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REARS SEE ] CS SEE SAR a J with impunity, a reason. There was no Jesus to use an unusual ve. Opportunity to give} r was the ordinary 'chance ly life. = Jesus assumes this ~ But his quiet 'assumption Ts a further meaning: "You have the poor always with Jou: Are | you mihistering unto' them? Are Burial. Mark 14. 1-11, Golden "Text, Mark 14.8. 'Verse 1. The feast of the pass- over and the unleavened bread -- This feast would bring the. multi- tude to Jerusalem. In all proba- bility Jesiis would also come. The chief priests and the scribes practi- cally 'could count on this. The feast began with the passover pro- per and continued with seven days' eating of unleavened fread. Al- though Matthew mentions only the passover,: Luke explains the feast | of unleavened bread _ by saying, "which is called the 'passover.' The three Gospels are in accord as the time~--namely, this feast when the Jews began plotting against Jesus. | Sought how they might take him with subtlety--There Was no ques: tion "in the minds of the. leaders that Jesus would have to be taken with subtlety. But even to do this was a problem. In fact, from the beginning Jesus had been a pro- blem for them. How they could devise means that would remain hidden taxed their ening natures | to the extreme. 2. Not during the feast". «tus mult of the. people--The chief priests and scribes were keen | enough to know that no violent hands eould be laid on Jesus, if the people were gathered in masses, without raising a disturbance, They v1 sould not take upon themselves the responsibility of violating the sanc- emerge. LY of the feast by causing an 28 roar. They would plan without conscience to seize and kill Jesus, but they stopped at: the thought of disturbing a religious festival! How they scrupled to keep clean the ide of the cup! : The house of Simon, the Teper: Fir] meat--Another instance that Jesus was not a regarder of . In truth, he himself" was pure 'nard, it was very 'been sold -- The , | money oa is about the only | value the selfish man can see. 'three hundred shilli | The rosk word for shilling: Edi _ worth, in. English you, after all, really concerned about the poort Or, is your con- cern for the poor only an excuse for blaming the "act of this Wwo- man ¥' Furthermore, Jesus clearly shows that for him who really wants to serve his fellows there is always: abundant opportunity. Af- fection bestowed upon him there: fore could not be wasted. For such affection had in it a universal dy- namie. It would spend and be spent on others, on all whom it could reach. 8. What she could--Love is' not counted for its quantity, but for its quality. To do what one can indicates the quality of love. The quantity may be small--that is, the actual results r ed may: not-be significant--bit if all 'of the heart ig in the deed, the sum total of the consequences ig inestimable. 9. Wheresoever: the gospel shall be preached--To dissociate the act of ' this woman from the gospel message would be impossible. The heart of Jesus's message was love, and love filled the heart of this wo- man. No stronger emphasis could be placed upon the enduring na- ture of his teaching than to link it inseparably with an unselfish act. The act of this woman was an il- lustration of the 'cup of cold wa- ter" of a former lesson. For the cup of cold water represented the completeness of love and service. So-in the alabaster oruse of oint- ment the parable of the cup of cold water finds its actualization. Be- cause love is immortal Jesus's gos- 'pel endures. . Whatever else fails, love remains. Over all strife and confusion" and despair love reigns supreme. - So the gospel stands. It has never been solved, but it is the solution of the unsolvable. 10. He that was one of the twelve--The Greek has it "the one, of the twelve,'" as if to emphasize that Judas was the only one of the twelve who could do such a thing. Unto the chief 'priests--Judas o] Knew where to go to accomplish his end. 'Thé priests were mot so fortunate. - They would never have dreamed that a #raitor could be found among: Jesus's disciples. They, the priests, did not know where to: go. They would have thought last of all of going to the inner circle. . 11. When thoy. 'head it--They | eould not believe their ears at first. Tt took them. a little while actually to hear what" Judas was saying. - Buch good fortune was to them un- thinkable. © When they finally com- A pihor ded ithe meaning of Judas's words, of Sours 3h iv reach great cunning when it has left the line of ine of ghraight dealing. "REWARDS FOR VALOR. Vietoria Cross the he Youngest of Such Decorations. All the Great Powers of Europe have some reward for conspicuous valor and bravery on the field of battle, and although the plain bronze Victoria Cross--of which many will doubtless be won during the present campaign--is the young- est of such decorations, only dating back to the Crimean War in 1856, it is the most valued session in many a home in Fogand to-day. The Austrian Cross, on the other hand, is the oldest. A similar reward in Germany is the Iron Cross, instituted by the Emperor Frederick William ITI. of Prussia in the year 1813. Russia gives as a decoration to its heroic soldiers the Cross' of Bt. George, which was founded by the famous Empress Catharine II. in the year 1769, and, while the Victoria Cross ig of bronze:and the Iron Cross, as its name implies, of iron (which is edged with silver), the Russian OF- der is of gold with a beautiful me- dallion of St. George killing the dragon. In Austria, again,- the cross of gold, and it was stituted in the year 1757 by the Empress Marie noneen soon after her ac- cession to the throne. It bears the same inscription as the British Vic- toria Cross, ours having in Eng- lish "For Valour," and theirs in Latin the word, "Fortitudini.'"' The Order of the Legion of Hon- or, which is the reward in France, was instituted by the great Napol- eon, and he decreed that every sol- dier who was decorated with that honor should have the additional distinction of being entitled to re- ceive a military salute from officers, non-commissioned officers and pri- vate soldiers. SUMMARY PUNISHMENT. Interesting Incident of the French Mobilization. © At times of overwhelming tra- gedy, when on every hand are to be found scenes of patriotism, self- sacrifice - and dauntless bravery, when whole nations are stirred by great calamity, the fervor of public sentiment sometimes gives rise to incongruously comical situations. Such an incident, occurred in Paris during the French mobilization.' On August 3rd; a captain who was carrying his equipment, stopped a horse cab on a crowded street, and asked the driver to take him to the Eastern Railway terminus. The cab stopped, and the cabman, who was in ill humor, stared sullenly at the captain, and.ghook his head. "But it is urgent!' cried the 'captain. . "I am late! I must get there immediately!" Again the driver diseourteously shook his head. A group of bystanders witnessed . | the cabman's refusal. They spoke y{ to one another in an undertone. Suddenly they rushed forward, vicked up- the captain 'bodily, thrust him, equipment and all, into ad | the cab, an slammed the 'door, eon pu od She 4 driver from his the crowd leaped p id nah the reins, "In almost i Ai Radney Tot rn way Ter- ed back, he saw rolling the sur- It is the case, for instance, that the vast majority of holiday-mak: defy the law of the land, They have no right to bathe in the sea, and, moreover, have no right. on the beaches or sands. Still, if the law which decides this were invoked it would be a sad day for our great seaside resorts, which live by breaking it. There is an Act in existence which makes it illegal for any person to enter the sea. There is another law which de~ clares that artificial light is illegal. Every second during the 24 hours this law is defied throughout the country. Btill another declares that all trading in the streets is illegal. There is one notorious Sunday tra- der who has been found guilty and fined under a similar act. Many of these quaint old laws are opposed to each other. For in- stance, there is one by which the in- habitants of most towns have no right of thoroughfare for their own streets. There is still another which decides that by custom the same persons possess this right. There is still another law which prohibits any individual from own- ing a carriage or similar vehicle. By it, no person can own a horse and cart, and, presumably, a mo- tor car. By another law no person has a | right to buy or sell coal, and; moreover, even to use it. Not only | was it the case at one time that to | buy coal was a crime, but this par- ticular law has never been repealed. There is an act, passed before the Reformation, which makes it illegal for any person to play any game or even indulge in any form of locomo- tion:-- Here, again, the motorist is affected, the cyelist, and innumer- able others, It is against, the. law to' go.any- where on the Sabbath, except 10. "walk reverently to and from church," A great portion of what now takes place on Sundays is prohibit- ed, including music in church, and the singing of all' except a few hymns reserved for particular occa- sions. Every person who fails to attend church on the Sabbath, according to law, is liable to a fine of twelve: pence. "Exercising in worldly la- bor or business" renders the ifdi- vidual liable to a fine of five shil- lings, and two hours in the stocks. There is even an Act of George IV. which renders it illegal to whis- tle on Sunday, In fact, there are so many Acts deajing with the Sab- bath that practically every person is liable to some form of punishment a8 a result of Sunday actions. 'Save for the attire of women,' i is a breach of the law to wear red in any form, except in the case of soldiers. Hence many hunting men defy the law of the land. : ne FEATS OF ARMS IN CRIMEA. Some Terrible Battles in That Great War. For desperate fighting the Crimea yields an impressive record. The French and British so many times foes, found themselves allied in an attack upon Russian territory. The foe was worthy of their steel, for several closely-contésted battles had to he fought, the hostilities leading up to that tremendous fight --Inkermann. This fight was sc keen and so terrible that it was the last occasion on which the Russians ventured to meet the British in open combat. . As one authority says: -- "The Russians lost in this great battle no fewer than 10,729 killed, wounded and prisoners." But In- kermann, so far as British annale are concerned, at any rate, will not remain the most noted fight in the Crimea. In popular opinion the 'struggle in the Balaclava Valleys will ever remain the most memora- ble, for was it not there that the astounding charge of the Light Bri- ude. took place. In the whole his- there is scarcely an for sheer cqurage, in a en'