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The Blyth Standard, 1908-04-16, Page 7L :SON lII,—APRIL 19, 19o8, Jcsr,a ,_win(ed at Bethany: --,John na: I-II, 1(1 et .,1s. 1 ) 1. `. d ty S hoarc the days before nus 0111(4, !o, 1]o probably reseed Bethany alum tato beginning of the Sabbailt, as the ,letvs reckoned from sanset 10 sun- set, uetkaty-"l)onse of Dates," of 1lciti5e ut Comfort.' It Vvan a village abbot hvo tnilt,t Southeast of Jetisasa- leitr on the east ro slope of the .!fount of (alto.. It urns often visited by 1.1 '1',t and it was here that he spent • several nights during • passion week, At pin ion: L'ethany is a small, poor vil- lage. \'hiri, Lazarus was "Jt may have b t in honor of his restoration to life that this Sapper tuns given, and in grail 'for it that our Lord wits ru uinttvl. 1. il,:d:' lour a supper—lie the hoase o1' !sierra the loiter (Mott, 20; 0.) This mean bad evidently been a leper, and had probably been cured by Jesus \ccord- ing a a •tradition Simontwas the father .orf 11151 t ut nq to others be was the husbandcd''intha, or Martha was his t.. itlety,"----Lst„e, Martha s't'eed, etc.- It n, eieir that the fumil,y' of Beth•unv t tt'e'ill all respects the eemtrat figure at this, entertainment, Martha mantis to have had the edtire supervi- sion of the Feist, and the risen Lazarus was almost ns •much an object of curi• osity as atoms himself, Ti short, so many thronged to see Lazarus, that the minute which hurt Leen performed on his built caused many to believe on ,Its'.:rran'' Lazarus ., at the ta- ble -.The stopper was probably the next day after Jesus'. arrival, after the close of the Jralvish Sabbath, which ended at sunset, it was the spacial festive, steal fir the. sabbath, The words seen. to radi- ate that the weal was a public one, as if Cut people of Bethany had combined to do hien this honor, :wd so share the privilege of attoiidiug the feast.—Eder- Thio stains that fatznrus' resur- rection was 0n illi. ion. Hots long he liv- ed oro do not know. L :,htr,y anoints the Srtviour (v. 3,) ; A pot„al 'Chis was it Roman pound of twelve ounces. Ointment—Tim ointment Wee' probably' i liquid perfume. Spiken- ard ---An aromatic herb imported from <\rnbu; and India, Vei',y, costly—It was worth three hundred peace, or dennrii, silver coin:, worth fifteen to aeventeen cents talent: hence the ointment was worth between forty-five and fifty dol- lars. _Aeroding to its purchasing power it Was equal to ;5300 in oar day. "Cmua- pare the. attar (0 rotto)' of roses.' made at Alm,vipoor in :Hindustan, nod which requires 400,000 full-grown • rose's to produce one ounce, and which eells, wren pore. iu the English warehouses, a@ high as $100 an ounce, or $1,200,for as much as Mary's pound of spilcenlead,"—Anfer- ican Cyclopedia, Anointed the feet — She anointed his head first (Mat. 26; 7.) The anointing shows her faith in Christ and her great love for hint. APiped his fiat—When we consider the customs of the people in ('heist's time, we readily sae that those things which would be highly improper among us to -day would, tri. that. time, be very proper. ht taking I their meals they reclined 00 one side, the knees being bent and the feet turn- 1 ed outward behind, It was the utmost possible expression of her love, humility 0nd devotion; Hottse. was filled --The home was filled with the odor of the ointment, and to -clay the clmrch and the I World are filled with beat•enlp fragrance whenever loving deeds are performed for ('!n'ist I l 1, 'Che hypocrisy of Judas rebuked (v s. 4-S) . • 4. Judas 'sea begat to find fault at what he called a waste, "His mutterings convinced some of the other disciples, so that they ,joined with him iu the Condemnation of the act (see Matthew and Mark). So often a bol r mirk, working, from selfish motives. by l t plausible ,arguments pets food mea to i t suit:. With pian in opposing things that are i.eally 'ooiL The wolf put,,�rat the sheep's clothing, "Tints usually the op- position to good wears a mask of vir- tue; religion i.: opposed in the name of liberty: faith, in the name of free thought; prohibition, in the name of featperatioe.” — Pelomlxrt, "Whenever there t at net of splendid self -forgetful- ness there i3 always 0 Judas to sneer and murmur at i't ' 5.Given to the poor -.Mark says they murmured against the woman, and their words and mance were also 0 reflection on Christ him- self, because He had peruiitted it to oe- cnr. "How often dors dimity serve as a cloak for em-etottgness, God is some - tunes robbed of tits right, under the pt'e• tense of devoting what is withheld to some charitable purpose, to Which there, was: no intentionever to give it" -- 1 bu'kt "Phis was the kind of demon- stration irsetved for princes or persons of west distinction; it MIS a luxury that 0,1 moiety` toil Nero (1001 iaidulged ill," 11 is Oct surprising that the dis- tiples, who were plain std poor, should thin]: this on undue extravagaance; but Jesus desired to impress upon threat the Lott that there is nothing too precious for Ilim, • 0, ,1 thief -,ludas ori; bad at heart, he was playing the hypocrite, The bog --'[he cash box in which the funds of the small company were kept. --('run, Bib, And bare, etc, --That is, as treasurer be had charge of the funds belonging to Jesus and tho disciples. 7. Let her alone --1 sharp rebuke. They were condemn- ing and troubling (Aloft. 26, 10) to wo- man who vvas performing all net of self- denial and love. "Mirk the striking contrast between the money -box of ,Ludas and the alabaster box of Mary, his thirty pleas 'of silver (each equal to four dennrii) ,and her three hundred dennrii, his noire of tagney 010] her 110• eality, Ids hypocritical profession of comae for the pour and her amble deed for the Lord, his itrrleled end raid her noble memory rivter,"--Scharf, Against the day of my burying- :As Overall Christ. had said, '':'be has enthninngl uc' beforehand," Whether Mary trader - stood Clod,' 's approaching death, wet intended it so, We anent tall, but Jesus puts this con,le ietiitn upon it sail elle firms thereby wdutt Ile had so frequent- ly told them regarding it. Too often or won') of esteem are not uttered until the time of the burial, while the discouraged soul has been obliged to plod 00 through life Without so touch as a "Cleo !less you," 0,Tile Pool' niwiffs 'Phis act ofMary's will moi; interfere with your core for the poor. You cue do greed to them at any time. The more We do: for Christ the tnm'o we Will do for the poor, 1t is not the want of money, hot the want of love, that allows the pooh to surfer, The more We give for Christ on nay line, the more love we will hove, ,turn the more we will contintue to give, "It is the :ae- eessots of 01t 'y and not of Judas who really cure for the poor," In these words Jesus realty anorak the care of the poor tit lois clitoral', ile...... not always --Christ's bodily presence was a t odly 1 about to c he removed from them!. What they dirt for him Hurst be done quickly. Jesus told his disciples (Mott, 20: 13) that this act of Mary's would be told as n metro• vial of her 10 the whole World wherever the gospel should be preached. The story is this ver]' day being related throughout all Chr'istendont, Aro granite monument is as enduring. 1V. Curiosity and conspiracy (vs, 0-11). t), Of the Jews --Johan, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of J6tvs to those who Were inhabitant 0 of Jeusa- leu.—Clarke, Knew that he was there —"'[surge caravans would be coming up for the Passover from all parts of the eouttlry, Auld the news would spread through the shifting crowds that ,Jesus and Lazarus were in Bethany. 'These, incited by curiosity, trent to see the wonder -worker, and the ratan on whom he had wrought this marvellous work, 'fire result was that many, of them be- lieve;. 'Che facts were so plain, sit cone pletely proved, that they were cont• pelted to accept ,iesus ab the Messiah. 10, ].:amus also to death ---As long as he lived, they saw no incontestable, proof of the divine poise of Christ; therefore they wished to put hint to death, be- cause many •of the Jews became con- verts to Christ through his testimony. How blind were these Wren not to per- ceive that he who had raised hint after he had been dead four days could raise hint regain, through they did slay hint. --Clarke, 11, Believed—The tesurrec- tbit of [,iotas convinced many that '• ,fesus was the .Vcssiah. What, was it impossible for the one to do Who could raise the dead? Questions. --Where had Jesue been for a short time previous to tris? '10 what town !indite now conte '1 In Whose house ment2 What effect did the anointing Itsus? How valuable Was the oint- ntent? What effect did the aerating have on the disciples? What did they say? flow • would Mary's act street their core for the poor? How con we anoint Christ 10 -day? What endorse- ment did Christ give to the woman? Who w«S judos Iscariot? What was his character? Why did the -ehiof priests desire to putt Lazarus to death? Teeuhiugs. '•J'riondly sociability is amt ineonsistmtt with a realization of 1110 seriousness of life (vs, 1, 2), The Master is worthy of oar best gifts (vs, 2, J). ile Who IS It traitor nb Itenrt will often in an unguarded moment betray himself (vs, 4-0), The Master never fails to ap- preciate What Inc ilcr for Him out of fulness of lore (v, 7). Charily is not the sun total of religious duty (v, 8), personal service, actual, personal work tot Christ, cannot Int atone by a hired suus'titote. Opportunities to prove our devotion to Christ and 11(0 cause must be improved ere they ore gone forever (v, 8), The world is more interested in tangible results which we accomplish titan in to personally (v, 0)." 1, Mary's offering. 1. A compassionate offering, "The /thief priests.. ..lead govern a commandment that: they night take Hint, 'Chen they mad,^, Him • t supper then look Mary n ptund of ointment' (Join 11, 57 12, 1.11), Jesus.neededhmitntt sympathy, As Mrs. Strain suggests, thick what it was to Hint at the ntontrnt when the Weld Was expressing its deepest hate, When the oe'uumlated malice of mien and de- mons was about to break fordo in its furry, to lune one Retort comprehend Tlis sorrow, share Ilia loneliness, recognize His worth and anticipate His glory, 2, A consecrated offering. "'Phan took Mary ointment and anointed Jesus" (v, 3), Slue did not emnc to the suffer to hear her Lord speak, nor to enjoy the entertainment, nm' to meet the saints, nor to sae for some favor, not because she was weary and • Would bo refreshed; site came to pone out her hearts' adoration at His feet,-' She came to Worship Him, Worship is from 1hi! Saxon worth -ship, and is the showing of what the Lord is worth to us, W'lieu A'tn'a.ltam on Mount lfori,ih offered Isaac, he said, "I go. yonder and worship" (Glen 22, 5j "The net de- monstrated that God tt.t, worth mare to film than the dearest earthly abject." If I love as Mary did, 1 yield gladly my most precious things to Hiatt. 11. A costly offering. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly" (v. 3), .ha'y's gift is sold to lune lawn Worth $50 then, and would be worth $3(10 noir,' It had great intrinsic value, but greater relative worth, "It was the flower of her affection, and given in oil it' expressiveness. No port of it was held back. The vase itself was broken, and all its contents Without re- serve poured upon IIimt, This utter abandonment made Mary's gift so dear. She gave her: best, .her all, with such lavishness of lo1'eHis heart was filled 'with joy," 4.:1 condescending offering, "Mary.. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Webster, i]ootret1 CHILDREN s CUREDBY ZA U Mother also Benefits Girl HadMrs. L. Webster, of 011 Seigneur street, Mont- real, mil's :—"Last summer my little girl contracted scalp f]Iseasc senlp disease at school, This took the forma of tend gatherings, .chick broke out in the head, and We feared she would have a very bad head and probably lose her hair. Afton she had suffered about two weeks we heard of V,,atn-13uh, and purchased a boy Laua-Bunt arrested the disease and prevented It from spreodhng and in n -err short time heated tete sores, tearing the scalp free of anytrace of this loathsome scalp trouble.", "Since then 1 havo had occasion to test the merits of © Zatmt-Bana nc in y son's case. One day n�y Badly s I was lifting u 11 pada of bulling enter oil' the stove, my non Eddie ran Scalded fovcnrdn aro and knocked the pan upwards. The water went over lain neck and scolded him very badly. It was a very awkward place on which to keep a plaster, and several things which we tried failed to glee lttm relief, We then applied Zaut-73u]c. This acted like a charm, quickly drawing away the pain, and soon healed the scald." i Writing at another time, Mrs. Webster relates Mother's a peculiar accident. She says:— Eye Wounded 'Not many weeks ago my little son, wlllle playing Indoors, accidentally struck me over the eye with at stick he won swinging about. 1 seemed to get the full foteu of tin blow, and the result was an ugly gash just above the eye. 'Pols 000 quite painful, became inflamed e altogether wits 1100 any improvement to my geiei'nl appearance. I was forced to remain to the house until healed. As luck would have it, the previous night. 1 had Ms( kilo, home to box of Zai-Buk, se it .'amu in eery useful. A fete apt li, taus :tulle removed the soreness, drew out all Inllannumtlon and started healtug. In four or Ilve days the -.round had closed up nicely, leaving only a faint red mark to show where the cut had been. This also soon disappeared, Zant-}tont is a most useful baht, and we always ]seep It handy for we have pi".yet It an ineniuttble household Ttem- W) M ZQM-SUK CURES i„ern rte k arts eats, Ions chapped hams, cold sores, itch, r r i.: tan tin sores, cttarrh, piles bad legs, nbseoosea vol a'i dt 1,1,:1 la lila ,kin, 01 all dro;tgirts ant stores, 50e., ur postpant upon r ; eipt of price Prom %ant 33uk Co., Toronto. TRIAL aGx FREE We want you to lost Zanithi t,11•ec, Seal this ruupoo to !diet l;uit Co.. 1 mora, with le steno. for ro=one and receive a oautple hot - THE GREAT SKIN -CURE, 3 APRIL 16, 1900, 1i,N,11 II 1Ft'FYs+RP .anointed the feet of Jesus, and wip- ed his feet' (v, 3), With loving res'er- enee she not only anointed his head, as was customary, but she anointed his feet, .Any service was rendered gladly, since it refreshed her Lord. 5. -A eonudettial offering, ''She did it for my burial,” Jesus said (1T:ttl. 20il2). At his feet Mary had learned the secret of the cross. She credited as no other did his words, "The Son of man shall he delivered unto the ehief priests, and un- to the scribes; and they shalt condemn hint to death" (Mark 111,313). ''As she anointed his head, she sow it already hawed in anguish under the weight of the world's sin, As she anointed his foot, her loving hands set hien-npartfor the. great sacrifice. Brave and true - hearted were the other women who hur- ried in the early .lawn to the sepulchre to anoint his lifeless body, bat they were too Tate. Mary's far-sighted faith led to iter expression of devoted love" ' 11. The hypocrisy of judos. "Then. saith '1'he n- soittt Judas why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?" (vs, 4, 5), "The question gives us the complexion of Judas' ntind." Says Charles 11. Park- hurst: ":1 matt publishes Itis feeling's by whist Iia asks. Spikenard meant to Judas only so much merchantable commodity. m g with 19nn„s loop according to the ayes with v'hiclu we local:,'fn this apothecaries' perfume Judas only sate money, Kale het counted with him that was not ex- pressible in dollars and cents. :A tear, it SLAUGHTERING THE DEER, Wolves Playing Havoc in'Northern Wildernesses. Sault Ste, Marie, Ont., 'April 13,— That something should be done to provide. for the protection of the deer of Algoma against the ravages of wol- ves is hating' recognized to a greater ens tent each day, when reports come in from the outlying sections of the dis- tt•ie` as to the number of deer found slaughtered. In many cions the Bodies are found uneaten, the destroy- ers apparently being satisfied with taking the blood Mid leaving the ettrnasses to rot in the wilderness, Yesterday A. Dowison came in from au- point near Senrcinema and report- ed that h; had discovered fifteen de td leer int the hush. They had been kill- ed while unprotected int the yard;, George, l)ti Is of Groseap reported to Game Warden Galboeii that he had nen the bodies of two deer and n, couple of evolves at that place- John Boynton reports finding nfno deer hack of Soarchmont. George Wal- don found seven more in the same. locality. John Munn reports find- I itip ttvo 2$ utiles from Searehmont, i1I, AIe Ct ilev informs Mr. (Wheel; that. he fins tliecovere(1 no lens (Itau Lr2 carcasses nosy Uonlnis L'ay, Sev- eral days ago hen heel of Groscap Med tt,'o wolves on the road about to toile from his house He hurried to Um contrition, an affection had no cash house to gat a. rifle, and by the title value, therefore 00 value. The thoughts he returned found the carols' -as of two deur close by. The wolves had apparently killed them while he Was away for the rifle. 0 of our yeeratiou hire a monetary com- plexion outside of the church and inside. When we look at a fine' house, it is all over American to ask what it costs. IVhen we survey it private collection of paintings, oar enthushtsm is enhanced by the l:notvledge that a small fortune, ik in- vested in each piece," 111. Jesus' cenunendtttinn, "T1111 said Jesus, Let hes' alone" (v. 7),"Criticise stn; become indignant at nue; find fault with 'ate: let her alone, Thi, deed of genuine love has linked us together. t ]told her in such a close, teuticr, affray - Donate relation that if you touch her, you touch the tipple of my eve" (Zech. 2:8). "She Jath wrought a good work" (Mark 14:6), He did not say a great work, but "a, good work." "For tate poor always ye have with you: but me ye have not always" (v, 8). Ifn< "hour" was almost come Q]oho 13:1). "Always" they co ild care for the poor, "not al- ways" could they anoint hint for his burial. Thee are opportunities that come once and are gone forever. When two duties seen to conflict, the one that may be done at any tune should give tray to the one that ern only be done now. 1t it our duty to love out Lord first A. C. • Blighted Hopes. Young A[r. Smith had just named his first horn son John. "That boy," be Said, proudly', "Will be one of a ntllion.' But John, when he grew to be to man, moved to Chicago, where he became merely One of 349, A REMARKABLE CURE. ` A Year and a Halfin Hospital at Itenora, Kenos, ,tori! 1:], -Michael Bretden- ccit was :disehu'aed from the Royal Jubilee Hospital this Week, eared af- ter horn; opeut 501 days within the instihitt' 1. 1n Sonteuber, 1006, he was cmptoycd by Felly Bros. on the wetter pewter development, and one day at tenon, while walking along the (' P.13, track from his 0,011 , he was struck by a trout and, besides sundry tut)urieti, one of his leg,, tyltti terribly shattered. He, was at once taken to the hospital, and on examination the surgeons thought there was little chance of .riving his leg, they nave the unfor- tunate fellow' the benefit, file ease became 000 of the most notable in the history' of the lutspital. The set- ting was perfectly mitde, but at times piece's of shattered hone goxe trouble, until twenty-six pieces in all Were removed. The ling continued to improve slow- ly, as the time will indicate, but Brual- eneclt Soil into' good hands, with the result that to -day, instead of being minus One log, he is able to wall: quite briskly with the aid of a light cane. - AN ENGLISHMAN'S PATHETIC STORY. INSPIRED 13Y GLOWING VISIONS, HE LEFT H1 SHOME, To Scott His Fortune in a Land of Plenty and of Opportunity—How He Sought in Vain for Work— Finally, Without Work, Money, Friends or Food, He Found, In• stead of a Fortune, a Bed in the Woodstock Lockup. 1Coodstoel(' Sentinc(d;uvietr: - You dum'L wean to want to aroyl:, ;on have made no efforts to get 0 job, ru 1 will nomad you for a ween:;' said Iligis- ttate ];all whim \Loiter Linton ,toed -17. }cars, an Englishman, but t tit rave - month out front ',widen, it nose t 0(10 he soul was that of t carpcutel appeared in police court, lois eormutg ch rged with "1 hate tried twenty Heaters since totuiug to A,oudstax'lt, tut I ,Satyr get a job. Some say .l ant too old," Was the m,uts icily. "Von want tau much tinges, 1 -will remand you for n tit a k: The aorta tyca thee a in soon de hale ant. then you 11 he. turned loose to hint a 1oh,' seal the lbt;;it rate, nuhuaon e A.1: -tears of age, and bed:, older. Ali, is certainly 0 pit- iable ease as it. was brought ant iu con versatiou'irilit a reporter last et toting. 7t Aeons, if his story i; true, that he i' at :victim of m!stepreseta- liom as to the opportunities to he load iu ainerica, eta is a hill well bnllt ural, ldis hair' is now quite alit, Jlis hands are those. of a noun woo .tarns his 1it'- im, by the sweat of nus brow lie is slightly stooped - 11e wens a limn 1,a1 - ward board wed it toe is grit lie ora; dressed, When seen torr decently in tot' gad.) of one of hid etas,. Ile uses geed language and lilts been well educat- ed. In fact his Whole n11tke tip is that uP a ntchmnic Idiom nuc tvonld thick capable of tinning out u. good piece of wick, alt never !Winks, ,, hr said, Anyiat, Linton ivts seen hast even- ing muttering about. Finally a reporter Met 11111 wad fell into couttetsatiou With him, "1 lived itt Lembo),' said Linton, 'rand winked at my treat.. I had n wife mud btntily, 11'0 got along well, 1 didn't nmdte much money, but made fa wages, . _t 1\'e kept our daildreu ill ,ehno]. Ill! triol. to rite then, a good cahiration, le tiro unrly fiart of 1007. thin gs were slots' In Landon, I went one night to a meeting :which was to be addressed by an Immigration 100• hoer, lin brilliaittly were the colors paimtcd, that I was Tett with the int -- pr ossium that Canada Was a Working ntaut'; Aleccaa. Vv frond' land grown tap and as they n'ertn't assisting is any wiry to keep the house, 1 told tory' wife that 1 i,told draw' all the moue\' I tend from the banks nod cross the ocean, 11y Wile consented. I!ualiy, 1 left home ,and seemed r Ciel l at a ton' rate, (tit, one of tit,' steamer ticket agents,. Immediately I iregal' fn catzrttiti vague - fearer as-'f:o the Eldorado across the tease. Ira' l twits driven with a bunch of the lowest etas: of people in old London, iutrukl e sleultor, (hu' trip over is. beyond description, One of the nest disgusting feature; of the vuuage we; the co'olilioi of our sltepiag quarters. sea etii,ge=led a'el.- they. 'Ellen) -were about o million in one berth with nit', We a'uted nt Alontletl, and 1, pith others, ,rias shipped to Taranto. Ite were h odled not nils° men, but like stwine, , .t 'Toronto, myself and my bag- gage an ggage erre turn d.oyer 10 all tu,ai ', licit iia -:hector, 1 WAS 1111'11 seta 10 Brant• Bard. I we ikeil i;e'Htnntford at odd job; for ;t .time, hit wail: got slack tuud With alma. little, money I had saved, 1 welt luu•I: (o 'I'oro11tu,t 1 rouidteI get work !u Turol,to, mud soon uq' foods gine out 1'plauh'd ;with the iumngrtr tion official to get me wort:, 11e seal the to Norwich, :At a,,rwich the farmer 1 w:r; tent tit went for, said that 1,, hail n, 1111111. I truss then in 0 worse plight than trey, I. walked :about for worn: Intl there mos none to be had, The local inautigrntiva agent scat ue to AV'oo'd ;inch, 1 dun'n'ed heie tiaturdtty, I lead net unme,y to spell: of, and what 1911had 1 spent on a lied and supper. The tnrpigratiau melt htn'e eunldm't. help me. Sunday night, for the first time in my life, l slept behind the bars in your city lock-up. \fund,.,' lido looked darker. l wits without %work, friends or money, 1 ate, nothing ylnml•av roorningr or noun, but the lhnm govt. 010 an or- der for a supper. ,llonday night, rather than sleep outside, [ applied at the lock- up and was give'. a led. To -day I have hod nothing to cut, tied I don't know where I will Bleep!' The moi seeuted to he telling a truthful story', lie was 10 earnest, I'lar pangs of magna were telling on his cheeks, \\'len hu referred to his fanrii', he cried, He oras broke and starting in the midst of pleat)': r Linton applied for admission to the loekrnp hist night again, and so he ova' thorned tt it(t w,')ralley. ,ile will have snffioicnt if: tat et the tail for the next wreak, at all ,'worm, C}IANIJEL COSTS $4g5,000, Hoirever, they decided lltere twits Chfille . ant Mr, Robert Weddell, Trenton, Awarded Toronto Contract, Ottawa, April L3, The eontroet for the construction ut the 11t -t' western en- trants! to Toronto harbor has been ntterded to Robert 'Weddell, of Trenton. Out , the lowest, tenderer. - Elis- tender tuts $193,00(1 The Pattie Works De - 1, 11iient will tinge that the work be pro- secuted WWI all possible speed. The socaulni-meager belieVeS every- thing he hears, and what he doesn't heal he takes for granted, The Sabbath Day. (By (,leo. IV.:Armstrong,) Brightest (lay of all the .seven, 11a.11elujah! earth aml heaven; Join in sweetest praise, To our Saviour, priest and king; - Heaven with wondrous voices ting, Saints their mend of tribute bring, Joyful ;anthems raise. Brightest day of peace and rest, Day of all the week the best; Dn. when Cloud those; Formats sins .His life He gave. Triumphant .Iesns, strong to save, 1'ie'tr over death and grove \Idiom none can oppose. 1 rightes1 duty, celestial joy,, \Vonship be our clue f entpltiy', Communion divine; .Earthly toil and cart: aside, In (nod's temple to reside Where the Spirit cloth abide ]hats ttitlr hearts conthitte. Brightest dot refulgent glory, Radiant withsalvation's story, Day of life and love; Dank Would Ie this world of sin, But for light thy uq's bring in, r; iLal:ing cheerfulness within, From the realms above. Brightest day, may all its hours, Fragrant he as heaven's own bowie's, Spent fm praise and prayer; Anti each blessed Sabbath day, Be as Beacon's on the Way, More and utore Clods grace display Antidotes of care.. Loudon, Onhtri°. It Is Free, Salvation 10 free; bet that, does nett 11101111 that we a'e 11l1 sewed Without eon dation, He'e by our. door is 'Lake. On. teak); and yet mon may die of thirst within sight of it. liege are sunlight and pare air, mid yet we may die, Ileeause We Will not use either the sunlight 00 the air. There is many a. son,'tihmy 'a datighter; dying for want of the' shelter tut a home, who could have it-if'the' tv:•Iild listen to the pleading of their heart -broken father and mother calling to return to the home they hadfotsah- cn, The doors of a penitentiary may swing wide for an inmate, but he may prefer to stay ht prison. Salvation is 111 .0, lot there are conditions for using lice gift, Salvation involves err pe.,ttiag will. (loth gives; we, onion t e. Wo eamtot tale without repentance and: faith,—Exchange, The Sabbath. Cod is lower canted. With less than the best foir IDal, ;t'o this end He gave Iron authority oi'er the material e•cation, that Jt.• might. be sibje}t; O . dad minister to bion: for rale ecu tabliahcd the family, that tbgellier- men might be perfected boort 'thee joys and duties of doutestm-and so - chit . relationships: 'for this. IIit or- dnimed work., that life might novel be blighted with the em'se of idleness; for this 11e instituted the Sabbath, dont rest might contribute its helpful solace and condor(, (0 ever tcpnir the waste of life and_retiew matt for the struggle of life, Soot! have inter- preted the Nnhbntlt as 0 day set apart for (toil that Ile might exact for Maisel! a fraction of man's trait., Nothing could be more mistaken, The Sabbath was made for mar, 11 was made for him in recognition of the fact that man was made in the image of God and that it would be aut in- strument of .power in achieving goon. likeness. Tho Sabbath as a ilte,y of rest recognizes the discipline. of'wor4. A nun made in . the image of that must resemble Clod hi a life of active and purposeful usefulness and bene- volence. But it also recognizes that 0 man ,must occasionally, and if lac would Work at his best and longest, periodically rest. ..Two extreme view.: One 's of � ti current. r. thy, Sabbath are euttil. the Phatsale 01011, that the day is to be observed with an exacting and wearisome round of religious services, which even the sttiutliest find any- thing but a menus of grace and never cease to reproach themselves because they cannot feel otherwise. The ether is the scalar vier, whielt makes Sim- day an intension of frivolous idleness, if out of more vi pious dissipation, if tate of the tsd led to be Chosen, there can be no doubt of tate immonsc superiority even of the l'hara-uc Sab- bath to that of the secular, But sure- ly there is a better way of teg,trdung the Sabbath. On that day we may be social without beim; frivolous, and religions without being stutetimoniois. The best use of the Sabbath is that which tnahes it hest for the manifold mon--regarding his body, Itis mond, Ids heart, .0 wltolttsmmcly religious Sabbath is our salvation; religion is the only efficient sanction for morals, the only power which 00.0 make ms better min and better Women, the only offset to the eternal grind of material interests, the only efficicut discipline of character by Which man is able to reach and maintain "the ie f fullness measure of the, stature u the s of Christ." ---The N, 1', Christian ,Advo - cote, Long Sealed Up Art Treasures. \i:an,y ray and valuable painting's have just been discovered in one of the subterranean ]an .sage of State College More, The building was formerly in the posse ,inn of the Jesuits, and it is ton' lin c believed that when they were cspcll.d from the country they walled up the underground eat.acoutbs of the building in order that their treasures of tort and tt'ealth might be concealed, Puebla car. respondent Mexican Herald.