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auuwsus rzsm:s=mmmzw~:mws< 51“.AW"‘ . $.17. r1: -'.. . -..-. .r .. ,. .’ IHES. INTERNATIO NAL LESSO N,» SEPT. 4. Lesson X. Two Parables of Judg- ment, Matt. 21. 33-46. Golden Text, Matt. 21. 43. ' Verse 33. Another parableâ€"Fol- lowing his custom, Matthew gives a group of three closely related parables, of which this is the sec- ond, the others being the two sons, and the marriage feast. All drive home the lesson of the fig tree, that the hollow professions of the Jew- Vish rulers must bring upon them ésevere judgments. This is the only lone of the three which is found in all three of the Synoptics. A householderâ€"Matthew alone refers to God in this way. It is a favorite word with him. The kingâ€" dom of Israel is frequently spoken of in the Old Testament as a vine- yard. The hedge was a fence of any ',sort, and here may stand for all those “individuals, institutions, the whole national economy,” by ,which God hedged in the life of Israel, to protect and restrain it. It is unnecessary to give a special meaning to the winepress. In the Oriental vineyard, “\Vhere the soil was deep, 3. press was digged in the earth. This, built round with imasonry and carefully cemented, 'received the juice expressed in a jwooden structure set on the sur- fface.” The tower was a substanti- lally built affair, command-ed a view iof the whole vineyard, and was ap- iparently the abode of the keeper throughout the summer and auâ€" ltumn. ' v Husbandmenâ€"Under the monar- ,chy these were the kings and gpriests; after its collapse, the lscribes and priests. They were ap lpointcd to oversee the interests of lthe kingdom. Went into another countryâ€"In gthis way‘ Jesus indicates the cessa- ltion of the old theocrat-ic form of government, in which Jehovah was 5the only King. l 34. The season of the fruits drew Inearâ€"Again and again God looked lat seasonable times for a fair rc- Eturn for his investment among the 5Jewish people. He sent his servants~â€"A long line ,of prophets. The fruits they de- gmand-ed were obedience to the law of God and the virtues of a godlv life. 35. Beat . . . killed . . . stonedâ€" ,Hostility to the prophets, among all classes, is written all over the his- ,tory of the Jews. This antagonism Echanged in form and in degree, but gthere was no let-up, and it- increas- ied rather than decwased. Accordâ€" :ing to tradition, Isaiah and Jere- miah both met violent deaths. 36. Againâ€"After the terrible 1warning of the captivity Jehovah sent still other servants, but these were treated shamefully, as were the first. It is strange that the un- usual benefits which these messen- gers of God brought to the nation should have been so lightly regardâ€" ed. But until the death of Mala- chi, when the succession -of prophets ceased, and the nation began to mourn for more of their type, each generation failed to appreciate what the Householder was doing for his vineyard by sending these servants. 3’7. Afterward he sent . . . his son -â€"â€"This was an indirect reply to the rulers, as to where Jesus obtained his authority. It was the author- ity of 0110 sent from the Father, an authority greater than that of the servants by so much as the Son of God is greater than all the proâ€" phet-s. ' 1 They will reverence my son â€" Meaning that this is the treatment 3of his son that the father ought to expect, though implying no ignor- ance on God’s part of the humilia- tion to which his Son was to be sub- Ejectcd. 38. The husbandmemâ€"Sincc the 'sons acted just as the fathers beâ€" fore them, thc keepers of the vine- ‘yard are represented as the same ‘throughout. This is the heirâ€"Tho rulcrs did lnot acknowledge Jesus to be the true Messiah. but it was because. in their greed and obtuscness. they had misread prophecy and so look- ed for a King of different- mold. So it is assumed in the parable that Jesus is the Son. and known to be such, and yet is deliberately killed. 39. Cast him forthâ€"Perhaps rc- ferring to the fact that Christ was dragged forth from the city before being killed. 4]. According to this, Jesus drew .forth fromtbc rulers their own con- fession of the, righteousness of the1r loundomnation. Mark and Luke re- ipresent Jesus as answering the S. LESSON TOBIUBEDFOBSEVENYEAHS MODERN roan e, “FHUll-l-TIVES" HEB “mm” a n.) .10 a MADAM JOSEPH LIRETTE “(I No. In George St., Sorel, Que. “For seven years I suffered from womb disease and dreadful torturing pains, and I had constant Dyspepsia and Chronic Coertipatiozi~tiie latter so bad that sometimes I went ten‘days without action of the bowels. Six different do_cv tors treated me and for a year I was in bed, constantly facing death. Then my husband coaxed me to try “Fruit- a~tives ” and this medicine, and nothing else. cured me and saved my life.” (Signed) Mme. JOSEPH LIR_ETTE. 50c. boxâ€"6 for $2.5oâ€"-or trial box 25c.â€"at dealers or from , Fruit-a-twes Limited, Ottawa. 0 question himself, while the hearers protest, “God forbid.” The words are a threefold prophecy of the doom awaiting Jerusalem, the call of the Gentiles, and. the continued fruitfulness of the Christian Church. 42. The stoneâ€"Suddenly chang- ing the figure from the vineyard of Isaiah to the familiar stone which the builders rejected (Psa. 118. 22), Jesus shows that the repudiation of the stone by the builders is as 11n- availing as the killing of'the heir by the husbanclmen. In both cases the object of rejection tiirns up again to overwhelm the rejecters. “The husbandmen destroyed them- selves when they destroyed the heir; and the builders heaped conâ€" tempt upon themselves when they contcmptuously set aside the stone. They lost the stone for their own edifice, but it received its due hon- or in a more noble building” (Plummer.) 3. This is not parable, but bald fact. The nation which despises the manifest favors of God shall suffer the humiliation of having them tak- en away and given to a people who will appreciate them. 44. To the stone of the Psalms is now added the stone of Isa. 8. 14 and that of Dan. 2, 34, 44. He who stumbles at the fact of Christ may be broken to pieces, but the pieces can be put together again; but, if the final ~ condemnation of Christ ter him as dust, there can be no recovery. 45. It is characteristic of Matthew to single out the Pharisees for con- demnation. 46. Took him for a prophetâ€"The crowds had gone after him as they had after John the Baptist, because they thought at last, after such a long interval, the old order of pro- phets had been restored. ,1,_ SCOTCH BARONET A SAINT. -.Givcs_ITp Estates and Lubors as Missionary Monk Until Blind. Although British baronets have the reputation of being wicked, probably owing to the fact that the villain of almost every melodrama is “a bald,_bad bar‘onet,” there are some of them who are almost saints. To the latter category be- longs Sir David Hunter Blair, a barefoot monk of the Order of St. lBenedict, who, after spending a number of years laboring in' the swamp districts of the Amazon River to convert the natives to Christianity, has now returned home to Europe perfectly blind, in‘ the faint hope that some miracle may be accomplished toward the re- storing of his eyesight by the world famed occulist, Professor Pagenâ€" stecher at \V-eisbadcn. The baronct graduated from Ox- ,ford and married. Upon his wife's :death he obtained special permis- Esion from the Pope to take orders ran-d turned over the family’s Ayr- Ishir.n estate to his brother, a naval icuptain. Sir David. who is the fifth bar- :onct of his line. has also done mis- isionary Work in Patagonia. He is lthc only monk on record who he- ilong‘s to any clubs, having retain- !ed his membership in the Caledon- lian, in Edinlmrgh. and of the Con- seryuiivr‘, in London. _.._ _._>I( “I noticed in the store we visit- ed to-day everybodyR-was crowded .around the pcrfumery counter.” “That's not surprising.” "‘Why Hmt'?" “Oughtn’t perfumer natur- lally be a scenter of attraction l” the Judge fall upon a man and scat-~ CHANGES IN OUR INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMS. .â€"..._.. Disappearance of the Millstoneâ€"- Bread-Making Remains the \Slame. The remarkable tion and transport have enormously alter-ed commercial and industrial relations. Improvements ingna- chinery and vastly increased com- petition have also made a lasting impression. The appearance of railways, the post office, teleâ€" phones, sounded the knell of small and local enterprises and prepared the way for gigantic combined in- dustries. A review of these changes as they affect the preparation of foods and food-stuffs has recently been made by Prof. Lindet of the National Agronomic Institute of France. Reference is chiefly to French. in- dustries, but some of the points, says the British Medical Journal, are of general interest. In the manufacture of bread the old mill- stone, which had done duty for centuries, has since 1884 rapidly been replaced by more efficacious and economical machinery. This has caused the disappearance of the old country mills and has insured the production of A MUCH FINER FLOUR. In the actual baking of bread there has not been such a note- worthy change; the necessity for the early delivery of fresh bread every morning still enables the lo- cal baker to maintain his place. Attempts at wider organization and co-operation have only been to a certain extent successful, but greatâ€" er progress in this direction may be expected with the cheapening of motor conveyance. In the win-e industry similar changes have been effected. chn competition, had years, the ravages of vine pests and the introduction of many chemical novelties have rendered the old family vintages, famous for centuries in many cases, SUPPLIES changes of the latter half of the nineteenth cen- tury in the means of communica- u‘kxjfix- 23;," . 1;; new? a: purposes. A can equals MADE In CANADA _ I e I. the Standard Article ~' READY FOR USE IN ANY QUANTITY , . For making soap, ooftening water, "moving old paint, disinfecting sinks, closets, drain. and for many other 20 lbs. SAL SODA. qual for 500 purposesâ€"Jew Everywbcn. E W.GILLET1‘COMPANY LIMITED . - . .g. fresh and pure. The establishment of large milk companies has tend- ed largely toward the standardiz- ation of the milk supply for instead of receiving the milk from one or two cows the customer obtains a uniform mixture from thousands of cows, and he has the assurance that it will always be pretty much of the same strength and quality. Private butter making is giving place to commercial enterprises on a large scale. Butter making has become such a fine art, involving so many complicated processes, that the individual has been unable to afford the latest improvements in machinery. Much the same ap- plies to the making of cheese, al- though in both cases certain cirâ€" cumscribed localities and small dairies with a well established re- putation are able to maintain their place on the market. BUTTER SUBSTITUTES. The manufacturers of margarine, and other substitutes for butter, has had an important effect on the butter trade and has led to much legislation with the object of pre- serving agricultural interests. In France in 1908 the amount of but- ter substitutes manufactured was more than one-fifth of the amount of butter. The production of su- gar, unlike that of butter and cheese, has never been an indiviâ€" ‘Idual business. It has always in- lvolved costly plants and a large ]number of hands. Even. here, TORONTO. 0 dustrial customs, and which owes its initiation to the demand for bet- ter .and cheaper production. Its future developments will be inter- esting to witness, and perhaps we may live to see the realization of R-obida’s facetious scheme for lay- ing in food supplies by-means of a ’tube from a great central kitchen. >I<_..._.._. FACT AND FANCY. Only the vaccinated may vote in Norway. A moralist is a person who is in earnest about ‘other people’s morâ€" als. A man’s character can be accur- ately told by his handwriting, espe- cially when his love letters are read out in court. An old stork’s nest, built on the roof of the cathedral of Colmar, in Northern France, became dislodged ' during the winter and threatened to fall into the street. It measurâ€" ed five feet across and it was four feet high. It weigh-ed 1,500 pounds and was such .a compact mass that .to destroy it picks had to be used. In the nest were found seventeen stockings, five fur caps, the sleeve of a silk blouse, a large piece of leather and four metal buttons. The rabbit, which overruns Au- istralia, has almost caused .a civil iwar. In the past certain Austraâ€" i lians made colossal fortunes by ex- lporting millions of rabbits which unable to keep abreast of the times Ihowever, the tendency for business they secured for nothing. Eventuâ€" with the usual result that they have been bought up to form part of larger concerns. With large ca- pital these. have been able to meet successfully various emergencies and to apply scientific methods to what has become a national indusâ€" try. DAIRY PRODUCTS. Of more interest to us are the facts with regard to milk, butter and cheese. has necessitated bringing the larger part of their milk supply from a considerable distance and has led to the great increase in milk traffic on railways. Two-thirds of the milk supply of Paris is brought in by rail. This has called for elab- orate methods of 4, u.-, m. , 1" -- I -. you attempt an}r The growth of towns. keeping the milk 5 i' Best Material _ . g . â€"â€"from every standpointâ€"where- with to buxld things about the farm. 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