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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-07-09, Page 7Crinic SU LESSON I: Saul Chosen Kin yonunentary. meet (1): 1.24). rel 1'es often lea and honor. Str his kingdom, .1. the asses he h father to seek, the prophet, fo Lord told, Sam anoint Saul !ti Saul to dine wi him that thea also gave him 1 was to be king. II. Saul snot signs (0: 26.10; Samuel private' captain over tl (10: 1), He Ih tions concerts also gave hill, firmation to hi under the imm Lord. 1, He w who would , tell which he went (v. 2). 2. He \ W110 W011 14 giw }'trend (vs, 3, 4) nmpaly of pr of the Lord w and he tvottld b man and graph 6). The signs Samuel Intel "prophesied am 0-13) III. Israel ca pet (v. 17). 17, Samuel-" prophet -judge a !Rude, as one w (Ilion which it the supreme pot another," Calle senbly was evi native, made u of tribes; and of the people' b ed, and to some but. It was v interests of San uel and the peo Went to the h A ,natter of pub it was noised among the prop able fact, was n the people to r king. Therefore still looked for the people at. the casting of 1 designated as th had chosen." knew who had not for their sa sake, that this ed nt Mizpe Lord -This ass presence, and was indicated b high priest wit Tinsmith). It %days we met it Mal gatherings cation is uncert be a high hill S7illgiuel's • home. p ant meetin pet. 1\r. Samuel re 18, 191, 18, 'Thus with about to be spo but God's. The I had always done they were exl)00 Ile had delivered their oppressors. d i had been made t conduct; they W' repent of sin an idolatry before What they want dependence, fre and secured by military resoure h9, Ye have..r Samuel's style i them with mgea 'ifs, as express( king. God, in to governed the Uri year's, Ile ruled self, through th proposed to 1101 served their all should be pros') and misery shot 1Ve learn 10010 tl and from the fj Samuel, how ex Joshua to Sam eonditiols, God kept the Pr0nli, king -Their fail simple desire To tempt they nun ']'hes were 100 (10,{0) 0)1 visible with his shoed rule }vitt nations around t -Arrange tmlr.- (le• for the easti tribes-Represeu es. Tom. thous; same as fanilie of hnnses in tit tribe might ens Lange. P. Saul pnblf 27), 26, tribe,, ,eco told expressly lection- Wes plat by 0e0tjn1 lots. the lot was m common ie r (v, use among all nations of antiquity. Itthe preface to the -book of Christine lit - Q4.4C'cil9 PPQSS 4(7,�4P,�4`7 L J.F2 ..'1 LESSON t P•4880+ i i, f+4f*b L JULY 12, rgo6, g.-1 Sam, 9: 1 -lo: 27, -1. Things g ;dint° voukl ophets ould omg dentlyg p err cod, of S7uuu©I ke. h. God gDs ) ed nn ws,"—fill„]let. e 4r1 e egrnace stuns; ,lel. res guards 1 �ne r4�4*****40 SCHOOL ' `� 4 4. ,, 5 b pb 646464f5 b. .r is regarded in scripture, not as a chance decision, but es a legitimate method of ascertaining the divine will, --Cam. 13th, The names of the tribes were probably written 011 slips Of 1)11 cltint and , 1 thehigh 'Placed in the sacrad bag of g n'est's beast late in the n•esonce of 1 P 1 the princes and elders. Then the ]sigh priest seems to have thrust m Me hand and drawn one forth." The first ono drawn out was the one chosen, 21, Saul....w•n�s taken -1n this :way, 3 through successive steps,the lot finally' fell upon Saul of the household of Kish, could mot be f(nmd-Saul was timid and of a humble spirit and felt that he cold not o s l 0000 't this. eat ilY p trust. Benjamin was the smartest tribe, and his father's family, according tothe own statement, was the least of all the family of the tribe of Benjamin; howy then could be stand before Israel asPP their kMg! lie may also have been mart nal it Samuel's dedaratrou that the, lco)luacere rejecting God in choir. int+akin+. 88. euiaired of the ford - g I The high priest probably enquired by Heats of the Urim and Thummiln, but how this lens done we do not 11100, is there 'et a mitt (R, Y. -The • en(urr. 3 3 l 3 1 ed whether Surd Sins Present u• onus - to. be sought 1lo 1Iltl( amongthe stuff` -Thc.ba a',e. 23. rani, et.e,--There'ap• )ears to 11Ji ve been much haste 'and ex• «1temeitt, higher t ha0 any --Saul was g ) fall and commanding in person. It is supposed •that he was at least seven feet in height It was an age when leaders stood in the forefront of the baftle,,and a gjiunt would strike terror(fared to his' foes, 24 see 51 ilial -',1110 dietinguishe(1 atatnrc and Creat strength hellxd much to recuuuaeml rum to the. people. There Was nous like Min in nut e5ty of a ] )ear• .. popular atlonce, tate and he becal._ l opt the lord hath chosen -flet Goch bad, in this, yielded to their demands against i''''' oWu ,trill :cul wisdom, `25. Hummer of the kingdom -The constitiltion and laws a' the neve government, with the respective duties of king and ample to vc7ird each other and tetra rd God., wrote it -"The charter of this emistitin tional monarchy was recorded and de- 40 epioiii passes Isom 010 1ll(ni Zorn the liation,"-J,, F. & B, 26, Saud also went 110101 -To his fit- the'', boos, titan had no desire to ride and for the present modestly left the 'public ifams f51' Samuel to nonage. \Vent with lite-Ndt the whole 00111- Pan)) but a few select friends, perhaps, or those solo regarded 'it' as a conselen- tions duty to escort their new king to his Leine F'ea'ts .... touched -Such as were moved by hint to do,their duty and recognize the authority of Saul, These Were the subjects who would' help to have of peaceable reigi. and would be loyal subjects, 27. Children of Penial- ']'hose who were wicked, profligate,' and not disposed to be controlled,.Despised hint -Did not recoenize hint, but: only his 01alnte0 and doubted his ability. No preseits-They gave no proofs that they acknowledged either the divine pp• pointluent or his authority.; Held his pease. Having no ambition, and thus so -wears. So forthis far from r(se110 i this reraffront ]sail far fro all resenting seems not to notice it, There are many "children of llelial .Luing today who do not neknontedge the l: ugslnip of Christ. • PR:ICIIC'AL APPLICATIONS." h+Lessers From the Prophet, I. Unselfishness, "Semite). called the 1100ple together unto the Lord" (v. 17.) 1 feudal not jennan who, in a rent hive, g slim, Laid taken posseSsimn of nn estate, said; If the king does not graft me this castle 1 will burn it; no other shall have it"Such Was not the spirit of Samuel. Ile did not say, -If I cannot" 3 br your rifler, no nue else shalt." Ile set himself a ids, helped the people in their choice, was Skull's )est fiend end corn- 1 selor, and •did ell nae possibly court to rake the ex )e,,tnent n success, I -le I drew the people unto the Lord, not nn- to himself.' It was the same unselfish- near that arida J,I n the Baptist say, "He must increase, but I mast de- 'crease,” 11.1''aithfulness; ",ranter .... said ... • 117115 Slnitl the Lord" (w,13,) Though the people had rejected God, he did notLondon, reject them. God remembers when men forget. God is geed when' menatenot grateful. God is faithful when mel neve Wilful. If men will not follow God, lie will follow then. His faithfuhtess is n 111.°01 of his 1"*". Oar C0t1111119810h le, Co" .... leaching ..... 1111 things what- ROe'Ch' I •lata l'0 CilnlltaldCil you" tll:ltt, 28; 20,1 Gad says, "Speak my word faithfully" (Jeri 23; 28) -rbc word that condemns as well as the word that coil- forts. ]II. Tot alt} 0 1 uuel,... caused ;ill „ the tribes to1 cdsle near" (vs. 21), 211. Samuel won not choose the king hint- Win- self; lie f0uud out by Int whom the Lord had chosen, The prophet loved the wjll of God. "Choose thou onr eilanges for 015, a saintly father used to pray of- of - ten at the funny altar, and long years afterward the memory of the pre.yer kept the (111 11te• ]happy in the Will of Clod. the prophet 1. not only loyal to Clod, but also to the king. "Samuel sent all the people away, every 'man to his house" v. 21i), He did not let 000 re.dais, ( stain to commiserate With hint over the new administration; would not allow- one of the disaffected one to vent their displeasure in his presence. 1V, Prayerfulness, "They inquired of the Lord further" 221_ "Prayer is mg the text of the life screen.the ;,'din on the armor forbattle;the. pal nail's preparation for his journey.' -.Hie Lord answered' (} 22) their earn- est, definite prayer. Is there any record ef an unanswered pram God answered David, though he (ted not .rant lis peti- thin (2 Sam, 12. 10-18) Jesus answered John the Baptist, though Ile permitted IAA, to die a martyr's death, that he might Maws forever the orelcont0r'a crown (Matt. 11. 1.8). God always nits- wens the heart ers of every ,d,(111, If we world grins well we mast pray much (Luke 18, 1; 1 Thess, 5 17), To Ira'(' the petitions W0 desire" we must ash: "according to His will" (1 John 5, 14, 15). Wllel we ask aceording to Ate word we ask aCCOTdlrlg t0 Hls will. \\'C Christ and Hls do this when we in CI rr t 1 Words abide in us John 15, 7). 't4'he,t ( we ask in His name (John 14. '.3, 14) and in the power of the Spirit (Rona 8, 26, 27) every such prayer .s answer- ed literally. God "cannot deny Iljnlself", r (L Tim, 2. 13). livery praiser is answered en, kind u• ni keener,. V, vOlIrreS ', "Sallmel said. , , .sae a y y hint" (v. 24). Heartily he honored the ) 3 °°e "whom the Lord Lod chosen:' Cor- dimly he conrnended the one who was to supplant him, ,No 111011 ever resigned first power of the state with so ankh cotu•tes •, to Ile'esa, I' its and gn { 1 (1 Sant. 8; 22-24), "Hrnn \01)11 the Lord tenth chosen:" not "Me whom von l 0lollteolts{y demanded." Blunt re bake is unnecessary. Plain words mai spoken courteously, Eve,. rebuke may he be temper. 1I. Lessons from the Prince, 1, Modest', Sind "hid himself and they 3 (v, 28k' ran and fro (0 ]huh thence"modesty That .this was real modesty We+l:no\v, because God said tor term altte.eard, "\\rhea you west little in thine own, sight, wrist thou not made the head of the tribes?'' IL Prudence. "Ile held his pence„ (t;, 27) "Silence is sometimes the most mils- terry thing emineivnble. It ' shengtnin very grandoir. It is like areenti nt er- to'etnnd still 11 the triad fury of halt,(. To phage in vv'C1'C twice ,, thelled cosy;" If brother comes honk cuss, and }},rot^ly nuafscs you oS indiffeehr0, 110 igeucc or unkindness, hold your pence; if you are bitterly 0r do what posed in your efforts to 1 0 you lr.- l lave to be right, bold your pence, Yen will Olde your �ticndiv opponent, you 1,111 drat\• nearer to your le,ed ones who ale only tired ami irritated, vim nay' turn it foe into a friend, 111. A Lesson Front the Peovie, I God's way is best , A good thing Wrongly obtained docs not satisfy, 'Che people s1hl, "We will have a king" and they, got him they desired a man of a gigantic stature, and lie was given; they desired a military leader, mid God sent .him, lint the children of dale(] "des- pised him" (v, 27), although the Lord grinned their request, yet. they suffered bco a o of Alien, fills. • to s{1, and acknowledge the many evils Around us must yet also feel a confident a; sin un< that in the stuggli 100 0111011 win and not lose, that the century that has just opened will see great triumph for our people But the surest way to achieve this tri - nnapli is while never losing lope ind bo- lief -n ear progress less yet at the saute time vtifens to blind ourselves to what is evil in the complex play of the many forces corking through and with and against one another in the npbui!ding of our sora l struttt e, ]'here Is 11111011 that, tends toward evil as well as much thatt tends toward good; and the true patriot is that nun who without losing faith in the good does his best to combat the evil, to stamp It out where the t is p0e- `,1)10' and at heist to minimize its results. PrOsprr• • sash as oras, necessary though 1t be as the material basis of Ila-. tioutl greutit0es, inevitably tends to nee don exaltation of thr, merely material ei'le of the metrial al the character,11 such meat largely rely hien and W0111cn 08 those I am address- ing to buildup the spiritual life, without which the material life 0ioe tats to moth• ing• As generation succeeds generation the problems change in their external shape; ld needs vanish and new needs arise; blit it remains as true as ever that in the last analysis national greatness, national ha inees, nationo1 soeeeas, de- end upon the character of the ,alien P P (hal map and individual woman, \Ve need good laws; .'e need to have tress laws hottestly and fearlessly 1411111,-,11 ed; we need ((alth; we need Selene,: nail -art a111 all the kindred activities 11 at spring from the clever brain and i1e deft hand: fiat most of all w•e, need the essential` qualities that in their sum make up the good man and the good n•o• man;'lost of all We (need that fine and healthy family .life, the lack of which ,makes nos seeming material prosperity but n glittering sham. If the average elan is knee and hard tvaking,atd clean living, if the average woman bus the qualities which make a good wife and good mother, if each furs self-respect and if each realizes that the greatest thing, in life is the (Mamie to • (lo service -iris then the fhtore of the rattan is secure, We carrot stand up for whit is good in malhoud and xco• manhood without condemning what is evil. We must condemn the man }rho is either ybrutal and sicions or weak mud cowardly; the matt Who fails to do his duty by the public, who 1.s n bad nei li- Mir, an idler an inconsiderate and rel• nlslo }yen must calde raetlte�wo)11011fa 1svho whether from cowardice or coldness, from selfish love of ease or from lack of all tine womanly quality, refuses to do aright her great and all essential ;duties of wifehood and motherhood. We aditus a good 1111111, but we. ad- mire a good woman moea We believe in her more, All honor is due the man who does his full duty in peace, who ne a soldier does his full duty in war; but even wore honor is clue the mother, for the bn'th hangs make all men the debtors of all homier, No human being hat a greater title to respect that the mother who docs Iter full duty, who hears and rears plenty of healthy affil. dren so that there shall be national growth mud not national decadence, so ill quality and in quantity oin• people shall increase. the measure of our condeuutatjon of the man and the woman w•Io, Whether from viciodsness o • selfishness o from vapid filly', fails 1o do each bis or he duty jn his o her ,pact,} sphere. Courage, unselfisiu ees, common sense, devotion to Light idents a proper Care for the things of the spirit, and yet also for the things of the body -these ave What we most need to see in ourPeople; these are the qualities , 1 the unlit type of. 'family life, and these are, the qualities that by precept and by example y01 1(01(' (0hon Tam addr•essing, are bound to do all in your power to make the typical quelrties of :lmeriean citizenahi p• '1'10 aitdietice`7tpplanded heartily. Af- ter the speechnlal:ing the President and Sts. Roosevelt were to have received the members of the conferenec and their ladies in the new Hall of History. 'ilia ]'reside eft, however, was obliged to re(nrn to the White House in time to Pr000 an electric key opening the charity fair in St. Louis, NOBLES �j]�'j`� j� jr IJ PROT' OBJECT TO NAME FOR KING'S SON. \est folk, filly 8.--.A des The herald from Madrid slay uanue of Jaime, which 1a to to Kim+" ,fens,', second Uuistini,ul to -morrow, has gik, considerable dissatisfaction . circles of the Spanish itobility, organized a plot ot tataesethe 1 art from the eeren y '011 1171pe1'0 say the name tot to give 111, s011 1)e Ila ( U • compliment to Cata• lonia, festvlte8 are DOW being bet( mei-Iteration of the tmntenary Del Jaime, .9s, however, cert cal factions10 Madridbelieve elie to 11 g pondence under the cloak of r the nobility who are at La G even going so far as to have t ing cards printed with family r noting beneath, "Who resigned In addition to a bomb exp: terday n)ornieg at Jbu•eeln, and outrage tvas perpetrated in, when anther bomb expl the Rambla, Upward of a thousand e '7:0ns had w•atchin guile marsh past of a cavalcade, when the bomb, bi, public eon0(\1000, exploded, t great ahem and seriously w0 'lumber of people, Among the w•onmded three alarming condition. One yin01 literally riddled with fragment tliis 100 11111 : A man furled 'Gran, a 1-alencini, was 0upposed by' thi have pieced the bomb in the e end he was newly' lynched by The ){,lice had to draw their 1 t, protect hint . Sall, and 1 Samuel trivial in them- A the wa}+ to 6t1CCCS8 any asses led sent to 'hen be could not find ad been sent by his } Went to Samuel e r instructions, The lel that he should n . Samuel invited g th hint and informed ,sea were found. He in intimation that heP 'ted and given three 10), In the morning Saul to be y anointedgrace" le Lord's inheritance en gave him 'instruc- his return home and three signs ss a eons g s 111 that he tv n.. now guidance of the 'ould meet two Hien hint that the asses to seek were found meet throe men e him two leaves of . 3. Ide would meet a and the Spirit conte upon him, P 0 turned into another isy with then) (vs. 5, all same to pass as predicted, and', Saul the prophets" (vs. togethe. at Mil- In this lesson 'the 005 t a unique at- 10 assists m the revel- to take from himself er dad bestow it upon 1 the people -This aa- 1 p partly logien' of elders and heads partly ponder, many eine present, encamp- extent armed.-Hurl important for the J P 1, 'as well as to Sam• pre, that his advance- of the nation be Iie notoriety. Already abroad that he, lyes bets, but that, remark- sufficient reaoon"for /eggnize hint as their Samuel, to whom all judgment, assembled dzpeth, and there, by its, Saul 'ivas puhfiely e one 'whom the Lord and Soul bot' 40011. chosen, so. it was. but for. the people's assembly was convert- -Tars Unto the mthly was ,.in God'a robahly that presence. y the presence of the li the Urim .and the' Amulet be well if now- oftener at our poi- To Mizpeh-she lo•'. sin, but is supposed to not far from Karnali, tSever� i. other ,irn- a held at Mee Lovett, the leo ie }s P' 1 P•' ("' the Lord -The words ken were not Samuel's ,eophet show's how God for then exactly. whet ting a king Would do. g them from the lemurs of "13ut this deliverenee depend upon there own pre nhrnys required to d purge the land from P g �ictory could be theirs. d novo was national in from this cymli;i 11 oguuiz,tion of their ejected your God- s }rgorons, lie charged 11 1in11 e and unfaithful A Ole den10nd for 11 elm mete• of icing, had merits, for four hundred terms 11'111Ci1 Ile.111111.. agency' of Mos ;, h'ad u, iz, th t if they oh- to him, they if not, ndv'e•sity 11d h0 the consequence. 10 whoha hook of dudgea nit eight' CHOP 0!-5 of wetly the result, from :1g1 -Md with these lac, always faithfully ,node them. set, it t consisted not in the a Mpg bit in the 0011- ifest0d for •T01hit'nh. satisfied with God, but king, clothed in purple and officers, who great pomp like the. hems, Present }'01118C11'C' ;elves in systematic nr- ng bf the lot. By yon• ted by the merle,tWeIVO prIltene- ods -Thio merle,the s. lire number of Lends e s0reachtel Earth, s of n ily reach n tliousnnd'- dy chosen king (vs. 20- near -We are not y what process the se- lc: but it was probably MUST NOT DROP'1 ---- Foreign. Vessels Cannot Ta Again in Canadian W (Itta+sa, 1«ly (h. -'Iie col. laden, in ro,pect of foreign v been amended so that ford luny tow other vessel- or thi. foreign port to a Canadian p, }urn, Litt If the drO) or )n titch vessel or thing in Carted they shall not again take tl for trio purpose of moving th g in Canadian Waters, This ru apply to an accidental Parti to srl by breaking 7t haw"' ''''peaty damages, or if t falls, Ida"' in emisequcn(e the. tow,nn any cf the 10"00 FAMILIES BURNED Forest Fires Sweep Away at Haileybury, A Haileybnry, 1)01 despa teen Innndh(s are lout) 1.0 he snit of Ole bush fire raging at ern boundary of the town, On Saturday afternoon Liskeard lire brigade were and their epgine with 1.2 111 feet of hose' arrived here e rciock,'1'I1ey returned horse la everybody thinking the fire caltol. They were asked to Sunday, and they brought I, hose ']'lie filo brigades mise file until 7 o'clock Alouday Eleven houses and shin burned Saturday, and trace day'• — e o TFI PRESIDENT (,' jar Q TU. METHODISTS. • TALKS ON CLEAN CITIZENSHTPthat AND BIG FAMILIES, Delegates to the General Conference at Baltimore Go to Washington and •Meet at the American University- President Praises the Church's Pioneer Work 11'ushiugtuu;---31ore than a thousand 1lethedists who hate been attending the General (bnfcre :0 of the Methodist I,,isc1 1(1 Church in Baltimore assembled 1 1 . at the Ameiean University, near 1VasM- ingtey as guests of the offices- of the institution, 'site visit was 1111101il for primarily the purpose of hearing nu address by l resident Roosevelt, d'be Aletndrsts carie Over from Banti- Haiti - more early this afternoon in two special trains, niehup Cranston and other Ms- languished leaders of the Church were in flu. party and tbe•e were n purge number of hay en as well as ministers represent• ung churches in every part of the coun- coun- try, 'the. university grounds, where the afternoons exercises were held in the open air, nr0 on the heights wast of t eorgetown, end 1'leshlent Roosevelt; dMve oM to the place in the White House ear mage, He reaclued ilia gromuls a few minutes before 3 o'clock, and was 1(CCIt'ed'\Pith llpplause by the assembled AICtll• ' '' He stroke fl'011l a tCm: mu ; pavilion whirl lead been erected near the Ball of history burldiug• The President said in part: It is as ple7asure ti be with you today and to bid }oil.ivP (011 0 hit behalf of flue nation , hCCO ht the capital of the •11aten. Inoun an t m ugh the nie_maist Church is 111 110(10 lands, there 10 11011C'.ln Which it has played so great and peculiar a rat as 1110 11 the United States. 1 j F N. natjon in,thn World has more ight than ours to look with proud confidence to\va•d the future; nowhere else has the experiment of dell 01 tie government, r,1 government by the people., and for the people, of governrnlett based on the prin- (ipl0 of treating each •man 'on bis innate worth as a man been tried on so vast a scale. as will as; and 011 the whole the experiment Lae been move successful than anywhere else. Moreover, en the whole I think it can be said that tee have grown letter and not worse; for if there is nnioh evil good also greatly abounds, and if wrong grows so in even greater measure grows the stern sets; of right before which wrung must event• madly'yield. It would be both unmanly and unwarranted to become feint heart• ed or` despairing about the nation's I'm tore. Clear eyed and far sighted men, on��curb, who are both brave of heart and cool of so TH E SISTER DOM iN _ Will be Represented at Earl of Ranfurley. 3' (1lmgton• N. 7.., duly opening of Parliament Lord the Governor, referred to tl the Governor, at which tlir. Rum").1ey, forme• tkn ernol nc9eat the Dominion of No Pre Jose h ]Dom Lein++ arab 1 tend in consequence oil the j larlilcoilr5 bnsines, 'CI mein is hopeful of securing t ution of British, Canada ,int for Behestabljyhindet of an fast line.'1'he Dominion's nava tions may be increased, �.� SIR THOMAS LIPTON '-`—' Ready to Challenge for America's Cup. F DEATH FOR SIX, -- Result of Trial of ThjrtyS tionists in Monteneg Cettin,je, ,pulp 6.--'1'h( ti Prisons, charged with resole tuclty iu connection •with the of 7a scare of bombs Lee Iasi tit whiciu sensational testiuol duend, involving 11 (1011 PI'iil0) Servia in a C011vrrney nod] 111'gro, has 1'e�sl.'lted i11 six of ' being condemmd to death, 11 imprisonment, and twenty -so ing five fennel. C'abiuet AI ferias of iwprisonmuvt rnngil to twenty 0111 . ,_ dtdy 6, -The Field, n week• le •publication, announces that Sir Thos. Lipton is prepared. to ehnllen+e „gain for the Autericn'a `n n'nnder tl e foil )w• C 1 i nig condtions: FII'st—The Ilett' yaCllt shall be cutter- rigged and built under the present ani- l'el'S(11 rule of the New York 1.dtt Club the New York Yacht Club shall desr; nate the size of the yacht it eonsiders most seitable for the race, Sir Phoma,, when seen by the Asso• crated Press at Duuno0n, Scotland, to- day, said that the Field's statement was perfectly correct. lie added: • "1 hope my A111(1 Dan friends will see their way clear to meet tuy'wishes in the interests of sport. The size of the boat is no object, and 1 am willing t0 bulIl under the universal rule. If 1 can get 00110ai100 that a challenge will be ae- cepted I will issue it forthwith"' It is understood that the intention of Sir 11,0,5, with the \e.(1 York Yacht Club's permission, is to build two yachts of a erns, designated by that chub after designs by Fife and select the better to compete for the cup. • • - o WORLD-BEATING SKYSI __ A Structure of 62 Storeys F New York, • New \leek, July Ii. -Ilius gantr building, to be the to world, overtopping by `2011 fel ropolitau tower, vt'li10 filed U, Al. Burnham 1 CO., 111 Chicago, acting fora local in The new building will 0 Mock bounded by 1assau.' wily, PMe and Cedar streets tower, the new building W'. storeys, and will be poll feet This will be ex(J lsl50 1 __ • He -The doctors say that kissing is dangerous. Do you believe jt? She -It is at times; bat-er-papa ]salt at home head, while(it for a moment refusing to-night,-Ct»de Cuts: rite, Muer wild ru :ST. TALIAN p,ltch to s: The 011 given 500 at 11 rise 1,0 1 certain who have benlselvcs moment. e advised aims out 'here the in cone of King tin polio. hat Cato - at Mnile- utonomy, ranja are heir visit - :tine only, his title," oded yes - a, a see - last even• iter 011 hundred ssomblee, historical Iden in a easing a ending a are in an Mil 11 was 0, Ile cried entire Of ermrd to n1VCy11.ln00, he people, revolvers The Imagery of Nature. (13y a Bamke .; In various parts of the globe isolated roils have assumed, Ir, 1,40 forces of nature, moat diversely strange and gro- tesque forms; some, perfect natural • etatuary, as the Queen L'lizabcth rock, of the Cornish coast, a marvellous eolos- 0a1 statue of that great monarch, n crown on her head, a Puff around her neck and shoulders, and her well ktiotvn features strangely copied, chiselled as by a sculptor, which the wind-swept spray from the Atlantic rollers, ever, at high tide, surging at the base of the statue, have failed to itnpair; some, fig.u'es of animals, as the "pigfeee" rock near the Lizard, a strange naturally carved reek like a gigantic swine's head, with a long snout and a projectiong under -jaw; or some, nature's architecture, as the cathedral rocks of the Derbyshire ca• terns, or the castellated fortress meal' 110011e, or the magnificent cohuunadiall of Stuff,, every column eynunetrically shaped with mathematical precision. And, throughout the world, are u uer- ous other instances of natural , ocl:s which have assumed familiar shapes, as the palisaded batiks of the little river V'olant in France' which, until examined, it is difficult to believe are n„t of arti- ficial manufacture; or the chose grot- to of 13ert'ieI-lladen, every column like a pile of rounded eheeses; with many others, both grotesque and remarkable, But amongst the st•algeSt, and cer- tainly the most interesting of all these natural conformations of rocks, is the hill outside the walls of Jesusalem, 0 0 021 1111 down the ages as the Skull Hill, It takes its name from a remark - similarity to a decaying human skull presented by a portion of the perpen- dicular cliff facing the old walls, The eye -sockets are two black eye -shaped OW. natural caverns, the Mouth is another 01 Ore beneath and the nose-broken- ke It Up ,alai is clearly perceptible. And standing eters, opposite the 'hill, especially at early l m1110111111g, or towards sunset, the similar - ,in 00111 ity to ,skull is most striking and 1111•esels have mistakable. ('Phe terms Calvary -Latin, gn vessels and Golgotha -Hebrew, both signify gs from a 0ku indll). it is believed that the brow of nt or vice that green hill is the actual site of the t front any e'cifixiot of Christ; that there (he an waters, Sun of (rod ,rade tine great atonement am in tow for mmnkind's sins, and, as 0)e Substi- em further tate of all vvho will accept lliul as their e does'eot Saviour. paid the penalty due by them. ng of such And then His mitered body would have or other been carried down the slope of that hill (0 parting into tine garden at foot, where was the of moving newly hewn tomb, Surely therefore this Ian esus!,.• ever sacred green hill, with the adjoin- ing garden and tomb (whiol7 latter are maintained and kept in order by a num- her of English subscribers), is the roost haliowe .pot re all the universes %of creation, OUT. Building, telt: Fein - .0 7t5 a l'e- thc south - the New wired fat, !n and Guo bout 4 0'- e at night, was melte. come back 01) feet of 'ought` the mornin„ ks were on San - ION i,cbec by i.- At the 1 Inniket, e Quebec. 3?arl of will re- v Ze.11ned, e to at- resmi'0 of e Govern - 110 e0-oplr- Australia all Latish- 1 cont, ibe x Revolu- •0, iu{ of 136 tMalal'y ac diseove.ry year, and y was ad - George of st .Alonte- he accused roe to life en, inch1d- ulstes, to g front six RAPER. !anted ror for a gi- lest in the t the ilet• t.0 -clay by lacers, of .11111 nee 50 - ups the fid Broad - With its 11 have 02 above the of 111e flag fag luoher. When We A'Win Home, 1 hear, a' the words, but I whiles can catch the tune As it fa's ,pike waft o' music frac a hand ayont the 1110011; And the 00010001 seems to whisper - and my heart repeats the same - As it says, "We're a sae happy, now we're a' won 'harm!” Now we're a' won home, Now were a' w011 1a111e, As it says;, 's1Ve're a' sae happy, Now we're a 'won Mame!" There's a licit ayolt the shadow, and there's side:ayont the storm; And Ile jsna ane to promise what' He d1sna woel perforin; And Ile has a Iroise n' Welcome for His bolas 0 ever name - And we're done wi' deol and sorrow whet_ .r0 a' Win Nome, When we a' win Marie,'. , \Vhen w•e 0' 0011 benne,, And we're dune wi dool and sorrow When we 7t' wilt' Mame]' • ',lie bairn has found its iinither, (indite P1ir wee heart is blest; ` And the weary arc is creepin' in, to - everlastin' rest; And the bud 0' Inmlorality, implanted in our frame, Shall blossom into glary when we a' ruin Maul When we a' writ hame, When we .10 win lame, Shall blossom into glory, When WC a' will Mime! William Wye Smith. St, Catharines, Ont. Prayer, Our God and Father, hear our prayer for ourselves and for our native laid. Have mercy upon us, 0 God, and save Its from our 'enemies. Behold our weak- ness and our ign0rluicc, and give us light and strength that the may escape the snares of the wicked one and 10210101' the onset of our foes. Deliver us from those sins which stalk abroad and monkey the life of our country. Help ns to banish theseievils from our midst and to tasks safe paths 111(10ein our children may wall:. Let temperance and'putty and e truth prevail among us, that our nitrin may he exulted and nnadi6strong; and great that to the otheMinns of the world' we may he ealand bb ,sing. This awe ask in Jeb .' ( uc, ,]men. ax Weight O g :''acter, t The weight, s word is just in prepertiol1.b'the weight of ids charier - ter. To utter words is not the main vacation of life. The first half of a mieister's 1110 seems to be but a prepay ,tion for the second half. If humility, openness, aptness, respoesIveu pa- tience, swetitness of temper. gnat:op.'s t0 learn, essential reasons chataeterize the fast, in the second he will be a man of war, thoroughly equipped, whose bread -ides will come with telling effect, and his harvest will make the angels glad.