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Text Genesis xlvii , 8, “How old
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ln th _ ,dan (-3 iftal was the torus
The Egyt I _ i ,vt
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ofthe Worlds »\e..l li In IAS a _ II
bawesmere had brew brought to itrr
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the tiiii-<t ni~r,-e.~‘ oi .lie \\ TH 1‘\'l > 'L "`
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al. 1h,,..m}, :mit wl:sc'i ».-ou ll west.
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tense this eve and <‘h':1‘:‘.i tli i i-ui' :' rid
5,),-.,¢ifv the taste. There wire te:ii;\il\<
§H;m,é with red sziiillsltitie, i iitcretl livl 
the g';:te\\’:i_‘.'s tlillf W9!‘_e !li1lT(l‘."~l ` _bi 
pina" bet., |1.lerlnt_y \\ il; hitfrogglypoics _; st
adorned wi h \\ inged_ _cretnures »-their Y th
eyes and beaks and pinion. glitteiingmth
ble columns blooming into white flower l
beds. I`liere were stone pillars, at thel
e fully enough iiiipreciate the worldly mim's life by his misfortunes, becaus
ileagnres God gives us. When you I where there is one stalk of nightshade
ecount yo-.r cnjoyments. you do not there are 50 me-rigolds and harebells
co far enough bticl; Whv do you not go Where there is one cloud thunder cha
i 1\y0th.3~im@ it neu you were an in ed 'lhcic are hundreds that stray sitio s
il tin your motte ~ irnis lookin: up the h€‘<1VPI1S U10 °'01‘y Of lmd und buy
to the heiicu ot lirr Smile, to those 5109915 lllfllf 190 Om
tl niet nh Alstht
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‘.\`s v ion you ` -tl no hou~c wit t-.o . "1 » -‘I lSi*1'l UU“'lS@~ *U UDgl‘f\l€~ _ 
Proar of ;;0.y\_.,>eI0,,S ,,yerr;u,¢,r f_ ful niztn, an unfair uinn, :iii uup`ziil-'_i<o- 'Q 
Have you fargoltreii all tlrfse 300|] PWC U13". 305.0-105i ‘ f 31]. HD Ull-Ch!iS-  f
dnys tifiit Ziie liord gave you I’ l'Vere U3" H130. Who UNfaSU1`9S 1113 lift? 011
in never a boy P Were you never a ‘ earth by groans and tears and dyspeytic
ry p B,,;,\.9(,D tl,0<@ times and this ' ht and abuse and scorn and terror and ~ &
ow mnnj, mercies the Lord has be- lfwllriilgic thrust 
owed ~.ipoii you t If there is anyone l Again. I remark flwt there are many l . '
he has ii I-tom my the enjoy”-,ents gf people who estiiiiate their life on earth, 3
e worn; if is the gm;-s{;_-in, fm- G0() by the amount of money they have at~    0111'    ()"Qn_`u_1]]_e
is given n lense cfeverytbing in the Cumlliaied- They 5"§'» “The yfm`l866» V . "`1 I l ' P
1 moist. -hilt .ire yours." not 1, or 1870. or 1898 was waned.” Why? CIOWH bailtd. M€H’S UlSh€fS  *HOV 2 70
have to tell you that ii. man who esii~ ‘ “M?~_d0_ll0 l?f10¥1€y»" N°W~ll is all Cant t 3  ! a  rf .
tv ' ' _ . - ' ' ' - i
sin it is a very bright and beautiful place life must have its shadows and the
o r side in We have had Joys innu smoothest path its thorns On the h
erable. There is no hostility between piest brood the hawk pounces. No os . I
e gospel and the merriizients and the cape from trouble oi some kind.
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festivities of life. I do not think that And yet it is unfair to measure a
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5*”-'JC   i ithat though the world is ' blasted with :turning up a terrible -iifurrow. The ii T
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to? burstiul into the shdpe ci the lotuslimYe°i.”.S1'i“ Oil eanh bf mere, “ond” and msmcfim-7 to mu( again" money a $ ° ' Shorey S Celebrated   t
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when in full blooui. l 0
It was to this apital and the pilafe It
gf Pharoah that Jacob, his pfain sliep- qu
herd, came to meet his son Joseph, LR
who had become prime minister, in the W1
royal apartment. In Phiiracht and Jacob lo
met dignity and rustif-ity. he grace- st
fulness of the court and the plain man- Sk
ners of the field. The king, wanting y pf
ge make the old coritrymlin if 9330. O1
rd Wcumi with braazeii serpents andg W
with precious stones. There were nitir-1 ,Q
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et
i.How old art thou  l
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Last nigh: the gate of eternity opened __
to let in, :innid the great throng of de-
parted centuries, the soul of the dying i
year. Under the twelfth str ckc of the
brazen haniine~ of the city clock the
patriarch fell dead, and the stars of they
night were the funeral torch rs. It is l
most fortunate that on this road of life
there are so many mile stones, on which'
we can reall just how fast we are going
toward the journey] end.I feel that it is ‘
not an inappropriateiquesliou that I allr 7
today when I look into your faves and
say, as Pharoah did to Jacob, “How old
gn thou?"
There is a right way and a wrong
wgy of measuring our earthly existence. y
There is a iight way and a wrong way
oi measuring a door, or a wall, or aut
arch, or a tower, and so there is a right
way and awrong wa;-.' of measuring
our earthly' existence. It is with refer-
gnce to this higher meaning that I con-
front you this morning with the stu.‘
pendous question of the text, and ask,
"How old art thou?" '
There are many who estimate their
life by mere wordlv gratitication.\Vhen
Lord Dundas was wished a happy new
year, he said, “It will have to be a hap-
per year than the past, for I hadn’t one
happy moment in all the 12 months
that have gone.”Bnt th it has not been tlco
The Beginning of
HEALTH
The trial size of ABBEY'S EF
FERVESCENT SALT is on the
market at the above price. It has
been so_piit up to enable everyone to
try this wonderful health-giving
reparation. Of all druggists. La
hottie 60 cents. 'ge
W 2uara.nt¢¢tlutti1¢a¢
Plfstzfz will relieve
 i'as?‘°uitm,fs1i;ikil°f'..°i’i‘h'ia:‘iIsii.ti‘i.
7115 rolls Tliehtta
fhnat
PUISTER
aliowl you to out tht
Plastqany size.
Every fam!-ly
should have one
ready for an emer-
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_lms a unmet no.,
uunn, lemm
Beware of imitation
experience of most of us. We have found
but a mfans to an end will find cut his
mistake when the glittering treasures
slip out or] the nerv. less grasp andl
he goes out of the world without a, shil
ling of nionev or a certificate of stock
But- I remark, there are many-I
wish there were more-who estimate
their lite bv their moral and spiritual
development
It is not sinful eeotism for a. Chris
tian tnfin to say, ‘I ani purer thani
used to be ‘
forge of Jzalamity. They stand on an
e you tending, and how fag( gre you Christian hope. It is simply hypocrisy. 
[mg on toward it? this tirade in pulpit and lecture hall
Through a. great many of your lives against money-
e ploivgharn lieth gong very deep, But While all this is S0, he who uSes
- *_.-_.._..._. ___.~____» money or thinks of money as anything
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. s ers
.i§i?§.f`f.t`f.`ZFiZi."`.°f.§....l`".ii"S°$’.1‘;‘;`;= `;§i§§.Zig'l.’E.§’§§‘..‘$§l‘Ifi°;..i$.$I;”I§i $4.50. Overconts at $14.00 your clioihe new for $7
iZ§`?.§.f`..§i“ "ii .."i..§1{i.2Z.‘e‘l.'.‘,’.fi1.".f .I2 §§§Ei2§..f§°Zi€.i§“fiZT§ d_1i.§i`..I.f.if iii Overcoats at $11.00 now $6',00. ' 6 I vc; coats f
   price $12.00 to 1.4.00. 1:ioW_ $6.00 Overcoats at $8
tfiicdriiillieiilllndldieliithiiilgiiiountisinfo tlis¢i.'y0u rest _from ogre and anxiety-I Iris now $4-00° We arg  P17106 CutterS.l I B0 S - d.
193 gr the mst step QB 9, mad that the carrving out at last to decent sepul- N y
titigiwsintoia horrible abyss. “Howl 0h1'_9 *Hifi the _Putting HP Of the Slab but Sults In proportlou to 3/bovg   and See
dart thou 9" Toward what gegginy [which is chiseled the story of your‘ A ~ l
.and seeing how White his beard is and “_
how feeble his step, looks familisrlv. 0,
into his face and says to the aged man, l°
Why, there are those in this pres _ ' ~ _
ence who have me-.sured lunces with ‘=” ` - -f
manya foe and unhoised it! There -
are Christian men here who have ba- i ° ,   
-  _---_._-   .»»»..w.iy by  .I ti. HENRY li. LURDLY C. E. I
entirelydiffeientplanecfcharacter from A M 08.11 SOG C E cha|'|Qttet0w|'| Sash _H Dnof Fa¢t|\y
th hi h ` "
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Extensive Alterations going to be made list February
A MIGHTY SLA  S
S0 our entire stock of Ready-made Clothing, Hats and Caps and General Dry Goods is to be given away at a, mighty big discount. ’
Men’s Ulstets ress Goods   Gents’ Furnishings- Ladies Hats I Flannelelle
33lI|ie|° cant Discount. 25 per cent Discount 25 per cent Discount 50~ PBI' 6801 DiS00lll\‘l' 25 tm 30%'
Men’s Uvercuals Sacques   Hats and Gaps Flowers & Feathers l|°k'"22”"
25 por cent Discount 33%; per cent Discount ° _25 pei* cent Discount 50 per cent Discount  20 iii
No goods marked up for this mighty sale, and all goods marked in plain figures. N o deception, no false figures, Everybody welcome to his sale. It means a. bigjloss
BQ Fur Rqbgg; men? msters IH" w00li ulSt€I‘S
us, but it will save you lots of money.
t ni *_ 335 percent Discount Batter Qllillify $0.75 for $4.50
at 25 par can Saou" PBOVVSE 'BP.C>'I‘I-IEIELS 33% per cent Dlsoollllt off all Ulster;
Remember this is your golden opportunity. If you miss it, its not our fault. 0ur ever increasing business forces us to teke the store now occnpiedby Mr Bruce,
-t 1 we have to make extensive alterations to suit our trade so our stock must be cleared out before We start to tear down and build up.
After the 1st of February our business shall be wholesale as well as reta.il,' placing us ina. position to buy algoods direct from the ma
All w00| i ` Gray G0-(tain . 
Tweed Clnaks Pillow Cotton 
||e|°_contoff ' 0 '
woffsted Ol all kinds 25. oil White: cC?¢-ffton Bléiiczlélred G
8|’ CI1 g
25 per cent 0" » . 335 por cant off
G t Ld' ’K'dadW IGI ` 25 iff
uixiigeioihinéeind "i'op"si.n~‘i; 2505:: eenipgiffen ° '  g00d5 .nut mentiuned in 
`Il":1l:hllgnIiini?\s p'l}"dw‘:afigta|i)d:f:I'owe|ling 25 per cent off.       
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Men s Ulsters F.. ii.-$2 84
Print 6oi:ton’and Gingham 25 per cent off.
I’fElC)\7V`SE EI:l.C)'I'I-IE.1E.S TIIIE .I7'.A.E{.]\IEEl.S’E<)T|?S
This advertisement is a. plain statemefnt otéelicts. We 511°; has to )back uilrliurf a].3ivergsei§ents.d  nleled of saying_mt_;re.&Wp azli all end eveirtybldy iggiaggszdvggtagsygf 01]? (piiglégyrglfer
over $5n_00|) (fi fy g_||§_an 0 ars war o ry ‘oo s an ‘ot ing, not a singe an »a. aus in our s oc , if , .
hurt anyone' 3¥(a](3)-k3}I1`Siilr?ceeSstli)<iiihiiliidngfirtlidlériidds at from 10c to :?0c a. yard your'choice for Fic, 1000 bundles blue Warp at 92c. It’s no use trving to mention the bargains we
ave for you, so come and bring your friends. 1000 Men’s Suits, 25 per cent off. 1000 Children’s Suits 25 per cent off.
This Sale will he for Spot Gash only. All over due accounts must he paid.
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19° U “Y “'° °° °'-‘ y nriea cieu spruce, siiennimg and oiup .ii-as "th"
(Continued on the Sixth Page) New Chinese Laundry, G"<f1'° “S8 “#11 I
Great George St ROBERT  &
Bentlev’s Liniment the modern Pain Cllr _ 9'" "'°1'k will bi’ "h° best' ‘mt °“" °"i°°° V
“Hmm was ;;i:’i;.d.Ii;e1owe.i. , y Peakes No 3 wharf HARLOTTETOWN P
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at w c tneytbonce liiccupied. thTnl<)i.Y Géaduat _gollege otGivil Eugineerin Cor. W_ h _ d ` k =`  6   
Awmeasvrlve' S11' 1 ° 011 8*' 7 °i D "ml Y- f G ,W iks it experience wor man an rst V ass ml merv, we
9»'°1d°” 2a*°“ Sabbaths 57 *’°“"’°°"°"‘ hliigtiifuhbidrdgidiiilfdfiidiv eiiiiigameeriiiig fiiii ll Supply contractors and others with Doors und Frames bushes and
prayer meeting, bv communion tables, aria e Des ing ‘interior and extel 10,. F, h , . 5 '
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by baptismal fonts, by hatleluialis in the 8g?§_’e9;t_§11&`t°addt,2.§:'n;"bhar1,,,?eF°wn_ ’
temple. They have stood on Sinai and _ ' C ) 
heard it thunder The hav stood ur  ia'
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