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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-12-01, Page 6Lesson Sunday School November 6, Lesson VI,-—Amos I Pleads for Justice,—-Amos. 5: 1, 2, l 10-15, 21-24, Golden Text—Let judgment run down as. waters, and righteousness as a might stream. —Amos 5: 24, ANALYSIS I. A DIRGE AND AN EXHORTATION, 5 1-17, | II. A SOLEMN WARNING, 5:18-27. 'III. VISIONS OF INTERCESSIONS AND i priest’s opposition, chap,* 7. | Introduction—-Like he true pro- ; phets of Israel in every age, Amos : held '’that the mere f ormalities of re- ■ ligion were not in themselves pleasing (to God. He saw in Israel, at the ; sanctuary of Bethel, multitudes who eirnrod their sacrices at the altars and paid theix' tithes, and who were care- iul to observe the ancient forms, but , to him it was not worship, but rathei' ; transgression against God. He knew ithe lives which these people lived, theii* many acts .of injustice, •their Jci'uel conduct tow’ard the poor, their, ■ greed, their self-indulgence, their ■ It is very important to own a num- deeds of violence, and theii* disloyalty1 ber of sweaters if you have any feel- Je^va^ *n the recognition and wor- lng on the subject of being well dress- ?alP’other gods. He saw doom corn­ ed. If, on the other hand, clothes picked nation and declared that Jehovah would not turn it away. wr® is tse to own. eaters,, jje reminds the people of the warn- as they are the simplest and most i jng3 which thev have liad, drought comfortable things in the world to ! and famine, blight and locust swarm, wear. You can wear them so many;plague and a recent earthquake, yet more places than you used to be able , they have not repented. In the great- to. They may be worn for school or jer calamity that is coming upon f in an office. They are the smartest ......r ’ possible things for football games and for the country and for all kinds qf sports. And they are correct in town for shoppng and luncheon. The smart­ est way to wear them is with the new tweed coats with matching skirts, but they are also worn with tailored suits and separate skirts under fur coats. The pull-over sweater may be bought in solid colors or in an in­ finite variety of stripes and patterns. Fine natural cashmere is very emart in a pV.in sweater. Many of the large stores have these cashmere shirts without a neck line cut, so that you can cut and bind them as you wish. Another sweater is hori­ zontally striped. This is a good sweater to wear with a plain-cardigan the color of one of the stripes. Some of them combine two or three con- trasting colors, as a beige sweater pat­ terned in black and bright firemen’s red. Some of them are in various shades of one color. There are a number of new sweat­ ers that are cut and made from the Ilodier knitted woolens. In this way you can have a sweater that will fit as precisely as a blouse that is tailor­ ed to your measure. They come in different patterns, some of them woven with metal threads. A popu­ lar pattern is striped narrowly with beige, light brown and rust. The cardigan sweater is always worn with a slip-over underneath it. It is generally plain and matches one of tho colors in tho slip. Very occa­ sionally the cardigan is striped or pat­ terned in some way is plain. The New The skirts worn sweaters are always related to them. Sometimes they, too, are knitted, and then they match exactly. When they are fabric they are tweed or a fin? homespun, kasha, wool crepe or jer* sey. < chine. •finely pleated all the woolens the familai* still popular. There are so many skirts, from narrow inch wide to box pleats five or six inches wide. There are occordion and knife pleated skirts or skirts with merely one or two inverted pleats in the front. A small number of very smart new skirts have circular f-'.ll- nesa in front or just at one side. Mr. Hector Beauchamp, Itocklaad, Ont., writes:—“Every fall and winter . I used to be bothered with severe colds. “I would cough so much my head would ache, and X could not Bleep at night. “A friend told me about Dr, Wood's Horway Pine Syrup so I got a bottle and when just half of it was taken I had stopped cough­ ing, and I felt a lot better. “Ever since then I have never been without a bottle of ‘Dr. Wood's’ in the house, and I can highly recommend it fur coughs and colds of any kind.” Prico 35c. a bottle, large family size 00c.; put up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.; transareislcn against God. He Fashion Notes and the slip-over Skirts. with the smart Or they may be heavy crepe , In the latter case they will way round, wrap-around de be In is sorts of pleated box pleats an A prominent musician proposes a novel test for those intending to mar­ ry. He would have the bride-to-be handed a $10 bill with instruction-s to purchase music to that amount for th? future home. If she brought back a lot of music dealing with love; home, country or mother, well and good. But if she arrived with a lot of "hot jazz tunes, jumbled up noises and seditious rhythms,” let her pros­ pective mate "find the nearest exit and keep on going.” ' greed, ;IL A SOLEMN WARNING, 5:18-37, | Tho prophet rebukes those who de- ‘sire the day pf the Lord, ys. 18-80, : There seems to have been a popular expectation that in some' great war Jehovah would lead the armies of Israel to victory over their enemies and to wealth,-and power, Amos turns this desired day into a day of judg­ ment upon the evil nation. Jehovah will indeed come, but in wrath and badly trampled he would hot be so enthusiastic over the sport. But tho I nkol fhtf* r!sult BlenvenidaJLHC # VUpi© planned. He killed his bull. And —— ! new, although only ulnp. years old, Twp Bov Bull-Fighters Are J1'1- t0° onter the ring, ho -11 Ti/ o : • 18 amounted tho best fighter of theall The Rage in Mexico three, Poor Mama BienYenldai Bulbflghting, pf course, is the su* After their first appearance, en-J prema sport of the Spaniard, whether gagements came thick and fast for, ‘ ‘ . Considering the . Manuel and Jose. Local Customs COU8.9 HEART and NERVES WERE SO BAD Mr. John R. Novccosky, Humboldt/ Sask., writes:--“I suffered with my; heart and nerves and was so bad. I could not sleep for the dizzejess in my head. My head was in a whirl, and X was so nervous, at times, I did not know what to do. was worried over my work, which was neglected because I could not do it, and this together with tlie pains made me worse every day. *‘I tried all sorts of medicine, but of no avail, so I consulted a physician, but was just as bad as ever, “Finally i received ope of your almanacs Chickens With Feathers Get Them As Well As Those Without Fall colds are quite common in poul- .. ............... . .... „„IL _____ L. thia period of the year, not wi’tlTfavo^^^ Spain or Mexico, 'considering the. Manuel and Jose. At first they were'tbo inspectors reporting that approxl- of doom will be those very foes whom ’ dapgoreus and sanguinary nature of' Paid five thousand pesetas for every! mutely one-third of tho flocks they they hope to conquer. It will be a dAy I the bull-fighting profession, one might i Wit* Their fame spread rapidly, and aro inspecting are infected to a great- of defeat and not of victory, of hu-i innocently think that it was f--11 1”'~.... ”------x <*—«-- °r lessor doproA win, f»n • miliation and not of triumph, in which: . there will be no Bafety and’ no escape ■ : for those who have sinned against I their God. > The feast days, solemn assemblies, and offerings are not acceptable, be-1 cause they have in them no content pf; tine worship. T emphasis upon righteousness and jus­ tice, and vpon pure worship, see Isa. 1:10-17; Jer. 7:1-15; Hos. 6:6; Micah 6:6-8. The question of verse 25 seems | to imply that such forms of worship i were not used in the wilderness per­iod, but that is quite inconceivable. | The intention seems to be to introduce j a comparison between the simpler and ; purer worship of that period, and tse' head of tlieir quadrilla for the usual Parade around the rifig before the fight, a stupendous roar of enthusiasm greets them. And during the rest of the afternoon, while they are parry- i ing the charges of the. bulls, first with ■ quick, graceful swirls of the cerise- | lined capes, and later with tlie smaller ■ muleta,, that sinister little red cloth ’which hides the steel sword, the roai’ of those thirty thousand aficionados : can be heard all over that part of | town. . J The skill and audacity of the Bien- venida ..youngsters has captured the Mexicans, always receptive to that j vicarious thrill which comes to the safely protected ringside spectator at j a bull-fight. Manuel and Jose are quick and supple and often foolhardy. They do tricks which no mature fighter wpuld over think of risking. They look, from the • higher seats in the ring, like midgets open to the charge of monstrous beasts, although the bulls they fight are smaller than the average, since obviously the boys are not tall enough or strong enough to tackle full-grown animals. They dart about with lightning speed under the very nose of the infuriated bull; the horns graze their gaudy gold braid; they stroll nonchalantly away, , the red cloth dragging behind them; they pull the bull’s tall; they grab the horns; they kneel, muleta in hand, be- ' fore the charge of the bull, deflecting ( ' the angry beast with a slight motion I ' of the cloth and an almost impercepti-' , ble change of the body to the side; ! ■ they grimace and gesture to the spec- ’ tators; their favorite trick is the “pass of death,” a wickedly danger­ ous business which has caused the death of many .an overly audacious matador. They play boldly and reck­ lessly. They are born actors they are born bull-fighters. And crowds adore them. Thees boys come by their art turally enougiiMtr seems. Papa Bien-! venida was a great matador in Spain in his day, but a couple of wounds 1 persuaded him to retire. He went • into business, and he didn’t do so' well. One day the Mayor of Seville called and asked him whether his two' sons .would be allowed to fight coming charity fight, or corrida, parents were astonished, but learned that the boys had been ing at bull-fighting in the parks — I they had won a city-wide reputation, j And, anyway, the bulls would be' small, and it would mean much money for the Bienvenldas. So, after much discussion and the setting of a high price ou the parents’ permission, “Manuel and Jose fought the bulls in' the charity corrida, and Seville went mad over them, and the fame and for- of the family was assured.” Continues the writer in "The World Traveller.” The day that Manuel and Jose first fought publicly, Mama ■ Blenvenida looked at their younger brother, still in pinafores, and made up her mind that he at least would never take up so dangerous a career. But as enthusiasm for the two boy fighters increased, and as the house was con­ stantly full of afleianados who. talked of nothing but bulls afld bull-fighting,'' the smallest son of all naturally as­ pired to a similar future. One day she deckled that his ambition must be squashed o4nce and for all, so she told Papa Bionvenlda to take the boy out and let him try to fight a year­ ling, feeling sure that after he was all The Rage in Mexico Bull-fighting, pf course, is the su* A ' Their fame spread rapidly, and aro inspecting some-1 they were known throughout Spain. >or IQSSer degree with fall colds. a.i j»<!a nromotRT* tAiaornnhfm* •>» Colds in poultry are somp^rhht sim­ ilar to colds in higher animals and aro not fully understood. It is commonly accepted that they 1 are causod by a disease organism which as yet has not behn isolated. They can be detected iu the flock by the watery discharge But he accepted- £rom ^ia nostrils of the affected birds, innocently think that it was i thing to be exclusively practised byj-V promoter telegraphed for an en- .... ;_,i. But, strange to say,' gagement in San Sebastian. Papa most papular buU-fifhters in two little boys. full-grown map. the Mexico to-day are Manuel Blenvenida is thirteen and ........I, . Uttle brother Jose is eleven, On the For the same high j days they fight, writesClare Ousley in I “The World Traveller,” the huge ■Mexico City bulfring is packed to its full capacity of thirty thousand— something it takes the greatest of toreadors to do. As we are told: ornate and idolatrous rites of Amos’ time (compare Jer. 7:21-24). Ill, VISIONS OF INTERCESSION AND A priest’s opposition, chap 7. In a series of dream visions Amos prays for the people of Israel, be­ seeching the mercy of God upon this little nation of Israel. In the third of these he predicts the fall of the royal, house of”Israel. The king mentioned) in Jeroboam II a short account of whose reign will be found in 2 Kings 14:23-29. This declaration made at Bethel, a sanctuary under royal pa-'’fu a^" I tronage, aroused the wrath of the ,, ... - ■ - , - a --1 them* chief priest, who ordered Amos to they will .meet an offended God whose return at once to his own country of laws of justice and human kindness Judah. The prophet’s simple defence they have not obeyed. | of his diyjne commission and state- And yet Amos, true proDhet of a ment of his call to the prophetic office (vs. 14-15), is very impressive.merciful God, hoping against; hope that a way of deliverance may yet be1 found, exhorts this sinful people to repentance, and intercedes for them with God that they may be forgiven. I. A DIRGE AND AN EXHORTATION, 5: 1-17. The lamnetation, or dirge (v. 1) is cast in the form of a verse of poetry (v. 2) with a peculiarly mournful rhythm, which may be imitated in English as follows:, “Fallen, no more to rise, the virgin of Israel; Cast down upon her land, none to lift her up.” Here Amos is anticipating the ca­ lamity which he expects to fall upon Israel as a punishment for its sins, and in his prophetic vision he sees it as already present, and the land fallen in ruin and decay. The prophet’s messages of warning and of exhorta­ tion were spoken as early as B.C. 750, and in 722, after a long period of civil strife, and a long siege of the capital city of Samaria by Assyrian armies, the kingdom of Israel came to an end and many of her people were carried away into captivity, see 2 Kings 15: 8-31 and 17:1-23. The prediction of Amos was fulfilled. In v. 3 the prophet describes the condition to which the country will be reduced as the result of internal strife and invasion by foreign enemies. Only one-tenth of the men able to bear arms will be Israel. Nevertheless mercy of God and the seeking of , v any means his anger against them may be appeased and he may yet cfe- liver them. Jehovah is to be sought’, he declares, not in the gorgeous and corrupt ritual of the great sanctuar­ ies at1 Bethel, Gilgal and Beersheba, left he and in the cities of believes in the urges repentance his favor, if by 5 676 TRANSFER xto O.V vxixftux emu uccxaiicua, Live I but m just and upright^dealmg, by ’ shj<>n. A DAINTY NIGHTGOWN. The woman who delights in making dainty garments will find this attrac­ tive nightgown quite simple to fa- The sides of the front and back are slightly gathered and joined Papa Blenvenida had decided by that time that five thousand pesetas was not en­ ough., And when he wired Ills terms to the San Sebastian promoter, that amazed person replied; “I do not want to buy your sons." l..._ .._____ the terms, and after that the Bien- a rattling in the throat, and in severe venida family got twelve thousand casc3> a swelling of the eye. The nasal pesetas for all their fights. They discharge has a very disagreeablo became so popular that they took aU‘odor- The nasal passages oftentimes When the boys, dressed in tlie con-1 the patronage away from the older j become covered with straw, dust, etc., ventlonal costumes of bright silk and j toreadors. The crowds expected from making it impossible for tho nasal heavy gold braid, come out at the the grown-up toreadors the same ex-discharges to escape, causing a back- They discharge has a very disagreeablo citing tricks shown thorn by the Bien-linS up of tlw discharge through the vendla boys. And the grown-up tore-1tear duct» aild the swelling up of this adors couldn’t deliver. It was a bad! material in the duct, just underneath business. So the grown-up toreadors . aad front of tho bird’s eye, got busy, put political machinery to I which sets up an irritation and the working and had a law passed nrohi- i accumulation eventually develops in­ biting boys under fifteen yedrs of t0 a maas o£ yellow, cheesy matetrial, age to fight. bringing about the condition which is After that there was nothing for ^commonly known as roup. them to do but search for new worlds to conquer, der into southern France, an(L there they came to Mexico. Mexican promoters considered terms absurd, and refused to anything to do with them. So Blenvenida bought a few bulls on his I own, rented the bull-ring, advertised the affair well, and after the startling success of the performance the pro­ moters knuckled under. Now the boys receive twelve thousand pesos (six thousand dollars) every time they fight. From this Papa Blen­ venida allows them each ono peso (fifty cents) a day for pocket-money. The rest he puts in-the bank. Their yearly income is about three hundred thousand dollars. When the boys fight, Papa Blen­ venida is always in the ring with them, cape in hand, ready to rush to their assistance And because of their dare-deviltries he is frequently forced into action. One afternoon Jose was tossed by a bull. Jose wasn’t used to such treatment, and he ru'sh- e$ at the bull without cape or sword, ready to grapple with the beast bare- i handed. Papa Bienvenida grabbed j him and saved him from being gore, but Jose, instead of appreciating this i paternal attention, kicked and bit I furiously in a most unfilial fashion, j Jose insists that he is the b^st bpll- • fighter, because he was born in Se­ ville, while Manual was born in Mad- bringing about the condition which is and read how Any condition which may pull down So they crossed the bor- or reduce the vitality and disease re- from j sistance of the birds, makes it more Tho their have Papa putting awav their manifold trans- j gressions and their weighty sins (v. |, ,, -, - ~ ,12), by loving and doing good and not,to a scalloped yoke effect which also evil. For Jehovah is" not only the forms short sleeves. No. 1676 is in great God, the Lord, maker of the, sizes 34 to 44 inches bust. Any size starry heavens and ruler of light and • requires 2% yards 36 or 39-inch ma- ’ terial. Price 20c the pattern. Transfer Design No. 1040 is used to trim View A. Blue and! 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The latter was the market place and the place of public con­ course, where the judges of the city held daily session. An upright judge who rebuked evil-doers was hated. The prophet indignantly denounces the rich who oppress the poor, who posed as-feudal lords over their poorer neighbors, exacting from them gifts of the produce of their labor in return for their patronage, who took bribes and perverted* justice, a particularly despicable kind of sinners (vs. 11-12). The day of calamity, and so of wail­ ing, for such is surely coming, when the cry of distress and of mourning will be heard in street and highway, in farm and vineyard (vsi>16, 17). had relieved so many people of tho same troublo, so I immediately sent for some, and I was really surprised to see how rapidly I regained my health.” Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills are 50c, a box at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt -pf price by Tho T. Milburn Co.,'Limited, Toronto, Ont. susceptible to fall colds, as well as to other' ailments. Improper or insuf­ ficient feeding, roosting in trees, or in draughty hen houses; housing in damp unsanitary buildings, or any like, con­ dition, may reduce the bird’s vitality to a point where it becomes readily susceptible to colds. Ordinarily, if proper feeding is con­ tinued and the housing conditions im­ proved, the affected birds wil recover without treatment; however, in very severe cases, the disease may cause the loss of a number of birds, and the loss of egg production over a consider­ able period of time. Treatment. When colds are prevalent, the first effort should be directed towards find­ ing out the faulty -condition, bringing about the disturbance. The walls of the building;-should be made tight, the ventilating system put’into order, the dry litter placed in the house, and the .general housing condition made as comfortable as possible. Every Effort should be made to in­ crease the feed consumption of the birds. In most cases, the birds eat very little in which case, a wet mash should be fed, daily, about all that the birds will consume, and any other palatable foods available, should be given in an effort to increase the food consumption. Potassium permanganate, or a simi­ lar disinfectant, may be profitably kept in'the drinking water while the flock ,1a) suffering from colds, in an ef­fort to( prevent dissemination of the disease through the drinking water.. When individual treatment is desir­ ed, nostrils should be cleaned as thor­ oughly as possible. Following this ,a solution of twenty drops of oil of euca- and into .the cleft of the roof-.of tho lyptus to one ounce of mineral oil" should be injected into each nostril, mouth. In the case of particularly valuable birds a twent$ per cent, solu­ tion of argyrol can • be injected Into the swelling underneath the eye with good results. In severe cases of roup, twenty per cent, solution of argyrol is effective, and 'two or three appli­ cations will usually completely move the canker.—J. A. Hannah. i Remedy at variety food cakes, foot stake pan and in- re- "You’ve paid a fitting tribute when you get a receipt from your tailor.” I I at a I The1 they! play-' until ■ An elderly man was cycling down the street when a dog rushed across the road and, getting under tho front wheel, threw him on the ground in a sitting position. Immediately a crowd collected, and the dog, excited by so many people, rushed round and round the cyclist, seeming to enjoy it. “Did you have an accident or some­ thing?” asked .one of the audience. “Oh, no,” retorted the old fellow. “I threw myself down so that I could play with the dog!” Why do you refus Well, you see, I'm a ga-' rage man's daughter and I give 'fem' all the air. If chickens begin eating their eggs it is usually because they need starch. Purchase bulk laundry starch and put it in a dish 'in the coop when you mistrust you are los­ ing eggs in this way, and you will be surprised at the amount they will eat, and their starch feast will end egg eating. For holding gravel, oyster shells, starch, and charcoal, I use tube cake pains such as are sold stores for baking- angel Drive a sharpened two through tho centre of the to the ground. Then fill the pan and the fowls caii_not tip it over and but little is wasted. . The pan can be slip­ ped off the stake for cleaning and re­ filling. If you are giving a tonic there is less waste if it is given in this way than by mixing with the whole feed of grain or mash. Chickens are fond of uncooked po-, tatoe skins and for a winter feed un­ less you have plenty of green oats, cabbage, etc., it is well to chop po­ tato paring two or three times a week and feed them al Ithey wijl eat. Hens that moult late call never be coaxed to lay winter eggst and it is better to put them in separate coops and feed for vitality and future pro­ fit. Corn, buckwheat, and mash are all excellent, Keep. the pullets and early moulters by themselves and .give them the tonics, the green food and shells, starch, charcoal, etc., to stimulate egg production. Bl Mrs. H. Dowd, Luskville, Que., writes:—“I have been troubled for two years with liver troublo, and was often so distressed I had to stop work­ ing. “I heard of Milburn’s Laxa-Livcr Pills, from a friend who had used them, so I resolved I would give them a trial. '♦ “My trouble entirely passed away - and I am now enjoying perfect health. ’ ’ rust HAJRK. liven up the liver and make it resumo its proper functions by removing Hio bilo that is circulating in tho blood and poisoning the system. Prico 25c. a vial at all druggists and dealers, or mailed direct on receipt “ of price by The T. Milburn Co.> Limited, Toronto. 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