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The Herald, 1910-02-04, Page 3Sitiftday Se11001. LESSON VL -FEB. 6, 1910. Alrrlsgiving. and Prayer•.--dNiatt, 6; Commentary. -s -I Giving (vs, 1.4), 1. Take heed -Give close attention. -lf,xer- ciao great" care, Alms -The Greek word which is translated alms 16 • this' • verve' is a more general term than the one ren-' dewed alms in v, 2.'• Here" it means righteousness as in R. V. It includes almsgiving, prayer and Jesting, tile !ordinary religious acts of that:tinie, 'Ise-, . wore men -The motive in performing these .acts must not be to win the Apr pplaiise of ,pthers.,•„We rosy, be, righteous before mere but from a very different Motive. See chapter 5: 16. No reward with your Father n;ho is in heaven (R- V.) -The reward sought for is obtained, that is, the praise of men, but no re- ward.,from: God. 2. When thou Joest' thine alms-AlmsKgiving as a part of the Pharisee'S,•religion. He made pro- visoon to bedstow gifts upoii the poor, which in itself .was .truly commendable. There are many'seripture passages that show kow',great regard the Lord has for the poor. See Exod, 23; 11; Lev. 19: 10; Dent .15:' 7, • 8; Prov. '19t 17. Alms includes all aets of kindness to the poor, as providing food, clothing, shelter, and whatever is necessary to prevent suf- terin , Almsgivine dais not make .one t, .Ohrietian, ,bet a. ,true Christian does not neglect this duty. Do not sound a trumpet -A figurative expression mean- ing that they should not call attention to their acts of almsgiving. It is not supposed that the Pharisees literally blew trumpets to attract attention when they were about to give alms. Hypo- crites--Tliose who pretend to be what they are not. The word means, liter- ally, under a mask, and is taken from the practice of an actor who in the play represents some other person. Syn- agogues-- Jewish places of worship. Their reward -They seek to "have glory of men" and that is the only reward they obtain. Gods is displeased with such conduct. 3. Left hand -It is said that among the Orientals it is thought fitting for the right hand to bestow gifts sinoe it is more fitting than the left, and the left hand should not know of the right hand bestowing alms. There should not only be no display, but the giver himself must not feel that he is doing some great thing. 4. Seeth in secret -Though the alms are in secret, the Father knows all about the acts. Reward thee openly -The reward will be peace and approval of conseience, the satisfaction of having aided another, and a nobility of char- acter unknown to the selfish and sordid, eh. to those who seek the applause of men. This will be manifest. II. Prayer (vs. 5-13.) 5, When thou prayest-It is taken for granted that Qod s vecln) ,,)ray:;sJea ,�r pproaches a erei, « s4ifotis life. yer • r, .1 es e existence of a being who has wisdom, power and cornpassion; and it implies dependence and faith on the part of the one praying. As the hy- Focrites-Jesus gives. directions regard- ing prayer first negatively. The motive meet be for show. Standing -This was the usual posture of the Jews in pray- er. "The early Christians followed a more uniform practise of kneeling. See Acts 9: 40; 20: 36. The posture is not essential. So far as the act is signifi- cant, kneeling is assuredly the more rev- ,erential." Whedon. In the' synagogues -Thi; was a proper place for prayer, but no place to vaunt one's own piety. They prayed to attract attention. Standing apart from the rest as if deeply xengaged in prayer, yet glancing around to see if they were being noticed. Corner's of the streets=Places where large numbers of people might pass. The Jews had fixed hours for prayer, at nine, twelve and three o'clock during the day, and the hypo- crites made it a point to be in the syna- gogue or on the street at those hours, so that they might be seen at their de- votions. Their reward --Being seen by men. There was no true worship in -performances. 6. Thy closet -Nat a public place, but a secret retreat. Here is positive direc- tion. Shut thy door -All spectators are excluded. One has thus closed himself in with God. This is entirely different toward others, Trespaes---Offenses. TRIED REMEDYssYour .. Father wall also ' forgive FORThis emphasizes and .•explains the peti- T�"l � O �o tion ins the prayer for forgiveness. 15. Neither v111'3,611* Father 'forgive.--Muilt , • . f j is involved in praying' the Lord's Pray- er rayer in sincerity. We shall be unforgiven unless We also forgive. -Questions.-What religious duties are treated in this lesson? What does the word alms in the first verse mean? What : is its meaning in. the second yeise?:. What reward, lass the hypocrite • for .hisahaas and prayers? What axe the ''dircetions for true alnl.e gi.ving? ;Wh:nt Was wrong .about the ;praying of the hypocrites? . W`hast is: the method of true prayer? C1f what three party is the I,brd's Prayer 'composed?' • Practical• Applications,, • STO ACV MISERY BANISHED DY " FRUIT -A -TIMES" MR. ALCIDE HERERT Stratford Centre, Wolfe Co., Que. "X have been completely cured of a frightful.. condition of my Stomach through the wonderful fruit medicine 'Fruit a -lives', l could not eat anything but what I suffered awful pain from Indigestion. My head ached incessantly. I was told to try 'Fruit-a-tives' and sent for six boxes. Now X am entirely well, can eat any ordinary food' and sever have a Headache." AI,CIDZ HEBERT, 5oc. a box, 6 for $2,50, or trial box, see. At all dealers or front Fruit-a- ttwes Liitnited, Ottawa. • The prayer of our lesson.•thotiglt giv- en before the cross, and before the. des- cent of the Spirit, contains many help. ful hints to ns whose • hes rt -cry contin- uality is, "Lord, teach usto pray" (Luke 11: 1). As .. subjects. "Our Father whit:h are in Heaven ...'. thy knee= some" vs. 9, 10). • "I never felt the, power of this petition,,' said Dr Parker:. "more im- pressivel:•ythan • wtlen .grace. standing In the midst;;cet ;asleafipe w end. The trees,' were perfeetly naked. ,'a:nd their ?eat branches weee,like aims.streti:lie'�d outit prayer. They seemed'se be.5-ayina '0, spring, come and, teethe in. with thy beauty;, suinnier,eam'e :and' enrich us with thine abundance; through the long winter storm 'we tarried, fof theb; thy kingdom' come: 1. too, •a poor, leafless human t're'e, lifted up xny, •.entreaty, say- ing, '0 fairer spring, Q^.richer'summer. 0 purer light, come,' clothe me, adorn, me, make me beautiful; 0;.... Saviour, Thy kingdom conte."' This -is also a mis- sionary prayer:. 1. That Christ may reign in each individual heart in patience and power, in grace and:glory (John 18: 36); Rev. 1: 9). 2. Thitt all Bible pro- phecies and types may be fulfilled (Luke 22: 30; Dan. 4: 36, 6; 26). 3. That the gospel may be carried to heathen lands, 4. That the kingdom of Satan may he destroyed -and •Jesus soon come. • As sinners. "1 orgive us our debts, as we forgive aur 'debtors" (v." 12). In sinning, man i33shonors God, injures his neighbor and endangers his soul. Sins are debts'. Man•ies nothing to pay. if his sins be not forgiven they must stand forever against him:,' An unforgiving spirit wherever found hinders Gods work in the heart, We cannot have faith in God. unless we . have forgiveness for men (Mark 11: 22=26.) Love proves faith. He who is hard and severe to- ward others shows that ht does not believe in God. He cannot while he holds a resentful spirit. It is said that when General 'Jaekson was an old man he began to think of death. He sent for a minister, and in his business -like way stated the case, and asked him what he should do. The preacher proceeded to lay before the old hero some theo- logical points, te. rich the general assented without Mreliffieulty. Final- ly, however, the' spiritual counsellor. "struck a •snag." The general was told that he must forgive Iiia enemies. "What?" said the old man; "forgive my. enemies?" "Yes, you must forgive your enemies." "But X don't want to forgive them, I don't 'purpose to forgive them. [ hate them." He was told that this would not do, and that he really must forgive his enemies. The ironwill of the old soldier was roused, and the debate became hot and furious; 'but nothing could be done. The preacher would not recede one ineh, and the general 'rosy dimly that the thing outght to be done some time. However, nothing definite was accomplished, and the hour beame so late that the good daminie retired to his bed, while General aJekcaon paced tie, .floor `like a caged lion. . until the morning, trying to settle this, monient- otts question of forgiving enemies. The next morning the discussion was re- sumed, and the first question was. "Well, General, have you forgiven your enemies?" Pale and haggard from the night's vigil, the man of iron resolution ground his teeth together and ledeed through them, "Y•e-s, I w -i-1-1" Any • one can see. that he did not forgive them at all.. He was in no condition to for- give them with the real forgivetress that comes from the "new heart," • which at this stage of the pi'aceedings he did not possess. Wlaen we take our place in the heavenlies (Eph, 1: 3. 2: 6) we cyan for- give "even as" God hath forgiven us (Eph. 4:32). We forgive: bemuse "he ha ve" been forgiven (Eph. 1: 7). A. C. M. from the Pharisees' ostentation's 'meth- od of praying. Pray to thy i3ather- The prayer is intended to reach.onlytlae ear of God. The heart's sincere .desire. is expressed to hien. Which is in. secret.. -He is the invisible God, but we can realize his presence. Seeth in secret-- He ecret-He is everywhere present and knows all things. He looks into the deepest, re- cesses of the heart. He knows our needs and the sincerity of our requests. Shall recompense thee ,R. V.) -The prayer will be answered by granting the request made or by withholding what we ask and giving something that is better for us. 7. vain repetitions, as the heathen - This forbids the practice of repeating set forms of prayer over and over in a. mechanical way.. The heathen, or Gen- tiles, were accustomed to say over pray- ers without any thought or heart in them. much speaking -It is not the number of words we speak in the form of prayer that constitutes prayer, but the real desire and faith of the heart expressed in the petition. One may learn many prayers and say them over many times a day and yet not truly pray. 9. after this manner -The Lord's Pray- er, as it is usually called, is both a form for unto use (Luke 11:2) and a model for all prayer. It contains all the ele- ments of true prayer. There isthe ad- dress, then seven petitions and the as- criptions of praise, or the conclusion. our Father -The opening word of the prayer indicates that all of us have an interest in God. He desires all to ac- knowledge him as Father. Here is an intimacy of relation that is an inspire. -- tion to every and that loves God. He is our Father, hence we are like him; he loves us and we love him; he protects us, he supplies our needs, he makes us happy, heprovides a home for us,, which art in heaven= -God is everywhere, , yet we speak of heaven as his dwelling place, He is •onr Father, but he is in heaven; this assures us that heaven is to be our dwelling place also. hallowed be thy name -Thy name be held sacred, rever- ed. This is the first petition. The "name" stands for the •man himself - his character, his ability, his possessions, all he has and is; so the name of God. etands for all God is. To "hallow God's name is to' give him high honor and veneration, and render hes name sacred; to set him highest in our thoughts; to love and trust in his name; to give him honor and praise in all that we do for him." -Watson. 10. thy king- dom come -"The kingdom of his power, his gospel, Ids grace and bis glory." The kinngdom here •inteiided fs 'the -dominion of his grace that provision of his infin- ite mercy by which he is to subdue our sinful race into cheerful obedience and service unto himself. -Williams. This is the second petition. thy will be done - The third petition. There are the high- est reasons why we should make this petition. God's will is excellent because of its source and purpose. It designs only good to the creatures he has made. Highest blessing and honor comes to us in having his will done in us and by us. 11. Give us -The fourth petition. God is the giver of all that is good. He is our Father, hence we may reasonably and with expectation look to him for the things we need. Daily bread. - What we need for to -day. of temporal good and spiritual, as well. We labor to earn our bread, yet it all comes from God. We should be industrious and fru- gal as well as prayerful and trustful. 12. Forgive us our debts -Sin is repre- sented as a debt, which God alone can forgive. Henry says, "Sin is an old debt, a just debt, a great and growing debt" We are utterly unable to discharge the debt and can do nothing but throw our- selves upon the divine mercy. As we forgive -This fifth petition is a plea for forgiveness with the measure of forgive- ness expressed, 'As we also have for- given our debtors" (R. V.) Unless we have a forgiving spirit toward those who wrong us. we cannot expect par- don from our Father. 13. Lead us not into temptation -The sixth petition. This is the prayer of conscious weak - nese and dependence. Trials await God's children and the prayer is to the effect that we be not permitted to en- ter those tests that will try us beyond our power to endure. At the same time, the petition, "They will be done," expresses our submission to whatever the I1'ather allows to come to us. De- liver us from evil -The seventh petition. This prayer expresses trust in God, that we shall be delivered from what- ever temptations may befall us. The deliverance is from all evil, temporal and spiritual, and twill be brought about in C"eod's good time and in his own way, and our part is to believe him. III. Forgiveness (vs. 14, 15.1 14. If ye forgive -If you have a forgiving spirit How To Tell Catarrh An Experienced Physician Says the Following Symptons Are Sure Signs : You can always tell catarrh by the following well known signs: Eyes reel and watery? Diffieulty in breathing? Are the nostrils stuffy? Do you sneeze frequently?. .• Is your throat hoarse? Do you spit phlegm? Oppression in the chest? 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For sante all Druggists D ottlesend, pTsa.lersk 5oc,SLOdo $t r, CUM LIMITED, TORONTO nSttlfltlp»- agnpapta' .v qttrr'� '`J�"-r.'•,a. ;•G-�„ j cam' route stables amount to about 200 :stead. of horses so fax this week, but only half of that niinrber have been sold. A couple of carloads have been shipp;'d to points in Northern' Ontario, and more horses are to be eunsigaed before the week cede. Prices were steady at last week's quota- tions, the range being as follows: Gen- eral purpose, $130 to $100; drivers, $100 to $150; wagon horses, $140 to $200;, serviceably sound, $26 to $60. SUGAR MARKET. St• Lawrence sugars are quoted as follows: Granulated, $4.08 per ewt,, barrels; Nos 1 golden, $4,55 per cwt., in barrels. Beaver, $4.65 per cwt„ in bags - These prices are for delivery here. Car lots 5c less. in 100-1b, bags prices are 5c less, OTHER MARKETS WINNIPEG WBEAT MARKET. Wheat -May $1,07 1-4, January $ 1.03 1-4. July $1.08 3-4. Oats ---May 38 7 -Sc, January 36 7-8c. July 39 7-8c. BRITISH CATTLE 3LARIi TS. London. -London and Liverpool cables• quote live cattle (American) steady, at 13 1-2 to 14 1.2e, dressed weight; re- frigerator beef higher, at 10 1-2c per pound. MONTREAL LIVE STOCK. Montreal.=About 800 butchers' cattle, 80 nmileh cows and springers, 120 calves, 200 sheep and lambs, and 605 hogs were offered for sale at the east end abattoir to -day. Trade was slow and the prices of pretty good cattle declined one-quar- ter to half a cent per lb.; hogs are also lower. Prime beeves sold at 5 1-4 to 6e per lb.; pretty good animals, 4 to 5c,. and the common stock 2 3-4 to 4c per lb. There were some fine large ranch cows, which sold up to $65 each; other cows sold at $30 to $55 each. Calves sold at 3 1-2 to 6e per lb. Sheep sold at about 4 1-2e per lb.; lambs at 6 1-4 to 6 1-2c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at about 9c per lb. TORONTO MARKETS. LIVE STOCK. " . . The railways reported. 59 ear loads at the city market, consisting of 1,184 cat- tle, 421 hogs, 271 sheep and lambs and 69 calves. Trade was not as brisk, with prices easier, drovers reporting a difference of 15 to 25c per cwt. lower than last week. Butchers -George Rowntree, who bought for the Harris Abattoir Co, 400 cattle, quoted prices as follows: Butch- ers' steers and heifers, $5 to $5.60; cows at $2 to 34.40; bulls at $4.25 to $5.25. Milkers and Springers -Prices for milkers and springers ranged from $35 to $55 as a rule, with a few of the best quality at a trifle more money. Veal Cah-es-Receipts light, prices about steady at $3 to $7.25 per cwt„ with an odd new milk -fed veal calf at $7.50. Sheep and Lambs -Export ewes sold at $4:50 to $5; rams and culls, $3 to $3.75; lambs, $6.75 to $7.30 per cwt. Hogs -Receipts light and prices low- er; Mr. Harris and in fact all the deal- ers quoted prices off fully "25e per cwt. Selects fed and watered at the market $8.50, and $8.25 f.o.b. car at country points. FARMERS' MARKET. The offerings of grain to -day were 300 bushels. Wheat was firm, with sales of 200 bushels of fall. at $1.10. Oats steady, 100' bushels Gelling at 44 to.. 45c. Barley unchanged, with sales of 100 bushels at 61 to 62e. Hay in fair supply, 'with prices firm; 25 loads sold at $17 to $21 a ton for timothy, and at $9 to •$14 for mired and clover. Strslw steady, five loads of bundled selling at $1.4 to 515 a ton. Dressed hogs are firm, with prices rul- ing at $11.75 to $12.25. Wheat, white, new . • • • $ 1 00 0 $ 1 10 0 00 Do., red, new... ... 1. 04 0 00 Do., goose • • • • 1 44 0 45 Oats, hush... .. • • . • ... 0 85 0 00 Peas, hush.. ... •., .. 0 85 0 00 Barley bush... ... .... Rye, bush... .. , , .. ... 0 68 0 70 Hay, timothy, ton.. • • .. 17 00 21 00 7 00 14 00 Do., mixed, ton.. .. .. Straw, per ton- - , , .... 1.4 00 15 00 Seeds- Alsike, fancy, bush . , , , 6 50 6 75 Do., 17o. ...... 6 15 G 35 Do„ No. 2,., ,.. 5 60 5 85 Do., No. 3. 5 25 5 50 Red cover, No. 1, bush7 75 8 40 40 8 60 Timothy .. .. • • • . .. 11 40 12 60 Dressed hogs., .. 1 25 0 30 Butter, dairy.. ... • .. `. 0 22 0 24 Do., inferior.. Eggs, new laid, dozen.. 0 37 0 40 Do., fresh.. , . 0 30 0 00 Chickens, ]b , - - . • - • - • • 0 16 0 17 Ducks, Ib... . , . ... • • • 0 16 0 18 Turkeys,lb... .•. ... 0 20 0 220 13 0 15 Geese, lb,.. .,. , Fowl, lb... ... ... 0 12 0 13 Apples. bbl... 2 00 3 50 Potatoes, bag, by load0 55 0 GO Celery, dozen.. ., •. •0 20 0 40 Onions, bag... 1 00 1 10 Cauliflower, dozen., . - 0 75 1 25 Cabbage, dozen.. ., .. 0 50 0 60 Beef, hindquarters.. 9 50 10 50 Do., forequarters .. 6 00 7 50 Do,, choice, carcase.. ,. 8 50 9 00 Do., medium, earoase7 00 8 00 Mutton, per cwt.. . • 8 00 0 50 Veal., prime, per cwt 0 50 10 50 Sprign lamb, per, cwt , 12 00 13 50 WORSE EXCHANGE. Tracie in horses has been dull this week, the demand from the western pro- vinces, which was so strong a fortnight ago, having completely subsided for the time being. Receipts at the West To - KILLED TRADE. New York Meat Market Declares to be Dead. NMv' York, Sari. 31, -"The market Is 'dead; agitation; •against high prices did it." was the declaration to -day of a wholesale meat dealer. The action of the local markets, both wholesale and retail, confirmed the dealer's assertion, Lamb dropped a cent wholesale, pork loins two cents, and some dealers in beef cut prices a cent or more a pound. It was said to -day that wholesale dealers were. stocked with thousands of unsold cuts of dressed beef, with supplies still sceadily flow- ing in. "Beef will he cheaper by the end of the week than it has been in years," said another wholesaler. "After that the price won't go lower, for the supply will be cut down." Milk companies have so m:tcnbel to the pressure and only two or three are cling- ing to the 9 -cent rate. Bight -cent milk all around will rule by Feb. 1, is the prediction to -day. Butter and eggs, too, continue to drop. - Grand jury investigation of food com- bines, particularly of the alleged milk trust. continued to -day. District Attor- ney Whitman continued to look into the cold storage situation on complaints that the system is largely responsible for the ability of food dealers artirially to sus- tain prices in and out of season. a.a HE IS THANKFUL HE HEARD OF THE That's What Antoine Cot- tenoire says of Dodd's Kidney Pills. They Cured His Diabetes After the Doctors Had Failed to Give Him Relief -What Dodd's Kidney. Arils Do and Why. . St. Pie de Guire, Yamaska Co., Quo. -($pecia1).-That there is one sure cure for deadly Diabetes, and that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills is proved once more in the case of Mr. Antoine Cottenoire, a well known resident of this place. 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