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The Herald, 1907-06-07, Page 3'rda r C11001. LESSON XIII, --JUNE 30, wary. !Temperance Lesson.- I. Cor. xo: 23-33• Commentary -In verses 14-22 Paul re- ! Fumes the discussion from chapter 8:13 touching the eating of meats which lied been offered in .sacrifice to idols. In 'the lesson before us we have some prac- tical directions on this subject. 1, The duty of living for others (vs. ! 23, 24). 23. all things are lawful -"1 may law- fully eat all kinds of food, but all are Jew - , expedient. It would not 'be becone- itrig in me to eat of all, because I should i by this offend and grieve many weak !minds." Though it may be admitted that it is strictly lawful to eat meats offered to idols, yet there are strong' ; reasons why it is inexpedient, and those treasons ought to have the binding force !of law. -Barnes. not expedient -And I so, being unprofitable and injurious, lmiy thereby become unlawful.-Whedon. edify not --At] things do not tend to !build up the cause of Christ, and there- I •fore are not expedient. 24. his own - Let no man consult his own happiness, pleasure or convenience, but let him 1 ask what will be for the good of others. "No rule is laid down .about eating or not eating any kind of food as a matter of importance in itself,. With such i things the gospel has no concern. What Paul 'does prescribe relates to the ef- feet of our conduct upon others."- Cam. Bib."Let every man live not for him- self, but for every part of the great hu- man family with which he is surround- ed." -Clarke. another's wealth -"But. -each his neighbor's good" -R. V. This 'mil cause true happiness. 11. The duty of guarding the weak ave. 25-30). 25. is sold -The meats of idol sacrifices were often exposed to sale in the mar- t kers, especially by the priests when they 'had an hand a surplus. To the Chris- tian this was as lawful as any other meat.-Whedon. shambles -The meat e,talle in the market. asking no gees- tion -The Jews were vexed with innum- erable scruples with respect to their eat- ing and were accustomed to ask many questions about their food, as to where it was obtained, how prepared, etc.; all of these scruples and questionings the gospel abolished. The conscience need not be sensitive on this point. 26. earth is the Lord's -See Psa, 24:1. This meat belongs to the Lord and is made for man's use. "It does not belong to the )idol even thougb it has been offered to. it. It may therefore be partaken of as God's gift" 27. bid....feast-This refers to a feast in a private house. In verses 14-22 the I apostle severely rebukes the practice of eating at feasts in heathen temples, be- : cause this was one part of idolatrous worship. 'If a pagan friend invite a Christian to his home to; dine he should eat what is set before him without vex- - ing his host with questions about his rood. But there is nothing here com ' mantled which would requite a person to eat or drink that which is harmful. Temperance Instruction. -"There are other things that we should shun as well as alcoholic drinks. Tobacco contain:nen active poison, which, injuriously affects rthe one using it. It tends to impair the, !eyesight; it weakens the action of the heart, and tends to break down the ner- vous system. The tobacco habit once formed is difficult to break, brit it can 'be broken. The safe way to deal with this thing is to let it alone. It is a sin ;to weaken and defile the body with to- bacco. A man, who was a slave to this filthy habit,• was very much displeased when anything was said from the pulpit against it, and sometimes expressed his displeasure by leaving the church service. At last he became converted and gave up the use of tobacco. The Lord relieved 'him of the appetite for it entirely. This its nota solitary case. While we rejoice that God will in mercy bring deliverance ;from the chains of evil habit, we insist that it is much better never to learn or practise the use of the unclean thing. "There are drugs such as opium and cocaine that have the quality of enslav- !ing those who use them for some time. 'Because by their use pain is for a time relieved, or there is a feeling of buoy- - ,atncy, the habit is formed with all its 'evil results. The mind asxd body are both -affected, and the moral nature is weak- ened. We must beware of the use of !these drugs, as we value our health, judgment and freedom. "The liquor traffic as the greatest evil of this age. Alcohol is the enemy of Aman. It is destructive of life. It pre- serves dead bodies, but it kills living ones. When taken into the system, it attacks the brain and nerve . tissues, causing impaired vision, uncontrolled mo- tion, and senseless words and actions. .The delicate tissues of the body become inflamed and incapable of performing their proper functions. Long -continued use of alcoholic drink brings weakness, disease and death. "As a natural remit the purse is mi - favorably affected. Poverty, useless ;poverty, follows the trail of the awful !traffic. The slave to drink does not re - Ward the value of money, only as it pro - !cures what his appetite craves. Houses, ;farms, mills, stores, clothes, have gone for drink, and poor -houses overflow be- cause of it. "It is bad enough that poverty, disease ,and death result from intemperance, but [these are only a part. The family of 'the drunkard always suffers. The father, the mother, tixe brother, the sister, the ,wife, the husband, the son, the daugh- Iter are needlessly pained. Want, dis- grace, and sometimes death are endured because a member of the family is a ' drunkard, "Beyond ell tlxis is the loss of the soul. Cad's word tells us that drunkards do dept go to heaven. Men capable of ac - l' great things for God and !internality are losing their own• Borns Attougb drink. The Right Paint`; Whether you are going to paint the whole ': house, or only the porch--tbc interior 'woodwork, or ax floor -there's the right paintt its lltamsav'to Paints. Just the shade, tint or color you want- mixed just right -intim right proportions. And it paints right -looks right --wears right. Try them this spring. Then you'll. say -as folk have said far more than 65 years - Ramsay's :' '. Paints are the right paints to paint' right. Write for Post Card Series " C," showing how some honcev` ,a are painted. A. EARISIkY & 8014 C®. IiION'9'RELL, 53 Paint Makers Since 1842. "Can we do less than pray for the overthrow of the traffic and vote for its annihilation?" -D. S. W. 28. Say unto you -That is, if one of your fellow guests should display scru- ples of conscience, or a heathen should be likely to draw the inference that you approved of idol worship, this altogeter alters the case. You are no longer simply eating pith Ithanlefulness the food set before you as the gift of God, but the question of idolatrous worship is now introduced. Your conduct may lead another to suppose that you re- garded participation 1n the warship of idols as permissible to a Clxristian.- Cam. Bib. 29. For why, etc. -This verse and the text are a little obscure. The meaning seems to be that "no man has a right to interfere with the liberty en- joyed by another, save so far as his own conscience and conscientious convictions are likely to be affected thereby." We must guard the point of yielding to an- other's conscience, for we may by obey- inga. man's false conscience confirm his sef-conceit or establish a false moral- ity. 30. I£ I by grace -"If I partake with thankfulness"-R.,V. ILI. The correct rule of .conduct (vs. 31'33). 31. Eat and drink -"The glory of God is to be the end of all our actions. In themselves eating and drinking are things indifferent, but there are circum- stances in which they may be matters of the highest importance. In our own day, for instance, the question of eating or abstaining from intoxicating liquors is one which ought to be dealt with obi the .same Principles' which Paul ha aid down in this chapter. Seth a milltektict. should be decided on one ground alone, namely, whether by using them or ab- staining from them we shall best pro note the glory of God" -Lias. Do all -"This requires that we should plan and order our whole life in ao- carda.nee with God's law." Glory of God -To live to God's glory should be the liigh aim of every individual. "Tis is a sufficient rule to regulate every man's conscience and practice on all in- different things where there are no 'ex- press commands or prohibitions." - Clarks. 32. Give none offence -See R, V. "Though you may be no better or worse for eating meat or not eating, yet if your conduct injures others and leads them into sin you should abstain en- tirely. It is far more important that your brpther should not be led into sin than that you should partake of meat which you acknowledge is in itself of no importance." This is a general prin- ciple which should regulate Christian conduct at all times. Though you are delivered from superstitious notions, it is contrary to the spirit of love to hinder another who is not yet so far enlightened. You should not be a stum- bling block -a means of confusion which might lend to the overthrow of faith. Jews -"The apostle ever avoided offence to his kinsmen after the flesh." Gen- tiles -"Crossing none of their prejudices where God's law does not require it." 33. Please all men --Fie did this so far as he could righteously. May be saved -His main object was to seek the sal- vation of all men. This was the end in view. Salvation enables men to set aside their own ways in order to uplift an- other. Strife over non -essentials de- stroys rather than builds up the work of God. PRACITICAL APPLIC1A.TIONS. "By love serve one another" (Gal, 5. 13.) William Stott, the Vermont boy, the sleeping sentinel, saved by Lincoln from being shot, told the story thus: "Mr. Lincoln was very gentle. He said, 'You are not going to be shot to -morrow.• I am going to trust you and send you back to your regiment. I have come from Washington, and I want to know if you are going to pay my bill: There was a big lump in my throat. I could scarce- ly speak. But I managed; to say, 'There is the bounty in the savings bank.' Then Mr. Lincoln looked into my face and said: `My bill is a large one. Your boun- ty cannot pay it. If from this day you do your duty then my debt will be paid.' I said I would do it, and with God's help I ,will." "If any man say..Th.is is offered in sacrifice to idols oat not for his sake" (v. 28). "Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumb- ling block to them that are weak" 1. Cor. 8. 9. "It is goodneither to eat flesh nor to drink wile, not anything whereby thy brother st xmbleth, or is offended or is made weak" (Rom. 14. 21). Love to our .neighbor is linked with love to God. "Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God....11e• that'loveth not I love God and hateth .hie brother, he is a liar" :(1 'John 4. 7, 8, 20). The measure of our love to others is the measure of our love to God. "No man truly loves -God no does not love his fellow -men, and no one loves his fellow- men in the highest sense 'rho does not love God" Alcohol is; curse of the world. It "has taken the glow of health from the cheek and placed there the hue of the wine -cup: taken the luster from the eye anti inade it dim and bloodshot; taken vitality from the blood axid filled it with seeds - of disease -and death; entered the brain, the temple of thought; dethroned reason and made it reel with folly; tak- en iintelligence from the eye and ex- changed it for the stupid stare of idio- cy; taken ;beauty from the face and left it ill -shaped and bloated; taken firmness and :elasticity from the steps and made them faltering and treacherous; taken vigor from the arm and left weakness; bribed' the tongue to ;utter madno;s and cursisig's Alcohol deadens the sensibilities and changes love to cruelty. A reporter tells. of the most revolting sight he ever saw child became too intoxicated to stand, -even in a liquor saloon -a father giv- ing his three-year-old child liquor. The and frequently reeled and fell. It had a drunken leer on its face like that of a common inebriate . Although too much under the influence to stand up, the fa- ther kept giving it liquor, while a stupid crowd stood and giggled as though it was exceedingly comical-. 1. Take heed, rumeeller, lest by any means this liberty ofSidi ., -wen by the votes of a'Gfti'eetian (r; • people, bete/lie a stumbling. Wools es themthat are weak. A child lay ying. ' Her father had struck her a blown the spine while insane from the influence. of ruin. Among those who gathered by her bed - aide in the excitement was the rumseller who had dealt out the poison to the fa- ther who loved his child. $e drew near the -deathbed, and heard a watcher, stroking the child's beautiful face, say, "That blow killed her." The child caught the whisper, aud, raising her eyes tothe rumseller's face, said, "You did it," and died. 11.•Take heed, 0 ye in authority, lest you, having home-made wines and„sweet cider and brandy sauce upon your table, =become a stumbling -block to them that are weak. A Boston clergyman gave a party on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his wedding day. Wine was served. One gentleman looked on in surprise, at first declined the wine, then drank more than all the rest. He drank again that night at home. ,In. .te week he was a ditch drunkard. In a month he wets dismissed fi.Hbm the church where he had been a valued member for seven years. IIe had been dissipated in early life. The tempta- tion of that evening proved too strong for hire. His own pastor ruined him. III. Take heed, young fathers and mo- thers, 'lest you, taking an occasional glass, ;become a stumbling block to the weak'' rind your children inherit an appe- tite they cannot control. A Christian gentleman was the father of a family of healthy, intelligent children. As they came of age they all showed a strange liking for alcoholic drinks. His three.. sons were drunkards. One, daughter mar- ried well, but could not leave.the curse alone. She .became. the victim of dour-' ium tremens and committed suicide. She left two little boys and a heartbroken husband. The cause of all this misery was a habit of beer -drinking es tire years when the children were born. A. 0. M. BACILLUS AMV.LOVORUS Pear Blight -Fire Blight. tete, nee-e4-e-seeet-sweeneeetelea-santeetentee (By W. T. Niemen.) The pea' blight w'as more than usual- ly destructive in the peer 'dieeriets of Ontario in 1906, whole °rohasd3 being practioally destroyed, anal; many trees so badly affected that they ere'mueh disfigured by the disease and 1,6 will take earn* ,time before they have re- gained a s;^ntnetsrical shape. The pear Blight Is a bacterial disease stead in one of the moee difficult to control. The only sure way of controlling it is, to.. re•, move et%exy diseased tees or breuaich from the orchard, and if the trunk: is affected to remove all diseased parts. 1t will be readily seen that unless the work is done in a very thorough and sytetematIic manner it as practically ins possible ;to mope with the disease. Ars a cnowetb. not God.....1f any, man say,';general side, treiees' 'cvhieh are' growing rapidly are worse affected, the eatprpy wood being very suiseeptible to the she Mase, hence any system of culture that will cause e. healthy, but nob stnorng . growth is to be preferred-. It is rather 'dxfficrclt to grow good pears in sod in the pear districts% otherwise the orelt- eade might be let grow in grass, which would cheek the growth and render the trees more immune. A better plan might be to loosen the ground in the spring by harrowing .or cultivating and then seed it down to some cover crop, as by this plan sufficient growth might be made to enema good sized fruit and the growth of the tree world 'be checkedby the_ea- heeetion of molstuc'e by the" g owing cover crop. This disease has been' known to injure fruit trees for more them one hundred years, and it is likely to continue to do so, hgnlce :some method of growing the trees should be adopted which will, as far as possible, lesseir thb injury, in addition to the metdrod just .`pointed out. By training pear trees so that'th,e top will be made up of several large branohes in what ie, knows as the vase fora, the chances of serious in- jury are lessened, as one branch may be affected and not the others, and, if the diseased.braneh is removed the tree may be saved. If. however. the tree is ;of pyramidal shape, and infection takes place in the leader, the disease may run down the main trunk and the tree be destroyed In addition to having a t ee with a vase -shaped or branching top, it is important to keep sackers or water 'sprouts removed, as these may carry in- fection to the main trunk and the tree be destroyed. Fruit spurs should not be left near the.junction of the branohes with the main trunk, as if these are ef- fected the disease nxay get to the main trunk. Some varieties of pears are less sub- ject to blight than ethers, among these are: Anjou, IKieffer, Seckel, • Duchess, Whiter Neils, and Tyson, while the Bartlett and Clapp are ewe of those which are nlost subject to it. It may then.be desirable to plant the varieties which are least subject tothis disease. Another plan would be to top graft the more susceptible varieties an the more London. -Liverpool and London cables atter resistant trines, ars the chances of the , steady at i11F,e to iso per Lb., dies ve.t whole tree being destroyed would be weight; refrigerator• beef is quoted at 9c t.o ` considerably leesenel. The fire blight. 91�rr per ib. • which affeots apple trees is the sante as TU120 OTO PAR'ril as. tIA1t2 Ei� ssere Ude disease. The only grain receipts to -day were Spraying with lrordeaux mixture has busuele 00 oats, which sold at 500 a buebee- rio apparent effect upon it, but it is be- t nee' Is tem, there teeing sales of fi1ttsee tiered that the lime and sulphur wash loads at 5i5 tc X17 (1'. ton for timorhx- sull' p' at $11 to 812 for mixed. Strarw is nomiran;, forming a writing oyer the bark pre- at $13.50 a ton, vents to some extent the entrenoe of the Dressed hobs wer firmer, with light guard. at 8e.50 to U..n, and heavy at is to eteta.. , blight germ. ti`rhea, rehire, bush. .,. . 087 The bltcillusor germ of the Pear or De red, .bush. ..$ o e.7 $ 0 .Fire Blight fitter its way into the tree lie., spring bush. 008620 ;p t: at the tenderest and least protected eto., loose, buten ... ... es 0 . points, find it ]s believed by those w1ro Oats, iwsh. ... ... .,. Burley, bush. .., .. „ 050 :;: have' made a careful study of it that peas. bush, " 0 '1.4 A'7e• practically all the iufection is' done by Hay, timothy, ton 15 17 ,ati' , insects or -birds, and that the disease is ])o., mixed, ton ... ... 11 12 cis Straw. ser ton ., not carried to any extent by winder. In- Seeds, ihttrecleaned is . 170., sects carrying infection travel to the tips Bell clover, Srer cwt..,. „ 14 Yb - - ,A of succulept shoots and the germis find Alsike ciovetr, per cwt, l0 38 fits entrance through the buds at the axils of DresseodthLogser cwt. ,,...... se 6 7 f,fr leaves, and at any point where the bark F axr� is brokenT.eeref latter dairy 0 432E 0 00 • of bearing trees is through t� Owers, 'tic...,aredmery ;. o to which cone insects bearing the xis Turk a$' dressed, Ib. ,., p lg y per 2b. .,. . 018' ease. Atrales, per bbl. .. E o7 The blight is usually first noticed in ' Potatoes, per bag ,. 100 the spring on bearing trees, when flow- Cabal e. per dozen , .. ... o s5 Onions, Ore Drag ,. ,., ,„ 176 ars and flower clusters whioh have been Beet, hindquarters „ 8 00 blighted wither and do not set fruit. Do., forequarters g p0 Soon the fruit spurs are noticeably af- Do., choice, carcase q 7g 00 fatted and also the new wood. The die- Do • medium, carcase 6 60 Mutton, per cwt. ,1100 ease; starting at the tip of the shoots, yeas, per cwt. ... g usually runs down, although it i run Lamb, per cwt. ee 00 in every direction, sometimes passing on Toronto Live Stock Mance{. to' the brainbra,Lrches and to the trunk of 44.* Market a.rket e or°t -OP- The Week. MONTR1I4L LIVIg. STOOK, Iliontreal.-•-Recoipte were 600 cattle, alp, mileh cows, 350 sheep and lambs, 500 oalecs,, i 1,t09 hogs. A feature of the trade was thee; continued strong: undertone to the mark.r0, fax bogs, in spite of increased receipts, arrfl,. tprlete scored a furthor advance of 25c per hundred ,pounds. A portion of the reeelptr, wore to fill cou•traets made earlier in Lh0. week at 87.00, while the demand for thee! balance 'w SS keen at $7.75 per liuusir'axt ppyods eighcd off care, The Iiir o-Eres \P a out strong and trsetS1 was brisk, with a considerable advance lee the prise of calves. Prime beeves sold ad 51rsc 10 5y'ye per lb.; pretty good cattle, tri5.,o to 53„;,o, and the common stock 81 31,40 to Mitch cows sold at 805 to. $55 each. Loin of common calves, such as sold at 02 caves two weeks ego, sold at $3' each to -day, wha3s some of the best sold up to $10. Sheep sold at 5o to 51,.c per lb.; lambs a,�L V.50 to 06 each, Small trigs, a month 4)5,. sold at 01.75 to 3 each. FLOUR PRICES - Flour -Manitoba patent, $4.05,. drao ;• '1 -' - ronto; Ontario, 90 ;per cent. patents, $.' h'' l' for export; Manitoba patent, special brander, - S5 to $5,20; 2nd patent, $4.40 to $4.60; atros •• bakers'. $4.20 to $4.30. TORONTO SUGAR MARKUP. 1 St, Lawrence sugars aro quoted as follouusag' Granulated, $4.60 in barrels, and No. 1 gordsr, $4.20 in barrels. These prices are for dee- livery here; car lots 5c less. " LEADING WHEAT MARKETS, May. July.- Seen New York ... ... ... 10.1 101 10 Toledo ... ... ... ...... es ss% 1o,. St. Louis ... ... ... .... 951/` 95'4 0'P - Duluth ............ 100% 101'% lel Minneapolis 100 99% Mffr • WINNIPEG WHEAT -MARKET. • Following were the closing quotations doe day on Winnipeg futures: Wheat --May 62320; bid, July 92%e bid, Oct. 931,c 'hid. Oats - may 41',4c bid, July 41%c grid. }3ft1TISI3 CATTLE; M.ARKE'T2: the tree. The disease varies in the way it spreads. Sometimes only the flowers are affected, or the fruit spurs or small- er twigs, or patches about a place on the branches or trunk that have some physiological injury. The germs are found in a gummy substance or exuda- tion, and this is carried by the insects from one flower or tree to another. These bacteria increase very rapidly by vision, and Once the tree is infected the disease may soon spread over a large area. As has been stated, the beet method known of controlling this blight is by cutting out the diseased parts. To do this thoroughly it is neceseary to begin in the winter, going over the or- chard several times to be sure that all the diseased wood has been observed. This should be followed up in the spring and summer, and everything showing a "sign of the blight should he out out, not less than six inches below the af- fected part, or into healthy wood. Where possible, it is wise to cut as nnrch as a foot below where there is evidence of the disease. It has been proved by ex- periment that infection is carried on the knife or saw, cspeeia]ly in summer, hence after each branch is cut the knife should be disinfected. The disinfectant recom- mended by Professor M. B. Waite, who has given this disease very careful stitch* and who is confident that it can be con- trolled by taking proper care in pruning , and doing the work systematically ante thoroughly. is "A solution, of corrosive CANADIAN GIRLS AND ZAPS- BUL evi'blimate in water, one part to one thou- sand. Tablets may be ootained from the drug store, which' are of convenient size for making the solution. A sponge is carried with which to apply the disinfec- taut. Corrosive sublimate is a deadly poison, hence should be labelled ".Poi- son." It should not be carried in a metal receptable. The objection to a carbolic acid solution in water is that it. must 'be made very strong to be effective. A systematic effort is now being made in California to stamp out this disease, which bas recently gained a foothold there. The method adopted is to cut out affected branches and 'burn thein. Where the body of the tree is affected it is rooted out and burned. Fruit growers in the pear districts of Canada should combine in an endeavor to control the blight. Individual efforts ere of little avail if neighboring orchards are neglected. April le, 1907. 0v 22 1#3 0' 6O 0 OP 74 t20, es to 10150 17 Ott Receipts of live stock as reported her the railways since Friday last, were DB oar loads, composed of 734 cattle; 41353 hogs, 180 sheep and lambs, 300 calves, The quality of cattle was fair. Trade- was radrwas brisk at about the same prices see at the Junction >}narket on Monday ;wet= quality of cattle is considered. More geed cattle would have sold. Exporters. -Few exporters were offer- ed. Prices ranged from $5.25 to $5. but only one load sold at latter price,.. Export bulls sold at $4 to $4.50. Butchers Prime picked iota are wort!': $5 to $5,25; loads of good $4.80 to pp medium at $4.60 to $4.75; coca -mere mixed, $4.40 to $4.00; cows, $3.50 to' $4.50 per cwt. Stockers and Feeders. -Harry Murbpr reports that there were light reeeiptm of stockers and feeders. boat demand is good for feeders of good quality. Milch Cows. --.About 30 milkers and springers sold from $35 to $60 each. Veal calves -Veal calves weld' at to $5,50 for the bulk but afew choke calves sold as high as $6 per east. Sheep and Lambs.-Bxport ewes soli' at $5 to $6 per cwt.; rams at $4 to Kr 50 per cwt.; yearlings $6 to $6.75; spring' lambs $3,50 to $6 each. Hogs. -Mr. Harris quotes an advance' of 20c per cwt.; eeleets $7.10, and lighter and fats at $0.85 per ewt. .s.a The Dundee Advertiser says the speech of Premier Bent, of Victoria, at Ealing must have made even the most un- tl;:'nking jingoes among his hearers hang their heads. Girls who are fond of canoeing, tennis,. rowing, golf and other outdoor sports' find Zam-I3uk invaluable, as well as do their male friends, who are engaged les the same sports, and baseball, etc. A smarting, blistered hand from a rough paddle is at once relieved by m little Zam-Buk. A bruise, a "sunburn patois;' the pain from insect stings, n sore font caused by a chafing shoe, a burn at as Nellie fire -for all these Zam•;'3uk iso ter quick cure. Don't think because Zam-Buk is pray= scribed by doctors and used for the moot serious skin diseases and injuries that 121 is only useful for serious cases What cures a serious skin injury can soon end . a less serious one. Mothers will find Zan -Balt useful fon the heat rashes and skin troubles es which young children arc subject; fir tke hot weather. Remember always that Yam -Birk is made from pure herbs' essences, contains no mineral ooloxiiog' clatter, and is thus 'best for the teed* skins of infants. All stores ,and drug •lets sell at 15a. a bo::, or post free f gut the Zatraick Co., Toronto, for price, it-bo::eii ° 464,•