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i“. n (ll Tth) or» -t.o_i'-lr. is'n-wr at a loss in his counsels, but in the must difficult case he knows what course he will pursue." Christ proposed the question to test Philip's faith. 7. Philip answered-Our Lord saw that his apostles needed lessons in faith, end this miracle was us much for their knefit as for the benefit of the hungry mulitude. Two hundred pennywort - The penny was a silver coin and was worth about sixteen cents. The nlue of the bread necessary would he, there- fore, about $32. "This appears to have been all that our Lord and all of his diseiptes were worth of this world's “A; ” 'I‘LL. -...A.._L -L AL_4. n..- __:-.L goodé," This amount at that time, with them, would probably represent an actual value equal to ten times the same amount. now, with us. Peloubot thinks thnt in this "eonferenee between Jesus and his discipfes as to ways and means” -Philip had known Jesus for more than two years. and it was now time that he, and the rest of the apostles, should begin to have wide conceptions of Christ’s abil- ity. Knew what he would dtr-"Our Lord the from which they had just returned; mum talk over their plans, their suc- CeNget0, their mistakes, and receive the in- struction they would need as to the true may of preaching the gospel to the world, and as to the gospel they should preach." A. The ptubsoturr--But because of the ren- tal mentioned in chapter 7:1 Jesus did, not attend. This was his Mtilk'tys.trttltsi, “uddenly, like a flash from a far dis- tent. cloud, came the news that John the Baptist had been beheaded by Herod Antipas, in Mecherus castle. The die- ciples hastened to Jesus, probably at (hpernsum. as chickens hasten to their mother when the hawk hovers near." Over the nmt---From Capernaurn, where the apostles meet Jesus on their return, by boat, privately to escape the crowds [Mark vi. 31, 32).--Aleikie. They all re.) tired across the sea of Galilee to the lonely plain at the foot of the hills near Bethsaida, just outside of the dominion: of Herod Antipas. They needed this re- tirement (l) tor physical rest, (2) for instruction. (3) for communion with God." 2. Multitude followed-The peo- ple came from all directions for at this time the western and northern shores were populous with cities and villages. The preaching of the apostles had stirred the whole country, the news of the tra- gie end of John, who was well known in Galilee, had excited the populace, and the miracles which Jesus had wrought ha filled the people with wonder and and curiosity. The crowds watching the ailing of Jesus across the northern end of the lake, ran around the northern shore so rapidly that. according to Mark, they "outwent" the boat and "came un- to him" as he landed. 3. A mountain-The high ground near Bahama. which there closely up- pmwiws the lake. tint with His disci- pk'sv Read Mark 6:30-32. "Here they could rest. and report more fully what they had done on the evangelizing tour from which they had just returned; t attend. This was his thirtrPatssoee ,ear_lttrfom his det). A.'e'ii.sit af‘igf Ctrmrnentary.-'rhe gathering multi. hle (vs. 1-4). 1 After these things-- lhe events of the year, but particular- tr the report of the twelve, the murder a! John and the report that Herod was hulking for him. The twelve apostles who had been sent out over Galilee were reaching and healing the sick, when, -refs, and it will not be so again "lil the triumplgl entry. _ - A 1utrouuetion.-llere again Jesus is in Galilee during his second year, was a the healing of Bethesda. His minis . try in Goldie during his second year, was a very busy season, as deceribed in Matt. iv. e. to xiv. 12; Mark i. 14 to vi. 29 to is. Ir-inet)" many miracles, the Manon on the Mount, the early par- ables, and the mission of the twelve. John omits all these events, as well as - all the Galilean ministry. This is the first narrative in which John has h- parallel to all three of the mission kn Parallel to all_thrce of the other Sunday School. th"a'F"NAX"psaL pm»; No. " FEuul‘ARY 2011i. 1905. T he Mind: of the Loan-sod FGt"ts- John C: I-IL. _ h.“ pany eq Roman that the so that on their The ovengo man wouldn’t object to his milk being adults-std if the ndo.1- tentou would only no s little cracked ice, some powdered up: and I duh o! M. Has Carried I-Ier Through Several Law Courts. London. Feb. 12.--The Prim Council in the case of the American l Kitty D. vs. the Dominion of Canada as de- cided that special leave to appeal be granted on the terms that the ship be returned to its American owners on its value being deposited with the Canadian Government. The vessel, which is owned in Buf- falo, was seized in Lake Erie by the Dominion Government cutter Petrel a year ago last July. Admiralty Judge Hodgins found upon the evidence of seven witnesses against two that the vessel was fishing wholly within Amer- ican waters, and that the seizure was, therefore, not justified, tiei made south of. 'the international tl)1'lllL,'.l' - But the Supreme Court sustained the Dominion Goveraurteut's upped, hold- ing that the seizure Wu nude three- quarters of a mile within Candi“ wat- ers. They ordered the vessel forfeited. Foyrtheatiegoetstothe-muotttse Privy Council. In regard to the revenue derived from alcoholic beverages, the United King- dom has the hig est proportion, 32 per cent. The United States comes next, with 29 per cent. Several other coun- tries have 19 and 18 per cent., and the average is 8% per cent. ‘In regard to the consumption of wine, France leads, with 30.2 gallons. America is last on the list with 0.4. In spirits, Denmark leads, with 3 gallons. The United Kingdom consumed .99 gal- Ions p'er head. The consumption in the United States is not given, but it is stated to have been greater than in the United Kingdom. European People Lead in Consumption of Beer, Spirits ard Wine. London. Feb. 13.---An official return is published of the quantity of alcoholic beverages consumed by various nations in the year 1903. The Bavarians were the. greatest beer drinkers, averaging 51 gallons tt year each. hut of the nations, Belgium came first, with an average ccngumpiion of fri' gallons. The United Kingdom average 29.7 gallons, and America was sixth on the list, with an average consumption of 15 gallons. - aose. men--"Tti, “p.611 e.'C-R. V. The miraele-Ahoubivhi'eh', here'could be no doubt. 1ruth-An ression denoting certainty. Tha, prof let-All who had seen this wonderful mi uelts were 90 pro- foundly impressrsed wi h it that they said there can be no doubt but this is the Messiah-the Prophet that should come into the world. awarding to the prediction of Moses (Deut. xviii. 15-18). They at once tried to take Him by force and make Him their king (v. 15). ably the‘RWe the Mvelvo :zpmtlw, which: bMy tried gulri1',' journeys----). Deanna. Jesus e dently intended that He'and t ts4rtstitss would, vat the pieces ‘15 their needs ddmagded them. T u IP.. When. . . . . .filled--mre is one mir- acle of our Lord attested by at least five thousand (probably ten mousaml) persoirs.--Clarke. No one need ever leave Christ‘s table hungry. He is able to satisfy awry demand of srut't and body. He,- is the bread of life. WhetNs, we demana "little or much,” itis an easy muLtnr for Christ to ill'us. There is It fuhwm in “is men-y We firt'oniy those who oat bari. F . It F131;;- _lii1.1i'i.l',s,-l'-i'ihi'r61 r wh h re min over.'.':--: Aa- , (illJif,)'try?. The iFr";' A ‘ious- give it to their com anions? There is no doubt but that the food multip'io'l all along the line. Jesus handed out to His disciples; it increased in their hands as they handed out to the multitude, and as it was passed from one to an other the bread and fish continued to swell in their hands until they all had enough and to spare. The fishes as much as they would-This does not mean that there was a scarcity of fish, but that all ate as much as they cared to. 11. Jesus took the ionves--"Thus act.- ing like the master of a family among the Jews. who took the bread into his hands to give thanks to God, before any at the table were permitted to eat." Jesus had one loaf for a thousand men. besides the women and children. We may have but little, but if we will give the little we have to Jesus, He will mul. tiply it a thousand-fold and pass it back to If, and grant us the privilege of pass- ing it out to the starving, sin-burdened multitudes. Given thanks--Jesus thus sets us an example; we should never eat without first thanking God for our food and asking His blessing upon it. Dis- tributed to the dtueiplef-There has been much discussion as to just how the mir- acle was performed. Did the bread mul. l tiply in the hands of Jesus, or in the hands of the disciples, or, as some think, did the disciples put a piece of bread and fish in the hands of those who sat at the ends of the ranks with orders to m. The multitude fed Ar. 10, ll). 10. Mike the men tsit---"" orderly ranks for the convenient distribution of the food." Mark says they at by hundreds and fifties. "They happen here as heads of families around whom, in many uses, women and children were grouped, though the men, alone were arranged in companies and numbered, while the wo- men and children were served separate- ly, as Oriental custom required."-tLange. Much grass-The grass was teddy for mowing at this time of the year. About, five thousnmi--Besides women and chir.; dren (Matt. xiv. 21). There must have been ten thousand persons to feed. Jesus had arranged them so they could easily be. counted. IV. The fragments" gatheruisp (vs. 12, 9. A lad t'.ere--Thd multitude had not thought of their tem annuities, no anxious were theyhtomllnd hear Jet: and is ind, "w o chm of t 'l/due,',', of the ”in an“: " belonged," had In that could be found. have... .... fiah-"The hvel wen round, flat cakes like large craters." Barley was their poorest food, "The fishes were smell, dried or pkkied, and were eaten with bread, like our ears diner," _ WHAT THE WORLD DRINKS. CRUISE OF THE KITTY D. \ tvuimyjy given! (31,13). 14. Then Judge Carman Could Not Convict on Such Evidence in Bee Case. A St. Catharines report: "I cannot place any importance in the crooked horse-shoe mark in the snow, as other horses in the stable had shoes of a sim- ilar shapes" said Judge Carman, to-day, when the three Caistor young people, John Russell, Arthur Kirk, and the girl Jessie Friesman, appeared before him on a eharge of stealing a hive full of ham - from the bee-house of Emmerson J. Wi low, of Gainsboro’, on the night of Janud r 19th. His Honor discharged the pr.soriliiT, 'ithout calling for the evidence for the efenee, holding that ke', smly thing the crown had estab- ished Wtht5 fps}, tha the accused were SON“ in the Mo ood of Winslow's Tewfik Pasha, the foreign minister, tried to compromise the matter, offering to settle the Syrian railways question in a. manner satisfactory to the French claimants and to purchase military equipment to the amount of $2,300,000 in France. The ambassador, however, demanded the expenditure of $6,000,000, being one-third the value oi the new Constantinople, Feb. 13.-- Germany’s victory in capturing the contract for the re-armament of the Turkish artillery threatens to result in a serious disturb- ance of Franco-Turkish political rela- tions. The French ambassador here, M. Constants, proposes to leave Constanti- nople shortly for Paris in order to con- sult with Foreign Minister Deleatsse. In the meanwhile the ambassador has in- formed the Turkish Government that the French Market is closid to any fresh Turkish loan. Germany Gets Contract and france Closes Her Money Market to the Porte. FRANCE ANN0YE0 AT TURKEY. cmon Tea is a saving in time, labor and money. Every infusion Gem and wholesome in me, become it is also lately “Pure." Black, Ilsa, or Eaton] Green. / ' Sold only in Inlet] lead packet; By all Grocers. '3teeeived the highest word and G old Medal at St. Louie. 1904. "lttiitiiiirii of Using " ' 'ii/Ill-il-li-jill-lil/l','-'! a FEEDS FOR ONE: GENT” ' -- 'e DAN PATCH 1t.E.1i.Tf?llyAirrrro HEALTH m SIX WEEKS MORE CROOKED SHOES. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO [III "a 5529; FOR ous‘ 'hees, testified: "On the morning of i January Mth," said he, "I noticed tracks iin the snow outside of my bee-house. t Ono colony was missing. I followed the tracks and they indicated where the hive had been lifted over three fences. finally out on the road. There I saw a cutter-track leading up close to tlw fence. Dead bees were strewn about on _suow. I examined the tracks in the l snow to see if there was anything pecu- i liar that I could Bee, and I noticed that the horse had left a peculiar hoof-mark, as the cork on its shoe had been turnml slightly. 1 went to Dunnville, because 1 the tracks pointed that way, and at onhn P. Evans' livery I was told they thud a horse which had the cork of its shoe turned. Evans told me that Ilus. sell, Kirk and the girl Friesman. bad the horse out the night of January 19. We examined the cutter and found dead _ bees in the bottom. Consequently, I: went and sworp out warrants against; the three." hot STOCK FOOD "66.. mum. on. Ale body was cold. An overturned soap box at thd feet showed that Mr. McFarland had stood on the lynx to fas. ten the rope over the rafter. placed a loop about his neck. and then kicked the box from under him. His feet were about a foot from the floor. Rev. Martin McFarland Bugs Himself in mu House in St. Louis. St. Louis, Feb. 13.--The Rev. Martin McFarland, until six months ago pastor of the Christian Church at Granite City) Ill., was found hanging this afternoon by a three-quarter inch rope from a rafter in the basement of his home, 4A17 North Fourteenth street. The discovery WM made by his son, the Rev. Eugene T. Me. Farland, pastor of the Fourth Christian Church. at 1.50] Penrose street. Senators Lodge and Halo led in sup- port of the ratification of the treaty. The opposition was general, and in the extended debate. covering nearly three hours, it was difficult to predict what would be the outeome. It is said the troutv may be ratified at the present sessson. day in legislative session. Some amend- ments were adopted. but the treaty it. self was not ratified. The committee amendments adopted, it is understood, are the result of eorreripondonee between Senator Lodge and Premier Bond. Opposition in U. S. Senate to Hay-Bond Treaty. Washington, D. C.. Fetc13.---The Hay- Bond Treaty for tlie improvement of commercial relations with Newfound- land. was considered by the Senate to. "There is nothing to connect my client; with the theft ot than bees, your Honor,” said Mr. Camybell. “I think that le myself,' rammed J_udge _Mll “The prisoner' no dis- plexion when Crown Attorney mum...- put William Young, foreman of Evane’ livery, into the box. Young had the two hind ahoea the horse the priaonera had used had worn that night. Both ahoea were nearly exactly alike, both being slightly turned " the cork, to prevent interfering. - you other. homes in the stable wiltlh ahoa like thntt" asked Mr. Camp- be "Oh you,” said Young, "that's quite a common thing." Young further damaged the Crown's eaae by Mating that he had found dead been in another cutter in the stable a few days ago. He didn't know whether this cutter had been out on the night of January " or not. This closed the Crown's can. ... a, it be? ' clear night, no uw - drive pat the house ngdn, and they M something white in the front of the utter. half-concealed with the robe. The use took on a. different com- plexion when Crown Attorney Brennw put William Young, {on-emu of Evans' livery. into the box. Young had the two hind sheen the horse the prisoners had used had worn that night. Both shoes were nearly exactly alike, both L4...- month turned at the cork, to PREACHER commas SUICIDE. TREATY WAS NET RATIFIED. 3"! 'm m -tm%riGruritL p,5iTaktlgri',lir, the slightest . ',h,tt . or aiming. But the “I 0-1-qu at In term I: the h '"ll.Tl'tf', to WIN and whim “a. tllagtCe7iiihtiiiiuTiiii, - "ik' 'tali'." III M u nod ad“ " m h m M the mu! sea-ik Gem! Mann future: is Out. According to Bradstreet'. nports the volume of trade It Hamilton is fairly heavy. 1t',etiggt? are not large, but th', in 00;? table activity in 1tl; or ring in . Collections are air nodal. oudoo'zioyo trade in bright. Ottams " to Bndctreet's my than in still 1 met (one to wholosnlv trade here, but movement of retail MI il Tl and u the month ad. noon it equated trade with tho 7% - We. There is fair activity I the Industries and Bottle 'tttttmatt-t i, lots! in the flow of in II not!" Main-o being done for may from about: "rd any mailers. Regen: of Bmdsstreet'. from Victoria and 'nneouver any: Trude continues a little quiet along the coat. There nrv sign: of better times for the lumbering industry and the rut year’s mining op nations were the urgent on moord. The demand for luple line- of wholesale goods for the inferior in good and thore :pying delivery. Payment. In generally flit. Winnipeg advices say: There is'mH n quiet tone noticeable in moot lines of trade, but a steady improvement is per ceptible in hudwm. Retail stocks of dry goods are light and on improved wholesale movement it looked for soon. There is little change in the general trade situation. Moiiey in not coming in any more freely. Remittances have been rather better' than in Johnny ol other years. There is still paper to be taken up, but dealers here lave no fear oCtlae ultimate result. ht- Quebec, trade in most lines is n pom quiet, but it is expected to l;rirrh; on up n the team advances. Wino goods are in moderate demand. Colhu. “on: no pull slow and renewals are reported being asked. Outatide of a siur, the tho? nuanqcturen are not busy. we . ( tEe trade ','trlt h " . There is a good rum beinl, throughout the country. Money is . ,3 ing forward fairly well. A feature the money mukots is a decline of th, price of time and on” mum-y from 5 to 4% per cent. - - u an be amend no thia'mm- of' ya: Orders tor spring dry goods coming forward ln'iakly. With ~the vent of milder weather building up than will be commenced in great: ume, and 11¢“me and 'tf Montreal reports to Bradstreet'a say: For some little time country made ttux?ughout the province have been more or less an wbound. Taken all together the wales-lo trade is fairly active. Sort. ing lines in groceries are meeting with a moderate] active trade. and the outlook for the 'ld," goods trade is ood. The outlook favors an active JU', in hard, ware. There has been acme improve- ment in remittances during the past week. City collections are fair. Talms generally continue firm. Woolu an- neal-0e ind high, leathers are firm, and the prices of sugars are expected to again Advance. Brainwav- advice any the Whnlvsnh situation at Toronto is satisfactory. Thr movennpt in trade_ generally is a, pm: May. New You-k .. .... .... ....81.15% Detroit .... .. .... .. .. .. 1.20 Toledo .... .. .... .... .. 1.M% at. boul- .. .. .... .... .. 1.15% Duluth .... .. .. .... .. .... 1.131i macaw“- .. .. .. .... .. 1.14% mm on hue. mule-(II. -thttr-.srtthealers .ege0tttgbeBae - aluminum. .54de ”not. Barley M mm alum“ ulna; cuss up] Hummus Landing Wheat nuke". -ttePam-eNAhtstn. ly. "t.ta 1.03% rr,'),! 1.12 Lea the m d' in. 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