St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 February 1896 — Page 2

THE MAN FOR SANDY. I wouldna gie a copper plack For ony man that turns his back On duty clear; I would n a tak his word or note, I wouldna trust him for a groat. Which he might steer. (When things are just as things should be, And fortune gies a man the plea. Where'er he be It isna hard to understand How he mar walk through house and land Wi cheerful face and open hand Continually. But when, i’ spite o' work and care, A man must loss and failure bear, He merits praise: Wha will not to misfortune bow, Who cocks his bonnet on his brow And fights and fights, he kensna how, Through lang, hard days. I wouldna gie an auhl bawliee For ony man that I could seo Wha didna hold The sweetness o’ his mither's name. The kindness o’ his brother’s claim, The honor o’ a woman's fame, Far mair than gold. Nor Is it hard for him to do, Wha kens his friends are leal and Love sweet and strong. ~ 3^ Whose hearth knows not from year tC- it The shadow of a doubt or fear, 2.,^ Or feels the falling of a tear * For only wrong. But gie him praise whose lore is pain, Wha, wrong’d, forgives ami loves again, Ami, though he grieves, I"88 not the dear one from his care, But loves him mair, and mair, and mair. And bides his time wi' hope and prayer, And still believes. Ay. gie him praise who doesna fear The up-hill fight from year to year And who grips fast His ain dear ones through good or ill, Wha, If they wander, loves them still; Rome day of joy he’ll get his till; He'll win at last. —Pittsburg Post. D \ I I t;F I "Mlnchstedde, famous for ye flowre gardens: infamous for ye fayre.” That Is how an old chronicler sums up the character of the village. The Hower gardens remain unto this day; so docs the fair. But the fame of the one and the infamy of the other have long been merged In a decent, •obscurity. Minch stead has, indeed, shared the fate of a hundred other villages. It has sue cumbed to an age of railways. Formerly, Londoners used to visit Minehstead for change of air. They then took as long reaching it by coach or by post chaise as they now take over a railway Journey to St. Leonards or Eastbourne. Bath chairs and donkey chaises were quite abundant on Minch stead common then. Children and nurses thronged It. It was a popular saying in the place that “seven airs met there"—meaning thereby seven dis ' tlnct characters of atmosphere. How that number was arrived at is scarcely obvious. But, at any rate, the common was, and Is,-particularly bracing, and a day spent upon it cannot fail to invigorate the spender. Now, however, Ichabod! No one is to be met there save the übiquitous golfer, the loafer, who lives upon his lost balls, and the dingiest sheep and most odoriferous goats that are to be j found within the twelve-mile radius. The fair, as we have said, still remains. It Is held at Bartlemy tide on the old village green. There is an old and there Is a new green at Minch- i stead. The latter deserves the name, for It has a fine expanse of turf; with the former It is otherwise. Every blade of grass has longdisappeared from j It It is a bare, worn space of gravel ■ and sand, trodden to the consistency of a road by playing children and loafing men and women. It Is here that the denizens, whose houses lie around th? green, are full of cursing and bitterness for three whole days in every August. The strident music of the merry-go- ! rounds, the nauseous odors of their oilfed engines, the oaths of drunken men. [ the shrieks of drunken women, the gen- j era! rowdyism and disorders which are { rampant after dark may serve as some । excuse even for cursing and bitterness. ■ Many Minchsteadites have tried to get i the nuisance put down, but without avail. The fair is held by royal charter. An act of Parliament alone can abolish IL And Parliament has its hands too full already to be passing acts for the abatement of mere local nuisances. The fair, therefore, continues. In the daytime It is quite respectable; it is even aristocratic, as aristocracy in Minchstead goes. Ladies no mere lydies—have been seen in the swinging boats before dusk; gentlemen—-and ■ those not simplj- gents—stroll up there I to while away an hour of the afternoon 1 in cocoanut skies and rille shooting, i There Is a famous shooting range, kept j by one Amos Dunkley, which has ! graced Minchstead fair regularly since the early 50’s. You do not simply shoot । down a tube at glass bottles, but you । have a sort of miniature jungle where • In to practice your markmauship a jungle full of moving rabbits and dying birds for .the experts, of stationary targets and bottles for the inexperienced. To those Minchsteadites who used to patronize this gallery a few years ago one figure must have been very familiar. It was that of a middle-aged woman, belonging evidently to the poorer classes, who used to stand just at the entrance of Dunkley’s gallery all through the three days of the fair. She ■went by the name of “Daft Bet.” Pass-ers-by would nod to her in a pitying sort of way, and give her coppers or small silver coins. She did nut, however, pay much heed to any of them, or even seem to care whether they gave her money or not. Her eyes were all the while fixed upon the entrance of the shoot lug gallery, with a set, eager expression, as though she were anxious- !*■ watching for some one to come out.

So she was. So she had been now for thirty years. When eleven struck, and Dunkley came to the door to close his gallery for the night, she would ask him, eagerly: “How about Tom? Will he be coming home to-night?” And Dunkley would say, with a kindly gravity that did credit to his felings: “No, lass, no! • Tom must stay tonight to take care of the show.” “But you'll not keep him to morrow ni^ht, Mr. Dunkley, sir—you'll not keep to-Ynorrow?” “Nay, lass! I'll not keep him to-mor-row." For thirty years had this same dialogue taken place on each of the three nights of Minchstead Bartlemy fair. jDaft Bet's story was a sufficiently sad one. In the year 1855, a bride of six weeks' standing, she had lost her husband In the following tragic way: Dunkley, one of whose assistants had been unexpectedly laid up, had engaged Tom Pilcher, a resident of Minchstead, to help him with his shooting gallery during the three days of the fair. Toward evening, on the last of the three days, something went wrong with one of the running rabbits, and Tom crept into the jungle to put the thing in order. The shooting was stopped while he did so. but the gallery was very full just then; there was great confusion ami crowding among the would be marksmen, ami somehow one of the attendants did not observe that lorn Pilcher was in the jungle, for he was stooping very low and was hidden by the artificial grass and rushes. The at- * tern la n t ha tided a loaded gun to a gentle man who stretched out his hand for it. The latter, also never seeing Tom, took aim at one of the rabbits in the grass, and before he could be stopped fired. There came a sharp cry from the Jungle, followed by an ominous groan, j Dunkley sprang ever the barrier and rushed forward. He found poor 'loin Pilcher huddled upon the ground, just breathing his last. An ugly wound in ' the forehead showed where the ball had . penetrated. I Everybody present was horror st rick i en by this tragical accident. The gen tieman who had fired the shot, especial ly, was in a perfect agony of distress. But the affair was rendered sadder still j by what followed. Tom's young wife, who had come there to walk home with j him, was actually waiting for him at the entrance at the time when the acel ■ dent occurred. Some excited and ' thoughtless witness of the catastrophe went out and told her never attempt i ing to break it gently, or in any way , to prepare the poor girl for the shoe!;. ; She ran wildly in. She forced her way through the crowd to her dead husband. ’ She threw herself upon his body, with a terrible wail. When she at length raised her eyes from the dead they were ■ fixed and strange. The light of reason , was gone from them. It never returned. This is how it was that ever after | ward, during the Minchstead Bartlemy j fair, you would find her at the floor of \ Difukley’s gallery waiting for Tom: j never quitting her post, never grow ing weary, always receiving with pa j tient acquiescence Dunkley’s intima i tion that Tom could not be spared from ' the show that night, and buoying her self up with the promise that he would surely be allowed to come with her tomorrow. The gentleman who had fired the ' fatal shot made what amends wore । possible to this afflicted creature. H - j called upon the vicar of the parish ami I arranged to pay the widow, through ■ him. a sufficient weekly allowance to j I keep her in comfort for her life, or - supposing such a course should be held necessary to defray the cost of her ' I maintenance in a good private asylum. I The former course was adopted, for the doctors pronounced her quite harmless, and declared that there was no reason for shutting her up. And so poor Daft ■ Bet lived on in Minchstead for thirty | years, pitied and kindly used by all; I not unhappy, never complaining, but i supported from first to last by her mer- | ciful delusion, ami always confident | that she should see her Tom to mo; । row. It was exactly thirty years after the : ! fatal accident in the August of 1885 - I that a party of young fellows who had j come over with a cricket team to play ‘ j a match against the famous Minchstead : Club strolled down to the fair in the evening on the lookout for a little amusement. Some betook themselves to one show, some to another. Three or four wont into Dunkley’s world-re-nowned shooting gallery. One of them, a good-looking, merry young fellow of about 20, seemed to attract Daft Bet's attention as he went by. fur she suddenly fixed her great, hollow eyes upon him and followed him into tho gallery with an eager glance. By and by she | went up to the doorkeeper. I “Justlet me in. I want to speak to : l’<. e,“ she sahl, coa singly. “Nay. Bet,” said the man, with more i kindness than might have been expecticd from his rough appearance. “You । cannot come in now, lass. Tom’s । busy. He has no time to be speaking ; to you." i “Do let me In, there’s a dear," she I persisted, earnestly. The doorkeeper shook his head. “I mussen. lass.” he said decidedly. “Oh, there is Mr. Dunkley'” she cried. “Let me ask Mr. Dunkley. Mr. Dunkley, sir!” Amos was standing near the entrance. He turned round at the sound of his name, and Bet preferred her request I to him. “Mr. Dunkley, sir; let me come in for a minute to speak to Tom,” she plead ed. “Tom's busy, lass," said Amos, using ■ the same excuse as the doorkeeper had done. “He can’t be spared from his work at present." ‘‘But let me just come in and wait Inside till he is readj- to speak to me." ’ cried Bet, clasping her hands. “Oh, do ■ let me, Mr. Dunkley, sir!” Amos Dunkley was a soft-hearted man. He had always been very kind

to Bet, and It went against him fp fuse her this small and easily granted favor, by which, moreover, the poor, mail creature seemed to set such store. “Well, lass, if you do come inside,” ho said, “you must just stand still and wait pa tiently. W e cannot have business interfered with, you know.” “Oh, Mr. Dunkley, sir, I’ll be as good as gold. I’ll stand inside and never move or speak till Tom is ready. Maybe I shall see Tom when I’m inside?” she added with half wistful inquiry la her tone. “No, no, lass; you'll not see him. He’s busy at the back,” said Amos Dunkley. “But I'll see him when he's done, Mr. Dunkley, sir?” “Oh, yes, Bet. You'll see him when he’s done.” She came Inside the gallery and stood quietly in a corner. Her eyes roamed about the tent until they fell upon the young man already mentioned, and on him they remained fixed. She followed all his’ movements eagerly. Never for a second did she allow her gaze to wander from him. Now she seemed to be growing agitated. She could not stand still. Sho was twisting both her hands in a corner of her apron, then untwisting; so on, rapidly. Iler feet / $ 11 fidgeted on t lie grounTT^^. -p, however. observed her. The place was full. Amos and his assistants were all busy. \t last Daft Bet could remain In her place no longer. She glided swiftly forward and mingled with the throng. Soon she was close to the barrier where the marksmen stood ami was almost rubbing shoulders with the young man. on whom her eyes had been neverceasingly fixed. They were glittering now with a peculiar light. She lifted her hand and plucked the young man by the sleeve. “Hilloa, mother! What is it?” no said, turning round and regarding her i good-naturedly. “Where is Tom?" she asked, almost In , a whisper. "My good woman, really I cannot tell ‘ you." was the laughing rejoinder. "You know where he is you do know where he is," she persisted, with acer- ; tain fierceness in her tone. "1 assure you you are quite mistaken." said the young man. still laughing, for he supposed that it was some kind ■of joke. "I know umhing about him.” “You shall tell me!" she cried, passionately. "You shall tell me whore ho i is!” At this point one of the assistants, ! who was standing at the barrier load : ing t itles for use. turned round and saw Daft Bet clutching the young man's I arm. "Now then, lass,” he said, shandy, “none of that. Y ou've m> business here annoying our customs; s < ' 'me. clear i out of It!” The woman's eyes blazed With In credible swiftness, and before he ^»uhl prevent her, site reached fnrwardtaml caught up one of the weap-^ whi™ ha had just loaded. She poin:^ it straight at tile ymmg man . fore! pulled the trigger. If W^aiiT.ie w k -of a second. (Tack! Hash! smoko! a I heavy thud; and then a moment's awtti! : silence. In that moment, while dismay st'.!! held every onlooker paralyzed. B- • throw down the discharged gun and snatched up another loaded, ready for use. She held tho mmzlo against p,.;. own forehead and, crying. “He does know he does: he shall take me to my font!" so fired, ami fell.

“Good Go<1!" said Amos Dunkley a few minutes inter, to one of the dead ; man's companion'. "Good God! Tiem that explains it." "How? What do you mean?" ex- ' claimed the other, who was nearly beside himself with mingled grief and : hormr. “I mean, young man." answered Amos very solemnly, "that the hand of fate Is clearly’ present in this dread1 ful thing. Thirty years ago her Ims- ' band was accidentally shot in my gal- ; lory on this very green. The one as ’ shot him was your poor friend's father." London Truth. PECULIAR RETAINING FEE. Jolin Chinaman Had It Arranged Before He Per petrated the Crime. Col. A. I', Vogelsang, the attorney, is regarded as one of the best raconteurs of the legal jyofession. In the Palaeo grillroom yesterday he L-t out a string of anecdotes. He said that a few weeks ago Dennis Spencer, the Napa luminary, was called upon by a Chinaman one evening, when the following dialogue ensued: “ ‘One Chinaman kill another Chinaman with a hatchet; how much you charge make him clear?’ “ d'H take the case,’ said Mr. Spen T, ‘for $1,000.’ " ‘Allee right.' said the Chinaman, ‘I bo back after while.' ‘•ln about a week ho returned to Mr.' Spencer's office and laid down SI,OOO in gold coin on his table. Mr. Spencer swept the money into the dtawet. “ - Well, the Chinaman, he dead.’ “ ‘Who killed him?’ “ ‘I did.’ “ ‘When did you kill him?’ 1 “ ‘Last night.’ There was some curiosity on the part of the audience for further light on the disposition of the S>oo'», but Mr. Vogelsang immediately spun off on to another story. San Francisco Call. Buffaloes Help Each Other. W hen an African buffalo is wounded by a hunter it is surrounded by several others, who immediately group themselves round him and help him along [ in their midst by shoving against his ’ side until they have reached a place of safety. Fattier of Cats. > One of the chief men in a Molta minedan caravan is the cat-sheik, or “Fath1 er of Cats,’’ who rides a camel carrying I dozens of baskets filled with cats.

MUTINY IN THE ARMY SALVATIONISTS REBEL AGAINST THEIR ENGLISH GENERAL. The Soldiers in America Do Not Want to Have Balliuuton Booth Go Away —What the Popular Leader and His Wife Have Done, Lesson of *76 Again. The peremptory order from Gen. Booth, cormnander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, relieving Ballington Booth of the command in America has called forth a protest from the 30,000 soldiers who fairly worship the commander and his wife. The army was stunned by the news. It asked for an explanation, a reason why its leader should be taken away. He answered sadly that he knew nothing more than what the brief order contained. Not a word of information accompanied it. There was no news of GIN. WM. BOOT IT. ivhere he was to go or who would be his Successor. "I am a soldier. 1 must obey,” said the commander. "1 ask you all to make my burden ns light as possible.” The army refuses to listen to his on treaties or to accept the order. Meet ings are being arranged in every part of the country. Protests ami petitions of all kinds will be forwarded to the interimtiona) headquarters in London. The seeds of mutiny lune been set, and if a coneil hitory answer is not received from Gen. Booth the members of the army in Amer iea may form an independent wing, with Ballingt'.n Booth ns sole lea.h r. Nine years ngo Babington Booth, son of Gen. William B >th. the founder ami

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absolute commander of the Salvation! Army, was sent to this < untry to tak" charge of the scattered forces, who were making little progress here, lb- was an Englishman born and bred, ’b- broembt with him his wife, the daughter of a Church of England clergyman. They entered at on, e upon the work and Irm hc<s onplished wonderful things. Mrs. Booth is as me hos a ■ m.mamler ns h-r : husband, and in every undertaking .she: has had an equal share. They found here about iTD officers and Q.OOO s-ddiers. i>oo rly organized and standing very low in piddle e-timation. To-day there are 2.l**) officers and 3,500 local officers. the latter being men ami women who work at their various callings in the daytime and devote their evenings and Sundays to army work. There are GSO corps and 30,000 soldiers. O' institutions the army has 10 slum posts. 0 rescue homes, 22 training garrisons for cadets, 4 i>od ami shelter denots, numerous ho- - - <: relief in various cities, and 0 outrider circuits in the mining camps >1 the Me-t. In addition to this there is the War C . . with a weekly circulation of Di.iix*. In the larger cities the army bus gradually been acquiring property, the bnauquarters building in New 1 rk <’y b. ing die largest and finest. One result oi which the booths arc proud, st is the rise of the army in pub lie e-tim.t >u A t hrsr churches and people generally gave no approval er support. Having their hosts thor oughly organized and accomplished telling results. Commander awl Mrs. Booth commenced work among the higher social classes. An auxiliary corps was started and it now numbers among its members leading ministers. Governors, Senators and many* men of wealth. The army had distinctly risen in the social scale when Gen. William Booth came to this country last year. The progress of the American army in popular esteem seemed especially to displease him, and ho preached continually about the necessity of keeping down every tendency to rise above the gutter. The independence of the American army and its evident tendency to cut loose from Enofish rule and methods caused many sharp Pnlks to officers. He saw that a continua;ion meant ultinmJe separation. He said •.he army was too much Americanized. After leaving this country Gen. Booth '.arto<l on a tour of the world to investi^ate the wings of the army in various regions. He sent from India the order relieving Ballingion Booth of the command in America. At the same time he relieved the commanders in several other conntries. He > s determined that the armies shall feel that they are all under his command and that every country shall be sub servient to English rule. International headquarters in London have continuallyInterfered in the affairs of the American army, countermanding orders and giving

directions that seemed unwise to the lea^ ers here. No appointment to high rank enn bo made without approval of London. All those things have boon borne in silence, never getting outside of the ranks of the officers, but tlio order removing the commander and his wife was more than they could endure. The soldiers talk of the revolution of 177(5, ami say it is time tor tlic Americans to again arise against the English. If the orders are not rescinded the army will take measures to declare itself independent of London domination. FILTH IN BAKESHOPS. Startling Discoveries by New York Bakery Inspectors. Since the new law requiring inspecting of the bakeshops of New Y'ork went into effect, about half a year ago, many startling discoveries have been made by the inspectors of that city. But it was not until the other night that the State authorities were given an insight into the filthiness of some of the bakeshops of the metropolis. Deputy State Factory Inspector I raney and Bakeshop Inspector Hanlon started out together to take a peep at some of the city's bakeries. Whatever doubts Mr. Franey might have had as to tho necessity of the bakeshop law they were removed. The shop, the condition of which produced the strongest impression on Mr. Franey’s mind, is located tn Barnrd street, and is kept by an Italian. It is a cellar shop. Its floor area is small, its ceiling is low. and. on the night of the expedition, the place was exceedirgly dirty. Not only is the baking of bread, cakes, pies and other flour products carried on in the cellar in question, but the boss linker's entire family, together with the workmen in the simp, make it their constant abode. It uns the middle of the evening when they entered the shop. In the front part of the cellar, in a little store partitioned off from the shop, the boss baker's wife was selling bread and other baked things. In the shop, near tho door connecting it and the store, two workmen were asleep on a cot. In a lerg. coffin like bread box. such as Italian and French bakers use >n preference to the j square ones used by bakers of other nationalities. another workman was asleep. These were "day hnnds.” At the molding board the two night hands, stripped to tho waist, were busy mixing dough. On a cot near the board two children of from 7 to 10 years were slumbering peacefullv. while in the dough trough was a child less than a year old. Mr. Hanlon has encountered stranger things, however, than babies in dough troughs. In one shop au open barrel stood in the middle of the floor. From tin' top of the barrel there was rising at the moment of his entrance a thin, whitish cloud, evidently of dust, steam, smoke ior flour. Investigation showed it to be

of floor, and that it was caused by the flnttermg ; e i s ramliing of a hen ci the th in- that w: t" be made into bread. I l.e op< ,-alien of the law will be rendered even e re- cffi- tive by the passage of cert:: n amendmen: s whi. h are now before the Legislature. CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS General Improvement Marked in the Financial Bt e’ness. Tho al er:-., from the reports made to the Controller of the Currency by the 3.70(1 national banks in the United States showing th ir condition Dee. 13. 1895, shows loans and discounts amounting to $2.) J>.'. Gl .792, against .82,059,46 5 .492 Ne)c. 2S. 1595. the date of the last report. The gold coin hold by the national banks Dec. 13 amounted to $113.843,400, against .>Ho.37s.::c^> Sept. 2S. The gold treasury certiti. ntes on hand amounted to $20,936,be compared with $21,525,930 Sepr^gS, The gold clearing house certifi- . .-Hies aggrogn-?d .$33.4G5.(»00. compared i with .Cl.('2l.‘*<»o at the last report. TE, si ■ ■ ir. :,- i-y certificates amount- - ed t $25,87^.323, to be compared with i $22.91 Llso in Sopiomher. The t dal spe- : . m on EmT Dv. 13 w.-is $2(m,712.410, . r ." r <1 U ith $19(i.2-".7,3l I Sept. 2n The legal ■ : r 'os tn hau l D > 13 . a ... . , i.. ,$99.2i’>9 4g". agains $93,- , !MC>,t;<i 8. . 28. 'J he United States , . a s of deposit for legai tender i.u Im । aggregated $31,440,000, against $49,920.0(J0 at the time of the Sep- ' tember report. Tiio reports snow that between Sept. 2S, 189.". and Dec. 13 the national banks increased their individual deposits from $1,701.i'.,"i3.521 to $1,720,550,241. CUSHMAN K. DAVIS. Made Prominent by His Monroe Doctrine Resolution. Tim resolution fathered'by Senator C. K. Davis, of Minnesota, to extend the workings of the Monroe doctrine beyond

the mainland’of this continent so as to include all the islands adjacent thereto, makes the originator a marked man these days. The bill goes much farther than the President in :cnded in his recent message on Venezuela and will be vetoed should it reach tire M hite House. The author

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is said to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Masked robbers held up four passengers in the Falls City, Neb., depot, relieved them of their valuables and then earn ped.

THE Sl’NbAY' SCHOOL. INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Ele va t in K Character -Wholesome Food for ThoughtStudying the Scriptural Lesson latelligently and Profitably. Lesson (or Feb. 2. Golden Text. -The Son of’ man hath power upon earth to forgive sins. Luka 5: 21. power of.]es U si s .he subject of this Fssom tne text of which is found in Luke 5: l< -20. A glimpse Ot Jesus, on one of his davs "I earth. A certain day.” the lesson says, just a specimen day; there were many doubtless like it. o to go forth m the same spirit, not forgetting but torgiving. ( ar-t was ever giving forth power and healing. He gave himself t o helping others. In this he sets an example for the church. Teacher, are you going before your class to-day to render unto others of the best that is in you and by God's grm-e tqsm you? Do it for love’s sake, says Thomas (’arlyle. "In a valiant suflering for others, and not in a slothful mak ng oile rs suffer for us qjj nobleness ever lie. Every noble crown is. ano •,. „ on ear.b must !»■. a <-rown <>f thorns! Go to God for strength and joy. and then g > forth to impart it to others. There are plenty that need it. "Be thou tlie rainbow to the storms of life. The (wemng beam that smiles the clouds away. And tints to-morrow witli prophetic ray.” By roti. If migh: he well, as giving us a hint regarding (’heist's sources of power ami Our own. t<> include the sixteenth verse of this chapter just pre.-ediug the ’ -sson, "Ami he withdrew himself into the wilderm ss. and prayed. It is worth noting licit there was a double occas on f..r this prayer of Christ. The prior context hints at great i>opularity. the a t ter context tells of heavy duties and something of criticism. To steady himself in tim. < () f affluence as well as to strengthen himself against hours of stress am' s niggle Ciirist had resort unto prayer. It is "tim sc.-ret of the Lord" learn it. One of the constant demands made upon Cbr-xt was for teaching. For this Im needed hours of ]>rayerful repose. "As he was teaching.” it says, more literally as he was engaged in teaching (present participlei. as of a frequent ami indeed continuous exercise, a habit ami custom in Christ's days among the people. What a privilege to have the Lod of glory for a teacher! The Pharisees and doctors were, by the same const ruction, habitually ’’sitting by, watching and censuring him.” There are those who belong-to this succession still. The Pharisee’s idle seat has not long been loft empty, the seat of the scornor. albeit, in the hou>e of (lod. There are those who S‘-t thems?h<s up as censors and erhies. Pha rise, s i:M do-tors diligently engaged while others toil, in sitting by and reasoning with tin mscives. Soinetim- they ri i-.in ent lotnl. Then men call it grumbling. "'llie (lower of God was present to heal." Greek; unto his healing (eis with the infinitive) i. e.. that he might heal them. For this or to this end the power of God was present in Christ. Even so Jesus >aid in last Sunday's les< >n. "The Spirit of tho Lord is upon mo. because Im hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at Eberly them that are bruis- • ■d" 11: Ist Brother, sister, whale v r gra -e or talent is given to you is for a purpose. 1 -e it to help and heal.

"They sought means" to br’ng in the palsied man. <‘r as the graphic Greek puts it, they kep: seeking means (imperfei't tense, frequentative*. D-nibth -s they tried one plan after another, keeping on persistently until they succeeded. Was not this a par! of the "faith" which Christ commended in them? ho is tics which speaketh blasphemy?" th.' Pharisees ask. They are quick to catch at his words. They count themselvi s .in quite easy ground here. Presently he is performing :i deed, putting the word into act. How suddenly »ilent th. y becomt I The argument is this: "You are right: it is easier to say. Thy sins he forgiven thee, than to say. Rise and walk, because you cannot see sins remove, but you can see one step forth and walk. Yet if I show mys.-ls equal to the latt r, 1 am likewise equal to the former. .'.ml now in order that you m» • kimw that the.Smi jf man hath power upon earth to forgu e rfy.s (he saJh to the sick of (he palsy h I say unto tin o. at - -. and take up the couch and a • into thy mm-.'." H ' rises, walks and limy are spfi hies-. The end .f it ali * is God glorified. As the man wa 4. in • : swer to ( hri-t s word he glor.ned i, - L Every h. aI and Straightened life C-C,-, God: -very <-.m---ver. glut it < - H l as he wu.-ks in the strength o: C, Ami the people glorilied God by open <h lamaiion and avowal. The world* echo. This kind always follows the other. When shall the earth be tilled with God’s glory? When the lips and lives <>f Christians are first of all glorious with his praise. XII earth will then take up iue - rain, and G •! himself shall be with us. i aging the place ol his feet glorious. What blessed opportunities we have about us for tiie displav oi the divine grace! The harder the field, tiie greater the possibilities for <i"ds sovereignty. Where was the pou.-t- f rhe Lord pres ent to heal? Where the want of man was present to be helped. Is there need about you? Do y ’ii yourself feel lack? Lt is God’s opp. : tuni.y to declare h:s uAgrit and magnify his name. Be glad of it. Next Lesson "Tiie Sermon on the Mount."—Luke G: 11 1!’. Odds and Ends. Any army is strong enough for God, when it has no cowards in it. Bad men do right only because they have to. Good men because they lovo to. There are a good many things tn every sinner’s life that he tries to bids from himself. The man who lias no business of his own to attend to, will soon be found at-te-ading to the -k vil's business. >