The Wingham Times, 1912-02-15, Page 22
T11E WINGHAM TIMES, FEBRUARY 15, 1912
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THE WINCin&iI TIDES,
H. B. ELLIOTT, PnaLIairent AND Pao1 bion.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15. 1912.
EDITORAL NOTES.
A bill will be introduced in the Al-
berta Legislature by Government
members providing for single taxation
of the Province will be on the single
tax basis. This will be unique in the
history of taxation, for no other Prov-
ince or State has yet attempted it.
Succession duties for January showed
an increase, the total being $64,046,59,
compared $58,227,98 in. January, 1911.
The total for the first three months of
the year was $181,464,15, compared
with $193,617,23. The largest estate
was that of the late Frank Smith, from
which the province received $15,000 as
a first payment.
The deputation, representing the
postmasters of Canada, which saw the
Government last week will in all like-
lihood be rewarded for its trip to Ott-
awa. Though no definite announce-
ment is made it is known that the post-
master -general is working on a grant-
ing salary increases and other things
somewhat along the lines suggested.
i There is no reason why each munici-
pality should not adopt the tax method
it thinks best and there is only one
reason why they do not do so. Sir
James Whitney is that reason. He'll
be clum sizzled before he'll concede one
iota of local option in municipal taxa-
tion. What's the use of having a Pro-
vincial Premier, he would like to know,
if his power to serve the people is to
be limited to an endeavor to discover
what the people want? A real Provin-
cial Premier will, of course, always
know what is best for his people, and
in the case of Ontario municipalities if
they don't like what Sir James pre-
scribes they may lump it. -Ottawa
Citizen.
6 What is worthy of reprobation is the
openly stated fact that civil servants
are being 'condemned to death on the
secret evidence of men who want their
places. This system, whoever is guilty
of it, is infamous. One is astounded
at the sort of rnen who, in Parliament,
who are boldly associating themselves
with it, and thus placing an indelible
stigma on their own names The mat-
ter is not at all improved, but made
worse, by reverting to the past, and
declaring that the other party did the
same. Those who make this plea do
not pretend that the other party did
right. It amounts to saying: The de-
feated party was rotten, therefore we
propose to be. -Montreal Witness.
Mr. W. 13. Northrup has taken a fair
and sensible course in East Hastings.
He has been beset by the same crazed
mob of ravenous office -seekers, but
when they have come demanding with-
out cause the heads of postmasters and
other office -holders, he has asked them
lin each case for particulars as to the
lwhy, the wherefore, and at what time.
These particulars apparently have not
been forthcoming, far we have heard
of no dismissals upon the "recommend-
ation" of the member for East Hast-
ings. In taking this straightforward,
manly course, Mr. Northrup may, per-
haps, have to sacrifice the good -will of
half a dozen or so who do not really
count, but he will gain immeasurably
in the esteem of such people as wish
to see polities divested of some of its
indecency. -Belleville Ontario.
Agriculture in far away South Africa
is progressing rapidly. Last year's
imports showed an increase in wind-
mills of 42 per cent., fertilizers, 34 per
cent., seed, 25 per cent., and agricul-
tural machinery, other than implements,
27 per cent over the previous year.
Suffered With NeEYe Trouble
for Two Years.
WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO
SLEEP.
Mr. Chas. W. Wood, 34 Torrance
Street, Montreal, Que., writes: --"For
two years I suffered with nerve trouble,
and it was impossible for me to sleep.
It did not nutter what time I went to
bed, in the morning I was even worse
than the night before. I consulted a
doctor, and he g'.ve me a tonic to take
a half hour before going to bed.
"It was all right for a time, but the
old trouble .0turned with greater force
than before.
"One of the boys, who works with me,
gave me half a box of Milburn's Heart
and Nerve Pills. I took thein and I got
t,oc_t satisfaction that I got another box,
and before T finished it 1 could enjoy
sleet) from 10 p.m. until 6 a.ni., and now
feel good."
The price of Milburn's Heart and
.Nesve Pills is 50 tents per box, or 3 boxes
kr :51.25. They are for sale at all
dealers, or will be mailed direct on
receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co.,
Limited, Toronto, Oat.
BLOOD AND BOODLE.
The Montreal Star will not be sus-
pected of any unfriendliness to the
Borden Government, but it strongly
condemns the Diek Turpin tactics
which a large section of the Conserve- '
tive M. P.'s from Quebec have adopted
in order to secure, if possible, the re-
moval of the Montreal harbor commis-
sioner. Says our contemporary;
"The benefits which these three har-
bor commissioners have conferred on
this city, and on the country as a whole,
will not be properly appreciated until
they are seen in the long perspective
of the future. Still, they look very big
even to -day in comparison with the
puny efforts of the debating societies
and the cumbersome organizations
which had previously fiddled with this
huge national problem: To sacrifice
these successful commissioners to the
fury of a victorious political horde,
thinking only of the spoils and not at
all of the prosperity of the city, would
be an act of folly which we cannot be-
lieve the ministers are in any danger
of committing.
"Still, it is just as well that commer-
cial and industrial Montreal, regardless
of party affiliations, should make its
opinion known; and that the govern-
ment should be put in possession of the
stoutest defence against any `camp -
followers' who continue to cry for
`blood' and `boodle.' "
It remains to be seen what Mr. Bor-
den's attitude will be toward the insur-
gents. They have placed the blunder-
buss at his head, and it remains to be
seen whether he will meekly surrender
or shout defiantly, "Fire and be hang-
ed!" -Brantford Expositor.
GROWTH OF RAILWAYS.
The growth and development of Cana-
dian railways, and generally speaking,
their prosperity, are indicated in a
very complete and well-prepared report
by • John Lambert Payne, Controller
of Railway Statistics, tabled in the
House at Ottawa recently. The total
track is 25,400 miles, an increase of 669
miles. At the end of June last, the
period covered by the report, 7,000
miles of road were under construction,
of this 1.578 miles were in'actual opera.
tion at that date, though not formally
declared to be so by the Railroad Com-
mission. In the year $118,391,514 was
added to the capital liability of the
railways, of which $61,650,300 was in
stocks and $56,741,214 in funded debt.
The capital liability is $1,528,689,201,
or $55,821 per mile.
The dividends paid in the last five
years, published this year for the first
time, are as follows:
1907 -$12,760,435, or 2.17 per cent.
on share capital; 1908-$12,955,243, or
3.11 per cent.; 1909-$19,230,126, or2.97
per cent.; 1910-421,747,914, or 3.16 per
cent.; 1911-$30,577,740, or 4.08 per
cent. Cash aid to the railways in the
year amounted to $1,426,192.
Passengers carried totalled 37,097,-
718, an increase of 1,203,143, while
freight totalled 79,894,282 tons, an in-
crease of 5,401,416. From all sources
gross earnings- were $188,733,494, an
increase of $14,'777,277 over 1910.
Operating expenses aggregated $131,-
034,7&5, making the net earnings $57,-
698,709, as against $53,557,776 in 1910.
A total of 4,219 locomotives, 4,513 pas-
senger cars, and 127,158 freight cars
were in service in the year. The total
accidents numbered 493, while 3,329
persons were injured, a decrease of 120
in fatal, and 1,190 in other accidents.
Of the total of those killed 202 were
employees, while of the total injured
1,314 were so engaged. One passenger
in every 1,824,919, therefore, was killed
and one in every 124,489 injured. Level
crossings caused 36 persons to be killed
and 108 injured. Employees in 1911
aggregated 141,224, an increase of 17,-
456. In wages $74.613,318 was paid,.
out, an increase of $7,495,945. x•
On electric railways the mileage,
total was 1,224, earnings $20,356,9577:
and operating expenses were $12,09,-
134. Passengers numbered 426,294,792,
as against 360,964,876 in 1910. Elea ric
railways killed 102 and injured 620
persons. The increase in fatali$ies,
therefore, is 7, and in injuries 132.
Predicts Beef Shortage.
James E. Poole, of Chicago, a recog-
nized authority on live stock questions,
in an interview with the Ottawa cor-
respondent of the Globe, while Mr.
Poole was passing through that city,
declares that the days of cheap beef
are over in this continent. He bases
his statement on the fact that free
grass is no longer available for feeding.
In fact, he says, the only great cattle
raising country left in the world is
Argentine, and Argentine's surplus
will in the near future be largely ab-
sorbed by Germany. Mr. Poole bases
this statement on the results of the
recent German election. The Socialist
party in Germany, he says, has declar-
ed in favor of the abolition of Customs'
taxes on food brought into that country
and demand for this is bound to be Con-
ceded in the near future. When it is
conceded Germany will be second only
to Britain as an importer of foodstuffs
and will draw largely on Argentine's'
surplus of beef.
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A Sign o the
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EOFLE are becoming very careful about
what they eat and drink --
The preference for goods in sealed packages
—especially in food stuffs- is now quite definite
and becoming more so every day.
We must frankly admit that there are sound reasons
for this preference. Food stuffs cannot be ex-
posed to varying atmospheric conditions with-
out losing both strength and flavor.
Tea—of all articles of everyday diet (excepting
coffee, perhaps) needs protection most, and
best merchants have
been quick to appre-
ciate the fact. So
much is this the case
that the selling of
loose Tea in bulk will soon be a thing of the past.
RED ROSE TEA reaches you with all its vir-
ginal flavor, strength and purity-
-It is sealed in air -tight packages—dust and
damp-proof—
RED ROSE is a blend of the best Indian and
Ceylon Teas,
—The former assures generous strength and
richness—the latter that coaxing, delicate flavor,
Qualities for which Red Rose Tea is famed.
Ask your Grocer for the 40c. package of Red
Rose and you'll get better Tea—Tea that spends
farther—for the same money.
You want " Good " Tea—well,
"Red Rose Tea is Good Tea"
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(Prem the TIMES of Feb. 12, 1842.)
LOCAL NEWS.
For want of a quorum, there was no
meeting of the Public School Board on
Tuesday evening last.
On Friday evening last, Rev. E W.
Hughes, of this towh, delivered a Tem-
perance lecture in Summerhill, Hullett
township.
After the regular meeting in the
Methodist Church, in this place, on
Sunday evening last, a reception ser-
vice was held, when thirty-six persons
were received into membership, twen-
ty-two on profession of faith and four-
teen by letter.
The weather during the latter part
of last week was exceedingly fine, be-
ing bright and sunny. Sunday was
warm, thawing most of the day, with
slight showers of rain. Since then it
has been cold, with local snow storms.
The missionary anniversary services
in connection with the Wingham Meth-
odist Church will be held on Sunday
next. Sermons will be preached at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m., by the Rev. T. C.
Cocking, returned missionary from
Japan.
There is still considerable sickness in
town, owing to La Grippe, but all or
nearly all are progressing favorably.
Those whom we know to be favorably.
Those whom we know to be ailing are
Mrs. Robt. Mclndoo, Mr W.H. Haines,
Mr. Alex. Dawson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Ross. Mrs. Ross has so far re-
covered as to be able to be in the store.
Wingham has now one of the best
markets for grain in the county, there
being four buyers on the market. Mr.
Geo. McKenzie having rented Mr. Thos.
Gregory's storehouse, started to buy
grain on Wednesday. Our pork mark-
et is unsurpassed in Western Ontario
and farmers, far and near, are bring-
ing their pork to this market.
The anniversary services in connec-
tion with the Presbyterian Church,
Wingham, were conducted last Sab-
bath, by the Rev. R. N. Grant, of
Orillia, who preached two earnest,
thoroughly practical and eloquent ser-
mons.
A tankard curling competition was
played at the rink here on Tuesday
afternoon, between Wingham and
Brussels curlers. The visitors won the
match, coming out considerably ahead
of the home team.
DORN.
Garton. -In East Wawanosh, on
Feb. 8th, the wife of Mr. Geo. Garton;
a daughter.
MARRIED.
t1obertson -Whitney- By the Rev
J. E. Howell, M. A., cousin of the
bride, Feb. 3rd, Wm. James Robertson,
of Hullett, to Miss May Whitney, of
West Wawanosh.
Poulton-Mutch-At the residence of
the brides' father, Poplar Hill Farm,
East Wawanosh, on Jan. 20th, by Rev.
F. Swann, Mr. Thos. J. Poulton, of
Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Jennie Mutch.
DIED. '
Bridges. -In East Wawanosh, on the
7th inst , Thomas Noble Bridges, aged
3 years, 4 months and 11 days.
Morrison. -In Lower Wingham, on
Feb. 10th, Maggie Maud Morrison,
eldest daughter of Mr. J. F. Morrison,
aged 25 years, 2 months and 10 days.
TH3E-kUTO•"IN17C)W1
When the fact is considered that in
1905 only about 500 automobiles were
owned in the whole of Canada, valued
at $1,000,000, while to -day there are
upwards of 16,000 running on Canadian
roads and representing over $20,000,-
000, one cannot help but wonder at the
future that is in sight for this rapidly
growing Canadian industry.
As yet the larger number of motor
,ars bought in Canada are imported
lahgel.y from,..the,,,_United-states. In
the year ended March 31, 1911, 3,514
automobiles were imported, valued at
$4,214,082, while the value of the parts
of automobiles imported in the same
year was something over half a million.
For the seven months of 1911 from
April to the end of October, which are
the latest figures obtainable, the im-
ports were 3,669 cars valued at $3,-
813,200. This would make the imports
for the fiscal year ending next March
around $7,000,000, most of which will
be from the United States.
But Canada exports Canadian -made
automobiles as well. In the fiscalyear
1910-11 there were exported $593,764
worth of motor cars, and for the seven
months in 1911, 875 cars worth $692,225.
Nearly half of these cars were shipped
to Australia, and the most popular car
in that country is made in Canada.
Iftanufacturera of automobiles in Can-
ada to -day represent an investment of
around $10,000,000, and there are four-
teen factories ail working up to capaci-
ty and all in Ontario. Most of these
Factories do not make all of their pro-
duct -themselves, but import many of
the pats from the United States and
assemble them in Canada. Last year
it is estimated that 5,000 cars were
made by he Canadian factories.
IA Tear Indoors.
"For thirteen months I was so bad
with thionic indigestion that I could
not
gIf out of doors. Nerves were un-
struflg, the heart bad and smothering
_feelings came on till I thought I Would
choke. Doctors' treatment failed me,
so I began to use of Dr. Chase's Kid-
ney -Liver Pills, which I thank for my
present good health. I am now doing
my housework and have a family of ten.
Milk and Typhoid Fever.
That Germany has practically abol-
ished typhoid fever by strict supervis-
ion of the milk supply is the conclus-
ion reached by a New York physician
who has published in the Medical Rec-
ord an account of his investigations in
German Hospitals. In four great hos-
pitals, including two of the largest in
Berlin, he found only four cases of the
disease. Immediately' after his return
to America he saw three typhoid cases
in one of the smallest of the New York
hospitals. There is no effective super-
vision of the New York milk supply,
and to this feet he attributes the pres-
alence of typhoid in his own city, Ger-
Many has learned that the prevention
of preventable disease is worth while.
The lesson will finally be mastered by
all civilized countries.
TOWN DIRECTORY,
BAPTIST CHURCH -Sabbath services
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday School
at 2:30 p. m. General prayer meeting
on Wednesday evoainga. Rev. G. Vic-
tor Collins, pastor. B. Y. P. U. meets
Monday evenings 8 p. m. W. D.
Pringle, S. S. Superintendent.
METHODIST CHURCH --Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. m, and 7 p. m. Sunday
School at 2:30 p. m. Epworth League
every Monday evening. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
W. L. Rutledge, ,D, D., pastor. F.
Buchanan, S. S. Superintendent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH --Sabbath ser-
vices at 11 a. m. and 7 p. rn. Sunday
School at 2:30 p. m. General prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev.
D. Perris, 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 -Service at 7 and
11 a. m. and 3 and 8 p. m., on Sunday,
and every evening during the week at
8 o'clock at the barracks.
POST OFFICE -Office hours from 8a.m.
to 6:30 p. m. 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 fe on 2 to 5:30
o'clock, and every evening from 7 to
9:30 o'clock. Miss Maude Fleuty, lib
rarian.
TOWN COUNCIL - George Spotton
Mayor' D;E McDonald, Reeve; William
Bone, H.B. Elliott, J. A Mills, Simon
Mitchell, J. W. Mckibbon, and C. G.
VanStone, 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, Theo.
Hall, 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. -Peter Camp-
bell, (Chairman), Alex Ross, John
Galbraith, Wm. Moore, Robt. Allen
H. E. Isard, Dudley Holmes
A. Tipling. Secretary-Treas., John F,
Groves; Meetings second Tuesday even-
ing in each month.
HIGH SCHOOL TEAC1 ERS -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, 13. A.,
Specialist in Moderns and History;
Miss B. E. Anderson. •
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. -Joseph
Stalker, principal, Miss Brock, Miss
Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss Wil-
son, Miss Cummings, and Miss Taylor.
BOARD OF HEALTH -Geo. Spotton,
(chairman), Richard Anderson, Wm.
Fessant, Alex Porter, John F. Groves,
Secretary; Dr. R. C. Redmond, Medical
Health officer.
FARMERS
and. anyone having live stook or other
artioles they wish to dispose of, should adver-
tise tho same for sale in the TItolS, Oar large
oironlation tells and it will be strange indeed if
you do not get a customer. We can't guarantee
that you will sell because you may ask more
for the article or stook than it 1s worth. Send
your advertisement to the TIMES and try this
plan of disposing of yonr stook and other
artiolee
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TI ILIFIS OFFICE. Wingham
The average yield of corn in the Uni-
ted States is about 25 bushels per acre.
It can be increased to 50, one of their
agricultural experts declares.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Thomas Eager, a farmer, living near
Cambrose, Alberta, has already this
winter disposed of 3,696 bushels of oats
for seed at 40 cents. This is his return
from 42 acres.
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Dr. Kennedy specializes in Surgery.
Dr. Calder devotes special attention to Dis-
eases of the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat.
Eyes thoroughly tested. Glasses
properly fitted.
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Private and Company ftinda to loan at lowest
rate of interest. Mortgages, town and farm
property bought and sold,
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ARTHUR .1. IRWIN. 13. D. S., L. D S.
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pennsylvania
Dental College and Licentiate of the Royal
College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Oce
in Maod'inald Blook. Windham,
Office closed every Wednesday afternoon
from May 1st to Oct. 1st.
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Licentiate of the Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario, and Graduate of Uni
varsity of Toronto.
Office ; Beaver Block.
Office closed every Wednesday afternoon
from May 1st to Oct fat.
Wingham General Hospital
(Under Government Inspection)
Pleasantly situated. Beautifully fur-
nished. Open to all regularly licensed
physicians. RATES FOR PATIENTS -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.
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IT PAYS
TO Ai)VERTISE
IN THE
SUNDAY SCHOOII
Lesson ViI.—First Quarter, For
Feb. 18, 1912. I
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES'.
Text of the Lesson, Luke ill, 1.17.
Memory Verses, 16, 17 -Golden Text,
Matt. iii, 2 -Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
The first two verses of our lesson In- -
troduce us to seven men who were, in
a certain sense, great men, but only
one was truly great. Caesar, Pilate,
Herod and Philip were great in the
eyes of the world of politics as earth
rulers. Annus and Caiaphas as high 1
priests were great in the eyes of re-
ligious people, but only of John could
it be truly said "great in the eyes of
the Lord," "not n greater prophet than
John the Baptist" (Luke 1, 15; vii, 28).
Ile was also filled with the Holy Spirit
from itis birth, se foe must have spent
itis ti mo fu the wilderness with God in
a very special way,
We read seven times in Num. Iv
that the priests begun their ministry
when about thirty years of age, so we
judge from verse 23 of our lesson chap-
ter that John. as well as Jesus. began
their public ministry at that age. He
knew when to come forth and begin
because "the word of God came unto
him." So the word of -the Lord came
unto him in whose spirit and power
be went forth (1 Mugs xvli, 2, 8).
From Gen. xv, 1, where we read that
"the word of the Lord came unto
Abram," how many times we find this
statement and bow much it means of
definite commission from heaven. How
very strong it is in Ezek, i, 3, where
we read, "The word of the Lord came
expressly unto Ezekiel, the priest."
Unless we each for ourselves hear IIis
voice in His word His book is not to
us what it might be. This gospel may
be said to begin and end with "repent-
ance and remission of sins" (verse 3;
i, 77: xxly, 47). The gospel that does not
proclaim the remission of sins by the
blood of Jesus is not the gospel of the
grace of God, but a perversion of the
gospel of Christ (Gal. 1, 0, 7). Every
truly penitent soul, having received the
Lord Jesus Christ and thus having
been made a child of God and received
the forgiveness of sins, is commission-
ed to say to every unsaved person,
"Through this man is proclaimed unto
you the forgiveness of sins" (I John 11,
19; John 1, 12; Rev. xall, 10; Acts sill,
3S, 39).
The herald of the Messiah was pre-
dicted in Isa. xl. 3; Mai. ffi, 1, but in
both places in convection with great
blessing upon Israel. John said of
himself that he was neither the Mes-
siah nor Elijah, but just the voice of
which Isaiah had spoken . to prepare
the way of the Lord (John 1, 19-23).
Both John and Jesus Christ suffered at
the bands of those who should have
received them (Matt. xvfi, 11-13), so
the kingdom that was at hand and
would have come if the Messiah had
been received did not come and still
awaits the return of the Bing to bless
Israel, and not till then shall all flesh
see the salvation of God. It is after
the Lord shall have comforted Jerusa-
lem, when He shall be reigning in
Zion, that all the ends of the earth
shall see the salvation of our God (Isa.
xlix, 0; 111, 7-10). This is the age of
worldwide evangelization that from all
nations the elect church may be gath-
ered and prepared to administer with
Him as joint heirs the affairs of the
kingdom. In every age true repent-
ance must be followed by fruits meet
far repentance. We must prove to peo-
ple by our works the reality of our
faith. God reads the heart, but peo-
ple read the illustrations in our lives.
The illustrations in some books are so
poor that they do not help the story.
It Is even so in our lives. "Not every
one that saith, * • • but he that
doeth," our Lord said. And elsewhere
it is written that "faith without works
is dead" (Matt. vii., 21; Jas. ii, 20).
We are delivered from the wrath to
come without any works of ours, but
wholly through Jesus, the Son of ,pod,
raised from the dead (I Thess. f, 10).
Yet, as a tree is known by its fruit, so
the believer should be known by his
actions. I! we are new creatures in
Christ we should walk in newness of
.life, manifesting the' fruit of the Spirit
(Rom. vi, 22; Gal. v, 22). The ques-
tions of verses 10, 12 and 14, "What
shall we do?' remind us of the quer((
tion in John vi, 28, "What shall we de
that we might work the works of
God?" Our Lord replied, "This is the
work of God, that ye believe on Him
whom He hath ,lent." Thus only can
Salvation come to any one. Being
Saved. what then? "Do Justly, love
mercy and humble thyself to walk
with God" (Mie. vi, 8, margin). Show
sincerity by love to others as opportu-
nity offers and as God gives the abili-
ty. To the people, the publicans, the
soldiers, Ile gave a separate answer
suited to their circumstances. We tire
not to look around and consider what
others are doing, but each for himself'
ask, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me
to do?" Concerning our looking at or
thinking of what others are doing. we•
need the Lord's word to Peter, "What
is that to thee? Follow thou rue!" or
the word in 1 Thess. iv, 11, "Study to
be quiet and to do your own 'business
and to work with your own hands "
As the people wondered nt John it was
his delight to point them away froth
himself tb the one whom he rattle L-0
annolince, of whom he spoke as "ono
mightier than 1, the latchet of whose
shoes I nm not worthy to untooso"
(verse 16), and of wham he" n little
later cried, "Behold. thr Lnmh of
God" (John i, 20, 3t11. 0natelul of hit-
ter baptissnl He would baptize want
Os noir Oho and Pitt Am r l