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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-08-06, Page 7,)0/ L.i SSONW LESSON VL—AUGUST g, 1900. David and Goliath, --r Sant. 17: t -td: 5, nun u t —I, Goliath defies Is. tart (vs, 1.1)),) 1110 9)001, Goliath, who clone out attic champion of the l'hills- iie-r, "belonged to the primitive race of the .laltanr of which the Israelites had found a small remnant at the time of the Gunnel, font hundred yeti's he fore (Num. 13; 32, 33; Josh, 14; 1'3.) These, driven out by the Is wlites, at - Imbed o the Philistines; themselves t theme e � �� to have been one 0 Goliath h h ,rigs and Ge tt , a b a family of giants, all of whom were • slain by David `aid his uu'u (2 Sate,. 21; 15-22.) Goliath's height has been vagi- ously estimated at from nine to eleven • feet, Die armour to estimated to have weighed about 157 ,pounds; while the head of his sphere vt eighed nbottt nine - ton pounds, In those tittles great size ' and strength and tumor were of immen- siereble advantage in bottle, This .10100,1 and plumed giant defied the arm; 100 of Israel morning. and evening for forty drys. Ills 0opwoonuee sent dismay into the hearts of Saul mid his people. .Pone of 0atil's soldiers dared- to fight with him, for no one could overcome him with the ordinary weapons of war. ; '11. David offers to fight Goliath (vs. ..20-37). Just at this point David ap- peared on the scene, and, notch to the atotislonent of Saul, offered to ehase, 22:25;. P a 144:1); and "who tcaichOtll pion the cause of Israel and go out and late ham?" (Job 30:22). David 15 a. type 'the Cbras- THE ISOLATION tin,) who comes with the smooth haemes of the gospel truth to combat the sin and igen:wa llec of the wm'.d, 1. David was small and appeared ihsignfiaeant. The. Christian rdig) n: np- pe is sur0ll and Weak ns compared with the other ,u'ligions of the world, 2, 1 David possessed real power. 1lis help has in n od "One, with God, is a major. Pr' jor- Pr' 3. David's weapons were effective, "The weapons of our warfare eve IOt carnal, but nighty tlu'ough clod to the pulling down of strongholds" (2 Cor. 10: 4). The light of the gospel is destined to pierce to the drl.est corner of luta t.hendotn. "'0 Zion, that bringe,t good tidings, get thee up into the high mule,' tam'—the mountain of vision, where the darkness of the world may be seen Questions,—Who cane to fight against Israel? 1 position What was the oslUcu of the p two armies? What giant defied 'Israel? 1Vhy was Saul nt first unwilling to al- low David to go against him? What did David's statement to Saul show? Why did David put off the apparel and coat of mail Sal wished him to wear? What weapons did he take? Describe the slug. What can you say of its p0000? low did Goliath deride David? What was Da- vid's reply? Describe the manner le which Goliath was slain. What was the final result '1 Of what are Goliath and David typical? What portion of the world is Christianized? Give tine religions census of the world, : PRACTICAL _AL .API'LIGATTUAS. The Christian is 0 "soldier'' (2 Tim. 1;15). It 0 "fight—of faith," for righteousness and holiness (1 Tim. 9;12; 2 Tim, 4:7). Goll is our commander, Ile teachcth our hand0 to war (2 Sam. meet the Philistine. At first Saul hes'. tated,but David soon convinced the king that he, possessed the elements flues- sary for succuss, andSaul reluctantly nn tinted to his going. David's state- ,(vs34-37) shows that he had (1) fe (2) strength, (3) agility, (4) bee in his own ability, (5) huntil• perseverance, (7) wisdom, and in God. avid slays Goliath (vs. 38-50,1 rmdi—The word fon ",rater' 10 "apparel,' "Probably a spa cine nu itav dress nda.lited to be worn wrath armor,"--C'nm, Bib. Clot of mail —The ancient Hebrews were particular- ly ntteuti e to, the personal safety oT their warriors. "The coat of Mail was usually made of leather or some pliant material, sometimes covered with metal- lic settles; and capable of taking the forst of the parts of the body it ,pro torted."—Bib ..Ric. 30, Assayed to go -Endeavored to go. "13y milking the attempt. David showed his courtesy and deference to his superiors." Cannot go with three --Tie shrewd, prncfical sense of David admonished him of the folly of atteiu.ptutg slack n combat with weapons with which ho had no skill.—Terry, "Ho 'is a wise man who 111010 G'luit he can not do as well as whet 110 can:' Put allele, oaf"'Phis was likewise from the Lord, who woidd have it made manifest • that his servant fought and conquered by faith, mud that the victory was from him, who works by the most despised means and instruments."—Scott, 40, His staff—llis shepherd's crook. Five smooth 11cones-11ad they been tough of anvgnhu', they would not have passed easily through the air, Shep- herd's big—e .d to carry his duly food fevorite weapon of Eastern rn shepherds.It as nloo Very effeC lye ;n n war, and was regularly employed, not only by the Isi-eelite troops, but also lby the Syrians, the Egyptians and the Per- sians,—]lib. Die, "The sling is composed of wo strings and a leathern strip. The strap is in the middle, and is the place s wit. -re, the stone lies. The stung 00 the right end of the strap is firmly fastened to the thumb. The string on the left is held between the thumb and middle joint i of the forefinger. 11, is then whirled two or three tires round the lead, and when discharged, tine finger and thumb let go ' their hold of the string or the left end." The .sting was a formidable weapon in the hand of a skilful person. A stone %could be hurled with a velocity that would Hake it as fatal as a 01fle-bnll. It was a very common weapon in David's time. Seven hundred left -hauled 13011. jaminites could sling at a hair's-breadth. 41. Philistine canto 011—Goliath, "in his mor, with his dreadful clanking shining nt tramp trade' the hundredweight of me't- 111, 42. Looked about—"He scanned the whole scene, and cold hardly persuade himself that this boy was Israel's cham- • pion." Disdained him—Gil0 tli seemed insulted that such a,young, unnrur'd Jail 1(5 1(01id should approach him, "The in- finite 005000000 of alliance with God are not visible to the heedless and hostile w09d. Unchristian people do not uu- dcrstuul the character and serviceable- ness of God's help. They derided David; they derided our Savior on the moss; they deride ars almost every day of our lives, collectively and individually. You have not gone very far in -Christian ex- perience if you have not been pained by the derision of worldly mel, who in the main are friendly, but who are disposed to 'dunk you foolish and weak because your strength is in the Lord." -=Hurl - lint's Coin. 43, Ann I a dog --lie hurls n thrust at David, suggesting that he knew no 111or0 than to 0010001 his shepherd dog. "Pride goeth before destruction, and 0 haughty spiritbefore a fall" (Prue. 113, 18). By his gods—These gods were such as Dagott, Baal and Astarte. The combat thus became 11 question not mere- ly between David and Goliath, but be- tween God and idols, If Goliath was suceessfnl then idolatry would gain n stronger hold upon the people. Missionary instruction.—The giant Goliath is typical of the giant heathen- ism. (30111101 was. 1. A ponderous foe. The heathen world is so extensive that it seems impossible to reach it with gos- pel truth„ 2. An insulting, haughty foe. 1-Ieathen rPIfgions are -contemptuous to- ward the Christian -religion, 3, An easily conquered foe. 1, Fight with God's weapons. "Saul waled David With his armor" (v. 38). bit David d hod as better detente than 5aol's coat of nail (Kph. (1:1118). "Tine weapons of our warfare are not, vernal' 12. Cor, 1(1:4). Not force but faith is our victory (1 John 5;4). I1, Discard worldly weapons, 'David ":aid unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for 1 have not proved then" (v 30). 1\'e do not wan Atte the flesh (2 Cor. I0:1). (hu' warfare is a, spiritual war- fare, not ng,hinst unbelievers, but against nnbehef. Our weapons are nighty through God' (2 Cal, 10:4). His promise is, "So weapon that is form- ed against thee shall prosper" (Tse, 54:17). Heathenism is an armored, massive t oliall, Ignorare, superstition and caste arethe armor in which heathen religions are encased "According to the latest and most trustworthy statistics to great religions of the world are rep- resented as follows: Christian. 550,000,- 000; Conhurrnsts, etc., 290,000,t00; Mo. banimedan5, 217,000,000; flim us 209,- 100)203: Pagans, 175,000,000; Buddhists, 138,000,000;' "Of the Christians it is lcehmrcd that about 272,000,000 ore Roman' Catholic; 100,000,001) Irotestmnt, and 118,000,000 Eastern Catholics," Sot's it writer, "A friend of .ntine lsas standing on the top of one of the'suered mountains in China, visited annually, by thousands of pilgrims, and be nbtleed cue limn who had climbed tap those thousands of steps upon his knees. Ile said to him, '\\'hat are you leokmg 'Oh,' he said, '1 ani looking for heaven.' Dave you. found it? No; he said, '1 feel and I feel, but I cannot find the Acer,' iesus is the door; but those who most need that door are gropingblaadly fol' it and eau10t find it, Vett and 1 May !thee the privilege and the joy o£ helping them find that door. 18' there anything in life that can be compared with that?'' "They that turn Hoary to righteousness (shall' shine) as the stays for ever and ever" (Dau. 12;3). •.o SHE R IS NOW A P OFE3iC.R.,- Toronto Lady Graduate's Appoint. ment at Boston. Eos -ton, Mass., Aug 3,—Mrs. Agnes- itinox 13:adt, wife of Prof, 1]. Chalton Black, has been appointed to the faculty of tine College of Liberal Ants, Boston University, as 510ow professor in 01ocu- tion, in charge of tine department. lIrs. Black as a. Canadian by birth, and is well 10010nn on the platform in Canada, She graduated front the University of To- ronto with distinction in 1891. She was professor of elocution in the Ontario Normal College, and still holds the post of Government lecturer at flu) same in- stitution. GIRL KILLED. 8 S eedin M. Auto )Ihich Crashed Speeding Into Telegraph Pole. I'hiledalphia Aug. 3, --While speed- ing in an automobile along Penrose Ferry road in the extreme southwest- ern part of the city early to -day, Miss Catherine Zeller, 18 years old, was thrown out and killed by striking a telegraph pole and the other occu- pants of the machine were slightly injured. The automobile was run- ning along in n. dark portion of the id ed roudacln';ia it sic and ld crashed into the telegraph pole. KNOCKED OFF'THE DOCK, Achilo Carazo, an Italian, Killed at Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Ste. Slarie Ont., despatch: An Italian named Acdnlo larazo was killed here this afternoon. Ile was hit ou the head by an overhead crane, which was unloading coal at the Superior (ompaiy's dock, knocking him into the water, where he sank inuaediately in eighteen feet of water, 31r, .McCaul, manager of the St. Joe Island Lumber Company here, who was on band, dived and recovered Ole body four minutes after the accident, but life was extinct. 1t is supposed the blow killed him instantly, 13 OF GERMANY. FCREIGN SECRETARY GREY MAKES STATEMENT. British Relations With Germany— !mportant Pronouncement Made With a View to Allaying the Dis- turbing Effect Produced by Lord Cromer's Recent Speech. London, Aug: 3. It ants, perhaps, with the view of allaying the disturb- ittg 1ffeet produced by Lord Cr'omer's assertion wo t at Ureal Britain was n apidly approaching the deadly crisis of ,h liurupe,n1 ate that Foreign See. reta'y Sir Edward Grey took 01151011' t i ge of the debate on the foreign (office estimates in the horse of Com - mens 0o-uaglte, to make an important 511te1nent rego01)11g the British re- hidoiis with (tenuity.,Sir Charles pose, earlier in the eveing, had de- alorOd the pereistenee with which it was represented In certain quarters that Great Britain's policy was aimed at lsobatfng,(Iermany. It 10115 not sur• prising, he said, that under the droner stances a feeling of irritation had sprung up in Dermally. Retelrieg to this,Sir Edward Grey said it was a question ut great im- porlanee and extreme delicacy. 110 himself would not have introduced it in the debate, but he did not complain of its introduction. It lits very mute arable, he added, that ,dry section of opinion in Great Britain Or • Germany should represent that the 101010r's nolle ^ was directed it I y tc 1 nt the solation of lite nutter: Ile appealed to the people not to take too short views of these matters. The feeling. of any two great 0001100es towards ea011 other might Vary from year to year, but ,luybody reviewing impartially the history of the past twenty years mast admitthat • Groat Britain had shown ne rehittnaco 'to be on good terms with Germany, ' Dining part of that period there had ,been cols slant frictions ' between trent Britain and France, and during another part between Creat Britain and Russia, but recent agreements had removed there frictions, and with tici0 removal all 'danger of a breach of pe,1cc with either, but did any Curepemu power now say that a 1'a• confide balance of power from its viewpoint depended upon Great Bri- tain being on bad terms With Prance .end 1)1100111? Chancellor von huelue• aeeentiy said that Germany's policy, did not depend upon }novae mg rn- with between other powers, llc (Sir Edward) would complete that by say - mg Great llritnio's, policy m no wise limed at giving her f;icadship on a aoath0 point towards ally .00110' -power,. "but," he added, we oast be free to make these friendships,' - flawing made them, 1'ant lulling to give the utmost guarantee that we shall use them for tho mutual advantage of Ourselves and the other eouatly cot conned, but we shall not take advan- tage of these friendships to make en- mity' between our friends and any, other power. Nor is it our object to isolate any power whatever. After ,;1), when the isolation of Germany is, spoken 4 1, it is only fair to bear in mind that ('came, g has twoelllies. a } We have never begrudged that el fiance, never considered that it was di- rected against ns, and if we 1111'0 made agrrencnts' with Frnfee and Russia,: which agreements by tine 1(0)• are pub. 11e to the weld, while those of the Triple Alliance are not, 'there is as tittle reason to suppose that the ob- ject or motive of these agrements .was c,ohltion or 'unfriendly action towards any other power. BADLY BITTEN. WILD MAN, CRAZED BY FEAR, AT- TACKS KEEPER WITH TEETH. Borneo Snake -Eater= Fastens on Negro's Neck With So' Fierce a Grip Jaws Must be ',Pried Apart With Iron Laver—Victi,SM Fright- fully Torn; May Die, McDonald, Pa,, Aug. 3.—Leplio, the wild man with the lletspolitm .slow here, became craned last evening,''when lightning stuck the big tent, and in his fury attacked John Dudley, 0 negro, With his teeth, and: toe Jim so eadly Ile will die. Lep110 fastened his teeth in Dadley's neck and iheld on until his ,jaws 000)0 pried apart with an iron leve in the halide of another employees of the show. Once separated from hitt victim Lepho ran wi111y about the tent, in whish set, e•nl hundreds had taken shelter from the storm, and who Were more 00 Jess, stunned by the thunderbolt, elml he hoot Wally people before being (;-lied ,lith ,1 10100 stake and tied with ehaia s. Dud- ley's condition is fearful, 81111 the ph7ai-' clans say he cannot live, Lepho, Who was billed as the 'head- liner, and is said to have been imported front Borneo, did a snake eating stunt in the show. The wild limn had just fin- ished 0 lunch of a rattlesnake when lightning atrugk the tont, and with the thunderbolt Lepho became wild indeed.. Dudley, the negro, who had been assist- ing Lepbo with his snakes, was attacked by the wild inn and thrown tittle floor, and with his long teeth the "only wild near in captivity" started to make as mealof his keeper. The wild man 14 11010 securely chained in a barn in the neigh• bnrlrood, and no one appears to know what to do with ham. PROVINCIAL PRIZES TO BE OFFERED To Competitorsin Standing Field Crop Competitions. Sir,—The increased number of so- cieties which are tithing part in the Standing Field Crop competitions this year and the excellent rasa\lts that have already accrued have been so marked that the lion. Nelson Mon- teith, Minister of Agriculture, b v:, • on - seated to extend the competition sti'1 further by arranging to have the. fine prize winners in each of the different Agricultural Societies competing crl.:r into 0 Provincial contest at the winter fairs nt Guelph and Ottawa. Each exhibitor will be required to fencer] two bushels of the grain ',VII,''whi'h lie tapes a prize in tb Standing ft field Crop competition th:• yen'. Ire amounts offered in priz't et each of the above named or :(,'r faits sill be 1>t, 035; 2nd. 930; 9: 1, 920; 4th, 01n; 5th, $5, ,111 societies west of f, root( will co ;and o compete at Guelph h those east of Toronto at Ottawa. Each ex- hibitor will send his grain by express C. 0, D, addressed to the superintend- ent of the fair at Guelph or Ottawa and the transportation charge:: will be paid by the Department of Agri- culture. The grain winning the' prizes at hese winter fairs will become the pro- perty of the dept. and will be used for experimental purposes. All grain exhibited other than that tilting prizes will be sold by auction at 10 a, In, on the morning of the last day of the foie mid the 1-tocee.18 remitted by the department to the owners. An affidavit must be furnished by - each exhibitor at the time of making entry certifying that all thegrain ex- hibited by him and was grown 00 the plot which was judged by the official sent by the Federal Department to judge the grain while standing in the field. Owing to the fact that there were n t a sufficient number of .0- cleties entered in tither kinds of grtin we are confining this competition at the winter hairs to was. Further particulars will be mailed you later, i trust that you will appreciate the desire of the Minister of Agriculture to improve the standard of the grain eropy in the Province of Ontario and Five us your hearty co-operation in this important movement. Faithfully )'euro, J, Locheed \V'ikon, Superintendent, FRANCE AND S R USIA. MEETING BETWEEN CZAR AND. FRENCH PRESIDENT. Ceremonios at Reval—French and Russian Fleet Exchange Greet- ings—French Ambassador Re- ceived Special Mark of Favor. Revel, Aug. ,3. --The harbor of Revel was bathed in sunshine fol• the meeting between Emperor Nicholas of Russia and President Fabie'es of France, which weaned this itfternoon. The ce'em01y was similar to that of the in- ter'oiaw Bing Edward and the Emperor had some trine ago. President lnlltercs arived 11000 at 3 o clerk in the after- noon on the French battleship Verite, which was escorted by the armored cruiser Dupetet Thomas and the pa - boat Cassini, and found awaiting Jhim the prineipel part of Russia's fighting fleet, including. the battleships Shiva and Tsa•ev':teb, drawn up in two lines. The french squadron, by malting a sweep ng manoeuvre around the end of the. Russia) line, took tip an assigned position between the two row's, and the 1eI'it' dropped author midway between tae Emperor's yacht Starndart and (lie dowager -Empress' yacht Polar ,Gtr, whielt by a special ark of favor ns special :Admiral Touchard, the French Ambassador to Russia; to b0 115ed+as his residence during the inter - v f civ, As the French ships swung into place a series of salutes, which covered the bay !with a `pn11 of smoke, were fired, and the ereWS of both nations exchang- ed hearty and prolonged cheers. The strains of "The Marseilles," so long interdicted hi Russia on account of its revolutionary connections, were beard on the quarter-deck of the Imperial yacht Statudnrt and the Russaio war- ships. The Emperor immediately sent Ad- miral Diekoff, Minister of )'Iarino, to hid President Pnllieres welcome to Rus- sia, and after a • short interval, aeeeo,- paaled by his suite, the French Presi- dent proceeded to the Staudort. The Emperor later returned the President's � visit on board the y ra: te, and spout an flour inspecting the modern French warship. A dinner was served to -night on the Imperial yacht 09taodart. •.♦ WIRELESS TALK WITH BALLOON. Terrestrial Station Keens in Touch With Motor Ship of Battalion. Berlin, Aug, a.—\Viceless eomnnmi- cation las been established successfully between the motor balloon of an airship battalion and a terrestrial wageless etn- tiom. "0 '0.11 messages were exchanged in the course of an hour's flight. Jinn—A\'ell, ync1 me hare. 7111,0'!' 010 roll 90£11ntio19?r'lootik—Intois till Brooklyn Eagle, TRAMPS AT MIMICO. Armed Men Are Terrorizing Le Residents, Toronto, :ling. 3,---A hand of anted (11111)'. e ua nate untie their he,itquar- ler: singlet .Alimieo, etre 1,I -noising the 1 0ndv "' "I• 11 ;1.11011, .1(1:ry 01' 0111' r:,adi•t, lave been threatened, and they Inhere lucre is urgent nerd for police protection in the. neig'hbor'hood. 1'rovan0(l Covetable 1 00:ge Simpson is end0101,1ng to break up the gang and le has chased them trop to place, and if the reports conduct to re;teh the (minty- police it is likely it rose will f 0 t I be ng ,utiz0d and tLu whole ung rounded up, Ahs, Jackson, wife of Sir. lorry daeksow, the G. T. It opoe1tor at Mim- ic(' Station, 071 badly trigldencd .a few days ago by one of the tramps, Site was called apou at her lone on Super; lot' avenue by .11 'man'' who asked for something to eat. "A'ou look Idg enough to earn 401110- th;ng;" nh,nv(d ilaekson. "Hurry up and get it said the man, { b tr n an, at the sante time producing a revol- ver. Mrs. Jacltoor diel as she was told, fearing Ole eon:equmtees of refusal, Sirs. Hio'risoi, who Tares on the lake slwre road, was also called upon and as ft result of the experience o lir.;. Jacksel, she refaced to open the boor, "If you don't I'll come fa by way of the window," said the tramp, who was promptly supplacd with sontothiog to eat, Ales, hay, also of the hale ,,hro road. reported to 'Constable Simpson that the gang were. ltoi1thsk about nt herr home, but a useful search tailed to 110 Cate any of the men. GOT A M OVE ON. Officer Covered 4,000 Miles With Pr irc ser in Ten Du., Oshawa, lu ,thief tics „'bye Bind, of this town, wild the ties et 'V'ermillioe .10011,1, oa r`tl1 Jath of July that (Vet. Lowe, bidet: - neater anal lately of the town ,;01 ()Wawa, was nutted on 0 (1)1190 of pretences, iuml ordered his arrest if fumed there, ' On the 19th ylouutee, Puffer 0 ,1151able 'Tucker wired back that the nth tens.in custody aful`woad be held mttil an officer 10101ed fon him. Then, on Saturday n1gi11, Chief hind 121)1)1 out tel itis, long tourney, over 4.000nines there and back, alter. has mal, hat ha, 1mal'olilcdly detained at Toronto to 9.30 o'clock on ;Sunday night, lie. only staved 0 little tit 00 an hour in 1'cunllfo0. timing that time moving the red tape so rapidly that he of out with his prisoner on the 110,1 train' 111s0 after his arrival. He. 1oaehed Oshawa on Sunday 119111, duly 21, with- his- prisoner, who to div w remm�ded until '1'iino:day. (11101 vcork this, of'yvhieli any pollee of- ficer might lie pretltd. NAVAL SQUABBLE. Admiral Scott is to be Sent to South Africa. London, 1e, g. 3 —In view 1 It • e e ,I to - t r' cent navalsquabble, whi0, ha, not vet been etinqused, there is much interest here nter there in the a neolceitent that '110ar :Admiral Sir 1'ercy' Scott hes been ap- pointed to the command of n entail squadron of armored cruisers w111011 will visit South Afrnett in the 0attunn on the occasion of the couveetion for the feder- ation of the South Afriuu colonies. Ticar .Admiral .:Adair will replace; Tum its commander of the first (raiser sgna,lron, which in ordinary cu'cutu.,t,utees Rear Admiral 00011 would have tontinae11 to command until ,hely. 1909. hutenmch as the latter's new appointment, al- though honorable, is not a 70:motion, it 1, assumed in some quarters that censure of-\dnural Oo it's attitude against Ad- miral Bore turd le implied. Coincidentally, it is rtunored in the Willies of the lions,, of Commons that 7Athniral LOrestod has requested the A(hitiralty to rchu°c hire, of hie Own eonlminnl at 1111 early date, AN AERIAL FLEET.0 Functions of the New German Aerial Navy League. Berlin, Aug.3. 'Che functions of the newly organized Aerial Navy League, as 1 i o;lly published, Consist of .(0phiring means of perfecting 0 dirigible balloon for patrlu111 purposes and eithooquently .tcquu'ittg as euftwi0nt number of suoh balloons of adequate size to form the nucleus of an aerial fleet; also to util- ize all legal means of propaganda throughout the empire, with the view of arousing the nation to :a realizr(tiotl of the importance .of the po0sesSioao 4 sloth a fleet with which to def.*' honor of Germany and to pro, over -sea interests of tine en the 110110• and, safety of abroad. ,lfembership open. pen.1 l the empire, The mini coati,- The head% is et \Iantiloeinn; Books. 1 tory city contains ,t library. The largest library is to be found in the city of Jeu1snlom (the heavenly), The 'i(5 Uegue of this library w0111(1 run up the books into the- millions, Of the making of books thea, le no end,; it is true here. 'What is a book?o it itt cluster of depicted thoughts; pictures without words, 'thoughts put in cold type—a ' clumsy affair after all. A French philosopher said that language was given to man to obscure his ideas. It is eertsinly true that the half has not ice told . — nour if; then, the remain- ders are so immense, what will the har- vestbe? lien ore books; men read hooks; it is surprising bow acemrte the appraise- nent as, '11II1in nature dictates, the whole man speaks. :111 is uniform and consenting' in voice, mien, motion, the turn of each feature and the rapt of the eyes. But when art is the spokesman, and nature not altogether suppressed, the turn of the eye may contradict the timgue, and the niusele.s of the face may coun- teract each other in their several work- ings. The proper study of mankind is 1nan. Alas, ire are students yell., AVe know in part, we gather ser:ups and fragments, the driftwood on our shore 00,1,601 fjp by the tide gives us surprise. To -morrow Ore gather fresh harvest from the Sea, but the ocean is uncap- 1 u1'e d. lien read men, understand but little, are nuderittood perfectly by noire, mad yet the signals flash and flutter in the breeze, They read and know because they are living,- There is a glint in the eye of the 11)100re; there is a gleam in the Mee of the pure in heart, which consti- tutes' God's mightiest missionary to the Ltuwon 1005, "Distinguished link in being's endless c f tin It n> Midway from nothing to the Deity; ;A beam ethereal, sullied and absorb'd; Though sud.ed aml dishonor'd still di- - vine!" 71e1 are ever on tine lookout for mean - ins. When the Baster said, "Follow me," it was not a sound that struck the ear; it was a flood of meaning that absorbed the soul, and made the appeal irresistible. Books wen' out and Imre nap Every scholar .100urns the loss by fur of the great library in .-Alexandria, bre Egypt, centuries ago; but these books of which we speak an. simply hide - ' 11414:. ciunlating library weeps 0011101 the 1v old; their line is gone out to all the earth; their words to the end of the world These books are self-reeoidmg, snit-revealing,and yet they hide moth than they reveal., (Tod• hides from u11 eyes the ,sight, a naked. Meilen heart "l1ow pony, how rich, how abject, how august, how' compli- cated, how wonderful Is man!" in your iIde.i for ienowic0g' do vett 0010011 tout 0(0,0(07 A wucrmltlg tltcre? Let ] al tire the answer: They are the alt wage's of the churches; they are the glory of Christ. ' It ae asstuucd that the angels who are tgc hodyguOrd of the redeenmd do' net weep. lint Lady Paverscourt Yen - tides the syn'mise tont 'When the library of tragedies is complete, these triumph- ant defenders may be permitted to share the grace of tears to add to the com- pleteuess of the universal whole,—H, T. 31111er, The Blight of Islam, , (13y a Banker,) The country ou which 1s concentrated the supremest regard of all Christendom, fan' surpassing' in interest and fa5elna- tion any other Place in the whole worid' —the. Holy Laiacl--owing to the blight- ing effeate of the effete rule of the Turk, in rough weather is practically' shut out and isolated from the world. For the absence of any harbor, which any civiliz- ed power, ever tine Most unimportant, Would long ago have provided, renders lauding altogether iulpnactit0tblc es rpt in fairly moderate weather. And even then a hulling at Jaffa (for- merly dolma) is an experience .frequent- ly, tbougli happily not always, the 00 - .verse of agreeable. The steamer anchors some distance front the town, and is soon surrounded by Arab boats, one of which approaches the lowered stair-gangwaly,as near as practicable. The passen9efa,tuan descends the stairway and seats t hmeeif ot'.1015011-0nd woe be to her, if sjie, be: stout and hita0y—ou the 0100oll g>;atail) at foot, his feet dangling over '(he su ing billows. Ills antis are then seise two stalwart Arabs, who, as the. rises 00 the crest of a Wave to AY few feet of the platform, dropat the ares Of two other swarth who, while he is suspended; violently clutch hold of his: Down, dove, goes the boat,1 of the sea, and down, dow. stinger, who gripped fig' labs, in a few moments 15 ing, foto the bottom a number of 'ahaus ladies and genti0n100 er trembling, and.: and all probably bruises and fling' then with wild �! still clamor an row off tower_ and then tit4 boat andz l pugs a pas be 0r ed, sprrc1- oht, ,auit 41 fright enml e of the term. it t in hy.lerncs, 091' less sore with lino, '1'lu'' .\r.,0 'tions and wilder rat rotifer ttions ore, eve , r yew king over tine upanls, Issage 4en- ost of ecstasy, 1013, as the (1300 - ebt'g # "r;clic shore and leets g Wilt,,t''gr00nd. llis nnplca- inien0es are forgotten; and 09 03' from place to place, hal- tile presence, during Ibis I the Saviour of the world, -iu 1 ^e t that all that discomfort fie nothing te:nnpa':d with the plea if 1,readine upon that saertd soil.