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lienc forth Think. of Nothing As
tnsIgnificarat.
desPateh from Washington says: all ages, The fate of Christendom
,Dr. Talmage Preached from in a basket let down Isola a win -
the following text: 11, Corinthiaas dow on the wall. What ymi do, 'do
Xi, 38, ',through a window in a base well. If you make a rope, make it
ket, was L let down by the \Vali. strong and true, for voii know not
Sermons on Paul in jail, Paul on how much may depend on your W ovk-
Mars IIill, Paul ia the shipwreck, manship. If you fashion a, hoat. let
W&0 the very 0110 W110 nag said,
l',1,111.QUI,01 a, W ilidOW in a basket
was 1 let down by the wall."
No unimportant in your life
or miae. Three naugqiis Placed on
the right side of the figura one mahea
a thousand, and six naughts on the
right side, of the figure one a million,
and our nothingness placed on the
right side may be augmentation il-
limitable. All the ages of time and
eternity affected by the basket let
down from 0 ;Damascas balcony.
TILE' 01? REFORDI
'rum '‘,1\111)1VA)rS.''
Count 1 1)' t •
y and ric fairs are the
Pani before the sanhedrin, Paul be- it be waterproor, for you 'mow not Meccas bat 1 this f t
a, ns nue o year a -
tract. our urban population. That
the pleasures offered should he free
from vieious tendencies is a thing to
be desired by all lovers of conntry
and kind. Ever since the Chicago
World's Fair, the tone of Canadian
Exhibitions has been decidedly low-
er. for while liquor is excluded by
law and ite illegal sale cuts bUt a
small figure, vulgar and even hide -
cent side-shows have multiplied and
games of chance, with sometimes
outright gambling attachments, have
nourisbed, The follOwing item from
a Chicago paper will be of interest
to those who hope for an ebb in this
ti,de of temptation to our Canadian
youth:—
The Civic Committee of Boston
submitted Seven questions to the sec-
retaries of all the State Boards of
Agriculture, asking whether, in their
opinion, the purely legitimate agricul-
tural fair pays better in the long run.
Twenty-four secretaries have declared
unanimously against the wide-open
fair, and say that intoxicating li-
quors should be vigorously excluded,
together with games of chance, vul-
gar tent shows, "midways„" circus
features, etc. This is most satisfac-
tory news, The annual fair has
grown, in many instances, to be a
centre of danger for attending young
people, as well as adults, and it is
to be hoped this body of secretaries
may be able to rush their theories
to practical issue."
fore lophx; • are plentiful, but in my
, text we have'Paid: ia a basket. .
Damaseus is a city of Whiteand
glistening architecture,: sometimes
called ."the eye of the East," some-
times called "a: pearl surrounded by
emeralds," at one time distinguish-
ed fon Swords of the best material,
called Damascus blades, ancl uphol-
stery of richest fabric called dainask.
A horseman of the name of Said,
riding toward this city, had been
thrown from the saddle. The horse
had dropped Under a flash from the
Ilky, which at the saine time was
so bright it blinded the rider for
many gays, and, I think, so per-
manently injured his eyesight that
this detect of vision became the
thorn in the flesh he afterwards
speaks of, He, hadstarted for Da-
mascus to butcher Christians, but
after that hard fall from his horse
he was a changed 'nuiri and preached
' Christ in Damascus till the city WaS
e'haken to its foundation. .
The mayor gives authority for his
errept, and the popular cry is: "Kill
him !. KUL Inin,!" The city is sur-
rounded by a high wall and the gates
are watched by the police lest the
Cilician prisoner escape. Many of
the houses are lruilt on the wall,. ancl
their balconies projeeted clear over
and hovered above the gardens out-
side. It was customary to lower
baskets out of these balconies and
pall up fruits and flowers 'from the
gardens. To this day visitors at the
monastery of Moant Sinai are lifted
and
LET DOWN IN BASKETS.
Detectives prowled around from
house to house looking for Paul,
but his friend's had him, now in one
place, now in another. He is no'
coward', as fifty incidents in his life
demonstrate, but he feels his work
is not done yet and so he evades as-
sassination. "Is that preacher
here?" the foaming " mob shout at
one house door. ''Is that fanatic
here ?" the police shout at another
house door. ,Sometimes on the
street incognito he passes through
cloud of clinched fists and sometimes
be secretes himself on the house top.•
At last the infuriated populace get
on sure track of him. They have
positive evidence that he is in the
house of one of the Christians, the
balcony of whose home' reaches over
the Wall. "Here he is ! Here he
Is 1" The vociferation and blasphe-
my and howling, of the pursuers are services. That is .going to be one of
the glad excitements of heaven, the
hunting .am'and picking out of those
,et the front door. They break in.
W110 may sail in it. 11 you pat a
13ible in the trunk of your boy as
he goes from home, let it be remem-
bered in your prayers, for it may
have a mission as far-reaching as the
book which the sailor carried in his
teeth to the Pitcairn beaeh. The
plainest man's life is an island be-
tween two eternities—eternity past
rippling :against his shoulders, eter-
nity to come touching his brow.
The casual, the accidental, that
which merely happened so, are parts
of a great plan, and the rope that
lets the fugitive apostle from the
Damascus wall is the cable that
holds to its mooring the ship of the
Church in the storm of the centuries.
0, men and women, you brag some -
lime how you have fought your way
in the world, but I think there have
been helpful influences that you have
never fully acknowledged. Has there
not been some influence in your early
or present borne that the world can-
not see? Does there not reach you
from among the New England hills
or fromthe western prairie or from
English or Irish or ScottiPh honae
A CORD OF INFLUENCE
that has kept you right When you
would have gone astray - and which,
after you had made a creaked track,
recalled you? The rope may be as
long as 80 years or 500 miles long
or 3,000 miles long, but hand's that
went out or mortal sight long ago
still hold the rope. Youwant a
very swift horse, and .you need to
rowel him with sharpest spurs and
to let the reins lie loose upon the
neck and to give a shout to the racer
if you are going to ride out of reach
of your mother's prayers. Why, a ship
crossing the Atlantle in six days
can't sail away from that. A sail-
or finds them on the lookout as he
takes his place and finds them on
the mast as lie climbs :the ratlines
to disentangle a rope in the tempest
and finds them, Pwinging on the ham-
mock when he turns :in. 'Why not
be frank and acknowledge it? The
most of us would long ago have been
dashed to pieces had not gracious
and loving hands steadily and , lov-
ingly and nrightily held the rope.
But there must Conie ,a time when
we shall fMd out who these Damas-
cenes were who lowered Paul in the
basket, and greet them and all those
who have rendered to Cod and the
world unree,ognized, and unrecorded
'..retch out that gospelizer and let
us .hang his head on the city gate.
Where is he ?". The emergency was
terrible. Providentially there was
a good stout basket in the house.
Paul's friends fasten a rope to the
basket. Paul steps into it. The
basket is lifted to the edge of the
balcony on the wall, and then while
Paul holds the rope with both,
hands his friends lower away, care-
fully and cautiously; slowly but
.t.irely, farther down and farther
down, until the basket strikes the
earth and the a.postle steps Out and
afoot and alone starts on that fa -
mons missionary tour, the story of
which has astonished earth and hea-
ven. Appropriate entry in Paul's
diary of travels : "Through a win-
dow itt a basket was T let down by
the ,wall:"
I observe first on what it slender
tdnure great results hang. .The rope -
maker who, twisted that cordfasten-
ed to that lewering basket never
knew how much would depend upon
THE • STRENGTH OF IT.
How if it had been 'brokenand the
aposties" life had, been dashed out ?
What would havesbeeome of the
Christian Church ? All the •niagnifi-
cent missionary Work in Pa.mphylia,
.Cappadocia, 0 al atia, Macedonia
gOuld..never have ..been, accomplished.
All his writings that make up so hie
dispensable and enchanting a part :of
the News Testament .would never have
been written, 'Ile story of resur-
rection would 'never' have been so
: 'gloriously told as he told it. That
example of heroic and triumphant
endurance at • Philippi in the .1gedit-
erranean'. Eureclyclom. under' flag-
•geliation, .and .at his be-
heading pot •.: have
kindled' the courage of 10,000 mar-
tyrdoms., But that rope' holding that
'basket, how much depended on it !
:So again and again great results
have hung on slender circumstances.
The parsonage a.t Epworth, eEng-
land, ,is 'on. 'fire in.the night, and the
father iushed through the 1)011 way
for the rescue of his. children,- Seven
children are out and ..Safe ontile
ground, but one remains in the emu.-
surning building.' That :one' awakes,
and finding his bed On .fire and the
building crumbling; : edines to the
who did great good en earth 'and
got no credit for it. Here the
Church has been, going. on 19 een-
-tarries,. and yet the world has not
recognized the services of the people
in that Damascus balcony. Charles
G. 'Finney Said to a dying Christian,
"Give my love to St. Paul when
you meet him." When you and I
meet him, as we will,. leShall ask
him to introduce me to those who
got him out. of : •
TI1E DAMASCUS' PERIL..
Come, let us go, right up and ac-
cost those on the circle of., heavenly
thrones Surely they must have
killed in battle it million Men. Sure-
ly they must have been buried With
all the cathedrals sounding a dirge
and' all the towers of all the 'cities
tolling the national grief, Who' art
.thou, mighty. one of heaven? "I
:lived by choice theunmarried daugh-
ter, in 0 humble. :Iforne that.' Might
•take care of ,my par6nts.' in their old
age, and 1 endured -' Without coin -
Plaint all :their :mierulPusitesP and.
administered • to all, their, wants. for
20 years."' • Let U.Se pass on rOhnd
the cirCle of thrones. ".Who "art
thou:, Mighty one of .heaven? "T
was for 3.0.years a Christian inva-
lid and suffered all the while; :cieca-
40 11 a1ly. .Nvi-iting a note of Sympathy -
for 'those. Worse off. than T, and Was
general confidant of all those Who
had: trouble, and once i11. it while. I
was .strong enough to make a gar-
ment . for that poor ' family 111 the
:haek Pass : on :to: another
throne. Who art thou, mighty one
of heaven? -Twas the .mother who
raised a whole fandly of children for
God, and they are out in the world
Christian niereh an LS,:. . CnriSti an In C—
Cli ni 'CS , wives, and I have
had full reward for all my toil."
Let us pass on in the circle of
thrones. "I had ah Sabbath school
class, and they were always on my
heagt, and they all entered the King-
dom of God, and I ani waiting- for
their arrival. ' 13ut who art thou,
the mighty one of heaven on this
other throne? In time of bitter
persecution 3 owned a house in Da-
mascus, a house on the wall. A
111011 who preached Christ was
hounded from street to street and I
hid hiii from the assassins, and
when I foimd them breaking into my
window, a.nd two peasants make a house and 1 longer keep
ladder of their bodies, one peasant [him safely advised him to
standing en the shoulder of th FLET,..1 FOR HIS I IFP"
er, and down the human ladder the and a basket was let down
boy desccilosahjohn OVer t
wt,38.1ey. If you he wall with the. maltreated
that ladder of peasants ask the mils: hold the rope," And I said: "Is
helpcd
Ivould know how inueli depended on n1211 111 it, `Ind 1 was "0 wh"
that all '"that
lions of 3\letlioclists on both sides of And he an'vered:
is all And while I was lost in
the sea. Aslc their mission stations
amazement 1 heard a strong voice
all nround tile n'orltT. Ask their that somidecl as though it inight
mice lia,ve 1)0011 hoarse from many
exposures, and triumPliant as though
it might have belonged to one of
the Mal' 1,yrs, and it Said: ''Not
rinany iiIighty, not inany noble are
called, but ' Cod hath chosen tho
weak things of the world to con-
found the thihga which are mighty,
and base things of tile world and
things which are despised hath Goct
chosen, yea, and things which are
not to bring to nalight thingS vhiclas
are, that n.o flesh should glory in Ills
hundreds of thousands alrmcly as-
cended to join the,ir founder, who
would have perished but for the liv-
ing stairs of peasants' shoulders.
PrtA OTTO AL INFERENCE :
There are no insigriificancies in life,
The minutest thing is a part of a
ni gnitatle, Infinity is rnade up of
infinitesinials; great, things ail ag-
gregation of sinall things. 13ethle-
horn manger pulling on a star iri the
eestern sky. One book in a drenched
tin i 1 oe' 8 111 01 til 1 1, O nqalizalion of
THE ENGLISH CHILD.
On March 20th, the bill prohibit-
ing the sale of intoxicants to per-
sons under 1.6 years of age" piasged
the English House of C01111/1011§ by
372 to 51. High hopes were enter-
tained that a halt was to be called
in the alcoholizing of the English
child, so graphically described by
many recent writers in English and
American temperance journals. But
the congratulations indulged in were
premature. An August issueeof the
London,. England, ''White Ribbon"
"Dy a majority of One vote the
Grand Committee has swept out of
the measure its central principle, by
passing an amendment, permitting
drink to be delivered to children if
in 'closed and sealed bottles!' "•
The Chicago Union Signal com-
ments as follows: --Absurdity could
not further go—a loose cork and a
paper label would comply with such
a restriction:- and the 'main evil of
familiarizing children with the
scenes and the language of the pub-
lic -house would remain untouched.
America has a perpetual battle on
hand to keep in enforcement such
laws as we have prohibiting the sale
of intoxicants to minors. Perhaps
we do not realize how much deeper
is -the crime against childhood in
fair England. Observation was very
recently made by a Teetotal Evidence
Society on one licensed house in
London during seven hours. In that
time, 1,792 men, 766 women and
1,365 children entered the house.
Words fail in the face of such facts
as
these.''
THE CANTEEN.
The life and death grapple in pro-
gress in . our sister nation to the
south, between the temperance hosts
and, the liquor elements, finds its
storm centre in the effort, now on
foot to repeal the law, enacted De-
cember 6th, 1900, by the American
Congress, prohibiting the sale of li-
quor in army canteens. Both sides
realize that there is 'much at stake,
for if the law is allowed to stand, it
is a national proclamation that li-
quor is not necessary for the endur-
ance of mental or physical strain,
and its mandate will influence many
a civilian whom temperance societies
cannot reach.
Rev. Wilbur F. Grafts, Secretary
of the American National Tteform
Bureigu, said recently, in an. address
nei.Ore tile Cleve] and Y.M.C.A.:—
'The regimen of the regiment
ought to be that of the athlete, even -
if moral considerations be left out
of account. As the pugilist, even hi
training for retail fighting, inust ab-
stain, much a/lore should the soldier
in the wholesale business, with vast-•
ly greater issues at stake. When the
physically best equipped of modern
pugilists lost the championship
everybody knows that 'John Barley-
corn' really lnockecl lahn out with a
blow '1)e,low the belt.' All intoxi-
cants are really 'knockout drops.'
Which reminds us of 'one more drop'
nainely, that intelligent men should
drop the out-grownn ignorance fossile
ind that lying name 'strong
drin1,-..' 'Cold Water nobs,' liea,d of
the British Ariny, got that proudest,
of his titles by appealing successful-
ly to the athletic side of army ab-
stinence. , He took two regiments
ancl gave them a ration of whisky,
and started them on. a long march
in the hills of India. On the same
March he Started also two reg,iinerligi
siippliOd With a ration of beer, and
t:WO 0 t/1 1'00 ell tS W±t 11 Water ' in
place of intoxicants, Whisky led 11)
tile opening spurt, but it Soon fag-
ged, and then beer led for 0 little.
but the 'cold water army' showed
far greater endurance and reached the
goal not only sooner 1)ut stronger
th.a.,n the others. By such tests and
by showing in official sta,tisties year
after year that al)steinerS send only
two -this d Many r or 1,000 to the
hospita,1 and only one-third as many
to the guard house as the drinkers.
British generals of the India Army Etliel—"But mOther, I'm only place I eniel (margin, ,the face of
have thduced .one-third of their sol- picking real Sabbath s- G01 ), for e I 11 (IVO eeen God
a nitilti I.( (10, ono amat pnp.vraa presence, And r looked to see frorn diets to join the British Army T01411 thread-andaneedle, Timothy, Solo- faee to face, and my ofe,is pre-
en the Nile freighted . ,11 ovo,nts for Whence the, ve-lce came, and lo!,, It, Abstinence Assoc. Ilion, which they 1/ion's-seal ami Jackeinethe-pulpit 1' eereed. his aod, Ex. xxiv, ,
elleourage in every way, instead 01
Saying, 'Soldiers will drink,' and
making no effort to preVelit it, Thus
in peace abstinence is promoted, but
ia war it is reqpired of oflicerS and
soldiers alike, not for the sake of
merals, but for the, sake of victory.
116 this an ti -ca n eon argument
from the field of athleties let me add
a yet stronger one from the field of
business, suggested by the fact that
the ra iir0 ad companies and 51 Per
centof all American employers fa-
vor abstainers in seeking employes,
an argument to which attention had
been called by it recent Byffalo'inter-
view with our own commander-in-
chief, General Miles, whose anti -can-
teen opinion, .with that of Generals
Wheeles, Lucllow, Sha1 tev and
ard, cutweighs the opinions of all
the lesser officers on .the other side.
''The Washington Post recently in-
tisnated, in view of the abstinence in-
creasingly required of employes by
railroads and other business. estab-
lishments, it would soon come to
pass that the government service
would be the only one open to hard
drinkers. But perhaps those who
control our army will learn, as our
anti -canteen navy has done, that the
man behind the gun needs a clear
head as much as a man who runs a
freight train."
NEV ZEALAND.
Woman's Suffrage in New Zealand
has been a bete noir to the gam-
blers, liquor sellers, and purveyors
for vice. It has given an impetus to
all reform movements and has so in-
creased the vote cast in favor of
Prohibition, at the plebiscite taken
with every parliamentary election,
that the liquor interests are thor-
oughly alarmed, and are afraid to
risk another vote three years from
now. They are advocating a plebis-
cite in favor of not taking a vote
for Six or ten years.
WHAT NOT TO DO IN A BOAT.
Some Rules for the Guidance of
the Land -Lubber.
Some people, fearless because ig-
norant of dangers, will insist upofl.
boat parties, and we have every
s.unimer a long list of unnecessary
accidents on our rivers, Most of
these might have been avoided by a
little knowledge of what not to do
in a boat.
To begin at the beginning, when
taking your place do not step 'cm the
side of the boat, or the consequence
will be that, unless you have a very
experienced mariner as your compan-
ion, he will, through the sudden
lurch of the boat, be pitched back-
ward into the water.
But place your foot en the seat,
well in the middle of it; .don't stand
there hesitating, but give your
weight on to that foot and prompt-
ly step with the other onto the floor
of the boat.
Sit down at once, eveb if not in
the particular spot you wish to' oc-
cupy; the change can be made ever
so much better after a minute or so,
;when you have quite made up ..your
mind,- where you would best like to
Sit, and when the boat has recovered
from the little wobbliness occasion-
ed by your entry.
Be sure not to stand up when any-
body else is moving about the boat.
More accidents have happened that
way than any other.
Even if you should think that by
so doing you might avert a catas-
trophe, renounce the idea—unless, of
course, a very trustworthy guide
should counsel the action.
Above all things, remember that
when going through the rapids it is
perfectly essential to sit still.
Do not rock the ,boat to tease a
companion ; and, if frightened, sit
still and do not grab at anyone.
Do not wear line clothes, but dress
neatly. Large hats, feathers and
streaming ends are inappropriate
and most uncomfortable on the riv-
er. A light woolen skirt, a cotton
,Shirt. with a jacket td match the
Skirt and aylain straw hat are nev-
er amiss; but a more shady head-
gear may be donned with a simple
summer dress for a smarter occasion,
It is impossible to leave the sub-
ject without a word of advice to a
lazy, man.. Never allow a girl to
sstclunll you up stream in the blazing
'while you loll back at ease.
The girl may be a would-be athlete,
protesting that she likes it, but all
the same you must not peamit her
to so overtax her strength as to
risk a sunstroke. There could be
only one opinion a.s to the man's
breeding. under these circurnstanceS,
and sel_fishne—ssois beyond hope.
SHAVERS, PLEASE NOTE!
Have you noticed that, after a
very "close" shave in summer time,
your face is irritated, and that some
ugly pimples appear over the course
taken by the razor ? It, is especially
noticeable if you happen to go out
immediately, and the streets are
dusty,. Scientists have been good
enough to explain this disagreea.ble
conclitipn. Of course, the microbe is
at the 'bottom of the Mischief, but
the explanation is interesting and
May help shavers to a,void the trou-
ble. 'There are microbes that take
advantage of erasures in the skin,
and these minute organisms are
driven by the wind, together , with
the ,clu t which forms their dwelling -
place, on to your face. Tf your skin
be whole they can do nothing but
wait till the wind takes them MT
•THE S. S. LESSON.
INTERNASTEIVIA. 11,5.LESSONy
Text of the Lesson, Gen. xxxii.,
1-32. Golden Text, Luke
1.
,1-2. "And Jacob went, on his.way,
and the angels of God met him.'"
In our last lesson the Lord and the
angels aPPeared to him Os he was
leaving home and now, after twenty
'years. (chapter xxxi, 38, 41), as he
is about to return home with wives
and children and servants and much
cattle, the angels of Goa meet 1111a,
In what wondrous g,race the I.,ord
deals, with this man ! And Ile is,
xxxiii, 20, in the light of John
18, teach that every manifestation
of God is through Ilis Son." In
Eden as well as hose rind in all the
other appearances of Cloct we must,
recognizegi-Tim whom we linoW as,
the Son of God, or Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lord of hosts, the Lord
Clod of Ii•ael, Jehovah of the Old
Testament, who by His precious
blood shed for us has provided
eternal redemption and a joint heir-
ship with-sl-Tiinelf for all who re-
ceive him. it would seem that Ja-
cob carried with him from that time
the evidence of that night's conflieM
and we niust never forget that ws,
have been rebels against God, chil-
dren of disobedience, and by Ilia
grace have been yedeemed. We must
learn to know that in us --that 113,
inour flesh—there dwelleth no good
Jesus Christ the s:tine yesterday, thing (Roni vil, 18) and glory in
and to -day and forever (I- eb. xin, the Lord alone, seeing no Mall but
8) and has just the same grace for
you and for me. In chapters xxix to
xxxi, inclusive, between the last les-
son and - this one, we have an ac-
count of Jacob's 20 years with La -
ban, his faithful service, his mar -1
riage, his increase and the Lord's
special "care of him (chapter xxxi)
11-13, 21n-29); also in verses 41 to
55 the incident of the covenant be-
tween Laban and, Jacob at Galeed
or Mizpah as they separated.
2-8. Jacob sent messengers to
Esau, his brother, and on their re-
turn, learning that Esau was com-
ing to meet him with 100 men, he
becomes filled with fear and dis-
tress and attempts to provide for
the safety of at least it portion of
his tcompany. Notwithstanding all
God's gracious care of him these
many years, he does not seem to
have learned to trust Him Without
9-12. In humility he looks to God
and pleads His promises to hint, ac-
knowledging all His great goodness
viith gratitude. This is a right at-
titude toward Cod. The assurances
of God when he left his home and
when he was about to return should
have delivered him' from all fear
concerning Esau's treatment of him
Rut many believers are not any more
trustful now, for with such assur-
ances as John x, 27-29 ; i, 6;
II Tim. i, 12, etc., there are those
who have their fears lest they may
not reach home, but be lost some-
where by the way.
13-23. Ile prepa,red a great present
for Esau that he might therewith
appease him—five droves of goats,
sheep; camels, cows and asses -580
in all, with instructions to those in
charge of the droves ae to what they
shall say to Esau when they • meet
him. It looks as if he felt that he
must do somewhat to help God in
this matter. He evidently believed
the worl,i's motto used by, many be-
lievers, "God helps those who help
themselves," but the teaching of
Scripture is that God helps those
who cannot •help themselves, and we
must come to an end of ourselves
before 'we ,can know His power (Ps.
lxxii, 12 ; cvii, 27, 28 ; isa. xl, 29,
and all His miracles).
21. And Jacob was left alone,
and there wrestled a man with him
until the 'breaking of day." The
margin says until the ascending of
the morning. It is not Jacob
wrestling, with a man ,that he might
prevail over ' .but the man
wrestles with Jacob that he may
conquer Jacob, and Jacob evidently
stoutly resists him until morning.
God is ever seeking to break us
down, to humble us, to bring us to
fill end of eurselves, that He may
bless us indeed and show us His
strength and, magnify Himself in us.
25-26. 'Toward morning the man
who wrestled with „Jacob touched
the hollow of Jacob's thigh and
put it out. of joint, so that Jacob
could no longer resist, after which
Jacob clung' in his helplessness, say-
ing I will not let thee go except
thou bless me. This is the secret
of prevailing with God, our helpless-
ness' clinging to His power, Con-
sider those who came to 1-Iim when
He was on earth for 'us and see
how in' every case Ills power was
Made '1/lathiest on behalf of utter
helplessness, ; the blind, the leporS,
the .,woman with the issise, those at
the point of .death and those who
had' died. ' ,
,27, 28. -Thy name shall be called
no more Jacob, but Israel, for as a
prince East -thou power'. With God
and' with men and host prevailech"
We cannot get our new name of saent
until we confess that we are and
have been sinners and naught but
sinners. Jacob must acknowledge
himself as Jacob or supplanter,
(chapter xxvii, 86, margin) before
he can receive MS 11 OW name of
Israel (margin, a prince ,,of God).
'the Spirit through Hosea says
"By his strength he 'had power will)).
God ; yea, he had power over the
angel and prevailed ; lie wept and
made supplication unto I -Tim ; he
found I -Tim in Bethel, and there He
Spoke with us, even the Lord God
of hosts ; the Lord is his memorial"
(Hos, xii, 8-5). Then follows the
exhortation to turn to God and
wait on God continually. ,Thjs is
the secret of prevailing prayer, per-
sistent clinging to God alone, plead-
ing only our need and His., great
mercy. We will always have oc-
casion to say, "Though our ini-
quities testify against us, do Thou
it for 'Illy name's sake" (.Ter. xiv,
7). When We take the place of utter
helplessness and:tmworthiness and,
like jacob, cry, I will not let thee
go,' we shall see fulfillments of. john
xiv 18, 11, and simila,r promises.
This is thc first mention of the great
name of, Israel, a name that always
IS used to designate Jacob or his
again. or until you wash them awa,y, posterity. It is never -used as a
But the close shrive has so scraped nanie 101- the church, not even 111
your skin that it oficrs the microbe Gal. vi, 16, where it lividently means
the opporiamity it wants; in it goes the -believers Israel, who are
and you suffer for a time ironi irri-
tation and piniples, niicrobe
linty leave you Without going farther
or it mny enter your systeni to do
spoken of in addition to other 'be-
lievers.' There is no authority for
the, term "spiritual "synch' though
it may properly he used .in reference
ei.jewilej.c.,,, to true believers 111 Israel, but
OP EU.
Orthodox M.other—,f'Ethel I-Iow
many times InAist I tell yoli it is
wiel(ed to piek flower8 on the
botil 2''
should never 1)0 applied to gentiles,
We must not cohfound the church
with Israel, nor the kingdom with
either, though both will be very
prominent in the liogcloin.
29-22, "110 lelesse(1 hina there."
So Jacob 01111et1 the name of the
Jesus only and coveting above all
thing§ His blessing., which maketh
rich (Mark ix, 8 ; Prey. x, 22,
R.V., margin).
TRACKING A TIGER.
.An Exciting Adventure in Search
of a Man -Eater.
A writer in the Indian Sporting
Times gives some details of the de-
predations of a tiger in various vile
!ages during the famine year. In the
course of his remarks he says that
for a whole year the monster cootin-
ued his depredations almost without'
molestation. Over forty peoPle had
been slain, and the village herds suf-
fered severely. The local forest
ranger was in a state of terror," and
had written to his superior in terms
much • as follows, sliewing the diffi-
cult situation in which, he compiled\
his reports:— -
"February lst—Up a tree. where 11
adhere with much pain and discom-
posure while big tiger roaring in a'
very, awful manner on the lire line.
This is two times he spdiled rny
work, coming and shouting like
thunder and putting nee up a tree,
and making me behave like an insect.
I am not able to climb with agility
owing to stomach being a little big,
owing to bad water of this jungle.
Jungle mans can fly up tree quickly.
Even when I do not see this tiger,‘
and he does not make it dreadfuk
noise. I see the marks of his hoofs.
and his nails on the path.
The writer of this article continues:
So it came about that when my
camp was pitched in the vicinity of
the "Yellow Peril," a deputation,
headed by KooMbappa, 'presented it'
sell before my tent, and begged me
to rid the neighborhood of a mon-
ster concerning whose doings each
one had some piteous tale to , tell._
It was a long tramp up the valley',
before .daylight next morning, and a
stiff climb up the path, which wound
its way over the rocks and through
the thick bainboo jungle. Now, the
jungle was so thick and extensive
that to beat for the tiger would bo
a useless task. Nothing could be
seen in the dense thickets of the
cover where he lurked. What was to
be done?
''SHINAR WITH. DELLS.''
Then I bethought me of a mode of
hunting of whieh a sportsman of 60
years of age had -told me. This was.
the "shikar with bells." A native,.
adorned only with a coating of wood
ashes, with a tray containing burn-
ing oil -wicks, upon. his head, and a
chime of bellsoin his hand, precedes
the hunter in search of game on a -
dark night. Such was the plan now
proposed. At ten o'clock at night.
Koombappa, smeared with ashes anda
bearing the lights upon his head andl
the chimes in his ha.nd, preceded me
to the 'forest. It was a weird ad-
venture. Nought could be seen but
the dim outline of, 0 treats in the
gloomy forest. My companion's
movements became more grotesom
and, as it were, inspired. The
lights danced before my eyes and cast
a beautiful glare for some yard
ahead. The tinkle of the bells be.
came more sonorous, and filled tha
.forest with a weird noise that exer-
eised an indescribable,•spell over ths
%senses. Suddenly the spectral ash
selgid figure ceased to advance, but
frantically continued ' ceaseles:
antics. I peered into. the gloom it
front, and saw. two luminous orb:
shining through the darkness. Slow. .
ly -they approached. The movements,
of the dancer became spasmodic as
the huge form of the tiger emerged
from the shadows and stood erect. be:
fore us in the dim flickering light,
with every hair set, breathing heav-
ily, with panting tongue and heaving
sides. As I raised my rifle and fired
between the ffeature's eyes Koom-
bappa sank to the ground exhausted
by his ekertions and excitement.
The lights were exha,usted the
same moment, and all was silent and
buried in darkness. For 501110 MO.,
ments I dared not move. At length r
,
as my eyes became accustonied to
the darkness,, objects outlined Ahem -
selves amid Ole surrounding obscur-
ity and the great form of the tiger
appeared lying on the ground a few
yards off. My bullet had pierced his
brain. '
LARGE L:ANDOWNERS,
l'he largest landowner in Engla-'-
proper is the Duke of Northumber-
land, who, possesses 136,000 acres,
mainly of course, in the county from
which he takes his title, and he is
the only one of these eight -and -
twenty great lords who has not an
acre eitlier , in Scotland or Ireland.
The largest landlord in Ireland is
the Marquis of Conynghani, who
owns 156,000 acres ; in Wales, '
Prince in Wales," Sir Watkin Wil-
lianis Wynn, whose acres aniount to
195,000, is the only possessar of
more than 100,000 acres who is not
a peer.
A PT.:11-Eil7,CT ROY.
"I iievee lteard ()f but 'one perfect
boy," said .-folintly, pensively, as 11.*
sat in th.y corner doing' penance.
''Al -1(1. who 011110 that '1'asked
inctimna., ,
'Papa—Avheil'310 wcis Wa3
the answer. And „site/ice reigned ,161
the space of five iniiiittes;
e.,