HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1914-04-09, Page 6LESSON 91.
April 1:, 19:4.
The ;tourney to lianuiaus 1Cusler
Lesson,— I itl:e 24: 13 31,
Commentary. -1. Two disciples talk.
about Jesus (vs. t3, 14). 13. two of
them—Not two of the apostles, but
two of the followers or disciples of
Jesus. One of uncus was Cleopas, of
whom are knew nothing, and the other
is unnamed. Many have .supposed it
was Luke, the vvriter of the narrative,
but it was stere conjecture. Emmaus
—'Tice location Is now unknowsl. Dif-
ferent travellers have arrived at dif-
ferent conclusions. A place about eight
miles southwest of Jerusalem answers
the slight description of it afforded by
this narrative, threescore furlongs --
Sixty furlongs would be about seven
and a half miles. 14, these things
which had happened. Crowds had been
at Jerusalem to attend the Passover,
and the crucifixion of Jesus was the
great topic of conversation. The chief
priests and scribes had largely suc-
ceeded in turning the people from
,Jesus, Ile had some friends, but tine
tide had turned against him. All,
:however, were interested in the dispo-
sition that was made of him,
II. Jesus talks with thein (ve, 15-
2.) 15. communed together—The two
men were slintlarly affected by the
death of their Master, reasoned—
They were unable to understand why
Christ should have been crucified.
'l']tey felt that they had little to hope
for, sauce their Master was dead; yet
they could scargely believe that they
had been deceived in accepting him as
the Messiah. ,)esus himself drew near
—He came to them in their perplexity,
as they were talking lovingly and
longingly about him. 16. their eyes
were holden—"He appeared in another
form" (Mark 16:12.) Whether their
eyes were supernaturally affected, so
they did not recognize him, or his ap-
pearance was changed, or whether it
was partly both, hi not material. The
point is, that Jesus wished to give
them tnlsruction and comfort, and
chose this as the most effective way to
do it. 1. what manner of communi-
cations—'flue question may have seem-
ed abrupt for a stranger to ask them,
but they were so absorbed in the great
subject that they did not consider it
an iutrnslon upon theft conversation,
Jesus had probably overtaken them on
their journey.
18, Art thou only a :stranger -- It
ev
seemed strange to them that any out
eol ti eahate been in
peactin ,
Jerusalem during
^.vat ta`ice,;4st few days and not know of the
'1Ud Jdsd,. ;esea, 19. 'Whitt things--
-as flower hat had taken place, and
a1s to {n, _,,ate of the two disci-
-011e question. that
"" yet' (5 µa39tunity to in-
rophet slag 9Y in
hey )did not s1 ' of
iih but theya1
,,
„s a divinely sent`.
"id.'- 26:'Oui riders—Both thee;
religions system and the Roman g'out
crnhtent were involved in putting
Christ to death, 21. We trusted --They
had had strong expectation that Christ
was the p1 omieed Ring, but their faith
was wavering. Redeemed Israel—They
had hoped for deliverance from Rome,
and for the establishment of n pros-
perous and glorious Jewish hingdcm.
The third day since these things were
done—The disciples remembered that
Jesus had mentioned his death, and in
connection with it, had spoken of three
days, but their ideas were vague. 22.
Certain women .... at the sepulchre—
They were Mary Magdalene, Mary, the
n:other of Jesus, and Salome, who :had
gone to embnhn•tha body of Jesus. 23,
Found nolo his body—They had looked
for the, body in the tomb, bat were told
by the angel that ,Jesus had risen from
the dead. 21. Certain of them which
were with us --Peter and John had
hastened to the tomb and found it
empty.
25. ' Toole-- ,Trus 'did not 11)0 this
term in the sense in which we under-
stand it. but applied it to the disciples
because they were "slow of heart" to
comprehend epiritual truth, 26. Ought
nit Christ to have suffered—Was not
this in the divine plan of Inman re.
,iemptien' Did not the prophets de -
(dare that he should Buffer? in ;asking
this gnestion Jesus deelarsd that it
was necessary for Christ to suffer
death, 27. Beginning at Moses
expounded—tae showed his two com-
Pentons that the whole tamer of the
scriptures 050 that Christ should re-
ticent the world by his death and save
iL through his resurrection. Almost
every Old Testament prophet gives di-
rect prediction of this great fact.
Jesus makes Himself known
(vs, 28-11). 28. unto the village—
Ennass, 29. constrained him—heart-
ily invited him. It may be that one
or both of the disciples lived there.
Some think they entered an inn for
the night's lodging. toward evening
—It, was neither convenient nor safe
to travel at night. 30, blessed it, and
brake, and gave to them—Jesus did
as be usually did with his disciples,
IHe acted the part of a host, 31. they
knew him—Jesus had removed the
hindrance to their recognition to him,
vanished—He became invisible to
them,
IV. Christ's resurrection declared
(ve, 32-35). 22, our heart burn within
us—The presence of Jesus drove away
their sadness. The strange comfort
and exultation they had felt, while
Jesus Instructed them, was accounted
for, when they knew that Jesus had
been with thein. 33. returned to Jer-
usalem—Neither darkness nor rough
roads prevented them from hastening
to Jerusalem to declare the good news.
eleven—All the disciples were to-
gether. 84. saying—The eleven an-
nounced that Jesus had risen from the
dead, Peter had seen him. 35. they
told—The two disciples joyfully de-
clared their experience in conversing
with Jesus and recognizing him. It
was one 09 tln'creat moments of their
lives when Jesus made hmiself known
.' to thein.
QUESTIONS—What proofs are
there that Jesus wan dead? By whom
was he first seen al tet his resurrec-
tion? Why whom else was he seen?
To whom did lie ppear on the way
,to Emmaus? Wil were they talking
about when Jesus came to them?
What did Jesus say •to them? Why
did Jeans 0101) with them in the vit.
lage? What occurred while they were
eating? Where did the disciples go
in the evening?
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Topic --Christ's resurrection.
I. --Portrayed through the scriptures.
1 I.—Witnessed as tun acknowledged
fact.
I. Pnrtrayetl throtgb the 90rnphna0.
11'e have here Christ's first sermon af-
ter his resurrection, addre5sedeto two
men, devout Jews and disciples of
Jesus. They were in great per,>iexity
and trouble of heath. Their faith had
received 11, severe aloes ender which It.
staggered. They were under a :.lout]
and 01119, yet not so fearful as to cllsow)1
their connection with the crucified
One, They avowed their hope. 'Theft
love had not failed amidst all the un-
belief which blinded their uuderetaul-
ing, alai yet they were mourning peer
the very things which formed Christ's
peculiar glory aid their redemption.
The Lord's 1901050was thlangia„,c
of sympathy, wh91ich01led theme to define
their grief and to state their belief
Jesus took personal interest In the be
wildered disciples, He condescended
to their wcaitness, suited h1s instrec-
tfona to their case and gradually led
thent to a full perception of the truth
and apprehension of himself. His
method was eyopathelic, instructive
and animating. Having drawn out
their story he directed them to the di-
vine word, where the portrait of Christ
is fully drawn, and all that relates to
him is amply d00(118ed, where tate first
promise of him told of a suffering, as
well as a triumphant, Saviour. Had
the disciples compared the testimony
of the women with the prophecies,
they would have found ground for
hope. The care for their disturb•:nee
was in the very things that disturbed
them, if they had but shen them in
their true aspects and relations. They
had fallen into musing over the past,
With a confused idea of facts they had
begun reasoning together, and to draw
general conclusions rather than to
hope and wait and watch Though
within their reach, the facts were not
grasped. The disciples were misled by
prevailing misconceptions, 'Then Christ
became an expositor of his own suffer-
ings, lie watched with 'great atten-
tiveness the reception of truth. As
they heard him expound the scriptures,
their (155110 cleared away. Their
hearts told 115001 they had not learned
all. The 0(1(10 )1 a great presence hov-
ered near them, leaving set them right
in the understanding of the scriptures,
,teous entered into their home and
then revealed himself. The revelation
brought a new sight, a. new vigor, a
new sympathy, and a new eloquence,
7 heir minds were so enlightened, their
hearts so filed with joy, their senile
so stirred with animating hope. that
they could not retrain. apart front the
other disciples. Their feeling was in-
tinetive that sometihing must be done
mitnedintoly. They discovered that
there hind been all along the was: an
evidence of Christ's presence. 'Their
heart: 1(5005d with love and joy and
with the strangest; sweetest surpri:e,.
Jesus hgci opened the scriptures and
their understanding, and they, their
S. (01101 rea05nized and thus di,-
t:g , 11 thea' t{onbts, Jews vanished
rem al1(in g thew.
11. A"lane sed as an acknowledged
fact. Tlc, a "(sensation between ,heist
and his Ehselnles shows whit life
would bc' without hest and what 9t
may In with ]19(11, and what is slieuld
ho for him The disciples had been
greatly overwhelmed by their Master's
death Their inal lineal prospects Imo
been blasted. They hail as vet no true
idea. for the etonemeut. When they
mw and heard him, they experienced a
strange re01(10i01) of feeling, 'Their
familiarity with Jesus previedis to his
death qualified them for recognizing
hen after his resurrection. Had he not
instructed them before revealing him -
:self, they would have been wholly nn -
1 re' ared to welcome him rightly, but
they were willing to be taught and
ceger to show their gratitude by enter-
taining liIm. 'rimy evidenced their
faith by gcing immediately to pro-
claim his resurrection as eye w•itnesee;.
Their joy was greater than their ltdi>es
had been. 7 he predicted resurrection
of Christ was proved, By it God de-
clared before all worlds that ,Jesus was
all that he claimed to he, and that he
had opened a way of access to Cod
trough his atonement.—T. R. A.
86,401 IMMIGRANTS
Landed at Halifax in Year
Just Ended.
Halifax Despatch—All previous:
records for the number of passengers
disembarked at the port of _Halifax
have been broken by the immigration
year just closed. Although no ofllcial
Figures are yet available from the de-
partment, it is stated that the total
immigition through the port of
Halifax for the year ending Starch 31
was 86,40.1, or 7,206 over last year,
which had stood as a record f -'r this
port.
Immigration - during March was
11 288, including all classes. This seat:
the 'largest ((bills since last May,
when the arrivals amounted to 11,87'1,
The gain in immmigration over last
year is largely ace0uuted 000 by tate
unprecedented large number or arri-
vals during the early summer months,
m0aaly from Continental countries:,
The 0150100 for Inst year and this
years are respectively 79,195 and 80,-
401.
COXEY PLANS HIS "ARMY."
New York, April 6—Jacob S, Caxe9,
leader of the famous army'which`bore
his name and marched on Washing-
ton in 1894, to -day established head-
quarters here. Ile said Ile' would
spend several days looking after plans
for the mobilization of the New York
wing of an army of 500,000 men which
he intends to lead into the national
capital some time this month.
Tine main division of the army, he
said, will leave Massillon, 01110, on
April 16 and will be joined outside
Washington by the eastern division,
• •
Even a girl should learn to say
"no," provided she is satisfied to re-
main an old maid,
SPRING CARE 01' HORSES.
The Season for active spring work
is approaching, and the horses will
soon be called upon to do hard work,
The more or less rest the • nimals
have had during the whiter hue na-
turally made their shoulders tender,
and now to toughen them so that they
May perform their very essential share
of It, is a matter that heeds some at-
tention.
it is a very important subject, for.
the farmer might almost as well be
disabled himself as to have his teams
crippled by sore shoulders. A very'
needful help to sound shoulders is to-
have the collar's rightfully fit on tl1s
horses for which they are to be used,1
and to be sure that they do fit before
active operations begin.
As far as possible, the team should
also be gradually accustomed to the
effect of throwing its weight into the
collar, and this gradually hardening
should also stint as 10011 as possible,
especially where the team has had
little to do during the winter,
Should She shoulders show signs of
becoming sore, the skin being unbrok-
en, an excellent lotion for the purpose
can be made by dissolving half an
ounce, each, of sulphate of zinc and
saga" of lead in a quart of water,
A good lotion for hardening the
shoulders, even when they have not
yet shown any indications of soreness,
consists of an ounce of powdered alum
and one dram of sulphuric acid in a
quart of water.
An excellent means of preventing
sore shoulders is to wash them and
Ole breast with cold water as soon aa
the harness is taken off, and then
when nearly dry wash again with a
fairly strong solution of smart -weed,
When galls have actually formed,
the first essential is to remove their
cause. By that is meant to relieve
the shoulders front the weight that
has caused the gall, Then app1Y, twice
a day, a mixturecomposed of two
ounces of laudanum and two drams of
tannin
When the healing- process has set in '
apply a mixture of pulverized charred
leather and lard, which will aid in the
healing process and will also prevent
the hair from coming in white, Equal
parts of mutton tallow and beeswax
melted together form a good, late
dressing for a gall, but nothing will e
do any good without first removing
the pressure that caused the gall.
Every farmer can tell by the use
that has been made of the team dur-
ing the winter whether or not the
shoulders are likely to become sore.
If they have done a reasonable amount
of work and been kept accustomed to
the pressure of the collar, there 1s not
much danger, but if the horses have
been practically idle, then the precau-
tion of using one of the lotions first
above given, and of gradually accus-
toming the horses to the work, and
particulars, of care in seeing that the
collar fits hecurately, are essentials
very 00011 tray 10 nit a cnll.5
1 I, ui' ignt, is to put it In a tub of
, deet 0' c. night and in Ole morning
it 011 the horse, fit the hames
',pea it and hitch up and do a little
1!„1,1 work, and then on going back
;,, thin; stable leave the collar on the
hers" until it dries,
, NEWS AND vno.VS,
it is a mistake to dig out trees sim-
ply because they have been severely
iejsen by storms or other weather
conditions, With all trees, except
'see -year-olds, there is a good root
tt tura that, if the trees aro cut back
l ioperly, "tun be made to force out a
strong, vigorous top, Often trees in-
jured by freezing in winter or by rab-
bits 00 squirrels, may be cut back In
such a way as to force a new top. If
the snow or ice has merely broken
eft' the branches, . the broken ends
should be cut smooth with a sharp
instrument, and where there are two
or three buds left on a main branch,
dell' branches can generally be forced
cut and a new body be built on the
Me, 1f the branches are all stripped
irem the tree, it may be simply cut
off below She badly stripped place—in
so100 trccs about 18 inches above
ground. One, must expect to lose a
bus trees In this way. On the other
nand, they sometimes force out strong
110)1 laterals. Another way is to out
hark from three to six inches from
ee. ground, when strong laterals may
often be forced out which can be
pruned the next year like new trees,
giving the benefit of several things.
It the tree forces out three or four
,'hicrals of about equal strength, these
;can he headed back and the tree tams'-
, el like an open centre, very low-
acleal tree, and, by in -arching and
,'rtwinlug all branehea that can
sill together such 01010hes can be
rade much stronger than otherwise,
often it will bo found better to re-
move all but one of these new sprouts
'end prune it as if it were a new tree,
Trees liu'ee years old or more should
haw another treatment. if they have
mly large bodies, if they are rebud-
tled or rcgrafted, one 1s fairly sure
cf losing a few trees. Cut the tree
back to about a foot from the ground
Mal insert a couple of scions, either
by cleft graft or hark graft,
''hese will force out a fine growth
attics will need close watching the
.inning year, and should be- pruned,
June or early July, heading hack
Is rant" terminals to force out ilosir-
to laterals and keep the tree low-
taded. In cases of sour sap, sun-
:cald, or injury by rabbits and squir-
t', where the trees are girdled, they
y he cut off below the point cf M-
in' and good strong shoots will be
t out. The root system of the
is uninjured and will furnish an
normous amount of sap, and the buds
vied ant will probably be strong. Oc-
aiumally when the tops seen badly
1u'ed from uncongenial weather, the
routs Wil lie forced out, yet the
remains alive. It' it seems to be
3mons, ale off the sprout at the
md; but if there is question as to
vigor of the top and none at all as
lee strength of the sprouts, remove
old top and train the sprout into a
4' tree, If the sprout comes out
ing will be unnecessary. Rcbuddiug
or rcgraft.ing to a desired variety will
be necessary ,f the sprouts come out
below.
Spray calendars should he used with
caution, especially those In sprayer ca-
talogues. This 15 the opinion of Prof.
Stewart, of Oencva, N.Y., and he is a
standard authority.
Providing theft teeth arc Inept in a
Droner condition, there is no reason
why horses below 14 years of age
should not be able to grind their grain
perfectly. If a horse's teeth wear un-
evenly, the sharp corners shoal( be
floated off so as to prevent the lacer-
ating of the mouth or imperfect grind-
ing of the grain, Experiments made
at a number of stations have shown
that the results obtains,i by grinding
grain are not, on the average, enough
better to pay for the cost of grinding.
Old horses will do 'better on ground
grain, as will horses that are inclined
to eat their grain too rapidly; but, un-
der normal conditions, where corn and
oats are fed, particularly if the c'o'n is
fed in the oar, it will prove profitable
to grind their grain.
Plow the land early fon' beans.
Early sowed oats and peas are the
best.
It is a wise farmer who 'cakes pro-
vision for an abundant supply of green
forage to tide his dairy herd over the
late summer droughts.
Success in co-operative marketing
depends upon honesty. Dishonest pack-
ing must be eliminated. Tine consumer
must be given a square deal or co-ops
eration will fail.
Keep on feeding the dairy cows, It
Is a poor policy to allow them to stuff
themselves with the fresh greens. Save
the pasture as much as you can while
feeding some.graius and roughage all
summer, The cows will be better for
it, give richer mill( and remain firm
in .flesh
Hen manure is an excellent fertiliz-
ar, but it is not the thing for the po-
tato ground, Weil-fotted cow manure
is better and does the best service if
anplied after the potatoes are planted,
19 it starts tine weeds so much the bet-
ter. I9ill the weejs by frequent cul-
tivation.
ST, PETERSBURG STRIKEG ROWS.
St, Petersburg, April 6—'The strike
caused by the epidemic of a mys-
terious malady in factories here is
spreading rapidly. Many factories
are affected, and the number of work-
ers who have mutt through fear of
contagion is 11050 about 70,000, There
were several demonstrations in the
streets to•do: and the workers clash-
ed with the ponce, One hundred of
tho rioters were arrested. Some were
injured.
The owners of the Trugolnilo Rub-
ber Factory, which is one of those
affected. have granted a holiday, with
pay, to the employees.
\Vhcu a fellow discovers dint lie
has no balance in bank it's time tor
he graft, as is usual, graft- ltim to talc° a tumble to himself.
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Nerves so Ebiausted
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ITALY'S PO4lICIES
Announced by t' envier Sa.-
ander to the i"afllilrrlent.
Rome, April 6 --Signor Salami's, In
tl:e Italian C..hanber, announced the
introduction of financial measure: 'ii
order to meet the situation created
by the expense of the recent tear in
Tripoli, and the farther amount of
$l0,000,900 necessitated by raising the
tooting of the Italian army tp 225,090
then, oestdes colonial troops. '1'Ite
Premier declared that Italy 1yoni(1
continue her foreign policy on similar
linen to those hitherto adopted, name-
ly, loyalty to her alliances and friend-
ships with other countries,
Ir connection with the threatened
strike of the eight thousand employ-
ees et the elate railroads, who'de-
mand an imrease of wages, Signor
Salandra e promised that the ray of
tine men would Is settled by a fair
adjustment to the mm11011110 and fin-
ancial conditions of the country. lie
tittered a warning to the men as to
the grave responsibility, they would
assam 111 the event of any movement
ou their part enrsing a suspension of
the servieee.
lisle's policy in connection with her
nen colony in North Africa aims, at: -
cording to Ih Premier, at ill ex-
ploitations and pacification of the
newly a1;,uired territory,
THE LAST SPIKE
Connecting N T. R. Ras
to be Driven in Few Days,
Vancouver ,B,C. Despatch—The last
sp1Le connecting the rails or Canada's
1111w 'trans-co>.tilicnhd railway, the
0. T, P., will be driven about April 7,
probably, on Fort Fraser townsite, m: -
cording to the latest estimates el'
railway "011(11 iters, who have been
following its progress. Putting forththeir best efforts in the keenest rival-
0;', two firms, Stewart Brothers in the
west and Ilosti m & Green in the east.
are striving to reaeh first the bridge
that crosses the Neches() Rivett tt
is thought they will meet about the
;entre of Um bridge..
The first train will be that of Presi-
dent Clhaml''rIln. it is reported that
in August there will be a special cores
moby In hodo' or the organization of
a menhir passenger and freigii't ser-
vice between Prince Rupert nut led-
'unntou.
WON HER SUIT
Gladys Meredith Gets Dam-
ages From Dr. Ashton.
Brantford Despatch—Damages of
$1,500 and costs were awarded to
Gladys Meredith by a jury at the
Spring Assizes here this afternoon,
in making an examination of her
without her consent, though lie
chnineu such 001151110 was given,
Gladys Meredith Was employed at
the Slingsby mill. A baby's body was
found ht the race, and the police
were instructed by Coroner Dr, Ash-
ton to investigate- Two policemen
went to the Slingsby mill, and there
Gladys Meredith sons told she was
suspected that. she might have been
the mother of the babe. She was
allowed :o go for a coat and her aunt
did not accompany her. At the po-
lice station the girl was told that she
must be examined, and the aunt, who
later came' up, was told that the girl
must be examined, Dr. Ashton was
sent for, and the jury agreed, with-
out the girl's consent, to order an ex-
amination, a second examination be-
ing made later in the evening at the
doctor's office. The case was an echo
of the famous Holmesdale case and
police riots 00 more than a year ago.
The case of Gladys Meredith vs,
Chief of Police Slemin for false ar-
rest and imprisonment in connection
with the same case was not set don,'n
for the present assizes, and Mr.
Justice Kelly refused to set it down.
It will come up at the next sitting.
FiVE HOTELS BURN
In the Fire Which Swept
;it. Augustine, Ha,
St, Augustine, 181a,a April 6—Nearly
two blocks near the water front were
destroyed in the fire here to -day. For
a time the business section of the city
was endangered, but the flames finally
were checked by local firemen and a
section of the Jacksonville fire depart-
ment, which arrived en a special train
shortly before dayylight. The fire orig-
inated in the kitchen of the Florida,
a large wooden structure, and spread
rapidly, The first alarm Ions turned
in at 1 o'clock. Firemen first rescued
guests at the Florida, many of whom
were carried down ladders. Occupants
of the other hotels were warned of
their danger, and many fled into the
streets without any attempt to save
their personal belongings. The burn-
ed section was bounded by Charlotte,
Treasury, Ilypolita and St. Georg!
streets, •
Five hotels, were destroyed, the
Florida, Munson, Clairmont, Atlantic
and Central Hotels,
The Toss is estimated at between
9500,000 and $70,000.
Pretty Tough.
The bored youth turned to his dinner
partner with a yawn,
"who is that strange -looking man
over there who stares at me so mach?"
110 drawled,
"Oh, that's Professor Jenkins," she
replied, "the famous expert on insan-
ity."