The Herald, 1907-02-01, Page 5Sunday School.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON VL- FEB.
Io, 'goy,
Abram Called to be a Blessing. -Gen. xii.
1-8,
Comunlentary,i. Goa calls Abraialn
(vs. 1-3), .1. Abram -`.Thus far the Bible
teetory 'leas ,been a history of the entire
race; but ffroin this point to the close
iOf Genesis u single family ire brought in -
tie prominent notice, arid the zetxt of the
tribes of men arra referred to .only in -
deserve
history,
religion
d was
n in the
fa of
es. "The
h
Euphrates are
, near
Tigris,
nee into
utheast
robable
n Gulf
of God
up the
otamia,
Here the
brain's
u prob-
e truth
pensecu-
e than
faith
dolatry,
which
assail -
r lusts
-gotten
excites
ee out
d God
dear-
will -
God.
1. For
d nes
num-
Can-
being
t the
rther,
brava
with
emery
e. See
does
ap t stillby
at in
(Heb.
coun-
romise
heri-
u on
o at-
ntry.
ciis-
IVhen
peo-
dis-
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was
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e o #
. of
a
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is a
mere
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bo
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(1)
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(2)
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oldeartally, The fainly of Abrams
lull then: prominence in, sacred
lane- through there the true
+wa,s perpetuated, until the wori
!reedy!reedy fo
edr its wider disseminate)
The
Abram l vedrdibut at Urofthe Ohalde
ruins of this city, eaaneu Mug
; six miles west of the uphra,tes
where it ie connected with the
about 120 miles above its. antra
the Persian Gulf and 120 miles so
ref Babylon."-,peloubet. It is p
that l .Abram's time the Persia
reached nearly to Ur. At the call
Abram left Ur and moved
Euphrates to Baran, „n Menet)
about 500 miles north of Ur.
' family remained until Terah, A
aged father, died. It is more tha
able that the legends express th
that Abram was driven away by
tion. Believing in one God is mor
a mere abstract doctrine-. That
was antagonistic not only to i
but to the immoralities and crimes
dolatry favored. Abram's position
ed not only their religion, but thei
'and their crimes and their HIwealth, and this always quickly
snail against the reformer. Get thHe was tried whetner he love
better than he loved hie home and
set friends, and whether he could
tingly leave all to go along with
This appears to be the second cal
some unl gown reason Abram. an
• company remained at Baran for a
;her of years instead of going on to
nazi.Thy father's house-Terah
now dead, it is very probable tha
• family were determined to go no fa
;but to settle at Haran; and as A
might have felt inclined to stop
them in this place, it become nese
for God to call him the second tiro
Acts vii. 2-4. I will shew thee -God
not tell him what it is, that he m
cause him to walk by faith and no
'sight. The apostle assures us th
• alI this .Abram had spiritual views
xi: 8-10); he looked for a better
try, and eon€idered the land of p
only as typical of the heavenly in
'tance.-Clarke. Abrah was called
to separate himself fawn all the id
rous influences of friends and eoal
2. A great natlonr--There are seven
tad promises in verses 2 and 3.
God called him away from his own
.pie. Be promised to make him the
tinguished head of a great nation.
promise required great faith; he
'seventy-five year old and as yet ha
• child. A great nation would be on
'large numbers, of noble charaoter
great influence in blessing others
• nation which should serve and obey
Thy name great -Known, honored
loved by multitudes of people. It
remarkable fact that perhaps no
man has ever been so widely and so
• manetiy honored. -Bush. A blessitt
;13;v his integrity, wisdom and faith
;life 'has been a great blessing to
whale world for four the -'sand v
3: That bless thee, ete: Abe -
cause was to be (sod's cause. This
still true in the case of the riglrte
man. See IT. Clrron` xvi. 0. In the
"In thy-vosterity, in the Messiah w
. shah spring from thee." An the fa
ilies-`13y family is meant here, and
;ten elsewhere. a people. or nation,
garded as one great fancily descen
from a common parent. -Conant.
!blessed -This promise was fulfilled
an the benefits which the world has
ceived from the industry, wealth, gen
and morality of the Jewish people;
in the benefits which have come to t
world through the Scriptures, the 1
the literature. the religious spirit, a
particularly the monotheism of the
brew people; and (3) in the blessin
. which have coarse to the world throu
'the-, Messiah who was "'Abraham's see
• --Todd.
II. Abraham journeys to Canaan
4, 5). 4. Abram departed His obedien
was speedy and submissive, for "he we
out, not knowing whither he went, b
knowing whom he followed." Had spo
en --God had not only commanded hi
to go. but had given hint many, precioa
'promises. ,Abram stands in history
the father of the faithful. He was
pini of great faith. The greatness
hip faith is seen by the difficultits whie
tic overcome. 1. He stood alone. 2, Th
;joil,rney would 'require self-denial.
May of the promises were afar off.
,gfsnie, of the promises seemed impossibl
Cif .fulfilment. 5. He knew not whithe
:he was going. 6. 'Fre no doubt emegrimtared. much opposition, Lot --Lot wa
Abram's nephew,.the son of his brothe
Hara,n..Haran-Sometimes written Char
rani; 5. Sitrai-"My princess," afterward
, changed to Sarah, "a princess"; that is
a prineess for all nations and no longe
for Abram alone . Souls gotten �i
Haran -This may apply either to the
persons who were employed in the ser
vice of Abram, or to the persons he had
been the instrument in converting to the
r knowledge of .the true God. Land of
• Canaan -A good land possessed by a bad
eo)S1o, who for their iniquities were to
be expelled, See Lev. xviii. 26. This
'.land was manic a type of the kingdom of
god; and Abram left his own country,
father's house and kindred, and took at
the bonintand of God a journey to this
promised land; nor coaled tin bo ar-
rived in it; so should we cast aside every
Weight, eome out from the workers of
Iniquity, set out for the kingdom of
God, nnsr ever rest till we reach the
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ards, menet*
after using
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heavenly country. Into Canaan
they came-lt was the divine plan at
the first that Abram should go to Can-
aan, and now, after several years' delay
at Haran, God calls Mm again, and this
time Abram reaches the land that had
been selected as a home for himself ,and
kis descendants.
III.Abraham in Canaan (vs. 6-8). 6.
Passed through -Abase passed through
the land from the north toward the
south, Place of .Shecheau (R. V.)- Be-
tween Mounts Ebal and Gerisim. Oak
of Moreh (R, IT,) -Murch was •prabably
the original owner of this oak grove in
Shoehesn. In the land -No doubt Ahranr
had come to Canaan expecting to find it
a. real paradise, but now two difficulties
confront him: 1. The Canaanite .was in
the land to interfere with his right of
possession. 2. There wars a severe famine
in the land at just thio time. "Faith has
its trials as well as its answer& It is
not to be imagined that the Man of
faith, having pushed out from the shore
of chounistanetse finds it all smooth and
easy sailing; again aim again he is• call-
ed upon to encounter rough seas and
stormy skies," -C. Ii. M. 7. Lord ap-
peared -"In what
way this appearance
u eciared his faith in the promise.
8. Beth -el -Twelve miles north of ,Te
tisalern. Ie was then caned Luz, an& was
named Bethel by jabob after his vision
See chap. xxylii. 19. Hai -His tent eva
pitched between Bethel and Ilei•
wae five miles east of Bethel. Tent....
Altar -"Where Abram has a tent, there
God must have an altar, as he well knows
there is no safety but under the divine
protection. How few who build. houses
ver think of the propriety and necessity
f building an altar to tbeir Maker!'
allied with prayer. Very soon (v. 9)
brain went to Egypt because of the
mine in Canaan, but in this he made
great mistake. "He was in the very
ace in evhich God had set him, and,
Mainly, he received no directioe :to
eve it. Trite the famine was ehere. aed
oreover, Egypt was at hand. offering
liver/ince from pressure: still thepath
Goa, eervant was plein. It te better
starve in Canaan, if it shonld so,
an to live in luxury in Egypt." --0.
BMA
CORD
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linalt and
Such is
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and pere
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L Rich -
had ass. bell
-/Z Bobbies,
ubstitute
LIS
ROI
THE CASE OF B.Dmup BRIDANT,
CHARGED WITtle WIFE MURDER.
Crown Desired Read Letters That
Passed Be en Prisoner and His
Wife--Nedie , Evidence Heard.
the young barber who is on trial in the
Criminal Asteizes, '-before ,Cleief Justice
Meredith, on a eitergm of :murder, aris-
ing out of the deettOef his wife, who
died from blood-peisoiHrig, was put on
eeiff, iv
the -witness stand yeeterda,gy.,4b::is
Um Croev
thatep ad some letteres
er
he woes aware , of the ,iletet',that, his wife
was using eertatn medicines., though he
had acoompapied. bee to elle. office of
the 3er. De Vossahtedieine .Company at
210 Queen street east. Bridant steted
that he and hisbwife wera always on
goo terms, amt. never leia a. quarrel. as
Dr, A. 11, leyntb. the offibial apalyst,
had been said by Sortie of the witnessee.
coilld not say whether. c.a. not the pills
38 seized by the Crown alight be benefi-
cially used in certaie.ecties. Some physi-
al" Mans would prescribe therm Dr, A. a.
arination, stated Mei:tette body was that
, of a healthy woutazie‘antit that death was
0-
tied -poisoning. Other witnesees
examined were Emmet 'frillier& father of
o, the deceased; Mrs...E. Doe; Miehael
Cleney, a guard ab the Central Prison:
and Detective Keneiedy. The tmse will be
given to the jury ithis afternoon.
DM FOR FAITH.
FRENCH CATHOLICS WILL DEFEND
THEIR CHAPELS.
s Cabinet Has Approved of IVIodus Vivendi
• zder Which. Churches May Remain
Open -New Bill in Chamber of De-
puties.
Paris Jan. 28.-s--M,•Delahaye, Conser-
vative, 'in the Senate to -day declared
, that the Catholits; were ready to die
!for their feithiand that if attempts
f were made to toee the chapels of
:Notre Dame de, Lourdes and of Mont-
bnartre they *Mid defend them with
;arms. ThehSpator added: "MM,
Combas, Cletdreneefee and Briand cannot
' The Cabinet to -day approved the bill
'suppressing thei, formality of requiring
:meeting, as eequired hy the law of 1881,
I thus creatirt„e ,a modus virendi under
which the chUrehes am remains open for
publit worship even though the Vatiean
ori ies persevere in their present
attitude. The new bill was introduced
in the Chamber of Deputies to -day.
BEAUTIFYING OTTAWA.
Like Noah, Abram is the head of a
new dispensation only the world is not
taken from Abram, but Abram is sep-
arated from the world. Goa "-called Mtn
"great nation" (v. 2) of whieh he was
to be the founder were to "dwell elone"
and. "not be reckoned among the nations"
separation from his Mounery," his "kind -
He must leage his native land, the city
where he had been honored, the pastures,
whore his flocks had fed, the Mende
of his riper years. and the aneestral
home. We have to do in the epirit what
Abraham did in tbe letter. Nothing millet
stand between us ancl Clod. Separated un-
to Him we shall be.
Ipb:rtnithseerci.ensilkillolritsvoric like a eh
o arm
Improvement 'Commission ,Given the tree
of Thre6 Islands in the River.
, 28, -The Ontario Govera-
ment has handed over to the Ottawa im-
provement cointnission three islande in
the Ottawa ,Itiver, in connection with
an elaborete scheme of improvement now
being piane&by the earrunission: The is-
lands 'mill be laid out as parks and pie -
a wet lie easy of access, not
etrect rail wetY., ,,:'Plans' are aleo under
in Ottawa, lb ,ecienniala with Toronto and
Itareiltom
ARKET
EPIPEZT
0
Unclose -Liverpool glad Londoa cable,s are
weight.; xefeisterator beef le quoted at 9e
TORONTO rAnabMetis' MARKET.
The eecelate of grain to -day were fair
sad prices, firm. Wheat firmer, with sales
of 200 bushels at 73 eeetes. Keats aim firm"
er, 400 ibushele selling at 40 to 40W.t. Earls)"
140°01dbautehlle5C'lel.seurilriglY"at 117214.. 1.;9a. anclia714-ed'
Hay is unchanged rsvitla fair neeelpts• .90
loads sold at pa 10 si.cce a son for thuabY,
Dressed hogs are unchanged, with liglat
:quoted at 39.1Z and lietary at V.
Hay. timothy, ton 12 90 14 50
Seeds -
nutter. dairy 41 26 0 28
Do., -creamery 0 30 0 32
Turkeys, per lb. *12 0 15
Potatoes, per hush. 9 66 0 75
Cabbage, per dozen 0 80 0 50
Beef. hindquarters ... 6 60 7 00
LEADING W.HP.,,A.T MARKETS.
New York 25% 84%
eaes
$131, ft t... Toronto despatch: Edward 1VIanning, a
81%. •-• clerk, 34 years old, who has been engaged
FLOUR PRICES. with the T. Eaton Coznpany sinee No-
vember, was taken into custody yester-
•
ZAM BUK CURES PUS.
A Nor hwest Woman's Interesting
rise to znore 'wretchedness, and rob; We
of aie its shame more merely than does
piles. The sureet way to relieve thee
ailment is to amply Zam-Buka wilted. eon -
tains At emnberuatien ,soolthinee, herbal
eatrepte eonarpounded to stop
remove inflammation and iretievothkecele-
tended reins.
One oe malt powerful blot
its emotive effect, our, piles is eagea,f
from Wthitemouth, 'elan, by Mem' Wee.e.
Veserioa. Site saye: "I am glad. tore -
port that Zarn-Buk hate done me a *one
derfud, amount of good. I bad piles Yiepy
bad, so bad. that coiled hardly wake ,
No matter wthat I applied it did not
S,efeill be, .nee any goad, and I suffered
the must intenee agony. Aims/met other
things I tried an ointment made. ape--
elailly far piles and widely sreeareanendecle.
but it Weac 110 good. I weld snot gat
emlitrf. Them 7.am-Buk "was brought to
mer notbee, and I got a, eupply. soothe
ed the pain and gave almost trauma:Hate
relief. It has now cured men, ateddeitioa
tease of th,e trouble."
Zaan-Buk is so useful for such vesri-
oty of things that no home shoved be .
without it, Tt cures lull fonts of inflarn-
nertion, susineration, fest wing, etc. Por
ringsvorna !eczema, scalp sores, face sates,
pamples, 'blood poison', rashes, better,
itch, barber's rash, it is absolutely with-
out equal. As an embrocation it is also
good, and rubbed well over the Inta-t at- .
feoted relieves rheumatism, Gelatine, neu-
ralgia, etc.
druggista and stares sell Zane -Bole
at 50e a box, or obt,ained post free erona
pnice. boxes for $2.60. Send one bent
stamp for &le box.
EATON EMPLOYEE ARRESTED. ,
Edward Nfanning Charged With the Theft
of Dry Goods and Silks.
Piour-Martitcha patent. $3.76, track, To. dav on a charge of y t Madly stealing
bld tor export; Manitoba patent, epeeist dry goods and silks from his employertsm '
brands, $4.30; strong bakers', 34. Deteetivee who visit the pawn shops. be-
Iteciats or live stock= at the city market silk were sold, and yesterday morning
ways were 80 -car loads, composed of 1,333
eines last friday as reported by the ran- he was followed by Detective Newton to
cattle, 910 bogs, 1,132 sheep end Iambs with , the Eaton store.
70 calve4. i Iiis room et 62 'Beverly street was'
hlre quality of fat cattle wall. few ex- , nearehed. and absent es100 worth of goods
eeptions wee far from being good.
Trade Wan brisk and prices outrageously eeized. A number of garments weremade
bligh, wbich the quality or the offerings is up.
considered. At the time of his arrest he was
engaged in stocktaking.
Exportons-Not nattily shipping cattle were *- S'
oa sale. ate' prime masett from 34,90 to EARTHQUAKES IN SICILY.
ee.ae per ewe _export buns sold at 33.60 to
„mpeame lees, iteLeya2LL:.,e ats43.23e4;0 teee,reeet;e0en; '1,Stiocies Continue to be Pelt in That Coun-
33 to 33; canners at 31.25 to 31,30 per cwt. MS: ince, the Musket.
Mitch Cows -There was a good demand for disaster slight eartilfilinkeS :leen
milkers and forward springers and prices felt in Sicily, and are continuing whieh
ranged from 335 te 935 each.
Veal CalVes-Prites ft». good to prime has caused considephle alarm. Houses
CalvOS were firm. but there were few of in several villages are threatening to
rthoez, mra-tn.gett from 13.50 to ss.e) collapse, eonmelling their occupants to
per owe Plena new nore-fed camet are camp out in spite of the severity of the
Sheep cum Lainbs-Pettea for Iambs were weather. Mounts Etna and Stromboli.
.01104,e0 ease, to eeeie me mem qUallty awl continued to show signs of activitY.
ks 40 36 or common; export ewes, 34.60 to
35 per cwt.; culls and etuns $3'.30 to 31
ter cert.
morts-mr. Herbs eat about Lboo bogs on
the market. Prices axe oft 30a per -mu; se-
lects. 30.00; lighta and late. 36.35 per me.
WOOL ltiARKET,
London. -The offerings at the wool auction
sales to -day numbered 11,711 bales. Au In -
created LVII arIPIlittl titniand. and !rev Ameri-
can buying hal'ileming tendency
for all qualities. Victoria Impeller lambs
realized l; per cent. above the last sme and
petal for by the home
Bradstreet's Trade Review,
sa
it
so
wi
up
lle
ton
are
der
goo
fro
tsbi:Yta'aeltirtjd
try
past
sati
V
but
ionfg co
quiet
preoprtm
iNlvinhntilette
Colde
MVO
leetteicie
had
the p
ams or epnya ebe
thaeyttn
accents
norms
to be
tmhtealsIP
efontreale-The movement of whole -
le goods here contimies quiet, although
is well up to the arerage for thismea-
n of the year. Spring shipments are
ing forward well. Sorting track in
nter drygoode is beginning to open
although this trade is yet quiet. Val-
e generally hold firm. Stocks of cot-
s are still light and Canadian mills
working hard to catch up with or-
s, The December business in dry
de was the best in years and, to judge
m present appearanees, the spring
de is going to be equally as Antis -
tory. Tbere is no change in the hard -
re situation. Retail lines are moving
1 and the market for metals is fair -
active and firm. Groceries are quiet
teas firm and the market almost
e of raisins and currants. Sugar is
dy at the recent decliee. The retail
e of the city and surremiding coma Backache.;
has :Mown more actiVity daring the
weelc and collections are generally
aneouver and Victoria; General trade
inne.e. ;naive for this time of the
. The wholesale movement is /Milt,
retail stocks are going for all kinds
untry produce are high and show -
an advancing tendeney. Hogs are
en and firm. The lack of labor eon -
abets -Wholesale tra de„ a rule, is
. Colleetione in some quarters are
ted a little easier. Travellers re -
country roads in a heavy condieion Irregulan
h makes movements slow. Suppressed or Painful Perioda,rWealcheat
milton----The trade movement 9011- of the Stomach, Indigeetion, Bloating, ,
s quiet but big preparations are go- Nervous Proetration, Headache; Genera'
orward for the spring busimms. Debility. Also ,
r weather has increased the vol.
of sorting ordere• somewhat. Col- DiZZit2OSS, Faintness,-
ne are fair to good.
don -•-Trade repnrts say trade has
eornewhat brighter tone during
aet week, it is still, however. sea-
ly quiet Cormtry retail trade ie
wa-Travellers on the voad report
are doing. an excellent businees on
t spring. tom] trade is {theta
1 and there is, but little complaint
made regarding eolleetiorse TI
demand is fairly active throughout
rrounding country.
•
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
is a positive cure for all those painful
alimente of evomen. It will entirely
cure the worst forms of Female Com-
plaints, Inflammation and Ulceration,
Falling and Displacements and con.
liarly adapted to the Chave of 453,
It will surely cure
it has cured more eases O erns
Weakness than any other remedy the
world has ever known. It 18 almost
infallible in such eases. It dissolves and
expels Tumors in an early stage'of dere-
lopment. That
Bearing.down Peeling
musing pale, weight and headache h -
instantly relievectand permanently celtedi
by its use. Under all eireamstances
it. acts in harmony with the female system. ,
It corrects.
Extreme Lassitude, " don't -care" anOr
ability, irritability, nervousness, sleel
lessness, flatulency, mela.neholy or the it
" bitten," and backache. These are suf
indications of Female Weakness, som
derartp,mment of the organs. Per
icid.ney Complaints
and Ike knehe of either sex the Vegetab
Comtponmi i$ unequalled.
yoarself, in strictest conticlene.e.
Meta E. MOAN rob. Co., xyaR, viet