Sunday | INTERNATIONAL & LESSON NO. Vi. MAY 11, 1902. Peter Delivered From Prison.--Acts 12: 1-18. Commentary.--1. About pag time-- Wbout the time Sau: am? Barnabas came to Jerusalem. Chap. xi. 80. I. Be was grandson of Herod the Great who murdered the innocents (Matt. on 16); nephew of Herod Antipas, w does t 2 a. 8-12), and father of Herod Agrip- ge. Il, before whom Paul preached. cts xxvi. 1 Stretched forth--A rative expression, denoting that 'be laid his hands om them, or that © emdieavored violentiy to oppress ne ehurch. --Barnes. To vex--"To 2, Killed James--James was one of at the time of Christ's ay,ony in garden. James was no doubt sekine & preminent part in the work of the chureh, With the sword--By killing _with the sword we are to understand . Among the Jews there were re kinds of deatn--astonilg, patie peas Many others in author. since Herod's time have sacrificed principle in order to secure popular- Peter also--Peter was very jieuous in the church at this Unleavened bread--The feast Passover which continued During this feast the dews ate unleavened bread (Ex. xii. @5-18), and no leaven was allowed in their houses. 'The Passover that year was April 1-8.""--Peloubet. James was killed just before, and Peter was imprisoned during the feast. 4. Apprehended--See R. V. In_ pri- seep soli: reap to keep him until the east was over. "During the solemni- thes of this religious festival it would hawe been deemed improper to have engaged in the trial of a supposed eriminal.""--Barnes. Four quarternions --A quaterniop was a company of four soldiers, hence there were six- teen in all. The night was divided into four watches of three urs Pian' eo that four soldiers vere S on at one time. After D atter the Passover."--R. V. After the whole -- wae over. The word Easter is ecclegiastical term of later date, "and should have no place in the eac- ced text. Bring him forth--This evi- ut him to death provided 'the poate --she blood- thirsty Jews Gesired i e he or weapon they could use." "Without ceasing--'Ear- nestly." -- R. V. These prayers Prought about his deliverance. O the church--They no doubt met in privato houses because of the perse- eution which = make public ser- vices dangero 6. The ae night--The night pre- ceding the day ou which Herod in- tended to bring hira forth for trial and execution. Peter was sleeping-- Blessed sleep! "Iie giveth His be- loved sleep." Peter had nothing to fear. He was ready to die for his Master; and although he did not know when his end was to be, yet he knew how he was to die. John xxi, 18, 19. "His peaceful sleep was the triumph of faith." -- The deliverance was delayed until the last moment. This would test the faith of the eburch. Gates and guards kept his friends from him, but could not keep the angels away. They camp in- \uvisibly around them that fear God. Wherever the people of God are, and however surrounded, they have a Way opened heavenward. A light shined--The angel brought no_ lan- tern, lamp or;candle, yet he brought a "light'--the beaming of his own person. Peter saw; by it his prison, his chains, his cloak, his sandals, and his emancipator.--Whedon. In thie ison--"In the cell."--R. V. Smote eter--"He struck him in such a way eal to awake him from hig sleep, and *> leave in his recollection a_ testi- mony of the reality of the angelic appearance." ais up -- "Awoke him."--R. V. Saying, Arise-- The amgel did not assist Peter to nrise. Chains fell off -- The chalnas that bound him to the two sleeping soldiers. With what ease can God 4eliver his people [from their ene- mies! 8. Gird thyself--In order that he might sleep more comfortably, he had Jaid aside his belt, or girdle~his san- dajs and his tunic. Bind on thy san- oe pixies with atraps. ®. And he went out--3 <gulded by the angel, he met ho opposition in his « He was led by the anyel safely pis of all danmer. And wist not--He knew not, 10. Wi --The terms--"vard and guard are bu Sor rerent forms of the The waiclies, n, as well as the soldiers especially appointed to eee Peter. They were bably all ae Tron gate although docked and it their Tatton tanernatera I 'aid oe the -- could 'no ae = ow! 11. Come self Reco from the Sataniow: oe mind into which he had been thrown. sea Now a ete waeerenee a at the entrance to the court front of the house, which was ca ty a bly, "for fear of the e to harken.--'Came to pea eng Vy 14. Knew. Peter's voice--Peter may be supposed Ye announced his name, or to have given it im reply to her inquiry.--Hackett. The fact that she recognized his voice would show 'that Peter had been a fre- quent visitor there. For zladness-- 80 er to a the others that she ran o inform ap gga siceget taking tines to open 6 15. 'Thou art mad--One those cre peta which one can hardly esist on hearing what seems "far t00, good to be true. They were astonished--This Soe not indicate that they were pes and had no expectation answer, but at the strange pling tn which it came. Our prayers are often answered in unexpected ways." 17. Hold their peace--Their joy was so loud in oe expresvion that he was obliged to motion to them te be quiet in onde to secure an ey to inform them of hie deliverance. James--Not James the son of Zebedee, who had been slain. 18. Was day--Peter was not miss- ed until sunrive--about 6 o'clock. It was in 'the fourth watch, some- time between 3 and 6 o'clock, that the angel entered the prison.-- Schaff 19. Examined the keepers--Tried them for a breach of discipiine.-- Hackett. a ag Awe there abode --But not long, less than a month he. died age a horses man- ner. Vas .21-23. PRACTICAL SURVEY. Persecution is the heritage of the godly. f. Tim. iii. 12, The more ac- tive we are In the work of the Lord, and the more we injure Satan's kingdom, the more we shall be hated by the enemy, and those most ear- wa and prominent in God's cause will be likely to be the first to feel the wrath of the foe. We know very little of the life and labors of James the elder, the son of Zebedee, but the fact that he is singled out by Hero in company with Peter for death, is a strong tribute to his zeal and worth to the church. The -- is in danger, of a serious set-back, not extinction. James is beheaded aad Peter is in prison and "inust Cle on the morrow. The chains that bind him are strong, the sol- diera and keepers are vigilant, the gates are closed aml barred, and a few brief hours willrsettle all, as far as human mind can discern. The primitive church was @ pray- ing church. God loves His people, "for tne angel of the Lord encampeth round about those that fear Him. and delivereth them." The church is on her knees and praying as only she ean pray when in her, innocency and purity. Peters deliverance is complete. -- Truly the Lord gave His angel charge concerning his seryant. The great city is dark nud silent, the soldiers and keepers tuke_ their watches, and with the faithfulness of Romane perform their task. A prayer meeting in a Christian home in a corner of the city contiyues through the night. The peaceful pris- oner with his cuse committed into the hands of lis God sleeps tn his chains ilke a babe on its mother's reast, until the angel awakens him, then, dazedl and wondering, he nrose, girds himself, casts his gar- ment about him, and follows his hea- vemly guide ont Into the street. The happy band of Christians must restrain any desire they ent - to demonstrate their joy Peter gives testimony to That Goa hath wrought, and solicitous for the happiness of the absent as well as those present, he Instructs them -to fo and epread the good news. Herod is ie with disappointment and rage and, some extent, at least, grati- flee hie thirst for blood by ordering the keepers sialn. But it is only a little while when he, too, must 'die. his cup of iniquity is nearly full. In the meantime, even amid euch checks - are recorded in thie lesson. God's ork goes on. The chapter does not cloee until it fe sald, "The word of God grew and multiplied." A Eat to a College Youth. Attorney General Knox is a firm he- liever in a college education, but to hig mind that is not all that is ne- cepsary to make the man. The col- lege education is the thing that pre- pares the young man for his iife's 'but hisidea of the value of a college course was en- tirely at variance with his present frame of mind when he Beg scat tays the New York Hive, "The college man," ig Knox, "lives In a little world all hie own> He pities every one outside of his little world. When I left college and went home with my diploma I was the proudest man in the world, and also the wisest. "The heme ter my arrival "I did as I was told. "He took my ale Neg and it over, first in fea Se gr in English. Having ed it up and tied it with anded jt to me, with produced.' TBM mona hall the 'estredeffeot i did me good. oF, OR A isheritance." THE FARMERS' tow to Cure or Prevent Smut in Wheat--A Great Movement in a Vast Couutry --Our Soil and Climate --How to Reach the Farmer--Smut in Grain--lts Prevention and Cure. F RIEND. It is difficult for Any movement, agricultural, educational, economic, to reach all the people in a vast country like re go many of them, lying ieolated from each other, are enga; in doing individn- ay work Me would be done better nh co-opera Of our whole popu- lation 45 a cent. belong to fami- lies engaged in farming. There are others engaged iu industries which re- ly on agricultere for their existsnee. There are flour and oatmeal millers who have had a hand in preparing the products of grains for the home and foreign ope aaa there are the curers and packers of meats and the manufacturers of cheese and butter; there are those engaged in the trans- portation and commerce of grain, hay, live stock, meats, butter, cheese, poul- try and fruit, as well as the canners f fruit and vegetables and the rais- ers of poultry and eges. In Soil and Ulimate Canada is unsurpassed in suitability for turning out fine qualilies of the main foods of the northern peoples of the world; our people are among the moat intelligent, resourceful, and energetic of workmen, an: it is more their misfortune than their fault that they lack a clear understand- ing of the scientific principles which underlie the most profitable methods and systems of farm management and work. Recognizing that newspapers and ~-- periodicais are more eager- ly sought after, and more readily perused when at hand, than Govern- ment blue books, the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture solicited the co-operation of the press, and grate- fully acknowledges the unanimity with which the leading representa- tive newspapers of Canada have placed their commmns at the disposal of this Department, for the dissem- ination, weekly, of agricultural news interesling to all geaders, supplem=nt- ed - brief accounts of the latest experiments and researches at the Government Experimental Farm and information useful to agricultur- ists, horticulturists, arbori-uitu-ists, horsebreeders, stockraisers, dairy- men, poultry men, bee keepers and others. Cause of Smut. Smut in grain is caused by fJung- ous growths on the grain plant. eventually destroying the seed of the affected plant, and contaminat- ing the seed of the healthy plants by the scattering of spores largely during the ripening period of the grain. The dust-like spores, when he are readily blown to adjacent plants, or coming in direct contact with healthy ones, inoculate their nelghbors, which in turn continue to propagate the species. The smut affecting. the oe lives during the winter as spores on tie seed grain and begin their deadly work shortly after the seed is gown. The affected plant makes a sickly growth, and generally heads lower and somewhat later in the season than the healthy plants; therefore, the extent of damage tu the crop is not noticeable by casual observation. It is largely due to these facts that smut has been able to invade grain fields unnot- iced by the farmer until it has gained a strong foothold. Prevention is Setter than Cure. Instead of the farmer allowing mut to develop, he can treat his seed in such a manner as to yent it altogether. If fifty bushels of seed grain are to be treated, secure from a drug store one pound or a pint of formaldehyde, some- times called formalin.. Pat into a joe rel gr cask 50 gallons of water pour in the one pound of for- innidohyae liquid to make the pro- per solution. Dip out about one-half the solution into another cask, in order to treat of grain ae: the same time, ihus facilitating ape work. Plase about two bu f the seed grain in each of two = a Ft sacks or large bags, and submerge the grain in the solution for twenty minutes. Then lift the sacks from the casks and let them drain.for a minute_or, two so as io save solution. Empty the seed on a seg hrerige floor or om a canvas to dry, and procecd a # before, using the same suoks for 'the remainder of the grain. lt is Not Pulsonous. This solution is not poisonous, it will not injure the sacks or clothing coming in contact with it ; it is read- aby soluble in-water, and it Is sold at bout 50 cents per pound. "It is well to treat the seed grain two or three days before sowing, 8¢ as to give it ample time to dry. If the seeds be shovelled over a few times it wlll facilitate the drying very much, and no difficulty will be experienced sowing with feedar or The treated seeds can be sown with a force-feed drill or seeder when quite damp, but the machine should be ni vo that it will indicate sowing bout k more than Cha: quan- iity desired per acre, becan the oais are swollen and will aot run quite as freely as dry seeds. From field tests that have been made in Wisconsin, and by the testi- mony of many repuinble farmers, no deterimental effects on the germina- tion of the seed have been detected, whilst this treatment facilitates the sprouting. Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, April 2, 1902. rere S PREPARING CHEESE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM. LOO OOO Co-operation in Production--Proper Cheese Boxes-- § Flavor and Body Talk on Temperature-- Improving Old Curing Rooms. Professor Robertson, the Dom- inion Commissioner of ture and Dairy quently urged that there js not a department in the whole of our ag- ricuitural commerce ba Canada where hag been ability for 'constr and of bringing about co-op- between the operators in the operators in org, eration About Boxing Cheese. Dairymen hont the Dominion might. with advantage take a ieaf out of the: book of their Prince Ed- ward Island brethren in the matter of handling cheese. When we start- ed in Prince Edward Island to make and ship cheese to the British mar- ket, the dairymen there were put on right lines from the beginning, and now jese than three per cent. of the boxes which come from that Pro- vinee are broken when landed in the United Kingdom, as against forty | per cent. of breakage from some other which made of birch instea ; and makes.a fougher and better box than elm, An enterprising man who will de- viee a really strong light box, easily adjustable to the exact size of the cheese to be carried in it, has-a fortune awaiting him i In handling cheese, it is import- ant to make the box fit thecheese. If this rule be ignored, boxes get broken and their contents damag- , to the disparagement of Cana- dian credit in dairy'ng. Flavor and Body. Fiavor and body are the two qualities which determine the rela- tive market price uf cheese, and the character of these qualities is Se ly determined by the process curing. A fairly steady oa ture, not over 60 degrees Y¥ahren- helt in the curing room, gives the best results. At that temperature loss in weight by the shrinkage of the cheese ia considerably: Jess than at higher points. A dry atmosphere causes the cheese to lose in we by the evaporation of the moisture, and it may also cause small cracks on the sortaae. especially when the cheeses are new. Too high oa tem - ers complain of a hevted finvor, i pajeet it altogether as being Bg) complained of porters, as well as by the receivers: of cheese in Great Britnin. Ho the temperature rises fs high #8. degrees, or higher, the © flavored." To Improve a turing Room, An old ecuring room of the iy eos ary nm construstivn may be 4 proved materially ard ienateoleitn by adopting the folewing method: Thosomeiy cleause the whole ite - side by a liberal use of boiling wat-_ er, to ten ponris of umd of carbolic acid should be added. 'Tire place should then be whitewashed with 'fresh slated lime. 'lo make the of flour closp,-- it wlll be necessary to pat two eg areca of buildisg paper over. and a new floor closely jnid on ts top of the paper. If the inside walls of the old curing reom be of lumber or plaster, iwo thicknesses of building paper miv be pai o., an over them one thick iess of matched lumber, dressed on at least one side. The ceiling shoukt be made clase it a similar way. The windows +houbl be made close, an double deors avd windotvys shoul be pm. for uxe In summer, as well as during the late autumn and winter, Gest und Rerults, In a curing reom 30 feet by 2 feet, these improvements woul! only cos tween $125 a $200 for material and libor, iseotal uw to the. condition of the rotm, the price of lumber, the cosi the like, In. the locality. turning out abdéut 309 Lirge cheeses per month, such a curing room might be so used as io avold some of the engl nga in weight . which woult cur in an ordinary curing room, where the therm -meter flu-tuat d Le- ween 70 and 90 degrees. The saving migirt be one pound per: cheese. The injury to the [favor and body of the cheese from over-heating migit Ia a great measure be prevented. 'The piety value which m ght be reai- ized of, the cheese from dimin- oe Veli and superior quality oukl, feiory of the size men- tioned, prolate b? not less than $150 during the season. Above all else, eat and lasting benefit would re- sult to the cheese trade if all the cheeses of Cannda were cured in a proper manvter. 'The demand from the consumers in Great Britain would be increased, and the risk of joss to the merchants woul! be decreased, _ Better Than an Apology. Your old-fashioned southerner is polite at all times and to all per- sons, but he reaches the pinnacle of gailantry when there is a pretty young woman in the case. A south side girl of charming face and man- ner declares thut the prettiest com- pliment ever paid her was uttered by an elderly gentleman who stepped on her foot ina crowded street car not long ago. Me a her mother were on their way dowstown when the elderly man entered and stood up in frout of them. Ha was stout and dignified In appearance, wore & slouch hat and in some way impress- ed the young woman with the idea that he hailed from the sunny south. This impression was confirmed when - she heard him speak to the conduc- tor, the soft r-less accent being' an- mistakable. A lurch of the car threw him slightly off his balance and he stepped on the girl's foot. He at once raised his hat and was evidently about to apologize, but did not do . The girl smiled to relieve him of his chagrin and then he said in the most courtly fashion: . "after looking at you closely, madam, I have decided not to apolo- gize, because if God has made such a beautiful woman with a foot so_ small that I cannot see it, surely I cannot be blamed)' The girl apowpaich furiously, but it was with pleagure, and her mother colored up too, "wat both bowed their thanks for the pretty speech, as the diplomatists say, the inclient was closed. What They Used. Patience--And you my you camped out in the mountains ? Patrice Yes; caught our own fish, killed our own birds and cooked omr own meals. ' What tu the world aid en cook them on ?" 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