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LESSON
By Rey. B. Barclay Warren •
B.A./ B.D,
,BrothM Through Christ
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Recently a missionary in,
Urundi, Africa, was asked by az
African Christian if it were trtat
that in themissionary's home
country the white people were
shooting the black people like
wild animals and that soon this
would spread to Africa. The
rumor was that it had already
begun in a part of Africa. The
missionary assured his African
friend that the report was false.
Enemies of the democracieS
were using the incidents at Lit*
tle Rock, Arkansas, as a bastt
for propaganda. It is unfortun-
ate that in so-called Christian
countries there is so much that
is not Christian. As the people
of Asia and Africa become more
literate they become more aware
of our glaring inconsistencies.
At first they are surprised; then
they become suspicious. George
Burnham, nationally syndicated
columnist, after a tour of the
Far East says this: "The time of
the white missionary as an im-
portant factor is rapidly draw-
ing to a close, No matter how
appealing the foreign message
may be, and no matter how at-
tractive the personality, it is
still something packaged in
America. Asians are looking to
Asians for leadership."
Slavery existed in Paul's day.
Onesimus had run away from
his master, Philemon, at Coles-
se. In Rome he heard the Gos-
pel through Paul, the prisoner,
and became a disciple through
Jesus Christ.' What would Paul
advise now? It was not in his
power to abolish slavery. One-
simus had an obligation to Phil-
emon, his owner. He must re-
turn, Paul wrote this letter for
him to present to his master,
In it he entreats Philemon Ira
receive his runaway slave as a
brother beloved for love's sake.
This letter and other of Paul's
Gospel preaching helped to pre-
pare the way for the abolition
of slavery. In Galatians 3:28 he
wrote; 'iThere is neither Seig
nor creek, there is neither bona
nor free, there is neither male
nor female: for ye are all one
in Christ Jesus." Those who are
in Christ are brothers regard-
less of colour or race.
Stopped War To.
Rescue A Dog
"'Save MY dog firStl" EaSped
a YOUng naval officer to passers-
by who ran to help him as ha
lay trapped under his sports
car which had skidded and over-,
turned In the main road' of a
south coast F,nglish
From the damaged ear some-
body lifted out a whimping ter-
rier while other rescuers attend-
ed to the officer. Luckily?, nei-
ther was seriously hurt.
In Yorkshire, Scruffy, a six-
year-old Lakeland terrier owned
by Mr. Henry Holland, a Hall-
fax miner, was trapped two
years ago in, a hole while hunt-
ing a fox.
For nearly 30 hours Mr. Hol-
land risked his life as he tunnel-
ed inch by inch under thous-
ands of tons of loose rook to
reach his pet.
The __tunnel he made at the
bottom of a 90-foot quarry was
no narrow that he could not turn
in it. He had to squirm out
backwards. Ile burrowed one
day for 13 hours non-stop until
exhausted, moving rock with his
bare hands.
Next day, with the tunnel four
yarcli long, he used a car jack
to hold up great slabs of rock.
Then, only after levering and
scraping with a steel chiSel for
161/2 hours, working by candle-
light with a coke brazier crack-
ling outside the tunnel entrance,
he managed to find and rescue
Scruffy .
"I talked to him all the time
I was was working. I would not
lose him for the world. I've had
him since he was six months
old," said the dog's devoted
master.
Commented an animal welfare
expert: "It was a perilous job.
Only a man skilled in mining
could have done it. Apart from
the danger of a fall of rock,
there was the danger of getting
cramp and being unable to
move."
There is no limit to the sacri-
fices dog-lovers will make when
their pets are in peril
When a four-year-old Irish'
setter named Joey collapsed
while walking across a room in
a London house, his pretty 22-
year-old mistress could not
understand what had happened.
She tried vainly to seethe the
whimpering animal.
A veterinary surgeon found
Joey a victim of sudden par-
alysis. Regretfully, he announc-
ed that there was nothing he
could do. His owner and her
parents asked other veterinary
surgeons to see Joey. They, too,
said his case was hopeless.
Various kinds of treatment
were tried, but all proved in
vain. Poor Joey was now com-
pletely paralysed. Nearly $300
had been spent on veterinary
fees, but his young mistress re-
fused to give up her efforts to
• save her' pet.
She even ceased to attend im-
portant ballet classes in order
to be constantly with the dog
nursing and consoling him as
he lay, inert and helpless in his
basket. Night after night she
lavished loving care on Joey
after making him up a bed in
front of the fire.
The weeks passed. Then, mir-
aculously as it seemed later to
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
Woburn, Hagenbeck a iw a y s
boasted, that he could obtain any
animal for his clients.
This now demand, he realized,
was the toughest he had ever
received, lie entrusted the ha-
zartlous task to Grieger, his most
experienced collector.
Grieger bad decided that win-
ter travel was necessary in order
to arrive as the foals were being
born, because it would be easier
to catch foals. As they approach-
ed Kobdo their anxieties mount-
ed, Would they find any horses?
And would the inhabitants be
friendly?
In fact, they received a re-
assuring welcome and many
willing offers of help. On the
plains surrounding the town they
were shown great herds of the
wild' creature.
There was one big difficulty,
however, The Mongolians were
not used to the idea of catching
animals alive; so it was up to
Grieger to devise a method,
The best way, he decided,
would be to ride quietly towards
the herds. At a prearranged sig-
nal everyone would let out a
yell which would stampede the
horses. Then, riding hard after
them, it should be possible to
lasso the foals as they dropped
behind the body of the herd,
catching them cowbody fashion
by the neck with nooses.
The schetne worked perfectly.
The Mongolians proved apt pu-
pils, and were full of enthusi-
asm for the new sport. Day after
day they went out, and in no
time they had collected thirty
of the be.autiful little creatures.
Later, • the enthusiastic Mongo-
lians ,increased the number to
fifty-two!
Grieger decided he would take
home the lot. And he , set to
work to organize the return
journey. Tame mares were as-
sembled to act, as foster-mothers
Tor the foals, and camels to
carry food and equpiment.`Thir-
ty natives were recruited to at-
tend to all the animals.
At last all was ready, and
Grieger and his assistant set out
on their homeward journey.
With such a large caravan, pro:-
gress was slOw. Mountain ranges
had to be crossed and extremes
of heat and cold endured, as
well as discontent and threat-
ened mutiny among the natives.
All the time there was anxiety
for the health of the foals. As
the months .went by their num-
bers dwindled; and still Ham-
burg seemed a long way off.
For eleven long months they
pushed slowly on, until at last
they .arrived back in Germany
and handed over to Hagenbeck
twenty-eight survivors out of
the fifty-two foals.
The subsequent f ate of the
wild herds is a complete mys-
tery,. Both Przewalski and Grie-
ger ,leave no doubt that when
they visited Mongolia they saw
large herds on.''the plains. Yet
'in ' another twenty years they
had disappeared •completely.
Today the Mongolian wild
horse is one of the rarest ani-
- malsi in .the world. You can see
it in only three places, at the.
Prague, Munich and Whipsnade
'Zoos. Between' them these zoos
'have -abOut three dozen animals,
.descendants Of those that sur-
vived the epic -journey from
Mongolia dyer' half a century
ago.
THE LAST STRAW
A nineteen-year-old German
youth, disappointed in love,
walked into his father's barn,
rigged up a rope and noose,
climbed on a box and then lit
a cig"ar"ette before attempting
suicide. The cigarette end' fail on
a pile' of straw which it fired.
The fire swiftly spread, burned
the rope and the youth fell to
the ground. Police of Weiden-
stetten report that the would-
be suicide leaped ,up and ran
for dear life.
The Emperor Napoleon is said
by historians to have used .54
bottles of cologne on himself
per month - but they don't say
why.
"WHO'S AFRAID OF . . ."-This deterrnined, barefooted lady
toreador doesn't seem the least afraid of the fierce-looking bull.
It's no wonder, for French actress Brigitte Bardat isn't in any
clanger at all. The bull's legs are securely tied to prevent his
charging. The bull "fight", was a scene in the star's latest
film, being shot at Nice, France.
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ELM FRONT
Vlysteiry Of The
Vanishing Horses
A$ the train pulled slowly to
a stop at a remote railhead in
the heart of Siberia, two dark
figures stepped out into the
thick blanket of snow, swept by
cruel, icy winds,
A thousand miles to the south,
across uninhabited, trackless
desert, lay Mongolia, a country as
remote and inaccessible as any-
where in the world, The small
Mongolian township of Kobdo
was the ultimate destination of
these two travellers. Unless they
were there by early spring they
would be to late,
It was January, 1900, and
there was only one way tearavel.
For nearly three. months they
trudged through deep snow suf-
fering almost unendurable cold,
the thermometer often register-
ing more than eighty degrees of
frost. They were strong men' in
the prime of life, yet often they
were able to cover no more
than ten miles in a day.
At last, one day in late March,
they walked into Kobdo. They
had endured those weeks of
hardship and privation - for
horses.
They were, however, very spe-
dal horses',
Nineteen yeara earlier, in 1881,
a Polish explorer, Count Prze-
yaalski, returned to Europe after
a, journey across Mongolia and
reported that he had discover-
ed a new kind of horse,, which
he claimed was a genuine wild
horse, one of the ancestors from
which the domesticated breeds
had once been derived.
The Mongolian wild horse
, stands some four feet high at
shoulder, and is distinguished
by its short mane and lack of
forelock. Its colour is dun fad-
ing to white' underneath with a
dark stripe running down the
middle of its back. It is stocky
And .closely resembles the pic-
tures drawn by primitive man in
ancient caves all over Europe.
Przewalski had been unable
to bring back any of these
horses with him. All he had was
one skin. His discovery aroused
great interest, but no one seem-
ed prepared to attempt the al-
most impossible task of collect-
ing specimens.
Early in 1899, however, the
Duke of Bedford asked Carl
Hagenbeck, German zoologist and
animal dealer, if he could obtain
half a dozen specimens so that
.he reightdatilld up a 'Saul). herd
.in his 3,000-acre animal park at
ROYAL COUPLE-"Jester", two-
year-old Siamese, is one cat
who can't bear to look at a
queen. The queen in this in-
stance is "Steve ri no", grey-
hound pal of television star
Steve Allen. She's been named
1957 Queen of National Dog
Week while Jester's 1957 Na-
tional Cat Week King.
GRAND CHAMP-Gerald Anderson, 15, shows the ribbon won
by his Grand Champion barrow at the international Livestock
Exposition. The barrow's name, appropriately enough, is
"Gerald's :Pride".
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Don't be too disappointed if
the house plant you got for
Christmas or the New Year does
not last as long as you had
hoped. Most plants are grown
to bloom through the holiday
season, but the modern home in
winter time is not such as to
encourage them very much.
Among other things the temper-
ature is generally top high and
the humidity too low. * *
There are some things you
can do to keep them bloomirig
longer. Give them ample sun-
light, keep the air'wool and
moist, never let the soil dry out,
keep them out of draughts, and
keep any insects under control.
Night temperatures should be'
60 degrees or lower, so it is
worth moving a plant to the
coolest room at night. The ex-
ception to this is the Poinsettia
which likes warm nights, never
below 60 degrees, and does not
relish sudden changes of tem-
perature.
A plant needs water when the
soil has dried out so that it
crumbles in the hand. Most
plants are best watered by
standing the pot for a few mo-
ments in a shallow pan or sau-
cer containing an inch or two
of water. The pot should be re-
moved when the surface of the
soil appears moist. *
The humidity in most houses
is far too low for most house
plants- particularly cyclamens.
Humidifiers or pans of water
placed on radiators will help.
Standing the pots on saucers or
trays of gravel which is kept
moist is another way to provide
humidity, but the pot itself must
not stand in water.
Pyrethrum or rotenone sprays
will kill aphids, white flies or
redspider mites, or nicotine
sulphate may be used. * *
Be careful to avoid leaving
house plants in a draught, and
if you use cooking gas remem-
ber that all plants are most sus-
ceptible to any unburned gas
that escapes into the air. It will
cause both flowers and leaves
to drop off.
SNAKE BRAKE
An African had an unorthodox
if not unique - escape from
death recently while cycling-
down a steep hill in Nyaaalarid.
His cycle was out of control
arid racing at breakneck speed
when a lour-foot snake slithered
across the road in Ina path. The
shake became entangled in the
Wheel and locked it, throwing
the African over the handlebars,
Ltickily, he landed in a di and
was uninjured. The snake was
a lin o s t decapitated by the
spokes.
ADHESIVE-TAPE SPOOL IS
;just the thing. for STORING'
LENGTHS or VA-Nbt
The spool selected should he
slightly Wider than the ribbon
to avoid etarling or tearing the'
edges on the Spool flange.
WEIGHTY THEFT
the veterinary surgeons when
they heard the news, the dog's
paralysis began to disappear.
Soon he was able to take a few
Steps.
More weeks passed, Then, one
daY not long ago, Joey, saved
by his owner's love and faith,
was able to go out of doors for
walks. ..Soon he was romping
again in the park-a happy,
carefree pet.
A 16-year-old boy saw a dog
trapped in the track of an ex-
press train, He ran to it and set
it free-losing one ef his own
legs in doing so. No claim for,
compensation for this lifelong
handicap could be made, but to
show appreciation of ,t he spirit
in which the boy risked and lost
so much to save a dog's life,
a fund was launched to help him.
A dog-loving British soldier
risked his life for a mongrel be-
longing to a German soldier in
the war after the dog had some-
how become trapped in a de-
serted :farmhouse between Brit-
ish and German troops. Here it
remained for three days, hungry
and thirsty; terrified by the in-
cessant bombardment and howl-
ing dismally to be released.
Eventually, the British private
could stand it no longer.
Clambering over the top of the
trench he crawled towards tire
German lines yelling across to
the Germans that he was going
to rescue their dog.
Several shots were fired, but
when his intention became ob-
vious, a German officer issued
a cease-fire order and German
and British troops watched the
Tommy walk to the shell-torn
farmhouse and release the deg
which promptly scampered off
to the German lines.
'The rescuer then walked back
in safety. Not until he was
under cover again was firing re-
sumed.
Sin Tong Yau is Malaya's
champion weight lifter - or was
until one night recently when
he reluctantly reported to the
police at Ipoh that his home had
been burgled.
A thief had stolen 20 of his
bars weighing a total of 274 lbs.
and in order to transport them
from the house, had to climb an
eight-foot garden wall with
them. The police are hunting a
fairly husky thief.
Now there is an emergency
spare tire for cars that can ba
rolled into a package the size
of a football. When needed, it is
inflated with a carbon dioxide
cartridge.
The achievement of rapid
growth through selection is an
important step in a turkey
breeding program. However, Dr,
A. S. Johnston, Senior Geneti-
cist with the Poultry Diviiion of
the Central Experimental Farm
in Ottawa, says it is well to re-
member that an increase in body
size in a strain of turkeys may
result in changes in other char-
acteristics or traits which are
undesirable. For this reason, it
may not be an easy task to se-
lect for rapid growth and at the
same time avoid a reduction in
level of performance in other
traits. * * *
Selection for body size may
produce minor changes in con-
formation. Adverse genetic re-
lationships between body size
and reproductive traits, particu-
larly hatchability, are not un-
common, and defects such as
crooked keels and abnormal
hocks may increase in a strain
of birds due to increased body
size, These defects, which can
sometimes- be controlled through
management procedures or nu-
trition, are likely to be more
common in large turkey strains
than in smaller strains This does
not mean that these adverse ef-
fects are unavoidable as a result
of selection for body size. It in-
dicates that the breeding pro-
gram should be such that infor-
mation on these traits can be
utilized to avoid these undesir-
able effects. *
Research at Ottawa has shown
that the rate at which turkey's
grow at specific periods relative
to other periods, can be influ-
enced by the age at which se-
lection for body size is made. If
Maximum improvement in body
size at a certain age is required,
then the birds should be selec-
ted on the basis of their weight
at that age rather than at any
Other age. One must balance
against this the fact that pro=
cedures for selection for weight
at different ages may vary in
their effects on, other traits. For
example; selettion for body Size
at 24 weeks of age Will result in
Maki/titian increase in weight at
this age, as ceinpared_ with se-
lection on 12-week weights, but
it will also result in later ma-
turity. This is_ reflected in the
age at which the birds will fin-
ish for market, On the basis of
information available, it is
eormaterided that selection be
based on body weight at en
earl y age, such as 10 or 12
weeks.;, o '4, 41
Rate of growth in turkeys not
only determines the MAGMA, of
Meat Marketed per bird raised
but also has a Marked effect on
the efficiency of feed utilization.
Feat growing birds require less
feed per 'pound Of gain • than
Sifter growing bileaa While
these ,are advantages which can=
het be 'overlooked
stow feels a breedng program
is not a
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adequate fi Other traits'
are net denaidered When Seleete
in for increased body This,
irnplieS the, necessity of using
a pedigree, breeding Sargent
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