HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-09-12, Page 3Sunday School
Lesson
September 8, Lesson X -Nehemiah
Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem-
Nehemiah' 4; 6; 15.21. Golden Text
-.The people had a mind to work.
--Nehemiah 4.•6
ANALYSIS
I, THE SURVLYBr NIGRT, OH, 2
II, THE BUILDING OP TIIE WALL, CH. 3.
THE eerosITroN, clip. 4, 6: 1 TO
IV'., A SOCIAL PROBLEM AND ITS SOLU
, TION, CkIAP. 5.
INSTRUorrolI-There was probably
:more than one attempt to rebuild the
wall of Jerusalem, whieh had been
/broken down by the Chaldean army in
B.C. 586. A brief note in )zar 4; 6
refers to some accusation, having to
-do with building, which was made a-
gainst the Jews in the reign of Ahasn-.
•erus (Xerxes, B.C. 485-464). A story,
is told in the same chapter (vs. 7=23)
.of a building enterprise in the reign.
•of Artaxerxes which was stopped by a
letter of protest sent to the king by
• hostile neighbors. The letter said that
the Jews "are building the rebellious
and the bad city, and heve finished the
walls and repaired, the foundations."
'The king's reply contained a decree
-to put a stop to the building, and these
.enemies of the Jews immediately hast=
•tined to Jerusalem and "made them to
cease by force and power." It is like-
ly that the work of the builders at
'this time was undone and the wall
again broken down. At any rate,
-travelers front Jerusalem to Babylon -
la in the twentieth year of reign of
Artaxerxes reported that "the rem-
nant that are left of the 'captivity
there in the province are in great
:affliction and reproach;. the wall of.
'Jerusalem also Is broken down, and
the gates thereof burned with fire."
It was report that caused much grief
to the king's cupbearer, a wealthy Jew
named Nehemiah, and around In himi
the patriotic desire to go to Jerusalem
,And do what he could for the city of
his fathers (se,ch. 1).
J. THE SURVEY BY NIGHT, cIT. 2.
Nehemiah, much distressed by the
mews which: he had heard waited for a
favorable opportunity to make his re
-
stillest to the king. Fortunately, we
have the story told in delightfully
;simple and graphic style by Nehemiah
himself, whose memoirs for a consid•
•erable part of his book (1: 1-7: 5 and
13: 4-31). The opportunity came when
the king observed his sadness and ask-
ed the reason. It is quite characteris-
tic of the capricious weakness of Ar-
taxerxes that he should now authorize
his favorite, Nehemiah, to do what he
had forbidden others to do a short
time before. So, Nehemiah says, it
pleased the king to send rue. He was
like Ezra, provided with letters to the
governors beyond the river, that is,
west of the river Euphrates, ordering
them to further hint on his journey;
and to keeper of the icing's forest, that
he give him •from=,the+ Lebanonn forests
the timber he would require for his
building. Two men of rank acid influ-
ence, enemies of the Jews, •Sanballat
and Tobiah, heard the news and It
grieved them exceedingly, that there
was come a man to seek the welfare
of the children of Israel..
Evidently there were influences at
work in Jerusalem itself to any
strengthening of the Jewish people, or
to giving the appearance of a separate
and independent state. The new gov-
ernor's plans were, therefore made
quickly and secretly. By night he
surveyed the ruined walls; in the
morning he summoned the people to
build. But Sanballat and his allies
laughed them to scorn.
II. THE BUILDING OF THE WALL, CH. 3.
The work -of building was carefully
planned and organized. The leading
families, theguilds of workmen, and
even the priests, were allotted their
respective tacks. The fallen debris
and accumulated rubbish were remov-
ed, the foundations laid bare, and on
all tides at once the building proceed-
ed. There was work for all, and
there werelto slackers.
III. THE OPPOSITION, CHS. 4, 6: 1 T0.
7: 4.
Opposition did have its baneful ef-
fect upon the minds of seine of the
faint-heartedor half-hearted, people
of Judah (4: 10), but it stimulated
most to greater effort. Sanballat of
Beth-horon was a Samaritan leader
who feared the growing power of the
Jewish state. His name indicates
that he may have''helenged'te an As-
syrian or Babylonian family whieh
had made iia home in Palestine, His
daughter was rnarried to a grandson
of the Jewish,•high priest (13; 2T),
He chose to cover his fear by an ap-
pearance of „scorn, What do these
feeble Jews? "A fox could break down
their wall," said his friend and ally,
Tobiah. Nehemiah's prayer for their
discomfiture can be readily understood
(vs. 3-4) He adds, very simply, "So
built wo the wall, .for the people had
a mind to work,"
The middle clause of verse 7 seems
to mean that the wall in all its sec-
tions was built. to half the required
height. . Such was the wrath of Jud-
ah's enemies that they conspired all of
them together, to 50030 and to fight
against Jerusalem, Nehemiah's con-
duct of affairs at, this crisis was ad-
mirable. He says, "We made our
prayer unto our God, and set a watch
against them day and bight" For.
thei> adversaries were planning a sur-
prise attack (v. 11), Nehemiah had to
guard against foes from without and
strengthen faint-hearted workmen at
•the wall. To make matters worse,
Jews who lived in or near the -enemy's
country, and who knew what was go-
ing on there, came ten times to per-
suade their friends and relatives who
were working on the wall to quit and
return to their homes (v. 12, Revised
Version). Nehemiah's courage and
firmness prevailed. Half of the peo-
ple were armed and ready for battle
at an instant's, call. The half who
worked carried each man his sword by
his side, By the leader's side was
the trumpetear to sound the alarm.
"Be not ye afraid of them; remember
the Lord," was Nehemiah's word to
the rulers. The enemy heard that
God had brought their counsel to
nought.
What they failed to accomplish by
force the enemy now sought to do by
guile. They invited Nehemiah to
meet them in one of the country vit
lages. "They though," he says, "to do
me mischief." Wisely, he declared him
self too busy to go. See the fhole
story of deceit and guile in ch. 0,
IV. A SOCIAL, PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUT-
ION, OHAP. 6.
The age -long problem of rich and
poor presens itself, and, like all that
Nehemiah attempts to do, is dealt
with in a large and generous way. In
verses 14-19 we have Nehemaih's
comments upon what was done writ-
ten twelve or more years later.
Gold Bullion at
Bottom of River
French 'Plane Carrying Gold
Crashes in Kent
A French bullion aeroplane carrying
gold to the value of $500,000 from
London to Paris had a forced landing.
here recently, crashing into some trees
in a field at Vesper Hawk Farm, at
the edge of the River Beutt.
The under -carriage of the machine
was torn off and two' boxes. with -some
$55,000 worth of gold inside were
hurled into the river.
Immediately the aeroplane came to
rest the pilot and the mechanic, who
were uninjured, jumped out and in a
state of the greatest anxiety concern-
ing the safety of their precious cargo
sought for assistance in its salving.
The bullion boxes were eventually
raised from the river bed by Mr. Pal-
ter, the owner of the farm and some
others by means of grapnels. The
boxes were then with the remainder
of the gold sent by lorry to Lympne
aerodrome - where a relief machine
conveyed them to Paris. •
The gold was in the field for an
hour before its removal. During that
time it was guarded by the pilot and.
mechanic was away obtaining help, by,
the pilot alone.
"Have you seen anything of Madge
this afternoon?"
"I'll say I have -almost all of her
there is."
We Can Ali Own Motors Now
AN HONEST -TO -GOODNESS MAIL CEDER FLIV'VER
Laid down in your backyard,. with garage complete, for 3200, this tiny car, built for two, .forms the latest
angle of the motor car problem,
Farm Notes
... Grades of Market' Hogs
The grading of hogs has gone
through deveral stages, each change
bringing thegrading system into more
nearly perfect relationship with the
conditions and needs of the industry.
The grades, which are now nine in
number, and designated as Select
Bacon, Bacon, Butchers', Heavies, Bs.
tra Heavies, Lights and Feeders,
Roughs, Sows, and Stags, are clearly
defied in a new pamphlet, No. 40, of
the Department of Agriculture at Ot-
tawa. The grading of the hogs is
done by official graders at stock yards,
abattoirs, and at such other points as
may be found necessary from Until !• h
time. New swine grading ,points or
centres may be established ou the re-
commendation of a provincial swine
breeders' or provincial producers' as-
sociation wpb find that the centres al-
ready in operation do not adequately
serve the territory in question, The
utmost care has been taken by the
Live Stock Branch of the Department
of Agriculture to meet every contin-
gency that may reasonably arise in or-
der to give effect to proper grading,
Which at alt times gives •first con-
sideration to the rights of hog raisers.
This pamphlet, numbered 40, which is
a handbook on the bacon hog and hog
grading; describes and pictures the
different breads suitable for bacon,
and good, bad and indifferent types of
market hogs.
Transplanting the Iris
Among the herbaceous perennials
no class has made greater progr•ese in
recent years than the iris. The beard-
ed iris in particular has been develop-
ed, improved, and multiplied at a
rapid rate. No garden is complete
without a few iris plants which, When
once given a good loation, rapidly
multiply into good large clumps:
There are many shade and combina-
tious of color in the iris. Bulletin N0.
113 of the Department,of Agriculture
at Ottawa, entitled "Herbaceous Per.
ennlais," conflate a list of thirty-five
varieties, including early and late
bloomers and many colors, and names
a number of varieties of each of the
best colors. The twelve best varie-
ties, according to Miss Isabella Pres-
ton, the author of the bulletin, are
Albert Victor, Alcazar, Flavescens
Knysna, Lohengrin, Mrs. Man Gray,
Opera, Parc de Neuilly, Proper Laug-
ier, Quaker Lady, Sherwin Wright,
White Knight. The itis season, which
commences in early June, lasts about
one month, and during the few weeks
following the plant reaches maturity
many of the blades fading out into a
brown wilted condition. It is when
this stage is reached that the plants
may be divided and set out in new
quarters. This bulletin, published by ,
the Department of Agriculture at 01
tawa, gives corresponding informa- may be used by eight' members each
tion for practically all of the worth of whom receives a change of cut
while herbaceous perennials as they each week for four weeks, which uses'
are found to prosper in each of the one side of the carcass, and repeated
provinces of the Dominion. for the seond four weelca, using the
Dressing and Cutting' Lamb Carcasses other side. -Issued by the' Director of
The killing of a lamb is an opera- Publicity, Dominion Department of
tion to shrink fro: a by those who have Agriculture, Ottawa.
not had experience' with it: It is,
however, an operation. necessary La Women Educators
the economy of providing meat food.
A iamb for killing should be fasted for,
at least thirty-six hours but may be
given a plentiful supply ,of water to
drink during that' period, Theequip-
ment for slaughtering consists of a
pulley, a killing cradle' which resemb-
les a sawhorse, saw, knits, steel, two
pails, three feet of `strong cord, and a
plentiful supply of pure water. Skew-
ers and bacicsets, which may be read-
, ily made from a piece of soft wood
with a pocket knife, also form part of
, the equipment. Pamphlet No. 8 of
the Department of Agriculture at Ot-
tawa describes in detail the various
processes and shows by illustrations
how it carried out until the carcase
is cut into pieces ready for the hands
. of the cook. 4 matter of importance,
'according to the author of the pamph-
I let, is not to wash the carcass, but to
use a damp cloth to wipe away minor
'bloodstains. The carcase should then
be suspended where the. air circulates
freely for a period of twenty-four
hours. it is then ready for splitting
1
and cutting up into such pieces as
may be desired and are suitable for in January.
the requirements of the family.
Seek Ail -India Fund
Bombay -The Education Friends'
Association has organized in India
to promote women's education. The
presidei-t of the association is Lady
Irwin.
For many years women in India,
both Indian and English, have been
education. Gradually' the idea has
been evolved that some all -India
recognition of the problem is essen-
tial and that funds to back the de-
mands for suitable education are
imperative.
The All -India Women's Conference
at Delhi adopted a resolution that
an all -India fund for the education
of girls be established and a com-
mittee was appointed to draw up
plans.
The constitution has for its object
the administration of a fund to pro-
mote women's education, including
the institution of propaganda for
that purpose.
The first general meeting of the
association will be held in Bombay
A Lamb Circle
Neighboring farmers who keep
sheep may have fresh lamb as a
change in the meat diet without har-
t
ing to use a whole carcass of their
own killing: Beef rings have been
operated for many years and now
Well Well
There was a young lady named
Jenny
Who right down a well dropped a
penny.
And as that, I've heard say,
Was the Last of her pay,
lamb rings are recommended for It's certain she now, hasn't any.
I farmers and villagers. A very suit-
able lamb ring may be made up of
eight members. A ring of this size
can operate without special delivery,
as in the majority of cases boys or
girls could call for the meat alter
spool hours. A larch ring may be.
operated within a beef ring when
eight members desire to use mutton
'instead of beef. The operation of a
lamb ring is' described in Pamphlet
No. 8 of the Department of Agricul-
, ture at Ottawa. Members in turn sup -
,.ply each a lamb which is taken to be
killed and cut up by one of the mem-
; hers who has been accustomed to this
kind of woric. This pamphlet, which
:is obtainable from the Publications
Branch of the Department, recom-
mends the splitting of the carcass and
lcutting each side into four portions,
namely, the leg, the loin, the rack, and
the shoulder. The cuts should be made
so that the portions are divided as
equally as possible in weight and in
prepo"i•tion. to cheap and choice meat,
The pamphlet contains a chart that
Turnips and Men
It is a truth beyond our ken
And yet truth that all mny read,
It` is with turnips as with men -
It let alone they'll go to seed.
Wife -"When he gets indigestion,
what makes Johu rush around and
make as much noise as an automo-
bile?"
Friend -"Tho gas in his stomach,
dear."
Urge Control of
Beam Wireless
Canberra, AustraIla.-•Wireless sta-
tlous in Australia should altbe son-
trolied by tile Government, overseas
telegraphic communication should be
Government -co utralied ; and cable
and beam wireless services are Mal-
ty reliable, These are the main find -
tugs of the .select committeewhich
was appointed to investigate the pes-
siiUties of a rate of two cents a word
for beam wireless messages from Eng-
land to Australia,
The comnilttee recommended im-
mediate adoption of a rate of three
mints a word for beam wireless mes-
sages, with a Ininlmurn of 16 Words.
There was no doubt if the beam wire-
less rates were reduced the cable
rates would follow suit. The con-
mitteo declared.
The committee also urged that the
Government should thr•roudlhly dis-
cuss the whole platter before ratify
lag the Imperial merger of cable and
wireless communications, which
would tend to delay the coming into
torte of elteap communications, in its
view.
PRACTICAL AND 'CHIC
A printed silk crepe whose wear-
ability makes it an economical choice
for Spring wardrobe. Its lines are
slender• and straight; so becoming
with lightweight woolen or silk crepe
top coat. The neckline is smart and
comfortable for all-around wear, with
never collar and scarf tie of plain
harmonizing silk crepe. The box
plaits across front of skirt are youth-
ful fashion Style No. 479 can be had
in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and
42 inches bust, and is made with 3
yards of 40 -inch material with I)t yard
of 36 -inch contrasting in the 36-it)elt
size. It is an excellent model for ten-
nis made with short sleeves, or sleeve-
less of printed Rat silk crepe or linen.
Printed cotton foulard, georgette
crepe, and featherweight woolen fab-
rics are also suitable. Pattern price
20 cents in stamps or coin (coin is
preferred.) Wrap col_, carefully.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your; name and address vain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin prefered; 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,'
"Pa, what is a rare volume?" asked
Clarence. "El's a book that conies
back after you have loaned it," re-
plied Pa.
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Bean is Worth
Weight in Gold
British Fanners Will Plant
New Wonder Bean in
Spring
Scores of British farmers following
Ontario's example will next spring
be sowing a bean that la literally
worth its weight in gold.
It is the wonder' beat of the world,
with more uses to its credit than any.
other legume or cereal,
For human food it 'provides fresh,
condensed, or dried milk, flour for
bread or biscuits,., margarine, cheese,.,
a coffee substitute, infants' food, can•
tard powders, salad oil, and soy, the
basis of numerous sauces, while men -
menially it is used for scaps, pals N.
enamels, varnishes, printing inks, .,:'1
!uloid, rubber substitutes, and glycar,
tee for high explosives.
Fifteen Years' Tests
It has behind it a history of 6,000'.
years, but for reasons of climate has
never in the past been successfully
cultivated in this country.
For over 15 years J. I.. North,
curator of the Rcyal Botanical Gar,
dens, experimented with 7Q differeat
varieties of Soya bean, seeking one
that would be sown in May and har-
vested in September, and would thus
be suitable for this country.
Eventually his experimeute were
successful, and It . will be definitely
possible for farmers to secure supplies
of seed from a well-known Arm of
seed merchants next year.
$175 s Ton
In a single year Britain imported
over 83,000 tons of beans and over
53,000 tons of Soya oll, and this alone
pointe to the advisability of house pro-
duction.
, Britain's Case
Willmott Lewis, in The New York
World: An examination of the scoreµ
of articles written in America since
the British Chancellor :of the Ex-
chequer startled the delegates at The
Hague conference on reparation'
shows that criticism has been aroma.
ed act so much by what he said as
by the way he said it It is a fair
questlon, nevertheless, whether the
British case would have had more
than perfunctory attention here or in
Europe if he had presented it 'unit
less vigor. Mr. Snowden had s0
new story to toll. The fact that
Great Britain already has paid a
thousand million dollars mere tbaa
she has received should have been
common property some timeago, but
for some reason or other it made no
impression on the public or the edi-
torial mind. Perhaps the idea that
any other country than the United
States should actually be "holding the
bag" was difficult of absorption. How
ever, the fat N in the fire and the
blaze gives out light as well as heat.
I should think it might be easier for
the people of the United States than
for the inhabitants cf any other non -
British country to understand why
Philip Snowden could be described
by an English paper as the most
popular man in phis naive land just
now, There is nothing the Acaert-
San more heartily enjoys than the
operation known as 'telling them
where they get off."
General Hertzog's Victory
Nation and Athenaeum (London):
The results of tate South African elec.
tion are disquieting, .. The raising of
the native issue appears to have de.
tachod a large number of Dutch,
speaking voters from the South
African Party, leaving the lines o6
political cleavage more definitely'
racial -the Nationalists standing tot
a Dutch South Africa, while the South
African Party now represents mainly
the English-speaking population, with
only a comparatively small Dutch ele-
ment. This cleavage is rendered
more acute and more dangerous by
the commercial 1IIu, ' With germ iz''•
which English-speaking South Atri-
ums
tricans suspect of embodying n definite-
ly anti-British and anti -Imperial
policy.
To Barns
Praise be to barns
Praise to their mighty roofs
Praise their stout floors
That echo to wide hoofs;
Praise generous doors,
Siloslike flanking towers,
Cart sheds, hen roosts, corn cribs -
Attendant powers!
Their lightaing rods just out
Against the sky,
The gloden manure piles
Below them Ile,
Scarlet or white or with such sheen
As moth wings giro
They dwarf the rigid shells
Wherein mon live.
-Elizabeth Coatswot•th, in The Boole
man.
Refreshing g Dessert
A. refreshing dessert easily prepared
is made by cutting brick ice-cream in.
to slices for iudivlduat servings and
dipping each slide in fine macaroon
crumbs. The maearOons Will crumb
more easily if they have driest for a
day or two,
A girl may not he able to keep 8
secret, but she ean keep a 7 nus+ edit
guessing,
Do you suppose that dock mall will
ever say to his graudchlidron"Yes,„'
I was the first man to discover !there
Lindbergh was on ills honeymoon."
And they'll say "Where who vial"