The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-10-15, Page 7Sunday Schloir►l
Lesson•
petober 18.: Lessoniii-Paul in.
-lritessa.l.onica and Berea -Acts 17;
1, 6.11: 1 Thessalonians •2.: . 7,-12.
Golden Text --Open thou• mine eyes,
that 1, may behold wondrous things
• out of thy taw. -Psalm 11.8: 13.
ANALYSIS •
I. A -Goon START, Acte :II: 'i 4; •
II. "BOLSHEVISTS!"*Acts 17; 5-9..
II$.. TRE OPEN mlNo, Acts 17: 10.15.
brethren, •stayed by, hitn"•until be.,redclb.-
ed Athena, There, hes could not• bear
tobe alone -Timothy and Silas must
come alsp, • v. 15, 2 ' Cor. 1: 8, 9,
throws light upon this mysterious •ie,,,
.pression and trouble. • For Paul, fol-
lowing Christ was an experience like
that of the men of.Faris who, in 1830,
were ovi:rth'iowirtg _ the Bourb s
on. .
They sent word to tlio 1?rineli
l "phTh
oaoi her, enjamie •Constant, "A ter-
rible gthn.e is ;being played here; our
heads are in danger.. Come and add
yours." Paul was .always ready to add
his. Ther, More his influence is living
still.
What New York
INTRODUCTION - Leaving Philippi;
the missionaries passed, through AM-
phipo'li�s, and Apollonia ' (v. 1) and
e1 me -to Thessalonica, the Salbnika of
t day.' "It was the' •capital'.of the pro
1 i" oftant •sea: ort. re
-
day'
and an m p
P
day,' it b, fast becoming. a'gieat mod-
ern eityi .being laid out according rto'
• plait---wiih'a. nee facade'�to.the:sea.--4
and; having;'a popul'ation ci •robing to
Wardthe 200,000 '.nark. Paul ptiefer-
red'the centres of population and'•:orit-
inerce. •• The work, ` once v,itablished'
there,'would sprend'rapi''dly`to smaller
• ' places. That policycarried Christian-
- ity.-through. the empire, like a prairie'
fire. Paul 'found,;in Thessalonica and
,>rent-tpes-o€-
people,. n ..-... .
I.A GOOD START, Acts 17:,1-4. . •
Arriving in . Thessalonica the tray-
ele..rs- found lodgings with' Jason, pos-
-sibly a fellow • Jew. For three weeks
they `reasoned" --carried or. argument
" and discussion -in' the • jnagogue.
They,"opened'" and "alleged," that
quoted.' Scripture passages to prove
their` statements ; regarding Messiah
• and Jesus of Nazare h,, v.' :,.' Unwel-
come assertions: such as these provoke
ed •hot discussion. and denial, 1 Thess:
'1:2. S,omt of the.Jews believed,. and a
great many of the God-fearing Greeks,
including a number of ' women from
the upper social clashes. They would
,� be freer from superstition and narrow-
IPrfin'tiednese. Pawls fsithfulepreaching:
Is Wearing
BI' ANI�IEBEL •I,yGTON
o:id• what such preaching always.. does
-it divided his hearers some became
entht:siastic .believers, others bitter
enemies. A• storm was gathering.
II. "BOLSHEVISTSI" Acts 17: 5-9. •
The Jews, as usual, caused trouole,
It' is`• always 'easy to raise a mob it
- an =eastern 'city. In Thessalonica the.
material -vas close at hand -"Lewd
,fellows of the; baser stint (v. 5), the
.;-�...rnarket_l_oafers, with nothing to do' and.
ready for any adventure. They .mob
becLtlas_on's�rou§e,-but Paul-and-Silasr
probably warned, were not'there. The-
!nob
he
mob nevertheless must have its victim.
Jason himself was, dragged cut and
brought to the authorities He had
-"harbored-those vhoe-hade turned. -*she
world upside, `•down:: It was the, first
niob.cryingg `D`bwn with these Bo::.he-
vists'" (Righted Roberts);, that. is,
people Who upset; the existing` circlet.
The mob named them better than they
realized for "the followers' of Jesus
are in every generation a company of
revolutionists who turn their warld
upside down wherever tl.ey do' not find
it love-side=up."• Any effort to change
an existing order is dangerous. But
Christians must face' the risks invely-
ed when theye•recognize that any .coni-
dition is. not in accord with the Spirit
of Jesus.- , The .Christianity, that can
be comfortable in the world' as at nres-
ent constituted has reason te doubt its
, 06 `.
Ilretatrated D.t`ess<niaking Lesson
ntishcd W;l I'vr' Pattern
,
reats • The . 1►rrowin Owls
, If we were able to ask each other, • .. Walter. Young.
point Blank: ' "What would *be . the La West of. the Mississippi there is • .a
greatest treat you could have at this small owl •known to the cowboys as
moment?" the replies would be 'as- the "How -de -do" owl. When one of
tounding. They would also illumine these
se birds is d
isturb
ed
it bobs
bs
uptla
nd
homer natue._I_ kisxe-that no_in-._dawrrseveral-times, as --ho �h-�reel
gle
`reply, would demand a•fortune,dia-: lug the intruder according to the rules
moods, a yacht, or a throne.. All would of elpproved feather -world •• etiquette.
be for some small; easily attainable Although known as a burrowing owl,
thing. And not only is it the essence,this bird is in reality unable to dig.
of a treat that it should be something Instead of excavating their own homes
4 England.
U mighty Opal of England,, • rise Ile
splendour
Out of•'the .wrack egg turmoil of the,
• night,
And as of Old, compassionate and ten -
.
der, .
Ahold et h e- ea us eeef-j-ustice- and --of
n• a right. • '
•
Thine was the couseeration and devo
tion, • • ` .
The world-wide vistori and the world=
small; but lavish- gifts are not even i they usurp the dens of other desert wide trust, ,
desired by those of es whoee chief in- animals -such as ,prai.ie dogs and rail- Which made a,pathn•ay of the tides of
terest, nee in gratitude , for 1ov,ing .bite - -and are ,.titerefer& often to be• 1,tre ocean ; `I
-th ughteeee e• -should -hear, if -reply to;'see.indst•of•-ra-Mairie---And-tetit-fategardeas of the -desert
our question, even' if we have doubted dog colony. This is the source of. the dust:
the silences of our .friends, some very; general belief i cgarding the congenial -
reassuring ' confessions •.as to their, relg,tions,of prairie dogs, rattlesnakes Thine was, the call to face with daunt -
most, Immediate :desires. ' . l and 'burrowing owls -a` belie(; how- ' lees. bearing •
-So' nitwit th
for 'e general theory of ever, that is purely mythical. A•rat- ' All high adventureikalt adversity,
treats and 'f'or our own requirements i tiesnake drill" eat the young - of a 'Until thy sons -bly their resistless clar-
eta• treat How•strange it is that in . prairie dog and•owl'.:. An owl will geol. • • ing •• , ,
seeking' to give: treat,, on the other I' eat the young of a prairie dog, .hence Iliad girdled• earth with' realms from
hand;' we slforild ::so often Make the it would be almost an impossibility tot sea to sea., •
mistake of •pginting the lily et -have all three aalmals get along in• the
•I• find ,that' -':ens:tl'ie•'oores of ,Naw- in,;thi&''age`wli+eii oat ofcrue! ap-
,�,_ •.• ::. , ;-... - For myself, •' although • „ . if , .� . . •,flame burioav 'cin , ev •. newest ,
PO -
lir man things', from; rides, in.. automo-'social„.terms:. pression
` 't :• .'the. theatre,. are''no• `,n' th r'` el"meat: which '•has.. given The hearts of allele are .yearning •for••
btl'es. ao vis> s. to I A o e, e C
n •old r• ...il . - •releas.o,. ;".
,,.t eats the :receip.t' of a . ,..,T thim'•a. surd:beIiefkstrength.as Cho., ca
book' ie. 'still an inexpressible' treat. of the young owls when angry. T'n ;0 Soul'of• Er:gland, England s great
No.t a new book, but an did •one -al- studying an d excavating several nests possession
most any 'old one,.providing,•it is small in eastern Colorado, I'was always taut Lead, thou mankind .into the •way of
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and classic. 1 :ern Omit prised ai•the rattling hiss which wogl, a
-•--neav-books, vichlCh:t-clR riot n e for• .I 'issue4orth-lromn-the-nesting .chambe.r: uebec,__._ -:resleriek GeorgeeSeo_tt'„
'.'olden -.days .My greatest treatwas,; to when i, neared the young. One en-:. ' '"'
betaken for a ride, either in Paris or,familiar with .'burrowing owls would Reported Engaged
in London, upon the front seat of a: Mostassuredly''believe that• a .rattler
horse=omnibus or tramcar. Such rides lurked below. ,The 'nest would then,
are•my earliest recollection. 'They re-
main in a .memory -es 'eg
s- theltome-'of
happiness, Nor is this kind of• treat
altogether .removed nowadays. The
horses. are gone it is true, with their
rhythmical -hoof beats, -.and -:.the _gentle
swaying which they' imparted to the
vehicle,' but even an electric tramcar-
or a -motor omnibus can raise' inc at
this tithe to a state.'of absorbed cote
templation such as no smeller iand.
more plastic automobile can achieve..
An almost coinp etely windless sum-
mer day, •with white flannel -clad. crick .
eters' at, play upon, the common, is: a Buzzards are protected almost
perfect treat to me. So is a day spent •,everywhere they. are found, •as they
upon a sailing yacht. Aboard a .yacht , are . the best of scavengers. When
, one can experience sonic of the. great an animal ties on .'the • western
glories of • sensation sof •which human prairiesthese big birds slowly eon
beings are':capable. The sight -of blue .gregate. to 'feast .They seem ..to
sky and running water, -.sum glittering-nave--somelOaw of signalling the-loca-
`upon 'brasswork and the exquisite 'lines tion of food to their .companions
of the deck; the seiise of easy and un- miles away. Near T•usc'on, Arizona,
-saw a dead Horse-• dumped -.an --the -..,.:.
���� — `fettered motion o remo ane s, b'�o3�t
�' _ _ t re—the Ycompl a desert. ' When he was left by the '
,
WhistlingLow
Form f Mentality
1•
"For ,long , centuries the w.orld has
been whistling wherever• and when-
ever it felt like doing so" .declares
i is
_ Monitor Science. M
i is S
en n
Crst c
the_ n
this editorial. - "1Vlan' has .puckered
up his, rigs'and emitted 'more or 'ten
tuneful Sounds," to express Various
emotions. The youth whistles for
,sheer idle • de viers. . The , farmer'$ •
boy whistles, • supposedly,; to prevent
'himself from getting .too lonely. • The
business man whistles when • the •
price of _goads goes up, and his cue-
Comers whistle when -they' 'feel: the
result of the increase. 'Man whistles
to bring his. dog back; whistles 'for
a taxi; whistles• in some countries
to. at-tr-act, .the ,attention • 6f some .
dreanting waiter; and• occasipnallY,
employs •., whistling as a method : of
'expressing•' .either approval: or disaes
proval:` according to• the nature et. •
the yvkiis.tle. .
"But'al1 this ;'has been quite•winner
- aecarding"`tie,,', Professor's Charted.
Gray Shave. o, f .New York- • 1e':;utuare,'•
if yori,'•care..:what• peotile-and Prof.'•,
Sham-ythink+ about :yob; yott`' 411 .dei
•'anYthing"e�cei5t vrlistke.-�--••-Beeanse--•,-:
the Professor asseverates.. that to
If you whistle -so he declares -you
•are seneeren de'velt o€,mesal, stamina .
and, possessed, of .an inferiority com-
plex: 'No great .or successful man
ever: whistles,' declares this oracle:
Well, ' we can recall quite •a' few who
;'did, . including•,Lord, Tennyson, Lord
Balfour, ' Disraeli , and "'Sir ,-Arthur:
Sullivan, to say nothing of W. S.
Gilbert,- Sir Herbert Tree; and, T. P,
O'Connor. But perhaps 'they. all
were morons. and posaessetof a low
mentally -as Professor . Shaw.'assays.
such things., • . '.. .
The world ":is full' of people who
seem bent„ upon extracting all that ••
is left Of the joy of diving out • Of •.
life. They .would ; impose every* pos=•
sible sort of negation upon us, and
leave us :with nothing permitted
save to read what •they write. .But '
the world,.`will in all probability con-
tinue' to whistle, 'despite, .Professor
Shaw. . Whistling is an outlet for
all sorts • of emotional'reactions. At
itsoret l noSehalf_as bad, n-
autoi syren, . and at its best "it mar •
be quite diverting. In • ants event,
does nobody any', harm,, it costs' no-
fh'ing,. !Cis one.ortlie-`least annoy-
-ng=of~noipis; and- 'we Shntdd m#$s .
it it it were prohibited. Did: you
ever hear a woodb.ird whistle tc. • its
mate, Professor. Shaw?" -
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ShamnzingDeath '
in' all probability, be le'tstrictly alone,
and -the lirvestigator depart -his • er-
roneous theory proved to his entire
satisfaction. •The food of burrowing
owls sheers them to be extremely bene-
ficial:. A=pair: of- birds -which i -was 'ob
serving brought to the young, in an
hour . and twenty' minutes, 17 large
beetles, • 22 grasshoppers, 2 lizards, 1
frog! and 1. prairie jumping mouSe.-
"Animcl LIEe: ' '
Buzzards `Protected'
own loyal y to its Master. •
' " Jasonewas•-bowed- over --to keep the ,:trasting •
peace, v. C. The only way to.do that Black' crepe Satin • with pinkish;.
was to stoe the preaching. It. was a beige crepe satin is very .• fashionable.
clever. way of attacking Paul through • HOW ; TO ORD);R "PATTERNS.
his friends. The mission rieS were name and address plain-
- ' sent away that night. Loath to -leave-;, ,Write -year
his friends at the mercy of enemies, ly, giving fiumber and'site of such
Paul often longed to return to them, ratterns`as you want.: Enclose 20cin
but "Satan" (1 • Thess, 2:. 17, •18).. stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap•.
probably the "security" remanded of it carefully) 'for each• number, and.
Jason (v, 9)' prevented •hime • address your order to Wilson Pattern
'rorty, miles west ,of Thessalonica 'Service 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
.
"noble” town. Patti found in it a
Lateeel, simplicity ,.oi. style makes
h dd 1 'f all day
cy. -.ander adyen -u , -.. _ .. - -
shedding of all feeling of response. truck'lhere was; "so faf "'as I" could
bility tor' one's course, one's own safe- I see; only one buzzard 'in the sky.
ty and the safety of. others -these are !He ..circled about and I hid, myself
only a few:of the'"splendours of yacht -1 amid some greaseweed bushes be-
i ing, And as,'.lor me; yachting Is . an ore e ropped'-down to feed. Five; -
experience' enjoyed .wily once tri two minutes later a buzzard• was seen
nd one
this a c arming' m e or -
tlidf�riduality. or three years, it is a treat stilt and on the horizon to the east, a
a'.hi Yand achieves ,will- always ..be a treat: - • -on the south.. . Twenty 'minutes'
It simulatesp yokeItater there "were° six 'of them figii7="'
.an . unusually slenderizing effect It ' a 'treat' to me to hear the sky -
through its Moulded tong -waisted bo-
dice belted atpoint most becoming'to
its wearer. •
Whes't'is so easily made -why not
have rt'-? 1t combines plain dark green
Bilk'with dark green crepe silk'print-
ed in tweed- pattern. •
Style No. 3372 is designed for sizes
36,:-88, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches. -bust.
Ya rs of "39-ifich
material with. % yard of 35 -inch con -
Size 36 requires 3%s d
la Peres. • LiVy considered it a '
lark. It is a treat to be demonstra- lag over .the cerc'ase, and; more were
t`ively recognized.byia• little dog that steadily arriving- Some people
I have nt seen ,s
forome time. It is claim that buzzards always, keep in
a treat to' walk aped the; Sussex or. the 'sight of • one another, even at high :'•
Wiltshire; downs, or to s+ ,nd overlook-, altitudes.: and when severalmiles
ing. the. Sussex. Weald. It is a treat apart: In this Way, when one drops
t • r-ead-a. witty'book:.-Frank; Se/inner- nearby
.down he is missed by his
o Comrades and the -y fly in his -direo~ r
ton;. in Tokefiekl Pnpr rs." -
tion. These, in turn, are missed i ea.trice powers; former Poll es
by •
others :that are still farther away• . seen Ilene as' she 'represent-
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' Britain steadfast -and so. forth. Others claim that suit,
A.. ed Germany in a beauty parade, is
Vancouver ,Province (Ind. Cons•) 'they locate thetr food through ari . reported to 'have married 'James'
Above alt 'other considerations, as it"' acute -Sense, of smelt -but 1-h-a-ve• • , Kirkwood, veteran Leter-Angeles
seems • to us, is tlrat`of demonstrating ,seen tjiem approach , food d,wu ' actor, at' Las Va-as,„ .Nev,
,
to the world that the 'people of Great wind", hence' this latter theory can-
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Britain are still sufficient to their re- l -not always explain their 'sudden ,,Pjent of Prospects , '
sponsibil:ty and their • emergency 'in gatherings. -Walker . Young in "Ani ,The Ylent man had asked the big
the' capacity 'of self government. We mal Life... business man Por his daughter's Band.
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believe they are We believe they will, •
'You work, i' believe, for Blank &
atiiirm 'once more, their old reputation , .' Work said.the parent. "What are your
as honest traders and self-reliant Citi -I' :,.Men ought to worlc." e' True True and Co.,"•prospects of promotion?"
zens. Great Britain, under•deress,;has timely the saying is, but we magi sad- The young man smiled.
temporarily suspended the gold'.stand-,ly abuso'the undoubted fact: We may "The very best in the whole otitic,
w.: elf= evern- .:_,-.- iYrort :- ; _ �w : =. T c Newest
aid. Oreat Britain, Ilrst of'� g � overdo work. That is .An 'ilhim 'sir," he replied. lily Io•r t• t e
�._.,
9 ing Mations, has not suspended self- • '
.Quiet Sleep?, , danger with industrious people. We one we re got."
Sleep is far from motionless. The- •c, ernment at sill: may make it the be-all and end-all of
noble people, v. 11. .They, were gentle-
• men. They listened to Paul's message
" , with an open mind. '''hen• they exant•-
ined' the Scriptures, to which he re,
ferred for verification, -to see if what
he said was true,.v. 11. They did not
say "T.hatis not what we were
taught," and, therewith listen to it only
to denounce it. They evidently believ-
ed, as John 'Robinson, the "father of
the Independents," said to :the Pilgrim
Fathers as they were about to sail for
America, " . the Lord hath mere
truth yet to break forth. out of his
e. Bereans were con -
holy word." Th
average Healthy, adult ' during , deep..
sleep makes some noticeable change
' in position on an average' of once
every seven 'or eight minutes,. it is
1.shown by. experiments made at. the
Mellott lnstitute for: Industrial Re=
search.
The obsereatibns••carried on by 'Dr.
ft; g. Johnson show that every 'sleeper
has aerePertoise 'of auproximately a
dozen different. sleeping positions. On
cerned, not so much to have their own'
opinions confirmed as to discover mote
truth. As a result of their open
mindedne s,,great numbers believed.
III. THE OPEN MIND, Acte 17: 10-1a.
To reach Theesaly Paul had to tra-
-vel to the sea. Paul, apparently
hro h -'depression or llrtesv, vela-uuv
able to. travel •clone. Some, of the
typleal night he will use nearly all
of them, ch.angiitg from one•to ano e
from twenty to sixty times .according mind. Any woman has ;a right; ' to, but never wise ind- good tvititnnt-,idmlrer,4 fi_hi�i: ^f a duel over little
twenty taking pains for it.
to 'tartans sensations and body rite- change her mind. • d,_ _ uie;" "
•
tions. The brain is ' ufiiciealert Ile -"If women asci as much time •
at a moderate speed '-
to guard the sleeper's comfort .but at In making up their minds as: they do ' Safe driving'.
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the -san time the -momentary discern- In making up'their faces they would � `Die root bumpering . self-control and, 'r Burglprove ary
easca piningsinn is likely to
torts a`t Kent nu -orf rorrseio knees: d-netzeelta.nge- the les:o otieth".__ _ . -_ . _
life. This is a disastrous blunder.
Dean Vaughan, has a striking sermon
on "the idolatry of work." All too
readily •do some men turn work into
an idolatry. . "Men ought to work."
Yes, ink there are other duties they
'must not neglect. We "must not lose
our real self in weft.V e must build
.up our character, - Dr. liinsdala�
k clung, • .
- -�• CHANf:E. .
• • + r. b•in^ed my A man may be 'great by etas ce.
MUTT AND JEFF—Sir Sidney is a Very asty .
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THERG`s • SIR SI'DN.e
GIVING The: BOYS AN
CIPaC1)1.. • aF LIES
Maur AlP1iICA-
AND so a
SAYS To
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lament'
II cues-.
WAS JOLLY f WELL CAPTVI?:Cl)
BLbOMlniG CANNiDALS-AND
Tt1C, FIRST THiNG ME BALLY
CANNIBAL CNICFDID WAS TO
�E14 4 ME
SIDNe`1- TNAT'S T�{C
tivNY SIiO'j'D itisCANNIBAL
CHieF PUT %iOl) ° Of') T!'1E SCALES
ANb` WEJGI-1 slot;
The so-called habit ot• shamining
•deatli in a moment of danger or aur- •
prise Te doznman--atteeng--wild-animals- '
of almost . 'every species. The ' •
.amateur: naturalist need go • no' ,fair -'
ther than. the •nearest ,strip of. sea-
shore to find an example..
.Turn Ayer _any flat Stone''reas_on-•
ably ,distant from 'high water' irk;
a hundred to ' one -there will •be a
shore -crab under it; also there• may
be some weed: ' If there is weed,
and the crab happens to 'be " among
it,. he 'will not' stir a' fraetion of an
inch. Poke at ,:him gently , with a
s`tic ci ;: [ie willing a no- effort fo • de• •
fend 'himself...His•.• big 'claws,; hh -
legs. .,eem nerveless. • To all out
ward appearances he is dead, and
he will remain ' thus indefinitely un-, • .
less 14 ,is. poked away from the .weed •
elute the bare rock. •
• •Early Dusk
The moon is as frail as a •disk of
cobwebs,. ._' •. - " -: • '
The willows are scarcely green
among the meadows •
Where a thousand paper pennons
wave above the' crops
And the black oxen • walk slowly
homeward beside the still' ca-
na1s.
In the distant shy a kite is .tuggiiig
at ft's string, •Y._.
'I'lie rooks caw among their •nests
the treetops, -
Above :tlte doors set deep in russet.
walls
Droop broken branches_ of fatal
.. 'green willow; '
And the men and girls' come front
their week in the fields
Carrying 'sprays of flowering ' sl .
mond in their hands.
--Elizabeth 3.. Coatsworth, in "Fort
Footprints." .
BBUD FISHER ,
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