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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-07-25, Page 3Sunday "School Lesson "+line 21. Lesson ill--Ezekiel'e Visio of Hope—Eseklei 47;. 1-9, Golds ,Text --Of the increase of his gov ernment and • peace there shall It no end.—Isaiah 9. 7. ANALYSIS. I. zan ,,atvr8 or LICE, vs. 1-5, , It, el RESTO9ED P,IRADISE, vs, 6-12. \' INTRo0UOT10N—Ezekiel believed, as Jeremiah did, that a One of reetora- tion would come, rind that the exiled people of Israel would return to their own Iand, In exile a remnant, map ed from the sword, would repent, and wpuld remember the Lord, ch, 6: 8-10 Ellen the Lord would gather. them and -bring them hack, and put a new spirit in them, and renew with them the all- eient covenant bond, ch, 1I: 17-20; 16; 60-63.,. He believed also that the king. dont would be restored and would be- edme prosperous, ch. 17; 22-24, For, the prophet declares, :lehovall will be the good shepherd of his pee. ple, caring for them and keeping them in the happy days that are yet tel .come, eh. 34. "And thy shall say, Tluis land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden," ch. 36; 35. ,A new David will arise whom the Leadwill make king over a purified nation '(ch. 34: 23; 87: 24),and his sanctu- ary will be establised in Israel for ever, ch, 37: 27, 28. It is in harmony with this"expeta- tion that Ezekiel;preseuts to us, in chs. 40 to 48, a remarkable picture of the restored city and tetitple to which lie believes the Lord will -return, and in which he'' will once more make his dwelling. 'The picture is presented as though -seen in a dream or vision.. He stands upon a high mountain, he sees "a building like a city in' front" of him, "he passes through its 'courts, he watches the service of its great altar." Ap angel guides him and instructs him' as he goes, He sees coming back from the east tate glorious majesty of the. God of heal whom in a similar vision he had seen departing years before (compare chs. 10: 18, 19; 11: 22-24; and 43: 1-7).. There also is a place for the prince or king who will rule ;ustly and equitably over the people (ch. 45: 7-17). I. THE RIVER Or 050% vs. 1-5. The vision of the holy city, the temple, and the. glorified land contin- ues to the end of •the book. In the last verse the new name of the city . is given, Jehovah-shammah, "the Lorcf is there." Here -(v. 1) he is brought by his guide tr.,the door of the temple. which looked toward the east. He sees a river of water issuing from the temple, .from under the threshold on the right, or south, side,. flowing east ward past the eltar, 'eThe eastern gates were apparently closed (ch, 46: 1), and, therefore, he was led out of the temple court by the north gate and "`round upon the outside of the outer gate that faced eastward" (v. 2, Mof- fatt). There on the right side the waters were flowing out into the open •counry. The mat with the line . - in his hand is, of course, the angel guide (ch. 40: 3). The river as it advances becomes deeper. At four: thousand cubits it becomes waters to .swim in, a river that could not be 'passed over. The vision is no doubt, to be inter- preted in terms of 'spiritual realities, The sanctuary, which represents the' dwelling of God with his :people, be-' comes a source.of blessing to the en- tire country. The influenc.. of the 'sanctuary go out, broadening and deepening, to enrich the life of all the land, bringing life and fertility even into dead and barren places. "This splendid -imagination vividly suggests the beneficent and life-giving influ- ences that will stream forth from the church of God upon the sick and'fam- iehed souls of a dead and arid world," eake's Commentary, It was by a true insight into the prophet's meaning that the writer of te book of Revela- 'tion (ch. 22), was led to Ilse this sane figure,—"a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,: proceeding out of the throne of dod and 'of the Lamb," the. river of divine. grace, and'of spiritual clessing. See also Psalm 46: 4. II, A nns'ro ED PARADISE, vs. 6-12. The country --til the' east of Jeru- salem, extending to the Dead Sea, is • for the most part rugged and barren. G. A. Smith describes it as a "haggard desert." Thelife-giving river, in the prophet's vision, flows through this dead land into a dead and bitter sea, and makes the desert a paradise. Trees glow and bear fruit, and their .loaves have healing' virtue, and the bitter waters become sweet so that there shall be ar great multitude of fish. It is quite possible that the prophet associates closely in his mind material with spiritual blessings. The river and the paradie"which it cr0ates may' represent both, God is in the anidetvf his people.liis favor- is restored, l,[e bestows his gifts upon them bounti- telly,foed for the bodies and ;For the 139u19 oi? men, Apparently Ezekiel regards salt as one of the necessaries of Life, and see, thereferei in his vision the salt - marshes preserved, v. 11. "They are Et to he left for supplying salt," n The word desert Or, 8, Hebrew 4•rabah),is used to designate the deep e vSetltioo below. m south Jordan River and the Dead Sr. The Arabs call it, the Ghor, ,y En-Gedi was on the western ;side of 1,1w Dead Sea, The other place men- tioned in v, 10 is unknown. Toning With Sun.Tints d ., Th• e 'vogue for a sun-tatuled corn- pfexion'Influences women .lit the selec- tion 01 their lingerie. Frocks, too, are oltosen with: an outdoor sport emphasis in style and color, 'White is the outstanding success tor "both daytime aid evening wear but some vivid splash of color is iutrcduced through accessories—one of the new choker strings of wooden beads, a gay bleekecl linen handbag, or au en- semble of matching fiat and hag. Ali the pastel tintsin orchid, arose, but - toecap -yellow and lacilgo, rank next to white in favor. ,Wattle red standa. side by side with white for smartness.. Even shoes show the influence or the. suu-tan vogue: Either_ they have muck openwork or flaunt themselves frankly as geodetic Summer Grass Wit1t gentle dignity they bend. before the wind, The summer greasea, Rhythmically, quietly, As the wind passes. • The golden light of evening bathes' in colour Their bending heads, Gilding the pathway Where the wind treads. Endlessly .they bend and rise - and bend again. And .when Day fades And Night's blue. supplants Its golden shades Still quietly they bend.•their tufted heads-- Though eads—Though .no one sees— Ill silver ripples Under the breeze. Highwaymen La Petrie (Cons,): (A motorist In the Eastern Townships was .prevailed upon to stop by bandits, who pre- tended that an accident had taken place.) Mould It not be better to con- tinue on one's way, • especially at night, when people make signs of dis- tress? This is what some motorists are asking tllemselvee who believe prudence to be a mark of wisdom. But if there really are wounded, can we abandon them en the road, without attempting to help them? Most ac- cidents happen at night, so that it is pretty hard, if people asir: you tb stop and their car is upset in a ditch, not to pay any attention to their ap- peal for help. , . If people signal 10 you to stop at night, you had best be cautioua; it there is any doubt about it, don't stop. BOVINE OBJECTION "College boys can't work their way to Europe on cattle boats any longer?" "No—the cattle kicked." Brown was loaded up with parcels when his friend met him. "Been doing, a bit of shoppig?" asked the friend. "Yes- I've. bought my wife two new hats, two boxes of chocolates, and a string of pearls." Good heavens! what an awful quarrel you must have had!" r/ • Mrs, ulss Has Right of Way CLEVER POLICEMAN SAVED 18 LiVES Traffic officer on Micbigal/ Boulevard .saves eighteen feline lives by holding traffic until Frosty got her kitchen safely across the street. Economy in Business Clothes London—Smart summer clothes for the business woman may gent au extravagance, but in a season when Printed crepe 'de cliitle and many oth- er kinds of crepe are more than ever popular, one finds the difficulty al- ready solved. The widest Variety in patterns is available, and the small designs, so popular this year, are readily worn., S'or instance, a crepe ,dress In'dark blue and,'beige is most suitable for office wear; this 'mixture glees a fooling of freshness, but is not really a tight dress, and therefore wilt not quickly get dirty ,as the •paitern is. small. The toudeney in other years has been to adopt a plain ntate- cial for the coat. This season we see a leaning to coats of ;the same design as the frock, and this mode gives an air of gayety outdoors, is. pleasing, and Is particularly attrac- five• when a seven-eightlis-length 'coat is edged with dark or tight turas the case may' demand. In the accompanying sketch isgiven an impression of the 'popular ensem- ble made in beige•and-black Printer crepe de shine with black fur At the back or the neck are small tucks (the back 01 the tuck is outside) and these are four or live inches long, forming a yoke effect aotoss the shoulders, and give fullnese. There are many types of materials. A new silk-ancl-cotton crepe has ap- peared which is guaranteed anorush- able and is considerably cheaper than marocain and premises to be practi- cal for hard wear. .A lease canvas kasha -a sort of crepolla—is good tar" sports skirts and looks well with jersey fabrics. Taking trouble over one's ward- robe, over the little things, is re- warded and due consideration in the beginning is 'always an economy of time, for it is the tittle tbinge ,such as cotters or cuffs or belt, that malce a dress, The individual .touch hh such things just lifts a dress above tate ordinary. In the ease of the cos- tume illustrated, an individual touch might be added t0 the dress by the belt, p'or this two belts, one black patent leather; the other ehinese-red suede, might be combined, using the shiny black for the back -section and lceeping the front red. There is, at the moment,, a great fancy for bows and knotted ends, also s for flounces, shirred and kilted, Sleeves are caught in at the wrist C and knotted and several bows may appear on the gown, but one needs .n to be careful not to overdo this motif. e The scarf is very fashionable tied in a small bow over one shoulder. a Skirts for street wear see mostly even round the hem./ A pretty model gown in, printed crepe, showing a beige -colored daisy on a black back - ground, leas the skirt edged with black, the hem mounting up the skirt about 12 inches on one side, Great variety is expressed in. reek - ions, not so much on account of tate imateriale, .and the season may well be celled one or patterned fabrics.. On Being a Snob New York Sun: (Professor Rogers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has advised the boys not to marry the boss' stenographer, but to marry This daughter; always to buy' clothes with extra pairs of trousers and have one suit pressed each week; to buy a second suit pressed each week; to buy a second suit as soon as they can get tate money; to buy shoe trees for every pair of shoes; to be freshly, shaved and shined each day; to eschew in the evening a collar which has done aervied in the morning. Excellent suggestions these and capitally de- signed to achieve the end in view, of becoming a snob, of "putting up a front:" There is one thing, however, the Professor failed to tell the boys, a bit of warning that seems neces- sary. That is, if one of them ever goes into the office of a real gentleman asking for a job, that he keep secret both his great purpose In life and. the technical method by which he has acquired his own shame gentility. Otherwise, the gentleman might for- get be is a gentleman might forget he is a gentleman and call upon some husky and unsnobbislt person to come in and throw his unwelcome visitor down a back stairway. Silence Silence, the lone mustang Who -races thunder, Calle on space to give hila Voice for his wonder. Deep and deeper ever Into night Ire goes. Yet, from his still breathing Drops a gold rose. Hishoofs of .flint Hammer rocks sealed and dumb, Open the veins Whence mighty rivers tomo. Drunken Drivers Saint John Times -Globe (Ind,): Drivers of automobiles owe it to themselves and the public to remain ober. People who go to the suburban areas during the week and, not In- requently encounter drivers who are nder'the influence of liquor. In very welt case where the fact is proved, the penalty should be prompt nd severe, Graft in "Tt rkey Investigators Report Extor- tion by Customs Men Angora, Turkey.—The high cost of baksheesh, Turkish eeonomitts have just declared, is an important factor in the cost of Iiving in Turkey today, the necessities of life having seemed to such dizzy prices during the last few yars that the government 4kas summoned its experts to find a remedy. One expert reports that in order to get merchandise out of the Turkish custbins the importer is forced to dis- tribute among officials a sum averag- ing 30 per cent. of the imported goods' value money which eventually comes out of the coneumeh's' pocket. A battle against baksheesh must be waged, the report concludes, before the government can check the soaring cost of living, which has already in- creased more than 2,000 per cent. over pre-war prices. Squaw Wins Fight .Withtheir hopes. rather than apprehen- Bear 01005. They are not prepared 'to be - Handicapped by Papoose, lieve that they will fail when to the Kills Animal With face of greater ditiloulties their couu- Tiny Ax ' Sault Ste. Mame, Ont. Lrances Zuckigesick, an Indian woman of Franz, battled valiantly against a bear which attacked her as she was inspecting traps near her home, prohibition enforcement men. within. Carrying a papoose on her back, the bounds and to stop Ike outrages some woman was greatly handicapped when of the perpetrate. Equally it is the duty of citizens, and particularly of citizens in a city geographically situ- ated as Detroit is situated, to assist the Government by. themselves obey- ing the law, instead of hindering and thwarting it, by supporting and pat- ronizing enemies of law and order. /impatience Daugor Conitnel'clal: Impatience is. a Malady that afflicts a large propor- tion QC Aitterloaus, Thls is tuo,tilfest in '0100y Ways, Long beton a train, reaches the station Many get up and. stand is the aisles as if that would cause the train to arrive a bit sooner. Some feel that It is necessary to he the first to alight,''though they may not be pressed for time at all. If a train. is a few minutes late in arriving impatience is expressed In remarks About tine poor management of the road, If these Impatient people wait five minutes for a Street car, they de. clare it is a' hall hour, and ceiolulie that the road has gone bankrupt and has quit running Oars. :I1 an elevator is not available the instant they want it, they push the button and fuse and fume, It is not unusual for a pedes- trian to take a chance on a crossing and then turn and watch the train go by. It is not the value of time which makes such people hrury so. Instead of being as busy as they think they are, they are merely impatleut, Farm Relief List Windjammer May Be Preserved Proposal to Moor Garthpool itz. Thames is Put Forward Londow,-•Tito return 01 the Finnish four -masted barque Jiersogin Gecilie, the most fatuous of the remaining' shit. ing ships, to Salmouth has again rais- ed the question of absorbing interest to sailorrnen, Tuve the days Of Bail for this country departed for ever? Just before the war Britain had more than a hundred deop water square-rigged ships; three years ago there were fogur; today there ,s but one the Garthpool,' While efforts are being made abroad to retain sailing ships if only for training purposes, it seems to ilo. generally accepted, even by those 'elm regret the necessity to do so, that sail under the British flag cannot any long- er be made to pay, and must there- fore vanish from the face of the ocean. Naturally the suggestion comes for- ward that the Garthpool, the last of the great British windjammers, should Washington Post: The teet of farm, he preserved as a monument to tho relief will came in the application of! ast days of the sailing ship era for the $600,000,000 farm loan fund anal the instruction and inspiration of be no easy task to apply the-- attitude of the farmers. It fend will Lure generations of Englishmen. Cri- wisely. Every penny that is expend- ed wail go forth as a two-edged sword, to the relief of the farmer, but, pole)h- daily and possibly, to the destruc- tion et farmrelief itself. For if the tend raises the general level of farm far us,by the generosity of Captain considerably the temptation the considerable difficulty was may be to extend cultivation, and if further surpluses are harvested the farm problem will become, greater from year to year. Herein lies the test of farm relief—will the fact tics who pride themselves on their. practicality deride ,the proposition as a scheme for saddling ourselves with another white elephant, Already, they say, we have the, Cutty Sarlc at Falmouth, preserved experienced in raising the money for the restoration of the Victory and Im- placable, the, only surviving ships of Tt'hfaigar. The preservation' and that the Government has come to the maintenance of the Implacable and assistance of impoverished farmers foudroyant are only possible by the with a 5500,000,000 loan fund lead generosity of Dr. Wheatley Cobb, de. them to expand their acreage so that spite the fact that these ships are de- tltey can get as much of the "gravy" voted to the noble purpose of a train. as possible? ing ship for boys and Sea Scouts. 1VO MUSEUM OF SHIPS. Others point out that in' London Naval Disarmament there r is no' museum exclusively de- New York• Wold: The fact that the voted to the sea and ships are there 15 most difficult of all international quer- in Amsterdam, Venice and in Amer - tions, The atmosphere is right, lea; and that such an institution therefore, for such',a frontal attack would be a much more effectual and on the Anglo-American naval prob practical proposition in every way. • lem as Premier MacDonald Inas is Supporters of the Garthpool, how mind. The immediate cordial is• ever, are not without answers to these sponse from Washington in every re- criticisms. Far from being, Jealous of sponsible quarter to the suggestion the Victory, Implacable and. Fou,iray- that he visit this country during the ant, theyglory in their preservation, summer shows that the will to settle and in many instances have helped in the question has been aroused, Men making -the achievement possible. are ready to believe to -day What they There is half an acre of "floor would not have been ready to believe space .between decks and in addition' had Mr, Young failed in Paris—that one-third of an acre of deck space nn - a problem is soluble even if it is cone covered—enough accommodation to .. Wielded, They are ready to consult "be the envy of many West End clubs." One writer, under the initials' R. F. T, to the Nautical Magazine, sug- gests that she should be moored, `fully rigged, ahead of H.M.S. President,. alongside the Thames Embankment; as the headquarters of the Honourable. Company of Master Mariners, There is Much in a Naine Chicago News: In these days of plain speaking and open dealing, when in. couversation eveu women confess to having legs whereas their grandmothers had only limbs—theirs is, however, a greacefui Concession to the obvious—cud when flappers no the street demonstrate those acces- sories fa the natural huff, one is forced to look for super -refinement, The blood or inuocent victims cries for preciosity, to tousorieil8te, mord out from the ground against both tutees who make reckless and mem- clans, realtore and others of culture's trymen have just succeeded so bril- liantly. • The Citizen's Responsibility Detroit Free Press: Plainly, it is the duty of the Government to keep the bear which was followed by two cubs, charged her with savage fury. Armed only with a small axe, the wo- man fought for fifteen minutes, and finally Milled the bear, escaping her- self with a few' scratches. The animal was a large one. The cubs escaped. Cymbal: Mr, Bass Drum looks to be all in. Drum Stick: Yes, he got a good beatinglast night. Our Lives We make provisions tor this life as inal use of Government pistols, and Anwho ereea the occasion for the g` a war irrst'�i'tlm MUTAT ad boot- leggers, by patronizing them, ` Reparations Chicago Tribune: em tie whole, tile" recent Paris Conference cannot be considered a triumph of American fin- ancial diplomacy. The settlement was arrived at partly at the expense of the American people. It is said the cost Is a small one in exchange for world financial stability from which the United States will benefit. Possibly this is the fact, but ft 1s sig- niltoant that AinerIea has not been thought it were never to- have an end, wholly lacking in prosperity in. rec.. The man who says he owes every -,and for the other Iife as though it ent years without an international thing to his wino sometimes forgets were never to have a beginnitug. bank and a .separations settlement to what be owes to his tailor, Joseph tlddisom contribute to our wen being. re MUTT AND JEFF— Bankers Are Like That. i.ievF?rt " I JVs�;6ov-,y $ut2. PROM ee`f "Et ANk1, HJiG tdi ee IKG', i;oY Accounts' i!'oTt?9uckS�b? DRAWN AND WANTS Ms L'.q 6oNtslaVEt4 1.43' . roe , wr-.. BOZoSo`Mc�THING ' ,^p 115 1Y'9RNA'S'' rYOJ SHoULDN't B' '100 JUST BCcAifSc-1 T R0NCb `/ou'A,Adli tYoyR DVGIt.i ,A'RA'rINMActo ,jCFF: Bu SING S S .1 S aiu S,IN.C55 . ' v eertlitee., • .5f YOU SAY fl'% FAT"( SHORT. wilt. You; JUST t.00lr oLfg"t '(cute Bogle AN)), 45; Hetif Ml!- NcebtlNT, ,,SToo iN3^mak,a<cMScia?" -rttoRte. You ARC': ,l Time To Use a Little Elbow Grease. YOU t1Ao MY Mori[Y-ANb +......_...n, qtr'• +�» A-r,TED 4tKC A GCNTt_EMAN;. Z b+DN 1 ZANNOYou Ywr7N PtlorIsi .c4s 1 ,HAVC ft,' iitry;voL1:a ,RS' o 4 oUiiS, �h1uUJ a WOW acolytes within the temple of Mam- mon. Further to celebrate the studied elegance of present-day commerce it is fitting that we should record the passing of the second hand motor car. net lamilinx and useful me auisnt is being displaced by tile- re- possessed car, which Is more impres- y ..i�lio ,?iubstitelttt �l,,1 l se Prat. ends ®nticing possibittEios, . For change or ownership In any one of its myriad forms may be described simply and neatly as repossession. A repossessed idea, a repossessed anecdote, a repossessed Ito or hns- band—all the accretions which come from others to their present owners fall witliia the elassidcation. It ear - ries 00 suggestion of previous wear sad tear. Income Tax Quebec l8venemant (Cons.): Certain papers sympathetic to the Minister of Finance, Mr, Robb, admit that his last budget has disappointed the en tire world. There had been some Shope that, under the pressure of the depu- tation and the Press of the Province of Quebec, he would abolish that part of the income tax which amounts to a tax on salary. The Government Inas postponed this act of equity, we un- derstand, until next year, no doubt order to furnish its candidates Id an easy subject .for oratorica tilove opulent. Meanwhile, the salaried ma' pays in to the Treasury sums whl he would otherwise put away for rainy day, for himself or his depe dents. It is•1)lander of a luau's me Inge, a form of confiscation of capita and it Is a Liberal Government whie maintains this inigblty, 1.1 Morning ) There is an influen.oe in the light 'morning that tends 07 rectify wits ever errors of fancy, or even of lad rued, we may have incurred durl' the sea's decline, or among the sha 4ws of the night, or in the loss whet Sale' glow of nwonshine. • Ji Younis Goodman Brown, ,