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LESSON
47 Rev, R. fiarviay Warren.
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With, Sottie of Pop
Jesus Paces the Cross
Matthew ,g6:26-29,. 36-40
Memory Selection: :.0 MY Es.
Cher, If it be possible, let MU
cup pass from me: neverthee
less not as I wilt, but as stholli
wilt. Mattew 26;39.
In the last night before thfl
crucifixion, of the twelve mall
whom Jesus had chosen to be
with during ministry, one be.
trayed him to his enemies with
a kiss; three went to Sleet,
three times after being asked"
to watch with him in his herds
est hour before the cross; an*
one of these three after arro•
gently boasting of his superiOr
courage denied his. Lord a fest
hours later with cursing. Hoer
weak we mortals are! The
words of Jesus are applicable
today. "The spirit indeed le
willing, but the flesh is weak.,
The tragic end of Judas illUS-
trates that the wages of sin Li
death. The repentance and ra•
storation of Peter show the
mercy and power of God.
Jesus did not enjoy suffering
any more than you or I. The
shrinking of the flesh is clear
from his first prayer in the gat%
'den 'appearing as our memory
selection. But there was no re.
bellion. His next prayer theme!
that He is gaining strength to
face the cross; "0 my Father,
if this cup may not pass away
from me, except I drink it, thy
will be done." By prayer web
too, can find strength to endure
suffering.
No one fully comprehends thili
problem of suffering. Of course,
Jesus 'suffered for• us; but fee
whom do 'we suffer? Our suffer,.
ing is 'not viceriens, as was. Hie.
Yet the •cheerful sufferer mitt
dontrihute mofe. to ,the welfare
of siSoietyjhan wi realize. A. as...
Wallace writing, 1°'n, Arnold'
ComInentary -says , "I like 1*
think' of suffering as> berng prise
Just ei the: ray of light;
Petting• %through the prism it
broken up into all the enchant
ing colors of the rainbow; se
suffering can be the prism ills
brings out and develops in
the beautiful graces of patienc4
sympathy, humility; faith, apt
trust in....the Lord."
In suffering we get a better
view uf life's values.
Sweetheart's Hug
Fractured Ribs.
So, delighted was a young and
attractive sportswoman to see
her boy friend again on his re-
turn from a lengthy business trip
abroad that she hugged him fer-
vently on the platform as he
stepped off his train,
He was very happy to see her„
too, But he was a slightly built
Man and the tremendous squeeze
given him by his athletic sweet-
heart made him wince. When he
collapsed, At the hospital a doc-
tor diagnosed two broken ribs!
Luckily the young man was in-
sured against accidents. He
claimed and an insurance com-
pany compensated him for his
strange accident. The• couple,
both Americans, were recently
married; two nurses from the
hospital acting as bridesmaids;
When it's a question of extra-
ordinary accidents, truth is cer-
tainly stranger than fiction.
Italian tenor Remolo de Spin-
ito was singing one of the prin-
cipal arias in the opera "Martha"
at an open-air theatre in Mem-
phis, Tennessee, when suddenly
he choked and gurgled as his
high note went into a tail-spin.
What had happened? A butter-
fly had flown into his wide-open
mouth.
A Chicago man was once land-
ed in hospital by - a fish.
Theodore Olechno was trying to
drag a thirty-eight pound pike
to the shore of Red Cedar River,
in Wisconsin, when he was
jerked off his feet and broke his
left leg on a log.
Everything went black some
months ago in a street in Tren-
ton, Ontario, when a tar-spraying
machine on a truck was acci-
dentally jolted into action.
Th driver did not realize the
machine had started spraying,
and in its' wake it,left motorists
with tar-painted' cars and a po-
lice constable who looked, as
though he had come, from a coal
mine.
Our hearts go Out at this time
Of year to those indomitable,
golden-heeded little harbingers
of spring, the crocuses, butter-
cups and ,jonquils that push.
their blooms into the air to
brighten the drab surface of
our lawn and gladden winter-
weary souls. Along the hedge-
row and the terrace wall they
Stand, so proud in their new
color, so brave in the uncer-
tain air,
And from the Window we
watch them with the nervous
and helpless concern of children
watching .a young bird flown too
early from the nest, Can they
survive the cruel weeks ahead?
Or have they been betrayed by
that age-old, restlessness •that
stirred their sleeping ,roots and
sent them surging upward into
the thin sunlight, to be cut down
by frost as the too-adventurous
robin, leaving the nest too soon,
falls victim to the eat?
Each morning we' look out to
see how they fare. And we
console ourselves with the
thought that perhaps they have
a purpose, even if they die to
serve it. At this dull time of
Year, before the world breaks
the wall of winter, we need a
little show of bravery, of spirit,
some small reminder that it
won't be long until The winds
will soften and the earth will
stir, and all around us life will
come bursting through 'a puff of
spring. - Louisville (K.y)
Courier-Journal.
WHERE PAST AND PRESENT MEET -- Centuries ago this same
' bucolic scene might have met the eyes, This farmer, tilling a
field near Rome, uses a primitive wooden plow pulled by a
pair of massive oxen, The animals are at work in d field cross-
ed by one of the great engineering works of ancient Rome-
an aqueduct, the arches of which stretch away in the back-
ground.
tents of the bottle and it shot in
a streant. over the head and neck
of the guard.
The man swore and straight-
ened up, He was promptly Of-
fered a fresh bottle to drink.
"Whew!" he gasped. *Thanks."
robing into the upholstery was
forgotten, Further questions in
the office, and then 'Pape heard
the weleoMe news', . Proceed!
Later, defying authority alone,
the author dro into the blis-
tering heat, sandstorms and lone-
liness of the Sahara. Entry dur-
ing August was strictly forbid-
den.
No gas dumps, radio or res-
cue services were available at
this time of the year, But thb
overpowering urge to keep going
was too strong. Suffering ter-
rible hardships, and recurring
bouts of illness, he grimly drove
on, and on. . . .
Then disaster. The car 'hit
some hidden rocks, badly dam-
aging the suspension. Assistance
was urgently needed and the au-
thor decided on the only course
open to him. He set off on foot
to find it. One hour's journey
from the car, with the searing,
blinding sun relentlessly pouring
down, Pape floundered and fell.
Staggering and falling, he groped
his way through the shimmer-
inisand, blinded and •rapidly ap-
proaching exhaustion. With the
terrible realization that he was
lost, Pape collapsed in the sand.
And there he was found by
three Shaamba Arabs, a few
hours from death, suffering from
exhaustion, thirst and exposure.
He relates that he was only
found because the sun glinted
on a mirror which he had stuck
on the top of a dune.
The intrepid adventurer ulti,
mately recovered and 'continued
- to beat the Sahara in its worst
mood during the forbidden sea-
son. •
At -Kano, in Nigeria, the au-
thor witnessed the extraordinary
method 'adopted by natives to
obtain python skins. Discover-
ing the lair of one of these rep-
tiles, •,the attracted the,
python's attention by. 'Pushing
one of his legs in its lair and
allowing the snake to , swallow
it almost up to the groin. The
head of the reptile was then
speedily ,severed from its body
and the leg withdraive. The
rkA.nake akin was later, sold, and
hunter'S reward for this
daredevil feet was approximately
two shillingsrjor the skin.
' "I know that you all wish I
was dead so that you could stamp
on my grave," snarled a foreman
at his men.
There was a moment's silence
as they, glared at him.
"Not me," mumbled someone
at "the back. "I hate having to
stand in auenes."
IIEFARM FRONT
"One can't live in the domain
Of miracles all the trine," writes
Chard Pape in retrospect after
his fantastic and incredible jour-
ney by car from 600 miles above
the Arctic Circle to the southern
tip pf Africa, 17,500 miles away.
Determination in times of ad..,
versity is a useful travelling com-
panion and, after reading Rape's
lively and vigorous "Cape Cold
To. Cape Hot," the readers
will know that the author has
this quality.
A burst tire, with the speed-
<meter need::: hovering at seven-
ty miles per hour nearly closed
the adventure before it was un-
der way. It happened eighty
kilometres above Narvik, north-
ern, Norway; a violent lurch, and
the car ground its screeching
way diagonally across the narro.7
road on the metal wheel rim,
completely out of control.
Plunging over an abyss, it
hurtled into a patch of fir trees.
The trees reacted like a spring-
board and flung the vehicle up-
wards in a terrifying, sickening
somersault and it landed right
way up on a massive pile of
Arctic rocks. Although the car
was a complete write-off, and
the driver badly bruised, his in-
domitable spirit took him to
Oslo, where he ordered n. new
car in which to carry on.
Quick thinking saved the day
some time later when, 'en route
to Algiers, the car was halted at
the fortified Spanish-Moroccan
frontier post of Arabaotia. In-
ternational papers and passports
of Pape and hit companion Were
subjected to minute examination,
officialdom even using a magni-
fying glass,
Without special entry permits
and evidence that a security of
50,000 francs had previously been
deposited, it seen-led that a re-
turn journey to' Tangier was, in-
evitable. The author bluffed as
had never bluffed before.
," Eventually, ... the. fierce-looking„
guard who was cross-qUestioning
them appeared to relent• a little.
Instead of ordering Pape to re-
turn, he commanded two guards
-to make a thorough search of
the car. And now another predi-
cament confronted the author.
Hidden in the upholstery was his
pistol and clips of ammunition.
'Their discovery had to be avoid-
ed at all, costs.
W4'lle the search was going on,
Richard Pape nipped the top off
a bottle of "pop," gave the bottle
a gbod shaking to 'build up a
good head of Biz, and slipped a
finger over the top of the bottle
to maintain the pressure.. At the, ,
precise momen when a searcher
started to probe the • upholstery,
Pape released the pent-pp' con-
and it was only a moment until
he was in the things and immo-
bile. He agreed that' the device
was handy,, swift, and a great
improvement, after which he
held them out to be unlocked.
* * *
Tim, ,of course, stood up and
reached in his pocket for the key,
and was astonished to find that
he had left it at home in his
other pants, right on the foot of
the bed, three miles up the river
road. "HoW could I' "ever have
done anything so stupid," he
' stated so all could, clearly hear
tarn; and he promised to rush
right home and get it:
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DRY, ANYWAY - It might' not
be too comfortable, but this
wastepaper basket is 'an excel-:.
lent place to• keep'yqur feet 'dry
while doing little sight-see-
ing. This visitor 'to Paris ap-
pears to be quite satisfied with
his "perch while .examining
Notre Dame cathedral with the'
aid of a guide book.
A phase of cow trading that
can't be explained easily to mod-
ern folks' with built-hi scruples•
is that sticking, somebody was
net• exactly wicked- or under-
handed. In present-day society
o many opportunities for diver-
, sion and entertainment , are pre-
valent that' nobody, needs the
amusements of caveat emptor. A
good cow trade, in which a sub-
stantial citizen took an honest
swindling, would provide a com-
munity something,to talk about:
for weeks-at least until the next
one,- There was running en-
joyment of this kind of bartering
which surfeited society no long-
er needs, pity 'tis. Perhaps I can
embellish the didacticism"by an-
ecdotal recitation:
We had a cow: jockey around
these parts who was alto deputy
sheriff. The conitabulary toay
is dignified so sensitivities reboil
at this combination, but Tim. Os-
good kept his departments sep-
arate, and properly unrelated. If
h ewas 'serving a writ and 'saw
a likely animal, he would always
come back another time.
* * *
We also had a barber
'
and it is
important to point out that bar-
ber shop then and harher shOps
now are not the same. Nuke
Watson, the barber, was one of
the world's greatest authorities.
Getting- a haircut was as good .
as a scholastic degree, and if a
good argument developed it took
almost as long.
* *
Tim did rush out of the shop,
and turned in the right direction,
but what he really did was scout
about the village and urge
everybody to hurry, over to
Nuke's for a shave. People had
,a sense for impending excitement
in those times, and hardly any-
body paused to reflect if he
really did need a shave. In they
came until they were standing
10 deeparound Nuke's chair and
treading on the feet of those who
were sitting. Nuke was full of
woe. Here was the biggest busi-
ness he'd ever had, and he
couldn!t even strop.
*
In due time most of the crowd
wandered off, acting as if they
thought things had come to a
pretty •pass, and afterwards Tim
showed up with the key all out
of breath. He said his horse had
developed a loose shoe and he
had to walk her all the way. He
exuded profuse apology as he
unlocked the handcuffs. He said
he didn't remember ever feeling
such an idiot before, unless, may-
be it was the time he was tricked
into taking that Jersey heifer.
-By John Gould in "The Chris-
tian Science Monitor."
DID YOU EVER SEE A ZONKEY? - The zankey' population of'the
United States was doubled recently when the second such
animal Was born recently at RiVerside;'Calif. Pictured with the
hybrid is its owner,-Mrs. Thelma Chandler. The zonkey's father
Is a zebra and •its mother a_donkey.
RIDING HIGH -= Two students get a big lift in what some call
a "cherry picker/' a huge boom wh::„.1.1 provides access to the
control system of the• "Corporal" rocket. An erector (center)
stands the rocket on its launcher.
They were discussing the'
dance the night before. "My
dear," said one, "the boys were
crazy over me! I didn't- sit out
once. As a matter of fact, I
could hardly get my shoes on
when I was dressing this morn-
ing."
Hex friend smiled sweetly.
"Are yoUr feet swollen as well,
then?" she asked.
It is important to remember
that Saturday was shave day.
Nobody dared to go into 'a bar-
ber shop on Saturday for a hair-.
cut - ittook too long and every-
body had to be shaved for
Sunday.
* *
So this Nuke had a Jersey
heifer he traded off to Tim, and
Tim got a royal sticking. It was
a delicately manoeuvred trans-
action, and Nuke didn't actually
lie. He was frugal with, the
truth, and avoided direct contact
with it: He retorted to tangen-
tial evasions, astutely wrought.
He diVerted direct replies by
peripheral remarks.
° * *
In short, he, didn't say the
heifer was goed, but said the
Was no good in such terms that
an ungtiarded listener Pretunied,
otherwise. This -id the way cows
were traded. Tim' kept the heif-
er a week and told her to .a
butcher, and bided his time.
Biding your time was aecepted
procedure. Everything comes to
him Who waits.
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Now , in thote"days Handcuffs
.Were' not too ,epnuritim, Tim had
some shackles„ br manacles,
hanging on a peg, in hit stable,
but had never been known to use
them. They had been made by
some blacksmith, and had' a key
the size Of a , ca' opener, and
dated from away baelt. There,
think you now have the lenda,i
mental information which goes
With this yarn:
So one Saturday afternoon,
along towards supper time, titit.
arrived for 'a ShaVe: During hid
Wait he brought Out pair of
modern handcuffs Which had just'
artiVed !rem; a supply hedge, and
he dangled ,the Until detiVerie.
tibit Wined as he thought
Xitice' finally stepped
back froiti his chair to get a
better 16614 expressed iiitereS4
Laughter in Court
The law is a grim business
most of the time - but not al-
Ways. A barrow-boy stood in a
London court charged With ob-
struction. "I'd better go, back to
thieVing," he said ruefully,
then I won't get caught!"
A coroner's jury were called
to return a verdict on an un-
known 'man found dead. They
were very puzzled and finally
came back with the verdict: It
was an act of God under very
suspicious circumstances?'
In an other court the judge
listened courteously to a pris-
oner vehemently protesting his
Innocence, "If I done it," the ac-
cused concluded,, "may God
strike me .dead!" There was a
long pause. "Providence not
having seen fit to intervene in
your case," said the judge, "it
looks as though I shall have to
deal with you."
There is a story of a barrister
who was boasting of his suc-
cess when defending people
charged with murder. "I have
never had a tom/plaint from any
of ity Clients," he proclaimed.
"That," sniffed a brother law
yet, "la because dead Men tell
no 'tales!''
CROSSWORD
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N.D.; had a= novel excuse to offer
when he Was SiliT11116ried to ap-
pear at court On a charge of
backing his Car into another Vd-
hiele and causing damage.
FIe explained that he Was so
Muffled up in clothes against the
fay Weather that he couldn't look
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WHERE; '01Nlat MEANS 'OOPS'-Oh the Ohio t Utripike,, near NerthoiMited, Ohio, fortunately
hand snow fence made an emergency my; ecimpiete iidturcilrMudihath down the middle:,
for some 300 pigkipilled from a Wrecked truck.. The truck was from Iowa, headed for NEW
Jersey, When•the driver fell aslee0 at the wheel :about Thidnfght. Police and triotariat hunted
Odhaues in the dark to round Up all the aorkeet:. One was killed -whati, the '.1rittle. tipped °veto,
another when struck. kiy- a 1ora,
44W-hat do Mean, by the
itisli,„Itottri,„ Dad?" little Johriny
risked Ells:fattier.
"When You see all `the traffic
in Toronto 'stan'ding still, Son,"
*as the rePlY.,