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..John prepare,: the way for Jens.—
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Caleseitentary. — 1. John's coming
tereteld MIL 1-4) I. tee !regain= ef
the 11,44941, etc.—Tins verse coneti-
intee the tttle of Merit's Lioapel.
Itur•intlA0 lahes Up the eterk ot John
1•It betiniflt 'While wao £u 1I12 Ais
nataietry of six menthe prier to the
eatrishee ef Jealte upon His public
ealseion. john began hts preachlag
la tin) summer ot A.D. 26, when he
wee thirty year a ago, gincl 'Te°112
was baptized six Monts later, or
NN:14.0n he was thirty years old, the age
at which Jewish priests were installed
late their office. From the le.et
B.C. 5, the date cr Christie birth, to
A.D. 26 Is thirty years. When dates
began to be reckoned from the birth
ot Christ, scholars made a mistalte and
placed the elite of Christ's birth four
years too late, hence in correcting the
error we have the anomaly ef the
statement that Christ wee born in
the year B.C. 5. The title of Mark's
Gospel declares unmistakably that
Jesus is the Son of Gad. 2, as it is
written in the prophets-- The eorning
of the forerunner of Jesus, as well as
that of Jesus Himself, was prophesied
centuries in advance. The tint pro-
phecy here quoted is from Mal. 3:1,
and the second is from Ise. e0:3. A
new age wee lming introduced and a
new leader. For the new leader a
preparation was necessery as pertain-
ing to the people, They must be pre-
parea to receive him. The prophecy,
which. all Jews accepted, of the com-
ing of tbe forerunner, was fulfilled in
John and his ministry. I send my
messenger—God the Father speaks in
the first person and in the preemie
tense. The use or the present teme
makes the prophecy vivid, and el -
ready were the plans laid for Ps
fulfilment. Te messenger was God's
own obedient and honored servant. A
t great honor was bestowed upon jehn
in sending him on this exalted mission.
Happy is that man or woman, boy or
girl, who is in fact Cod's messenger.
.before tog face—Before the face of
Jesus, John preceded Jesus by six
months: •
3. the voico—It is rernarkable that
tbe messenger is thus largely lost
sight of in the message, It is not so
much the man as the announcement
he makes. It is tho "voice," the in-
strumett employed in doclating the
coming of the Messiah and in Keiser.
Utg tte people to receive him, that is
important. John's entire ministry
was characterized by humility. He
was the "voice," the "mess.engcr," and
was happy to be just that. crying—
"Shouting, crying with a high, strong
voles." ea the wildernms—The mines -
try et John, was confined to the re•
gin west cf the Dead Sea aha. the
Jordan River and east of Jerusalem.
He preened In the uninhabited re -
Mona rather than in the cities or vil-
lages of Judea., prepare ye the way of
the Lora —Tte reeponeibility was
placed upcn the people themselves.
make his paths tstreaget—Righteoue-
ness In its perfection cbaracterized
tin Messiah and rigineoueneee must
naracterize those who would receive
U. him
John's work (vs. e -a). 4. Sohn
_did baptize In the, wilderness—The
place along the Jordan where John
baptized is net definitely known. Al-
though we are told that it was at
Rethabara (John I. 2F), yet we can
not definitely locate the place. Some
scholars are of the opinion thee it was
nearlreast of Jericho, e.nd others that
was about tourteen miles south of the
gea of Galilee. The baptism was in
token of .the feet that the candidates
repented or their tans. Repentance—
hla preaching john's theme was re-
. pentance. The people were celle'1 trrion
te, turn away from their sins and per-
menently forsake them, and tura fully
to Gera There is godly serwow tor ale
in connection with true repentence.
For the remiesion of sense -There can
les, no remission of Sine without repen-
tance. and there cantbe no true repon7
tans without a sense of sin. The
preaching of the gospel is to the end
that men shall realize the enormity of
their eins, repent of them and believe
le Jesus to the saving ef their souls
3 There went out Intl Him—Pven
though ahem the Baptist Wil8 preach-
ing and baptizing in a sparsely sottroll
region, he hart a hearing. He was ful-
filling a divinely -appointed mission
and his manner and hie message drew
the people to Him. All the land of
Sudaea—Judea in the time of Christ
weA the southern province of Pales
tette, entending from the Mediterran-
ean Seeon the west to the jertiati
River eat the net, and including Sere
palm and Jericho as the principal cl•
des, and there were manv other towns
Ana vellagee. Repreeentatiitem cf
dames of peenie and of many
regions flocks to Selena; ' ministry
They of Serueet etter—sTertusalem was
the centre e 0 Jewisa laith an
the var 4 0118.1n3 cf religlen were
ferule ere. From that city crowds;
went to see and hear John Gm Bap-
tist, Baptized..enfessing their sins—
It cannot be stated with certainty
whether or not John made use of the
ordinance of beptini, alopting some
rite already in ewe or instituting hap -
as a, rite attesether mew. Ire e111-
p1rkved it as a sign that theve who clo-
ne:tea it rep,ntee ef their eetie. Pita
peecteating Was effective,
C. :Tam was clothe.' telth meatless
Ittair---jehn the 13aptist SV0.4 rugged
Ms aepearanoe, awl in his clothing
owl mauler reaembled trae of the Old
Testament prophete. Hie.ralmetat was
ett 000.1•98 texture being wovort frotn
016 lent emerge hair of the camel. An
olegstat (sloth is Woven in the east
front the finer hair of the oamel, but
ale was not the kind that John wore.
rate Of a akin—Tho girdle was an
tit part of Oriental droee and
4 Oftett elaboeate and cosale, but
the girdle that John wore wee :thinly
8" aerie of untanned leather. tenet"
The Moatie law ell'oweel the
WA of locunts as a feed.
(Lealtlette 11 : 21, 21 In Serie
they ere Med by the Peereet of the
people.wtId honeet—II
Vend be an
•
clutF a the letelieet Meant to rasitell
and unfasten, and entire about Um
e,anattas of Itia Meeter. John conelder-
ed Jens: as highly and forever exaltea
abote him. Ite baptieca sou with
LLt0V-'-A a eiga of reuentanee, he
snail baptize y)u. with tee liolY ilhoet
--The haptieen with water would not
change tlie heart of a ash away 8:n
aut tae baptism with the Holy Wang
would actomplIsh both.
LEI. Baotisra of Jesus (ve. 9-11). 0
In time days—At the close of John's
first Mx months of preaching in pre-
Paration ter the coming of Jeitue,
demi carna from inazaretlx—iie Was
thirty year* old and was about to be-
gin public ministry. His home had
'been in Nazareth Mace bls return
from Egypt with joieph and .Mary,
The distance front Nazareth to the
place where John was preaching was
about sixty miles. Uatilee—The north-
ern province of Palestine. It borders
on the Sea of Galilee on the east, was
baptized of John in Jordan—Matthew
recordthe objection John made to
Laptizing Jesus because he felt himself
unworthy to perform the rite for one
, so exalted as the Christ (Matt 3: 13-
15. Jesus was baptized to show his op-
pcsition to sin and his love for rigat-
euosness, and as a mark of his induc-
tion into the priestly ante/a 10. the
Spieit like a dove emending upon him
—The baptism by John showed that
be was set apart :by human halide for
hie great mission, and tee coming of
the Spirit upon him showed that b.e
was ditinely set apart and fitted for
nis work. The lightning of the form
of a dove upon hini was the visible
representation of an invisible work.
11. a voice ham heaven—Tho Father
made an audible declaration to the as-
sembled muleitude that Jesus was his
Son..
Questions.—At what point does Mark
begin his record of Christ's life? What
prophecies., does he quote? What wee
the miesion or John the Baptist? What
is repentance? 'Where did John
ere.ach? Whom did he have as hear.
ers? Dexerilm the appearanve of John
anti hie, food, How is his humtlity
:;hown? •Describe the baptism of Jessie.
Show that the Trinity was there mani-
fested.
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Topic.—Heralde of the Kink.
I. John's proclamation,
II. Divtne,y authenticated.
1. Juan. IhuC...1111414u11. V•Ve are in-
trutmeeu to a ruumeappeartag Lavaca-
er, trtoruttgary 14..nuct, erfsetrtsii anti
nom, uttertog sda.p stuteneve alto
.aimIntr, at a Ispiritufti rtTentrince for
1.f.e tomrsertin rtrns. ul 1.18 01E1 (118-
pensacion. is.alah was tae tirst propaet
alto wrote. enti etataciii the istst. Joan
the Ilaptiet Was the Mot ot the old aaa
the fisst of the new nisinnsatton win)
sliolce. Isaiah. in writing, had e et the
nor ajar for Christianity, which Joint
flung wide open. Malachi began to
shut the door against Judasim, which
John classed. Old Testament prophecies
and John's preaching eho.wed that the
way was being prepared for the com-
ing, of Jesus. Again the long -stint
spirit of God was speaking. The chain
of prophecy, which eeemed to have
ended with Malachi, was again formed.
The secret of John's power over men
serene te have been that he was fully
convinced that he was cent on a divine
misai.on, nue was so engrossed in fill.
ing it that he caroil little for anything
elze. He aimed directly at the need
of his generation, seeking,' the meet
effective way poseible to the con-
sciences of men. He touelied each
class at the point of. its special temp-
tation and besetting sin. He insisted
on the application of Isalahen rule
(lea. I: 16). His word & caught the
tone of his character. Hie protest
against sin was embodied in his exam-
ple. ale walked and talked with God
until the time was ripe for his coining
forth. To his anxious inquirers he
returned answers which proved his
tact in dealing with human nature. He
had the instinct of the ttue teacher.
The beauty of Johaee ministry lay in
the recognition of the fact that Jesus
posseeeed what he did not, the divine
nature.
II. Divinely authenticated. The gos-
pel began in God's purpose. It has a
prophetic beginning in the first revel-
ation to Adam, the patriarchs and
prophets. It had its actual beginning
in the ineareation of Jesus and the
ministry of John. It had its efficaci-
on beginning with the death of
Christ. It beginning in the prepara-
tory ministry of John, marked a glor-
ious epoch, the most wonderful begin-
ning in the annals of tiMei a begin-
ning witholit an end, the public com-
mencement of a great life. The bap-
tism a Jesus signaled the closing of
John's commission as the forerunner
of the opening of Christ's commission
as the Redeemer and of tho speedy ful-
filment of the Father's great design
of redeeming love. It represented the
perfect purity which his preeminent
ministry regelred. It was the most
solemn dedication which history re-
cords. It was when Jesus had made
himmelf one with the sons of man that
he was declared to be the beloved
Son of God. It was then God
himself took the herald's office. That
voice approved the character and au-
thenticated the mission of tho Son of
God. The opened heaven was the
guarantee of a perfect reyelation of
of the Father's will in the great effort
of saving men. John stood in the
presence of the Trinity, God the San,
manifest In the flesh, God the Holy
Ghost, descendtng hi a dovelike form,
God the Father Hpealting from heaven,
recognizing in Jesus, God and man.
the only begotten Son of his love, Title
was the inaugnration and pre:miaow.
don of the Messiah when he began to
be tho great Prophet of the neve cov-
enant, anointed for his'•11ezzianie Miss
siert. T. R. A.
TO rzril CAPTIVES.
Franco-German Pact Re-
leases Those Over 48,
Parisi Cable—An official note to.
day announces the teething of alt
agreement between the Prench and
CerMtiai Governinettle for the en-
duing° of pritOnere, fay which nen-
toned o aft
GREAT FIGHT
SAILORMEN
Put Up Magnificent Strug-
gle On. Land On the
Lower Piave,
YL1D NOT AliItH
Or a Rifle, in Desperate
Battles Against th,e
Invauers.
Italian Hewitt:meters in the Plena
Cable—So much has been writteu.
atesta Ina rtgdwrig among trie muun-
trtrus, t,etr.o,dt ttte r,tenta and tee
ets0 ioecte, tbI.. hl.fliik! pt. -fowls Dr:-
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IOW days ago the enmity subeti-
intim or ictitutents or toe laud -
strum leta ish 181,111, cour
peeve. La stmen troops well trained
iit e 1:11'e. wn a icry narrow trent
they eat e also concentrated tne
teuen tteginient of infantry, rein -
tweed oy a good numeer of men
from nee 97th negiment , called tne
itegrment,' because formed
Ly mon trent 1stria and Dalmatia. -
Tee Austrogeormans began the
cffeneite ith a violent artillery fire.
Tee impetuosity et the attack al-
lowed teem to take advanced posts,
while setee country houses changed
Mende several timers during the Pint
hour.
Tee enemy tried to throw bridges)
acroes the river, but au. Italian coun-
ter-attack began Italian niarshipe,
sailing elowly along tho coast, Dont-
I.a_rdee tha enemy rearguard, cut-
ting thelr .tommunications. Mean-
time), the Berseglieri and sailors ad-
vanced with such impetuosity and
Yalor as to upeet the preparations
erganized by the Austrian sapper
to cross the Piave, threw back the
c.ncoming waves of the enemy divis-
ion, chased out the machlne-gun
sections, and reoccupied all the coun-
try houses and the advateed posts
that were lost.
Tho Austro-florman patrols, which
had fortiriel themselves in pe.asant
cottages, were driven out by as-
sault, in which there was hand -to -
band fighting and bomb -throwing.
tither cottages were surrounded and
the oceupants made prisoners. These
struggles showed that the sailor.
whom marry theught unable to adapt
themselve.; to trench \name), were
equal to the veterans of the Carso.
In a few weeks the sailors helve
become proficient bomb -throwers,
gunnees and trench -diggers.
Teo rumor te current here that
Um enemy noped the sailors would
oe easy to *swat, as they had to
eignt in a region of thick mud,
oee's self, only a long and limittese
eepanee of water,
Csno midshipman, perceiving that
an enemy patrol was about to oc-
cupy a house in front of the Italian
Linen dragged himself on all fours
up to it and entered it alone. 13o -
fere occupying the house, the) en-
emy to make sure it was deserted,
aesitilea it with hand bombs. The
Italian officer kept quiet, although
to esceped be:ng hurt only by a
miracle, aa huge portions or the wall
kept falling round him.
When tho bombardment ceased he
appeared at tho open door with
his rifle and killed an Austrian Lieu-
tenant and two soldiers, while the
etherfleet.
The sailors havo paid with pain-
tul loseee for the honor of fighting •
on land in the first great battle
eorthy of the name, out the Com-
mander was able to telephone to
the Supreme Command that even -
Mg:
"Sailors lost. none."
"Sellers prisoners, none."
These men, Ineeporienced in land
fighting, ins,d not yielded a rifle nor
an ineh of land during the Austro-
( erman offensive.
SAY PROPOSALS
OF TU' ENEMY
ARE INSIKERE
Foes' Object is to Keep Russ
:AO
Talking and Fool Ger-
Man Folk.
Brest -Litovsk bffer as
Unequalled Oppor-
tunity.
Washington Despatch—Germany's
proves/Ls to tho metuan 1otsuovils1
onvoye througa the Austro-Htmgar
ian Ft:weevu atintster for a baste ot
rea,eo have attraceed little more titan
paseing intesest here, cutefty boeaueo
tie Attitude of tho United States Gov-
. • tweed in any de-
, eolemnly
=lite to Prance, Walla impreiteing
Weir ocople at home with the idea
that the Keitier really %Vitale to make
peace. •
IN DOMAIN oe GENERALITIES.
Paris Ca.ble. says—The Tempe ap-
Itettile co We text, of toe mpg ot tim
weetrai Vowels to tile etaxanalist
delegates thee note: "Tile coneitine
toimuiated by the Central Power:,
are lu the domain of generatitiete ano
one is somewhat surprised Oust the
eluximaliste have not cougat to ote
Lain, ittpuediately, more or lose exam
deentiatious upon the palate whin
touch hues:an intereets closely. How
does the Gorman Government and its
alltee intend to treat Poland, Lithu•
elite and Couriand, countries whin
have not lest their political Independ-
ence during the war, but whin have,
nevertheless, the right to inch:Pend-
enee?
"How is renunciation of all `appro-
priation by fora to be reconciled
with the ambitione distinctly affirmed
by Bulgaria to Serbian, Greek and
Rolimaniau territories? How tell' the
reetoration of Armenia to the Turke
be compatible with the rights of the
itmenians?
"It would be all the more interest-
i1ig. to know thesepoints, as thereby
the sincerity of Germany's intention
to restore Belgium's independence
meld O anerectated."
FREE OF LUST .OF CONQUEST.
Anteterdam Cable says—The Berlin
papers dilate on the importance of
the Brest -Litovsk peace negotiations.
The Vossische Zeitung says: "The re -
milt, so far, is an agreement in prin-
ciple on those questions calculated to
form the outlines of a future peace.
It is of the greatest importance that
this fact be noted by the Russian ne-
gotiators themselves, The most de-
mocratic government in the world !me
thereby given testimony that the
Central Powers' peace policy is en-
tirely free of all lust of conquest, ell
striving after violence."
Tho Tageblatt says: "Even now it
is a question whether thode who ate
ready for peace will overthrow the
wall erected and continually strolled:it-
ened by Chauvinists. Meanwhile
nothing can so contribute to 'shake
the wall of arms as this new nuhlic
diplomacy."
The Vorwaerts says: "Tao Gamin
Government will have seriouely lo
consider whether further negotiations
are possible on the basis of the Rue-
sian programme, with due regard to
the preservation of the vital interests;
of the people. The Russian peato
programme is framed in such theore-
tical and abstract terms that a num-
ber of concrete points in the conten-
tiou cannot' at once be decided."
AUSTRIAN COMAIENT,
Amsterdam Cable, --The tenor of
the Austrian eomment on the Brest-,
Litovsk negoaations is that the En-
tente Powers have no longer any eg.
cuse for the continued flourishing of
the sword and that nobody can deny
the sincerity of the Central Powers'
desihree LorrePmeadee°1;h
Tlatt (Vienna) says
that it now depends entirely upon the
western powers whether humanity is
freed from the evils of the world ,
war.
' The 'Neue Prete Presse (Vienna) I
declares that all pretexts for prolong-
ing the war have become untenable, ,
adding: "The outline ot peace' by I
agreement formulated at Brost -Lit-
ovsk constitutes a golden bridge for
the Entente."
•
10 PER CENT.
iLLEGITIMATE
Is.Birth Record for Prussia
in War Time,
200,000 Unmarried Mothers
Every Year,
• Amsterdam Cable—Ten per Cent.
of the children born in Iiiiussia in war-
time are illegitimate, according, to
statemente made In the Prasslan
House ot Rbpreeentativez during the
debate On the vital statistics, The
Berlin town counollor, Dr. Engel, in
en article in VOrwaerts, makes the
statement that thin largo • proportion
of illegitimate children is "evidence
of the moral healthiness of the 0 tr-
man race." Ho adde, in the eourso of
an appeat for the withdrawal ef ell
distinctions between legitimate and
illegitimate children:
"Paradoxical though tt may sant,
this great . number ot illegitimate
children represent ameasure of the
morality of our people, They Word
evidence that, after all, the idea, cf
tho restriction or families, an idea
which the war with special emphaeis
bids us combat, has not as yet pene-
trated tho =sees.
"The terrible fact, however, is r:lat
only 136 out of every '1,000 illegiti-
mate children reach their 19th year,
as compared with 512 in the case of
legitimate children. The death rate
of illegitimate is a convincing plea
Lor the improvement of the situation
of unmarried mothers and their child-
ren. There should be a uniform,
birth certificate, and women who
ware engaged to fallen soldiers should
be awarded the title of Trate'
"War -time, owing to the card sys-
tem, is a torture for the unmarried
mother. Evbry journey for a. foed
card is a path of thorns and a source
of fresh mortification and humilia-
tion. In the card -issuing office, and
again in the shops, no must nagain
a.nd again make confession of her
faule. The awarding to her of the
title Frau would remove many ole
, stacles and much Mental torture."
i The number of unmarried mothers
• in Prussia, Dr. Engel states, has now
. reached a total of nearly 200,000
yearly.
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r4'
jtiedILLitjtY24,
JESUS, THE CARPENTER.
; If I could hold within my hand
I The hammer Jesus swung,
Not all the gold in all the land,
Nor jell ws comatose as the sand,
All in the balance flung,
Could weight the value of that thing
Round which his flegers 01188 did
cling.
STEADY TO
SEWEEZE ITALY
Is Battle Along the Moun-
tain Front.
Effort to Hammer Out Sal-
ients in Line.
9
Italian Headquarters cable says—
Clad in uniforms Invisible against the
background of now, Italian troops
attacked and routed a body of Aus-
trians ten time their number in a I
Christmas Day surprise, east of Mon-
te Grappa, it was annotinced to -day.
The Austrians were entirety unpre-
pared.
t —
(By joseph W. Grigg.)
Italian Headquarters in the Field,
Cabie—rhe battle along the moun-
tain front in tho north has aseumed
the form of a gradual, steady attempt
by the onemy•to hammer out tho sali-
ents on this line, and of a squeezing
movement toward Valstagna on the
Brenta River. The ends of the one-,
my's "Dineen" are at the villager of
Sasea, about three miles ivest of Vals
stagna, and the regiort of Mount Aso -
lone, about five miles northeast of
Valstagna.
Most of the recent fighting has beei)
west of the Brenta, and there, as in
previous battles between the Brenta
and Piave Rivers, the Italians have
contested desporatele every inch of
ground. The battle has been fought
under a leaden esky and accompanied
with snow flurries and a severely cold
wind.
There is no evidence) Of a reduction
of the enemy streinetla. In fact, shells:
directed against the villages under his '
fin indicate that Ito has brought up
heavier guns in au effort to break
through before the mountains really
aro in the grip of wirttee.
tTALYAN;
Rome Cable says—Thureclityie War
Offiee report read:
"Along the whole front there Were
only artillery actions, which were
more Intense on the Aging° piateau, ,
where our batteries made effective
noneentrations of fire and kept Wider
their barrage several Seetiolis oe the
enemy lines.
A NEW RUSSIAN STATE.
Wash.. Deseatch—Nichelsie
Bogloiavensky, Itneelan Consuls. . at
Seattle. atineunced to -day he had re -
delete' st cable, sent by way of India,
telling of the establishment Of a new
situeslan ClOvernineut at Vornege,
fhataDital of a province of the sante
segue, between Motscow and Rostoe,
the Azov Sea.
be eable did not say Who led in
or the elevernment, the
Tee said he believe
ittement were
If 1 could have the labia he
Once made in Nazareth,
Not all the pearls in all the sea,
Neer ,crowns of kings or kings to be
As long as men 'lave breath,
Could buy that thing of wood he
made—
Tia Lord oil lords a•ho learned a
teado.
Yea, but his hammer atilt is shown
By honest hands that toil
And round his table men sit down;
And all are eq.uals, with a crown,
Nor gold nor pearls cau. soil;
The shop of Nazareth was bare—
But brotherhood was builded there,
—,Charles M. Sheldon,
TIIE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT.
There is one body, and one Spirit.
Througe him we both haee access
by one Spirit unto the Father. Non
ttierefore ye are no more etrangers
and foreigners, but fellow -citizens
with the similes, and of the household
of God; and aro built upon tho foun-
dation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the. elem.
corner stone; in whom ail the build-
ing fitly framed together growelh unto
an holy temple in the Lord: In whom
ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit,
Behold, how good and how pleasant
It is for brethren to dwell together in
unite! It is like the precious oint-
meet upon the head, that ran down
upen the beard, even Aaronni beard:
that went down. to theskit•te of .1iis
garmente.
Seeing ye have purified yonr souls
In obeying the truth the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of tho brethren, sec
that. ye love one another with a pure
heart fervently.
'WEE SEVENTY.
(By the late Rev, It, T.:Miller.)
When they returned they said,
"Lord, oven the delete are subject un-
to us in Thy Dante." A.nel'he said, "In
thie gime not, that the epiries are
subject unto you; hut rejoice that
Your names aro written in Heaven."
A -little gale after this, coven mon
(Mt of Jae seventy approsethed the
Master with detnurce and inquiring
Wee, Cue. fiattl, "Is there a real book
of tete?" and the anewer was, "Yee!"
but not matte of peper,_ or eking or
grabs; not bound in cloth or leather,
or stored on eltelvea in libraries. The
rustles are written on flekes or films
of zpirit tektere, Duro as fleecy clouds,
beautiful tts the olore et the aeavens,
and lasting as ii.10 days ot heaven.
Atiether risked, "ta ho are the easel:es?"
ft:141 the answer came, "Jhoy are leg-
ion." pone as sharp as points of light,
accurate as the beanie - of the run.
Their hands ate never cramped, Peas
never out of order, pollute of intelli-
gence as numerals 43 particles et
light, Names crowd eneli other, Yet
there ie no eOnfilsioll; the 'writers aro
never eleepe, inenteetent. Thee
are willing, joYittl, holy. A,: ether deic-
ed, "Dote elre Ink fri,do'? Will iallet;
Is there (tenger of neer euhtle
element thee ettaee otte nettle."
The pen is Of iron, the Mk is sure,
epirit indentations are en immortel
aurfaces, the wonder arid glory, and
study and Mystery, of the unitterele,
tics f eternity.. Another..atked, "W
tb
bake ere bern, flareee are Oren, It i4
the nattlee the motherst giro that go
dewn ort the regleter. Angel entuner-
atore gather up the Mime. Angell:
gather ttp Into their baskete Infants
'wile cannot reepoud, except in the si-
lent pratse of their mute and heauti
ful souse. ,Anotiter asked, thele
illffereace In rank?" anti the answer
came: "Yes," a the:maul times told,
just as the olio etar differe from art -
alum ger in glory. Men are not equal,
no two alike, There le mule Without
eavy, obedience without gratige, ser-
vice without Servility, Itcwarda are
lieund up it every get, elite), seed car-
ries its own harveet, and singe Its own
hartetit home song.
A.nother asked, "Have other worlds
Wien?" The answer came; "The
'eternal ellencee of these influite epaces
have yet to epealc." One thing is
Aura, tine world is the peculiar harl-
ot this one, the ninety-nine millions
crity of a pure, delightful wittier-
t:aego.
esof the Son of Man. For the sake
of millions were left in the calm se-
uThese were lett in pe2cs, and the
one wandering sheet was sought and
consumed the shepherd's care, The
Son ot Man is come to seek and to
save. The last question asked, "Aro
the names all human nemesia' and the
answer was; "Yee," with the empha-
sis of light and the aesuranee of eter-
nal truth. Not augels, dv1I,tielaphs
and unrecorded grades of beings and
oro:les, but men, men, 111011, The
book of life is mm
a eupreely huan
b
"When wilt Tbou save the people?
0, God of Mercy, when?
Not Kiugs alone, but nativist
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, 0, God, are
they;
Les them not Dna like weeds away—
Their heritage a eunless day --
God save Lite people—
From vice, oppression and despitir--
(lcd the people!"
v-,10
0
THE BUSHEViiii
Expect It to Save Them
From Disaster.
Cleavage Among Cossacks is
Leported.
London Cable — The progress 01
ate pccce negotiations is expected to
/lave a large internee en imernal
condieions in Russia, and the fighting
,n tee south, wnere the position 0.
emirs is still obscure. According to
011 best available information reach-
ing Lamson, the Boisaeviki commis
—niers, the concentration of whorie
:erects against the south is being only
feebly conducted, are counting upon
two things to :strengthen th.elr posse
Eirst—The chance of securing; a
eeace sweet:table to the country as a
;whole, which would induce the nation
*.n overlook the evident lack of ad
minIstrative ability showu tre the
.aolshoviki.
Seccnd—The fact et the existence
coneiderable Ilites, claseea and
eleavages evert among the supporters
of the Kaleclines movement in the
south.
General Kaledinee is reported to
!nee recently resigned tho leadership
of the Coefiacks' Government, while
the Ceasacke themsolvee are divided,
a large section of the moderates being
undesiro-as of fighting the Workmen's
and Soldiers' (4o.vernment so long as
the latter is able to preserve order in
tho country. The Bolehovilei ore said
to be Speculating on the still further
epread of the revolutionary feeling
among the Cossacks against their gen•
erals a.nd among the Ukrainians
against tho Bourgeoisie.
A general army congress is sitting
at the Bolshovilti headquarters to or-
ganize a central war comMittee. This
congress has confirmed the -election of
E:nsign Kryisnlre tts eounnancler.in-
chief.
Taeough French Sources it is re-
eortel that the Itelsheviki adminte.
nation is quite eowerIcse to revictual
-etrograd, whiclii now possesses only
niie barest reiserves of food.
All rainvay communication with the
:qoa grain provinces in the Don terra
tory and Ukraine has either been cut
or is disorganized.
The Central Pewors have rejected
the Ponat claim to be repreeenteel at
the peace tonference• at Brest -Litovsk.
but, according to the Frankfurter
Zoitung, the deleelites at Brest-Litovek
include ropresentatiees of the 'Ukraine
rereblic.
MS LOOTING
NORTH :TAU
IVaShingtott, •Ileport..----Germany's
creation of a so -caned commismon ut
experts, with functions announced as
tie) protection ot lvovlts et art, in in-
vaded Italy., is declares' by cerni-Orti•
clttj despatebete deem Rom reeeteed
time to -they to be wait, a (antt to cen•
col the loettne, of art works,
"It hail been, established," Say's the
despatches, "that GM enemy has trans.
ported to Vienna, Budapest and Berlio
whatever Mild be removed from pre
vate and pubilo beildings and
churcheee'
s -,•-
REGINA OIL PLANT FIRE,
nteisia, sweet Iteeterte-Damage to the
amount of $110,009 wall done at tho Loper-
•Isti ()no mopany plant this sfternoon
when tho condenser box between stills
seven and eight exploded, Piro resulted,
burring a cosiderable quantity of oil.
()ne workman was slightly injured. The
comfort:es the department was obit; to
copo with the Barnes.
MAIL CLERK KILLEb'.
etcnetee, te, 13.0 Doe, fa.—Vou Budge,
one of Ow 'oldest end best known moll
clorks on tho Canadian rioverummht
Itailsveys, while art route to hie home In
St. John tide eveninet eustained eteiriee
at Iteundare Creek whieh resulted le
hie (teeth a few MI1111015 late's... He fell
beneath the train nri!!1 his legs 'were cut
off. Ile reelded in st. John.
•
ZEPS. SPY ON N
• tra
11
BRITISH GAIN
IN PALESTINE
*
Turkish Attack Near Jeru-
salem Repulsed,
Thon Advance of 21/4 Mils
On 9 -Mile Front.
Louden 'Cable says --)The BrItielt
troops in PaleetIne have Mollified a
'Turkish attack north Paid northweet
ot Jerusalem and made an advance
oe about 24, miles on a front of nine
Mlles along the Tate:tin right tiara,
says en oefielal communication issued
tO-
dliacy,
TTurks offered Bona° lessee in
the review, which came after the
Brain pickets had been driven it.
The text of the communication fol-
imiNi'.11:uring Wedaesday night four at-
tacke were made by the enemy on our
pickets at Ras El TaWil, 3Ie, miles
north of Jerusalem, and east of BM
Nebala, five miles north-west or Jer-
usalem. The ;pickets were driven in,
and. Several determined atte.elre fol-
lowed, all of which were repulsed,
without loss of ground.
"A.t Them our troops on the left at-.
tacked egainot the right flank of the
Turkish attack and gained ground
east and northeast, penetrating to
about 21,1 miles on a frontage of ne
miles, Tliin
o attack of the enemy was
made with very groat determination,
and his losses v.'ere proportionately
severe,British troops, both in defence
o
and attack, showed the utmost gal-
lantry and staunchness. Some German
prisoners were taken.
"Our flying corps effectively attack-
ed in the vicinity of Kulundrie, six
miles north or Jerusalem, enemy
troops and transport with bombs and
machine gun fire,"
: 1.
RftLi:T
WORK
UF ALLY FLIERS
Emphasized by Details o
Battle Over Treviso.
British Guns Brought Down
Three Planes.
Italian Army Headquarters ia Nor-
thern. Italy, Cable.—Further reports
of the attempt of Austrian aviators
yesterday to raid Treviso, which re-
sulted so disaetrously for them, em-
phasize the brilliant work doue by
both Italian and British aviators. Al-
though eleven Austrian machines
were brought down, (ally a few Italian
ampleness welt) damaged. Five Ital-
ian and ono British soldier were hilt-
ed. Six Italian and eight British apt-
diers were wounded.
, The British airmen brought down
I two maohtnas, and British anti -ab' -
craft accounted for three more, six
tatetstrians in these five machines be-
ing killed and four wounded. Among
the prisoners is a youag Austrian ma-
jor, who is unwounded.
The biggest air raid of the enemy on
this frint" is the way the Italians
and their allic3 refer to the attacks.
Nothing has equalled it in spectacular
affect since the rocent use or storming
aeroplanes by the Germans cn the
Mount Gramm, sector on the mountain
trent in the north.
British airroen first engaged tit',
superior force, init sson Italian air-
men rose to the attack. Splendid hero -
'ani distinguished the efforts of the
finnan and British airmen to get their
ma:alines under way .while bombs and
machine gun' bullets were directed in
a hail against them. The firing was
40 heavy in the first raid that five
Hann soldiers and one Englishman
were killed sal six Italians tate eight
Britieh soldiers: weunded. It appears
that few Gernme machines were en-
gaged, and one or theso was brought
down. Its pilot was wounded anti six
Austrlans were killed.
— • —
Di IDE AFRICA
OCEAN TO OCEAN
Has Been for Years Great
German Design
To Prevent British Claim to
• Domination.
• 77,-- —
London. Cable,—(Router •Deepetch)
---ta IIJ,1 1(1.101,1 CLio it 0114
t1lt1_I0rta1.,.0 01 Geilnan Last
Arr.ta,'tee Cclogne t,tazetto t'.:turoy
ten:twee tont eecutany has for yLats
atinAt at 110 •creation of a Gerroatt
e wee etiviteng eeriest. from .see
Lermany in 1911 by
treaty 11Ita eranco "appareatlye matte
final renuneiatin 01 the idea of a
gieet colonial tiepin eho really aim-
ed at tee creatien ef a German -1..1 -
glen ecenemic meet in the Como Da-
mn trent the lutilan elecan to tee At -
!antic."
Thu.), whee the war commenchl.
Germany woe "deliberately explettleg
her incempa reale geographival posi-
tion in East Africa."
Tho Cologne Gazette proeeede to
say this posttion constituteI "a wejee
between the English Opines to :tele
domination in Rest Article, and South
Atrica—a dividing and immovable
wedge. tee Iclig as England did not
lot it cosine to a trial of strength, tho
noWnpaper coat:mem great difficulties
Obstructed Germany's eolonlal war
aims, but "alt otir wiehee will be rees
Heed only if by our battles hi Europa
we 'can eompel England te reeognize
Us as an equal colorant, power and to
draw the necessary eolleecIllentsca itt
the future re-arreingetnent of Attlee."
GREAT FlUaa PLANTS cLose.
6,,t, Report. —The Putiloff 'Works
,P&P mon, and the Petrograd
W.wko, employing RAO,
eft! their
Wallington Mutuga t
Fire Ins. Co.
ritokialut4 1140„
1494 °MO*, Ounam.. otrt
ItstOs taken OA .101 Owes of iniltri
Ole property on the cash or premitile
note eystem,
$0.4=4,24,., ;onto PLY1Df1031.
Prostdont
loototarr
RITCHIE COVENS,
Agents, Wistelraso Oalt,
1
Dudley Holmes
SAIRRA9TIER, 11104.1431T00,
Offlooi Moyer Nook, Vilsighaorh
R. Vanstona
IIMUI4STVI MOO 1110110/0111• I
Maw MI 1oz M 1aiaa4
WINGMAK
Arthur J. Irwin
D.D.S., L.D.S.
Doetor of Dental Surgery of the Pe0114,
&wawa College and Licentiate of Den.
tttl Surgery Ontario.
Closod (Ne)s Wednesday 4.eternoon.
Office in Macdonald Block.
F. M. DEANS
D.D.S., L.0.8.
ffcnor Croduate of the /loyal College of
Dental eurgeons ,ef Ontario, Honor
Oraduate of •University of Toronto.
Faculty of Denistry.
Closed evory IVednesday Afternoon,
Office Over 11. E. leard GE Co.'s Store
In the Deulal Parlors, formerly occu-
pied by Lt. (I. 11. Ross.
W. R. liambliy
s.s.., M.D., C.M.
Special attention paid to diseases
of Women and Children, having
taken postgraduate work in Sur.
gery, Bacteriology and Scientific
Medicine.
Office in the Kerr residence, be-
tween the Queen's Hotel and the
Baptist Church.
All business given careful attention.
Phone 84. P. 0. box 119
ste
Dr. Rohr.. C. Redmond'
1,1R.C.S, (Eng.)
L.R.C.P. (Lond.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
(Dr. Chisholm's old !tend).
1 SIEWART!
Graduate of University of Toronto
• Faeulty of nediclne; Licentiate of the
Ontari, College of Physicians and
- Surgeons,
OFFICE ENTRANCE:
SECOND DOOR NORTH OF
ZURBRIGG'S PHOTO STUDIO,
•
.10SEPITDIP.: ST. PHONE 29
OSTEOPATHIC PINSICIAN
ovi. F. A. PARKER.
Ostteretethy bnilde rItaIIty and
strength. Adjustment of the spine tad
Other tisanes le gently secured, there.
by removing the preditposing causes
of disease.
Rlood pressure and other examine*
Ilene made- Trusses scientifically fit.
ted.
OFFICE 0VE1 e liete STIE'S IPORL
Hours—Tuesdays and Fridays, 9 sm.
to 9 p.m.; Wednesdays. 9 tO 11 a.ns.
Othea days by anDointiztemk.
----^-.--
General hospital
(Under Government Inspection).
ties -tautly .e 1 Watts& beanlifull y fun.
Lashed. Open to all regularly licensed
phystoiassa. Rates for patients (whielt
include hoard and nursing)—$4.90 to
$16.09 per week, according to location
of room. For further Informstion—
Aeldrese MISS L. MATHEWS.
Superintendent,
Sex 223, WIngham, Ont.
Is
111
Town. and Farm properties. Call and
see my list and pet my prices. I hove
some excellent values.
3 G. STEWART
W1NOHAM.
Phone 184. Office in Town Holly
J. W. DODD
, (Successor to J. (3. STEWART)
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT
and HEALTH INSURANCE. .
P. 0. fax 366. Phone 198
WINCHAM, ONT.
John Grov. 8
teener of
MAR,Y..Las Gr. L1crN51.4S
rnws, HALL WINGHAM
Prienale—OffIce. 24; Residence
,
attabolantwe...wrAmeounavermeraetveaml.~Wommtlrtrn.romarta,
-. WE WANT CREAM
We want cream, and will pay trio
ItiArbertt Deices for froull *result. MT
el tr your cream awsys lone detenc•
tt-en you can reCIVIVe a) 5000 eriees
neer home, and In ssmilrg your oteare
los•vell! hal-; 3 h-000 1.1 %sit y IV!
farnirth two emits to each shipper anti
nay ell express charges and assure
you ttn riontst butf.nette. Cheese f stem
Wry patrons having Cream during the
winter wou7d do wen to ship to us.
write tor further particulars to
OREAMERY
SEAFORTH ONTARIO
THE WESTE.RN FRONT.
Artillery Activity About the
Only Move,
Loilden, IN -*The War Offit:it
turnt issued Pridt y eight tram
eerne!m. netlilery wee ectlee (luring
hitt tin ilt•ytat nutobt•t• of points ,unnit
of tho Arrtts-rlanihrai Read anti in the
ntichtorltot ri of Lino tntreascd
VIVIAN 111:xi I'S SII0V. in the Ypres eeetor,
pas tic.ularae the) neighborhood of the.
Volt, eon .cod, Ilaetichendeole and
Lary -mere -If