The Seaforth News, 1929-05-23, Page 6Sunday School
Lesson
irday.19, Lesson VII. -Jeremiah Calls
to Obedience—Jeremiah 7: 1.11;. 21•
23, Golden Text—Obey my volce
and I will he your God, and ye shat
Ile my peoA�T--4ere Sah 7: 23,
J. EXHORTATION AND WARNING, vs. 1-15,
II. I'aovaS'S AGAINST IDOLA'rIly, vs.
16.20.
III,
WHAT GOD RAQUIROS, vs, 21.20.
IetraorIGTIQN—This speeels of Jere-
nisi, delivered in the gate of the
Lord's house, is one of the most not-
able and impressive of all his speeches,
It is probably the same as that men-
, toned in Ch.' 26, for which he WAS
accused and tried before the council
of the princes.. In his earlier address
ea he bad protested chiefly against the
idolatrous worship whichhe saw prac-
ticed
everywhere, even in and about
the temple 'itself, and which he re-
garded as disloyalty to Jehovah. See
ohs. 2 and. 3, Now he declares against
the social evils which are destroying
all that is best' in the nation's life. It
was not enough that they should turn
from their idols and serve Jehovah
only, nor that they should abandon the
corrupt, local sanctuaries, and centre
all worship in the temple at Jeru-
saleon, Trust in the temple and in
the forms of worship, however correct
and proper those forms might be, was
all in vain. Only righteousness could
save the people from the terrible evils
which were threatening them. In this
moral emphasis Jeremiah shows him-
self closely akin to the great prophets
.of the past; from Samuel to Isaiah.
See 1 Sam. 15: 22; Amos 5: 21-25;
Iso. 1: 10-20; Hos. 6: 6; Micah 6:
6-8 s, 40: 6-8; 51: 16, 17.
I, OXIIORTATION AND WARNING,- vs. 1-15.
V. 2. The gate is, no doubt, the
court (26: 2), that is the inner court
which surrounded the temple arid
which in those days was 'accessibl=
to all, and was the place of popular
assembly, 1 Kings 6: 36.
Jeremiah had already warned the
people of Judah and Jerusalem of the,
conning of a terrible enemy who would
lay waste and destroy their land and
carry thein intocaptivity, 1.; 14-16;
5: 1.5-17, 19. He had exhorted them
to repentance that the anger of the
Lord might be turned from them, and
that they might be saved, 3: 12, 13;
4: 1-4, 14. Now he pleads with them
swain, "Amend your ways and your
doings." It is only in such amend-
ment that deliverance and safety lies
—not in pointing to the temple, and
false confidence in its protection.
Those who would persuade them that,
Jehovah will surely take care of his
temple, end so of his temple Worship-
pers, speak Iying words. He declares
that Jehovah will abandon his temple
and give it over. to destruction, as he
did his sanctuary at Shiloh in a time
long past, if there is no repentance
and turning from their evil ways, vs.
12-14. For the story of Shiloh see
Josh. 18: 1; 19: 51; 21: 1, 2; 22: 12;
Judges .18: 31; Sam. 1: 1-4, 22.
Justice, and not oppression, Jeho-
vah requires, aswell as turning away
front other gods. How can they who
steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and serve Baal and
other gods formerly unknown, please
God or offer him acceptable worship?
Will the temple deliver thein that they
may continue to do all these abomina-
tions? They are making the house of
God a den of robbers, v. 11. Compare
Matt. 21: 13. Jehovah had warned
them repeatedly and earnestly by his
prophets, but they had been heedless
of his warning, v. 13. The fate that
had befallen Shiloh will be the fate of
their temple, and the .doom of the
kingdom and people of Israel will be
the doom of Judah.
II. PRoresr AGAINST IDOLATRY, vs.
1G-20.
The words "pray not" (v. 16) can-
not be understood as forbidding the
prophet to intercede for this erring
end foolish people. • As a .matter of
act he did continue tc pray for them
(see 14: 7-9, 19-22;, and compare 11:
14 and 14: 11-12), Rather is this an
emphatic way of saying that their
unrepented Sin is past forgiveness,
that their evil stubbornness has made
forgiveness impossible, and prayer on
their behalf useless. But if they would
repent and amend their ways, how
different it would all be! Then they
would :now the Lord's abounding
mercy,
The false worship referred to in vs.
17, 18 was that of Ashtoreth, or As-
tarte, the Babylonian Ishtar, the
queen of heaven, Her visible symbol
was the planet Venus (compare 1
Kings 11: 5). Her worship was still
persisted in by Jews who fled to Egypt
after the fall of Jerusalem, taking
Jeremiah with them (44: 15-28). This
perverse folly brings its inevitable
01MIShlnent upon themselves to the
eonfuelee ,Of their own faees, •
III, wIIA'r GOP REQuiRDS, Ys. 21.-26.
The words of v. 21 are filled; with
scorn for the empty and insineere
worship with which they seek to ep-
preach God; The law required that
burnt -offerings aheeldbe all burnt
upon the altar; Lev, 1:, 3-9. The Ream)-
offerings Were partly bunt upon the
altar and partly served up as material
for a (oast to bo eaten by the offerer
and his family, or friends, Lev. 'i; 11-
15% The prophet ironically calls upon
these vain worshippers to eat the
burnt offerings also, It will make no
difference. 'These empty formalities
of religion are not what God requires.
It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to
understand the statement of v. 22 if
we believe that the entire Levitical
law was laid down by Moses as the
command of God, For that law pre-
scribes minutely and strictly the rit-
ual of burnt -offerings and sacrifices,
Compare with Jeremiah's statement
the passages quoted above (in the in-
troduction). The probability, amount-
ing almost to a certainty, is that largo
additions were, made, in the Penta-
teuch to the'original laws of Moses by
the Jews of later ages, and that am-
ong them were those' laws governing
the offerings to be made upon the
altar of sacrifice,
The Lord's supreme requirement is
obedience. 'Behold," said Samuel, "to
obey is better than sacrifice." For he
says by the prophet Hosea, "I dealt -ad'
mercy and not sacrifice; and the
knowledge' -of God more than burnt-
offerings," Hos. 6: 6.
Trade With Russia
London Daily News and Westmin-
ster (Lib.) : The British Trade Dele-
gation to Russia announces that "a
satisfactory basis for trade relations
between Great, Britain and Russia can
be found." Presumably, if the official
Russian view stands, a preliminary
condition must be the resumption of
diplomatic relations. But it isfairly
obvious that the British Government
which brought about the rupture
would not humiliate itself by accept-
ing M, Piatakoff's condition... Until
the Baldwin Administration goes west
trade with Russia on a permanent
basis and on a large scale must bo
begging.
Unemployment
Manchester Guardian (Lib.) : In the
last few months the country has come
to understand that the situation in the
mining industry is not only an econ-
omic problem but a human tragedy.
The scenes at Liverpool and Bermond-
sey should make it plain to the most
careless that that distress is not Con-
fined to the coalfields. It is, nation
wide. We have become so used to the
fact that there' are over 1,000,000 men
in this country without work that the
weekly figures no longer shock us as
they used to clo. But the problem re-
mains as acute as ever.
•
"A tali man may stand on tiptoe and
still not be able to reach an agree
meat,"
At the annual meetingof the 'Cun-
ard board; the chairman called it a
cutout fact that passages first class
across the Atlantic by any line had
not in ten years attained the pre-war
level
An international dictionary of
words that me5n. slightly different
things in different languages is pro-
jected by the Institute for the Scienti-
fic Study of Foreign Relations. Among
such words are damages, ' control,
trustee, commonwealth, federal and
policy.
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THOS BARTREA1
Sperm-g�d7virils Con !!e
SOME CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION LEADERS
Fully :cognizant of the part they must play to maintain the record of pro-
gress of the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, August 23rd to September
7th, the gentlemen pictured herewith have gone into 'their various tasks with
characteristic enthusiasm. Agriculture and its allied industries will be
strongly emphasised, -as usual, and "Empire Tear" unquestionably will sur-
pass all its predecessors. The two weeks' program, quite aside from its
agricultural phases, will be one of deep and diversified interest,
Popular Undies print; while the three-piece pajama
g
Spring 'lingerie has all the verve
and 'gayety of frocks. The newest
models flaunt splashy little print de-
signs in colors as fresh and vivid as
spring itself, and the styles are de-
lightfully ,frivolous. In spite of all
this newness, howeverthis season
brings no changes which might be
labeled "extreme novelties," and so
eliminated by the woman of good
tame. Whatever is new in material
or design is a contribution either to
the artistic or practical aspect 01 fem-
inine intimate garments, ard some-
ti+r.es to both,
feinted undies show a det:ided
trend toward fulness rather than
scantiness. The chemises, which are'
the most popular model in Printed
lingeriee, are made with a vest top
attached by a fitted abdominal band.
They have a flaring bottom and gen.
erally two rows of ruffles. The shorts
are not as brief as they formerly
were, and the sets are much prettier
and more flowerlike now, with added
material and dainty rosebud trim-
mings on both the bandeau and the
shorts. •
PRINTS SUBDUED BY PLAIN
GOODS '
In pajama suits and nightgowns
this same attention to detail is shown
by the restrained way prints are used.
To most women, garments made .of
striking modernistic prints do not ap-
peal except for lounging. For actual
wear, women prefer their silken
things 'delicately colored and restful
looking. The new pajama suits are,
therefore, not as bizarre as those dis-
played during the winter, and al-
though vivid prints are used, they are
tempered by the judicious eoingination
of plain materials. An example of
this was seen in one of the newest
models from France. The top of the
pajama suit was startling—bright
yellow and pink wild roses appeared
on a deep, blue background—but the
pajamas themselves were fashioned
of plain blue crepe de chine, matching
the blue of the top. The print.ma-
terial was repeated again in the bands
hemstitched at the bottom of each leg.
Nightgowns and negligees are treat-
ed in the same way, by the combina-
tion, that is, of plain material' with
suits , are often composed of jacket
and trousers in "one plain material,
the dash of color being supplied by the
three; quarter length coat of print
goods.
GLOVE -SILK.
This spring, glove -silk underwear,
also, has appeared in a more attrac-
tine guise than ever before. The prac-
tidality of this lingerie is well Imown
and now it may be had in models
Which are artistic enonfgh to please
women who require beneath their flut-
tering chiffons and laces, dainty,
frilly undergarments. The glove -fit-
ting, one-piece styles remain, of
course, 'the favorites of the sports-
woman, the business girl and .of any-
one, in fact, who has to think first
of all about the practicality of clothes.
While selecting her spring and sum-
mer lingerie, the woman of average
means will find it particularly easy
this season to buy exactly what she
wants for each occasion. Between
each type of undergarment there are
definite lines of demarcation, and the
sharpest division lies ih that between
sports and dress underwear.
The younger girl evinces -a prefer-
ence for the one-piece glove -silk suit
combining the brassiere top with the
bloomer bottom. This model is also
made of crepe de chine, trimmedwith
fine lace and tiny rosebuds, for the
party frock of crisp.taffeta.
Other varieties of the one-piece suit
show the yoke fitted in <a ..V to the
shorts or 'attached in curving lines.
Both of these styles have the flat con-
tour so desired, and, additionally, re-
veal the entire absence of elastic, for
even the knicker bottoms have cuffs.
Another thing observed about these
combinations is that they are showing
the new type of shoulder strap, which
is a tiny, hand -rolled seam, one-fourth
as wide as the strap of other seasons.
These were formerly' seen only in fine
handmade French lingerie. The built-
up shoulder strap in certain models is
attached to a knicker and petticoat
bottom so no other lingerie is neces-
sary. These are evidently made to
appeal to the younger set for tennis
and sports dresses with their U-shap-
ed backs.
All these undies are definitely pm -
tical, but at the other extreme, lin-
gerie for dress occasions is primarily
aesthetic,' It Is flowerlikein its iove•�
liness, for the delicate colors such as
nile-green, peach, coral and rosebud
pink are enhanced by quantities of
filmy lace. Several materials are Deni.
biped in setsof chemises, slips and
nightgowns and in many combinations
the two fevorite materials, satin and
georgette, appear together and 'also
erepo do chine and georgette,
Tho sets which appeal Moist to wo-
rnen, according to a buyer of a smart
apparel shop, are those which : are
profusely trimmed with cobwebby lace,
Bandeaus, also, are seen which appear
to be nothing but frivolous wisps of
not and rosebuds, but which are saved
:from uselyssness by their inner rein
forcoment , From each leading manu-
facturer
anufacturer models come in every con-
ceivable style, among which are the
straight typo of bandeau, the cup
form brassiere, and the uplift ban-
deau, the last of which achieves a lift-
ed effect by the inner packets of net.
Other brassieres are made to model
the upper part of the figure into the
lifted bust and nipped -in waist of the
Princess mode. The materials of which
these brassieres are fashioned range
from net, satin and crepe de .chine,
clown through the less dainty mater-
ials to the really heavy ones.
All lingerie sets simulate the simple,
athletic underwear in that they fol-
low the contours of the figure, In
spite of the elaboration of lace and
the new flaring skirt of panties and
chemises, the hip -line is snug -fitting
and absolute flatness is achieved by
relegating the fullness of the garment
to ,the sides. A French set of white
georgette and satin' illustrates how a
model may be intricate Without being
bulky, The 'yoke across the front of
the pantie is made of white satin, per-
fectly flat. The flared, scalloped tiers
of georgette are set in below the yoke
on either side.
NOVELTIES.
Other novelties in spring lingerie
are the, various slips with U and V-
shaped backs, ' These, no doubt, will
fare into prominence for everyday
wearthis summer since sports, and
evening dresses will display both
necks.
A new development also is the fea-
turing of foundation garments of the
soft type which appear nothing more
than tailored crepe de chine lingerie. piece of material, shaped to give dip -
The restraining features are effect- ping flared effect, is shirred at top and
stitched to dress. It is irresistible in
wally concealed. Some of these gar-
!vents combine a brassiere` with anew shade of red dull flat silk crepe,
bloomer or pantie, and a light girdle.
prune, shade sheer velvet, black crepe
Others,fashioned like the, athletic, satin; claret -red canton -faille crepe or
one-piece`suit, have light bonina a^ ,, earl be had in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36,
navy blue wool crepe.. Style No. 303
the' 38, 40' and 42 inches bust measure.
NEW ELEGANCE, •
A simple dress of printed silk crepe
for the youthfully smart woman, in
combination with plain silk crepe with
swather girdle and flaring godet,
caught at waistline with ornament of,
brilliants. The. shoulder bow, with
long loose end at back, adds individual
smartness. Experience isn't at all
necessary to make it, for it is merely
a two-piece skirt attached to two-
piece .waist
wopiece..waist with tucks at each shoul-
der at front. The godet, a separate
In the Australian Bush
We reached Hollymount, the home-
stead on the cattle station;, by moon-
light, and wade a camp beneath a tall
blue -gum, the wind -stirred leaves 'of
which seemed to whisper a friendly
greeting. The rustling of : the trees
and the crackling of the sticks as they.
burned with bright red flames which
licked the smoke -blacked billy stirred
me deeply. The faint, clean, penetrat-
ing smell of the scorching eucalyptus
leaves awakened memories of early
years when as a boy I roamed the pen
paddocks on a sheep station. I real-
ized then that in spite of all attrac-
tions and pleasures experienced in
other lands there is that about the
Australian bush which calls one home.
The country was, at the time of my
visit, inthegrip of drought. The tall
gum -trees and the dry red dust be-
neath them called for moisture, but
moving above were the leaves still
bravely .green. The roots of the trees
are.deep down, and with a firm, tight
hold they live on and defy the drought
conditions. When I see the stout-
hearted settler holding grimly on while
the grass. gets dry and withers, and
the stock, get, thin ... I cannot help
but think that he must gain some
courage and sympathy from these.
green -leaved. trees.. .
After the seasonal rains there
cane a transformation of the county
that was startling in its rapidity. . . .
Buds shot forth and flowers formed
and bloomed with such rapidity that
it looked as if the whole of nature were
running a race with time. Following
the bursting of the blossoms came the
hatching of gaudy .caterpillars and
soon thousands of brilliant butterflies,
intoxicated with the subtle scent of
flowers, flirted in the sunbeams that
peeped through the loose-Ieaved foli-
age.—Capt. Sir G. H. Wilkins, M.C.,
in "U'ndiscovered Australia."
Every knock one man gives another
is intended for a boost to himself.
for the 36 -inch size, .2% yards of 40
inch material with 11/. yards of 10
inch contrasting is sufficient to nutke
it, as pictured, or 3% yards of one
material. Price 20c in stamps or coin
(coin is preferred.). Wrap coin care-
fully. /
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write Your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and- size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred;. wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
Patterns sent by an early mail.
Qua& Medicines
Edinburgh Weekly Scotsman (Con.)
Mr. Lloyd George's panacea for unem-
ployment is no cure at all. Even his
henchman, Sir Herbert Samuel, agrees
with Mr. Runciman,that a permanent
cure for unemployment can only be
found in a revival of trade. How Mr.
Lloyd George's scheme is going to re-
vive trade passes the comprehension of
anyone who gives a moment's thought
to the subject, and 10,000, windy ora-
tions will not convince a single
shrewd worker that the way to end a
period ofdifficulty is to go .in for
unlimited borrowing.
Golfers who wear bifocal glasses,
half the lens for near and the other
half _for far vision, are said to have
general advantage over the other play -
ere; they seldom top the ball
Tom Cheek of Virginia, who lately
diedin the stall of his favorite horse
in Havana when the horse lost a race,
was suppoeedly aged 104 and hftd
been a jockey before the Mexican war.
On the stock farm of John E. Mad-
den' in Kentucicy, none of, the help is -
ever permitted to raise his voice to
a.thoroughbred horse -mach less his
hand.
MUT!' AND JEFF— —ley Bud Fisher.
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AIN'TTNAT A VIOLATION
OF THE PARKING LAW?
Place Your Order for To -morrow's Paper Early and See How Jeff
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Peat Bogs, Ponies
Eigg Is famous for its ponies and
horses, and I remember, when first
I stb ag, iuer
of beautifulayedaL
little Shseeetlanders,ng'anynmb
now
no longer bred on the island, brows.,
big on its shores. Many ad the
islander's have their own horse or
pony, and those with ropes, often of
straw, for bridiee, are saddled with
panniers on each side when a supply
of fuel is wated from the peat-eut-
tinge. The spectacle of these com-
fortably circumstanced crofters with
their well -condition animals is both
pleasing and highly picturesque. The
first I ever met was a stout and com-
pactly built woman, with a white ker.
chief tied round her head, the em-
bodiment of good nature, health, and
contentment. riding leisurely along,
seated between the panniers on the
back of n sturdy cob.
Just through the gate where you
leave the road for the short cut down
the cliffs to Laig House, and enter
the peat cutting of Blar Dubh (black
moor), the prospect outspread before
you is entrancing. You look beyond
the foreground, where bracken min-
gles with tall foxbioves, over the wide.
sweep of moorland—in late summer
a mass of purple heath—which rises
in successive terraces till it is crowned
by the Sgurr—from this point a low,
elongated crest. In the middle dia.
thrice a herd of fine Highland cattle
often browse, very handbmne in their
long horns and richly colored, shaggy
coats, and quite irresistible when they
include little woolly calves it :heir
company..
To get ov.er to Laig House front
the gate, you must cross byplank a
burn, which is most beautifully flower.
bedecked. It has cut for itself a deep
path through the pat, which colors its
waters a rich dark brown. In them
grows a curious plant, which is per-
haps the yellow marshdock, and a"tall,
handsome thistle with a smooth 'stem
and -a large head whose speeies.I have
been quite unable to identify. Amongst
the wealth of flowers and ferns which
thickly fringe its banks are valerian,
rneadowsweet, and golden clumps of
the marsh marigold, called, in Gaelic
the "shoe of the water horse" from
the shape of its leaves. The beautiful
holler' that this burn crosses is guard-
ed by the peaks of Rum, which rear
their heads in the distance over a ridge
of 'moorland. Wrens, which are spe-
cially numerous here, flit about .he
hollow, which they seem to share with
the redbreast. In the Highlands the
wren is accounted the king of birds,
for did he not soar higher than the
eagle onthe day when there was a con-
test amongst the birds for the suprem-
acy of the air? The wren challenge
d
itesagle's right to claim the kingship,.
and all unknown to the eagle, settled
upon his backwhen he began his
flight. When the eagle had soared
as high as he could go, hecalled out:
"Where are you now, brown wren?"
whereupon he wren at once flew off
and upward, and called out: "Far, far
above you!"—M. E. U. Donaldson, in •
"Wanderings in the Western High-
lands and Islands."
Milady May Get
Her Sable at Home
Ontario Attempting - to Prod-
uce Valuable Little Siberian
Native
IS AN EXPERIMENT
If Successful Organized
Breeding Throughout Pro
vince is Likelihood
Ontario's growing' fox breeding in-
dustry may be complemented in time
by the organized production of sables,
the little black bushy -tailed animals
whose pelts are so, highly valuedas
to have become, as garments, the
synonym of wealth.
A pair of Russian sables anda pair
of their cousins, the stony martens._
has been brought to the government
experimental fur farm at Ktrkfleld by
the provincial department of game,
and fisheries. They arrived with the
shipment of Hungarian poi ridges for
which arrangements were made some
time ago,
The importation of the sables is an
experiment on the part of the depaft•
ment'to ascertain whether then vela.
able ,animals can be raised in Ontario.
If the experiment is found successful
at the Kirkfield farm, it is believed
likely that the organized breeding of
these animals will follow, as in the
case of foxes. -.
Department officials expected to re-
ceive 1,000 of the Hungarian part,
ridges, but only 250 were forthcom-
ing. This lessening in the shipment
was due to the scarcity of partridges
this year in Czechoslovakia, the habi-
tat of this species.An unusual wave
of extreme cold in Czechoslovalca last
winter almost decimated the country's
stock of the birds, it is stated.
The 3Cirkfleld farm has had a most
successful year, Hon. Charles McCrea,
minister of game and flsheriea stated.
Two litters of ininlc had been raised
as well al Go or 70 pup foges. '' The
superintendent of the farm, Dr. Ronald
Law, was being highly commended by
fox breeders, all over the province: for
his work, said Mr. McCrea, who ex
pressed great satisfactiou with Dr.
Law's efforts,
A really dependable market tip—
asparagus, -Cltristian Selonee Moni-
tor,
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