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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



4. 'En-dtfere. Not necessarily in a bad sense. Have all your experiences 

 been in vain if, indeed, we must allow that they have been in vain. 



5. 'o firi\opni<av means Christ or God. 



6. K.a0wt, etc. Surety by faith. that faith which was the ground of 

 Abraham's acceptance. 



'E\o-yiadn, SC. TO iritnevcrai, his faith. 



7. TtvwffKere. Imperative, as in the English version, " Know, then, 

 that those who rest upon faith, they and no other are the real sons 

 of Abraham, and not necessarily the observers of the Jewish law." 



1 JOHN ii. 1 8. 



1 Te'/cvia /J.QV, Tavra ypd<j>ia viJ.iv, 'ivy. ,U7J OjUaprrjTe, Kal fdv ns 

 a/idpr-p, -irapdKXrjrov t^o/iey irpbs rbv irarepa, 'lyffovv Xpiffrbv 



2 Kai aiirbs lXafffj.6s effn irept rwv a/j.apnci>v rj/^av ov irepl rtav 

 q/jifTtpwv Se \j.f>vov, aXXa Kal irepl oAou TOV KOtTfJiOv. 



3 Kal ev Tovrtf yivuxTKOf^ev on tyvuca/j.tv avrbv, tav ras evro- 

 Kas avTov rr)poo/j.ev. 



4 'O \eya>, tyfaiKa avrbv, Kal ras fvroXas KVTOV /urj rr;puv, 

 if/evffTr)s effTi, Kal ev Tovrip, r\ aAyjfleia OVK HffTiv 



5 *Oy 8' tiv Tfjpfj avTov rbv Xoyov, aXrjdws tv TOVTC? 7) 

 tt.ya.iT7] TOV @eov TereAeuDTat. tv TOVT<P yivwffKOfiev, on ev avry 



i, Ka9ws eK?vos TrepifTrdrrjcre, 



ypdtpw vfuv, aAA' fVToXrjv 

 oA^ 77 ira.Xa.ia. IffTiv 6 X&yos 



6 'O \tyoiv fv avT(f fj.eveiv, C 

 Kal avTbs O'VTWS irfpnrarf'iv. 



7 'A8eA<>ol, OVK tvToX^v K 

 ira.Xa.iav, tyv f1x T a *' apXV 5 ' 

 ov TjKoiVare aTr' apxr/s. 



8 Hd\iv ZvToXfy Kaivtjf ypdtjxa v/juv, o tffnv dArjfles if avT$ 

 Kal fv vfuv on f) ffKOTia irapdyeTai, Kal rb (pus rb aXT)6tvbv 7^877 

 <f>a(t>fi. 



NOTES. 



1. TfVwa. An affectionate diminutive frequent in St. John's epistles. 

 Translate, as English version, my little children, or rather, my dear 

 children. 



"Iva pi] aju.Jp-rriTe, to keep you on your guard against committing sin. 



Kai eav, and yet to give you the consolation that, etc. 



nu|xiK\iToi<. Generally used of the Third Person in the Trinity, but 

 here plainly of the Second. So our Lord promises that he will send 

 " another comforter," implying that he was one. 



2. Ov -itfp'i, etc., not only for us, but also for tliose to7io as yet know him not. 



3. '>/ Tointp lav, etc. The natural construction of the sentence 

 would be tv T(? -rripeiVtfai. The proof of our being in communion with 

 Christ is our obedience to his laws. 



5. TeTeXei'wTcu, has reached its perfection. 



7. 'Air' apx>is . Either from the beginning of the Christian dispensa- 

 tion or from the earliest times. As it was enjoined by the Levitical 

 law, it is only new as being freshly enforced by Christianity. 



8. "O to-Tii/. The fact that it is new is true, because darkness is already 

 passing away (pres.) from those who are seeking fresh opportunities of 

 doing good. 



TERMS USED IN COMMERCE. III. 



BULLION is properly uncoined gold or silver, though the term 

 is often used to denote those metals both in a coined and un- 

 coined state. 



CALL. A demand for money on account of or due on shares 

 in public companies. 



- CAMBIST. A person skilled in the exchanging of money of 

 /arious countries ; also a name given to a book in which is given 

 the equivalent in one country of the money, weights, measures, 

 etc., of other countries. 



CANCEL (To). To cross and deface a bill or bond of any 

 description, by which act it becomes of no effect. 



CAPITAL. The original sum of money embarked in a business 

 or public company, as it may stand affected by subsequent gains 

 or losses. 



CAPIAS AD SATISFACIENDUM (or Co.. So,.). A writ com- 

 manding the defendant in an action at law to be arrested and 

 kept till his debt be paid. 



CARGO. The goods and merchandise contained in a vessel. 

 The person whose duty in the ship it is to look after the cargo 

 is called the supercargo. 



CASH ACCOUNT. An account in which nothing but cash 

 transactions are recorded. 



CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. Local associations of com- 

 mercial men, formed for the purpose of regulating and protecting 

 their general interests. 



CHARTER. A grant from the Crown conferring privileges 

 upon public companies, corporations, and institutions, upon 

 certain conditions. 



CHARTER PARTY. An agreement with the owner or master 

 of a vessel, hiring it either for a fixed period, a voyage, or a 

 number of voyages. 



CHEQUE OR DRAFT. -An order to a banker to pay the bearer, 

 or a party named on the order, a certain named sum of money. 



CIRCULAR NOTE. A note or bill issued by bankers for the 

 convenience of travellers, affording a choice of various places 

 for obtaining its payment. 



CIRCULATING MEDIUM. The authorised or recognised means 

 of making payments in a country. 



CIRCULATION OF A BANK. The amount of licensed issue of 

 its own notes payable to bearer on demand. 



CLEARING A VESSEL. Entering a ship's name and par- 

 ticulars of her cargo at the Custom House preparatory to her 

 leaving port. 



CLEARING IN BANKING. A plan adopted by the general 

 body of London bankers for a daily exchange of cheques and 

 bills at a house in Lombard Street, called the Clearing House. 

 A clerk from each establishment attends twice a day with the 

 cheques and bills he may have on the others, and distributes 

 them in drawers allotted to the several banks. They then 

 make out balance-sheets, entering on the Dr. side the sum each 

 bank owes them, and on the Cr. side the sum they owe each 

 bank. Those who have money to receive on balance take it 

 indiscriminately from those who have to pay, as it is evident the 

 sums to be paid must, in the aggregate, equal the sums to be 

 received. 



COCKET. A warrant from the Custom House, certifying that 

 the goods therein named have been entered, and are either duty 

 free, or that the duty on them has been paid. 



COLLATERAL SECURITY. A secondary or indirect security 

 for the fulfilment of a contract, or for money lent. 



COMMISSION. An allowance or per-centage made to agents 

 for buying or selling goods, or for negotiating business of any 

 kind. 



COMMISSIONAIRE. A member of a body of disabled soldiers, 

 enrolled to furnish the public with trustworthy messengers. 

 The Society of Commissionaires was founded in the year 1859 

 by Captain E. Walter. 



COMPANY. A number of persons associated together in one 

 common interest, and for the carrying out of any trade or course 

 of operations. Also applied to the members of a firm not 

 named in its signature, as "Baring Bros. & Co." 



COMPOSITION. The settlement of the debts of a bankrupt 

 by payment in part. 



COMPOUNDING, OR COMPROMISING WITH CREDITORS. 

 Debtors paying a portion of the claims of their creditors by 

 way of composition, on the latter, by agreement, giving an 

 acquittance for the whole. 



COBIPOUND INTEREST. Interest paid not only upon the 

 money lent, but on the interest which from time to time 

 becomes due to the lender, and is not paid. See also " Lessons 

 in Arithmetic," XXXVI., Vol. III., page 3. 



CONCESSION. A grant of certain privileges made by the 

 Government of a country to any person or firm carrying out 

 undertakings affecting the public interest. The parties ob- 

 taining such concessions are termed Concessionaires. 



CONSIGNMENT. A parcel or quantity of merchandise sent 

 (generally abroad) for sale, or to be delivered, as the sender 

 may direct. The person sending is termed the Consignor, and 

 the person to whom they are sent the Consignee. 



CONSUL. A public official stationed in a foreign country to 

 watch over the interests of \,he one he represents, and of its 

 subjects located there. 



CONSUL'S CERTIFICATE. A certificate granted by a consul, 

 of the quantity and value of any merchandise sent to the 

 country he represents. It is given on faith of the oath of the 

 consignor, and acts as a voucher to the Custom House of the 

 port to which the goods are consigned. 



CONTINGENCIES. Liabilities likely to arise, but which cannot 

 be exactly determined. 



CONTINUATION, OR CONTANGO. The additional price or rate 

 of interest paid for an extension of time by speculators on the 

 Stock Exchange, who have purchased stock or shares on 

 credit. 



