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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1911-11-23, Page 2TUE WINQIIJM TINES, NOVEMBER 23 1911 TOWN DIRECTORY. you have prgw. bably been in. tending to try Red Rase Tea fQz' some tiles but from "force of habit" have just Kept on using another tea. Break the Habit and buy Red Rose' next time, NV/ R SOLD IN BULK Your Grocer Wi It, Recommend Kt TO ADVBRTLSERS POINTS FROM LEADER'S SPEECH, t The following points are taken from the speech delivered by Mr, Rowell, the new Liberal Leader, in Massey Hall at Toronto on Tuesday evening of last week: - Our platform is not the last word of progressive Liberalism. It is but a. statement of the present pressing, f urgent needs both in legislation and administration, the policies whichahould i be immediately adopted in order that our Province may 'wing into the line of progress and move forward in her destined course. So soon as these measures ere adopted then we move forward to take up new ground., 1 am informed by men in touch with the farming industry that the value of farm lands, except in the immediate eieinity of our cities, and possibly in a few other Counties, is lower to -day than it was twenty-five years ago. The situation is one that demands the most serious consideration at the hands of the Government. The Government has been repeatedly urged by its friends to take action, liut it appears impossible to it to grapple seriously with the problem. Notice of ch n o ies must be left at this e g office not later than Saturday noon. The copy for changes must be left not later than Monday evening. . Casual advertisements accepted up r to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLISHED 1818 THE WINfil1AM TIMES, H.B. %LL1OTT. Puurasteu LzDPaoptrnaro THURSDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1911. fi EDITORAL NOTES. The Whitney government when first elected, promised a lot of scandals if given a chance to get on the inside of things. Tbeir opportunity is now seven. years old and not one item of Liberal maiadministration has ,been revealed. The government was surely elected under the false pretences, and as far as giving any constructive legislation is concerned, is living up to its start. The operation of the. Manitoba Gov- ernment Telephone System for the year 1911 will show a loss of nearly $150,000. This will be the outstanding feature of the telephone report which the Government will present to the Legislature when it meets early in the new Sear. Following this announce- ment the natural result will be that telephone rates will go up all over Manitoba. There are now over 200,000 users in the province. L The world in a cartoon shows the con- sumer lying prone on the ground "beat- en and robbed" by high prices, while Sir James Whitney and Mr. Rowell are represented as the priest and the Levite passing by. "But where is the good Samariton?" asks the world. The good Samaritan is not on the job. 'Ile is still suffering from the beating he 'himself got on September 21 from the friends of The Toronto World. When Mr. Rowell becomes Premier of Ontario, however, the Iaw against tradecombinations will not remain a dead letter, as it is under the present Attorney -General. -Toronto Globe. Young man, that beautiful girl whom you worship as the pillar of sweetness doesn't contain even three ounces of sugar. It has been shown by analysis a young person weighing 151 pounds is composed of 96 pounds of water, three pounds of the white of eggs, a little less than a pound of glue, 341-2 pounds of fat, 81-2 pounds of phosphate of lime 3 ounces of sugar and starch, 7 ounces of chloride of calcium, bounces of phos- phate hosphate rnagnesie and a little ordinary table salt. If THE LIYEHIS LALY STIR IT VP B'f! T/ID USD Op MiLBURN'S LAXA-LIVER PILLS. They " stimulate the sluggish liver, dean the coated tongue, sweeten the breath, clean away alt waste and poison ons matter from the system, end prevent as well as cure all sickness arising from a disordered condition of the stomach, liver and howels. 113. . xs114at he t wulv $ l i an, Pine Ridge, 11.13., writes:^^"-rrj had been troubled with liver complaint for a long time. I tried most everything 1 could think of, but node of them seemedto do ate any good, but when 1 at Last tried ivtilbutn's Lara.. Liver F'ilfs 1 soon begat to get well again; t!itnhe to The T. Milburn Co. 2 would not he without theist if they cost twice as much." Milburn's Lexa-Liver Pitts tit's 25 cents per viol, or fr vials for 11.00; for sale at all dealers ier ,tailed direct on feeeipt of prise by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, To:otat3, Ont. The Conservative press recognises that there is urgent need for reform in our system of taxation. They recog- nized that we had proposed a method of reform which would commend it- self to the judgement of the people, and they sought to convince Sir James that this was really one of his chicks. Sir James took time to consider, and has now issued his statement, which, m t,w c,in effect, is this; 1 permitted Mr. Fripp to bring that little chick inside the pre- einets of the Legislature, but themom- ent it cheeped I choked it and threw it out. It is absurd to talk of such a thing. So it is; Sir James is a genuine Conservative and it is absurd to attri- bute to him parentage of a real pro- gressive measure of taxation reform, The only satifactory remedy for these conditions is the elimination of political influences from the adminis- tration of the liquor license laws of this Province, not only by the appoint- ment of a commission for which the Government will not be responsible, but by the appointment of a commission or commissioners for whose acts the Government will be reslioiiiible. Here again the issue is clearly and sharply defined between the Government and the Liberal party. Our platform is to secure the removal of the administra- tion of the license law from political influence. . English is the. language of this con- tinent. Any child, whether of French- Canadian origin or of any other nation- ality, who does not get a good working knowledge of English in his schooldays is handicapped for life, and cannot make the same progress and advance- ment as if he had acquired the English language. So, in the interest of the children, themselves, we should see that in every school in the Province every child receives a thorough Eng- lish education. We have no right to say that a child shall not speak the language of its mother, which it has learned to Iisp at its mother's knee. All that we have the right to ask is that they should know and understand English and be able to use it. WHITNEY GOVERNMENT AND AGRICULTURE. Outside the actual maintenance of the institution what has the Whitney Go'iernment done for the Ontario Ag- ricultural College in thepast two years? asks The Guelph Mercury, and it ought to know. What improvements did they authorize, outside what has been under- taken by their predecessors, during the time they have held office? Has the aecomodation been adequate to the de- mands? These are a few questions that require an answer before it can be said that the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege has received justice at the hands of the Whitney administration. The answer to the latter question can be found in the news columns of the Guelph pagers not snore than three months back. The college buildings are not adequate for the accommodation of those who wish to attend. No dam - plaint can be made of the efficient staff at the O, A. C. It is thanks to them that the efficiency is kept up to its pre- sent standard, notwithstanding the neglect of the Ontario government. There has been priletically no new buildings erected at the 0. A. C. in the past two years, and this alone should be proof that no effort has been made to develop the institution to the point where it could meet the ever inereas- ing demand of the public. It is not necessary to become dependent on the questionable generosity of our contem- porary to learn this, Everyone knows it to be true. In the meantime the money has been forthcoming from the Ontario govern- ment, for the assistance • of Toronto University. it is not in any sense 'a complaint against assistance to any other educational institution that this comparison is drawn. It is for the purpose of showing that while funds could not be found to do what was right by the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege there was no lack of means to i provide for Toronto Univereit3, With - (Prem the num of Nov. 20, 18014 LOCAL NEWS, Mr. Robt. 11111 has had placed in front of his restaurant,a street lamp, which not only serves to light the ped- estrian on his way, but also as a sign for his business. Mr, J. W. Green, brother of Mrs. Geo. Green, of this town, intends starting a newspaper in Gorrie, and it is said that the first issue will be out this week, Gorrie will be web supplied with newspapers, surely. The windows of the new bank were closed in this week and the work on the inside is progressing rapidly. Municipal politics have not begun to move yet, to any extent. Mr. John Hanna is a candidate for the Reeve - ship. We suppose all the members of there e p s nt Council will be desirous of re-election, and no doubt there will be a good crop of new men before nomina- tion day. At the last meeting of Court Mait- land, Canadian Order of Foresters, held on Friday evening last, one candi- date was initiated. The number of members on the roll, October 31st, was 160; the amount received from ail sources during the past six months, the receipts were oyer $1,200 about $1,100 of which was paid out during the same time, $234 of which was for sick benefits. The Court has on hand upwards of $2,600, besides over $200 of property. The roofersare here, and the Meyer block will soon have its roof completed. The first bridge, south of town, was re -planked last week and is now in first class condition for travel. Messrs. Thos. Gregory and Geo. Mc- Kenzie are at present on the market buying pork, considerable of which is coming in. A full set of scenery, consisting of three scenes, fourteen wings and a grand drape, has been received by the Temperance Hall Co., and will be put in position shortly. A much needed want has been reme- died by having placed, near the new Temperance Hall, an electric light. The expenses of this new light will be Paid. it is said, partly by the council and the remainder by the Orange Lodge, Salvation Army, Temperance Hall Company and private individuals. The weather the past few days has completely changed its aspect, Sunday opened bright and clear, but changed to rain in the evening; it rained all day Monday, changing to snow on Tuesday morning. It continued to snow all day, a high wind blowing and drifting all the time. On Wednesday the sleighs and cutters were out in full force, every person taking advantage of the first snow that could possibly do so. Thursday morning opened clear and frosty. Dr. Macdonald is recovering nicely and is able to sit up now. Mrs. Geo. E. King, who has been ill for some time, is, we are pleased to state, somewhat better. The Garbutt extradition case came up before Chief Justice Galt and Mac - Mahon, in the Common Pleas Divisional Court, at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, op Wednesday last. Garbutt was repre- sented by Wm. Lount, Q. C., H. W. C. Meyer, Q. C.,. and W. G. Murdoch. After Mr. Lount had finished his argu- ment in favor of the prisoner, his Lord- ship, the Chief Justice, observed that in his opinion there was no doubt as to the commission of the crime, and they would express no opinion on the iden- tity of the prisoner. Ali they would decide was whether or not the prison- er's evidence of an alibi was admiss- sable on the extradition proceedings. Judgment was reserved and Garbutt sent back to goal. BORN. Roberts -In Wingham, on Nov. 15th, the wife of Mr. 7:D. E. Roberts; a daughter. Gardner -In Wingham, on Nov. 3rd, the wife of Mr. James. Gardner, of Bluevale; a son. DIED. Bell= -In ' Morris, on the 2nd " inst Elizabeth, wife of the late Henry Bell, aged 82 years and 8 months. out going into details it may be point- ed out that the expenditures of the Whitney administration on Toronto University in the year just ended were $488,000, while the expenditure on the Ontario Agricultural College amounted to $259,041, according to the figures of the local organ of Sir James. That does not look like a fair division. It is absurd to attempt to compare the amount at present appropriated with that appropriated by the Ross govern- ment, as the province has increased in population and the demands on the 0. A. C. have increased in proportion. What The Mercury contends is that the Whitney administration has failed utterly in making provision to meet the increased demand. As to providing for the immediate future, they do not seem to have considered that at all. A Weak Heart. When the heart is weak or irregular in action, when the blood is thin and watery, remember the blood -forming qualities of Dr. Chase's Nerve food and by its use flood the system with rich, red, vitalizing blood, This is Nature's way of curing weakness and disea;)e, It is the only way to ensure lasting benefits, THE MINERAL OUTPUT. Ontario's silver output for the nine months ending June 30 was valued at $11,593,286, and totalled 3,185,860 ounces, according to a tatement given out by T. W. Gibson/deputy minister of mines. This is an increase in output over 19,0 by $1,799,629. The gold output was 2,276 ounces, worth $42,320, an increase of $13,591; copper totalled 6.769 tons, worth $967,- 489, a decrease of $54,947. Nickel tot- alled 12,711 tons, worth $2,731,575, a decrease of $258,076. Iron ore totalled 172,868 tons, worth $437,650, an increase of $163,744. Pig iron totalled,296,856 tons, worth $4,482,635, a decrase of $556,991. White arsenic, 3,016,885 pounds, worth $45,535. Cobalt and nickel oxi.l, 277,766 pounds, worth $80,872. ' �3ilver concentrates shipped from Co - belt for the period was 6,915 tons, as compared with 4,683 tons for the eor- responding period of the previous year. Bullion shipped in the first nine months of 1910 from Cobalt was valued at $247,263, while in 1011 for the eor- responding period it was worth $1,116,- 571, WORLDLY WISDOM. People who borrow trouble place a mortgage on their future. Even a slight misunderstanding say make a big difference. That tired feeling and the fishing fever are also hereditary. A nurseryman man may be a first- class grafter, yet a poor politician, Probably a young man would enjoy .kissing a girl even if it was compuls- ory. Many a letter 'that is uncalled for does not reach the dead -letter office. It isn't the other fellow's mistake:= that cause us the most trouble. Many a woman prays for a' husband -then lives to regret it if her prayer is answered. What's in a name? Well, there's the property many a man turns over to his wife. An innocent girl may marry a man to reform him, but the wise widow pro- ceeds to reform him first. By playing a waiting game a man may get the last word in an argument with a womeh-but is it worth while? Nothing is more disappointing that the actions of a pretty girl who thinks her good Looks an excuse for impolite- ness. There are still a few legitimate ways of acquiring wealth. TRAPPERS send us your FIS and we will pay yon the Highest Price* REVILER !ARES 134-186 MGGiLL STREET MONTREAL P.Q, We will sent( free to revery teens per who tends us furs, our book w'rha trapper*$ l.Oyaho ret- partioh"* BAPTIST Ctftlaclr--Sabbath services at 11 a. m. and 7 p, m. Sunday School at 2:80 p. m, General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. G, Vic- tor Collins, pastor. 13, Y. P. U, meets Monday evenings 8 p, m. W. D. Pringle, S, S, Superintendent, METHonisT Oman -Sabbath ser- vices at 11 a, in. and 7 p. m. Sunday Sehoot at 2:30 p, m. Epworth League every Monday evening. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. W. L. Rutledge, D. D., pastier, F. Buchanan, S. S. Superintendent, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -Sabbath ser- vices at 11 a. m. and 7 el. m. Sunday School at 2:30 p. m, General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. D. Perrie, pastor. Dr. A. J. Irwin, S. S. Superintendent, ST, PAUL'S CHURCH, EPISCOPAL -•Sab- bath services at 11 a, m. and 7. p. m. Sunday School at 2;30 p. m. Rev. E. H. Croly, B. A., Rector. C. G. Van Stone, S. S. Superintendent. SALVATION ARMY-rService at 7 and 11 a. m. and 3 and 8 ps m., on Sunday, and every evening during the week at. 8 o'clock at the barracks. Posy Oi,Fteh-Office hours from 8a.m. to 6:30 p, en. Open to box holders from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. P. Fisher, postmast- er. PUBLIC LIBRARY -Library and free reading room in the Town Hall, will be open every afternoon frim 2 to 5:30 o clock, and every evening from 7 to 9:80 o'clock. -,. Miss Maude Fleuty, lib- rarian. Ter COUNCIL - George Spotton, Mayor; D, E. McDonald, Reeve; D. Bell, William Bone, H.B. Elliott, Theo. Hall, Geo. McKenzie, and Simon Mit- chell, Councillors; John F. • Groves, Clerk and Treasurer.. Board meets first Monday evening in each month at 8 o'clock, HIGH SCHOOL BOARD -Frank Buchan- an, (Chairman), Wm. Nicholson, John Wilson, C. P. Smith, W. J. Howson, John A. McLean, W. F. VanStone. Dudley Holmes, Secretary. A. Cosens, treasurer. Board meets second Mon- day in each month. PUBLIC SCHooL BOARD. -C. G, Van - stone, (Chairman), Alex Ross, John Galbraith, Wm. Moore, P. Camp- bell, 11. E. Isard, Dudley Holmes A. Tipling. Secretary-Treas., John F, Gaoves; Meetings secondTuesday even- ing in each month. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS -J. C.•Smith B. A., Specialist in Classics, Principal; H. A. Percy, S. P. S. Science Master; G. R Smith, B. A.. Specialist in Mathe- matics; Miss C. E. Brewster, B. A., Specialist in Moderns and History; Miss 11. E. Anderson. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. -Joseh Stacker, principal, Miss Brock, Miss Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss Wil- son, Miss Cummings,,and Miss Taylor. BOARD OF HEATH -Geo. Spotton, (chairman), Richard Anderson, Wm. Fessant, Alex Porter,John F. Groves, Secretary; Dr. R. C. edmond, Medical Health officer. FARMERS articles, they w! h io Waimeaof,of should adver- tise the Name for sale in the Tis. Our large circulation tells and it will beetrangg'e indeed if you do not get a customer. We oan'f guarantee that you will sell because you may ask more for the article orr stook than it is worth. send your advertisement to the Tiaras and ill this plan of disposing of your stook and other artioles. OUTSIDE ADVERTISING Orders for the insertion of advertisements ouch as teachers wanted, business chances, meohanios wanted, articles for sale, or in fact any kind of an advt. in any of the Toronto or other city papers, may lie left at the Tines oMoe. This work Will receive prompt attention and will Save people the trouble of remitting for and forwarding advertisements. Lowes rates, will be quoted on application. Leave or eeucyour nett work of this kind to the TINE% °It IM& Wideman Chemistry has played an important part in the industrial history of Swed- en, No less than 20 of the known chemical elements have been discover- ed by Swedes. • CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Beans the Signature of Wireless' messages in. Rngland last year numbered 8,808, showing an in- crease of 28.4 percent. There are now 290 British ships fitted with wires less apparatus, as against 130 a year ago. Rr" newt. ' tis Ise sal 711,•. .tlllnR' g t,c, anttdw7eltly, I✓,teest cls rntal t + grlentlfle j*olmnl. Teams fat t : ,m x y,lrx, postage prepstti. Sold bT ell 110 :•:" MUNI et QCO $r3ttir0114'wtai, flew itwk Bran, Office. �IfrP ht s Weiliteston, D. 60 YEARS' eXPEMENCE 'fltars s tNiAl;ltr t Pretoria . 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AGNEW, Phyalolan, Bergson, etc. O410e•-MacdonaldBlook,over W.A7ogibbon's DrugStore. Night oaUa answered at the office. DR. ROBT.O, RBDMOND, M. R.O.S. (Eng) L. R. O. P. London. PHYSICIAN and 817RG8ON. Moe, With Dr. Chisholm. 1VANSTONH, Abe BARRiSTHR, SOLICITOR, HTO Privets and Company funds to loan et lowest rate of interest. mortgages, town and farm property bought and sold. Oboe. Beaver Block, Wingham J, A. MORTON,. BARRISTER, see. Wingham, Ont,, L. Drozn.soi DnDLur'Borate DICKINSON & HOLMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS Kt*. MOxaY To LOAN, Orman: Meyer Bleak, Winghism. ARTHUR 4. IRWIN, D. D. 8., 1,. D 8. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the P•ndeylvania Dental College and Lieentlate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office in bfaodonald BIeak, Winehwm Office closed every Wednesday afternoon from May 1st to Oct. 1st. 1017' J. PRICE, B. 8. A., L. D. 8., D. D. S. • Licentiate Royal Sug ns of Ontartoad` Graduate of e of Dental varsity of Toronto. Office : Beaver Block. Offiee closed every Wednesday afternoon from May fat to Oot let. Wingham General Hospital (Under Government Inspection) Pleasantly situated. Beautifully fur- nished. Open to alt regularly licensed physicians. RATESFORPATIENTS^-which Include board and nursing), $3.50 to $15. per week according to location of room. For further information, ad- dress Miss L. Matthews. Superintendent Box 223, Wingham Ont. RAILWAY TIME TABLES. �ax•BAND TRUNK RAILWAY 85t8T86i. TRAINft LIAVis POR Landon. •..,. 0.85 a.m..... 8.80p.m, 'reroute &Kistrl.Ma.m,. 6.45 a.m.... 2.30p.m, Kincardine .11.60 a.m.,. 2.01 p•m _ .- 0.15 p.m. Anna's PROM Rinoardlae -6.80 a n-11.00 Can.... 2.00 P.m. London.. ,. 11.54 a m.. _ 7.06 p.m. Palmerston ..., . 11,24 a.M. Toronto fit East ........., 9.30 p.m.,.. 9.16 G. LA nO:7P, Agettt, Wingham; CANADIAN PACIFIC- RAILWAY. Ta&itis MANN Ton Toronto and East...." - 0,40 a m.,.. 8,10 pan. Teeawater ,, 12,62 p.m....10.2'r p.nt. Taeewater, Aanrvs Inst Toronto sad iflle4..•_.,1 1ti P.m .. 0,i7 p.m, J. R. B88MI#R, Agent �SVinllhat .p i1T PAYS TO AD"VERTTSE TN TH. {'J TIMES, SUNDAY SCHOOL R.esson IX. --Fourth Quarter, NM Nov,, 26, 1911. E THE lNTERNATfOi� AL L $ . RIES. •fort of the L.elia», Noh, I --Mamoru Verse, 9 -.Golden Text, Jee. v, 11. Commentary Prepared by Rev, Stearns, The lesson today Iylay Uchida Obnp+ tern 1 and 11 and might be entitled Nehemiah praying and God working. The name Nehemiah, signifies comfort. or Jehovah, and his father's name. Uachaliab, signifies hidden 0 Jehovah, or perhaps Jebovail Is bidden, the former suggesting the safety of His people and the latter that Ms way$ are a great deep• "Verily, thou art a God that hidest Thyself, 0 God of Be raei, the Saviour" (Isa. xiv, 15). The time of the book Is supposed to be about seventy years after the dedica. tion of the temple that was rebuilt 14., Zerubbabel and thirteen years after Ezra's reform, as recorded in Ez. 11 and x. For some reason Nehemiah. had remained at Babylon Instead of returning • with Ezra's company, but his heart was at Jerusalem. He was a true Israelite at a gentile court, like Joseph, Moses, Daniel and Mordecai' loving his people and burdened for them. Be knew the God of heaven (1, 4, 5; 11. 4, 20), anti, although be knew Him as the great and terrible God, he also knew Him ns a God keep. Ing covenant and mercy for them that love Hlm, ready to parden, gracious and merciful, and he could call Hiro "my God" (1, 5; ix, 17. 81, 82; i!, 8, 12, IS). The Jews at Jerusalem were not yet ns Isaiah had said they would be, ruling over their oppressors and rest. ing from their sorrow and fear, but were still servants to the land, with others ruling over them and having dominion over them and their posses- sions at their pleasure (Neb. Ix, 36, 37) So we -know that the restoration from Babylon did not fulfill Isa. x1,,13.12; sir, 1.3: xasv, 10, or any other of the great predictions concerning Israel's glorious future, all of which will be fulfilled when the Lord Jesus shall come the second time in power and glory to restore al! things of which the proph- ets have spoken (Achill. 21). He has' Bald that He will not rest till these things are fulfilled, and weare not al right with Him as we should be un- less we take no rest and give Him no rest until He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isa. lxil. 1-7). Some one may say. "i,am more interested in our own Zion." meaning • his own church or denomination, not under• standing the purpose of the Lord in, this age to gather out from all nations au elect church. that so the marriage of the Lamb may take place and He may return with ,His bride to bless Israel and through ber all nations in nil the earth. Reproach is brought upon the Lord today by His people Who are more in- terested is their own affairs than ,in Elis. When Nehemiah heard of the great affliction and reproach resting upon Jerusalem, he gave himself to fasting and prayer, as did Daniel (Dan. x, 2, 3). Nehemiah might truly be said to . be a man of prayer, of confidence to God and separation unto Him (chapters 1, 5- 11; 11, 4, 5. 18-20; tv, 14, 201. He was also a man of patience,•for it seems to have been many months atter be began to, fast and pray before the opportune, tune came to speak to the King. He might perhaps have forced an oppor- tunity, but he had learned better and knew that the Lord's time and way,: were the best. In his prayer in out lesson chapter let us learn from verse 5 adoration. Compare Ter. x, 0, 7, 10; =mil, 17; Acts iv, 24. In verses 6, 7,, note the_confession of sic and compare Dan. ix. 4-6, 20,, and see Pres: xxviit,' 13; I John 1, 91. Ps. xxxii, 5. See In verse 8 how he recalls the threat of Lev. xxvi, 27, 33; Deut. iv, 26, 27, and in Verse 9 the promise of forgive-, ness in Dent; xxx, 1-8. See how all through he leans upon and pleads the word of the Lord. As God had done asle said He would concerning their.' sins, so he pleads that Re Would re. member His Word concerning their re- pentance. Verse 10 is :strong, bold, pleading. See the stand he takes in spite of all their sins, •'?Yew, these are Thy servants, and Thy people, Whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand." We are reminded of Moses' pleading in Dent. 15r, 20, "Yet they are Thy people and Thine inheritance, which Thou broughtest Out by Thy Mighty power and by Thy stretched out arm." Watching day by day for a favor. able opportuulty to speak to the King and all the while in constant corn' minion with the King of kings, the time came by a question from the King concerning his apparent Sorrow of heart --5o In one breath he prnved to the God of heaven attd spoke to the Rine, 1 and the Bing gl1Linted ill- bis request aeeording to the amod hand of els tidal upon bim (11, 4. 9). In due time he renehed Jerusaletn in safety, but nit days be kept The matter to iti:nsatfi and told ho one why he batt roml' Ili. 11 10• When he did tell ,hem tray he ball tome and Gala, "Let us build up tri=• wall of .')eruattlem thst WI' be Ilan mor". a reproach," and also Mal 1tti'tn tiff In•' 'bond of 'Clod upon him itnd of Ilit* king's fetor they were reedy to ,Iain bite and said, "Lel 11s ri-•e up stud Md.' (11, 17. 1.Ht. The`t' etioniles laughed and s nh'i'i1 snit tlie:Meter lent : Nehendall's mild reply woe -The God of heave', lie Wla prosper us"( 0,1 2-1,24..11+. VI .k+.,,M.,. 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