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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
MARCH 27TH
Introduction to the Lesson by
REV. GORDON A. PEDDIE, B.A.
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:Lesson Text—Mark 7:1.13.
,Golden Texts -Mark 7:6.
"It seems- very fitting that this
'week's lesson with its direct attack
upon RELIGION should follow last
week's lesson in which MORALITY
was; questioned. The one main point
of last week's. Introduction might be
summed up by saying, The Church's
:•task is in the preaching of the word
of Gad and in that alone: and our
present concern about 'the liquor
question' and about a score of other
moral matters testifies, not to our
strength, but to bur fundamental
weakness. Indeed the ardent 'temp
perance advocate' who equates his le-
galism with "Christianity veritably de-
nies the Gospel.
In one.word this week's lesson may
be summed up, by saying, To equate
RELIGION—and I mean, of course,
' what we call the Christian religion—
with
eligionwith Christianity, or with the Word
of God, is likewise a denial of the
Gospel, and a betrayal, of Jesus
Christ. What our lesson text points
• out is not a distinction between two
types of religion (the one "ceremon-
lel" and formal, the other more or
less sincere and real) but between re-
' ligion as such and the Word, the
Doctrine,' the Commandment of GOD.
(See verses 7 and 8). Our text Is
saying, what we to -day must learn
to hear again, THERE IS NO. VA-
LUE IN T II E MERE PERFOR-
MANCE OF RELIGIOUS CERE-
MONIES, AND ALL OUR WORSHIP
OF GOD MAY BE IN VAIN:.
I wonder if we are really prepared
for this Word of God—that even if
• our Churches were filled to capacity
there would then not necessarily have
been anything accomplished: nothing,
that is, except a vain thing that
merited the wrath of God and the
denunciation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
How pitiful our words, and with
what pathos we utter them, "If' peo-
ple would only come to Church!" Why
does the Church—the Church which
has this Scripture passage before It
—not know that it may be less fear -1
-ful to be absent from Church, than'
'to be present with the conviction that
by such religious duties we are ne-1
• cessarily and actually accomplishing
something before God!
The Pharisees had a tradition, in
' connection with their religion, con-
cerning the cleanliness and the beauty
of outward visible things. (verses 1-
5). No doubt a great deal of en-
thusiasm was worked up over these
religious observances, and the wor-
ship of God 'tirade very 'enjoyable'.
No doubt, indeed, many pious -minded
people were deceived by the religious
activity arid persuaded themselves
that here, in truth, was a beautiful
—and so impressive! worship of
God. But JESUS says, "Well` hath
Isaiah prophesied of you hyproarites,1
as it is written, This people honour-
eth me with their lips, but their heart
is far from me. In vain do they wor-
ship me while they lay down precepts
which are mere human rules" (verses
6, 7, see Weymouth translation).
To whom is Jesus speaking if not
to our Church? We too have, our
traditions! There is not a denomina-
tion among us—and this, of course
includes the Presbyterian, — which
does not seek to put up an impressive
front that the world may really be-
lieve we are truly. alive! There could
scarcely be imagined a community
more zealous than our own in its en-
deavour to attract, or even enhance,
its people into the sanctuary. I shall
hardly be criticized for using the
word 'attract' for it is indeed obvious
that one of our chief desires is. to
make religion (that is the word we
use) "interesting", as well as in-
structive. Nothing is spared that the
eye and the ear—and even the taste!
—may be treated with ever new de-
lights. Or we may appeal more di-
rectlyto a sort of ecclesiastical, and
perhaps national, sentiment -- and
Here we Presbyterians must be called
to a halt!—by affirming, and even
parading!, our adherence to the
Church of the past, and the 'tradi-
tions of our fathers!
In spite of the fact that the at-
tendance at our Churches is not all
that it might be, there is quite' a dis-
play of "religion," It is true of us
that "this people honoureth me with
their lips." When shall we learn
that there is something more, some-
thing quite different, than mere at-
tendance at Church. Ought it not to
occur to us that "a great Church", a
"mighty army of God", a fervently
zealous body which adheres to the
"faith of our fathers", may be an ab-
omination unto the Lord. It isindeed
strange—with the Scriptures staring
us in the face!—if this possibility has
escaped us!
Let the Scripture speak! It then
is abundantly clear that the impor-
tant thing is not that the people
should worship (who after all does
not engage in some form of religious
zeal, even outside the Church), but
that we should 'WORSHIP GOD
RIGHTLY, that is, we must turn
from our traditions and hearken to
the doctrines and commandments of
God. Apart from this—though our
cups be perfectly clean; though our
very lives be "Corbin", that is, dedi-
ated to God (as was the religious en
thusiast, Saul of Tarsus); though our
services be most beautiful and im-
pressive; though the Church be pack-
ed; though the "spiritual" atmosphere
be tense and reeking with piety,
though the, sermons be deep and in-
spiring—our worship shall be but a
vain, and empty thing: the "blaring
of a trumpet, and the clanging of a
cymbal" (I - Cor, 13:1 Weymouth-.
When will the Church put an end
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Not that the Watson family is so small." On.
the contrary, there are uncles, aunts,
cousins, nephews, nieces and so on, scattered
across the 'Donn"' lion. But they never lose
track of each, other. Long Distance . brings
thein together again on many anniversary
and special occasions throughout the year
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Reductions in telephone rates—local and long "
distance--- in 1'98'$,'36 and 'l' have effected
savings . to aelephone users in Ontario and
Quebec •of:nearly.'one mit ion dollars yearly.
HEALTH
to her clamouring after "religion" by
means of which she covers over the
true Gospel and Doctrine of God?
When will the Church accept the fact
that at the heart of her Gospel there
is a "stumbling block" to the natural
man: the altogether unlovely, the
hopelessly unattractive, the cursed,'
death of the Cross! When will the
Church again rejoice that she may
preach Christ AND HIM CRUGt-
PIED and be done with her religious
enthusiasms and traditions by means
of which she would "decorate the
Cross" that the ignorant and the =-
suspecting' may be enticed within her
fold! When will the Church learn
again that it is not at all a "natural
and a beautiful thing" to worship
God: but that is is a fearful thing to
draw near unto the Lord who saves us
(saves us even from our "religion"
by bleeding to death among the
thieves! Ile who does not first know
this fear as he draws near to wor-
ship God must be prepared to accept
the possibility that he yet does not
know the Jesus who speaks' in our
lesson text and certainly he shall re-
main a stranger to the joy that comes
in knowing, among others, this doc-
trine of God: "the fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom; and the
knowledge of the HOLY is under-
standing" (Prov. 9:10).
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SALADS
"Two vegetables every day—one of
these served raw" is a recognized rule
for health.
The foIiowing recipes are taken
from "Salads that are Different", re-
cently issued by the Fruit Branch,
Department of Agriculture. This
publication may be obtained free on
application to the Publicity and Ex-
tension Branch, Department of Agri-
culture:
Quick Cabbage Salad (serves 6).
1 quart of cabbage finely shredded
Half cup of green pepper minced
Quarter cup of sweet pickles diced.
1 tablespoon of sugar.
2 tablespoons of prepared mustard,
Half teaspoon of salt.
3 tablespoons of vinegar.
Quarter cup of cream (sour or
sweet).
Black pepper.
Mix the cabbage with green pep-
per and pickles. Combine the sugar,
salt, vinegar, cream, mustard and
pepper, and pour over the cabbage.
Mend well and serve at once.
Carrot Salad (serves 6)
2 cups chopped carrots.
Quarter cup finely chopped nuts.
1 cup celery.
Half teaspoon salt.
Mix thoroughly, Serve dressing
separately.
Stuffed Celery Salad
2 cups Canadian cheese (grated).
Boiled Salad dressing.
1 bunch celery.
Paprika.
Moisten cheese with dressing.
Separate stalks of celery, wash and
chill. Fill celery stalks with cheese
mixture and cut into one inch lengths.
Make nests of lettuce leaves and heap
celery in the centres. Sprinkle with
paprika and serve with dressing. The.
celery may also be stuffed with Ro-
quefort or cream cheese, mashed to a
paste with salad dressing.
Beet Jelly. (serves 6)
1 cup finely chopped beets.
1 cup finely chopped apple.
Quarter cup finely chopped celery.
1 cup prepared ;lemon jelly.
A little onion. '
Styles In Flowers Change
Styles in most things are forever
changing, So also it is in the flower
world. Today, the swing of public
acceptance is towards the Marigold.
This is due perhapsto two things-
a Marigold has now been cultivated
that has, not the offensive odour that
this flower formerly had. Secondly,
the orowning of George VI and all the
pomp and splendour of the Corona-
tion has brought to the front this
flower with the crown of gold. Per-
haps tomorrow one will see gardens
of Marigolds. They may be used as
the motif in wallpaper design, in rug
design and for Milady's dress. The
marigold is worthy of this public es-
teem. With its lovely shades of gold,'
and stocky stem, it is able to take its
place in the sun.
In the time; of the ancient Greeks,
the laurel from' which the victor's
wreath was fashioned, was the favor
TME THREE MONKEYS
In many of "our homes there are
the statues of three monkeys, joined
together representing the fundamen-
tal idea "Hear no evil, speak no evil,
see no evil" If we could only fol-
low out that idea in our daily lives,
how •much happier the world would
be for everyone of us.
We are all to a certain extent gos-
sips. It is just the occasional person
who is brave enough to say that they
do not want to hear anything but the
best about anyone else, and yet how
much we respect them when they do
take that stand. If we respect them
we may expect the same judgment
under similar circumstances..
Many people have the power of lis-
tening to gossip and as far as they
are concerned it stops, with them,. but
then there is the class of people, who
when they hear something detrimen-
tal to some oneelse they -feel that
they roust at once go and tell it, and
so before long a story which started
with some simple thing is told and
told until it unrecognizable and the
person against whom it has been said
receives a character which he or she
never deserved.
If we hear gossip which will in
any way do harm, let us be the first
to "speak no evil".
1Vlany times people take a wrong
idea of something which has been
done and before we see . evil let us
consider well the motive,
We should not judge another's ac-
tions unless we know the idea which
was behind the deed. In ether words
we must put ourselves in the other
persona place before we "see evil".
These three monkeys carry their
lesson in a very direct manner and
deserve a prominent place in every
home. Their message will help us to
be a lame for aur Saviour in our daily
life.
The following poem by Annie John-
son Flint carries this message:
"HIS LAMP AM I"
His lamp am I, to shine where He
shall say,
And lamps are not for sunny rooms,
Nor for the light of day;
But for dark places of the earth,
Where shame and crime and wrong
have birth;
Or for the murky twilight gray,
Where wandering sheep have gone
astray;
Or where the light of faith grows
dim
And souls are groping after Him,
And as sometimes a flame we find,
Clear, shining through the night,
So bright we do not see the lamp,
But only see the light;
So may I shine—His light the flame --
That men may glorify His name.
—"PEG".
its in the land of Aristotle and Dem-
osthenes. The Grecian love for clas-
sic beauty brought the lily to the
forefront in public approval, and even
today, the calla lily is used as a. back-
ground for the modern Grecian gown.
In Dance, in the Middle Ages, the
fleur-de-lis was considered the quin-
tessence of floral beauty and was
worn not only as a design on their
standards, but as an ornament of
dress as well.
The War of the -Roses between the
Houses of Tudor and Lancaster,
brought the rose into great promin-
ence in England. So. much so was
this true that the rose is still used in
practically all Tudor architectural
and decorative devices. The English
poet, Wordsworth, brought great
popularity to the daffodil by his clas-
sical poem, "An Ode to a Daffodil:"
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vale and
hill;
When, all at once, I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the Lake -beneath the trees—
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
One of the first flowers to gain
widespread appeal on this continent
was the violet. For many years, a
bouquet of 'violets was considered the
finest gift that Milady could receive.
Many of the older school' today still
look on violets as their favorite near-
er. During the Great War, the Am-
erican Beauty
m-erican.Beauty Rose became the reign-
ing flowerof the horticultural world.
Even songs were, written extolling its
beauty and comparing it with the
beauty of fair maidens; but the Am,
orican 'Beauty Rose has practically
vanished today and there are prob-
ably none grown now in Canada. Sev-
eral years' ago, the gardenia became
Queen of the Floral World and bou-
quets, corsages and bouttonieres were
not just rightunless the sweet scent
of the gardenia was there.
EVEN WINNING BET PROVES
LOSING PROPOSITION
•
Usually when one wins a betthere
is a certain monetary advantage but
this is not true in the case of a .Kin-
cardine hockey
in-cardine.hockey fan, who accepted the
wager of a Goderieh supporter that
the Huron team would eliminate Kin-
sardine juniors, Since the odds were
COOKING
PACE
CARE OF CHILDREN
A HEALTH SERvicE OF
THE CANADIAN K EDICAL
.ASSOCIATION ANO LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN CANADA
CHRONIC IRRITATION
AND CANCER
The specific cause of cancer is not
known. Chronic irritation of all kinds
acts as an exciting or predisposing
factor in cancer. The detection and
elimination • of chronic irritation pre
vent the cancer to which the chronic
irritation might give rise.
Certain diseases are peculiar to hu-
mans; others are practically Iimited
to animals, seldom if ever attacking
man. It appears that all human be-
ings are susceptible to cancer, a dis-
ease'that is found also in birds, ani-
mals and fishes.
Cancer on the surface or in the ac-
cessible parts of the body should be
the easiest to prevent. Cancer of the
lip, tongue, or other parts of the
mouth is nearly always preceded by
some chronic irritation of the part,
due to broken teeth, ill-fitting den-
tures, infected gums, or the germ ot
syphilis.
Cancer seldom, if ever, developes
in a clean healthy mouth. Every
year in, Canada several hundreds of
individuals, mostly men, die from
cancer of the mouth and throat.
Many of these deaths would have
been 'prevented by the proper treat-
ment of syphilis, and by adequate
dental care to keep the teeth and
gums healthy. The prompt treat-
ment of any kind of sore which does
not heal and stay healed, either on
the lip or in the mouth, is essentially
a preventive measure because it re-
moves what may be a pre -cancerous
condition.
Carelessness and ignorance are re-
sponsible for most deaths from can-
cer of the skin. This form of cancer
ordinarily occurs in older persons,
but it may be found at an earlier age.
Warts which slowly increase in size,
sometimes with pigmentation, tend
to become cancerous. Pigmented
moles should be regarded with sus-
picion. Any skin defect which may
have existed for weeks or months
and which begins to change its char-
acter, should be investigated as it
may be changing into a cancerous
condition,
Cancer of the skin may not always
be prevented, but it is nearly always
curable. It the absence of pain and
the apparent harmlessness that so
often mislead the 'patient into de-,
laying to secure treatment.
Much can be done to prevent and
to cure cancer of the mouth and skin.
Most of this must be done by the pa-
tienthimself through keeping his
skin and mouth clean and healthy,
and by securing medical care without
any delay when there is any indica-
tion that such care may be needed,
ASTER WILT
Wilt is one of the most important
diseases of asters. It 'is caused by
a soil -inhabiting fungus, Fusarium
conglutinans Callistephi, whichfirst
attacks the roots, advances up the
stem in the water -conducting tubes,
and causes wilting, and finally the
death of the entire plant.,The ground
level portion of the stem of a wilted
plant is typically black in colour.
Wilt is most common at two per-
iods: immediately after transplanting
to the permanent beds, and at bloom-
ing time.
Seed should be treated before plant-
ing by immersing in a solution of
bichloride of mercury (corrosive sub-
limate) IA oz. in 3 gallons of water.
This will ensure that seeds are free
of the causal fungus when planted.
Clean soil or soil which has not
grown asters for some considerable
time should be used in the permanent
beds. Seed -bed should be changed
every year. Assoon as wilted plants
appear, they and the soil surrounding
them, should be removed and burned.
Soil which has produced diseased
plants can, be treated by soaking with
1% solution of formalin at the rate
of 1 quart to each square foot of
surface. After treatment, the soft
should be covered with either paper
or burlap bags for a dayof two and
should• then be thoroughly aerated for
a week, being stirred occasionally
during that time.
Plants grown directly from seed In
the permanent beds have been found
to be less susceptible to wilt than
those started, from seed in the seed
beds, and subsequently transplanted
to a permanent location.
u' to 1, the local fan put up a dollar
while the visiting better gave a cheque
for .$6. Came the crucial series which
Kincardine won. To collect his wager
the Kincardine man put a .stamp on
the cheque and paid 15 cents exchange
only to have the cheque come back
stamped "N.F.S,"—Kincardine News.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But 'Always, Helpful
and Inspiring.
SIGNS OF 'SPRING
The tulips • are above the ground,
The bluebird's 'back from the South,
Upon my roof the rain drops pound,
And soon will end the drought.
The cleaning companies advertise,
For Winter, clothes, a rate;
The seed concern will give a: prize
If you order now—don't wait.
Each day some harbinger adorns,
But the surest sign of Spring
Comes from my tender, aching
corns
They hurt like everything! —Anon.
SNOW IN APRIL
Over the boughs the wind has shaken,
Over the sands that are rippled
with rain,
Otiyz the banks where the buds awak-
en
Cold cloud shadows are spreading
again.
All the musical world is still,
When sharp and sudden a sparrow
calls,
And down on the grass where the
violets shiver,
Through tile spruce on the height on
the hill,
Down on the breadth of the shining
river
The faint snow falls.
Last weak word of a lord that passes
Why should the burgeoning woods
be mute?
Spring is abroad in the spiring gras-
ses,
Life is awake ir'the robin's flute.
But high in the spruce a wind is wail-
ing,
And the birds in silence arise and
go.
Is it that winter is still too. near
For the heart of the world to cast
out fear,
When over the sky the rack comes
sailing,
And suddenly falls the snow?
—Marjorie Pickthall.
THE RETURN
The social' wren came back again
A day or two ago,
After a gala holiday
In sunny Mexico.
He brought along no luggage
Save his static of saucy cheer;
And by just what route he travelled
He omitted to make clear;
But he opened house this season,
And we're glad to have him here.
The social wren is•back again;
A jolly guest is he,
With tail held high and waggish eye
That speak his sportive glee.
For his holiday he leaves us.
Fleeing winter's chill and stress;
But when spring comes up the valley,
His vivacious notes express
His delight at being with us
At his permanent address.
—George S. Brown.
SPRING CLEANING
Spring conies calling and the house-
wife chatters
Of fresh -hung curtains and of rugs
to beat,
Paint to freshen and dust to banish,
That their four -walled dwellings
may be .neat,
I've been spring-cleaning in an Ap-
ril garden,
I've watched the world being born
again;
Where the warm rain's, falling on the
golden sunshine,
And the sun comes 4ehining on the
rain.
I've raked and tidied and I've planted
seedlings ,
In the soft; warm depths of the
eager earth;
I've heard the chiming of the wind-
swung bluebells.
And the daffodils trumpeting in
mirth.
I've seen a carpet of no earthly weav-
ing,
Flower -patterned on a lush green
ground;
And I've" watched the wonder of a
painted sunset
Where every color in the rainbow's
found;
Who'd want curtains of beruffled
muslin,
Primly hanging in a new -scrubbed
room,
When April's curtaining every or-
chard
With a tender gossamer of bloom!
—Molly Bevan.
SPRING
Now, at God's touch, the winter's
woods
Have come to life, again,
His step upon the mountain's brew,
I hear:
The orchard's scentedbridal flaw'.
ers appear,
To gladden hearts of men,
His garments flutter as they pass
Across the shimering sea,
At break a£ day, His voice—a bird's4
clear call,
And then bright sunshine flooding
all
Thisspring-time ecstasy.
—Dorothy Sproule,
CHRYSALIS
I watched a twisted brownish thing
Unfold ,and then my wondering eye
Beheld, with wings of flame and blue),
The marvel of a butterfly.
I thought of many folk I knew,
Their chrysalis may dowdy be—
But underneath the outer shell
Their souls are radiant -winged and
free
Molly Bevan,.
ASSURANCE
Through the dark winter of the sleep.
ing year,
I lose the memory of other springs,
And yet, incredibly, the spring is
here:
The wild bird sings
And new life wakens in the eag,
grass self
Starred with the delicate glow ot
early flowers,
And little vagrant winds of morning
pass
Stirring the eager hours.
If this be so, why can I not remem-
ber
April is sure to follow each Decent -
her?.
—L. L 11;,
A SWARM OF BEES - 'l
B hopeful, B cheerful, B happy, B
kind,
B helpful, B content, B all of one
mind, ,
B earnest, B truthful, B firm and .13
fair,
Of all pis B havior B sure to B ware,
B loving to God, you are B loved by
Him,
B faithful to Jesus, He saved you
from sin.
B honest to neighbor, to thy child be
kind,
B truthful to parents thy future to
bind.
B think ere you stumble of what may
B fall;
B true to yourself, and B faithful to
all.
B brave to B ware of sins that B set,
B sure that one sin will another
B get.
B just, B generous, B honest, B wise,
B mindful of time, and B certain' it
flies.
B prudent, B liberal, of order B fond.
B less than you need B fore buying 13
yond,
B careful, B ut yet B the first to
B stow;
B temperate, B steadfast, to anger
B slow;
B thoughtful,'B thankful, what e'er
may B. tide,
B just, B joyful, B cleanly B side.
B best if you can, But B humble with
all,
B prompt, B dutiful, still B polite,
1B reverent, R quiet, B sure and
f B bright.
1)3 earns B retiring, B neer led
astray,
B tender, B loving, B good and
B nig,,
B loved t}iou shalt B, and all else
shall. B. thine.
—Anon.
SHOOTNG STAR'S TAI;
The reason why" a shooting star
appears to have a tail trailing behind
is that an image remains in our eyes..
for about a sixteenth of a second.
Since , the falling meteorite (wrongly
called "shooting' star") is moving
very quickly, it has covered quite a
distance before that sixteenth of a
second has passed; so there appears"
to be a tail. It is the same pheno-
menon that makes the spokes of a
whirling wheel look solid; and it Is
also the basis for the apparent con-
tinuous action on the movie, screen ono
which sixteen pictures are flashed ev-+a..
ery second, j