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I 13. Brought unto himâ€"Better, “ofiered unto him," the word be- ing the same as that used of the wise men bringing gifts. and of peo- ple making an offering at the altar (Matt. 2. 11; 5. 23). It was a solemn act of dedication. Some have conâ€" jectured that the incident; took place indoors (compare Marl: 10. 1’7), and that the little children were those of the household. who “were brought to him to say good night and receive his blessing _be- fore sent to bed." But the discip- les would hardly have ,remonstrat- ed with them in such a. case. They rebuked the parents because the Master’s strength and time were already taken up with healing the sick, and' it was intolerable that children in sound health should be brought to him. h 17. Why askest'thou me ?â€"‘If this is the exact form of the Master’s re- sponse, it must have been in the Datum of a challenge to look else- there than to some good antler What good thing shell I do Clâ€" Mark and Luke, more naturally, omit the “good.” Could any act, except a good one, win eternal life? The divergencies here, between Matthew on the one hand‘ and Mark and Luke on the other, are full of interest. What follows sug- gests that “Good Teacher” is the manner in which the ruler address- ed Jesus. He went beyond the usual courtesy, which would de- mand only “Teqcher,” and signified his lofty regarcflor Jestls."by‘ the ML dition of this unusual adjeotive. 14. Jesus saidâ€"According to Mark, he was moved with indigna- ticn at the rebuke. If the kingdom of heaven belonged rightfully to such as these, it was scandalous to forbid their coming into the pres- ence of the King. This and similar tributes on our Lord’s part to the sanctity of childhood constitute the best argument for infant baptism. (For a wise discussion of this diffi- cult subject see Curtis, The Chris- tla'» Faith, page 437, and note the statement :,' “It (infant baptism) stands for the sacramental accept- ance by the church of the”consecra- tmu‘ unto Christ of a babe \by the home”) The perfect sincerity of the evangelists in admitting such incidents, which were to the discre- dit of the apostles, is manifest. 16. One came to himâ€"Commonly known as the rich young ruler. Luke alone says that he was a. “ruler,” which may mean nothing more than that he occupied a high piace in the social order. Mat- thew is alone in saying he was “young.” The fine character of this man, which comes out in his enthusiastic interest in Jesus, his eagerness for the truth, and his freedom from immortality, justifies tux Lord’s love for him (Mark 10. ~21). 15. He laid his hands on themâ€"â€" Mark says (10. 16), “He took them in his arms, and blessed them, lay- iug his hands upon them.” That. he should lay his hands on themâ€"He often laid his hands upon those he was to heal, and these par- ents thought it would be an inesti- mable benefit to their children to have him touch them. 2. Great multitudes followed â€"- Jesus had gone to this district no doubt for retirement, and for re~ cuperation of his forces prepara- txry to the final ordeal which ‘was but a. few weeks distant. But he could not deny an outlet to his com- passion for the people, and so healed them and continued also to tench (as Mark expressly states and this chapter and the next clearly Show) , voted plateau, about 85 miles porth and south and 25 milas wide, notoriously cold and yielding little h cultivation. The population was largely Jewish, as a careful .it‘lrfy Of this chapter indicates. It was in Pemea. that Jesus was manifest,â€" ed unto Israel, and thither the s. ~ - ewty were sent on their mission. He departed from ,Gallecâ€"He did not go there again unzâ€"ii after tbs resurrection. Verse 1. When Jesus had finished -â€"â€"A common method, with Matthew, of passing from one subject to an- other (Matt. 7. 28; 11. l; 13. 53; 9.5. 1). Borders of Judaea. began-1 the J( rdanâ€"A New Testalzmxt design-m» tion for Peraea, by th: Jews reck- oned as one of their provinces (the other two being Judaea and Gali- lee). ' It consists mostly of an 21(2- Lesson VI. Jesus on the Way to Jerusalem, Matt. 19. l, 2, 13-26. Golden Text, 19. 14. THE Se S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON. AUG. 7. 24. Easier for a, camel to go through the eye at a ueedle â€" A pygverbial.;saying familiar to the Jews, not necessarily to be taken literally, but 1188C! to.e,xpress an aimost insupe_rable difliculty. 25. The diéciplres . . . werue aston- ished-eBecause they-dung to the 23. Hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdomâ€"It is hard for anyone to enter, but especially hard for those who are exposed to all the fascination; and perils of great riches. 21. If thou wouldest be perfectâ€"â€" Here. as everywhere, Jesus teach< es, that perfection consists, not in conformity to an external code, but is purely a; matter of heart and mo- tive. Jesus does not deny the young man has kept the law. But he puts his finger on his one imperfec- tionâ€"his love of wealth. In saying, Gov sell, and thou shalt have treaâ€" sure in heaven, Jesus makes no promise that eternal life can be gained in this way. But, in this particular case, there was no pros- pect of a heavenly life until the young man had surrendered his at- tachment to earthly gain. “The charge to make the sacrifice was the medicine which the man’s soul requ’red. The hard, self-denying life of a follower of Jesus was the bracing that was needed to make a. really noble character. Come, follow me is not so much a com- mand as it is an invitation. Jesus yearns to have this man for a dis- ciple, but he has named the only conditions upon which this is pos- sible. 22. He went away sorrowful ~â€" Jesus might; have made the terms easier and thus have gained a fol- lower. But what kind of a follow- er! The man who, in a covetoua spirit, clings to his possessions and is ready to renounce Christ; sooner than them, has cause for sorrow. However estimable he may be in other respects, there is a, fetal flaw in his character. We never get (my happiness out of the thing we choose instead of Jesus. 20. All these things have I ah- served~No doubt this could be. said honestly by the young man; It is at this point that Jesus is said "to have loved him. At any rate, the young ruler was evidently not sat- isfied. The scribes had as much to say to him. What lack I yet lâ€"Was there no stern duty he could perform to prove himself worthy! Had the Good Teacher nothing more to say to the restless heart, of this man than what he already knew, and whathad failed to bring peacg‘l the secret of. eternal life; such char- acter as is found in himwho alone is gOOd can entitle men to that; au- preme estate. If Jesus said, “Why mallest thou me good? None is good save one” (Mark and Luke), it. was not because of any conscious- ness of moral lack, no denial of sinlessness, but a test of the man’s conception of goodness; he had giv- cu Jesus a title which belonged only to Godâ€"~was he ready to stand by it? ~ Keep the commandmentsâ€"They were the bestâ€"known summary of the meaning of good character. The surprise of the ruler, shown by his question, “Which?” (18), arose, perhaps, from the multiplicity (f commands other than those of Mosâ€" es. It may be expected some new commandment. 18. And Jesus saidâ€"Notice that the commandments given are en- tirely from the second table. of the Decalogue, and deal with love for cne’s neighbor, which may account for Matthew’s addition (verse 19) which is peculiar to him (compare Lev. 19. 18). MRS. .mmzs FENWICK ~ Enterprise, 0nt.. October Ist, 1908. “I sufiered tortures for seven long years from a Water Tumor. I was forced to take morphia constantly to relieve the awful pains, and I wanted to die to et relief. The doctors gave me up am? my friends hourly ex ted my death. Then I was induc to take “Fruit-mtives" and this wonderful fruit medicine has completely cured me. When I appeared on the street again my friends exclaimed 'The dead has come to life.’ The cure was a positive miracle}: JQMES FENWKCK. 5°C 1 boxâ€"6 fot' $2.50e-or trial box, :5c. M dealers or from Fruitq-tives Limited. Ottawa. “IHE DEAR HA8 BUMETU UFE" l “FRUIT-LINES" MIRACLE M13: Murby urged that halftime la bor should be stopped. The mun- try should be able to support; xtself by means of its adults The schonl age should be raised to fifteen. PtI‘SO'lS under eighteen years (:f, age should not be-‘allowml to work more than thirty hours per week; and should be seq urczi tolattufifl i‘tra'iu-ing schools. Enzmvyniout' for many of those' 11; progeny mum. vucrk would also be secured if the hturs of those nmp’uyaxl m rail~ ways, ’bgses and trams which were at 'preSent exceSst '6, were re lured. same way as consumpm .1 me sevâ€" enth of the pauperism of the coun- try might be prevent :(l, and much nusery would be swap; away. PN- ventive measures could do much Cue-third of the bliulncs; of the country could be availed if negleé‘t in infancy was ‘guatlal against. and. the public health and (duca- tion authorities (:0 ud do much U! paevent destitution. The policy of p-evention could H.120 be applied to the unemployed. Pht-hisis, said Mrs. Sydney Webb, accounted for one serenh 01 the expenditure under the poor law. If phthisia, were dealt with in the Mrs. Barnes sail that. “There shall be in no human life any imâ€" pudlment to the call “8 the, divine which I can remom’ was a. creed ch‘h would carry them far in s.» 1:211 reform. Ceuld (10 Away With Much Misery in Britain. “Women and the, fight against destitution” was the subject dis- Cl ssed at a. recent sitting of the W<’men’s Congress at the White City in, London. We remark that such a. one “speaks through his nose,” when as a matter of fact the queer, dis~ agreeable tone is produced when the nasal passage is closed. Hold the nostrils and prove it. We have a firmly fixed notion that a Centipede has 100 feet, and naturally, but we are misled by the name. Count ’em. There are about thirty feet on the largest size. “Genuine French brie‘r -' r0013 pipes" are not made’from the roots cf brier but from the root of a white heath which reaches a. conâ€" siderable size andis cultivated in the south of France for pipemaking purposes. The name is derived from 1‘113 French bruyere, the dialect foam of which is briere, meaning heath. dance!” some one exclaims, and immediately thcre- jump into the ln‘Jld visions of red checked lasses and stout lads dancing gayly in the bum. The term, however, is simp- ly a corruption of “contra, dance,” from the Latin contra, or opposite, and means ‘a, dance in which the partners are arranged in opposite lines, and has nothing to do with country. Camel’s hair brushes are not made from the hair of camels but from hairs from the tails of‘Rus- sian and Siberian squirrels. The hair of camels is, however, used for making fine fabrics, such as shawls, rugs and underclothing, and is sometimes mixed with silk. , Nothing is more natural than to assume that india. ink comes from India, but it does not, and never did, any more than did india rub- ber. The first originated in and comes from China, and should be called Chinese ink, as it is in France} and the latter comes from Central and South America. dance I” India Rubber and India Ink-â€" Brier Root Really Heather.’ A vast nuinber of incorrect, no- ticns are acquired by reason of misleading names, but after all is it of any particular importance, so long as we get what we are after? For instance, we go into a store and ask for a Dutch clock. We get a. clock, the kind we were after, so it does not; really matter that it is noL a Dutch clock at all but a. Ger- man manufacture. Practically all the wooden clocks called Dutch are made at the village of Freyâ€" burg, in the Black Forest. I!) is all due to mispronunciation: “Dent-sch” in German means “German.” 26. Jesus looking upon themâ€"It was a penetrating look, such as Mark says he gave to the young ru- 10?. Perhaps the latter was at that monfient lingering near, and heard the words, with God all things are possible. Was not this man’s tmuble that he had tried to do himâ€" self what only God could do for him! idea of a, Messianic kingdom of sp}9nd9r and wggldly power. “Letff! have an old style country POLICY 0F PREVENTION. MISLEADIN G NAMES. Jack Pierce, 3, shoemaker, who came out with two other Welshâ€" men, a. grocer and a carpenter, writes from Haulrd, Sack, May 30. 1910: ANY MAN CAN GET ON. “You can show this letter to all my old friends at Abergele, and if gou like you can send it to the press if you think it will benefit any young men or women who think of coming to Canada. 1 can say with- out the least hesitation that this is a much better country than the old country, and there is no reason whatever why a. young man or wo- man could not succeed here. There 15 plenty of work for all here, and good places. The servant is looked upon as one of the family; no re- s‘J: iction on what, you do and where you, go; you shore the best place in the house with the boss, and eat from the same table. No talk of ‘lloft allan’ hereâ€"~nothing is too gwd for the hired man.” ' “When spring came I started Work on a farm at $25 a month. Then I went up west by ‘jumping’ the freight train, about two thou- sand miles, with $2 in my pocket, and had to live on dry bread and water for ten days. I arrived at Saltcoats on the night of July 10, walked to Yorkton, 26 miles across the preirie. I got a job at Yorkton, which was a turning point to suc- cess. I may say here that when I arrived at Yorkton I had the enorâ€" mcus sum of 3 cents in my pocket! Six months later I started business there, butchering, with my brother Arthur as partner, and twelve mc-nths later sold out at a good sum, and toâ€"day. I am pleased to say, I can sit and look at my crop growing, from which I hope to re- ceive somewhere from $2,000 to- 83,- 000 next fall, besides being the owner of three fine mares and foals, and all necessary farming impleâ€" ments. “I landed at; Portland, Maine, took train to Hamilton, Ontario, viar Montreal and Toronto, two days"journey. Landed at Hamilton on the Sunday night. and started to work on the Wednesday follow- ing at F. W. Fearmun’s pork facâ€" tory, wa-ges'$12 per week; worked there‘a. month, and then got a job on the railway for the summer at $50 a. month. This job finished in October, and for the winter I had to be. content on keeping the stove warm. The London Standard prints two letters received in‘ Wales a few weeks ago from young Welshman who have emigrated to Canada. The first is from Joseph Williams, the second from Jack Pierce. They are of the sort that make the best immigration literature, as the writ- ers are of the sort that make the heft immigmptg for Canada. “I think I ought to write and let you know how we are faring in this far landâ€"the last Great West ---.‘the granary of the world.’ -I think the best way for me would be to start from the time I came here â€"three years ago, on April 21.‘ Joseph VWilliams, writing from Bugger; pro“, oflicg, Suk'., rsays: TWO HAPPY WELSH BOYS ON THE FARM. Letters From the Lads in Saskatch- ewan to Folks in the 0141 Land. BES.’ AD. FOR CANADA ((I am writing you this letter to RODE IN- BOX CARS. Standard Article 1mm:er A {an cquda 20 "u. Ready for up: in any qunntity. EAGER TO WORK. SAL ‘SODA. UK only “I: But. Dunks. Ulmta. Drainuflc. Unful for five GI A curious political coloring is lent to this movement of the German? butchers by the threat that if the’ Government declines to remove their grievances they will, as a: body, join the Social DeunocmticL organization. The butchers have; hiiherto been among the most loyal[ of the Kaiser’s subjects. Another phase of the question is no“ opened up by the attitude of the butchers, who are actively pe- titioning the Government to “do' S( mething” if their trade is not tog~ sufler seriously. In their petitions: they .state that the prohibition to: import cattle from abroad does not enable home farmers to cope with} the national demand. for the pro-‘ duction of “national” pigs, oxen, sheep and caIVes is practically sta- tirnary, and in some districts is even growing less, while the de- mand increases. They ask for the abolition of all frontier barriers toi importation of live stock, and less drastic measures in dealing with! cattle supposed to be affected with 'tu‘berculosis. This, they say, is carried to absurd lengths. I you how we are getting along. We are very thankful for the good in-: formation you gave us before leav- ing, and we wish you long life to tell more of the Welsh people aboufi the wonders of this country." “I will wrige you again and telll l The prices of the necessities of life continue to rise in a mosh: alarming way in all the large cities of Germany, with Berlin and Ham- burg at their head. German house- wives are in a state- of growing anxiety, asking where all this is to! end. i HIGHER PRICES IN GERMANY? Housewives are Asking Where It Will All End. nature can give it. There is work here for every man that wants to work, and he will get good money for his. work. The weather has been good since we have been here â€"very fine every day, and the sun shining brightly, with a, nice breeze blowing all, day. I am out every day with four horses, which is :1. vs ry different thing from shoemak- ing, but if all the horses in Can- ada are like these, I would not mind if Iliadrtjwenty before me. ‘7, “I told the farmer in the start that I was not used to farm work. but I was used to horses, and that I was willing to do all I could ac- cording to his instructions, and I have been very successful up to now; but I have taken good care that he has not to say the same thing more than once to me, and do the work to the letter, as he had old me in the commencement that the trouble they had as a rule with newcomers was that they wanted to do everything in the old way. “Well, abbut the countr}; the name I shall give it is the Canaan of the present world. IT IS RICH IN EVERYTHING give you my idea of this country. On our arrival in 'Regina. we had a brotherly reception at the immi- gration hall and a, comfortable place to stop at, free. We never asked for work at the immigration ball, as we went out in the morning before it was opened, and the three of us got a. place right away. There was a, large demand for laborers in the city, but our object was going on the land, rather than get higher wages in the town. ’ We hired at $30 per month and our board. Our food is worthy of calling food, no- thing like the food they give in the old country on the farms. ’ AXLE BREE-E The Imperial Oil 00.,Ltd. 1;! mm,- Agum: The Queen at: 0:1 60.. m. .. is me turning-point to economy in wear and tear of wagons. Try a box. Every dealer everywhere; For Making Soup. For SofteningWaur. For Removhu Pa‘nt. For D‘u‘nfecting Sinks. Clown. Drainuflc.