesus as your example (1 Peter 2; 21.) Any say with the npostle, Blessed be the God and ]father of our Lord Teens Christ, 'which 000013109t to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto it living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away" (1 Pet, 1; 3, 4, R. V.) • III. Fools, wise (vs, 15-17.) No man is ever wise. but Maly are fools through strong drink.. Dnmkcnnees more than any other habit lends to foolish and endless talking, revealing scorers, vile conversation, shouting and noisy demon- strations, On the other hand, the wise man bids 111011 avoid the 110 11901. of drnnl(Pnn000, not by using wine and beer in moderation, but Ivy total abstinence, avoiding wine altogether. f: Drunk with nine, tilled \vith the Spirit tie 1r) "Wine" is contrasted with the ''Holy Spirit" and being "drunk" with being "filled," A' 01119100 eoltraet is in the prophe03' concerning. Jelin the Baptist."Ile .. Shall drialc neither wine or strung: drink, find he shall •he filled with the Holy Clrost" (Luke 1: 13. The Spirit of Wine and the Spirit. of;t;ed lire incompatible. He who in. Bulges in the flesh loses the power of the Spirit, Be not drunk with tum, but be filled with the Spirit. One leaps to vice, the other to virtue, (Inc is tut enemy of order, the other is the s0nrce of pe1100..5, C. 71. e -s Profitable refit Seed aP d Clover Se Crop For the Farmer ti000.s+w+wnw+w+wi essou'w'wa (Press Bulletin,) As ivits predicted n year ago, there has been a decided stortage of clover seed this spring. A little crop in Europe, the United States and Canada 0(1,00(1 the stocks for this spring's trade to be ate ab - (10(1011119 low, and this resulted in o us- usnlly high prices for good seed. At present the indications are that the foreign exporting countries will not pro. dace 1110•e than an average crop of cloy er seed, and the Ontario supply is likely to be short. In some sections of Ontario the clover crop was seriously affected by draught last 00115511, and the amount available this year for seed production may be limited. ,\lucln the same condi• tions prevail over a considerable portion, of the clover seed' producing area of the united States; so that unless the yield from the areas wh`fcll were not seriously affected by thee adverse weather condi- tions last season is exceptionally heavy, n 010011190 of seed for next springs trade is more than probable. 10 view of the conditions cited, the hd i abl htJ of utilizing every av I 1(1;0 clean field, or part of field for clover seed purposes is urged, .- In growing clover and grass seed for the market, it i0 important to bear in mind that the standard of purity de- nt0nde0 in the Canadian trade is higher than it was a few years ago. The de- ntinal for seed of first quality lis sub- stantially his nc1result oft stnntinll increased. d The ies d y demand for seed of geed quality has been that the seed grower finds lnpnre seed at 111010st un m rlerta1110 comnted- ity, while the production of good, clean seed has grown to . be a remunerative industry. lienee the necessity of taking every possible precaution against the presence of noxious weed seeds.. 'fie fust step in Go production of good clover and grass seed is to procure the cleanest possible seed. ,If this is used ml elenn land and is followed by a thorough system of weeding in the field, the product trill be clean The field weeding is of prime importance, al- though it is often overlooked. A1'llen we remember that every growing: weed, if nllmved to 1);811100. will produce from 10,000 to 30.000 seeds, it will be readily understood that the removal of these plants nm0t nnake a great difference in tine merket value of the seed. With red clover the best r0'1,U5 nre obtained by pasturing "r cutting the first crop (orgy. This allows t stronger second growth for the seed crop and also leeeen0 the 'dowser of damage from the clover seed midge. If the clover is pas- tored, the stock should be turned off early in the 0000011 and the field mowed, 1 in order to out down the weeds and pro- duce an 0(011 second growth. a ❑•1at !plea-, 23; 34,) A seaman trade Alnikr aed red clover may he : ivvest- awake does not fund it easy to hold 00 ed with n winner or 0 mower, with or to the meet head in a gale.; but to at- tempt to sleep there is sure suicide. 'Many a young man has put himself un- der the dchtsive sorcery of strong drink dreaming that lie could talce it or leave it alone ns Inclose, only to be swiftly hurled into the drunkard's hell. The drunkard stints 1110 eyes to his peril; he is asleep in the place of danger. Ile is insensible to the sinfulness of sin, to the precepts, or promises or providenees of God, to the Lope of ]leaven 0r the fear of hell. He dreams that life's fleeting pleasures are lasting. and that there is no everlasting punishment. Or be 300(1ms of a future repentance, and forgets that this night his soul may be required of him ,iLlike 12; 20.) Onee when the boiler of a steamship exploded in the without a table attachment, If no table attachment 10 : need and the clover is well ripened, if should he rut and '811 ed 0•1101; the dery is en, in order to pre- vent shelling. The clover hiller is the best machine for threshing olsike, and red clover, but the ordinary grain separator will do the work fairly well, if properly regulated. The grain separator will not tall the seed ns thoroughly, and in 00110egne000 there is more waste of good seed, unless the straw be threshed a second time. But the fact that there is no (love' hull- er available should not deter fanners) from snyilig at least sufficient seed for their own use, O. H. Clark, Seed Commissioner. NASAL CATARRH PRODUCES DEAFNESS RELIEF IN PE -RU -NA. Mr, R. 3. Arlen, 401 City Hall Ave., Montreal, Quebec, is an old gentleman of wide acquaintance, having served thirty-eight years in the General Post- of3lce of Montreal, a record which speaks for itself. Concerning 1110 use of Peruna, see letter given below. "I have been afflicted with nasal catarrh to such a degree that it affected my hearing. This was contracted some twenty years ago by being exposed to draughts and sudden changes of temperature. "I have been under the treatment of specialists and have used many drugs recommended as specifics for catarrh in the head and throat -all to no par- pose. "About three years ago I was induced by a confrere 1n office to try Peruna, "After some hesitation, as I had doubts as to results after so many failures, I gave Peruna a trial, and am happy to state that after using eight or tan bottles of Peruna I am much im- proved in hearing, and in breathing through the nostrils," INVITATION TO 48TH. Gordon Highlanders Want Visit From Small Detachment, London, Juno 22. -Tho Canadian Asso. cute() Preas understands that Alr, Hal- dane has sanctioned the payment to the Gordml Highlanders at Aldershot of an allowance to entertain a small detach- ment of their allied regiment, the 48111 Highlanders, of Toronto, consisting of three officers, two non-commissioned of- ficers, and six privates, on a visit to E011111nd. .1n official invitation has been fornr,rded, 11111 Food Products Libby's Veal Loaf is made of the best selected meat, scientific., ally prepared and even. ly baked by damp heat in Libby's Great White Kitchen. The natural flavor is all retained. When removed from the tin it's ready to serve. It can be quickly pre. pared in a variety of styles and nothing makes a better summer meal: In the home; at the camp, and for the picnic Libby's Veal Loaf is a satisfying dish; full of food value that brings contentment: Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago. NOT ASHAMED. Anglicans Think They Are l)oi;ig Their Share. Hon. S. H. Blake ,;.says Giv the Devil His Luc. .1 Toronto despatch: '1'lle reit of the committee appointed to co 5perate (Cull the Prisoners' Aid Association, presented by Rev. Frank Vipond, mica - '1,1,1d cun'md.uabie. r10dy dlt1011501011 at The Heart's Cry After God. (11y the Rev, .-irchibeld (, 111100,) •'Ili' heart aloe my flesh crietli out for the living God.' -Psalm lxxxvi., 2. 1f you lout: into the Psalm from which 1119 text is token, you will see that it would be impossible fbr David to use stronger language than ho does to ex- press.bis desire, for in the second verse, the :loglicuu Sy0011 meeting in St. from te111011 we guru( scleetcd our text, he says, "My soul loogetb." The word 10 the original is stronger than that, The literal translation would, perhaps, be more after this sort: "\fy soul 11014 grown 111110. 1t is 1'011y to faint array for the courts of the Lord" Just as intense desire will eat into • the strength of our manhood, and put a premature paleness upon the cheek, and ' earlier furrows on the. brow, "ser" says` the Psalmist, "my soul is literally ;Ail- ing away to he found once 000'0 with the Lord's people: As if that were not enough, he adds: "Yea, even faintetlt"; and the idea there is consumed with desire. And then he goes one step fin'then "51y heart and my flesh crieth out for the living Gad" They can contain their desires no longer, and so my tongue lnaketh this wilderness to echo with my call, I cry until these rug.', ged mountains send hack the sorrowful notes of my voice, "fly heat and my flesh crieth out for the living God:' You will see that, after all, the Psalm - 1st reaches the climax of desire, not when he speaks of the sanctuary, Mut of God Himaelf, ",ley heart and my flesh crieth out" --not for the tabernacle - not for the services of the priesthood there -not for the multitudinous sant- Rees and burnt offerings, but for (god -- the living God. A caged bird 01(11101 fly; docs it there- fore (masse to be a bird? No; that it does not fly is because it is in a cage, Open the door; see, n 1 on bun quickly it dansart t o o t h the opening, and ilius, skimming through tha 01, heavenward, it lois the bird's nntnu',- 1't had the de- sire for flight even when the cruel wires kept it in. And so it is with the child of Clod, Often does he got caged, and if you were to judge simply by appenranees Sou would say: "Surely he has not the 11.1 - tore of the Christian within." Only open the door. Only 1,,1(0 him al chance of flight; you will see then that, after all, the desire of his soul has been towards Gott; for, in the language of 111y 1/2:01, be says: "My heart and my flesh erioth out f0• the living God." There is 11 hunger in the heart of the saint which only God Himself can sat- isfy, Thou mayest frill its month with everything thou 0111101 think of, and it trill yet hunger and ery out for: "Go31 1:011, God!" If yon are really a believer --11 saved man -the world cannot male you content, let it try its utmost. If all the wealth of tine universe were yours, and all the honors that society can give were lying at your .feet -if everything a natural heart can wish 1'ur were in your possession, you 001110 be as wretched as help with it all if you had not the living God by 9000 side. If, on the other hand, you are a child of God, and walking in the light of His countenance, though trade may be bad, though children May be sick, though 000. rows may come like Atlantic billows one after another, in ceaseless roll, 9011 will 'et bo able u to s"Slysoul ne ou'Ch 3 Y• ) in God," He who hath 1110 Divine pres- ence, and nothing else, yet knows he is rich to all the intents of bliss. IIe that has nllthinbs else, 1111' lacks the realized 100seuce of his God, feels unutterably poor, All the 009001 llee3 of the Chris- tian resolve Cicalae lves into this: "My Ineart and My flesh crieth out for God," Rev, Dr, W. Robertson Nicoll has been discussing tine elements of Spu'geon's popularity, among other things, he says: "It may scent a had saying, but it cannot be doubted that his theology was a main element in his lasting at- traction. Why has Golvioism flourished so exceedingly in the damp, low lying;; thickly peopled, struggling regions of South London, where James Wells, an utterly uneducated man, and a Calvinist so high that he thought Air. Spurgeon a dangerous heretic, divided the honors with his young neighbor, and had such a funeral as South London had Dever seen before? '1'o begin with, all re- ligions for the amasses ail essentially the same. A Roman Catholic theologian, Father Dalgairns, says 'Go and preach your uncertain hell and ,your obscure atonement in the streets of our large towns. Hoo many prosel.vtes will you gain. among the masses, the stencil of whose corruptions goes up to heaven more folly 00003' day? Yon tempt them by the dubious berm of a nniveroal sal- vation, but in doing so you deprive them of the consolation of a Saviour." ;,luted' silos» house yesterday alGer- noun. 'the report quoted the words of the. c (1(110iu at the Central Prison, Rev, 1i. Seaborn, to the effect that, while 1110 Salvation Army are "doing a noble it d adulint bbe work in this regard, far MIMI we should be thankful," yet "at thv carne time we should feel very mach ,asl01003 o1' ourselves as a ch01011 in f,ront0 that we are assuming our share tit this work in connection with the (11111al Prison and the 5101001' Reform- atory." 11011. 11. S. Blake and •Rev. Dr. 1:. A. Langfeldt and others strongly re - 511111d the idea of the Church of Eng- land being at fault and ashamed, and criticised the Salvation Army for prose - "flow is it," asked Rev. AIr. Seaborn, "that the Roman Catholics have a sep- arate chapel, where no 1111(0 11111 11 110-, 11(1(11 Catholic 0011 enter, while I have to pun up with a room that is used for various purposes, as a Sunday sellogl room, au concert hall and others? The Church of 1':nglend should have it 1111111 jut 101' that work alone, as the Roman Catholics have, and he placed 511 the an110 footing." ('anon Iogies urged that a man should also be maintained for Ivork in the Mer- cer Reformatory, "iVe are, after the Rotten Catholic ('1,11,11, the only denomination," said \h. 6011b01-11, 'that is doing any work ( 1 two menI except 71 Prison, 111 the Lllt 1 '1' 1 who 111100 lately come to look after the foal or sex Ilws 111000,and they seem to be riving with each other to 0(0 11111 will get the 0050." '1 don't see 0113' 're should say any- thing about what other people are do- ing," said Capt. VcltnolI, eh,joeting to the mention of the work d0110 by .the Salvation Army and the Bunten Catho- lic chaplain.. "Oh, that, is quite light," said 11r. Blake, ":1e are. 511091y stat- ing it tract, not commending or anything else. Let the ;loons; Catholic Church have the praise they deserve. Give the devil his due." . "If this proposal," said \6•. Blake, "is for the Church of England to cease 015 operating with the prisoners' aid :1000• (Makin, very well. The Government has dolt with that matter and said: I 1 you vault a separate room for the. (Torch of Eiadand We (hall have to give st 0011)10 10 room f0• tin 1 resby- tellans land one for the )Methodists and another for the 101tgrcgation:alists.' Now," continued Ali'. Blake, "if in this day of co-operation the Church of Eng. land is going to pull out from this and say 'We won't work with you; why, let us do it openly',,' The amendment striking out the clause quoting Chaplain Sea11ortes re- pot was voted down on a close vote, Speaking of the 'I'oronto jail, the re- port stilted that, although regarded as a "minor institution" in tine sense that it is n place of punishment to th040 who have committed "minor" offences, i f (01111m- ne mean the minor it was by tion its demoralizing influence on the Inmates or as regards the necessity for 11diu1] reform. The committee adrgcates the sepa'a- tion of yopihfat and first dffenders 11 ten hardened criminals in the cvnnitty jails els well as in pli0mt0 and penuten- tie' ie5, Special attention 0110 th'1w11 to Hie excellent work of that branch of �: Association known tPrisoners' ' Sial r }nl. h, as the Bellamy _:Memorial Nome for (;vis. All 9010)0110 for the year were paid in full by the Sope•annnaticn Fond Committee, as reported by Rev. C. 31arah, of Lindsay. ON TRIAL AT DETROIT, Brantford Man Pleads His Intention to Get Divorce. De( reit, .lune 22 . --Francis Tagger; W110 p1110101l 011 1;'1111 this afternoon in the ;.mild States court on the charge of importing an alien girl Bite the United Mates for immoral punpose, 1 („gem's wife arrived this Morning from her borne in Brantford, Ont„ and brought 0n attorney with her, It" 5111' married t "b he finds that 110 is In ted to the 1 s will charge hunt with bipioy. The gn'l 10 Pee 0110.0 s Mary (weudohn welt, who cane over from 1. ogiiina only a few months a„ o. She is twenty years old; T ug eat 33, 11 is alleged that the pair calor to 3!ahi„an in September 00101 bred tug(• titer 00 man and wife at Weteivlot, Ot- tawa cough Tagging tried to justify his actions by enpinining that he really tl ode t0 901 1) 'liyorce and marry the Gn-bsl: girl - Under the .Vele al statute Taggart eniuwt escape imprisonment if be is 0011• v'ieted, A SECOND TIME ELECTED. Washing' en. .lou: 22. -Bishop ('has Beery ;,rent, of the Philippine telande. was lo -day agnun elected Protestant l 100 1111 Bishop of Wnshin Mn, to succeed Henry: Y, Satterlee, d 0 sell, Bishop Went declined the first elec- tion, hat the (1(000sui convention insist- ed upon his choice toed,(0, in the !lope that lie would reconsider his action, Bishop Brent is 0 eatiye of Newcastle, ()et, and a graduate of Trinity Uniyer- say, { • ae r, Consolation of a Saviour. A Prayer. Heavenly Father, heip us to be like Thyself, as 100111fested ie the person of Jesus Chust, Tliy Soli! 11 was His wall to do the will of His Father by living tea d}dor for others Teach us so to 1)10. 1h'Ip u -s to learn by positive per- ona11 csperienee that s)19000est joy Coulee onl in ministering unto others. - Tench ns ulnar Jest.,meant when He e said, "1 am among you as he that s0'v- th," Plant 'deeply within us His pas- sion for a life of service, May our i• - 'i n morning haus he gladdened and i. sp ' ] Ir holy ed by this divine pops -t. .et Thy p will, be clone in us this day. Amens -- Rev, Charles Parkhurst, D. D. A portly woman is 11 001111111 0110 (0011111 have been fat if she hadn't had a bug bank account, -Florida TimesUnion.