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willing'to submit to the demands Which
a king might male upon them regard-
less of the consequences. lie will have
0 king --The passions of the people are
blind to the future,'thus the sinoer will
have his desire though it imperil his
soul forever, The et ileious will have
poll though it become his idol and his
LESSON L -JULY 5, 1908. immortal spirit worship -the 3( ddeu
The inebriate will have his drink though
Israel Asks for a King. --5 Sam. 8: 1.22. he degrade his being blast his cinreeter,
beggar his family and ruin his soul. --
Steel. 20. Like all the nations -Rut (rod
bad cautioned thein against following
the example of other nations, and this
ryas n. bold step in the wrong direction.
This should be a waning to the church
at the present tense, When God's peo-
ple undertake to blend with wort:t.nge
aid tints lose their distinctive cha ndde -
isties as true, Christians they will in-
variably lose their spiritual life and
Commentary. -1. The Israelites ask a
king (vs. 1.1)). There were several ma-
' sons for making this request: 1. Samuel
was growing old and could not well lead
their armies in 111(110, 2. Snnmol's sons
had proved to,
be unworthy of confidence,
and there was m one to Lake his place.
3. The commonwealth War breaking up
, into fragments, and a monarchy seemed
(the ally 11100110 of tonbbling the tribes
into one nation. 4. The nations around
them appeared to be preparing to invade
their territory, and they needed a king
who would be able to meet them in
battle and overcome them. 5. Other
nations had kings and courts which
seemed to 01010 them great, and Israel
desired to be like them, Samuel was
greatly displeased because they lead
asked for a king (v. 11). 1. It was a
rejeetiol of the divine government. 2. It
was an affront to Samuel, their aged
leader, who had spent his life in un-
tiring devotion to their interests. 3, 1t
was a disappointment to Sauurcl that
the people should reject God and choose
' another leader. The demand for a king
was the direct outcome of faithlessness.
It was a defection from 00d." Samuel
tool: the (natter to (.rod, Red the Lord
told 1001 to grant their request, But be-
fore he granted it ho was to "protest
s010nutly" (v. 9) anti show them what
they might expect from a1 earthly king,
If they persisted in their rebellious
course they must do so with their eyes
Meda open to the consequences. God
still warns sinners, but they have it in
'their power to persist in their wicked -
power. While the effort with es shoulrl
not be to Is unlike others mei•01y for
the .sake of being peculbtr, yet the slut
of God lives n separated life, unlike the
world, forsaking its customs to a great
extent and Opposing its sinful need sel-
fish prae�ises, The Christine conforms
his life to the life of C9udst King may
31150 us -This is (welly n rejection of
Samuel as ,judge. 21, Reheased. theut,
eta. -Samuel was willing to abide by
the decision of the Lord, He stood cent.
witted to do whatever God said; his
will was inveigling to God's will,
22. Hearken Unto Their Voice -
God still lets people have their own
troy and permits there to lean to their
own understanding; but not until he
has faithfully ,yarned then( of the great
du051r of taking 00(11 a course. "'Phis
history exhibits the relation of the hu.
man will to the divine will when the
former stands sb1felly opposed to the
latter. God never destroys the free-
dom of the human will, He permits
men to choose or reject his phloec.
lie will have none but voluntary' cub-
ness and go to destruction. jests,' (lake then( a king -Che history,
II. Samuel shows then( the rights of of the world 0511(01 produce :mother in -
a kine„ (vs. 10.18). 10. Samuel -Samuel stance in which a public determination
was both a prophet stmt as judge in Israel,
He was brought to the tabernacle when
very young and put tinder the care of
Eli, the high priest. Samuel was the
last and best of the Hebrew judges.
"When he assumed charge of Israel the'
tool re tribes were 10 It low condition
both morally old politically. He in-
duced them to abandon their idolatry,
freed thenl'fron the Philistine yoke, ad-
ministered justice with vigor and hnp0r-
tialit,y, promoted education and true re-
ligion (2 Chrou, 35 18), united the tribes
and raised 1hcmrhigller in the scale of
civilization." His age has been placed.
all the way front fifty-four to seventy
,oafs, llo was probably not far from
Fr sixty years old at the time, Words of
the Lord -Samuel did not speak his Own
words or give his own 0101(0on. He told
the people plainly 5101 they might ex-
pect if they persisted '10 their deter-
mination to have a king similar to the
nations around then(. Unto the people
-From v. 4 we see that it was the
"elders of Israel" who -came to Samuel
"Before, the exodus Israel possessed an
organization of elders to whom Moses
was directed to deliver his message
(1x05. 3: 16). The title gradually ac-
quired ee official significance; in the
wilderness Moses appointed a catmcil of
seventy to represent the whole body.
After the occupation of Canaan we find
1000tio0 of (1) elders of cities, who acted
as civil magistrates; (2) elders of tribes,
or districts; (3) the elders of Israel, or
• united body of the elders of the tribes,"
--Cram. Bib. Asked of hien a king -It
was a high tribute of esteem and confi-
dence that these elders paid to Samuel
asking him to choose a king and re-
torganize their government. But this
notion seems to have been attended with
a clamorous and mandatory spirit which.
was displeasing in the sight of God and
of Samuel.
11 He said
Verses 11-17 are a vivid picture of the
tyranny of an Oriental despot whose
subject are at his disposal, and who as
seize and
euune the aright to arbitrarily
appropriate as he sees fit,at least a
tenth of all they possessed The manner
of the Bing -This will be what the king
will 010110 as his prerogative and right,
"The items of this claim, which extend
both to the persons and property of
his 5(13ecis, may be classified thus: 1,
Over their persons: to seize them arbi-
trarily for his court servants and at,
icud encs (v. I1) and appoint thele to his
milliary' agrie(ltiral, mechanical or
don10stie service (vs. 12, 13), 2. Over
their property, whether it consists in
lauds, harvests, slaves, or iteasts (vs. 14:
17). Here are presented ,the main fea-
tures of a1 absolute momently; but ob-
serve, they are set forth as the possible
manner or, judgment of the king himself,
not as divine or God-given rights which
every king must claim. In pent, 17. 10-
20 we learn that the king of Jehovah's
choice must in divers nays he limited in
his power." -Terry, 12. to ear -An old
English word meaning pion 00 in 11. V.
13. to be confectionaries -Those who
• make confections th01 is compounds of
spices and perfumes perfumers,
17. Ye 011011 be his servants -Briefly
0umuted up the people would be slaves.
Under such a despotism there would be
an end of political social and religions
freedom. 18, Ye shall cry out- Samuel
makes the picture dark in hopes that
;'the people 00111 still withdraw their re-
quest. for a king. Will not hear you -
"Will not answer ,you" -R. V, Self-will
often brings us into distress. This (Bs -
distress makes ns cry unto the Lord.
Such 0ri05 the Lord does not promise
to hewn -.-Lange. These words should
we wall; i n
cause us, to tremble. When w 1 u
our muni ways we may carry to Cod
for help but he will not hear us unless
our cries are the fruit of trite repen-
tance
AUTUMN SITTINGS AND
WINTER ASSIZES, 1908-9.
was formed to appoint a king, and yet
no. One proposed either himself or any
other person to be king, but referred the
matter cutirely to God. Ambition for
royal authority certainly Sas not the
motive in the leading men wino gement-
ed this measure. They seem to be fully
convinced that God's directions must
be observed.-S00tt, Go y0., etc. -Sam-
uel sorrowfully dismissed thein to their
Mines, that he might have time to take
ting .his
the. necessary measures for effecting t
great ch0n50. With wise and noble pat-
riotism it was henceforth his purpose,
while 0eeonapl]shing their wishes, to
save theta, as far as possible, from the
rouseg0euces they' declared themselves
willing to incur -113(10,
Tcalmgs, '1'hc ln0st godly parents
cannot transmit their godliness to their,
children. lien generally prefer the
visible to the invisible -the material to
'elm spiritual, and thus are easily led t0
forget God. God never interferes with '
mat's free-will,
I I. The People Persist
In their request, (vs, 10.22.1 10. Re-
fused to obey -They were self-willed and
stubborn, They were determined to be
BOYD, C.
Bertin (jay), Tuesday, Sept, 20.
London (jury), Monday, Oct,v.
Sandwich (jury) Monday, (Mt, 12.
Brantford (jury), (londay, Oct 20.
Owen Sowld omit -jury), -Alonday,
Nov, 2,
1' t ) (11th k) Mon-
day, Nov'. 23.
Kingston (non -jury), Molday, Dec .7.
MEREDITH, C, J.
Ottawa (jury), Monday, Oct. 5,
Toronto, civil (jury) (Bt1 week), Mon-
day, Oct, 19,
Sarnia (don -jury), (10th tree(:), Mon-
day, Nov. 16.
1]arric (nuu-jnhy), \londay, Nov, 30.
13c11i0 (non -jury), Thursday, Dec, l3.
North Bay (non -jury), llondny, Dee.
14,
lhuniltolt Winter Assizes, Monday,
Jan, 11, 1909,
FALCONBRIDGE, C. J.
Whitby (jury), Tuesday, Sept 15.
Pembroke (jury and lou -jury), Tues-
day; Sept, 22.
Toronto, civil (jury) (4th ',vee(:), Mon -
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS,
")lake ns a king to judge us" (v, 5.)'.
"A poor prophet in a mantle, though
conversant with the visions of the Al-
mighty, looked mon in the eyes of these'
g outward a t tear11110e;
10110 judged by the ooh I l ,
Mit a lung in a purple robe, with guards'
aid officers of state, Would look great,I
and such a oe0 as they must have They
Stumm! to
vain mut ,...all( Cl
knew it was x11 n to o t
take Olt the .title and court of a ling,
hat he oust appoint them one. Thus
foolishly dict they forsake their own!
mercies," end declare, "We will lave a.
king" (v. 10.) limy insisted upon boring
0 king even after the sad result las been
foretold then. So middlings do to -day.
The y000g girl is W0ma( of the evil re-
sells of dancing, beet she declares, "I will
dance," toad goes down the way to death.'
The lad is told of) the injurious effects,
smoking,but he
se's '1
cigarette
ofsays,
will smol e ' and loses his scholarship,
his health and his life.
"The thing was evil in the eyes of
nm. `Iie
could sec"
Samuel" margin.) mane(" v.0
( g
says, h it was
nr1 ays tat
e `71 t
s Joseph H.
a I
not according to the divine pattern, Ile
night feel it as a personal rejection of
hill -1001f and his house. Samuel was n
pure ratan, and n pure mon is always
grieved 5100 a C'ltristian or a church
goes after the world. This is one of
the griefs of the spiritually minded
width others do nut slime. Christ weeps
over selfish Jerusalem and Paud has emn-
tinunl heaviness because -of Israel. Right
here we are exposed to the charge of
oenso•ionsness Ind 'in danger of censor]-
oeseess itself. Ilut the worldly -minded
church and ministry will defe04 them•
selves on the plea of progress, enter-
prise, ere„ whereas the humble mind of
the spiritual saint feels With ncutost
pain that the world has encroached up-
on Zion, that Israel is forsaking God
to be like all the nations."u
"And Samuel Prayed
unto the Lord" (v, 6). It is'agood
thing to talk first with the Lord when
we are grieved, rather than first to
those who have grieved us. Christ is
our lturden bearer, When people grieve
us with untruthful insinuations, unkenel
changes nod imprudent demands, let us
take it all to the heavenly Father, h1
some parts of Indio there are provided
along the road resting places for those
who carry heavy loads on their (meads.
Such a resting place is called a Suma-
tango. These rests have a shelf where
the traveller can easily drop his bur-
den. Beneath' is a shady, recessed sent
where be eon quietly rest until his
strength is renewed, where he can easily
readjust his burden and go on. Refer-
ring to one of these a native Christian
said, "Christ is any Sumatanga." Yes,
we may cast our burden on the Lord
(I'so, 3717) and sit down under his
shadow with great delight (S. of S.
2:3).
"0 Christ, what 11(011ens bow thy .1ead1
Our load was laid on thee,
Thou stoodest in the sinner's stead,
Like the nations around them and were Bearing all ill for me,
01'11(( 0 (no ll'jnl'y 1 50)0 ,
Perth jjery ani( non -jury'), Monday,
Nov. 16.
3110;0(00. (uoiejury3, 1looday, Nov,
Woodstock (non -jury), Monday, I)cc.
London AV -inter .assizes, )londay, Jan.
1I, 10110,
ANGLIN, J.
(7odcrici (jury) Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Napanee (jury), Monday,; Sept, 28.
Toronto (non-jni•y), 411 week, Mon-
day, Oct, b,
Pictoo (jury and nal -jury, Monday,
Oct. ]9,
10.
lm
Nov.
Ottawa (um -jury), 1100
00y,
(uoljury); Monday, Nov.
23,
Chatham (non -jury), -Monday, Nov.
30.
Toronto (non -jury), 15th week, Mon-
day, Dec. 21.
'Cornwall •\Viuter Assizes, 'Tuesday,
Jan. 12, /1 900.
' MAGEE, J,
Pcterboro (jury), Tuesday, Sept, 15,
'Toronto, civil (jury), 2nd week, Mon-
deo', Oct. 12, day, Sept. 28.
17Origoal (jury and non -jury), lion- Toronto, civil (jury), 3rd week, Mon.
day, Oct. 2a. lay, Oct, 5,
'Toronto (non -jury) (9th week), .lion Welland (jury), Monday, Oct. 12.
day, Nov. 9. " Toronto, civil (jury), lath week, Mon -
Brockville (eon -jury), Moura)', Nov. day, Oct. 20.
16, Woodstock (jury), Tuesday, Nov. 3.,
Peterboro' (non -jury), hlondey, Nov. Geelpin (jury), 'Puesdn); Nov. 10.
23, Sinwoe anon -lar)'), Monday, Nov, 23.
Lindsay' (an -,jury), Monday, Dec, 7. Sudbury (nou-jnry), Monday, Nov, 30.
Ottawa !Winter Assizes, Monday, Jan. 11110011 (jury and non -jury), Monday,
Il, 1009. nuc. 7.
MULOCIC, C. J. Toronto Winter Assizes, lot week,
Monday, Jnl, 11, 1009.
Bruccbrddge (jury and non -jury), Mon Toronto Winter Assizes, Gth week,
Mon-
day, Sept. 21. llo ,i o Feb. 15, 1900,
Stratford ()ury), Monday, Sept CA CLUTE, J
Toronto- criminal (1st week), \loft'
day, Oct, 10. Sarnia (jury), Monday, Sept, 21.
Toronto, criminal (20,1 wee(:), Non
Toronto (non -jury), 3rd week, .lion•
dalo', Oct. 26. day, Sept. 28.
'Poroeto (non -jury) (5th week), \tom Brockville (jury), Tuesday, Oct, 0.
(11(3', Mao. 2 11(rrie. (jury), Monday, Oct, 19,
(Rnngeville (jury and nmr,jar3'), Mom Cornwall (non-jory), Monday, 35011. 2.
t
fav, Nov. 15. � � " (lobourg (non-jnryl,1t0r1d0y, Aov,-2 ,
Welland (no -jury), \londay, NOV. 21, Hoosilton (non.jm'o), Mondwy, \ v
Belleville (non -jury'), Monday, Nov. go,
30. Toronto huon-jury) 1411 week, Mon -
30. (non -.jury), Monday, Dee. 14. day, Dee. 14.
MACMAHON, J. St, Thomas (non -jury), Monday, Dee.
Cornwall (jury), Tuesday, 15. 21.
To I0 yj, )+ Sept1
• and week
'.Cnrunt.�, civil (jury) (1st week), Mon- Toronto Winter .\ssizos, ,
day Sept. 21, Monday, Jan. 18, 19013.
Parry Sued (jury and non -jury), . 10, 19 L, J.
lkmday.Oet, 5. Kingston (,jury), LL, J.y Sejtt. hi.
T r oto non -'tri' MI ovorto :Actor.- + d 50050 Sime
don j ).) ( ), 'fm'otto plmrjuly), , n 1 ,
day, Oct. 10, dn1', Sept. 21.
Cayuga (jury and non -jury). Tuesday, Owen Sound (jury), Tuesday, Sept.
Nov. 3. - 29.
Loudon (non -jury)), Monday., Nov. 9. }hamiltnn (jury)., Monday, Get. 12.
Stratford (non -jury), llondny, NM. Branptoe (jury and non jury), Tnrs-
11], day, Nov. 17.
Godcricl1 (non -jury")., Tuesday, Dec, Toronto (non -jut')')., 13411 week, 1lon-
i, day, Dec. 7.
Bi',wtt0rd (non jury), .11ondny, 1700. 1'orolto Winter Assizes, 3rd week,
14, Monday, Jan. 25, 1909.
BRITTDN, J. Toronto Winter Assizes, 5th week,
Sudbury (jury), Monday, Sept. 21, )londay, Fcb. 8,'1009.
Lindsey (jury), Monday, Sept. 28. LATCHFORD, J,
North Bay (013'), Monday, Oct. 12. , Toronto (trot -jury), let week, Tues-
day,
0100 )ury) (7th week), )Ion- day, Sept, Li.
del.}, Oct. 26. Cobourg (jury) Monday, Sept, 28,
Port Arthur (jury' and non -jury)` Walkerton (.duty), Tuesday, Oct, 6.
)londay, Nov, 0• Sault Ste. Marie (jury and mon-jury),
Konoua (jury and non -jury), Monday,
Nev. ]t0.
Fart Frannces (.Ivry' and! nun -jury),
Mo -day, Nov, 23.
Whitby (non -,jury), Monday, Dec. 7,'
TEETZEL, J. -
Be'lleville (,jury), Tuesday, Oct. 6,
"Toronto (non -jury); )londay, Oct. 11).
511neo0 (jury'), Monday, Nov. 0,
milk 1" It rots the producer. It ignores
u51ur0, It outrages common sense It
protects the middleman in kis exactions
from the consumer. The middlemen con
test the pt d0ecr's aline, find it below
the stancbtr(, aeces1 him of a crime and
Imre 111nt punished. The middleman can
take milk above the standard and rob
it down to the standard, and sell it as
whole milk to the consumer, and neither
the producer not' the mummer centlave
the middlcmlul punished, because he
keeps in hue with the unjust and absurd
standard( which simply sets the limit for
the middleman's wrongdoing and pro -
((ads him in the injustice he practices
daily. It 5001(1 be interesting to sea
some expert attempt to justify the milk
standard. The State can regulate the
sale of milk on its percentage. of fat
and other solid contents. This method
would 11101111 a sliding scale of prices,
such as a price for skint milk, other
prices for 1 per cent, op to 0 per cent.
fat., contents, of from 10 per cent to 15
per cent. total solids in the milt:. Then
the consumer would get exactly what he
wishes and would pay for what he gets.
Then the producer 100111d get the real
market video of their milk. Then the
middleman would have to deal honestly.
--New York Fortner,
♦.►
PRESENCE OF MIND.
AS A PANIC -PR EV ENT ER MISS
CHUBBUCK EXCELS.
An Ottawa Elocutionist Who Saves
Life by Her Coolness in Time of
Danger -A Remarkable Scene in
the Presbyterian Church at Corp.
Ottawa despatch Eire following 11c
fall of a 15101) in the amidst of a, crowd-
ed 11011 caused 0 panto pt t1e concert
given in the Presbyterian (Much ul•
Carp, Carleton county, last evening.O:dy
the presence of mind of au Ott -:5a eho-
44,4
Unconscious Blindness, •
(By the Rev. Canon Scott .Holland, .O.D,) •
"Let them alone; they be blind leaders
of the blind. And if the blind lard the
blind, both mixt fall into the dito1."-
h att. xv, 14,
The pathos of the perverted con-
science, of misdirected sincerity, of dis-
astrous loyalty! dere, in a vivid pie.
tore, we see and Reel 115 miser, of it
all. Remember, 1 is the Phallaco who
suggested the picture, Our Lord is think-
ing, therefore, not of some poor, pitiful
man shut tip in his blinincss, and hum-
bly, tentatively feeling his way along
5(1h creeping, bewl3red steps. No. but
of the Hain who luta no notion that he is
Wind. Everything in hint carries him to
the front, Ile has the instincts of con-
(naud. lie is confident in himself. lie is
sure of his nim. And he is obsoletely
sincere, He commits himself wholly to
Ids supreme business of leading. He
has but one desire -to discharge his ob-
ligation faithfully. He has no doubt,
hesitation, vacillation; for the feels that
he has the exact qualities which mask
hint out lo: his post }le has capacity,
steadiness, tenacity, courage, force of
will, concentration, devotion, s:9t'-:ell-
11(oe,
Yes, only he is blind, That is the
hitch! He cannot take the true meuaure
of things. He cannot detect what is in
h'ont of him, With all his splendid gifts
he cannot see what is happening, nor
where 10 is going. And, therefore, he
is (0010(5 straight for the ditch, And,
behind hint, those others who follow
have all lite virtues that should make an
effusive patty. That is what Phariset-
ism suggests. They thoroughly trust
their leaders. They will follow them any-
where, They are couunitted ,they are
loyal, they never linger, or waver, or
criticise, or dispute, When the word is
given tllent, they go forward. They act
as a corporate body at the guiding touch
of the chief whom they' have chosen.
nonpact, resolute, sympathetic,ithuned,
they more as one man Chet' 1 n citoge
themselves in a single mass down the di-
reetio0s given. A perfect organization.
Nothing could be better Duly, they are
blind, too That is why they follow these
blind guardians. Straight to desperate
dGusten! For all are blind, leaders mid
led.
Beloved, the text hits u Britisher very
ward. For it passes cri(itism on ihat
Which he too often takes 00 his last
'word. "d dud what I thought right," That
ie the Britisher's ultimate position, "1
obeyed any' conscience" 'I acted up
lily 01011 standard of duty." "What more
could I do?" So he triumphantly as-
serts -retorts. There is nothing more, the
thinks, to be said, Well, he has got )Hold
of a half-truth, He, being what he is,
could do no more, His conscience, a'a it
strands, embodies the highest law he
knows, and the is true to thatt thud is
something, He must begin there -begin
by being twee to himself.
011! be sure, be quite Bare, that you
are not blind. Our Lord never condena1B
us for being blind, but onty for refus-
ing to recognize it. Detect your ova
blindness; condemn it, confess it, and
you are saved! The blindness which is
your bane becomes your boon. It is/
)'our bane, for it withholds frau you
the sight of the glory which even now
enwraps you. But it becomes your bona,
because in discovering and recognizing
that you are blind, you are, by that very
act, proved to be in true relatio10 to
' st 1
the 1'.ternah Only through being m some
o
true 0030(0ns to the Eternal. Ooly
through being in some true touch with
the (eternal can you be aware that you
are blind to it. In being conscious of
your blindness you are conscious that
there e i
1e s that known to you which you
n y
cannot yet see. You know It for you
(cel yoursolf cuL10050;111 it. This is the
blindn.eaa that nmake sure that
'you know int
Courage v Cowardice.
s,
Courage is the birth -right of the saint,
cowardice es the .curse of the simuer.
"Immediately I conferred not with flesh
and blood," says Paul: How prompt and
decisive; no loss of time or of power;
every act brought energy for another
act. "They go from strength to
strength."
1,800,0001,,11(1-1 Grunt Bcitain, What a contrast in the younger son!
bless wars a N'elsh 0(o- "Not maty day's after he gathered alt
nun. Sue was born of Newcastle together and took lis journey into a
',mlyn, and was 1110 daughter of Ben-
(ulama ]vans, 0 solicitor, She mar- t in e t e the 1
reed Beynon Puddfconnbe, of Winelt-
more Hill, Middlesex, I:nglurtd• She snap only alter man)- a struggle, Tee
had lived in recent years at Tony- percussions of oonecienoe produce din-
g 6 may and wasting fear, 'The' saint-
sing:
'1 stand upon the_mount of u ,
With sunlight in my soul art x
Bet the since' travels a weary pa1.1; he
drives heavily the downwardSjeay, and
the only light that shines;+'is the red
glare of tie danger algid
H. 1'. hiller.
cutiolist Miss C.bubhuet:, p(eveetcd
what night have easily been a serious
disaster, A large audlenca was pre eat
and the colleen was 1a full swing when
a tinge oil Lump, 'uspomied now the
ceiling over the centre of the hub, roll
to 11e fluor, bust and scattered the oil
0we0' the 11Ciebeormo seats and occu.
pants. Instantly the oil wasaflame,
and the flames caught on the lolling,
the floor and the adjoining seats, 'lace
centre of the halt was 00017 fnled with
flame, and those near the danger spot
at once nude a rush tot',the doors,
which were already blocked with two -
pie seeking exit. Ladies soreamm;
and fainted and the excite0mM vvas
intense.
At this point, with race presence of
tided, Hiss Iliublawk ualarly au.
(Minced that there 0(10 nu danger, be-
gan n recitation, and t10 audience in
reach of her voice, this assured, dis-
continued the rush and a serious panic
was averted, The Hazing lamp was
thrown out, and with their coats mid
a few pailfuls of water the men smoth-
ered the flames. (
This is the second occasion on which
Miss Clubbuck has by her renarknblc
presence of mind prevented what
might have been as terrible accident.
At Mount Allison Ladies' College,
baekvill,, S, 13, a year ago, during grad-
uation 000010es, the eatann5 soronnd-
lland0y, Oct. 12. iug the stage of the audituriuet tool.
Chatham (,Puy), Monday Ort, 20. fire, the frames shot up towards the
Toronto )on -jury), 13th 'week, Mot coiling. At Ole time )hiss ('hubbuck was
day, Nov. 30. reciting. With the sante calmness which
Sandwich (non -jury), Monday, Dec. 7. she showed last evening, she continued
St. Catharines (non -jury), llomday, Dec. bei 00)110tiou, :and while the rite 1(0,,
21. 4111being brought under control, the att.a-
Toronto Winter Assizes, tion of those present rcumined tluetod
Monday, Feb, 1, 1900.
Vis ebed,
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to tl
vlctun led, y
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Now there's no load for me.
"That We May Also
be like all the nations" (v, 20). Here
is a rock where many are wrecked. God
calls his chosen to be a peculiar people.
unlike the world. Ile says: "Cone out
from among them., and be ye separate"
(a Con•.. 6:17 ). Separate, as Moses was
who left a royal home and a life of
luxury, "choosing 00(1)0r to suffer af-
fliction with the people of God than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a sewn"
Hieb. 11:25, 26). Separate, as Daniel
was who refused to defile himself with
the king's meat and Wine (Dan. 11:0).
Separate., ns Paul was who loved his
Lord better titan he loved his life. Sep -
restate, WAS who gave
m2late, 119 John r
his time, energies, fortune and lite, to
alleviate the sufferings of hie fellow
Wren.
"And the Lord said to Samuel" h'' of the cozy the adulterator if he offers
22)• The Lord 5111 spear. to ne if we of ti milk for sale est as the give rs
• salt hint in our exigencies; speak to J y
To adulterate means to put in foreign
nubstaa ccs. Nothing in 1111 Ivey is dorso
by either the cow or her owner. 0f
course, if milk, as the cors give it with
less than 3 per cent. of butter fat is
adulterated by analogy; all milk with
more than 3 per cent. of butter fat is
adulterated. The "state standard" should
work bout ways, but in this case it does
not. The standard has only forbearance,
comfort, profit and legal safeguarding
for middlemen, who, because of the
standard, ere at paled liberty to insist
that the milk producers shall hand over
to them at 2 or 3 cents a quart, milk
that contains from 4 to 6 per cert. of
butter fat, which they, the middlemen,
are permitted to stanta•izo, that is to
skim down to the standard of 3 per
cent., and then sell it at 8 to 12 cents
a quart, while the removed butter fat
is sold at creme prices. No "adultera-
tion" there of course, It is "adultera-
tion' when the producer's cows give
milk below the standard. It is not
"adulteration" when the mlddlenuut
skims out 1 to 3 per cent, of butter fat
and sells the skim milli at full milk
NOOOOOOOOOOOo0000QO00Noo
Ll SCALE
A SLIDING
OF MILK PRICES
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Nature has decreed that cow's shall
put 5003(1(5 percentages of fat and non-
fat solids into their mill:, .according to
their breeds, their feeds, their rages,
their lactation dates, their moods, their
conditions and their environments. The
natural range of butter fat is from 1.5
per cent. tip to 10 per cent, The law
makers of New York, through some Un-
explained and inexplicable beeloudment
of their intellectuals, have decreed that
the cows when they put less than 3 per
cent, of butter fat' unto their milk are
law•broakors and'"adulterate" their pro-
duct. Tint' same law' makes the .owner
us by his Holy Spirit in aur hearts;
spew(: to us out of his holy word; speak
to 0s by his providences.
"Hearken unto their voice" 1(e, 22).
If we will not have God's way, he suf.
fere ars to go cur own way. If vve say
,stubbornly, "I will," he does not hinder
nus and we' must suffer the consequences.
"1 will be my 05'11 pilot," a boy said,
and he drifted on the rOrks to destruc-
tion. `"I will ma -:y velum 1 choose,' a
Fyoung girl said, and as the deserted wife
bf a drunkard she repented in dust and
ashes. "I will be rich," a young man
said, and in place of imprisounent for
defalcation he chose the death of a std.
vide God permits what he cannot ap-
prove. Ile has made us free agents and
gives us our choice of our way or his.
"They have not rejeiec(1 thee, but
they have rejected me" (v. 7) R. 0.
Torrey says, "God 1105 their king. An
asking a human, visible king they had
rejected the divine, invisible Bing. The
real root of their error wens essentially
the same as in making the golden ealf,
In that case they were not s0tisficd
with Jehovah, an invisible but none thy
less real king."
on the yumeg lady.
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MUCH READ AUTHORESS DEAD.
Mrs, !Nyman Puddicombe, of Wales,
Had Been Writing Since 1897.
D. -Mrs. s m (-
London, Lam 1
\In .lava lel
authoress who published
dicomle the e I
under the uam0. Allen Roane,' 'died
here yesterday, She wrote many
novels, among therm "0 Welsh Sing-
er," "Torn Sails," "13y Bier0eit
Banks," "Garthowen," "1 Welsh
Witch," "011 the Wings of the Wind,"
nen
"Hearts of Wales" and "Qu of the
Rushes." Her works were very pop-
ular 1001 had 0 total circulation of
roes Cardiganshire, Wales, She be-
gan publishing in '1807 and turned out
a book a year until 1000.
CANADIAN INDIANS' CLAIM.
Delegation at Albany to Prove Their
Rights to a Grant.
Albany, Juno 20,-A delegation of
Cayuga 'Indians, who for generations
have been living in the Province of
Ontario, Canada, appeared at the I x-
eeutive Chamber to -day to establish
their claim to the $'2,300 which is an-
nually appropriated by the Legislator.'
to tribal descendants of Chief Nish Car-
rier. In 1788 the head of the tulx' deed-
ed to the State lards in Western sow
fork, the consideration being 12,3IIQ tp
be paid annually to the tribe. `ieoc
year, the State has been paying" tlu•
money to the remnant of the tribe left
far .country." Why not at once? It is
no the nature of h' ease Sie con
fuses, shivers to pieces. heart strings TL"
can
Prayer.
Lord of all life oar Saviour and our
Helper in the way, Thine is our heart's
allegiance, Ever '(stein ,'s-, before es
in the path, as;{{� 401 11eplterd, lead-
ing Thy flock, (t; 'd !r th loving and obed-
ient faith w ; : 'w -'to follow Thee. For
Thous our ( 'end Joy, hast tasted
the ,,t(00l) ' ter cup of our earth's
03'1'., 0110 long years of growth
mid toil, into for our solve Upon the
tress et .10,10. and risen to be our
Friend an, Leader evertnor(, 'Iii'rhea
in this State, r. would m. col secrete our days, in the
To -day Chief Smoke Fish Carie' and place to wide 1 Thou host brought us
foie' others brought pa3(11- and a nied.l
given by Washington to ('beef Fish
Carrier to prove that"thee) are the real
descendants and SSe�l,itltled to the money.
Tito entire mottar :was (((00',) over to
prices. Was there ever a more moi- the State 1'onptrollet s De pea t5eut for
strolls absurdity than the "standard for investigation,•: