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The Herald, 1903-10-09, Page 3stutday SeItoc�L INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. X111 OCTOBER. 11, 1903. God's Covenant With David. -2 Sam. 7: 446. Study vs. 129. Commentary. --I. David's desire to Ibu111a a house; ror the cora (vs. s -o). "The kingdom was now, fairly launch- ed, with Savoring wind and tide ' to move on 'to its lulls, 'mess of usefulness and glory. It did not seem right and Sitting ' for the king to live in et house, ;while the Lord dwelt in a tent. It did not honor God nor religion. The prophet Haggai (1. 4), dive centuries later, uttered the Lord's rebuke to his people, "Is it time for you, 0 tadtwell in your celled iousos,i and this house lie waste ?' It ar- gues ill for a people w,hea the house of God le peglected. II. The, desire not granted (vs. 4- 10). 4, 5. That night -After David had told the' prophet Nathan hie de- sire to build a permanent temple for the Lord. The night was the recognized time for prophetic vis- a ions. Word of the Lord -God spoke to Nathan by a vision Iv. 17). Go and tell -Nathan's first answer to -David was not given under divine in- epiration, but was only his own judg- ment. That he might not continue to encourage error, or leave David to carry out hum,a.n desires, the Lord spoke to Nathan and, reveal- ed his will in the mater. Shalt thou build -Meaning thou shalt not Not because a house should not be built, but not at that time, nor built • by David. See 1Chron. xvii. 4. 6. 7. Have walked in a tent -The idea which runs through the divine message is that the dwelling of ,Te- ' hovah in a tent was a fitting sym- bol of Israel's unquiet possession of • ;the land. Slake I a word -"In the troubled anarchy which lasted un- • til Saul's reign, first one tribe and then another was called to the front and had a temporary as- cendency." 8-10. From the sheepcote --This •weeld remind David of the great 'things God had done for him and prove to him that though he was not permitted to build the temple • he was honored by the Lord. To be ruler -The office and dignity of 'prince over Israel. From following the sheep Jehovah took him to be "'his servant." A great name -Be- sides all his watchful care and the success which he gave David in bat- ' tle, the Lord had given him tbe 'hearts of the people and established 'his character abroad. Will appoint }pointeplant-"Or ti have rather d, ndhave planted mypeop Israel in the land of Canaan. The sense is: after all these manifesta- tions of favor in the past up to this time, the Lord will for the future assure His people a position and an existence, wherein they shall no more experience the affliction and oppres- sion that they suffered from godless nations)' -Lange. III. God's promises to David -vs. 11- a7. 11, 12. Will make thee an house - God's covenant promise to David was threefold. First, he promised that :the house of David should be estab- lished forever. He had a name of re- nown, and he was also to have a family of renown. Will set up thy :seed -Exalt to royal rule and power. Not any of his sons living then, but from among those who should be born unto him there should be a selection for the throne. 13. Shall build an house -The se -1 cond promise made to David was that the house of the Lord should ,be built by David's seed. For My name -The name of God dignifies God • Himself, so far as He has revealed and manifested. Himself to men. Fore ever -"The word `forever,' emphati- cally twice repeated in verse 16, shows very distinctly that this prophecy looks beyond the succession of the kings of Judah of the house pf David, and embraces the throne of the Christ. 14-16. The third promise was that, David's seed should be the son of God in a peculiar sense. His father, predition applied to Solomon. Will ehasten--This wilts another tok- en of love and union. As a father Ho would punish that be might not con- tinuo in wrong doing. My, mercy shall not depart -"'Tie family of Saul be- : came totally,' extinct. The family, of David remained until the incarna- tion. Joseph and Mary were both Of that family,'. Jesus was, the only,. ,,heir to the kingdom of 'Israel. IV. David's prayer (vs. 18-29). Dav- id's address to God consists' of, 1. ,Bumble thanksgiving for the unde- served favor shown to him and hist should gladly' accept the will of God past manifestations of Hislory, he and to Israel (vs- 22-24). 8. Petition sloe the final fulfilment of the pro- mise (vs. 25 -29). -Cam. Bib. Teachings. -God's mercies and bles- sings should lead us to prove our gratitude to Him. We should often. consider our own littleness before God uplifted us by His grace. We should gladly accept the will of God, even when it overturns our plans. Nothing can bring greater happiness and prosperity to a family than baying God as their Father. PRACTICAL SURVEY. David was now• fully established as king over all Israel (chap, v. 1-3:', and for a time ,seems to have been free from molestation froin foes without or within the kingdom (V. 1). Think ng upon these things, he began to con- trast biz fixed and permanent abode with the tabernacle, 'symbolical of a tenxporary dwelling, in welch the ark, the s'S'mbol of 3 eh.ovah'e presence among them, dwv,elt.. Out of gratitnile to God for HIS; mercies toward hlm roe the purpose to "build tt,n House for the Lord." Nathan the Prophet approved tee plan. 'of the king until Gd : reenrde11 Hie 'pnxrpese in the naot- ter to hi,n. when he c;aane to Daviel with the: meisisiage the latter Part at which) forms the subject of our, les - 800. The insuffiolency of human wisdom illostrarte;d. It is net alwiays certain, because our plans and purposes are good and in general might be for the glary, of God, that therefore they represent the will Of God for us, or that in Hi6s providence be will permit us to early them out. H'e may have other plans for us. David's purpose ted buald asi house for the Lord was right in itself aed was nd doubt the offspring of adesire to glorify the God of Israel who had done such great things 'for him. God's purpose in bringing him to the throne, how- ever, was not that he might build Him an house, but that he might build the kingdom of ael. The ap- proval of godly people is not suffi- cient. Nathan said, "Go, do all that is in thine heart ; for, the Lord Is with thee" (v. 3): But "the word of the Lord" compelled Nathan to dis- approve what he at finsst approved; not b.>oassne it was wrong in itself, but b:uause God's purpose was some- thing different. The temporal application of 'th'e promise. This must not be lost sight of. Got intended to establish' a. line of temporal kings in Israel through the descendants of David, but this promise was conditional, and David so understood it (I. Kings; U. 4; I. Chron. xxviii. 9). The spiritual application of th'e promise. '11he expression "forever" is repeated three times, rendering it emphatic, Tih'ere is a growing tendency to limit the meaning of this term to a. long or indefinite period of time. It has an absolute meaning ( Psa. cxix. 89). Unless restricted by the connection this is its meaning. "The posterity of David could only last forever by running out in a. person who lives forever, 1. e.. in the Messirahr." David's prayer. Not a sign of un- belIef, but rather th'e overflow' of a heart full of gratitude for mercy 'bestowed and promised. So the church' is to pray irons, a full heart for the kingdom' of God to come. Not from fear that it will not come, but from overflowing joy at the prospect of its Doming, and that the church may be found ready When it shall come (Luke xxi. 8,6). John S. McGeary. FATTEWINL Df CHICKENS. Information of Use for Those Engaged in the Business, FATTENINGCRATESAND RATIONS Department of Agriculture, Commis- sioner's Branch, Ottawa, Sept. 24, 1900. Fattening Chickens. The crate fattening of chickens is a. profitable business for almost every farmer to engage in. It is a simple undertaking that can be managed by a member of the farm- er's family who is sufficiently in- terested and enterprising to study the work and construct the fatten- ing crates. No special building is required in wench; to place the crates. Grain on hand, with the exception of corn or peas, when finely ground and mixed with skim ,,milk or buttermilk, is fed with pro- fit to the chickens. If it is neces- sary to buy grain, fine ground oats is preerable. The coat of the food for fattening averages ten cents per chicken. It is advisable to pro- duce onlckens with white -colored flesh, as white -colored flesh is more palatable than yellow, flesh'; it is firm, fine in grain and exceeding- ly tender. There are fat globules distributed throughout the flesh and under the skin. When the chick- en is cooked, the particles of fat melt into and increase the juici- ness of the flesh'. With unfatted chickens, seater takes the place of the majority of the • fat globules. When the chicken is roasted the water evaporates and leaves the moat dry. The muscles of th'e crate fatted chicken are more edible through lack of exercise. To kill a lean chicken is wasteful. The pro- portion of edible meat to bone and offal is so small All 'breeds of oh:tokens, with' the exception of Leghorn s, Minorcas and similar small chickens, can be fatted in the crates with! profit. Fatted chickens can be marketed in Canada and Great Britain for ten to sixteen cents per pound, plucked weight. A great uumber of farmers have engaged in the fat- tening 'business and are preparing their chickens for the home mar- kets or for export. The following letter was received by the depart- ment last week, showing the satis- factory results of the first year's chicken business and the encour- agement e'ffered to engage In it more extensively : 'Last year 1 experimented on a snea.1 scale with crate -fed chickens and ti.e result was so satisfactory that this ,year I ail goini to pre- pare all my fowls 11.' that manner. I sl:oa:ld like you to send die the names of some reliable dealers in Ottawa or Montreal to wham I can ship the fatted chickens when ready." Mr. F. C. Rare, Chief of the Do- ri:inion Poultry Division, in this ar- ticle will give directions for eon- strecting the fattening crates and feeding the chickens. A. subsequent article will contain information ,abort killing and n:arketing the chickens. The fattening crates use at the illustration sta- tions aro six feet hong, six- teen inches high, inside Measure- ments. Each orate is divided Into throe compartments. Each compart- ment holds four chickens. A frame is bunt or ono inch by two inch laitber .ane; covered with slats.'lie slats are piaced lengthwise on three sid44••-bottom, back and top -and fret WINS INSTANT AND 1 Thoil watched my dawning youth, And kissed me in your pride, mother,, Taught me the word of truth. O Q N STA I �p V T FA‘/OR Then brightly was my soul lit up , With thoughts of future joy, WITH 'AI.L JAPAN 'I1EA DRINKERS. Ceylon GREEN TEA is pure, delicious of Japan tea as "SALADA" black is packets only. 250 and 40c per ib. and healthful. It is as far ahead ahead of all other black tea. Lead By all grocers. and down In front. The Slats are I one inch wide and half an inch thick. The spaces between the slats in front are two IAA:en wide to enable the chickens to feed from the trocgh. TM bottom. back and top slats are one and a half inches apart. The top slats are cut above each xart1- tion. and three doors are formed. The doors are hinged to the rear of the fame. The crates are placed on stands sixteen inches from the ground. A light "V" feed trough, two and a hair inchesinside, are placed in front of each crate, and is carried on brackets nailed on the ends of the crate. If only a small number of chick- ens are to be fatted, packing boxes can be adapted for the purpose. The open top of the box should become the .bottom of the crate, and one side should he removed for the front. Slats should be nailed up and down the front, also lengthways of the crate to form the floor. A board should be loosened in the tap of tbe crate to remove the chickens, and a feed trough arranged in front. Dur- ing the fall tbe crates can bepiaced outdoors in a sheltered position or in a vacant abed oe born. Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or chickens of a similar type weighing from two and a half to four pounds each, are preferrable for fattening. Chickens of medium size and of a. broad, square shape, with short straight legs set well apart, fatten the most profitably. A suitable fattening ration is ono that is palatable and that will pro- duce a white -colored flesh. Ground oats, ground buckwheat, ground bar- ley and low-grade flour are meals 'that have been fed with profit at the stations. The chickens are fed a mash exclusively. No whole grain is given. Several meal mixtures are given to illustrate how a ration can be formed: 1. Ground oats, coarser hulls removed. 2.,Two pounds ground oats, two pounds ground buckwheat, ono pound ground corn. 3. One pound ground oats, one pound ground bar- ley, one pound ground buckwheat. 4. Two pounds ground barley, two pounds low grade flour, one pound wheat .bran. The ground meal ehould be mixed to a thin porri.:ga with'th.0k, sour skim - milk or buttermilk. A small quantity of salt ebould be. added to the mash. The chickens should remain in the fattening crates for about twenty - f our days. Before the chickens are placed in the crates they should be dusted with sulphur to kill the lice. The live week the chickens should be -fed the mash sparingly three times a day, in order to accustom them to the change of diet and the confinement. After the first week the chickens should be given twice a day ars much mash: as they will consume. For one week bAore the chickens are killed a small quantity of tallow should be added to the mashes to in- crease the juiciness of the flesh. Fresh water should be given in the trough twice a day, and grit Or graved twice a, week. At all the I1- lustration Stations the chickens ars fed from the trough throughout the. fattening period. The cramming ma- claine has not been need for feeding chickenns for two yearns. roues very truly, • W. A. Clemons, Publication Clerk. Nervousness, Dyspepsia, indigos tion, and kindred ailments, take wings be- fore tbe healing qualities of South American Nervine. Thomas Hoskins, or Durham,Ont., took his preacher's advice, followed direc- tions, and was cured .permanently of the worst;orm of Nervous Prostration and Dys- pepsia.. with gratifying results. e has mIt sed a great nerve builder. -12 Which Ray is Eesponsi°ble? The X-ray operators at Guy's Hos- pital, London, whore 'the most ex- tensive use has .been made of X-rays in the treatment of disease, suggest that the severe disturbances report- ed by Mr. Edison as coming from the X-rays are really from the ultra- violet rays, for in their large experi- ence in the application of X-rays in skin diseases no such accidents have occurred. A SKIN THAN BURNS which eczema isnot only unsightly, but a weariness of the flesh. In such eases faithfully use Weaver's Syrup in- ternally sod Weaver's Cerate externally. They altivey+cure. IFS e44®0®ee**se'be®09e®+9.&4,0 '. COD LIVER OIL; • WHY IT IS DEAR. 00.0 044& oea. ease.. 4440.44,4e. Children and grown-aps who are obliged to take cod liver oil, and shudder at' the mere thought of it, have reason to cheer up. If the short- age which has been increasing for 'more 'than a tyear, keeps up, there will net be any add liver oil for them to take. Its scarcity will put it Ln the radium or polonium class so .f ar as price is concerned. According to a prominent whole- sale druggist in Fulton street, cod liver oil has advanced from $30 to 8130 as barrel within a few months, no far as the New York trade is con- cerned. This nauseous, although ben- eficial, product is a crop, like wheat or tobacco, avid the druggist refer- red to says that if the crop next year is no better than it was this, ph;y,sician.s will be obliged to find some substitute for cod liver oil in the treatment di consumption and skin diseases for adults. or for whooping cough arnd wasting dis- eases Of childhood. The present situation in the cod liver 'ell market is not merely a shortage ; it ie an nabeolute famine, tate worst kpawn for twenty-two years. Old established importers in New York say that there is less of it in all parts of the world to -day than ever before. The purest cod liver oil for the American market conies from Etugla'nd, whence it is shipped from Norway!. There is a domestic produot on the market sold very much cheaper than the Nor- wegian oil. Almost every little fish shop one enters has small bottles oS cord liver oil, with pen and ink labels, standing an shelves. The fish men s y! that this oil is the real 'thing, right from'' the cod banks; and a number of persons believe them. But, as a matter of fact, 051 bought en this way contains a very largeproportion of oils from other fish -skate and fresh herrings being the most prominent. The failure of the cod liver oil crop for twp yea,ns has caused the Norwe- gian Government ,so mush concern that official balletins have been i,s- o'aed about it. The failure in not alto- gether in the supply of cod, for about the same number aro taken from the sea web year, but the cod that are caught lack nutriment. Most of them are half ,starved and do not weigh one-third as much, as they should. Some of them are eo thin that the livors. from which) the oft is taken, are barely distinguishable. The coldness of the sea has killed the ,smaller fish; on which the cod subsist. Cod. as well as seals, have been getting along on ,bort rations for many a moon. There has been a submarine famine that men and women who have to bustle for their daily bread on dry land know nothing about. Hundreds of cod caught with lines are found to have' been bitten by hungry seals. A bulletin recently Issued by the Norwegian Government says: "Telae condition of the codfish is worse than ever. They have no livers to ,speak of. It is now requiring 40,- 000 fish to maks a (barrel of oil. This is without pera'lcl in the history of our fisheries." So far as tee American trade is concerned, wholosn1 r' are compelled to replenish their stock on almost any terms demanded from the other side. At first It wvas thought that somebody was trying to get up a cor- ner in cod liver nil, hut this proved to be wrong. The eltuation is grow- ing worse all the time. Another crop is riot duo for several months, and there is nothing on which to base an estimate for next year. The situa- tion may be as bad ns it is newt which will literally mean no cod liver oil at alt. Or the coal may fn,ttcn and the catch may be unusually profit- able. In one of the London hospitals de- voted to the treatment of pulmonary diseases the use of cod liver oil hoe been abandoned and petroleum emul- e'onr substituted, with satisfactory results. Oldest Clock in the World. Tlho groat clock of Wells Cathedral, in Somcrsethire, England, is very nearly the oldest and certainly one of the most interesting of clocks in existence. was built in 1322, by Pater Li1'.lt!'oot, one of the monks of Giastonbary Abbey, six miles • from Wells, where it ran for 250 years, until the abbey was dissolved by He envyover VIIIhis., anti Ito gateway. last abTbothe laang- etd pun clock Was then removed to Wells, where it hale ben running ever. since. -St. Nicholais, Alfred Gilbert, the Bnglieli' seulpe for, has undertaken an art school Of unusual magnitude at Bruges. He has hired an enormous disused fate tory, whichyields, besides great studios„ 1lving accommodation for 300 pupils. Re purposes doing all his work: to the (piresence of his classed. A VOICE FROM g THE PENITENTIARY. 5 The following beautiful lines were found pencilled by a convict in one of the books belonging to the lib- rary of the Provincial Penitentiary. -Kinstgon Herald. MOTHER. I've wandered far away, mother, Far from my ha,ppy home, And left the land that gave me birth, In other climes to roam ; And !'Gine Since then has rolled his years, And marked them on my brow, 1'et sti1.1 I think on thee, mother - thinking on thee now. When by thy aerate side. mother. Whilst your bright fapog' garlands• wove r To deck thy, darling boy. , I'm thinking on the day, mother, When, with such anxious case, You lifted up your heart to Heaveia, Your hope, your trust was there.• Fond mem'ry, .brings the parting. glance, Whilst tears relied down my' cheek, That last long, loving look told more• Than ever words could speak.. { ` Intlonely-said' forsaken, mother,. No friend is near me new, To soothe me with a tender word' Or cool my :burning brow. The dearest ties affection wove Are all now torn from me, They Left me when my trouble came, They did not lave like thee. I would not have thee know, mother, How brightest hopes decay,. The tempter with his baneful cup Has dashed them all away ; And shame has left its venom sting, To rack with anguish wild, Yet still I would not have thee know The sorrows of thy child. I know you would not chide, mother,. You would not give me blame, But ,soothe me with a tender word And bid me hope again. I'm lonely and foruitken now, Unpitied and unblest, Yet still I would not have thee know How sorely I'm• distressed. Pro wandered far away, mother,. Bence I deserted thee, And left thy trusting heart to break Beyond the deep blue sea ; Yet, mother, Still I love thee well, I long to hear thee speak, And feel again that balmy breast Upon my careworn cheek. But ah! there la a thought, mother,. Pervades; my beating breath, That thy freed spirit may have• flown To, its eternal rest. And as I wipe the tear away, There whispers in my ear A voice that speaks of Heaven, mo- ther, And bids me seek thea there. 1• Died in the Provincial Penitentiary at Kingston on the 26th of Febru- ary last, John Brownly. Thus has died in a felon's cell one who might have gained an honor- able position and left an enviable name and reputation. 23e was tal- ented. and well educated. He came to Sherbrooke in 1855, being then about 24 year& of age, to talee charge of our academy, and was principal of it for a year. He had previously kept the academy at Melbourne, and there had bad companion&. His brother Robert Brown.iy ; Thomas Riddell and some other worthless individu- als, banded themselves together with the deceased as burglars. They com- mitted several ne'arious acts, whish were more daring than profitabler and for w'ei ch they were soon b_ o :ght to justice. At the Court of Queen's b•eneh here. Os February, 1856, Robert Brownly was tried and convicted of breaking' into the store of Thomas 'Tait, of Melbourne, and 'sentenced to four- teen year& In the penitentiary. John, Brownly pleaded guilty to the same and was sentenced to seven years. His term had nearly expired. Decimal fractions were invented by a German, Johann Mueller, of Nurem- berg, in the, year 1464. Backache is a forerunner and one of the most common symp- toms of kidney trouble iiv womb displacement. READ MISS COLUMNS EXPERIENCE. " Some time ago I was in a very weak condition, my work made me nervous and my back ached frightfully all the time, and I had terrible head- aches. "My mother got a bottle of Lydia, L. 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