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Sunday School Lesson
LW CHARLES Q. TRUMBULL
(Editor of The Sunday School nroas)
JACOB AT BETHEL. Eighteen hundred years after Jacob's
day, the Lord Jeeus Christ referred
Sunday, May 30. ---Genesis 2 7 and
28. to Jacob's dream in His words to
Golden Test: Nathanael, and interpreted it for all
the •ent ei et -in . 'I':
"I am with thee, and will keen
thee whithermvee thou geest" (Gen.
28:15.)
Jacob's life and character makes a
strange study—strange accordieg to
Quer :ideas, but typical of God's,. way
of grace in dealing with unlikely and
unlovable charaeters. This mewls
fresh hope for all of us.
Before the birth of the twin bro-
thers Esau and Jacob, God had pro-
phesied that the two great lines of
people should come from them, that
"the one. people shall be stronger
than the other people, and the elder
shall serve the younger" (Gen. 25:
23). Esau was the elder, Jacob tie
younger.
After they had grown up, the fitet
recorded incident is that of Emu
selling hie birthright to Jacob for a
mess of pottage. The "birthright"
was a spiritual thing, and this "Esau
mid for a momentary fleshly gratifi-
cation".
Jacob's next move, instigated by
his mother, was one of gross and in-
-excusable deception. He Bed about
himself to his half -blind old f ether,
said that he was Emu, brought his
tether a meal that Esau had been
asked to being, and thereby stole
from Isaac the father's coveted bless-
ing intended for the oldest son. This
turned Esau against Jacob with mur-
derous hatred, and his mother Reb-
ekah sent hien out of the country
to save his life. She light-heartedly
zuggested that he remain away "a -
few days"; he was gone for twenty
years, and never saw his mother
again in his life.
It
was near the beginnng of this
long journey of hundreds of miles
Into Mesopotamia, out of which his
grandfather Abram had been called,
that Jacob had the supernatural ex-
perience, through a dream, in which
this 'lesson centres. As an outcast
and wanderer he lay down one night
to sleep, making pillow a stones.
Be was shown a ladder in his dream,
set up on the earth and the top
Teaching to heaven, while the angels
of God were ascending and decend-
lig on R. Then the Lord Himself,
,standing above it,, spoke to him in a
wonderous renewal of the covenant
made with Abraham and tsaac.
God promises to Jacob ' the land
'whereon thou liest, to thee will
give it, and to thy seed." Israel for-
feited this promise. and het land. eerie
juries later,. and was temporarily cast
out. But God kept His promises in
spite . of the faithlessness • of men;
and He has promised to bring Israel
hack to that very land where home-
less Jacob slept that night, and to
restore a great territory to Ierael,
Teaching from Egypt to the Euphra-
tes. Zionism or the return of the
Jews to their land, even though this
movement has begun_ while they are
rejecting their Messiah Jesus (just
115 the Scriptures prophesied it
-would), ia one of the startling NI-
fillmen4 of -prophecy today.
God promised to Jacob .that night
more than mere land. He promised
that Jacob's seed should be as the
dust of the earth, spreading abroad
to all points of the compaes, end
that all the families of the earth
should be blessed in Jacob's med. The
:fulfillment of this will be the blessing.
of. the whole world through J961.11.4
Christ as Saviour, Lord and Eing.
Then God makes a personal pro-
uffie to Jacob, pledging Himself to
be with hint wherever he should go
and keep him, and bring him back
Again into this land. .
The place of this dream and cov-
enant of the Lord was Bethel. It is
eine of the etrategie names and Placce
Of the "supernatural history of the
tehosen People. Abram had been
theee, *hen he first came into the ,
land .,(Gen.'12:.8), and had Millt an
altar to, the Lord. Twenty yeare
later Go/ called jaeob bads to Bethel
lett, 31:11-13); and twain, still
&Web, relented to Bethel and
u s (John 1:31).
"latlder" between earth and heaven.
ie Christ Himself.
Jaeoh was a true believer, but a
nude believer. He worshipped God;
het after God's wonderful promise
end as,iurance to him at Bethel Jacob
reeponded with an "If". The Lord
said to him, "I am with thee, and will
keep thee in all placewhither thou
goest, and will bring thee again into
this land," And Jacob said, "IF
God will be with me, and will keep
me . . so that I come again . .
then shall the Lord be my God."
When God pledges His word to us.
and tells us what He will do for us,
let us not bring an "if" into our re-
ply. That is a poor sort of faith.
Yet God did not abandon Jaeob be-
cause of his half-hearted, skeptical
response. "If v:e are faithless, He
abideth faithful., for He cannot deny
Himself (II. Tim. 2:13).
TWO BROTHERS
Bill bought a car with his money, and
Joe bought a piece of ground;
Bill was a swell for a year or two, as
he travelled the country round;
But the car grew old, and the paint
came off, and often the tires
were fiat,
But Joe's land didn't depricate in
any such way as that.
Joe had little to show at first for the
money he had spent,
For a piece of ground couldn't follow
him round on pleaeure or busi-
ness bent;
.And Bill was a swell for a year or
two, but the worth of a ear goes
down.
While a bit of the earth inereasee its
worth if it's close to a thriving
town,
To -day Joe rides in a modern ear. for
a bit of land he sold.
And he has no fear of the veining
year, no terror of growing old.
For he bought land with his little sum
While Bill bought a ehinv car,
And it pays to wait to Is up-te-dat,Q.
The moral? Well, there you are.
STAINED WALLS
Darkened find smoktestaiteel
ings may he cleaned by applyiee a
layer of etarch ead water tee a
piece of flannel. Let this dry til.
brush off lightly with e beeeh,
IN REVOLT
Marehel Pilandelli, former Presie
lent of Poland, who is beading grf
neurrection against the preeent MAP-
•
astiveasammamoryagamasi.
T HE BRUSSELS POST
HURON OLD BOY HONORED
Prof. J. C. McLennan, of Toronto
University, awerded the Si- Joseph
Flavell, medal for teriterious achie-
vement in Science. by the Royal Soe-
iety of Canada. Prof, MeLennan
spent part of his boyhood deys in
Clinton.
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Eg.fi it,
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L3 ej
Flowered vests for men aro
said to be coming into vogue. In
this connection, does anyone re-
eall a gravy -colored flower?—
Peoria Journal.
+ + + +
"Norah, did I not tell you to
air these blankets? Why are they
still damp?"
"It was raining when I aired
them."
+ + +
Erudite Visitor: "Did I over-
hear you quote Scott just then?"
Broker: "Why, no, madam. I
never heard of the stuele!"
+ + +
Lady: "I want. to look at some
false hair."
Tactful salesman:"What shade
does your friend prefer?"
• +
Percival: "That was the un-
kindest cut of all,"
Penelope: "What was that?"
Percival: "I showed her one of
my boyhood pictures with my
father holding me on his knee,
end she said, `Who is the ven-
triloquist?" --Youngstown Tele-
gram.
"How long do you think shin-
gled hair will be worn?"
"You mean, how Sheri'!"
+ +
"Just back from a tour?"
"Well---er---detour would be
nearer the truth,"
+ +
Lower Flat; "What will you
.give me for my daughter's
piano?"
Upper Flat: 81,000, sawed!,
:edit and delivered."
+ + +
"Oh, I wish these recipes
would be 11101'0 definite,"
"What's the difficulty, my
dear?"
"This one tells how to use up
old potatoes, but does not say
hew 01(i the potatoes must be."
"Your prisoner got away?"
"Yes," said the rural jailer.
"You know, when he borrowed
my keys and (Old Inc somebody_
wanted to see Inc up theeroad on
l'nportant business, I thought he
was up to something!"—Pear-
5011's.
+ +
"That luminous paint is a
splendid invention."
"What do you use it for?"
"We paint baby's face so that
we can give him a drink in the
night -without lighting the gas."
—P,.areon's.
S.
"For my vacation I want to go
away and be completely shut off
front the rest of the world. Know
of melt a place?"
"Did you ever try a telephone
booth?"
+
Little Johnny was just learn-
ing to read, and punctuation
marks meant very little in his
young life. His father was with-
in earshot, and overheard the lit-
tle chap reading aloud, slowly,
"This is a warm doughnut"—
then a pause for breath—"step
on it"
On investigation, the sentence
proved to be: "This is a worm.
Do not step on it.,"
+ +
The traveler had returned to
his southern home from Alaska,
and a group of friends had been
invited to hear details of the trip
That Sitka had never known zero
weather, and that strawberries
the size of an apple were raised
near there were listened to with
complacency. Then the traveler
spoke of seeing the -tide suddenly
go out on one part of the coast
leaving the beach a mass of
floundering fish. Turning to a
clergyman who was known for
his wit, he said,
"Honestly, you wouldn't be-
lieve it if you had not seen it."
Somewhat skeptical, and with
a glint of humor in his eyes, he
replied, "Well, I didn't see it."
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bliteeleS GtiDJq
Memorable Eil Witte
higtorl of Ole Empire,.
Charles eortto.
in promoting the welfare of the
world, and that the best security for
peace lay in the freedom and widen-
ing of commercial intercourse be-
tween nations. His rule marked a
new departure in British statesman-
ship, and during the first half of his
lengthy administration of the realm
he was the greatest subject 441 -the
world and wielded a wider power and
influence than of his predecessors.
He was essentially a peace minis-
ter, and lacked many of the requisite
qualifications to successfully carry
through a sustained end vigorous war
policy, From the moment that France
declared war against Britain in 1793
his popularity and influence with the
general public began to wane, but his
power in the Commons remained un-
shaken until the dpwritall of his nein-
istey in March 1801.
After three years in opposition he
was again called upon to form a
ministry in 1804, and he accepted the
task with the full intention of taking
Charles James Fox, his great politi-
cal riVal, into the Cabinet, but he
foolishly yielded to the .King's aver-
sion to Pox and refrained from in-
cluding the great statesman in his
govermnent. For nearly two years
he struggled againet a long series of
disasters until his health was com-
pletely shattered by the strain, and
he died at the early age of 47 on
the 23rd January, 1)301, the twenty-
sixth anniversary of the day upon
which he first tookhis scat in the
House of Common,•
His career was specially notable
for the purity of his private life, but
hie utter dieregard for money .result-
: ed in his dying deeply involved in
debt. This slur upon his menterY
was removed by Parliament Voting
thg.sinte of 140,000 to -be Paid te 11W
May 28—Birth of William Pitt.
One hundred and sixty-seven years
ago, on the 28th of May 1750, Wil-
liam Pitt, the Younger, NO8S berm
1088 one of the very rare in-
etnnees of an infant prodigy whose
teldevemt!ti la in artor-life realized
the promise of childhood. He WM
the second eon of William Pitt, the
first Earl of Chatham, who at the
time of his son's birth was at the
te.uith of his brilliant career. From
an early ate, the boy was eneoueaged
by his father to take an interest in
feeblie affairs and was systematically
tfetined by him in statescraft and pol-
ities. At the age of 7 William Pitt
the YoungOr. was thoroughly ae-
fittaiuted with the principal Political
questions of the day, and at 14 was
able to dievues publie questione with
something of the wit and wisdow or
his father.
OW,!.tg to ill -health he was not sent
to any of the- great public schools
end ereeived his early education from
11 privet,tutor, but at the age of 111
he entered Cembeidge University,
where he greatly clietinguished 1,1111.
5,31 as a mathematical and classical
scholar.
11) Janunry 1771- he entered Parli-
ament, itild a month later his maiden
eeeech astonished and delighted the
lionee of Commons. Eighteen mmiths
aftemvards he was given the im-
pmgattt post of Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer with a seat in the Cabinet,
end he had not completed his 25th
year when he became Prime Minister,
Ile held this office without a break
•.'ter a period of nearly 11 Imam, dur-
ing which time Britain was passing
through one of the greeted erisee -in
her history. He was the.first Oates -
men to realize the 4tOpeirtant•poili
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"A Soul Above
:Potatoes"
integer,
By PAUL HAMILTON
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(Copyright, 1210, by the Wootertt Nowo
paper union.)
"You'll stay in Clifton, won't you,
Harney?"
Mrs. Ross looked nil motherly anx-
iety as she addressed her son. With
them on the garden seat was Ilaruey's
sweetheart, Alma Reeves, whose
bright. pretty face reflected the solici-
tude of the 0111Or 1201111111,
The son and lover effeeted quite a
lordly air. lb. week previous his uncle,
Mark Leaton, dying, had bequeathed
him a neat sum in money and a
grocery store Ile owned In the 011111(12,
"Tell you," pronounced the young
man, almost grandly, "I've got a &MI
Ith'?B,i
veutpotiturtnorrse.'5',,
clear," intervened
Alma, "you know how pleased you were
at first with the idea of being your
own master and running a business
for yourself."
"That's all right," aeltnowledged
this ambitious favorite of fomune< "Mit
I've met my old (built AIM? then. You
know Ned Danes mine down to sre
me when he loomed of my big luck.
Well, he's a clerk in a broker's office
and he says that with his experience
of the money market, if T will supply
the capital, he win go into partnership
with me and will make a regular Na-
poleon of finanee of me."
Refer° leaving Harney made an nr-
rangement with WarrPa DORM en old
clerk in a 1ca1 store, to place hitn in
charge of the one he had inherited on
a basis of equal division of profits.
The day after Harney's departure Mr.
Doane caned at the Ross home.
"1 am going to surprise Harney," he
told Mrs. Ross, who was an old friend.
"IIe has agreed to let me have full
swing with advertising and specialty
wrinkles and I am going to build up a
grand trade. Alma, I shall need some
one to take charge of the cashier's
desk. Can I count on you?" anti Alma
acquiesced in the arrangement and the
enterprise started out under tnost
promising auspices.
The young adventurer across the
shoals of finance wrote almost daily
the first month of his abbence. He
was all anticipation, ambition, enthu-
siasm. Then he beeafne be effusive
In his epistles and during the second
month of his absence only two brief
letters reached home.
"We must not expect too much at-
tention front the poor hoy, Immersed
as he is in business cares," Airs. Ross
told Alma, who, in her faith and in-
nocence, pictured "the poor boy" 'han-
dling the monetary destinies of na-
tions. The merest "All well—love to
all," about comprised the substance of
subsequent letters from Harney. Mean-
while, Alma and Mr. Doane begrudged
no thought or care that would tend to
place the despised grocery business
upon a firm and growing basis and
keep it there. The idea that she ems
doing something that benefited the
business interests of her lover kept
Alma animated and glad. How she
worked, and planned, and hoped! She
had, however, received an inklingfrom
something she overheard between two
local business men that Harney "was
cutting a wide swathin the city,"
making daring speculative investment
and going beyond his depth.
It was one Saturday night and
Donne had closed She store an hour
earlier than usual on account of a
min storm, anti Airlift had decided to
remain for an hour or so and balance
the books and was engrossed at her
task when•the knob of the store door
rattled, and then there was a quick,
sharp tapping on its glass panel. Alma
could make out the visitor against the
glare of the street lamp. It was Har-
ney Ross and she uttered a cry of joy
as, unlocking the door, she led him
Into shelter and clung to his arm, ut-
tering fervent words of welootne. Then
as he came within the radius of the
desk temp her heart smote her.
"I've tramped it from the trolley,
Alnut," he said. "I ran out of money
and I'm about famished, You've got
a neat and inviting layout here," and
he went over to a counter widen held
n tempting array o1 cheeses, dried
beef, balled ham and some pickle rel.
Ishes, on the way drawing a liberal
handful from the cracker box, mad set
about eating with an enjoyment that
hoth gretified end saddened Alma, for
this returning lover of here drendfully
suggested the pen110111. prodigal.
"This is sure a land of plenty," said
Harney, with it sigh of satisfaction es
lie cempletiftl n lunch suilielent for two
men, "Alma, l've come hark with
not in g but n hard, costly lessen
learned. Those city sharks took my
money away from me so easy, 1 WM-
doe how they did it I'm through as a
ininnefel Napolente lee Wed 00 (weep
home, litimble and glee! to come hack
to the store, end mother—and yon."
"And, ohl Harney," jithilated Alma,
"witch besiness the store has done!
You poor boy, indeed 1 How welcome
Y011 11 1'0 1"
"1 111111 a 80111 11110VO potatoes, you
know?" observed Harney with mourn.
NI retrospection, "Well, if the flat
23)53(1 112 es 81.111 043(2101-"
"WS, it Is liturney," nodded Alma,
"Then it's n quiet wedding ns teem
ne you NM gi,i ready. And, after
what I've gone through, it win he
pareafiee 1-.11 SO 1 11) (10)511 111 the cozy,
moll,st 111 Ile holm.
'vxven fe it is eight ever the mon
beetowing a Ili'''.
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WAS IN UNION GOVERNMENT
Hon. E. K. Spinney, aged 75, of
Yarmouth, N. S., died at Boston last
week. He was a Minister without
portfolio in the Union Government.
Advertising Canada
The Manitoba Free Press in a re-
cent issue cites the example of an
American farmer, mentioned by Mr.
W. L. Smith, a well known Ontario
newspaper man, who has been In-
vestigating conditions in the West, i
as the type of farmer who is wanted !
to fill up the vacant lands of the
Prairie Provinces. It is the case of
an American settler who found con-
ditions satisfactory, and who made
the most of his importunities. Mr..
Smith says:
• I
"The ma.n from Missouri, who 13 ;
years ago settled near Clive, north
of this city, may serve as one Mei-
steilieatsion. He and his six sons, 3
of them married, are farming 1500
a
800 under cultivation. Is he
satisfied with his new home? Well,
rather. In telling why, he said:
Good land about Clive can be
bought at $50 an acre as compared
with $200 in the part of Missouri
I came from. My tax per acre is
just about one-sixth that paid by
my old neighbors of Missouri. I
had 30 bushels of wheat per acre
and in some years my crop was
e_gual in value to the: selling price
of the land. Why shouldn't I be
satisfied?"
Practical examples of success,
such as the one given in the fore-
going paragraph, make the best im-
migration literature that can be pro-
vided, When the substantial advant-
ages. of the Canadian West are made
known in this oonvincing way, large
numbers of dissatisfied farmers of the
Western States, especially who went
there forty or fifty years ago, ought
to be attracted to these promising
farms of the Prairie Provinces,
"Don't you think you had bet-
ter select some other seed? The
catalogue says these won't bloom
for two years."
Don't- worry. • This catalogue
le a year. old." •
Reports have come to hand of
a new island that has appeared
in the Pacific. It is not known
how Mon it will apply for a per-
manent seat on the Oouncil of
the League of Nations.—Punch.
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AP
iv its me ts
The purchasing public is daily becoming
greater readers of advertisements, The reason
for this is that they profit by so doing. They
find the goods they want, described in the right
manner. It is news to the purchaser.
That being the case, it behooves the wide-
awake and straight -dealing merchant to study
his advertising matter carefully, so that when
the customer comes in to buy, he or she will find
that the goods are as represented.
Those who do not read advertisements are
losers. Make it a part of your Tending to go
over the advertisements of the merchants. By
so doing you will know where to find the best
bargains. Also you will learn whether the gbods
are as represented.
Merchants are studying the needs of their
customers., Buy from the man' who advertises
and you will not go astray.
Study The Post Ms Every Week