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12 PAGES 196 NEW HOPE FOR EXLED JEWS. By William T. Ellis. Back of the surge and swing of the war, lie certain great interests which are quietly maturing plans made possible by the present undver- | sak upheaval. Every few days we read | allusiong to Zionlem, and to its fu-| "O7F J was not wholly dead; but ure after peace has been signed. Out nearly so that ad extremest of Ube smoke of battle, out of the, ®° ¥ uld ip nants, rivers of blood, out of the stawsvation t Aen ou Hud He TAA a and suffering of the remnant who sition Ha His dite pu a Jo dwell in the Promised Land, out of | ho hw still rod " ith the the overturn of empires and sockal | YE Pie an Es wih He Sram: here Ip omercing had to do a parent's hardest duty-- tl . " { punish His own. To 1ift up, He bad 10 ancient hope of Isarel, The Jews first to cast down, Nothing short are to have their chance in the land ig ti an o oti Tv a ny exile of the fathers. Probably it will come| Of national dows ro i by the processes of democracy: the toll ' At nao bit was returned Jews will vote themselves: ony OF I TY. : Tas NO, | The International Sunday School lesson for August 26 is "The Captivity of Judah."--II. Kings 25:1-31. body of the mysterious vital spark. indo authority in the land of precious memories. One of the many unpre- dicted and unexpected benefits is the boon it promises to bring to the Chosen People, 80 long scattered wbroad, - This present day news of a possi blé new beginning for the Jews link tragically to the story of the decline of the royal Mne, the fall of the last king of Judah and the destruc- tion of the city of Jerusalem Sh Sosy upon which the atten- tion of thirty-five million Sunday school members is now concentrated The two events are part of one long national drama, the most wonderful in all the history of nations, And in every act the devout and the discer- ing beholder may perceive as the principal actor Jehovah, From the going out of Abraham, at the beck- oning of God unfll the present move- ment for tile return of the Jews to the Holy Land, the history of this people has, primarily, a religious sig- nificance, Great David's Lesser Son. We sing of "Great David's Greater Son"; this tale concerns the last and one of the least of his sons to occupy a throne, Zedekiah, so named by his heathen master, Nebuchadnezzar; a! vassal in a state, a craven weakling in spirit, one of the moet unroyal sons of the great king who ever sat upon the throme of Judah. Zede- kiah did not even fulfil the modern cynical definition of an honest politi- clan--"One who will stay bought." Unable to his state, he was alike unable to keep faith with his conqueror, He went back on his people, he went back on his position and traditions, he went back on Ne- buchadnezgar and he went back on Jehovah, He was what the collo- quial speech of the day calls a "welcher," a man who repudiates his bargain, . rah Like king Wké people, If Zede- kiah was a poor stick, the people over whom he reigned, and who fell with him, were a sorry lot. The na- tion was guilty along with the ruler. For the record runs: "Moreover, ail the abominations of the nations, and they polluted the house ot" Jehovah and . . , they mocked the 'thessen- "wers of God, and despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah rose against His people, until there was no remedy.' This nation--had reached the end of its rope, and there was a noose on it. A Deadly Disease Or, to suggest a less violent end, the Jewish nation died of spiritual 'atrophy. By cemislng to exercise ite spirit, the nation dost it; for souls, like the atropoted and troublesome stomach called the appendix may die - The fall of Jerusa- lem and the conquest of Nebuchan- neagar were merely incidental, The death was there in the kingdom's body, It is the stern law of nature and of God that any powers unused become lost. The greatest tragedies 3 our sme te gion those which find T way into the newspapers; they wre the hidden tragedies of humam spirits, as when a man discovers that he bas by neglect lost his taste for all the higher things, and for God. Spiritual deadness is i the lesson, the Jews learned it; after [ the exile they never returned to this sin which had cursed the people from the days of the wilderness to the fall of the royal dynasty. After all, no price is too great to pay to learn the | exceeding sinfulness of sin. | America say many voices, has been "soft". She has lost her spir- itual sensitiveness and ancient ideal- ism, Luxury and self-indulgence have entered into her spirit like a canker. Now comes the surgery of | war with its healing, We may lose | manly precious lives, but we shall , | surely find our souls. | 'Even in the act of blotting out the { national Jife for a time, 'we are given a rare indication of the long patience jand eager affection of God, for Je- hovah pictured as "rising up early | and sending, because He had com- - passion for His people." The for- | bearance of God is one of the divin est signs of His Godship, The Preacher's High Place Dignity and honor have attached to the comings and goings of high commissions of the Allied nations on these sores, because they are the plenipotentiaries of their countries, | The man who comes with the Voice of God on his lips, as the ambassador of the Most High, should ever be ac- corded honor if His Master is to be pleased. One of the remarkable in- dictments against Zedekiah de that "He humbled not himseM for Jeho- vas the prophet." That looks as if the preacher is greater than the king. So thought John Knox, when he thundered before Queen Mary. So think the brave prophets of to- day, who, unafraid of evil in high , do mot withhold the "Thus saith the Lord," that has been de- divered unto then. This fearless facing of sin, in rul- ers and in people, is one of the mark- ed signs of the new patriotism of the times, . The state of mind of the best actual condition; they are willing to hear and tell the truth, however ug- ly, about church and state and count~ ing house and home. In the cause of true reform the part of the seer is pre-emimently important; we can get along without kings apd presi- dents and governors better than we can get along without , genuine preachers of the truth of God. This word needs to be said in a day when there is a pronounced ten dency, as in Judalv of old, to mock the messenger of God, to despise His Word and to scoff at His prophets. Every half-fledged youth about town; with. never an original thought .tn his head, feels at perfect ifberty to sit in judgment upon religion and the dhurch and the mindstry. 'The way the frivolous make light: of those things before which the pro- foundest minds in histofy have bow- ed down reverently, reminds one that the weak and foolish Jedekiahs are mot all dead yet. The peason who lacks reverence, dacks the first essential of greatness. Essayists have seriously raised the question in the light of recent reve- 88 well as in the political world, whether the sense of honor among men and women is dying out. There fa more than a little evidence for the affirmative side. The man who would break his business before he would break his word or break faith with on : Light Breakasts : in eatin fast." The "no breakfast" most light aklast. Thoughtful people these days are urging economy , 4nd many are even advocating 'no break- plan may agree with some, but Jeaplo feel better and work better on at least a re 2 A weeal many have found that a liberal dish of furnishes ample morning yand promotes buoyaney and clearness contding barley, including the vital and is Made in all the nourishing & a most delicious food. : ; Ss a Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Lid., Wisidsor, Ont. served with cream, milk, or fruit juice, nourishment, is ensily di- of : i Lhd yi ; a 1 % goodness of wheat and mineral salts of the grain, Sold by Grocers, +H - citizens is one of utter honesty with| dations in the soclal and commercial, | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, A vip ABE msi au oo In this picture is illustrated the method used in France for the people, is not so conspicuous as ¥ he 'once was--because he fu more| common. 'The seriousness of the Food Barons lack of high sense of honor is per-| . ceived only by the honorable; this + A Book which is man's best code of| and Investigators $ ethics writes it down in black. Zede-| kiah's breach of faith with Jehavah 8 : 2 is linked, as a cardinal offence, with OTHING has %stirred Cana- his Drokam Pledge to Neh ushiadnes- dian public opinion war. @ specious reasoning may 3 ar It have been ithat his covenant was the outbreay of war ke with an ememy; nevertheless, it was (he repmi that a little a covenant, and even God despises! group of men had been making the man who un not be Jhonorable| gigantic profits out of the sale of even with his foe. The officer who o : 3? breaks his parole to a victor, is as bacon Suring. the past Wg are guilty of conduct unbecoming to an; The alléged profitecrs deny that the; officer and a gentleman as he who| have made as much money as {he betrays his flag for the sake of his! disclosures stated, but in the mea own fortune, 'This high sense of yime Canadians stand aghast. Eighi Parsonal hunor and duty was lacking! cons fzure prominently fn th in Saul, the first of the kings of the| P° . ; Jews, and it was absent from the| profiteering disclosures. last; in Both cases to the shame and Hon. T. W. Crothérs, Minister oi suffering of the people, Labor in the Borden Cabinet, unde: whose department the inv.si:«aiion L "The End Thereof into the causes ul the high cost of The end of it all, sin's sure fssue,! living 1s conducted, was swern ini 'Was destruction. Nebuchedneszar| this position on Jet. 11, 1911. Ih took Jefusalenmi, wrought terrible de-, represents the riding of West Klgir struction upon it and its people, | and was first returned to office in the without regard fo age, sex or sta-| general election of 1998, He ha: tion, snd made captive the fleeing] Practiced his proiesisoni of law far king. Before he put out Zedekiah's| any years in the City of st. eyes he made him witness the death| Thomas. : 3 'of ibis' son, the last picture that William Francis O'Comnor, K.C., should remain on the brain of the cost of living coramissioner for Can miserable monarch as he languished| 24a, who sprang a sensation by nls to' death fn prison. The royal treas-| eXPosuie of alleged excessive progt rhe furnishings| ®€Ting by several well-known Cana were carried with the captives to dian packing houses, was born in Babylon. Even the Ark of the Cove- Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1873. H. nant history at this obtained. his early education in the public schools of Halifax, and later was awarded the degrée of LL.B. from Dalhousie University * snd the degree of B.C.L. from King's Uni- versity. He was called to the bar of Nova Scotia in 1898, and in 1906 Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Nova Scotia Legislature. He was member of the board of control for the city of Halifax from 1913 fo 'The fierceness and the duration of this siege of Jerusalem and the com- pletémess of its destruction are pic- tured only in a few bold strokes by the Scriptures. Simplicity characs terizes this book, which always sug- gewts more than it tells, thus becom~ ing the world's greatest treasure- house of dens. Putes 2 volumes! 415 - - description could be written-- oseph cKenna, have been written--upon the fall of |" Miss Bessie Josephine = McKenna, M.A., who 'was associated with Mr. Jerusalem. But the bare marrative| o'connor in the investigation of cold is enough for the storage in Canada, was a graduate of the University of Toronto in "the year 1909. Since October, 1916, she Sam been connected with the Federal labor department as a special inves- tigator, and in that capacity' has taken an active part in the recent in- véstigation into the high cost of liv- ing. Following hér graduation she was connected with the university for two years and conducted inves tigations into the working conditions X , on behalf of the po- litical economy department. - During these years she resided in the "Uni- versity Settlement." In 1915 in order to obtain her M.A. di ia thesis on "The t UGUST 23, 1917 FLAG MARKING SIGNAL HEADQUARTERS FOR AEROPLANES 4 of hookwor: signalling observation aeroplanes in the war zones. The flag shown designates the headquarters of the Signal Corps of & Canadian regiment.® It is held in place by empty shell cases®@thus being easily taken up on the approach of an enemy aeroplane and removed to another base. The flyers are kept in constant touch with the armies, and accurate transmission of messages is as easy as by wireless, ~y in Lindsay in 1364, and became man- ager of the milling gnterést in 1884, In 1904 he was appointed a member of the grain survey board by the De- minion Government. : Thomas Francis Matthews, secre. tary-treasurer of Matthews-Black- well, Limited, which firm was estab lished in 1868, was born fn or gf y cince Nuly 20, 1869. He is a brot of the president of the company. He entered his father's business and in 1889 became branch manager at Peterboro. When the business was changed to a limited company In 1894 he was appointed secretary and continued in that position in the larger company after the amalgama- tion. William E. Matthews, president of the Matthews-Blackwell, Limited, has been in the packing business since 1877. He was born in Lindsay, Ontario, October 9, 1862, and .is the son of George and Ann Matthews. He opened a branch of the George Mat- thews business in 1882 and another branch' in Ottawa in 1889, the formation of = the George Ma Co., Limited, he was elected vice- president, which position he retained "until the company amalgamated with the Park-Blackwell Co., Limited; and the Laing Packing and Provision Co,, Limited, when he was elected presi- dent in 1911. Willlam M. Flavelle, president of Flavelle's, Limited, Lindsay, began his business career as a clerk in 1867 at the age of 14. Later he became a clerk for J. R. Dundas, with whom he became a partner in 1884 and rose to the presidency of that com- pany in 1904, ; Slackers Once Came Here, In the Civil War period the Am- erican slacker could, and often did, seek refuge in Canada, but the Do- minion is closed to him now. He sometimes ventured i return gy BOLD ROBBERY IN BOSTON Bandits Fell Clerk and Steal Jewels at Noon Hour, Boston, Aug. 23.--Jewellery valu- ed at approximately $10,000 was stol- en from the store of Saul Robinson, Tremont street, by four men who fel led the lone clerk and rifled the open safe. The thieves escaped with the booty although the robbery was committed at noon hour, when the sidewalk in front of the shop was crowded. : 8 ess certs A . $ Hookworm Infection Among Troops. Washington, AWE. 23 --Discovery infecitionsin forty-seven out of seventy-five militia recruits re- cently mobilized for war service has caused public health service authori- ties to recommend prompt examina- tion of all units of the National Guard and Natiopal Army at present organized, especially those from the warmer portions of the country. The marriage was solemnized at Horton, Ont., on August 14th, at the home of the bride's father, James umphries, of his eldest daughter, Maude M., to the Rev. R. W. Arm- strong, formerly of Shawrville, Que, Rev. W. G, Bradford, Methodist minister at Mallorytown, has spent three weeks on the farm of Albert Root and has done the pitching for 102 loads of hay. The engagement is announced of Mabel O. Howard, Elgin, to Hilyard B. Davison, Forfar, Marriage to take place quietly in September, On Monday last week Rev. Dr. Richardson united in marriage Miss Annle Amella Emmons, Brockville, and Roy Cromwell, Lyn. I camp. eczema and salt-rheum ; pHes, Piles usually result from in every camp. upon to cure. ting -or sleeping on the cold ground than to relieve and cure piles, Dr. Chase's Ointment should be It Is a positive cure for this annoying alimeént, 60c a box, all dealers, or Edmanson, Batea & Co, Toronto. - There are imitations and substitutes co cheaper ingredients, but only the genuine can be & SECOND SECTJON ---------- THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told In a Pithy and Pointed Way. The Equitable Life Assurance So- clety stockholders have vated in fa- vor of mutualization. The first contingent of the naval militia unit recruited in Watertown N.Y., this summer will leave for Charlotte within a week, John W. Garrett, Baltimore, was nominated by President Wilson as minister to the Netherlands and Lux- emburg. Mr! Garrett succeeds Dr. Henry van Dyke. Canadian Northern * Rallway has sold. to Willlam A, Read & Co, $10,- 000,000 one-year §& per cent notes, which are-being offered at 99.05, or on a 7 per cent basis, At Watertown there will be no op- position to the elettion of Republican candidates for mayor, president of the common council and As8essors, so far as the Democratic party is con- cerned. Dr. Hugh P. Baker, dean of the New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y. has abandoned his proposed trip to China and India and will join the military forces of the United States. John T. Hannan, the wealthiest young man in Ogdensburg, N.Y,, who Is presidént of several large enter- prises there, and director of two banks, has passed the physical ex- amination under the draft and has filed no claim for exemption. If a man attends solely to his own business he has a good steady job. F THERE is one place more than another where Dr. Chase's Ointment is appreciated it is in the summer Hunters, fishermen and miners, as well as 'mill- tary men, have found this out, and rarely go to camp with. out a supply of Dr. Chase's Ointment. Among the scores of uses to which it is put we will only mention the following :-- Insect stings and bites, ivy and oak bpisoning, sunburn and Irritated skin, chafing and scalding, sore feet and toes, itching," bleeding and protruding posure to dampness and sit If for no other reason Dr.Chase's Ointment i ar) the line and then: he Was usually caught, and, after fhiprisonment, forced to do lis big i came to be classed with thé "bounty Jumper," a professional Asserter, and a parody on "Tramp, ramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching," of Boston composition, was taken to apply to him, as well as to the cul- prit who was, perhaps, more sordid than cowardly. One verse ran: "In the prison cell I sit and I weat the prison clothes, And they put me on the bardest kind of fare; ; When I've nothing #lse to do I play checkers with my nose, And I almost have to give up in despair," a In , time be CV. 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