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Lesson
March 16. Lesson XI—Parables of
the Kingdom—Matthew 13: 31-33
44.52, Golden Text—The kingdom
of God is not neat and drink; but
righteousness, end peace, mid joy
in the 'Holy Ghost,—Rontmts 14: 17.
ANALYSIS
I. ewe - MUSTARD, AND Ten LEAVEN,
31-83.
bl. THE TREASURE AND THE PEARL
SEEKER, 44-46. '
115, TEE NET, 47-50.
IV. THE NEW semen,. 51, 52,
INTRODUCTiON-These parables of
Matthew, chap. 13, deal with the king-
dom, It is as 'if Jesus could not rest
satisfied with one or two illustrations;
but he gives one after another of these
exquisite, similitudes, all setting forth
the growth of the kingdom.
1. THE MUSTARD AND TFIE LEAVEN,
31-33.
These are two parables, endrepre-
sent two different aspects •of . the
growth of the kingdom. They do not
deal with the future kingdom coming
in glory, but with the slow progress
of the kingdom on earth.
V. 31. The inustard seed "is not a
perennial shrub, but an annual sown
among and comparable with •other
herbs." Travelers say that the black
nuistgyd has been known to , grow ten
feet high.
V. 32, We are not to eutderstand
'that literally this was the very erne/l-
est of seeds. It was probably a pro-
verbial saying more or less familiar,'
and Jesus uses it to show how wonder=
ful would be the growth of his cause.
The point is the contrast between the
'small seed and the great shrub.. He
assures them that his message must
he carried everywhere. It is a mis-
sionary parable on the extensive
'growth of the kiegdom. It must be
preached to all nations.
V. 33. The figure of leaven is used
in two different ways in the gospel.
Sometimes it is found in a bad _sense
'as a corrupt influence spreading every-
where; as when he warns therm
against the "leaven of the Pharisees,"
that is, their corrupt and corrupting
teaching. But here the figure is used
in • a good sense to show how the truth
of the kingdom is to penetrate and
permeate every part of life. This rep-
xesents the intensive action of Christ's
words, Slowly but certainly the moral
principles of .iesus will mould every
department of social and individual
life. When all the world and all de-
partments of human life are thor-
oughly Christian, then will these par-
ables be fulfilled. Now the kingdom
is in the process of growth; then it
will be realized.
IL THE TREASURE AND THE PEARL
sEEEER, 44-46. •
V. 44. Again we have two parables
meant to illustrate the different nays
by which men may enter into the king-
dom. In the first parable we are told
that converts are often made sudden-
ly, without preparation, as it were,
without any desire an their part. It
Is like a man walking in a field where
he suddenly turns over a stone and
Sees a pot with gold coins, which some
person has concealed. He hastens away
to buy the field till he may become the
possessor of its treasure. In this we
note (1) that the kingdom is repre-
rented as a valuable treasure, some-
thing which cannot lose its value like
ithe riches of earth, and (2) that a
person must be prepared to make
sacrifices in order to gain the treasure.
The man is ready to sell all that he
had. Jesus was constantly teaching
his disciples that they must not have
divided hearts. They must seek first
the kingdom of God, and be prepared
to forget everything else.
Vs. 45, 46. Another type of convert
is here represented. This is the eager
seeker who has gone out in search of
the truth, and who finds it only after
much earnest pursuit. Like a mer-
chant who deals in pearls, and who
travels through all the pearl markets,
looking for the most beautiful gents,
when at last 11e nee the pearl of great
price, he readily surrenders all others
for it. Again we see the kingdom set
north as something of exquisite beauty
which involves the sacrifice of things
that are less lovely. The difference of
the parables Iies in the manner of firs
eocery,
IiIII.
nn NET, 47.50.
V. 47. This parable should be read
along with the parable of the tares in
Matt. 13: 24-30. These two deal with
the same general situation; and de -
trend upon the problem of the preach-
ing of the kingdom. These disciples
have already noticed that there were
some coating to their Master, whom
they did not regard as very desirable,
and they would find this even more
acutely in afteryears of church work.
Jesus' says that they .trust not be too
much di@tressed because• they are -ttn-
able to draw the line of cleavage, The
parable of the Sower has shown why
the ward has a'vai'ted fete.There
will always be the evil with the good,
just as in a 'drag net which the fisher-
men draw in and find all kinds of
fishes. The time` is conning when the
distinction will he drawn, God will
see to it, and they must work on, be-
lieving 'that their heavenly Father
will purify and purge his own king-
dom. These parables have often been
applied to the disciplinary' function of
the church, but it is doubtful if this
is correct. The purpose of Jesus is to
prepare his disciples for all possible
difficulties in their mission work.
IV. THE NEW SCRIBE, 51, 52,
V. 02. Since the kingdom is a new
force in the world, there arises the
need of a new kind of scribe, mos
furnished with insight and ability
than the old scribe. He; must know all
about the old truths, but be must also
know what is the glory of this new
troth in Christ.
Shanghai
Grows
25,554 Buildings Erected in
'29
as ''rade Increases
Shanghai — Shanghai,' commercial
capital of Asia, continues to trade,
prosper, and expand despite the de-
luge of revolutions and famines 'which
have inflicted China for four years.
The laity carries on with the same
"what -of -it" ati'1tucte that character-
ized the place decades ago when it
was little better than a mud flat.
Even the hbgie of abolition of extra-
territot'ialityhas failed to scare away
foreign capital. Money continues to
pour into the city, new buildings are
erected and new enterprises are
launched,:
The an'ilual report of the combined
city governments—the French muni
einality, the International settlement
and the Chinese city—show that 25,-
554 new buildings were constructed in
1929. Most of these 'were modern
Chinese houses but in the Internation-
al Settlement there were eight new
apartment buildings, four new banks
and thirty -throe new business blocks.
The settlement list also includes
'fifty-eight factories of varying sizes
and types, three large cotton mitis
and 380 new foreign residences.
The U.S. Farmer and the
Tariff
W. G, -Stuart in the Atlantic Mouth-
ly (Boston): The farmer has seen the
tariff used to enrich the merchant and
the manufacturer until millionaires in
this country are as plentiful as tabby
cats. He has seen the lobbyist, he
has seen corruption and bribery and
'every form of governmental favorit-
ism Sourish Iike the green bay tree in
the soil of the tariff. Helm. Been the
hours of work 'decrease and the rate
of pay increase year after year until
now many forms of union labor are re-
ceiving from 400 ti, 2 000 per cent,
more per hour than they did twenty -
live years ago. He remembers how
President Harrisen, while extolling
"Republican" pi'losperity and the "Re-
publican" tariff, made the wonderful
discovery that "a cheap coat makes a
cheap man." He has listened to false
prophets extolling high tariff and high
wages with such wearlsonme iteration
that now, as he looks over his unpaid
bills, bis overdue taxes, and bis dupli.'
tato copy of mortgage deeds, he comes
to the conclusitn that with all due re-
sew. to Henry Ford and Arthur:Bris-
bane and President Hoover, and the
Grand 010 Republican Party, he would
like to try a change to low tariff and
low wages.
First Pap—"Dm you think a college
education pays?"
Second Pop (whose son is at col-
lege) --"Well, I think it pays the col-
lege pretty well."
Five Mexicanswereslain in a fight
over the division of some land, Now
they all have some.—American Lune,
berman,
Canada's' International Successes in Whea
LOCATIONS OF
CANADIAN WINNERS
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1919-20,j24
ISAvrit(oron
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The successes of Western Qanadian farriers in international wheat com-
petitions, `within a period of nineteen years since the institiltion of the award
in 1911, constitute one of the most impressive features in the records; et
Canadian agriculture.` On fifteen occasions,' the Dominion's representatives
won against all North America with exhibits of hard red spring' wheat and.
in addition in two. other years they carried oft the prize for the best hard
red spring wheat, although in two years just referred to they loat the grand
championship to bard red' winter wheat by a nai'row margin. The work of,
these master farmers' has brought them high personal distinction, for the
winning of such competitions is; first end • foreniost, a tribute to the talent
of the. exhibitor, But their work has done more than that—it-has brought
renown' to the West, and to the Dominion. And it is a matter of •gratlflca-
tion that this notable series of successes has not been monopolized within
any restricted area, As the accompanying map indicates, thelocations of
the Canadian winners of the highest honors iu Nprth American wheat com-
petitions are remarkably well and widely distributed throughout the vast area
of wheat -growing territory in the Canadian •West. The Prairie Provinces
furnish a fat' -flung habitat for wheat of premier quality,
Faxen Notes
Brooding Early Chinks
Raising pulletst .o start laying early
in the winter is one ideal' the Poultry.
man has always with him. The most
effective •way et doing this is through
the early hatched Chicks and not the
least important angle of the problem
is the provision of comfortable quar-
ters and artificial heating.
At the Kapuskasing Experinteutal
Station of the Canadian Department
of Agriculture it is found that it takes
on an average of 13,5 pounds of coal
per day to operate a brooder stove
sutiable for use in a house ten by
twelve feet in size, which would ade-
quately care for 500 chicks until they
are three or four week of age.
While the actin.] number that can
be housed is around 500 chicks, best
results are obtained when not more
than 300 are accommodated in this
space. On this basis the cost of
brooding during the earjy part of the
season runs about 41.35 per hunched
chicks.
Cost of Raising Horses
The report of the Department of Ag
riculture's Experimental Station .at
Cap Rouge, Quebec, provides some in-
teresting information as to the cost
of rearing horses,
The cost of feeding fifteen French.
Canadian colts and fillies daring the
Deming period until they were ready
to go to work at a weight of 1240
pounds was found to be 5264,94 per
horse.
An accurate record of all feed given
was kept, each animal received 9992
pounds of hay, 4632 pounds of oats,
4173 pounds of bran and spent.an
average of 216 days at pasture, The
horses had reached an average age of
thirty-twe months and twenty-six days
when the feeding period was aom-
pleted.
Superintendent Langelier observes
in his report published by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture at Ottawa, that by
stinting feed, and raising 'undersize
colts the Cost could have been much:
lower. Ile cites these figures to em-
phasize the importance of using only
the very best stock to breed from
since it entails no extra work and only
slight extra cost to give the best re-
sults,
Germinating Asparagus Seeds
Asparagus is a garden crop rapidly
gaining in popular favor. Its culti-
vation, however, has peculiar prob-
lems, one of which is the length of
time it takes for seedlings to sprout.
It may take anywhere from two to
six weeks from the time asparagus
seed is planted until the plants ap-
pear above the ground,
At the Summerland Experimental
Station of the Canadian Department
of Agriculture good results were ob-
tained where the seed -bed was worked
early' in the 'spring to 'germinate as
many weed seeds as possible; these
being plied in the final preparation
of the plot for seeding.
The length of time the seed takes
to germinate-depbnds very largely. on
the temperature of the sail, ,best re-
sults being obtained when the tem-
perature is between 75 and So degrees
P.
Before planting the asparagus seed
should be soaked in water for 31,41 or
4 days at a temperature around 86 to
95 degrees F.. They should then be
taken from the water, . spread thinly
on a"canvas until the surface is dry
and then planted immediately in moist
Soil,
In planting asparagus seed a special
effort should be made to drop the
seeds one in a place. The reason for,
this being that otherwise the fleshy
roots become interwoven and itis dif-
ficult to separate the plants at sort-
ing time. It is also suggested that
the planting •of radish seed at the
same time assists in marking the rows
anil in controlling weeds,
Shipping Rees
With spring just around the corner
tate beekeeper's busy season is soon
to start. In a pamphlet just issued
by the Department of Agriculture, 0-
G. Gooderham, B.S.A., the Dominion
Apiarist, discusses' the important prob-
lem of bee shipment, both how to
package bees and how to handle them.
.Apiaries are being built up eelitlly all
over Canada and the demand for live
bees is increasing, bfr, Gooderham
finds that the package 'and shipment
of bees presents no substantial d181-
culty, successful shipments having
been made across Canada .and from
Alabama to Ottawa,
The bee package, including a queen,
weighs about two pounds and contains
some 10,000 bees, Some reasonable
safeguards are necessary to insure
good results and Mr. Gooderham deals
with these in his pamphlet,—Issued
by the Director of Publicity, Dom. De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa.
SubdivideNew Area for
Settlement
In order to meet the demands for
new homesteads In the Peace River
district, two survey parties tinder in-
structions'fronr the Surveyor General,
Topographical Survey, Department or
the. Interior, this year subdivided a
large area of new land in those locali-
ties where settlement is proceeding
most rapidly,
The Government now has free bul-
letins explaining how to do almost
everything except save public money,
-New Yorlt Telegram,
Mussolini's "Battle.
For Grain"
E. V. Wilcox
Italy is determined to produce; more
wheat in order to keeppace with its
expanding population.. "The .state
takes precedence ever the individual,"
Alberto di Stefani, head of the Italian
Association for Reclamation and Irri-'
gation, told rte. "The proprietor who
for .any reason fails, t0 carry out the
government pregram :must' give way
to those who are, in a position to in-
crease land productivity. Landown-
ers most realize that henceforth pri-
vate ownership depends on capacity
and good conduct from the point of
view of agriculture," •
The governor of each province has
been given full authority to decide
whether t farmer is up to standard. If
not, his farm is taken from him and
given to another man, who has 30
years.to pay for it. The farmer is or-
dered to stay on the land and raise
more wheat and more children, The
government, program involves' making
every acre, produce more, under pen
alty of expropriation, and increasing
the number of Italiana by,20,000,000,
within six years. The present
of Italy is 40,000,000, A 50 per
cent. increase' is therefore • contem-
plated. • The government's Slogan is
"In numbers there is ,force." •
To stimulate the birth rate, bonuses
and medals are bestowed* on fathers
of families' 02'7 to 12 or more children.
Italian newspapers carry Iong lists .02
men who have received prizes for
their contribution to ,the population.
There are measly 600,000 suck families
in. Italy. And there is a graduated tax
on bachelors.
Italy's population is growing.al, the
rate of 400,000 a year, and the fainter
has been peremptorily ordered to
raise an the wheat required by the
present and future: expanding poptila- _ QI fi=r 309
tion of Italy. There is little 'new"
wheat land in sight. Yet to meet the •
situation the wheat area must be in -The model illustrated is decidedly
Creased 70,000 acres every year, and nnic to wearer with tuck-rn bion a and
the average yield, must be inci'aased�becaming jabot collar.
f1'oni the present 16 Bushel., per nere j'kictlw•
to 25, banThed..nbttwaeke.ttedand at sside areith oftight featherhip
The government program le 'to weight tweed in, orangey-red tones.
bring under cultivation every acre oft The tack -in blouse of -eggshell silk
arable land, forcibly and immediate- crepe panted in red polka -dots uses.
ly." Farmers are forbidden' to move plain red crepe for how tie mid
for
to town except under permission of piping or..ivionna' neckline.
the perfect of 'the. province. Even if Horizontal tucks. across centre, front
a farmer is given permission, he is ad- of the1 odice are decorative;
milted only on probation for 120 days: This jaunty outfit' Style No. 389 is
If he does not make good -during that designed in sizes 0, 18, 20 yens, 36,
period he is Sent back to the country.
If a farmer sneaks into town, without
permission, city employers are forbid-
den to hire him.
Noticing is left to the discretion of.
the farmer. Every landowner le or
dered "immediately" to submit plans
for operating his farm. Bet he is told
in advance what the plans „must he
and he must carry them•out promptly
or forfeit his farm, , , will the
fanner voluntarily grow wheat when:
grapes,' olives, citrus fruits, or dozen:
other products pay better? While I
was in Italy Canadian wheat was un-
deeselling Italian wheat on the Italian
markets 25 to 40 lire per quintal, and
Italian farmers were feeding much. of
their wheat to livestock. Italians, like
other races, shave a few ideas of their
own about marriage, size of family,
place of abode and method of farming.
Can all these natural tendencies: be
clbenged by edicts? Time will tells—
The Country Gentleman,
Jacket Suit
In Tweed, Silk Crepe, Wool Crept or,
Jersey
By ANNET•TE,
"Iiorteuse, call up Mrs. De 13i11'on
and ask for Fido."
"Yes, nielady."
"Carlo wishes to bark to him over
the telephone."
"Home is the only place where
there is any liberty, any individuality,
any creative power, any possibilities
of human.' personalities counting as
sneh,"-G, R. Chesterton:
38, 40 and 42 inches bust.
You'll •find it extrontely easy to
stake. The straight jacket is merely
closed at silos and shoulders. The
fronts are midelfaced • end the collar
is stitched at neckline. Only two major
parts to bloused The skirt is seamed
and stitched .,o hip yoke.,
For active sports, wool jersey is
smart in soft brown shade with blouse
in chartreuse green lacy weave jersey.
Printed crepe silk with plain (;rope,
and plain flat crepe with contrasting
shade blouse are sweetical and smart
for general- wear.
HOW TO ORDER, PATTERNS
Write your -naive 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,
The Happy Hour
They were talking of old times,
"And de you remember the ninon -
light night six years ago when I pro
posed to you, dear?" he said romanti-
cally.
"Darling, will I ever forget?" she
replied. "Those were heavenly .days,"
"We sat there for over an hour,"
he went on, 'and during that hour you
never' once opeted your lips,"
"Yes, that is so, dear," site sighed.
"And that was the happiest hour
of my whole life," he finished,
Collect Water -Power Data
The Dominion Water Power and Re-
clamation Service, Department of the
Interior, in cooperation with the vari-
ous responsible provincial bodies, has
effected a coordinated system of
water -power analysis for the purpose
of presenting the water -power re.
50111.055 of the Dominion upon a re-
liable and uniform basis,
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Useful Information
The gardener will find much' useful
and interesting intormation in one or
,two of the best seed catalogues and
the Government bulletins, The. De-
eartntent-oE Agriculture at Ottawa
1h0as11,f(oiunr 0o1faptehnese whieli the writer hae
neat Flowers," bIleadTylteRsears,e": c"ienr-
-
baeeous Perennials" and "Ornamental.
Trees, ,Shrubs and Woody Climbers.".
Vegetable problems will be answered
in bulletins put out by the Provincial
Departments of Agriculture,. The vil-
lager or farmer witha fair-sized piece
of land at his disposal will Rud the
information in these special vegetable'
,bulletins a great help as they'•go into
the whole business in much detail,
Little known vegetables which should
be more popular are described with
planting directions, while special chase
tees are devoted te hotbeds, cold
frames; fertilizers, insects, diseases,
irrigation, soils and location.
The First. Vegetables
Radishes, spinach, lettuce, early
peas and onions are staple crops of
the .early gardener and are the first
fruits of his labor. The radish sup-
ply can be sown at one time now in-
stead of the usual repetitions with an
extra early mid-season and late va-
riety, all going in together, but ma-
turing in succession. The same 'varie-
ties can be put in two weeks later and
the worlds none for' the season. Head
lettuce shohld be spouting hi boxes or
hotbeds' by this time to 'be ready 'to
transplant into permanent quarters as
soon as it is safe to do so,' Many gar-
deners refuse -to bother with headless
head lettuce. any •longer and have
taken to the cos variety. This grows
upright . with long leaves which ea
-
close the heart and it self blanch-
ing.: A little tying np will hasten the
process. The new spinaches, which
will grow and grow without going to
seed are a big advance over the old
rtypes.' They give a bigger and better
supply of leave0 and' some can be cut
down to 'within an inch of the ground
acrd will grow up again,_ These new
varieties are called King of Denmark
and New Zealand. White Portugal and
any of the Globe varieties are now
popular Onions and can be easily
grown from seed. These may be used
green or for plaiting. There are half
a dozen good early peas and anyone
of theist will give satisfaction. All
vegetables must be grown quickly if
they are to becrispwhen brought to
the table. A check in the growth
makes Brenn tough. To preventsuch
an occurrence, especially when the
weather . is inclined to be cool it is
well to apply some quickly available
commercial fertilizer. This may be
'raked in between the rows at the rate
of a scant handful to the square yard
or it may be dissolved in water, .a
tabloepoonful to the gallon and applied
with the ordinary watering can, Care.
must be used when applying dry that
none of the• fertilizer is allowed to
rest onthe leaves of the plants as it
is liable to. burn. 'If the hose is turn-
ed on immediately after or if the job
is carried out just before a rain or
during one there will be no chance of
any injury.
Asparagus
Asparagus' is easy to grow and once
established furnishes a supply of de-
licious vegetable which is worth real
money When one goes out to buy it.
For a small bed it is best to buy two-
year-old roots, but in the averag -sized
garden themeeteconomical wa' is to
start the plantation from seed. The
Washington variety is generally con-
ceded the'best. A bed may be estab.
lisped in three years from seed and in
two from roots. The seed should be
suaked in warm water for twenty -Your
hours before planting and sown in
drills outside as soon as the ground
can be worked: as it is rather slow to
germinate. The plants should be al-'
lowed to grow in the seed row for a
season, and thefollowing season the
strongest and straightest shoots
should be selected to fornl the bed.
The plants should be spaced two feet
apart in rows four feet apart or three
feet each way. •
Roses
Roses must have good drainage and
it is best to give some protection in
the form of fences, shrubbery or inge on -the north side. They should,
however, be plaetec1 two or three feet
in front of these windbreaks so that
they will get full sun. Plant hybrid
pe'rpetuais three feet apart and hybrid
teas two. The roots should be Spread
out when planting and the earth fli'm•.
ed well about the stocks. The point
at which the roses are budded (union
of stock and scion) should be buried
two inches below the atu'face 'of the
soli, They- should be in their per-
manent position as soon as possible
which will/bean digging the soil'
eighteen inches deep, working in
humus and well -rotted manure, Pro"
ferably cow manure, just as soon as
one can get on the land without their
shoes getting mutldY,
"We are born without knowing it,
we die in
confusion and we forget to.
lie."-Thoi?rton Wilder.
"Virtue may seem as' sleepy as a
cat, but she is dangerous when she
springs " Robert ynd, •
"The only way to end war is to
each the fellows who protlt by it that
they can profit more some other way."
=Henry Ford..
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