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il_ ‘ [times shows w , Funnier 0i Sâ€"lt‘llll‘llll Must Be Without a Blemish, and 1t Must Be Holy. I beseech you, therefore, brethâ€" ren, by the mercies of God, that ;ye present your b‘od'ies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable, unto God, which is your reasonable scr- vice.â€"Rom. xii., 1. There is much talk now-aâ€"days of reasonable service. The regu- g lar church service is often dispised and snceringly referred to as the most unreasonable by men who claim that “the great dome of na- ture” is a much more worthy place for the adoration of the Almighty than even the most dignified church building, and that the only reasonable service is to cut loose from all creeds, from all revela- tion, from everything that is su- pernatural and to devote all time .and energy to the things that be. Is that rational? St. Paul, {preaching to the Greeks at Athens, Bays likewise : “God that made this {world dwelleth not in temples made with hands, neither is worshiped :With man’s hands, as though He {needed anything.” But he has A DIFFERENT IDEA ,of what a reasonable service is; he ,lcalls it: “To present our bodies, a diving sacrifice.” The universal prevalence of sacrifice in ancient how deeply it was rooted in humanity. Everywhere {we encounter the idea that God .wante a sacrifice, for sacrifice is .service and service is sacrifice, and ,as the greatest offering appears blood and life. Now it is certainly unreasonable ;to believe that God could be pleas- ed with burnt ofierings or that a bloody sacrifice of a human being was necessary to appease Him. ‘And yet it is true God is looking" for a. sacrifice. Having been re- deemed by Him who gave His life as a sacrifice for sinners, we should present our bodies, a. living sacriâ€" fice, holy, acceptable unto God. That is a reasonable service. “but does that mean] what God has given us we should applies also to should be a. living sacrifice. St. Paul writes to the Corinthi- ans: “Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which you have of God and ye are not your own. For ye are bought with a price, ‘therefore glorify God in your body.” HOW OFTEN DO WE FORGET. How careless do we often treat our bodies and how ncglectful are we sometimes in regard even to the fundamental principles of huâ€" man hcal‘th! No wonder that the soul is so week while it dwells in a. body which is more like a tomb than like a living temple! A sacri- fice must be without blemish, and -’if the presenting; of our body shall ;be acceptable unto the Lord, it ‘must be a living sacrifice. And it must be holy. While the heathen ideal of ‘the Greeks was beauty, the Christian ideal is holiness. “Yo shall be holy, for I an holy l” Many strive after the heathen ideal. They care more to look .good than to be géod and are ever ready and ever busy to correct na- ‘ture. It is astonishing what they are willing to sacrifice, to suffer in order to gain this end. How much ,‘good could be accomplished if they would employ the same energy in striving after holiness! ERNST A . TAPPERT. Wâ€"fl fROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going on in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotla. The close of the year found the 'Ayrshire lace curtain trade de- pressed. The total number of pensioners . in Ayr is 332. plicants. It is estimated that the grants of old pensions in Glasgow will amount to $5,000 per week. W There were 381 ap- , “I can truthftu say that I believe that, but for the use of your Emulsion I would long since have been in my grave. Iwas past workâ€"could not walk up-hill without coughing very har .” THIS, and much more was written by Mr. G. W. Hower- ton, Clark’s Gap, W. Va. We would like to send you a full copy of his letter, or you might write him direct. His case was really marvelous, but is only one of the many proofs that Scott’s ; Emulsion ; ‘ lover 1007. paticnts were dealt with. Grcenock Harbor Trust 111'») point- _ing out to the Admiralty that thcre lis no place on the ('lydc more suit- able than Grecnock as a site for u i is the most strengthening and revitalizing preparation in the world. Even in that: most stubborn of all diseases (consumption) it does won- 'dch, and in less serious troubles, such as anemia, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, or loss of flesh from any cause the effect is much quicker. Do not ; lay. Got a bottle of SCOTI‘S L‘MULSLOSu-im sure it‘s SCOTI'S and try it. ALL DRUGGISTS Lot ‘35 send you Mr. llowrrtnu's letter and some lift-return on Consumption. Just sum! us n Post Curd and mention this nupcr. SCOTT & BOVINE 126 Wellington St.. W. Toronto I I... l he deaths registered in Edin- burgh last year numbered 4,600, giving a death rate of 13.37 pcr 1,000. In ten years the depositors’ balances in the Edinburgh Savmgs Bank have increased by over a mil- lion pounds. James Gillespie, Mothcrwell, was found lying strangled to death through falling asleep with a tight collar on. There are only 23 old age penâ€" sioners at Prestonpans, which is a very small percentage of the popu- lation. _ There are 3,328 matriculated stuâ€" dents (including 595 women) at the University of Edinburgh this sea- son. The teachers in the board schools of Glasgow have contributed $580 to the city unemployed fund, which now exceeds $180,000. The number who are qualified for old age pension in Hamilton is con- siderably below the average of a town of 37,000 inhabitants. At Aberdeen upwards of 2,400 pension claims were admitted, and the great majority of the pension- ers drew their first payment on Jan. 2. Last year the Friendly Societies of Scotland increased in member- ship by over half a million. The average contribution amounted to $2 per member. At Pccbles a mural tablet to the. ,memory of the late Mr. Patrick Leckie has been placed in Leckie Memorial Church by his son, Mr. James Leckic, London. The ballot of the Clyde engineers on the proposal of the masters for a reduction in time and piece rates is understood to show a majority for acceptance of the masters’ lterms. I A report by the managch of the Royal Infirmary. Edinburgh. states that 11.751 patients were treated during last year. an increase of 614 In edition .63.:99'2 graving dock capable of mnduting: ull Clilfi>03 of jesty"s ships. Mr. Robert Fortune died at l‘it- 1ICDWC‘L‘111 whilc' Concluding: [weekly prayer meeting: in the liup- tisf Church. I)t‘t€i‘.>““(l carried on a successful bu~incs_\: u ' hid r many years in l‘it: . tcrly in Austrutlt-‘r. His Mn- ‘old-ago {Ii‘ll>l:rllt‘l’. died on ri-coixi 2: her pension «n the find inst. film had been ailing. and :1 ncighlwr had {gouc to draw th- pension f-:-‘ i011 pl'tsrminc the old woman with in she «licd, cxciicmcnt bang too nznch for her. It means that. ivc back to Him sanctiiicd. This, our body, which, 0111- 1 IICCUIIL . Janet Campbell. l‘f llrg'dckirk. {in , But Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills P.0- sturad Vigorous Haalt i. Medicines of the old fashioned kind will sometimes rulimc the symptoms of discasc, though “my never touch the discus.“ ilxclf Wâ€" thcy ncvcr curl‘. Ordinary xucdi- cincs leave behind thcm indiges- ifcvcrish and weakened. other hand Dr. Willinms' Pink ‘l’ills do direct good to the body. the blood and the nerves. They :fill the veins with new, rich blood; they tone and strengthen the ing it out of the blood. They al- ways do goodâ€"they cannot possibly do harm. Mrs. Gcorgo R. \Vilsou. Noncâ€" ton, N.B., sayszâ€"“A fcr.‘ ago after confinement I contracted :1 severe cold and although I took considerable medicine, I got no better. gradually getting worse. I was all run down, had no appetite and ‘gr-cw so weak that I could not do my housework. At last the docâ€" tor who was attending inc told my husband that I was going into a ideclinc, and I feared so myself, for a sister had dicd of consumption. When almost in despair a friend suggested my taking Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and I got half a dozen boxes. Before I had taken them all I began to get better. Then I got another half dozen boxes, and before I had used them all I was able to do my housework again and was in better health than I had enjoyed for years. I believe Dr. Williams' Pink Pills saved me from going into consumption and I warmly recommend them to every week person.” Sold by all medicine dealers or mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil- liams’ Medicine 00., Brockvillc, Ont. .1. BLAZE 1,800 FEET HIGH. And Above it a Column 01 Smoke Base to 9,000 Feet. supposed to have been the fire which by a conservative estimate destroyâ€" cd more than 5,000,000 barrels of oil last year in the San Geronimo field near Tampico, Mexico. The oil stratum was struck at a depth of 1,840 feet in a six inch cased well. The torrent of oil burst forth and was quickly followed by a blow out of gas which opened a big orifice in the earth's surface, swallowing up the derrick and whole The gas and oil were the fire under the and boiler. 1gnItcd from manner started. It burned for sixtyâ€"twodays. The vortex or crater through which the until it was more than 500 feet. wide. A rim of rocks and earth was formed around its outcr edge resembling a volcano’s crater. Ac- cording to the Technical World the blaze extended to a. height of from 1,400 to 1,800 fcct and the column of black smoke resc above it to a height of about 9,000 feet. of the smoke rested a great white lcloud of vapor which was estimate-l 'to extend Skyward to an additional l extinguishing work. The great oil fire was extinguish- ed by means of six centrifugal pumps which wrrc kept constantly busy for two weeks throwing mud and water into the crater. Heavy discharges of dynamite around the rim of the orifice also aided in the extinguishcing work. Shortly after the flames wcrc put out the oil burst forth again in greater volume than c‘xcr and its ]output was estimated at lllal'l‘l‘lS a day. It has been ’ficult problcm to cure for the Mexican (iovcrmncnt sent lscvm'ul hundrrl soldiers to the :Scene to assist the owners of the lwcll in building-g curthon 1‘:‘SC‘l‘\';vil‘S 1for tcniporurv stm‘ugc of the proâ€" duct. The oil ovcrilowcd thus-'3 rc» memoirs :nwl large quantities cs- czipml into the Sun Geronimo River ‘and Luke Tuniiahuu. 4 a dif- ; ()ll. “The '4 ’A { HE WAS .\ \YlD-C:‘.‘.‘Iill. ' Herâ€""The I l:l.11‘l‘_‘»' must the . lllilll "have :1 family back of hinif= l‘ Hun"'l‘> 3 ‘ ' l l-nw u ' o~ ;th;>r, thch gzr‘». and a. little buy." . hl);i U I i‘cpeuieclly)v ‘ led film. i\‘.’t‘l‘v‘ 1'. \‘\»‘i l,u.:_. lull I can say." tion, mustipation and heudachcs. ‘ ll‘urgnl ivcs leave those taking them. On the a " ncrvcs; lhcy cure diseases by root-= yours I In fact my condition was, be greatest oil fire in history is- drilling outfit, including the engine: boiler and the great fire was in this ‘ oil poured was gradually enlnrgcd‘ On top ; height of 7.000 fecf. The blaze could 4 150,000l KILLED 0N ALPINE PEAKS. Avalanche Swept London Physician Ovcr l’rccipicc. A lcrriblc Alpine tradcgy has oc- currcd ml) the Piz Denis Schurans, where Dr. John Evan Spiccr, a London physician, was killed by an avalanche, and his younger brother, Ucmld Spiccr, rescued half~frozen mud in :1 seriously injurcd con- ,«ution, after being left for many hours in the snow. llr. Spiccr and his brother, both export Alpinists, had stayed at the bchwcizcrhaus Hotel, at Lcnzcrâ€" hcidc, for several weeks, being among: the most popular visitors in that Winter rcsort. ‘ ()n \Vcdncsday morning they left lthcir hoth on skis, without guides, intending to climb the Pin Dania Schnrans, which is nearly 3,000 feet high. in order to ski into the Doin- lcsclag Valley. l 4 l lsuddenly enveloped in a. blinding snowstorm. and lost. their way. l’I‘hc-y u andercd on to the extremely dangerous slope of the Domicschg, land there attempted to shelter themselch from the wind. While climbing to the slope they were swept away by an avalanche. Dr. Spicer was carried a, distance of 000 feet into the Scharans gorge, the younger brother managed to save himself. He clung to the slope for hours calling vainly for help and unable to move. When the brothers did not return to their hotel the other guests be- came alarmed. The proprietor collected a search party of ten guides, who were joined by thirty Englishmen, who are members of the Rhaetia Alpine Club. Thursday afternoon they found Gerald Spiccr, who explained the disaster as best he could. The body of his brother was discovered afterâ€" ward, half buried in the snow. Mr. Spiccr was carried to Lenâ€" zcrhcidc with great difiiculty,_ and there attended by a. physician. In addition to his great exhaustion, he is suffering from frostâ€"bite, and it is feared that his left foot will have to be amputated. GAVE SKIN TO HELP WIDOW. Life of a Factory Girl Saved by Wealthy Women. The Misses Zoufall, Prchal and Karl, three young Bohemian girls .of good family, underwent an opâ€" eration at Prague, Austria, from philanthropic motives. A young woman named Fritsch, employed in a Prague factory, reâ€" cently had the misfortune to be Completely scalped, owing to her Ihair being caught in amachine. To save her life it was necessary to transplant fresh skin from an- other person to her head. Her employers advertised a reward of $100 to any person who would proâ€" vide the necessary supply, and no fewer than 600 persons offered thenisclvcs at the hosp'tal for the purpose. The doctors chose a poor widow, who required the money for the education of her children. The three young women mention- ed heard of the case, and informed the doctors that they would each give some of their own skin for nothing on condition that the wi- dow should receive the $100. Their Hitler was accepted, and the three lhad pieces of skin from the seles luf their feet removed and grafted on the factory girl's head. The opâ€" eration was completely successful. l .__â€"â€">xq_.â€"-â€"â€" cocooocococwoeow X». LAUGHING BABY g is A WELL BABY When 9 baby laughs, and and crows mother s x gurgles knows he is well and happy. ,When he is cross, fi'ctful and sleepless give him adosc t of Baby’s Own Tablets and 7 see how speedily they will change him to a happy, smilâ€" ing child. These Tablets cure all the minor ailments of childhood and bring heal- thy. natural they rcrnjvc sleep because the cause of sleeplessncss. If the little tooth are coming through they help thcm along pain- lcfiwly. Mrs. Octave I’aulin. (croquet, N. 13., sayszâ€"“l have found Baby's Own Tab- lrts a splendid medisine for starrinch and bowel troublor'. and to prm’nute ‘- \ll'~|il‘_’jll.' advise owvcoco’to woeccowvcoeoa- SthN-O m4 .‘ 1‘”: :3 i: H l coco-soc oc'wmcoeoco‘s ‘ When near the summit they were 0+0 sous American Lif ANNUAL MEETING REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1908 The Twenty-eighth Annual Mcct~ ing of the North American Life Assurance Company was held at its Home Office in Toronto, on Thursday, Jan. 28th, 1809, when the following report of the business of the Company for the year ended Dec. 3lst, 1003, was presented: l'Anll noon}; The cash income for the year from premiums, interest, ctc., was $1,897,078.28, showing the satisfad tory increase of $81,980.69. Blâ€"ZDIJt'i‘IOX H EXPESSE BATH). The business has been condueted on a conservative basis. as is shown by a further reduction in the ratio of expenses to premium income, thereby placing the North .American Life in the front rank of economically-managed Canadian companies. ru‘mzvrs To Pourrnornnus. The amount paid on policy-hold- ers' account was $654,991.05, and of this sum $368,831.76 represents payments for Dividends, Maturcd Endowments and Ipvestment Poliâ€" cies- Assnrs. The Assets increased during the year by the sum of $854,762.01, and now amount to $9,590,638.09. The Assets continue to be, as heretoâ€" fore, invested in the best class of securities available; a. detailed list‘ of these will be published with the Annual Report for distribution. NET sunruis. After making ample provisions for all liabilities and paying the sum of $124,771.26 for dividends to lpolicy-holdcrs, the net surplus was increased to $876,214.15. “summon. The policies issued during the year, together with those revived, amounted to the sum of $1,465,224.â€" 00. making the total insurance in force $40,341,091.oo. Aron: A monthly examination of the books of the Company was made by the Auditors, and at the close of the year they made a thorough scrutiny of all the securities held by the Company. A committee of the Board, consisting of two Di- rectors, made an independent au- dit of the securities each quarter. L. GOLDMAN, J. L. BLAIKIE, Managing Director. President. The Annual Report containing a detailed list of the securities will be sent in due course to each policy-holder. MYSTERY 0F LONELY ISLAND. Thrcc Sportsmen Found Dead With no Sign of Violence. A crime, the solution of which would puzzle a Sherlock Holmes, has occurred on Sand Island, in the Caspian Sea. Three wealthy residents of Baku went shooting on the island, but as they failed to return, a party start- ed in search of them. Their dead bodies were found close to the shore, carefully laid out, each with the hands crossed over the breast. They had not been robbed of their money or jewelry, but their arms, consisting of double-barreled fowl- ing pieces, revolvers and hunting knives, were missing. No sign of a. struggle could be found, the bodies were not scratch- ed or bruised, and the hunting costumes were not disarranged. A boat on which they had proceeded to the island was found, keel up- permost, on the strand, where ap- parently it had been placed for safeâ€" ty. Two horses were found grazing close by, but to whim they belong is a mystery. A few yards from where the bod- ies lay was a newly turned mound of earth. Two feet down in the mound a strangely cut, white, high- ly polished stone, weighing 40 pounds, was found. This stone is of foreign origin, and cannot, thereâ€" fore, have hecn quarried in the isâ€" land. A neat Orthodox cross had been chiseled on one of the facets. It was at first thought that the victims had been poisoned, but a. postmortem examination disclosed no trace of poison or internal in- jury. The physician who made the ‘autopsy came to the conclusion that the victims had been stifled and the mouth and nose of each of .the men had been stopped by mur- dcrci‘s. 'l‘ thmry is scouted by friends and relatives, as all three were in ‘11, prime of health. and one of :h -m. M. Krassilnikoff, was a man of herculean build and strength. a} . l l. The Young Mnn-»“Gracic, what He. If your father sees in me to 0'1- ];cct to, darling :" The Young Wo- lmen (wiping a t(-.1r)â€"â€"“He lda'csxl't see anything in you, AI.- lgcruon; that is why he objects. '