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L ESSON
LESSON VI
JAMES TEACHES CONSISTENT
CHRISTIAN LIVING.
THE EPISTLE OF JAMES.
PRINTED TEXT: James 1:17.221
2:14.17; 4:13.17; 5:12
GOLDEN TEXT: Pure religion end
undefiled before our Qod and
Father la thiii, to visit the father-
less and widows In their affllo-
tion, and to keep oneself unspot-
ted front the world. James 1;27.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time: It has been generally un-
derstood that the Epistle of James
w as written before A.D. 51, and,
possibly, as early as A.D. 45, and is
thus most probably the earliest of
all the writings now included In the
New Testament.
Place: Prabably in the city of
Jerusalem.
All Christians have been brought
into fellowship with Chrldt, and
have been redeemed from the pow-
er of sin, and by their word and by
their acts, in daily life, publicly and
Privately, should show to the world
that they are now under the rule
and lordship of Jesus Christ, and I
are not living according to the cue-
toms
urtoms of the world.
James begins his Epistle with
a discussion of temptation, and
surely everyone who ter- to live
as Christ would have him live,
knows what temptation is. But he
says a very strange thing, that we
are to rejoice when we fall into
temptations, because in having vic-
tory over them, our faith will be
proved genuine, and we will be
learning the virtue of patience.
So many circumstances of life
arise which baffle and perplex us,
with the result that we do not know
what to say, what to do, which way
to turn, what to undertake, In this
situation James says, the secret
is to turn to God, who will give
wisdom freely to all who call upon
Him, in faith, nothing doubting.
"17. Every good gift and every
Perfect gift is from above, coming
down from the Father of Lights,
with whom can be no variation,
neither shadow that is cast by turn-
ing. God because Ile is good, could
never give anything, or will any-
thing, but good in relation to men.
It is interesting to think of the gifts
that come down from above. To be-
gin with, there Is the sunlight, and
then the rain, then the gift of the
love by angels to Moses, the gift
of the Son of God who came down
from glory! The gift of the Holy
Spirit who was sent by the Father
and by the Son. Christ Himself le
surely the perfect gift from hea-
ven. The idea that sunlight comes
from above will help us some in
the interpretation for the title of
God, the Father of Lights,"
Be Slow to Speak
"18. Of his own will he brought
us forth by the word of truth, that
we should be a kind of first fruits
of his creatures. Our Lord said
that we were begotten by the Holy
Spirit. Here we are taught that
God has begotten us by the word of
truth, There is no contradiction
here. The Hol:- Spirit only brought
about a state of regeneration within
us by our hearing the word of God
concerning His Son, Jesus Christ.
"19. Ye know this my beloved
brethren, But to speak slow to
wrath: 20 for the wrath of man
worketh not the righteousness of
God." James here gives the excel-
lent advice that, while man should
be quick to hear, so as not to be
accused of indifference or dullness
of mind, be should be slow to
speak, and especially slow in the
manifestation of anger
"21. Wherefore putting away all
filthiness and overflowing of wick-
edness, receive with meekness the
implanted word which 11 able to
save your souls." $n the place of
these wicked things we are to re-
ceive into our hearts the Word of
God, which is able to deliver our
souls from every besetting sin.
Wickedness wit not be put away it
we do not determine to put it away.
The word of God is not only when
held in the mind, but is to take
root in the heart,
"22, But ye doers of the word,
and not hearers only, deluding your
own selves." We are not only to
believe the Word of God, but to
practise it. A Christian who does
not put into practice the Word at
God is like a man who, after gaz-
ing at his face in the mirror (mir-
rors in James' day were made of
brass, highly polished), and see -
Ing some blemish on his face, puts
the mirror down, goes away and has
no further thought of that which
he knows should be remoVed.
Faith With Works
"14. What doth it profit my
brethren, It a man say he have
faith, but have not works? Can that
faith save him?
"15. If a brother or slater be
naked and in lack•ol daily food, 16,
and one of you say unto them, go in
peace, be warmed and filled; and
yet give them not the things need -
fill to the body; what doth it pro-
fit?
"17. Even so faith; tI It have not
works, le dead in itself. James am-
phasizes that a faith which loos
not result in works, that 1e, in a
manifestation of a true Christian
We, eternally and visibly~, is not
thMy kind of faith commended by
Ood
DOWN THAT WAY, COMRADE% GERMANS
A Red army scout on horseback reports to his superiors riding in a car somewhere along the
battlefront, according to Soviet caption radioed from Moscow with this picture.
"13. Come now, ye that say:
Today or tomorrow we will go into
this city, and spend a year here,
and trade and get gain, 14. Whereas
ye know not what shall be on the
morrow. What is your lit"? For
ye are a vapor that appeareth for
a little time, and then vanlsheth
away, 15. For that ye ought to
say, it the Lord will, we shall both
live, and do this or that. 16. But
now ye glory to your vauntings; all
such glory is evil." We are not to
plan our lives as though we had
control of our lives ourselves, but
always with the thought is mind
that we -will do things 1f it is the
will of God.
"17. To him therefore that know-
eth to do good and doeth It not, to
him it is sin" Generally, we count
that a sin which is a deliberate
doing of what we ought not to do.
Here James gives the reverse side
of a definition of sin—not doing
that which we know we ought to do.
"11. But above all things, my
brethren, swear not, neither by the
heaven, nor by the earth, nor by
any other oath; but let your yea
be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye
fall not under judgment." In a
Christian society where men are
truly brethren In Christian affec-
tion, there should be no need of
oaths in the daily inte^course of
social idle.
SCOUTING . e ■
Twenty-eight Halifax - Scouts,
of a class of seventy,• who hope
some day to be airmen, have earn-
ed their "Red Wings," the junior
airmanshbp badge of the Boy
Scouts Association. Hundreds of
Scouts across Canada are studying
the fundamental principles of air-
manship. When they have won
their "Silver Wings," they will
have mastered the theoretical
principles of flying, ot air naviga-
tion, aero engines and much air -
craftsman's ground work, plus ad-
vanced first aid, signalling and
other standard qualifications of a
First Class Scout. Their fustruc-
tors were officers of the R.C.A.F.,
and those first earning their
'wings" received thers at the
hands of Squadron Leader C. E.
Creighton.
The good work of the 70 Wolf
Cubs and Boy Scouts of Newmar-
ket, Ont., in the local salvage cam-
paign was rewarded in a surprise
party. The Pack and Troop. were
called together and marched to the
salvage warehouse. Expecting work
to be done, they found a fire blaz-
ing merrily and the inviting odour
of hot dogs announcing a feast.
.4. former Boy Scout leader of the
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MAJOR LEAGUE baseball attendance for 1937 µas approxi-
mately 0,447,407; an increase of 10 per tent over 104 The Amer•
Icim League drew about a half -million more fans than the 14a-
%Ional, More than one million persons paid their Way Into tho
borne grounds of the Detroit Tigers,
1 .1fT: Sees )hitt bull each other's hats
1st Whitton ',coat Group, England,
Leslie F. Hughes, now a member of
the local police force, was the
tenth Scout or Scouter to be
awarded the George Medal for gal-
lant rescue work during Nazi air
attacks on Britain. Hughes saved
a number of persons by crawling
under the debris of fallen houses,
regardless of the risk t- himself.
"He burrowed like a rat to rescue
the trapped people," was one des-
cription of his work, "and tore his
clothing to shreds. In fact, he had
to return home for a complete
change, including underwear."
V for Victory I
V stands for Victory in English
To the French it stands for Vic
tolre (Victory). To the Dutch for
Vryjheid (Freedom), to the Czechs
for Viteztol (Victory), to the Serbs
for Vitostoo (Freedom).
V stands for a ,campaign for
Victory, started in England by Col.
Britton, a mystery speaker of the
British Broadcasting Corporation
who, in half a dozen languages,
sande messages of encouragement
to the people of Germany and Nazi
occupied countries. He tells them
to spread the V for Victory 'signs
throughout the land.
Mr. J. B. Priestley, recently
broadcasting from England, said
that the V for Victory campaign
is designed to stir hope among the
Nazi dominated peoples and to
impress upon the Nazis that their
doom is on the way. The Ger-
mans, he said, are being haunted
by a war of nerves.
V Audible and Visual
Reports from England say that
V signs are seen and heard In all
parts of Europe. Ins are chalked
on walls, cut out of paper, drawn
on dusty automobiles.
The symbol Is doubly good be-
cause it be audible as well as vlsuaL
In the Morse code V le three dote
and a dash. Drummers beat it on
their drums, diners In restaurants
beat 1t on their glasses to call a
waiter, motorists toot it on their
horns. People are heard whistling
the dot, dot, dot, dash rhythm of
the opening bars ot Beethoven's
fifth symphony, which according to
the composer, symbolizes "fate
knocking at the door."
Counter Propaganda
The Germans, recognizing this
powerful weapon, hope to tarn the
campaign against Britain by adopt -
fug it for themselves. Recently a
German broadcasting station open-
ed the broadcast with the dot, dot,
dot, dash signal and the listeners
were told that the eigoal was V
for Viktoria (Victory) which Ger-
many 19 winning on all battlefronts.
Although Viktoria means Victory,
Sieg he the word that le customarily
used.
Mr. Priestley said, "Don't make
the mistake of thinking this le . a
childish thing, It is supremely
Important. This is not only a war
ot machines; it Is a war of morale
and propaganda."
Experiments are being made
with a charcoal -burning automo-
bile in Quebec while motor fuel
is to be made from surplus wheat
in Australia. If it keeps on, a
fellow won't know whether he'd
driving his car by the cord or the
bushel
RADIO REPORTER
By DAVE ROBBINS
"V" PROPAGANDA
Well, radio's in the news more
than ever these days, and it looks
as if the democracies have really
learned the lesson of Propaganda
PLUS. Taking a great big page
—if not the whole book from Herr
Goebbels, Great Britain has
launched its "V" for Victory cam-
paign, It's got everyone think-
ing and liking the idea ---more than
that, it's got the Huns humming
and hawing and what's more im-
portant, worrying. The theme of
"V" for. Victory as we all know
by now, is carried effectively in
the opening notes of Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony — in the three
dots and the dash in Morse Code.
Stations everywhere, starting
with the BBC, are using these
two forms and variations of them,
in some foram of program or sta-
tion identification, CKOC in
Hamilton is using the morse sig-
nal at ail station breaks before
station 'announcement. Dr. Sal-
mon's widely listened to commen-
tary of the day's news is precede
ed by the Victory Music theme.
So it's catching on everywhere,
and the campaign is only a little
more than a week old. Let's
watch it grow!
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THE AMERICAS
Good -neighbourliness is more
than just a phrase to which we
pay lip -service. Broadcasters, par-
ticularly, are doing everything
possible to really create a feeling
of mutual friendliness between the
North and South Americas. And
one of the best ambassadors we
have, musically, is Xavier Cugat,
whose authentic treatment of the
dances of our South American
friends, has won him fame on two
continents. Catch Cugat with the
Cugat Rhumba Revue on the
NBC Red network, Thursday eve-
nings at 7.30 E.D,S.T, And you'll
hear Cugat quite a lot too from
many of your local stations —
featuring various pop and Latin
American rhythms. If you've
record playing facilities at homy
you'll got some of Cugat's best
on wax at your neighbourhood
record counter,
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"PRESCOTT PRESENTS"
Allen Prescott's sheltered days
are over. For nearly nine years
the glib champion of U.S. Radio's
"Kitchen Captives," has been dis-
pensing helpful household hints
to harried housewives, Hie only
conipsilion on the "Wife Bayer"
series has been a pianist. But
that's all over now, The powers -
that -be have decided that no mai
should live alone and like it, and
have starred Prescott in a new
morning variety show, "Prescott
Presents," With him to make
things clubby for the experiment,
is Irving Miller's orchestra, NBC
song stylist Diane Ortney; Joan
Brooks of ;the Four Belles Quar-
tet (they're plenty good all by
themselves), and to top it off, a
mixed quartet. Prescott contin-
ues his "Wife Saver" mission on
the new show and has inaugurated
e. new feature, the "Things -to -
talk - about - Section." "Prescott
Presents" may be heard 10,45 to
11.00 a.m. E.D.S.T. on CBL and
CBY only—and from 11.00 to
11.15 a.m., E.D,S,T. on CBO and
network of the C.B.C.
Skeletons Reveal
Prehistoric Toothache
The belief that prehistoric man
had teeth superior was exploded
when excavators near Homer,
Neb., uncovered skeletons of a
prehistoric tribe which was sup-
posed to have roamed the prair-
ies long before the present-day
Indian appeared.
Prof. John Champ of University
of Nebraska anthropology de-
partment, who examined the skele-
tons, reported that virtually all
of them had large cavities in their
teeth.
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17 Egyptian
coin,
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parts.
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theory.
21 Disperses.
23 Iniquity,
24 Pronoun,
25 Father.
27 To stud
with stars.
30 To worship.
33 Insulated.
34 An outlaw.
35 Fungus.
37 To give
medical care.
38 Ever (contr.).
39 Form of "a."
40 To yelp.
43 Baking dish.
48 Thick shrub.
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