Exeter Advocate, 1901-4-25, Page 2ev. Dr. T imawe Eulogizes One of
King David's Generals0
aespatola frorn Washington says :
Dr, Ta age pee aohe d Croai the
following text :---"Ifis hand chive un -
(7.0 the sward," --2. Sena xxiii. 10.
IA great general of King David was
Elaazar, the hero of tbe text. The
1-iii-liStinee had opened. a 'Attie
against him ; and hie tr000s ran; but
I1 e with three other men held the field.
Ha fought such ferocity that the
Philistines were eippalled and routed.
Putting lds Land on the hilt of his
Alvord, he preept the fingers around
until the tips of the fingers were
clenched an the other side. Now
With a down etroke laying open the
head et the Lord's enemies from era-
.
sPeec,aea'e You must haVe shaap and
destanctive work; it isaonlY tQ .40 done
by hard hitting. There are intern.-
perance, and fraud, and gambling,
and lust, and ten thoueand regimente
--armed regiments -0f PhihiLine iei-
rfuel.Y. Soft aernionsi in maroeco oas-
ea laid down by kid gloyee in the pres-
ence of an exquisite audience will
never do the work. We itilIST (Ian
thengs by their right names. We must
expel from our ohurches the hypo-
cv:tes who eat. the saorament oh
communion daya, and then devour
widow' ho ',es bet We en Meals ! We
have to quit expending all our wrath
on the Itstiates and. Jelausitee and
Girgashites of olden time. Let those
Poor wretches go, when we have ,a,o
many living illostration:e, of appal-
ling iniquity that need to be
Aulna to thin ; now coming in upon . DRAGGED OUT AND SLAIN.
the with a sharp thrust at the vit-
erod is he
als, and now with ea n swift, keen, Wit- bea
Hifhee, Aalciaatlaroiy.:•;Lnhgere.aJncgaeetbeisi
tering stroke, leaving the carcasses here. The massenoee of tho infanta
f hIe ealemiee by the roadside. "Ban is he,re. , We moat, sandal on foot,
back- I". shouted the officers of the helmet on head, heajetplate aver
- . heart, Eleazar-sword In the right
Philistine army. The cry ran all along hand, hit so hard that the result( will
the line--"Prill back !" Eleazae, hay- not only be, ,seen in the gashes t of tall-
.
ing cleared the field, throws himself an -41icatitY but in the ad-hi-i'cerlee of
on the kround to rest ; hist the sinews the sword to our own hand. Oh, we
i his aro so afraid soroebadr will erilieise
0 . gland hare been so long clench- our sea:malls, or our pra,y3r.s, or our
ed around the isword that the hilt e.xthortations, that we forget our de -
of it inie entered the palm of the air0' for ttc world'e3'n'tili'st in the
hand, and the gold wire around the fear 1we\van get hurt; svlaile Eleifizar.
goes into the conflict with she en -
hilt has broken the skin of the paint thassiasean he does not care whether
until he cannot drop the sword which he is hurt or not. "Ens hand chive
1:1140 NhvilasatiSOr cilalullstrmioaugsaalyifileveinoltdefclis. 11'1h
i:i::: 1:rtegElaretol::ai:neiot:di'0"0 how haIrd it was
get laas hand and hi
Lor the Lord God of Israel, and we sword parted. He had been fighting
e%
Want more of it. I am going to take aga'inst the Philistines ee long that
UP your tune, this morning in show_ the, SineWS`, beid clutched around the
keg holy fEleazax took hold of the sword and it became, rineid, and when
he gets through with the conflict, he
savo.rd, and how the sword took hold cannot drop it. Arid I ace three cam -
of ban. rade warraore coining 11P to nei-P hin'i
.
In the first place, I notice that he, oarndEitnha'n3e',,,13:all13 the back of the hand
took hold of that award with a tight muscles andanthdeLbS,17festjsy. tor-11..'1(13Eil;xcathnes
grip. The soldiers in his army who not got it loose. The stal;o:clfe.nsgtiecikse
ran als-ay could easily drop all their
weaPone whenever they wanted to do atnilit. the T'llserY, .1.);ar3C,Ir t°hP:Itilninsb, and al-
ter the; Sit2ceed they find the curve
eo. I hear their *words clanging on of the wound correspondswah the, 5
the rocks as they throw them down curve of the hill. "Hi ,e hand chose s
. in fright. But Eleazar's hand clave unto the sword." You and I have e
unto his sword. The fact is, that in Seen the' earne thing many a time. a
this Christian conflict We want a i There are in the United States \
tighter grip of the gospel weapon-- a great many aged manis•teral. f
tho two-edged sword of God's truth. l They are too decrepit or invalid to
I ana sick and tired of seeing people take parishes.. They fought a mighty _
with only 1 battle for Gad in oilier days. Their u
HALF-AND-HALF A HOLD. name.'5 are in the enureb re°°r.ds stYl-
'They take hold of a part of God's
ed "Erne.ritus" or tthe words are puto
Woi•cl and, let the .rest go, and ,the . They slava takeas 6ff (he heads 91,4kite. --",
clown, "a minister without a charge." ,e
Philistines seeing their loose grjp, phinisiino iniquities theseiva could s
„wrench the entire sword away. The, count from noon tki..ttfi .g-17nd-,ewn. They
only .safe thing for us to do is to were a seie_asnifeeg race of ministers n
pdt our thuni b , down on the first
verse of the first chapter of Genesis, ' aTshaee3e:allasan-Vteh\avobsc111°.olasm' sapnr'idngs-nflia•ellshs:tls- la'aP
tahned Nslevi•evepTe:tuaina. :tenant (10 ho,)1•11acroonall around
inuntajr"atilAl3th:ilit 'oeledt, tah,eael•rn_ouaPt13:dealnsatinise'tne,rt:s. into uat iiri•
paine, and sweep' tlae'' fingers...a-gel-LI' on prayer -meeting, or . ut him some Sun -
.
ail eic),Ltioadolitinthe wo„.....es„.: sesra 'ii-5..EVe fingers , day into the pulpit, or Pt.lt him 10 a a
11,P.„...a.-•""P`rrs'irre's3inag,"'"God -create'd the heavens and sink room where a rising man wants ca
' the earth." I like an infidel a great gCoallspIS : ila trjli°111. oafnaa',11 mt. .0is
utihone asridepeo(lid- 2,
._
deal better than I do one of these tion. The sward which for half a in
hold of God's Word with the tips of ocmturY has been wielded against the tit
his fingers, and knows what part
to Philistin,e.s is so imbedded in the old arsa
hand
keep and what part to let go. God, , Man's W,
by positive miracle, has kept this ',. HE CANNOT DROP IT. B1
book together, and it is a Damascus ill
blade. In a sword factory the sev- / preach this sermon; this morning v,'
etest test they can apply to a sword as a tonic. I want you to take hold L'Il
is the winding of t'he blade around of God's truth with such an inesetdic- ed
a gun -barrel like a ribbon and th able grip that all tile forces of, earth Cu'
ENGLADTB'S ROYAL DROWNS
FOUR OP ANO THEY ARE
VALUED AT $15,,000,000,
Queo; tort:es ortnvii. wo9ic Atteost a
' Ao Make—The 3110st
tIeln ihe everitite-Vatiteit et
oteeeriptieu Of Three other
t'reevni.
rx.tho date of Ring Edward's corona-
tion .11ms not yet been announeed, but
thelee are eilkens1 that it well not be
ging deferred, and aa the: ea sor-
ereign is a past master in the art of
eerernony, tau English people will
have an opporburOty a witnessing a
mOst gokgeouS state parade, the like
of which is, perhaps', possible in no
other country. Queen Victoria was
crowned on June 28, 1838, a year and
e:ghl. days after her acceSsion, sixty -
tour years ago, and, as might be ex-
pected, there are very few' persons
now !:wing who, either as partici-
pants or spectators, were present at
that grand occasion, so time& the spec-
tacle, occur'ng, as it does, only once
OT twice in a lifetime, haa arom that
fact a novelty w1h:oh gives it , ad-
ditional interest.
QUEEN VIOTORI.A.'S CROwN
was made °Specially for the occasion,
and it is remeenbered that the great-
er_ part of a year was consutued. in the
mairu.f.ae•ture. •T•he order for .its con-
,
eta -action VMS' given sbon after the
acceaesio,n of the Queen, and there is
a tradition that the long interval be-
tween the ace,ession,.and the, corona-
tien Nra5i partly due to the delay in
making the onOwn, °rib and scepter,
which are necessary part of the cor-
onation machinery. 'The Viet°
crown was made of jewels: taken fr
o thee. crowns and royal r eg a
though a large nUmbar of gems w
purchased eapecially for use in or/
mentmg the crewn of the -vir
Queen. The Victoria crown Ls
diadem, the difference between tla
and a crown consisting in the fa
that the latter is' surmounted by
arch with globe. and crotsg on top. T
cap is af crimson velvet, with. a bor-
der of ermine, the lining is white silk,
and the total wedght is 39 ouneeel and
alihYela"jd.JrfilecLse, Sthraokyespea r that,'such u
Lter-
nee about the uneasy head that
veaes a crown could easily be verti-
aed.
The band above the border consits.
tsvo Irows of pearl, the' lower has-
-g
129, the upper 112, leeetilirrfrOnt
1 t.ho crown ein,(1,131„—nicen the rows
ifeesseneriVILse a sapphire of enormous
aze, •'brought from India. during the
eiasn of George IV. and purchased by
ins for the or° een regalia. it the
oif the crown as a smaller ,sap-
hure, and on the, side $ are six sap -
ter es and eight emeralds. Set
tround the large sappliareS are
FOURTEEN LARGE DIAMONDS,
sad 128 chnelliants from two- to four
rats each surround the emeralds
n this pant of the crown there are
xteen trefoil ornaments, contain -
g altogether 169 diamonds. In
e center .011 a diamond cross; and
ove the band qs the historic ruby
&soh was given to Edward, the
ack Peence, by Don Pedro; of Cas-
e in 1367. This isi the ruby, which
aa theahelmet of I-Ienry V. at
e battle of algincouirt. He regard-
:.
Li Consign eauntries, o they botight
all the largee ;end Move Irtillulble
,SLOITOS. ief ter the r tont clan itiOST
01 thcsse jewels! were sepaisted to (isa
Kang teeeteurer end reputkohased for
th.e crown, though, 10 many eases, tho
gentlemen who haa scoured tr.,. vo.,
rx,56(1 payirteart, ;regal' Lthenteeives
as tEe. eusItodians 'rather than the
owners.
THE QUEEN CONSORT'S CROWN
tilse third in importance. is said
Lo haye been made for Catharine of
131raganza, -consor-t of Char Ite'S The
fourth orown is known as the
"Queen's Crewri." It is aassolden
-without serchea and ve.i‘y heavily
jeeveled. IL was made for Maria d' -
Bete, the wife of „Tames It. The regalie
etlatiiiIIS also a Prince or Wales
ernwn, an ornamented golden circlet,
wethout ,jewele. Besides the crowns,
the laugh:nil Tegalla eampriees
variety of objsets aliniot as valuable.,
There are sevcral oepters, the most
no table. of 'which is that of St. Ed-
ward, a rod of pare gold over ninety
pounds ;in weight. The orb at the
Lop of this notable emblem of roy-
alty, is aaid to contain a piece of the
true cross. „St. Ed ward's rod, as it
is called, iS not used by the, sovereign
on account of Sta Weight, although at
corona Lions, it hag frequently been
carried before the King. The royal
,scepter le" a rod 2 feet 9 inches Jong,
heavily set with preeiatis stones.
Queen Vintoxia's scepter was made
for her porona tion, its chief fea-
ture 'being. the diamond cross': at the
top. TheIro is another sce.pter, the
"scepter of the dove," sO called from
TIIE SUNDAAY SC110,01, and priests 11;ive irOt. But tho terni3 •
colfaeiliv:v\a,eiila,enttoli(1))eiloiimostilitl;,sule:derin.yytuoivpiruoter.
Pc.)2.1‘,1'.°1%Tinitnits‘, min if the twelve,
1/4ERNATIoNAL, Lgsoil, APRIL 28
called lanlyinns and Thom-
"J0s1k8 iiiiloears (lie Apoittes,", Ie. :AS have tine same ine.aithig—"a tIvira."
1121). 4"•0111.eie".1"ext, John o. re. 11+,11ae net with them. only, ten (.)f..•
Verso 1P9R. ATChleICSAanaLeNCIdill:lyE.SThe da
of the resurrection, during \vhich h
had already appeared to the group
women who first visited the sepalehro
to Mary Magdalene, to the two dis
fold consecration of the first day of
the week it had not been at once
knoven aa preeminentl tl Lo
Day and held nacred. At evening.
But before cundown. The doors -ware
shut where the disciples were assem-
bled. (The gospel accounts taken to-
gether point to one place or essem-
blage--the upper room which is re-
peatedly alluded to and which may
have been in the house of the mother
of John Mark. It was for fear of
the ..Tewe that the disciples met here
and not, in the temple court's' as here-
tofore and as afterward. "The Jews"
mean the claief ecclesiastical authori-
tiei—the enemies of Jesus. Came Jesus
and atood in the midst. A. statement
the apostles received tide power,
whatever it was,
Y 25. 1111he other diccipleS therefore
Seel. unto 111m, We he vo scan the, Lord,
f This el:atop:lent is like that in our
lesson, that the women told the aposr•
an
- that the disciples all togsther recited
in' concert this remarkable statement,
but that one by one as they me 1" him
they told him the wonderful story.
Except leshall see, etc. These worda
have often been quoted es showing a
wrong spirit, but this does greet in-
justice to Thomas. There is a tYPe
of mind hungry for new things to be/
leeve. There have been in all ages,
credulous Christians, and they are
often uncharitable toward those who
require reeson for their belief. It
is well to emphasize the truth, but
Chr:stianily, puts no premium on
credulity. "Relieve on the Lord
-Jesus Christ" in its essentiel Mean-
ing iS, ''.Cenimiteyourself to laim."
ory oral being concedee there is a
right and a wrong. .The man who
with his whele , heart ehoo-3es the
right and declares undying' hostility
to the wrong will have no trouble
about his -belief. "If any manvirl
itiOS of the angels; it doea not )9P.e
ciplee going .to ilhirmauS, end to 1?et-
er. trange indeed would it have
been if with the abunclanceand seven -
0 ash is aurineunted, ,, taken in its, naturalemeaning,
by a golden dove set with jewels,. asserts that L
and a splendtd acepter was made for is implied. Peace be unto you. Words
Maria d'1?,,,,ate had an ivory .seepter silently .opeveodurthe odiOdors.ildNdoe-nnalYileaaculd6
liaiTh. a dove of, white 'onYff.it the: top
the coronation of Mary, wife of 'WU
ibm o.f Orange. The orbs, of the Kin
and Queen are jeweled g bes, sur
mounted. by diamond crosses and a
the coronatIon of a sovereign, th
scepter is heId in the right hand and
the globs an the left:.
Peeides these articles, there are
many others indispensable to the
cerenaony of a 'coronation. There
are. swordS or jUST'JCe, jeweled, sharp
pointed and keen. There is the Cur -
Lana, or pointlesS word 01 mercy.
gin 'There are coronation bra.celets, to be
a donned at the proper t:xcie and gol-
et den apneas for the Ring's heels. There
aae oil vessels and salt cellars', wine
fountains and great drinking cupS of
.so gold, al 1 of which coine into
play One Ealle Or another, during
the ceremonies.
THE ROYAL REGALIA`
fs kept the tower of London, the
citadel of the capital and in the por-
tion known as the Wakefield tower.
The fortresel ase If was erected by
'William the Conqueror, to overawe
the turbulent population af London.
Many subsequent additions were
made to the fortress, amo.ng, the first
of whieh was this' Wakefield tower,
erectlef! "!-ess• ao 'nand r."`
Ru -
dos. crouvn jewelsi are displayed
upon a pyiramid. with the splendid
diadem of Queen Victoria at the top
and a large . iron :cage prevents a
close approach. The door of the
cage 'as, fastened with several locks,
the keyS ofeavieich are held by differ-.
cnt officials, all. 01 whom must be
present ereentrance can he obta,ined.
;The value Of the oricywin re.galia is' es'-
tianated... to 'exceed. $15,000,000, and ex-
traordinary precautiores are always
taken to prevent the operateons of
burgin.aes or other th:eves'. Several
sentinels are always on guard in
the passages and -without the tower.
VisitorS are admitted only b3r special
ticket send lee.fore giving permission
to viisit the tower, inquiry is' institute;
ed regarding the applicant. The
Kohenoor, one of the most famous
cflamande in existence, is not at the
toweir, but is kept at Windsor, where
there es another collection of royal
wealth, consisting mostly of golden
plate and dinner services', used at the
coronateon feasts and on other state
creca.sions. Intensely ptractical as the
English are, they nevertheless have
enough of sentiment to regard with
almost superstitious reverence, these
magnilfieent emblems of royal state
and the5r exnreetion during the cor-
onation parade is anticipated as one of
the greatest ehoevs of the age.
wlaich could not be pronounced , by
g Jeans' ba the hearing of his disciples
t without their quickly remembering
e the other" statement, "Not as the world
.
o . give 1 unto you." Iti" the an-
cient East everybody gave everybody
his
"peace," It was „tne common ex-
change of courtee 113 t 1 en
Jesus used coccumon phrases he put
Uncommon meaning' and unootnmon
force into them, and wia are to un-
derstand that immediately through
the hearts of these dieciples flowed
like a river the "'peace Nyhich passeih
tinders tan,ding,."
20. lie showed unto them. his hands
and his side. Anticipating . the jr
reasonable doubt. Then were the dis-
cwipoaleds,s, jgolahtia. 161:u212filling 01.1.r Lord's
21. Pearce be unto you. "A second
blessing.',' As my Father hath sent
me, even SO SdIld I you.. The Greek
for "hath sent" is the verb from
ciur irvoartbde'r'a,spoisaptoles'i'leig; you are
.
' 22. Ile brea.thed on them. Follow-
ing in this- as`nin soetnany other in-
stan:ce.s conceptioni, if 'got customs,
familiar to his diseciple,s. Receive Ye
the Holy Ghost'. And doubtless they
then and there came into closer com-
munion with. the' divine-13eing .than
over 'before. C.hrysostom
. ,
limits these wads: "As the ,Holy
Spirit was not given before the ascen-
sion, Jesus here merely declares the,
apOStieS ITO be approved men and
makes them capable of receiving the
gift of the Holy Ghost, Which is short—
ly to deseend upon them." But such
an interpretation seems to be hanap-
ered by the lianitation of the senses.
One must have exceedingly material
conceptions of the Holy Spirit if one
cannot utaderstand that the disciples
InaY now have, received the 1101Y
Ghost in deed and in truth; and yet
have had to waitlor the fitness which
came with the fuller outpouring of
th.e blessing at Pentecost. ,
23. :Whosesoever sins ye retnit,
they are remitted unto them; and
whosesoever sins ye retain, they are
retained. "Rea:mit" here means "fore
give." This is a text which has lacer),
much misused, The Catholic Chtirch
un,derstands that the apostles were
he,re given the power by the utterance
of a word to shut in or outof God's
kingdom an eternal life. But a
close study ,of the Bible disperses
nanny of the difficulties that are an
the surface. careful - reaching of
Luke 24. 33-53 •conirinee , that
otlaersabesidee hpestles were present,
and ce,rtainly one of the •apostles was.
absent; so that at the soutsat-We can-
not believe that Jeans here gave a
power to the apostles to be transmat-
ted by Papastolie suneession" through
the priesthood, in the:„second place,
"fargiveness"-is everywhereehrougii-
out the New l'estament made depen-
dent on reperetance and faith, and
at any other that the 'apostles had an
there is no indication at this t.inae or tht3
absolute knowledge of the human re,
heart.' Certainly modern ministers gaon
et
an
namby-pamby Christians who takes
when the sword is let loose it springs; anci.hell cannot loosen it, a.ncl J: want
back to its .old shape.. This sword of you to strike so hard for God that
God's Word has been put to the, 'test, it will react, and Ishile you take the
and it has been bent this way and sword, t.he sword of God's truth will
that anci wc;und this way and take you. After the battle is over
that )vay but it always springs back and the war is gone soldiers gather
again. Just think of it A book' toigethe.r, and they show their scars.
,written eighteen centuries ago, and , One soldier rolls up his coat sleeve,
some of it thousands of years ago, and he says: ,"There I was 'wounded
'yet published. to -day at the rate- of in the arm;" and a.nother soldier pulls
twenty thousand copies a week,. and; down his collar, and he says: "There I
raore than one million copies a year. Was wounded in th,e neck:" and an -
A book miraculously written, miracu- other, soldier says: "1 have never -had
louSly preaseaved, and miracuiouslyi any use of that:limb; &line° the gun -
(scattered; is a book you want to keep shot fracture." . Oh, my Christian
a tight grip of. He sylio gives, up the - friends, when we get back our bodies
Bibles any part of it, gives, up•par- an the- resurrection day I wender if
, alon•and.life and peaCe andsheaven. we \yin- haven any Stars' TO prOVe OUT
Again, notiee in Eieazar's grip of spiritual bravery? Jesus sta.nd
the sword an entire self -forgetful- I there, scars on his hands, scars on
mess'. He 'did not realize that the his feet, scars on his brow, scars.
hilt of the, sword wasi eating down ' over his heart,' won in the great bat -
into the palm of his hand, and that tle of redemption, and all heaven will,
while, he was taking hold of the sword sob aloud with emotion and •gra.titude,
the sword wae,11. taking hold of ':And all who have nursed the sick and
,Ile forgot the pain in his h.and in ,his; ,'cared for the poor will show the evie:
desire to destroy the Philistines. His, adences of earthly exhaustion, and
4na. clava auto Christ shall wave his scarred hand
one Christian ,work went Self- over tb scarre a mail ti.t ucle, saying:
forgetfulite.ss. If we are all: the. rime j "Ye suffered with 'Vie 'on earth, hOW
4Eraid eve are going to get hurt, we be glorified with incoin heaven.," 'And
will not kill the, Philistines, who the great organa of eternity will
oacreS whether 'our hand hurt or take up the chant, and St. John the
not ? When we .are battling in martyr will sweep the keys with his
7
such • • ; !fingers: These are they Who came
,A GLOleIDUS COisiFLICT, out of great tribulation, and had
let us throw our whole nature into thair robes washed and Made white
' it, in entire, selfeabnega tipn and • self- the blood of th,e Lamb.". But on
forge'tfulnesS, would rathe? live that day what ivall 'be your chagrin
,i-.11:11.6. years more and have ..1.sheen me and mine if itoshall be' told on the
duStrious and consecrated ta' Christ; Streets or heaven that in this world
than to live fifty Years more and have we shranlr ba.ck from all toil, from
,theal indolent and useless. What: all hardship, ,frern all fatigue? No
cire paha and persecution, and oils- battle-,sca,rs show -the .glorified;
eepe,eeentatien ,ane 1' ealeeeeeti„ when not so mucle•as one ridge' on the pallaa
wa .are engaged in the service of snail of the hand To Show that ,jUST. anee
a 11/last:or? Do not be groaning- be, in, all this great battle for God and
cans° .you meet with s,treh severe re. the 'troth we 'clutched ao tight and
,hatkes from the . Stop think- str'uok goi'hard tbat- tho. hand clave
ing of your -wounded hand and think to the sivo'rd.
of t vic to ty. When Ele.aza r
plunged into the conflict With such
a' holy recklessness" he did not' think,
whether he had a hand, or an arm, or
ri feot, or think 'of anything but vic-
tory. harid chive, to his sword."
Again I remark that Elazar's hand
great delicacy in Paris, hut'are „reek -
of hard hitting with his "sword, and _ ,
Pro 'c,s that ha had done ,a great deal on,d, es very nutritious. Hygienists,
that something bad got httrt. When say theY cOntain 17 Par cente of
1 sea Eleazar and thie three brave nien nitrogenous matter, and that they a,re
eprivieg back a .whole army of ,E'hilis- equal tes oYcters in nutritive . ProPe '7: -
tines,. ani not surprised that 'hie ties. Nearly 100,000 pottods of snails
Itand;Clave to. his s:word." The fact are sold daily in the. P..)ris Markets,
every., time the point of the They are e„arefully'reared for the par -
Sword. struck'an enemy, the hilt of pose in extensive snaii gardens in the
the ,a word. stauck deeper, into Elea- provinces, and fed on a ronia tie rhs
ehand. It hag hong age been to melee their flevair finer. Ono enaii-
"no.osered milita,ry life, you. can cry Dijon is said tO bring in te „
Ot'eonqueer an enemy by .roSewater p.roptietor .5",0•00 y.ear, preve
NUTRIMENT IN SNAILS.
Snails are not only regarded .as a
as a. 'Ina.scole and ever since that
eat victory it hasben preserved
religiosas care in the royal re-
galia of England. The ruby is set
weth seventy-five diamonds, and three
other crosses on the s'ides and box':
of the croarn have la,rge emeralds for
cenbstr gems, !and each from 121 to
132 clia.rnonds. Between the Maltese
crosses are four fleu.r-de-lis, each
having a irulaY center and nearly 100
-idle mends. The imperial arches,
whitch triSe•frolra, the BIalteec crosses,
are composed- of .leaves; and acorns of
diamonds and. 'Thearlene In t•he arches
are 103 brilliants, 116 .tabie, and 500
rose ,ditimands. 'The a'n:tound" at the,
top of the arch is composed' of 518 dia-
mends ‘. and the eebe's above the
'11nOrtind,", ,,hats a •large eapple:ire, sur-
riotanded by 1631 small dDamonds.
, A partioula.x description is; given of
this glitteringloaruble, for, with the
possible exception of the imperial
crown of Russia, it is the most., splen-
did diadem the' world contains. No-
thing like- it haci ever been seen in
England 'before, and out 'of rever-
ence for the famous Queen, it iS pro-
bable the.t it will be preserved intact
among the regal:ie.. A croavn con-
ta,ining . 2783 diamonds, nearly 100:
other genas,• and ov-er 500 pearls:,
.worth preserytcng for .
ITS INTRINSIC VALUE.
•
if -for nothing else.
Many years' ago a' leading jeweler
of London was requested to examine
tho uroilen and make an estimate of
its value. He did So, and, reported
that at the most ^.-inadeirate estimate
Lha cres\en was ivort.11 at laast *000,000,
but his figureSe were, scoffed at by
other jewelerS, Who declared that !if
the jewels ware taken fr.oan the crown
and sold singly, 'their aggregate value
w Oa1 d nol fall short' Of "$2,000,000.
There are three other croivas 10 the
regalis of Illngland.- Of these, the
oaost iinportant is the cro-vn of
I:41\yard,, sci called from the fact that
.contains, of is supposed to con--
tain,a relic of Edward t.he Conies-
S'or, the most fa inotts saint England
.e,vc.cr gane. etas t1is . choral].
Ties croavn wan rnade, i.,ox the. coron-
a Linn of- C4ha'rtas 11, after isis re tinn
froni oxil o, and was u3,2c1 in all sub-
.seque,nt coronations' Chat Of,
Vt.irt-Clria, Js jewel e have. a pepulin,r
iliStctry. 13itring tho ratio, or. Gretna--
w:e I an d the 1? dit.i tans, ar : a me n
,orderect the crown Sega 11 to
The ,orcier was carried into effect,
Tsia crowns then in existence were
be:ekes/1 up and sol,c1 for old gol(1, wh:le
the jewels Ivitre d,''./3posait .3E sin g
1Y and 10 hatches' to any who car,ed
to bay. Till::: vieb:lity and gentry of
England, inepired by a loyalty
dared slat show, cleterne!ned
nieeee•d,',eneteal or the ,geins
TRAINED DOGS.
INIA °CIE Old Gentlemen. Down :And Thieves
IN:neve Theeni of Valuable,
Parisian ' tiaieves are clever,.. else
same- of ..theinawould- not- have- trained
a dog to be a useful acconaplice. He
was a mastiff, and his triek Was to
go bounding up against old gentlemen
in the street.
• Naturally the average old gentle-
man is not steady enough upan liis
feet to stand; against four 'feet or so
of mastiff, and the "dg would; as a
rule, bring his victids to the ground':
Then. a, "lady" and "gentleman"
would step forward, and with profuse
apologies assist the fallen naan to his
fe,et. At the same time they, would
ease him a -f hie watch, and of any
ather valuaiblee' he might happen to
have about hini.
Training can do much with a dog.
A writer in •Chambers's Journal tells
of the- Successful efforts of 'a dog
owner whom he knew, to. train a dog
Lo abstain from barkin,g. It took
three years .to accomplish the task,
and at .the end ,the owner flattered
himself „that in his non -barking dog
he had a novehiy.10 .
sOntd ";r7..pacie:se' cities 'that "clOg
would have been prized, for there is
a quaint, Japartase law in force there
Which makes file manes' of ,a 'nigh Li -
barker liable.to arrest and tlie pen-
alty of a yeaf's work fbr the benefit
of the neighbors who have been dis-
turbed.
The non -barker,-, however, wasnot
so great, a novelty as MIA trainer
bola; v ecl, The w ri ter asserts thal;
fhore fire et least three 'varieties of
dogs that never, bark ---the Atistra
Egyptian Shepherd dog, arid
he "1ton-headed". dog of Tibet.
SUCH A QUEER, FELLOW.
"Cranker pays r;s li gees..
Has plenty of money, eh'r
No; merely ee.centric.
'We, are •neiirlY all too blase to be
urpriseti 'at others; but conesarning
auteelves. amazement. iS eVer 10 erdere
do His will, lie shall know of the c
trine.” Thomas had not yet had
"satisfactory eYidende of an astound
ing rnirac e, veto propci Y I
ivithhold Ins belief. But, Thomas be
lieved in Christ. All of Thoinas's.
ddeals had -been-fennel, in Ch riste. and
he
was as true- a Christian in his
doubts as Peter was in his confidence,
211. After eight, days. We 'would say
-seven edayss ,Thee e ve,n -we are. now
s,tucly occurs on the first day of the
following week, the next Lords Day.
The peculiar Jewish method of reck-
oning we have already noted. With,
in. Hidden again for, fear of the
jews. The doors being shut. Closed
and barred as before. Peace be unto
you. he same courtesy, and the
same benediction, and. doubtless the
osiapnli:s,. conscious blessing' to the dis-
27. Reach hither. Our. Lord shows
his lrnolyleclese of the words whieh,the
doubting disciples had spoken in his
absence, Be not faithless, but be-
lieving. More literally, "Be not
fa i thless, but faithful." Thomas
had Shown his faithfulness as a lead-
erthe apostles' 'when Jesus pro-
posed to go into what seemed cer-
tain death at Bethany, He wag
then almost eager to die with
his Lord. But now that his
Lord was dead, and he left.alive, a
hopelessness had arisen, in his soul
which endangered his faith.
28. Aly lord and my God. Augustine
suggests that Thomas did not dare
to tough and did notneed.the evidence
of touch ivheri onbe saw his'Lord
and heard his words,. The painters usu..
ally represent Thomas as pressing his ,.
finger into the wouncl'a or as about
LP de, s.oe but.his "full, and.,free ,c ore-
fession," as Dr. Chili -Cori says; ."is not
that of a man Nvho had ivaited for the
evidence Of 'touch; It is' a confession
more full, and free than we read .of
as inade by any other apostle' to our
Lord while • on earth receiving and
adoring him" as very God."
29. Thomas, because.thou hast seen
rise, -thou hast believed ; blessed , are
they that have not seen, ,and yet 'have
believed. ,Believin,g in Jesus includes
both a belief in the narrative of his
career -and a belief in and moral
'choice of these holy'.qualities of which
he is the' einbodincent: No one with
open mind count have watched him
in the days of his flesh and not
recognized the purity and goodness,
of which he ,was the incarnation.
Thomas was pebuliarly blessed in ..hav-
ing been associated with this holy
One for three years and he loved -the
qualities for nwhich jesus stood, Cala-
phas and his crowds saw the same
deeds and heard the same words, but
because with their hea.rts they hitci-
made a vacious. moral. choice they did
not "believe in him," „ although, of
course, they had no doubt about his
existe;nce,. We, tbou1gli distant from
-reS11,' by eighteen centuries audemore,
may also believe in him, both, in his
historic reality and in his .g.00dness
and 'atoning power. There are TWO
Ways of possi,blq approach to JesuS—
hein;tne,ti4sk;i7,n,t,ilaii:etaf)rhiscol.puetresoonho;i,n,aen. coif, hisr
goodness and more slowly .accepting
iS Muelt. more frequent, especially arra-
Ong thOSe 'brought ,up within .the
Claristian Church, by aCcepting the
story first and later learning to love
the God thus revealed. All Christians*
should have a brotherly reverence fo •
experience of all other Christians,
ardle,s,s of 'how that experience be-
IOUSNE
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