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Faith, hope and charity are all abloom in hundreds of souls where you find one specimen of patience. Paul, the author of the text, or a conspicuous ©eeccasion lost his patience with a coâ€" worker, and from the way he urges this virtue upon the Hebrews, upon the Cerinthians, upon the Thessalonians, upon the Romans, upon the Colossians, upon the young theological student Timothy, I conclude he was speaking eu: of his ow1 need of more of this exâ€" cellence. And I only wender that Paul bad any nerves left. Imprisonment, flagellation, Mediterranean cyclone, arâ€" rest for treason and conspiracy, the wear and tear of preaching to angry mobsâ€"those at the door of a theater and those on the rocks of Mars hill, left him emaciated and invalid and with a broken voice and sore eyes and nerves aâ€"jangle. He gives us a snapâ€" shot of himself when he describes his «ppearance and his sermonic delivery by saying, "In bodily presence weak and in speech contemptible," and reâ€" fers to his inflamed eyclids when speakâ€" ingy of the ardent friendship of the ewn eves We adm have least impressive those of us extol music stammering equence; t} at trifles : appreciate ‘the calm . Paul, with agitations Galatians t of God in m tience of ho low after pa *run with patie those "strengther all patience," an the face as he charge, "Ye have Some of the people ordinarily mosi excellent have a defiâ€"it in this reâ€" spect. That man who is the imperâ€" sgonation of amiability, his mouth full of soft words and his face a spring morning, if a passing wheel splash the mud across his broadcloth see how he colors up and hear him densunce the passing jehu. The Christian woman, an angel of suavity, now that some social slight is put upon her or her family, hear how her utterâ€" ance increases in intensity. One of the ablest and best ministers of the gospel in America, stopping at a hotel in a town where he had an evening engageâ€" ment, was interrupted in his afternoon nap by a knock at the door by a minâ€" ister who had come to welcome him, and after the second ind third knock the sleeper opened the door and took the Invader of his repose by the collar and twisted it with a force that, if *ontinued, would have been strangulaâ€" tion. Oh, it is easy encugh to be paâ€" tient when there is nothing to be impaâ€" tient about. Do not boast that vou are placid and optimistic and free from the spirit of scold. If those who are unfortunate could change lots with you they would be just as sunshiny. It is not religion that makes you so happy, but capacity tco digest your food in three hours and enough couâ€" yons cut off to meet all your exâ€" penses, and complimertary mention, and capacity to leav» your horses in th» stable because you need a brisk walk down the avenue. The recordâ€" Ing argel making a pen out of some plume of a bird of paradise is not getting ready to wri‘s opposite your name â€" anything applaudatory, All your sublime equilibrium of temperâ€" ament is the result of worldly sucâ€" cess. But suppose things mightily change with you as they sometimes do change. Under the harrowing waerriment you get a distressful feelâ€" Now you understand how people can become pesstmistic and cynical and deâ€" spairful. You have reached that stage yourself. Now you need something that you have not. But I know of a reâ€" Inforcement that you can have if you will accept it. Yonder comes up the road or the sidewalk a messenger of Ged. Her attire is unpretending. She has no wings, for she is not an angel, Ing at the base of your brain. Inâ€" semnia and nervous dyspepsia lay hold of you. Your Ferith goes down with your fortune. Your cireie of acquaintances narrows,. and where ence you were oppressed by the fact that you had not iime enough to reâ€" turr oneâ€"half of the socia‘ calls made upon you, now the carl basket in your hallway is empty and your chief callers are your creditors and the family phyâ€" sician, who comes to learn the effect oi the last prescrintion. And in a flow , men o{f every color, and men _every clime, out the gloriouse anthem and ie grand old Christmas chime, Less of This Grace in the World Than Any Otherâ€"An Admirable Virtue. e ~e ~e £ w hoZ > L. fras makes the sta than of almost any and charity are all : of souls where you : of patience. Paul, xt, on a conspicuous bemp conspiracy, i iching to ang of a theater a f Mars hill, l ivalid and wi sore eyes a gives us a sna he describes ] way he urges | the throne room of t rews, upon the | Patience. ‘"Ye have n« Thessalonians, First, paiience wit the Colossians, | others. No one keep: glical student | mandments equally w was speaking | perament decides whicl 1ore of this exâ€" | he shall come nearest nder that Paul | we break some of th« Iimprisonment, ! ourselves, why be so h an cyclone, arâ€" | break others of the te and speaks th all might s us all full f patien w\ tling bbbAbbARA: drink before we go To the gallant boy that kissed girl beneath the mistletoe. ance that implies rescue and deéeliverâ€" ance. She comes up the steps that once were popular with the affluent and into the hallway where the tapestry is getâ€" ting faded and frayed, the place now all empty of worldly admirers. I will tell you her name if you would like to know it. Paul baptised her and gave her the right name. She is not brilâ€" liant, but strong. There is a deep quiethood iIn her manner and a firm ness in her tread, and in her hand is a scroll revealing her mission. She comes from heaven. She was born in the throne room of the King. This is Patience. *"Ye have need of patience." but ther First, pailence with the faults of others. No one keeps the Ten Comâ€" mandments equally well. One‘s temâ€" perament decides which commandments he shall come nearest to keeping. If we break some of the commandments ourselves, why be so hard on those who break others of the ten? If you and I run against one verse of the twenâ€" tieth chapter of Exodus, why should we so severely excoriate those who run against another verse of the same chapter? Until we are perfect ourâ€" selves we ought to be lenient with our neighbor‘s imperfections. Yet it is ofâ€" ten the case that the man most vulnerâ€" able is the most hypercritical. Perhaps he is profane, and yet has no tolerance for theft, when profanity is worse than theft, for while the latter is robbery of a man,. the former is robbery of God. Perhaps he is given to defamation and detraction, and yet feels himself betâ€" ter than some one who is guilty of manslaughter, not realising that the asâ€" sassination of character is the worst «ind of assassination. The laver for ashing in the ancient tabernacle was at its side burnished like a looking glass, so that those that approached that larer might see their need of washing, and if by the gospel looking glass we discovered our own need of moral cleansing we would be more economic of our denunciation. Perhaps he detraction, ter than | manslaught sassination But. here comes a warmâ€"hearted, sympathetic, Christian man. He says: ‘"‘There is a man down in the ditch,. I must get him out. God help me to get him out." And standing there on the edge of the ditch the good man soliloâ€" quises and says to himself, "If I had had as bad a father and mother as he had and all the surroundings of my life had been as depraving as those that have cursed him I myself would probably have been down in the ditch, and if that man had been blessed with as good a father and mother as I have and influences whi my days he w standing here the ditch." ‘I "Brother, give me your hand," and with one stout grip he lifts him up to God and heaven. There are wounds of the world that need the probe and the sharp knife and severe surgery, but the most of the wounds want an applicaâ€" tion of cintment or salve, and we ought to have three or four boxes of that gospel medicament in our pocket as we go out into the world. We all need to carry more of the "balm of Gilead" and less caustic, more benediction and less anathema. ‘When I find a professed Christian man harsh and merciless in his estimates of others, I silently wonâ€" der if he has not been misusing trust funds or beating his wife. There is something awful the matter with him. that man had been blessed with as good a father and mother as I have and he had been surrounded by the kindly influences which have encompassed all my days he would probably have been standing here looking down at me in the ditch." Then the good man puts his knee to the side of the ditch and bends over and says to the fallen one, Again, we have need of patience unâ€" der wrong inflicted, and who escapes it in some form? It comes to all peoâ€" ple in professional life in the shape of being misunderstood. Because of this how many people fly to newspapers for an explanation. You see their card signed by their own name declaring they did not say this or did not do that. They fluster and worry, not realising that every man comes to be taken for what he is worth, and you cannot by any newspaper puff be taken for more than you are worth nor by any newspaâ€" per depreciation be put down. There is a spirit of fairness abroad in the world, and if you are a public man you are classified among the friends or foes of society. If you are a friend of society, you will find plenty of adherents, and if you are the foe of society you canâ€" not escape reprehension. Paul, you were right when you said, not more to the Hebrews than to us, ‘"Ye have need of patience." I adopted a rule years ago which has been of great service to me, and it may be of some service to you: Cheerfully consent to be misunderstood. God knows whether we are right or wrong, whether we are trying to serve him or damage his cause. When you can cheerfully consent to be misunderstood, many of the annoyances and vexations of life will quit your heart, and you will come into calmer seas than you have ever sailed on. The most misunderâ€" stood being that ever trod the earth was the glorious Christ. The world misunderstood his cradle and concluded that one so poorly born could never be of much importance. They charged him with inebricty and called him a winebibber. The sannedrin misunderâ€" A merry, merry Christmas, and cheer to one and all," others of the ten> against one verse . chapter of Exodus, severely excoriate t st another verse er? Until we are we ought to be len bor‘s imperfections. e case that the man s the most hypercrit! mething 12000000000 4 unt gave . brilâ€" deep firm ind is come uf in some Christ. stood him, and when it was put to the vote whether he was guilty or not of treason he got but one vote, while all the others voted "Aye, aye." They misâ€" understood his cross and concluded that if he had divine powers he would effect his own rescue. They misunderâ€" stood his grave and declared that his body had been stolen by infamous resâ€" urrectionists. He so fully consented to be misunderstood that, harried and slapped and submerged with scorn, he answered not a word. You cannot come up to that, but you can imitate in some small degree the patience of In jJoyous tones through palace Again, this grace is needed time of physical ailments. ° multitudes are in perpetual others are subject to occas oxysm! Almost every one disorder to which he is 0 subjected. It is rheumatis? ralgia or sick headache or i fh chair or lies upon a pillow some one who has not seen a well day in ten years, and yet bas never been heard to utter a word of complaint. The grace of God has triumphed in her soul as it the one for the safety of your soul never triumphs in the soul of one who is vigorous and athletic. Now, let us this hour turn over a new leaf and banish worriment and care out of all our lives. Just see how these perversities have â€" multiplied wrinkles in your face and aciduâ€" lated your disposition, and torn lated your disposition, and torn your nerves. You are ten years older than you ought to be. Do two things, one for the betterment of your spiritual condition and the other.for the safety of your worldly interests. First, get your heart right with God by being parâ€" doned through the atonement of Jesus Christ. That will give security for your soul‘s welfare. Then get your life inâ€" sured in some well established life inâ€" surance company. That will take from you all anxiety about the welfare of your household in case of your sudden demise. The sanitary influence of such insurance is not sufficiently understood. Many a breadwinner long since deâ€" ceased would now have been alive and well but for the reason that when he was prostrated he saw that in case of his decease his family would go to the poorhouse or have an awful struggle for daily bread. But for that anxiety he would have got well. That anxiety defled all that best physicians could do. Supâ€" posing these two duties attended to, in this world and the next, and the other for the safety of your family if you pass out of this life, make a new start. There are enough presâ€" ent woes in the world without the perpetual commemoration of past miseries. If you sing in your home or your church do not always choose tunes in long meter. Far better to have your patience augmented by the ecnsideration that the _ misfortunes of this life must soon terminate. Hardly any one lives to 100 years, but few live to 80, while the majority quit this life before 50. You ought to be able, God helping you, to stand it as long as that, for then, by the grace of God, you will move into an improved residence and be compassed by all beâ€" nign and excellent surroundings. This last summer I stood on Sparâ€" row hill, four miles from Moscow. It was the place where . Napoleon stood _ and looked upon the city which he was about to capture. His army had been in long marches and awful fights and fearful exhaustions, and when they came to Sparrow hill the shout went up from tens of thousands of voices, *"Moscow, Mosâ€" cow!" 1 do not wonder at the transport. A ridge of hills sweeps round the city. A river semicircles it with brilliance. It is a spectacle that you place in your memory as one of three or four most beautiful scenes in all the earth. _ Napoleon‘s army marched on it in four divisâ€" icns, four overwhelming torrents of valor and pomp. Down â€" Sparrow hill and through the beautiful valley and across the bridges and into the palaces, which surrendered without one shot of resistance because the avalanche of troops was irresistible. There is the room in which Napoleon siept ‘and his pillow, which must have been very uneasy, for, oh, how short his stay! Fires kindled in all rarts of the city â€" simultaneously drove out that army into the snowâ€" storms under which 95,000 men perâ€" ished. How soon did _ triumphal march turn into horrible demolition. Toâ€"day, while I speak, we come on a Let everyone be happy, lighthearte glad and gay, ‘or the merriest day in all the ye is royal Christmas Day." goos ringing clear cot and hall ; ed to h« What 1 pain asional e has vyear high hill, a glorlous hill of Christian anticipation. These hosts of God have had a long march, and fearful battles and defeats have again arnd again mingled with victories, but toâ€" day we come in sight of the groat city, the capital of the universe, the residence of the King and the home of those who are to reign with Him for ever and ever. Look at the towâ€" ers and hear them ring with eternal jubilee. Look at the house of many mansions, where many of our loved ones are. â€" Behold the streets of burâ€" nished gold and hear the rumble of the chariots of those who are more than conquerors. So far from being driven back, all the twelve gates are wide open for our entrance. _ We are marching on and marching on, and our every step brings us nearer to the city. Then and there we will part with one of the best friends we ever had. No place for her in heavyâ€" en, for she needs no heaven. While love and joy and other graces enter heaven, she will stay out. Patience, beautiful Patience, long suffering Paâ€" tience, will at that gate say: "Goodâ€" by! I helped you in the battle of life, but now that you have gained the triumph you need no more. I bound up your wounds, but . now they are ail healed bereavements. but no mor CRICRAEO ....ci..) io. New York ... . Milwaukee ... St. . Louls ...... .. ‘Tojedo .. iss .sx : : Detroit, red ... Detroit, white ... Duluth, No. 1 Following are the closing quotations at important wheat centres toâ€" dayâ€" Cash. May. Chicago ......... ......... $â€"â€" $0 74 New YOrK ... ... =â€"â€"â€" 079 3â€"8 Northern ......... .. OFL1LZ UID 1â€"8 Duluti, No. 1 hard ‘...0 73 112 â€"â€" Minneapolis, No. M Northern ......... .. 074 1â€"2 Crops in Russia. St. Petersburg, Dec. 10.â€"The offiâ€" clal estimates for this year‘s winter and spring crops in 64 departments of European Russia are aAB followsâ€" ing for me to do in a city where there are no burdens to carry Goodby! I go back to the world from which you came up, to resume my tour among capitalists, and sickâ€" rooms, and bereft households, and almshouses. The cry of the world‘s sorrow reaches my ears, and I must descend. Up and down that poor suffering world I will go to assuage and comfort and sustain, until the world itself expires, and on all its mountans, and in all its valleys, and on all its plains, there is not one soul left that has need of Patience." Wheatâ€"6800 bushels of white sold steady to 1â€"20 lower at 67c to 67â€" 1â€"2¢, 200 bushels of red steady to 1â€"2¢ lower at 67 1â€"2¢ to 08c, 1,000 bushels of goose 1â€"2¢ lower at 61c, and 100 busnels of spring unchanged _ Wheat, 658,800,000 poods 401,700,00U0 poods, and oats, at Dressed Hogsâ€"Offerings are small and the market is not active. Prices are steady and unchaiuged at $7 to $7.40 per cwt. . C a es Hay and strawâ€"Hay was plentiful and the market was steady, Twentyâ€" five loads sold unchanged at $18 to $14 per ton. One load of loose straw gold for $7.. t _ Butterâ€"Pound rolls of dairy are coming forward a little more freely, and the price is easier. There is not a great demand. Twenty cents to 226 was the range toâ€"day. j P "ha",;féyâ€"moo bushels sold rather easier at 40c to 48 1â€"26. Ryeâ€"Une load sold 16 lower at 51c â€" Oatsâ€"900 bushels sold steady to 1â€"2¢ higher at 29¢ to 80c. _ bush, Toronto Farmers‘ Market. Leading Wheat Markets. inions Then and there we will one of the best friends we No place for her in heavâ€" > needs no heaven. While oy and other graces enter e will stay out. Patience, ind 0 74 1â€"2 071L 0 76 077 34 0 T7 3â€"4 071 1â€"2 073 1â€"2 ;_rye, 1!' 721,600,â€" 0 73 3â€"8 0 T9 14 0 80 1â€"2 0 T5 1â€"8 in ) th a Christmas Lesson.â€"Matt CHOOL | place for HWim to b> SUNDAY S ih» trm> bread whch INTERNATIONAL LESSON NU. XIH DECEMBER 23, 1900. Commentary.â€"1. When Jesus was bornâ€"The date of the birth of Christ is uncertain, but the generally acâ€" copted dats is December 25, B. C. 5. He was born four years from the time from which we count his birth in vur common reckoning. In Bethâ€" lehem »f Judeaâ€"To â€" distinguish it from Bethichem in Galilee, mentionâ€" ed in Joshua xix, 15. In the days »f Herodâ€"Herod the Great. He was an EAmite, and, although a proseâ€" lyte to the Jewish religion, was noâ€" inrinns far his â€" wickedness and of Herodâ€"Herod the Great. He was an FEAmite, and, although a proseâ€" lyte to the Jewish religion, was noâ€" torious for his wickedness and cruelty. He reigned 37 years in Judea, and died a few months after the birth of Christ. He was the father of Herod Antipas, who put to death John the Baptist, and to whom Pilate sent our Lord at the time of his crucifixion. From the Eastâ€"Perhaps from Media or Persia, or, possibly, from Arabia. Lew Walâ€" lace supposes there were three menâ€" an Egyptian, a Hindso and a Groek, who were brought together in the desert by the Spirit of God, and who thence journeyed in company, being directed by the star until they found the Christ. To Jerusalem â€" They seemed to suppose that when they reached the capital of the Jewish naâ€" tion they would have no trouble in finding the object of their search. 2. King of the Jewsâ€""There was at this time a general expectati>n throughout the East, that one would be born in Judea who should possess universal dominion." "This was a title unknown to the earlier history of Israel and applied to no one exâ€" cept the Messiah. It reappears in the inscription over the cross."â€" Carr. His starâ€"Many interpreters, especially those who seek to eliminâ€" ate the supernatural, explain the "star," »r "sidereal appearance," by a& conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, which »ceurred in May, B. C. 7, and again in December with Mars added. 5. By the prophetâ€"Micah v. 2. Mattthew does not quote the exâ€" act words found in Micah, but the wense is given. They did not need to take a long time to search out the answer to Herod‘s question, for it was an accepted truth that the Messiah must come from RBethichem. 6. Thou Bethlehemâ€"Bethk-hop signhk fiese the house of bread, tho {ittest 8. Had hbeard these things â€" The magi had created no emall stir by their inquiries, which immediately attracted the attention of the king. Was troubledâ€"Herod, now sank into the jealous decrepitude of his sayâ€" ago old age, was residing in his new palace on Zion, when, half maddened as he was already by the crimes of his past career, he was thrown into a fresh paroxysm of alarm and anxâ€" lety by the visit of these magi, bearing the strange intelligence that . they had come to worship a newâ€"born king.â€"Farrar. Herod fearâ€" ed a rival. All Jerusalem with himâ€" Fearing that he would make this an occasion of renewing his acts of bloodehed. 4. The chief priestsâ€"This expres sion probably comprehends the actâ€" ing high priests and his deputy, those who had been hlfh priestsâ€" for at this time the office was ofâ€" ten transferred by the Roman auâ€" thoritieâ€"and ‘"the heads of the 24 seacerdotal families, which David had â€"distributed into so _ many courses." Demanded of them.â€"Beâ€" cause they would be most likely to know. Where the Christ should be born (R. V.)â€"The wise men had said nothing about the Christ, or the Messiah, but only about the King of tho Jeww. But Herod saw that this king must be the expected Messiah. â€"Benson. 2 1â€"11 ns secret as possible lest th> Jows who hited Him should take occasion to rebel. A short time before this 6,000 Pharisces had relused to tako the mih of allogiance to him. Iaquired of tham diligentlyâ€""Learned of tham carfu.ly."â€"R. V. He inquired of th>m the exact time and received posiâ€" tiva information as to th» time the V.)â€"To foed and care for, as a «bheopâ€" hard his flock. This governao: who con wols is also a tonder sh>pherd. Christ is both shephord and king. 7. Privily called th»> wise inonâ€"He desired to keep th> tims of Iis birth into thousard son thare w â€"Morison. _A and rule. Wh mih of alloglance vo dim. Jiquired of thom diligentlyâ€""Learned of tham carefu.ly."â€"R. V. HMe inquired of th>m the exact time and received posâ€" tive information as to th»> time the gtar appoeared. 8. Be sent thomâ€"He asszm > control but they followed the directions of the Lord. â€" Search diligentlyâ€"Herod was honest in making this charg> to them, ho groatly desired to receive delinite word concern‘ng th> new king. And worsh‘p Him alsoâ€"What hypocrisy! He only wish»1 to find out the child in arder to murder it. 9. The star.....went belore vhemâ€"â€" The same star which they had seen in thir own country now â€" again _ ap pears. The star had disappeared for a time and this led them to inquire in Jerusalem for tiie young King whom they gought. 10. They rejoicedâ€"The Greek . is very emphatic. They rejoiced exceedâ€" ingly, because they saw they were about to find the child, and because they had such unmistakable proof of being in divine order. That alone is enough to cause any man to rejoice. 11. Into the houseâ€"They had left the stable that they were forced to temporarily occupy at the time of Christ‘s birth (Luke i. 7), and were living in a house,. . Fell downâ€"they prostrated â€" themselves before him according to the eastern custom. "In thig act the person kneels, and putse his head between his knees, his foreâ€" hbead at the same time touching the ground." â€"*"Unto us a child is bom, unto us a eonm is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name ghall be called Wrsrlerfal, Counâ€" selor, The Mighty God, The Everlastâ€" ing Father, The Prince of Peace." We are told by historians of unâ€" questioned anthority that "it was expected through the whole East that about that time a king was to arise in Juwlea who should rule all the world." Centuries before the proâ€" pheey had been uttered. "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a Reeptre shall rise out of Israel." Thus evermore do God‘s Ward and His Holy Spirit unite and agree to lead His childrem in plain paths, and to reveal unto them Jesus. Herod, filled with the spirit of jealousy and murder, seeking the young child to destroy Him, was used of God to hasten these Cevout men on their, way, but not suffered to touch "His anointed." Surely the wrath _ of man shall praiso thee ; the remainder of wrath shalt thouw restrain." Psa. lxxvi. 10. t The wise men, with a faith unshakâ€" en at sight of the humble surroundâ€" ings of the Divine One, worshipped and presented their treasure. Treaâ€" sure is that which is esteemed as very precious. "He gave Himself for ue." Love gives all ani demands all. The story is told of a Moravian misâ€" slonary who went to the West Inâ€" dies to preach the gospel to the slaves, He found them at work early in the morning and late at night, and too weary to listen to his mesâ€" sage. He went and sold himself to their master and, as one of the slave gang, shared their toil and sufferiog, won their confidence, and preached unto them Jesus. "Fnasmuch as ye have domne it unto one of the least of these ye have 4one it unto Me." â€"Mrs. J. E. Coleman. be bora in a palace, buft Ho came in the lowliest guise. "He humbled Himsell." His cradie a manger, hbis birthâ€"place the humble village of Bethichem, his â€" parents though of royal bloixt, yet poor ; for whea sac®fice was made for Him in the temple, accor Ya»z to the Levitical law, the offering was that required of the poorâ€""a pair of turtle doves." In the local markets trade has been quiet, Though the river is open at Fort William navigation is practiâ€" cally closed, the lass large boat hayâ€" ing cleared on the fifth inst. There has been a diificulty in gevting sufâ€" fickent lake space wowards the end of the season, which has _ operated against the value of wheat in this market. The price of No. 8 hard has ranged between 65 and 66c, the lower price being struck on Thursâ€" day, when there was a drap of a cent in American markets. Yesterday the price was 65 1â€"4 to 65 1â€"2¢, with January delivery buyers at 66c and May 7Oc. Tough wheat is not much wanted, in fact at times no buyers cal be found for it. The Omâ€" tario milling trade does not seem to care for our No. 3 hard or lower grades, besides that market is easily filled up at any time. Whether such wheat can be exported at presens prices will depend on freight rates anmd the course of the outside market. Buyers at present are inclined to go slow until they have further inforâ€" mation to go by. Prices at close of business are as followsâ€"No. 1 hard 77c, No. 2 hard 77 1â€"2¢, No. 8 hard 65 1â€"2¢c, No. _3 northern 62¢c, tough No. 2 bard 67¢c, tough No. 3 hard 61 1â€"2¢, and tough No. 3. northerm 59¢, all in store at Fort William. The local market was very weak on the break at other centres. No. 3 hard was offered at 65¢c, but at the close it woild be hard to have found buyâ€" ers at over 61 1â€"2¢, which price apâ€" Eared to rpfl'r:smt the market at e close.â€"Winnipeg Commercial, The argument on the legality of the Manitoba l‘rohibitiyn Act was conâ€" cluded at Winnipeg, and the Judges reserved judgment antil next torm. "Though be were rich, yet for oar sakes he became poor, that we, through His poverty might be made rich." t C Manitoba Grain Markets. esâ€""The thoin a tribe had be sauvis, and Over » was a chieft â€" A â€" governo Wh‘ch shall b sed and care f« mig igh t have chosen _ to in a palace, buit In the jlowliest guise. went befora themâ€" rich they had seen in y now â€" again ap had disappeared for »d them to inquire in » young King whom s." Micah â€"ubdivided h subdiviâ€" or prince, > controd epherd (R, is a «hopâ€" + who conâ€" rd. Christ 9 o