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The Herald, 1904-08-19, Page 7raised from the dead (chap. xvii. 23). Eli- _,, .Scliool® jah told his servant to look towards the sea, for from that direction the storm would come. The servant looked and said, "There is nothing." Then Elijah said, "Go again seven times," 44, At last, at the seventh time, he reported a cloud like a man's hand. Immediately the prophet sent to Ahab to Basten home lest the rain stop him, 45. .Ahab.. went to Jezreel-Jezreel became one of the most famous of the royal residences. It did not supercede Samaria, but here Ahab built a palace (chap. xxi. 1), and it was his summer home. 46. Ran before Ahab -The spirit of the Lord was on Elijah and he was given supernatural strength. PRACTICAL SURVEY. The judgments of God are resting heavily upon the erring nation, and be- fore there can be any relief the people must be taught to repent and reform. "Deserters must not' look for God's favor until they return to their allegiance." A ringing call to decision is given halting, or limping, between two opp( site faiths must cease. If the Lord. 1 God, then His reasonable requirement i to follow Him; if, on the other hand, th world, or Baal, or the flesh, or the dev is to be God, then follow them. N really satisfactory religious experienc can -be reached until one comes to ill end of their wavering. A settled pug pose is necessary to satisfaction an success even in following Satan. Div sion of attention, service and allegianc between two masters is ever fruitful c trouble to one who attempts it. A fair test is given. In fact, advar tape is given the prophets of Baal, fc the Lord can give His enemies all tb advantages and -then easily defeat then Ahab seems ready to obey the prophet orders to gather Israel together a Mount Carmel for the test, but, pei haps, not so much expecting to b obliged to acknowledge God' as to se if Elijah will not produce the mucl desired rain. As for the phophet, h seems far less intent on proving wh is the real eroubler of Israel than he i to show that Jehovan, and not Baal, i truly God. "Three years and a hal of famine would not bring them bac to God. Elijah will convince their jude ment, and, no doubt, by special warrar and direction, he put the controvers between God. and Baal upon a publ trial" The prayer of Elijah, after the pre phe-ts of Baal had done all the ycoul and failed, is simple and brief. Tw things in particular are asked for, the God. would let be known that He is Go and that it also be made ,clear tha Elijah is God's servant, and is, and ha {been, acting under divine directions. H desires that the people be fully con vinced of Baal's false claims and o God's authority and power. One may b perfectly sincere and yet not right. 1 men wish to have their own way wit. the elements, or to make God's Powe further their own private ends, is i strange if he declines to hear them?" "The God that answereth by fire. "It is observable that no mention i made of rain. We might have expect ed. that after the long drouth that thi would be the test. But that could no be promised until the Lord. had first bee: recognized as God;" "he that can giv. fire, can give rain." Elijah's repairing and building the altar would teach us that there must be a proper recogni- tion and observance of the law. The people are asked to draw near, every- thing is in readiness, the soaking pile awaits the falling fire, and promptly at the close of the prophet's prayer it comes, so completely consuming sacri- fice, wood, stones, dust and even the water, that the astonished multitude is convinced, and failing on their faces ex- claim, "`The Lord he is the God, the Lord he is the God. "The king had gone down with the crowd to Kishon. Curiosity had per- haps impelled him to witness the slaugh- ter which he was powerless to prevent." Elijah tells him to get up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of abundance of ram, while he hastens back to Mount Carmel, the scene of his recent victory, and, flinging himself upon the ground in an attitude of deep abstraction, he sends his servant as a lookout to watch -while he prays. Seven times the ser- vant makes the short journey to his master, when the announcement of the appearance of the little cloud is made to him. The secret of Elijah's great power was in the fact that "the hand of the Lord was on him."-Lanson H. Muiholand- makoulemasuwalla INTERNATIONAL LESSON No VIII AUGUST 21, 1904. Elijah on Mount °armee,--1 Eines es: 30.46, Commentary. -l. Elijah'•s sacrifice pre- pared (vs. 30-35). 30. Come nem -He will have them eye -witnesses of all he does, and witnesses to what God will do. Jesus did nothing in a corner, eo neither. the servants of God need do anything in secret.-rPenteeost. 'Repaired the altar - Built in Israel's earlier and happier dayys, liut thrown down by Jezebel. This Eli - hoh restored and consecrated anew. "A int to builders of sanctuaries. A type of the certain restoration of the true and the downfall of the false." --Gray. 31. Twelve stones -This was an act show- ing that the twelve tribes were really one people and had one God in common. So God's true church is one. Israel.... thy name -Israel signifies a prince who prevails with God. There are •two re- cords of the bestowal of this name on Jacob. See Gen, xxxii. 28; xxxv. 2-10. 32. In the name, etc. -"By the author- ity and for the glory of Jehovah." A trench -To catch the water poured over the sacrifice, and intensify .the effect of this solemn object -lesson. - Hurlbut. Measures of seed - Literally, "as the space of two seals of seed." The seah is estimated cur oontaining from one and a half to three gallons. There is a differ- ence of opinion as to the size of the trench. Terry is probably nearer correct in supposing the whole trench held three gallons. 33. Wood in order -He obeyed all the injunctions of the law with respect to the offering of a burnt sacrifice (Lev. i. 6-8). He thus publicly taught that the ordinances of the law were binding upon the kingdom of Israel.-Hom. Com. Bar- rels -Common jars still used in the east for carrying water, containing from three to five gallons apiece.-Whedon. 34. Seeond....third time - To prevent any kind of suspicion that there was fire concealed under the altar. -Clarke. Close by the place of 'sacrifice, shaded by a noble old tree, is a large, natural cistern of sweet water, which the people say is never exhausted. -Tristram , Terry and others think it more likely that the water was brought from the brook Ki- shon, where Elijah slew the false pro- phets. II. Fire from heaven (vs. 36-38). 36. At the time -About 3 o'clock p. m. The prophet waited for the usual hour of the evening sacrifice, thus diverting the minds of the people to the worship of Jehovah. The prophet -But here he per- formed the duties of the priest. "While the priest could not of right be a pro- phet, the prophet could, by virtue of his direct commission and his higher func- tion, act as a priest."-Kitto. Came near. -He expected an answer by fire, yet came near to the altar with boldness, and feared not that fire. -Qom. Com. Abraham, Isaac -Words first used by God at the burning bush, when he re- vealed Himself in flaming fire (Exodus iii., 6, 16). Known -That Thou art God. "The honor of God is his ruling passion, the source and end of all his zeal" Thy servnut-That he, Elijah, was not their enemy, as Ahab had announced him to be, but Jehovah's servant. At Thy word -That his words and works were not of himself, but of God. 37. Turned their heart back again - The end of the controversy is never the mere establishment of truth, but the conversion of the people. Stern and relentless as Elijah had been, his heart was full of God's yearnnig tenderness, and he longed for their salvation. 38. Fire fell -It did not burst out from the altar. This night still, notwith- standing the water, have offered some ground for suspicion that fire had been concealed, after the manner of the hea- then, under the altar. -Clarke. Consum- ed -The process is remarkable. 1. Tho fire cane down from heaven. 2. The pieces of sacrifice were first consumed, 3. The wood next, to show that it was not by the wood that the flesh was burnt. ,4. Twelve stones were consumed, to show it was no common fire, but one whose agency nothing could resist. 5. The dust, th'e earth of which the altar was constructed, was brunt. 6. The wa- ter in the trench was, by the action of this fire, entirely evaporated. 7. The action of this fire was in every case downward, contrary to the nature of all .earthly and material fire. -Clarke. III, The decision of the people (vs. 39, 40). 39. Fell on their faces -In reverent worship and awe at the divine manifes- tation, they fell on their faces and with one voice declared "Jehovah, he is GodJ" The test was conyineing, and would help the people to stand against Jezebel and her terrible persecutions. 40. Phophets of Baal -There were 450 of them. It appears that the 400 prophets of Ash- erah (the grove) were not present. The brook Kishon-This brook flows along the very base of the Carmel on the side towards the sea. - Here Sisera was over- thrown by Barak (Judg. iv. 7). Slew then -We can hardly suppose that Eli - jam himself put them to death. He is only said to do that which he caused the people to do. "The priests of Baal hardened their hearts, persisted in their rebellion, refused submission and were destroyed. This was not an act of cruelty, but of mercy. It was keeording to law." (Dent. - xiii. 1-18; Bxod. xxii.- 20). IV. Elrjah's prayer 'and the answed ,(vs. 41-46). 41. Eat and drink -During the excit- ing scenes of the day there had been no time or inclination to partake of food, Abundance of rain -Faith in God was the foundation for his positive declara-. tion from the prophet. 42. Both Ahab and Elijah returned to the top;of Car- mel, the one to exit and the other to Fray. The prophet withdrew himself rom the presence of the king and cast himself down upon the earth before the Lord. See Janies v. 17, 43. Said to his servant. Tradition tells us that this ser - rant was the widow's son whofn. he had T1113 PACK1Ni ROUSE STRIKE; HELP FOR THE STEN PROMISED. All the Union Labor in Chicago Will be Assessed to Aid. Chicago, Alegi 15, -All the labor unions in Chicago have endorsed the stock yards strike. After listening to the strikers' side of the controversy, which was presented to them by Michael J. Donnelly, the Chicago Federation of"La- bor, which is composed of every labor .fteeieetinn in Chicago and has a. in am> BIG FIRS, AT BUFFALO. A Five -Storey Building on Main Street Destroyed. Buffalo, Aug. 15. -Fire which broke out shortly before 5 o'clock this after- noon fn the five -storey building at 251- 257 Main street, caused a loss which to- night is estimated at $400,000, and for a time threatened the Academy of Music, and a serious panic might have resulted had not cool-headed firemen appeared on the stage to caution the audience to' keep calm. Assistant Fire Chief Murphy's warning, shouted from the stage, had a good effect upon the audience, and it left the theatre without serious mishap to anyone, although there was some dis- order. The origin of the fire is a mys- try. UNCLE SAM IS TIRED. Turkey Warned That American Patience is Well Nigh Exhausted. Washington, Aug, 15. -United States Secretary of State Hay to -day bluntly told Chekib Bey, the Turkish Minister here, that the patience of the Ameri- can Government en regard to the nego- tiations now pending as to rights of Am- erieans in Turkey is well nigh exhausted. The Charge is expected to contnunicate this information to his home Govern- ment speedily. Chekib Bey hail no in- struttions from the Porte when he called ' t at the State Department to -day. British trade returns for July 'show a decrease in imports of $23,483,500, and in exports of $5,460,000. Between 50,000 and 100,000 men are idle as the result of a lockout in the New York building trades. Between 50,000 and 100,000 men are idle as the result of a lock -out in the New York building trades. A petition favoring the annexation of Toronto- Junction to Toronto was with- drawn by the former Council. A petition favoring the annexation of Toronto Junction to Toronto was with- drawn by the former Council George Osborne, aged eighteen years, of Clinton, was drowned while trying to swim across the river at BBa.yfield. The curing of Canadian herring by the Scotch process is likely to epsuJ.t. in greatly enhanced prices for the fisher- men. At Paris Princess Alice of Monaco was robbed on Sunday of a diadem valued at $12,000, other jewels and a sum of money. The fire in Strasburg, Alsttce Lor- raine, destroyed a large orphan asylum and the Magdalen Church, causing dam- age of $375,000. The outskirts of St. John's, Nfld., are threatened by forest fires, which, it is es- timated, have destroyed lumber valued at $20,000. Superintendent Herd, of Victoria Hos- pital, London, says that •there were fif- teen cases of typhoid fever under treat- ment there. Major Moodie arrived at St. 'John's, Nfld., from Hudson's Bay, and reports that two members of the 'Canadian ex- pedition have died. Reinforcements are being sent to French Indo-China, to be used, it is al- leged, to overawe the Bdkers, who con- template an uprising. The factory of William Ke]lehon at Kingston, was wrecked by an explosion. The Stratford Wholesale Grocery Co. has - decoded to go into voluntary liqui- dation. Cornwall property -owners passed by- laws to exempt the Canadian Colored Cotton Company's. now mill.from taxa- tion for ten years, and to lend John B. Atchison $17,500 to rebuild his burned mills. Sir William Van Borne, who has re- turned from a trip to the Pacific coast, speaks in high terms of the development of western Canada. Ile says his trip through the Northwest was the most satisfactory one he ever made, The revived report that Earl Grey is to succeed the Earl of Minto as Gover- nor-General was brought to the Prime Minister's atetntion last evening, Sir Wilfrid Laurier- knew nothing of the matter, and would not venture a conjec. etre as to who the next Governor was likely to be. as long as the strike continues. Each member of the central body will be as- sessed a small sum per week, and the whole amount will be turned over to the striking unions to help in the support of the strikers and -their families during the struggle with .the packers. While the officials of the Federation of Labor were unable last night to give an exact estimate of •the •amount of money the strikers would secure from this source, it was stated that the total sum would be well up in the thousands each week. TO 1AN ART • Ibbing a Train in Lana. - $30,000• bonds, in lieu of which he was taken to jail. Christie's early life was spent in the vicinity of Toronto, Ont., but he has been in Montana and North Dakota for several years. BUILT HIS DEATH TRAP. Why Alexander, of Serge, Did Not Es- cape His Assassins. New York. Aug. 15. -In the Tribune to -day the Marquis de Fontenoy says: In demolishing the palace at Belgrade, where the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga took place, the work- men came across a secret stairway built in the walls and communicating with a tunnel of great length, leading to a re- mote spot outside the city precincts. Inquiries have developed that King Milan had caused this secret staircase and subway to be constructed years ago, in order to provide him with . a means of escape in the event of a mili- tary revolt, such as that which brought the reign of his ill-fated son to so tragic a close, but that just two months before the assassination of Alexander, the lat- ter, convinced that he had nothing to fear, and looking upon the -tunnel as affording opportunities to thieves and burglars to - rob the palace unperceived, caused the opening in the wall to the secret staircase, and also .the entrance to the tunnel in the basement, to be bricked up.. This was done so quietly that not one of those members of the royal household who took part in the massacre of the King and Queen were aware of the existence of the subway. 13y having it bricked up the unfortun- ate Alexander shut off what would otherwise have proved a road to safety, since, if he could have secured access to the tunnel, he would, with Queen Draga, ' have been able to reach the river's •edge, and probably transportation across the streamto the Hungarian bank on the other side thereof, before ' his assailants had realized the direction in which he had flown. No trace will soon be left of the pal- ace where the crime took place. Its site will have been converted into a garden before the return to the capital of the new King. COMMAND OF THE SEAS. It Will Pass to the United States, Says Mr.'•T.'A. Brassey. London, Aug. 15. -At Hatfield yester- day the Hon. T. A. Brassey, reviewing the comparative strength of the British navy- with those of foreign countries, I said that in ten years the command of the seas will have passed from the Unit- ed Kingdom to the United States. He had arrived at this conclusion because at the present moment the United States had considerably • more battleships building than were being constructed for the Bri- tish navy, and because the resources of the United States were greater than those of the United Kingdom. The re- sources of the United States, however, were not equal to those of the United Kingdom combined with those of the col- onies, and one reason why he was a tar- iff reformer was because he held that through some form of commercial feder- ation we should obtain the result which i would enable us to maintain our navy at the strength securing us command of f the seas. Toronto Farmers' Market, The receipts of grain on the Street to- day were small, and prices firm. W4riieat is higher, 200. bushels of red winter sell, ing at 97e. Oats firmer, 400 bushels selling at 39 1-2 to 41c. Hay in fair supply, with sales of 35 loads at $11 to $12 a ton for old, and at $8 to' $9 for new. Straw sold at $11 to $11.50 a ton for two loads. Dressed hogs are limited in supply, and firm. Light ones bring $7.50 to $8. Wheat,' white, per bushel, 97 to 98c; wheat, red, 97e; wheat, spring, 92c; wheat, goose, 80c; oats, 39 1-2 to 41c; 'barley, 46c; haye old, per ton, $11 ,to $12; hay, new, ton, $8 to $9; straw, per ton, $11 to $11.50; dressed bogs, light, $7.50 to $8.00; eggs, per dozen, 19 to 22c; butter, dairy, 15 • to 18c; butter, creamery, 19 to 21c;chickens, spring, per 112., 15 and 16e; turkeys, per lb., 13 to 15c; potatoes, new, bushel, 80 and 90c; cabbage, per dozen, 40 to 60e; cauliflow- er, dozen, 60c to $1.00; celery, dozen, 35 to 50c; beef, hindquarters, $8.75 to $9.50; beef, forequarters, $5 to $6; beef, choice, carcase, $7.00 to $7.75; beef, me- dium, carcase, $0.00 to $6.50; mutton, per cwt., $0.00 to $7.50; veal, per cwt., $7.50 to $S.50; lamb, spring, lb., 10 1-2 to 11 1-2c. Toronto Live Stock. Receipts of live stock at the city mar- ket were fire carloads, composed of 397 - -hogs and 184 sheep. Deliveries -of live stock at the city market were the smallest of the season. Some few yedrs ago, Friday used to be one of the busiest days -on the To - Tonto live stock market. - But things have changed. Tuesday and Thursday have become the main days for the transaction of business. Dealers who used to depend on Friday's deliveries for - supplies find that they must obtain theme on Thursday, as the yare not sure of getting them on Friday. It was the general coneensus of opin- ion aomngst the dealers on the market Toronto Fuit Market. Receipts on the wholesale market Fri- day were heavy, both morning and af- ternoon, deliveries from the Niagara dis- trict being especially good. Notwith- standing the gloomy forebodings of Cite fruit growers, and not a few Of the commission merchants, as the season ad- vances, and the time for the ingather- ing of the various fruits comes round, the supply shows no scarcity, as com- pared with other years. The only seri- ous feature to date is the peach crop, and even this most valuable of Canadian fruits promises to be a medium one. The grape crop, from present appear- ances, will be an excellent one. Prices are as follows: Raspberries, 7 to Sc per box. Cherries, $1 to $1.1$ per basket. Currants, black, $1 to $L85. Blueberries, $1 to $1.15. Ca]- ifornia pears, $2,25 to $2.50. California plums, $1.40 to r2. Peaches, Elberta, per crate, $3 to $3.25. Apples, Canadian, 20 to 30c • per basket. Water melons, each, 25 to 40e. Bradstreet's. In Montreal, wholesale trade has been moderately active for this season. The promise of bountiful crops is having a. good effect on the demand for staple ma- nufactures. The conditions of trade are generally good. The buying for the fall and winter, especially from the West, is particularly satisfactory. Fail- ures are few in number and not im- portant. At Toronto, business in wholesale cir- cles has been fairly well maintained this week. Wholesale houses take an en- couraging view of the prospects for the fal and winter trade. There has been a good demand for staple dry goods and for hardware this week. Values are steady in all departments. Money is steady. At Quebec a midsummer quietness pre- vails. Wholesalers, as a. rule, report only for immediate wants. The oa}t- look, however, is favorable, and it is be- lieved fall trade will be up to expecta- tions. Remittances from the country are still behind and favors are reported being asked. Shoe manufacturers are quiet. At Victoria-Vaiicouver.business condi- tions, as reported to Bradstreet's, are satisfactory. The demand for staple manufactureres for the fall and winter trade is more active. The outlook for business is encouraging. In Winnipeg, trade has been very sat- factory the past ten days. Buying by the retail merchants who visited this market has been on a large scale, the outlook for a large turnover in retail trade the next six months being meter - ally improved by the satisfactory crop outlook. Values of staple goods are ormly held. Orders being received at Hamilton from the West for the fall trade are nu- merous and call for large .shipments to e made during the next fete weeks. The onfidence of traders in that part of the Dominion is apparently undiminished. The crop reports are favorable and the utlook for the fall trade at all points s encouraging. Values of staple menu - lectures are well maintained at previous rices, In London the course of trade has been atisfactory. The demand for goods for he fall and winter is good, and manu- acturers are being kept busy on con- racts for delivery in the near future.. etail trade has been fair. There has been a very fair number of fall orders coming forward in wholesale trade circles at Ottawa this week. The prospects are promising. CONFESSION OF A GUIDE. b Says He Threw Tourist Over a Swiss c Precipice. Geneva, Aug. 15.-A startling story o comes from Gratz, where an Alpine i guide, Charles Kohl, lying dangerously f ill in hospital, las confessed to the maun- der of a Swiss tourist named Prady, of P St. Gall, in 1901. Kohl and another guide named Alois Bratseh were engaged by M. Prady, for a mountain excursion, but they returned alone, stating that their charge had fall- en •down tt precipice 'during •a storm. When found, the position of the body confirmed the guide's story, and no sus- picion of foul play was entertained by the dead man's friends. Kohl, however, now states that he and Bratsch led M. Frady to at lonely spot, and after robbing him threw him clown the precipice. Bratsoh, who has been ar- rested, gives a complete denial to the 1 think he is doing you a favor by bor• - Blobbs--T never knew such a pratte- ible fellow as Skinnum. Slobbs-That's right. Why, he can actually make yott vv rowing your money