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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 'Lessm III.-â€"Asa’s Good Reign in Judah, 2 Chron. 15. 1-15. Gold- en Text, 2 Chan. 15. 7. ' 2. Went out to meet Asaâ€"Upon \fis return from the successful con- test with Zerah, the Ethiogfiain.‘ 8. Oded the prophetâ€"It is evident here that the words “Azariah, son of," which are found in the Vul- gate, have accidentally dropped out in the Hebrew text from which we have our translation. Abominationsâ€"All the detestable forms of idolatrous worship (com- are 1 Kings 11. 5 and 2 Kings 23. 4). Cities which he had takenâ€"As no reference has previously been made to conquests of this kind on the part of Asa, it is supposed that this means the cities captured by his father, Abijah (2 Chron. 13. 19). l Renewed the altar of Jehovahâ€" No record has been handed down of the implied desecration of this Iltar. Verse 1. The Spirit of God came upon Azariahâ€"Often spoken of as the method of prophetic equipment, the Spirit clothing the prophet as with a, garment. Azariah is not mentioned elsewhere. 3-6â€"This section has been variousâ€" )! interpreted as referring to the northern kingdom of Israel, to the entire previous history of the He- brew people, and to the period of Elle Judges. The language fits in well with this last view. The law- less, lax times of the Judges is reâ€" flected in verse 3. The distress (4), end calling,r upon Jehovah, and conâ€" sequent deliverance from their trou- bles, reminds one at once of that troubled epoch. The want of peace \nd the continued vexations (5), and he wrangling between different lribes and different cities (6), is :haracteristic of the Judges (com- pare chapters 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12 if the book of Judges). Jehovah is with youâ€"This had just had illustration and confirma- tion in the decisive victory of Asa. war the invading army of Zemh. It Was a general truth which found iupport in all the history of both Judah and Israel, as did the oppo- site truth, If ye forsake him, he 1‘ 11. The spoilâ€"This was presum- ‘ably taken from the Ethiopian king, and may have been consider- ed as a kind '0? first fruits, or ipledge of loyalty to Jehovah in the future. will forsake you. 6. Nation against nation â€"- One ‘iribe against another is meant. l 10. The third monthâ€"C0rrespon~ ding to our June, and the appoint- ed time for the feast of weeks, ,when the first fruits were offered. 3. Without a teachingf priest and without lawâ€"The two things Lmount to theL same thing, inas- nuch as the giving of instruction ‘1) the law was one of the oifices of [he priesthood (Deut. 33. IQ). Landsâ€"Districts of the country bf Israel. 9. Them out of Ephraim and Man- Essehâ€"Adjoining tribes, many of whose members lived in Judah after the disruption (2 Chron. 10. 17), and many more of whom came thither because of the belief that the pure worship of their God was in Jerusalem, a belief that was re- enforced by the idolatrous practic- es of the northern kingdom and the marked successes of Judah’s kings: Simeonâ€"Although this small tribe was reckoned as one of the ten, it can only have been partial- ly so, because it was, at the time of the separation, absorbed into Ju- dah (1 Chron. 4. 24). l 12. The covenant to seek Jehovah ‘â€"Following the prophecy of Azari- ah (verse 2). Asu’s work, therefore, was both destructive and construe- tive. After casting out the disrepu- table reminders of his people’s un- faithfulness, he proceeds to renew the neglected altar, and then to make provision for a nobler devo- tion to the Lord in the future. The covenant was made by the taking of a binding oath (2 Chron. 34. 31), which in this case was emphasized by the blowing of trumpets (14). 5. No peace to him that went out wIt was unsafe to travel. 15. Jehovah was as good as his word. It was no doubt arduous business casting out the corrupting emblems of a false worship, but all were glad when it was finally acâ€" lnomplished and they had entered upon a new era, which, under the ‘gracious guidance of the Lord, was a. time of peace, until the thirty-fifth year of the reign. of Asa. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 15. THE LURE OF THE WILDS The Baron Orbcck’s Description of His Hunt After Big Game. \Ve are in the Carpathian Mount- ainsâ€"in the country of rushing streams, deep forests, big game, and primitive life. After breakfast, my friend, with Whom I was spending my holidays, took leave of everybody in a patâ€" riarchal way, and having said that we should be'la’oe for supper, we started: One could see it was towards the end of September, for the beech trees showed red, although Sum~ mer was still in the air. The bright morning made us pleased with our- selves and the world. The dogs, who did not leave us for a. moment. in the house, watch~ ing lest we might go Without them, were now'full of joy, scenting and searching; it was only young Zag- ray that rushed from bush to bush and stopped to bark at sparrows, while old Lbuy, a. wise dog, full of experience, already wounded by boars several times, went in front of us, for he was aware that there was no game worthy of his attenâ€" tion so near HUNTING BEARS IN THE CAR- PATIIIAN MOUNTAINS. HUMAN HABITATION. He was followed by Fedor, my friend’s trustworthy and experiencâ€" ed forester. We left the River Lomnica, which flows in a valley not broader than one kilometer. On a. narrow strip of land between the river and the mountains there were meadows; here and there was a. field of oats, which the peasants were only now harvesting. From time to time we passed groups of people busy rak~ ing the hay or gathering the oats. My friend knew everybody, and would greet the people, “May God help you!” to which they would answer, “We thank you, my lord! May God grant you good health and happy life!” We entered into the dreaming forests of Perekinskâ€"the property of the late Archduke Albert of Au 5' triaâ€"where deer are numeroh". After about two hours’ ..a1k, during which we passed a. number of large trees thrown across the streams in guise of bridges, we found ourselves in a glen, on which one could see numerous traces 23f deer, for here hay and salt mixed with clay is left for them during the Winter. The path became steeper, the blood began to circulate swifly in my veins, and I strove to breathe as easily as my companion. Sud- denly my friend stopped and said quietly; “Bear!” That word made a. deep impres- sion on me, and with 3. votes 111- teuding to express I asked, “Where '1’ ’ Fedor answered shortly, “Yes, my lord,” with that soft intonation of the voice peculiar to the Ruthen- ian language. Then both my friend and the forester assured themselves that the bear had traversed the road we were following. We ascended higher and higher, still following the trail. My friend and Fedor wondered why the animâ€" al left the heights so early in the year. My friend pointed to the ground and said “A fresh Mari], don't you think so, Fedor2’f After a few minutes’ of close ob- servation, I also distinguished the footprints, resembling very much those of a man. The forester showed the young hound the trail; the dog, however, did not understand, but breathed deeply, barked, and kept near us, reluctant to go forward. The old hound had disappeared, which I did not regret, for he was capable of bringing us the bear! and I was then only about 21, and, naturally, fond of life. We now reached a small plateau covered with low verdure and thick moss, and it was impossible to folâ€" low the trail without the old hound. I was full of sweet joy, and I thank- ed God for the, pleasure of enjoying the quiet- of fhe wilderness I LISTENED TO THE ECHOES; Suadenly the earth trembled un« der heavy steps, Amway rushed forward, and at He same mnmcnt JOYFUL CU R [OSIT'L Zubuy jumped madly acrou the plateau in the direction of the fir trees. I looked at my friend and Fedor; they were silent and $01- emn; at the same time there re- sounded the short, furious barking of the hounds. I could see the dogs nervously jumping backwards and forwards, We advanced about ten paces more, and suddenly stopped. A bear, indeed! We stood motionless and silent, deep dusk was already lying in the valleys; the stars looked down be- tween trees; the forest wrapped it self in grey mist that had risen from the water; the boughs began to move drowlsily . . . .; the forest slept . . .; while the River Lom- nica. was rushing towards the Dniester. I was not frightened, for I had already hunted big game several times, and not in the easy way of modern kings and emperors, but in the old straight fashion of hunts- men; nevertheless, for the moment my hezd swan and my instinct was self-preservation‘ Exciting Experience with a Herd of Elephants. In his book of adventure, "From the Niger to the Nile,” Lievt. Boyd Alexander tells of the killing of big game. His" reflections upon the result of the hunt are deeper, if not greater, than the story of the hunt itself. The reader L ay be led to ask whether, upon the extinction of some of the nobler forms of die, the world may not on the who'e be sorry for the loss. of the specific incident which started his train of thoughts he writes as follows: We could not see the elephants, but heard their low trumpetings and the cracking of tree branches. We paused, breathless, {or a moâ€" ment or two before we advanced. stoopng to the edge of the tall grass. There, in a. grove of small trees, we beheld a big male standâ€" ing sentinel, while several females with their young were feeding among the trees away on our right. It was nearing sundown, and against the fading light their bodâ€" ies were silhouetted big and black upon the green of grass and leaf. I knew of no excitement equal to that of being confronted by such gigantic beasts in their wild state. Instinctively one grips the rifle tighter and holds one’s breath. It is seldom that an elephant will deliberately charge the hunter. The commonest danger occurs from the whole herd stampeding in all di- rections, and rushing blindly upon one before there is time to get out of the way. Elephants have very poor sight, and that makes hunting them much less dangerous than it would otherâ€" wise be; but their sense of hearing is so extremely keen that one might almost say that th¢y can see with their ears. Using the cover of an old antâ€" hill, we crept up to within ten yards of the male, which was a huge beast. His ears had already gone forward to catch the noise of the approaching danger, but before he had located it, Gosling had fired at him twice behind the shoulder, but had missed the heart. Instantâ€" ly, on the report of the rifle, the females with their young crashed away to the right, while the wound- ed. elephant turned and dashed off in the opposite direction. Hearing the noise of our coming, he turned and faced the bullets. At. each shot the great mass swayed like a forest giant beneath the axe, and at the fourth he tethered and fell with a. crash to the ground. After an exciting chase of five hundred yards, we came up with him in an open gladc, where he was (standing among the rest of the herd, which now tore away in all directions, At the sight of so harmless. so helpless, so noble a beast reduced KILLING BIG GAME. to a Iumb of dead flesh, to be brought to dissolution by the hands of man, one’s heart went heavy as a, stone, for the specter of death seemed suddenly mugnifled before one’s eyes, and one turned away with the wish never to kill an ele~ phant again. Amusing Incidents of Travel in the Old Days in England. Had he lived in our day of steam, electricity and motor-cars, Daniel Lambert, most famous of fat men, would not have been driven, as he was in his own day, to having a special vehicle constructed [on his conveyance. Other stout men, somewhat less fat and less prosper- ous, who had to make use of or- dinary coaches built for human be- ings of standard size, experienced and made a vast amount of trouble, as Mr. J. B. Walkenside, writing recently of coaching days in Eng- land, has amusingly shown. Mr. Benning of Bath having been refused 84 place in the coach be- cause of his corpulence, on the ex- cuse that the places were all en- gaged, made no demur, but coming early to the startmgâ€"place, simply got in, pulled down the blinds, setâ€" tled himself comfortably, and fell asleep. Other passengers arriving and peeping in at his enormous bulk. protested to the hostler that it was impossible to traxel with such a. giant. The argument awakened Mr. Benning, who lifted the blind, drowsily declared that he should not get out, but if anybody chose to pull him out he would offer no resistance, and went to sleep again. When he again waked up, at nearly an hour past midnight, he looked out to see at what town the Coach was stoppingâ€"and found himself still in the inn yard at Bath. The horses had been quietly taken out during his nap and put to another coach which chanced to be in the stable awaiting minor repairs, and he had been left behind. An immensely fat Quaker of Hu<l« dersfield, having been first refused transit unless he would go as lum- ber at ninepence per stone, al- though even then he was assured he would be an inconvenientwari- ety, since he could not be split for 9George H. Duffus of Robertson St., Fort William, 3 C. I’. R. fireman, says: “The water gauge of my locomotive burst and scaided the whole left side of my taco terribly. I had a box of Zam-Buk in my pocket, which I was using for a sore on my lip, and when I had recovered from the first shock of the accident, I produced the balm and had it applied freely to the scaided parts. I was suffering acute agony, but within a wonderfully| short time Zam-Buk gave me ease. I was able to continue my journey and upon reaching home. I obtained more Zamâ€"Buk and continued the treatment. Zam-Buk acted wonderfully well, and in' a few days had the wound nicely healing. I don't know anything so fine as Zamâ€"Buk as a healer of burns, scalds, cuts, and similar injuries, which workers areso liable to, and, in my opinion, a box of Zam- Buk should be kept handy in every worker’s home.” " (7 Zam-Buk will also be found a sure cure for cold sores, chapped hands, frost. bite, ulcers, blood-poison, varicose sores, piles, scalp sores, ringwarm, inflamed patches, bsbies’ erup- tions and chapped planes, cuts, burns, bruises, and skin in- juries generally. All druggists and stores sell M: 500. box or post free from Zamâ€"Buk 00., Toronto, upon receipt; of price. FAT PASSEN GER S. better packing, as was usual, was finally told that he would be ac- cepted as a. passenger, but he must pay for two places. "I will not dispute thy decision, friend. I shall need them both,” he assented, gooa-humoredly, and paid the money down. The next morning he made an early appearance, accompanied by a sister as fat as himself, and the two climbed into their places, from which it was impossible to dislodge them. Neither could the other in- tending passengers squeeze in with such an elephantine pair, and the proprietor had at last to consent to send them on by postâ€"chaise. “I applaud thy decision, friend,” commented the huge Quaker, plao. idly. “Rachel and I are not un~ social, and doubtless we should have enjoyed the gentlemen’s com- pany had no mishap occurred. But had we chanced to lurch upon them in descending a hrrl, I fear the con- versation so interrupted would never have been resumed. Rachel is tenderâ€"hearted, but she weighs three hundred pounds, and I my- self am four and fort-y pounds hem vier. It is best that our fleshy bur- den should afflict ourselves alone." Supplied With Ivory Combs. Hair Pins and Hair Net of Gold. The Roman lady’s toilet table was well supplied. Ivory combs, bottle of perfume, buttons, hair pins, and even a. hair net of gold wire figure in the National Museum at Naples. ROMAN LADY’S TOILET TABLE. Bronze thimbles and spindles are to be seen among the relics. The Roman lady even had her safety pin, for there is a specimen of this little convenience which, before the one in the Naples museum was found, was believed to be a. strict- ly modern invention. The Roman lady, however, apparâ€" ently lacked one essential. She had no hair brush. Neither had she a. glass mirror. All the mirrors of the museum, with one exception, are of silver or of some other white metal. 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