The Seaforth News, 1929-07-18, Page 6Sunday School
Lesson
July ' 4. Lesson 11—Ezekiel Teaches
Personal Responsibility Ezekie
33; 7.16,, Golden Text --Every one
of us ghee give account of himself
to tool,—Romans 14; 12,
ANALYSIS,
I. neentlettere RESPONSIBILITY, ch. 18
1,32
II, TliIi WATCHMAN'S WARNING, oh, 33;
1-20.
just conte of the full of the city to
Jerusalem into the ruthless hands et
the Chaldeaiis,,v- 21, All hope of n
speedy restoration of the ceptives was
ROW gone, Ezekfei's prediction had
come true, and the people could ne
longer doubt that he had spoken to
therm as a prophet of God. Formerly
they had been excusing themselves,
blaming the silts of their fathers •for
the ealatnittee that had come upon
them, ch. 18, Now they are in despair
—hope and pride have vanished. Eze-
kiel feels very heavily the responsibil-
ity which rests upon himself as welt
as upon them, upon himself as God's
watchman, charged with their' care
and right guidance, and upon them be-
cause they are now convinced of the
truth o£ his repeated warnings, and
that he has indeed spoken to thein
the words of God.
From the beginning of his propbette
ministry Ezekiel had ben led to think
of himself as a watchman unto the
house of Israel (v. 7. Compare 3; 15-
21), His duty was to warn, the whit-
ed of his way to turn from it. No roan
has eyes felt more deeply than he the
importance and obligation of such a
task—the task of the spiritual loader
in every age and in every nation.
The despondency of the people com-
mitted to his care is evident in their
words as quoted in v. 10. Moffatt ren-
ders, "Son of man, tell Israel:: This is
your cry, that 'our transgressions and
our sins press upon us, we am wasting.
away under them; how can we live,
They no longer excuse themselves
they admit their sins, but despair of
forgiveness. The prophet's words are
full of comfort and of hope for the
truly repentant. None of his sins that
he hath committed shall be Mentioned'
unto him. The way of repentance and
of well -doing will be for him the way
of life, v. 16. This is the justiee,'and
this is the equity, of the way of the
Lord.
INTRODUCTION—Tile earlier prophets
address themselves to the nation as a
whole, rather than to the individual.
They emphasize the:eommon duty and
the eomnlOT responsibility, and this
surely needs emphasis, especially in
our cwn age of somesvh rt exaggerated
individualism. But in Ezekie 's • time,
the nation was swiftly going to de-
steuetion. The common life of nation,
city, and country town, of sanctuary
and temple, was being broken up. The
people were emigrating to other lauds,
dispersed or captive. Individual char-
' peter and, faith now become all im-
portant, Only by these, in strength
and purity, could the religion of the
fathers be preserved. Only by a new
sense of individual and personal res-
.ponsihility could Wren meet the urgent
need of their time, bear its heavy bur-
dens, and preserve hope for the future,
Only by faithful men, relying upon
the covenant faithfulness of God, could
the inner life of the nation be saved
from utter extinction and revived in
tee glory of the new age of deliverance
toward which the prophets looked with
eyes of confident expectation. In both
Jeremiah and Ezekiel we findthis new
emphasis upon the relation of every
man directly and personally to God,
upon the cultivation of the inner life
of the spirit, and upon individual
moral conduct and responsibility.
I. INDIVIDUAL nnsFoNSIBILIh'Y, Ch. 18:
1-32.
Apparertly it was a common thing
In those first years of captivity and
exile for the people to put the blame
for all their troubles upon the sins
of their fathers. "Our fathers sin-
ned," they said, "and we bear the con-
sequences." "The fathers have eaten
emir grape% and the children's teeth
are set on edge" (compare Jer. 31:
29, 30). It was an easy way to throw
off responsibility, all the easier be-
cause in some measure it was true.
Children do suffer for the sins of the
parents -(see Exod. 20: 5 and 34: 7).
The mistake they made was i11 suppos-
ing this to be the whole truth, -and
refusing to accept their own share
of the blame. The prophet declares
also the parallel and complementary
truth that a man is not hopelessly
implicated in the penalties which fol-
low upon the sins of the past. The
way to life and the favor. of God is
open to him if ho will turn from the
ways of evil and do what is lawful
and right in the sight of God.
The fundamental truth is that stat-
ed in v. 4. All souls belong to God.
He in interested in, and concerned
with, every soul of man, his character
and his destiny. Ultimately every
man will be judged according toorhi
oven deeds, whether they be good
whether they be evil (see Jer. 17: 10;
32: 19: Psalm 62: 12; Rona. 2: 6).
It is interesting and helpful to study
the character of the "just" man as de-
scribe' by Ezekiel, vs. 5-9, 14-17. He
does not frequent the idol sanctuaries,
nor partake of their sacrificial feasts
upon the mountains. Ile does not break
the Social laws by which the sanctity
and purity of the hemi arc' guarded.
He has consi'hrate regard for the poor
and the needy. In a position of author-
ity he hall executed true judgment
between nen and man. He has rever-
ently .walked in and kept the laws of
God. The character of the unjust man
is just the mposite of this. The one
is rewarded Jed by a good life in the favorTor
and urdcr the blessing of God.
other i, ',r"ished by the loss of that
favor end Messina', in which is true
life. and so by a death of sin, a spir-
e -Wel death-. which heains even while
he lives, end from which he can escape
only be the mercy of God, and by ee-
j`ortnefi n er conduct, vs. 21-23, 27, 28;
Isle. 55: I;. 7.
For God is merciful as well as just.
He has no pleasure in the death of the
wicked, but rather that he should re-
turn from laic ways and live. Com-
pare Psalm 103: 8-12; Iso. 57: 16-18;
,Micah. 7: 18, 19; 1 Tim. 2: 4; 2 Peter
3: 9. His mercy crowns and perfects
his justice. It is not primarily God's
will, but their own iniquity that brings
ruin upon them, v. 30.
Ii.
erre WATCHMAN'S WARNING, Ch, 33:
1-20.
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"Part*':,—Are
The. ' co omk I
Arab PalaceCottages
.
About' the eelteti'uotiote of the Arab 1 Once tlto trate was timer way It
Palace there 10 something essentially 'oorr left the eheckerihterd of Lease
insubstantial and ethereal. The sloe• boldine eine climbed into the rolling
der columns, whether single or eouutry of ilio Murgia i foabhilis,
grot)pee, wenn quite overborne by the I'Within a fess, mhos the whole aspeet
apparently enormous weight of nerve cl tagen. At Bret the brown soil be-
sonrY which th03' sustain, and It is came delicately flecked whit white,
act until 0110 realizes flow much et the first out•cropDings. Of these lime-
thl`sis merely wbod that the secret is stone ridges. Gradually the stones in-
explained. Then the symboblc origin creased in size and numbers and, with
of the curious style becomes clear, tins alumni, the efforts of the "peas- O
It is all an idealized roverlea:name of ants to dispose of them canto into ovi-
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the nontod life 0E tlteeelesert, The ebl- denoo with the low, looselyPtled stone
mane are nothing more than tent- walls winch began to line the' land-
potee, the vaulted ceilings are the scapo. Mile by"the walls in.
tents, while the brilliauttycolored creased in breadth and height to a elm
walls, with their fantastic adpruments, eldtouloualy beyond what was 'hada:-
represent the fiitney, filmy draperies, al as to barrier, tapering Slightly from
the tapesttries and hanging rugs that a five or
six-foot -nttbase ant. dthefotn
tent • interior's, ..
r
gave air air of inlay luxuriance to tare oil or eve
eosed In size they increased In
.
The decorative worle In the eisreb rtuutber, making the fields smaller
palace is of that pecullur intricacy and and smaller. Though there were
richness which. is popularly associated more and More Stones iu the. fences,
with the Alhambra, • The halls, every scarcely leas seemed to remain in the.
tuck of them are covered with ar- white -Reeked soil, which nevertheless
abeeeuee of the most ainazing splen supported grain and vines and fruit
dol', which et first appear to have trees. Another result of the effort to
Moen traced and sculptured by hand, rid the soil of stones wore the great
but are, le fact, "worked on plaster of cubical ricks of them 'which rose in
Paris laic, in plates upon the emeeth the middle of some fields,
surface of the Well. Interwovou with Just here in the midst of this stone
the somewhat artificial geometrical world one comes upon tho.curioas cot -
designs end the less -frequent motifs Cages' called truill, or, as somethhes
of greater vitality aremottoes in Ar- pronouueed ,in the Weal dialect, teed -
able Characters; extolling the great- did. Locally, also ono hears them. re-
ness of Allah; the exploits of Moslem ferrel to as %assail and cassade, but
sovereigns, the beauty of the Alitam these are regional r'efer'ences to thou
bra halls and gardens .. merety as small country dwellings,
All this is so much unlike anything farmhouses or huts, without reference
to which the visitor from the West Is to the ;muzzle cleenectee, they take
accustomed that lie should not find it from their own distinguishing foil
ditacnit to transport himself into mel- tures .. ,
l°,4yat times of his own imaginings. These apol mou-
Ile cau People the towers and oinleaI housesre in thssiblye ticivielizedoat wocoricl.
terraces with Moorish knights iu lux• The material costs the builder moth-
uriously-apointed armour—courts and ins-. He la not even at the expense of
halls, now empty ,and silent, with carting since he fltrds.`tho stones an
nobles and fair ladies iu'robes of the spot where he betide. The Stones
brilliant whiteness .or many -hued are used la the fiat, irregular form
silks -the tipsier apartments used in tits which they crop out of the soil so
atroyedwinter'(most of which are lions, there is no cost for working up the
modified„nogleetod or clestrgyed) with
material. The farinor, by gathering
those same courtiers and 1 ladies, the stories for 121shouso helpstp, clear
adorned profusely with god his laud,, soil so places more soil at
precious stoned, reclining an laxerious itis disposal for cultivation. hIoreover,
divans, In halls lit with hanging construetioit costs noticing except
'time, for :each farmer holies Iris eivu
tvelio without site expense of archi-
tect or mason. PinlLlly, it is a build.
ing which stands iudetlnitely with a
minimum of renewal or repair.
In this region of the Plage. dol trulli
there are no farmhouses welch are
the "Intperoyal",- Gypsy..Metlr plane presented to the Aviation
Premier Ferguson of Ontario citristeuiug nil The piano is being
nand by Major Gen. J, IL MacIerien, C,B„ C,M,S., D.S,O., m his travels ab
aviation.
League, of Canada by Imperial Oil .Limited; at the opening et the Hamilton o ibrp oliel country in the interests
of
Farm Notes
The well arraued herbaceous bor-
der is -a charming feature of the well
kept home grounds If. the plants
have been well selected there is as-
sured a continuous Rower display
from early spring until the autuuut
frosts arrive. The perennial border
may be started either by the- purchase
of plants in the fall or spring of the
year ,or by raising the plants from
seed. The latter way is much more
economical and this is the season of
The Fairies
The fairies have never a penny to
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Tasty Dishes'
peluk, Cheese Creole With Bacon
They Haven't a thing put by,, E Saute 1 tablespoon diced ontol
Bat. theirs is the dower of blz'd and o tablespoons green -pepper, %looped tine
flower' . and 1 tablesoon batter. Add 3 cup
And theirs are the earth and the tomato pulp, canned, or fresh. Oook
sky. five minutes, Add 1 cup grated
And though you should live in a pal-' cheese; yh teaspoon salt and- a few
acro- of gold grains cayenne. When ell -nese is
Or sleep Ina dried-up ditolt, • melted, add 2 tablespoons milk ;and
Ton could never be poor as the fatties 1 egg slightly beaten. • Cook,. stirring
are, lentil smooth, about live minutes,
And never as rich. Serve on toast with broiled bacon.
p Dark Fruit Cake
the year when the seeds should be
planted for next year's border. Ina Since ever and over the world began One-half sup Putter, 22 eggs, ee cup
new bulletin on, "Herbaceous Perm,: They, have danced like a ribbon 01 brown sugar, a cup milk, 2 cups emu, ▪ by bliss Isabella Preston of.th® ?lame, a's cap raisins, seeded and cut In
Horicaltaral ,Division of the Dounin- They have suug� their through pieces, ria cup currants, 1/2 cup citron
Ion Experimental Farms, it is recent- the centuries long thinly sliced and cut in strips 34 cup
mended to establish the seed bed in Au ctyet it is never the slime. molasses ria teaspoon lesion, iii tea -
e, shady position though not under And though you be -foolishp
trees The sots need not to rice, u you e wise, ,
BLOOMER DRESS
Printed linen takes its place in the
mode and is used -for a most unusual
bloomer dress for the growing miss of
6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. The bac
of waist extends over shirred front,
forming yoke effect. The short puff
sleeves are a new style feature, Col-
lar can be made in plain or scalloped
outline. The attached two-piece skiib
with smartly pressed plaits, allow
plenty of freedom for the activities of
youth. Pattern No. 821 consists of
dress and bloomers. For the 8 year
size it requires 234 yards. of 36 -inch
material with ee yard of 18-iueh con-
trasting. Printed sateen, chambray,
tub silk, cotton broadcloth, checked
giugham, printed crepe de chine an
printed cotton foulard also smart.
Price 20c in stamps or coin (coin pre
ferred). Wrap rein carefully.
There is much in this chapter that
es a repetition of the prophet's teach-
/ n in cit. 18. But a new situation has
arisen, It is the twelfth year of the a husband without bein' robbed too:'
eaptivity (B.C. 586), and news has screened and not heard.
or though soon 'soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ee lamps of brass or gold, heated. with
1 ' U t U i teaspoon clove, Ye teaspoon mace, • brasher; of exquisite design, and Par
if it is very heavy it is recommended Withhair of silver or geld: Indian Tapioca Pudding fumed by eastern gums burning in
to lighten it was sand. Por god You could Bever be Young as the Three tablesiipons Iseerl tapioca, censors, the niches meant for which
germination the surface soil must be .. fairies are,
ends soaked several hours in a little cola still remain. This imaginative 'trans•
very -flue, Miss Preston t•ecomm And never as aid.
a width of four fast for the bed and a water then add to 1 quart of milk formation .of the upper- apartments is
d col• in doubel collet ttntti pleat, the most necessary o all
nn 0' t for us to
length limited only by the available Food and idle Girl
it of Wet -2 tablespoons Indian meal with, make, for only so can we enter Into not truth, that ice there are none but
garden space and the quantity
This London EN ening News (Ind. Cons.) : cold milk and add to above, coking 10 the life of the Alhambra during .those
plants desired to be grown. When doctors are iu conference they conical roofs as far as the eye can
a wealth ofd minutes. Remove from fire and cool, brief Spanish winters, when there oeei And, by a curiosity et structural
bulletin, which contains t sometimes do agree, 'American clogwas less of westera.warfare and more
horticultural information, the resin slightly; then add ?%s cup each of custom bora, one may at a distance
and ob- tors in their annual cong'r'ess at At- sugar and molasses, 1 egg, a little, of eastern delight. Oriental carpets toll ata glance of how many rooms
of many years' exnerieuce I ,antic City differed in the blame they butter, pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon each of a 1«suiy undretiued of wore
servation, Is now ready for dish bubrought from Persia and Damascus each house consists, for i4 it have
tion at the Publications Branch of the assigned to cigarettes, late hours aneS
ginger and cinnamon, hod bake in a more than one.room thea each room
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Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. vtsuiflefeut winter clothing as taus very Slow oven three tire, to cover the marble floors, and, though.has it Bowe. conical roof, The trallo
1 prune Pie • the visitor today sees only the bare-
The perennials best suited for Can- of Meese among girls of 14 to 13 nose r' to . .summer; we may with one cone may represent a store
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The
• gardens in all parts of Canada Years; but they di'd agree that4U a Cook. one Pound of prunes in water House, or an animal shelter; or the
r enumerated and described and chief cause of the high roto o t to, cover wall, as you would for sauce. fie sure that the short days in those dwelling of one o the ;poorest o the
are , halls of splendor were lib less idyllic
their culture carefully' dealt with. %ideals among them was that they 'iNheu tender, remove stones, and, than long: contacl[ui. According to the means
slid not eat enough. Well, it is not o the builder, or the. increasing size
Grades for Strawberries ,n over here. Overeating is almost sweeten to taste. Cover a deep pie °
The marketing of all kinds of Prod- plate with nitro', turn in the prunes. of his fatly, as he adds rooms he odea
• ismaterially helped when prop- the t Sprinkle a little nutmeg over the top a cone above each ot.them, so that
eel tt Y arts means taking if you fills the flavor), cover with larger train present a amity group
arty graded. The Frith Commission- ( y
apartment of Agriculture If the de a top crust and bake until crust is of throe, Your, five or even seven or
eroftheD
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
Burglar (sternly) : "Where's your
husband?" and flue per cent. by volume may fall; few days ago after a courtship whac experimental crusting operations will
Woman (trembling): "Under the below the remaining requtremedts of lasted fifty years.”
Pad" the grade• Husband "I suppose the .poor old, sprea in an effort. tle contra, qhs
Burglar: "Then I won't take any- spread of the spruce budworm, whlclt
D- I roan was too feeble hold out any is ravaging the balsam and pulpwood
thing. It's bad enough to have such Hollywood children should be longer;' ds of the district. '
stair•
e universal fault, if by overeating
a few ounces a
eachmeal more than is absolutely
needful to renew vitality.
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New York Sun: There are two
browned and well done. Economical kinds of biography which are equally
and easily prepared.' Also delicious bad. The one' errs on the side of
either warm or cold.
Spanish Soup
at Ottawa has offered recommendedvelopment of tuberculosis in the av
grades for strawberries. First of erago English girl depended solely
all it is recommended that the fruit land wholly on her starving herself sae
be divided into Number 1, Number 1 would never get tuberculosis.
Camting, and Number 1 for jam. The
speclfications for Number 1 straw-
berries calls for fruit with the calyx
and a short stem attached ,which are
well former, of good color, firm but years ago the United States was hard -
not overripe, free from surface mots ly more advanced in States
matters of hy-
tni'o, bruises, bird pecks, mould, and hy-
giene than we are at present. Thanks
from damage, caused sand;'dtsease to constant and intensive propaganda,
or other means. The minimum die
meter for this grade is three-quarters 'in the art of which our neighbours are
est masters, they have arrived at
et an tuck, measured from silo to i as tonishing results. The City of New
side. !York can show an incredible death
Number -frac • o agglomeration
Public Health
Le Devoir (Ind.) : Twenty-five
adulation; the other on that of re-
famation, The one makes imitation
angels of all :its subjects; the then
Two curse carried tomatoes;, three mattes of them limbs of Satan. Be-
etles Savita broth, two' tablespoonfuls, bunkers are entitled at least to this
butter, half cult chopped; sweet pep
pers, 'salt. Melt the butter, add the
Peepers and simmer five minutes.
Add the ,tomatoes and Savita broth
and simmer twenty minutes. Strain, they permit their method to degen-
erate and serve. into slander for profit.
Date Muffins
much credit:- they .have made sticky
sentimentality unfashionable iu bio-
graphical writing. But the debunk-
ers themselves need debunking when
One-third cup butter, 31. cup 'sugar, Tine east ® Cras&ein
1 egg, 3 level teaspoons' baking pow- g
der, �4 cup milk, 2 cups. pastry flour New York I•Ietald-Tribune: There 10
discussion among jurists as to 'wheth-
er airplanes should be liable only for
damages they inflict through negli-
gence or absolutely liable, and a
strong argument for the latter view is
the extreme difficulty of proving that
the pilot' (who is likely to be dead)
was negligent. The Connecticut law
makes the plane liable only when
there has been negligence, but. the
law, already adopted in twelve States,
which has been drafted by the. Com-
mittee on Uniform State Laws makes
It absolutely liable.
N 1 1 canning stran'berrres are
recommended to consist of field runt for such a dense agglome t' or bread flour, 4 ;teaspoon salt, scant
fruit, clean, sound, ripe, firm, and of I of people. It is education in the 1h ..pound dates. Gream butter and
form size, of good eolor and tree School, the factor and the home which sugar, add egg beaten light. Sift to-
uni o dry
Yrm malformed or moniteyfaced bele has infict, a.d these majority
ofct- mother three theefirstemixture alters
ries, soon, in fact, as the nvajority of and add to
ICic tions for Number 1 jam 'zeas are convinced of the importance utility with the milk. Boat thorough -
Tho spec c
strawberries call for flo id run fruit,' of hygiene, of the elementary truth ly and add the dates cut in pieces,
coo `
1 n, ripe, and of good color, free ',that health is the first gift of. nature Bake in hot well -buttered muffin pans.
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from malformed or monlceYfnced ter -land must be protected,
, bbodies
ries. are forced to adapt heir buseesin Ottawa—The bi
.Ford tri -motor sea -
.red
In order to allow for variations in consequence. plane,
°Entomological Branch oof ithe
%idem to careful commercial grading y
lraudlin an allowance of five ifs With newspaper) — "Just,
Department of the Interior, wilt cave
aid g, W ( LOttaV✓a almost immediately for SPost.
pair cent• under rho prescribed size , think of its A couple got married a j Tree Out, north of Sudbury, where
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Pretty Nurse: "Ever`y time I take
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the patient's pulse it gets faster,' What
shall I do?"
Doctor: "Blindfold him."
Tiine To Use a Little Elbow Grease.
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eight cones in each domestic unit.
Seen' alone each truilo, with its squat
side walls and its roof of one or several
cones presents a. sufficiently curious
object ... or a emulous gigantic bee-
hive, Here, however, one does not
find the isolated specimen, They are
everywhere about, as far as the eye
can see. In the little commune of
Martina Franca alone there are
nearly twothousand: trulli. There
are more trulli in the twenty-five miles
from- Francavilla to Alirerobello, the
plaga clef trulli, than there are nur-
aghI in the entire island of Sardinia.
Farm-
I`efllri'
Kansas City , Star: When the Re-
publican party promised farm relief
it 'promised au agricultural tariff bill.
That was the second big factor in the
remedy the party held out in its re-
lief program, The west accepted the
platform pledges in good faith. T3otI1
Congress and Mr. Hoover were bound
by it. What 'the west expects new,
is that the President will keep. faith;
The tariff bill that the House framed
was not an agricultural tariff bill.
Cloaked under the guise of a tariff
for agriculture, . it really was a bill
for further protection to the indus-
trial east.
MARITIME POWER
Chicago,Tribune: The -need for
public education of the American wo-
ols in the nature and requirements of
maritime power is . as great as it is
greatly ignored It is neglected by
the Nese, , by Lite schools, by the
many organizations of citizens, even
by those organizations of business
men which ought to know their own
material interests. We are soon to
enter upon renewed negotiations for
naval reduction and limitation. The
problems involved should be examin-
ed with a clear underetanding of our
American interests, and not in ignor-
ance of them act oder a heedless urge
of substential altrubsnt, It is not
truly altruism to weaken the seeurity
of the American people, nor does it
make for world peace.
Vaeutiin Cleaner Agent: "Can I sell
you a really good machine?"
Beelines Men: "Come back ap
Thursday."
"Sorry, but t'1i be out of town
Teure ayes
"So wilt I," ' '