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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-01-09, Page 64lanuary 5. Lesson 1, Childhood of Jesus—Matthew 2. 10-23., 'Cplden e'ext—Thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.—Matthew 1: 21. ANALYSIS 11 THE vIsv OP THE WISE MEN, 10-12. , FLIG81e INTO EGYPT, 18-15. N e 16-23. I RETURN TO AZARE H , IIITRODUCTION—In beginning these etudies froln the first gospel, one may Deca11 the remark made by a distin- �ttishecl: French scholar, Renan, who atiid, 'The •Gospel according to St. 'Matthew is the most remarkable book that bas ever been written." It pro 'Odes as well a wonderful picture of bite Messiah, arae, shows how Jesus vas the 'fulfilment of the prophecies of the eeld Testament. The writer snakes it clear that the Christian is the heir of all the promises of Israel, ;and the true interpreter of scripture. r, THE VISIT 'OP THE WISE MEN, 10-12, V. 10, There are two accounts of the birth' of Jesus, one in Matthew and _epee other in Luke, and these together give us a clear view of this most mar- velous event in the history of the world. The actual date is uncertain; but it is probable- that Jesus was born several years before A.D. 1. This seems to follow from the fact that Herod was still living when Jesus was born,,and it would appear that Herod died in B.C, 4. Some think that the records• of the stars may also help to fix the date, but this is not at all sure. We must also read the account en Luke 2: 2 where the events are connected with the movements in the Roman Empire, V. 11. The Wise Men or Magi, were a Median tribe, who devoted much time 'to the study of the stars. They wor- shipped the heavenly °beets, and thought they could tell from the pro- gress of the stars how things were to happen. The visit of these men repre- sents the first fruits of the universal mission of Christianity, and it 18 11 fine tributeaid to Jeans as the Redeemer of the Bethlehem is a small towr, south of Jerusalem, and according to Matthew, there were pre- dictions that the promised Messiah was to come out of this place. Luke Mentions the place of birth, but omits the prophecy. There is now a famous church built ever the spot where Jesus 3s said to have been barn, called The Church of the Holy Nativity. V. 12. Herod, who is mentioned here. was also called Her,id the Great, and was Ring over the whole of Judea; but he was not complete ruler, sire he had to acknowledge the scvereiguty of Rome. He natst be distinguished from Herod Antii.as his son. Ile vias 8811 able ruler, but unsorupelous and cruel. II. FLIGHT INTO EMT, 13-15. V. 13. Egypt always had close aese- oiat#on with Palestine, and it was not unusual for Israelites in time of peril to turn to Egypt for help. The recent -war shows how elose the connection still lie Egypt was a much richer and more civilized land, and at this time there was a large number of Jews there, especially in Alexandria, which was said to have one-fifth of its pope- • 3otion consist of Jews. We do not learn from any other source of the visit of Jesus to the land of the Nile. V. 14. This story of the flight has been made familiar by many picturee. The verse leaves the impression of taste, fear, and concealment. The pae- ents remain in the land of Egypt till Herod dies. V, 15. One of the main features of Matthew is the use of the Old Testa- ment. He was writing for Christian Jews who were in need of Bible proof to uphold their beliefs when attacked by the Jews. One of the oft -repented sentences is, "That it might be Tub filled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet." The passage here quoted is from Hosea 11: 2. Judea, but they are warned in a•dream that the danger is not Over, . and' they gone north. LWe ha re try to keep clearly in geography of Pales, tine, which is divided into three parts: Judea south; Samaria next and Gal- ilee narph, The kingdom had been divided after Herod's death aineng has sons:: Archelaus received Judea and Samaria, and ruled so badly that after eight years he as sent into exile, and Rome asuined direct control. However, Galilee remained' under Herod. Antipas till ,after the death of Jesus. 17. 23. Nazareth, where Jesus was brought up, was an important town and it lay on the route of the travel. from Egypt to the East. Here Jesus would see the regiments of soldiers passing, and he, would hear of the events happening in the world. The scenery also was beauttfnl. Markets for Alberta Coal Edmonton Journal (Ind, Cons.): (lir. Neale, of the Dominion Fuel Board, waits Alberta coal, producers that it is neeessary for the operators to be on their guard against losing ground in the Manitoba market through their anxiety to supply the. provinee further east.) The eompe.- tition of the American mines in Mani. tuba has not been of a fair character. They have persistently dumped their graded there. Repeated efeorts have been made -within the past five years tothavethe Canadian anti-dumping act amended so as to prevent the prac- tice of impot•ting American supplies at set prices which bore little relation to those at the mines, When the Minister of Finance introduced his 1925 udget he announced that the de- sired changes would be trade. But short-sighted criticism offered by Pro- gressive and some other Western mem- bers led him to withdraw the resole - tion of which he gave notice. Since then, though the Government has had its attention drawn frequently to the injustice that was being done the Al- berta industry, no action has been taken. The situation demands correc- tion immediately. An Old Myth Exploded. Manitoba Free Press (Lib,): Fig- ures are now available which bring to a definite conclusion the long -drawn - met discussion regarding the existing scale of railway freight rates on grain. As is well ler.own, these rates yere set under the Crows "Nest Pass agreement in the teeth of the rail- ways which have always insisted that th earriage of grain on such terms lint clued then- 211 loss.. . This fall, however, there canoe a chance. Special cir- •:lnrstanees, the chief of which was the short western crop, brought about a sharp and rearming decrease in rail- way earnings. Sir Henry Thornton and Mr, E. W, Beatty both issued statements on the situation, and it be ;ante at once apparent tha, .lire rail- ways were depending upon grain for a large part of their net profits. Nei- ther railway has yet issued a state- ment expleinie g how they could at one and the salve time carry grain at a loss and make their profits out of that carriage, 111. RETURN TO NAZARETII, 16-23. 17.16. The massacre of the innocents. has often beta portrayed by the art- ists, and a t ul if these are al- ways isdoubf historically accurate. Probably the number of children murdered was small, as there would not be very many younger than two years in a small toxin like Bethlehem. However, et was a very cruel deed, and quite in keeping with what is known from Other sources of the character of this man. We do not read in the gospels that Jesus ever came back to Bethle- hem, but it is interesting to wonder 'whether he ever returned to see the inn in which he had been born. V. 1.7. Again we note the tendeney to call attention to the fulfillment of the prophecies of scripture. Ramah has • teen sometimes identified with a small village Er-Ranta, about five milee north of Jerusalem. V. 22. On their return to Palestine, the parents lemailxed in the south, in It Is Dangerous To Be Bean if ul 13y PEGGY O'NEIL "MI beauty has been niy .ruin," a woman of 35 said to me the other afternoon. "I1 I hadn't been beauti- fyil I wouldn't have been so cOelcsure that another man would come along after I -turned the last one clown. 'Like many otber 'beautiful girls I played fast and loose with the affec- tions of my admirers, confident that I would never "lack for a fresh one,: I did not think the -re would ever be a time when f would be loft on the shelf, a lonely woman. ' _ "if I.;hadn't been beautiful I might have paid more attention to cultivat- ing my mind, Even now that my looks have faded I might still be a charming and desirable companion for some mean, "But I wasted my opportunities- confident tbat beauty was every - thin." Thgat is what this woman told tine in a burst of frauk.selfa'eveiatiou. Test of Experience To -clay it is the. fashion to rate feminine beauty ,as One Of the most highly -prized conimoclities. A really beautiful girl is said to have the world at her feet. There is scarce- ly any door that is closed to leen. In business and in love ft Is the popular belief that, she starts with the dice heavily loaded in her favor. But how far from truth this is, is proved by actual experience. You have only to look round at your own circles of friends. How many beauti- ful girls do you know who are success- fully and bappily married? Men court them and pay them at- tentions—yes, but it is the other sort, the homely ones that they mostly marry. And how many beautiful girls do You know who are holding down big business and professional positions? I know a good matey women who have been particularly successful in com- mercial careers. They are capable, attractive women, but few could be called beautiful. "The wife of a grouch has to take everything for grunted,' It is less important for the stook market to be on the upgrade than on the level.—Virginian-Pilot. }'Shat are yea fellows $clog 10 do naw that actresses: have taken to slapping your faees. Have they no sense of chivalry left? --Mr. Bernard Shaw. Ruined. Her Life I remember meeting a girl some time age who had won a pike in a' beauty competition. If ever there was a girl who was ruined by her looks, it was st Formerly she was a sweete un02e• tentiotes girl with a gentle disposition. The public recognition of her beauty soon changed all this, and she became arrogant, self-centred, incl impossibly conceited, She lost ;ter jab be.aase she eon• eentrated store en her looks than oei her employers business; she jilted her fiance because she tr oug:.'t he was not good enough for her; she almost broke her wither:s heart with bee unreaeoulns vanity. To -day this girl €s worlc:ng as a packer in a faetery. Illness has de- prived her of ber Molts. She ltas no- thing left. Another girl I know whose future has been ruined by her Iooks is on the stage. If she had applied herself to her art she might to -day be recogniz- ed ea one of our leading actresses, for she leas genuine talent. Instead sbe has chosen to pin her faith in her pretty face, and has got nowhere at ale I met a girl not Mug ago wile told EV frankly that elle wished she were plain. "Do you know," she said, "I dent believe men trust a really pretty girl. I have known heaps of men. Some I thought, were certain to propose to ole, but •:early every one has sine° gone off and married someone else with, not half nay share of good looks;' There was one man on whom this girl was particularly keen. He took and in f mouths nearlyx • s beroutief the end married her plain sister. Too Easy at the Start "I got a job in an office," the girl said, "but was dismissed because it was considered my good looks were a disturbing influence, and not conciu cine to office discipline." But I eouicl enumerate these ex- amples almost without end. Every body must know of others 113 their own experience. Tit'at is the tragedy of tile beautiful girl, life fs too easy or her in the beginning. Unless she is vertical - arty sensible and level -Beaded she is spoiled by flattery and admiration. And then when she wakes up from ter deems it Is often too late. 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It is designed in sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 381 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust. It is very smart in black crepe satin with ecru lace shawl collar with vestee cut of the reverse of crepe. Canton crepe in rich wine red shade with vestee of beige crepe silk with shawl collar of -self-fabric is effective. Crepe Elizabeth, georgette erotic, plain silk crepe printed crepe silk, crepe de chine and crepe inarocain, chic, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Wrice your nacre andaddress plain- ly, giving number and sizeof such patterns as you want, Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap e' 1for ber, and 2 935: it car iu ly) each n numn address your order #o Wilson PatternService, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by an early nail. No, I think that on the average the moderately attractive girl—very often even the downright plain girl—has a better chance o£ happiness than her beautiful sister. I look around me and I see the plain giris winning all along the line. They have husbands and children, They are placid and comfortable instead of painfully living ep to their goad looks, What Really Counts After all, when a man marries he does not want to be always looking at a beauty advertisement of a fashion plate. It is very nice to be seen out with a beautiful girl at the theatre or at a dance. But when one comes down to the stern practicalities of domesticity the average main wants a good deal more,. No girl, however plain she is, need ever despair of getting a husband. A dozen times a day when I see .married. Couples together I say to myself, "Non, what on earth slid he See in that Newnan?" One seee good-looking, smart men married to the dowdiest and most un- interesting creatures imaginable. But 0E8 does not need to seek far to find the reason. The plain girls have made it their business to cultivate charm. And that, after all, is what really counts.—Montreal Standard. i Dad (assisting little Alice with her homework) --"If I gave you five oranges and you had one, how many oranges would you have?" .$lice—"I flume). We always do our sums in apples.' You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things wbflelx you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to he pleased by them or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere de- light.—John Ruskin. MUTT AND JEFF— By 1' Ff 1 e A C AFS ft-cw tri A eeoce<E't" AIRK AMki•eliAT'3 A, kh}j3Nclozi (DV): ' .. . BUD FISHER tSVV" Dir aG•, •'biit4'S Puck' , 1 et:'ti�crs al:. ON +aVeRy PACkAGgANA You cloT? A MATeFI PAIPIg ATR ALk Fragrance You walked through a garden— Do you remember-- But that was in June. , And this is November. And you did not notice Me at all, For I was a tulip Beside a wall. But any ashes still breathe Of a lady fair, Who plucked nye and tucked me In her hair. A lady who wept • That you did not remember You kissed her in June -- When it came Novetnber, —Judy Shea in Chicago Tribune. The National Debt Torot:to Globe (Lib.) : Veterans i1l. or disabled should be &eeorded hospital treatment or pension assistance -with a maximum of generosity and a mfili- neum of red tape. Ex -soldiers who are actually sick should be instantly en- titled to hospital treatment upon the niece evidence of the illness itself. If there is to be haggling and quibbling over when the disease first started, let the doctors do the arguing among themselves after the sick man is safely inside.... Those who offered their lives in the days of national crisis should not need to apply hither and yon and be passed about from pillar to post in their own hour of need. They served the nation. Let the na- tion repay as best it can, Wheat Poo land Protection Saskatoon Star -Phoenix (Lib.): European countries, once he a buyers and Canadian wheat, have sought to fight the pool and encourage home production by putting high tariffs on imported 'wheat, In 1925 Fiance charged a duty of 15 cents a bushel on foreing wheat. Germany and Italy admitted it free, Today the duties are: France, 53 cents; Germany, 48% cents; Italy 73% cents, Euro- pean protectionists and reluctance to pay the price asked for Canadian wheat imposed a severe test on the pool during the 1928-29 selling sea- son, It's our guess that even if long skirts do succeed in coming in, they won't stay long Detrolt Free Press, Britain Plans Big 'Does It Ever Rain Fishes? Building Program Construction Work Amount-- ing to $100,000,000 .is Announced HELP UNEMPLOYED Municipalities, Railways, Gas and Water Projects Involved London. — Construction work .fn Great Britain amounting to more than $100,000,000 has been approved by the Government in connection with its plans to alleviate unemployment, and the Government will matte a total oonteibution to this work of about $46,000,000, This .was revealed in a .statement issued by itt, Hon, J. H. Thomas, Lord . Privy Seal and Min- ister of Employment. 'This work' involves municipalities, railway companies, gas companies and water supply companies. "It 16 generally required that all materials needed for the state•assisted works shall, so far as is practicable, be of United Kingdom origin, and fill manufactures will be Baited Kingdom manufacture," the statement emphas- sized. This stipulation is subject. to such exceptions as the Government Department concerned may find to be necessdry ordesirable in any particle' lar case, having regard to all the cir- cumstances, including comparative prices of British and foreign articles. "If the necessary supplies are not purchased in the United Kingdom, they are to be secured from the over- seas part of the Empire wherever pos- sible," the statement declares. Road Schemes The Government has further ap- proved, under the trunk road pro- gram, road schemes costing another ' Underthewhole $45,000,000. avl of five- year program of 'road work the schemes approved- total 575,000,000. The road fund liability' in respect of theseschemes is estimated at PO, - 000,000 80;000,000 and employment will in this respect be. afforded equivalent to the employment of 100,000 niers for one year. At the same time the Minister an- nounced aid to form a colonial de- velopment fond, which would enable the carrying out of great construction projects in the colonial Empire lying outside the Dominions. This would directly benefit British labor ey the demand for materials from the Bri- tish manufacturers, The Government's employment plans therefore callforexpenditure oe upwards of 3180,000,000 within Great Britain, and the construction of costly development works in the col- orales, notably Africa, benefiting Bri- tain by employment equal to the em- ployment of about 190,000 mon a Sear, A WIND A captain of a trawler in the Eng- lish Channel once turd the Bishop of Oxford that time and again, when the Batch was in, and they seemed be- calmed, there often was a wind higher up, unfelt on deck. He kept his sail's peak up and headed for the haven, and when morning game found bine- self near home, So with us in the monotony of daily 'tasks the wind of God's Spirit up above will slowly. bring us home,—John A. Hutton. PATHS The best path through life ie the high road, which initiates us at the right moment into all experience. Ex- ceptional itineraries are suepicious, and matter for anxiety. What is nor- mal Isonce at mo st convenient most s honest, and most wholesome, Cross roads may tempt us for one reason or another, but it is very seldom that we do not' come to regret having taken them. Aocording to London Opinion, 13 inne in Surrey ave called "The Jolly Farmer." The suggestion seems to be that a jolly farmer is one who sella his fal'nn and opens an inn.— Detroit nn—Detroit News, Baron Nlunchailsett, the prince of, toilers of "big stories," never told of a clef mut a certain Jolie Kendrick f Bandflses; feeling that this 'teas axr oversight, wrote such :an aecOnllt fol' Mini under the subhead "Recent Adventures." Bangs says that Itis narrator -hero when a boy secured a' large quantity of gunpewder 'and planted it in a fishpond. When this' was torched off the whole pond eves blown high in air aur after some trays, the contents of the pond, containing many fishes, rained clown on tale as- tonished people. Now the interesting- thing is that an imagined rain of Ashes is not necessary, for •there is a multitude of trite accounts of such rains. Having a penchant for the unusual in natural history, for many years i collected and Sled away: accounts of rains of Ashes. When I cameto publish than I found I had 48 accounts ranging from A.D. 300 to 1901, and in space from America (eight accounts), Great Britain (ten), Germany (eight)•; .France and Greece • (one each), through Ind1a (ten), Ceylon (three), Malaysia (two) and the South Seas (one). . The publication of this article aroused; much ' interest and letters came in calling „my attention to over- looked references and giving personal experience. These accounts I brought together in another' article. There were 26 of them but a think that there are duplicates and that I have estab- lished only 28 new falls. There are thus put on record about 71 accounts (mare or less well au- thenticated) of rains of fishes,. These accounts in range of time and space make for sure testimony as to the actuality of the occurrence of this Phenomenon, I have personally never been so fortunate as to experience or even witness such a -rain, but lcannot disregard the evidence recorded by, seientiflc men. Since the, publication of my pre- vious articles there hare come to me two accounts of falls oe fishes which are so w'el1 'authenticated that it seems worth while to put them on re- cord. The first, a personal experi ence, was related to me by Mr. Rich- ard Hoadley Tingley, of Port Chestere New Yorke, whom. I have known per- sonally for a number of years. This' Sall occurred on May 15, 1900, on the. outskirts of Providence, Rhode Island. A severe thunder -storm with a high wind brought a heavy downpour of rain and with it living squirming Perch and bull -pouts, from two to four and a half inches long, which fell on yards and streets—covering about a quarter of an acre. Mt'. Tingley says that hecwas out In the storm and was Pelted not only with raindrops but with Ash as well. The boys collected these fishes by the pailfttl and sold them, while a reporter on the Provi- dence Journal gathered a bucketful of them and these were displayed in various shop windows on one of the principal business streets of the city. In July, 1928, I heard of a fall of Ashes sear Tarboro In my native state of North Carolina. I have spent some time in getting the particulars, and even more effort in getting cor- roboratory evidence; and I am per- suaded that full credence is to 00 given to the account and to my in- formants, PIere follows the story of this fall of fishes as communicated to While bathing at a Frenoli seaside resort, an income-tax collector was attacked by a shoal of jelly -fish. Some jellyfish evidently have more back bone than taxpayers,—The humorist. Love Sends a Gift of Wet Matches. NbrAi (" fA` S -1"oo $AD. WHG fie AR. " otJ GOl( cit) Co NA%.' f. ' ' aGIN , (SUN WITH Ty65c AATctiEs teelt1a, TI•iey « G'r DR•e„ . 1 me, On May 18, ,1928, .a rain of fishes ell on the farm of itir. S. N. Clark. Titis farm is operated by Mr. W. L. Doughtie, and from him and Itis wife I have gotten the following details. A heavy downpour of ran came en this day. There was very' little wind but there nese fishes hundreds of them. No One was out 111 the rain, but int- mediately after the shower the child- ren went out and began wading about in the puddles where they found rnane>little fishes, some of them alive and swimming. The fish were pretty uniform in size, about one and a half to two inches long. Mr. Doughtle es- timates that there were several hun- dreds of these Ifttle fishes scattered" over two or three acres of grouted. This spot is some three quarters of a mile from the nearest water course, which is not known to contain any; number of fishes. Now for die explanation of these and all other rains of fishes, High winds, particularly whirlwinds, pick lip water, fishes and all, and chrry them inland where, when the velocityi of the air and clouds becomes rela- tively lowered, the fishes fall to earth. Can anyone Who has seen a water- spout doubt that It could pick up -and carry off fishes? No one, I believe, who has experienced or even seen the prodigious effects and carrying pewery of a land tornado can have any doubt of the ability of a waterspout, a water tornado, to bring about a 'Rain of Fishes" — Dr. E, W, ,Gudger, Biblio- grapher and Associate in Ichthyology. American Museum oe Natural His- tory, in Scientific Monthly, " HOPE A11 men are guests where Dope doth hold the feast.—Gascoigne. Hope, thou muse of strong desirre.--- Biekerstaffe, • , HARDSPEECH Bard speech between those who have loved is hideous in the memory, Hite the sight of.greatuess and beauty 6 sunk into vice and rags, s