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March 4.—Lesson X,—Jesus and the
Twelver-Mark 3: 13-15; 6: 7-13.
Golden Text—Go ye Into ail the
world, and preach the gospel to
every creature,—Mark 16; 15, *
ANALYSIS,
J. JEEJUS’ APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE,
3; 13-15.
JI. THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE TO
ISRAEL, 61 7-13.
Introduction—When the syna-
{ogiie authorities turned against our
ord and spread the blasphemous re
port that he was not to be believed in,
because he was In alliance with Satan,
•our Lord's answer was to found a new
Order, the order of the Twelve. In our
present lesson, we read how Jesus first
appointed them, and what task he soon
■committed to them. This was the task
of assisting him in preaching the
word, of the kingdom to Israel and in
•casitng out demons and evil spirits-
Jhsus felt that this work was too
tgreat for his unaided strength, and
he was anxious to train helpers. “Tho
harvest,” he said, “is plenteous, but
the laborers are few,” Matt. 9: 37, 38.
I. JESUS' APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE,
3; 13-15.
V. 13. The appointment took place
one day when Jesus had gone up the
hillside bordering qn the lake/ St.
Luke says that ho had gone up tho
hill to pray, and that the appointment
took place after a whole night’spent in
communion with God, Luke 6:1.2. This
•shows how so’emnly our Lord regard-j
■ed the step which he was now about bo!
make. From the hill he sent a sum-'
mons to the men on whom he had de
cided- The ^act that h? chose twelve
•shows that be was thinking of send
ing them to Israel. Israel in ancient
•times had twelve tribes, and the twelvg
disciples are meant to represent the
beginning” of the new Israel of God.
V. 14. the first purpose of their ap
pointment is that they may be “with
’him,” that is, in orderly and regular
attendance upon his person and his
teaching. There is much that they
must learn before they can become
teachers themselves. So a school of
‘Christ begins.
V, 15. The second intention of Jesus
is. that after training them, he may
••send them out to preach the Word in
The cities of Israel. They are to bear
to Israel the tidings that God’s sal
tation has come. In other words, they
•are to teach men the Fatherhood of
’God as Jesus taught it, and to call
'them to the Father, that they may be
come his sons. Along with this, they
•are to cast out demons, as Jesus also
•had done. «
II.TI-1E MISSION OF THE TWELVE TO
ISRAEL, 6: 7-13.
V- 7. We now pass to the time
‘when, their training being complete,
Jesus sends out the Twelve on their
•first tentative mission. The despatch
was carried out solemnly. Jesus ap
pointed them to travel in pairs, and '
.'gives them authority not only .to
preach, but to cast out evil spirits. .
Vs. 8, 9. Perhaps the disciples were
taken by surpri.se, They were in no
ispecial state of readiness for a long
journey. They had no supplies of
'bread on hand, no bag or “scrip” in
•which to carry it when procured, no
money with which to meet incidental
•expenses. Jesus said that none of
•these were necessary. All they needed
was a staff; for the rest, God would
provide. The disciples said that they
'had no shoes, but only sandals, and no
•clothes except what they were wear
ing. Jesus answered that these would
•do.
V. 10- Now follows a more import
ant instruction. The • disciples were
mot, apparently, to seek an audience
in the synagogues or in public places,
•but to go among the houses. Their
mission was to be a house-to-house
mission. Earnest people, who were
“waiting for the kingdom of God,”
would here and there invite them to
their houses; and the opportunity thus
.provided would give the disciples an
ample basis and scope for their work.
V. 11. If, on the other hand, they
•wbre refused a welcome in any place,
they were not to linger there, but to
-pass on, for-the work was urgent, and
the time was short. It should be clear
to them, however, that those who did
not receive them were putting them
selves in the position of Gentiles or
'heathen. The Jews believed that the
dust under the feet of Gentiles was
-contaminated1. Therefore, when the
disciples shake off the dust which is
■under their feet, it implies that the
•unbelieving Israelites who refuse them
a hearing and a welcome are no bet
ter than the heathen.
Vs. 12, 13. St-. Mark now tells of
the results of the disciples’ efforts.
The disciples preach repentance, cast
out a number of demons, and practice
■faith-healing wherever they encounter
•sick folks. .
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SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY CANADA
1,487,990,000
328,408,000*•
102,774,000
42,224,000
300,040,000
45,280,000
EXTRACTS FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT
"A IVestminster
Abbey Irony*
Assurances in Force (net)
An Increase of $231,500,000
New Assurances Paid For
AnTncrease of $62,518,000
Total Income ------
An Increase of $23,801,000
Payments to Policyholders and
Beneficiaries - - - -
Total Payments Since Organi
zation .............................
Reserve for Unforeseen Contingencies 1 2,500,000
Surplus over all Liabilities and
Contingency Reserve - -
An Increase of $1 1,269,000
ASSETS at December 31,
1927 ------ 401,305,000
An Increase of $56,054,000
Dividends to Policyholders increased for
eighth successive year
K • 4 V- ’ . - #
Substantial advances have been made in all
departments during the year.
The total net income for the year exceeded
one hundred million dollars . . .
The strength and resources of the Company
have been further enhanced . . ,
The high earning power of the1 Company’s
investments has been again demonstrated.
The net rate of interest earned on the mean
invested assets, after fully providing for in
vestment expenses, was 6.47 per cent. This
gratifying result has been made possible by
dividend increases, bonuses and stock privi
leges accruing on many of the Company’s
holdings.
The wisdom of the investment policy which
has been consistently followed in past years, in
favouring long term bonds and the stocks of
outstanding and very carefully selected cor
porations, has been once, more; emphasized.
The appraisal of our securities shows that the
excess of market Values over cost increased
during the year by $19,235,889.99. In addi
tion, a net profit of $5,028,033.20 accrued from
the redemption or sate ot securities which, had
risen to high premiums.
The quality of the investments listed in the
assets is testified by the fact that on both bonds
and preferred stocks not one dollar, due either
as interest or dividend, is in arrear for even
one day, while the dividends accruing to com
mon stocks are greatly in excess of the divi
dends payable on the same stocks at the time
of purchase.
The surplus earned during the year amounted
to $38,511,029.67 from which the following
appropriations have been made:
$5,000,000 has been deducted from the
market value of our securities as a further
provision against possible future fluctua
tions, increasing the amount so set aside to
$10,000,000.
$1,500,000 has been added to the account
to provide for unforeseen contingencies,
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$1,000,000 has been written off the Com
pany's Head Office building and other
properties.
$500,000 has been set aside to provide for
the greater longevity of annuitants, liring-
ing the total provision under this heading to
$2,000,000.
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the eighth successive year, a -substantia! in
crease 'n the scale of profits to be distributed
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suing year. »
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COMPANY OF CANADA
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Will Rogers Gives Praise
To Rockefeller and Hoover
To Editor, The New York Times. j
Beverley Hills, Cal.—Young John D.1
Issued such a straightforward state-
■ ment Saturday that It didn’t sound
like a rich man at all. He is liable to
shame some of these other big men
into being for the country, and if he
, does that will do more good than his
gifts have,
Hoover is formally In tho race now.
He is the only candidate in either
party by acclamation. The others are
candidates by personal desires. It
will be interesting to see what kind
of a race a known qualified man can
make. This election will decide
whether qualifications are an asset or
a liability. Yours, .
WILL ROGERS.
Mrs. Sayxnore—'Tm ^ug to get a
divorce. George is tho xaeanest man
in the world/’ Her Mother—“Why, '
what did he do?” “Ete’s been teach
ing tho pafrot to take Mp side In an 1
grtfuttwiiit* , , A ~ .
FLOWERS
and
VEGETABLES
No. 3
Order new varieties of gladiolus and
dahlias early. Stocks of these are
soon exhausted.
Never attempt to lay out a vege
table garden without previously draw
ing up a plan on paper.
When the soil will crumble after
being pressed between the hands, it
is ready to dig. It it sticks in a ball,
it is too wet and should be left for
a day or two.
Save5 broom sticks for stakes, and
small boxes for indoor planting.
Spread manure on the garden as
soon as it can bo procured,
Bo’ not bo in a hiirry to remove the
OKMrt
KJH
—UWU
but do not
the young
Early.
winter cover from the perennial bed
and- tender shrubbery,
leave this there until
growth Is smothered.
. Plant Sweet Pea3
There Is another early job. Sweet
peas should be planted just as soon
as one can work up the ground. These
will come along in first class shape no
matter what the Weather following
planting is like. It is best to dig a
trench about a foot or so deep. Place
a layer of rich soil or rotted leaves Or
manure In the bottom, covering It
with about six inches of fine loam. In
this plant the sweet peas about three
Inches deep, and an Inch apart, The
rains will gradually fill in the trench,
and the plants will develop a very
deep root growth 0s a tOsult, which
will protect them against summer
droughts. Get the very best seed pos
sible, *-and try some special shades.
After,the peas have come up an Inch
or s6t thin out to four inches apart,1
and supply brush work, strings or
poultry netting at least thirty Inches
high for the vines to climb on. Wire
netting Is the leaBt desirable for this
purpose, as it is liable to Injure the
growing plants.
Suitable Vegetable Varieties,
The Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa recommends the following list
of vegetable varieties as suited for
planting In this part of Canada: As
paragus — Washington, satisfactory
from the standpoint of disease resist
ance and a good cropper. Beans—
Pencil Pod Wax, Round Pod Kidney
Wax, Strlngless Green Pod with Ken
tucky Wonder Wax add Early Wohder
Golden Pod as polo‘sorts. Boots—
Flat Egyptian Early ana Detroit Bark
Red later. Cabbage—Goidon Acre, aS
a found-head pd first early, followed
by Copenhagen Market^ Enkhutzen
Glory as hiid-season, with short stem
Banish Ballhead for winter storage.
Cauliflower—Early Snowball and Ear-
at
ly Dwarf Erfurt, Carrots—Chantenay
i and Danvers. Corn—Extra Early
i Cory, Golden Bantam and for later
use, Stowell’s Evergreen. Cucumbers
—Perfection. Celery—Golden Plume.
Lettuce—Grand Rapids, Iceberg, Musk
melons—Hearts of Gold or Hoodo,
Miller Cream or Osage, Bender Sur
prise and Emerald Green. Onions—
Yellow Globo Danvers, Prize Taker
Yellow Globe, Red Globe. Peas—
Thomas Laxton, Blue Bantam, Hun
dredfold, Stratagem. Parsnip-Hol
low Crown. Radish—Scarlet Turnip
White Tip, French Breakfast. Spin
ach—King of Denmark and New Zea
land, which is a perpetual variety.
I Squash—Golden and Green Hubbard
or vegetable marrow may be used for
early use. Tomatoes-—Avon Early as ‘ first early followed by Earliana, With
John Baer and Bonny Best as tho
main crop. Turnip—any table turnip.
It Is well to remember that ths quali-
ty.of the seed Is.even more important
than variety. After all few but the
l
most suitable varieties of garden
vegetables have survived and it high
quality fresh seed is purchased
the gardener’s Worries are over.
Ope otAhe spiritual victories of th*
day. is counted the burial ot the »»h**
pt Thpmss Hardy In Westminster Ab-
•hey. AtaMt is counted #n ‘irony" by
the Westminster Gazette, which drawn
a moral from the honor accorded
Hardy and denied George Meredith,
Thus wp read;
“The Dean of Westminster’s prompt
willingness to sanction the burial of
Thomas Hardy Ju the Abbey is not
without Its elements of irony,, though
ft meets the mind of the nation, and •
also makes a breach in the theological
wall which has in the past made the
test of orthodox Christian faith a
whimsy of Deans. It restores the Idea
that the Abbey is the proper shrtua
for men of all sides of great achieve
ment. In these latter days Hardy’s
fame was so massive that a refusal
on the part of the .pean would have
raised a storm which would have re
verberated through the land and play
ed Its part in .the dissatisfaction with
mere ecclesiasticlsm which was be
hind the rejection of the Prayer Book.
Some other Dean however, might have
vetoed the public demand, and ft I«
instructive to recall that George Mere
dith, Hardy’s nearest fellow novelist
and poet, was excluded from the Ab
bey in 1909, when the desire to have
him burled there was Indorsed by‘ths
Prime Minister of the Day, Lord Ox
ford.
“There is something seriously lack
ing in the administration of our
Cathedrals Which leaves the Deans—
who are usually chosen, as Disraeli
said in one of his inspired flippancies,
because of their dogma—the deciding
voice in these matters. Meredith was
just as entitled as Hardy to burial in
the Abbey. He preached the same
artistic theology that ‘In tragic life.
Got wot, no villain need be, we are be
trayed by what is false within.’ His
nature poems, like Hardy’s, are per
haps the chief part of his philosophic
work, full of 'hard weather’ and de
picting man as of the very essence of
the soil to which his body returns.
Meredith's women rank, too, with
Hardy's, as among the most wonder
ful portraits in English fiction and. iu.
the true line of the heroines of Shake
speare and. Scott. There may have
been4 more enchantment, and a more
tonic accent, in some of Meredith's
writings. But both were great Fan-
theslsts as well as great writers. They
should have had the same national
sepulcher.
“Even now Hardy might not hav»
been taken into the Abbey if he had
died in the height of the controversy
over ‘Tess’ and 'Jude the Obscure';
the moat discussed but not the most
esteemed of his novels, these being
‘The Mayor of Casterbridge,’ ‘The Re
turn of the Native,’ and ‘The Wood
landers*—that glorious book In which
you can hear the sap running In th*
trees. Some who believe Hardy was
entitled to this tribute, and agree that
he should have been ottered it, may
still think it more appropriate that he
should have been burled in his native
Wessex, as he expressed a wish to ba.
But Hardy’s relatives should know
best whether he would have been, will
ing to accept the homage of a nation
al burial. It is certainly not likely
that he could have expressed such »
wish in his will. It would not hava
been like the man. We think that all
these considerations should be put
aside in view of the recognition mad*
by the authorities, with the full in
dorsement of public opinion, that Ou?
men of letters count as much as our
successful statesmen, soldiers and
sailors. This is a hard doctrine to get
into the consciousness of the averaga
man. Yet there never was an age in
which it was more necessary to chal
lenge the material estimate of merit
and reward. As Prof. Ernest Barker
said, in his charming essay in our
columns on Wednesday, ‘we rhe a
little toward the stature of the dead
when we pay a heartfelt tribute t»
their memory.’ We regard the burial
of Thomas Hardy In the Abbey as one
of the spiritual victories of the day.”
The Daily Chronicle (London) de
murs mildly:
“There are many who will feel some
twinge of regret that Westminster has
been chosen in preference to a place
which seemed to them still fitter ta
receive hia remains. That place la
Stlnsford, in Dorset, near the grave®
of hta parents and grandparents, In
the parish Where he was born. Did
he not himself write In his will: ‘I
desire to be buried in Stlnsford
Church’? But all will respect the de
cision of his wife and executor, who
are most likely to know what Hardy
would have decided had a decision
tested with him.”
halt
Scales of Injustice
Manchester Guardian (Lib.): (A
London bookseller has Set up scales-
on hts counter and sells second-hand
books at so much a pound). What Is
wrong with our modern books is
bulk. Our libraries are swollen with
vast treatises which contain only the
matter of a pamphlet It Is rarely re
membered that all the essential texts
of the Greek and Latin classics can
bo accommodated on a couple of
shelves. Thrown Into the scale, they
would barely match the memories of
half a dozen modern War lords, Who
can spll words as freely as lives and
do not realize that the best Way to
mimic Catsar Is to cultivate the curt
ness of ills prose stylo.
No Time to Waste
Yorkshire Evening' Post (Cons.):
In 15 or 20 years Canada will look
overseas In vain for surplus man
power to develop 4 her resources.
Economists freely predict a station
ary of possibly receding future world,
population. . . . For a few years yet
European countries may remain part- t
ly over-populated With adults, but
Canada's chances to secure more peo
ple ate dwindling steadily day by day,^
It requires no great prophetic fore
sight to conclude that the time limit
within which Canada may solve her(
population problem, In terms of mil
lions of now citizens, is coming to an
end. 4 s
‘'Father, I want to get married.’*
"'No, my boy, you are not Wise
enough?” “When you get rid of ths
Idea that yon*'1". e to (tot married.’*
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