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sunday school lesson september 15 lesson xi teaching the law of cod nehemiah 8 13 5 6 812 golden text the en trance of thy words giveth light psalm 119 130 analysis i the beading of the law v3 112 ii the keast of tils seventh month vs 1318 introduction ezra seenis to have brought with him from babylon a new edition of the ancient law the origin of whlcl- was ascribed to moses it is difficult for us to understand why the priests and the people of judah should have been ignorant of this law we are told in exodus of the book of the covenant 24 7 which contained the laws in chs 2023 or part of them and of the two tables of testimony tables of stone written with the finger of god tables of the covenant which were put in the ark and pre served there exod 24 12 31 18 deut 9 10 11 10 15 we are told also in deuteronomy that the king must write im a copy of this law in a book and real therein all the days of his life in this case the law referred to may be the code con tained in chs 1226 and may be the lost or forgotten book king josinh 2 kings22 810 whose reforms based upon this book coincide closely with the requirements of deuteronomy there is also the story of samuel ldst of the judges who chose underdivine direction the first kings of united israel and who told the people the manner of the kingdom and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the lord 1 samuel 1025 compare8 1022 during the long period of exile in babylon there must have been great danger that these earlier books would be lost and it seems to have been due to men of the spirit and mind of ezra that both history and law of the early times wer preserved and copied and nide available for the vestorod community i the heading of the law vs 112 in this chapter ezr the priest and nehemiah the governor appar to gether in a great religious service con tinuing eight days in which the people are instructed in the anient law and the custom of celebrating the feast a tabernacles long neglected is renew ed ezra had come to jerusalem on his mission of teaohirg cad reform fourteen years before and at first ap- parentis had had some measure of success ezra 910 but on the whole his mission does not seem to have prospered he may have lacked power to enforce the law which he pro claimed and which at first he per suaded some of the people to accept or there may have been a determined and well organized oposition to its enforcement the water jate v 1 was on the eastcn side of the city overlooking the virgins spring the book of the laws of moses which ezra brought robably contained most if rot all the laws of the pentate eh and repre sents the first collection of canonical scripture it is interesting to note that the samaritans adopted the same book of the law the pentateuch and to this day it is their only saced and authoritative seriture tu greek first book of esdras that is ezra says of him esdrrs had very great skill so that be omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the lord but taught all israel the ordinances and judgments ezra stood upon a pulpit of wood or rather a wooden platform upon which others also were standing at the beginning ezra blessed the lord the great god t is not easy u under stand just how the reading and teach ing was done hist robably ezra read first for all who could understand arid follow his reading and then chosen men v g gathered the people in groups and caused them to understand the reading it must have required som- such organized plan to convey instruction to some thousands of peo ple however it was dorc ezra and his helpers were able to make clear to all the demands of their law and religion and to make them realize that this war the most important thing in iheir ives tirshatha is a persian word and is here the title of the governor the statement made in some commentaries that this reference to nehemiah is an interpolation and does not ropcrly be long to the story seems to be quite without foundation all the people wept realizing how ignorant and neglectful they had been of these important matters compare 2 kings 22 1011 weeping anil laughter are often closely joined and these simple folk when comforted by their leaders and bidden make the day a holiday n turned their weeping into great mtrth their mirih we may bo sure was not lessened by the dis position to send portious to those who were n need for tkey learned the joy jt mie lord is your strength that is no doubt the joy experienced in doing tho iiords will ii the feast of the seventh month vs 1318 for the law governing the time and order of this festival see lev 23 33- 36 and 3943 exod 23 10 the feast of ingathering and deut 1c 1315 the rtual is sel forth in de tail in num 29 1238 the festival seem to have had like the passover a double meanir f it celebrated the ingathering of tie fiuit harvest and so the en of the old economic year and it also commemorated the dwelling in tents during the long period of their life in the wilderness before ihe con quest and settlement of palestine the going out of the narrow crowded quarters of the village and towns into the fields orchards and vineyards where they lived in booths made of olive branches pine myrtle and palm must have been both healthful and delightful the statement in v 17 that since the days of joshua joshua they had rot done so must have been made by a writer unacquainted with 2 kings 7 810 and 8 13 see also ezra 3 4 and 1 kings 8 2 c5 gc or it is pos sible that he means to say that the feast had not been kept since joshua strictly according to the law showing swedish horse lovers what stan lard breds can do american trotting horses in lead at stockholm splendid action picture showing natalis and chilton two american trotters in race held recently near stockholm sweden capture first and second places farm notes jabot bib collar a becoming semisports type ir chartreuse green rajah silk with two tone of brown dots is fetching new idea of paris to complement he sun tan vogue the jabot bib collar of style no g08 is what makes it so out standingly smart and softens its line the hips are snug skirt slightly cir cular sleeves dartfitted below elbows it is designed in sizes 1g is 20 years 3g 38 40 and 42 inches bust it adapts itself lovely to cotton fabrics as print ed lawn sheer or handkerchief weight linen printed voile and printed lawn shantung rajah silk georgette crepe crepe de chine and chiffon appropri ate it is stunning in rich wine red canton crepe which is advanced fall note and quite suitable for immediate wear black crepe satin can be work ed out nicely in reverse treatment and is entirely dependable for serviceable daytime wear pattern price 20c in stamps or coin coin is preferred wrap coin carefully how to order pattgrns write your name and address plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and addrest your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto patterns sent by an early mail angry customer see here these eggs you just sold me arent fresh grover but tho boy just brought them from the country this morning customer what country in some pacific islands fish is still used as currency it must bo a nuis ance thoro to get a packet of clear est from a slot machine glasgow eastern standard hog feeding troughs three types of hog troughs have been tried at the experimental farms of the depl of agriculture at ottawa these were made of wood galvanized iron and of concrete the wooden troughs have been found to be the most serviceable and have the further advantage in that they may be con structed at horns the dominion ani mal husbandman in his report for 1928 favors the vshaped trough be cause it is more resistant than other shapes to hard usage and it is simply made the twe sides are nailed to gether in the shape of a v and the ends nailed on these ends it is re commended should be extended at east twelve inches beyond the edge or lip of the tro igh in order to make it more stable and less easily tipped over by the hogs when feeding pine spruce hemlock or other similar woods are suitable the material should be two inches in thickness and eight or ten inches wide for most feeding purposes the upper edges of the finished trough should be sheeted with galvanized iron to protect them against the chewing of the hogs these troughs should not be nailed down but left so that they can be mov ed from place to place and easily ieai ed when necessary galvanized or othei metal troughs are more eas ily broken and bent than wood and aro difficult to repair concrete troughs that arc sometimes built into a cement floor are more difficult to keep clean than a moveable trough hen these are installed the dominion animal husbandman recommends that the bottom of the trough be slightly above the floor level to facilitate the easy cleaning of the permanent trough a drainage hole should be left in one end and a wooden plug kept inserted in it the wooden trough has the further advantage over the cement or metal trough in that the feed does not ohill so quickly in it during he cold weather side and attach as a unit rnd nail in one end the other end should con sist of a removable gate set into grooves cross pieces should be placed across the top binding the two sides together spr ce or pine is satisfac tory wood to- use the floor skids should be 2 inches square and of the required length and the lower sats on each side and on the ends should be flush with the floor the spacing be tween the side slats should not exceed 2vi inches these are bound together with two uprights or for the large crates a third one may be placed in the centre the crate may be constructed en tirely of 4inch material fiveeighths of an inch in thickness but for the lower slats on each side wider boards up to 7 or 8 inches may be used ac- meal valued at 42 per ton and but- iermilk at 0 per ton tho powder had a relative value of 53 cents per pound 7000 per ton this test was carried on by the dominion ani mal husbandman the methods and results of the test are given in his re port for 1928 published by the dept of agriculture ottawa some fish yarn from the west vancouver bc angling for sal mon in british columbia waters has been so good this year that very few cocoanut palm still untraced by scientists both american and african origin suggested in the theories of birth place scienc is siill grappling with the mystery of the origin of the cocoanut palm acorii to dr jihu k small head curator cf the museum at the new york iiotanical garden bronx park and sxiate of thomas a edi son durintle inventors rubber ex periments in iiorida while many have locate the birth place of the palm in parts of the american continent the eminent stu dent of palms baccari las lointeu out that an african palm is its clos est relaii e its true nationality may ave al ways remain in doubt t reason it that its great thickhuskel nuts are inveterate travelers and colonizers sailing too seas since time immemorial end starting a new race of cocoa- nuts whaevei they were cast up on a tropical ihore these studj cocoanuts vesslcs in which the elements of a forest of palms lie dormant can brave tho storms of the ocean fox months only sprouting into apparent life when con ditions favorable to colonization have been found today cocoanuts are found along the seashores of florida central and south america the est indies the south sea islands india australia and africa one species at least call ed cocos seems to be peeular to south america cocoanuts grow sparsely in such climates as that of southern californ ia but the extensive groves are in warmer countries and the great com mercial plantations are in the orient the biggest single area of cocoa- nut palms in the world is in the philippines where they cover the en- canadian dairy produce praised disciples of sir izaac walton at the coast have failed to land at least one southern end of the island of of the silvery monsters j luzon in a rense grove an aulomo- the best fishing story of the season bile ca p for a dav beneath their h mutus i snar towns and villages are built ngton on the i amon them the oil and meat of gulf of georgia jhtoir nuts are the materials of an im- after trolling off shore near his portant industry while iheir milk while self feders for hogs save jiome for a few minutes he decided to much labor they are not entirely sat- change the spoon bait he hauled in cording to the experience of the doj being told by captain j minion animal husbandman of waterloo port washing self feeders for hogs 1 shipping crates for hogs the experimental farms ship out a groat many hogs or breeding pur poses using individual crates in most cases in hi3 eport for 1928 publish ed by the dept of agricalture at ot tawa the dominion animal husband man describes the method of con structing a strong and rigid crate that is light in weight the sizo of the crate for hogs of different weights arc for hogs up to 75 pounds 9 inches wide 2 feet high and 2 feet 10 inches long from 75 to 100 pounds the di mensions have to be increaed to 10 inches in width 2 feet 2 inches in height and 3 feet in length hogs from 100 to 150 pounds require a crate 1 foot wide 2 feet g inches high and 3 feet 8 inches long from 150 to 200 pounds the width should be i foot 2 inches the height 2 feet g inches and length 4 feet in constructing a crate it is first necessary to nail tho floor firmly into the two floor skids then absemblo each throughout the entire feeding period this is particularly so in the case of newly weaned pigs although a well balanced protein ration supplemented with milk byproducts would appear to permit the use of the self feeder for the younger classes of bacon type hogs in his report for 1928 publish ed by the dept of agriculture at ot tawa the dominion animal ullsband- man states that some surprisingly good results have been obtained from using the self feeder throughout the entire feeding period in too many cases however it is shown by exper ience at the experimental farms that the use of the self feeder has a tend ency to result in a thicker type of hog than is usually produced by careful trough feeding buttermilk compared with buttermilk powder water and was rising toward the gun wale an eightpound salmon jumped fo rit an dlanded inside the row boat the lish is exhibited here by a e craddock manager of tho auto club of british columbia a soninlaw of the angling enthusiast furnishes a native beverage thus the cocoanut is at home in many arts of the world but if a plants nativity can be judged by the place where its enemies lurk there noted british visitor says england offers big market is touring west three important delegates hi canada for chamber of commerce rally three delegates to the annual con vention of the canadian chamber of commerce in edmonton and calgary in september from lending british chambers gave interviews at tho head quarters of the canadian section in montreal recently the visitors ar p w parson london george hut- cheson aberdeen and a e howitt nottingham mr parson is a member of ihe ex ecutive council of the london cbam- bor and chairman of tho provision trade section he was formerly managing director of reynolds sons and co ltd smitlifield and richard dickson and company of london and other firms in the provision line he said that he will be particularly interested to see the position of tho dairy industry in canada produce praised the trade in ttu united king dom ho said has an extremely high opinion of the quality of csa- dian dairy produce shipped lii she last year or two and especially cheese there is very little doubt that all the cheese canada can ship cf tha present splendid quality will find a ready market on the other side general regret has been expressed that canada has not i eea able to send butter asit is much appreciated on account of its high quality im porters handling bacon too coming into england are very sorry that tho supplies from canada are shurt and interuiitlant i believe there is a demand for all that they can get mr parsonu reported that in eng land the provision trade is quiet at the present time he refused to make any statement concerning politics on the other side as a representative ot london chamber of commerce which is a strictly nonpolitical bod and knows no politics he pointed out that the london chamber with a membership of racro than 8000 is the largest in the world he said that it has 72 trade sectionb are certain reasons for upholding the an large asso affiliated in the feeding of hogs at the ex perimental farm at ottawa each of two lots of five pigs was fed on an ordinary meal ration while one lot received buttermilk and the other but termilk powder the test was con tinued for 98 days the meal was fed at the rate of 4 per cent of the live weight of the hogs buttermilk powder was mixed in water at the rate of two pounds to eight gallons of water this solution was fed at the same rate as the buttermilk gains made by the aogs were not widely dif ferent those receiving the butter milk powder required 244 pounds of mealper pounds of gain while those fed buttermilk made a pound of agin on 22 rounds of meal the total cost of the feed in tho case of buttermilk powder fed lot was 4455 and for the buttermilk s4482 the cost per pound of gain charging 8 cents per pound for buttermilk powder and 30 cents per 100 pounds for buttermilk am ounted to s702 as compared with g47 from pigs that received butter milk in this lest 1g1g pounds of meal and 152 pounds of buttermilk powder roved to be equal in feeding vnluo to 14g0 pourias of meal and 3970 pounds of buttermilk or with theory that its origi- may really bo african only in africa is found the lobber crab which climbs the cocoa- nut tree and feeds on the nuts or the huge rhinoceros beetle which devours the young cocoanut leaves to it and represents merchants im porters and manufacturers of every commercial interest of standing gabby gertie wraps and pelts are frequently jable exchanged at summer fur saies j reparations london daily chronicle lib great britains share of reparations was fixed at spa by intcrnationl troty the percentage cannot be al tered against her without her consent if she firmly refuses to be plundered no one can plunder her by this re fusal let mr snowdcn immovably abide he will of course hear rough words the french and possibly tho italians will exclaim that the confer ence must break up perhaps it even will break up though we have our doubts but uspposing it did which we should greatly regret we say this better a breakup than another con cession to the practice of treating bri tain as the worlds milchcow she was milked by her tllios throughout the war by them and by america she has been milked since the process must stop being extended once for all it was always unjust it is today in view of our suffering quite unbear- earold c lewis an englishman vlsltlug the united states says ho has yot to find one placo hero whoro a human being could taste a real cup of tea that boston tea party ruin ed us st paul ploneor press according to a shanghi message canton and general chcnchitag is in flight for other sports items see other pages ships copy refrigerated air system of picture theatres tacoma ash motion picture thea ters are responsible for more comfor table traveling to tropical climes sey- leral steamship iines operating on the pacific are installing refrigerated air systems similar to those in the thea tors midsummer voyages to south sea and midpacific ports thus will be made moro pleasant said ho i think ill buy a ropo and end this dally strife and so ho bought a ropo of pearls much wanted by his wlfo somo one estimates a jazz saxo phonist must movo his fingers goo times a mlnuto wo dont know how often his neighbors must movo canadian cattle george hutcheson is the only scotch delegate to the convention he la vico president of aberdeen chamber of commerce and he is interested in feeding stuffs fertilizers and grain naturally he declared 1 shall be interested in everything appertain ing to agriculture and i am keenly looking forward to seeing the wheat fields of canada he said that at one time there were flour mills in aberdeen but now cana dian flour is imported which sultj the bakers best and nc thing else can touch it another importation from canada to which ho referred was cattle at one time canadian cattle came in he said and many of our farmers were sorry when tho supply ceased in regard to herrings he said that they are looking for fresh markets through having lost the russian while characterizing trade general ly in scotland as quiet at the present time he said that the farming and the trawling interests have had a fair ly good year mr hutcheson tpoke highly of the calibre of the human slock from tho north east of scotland and said that there aro many people in this part who wmld like to come to canada it opportunity offered silks or woollens mr howitt is vicechairman of the hosiery section of the nottingham chamber of commerce he is a manu facturer of fullfashioned ladies hosiery and while in canada he said ho will be interested to study methods of manufacture and is visiting sbmo of the mills he pointed out that in notthing- ham the hosiery trade has been very good but woollen hosiery has been rather neglected especially during the pa3t winter when it was so dry and cold in england the ladles kept on with their silk stockings and wore socks he said mr hutcheson was interested to discover what was tho position la canada only foolish ones i never wear woollen stocking mysolf oxplalned a lady sccrctftry in tho chamber cf commerce office but it is only foolish girls who dont lots of girls do mr howitt said that the onco fam ous lace trade of nottingham is now a thing of the past and ho reinarkofl that it thero were a revval difficulty wculd be experienced in finding th necessary labor tho rolations between employer and employed in tho hosiery trade ha said aro very good and there ha been no troublo for upwards of jo years now ilia general fuss is over oh how happy wo shall ba torlos rcdi and llborm parlies wont bo knowing xn and mis