3 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, i, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1910. - YORKSHIRE $0LD CHURCH | WORSHIP HAS BEE EN CONDUCTED IN IT FOR FOURTEEN CENTURIES. The JLatle Church is Near Kirkdale--It is Situated at the Bottom of a Valley, Close to a Pre-historic Cave. A writer in the Montreal Star tells of a hitile church where God has been worshipped for thirteen or fourteen. centuries end of a pre-historic cave, containing the bones of animals which most of us never dreamt of r being m Bri tain a is @ bedutiful countsy," he. writes from Melmly, Yorkshire, "1 walked to Kirk- : five miles east of here, from which, 1 suppose, Kirkdale, P.Q., is named. 1 have never' seen' a prettier spot in Englanel From a lonely road you dip down into a gréen little * valley with a little lonely stone church at the bottom. in the cupve of a brook or 'brun,' the other bank of which is thickly wooded, form- 4g a semicircular sweep of woods in avtumn tints as a background. It is all ag solitary and wild-looking as if in the gountry in-Cani- ada or as when the first church was built on the spot sGon after the conversion of England to Christianity. Over the door of the little church is a sundial face carved in stone with if inscription saying 'Orm Gamal's on bought Sanctus Gregorius minster, when nt was all to-broken and to-fallen and he made it new from the ground, to Christ aud Sanctus Gregorius, in Edward's days, the king and in, Tosti's, earl' On the dial faee is carved, 'This is day's sun-marker at every time," and 'Hiworth me wrought and Brand the priest' The inscription is Anglo-Saxon, most of the words being old' forms of the above rendering and all! wonderfully fresh and clear, though carved when Edward the Confessor was King of England and Tosti, Harold's brother, who afterwards rebelled, was Earl of Northumbria, to which York- shire belonged. Auld the church was only re- built then and has still in it a carved coffin- id on which the inscription 'Cyning Dethi- wild' has been deciphered, so that it is-be- lieved to be the coffin of Ethelwald, King of Deira (Yorkshire), in 642 AD. There is not a house in sight from the church, but I sup- se for thirteen or 'fourteen centuries the + Wl people ground about have been com- ing to Kirkdale for their Sunday worship and on the festivals of the Church, as they stilt do. After leaving the church I.crossed the brook to a quarry where there is a low- mouthed cave iw awhich have -begn discovered the bones of hyenas and their pfey, all sorts © of incredible beasts which lived in pre-his- toric Britain, clephants, lions, tigers, bears and bisons, etc., whose bodies must have been dragged by fragments to the hyenas' den'! It is .as famous among geologists and natumal- ists as the Saxon sundial is among antiquaries and historians" This letter gives us a most interesting glimpse of ancient Britain rather out of the beaten track of tourises. Many Canadians who visit the Motherland would find it more profitable to wander around the. country than to spend all their time in cities, seeing plays sv Gite = at home, Father Ryan. Some find work where some find rest, And so the weary world moves on, 1 sometimes wonder what is best, The answer comes when life is gone. Some eyes sleep when some wake, And so the dreary night-hours go; Some hearts beat where some hearts break; 1 often. wonder why 'tis so. . Some will faint where some will fight-- Some love the tent--and some the field, I often wonder who are right-- , The ones who strive, or those who yield. Some feet halt where some feet tread, : In tireless march, a thorny way. . Some struggle on where some have fled . Some seck while others shun, the fray. Some swords rust where others clash, je falh back while some move on, Some Mlags furl where others flash _ Until the battle has been won Some sleep on, while others keep The vigils of the true and brave: They will not rest till roses creep Around their name, above a grave. --b---------- If I Were a Boy Again. vi In some papers, of the late Dr. Harper, of the University of Chicago, was bund a mem- orandum which rag like this: "I I were a boy again I would strive 1o find out from good books how good men lived. : "If 1 were a boy again 1 would cultivate new patience with the faults of others and study my own with greater care. I would strive for humility. "H 1 were a boy again I would more and more cultivate the company of those older, whose graces of person and mind would help me in my work. 1 would always seek good campany, "If 1 were a boy again I would study-Ahe Bible even more than I did. I would make «| a mental companion. The Bibie is a neces sity for every boy. GER pe ! "If I were a boy again I would study the Efe and character of our Saviour persistently, Has I might become mere and more like unto | Rad ish . Why Is It So? oa » " - Gethsemane as it Appears Today. Wilbur F. Crafts. It lies at the base of Mount Olivet, over against Jerusalem. It, is almost a square, 160 by 150 feer It is enclosed by a high white stone wall. Inside are eight venerable olive trees, thought by some persons to be the same trees that were there in the time of The he ro may be the samc, as the Emperor - Titus afl trees cut down when . he conquered Jerusalem in AD. 7, but yet Ee ar, have escaped. The alive trees in] Jwas published in BISHOP BEDELL'S BIBLE. in Irish Was Published in 1685. "On the eve of the Revolution of 1688, there 685 a good bulky volume, ters. This was the Old Testament in Irish, commonly known as Bis shop Bedell's Bible. Tarcugh the liberality of the Hen Robert Boyle, a son of the great Earl of Cork, copies of it were sent to the Highleod parishes. of Scotland, with suitable inscriptiotis, intimating that they were pre- sented to the ministers and their successors ii office. There is in the possession of on: family, one of these Cid Gaelic Bibles, which was used for many centuries in the Parish Church of Balquhidder in Perthshire soil the end of the book there is written the last page, in the neat hand of the period, the words: "The Chureh Bible of Balgquhid- der, 1688" « It has been int the possession of the writer's family. for nearly a century, hay- ing been presented by an old lady in the par- ish of Balqubidder to her relative, the late Rev. Samuel Ferguson, miniites of Fortingall. There are still a féw copies of this interesting Bible in some Highland manses; none #e used now in public worship, the Irish char- acters being so difficult ts read. A Hebrew Dictionary. It seems late in the day for the first appearance of an adequate dictionary of the Hebrew langu- age. Yet up to now there has been no sich work embracing all periods of the language' Biblical Hebrew has received almost exclusive attention from the lexicographers. The Talmud is accessible in the dictionaries of Levy, Kohut and Jastrow. " 3 But for medidéyal and modern Hebrew noth- ing exists except isolated vocabularies on special lined. Abdve all, no attempt has been made to bring Bible, Talmud and modern Hebrew into one alphabet and treat the whole Hebrew langu- age as a living organism with a recorded life of 3,000 years. RE This is now being abempted by Mr. Klieser Ben Jehuda, who has prepared and is publishing a Thesaurus of the Hebrew language of all times, which will run to twelve extensive volumes, two of which Hive already appeared with commend- able speed, so that there is every probability that the whole work will' bs concluded within a reasonable space. of time, The awthor gives the meaning of each root in English, French and German, but naturally ex- pounds the meaning and derivation of the word in Hebrew itself. His vocabulary seems to be as extensive as could be wished for, covering all the the works that can be reasonably regarded as within the living tradition of Hebrew speech, and sources and authorities are given for each word. Mr. Ben Jehuda, appropriately enough, lives in Jerusalem, and if enabled to complete his great work will have done a service to all Israel. Old Testament 4to, in Irish char i, On The Modern Wedding. Scottish Chronicle. A correspondent, of the South African Chronicle, writing of afternoon weddings, de- clares them to be a serious breach of Church order, and shows that the whole idea of a wedding has degenerated. According to our present common practice, a wedding becomes almost perforce an occasion for worldly pomp and external display, instead of a joy- ous festival in the heart of the Christian home, acoompanied by Christian devotion in its highest form. The true typel of a wedding day is that which begins with the marriage service and nuptial Eucharist. At this ser- vice only those who really care, the relatives and near friends, can be present, nor is it de- sirable that ary others should be. But a re- ception in the afternoon, when the newly- married couple receive and entertain their guests, would amply satisfy the legitimate de- sire to call together a wider circle of friends and neighbors on such an occasion. What is specially valuable in the correspondent's let- ter is his testimony that "the Church's old- fashioned way of doing it lifts the marriage serv'ce to a higher plane at once, and will have. a real .influencé in elevating the married state." Henry VI'S Body Discovered. The supposed tomb of King Henry VIL (murdered in the Tower of London, 1471) has just been opened in St. George's Chapel, WindS®r, and portions of a skeleton were found, The bones were in a box a few feet be- ineath the pavement under an arch on = the south side of the alfar. They were apparent- ly the bones of a man. After examination by a doctor and several authorities, including the - Provost of Eton (which was founded by Henry VI.) and the Provost of King's Col- lege, Cambridge, and castle officials, «the skeleton was reinterred in the presence of clergy. and the vault closed. It is understood that a report is to be made to the King. Tighe and Davis, in their work, "Annals of Windsor," state: "In .1484 Richard III caused the body of Henry VI. to be removed from Chertsey Abbey and to be buried at Windsor, where it was solemnly reinterred, on August 12, in St. George's Chape!, under the uppermost arch on the south side of the altar" Bishop con Betrothals. Bishop Welldon, the Dean of Manchester, hanled to Mr. Frank Voyce, ie secretary of the Manchester Playgocrs' Club. on behalf of the members, several presents on the occasion of Mr. Voyce's wedding. The: Bishop said: "In such mattérs I am ia a rather peculiar position. I have joined a good many people to- atther in holy matrimony, and when I was nuaster of Harrow schogl some of my boys got into Such foolish entanglements that T was almost as often called in to dissolve and not to cement 'matrimonial engagements. ( Laughter.) 1 cer- tairly had some peculiar interviews with young ladies of the dramatic profession. "M8 there is anyone in this room who wants an engagement broken off T don't think I, am con- ceited in Fesommthing them to c3l! me in" (Laughter) 3 Otic Rind of Amosaaity. Booker T. Washington, at the National Negro BIEHOP GORE DETINES LIMITS In Which He Considers i Possible to Co- 1 etre With Various Communions. the Birmingham Diocesan Conference, ne Bishop defined the limits within which he considered it possible for him to co-operate with Dissenters and others on en ungenomi- national basis. He could, as he said, go as a scholar and address any gathering of people from any platform on any Biblical subject, or jein in any free Biblical discussion where could" "speak his whole mind without offence. He could join with any men of goodwill in schemes of social betterment. He could go and pray or speak on any mewral ground where good men might meet, and, acknow!- edging that they differed, pray for light and charity. But he could not go orto any plat- form where prayers musi be conducted ahd exhortations delivered on ~ "the assumption that all the various Christian bodies were simply differently organized parts of the Church of Christ, one essentially as good as another, In these days, his Lordship said, when Rome seems to be becoming more and more rigid, and 'Dissent more and more vague, it is more than ever .necessdry for Churchmen to be true, even at the cost of some unpopy- larity, to their corporates vocation. ' As gh in- stance of the impossibility of accepting the undenominational theéry, he dFrewattention to the fact that even the requirement of Bap- tism--the most spiritual of all requirements-- is with difficulty maintained among Baptists and Methodists, while it is abandoned by Sal- vitionists and the Society of Friends. Chureh people, he added, have a distinctive platform to hold, and a distinctive witness to bear, the witness of Creed and Canon, Sacrament and Ministerial Succession, the inseparable Parts of ane whole. BE OF GOOD CHEER. Miss Lilian Leveridge, Coe Hill, Ont. "Be of good cheer, thy sins are all forgiven," Thus. spake' the Saviour {6 the stpplian; one O wondrous word, gracious bénediction, Body and soul made strong life's race to run. "Tis thus Christ Jesus speaks to thee to-day, "Be of good cheer, I'll wash thy sins away. No balm of peace, no star of hope can bless thee, No lasting joy in earth or Heaven above, It one sin unrepented, unforgiven, Cloud the clear brightness of thy Father's love. Sin-burdened soul, hear thy Redeemer say, "Be of good cheer, I'll wash thy, sins away." "Be of good cheer, thy faith hath made thee whole :" And she who touched His garment straight was healed, What tenderness, what depth of love difithomed, What kingly power the Master's word revealed! The touch of faith can still avail O soul! Be of good cheer, Christ Jesus makes thee whole. Dark was the night, no star was there to guide them Those fishers tempest-tost' on Lalilee. And lo! a spirit walked upon the waters As terror-struck they gazed o'er the wild sea. The voice of Jesus quelled their fears dismayed, "Be of good cheer, tis I; be not afraid" And still the soul, storm-driven on life's billows, Alone and helpless in the starless po Cries out in terror of some unknown pe: Nor recognizes Christ the Lord of Een. He speaks,. and sorrow's surging waves are stayed,» "Be of good cheer, "Be of good cheer," Paul, fettered, heard with gladness, = "For thou must witness to my name at Rome." The door of opportunity still opens a» To win the wanderers to the Heavenly Home. The Master says to thee, discouraged one, "Be of good cheer: thy work is not yet done. Be of good cheer! Christ Jesus knows thy Sorrow, He shares thy burden and He feels thy pain. Tell Him thy cares thy hopes, thy aspirations, Nor dream one earnest prayer is ¢'er in vain. Let not thy faith, thy hope, thy love grow dim, Be of good cheer for thou art dear to Him. i$; be not afraid" ~~ + The Vicar's Test. The list of vicars at Eastbourne Parish Church dates back to 1244, one of Canon Goodwyn's predecessors being tae Rev. Henry Lushington, D. D:, a representative of the family of which the late Sir Godfrey Lushington was a member. Dr. Lushington, of whom there is a me- morial in the church, had a son who was one of the survivors of the tragedy of the Black Hole of Calcutta, and who was barbarously murdered a few years later by native rebels in India. A cnrious feature of Eastbourne Parish Church is that the chancel is out of rectilinear, being inclined somewhat to the south. It is possible that this is a suggestion. of the inclination of our Lord's head upon the cross. One of the most interesting antiques of -the church is an Easter | sepulchre in which, in pre-Reformation times the burial of the Lord's body was symbolically rep- resented by the Consecrated Host being placed there on Good Friday. The Church has some interesting monuments. One in the chancel bears an epitaph in memory of one John Graves, formerly a priest of the Church, whi was ejected for adhering to the Prayer-book. He was ordered by authority to stop using it, but rather than do so, the Latin epitaph says touchingly: "He preferred to die (maluit mori), and he died." Sword Stands in Churches. Sword stands came into use 'in London churches when it became customary to carry the city sword before. the lord mayor as he went to church in state During service the sword was placed in the stand or case prec- vided for it, and in his own church the lord mayor generally had 1a2¢ stand placed cone veniently near to or in his family pew. This custom, which was quite common before the end of the sixteenth century, apparenthy be. gan in the reign of Elizabeth. The state visits to the city churches weirs discontinued in the mayotalty of Sir RN. F 'wien, 1883 to be married to undertake tha: the THE FREAK VERSIONS Of the Bible Are Rare and Costly, Says the «London Sketch. Next year is the tercentenary of AR 1 rst publicatic m of that version of the |} is most familiar © §ll the E worfd--the authorized version, prepired and published i 16M by command of King James I . The occasion » to be co sme d in a matter befitting such a notable anniversary, and several leading Biblé¢ societies are now, laying plans to that end. It is probable jhat the celebrations will include a special service in 'St. Puul's Cathedral, with a sermon by an eminent preacher #f the day, enniversary atcetings and a great exhibition of the Bible in some of the hundreds of editions distrib- uted anpually in almost all the known lan- guage: of the globe. An .uteresting feature of such an exhibits would be a collection of the various vershus beside the "authorized," and the . curiosity Bibles to which printérs' errors have given rise. Copies ai-these are somewhat rare snd are treasured accordingly. There is. for in- stance, the famous Breeches Bible, «f which every one has heard are related by a toe-zealoud phmter tg have "sewed- figge ree leaves" together and made thembelves breeches. Then there 15 the Vine- gar Bible and the Treacle Bible Other remarkable and even more rare n edi made W haye > dle Bible--wherein David ts princes) swause--ihe Printers' comphain that printers (not persecuted me without a Bible and the Wicked Bible Inothe latter, through the on little negative, the Seventh Com mgd ment is made to read: "Thou shalt commit adultery This curious and much sought after versa was printed. twenty-one years after the pub- lication of the authorized version. mip -------- _ An Appeal From York A committee including the Lord Mayor of York, the two members of Parliament an. Capt George Walfe a descendant of the famous gen- eral, (who represented the family at the Quebec Tercentenary| celebration,) appeals for aid to restore St. Cuthbert's, The church is of great historic interest, being 'mentioned in) Domesday Book, and closely identified with the ecclesias- tical and civic life of the city and nation, through many centuries It was the Church of Sir Martyn Bowes, M.P,, who presented one of the civic swords ta the city of York, in the fiftéenth cefitury. It was also the parish Church of the parents of General Wolfe, the Kero of Quebec The building is in a state of dilapidition, damp and insanitary. The fine oak roof of the 15th century, and of almost unique design, needs exten- sive and costly repair, and other parts of the fabric demand immediate attention. $13,300. is needed, and Canadians are asked to assist Cheques and money orders may be sent to Wilfred F. H. Thompson, Esq, J.P, Hon. Freasurer, care Messrs. Beckett and Co., Bankers York, England. : Hergism of Indjans. Particulars of a disastrous fire by which the entire block of mission buildings at Aijansh, on the Naas river, in the diocese of Caledonia, was destroyed, have come to hand The heroism shown by the Indians of the mission was worthy of all praise. One of them, think- ing the little daughter of the mi ssidnary was in the burning building, dashed into it through the smoke and flame, being nearly suffocated before he gave up his search. The child had, however, been sent by her mother to a place of safety on the first alarm of "ire. Another Indian, who was fishing down the tiver, saw the fire, jumped ashére, and raced for the scene of disaster. He was the only one who remembered that 3 case of dynamite had. been stowed away in the farthest out- house. He had to plunge throu gh a ring of fire to get it. The total loss ts the mission is over $8,000, and there is no insurance. The Woman's Auxiliary branches in the East have all been asked to send some aid in this great misfortune. A part of the loss difficult to replace is that of MSS. and translations, the| labor of years. 4 . ssion wf a o ---- Have Criminal Instincts. A Western paper writes of a minded class as follows: The sentimental women and the silly' men who spend days in an overcrowded court- room listening to the details of the horrible Crippen case, will be finding the times very dull with "only Christmas" to 'do with. The extraordinary sentiment which makes people wallow in this kind of excitement-- which causes a man-murderer to be a "hero" and a girl-paramour to be offered sixtesn husbands while the trial is still proves with a terrible reality how very wrong the training of human minds must be. If a poor man fell off a scaffolding-while criminally. Init Adam and Evel A : i tions are those known as the Bug Bible, the} 00 s0000G00OTOBONS going on, | working for hig little brood at home, how many a take time to go to the free ward of the hospita! to inquire how he progressed? How many women would stop to consider a sick sewing girl; of ask a tired- out laundress to rest Yen minutes in the day? Code For Deacons. The Bishop of Worcester (Dr. Yeatman Bigg) | has issued a code for deacons (men ordained preparatory to becoming curates) in the shape of a letter to vicars, "Will you," the bishop asks the Bars. "do your bes to guide and encourage him in methods of punctuality, early rising, shaping his time, and other ways useful in forming his habits as a parish priest, giving special attention to his Sours of serious reading ? "I should add that it is my rule to ask all 'my deacons who are not already married or engaged will not enter into such engagement during the two ye: of title. In the event of this not ers 1 should feel it my duty to e he young man to another caracy if the lady were a resident m the locality" The Bible the Best Seller. : I will ge be reassuring to those ap- a religious decline fo know that -- you know, that you are getting the one preparation that has stood the test for over thirty-five years and still remains the standard tonic-food-medicine, used and recommended by the medical profes sion the world over. Scott's Emulsion is the embodiment of elements * {hat make for good health and strength. There are many emulsions but only one SCOTT' S--ask for it, and be sure that you get the package that carries the. mark of quality-- The Fisherman. Sesscccsccssensencee C000 POPRPOROOOOOIORORORON What We Prove That every precaution is taken that will enable us to furnish our custcmers with milk of Absolutely the highest quality. 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" fit 35e Soury 28 aye, and their | Bosidess League's Convention in New-York last month, praised the modesty of the anonymous "For the Firs: Time in Engiaci® . : A notice, "For the First Time in Eng ad," "he sided, with a smile, printed in black and Chinu.e yellow, hav ated | "when 1 praise romiy 1 include the | the boardings of Reading, lately, an 'the kind--common enough Oude s-- | charming picture-poster invited an 35 audience | that Deacon Grown, pf' Laacapola favored. of 800 to the large town hall Loacapoka is a little place not far from crurty SF Ching saolaiped By 4 reat CoS Ttheger Deacon Trown arose China siissionary (Rev. J. B. Ost), were what one Sunday morning to read 2. all went to see. The istic oe DN ere umd nisi She surgical operations and the, Wipers