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I THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 24. ..___~ Lesson IV. The Transfiguration, Matt. 17. 1-8, 14-20. Golden Text, Matt. 17. ’5. Verse I. After six daysâ€"Luke’s statement that :t was “about eight days after” it doubtless only an- other way of . ckoning a week. The variations inéhe accounts by Mark and Luke ake. an interesting . study. Peter . . . James . . . Johnâ€"On several other occasions they were the picked companions of Jesus. 2. He was transfigured before themâ€"It is idle to attempt to say just what took place. The word here used is, literally, “metamor- phosed,” which would have a fa- miliar sound to any who were versed in classical lore. Perhaps that accounts for Luke’s variation, “The fashion of his countenance was altered.” Luke also mentions ,that the change occurred while he was praying. At any rate, though Jesus himself calls it a “vision” (verse 9), it was realâ€"«a revelation. cf reality, it may be, not accessible to the senses under all circumstanc- es, but no mockery of the senses (Luke 9. 32). p - His- face did shineâ€"Compare John’s description of the glorified Jesus (Rev. 1). His appearing thus, in the likeness of his radiant resur- rection body, would be a reassurâ€" ing promise, to the perplexed dis- ciples, that, the death he had pro- phesied would not end all, but that, as he recently declared, he should come “in the glory of the Father.” 3. Mosesâ€"Representing the old law, as Elijah represanted the pro- phets. Their talking with Jesus suggests the unity of the Old and New Testaments. Luke alone gives us an inkling of their converse: “They spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” 4. Peter answeredâ€"~Once more he expresses his disapproval of any proceeding which should end in tragedy at Jerusalem. Luke says that 'he knew not what he was say- ing. But, ridiculous as the speech seems, it shows that the loyal apostle was eager to graSp at any straw which would indicate a way of escape for his Master. So he oiies impetuously, It is good for us to be here. ' Why face the disasteri at Jerusalem? He- wished to pro- long their stay amid scenes of such ineffable wonder, rather than court danger, and offers with his own rands to set up a tent for each of these great personages. 5. A bright cloudâ€"Compare the pillar of cloud in the wilderness, and the cloud that filled Solomon’s temple. Like them, this was the external manifestation of the invis- ible Divine Presence. the cloud of God himself. One of the fathers explains it as the glory of the Trin- ity. Compare the record in 2 Pet. 1. 16-18. This is my beloved Sonâ€"Although he was to be despised and rejected, of men, the Father was well pleased i with his course. His prophecy of death not only accorded With Moses ; and the prophets but agreed also: with the divine purpose, and, ac? cordingly, met with heavenly ap- proval. were not to try to find an easier way for him, but to hear himâ€"an injunction which is found in all: three Gospels, and distinguishesi this voice from that heard at the Baptism. 8. They saw no one. save Jesusl onlyâ€"Moses, Elijah, God himselfl manifest in the shining cloud, all have disappeared from the scene. Seeing Jesus we see everythingâ€" . From the chimpanzee awn up BY ms PHYSIBIAH "WHiTE MOTHER MOSCOW “FRUIT-A-TIVES", THE FAMOUS FRUIT MEDICINE, SAVED HIS LIFE. JAMES DINGWALL. Esq. _ Williamstown, Ont, July 27th, 1908. "I suffered all my life from Chronic Constipation and no dootor, or remedy, I ever-tried hel ed me. “Fruit~a-tives" promptly cure me. Also, last spring I had a bad attack of BLADDER and KIDNEY TROUBLE and the doctor gave me up but “Fruit-a-tivcs" saved my life. 1 am now over eighty. years of age and I strongly recommend “Fruit-a-tives” for Constipation 'and Kidney Trouble". (Signed) JAMES DINGVVALL. 5°C 9. box, 6 for $2.50â€"or trial box, 25c â€"-at dealers or from Fruit-a-tivea Limited, Ottawa. __________________â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"- of Jesus the demon went out, and the boy was cured from that hour. 19. Why could not we? â€" The charge against his disciples is once more their little faith. Mark says: “This kind can come out by no- thing, save by prayer” (margin, “‘and fasting”). It was not be- cause Christ was absent from them, for, when they went out two by two, they had taken power to cast out demons and had succeeded. But their faith in him had vanished, and they were trusting in them~ selves, a common danger with dis- ciples of Jesus. 20. Faith as a grain of mustard seedâ€"Small, but capable of great growth. Ye shall say unto this mountain -â€"A common proverbial expression for a matter of extreme difficulty. -'â€"--â€"J!<â€"â€"_..__. MISSING LINK PROBLEM. u..â€" Man May Have Orang-Outang or Gorilla for Ancestor. A man may have a gorilla, a chimpanzee, an orang-outang or a gibbon for an ancestor, according to Dr. F. Melchers, a German bio- logist. In an article on the descent of man, published in the Zeitgeist, Dc. Melchers presents a new theory, the essence of which is that mankind is divided into four great race groups, each of which is de- scended from one of four race groups of anthropoid apes. Dr. Melchers ascribes the difficul- ty hitherto met in solving the miss- ing link problem and filling the gap in the later descent of man to the attempt to trace the human races to one parent stock. This, he says, is due to the Old Testament story of a single race surviving and im‘ pressing itself on modern evolution- ary theories. Instead of searching for a single ancestral ape type it is necessary to find four, of which the above named are representatives. Basing his argument on a large number of physical peculiarities both of men and apes, Dr. Melchers classifies men and apes in the following re- lations : His disciples, therefore,i From a gorilla! type are descend- ed the race which he calls West Congoâ€"Guineaâ€"Sudan - negro, the Bantus and the Zulus, the last two bei g mixed races, and also the fairâ€"haired and red haired north- ern races, including the Finns. descend bushmen, Lapps, Barbers, some Turanian races, Iberians and south- ern Europeans. The orang-outaug is the ancestor all there is in the law for us, all of Tasmanians, Australians, Papu- that the prophets foretell and deâ€" ans and short headed south Ger- clare, all that God purposes for the. mans, while all the races known as redemption of men. 14. When they were come to the multitudeâ€"The experiences on the; n-ount had taken place the nightl previous. While Jesus and his three| disciples were gone the crowd, who had discovered his retreat near Caesarca Philippi, surrounded the nine, and with many more (Mark; says, “a great multitude abouti them, and the scribes”) now con- front Jesus upon his return. 15. My son . . . is epilepticâ€"Matâ€" Mongolians, as well as inlays, Polynesians and Siberians, descend from the gibbon. Dr. Melchers contends that each of these groups has differentiating physical peculiarities which correâ€" spond exactly to the physical pecum liarities of the ape with which he classes it. ...__.._.__.’I‘. NOT THE SAME. “I had half the young men in thew here uses the curious phrase town for rivals when I was doing “moonstruck,” from whose Latin a courtship stunt,” said the sadâ€" form we get our word “lunatic.” eyed passenger. From verse 18, however. it appears “And did you land the prize?” that Matthew shares the belief of queried the hardware drummer. the times that lunacy, epilepsy, and demon-possession all belong in the‘ same category. 18. Jesus rebuked himâ€"That is, the unclean spirit. The accounts in “Well, I never looked at in that light,” replied he of the say eyes, “but I married the girl.” V _r.< - When you bump up against some- Mark and Luke are considerably thing that you can’t afford to do fuller. The case was one of ex~ and can’t afford notto do, what do creme complicity, but at the word you do? ‘4 .â€"â€". BARBARIC SI’LENDOR 0F RU - SIAN ROYAL. PALACE. __.._ Six Thousand l’coplc Can be Enter- tained at Winter Palace, St. Pctcrsburg. Though St. Petersburg is nomin- ally the capital of Russia and serves its purpose in being “a win- dow through which the Russians can look into civilized Europe,” the true capital is “White Mother Mos- cow,” as the mujik affectionately styles the venerable city. What the Acropolis was to Athens and the Capitol to Rome the Kremlin is to Moscow, says the Rosary Magazine. It is a city within walls which measure 7,280 feet, enclose three cathedrals, seven churches, a con- vent, a monastery, three imperial palaces, the Senate House, the Sy- nodal buildings and the Tower of Ivan the Terrible. Owing to the curious Russian cus- tom of constantly renewing with whitewash, paint or gold even the most ancient and sacred of their buildings, the first glimpse of MOSCOW’ S SNOW WHITE WALLS, above which rises an efflorescence of bulbous cupolas, spires, pin- nacles and pyramids colored bright lclue or green or gilt with gold, astounds the traveller who associ- ates age with grayness and decay. At the same time one cannot but feel attracted by the striking indi- viduality of this city,.which, scorn- ir'g the conventions of modern Eu- rope, glitters proudly in barbaric splendor. Within the Kremlin the Czars receive their crown “from God and the Fatherland,” and here they come subsequently to speak and act in all the most de- cisive moments of their reigns. Hence it has caused some wonder that Nicholas II. did not go to Mos- cow to proclaim war with Japan. The Russian court is said to be the richest in Europe, the minimum revenue of the Czar being estimat- ed at $7,500,000. Besides the Grand Palace in the Kremlin, with its magnificent throne room, the Czar has twelve residences in or near St. Petersburg, including the Winter Palace, where six, thousand peeple can be entertained, one of the most spacious and striking homes of European royalty, and the Hermitage, which contains one of the best art collections in the world. AT PETERHOF there is a group of royal residences and parks, with gardens rivalling those at Versailles, and at Tsarskoe- Selo, about twelve miles from St. I’Lâ€"‘tersburg, there are several pal- aces, on one of which Catherine the lreat lavished wealth, decorating the facade with figures gilded with gold leaf, 0. method of ornamenta- tion which cost her subjects more than three million ducats. The interiors of the palaces are still more magnificent; walls are encrusted with rare lapis lazuli; eb- ony floors are inlaid with floral deâ€" signs in mother of pearl, ceilings are lined with amber, one room in *he Kremlin shines with the purest gold. and everywhere precious marbles and exquisite mosaics are t'.- be seen. The splendor of the Russia-n jew- iels exceeds all powers of descrip- tilon; we know that Catherine the Great’s coronation. robe was so heavily laden with gems that it took twelve chamberlains to support it. The Czar’s throne, which belonged to the last Emperor of Constanti- nople, is of finest ivory studded with precious stones, and that of the Czariua contains 1,223 rubies and 876 diamonds, besides pearls and turquoises. i SPLENDID Ferns are given in the Winter Palace dur- ing the season, and one is almost Weary of traversing the many gor- geous halls which lead to the state ballroom, where the towering whit-c marble pillars are mirroredby the 1 polished floor, where a soft light is diffused by lamps concealed by tro- ‘pical plants and ferns rising in banks against the walls and where mingling with the strains of the or- chestra, one hears the warbling of birds hanging in gold cages under tall palm trees. The present sovereigns have sim- ple tastes, however. Even in the great Winter Palace the private {rooms belonging to the Czar and Czarina are simply decorated and furnished in the English style, the hangings being of pretty cretonne jand the furniture of light oak. 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Don’t fail to make your iced tea two hours before it is to be served, so as to give it time to cool graduâ€" ally. v When having trouble from cock- roaches lcave a few peelings of the near their favorite haunts. ' For moths in carpets scrub ‘the floor with strong salt water which is hot, then sprinkle carpet wit-h salt once a. week and sweep. In the spring of the year, when boiling old potatoes, if one or two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk is ad- ded when potatoes are drained they will not discolor. Window Cleaning 'Hint.â€"â€"A little bluing in the water with which win- dows are cleaned gives a clearer and less streaky appearance to the glass than anything else I have ever used. SD. When preparing cheese for ma- caroni put it through your meat grinder instead of grating it and yru will be surprised how easily and quickly you can grind up your scraps of stale cheese. It will also keep for weeks if put in a glass jar and sealed. The grape fruit for breakfast should be out in half the night beâ€" fore, the seeds all carefully remov- ed, and sugar sprinkled over the fruit, which should then be placed in the refrigerator over night. The result is a delicious fruit for breakâ€" fast, sans all bitterness. If winter clothing and underwear is wrapped in newspaper and label- led before being stored away it is much more easily located when wanted, besides being mothâ€"proof. A furricr once advised me to wrap my mink furs in newspaper, as he said the little pest-s detest printers’ ink. Have had no trouble from moths since I adopted his method. A. M. T. Washing Made Easyâ€"Three pail- fuls of cold water in the boiler, in Gentlemen,â€"I wish to express my appreciation of the 38 11.1). 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The following is an excellent and cheap substitute: Take a sauce pan, rinse in cold water to prevent the milk from burning, then pour in one pint of milk and place upon stove. Heat gently until on the point of boil~ ing. Draw the pan off the fire and add a well beaten egg. .Beat care- fully for a few minutes, then leave until cold. The kitchen entrance of a house should be as attractive as the front entrance. A back porch with mops, brooms, buckets, and scrub- bing outfit scattered about is in- excusable. A large box painted_ any desired color, could be used as ' a closet for'them. Plant boxes, filled with flowers, placed along the porch edge will add beauty; vines over a door where there is no porch will prove bright and cheerful. To Clean Straw Hats.â€"â€"Cut a lemon in half and rub the cut sur- face over the soiled straw, squeez- ing the juice out while rubbing. 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