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. L CURRENT COMMENT I LORD BEADING'S TASK IN INDIA. liorA Reading's appointment as Viceroy of lnd*a bis been announced. and te ba0 already been remarked, it tadtoatoa t'ae cxrwckn.ines8 in Down- ing SUiaat of the need far the ablest man possible tcu- the u~.'.'. 4 .~T, ixxrd Bleeding's religion has been oomment- 4 on in canrtectton with his office. but tiwre to no reason why a Jew ehoulid mot, and many reasons why a Jew ffcro!d bo nvoro accrpUHf IM India 4faas a Christian. IV.-rpV- who 0uoh a question are probably j ore of thejmselve.3 and their own opinions than of th-c people of India, ft canrctlkutkin amd diplomacy can accomplish anything Ixrod Read- Ing mar ba tewted to do it. The si i nation Is complex amd difficult, and wfU be #na.Tatied in ,ttie spring by the detennlaa.Uon ot tlie Bolshevists to ntaJnoh oa Pairis. The west has sowed ttiii wind and is about to reap the wbArlwittd. The unfortunate <Wng 4s Ite* Ibfl west does not rec- oniae Its own seed-sowing, the ma- tertitWUc. science, philosophy and re- wSiidi under the guise of clvfli- i ttoe w*t has Imported into the eaat. Japan. luaterfalrstlc a*. {wort a.- once, and Is imbued U* lex talionis. India, more id temperament amd ctor- r. has bean Jesus open to these in- lint our literature and our economic* nave 'had their effect, and fcere ta wto.it M. K. GindW, flw leadur of toe preannt revolt moveine t in India, known ai non-cooperation has to oaf * Hag'fMd and llOT P -'*^' '" th.9 wist: "Exploitation of India'-; resources for tho benefit of Graat Hritain. An ever-incroising military rpwi*itre. and a civil service tho tnjst, pass IT < in Hi* world. Kx- travwanU. workinc of every depart- mejit In of or dUregard of India's poverty. JlLsanuomeal and conse- quent enttwoutotlim of a whole n.n '.on le*t an armed nitkm mlRht imperil ho iiva of a handful of you in our uildtrt. Tra/Sic ta intoxknttog liquor.-> and roK* tor t5m purpose of nusUln- ing n M>'' f y u&mtoWnttoo. l*x> ranretwlve legislation in 0B.ppre4 an eve.r-KTowmK > aeeklns to give expression ' a na-'ion'ri agany. Hognidini; mAnt of Uidkuitt residing in yo' ***** ** of our feeWngfl by glorif>-- Ing *e P4ab odmirUntrtlan anvd floutine f* Mussulman sentimctit." IWs indictment t* taken from an opm tr "*o o ver y BnglWhman in India" Orawlhl has hitherto ben A aMrter of h British RaJ nlld _ IT the Boer war, during the revolt in Nartial, a' the beginning of 4fao ro.Kl. war, and later in the rf - rultisn? oanaputgn in thn Kaira dis trtct. fatrm the e,ffoct* of which lie neorJy died. Tho Anrritsar m.i*Ma^-.ro hantMj bin Tnw and the f*t in thle fftUr do mot appear ev.>r to iwvi^ beim fHy apixreo.lated. lrd Head ing lw* a *"vt. t^sk -ntru*tied to tun. PIONEEfc WOMEN DOCTORS. Dr. Stejhrfn Bniith, tho veivc,raW<- dean ot AmrUn surgesry. lu-s ut th- ago of ST baen iiclWng what fii'st in- tOTftsfevl iiiin in uMman'*^ Ruffra-g'^ mad itt "wonnn quwfllnn" In gnnor- al. tt WAS away back In 1846 or <> that W'JzabtiUi llli:u'kwell, h.TVhig benn oflmttlanoe to many medlcil iraa propo*>d as a student at Gnv Medim.1 <Jo!Bege. Dr. Smith declares hat Uie wtudwnt* at. that Ume wure Uw row(U*t l<rt of youoifi be 'had n-ejr met. A pcti- Iw-n signed to have tJ>> OolVege cloned as a public nnlsance. Tbe fi'iCuVty did ni\l. want to rnfunc Mi% Iltockwo'A's admittance directly. Imt decided to put it to a vote of th *udemte, >) vote againnt being uf- CioVimt ta <:xclud har. Them they ltiag OB tl3 oce:it.y of keeping tnediciive tor mon only, and tru*l)flrt KI boy* to fieM.to the bu.,n. They dW, bat not an expected. Wh*-n the vote waa failed Viiere was a storm of ayoa. Wli< the noes were aakml one aqwiAky voice was heard in a corner, and Mio owner was imtnedia.t>- ly eat on by tho gang who porwiadod hhii h> a enoinan't OT two t vote ye*. Dr. Smttb wiys tliere was a distinct dvimRo in <h maaners of th wchool Croia toat day. The JHtln Quaker girl C*:IHB*I tbe howWng ntob of tu- drti,trt into lot of wJl-inan3w<re<l re- ipectfl reran* nwn. Bven the iro teeaora wiare modMfld. One instruo tor jn aabotny had been accustomed to lard hk leotures with Bploy lUbi*- aalau Btari9, whrfch could mot. be re- peaited beCow todtee. Ma wrote Misfi IllackwJl that he would fltv* her rie- amato tomtrtirtion .:. ono special but eh wll wa>s th pioneer in the XIiue<l States. Wmily H. Stowe was the first Oanadfam wonwun ' take a medi- cal degree and she had to go to the United States to do it. Her daugh- ter, I>r. Augusta Stowo Gulten, was the flmt (Vwiadtan woman to graduate in nwdiclne hi Oaaada. The first woman doctor in Hngjanfl was Dr. Arena BMIUS Kingsford. and she had to go to Parts t.) take her degree wlklch .s*e did with a theeia now pub- lished as "The Perfect W.ay in Diet. ' A later book of hers. "The Perfect Way," is a fawcimtlng contribution to Die study of Gre?lc and Christian mysticism. These pioneers had a hard .time at flrs-t. hut the changes they have accomplished are very marked. Or SmiCh wonders what a whole .nation of eiv'afgMe.n(xl women will do when they set their mln<? to it. SCIENCE AS SHE IS SYNDICATED. Some of the popular information being supplied by United States syn- dicates to the newspapers Is about as unreliable amd incorrect OH It can pos- sibly be. Take tlvla statement about steam for an example- "While we are accustomed to think of water as a llTUtd. It is ta resitty e combination of gatws which may he separated by ttia application of heat. In addition, water ia constantly vaporating, wheHiar -IJie tmparatures be hot or cold, and tkis 'ev.iiioraUon' la nothing more han tlw changing of a portion of thw waiter lntx> the form of a fi* whicli Ls. of c-wrse. tnvisibte." There could soiToely h^ more orrorfi of fact packed into twvi e^ntonoes. We arc quite right iln rnsirdlng water a a iifluld wliMo it. is in a f.uld t>nte and -it f.Miz.-n .-.)Hd as ice. or vaporiaed '-< s.t--.am. It's HnuWity to? nothing I In do witli its molecular ct?nstituti-Jn. ' l.i.t IH a qucu'Jlon of temparaturf. Wa- ter i* comblmotlon of two sub- staww. oxysen and hydrogen, which ! aro JTii? in tholr most familUr torn but wJilch aro i-ea'.".y metals whe.i re 1 "x:i-A by low tcmp.u-ature to the so,,'l ' -t;!^. It i* not trus that they car ,be sapawtexl by tlie application of )u>at. Tivcy <:in bo separated by j ploctrolfsta. the action of an electric i cvirremt ir.^sed tlvrnugli water from ^ mdtcine. n4e4 (to rnny Rtoriew, but it aw betanln nf a l.rllHaait or ' 1 two pol^H of an eleotric batt.-ry with " ! capper iwwl >" l' 1 "^- wn<>n hyd " ! pi is Bt free at one pole and oxygen ' Iho ofhor In the proportion of two atoms of hydrK<^i 1 " na of ogygen. Ilvdrogen Ivj* In r:nt years beeji atOHptfd as the unit in utomU' weight of all chemical substances, jind by wclgSit oxyKtii has been set as 16. Put in comblnfltioii hydrogen shows 1.00 Instead of 1. This fraction has be<;n Ipiorcd to som? extent, but Mrs. CUra Mumbfrsloiie. of Xewton- bnwk poiii.li out that It is of the ,-r, ,I:K( imporUi.nfl in the cmn'.ysls of the varloiu atomic gwuplngs of the , .'..m.-nte. and their relation undr gravitaMonal ttraln. ''The he'.ium weiglit squared," shn snys. "makes 16 th doviwrtng foment In oxygon. Ui tlie group of 1.008 thfrft are 16 KTOUPH of ', -acli. and this weight in tte.t of ct.ppw. A div.!fit.-rj of this wir.h'. by 9 yie'.iU' 7. the to'.al of the groups I. -', 4. a puvltatlonti-l group- iiiB, bulldiuK up tlio weights of the (dWBrioal element. ' Mrs. Member - Btonn KliorwH that whwi 1.008 is wnured and frubwl, tho diagonal of ,11m square divided by 100 gives the -.itomlc wnlRtet of nitrogen; the long dln^xMril of tlio cube so divided gives tho weight of phosphorus, and nil th? 1 etetiu'nts Iwivo a slmtXir geometrical ri'1-i'tltsn to ea<:u other, whtle the "iitrain" <>r relation of their attrac- tions is KimlVrly controlled. This however Is a<n inexhaustible digres- sion. Kvapm-n.tion never changes wa- ter dnln w Ba^, but into va.por, which i jiot a gajs .i-n Miy senst-, nor is It -of course" t>hut a gas is Invisible. Many BI:<V; avo viEible. Khiorine Is (freenfcdi yellow and ch'orlne yellaw- 11> areen In 'olor, tend ore of course vlivlhln. If wate.r changed t:> pn by evaporation tho first fMsh of Ilsliln- ln would blast tho earth with a d- vourinK f'.Miie when tho ihydrogen a.nil oxygen KJB- roiN)mlln<:d io f^rm wi- ter. The dfilicatu adjustments of the ohemioal elonuwts tu B'lst's, liquids I and HolidA in va,pnr amd clotid, at dif- foremt ti*nip'r.itures and densities, and in all tho various combinations, a,nd compositions that we id the nifl.st marvellous tes- WH luave to the designing con- ctounes In tUo universe "FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS." It will bo remembered that one of ttaH last thiing I*rd Fisiiw did before (vl.<t death was .to propose .that the na- eh<m!<l cincei their debt* and absolve encfc other of the in- tnleml)lo burden under which the world totters. "AJJ nations/' said the oM Admiral, "spent their bst blood, tnd only by God'a Provldejicn (and not Jy thalr own arm) dtd tfwy win! \\Tipn eAoli eouatry Dnaaid9 of JIB- HEAR. ".I4WTUNE HOME SWEET HOME MO 1 V/HAT KAPPEMEOr) \WHI Lt HCLPIN6 AT THE CMURfH ) SOCIAL St WAYtO rttffPiA" . \ ON THl WASH STAMP, AHO WENT OFF AMD FOR60T T "5P1 vJMAT GETS M x IS THE | Tf poNT GET ABOUT Y 0l OH SATURDAY NIGHT WELL, 00*^ T UtAvt ' ON THE other repayment in ca^li for what was | spent in this common cause, it has all j the aspect of the pric of blood, and j as If T/e were setting a valuation on thos: millions of young souls who ' sacrificed their lo.s for Freedom, not , for Cash.! Can't all ihese interna- t'oual debts be wiped out? England will lose most! Let her lead! And Hke that great similitude (written for our example) say to all ('moved -with ' cnmpa.Mon'): 'I forgive thee all j thy debt!' " Kngland owes a huge sum to tlio United SUtea and this j sum is owed in turn to England by | tho allied nation* of Kurope. Some i optimists thought that as the Ignited States did not enter the war till near- ; ly three years after it started. thuR { r.ot only Having the expen^-a of war- I fare for tint period, but also maklne ' fnbulmis profits cut of the munitions supplied to tho Alllwp, Kl>9 could very \iff\\ afford to cancel ii?r '.nans to r.ritain. It would at owe relieve the pressure 0:1 the smaller Kuropoan na- tions among the- Allies. Thti is not an agitation for repudiation, bat the act Jon that is takea when a. firm Is obviously brikrupt, whan uo businffB is being done or likely U> be done, and when the best thing to do is lo wipo out Ihe bad debut and strrt fresli. The bankruptcy of Kurope Is plain to everyone, and ttie hops of tracting money from HIP moneyless U vain. There are many In Ike United States who would object to lif'pinR Britain, but the cancellation of the British debt would bn merely the cancellation of the debt of Prajic", Italglinn and tho other oil led natlonK of the continent which had, to g(t credit from England to mak tiioir par lit! pal ion in the war possible. Kng- land wmi'.d have no direct b?jiefit. but wouid liavo the indirect benefit of having her cross entries marked off. Kcr the rest it is good business to write tf onft's bad debts as soon as they are recognized. Tho time spent in trying to colled bad debts can be morn profitably spent In deve'jopinp new buFineKi. It Is wearcoly neces- sary to add .thiit the sup Rested can- cellation In not regarded wiili favor in the Unlu-d States. THE SPICE BOX HOT STUFF GLEANED FROM EVERYWHERE. H 111 I > > I !<'*** *t****'>**-l-*****'H' The man who drinks wood alcohol seems to be that, ultimate consumer we :; i v hoard so m>uob. about lately. Calgary Herald. Kj>pliaivtr. pnched several railroad trains out of d'ange,r during a fir at Bridgeport, and each jumbo is now proud of his Grand Trunk. Montreal Customs ddffer. In Arkansas a mob lynched a negro for ktHlng a po- I rc.i, 111. Had the colored geottenvaji perfonned this feat hi Ire'jind, he'd probably Iiave been tendered a baa- quei. -Winning;; Tribmie. Mary O.irden 'cst hw costume for "Aphn(llt>." Sm-h a Clttle thing to be disturbed about! Winnip-K Tribune. propcaiuion is to increase mothers' peiiskms. Tliose who now gtt a pensixiii will get more, and 'those now getting nothing wiil get twice car three timB n much. Toronto Star. "XVihat do records cost today, lady?" Wi-ll, sir. for fifty cen< you can have 'Smiles,' f<r a dollar. 'Kisse.",' an<l for ' a dollar stnd e. half 'Vou'd Be Sur- prlMd>" O. A. r. Review. Even a trained athlete has diffi- culty in heading off his wife a 4 t a l> i in a,;e. Ottawa Jonrnxl. Th History I'tuior the O. T. A. the doc-tar fi'.ls j the proscription and iho prescription til's the man. Kitrheuer News-Record. Pear Beatrice: "How shall I treat a young nun who always kicnt-s me on tha porch?" HcartUwa Harry: "What d'ya mean purct;?" - .lack Canuck. Admiral von Tirpttz ciJls upon Germans to luing together. Klther way you llk, Tirp together or singly. Windsor. Border Cities Sttr. A Toronto puhlica.tioji protests against the free admission of such American magazines us "Tin Ginger .liir." "The Pepper Can' 1 and ''Spice of Life." It eeni rcjiAonable .that they should be subject to the aune duty as cloves and miitm?p-. --Regin.1 Post. One ci'y nverctuiU ajiiwMi.ice.s, "AU nur trousers f-orty por cent o?f." This sefutis to u to be ca(rr> - ip.g style to extremes. St. John SundarU. When daughter dres<?9 (or the party, die ulways puts off until to- morrow what fhe should keep. ou to~ day. Kingston They sy the House of Hapaburg will again uKStime tlu; Austrian throne. \Vhich projupts sonw one to remark \3wt what id probithly .inuuut IB the House of Perhauaburg. Ottawa Citizen. THE ROUND TABLE A/HERE WE MAKE FRIENDS OF BOOKS." I 1 HI J ;>#......< 1 . I- '<.' FRASER. VARIATIONS Kr*!T. Krasler. Frazier. llAClAIj OKIC51N* -Norman- Ka-eno.h. HOIIRCK -A locality. This in another of Uie fw .iligJiIand clan mines which, Uinu*?li born hy Oltdn families, .tiace bjick, to an. origin IH Normandy. All of the.se o'an mmes were formed in tft wutts way, by knights and j n.<bl< from the army of William .the I Conqueror, nr the -ons of such follow- ! era, who. either to fvUvngt-hen tho for- ' ri.Tn relation)) of <the ConqiHTor or b ? - MRUq they we.ro not salLsftnd wtUi Ilv spoils of war which full to their hut in coiiqiir.red Kng'and. ami.Blvt their for- tunes In the n:;rth at the court of the Scn:t!sh klllK. Thp.y wuro, na might he expected. men with repivtu.tion.H na mlK\li'tyf ^lit- ers, and as they wore Independent of bloid .ve'atlonsilijp with th hwtlOOa amuna .tli'9 thin\n:>. tluey wem, of couinse. welconu' addRlon-s always to the royal Scottish organization. 15u't tho Frasers, Ilk* .he oth-ssra, quick.' y fnrrued alllniiwi by niarriajve. and adapted thenvs-clvns to the o.us- t.')tus of IliB *!a.R!a IK>II receiving "Pints nf lidd in .tli> Ht&h'lMids, rap- idly a-saumod i.>der&Mp of extetliw ol.ins and ga.theretl rmin<i ,\$u*m <:lun organizations which titey strove to inoke morn powerful. Th'o Frftsarxs are found first se.ttted in Twwdole during tlio reijm <Tf Mal- <v>lm III. They got their foothold lu thn IMpai.'ands through miajirlages initr> of the Orkneys aaid Caitihntss "The Rosa Dawn,'' by Stewart KJ- waa-d White. Published by S. B. Uu'.uly. In tlxls ss<iuel to "Gold" and -Tho firay Ifcuvn," the concluding volumo of Mr. White's trilogy of <'a'3f:>rnla. thero Is all the charm, scejilc cx>l<>r- iiifi and cloan-*ut delineation of char- acter wh.U.h, dlKtlngulshcii .the eanller w.-irks. Tho peTiod, In the eighties of the 'lapt century, when the State \\.i.s in transition fixim its dim h-eicln- ulng Into tho glory of .Its toter de- ve.'opniRnt -- a vorltxhlo Iltm) Dawn i brought lv;::.:idlngly into life In th'-' vlri'Ie pages of this skillfully made uid ajtogether delightful novel. In readlag we long for thosi days. wlt.h t.lnelr ftvshnc'ris of enjoyment and keeivo&M of living, and above all their slnco-rtly, in ODiniva-rLson with the fev- cri"!! activity and pleasures of twU-y. Judging from the taut dhapter, do- scribing tl>o hcen of his .tory twemty yi.rs liter, Mr. White regreto also. The book Is written by <me who I'OVTS lo write. \Ve have the Veip.iire- y style of the Victorians*. The wr'ter g^fls into byways of description mil c.h.i.racte.r drawing, forcing us to hU m:>ed. In tlvn art orf description lie \y, unusually gifted. His characters *.:ro TeaJ and vajied. The story con- cerns an old-world gon.tle.mea, geuer- mw to a fault and with no i >::..:.*. | .^in-se. sx> that his Ui>.lalv h<i*p!ui;ity | runs him imto <lebt and he must inuri.- i gag his ranch, Corona dol Monte. Tho furoiu dol Monie grajit has been i his 'life w*>rk and i a part of him. I Hov.fho nt-an'-y loes it ajul U saved by Kenneth and Daphne is tho stiroT. The p'jjt in not v*ry Kxjn,g, and 1 hough 'th characters ail stand out, I anil <m gets U> love the diiilfied. <.hlvali-oua, always geMle, Colonel Teyton .nd the pu-etty-long-leRg'-'J. hsxil-rlding J-OUQS girl. IXipline 15rum- <-nI, ar.d fj eajoy th-t> society of the typk",il We.ste.Tai mea who ro'idck tlirougih tAo arnooth recttaU, theii' do- ings i.'inl jnco'e to ij :i.-t.-... ;.. the Ufa ot Cali'ornia:nN of tbut generation nwJier than to thrill one by the tftrengtb. of th narrative. But what of thoit? The plot i*. strcna enough for five out of six nov- els of thJs day, and doubtless it IH wUy in conU*ast with the weai'Ah of dos*cripLion which makes the GoJdn State trf a bygouc. period a llvtag, piUilng reality, that the mere story bfoomea coninw>np:ac<\ It is iha*d to f<v low ajiy one <im read tilita lartewt offering from the gJMwl author'n peu without, pleasure th'Jt will iniato un- forgetablc. FARM WORK OF TKt MONTH Old Mr. Ground Hos popped out of his hcle February 1 and took a look around. Hid the aun sihln in your neiigSibor'nood ? . The original Noa-man form of th mime was "de rvis^H" or "K'rasoU," and sintp'.y denoted ovcrkird8h.ip of a p'jacw of that nam In Niormandy, be- ing a family name only in Che sense that it was hereditary becarua* the feudal IHJVW -wan hereditary aanl d- John HIO-P-H. u fann dAborar near flowmanvlHe, a former liaxnardD boy, who died fol 'owing wjiiHuc-Wi'-nt. leaves fen eSLat* ot )1&,000. But, omeim to .fhe contrary not- j wlthf-tajidtawr. it now is ftppnnacliiing tho time when tihe weather wall break and tho farm operations begin. Bet- ter get ready. Undoubtedly the seed has been or- dared, and the eeil corn tested. If it hasn'8 been, no tinte should be j wonted, as if'll be needed in no time ! at all. i flttr siv those seta of harness that li- wo beem idle much of the win- ter a good soaking wditth neait'a^foot ciV The tugfl emit) b'.ly band and bridle and lines aim londoobtedly raUiar dry and brittle. But the oil will pot them in good condition again, and prolong tholr life. Speaking of aiaena, March, always to associated with "lioiaa ami lambs." Uk>ns don't Initewvst Us. except on circus day, but loaubs do. Tho ewes wlJ! bu lanibln,?; soo-n. See '.tia-t th jnoithera aaul ltt;ile onea are proteoteid from cold and damp of early spring. Cold and damp are mortal enamie& of I.UU'.JH, Keep tab on the t'ktck'S. n.ml when .the little onee arrive (help T.IHMII get a statt. So with tbo ptes. They, too, will be riuir^ along pretty swon; tbit la. if .the sows are scheduled to fturow eairty. Put -plenty of bedding on the bcxard section of th hog bouse floor. A co'd hous makes it dltdcult for th old sow to keep the pigs olive, and a'jHO brimgs the danger that they may be crushed to death in (tfe moth or*6 effort to keep them wso-m Plenty of bedding tolpa Ui* BOW to keep the ptsrs warm. Ctouple tlMoe activttteH with ttie routine winter tarm xk And chores. tod tiver* wont be ttaMi hne THE MARRIAGE FEA6T. Lesson Matt 22: 1-14. Golden Text. '<3o out iu!,<> tlie hi?.hw-ays and hedgea and oonstraiu thtn to come in" (buk 14: 28 J. Historical Setting. Time Apr. 30, A. D. 30. Pte-ce. Tmiple at Jerusalem. The Lesson Text 1 And Jesus answered and s.aake again in parables uato them, saying, 2 The kingdom of heaven m liken- ed .uato a certain king, who inidc a marriage feast, for his son, 3 and sent forth hla erm,au to call them that were bidden to the niarriage feast: and they wouid no; come. 4 Again he sent forth other ser- vants, aayiing, Tell them ttmt are bidden. i>-n< :d, I have mado ready ray dJnner; my oxen and my fallings are killed, and all things are ready: come to his merciiandise ; 6 :.inl the rest laid hold on bijt ser- vants, and treated them sfranefnUy, an-d killed them. 7 But the king was wrotli; and lie sent bis armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8 Th*n saith lie to blfl servants. The wedding & ready, but th/ that were bidden wre not worHiT. 9 Co ye therefore unto tie part- ings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast. 10 And those servajits want out into the hdghwuys, and tnUnuv.l to- gether all aa mamy as ttoey found. b'Xto bad and good: and live wadding was fWled with guests. 11 But when th king oaim In 'o bciicJd th* puesta, he SAW tliare a maa wlio Jiad not on a 12 and he sa4d uato him, , how ira.mest thou in hither not having a wedding-garine-nt? And iiu \>-ri.= tpaeddWM. 13 Tlii'ji the king said to Uio e*r- vaats, Bind h:..-> hcnd and tout, and cast b-im cut inio Ui3 ouitor (larkaecs: sliall be the weepias ajul the of te<h. U l-'or iuj,uiy are oaJIad, kt few anu chosen. Comments. Verse 1. Two parables bad graced - xl this. Ilyixxa-itica.) PhariWM and Sadducees could not halp ^ *ii:.i; Ui'i. His parabolic tiro was dLraotud at ihe-m.. There may have b.au addi- .:..i i I'ir.iii . j MI.L. aru nut fa*ru ru- corded. Vrae 2. To the formal, aarnal- mlnded Jews tha teachings of Jeeois ojticfrning Uue kingdom w >ru rvol.u- tiuuoiry and in-cuaipreiiu^ib.l*. His >;i : riiii.,l -A .:i; , ,! i:. '..;;} WMi kc- yond theia. la their lilitlc view, llo was tan possible. Verse 3. This paiit of th p-M-.tt,;. oovr.s all tht invititionu givem before ttio Tweurrectiou by .li-.-.u,* and liis uds- dples. Thu universal likuie for a tens', and the hoimr of bwkin tin king's giuest. inaka Uiiw a truoe HK- Ultj. Verse 4. The patienoa of God wiUi a willfully perv^rae aud n.iiunvt-. : u peopil la u uevo*-adlnc tarval. Verse 5. In the parable rMarded by Uuke the suee*ta ruluaed uow>lous- ly; h,uirc cunbeuiptuoua. i !!>> ure .ui ivini- of rwj>,i-Mi.s of tin* king'R inv-j.ta.tlun U>Uay tus thara wr ttnem. Veret) tJ.Note how literally thte was true by reading Acts S: 49. TOnt :. .-:i^,' : - bearing Invitations to a royal i. u.- should be M> uiiMiroaied Is almotvt uauhiukubJe; yet uoh was tin* tutu of Siepfaui, JtUiMs, PiuU auxl odeirs. \'ero 7. Let us not izo ..:-..:r the imiK>s.ibiliity of wvuth. Juatioo U as much a divine attribute iuj lore. Verso 8. Ttoey wore unvwfthy IB tint tiu'y refused to aooept. ducli iiire uinwonllliy now. Verso 9. I: la a noteworthy tact tlut ilie gosp*i iuviita*iou w oAten .un- 11 . .: l by tho uniiUKly ...-:i' v. :.:..' and cucuf-ptfd by jlia poor ajid unfw- 111. .i.-. iluniMii all equally uttd the Uirist. 10. Tho bad uhouJd become and t;he good become b**tt>eu'. Verse 11. The Oriental kingM fur- aiehud' a epecj?2 dma for roya'.Jv in vi . .1 g.utt9ts. There wm BO excuse for being without it. Vierse 1" A smitten oouMclancc whic.i recognizes the falrneai of Ihit* -.m i: im lia UHIKU-V Lu-<l wlien tuiueKtly (iii's-ti.>iii-tl. Noithiiig makeM t'naak- iicfce and learlasauesti ]>:>; liio excp: u cl-ear CXMI Detente, * Veraa 13. Any place or condition of alienation fs-oin God i.. 'Vutw <larknesn." God's onamdee aiivj not happy lita^e OJ' toeraaJiler. Vw.se 14. "Tbje called are 1io.se who hear; the chotven thoaa who obey." Thq rt^ponslbilHy for the caiM rests with God; tih Ity for obedience rests upon who hetw'. Illustrated Truth. W* JivaJce light of <>od's graoioua o-f- fera when we <lo JK>t Uike adjutage of tiionj lv. 6). Umsitra.Ucai. Elia.9 How-e, to whom we are Indited for too b&s'uiing of tlijo onodern aewiuK-madiino. tried for a, l<xn whole to kitore&t men of money !n hid inveiitaon. The pli& over whiioh he had spent so much of hi* life wwe allowed to aecaiuiulito du#t bocatisie those ta wihom thiey ware of- fered set -no v, ili i.> upon theoi. An au,Uu>r wQ> haa rlaeu to ih )>Uu of winitiiii "best sciliiM'H," MH.V.J that he waa besieged for a story by an editor who had refused, In the earlier diiye, to i-wn read Uve author** mAniari!>t. "H may not *avo auieered at BJ In woxvls," snld the lattter. "but be de- spised my work." Topic* for Research and Dlsotnsion. 1. Tho King* Invttaitkn ReruMcd (vs. 1-7). 1. Wlbjere wtaa Jewri at the time of tbj tu-JiinsT t. \vb> waa hda teaching ao diftkMlt tor many of .Uie Jws? 3. What to ilia nmm- ImB of thta pavab^r 4. I Qod'a bard to .