The Seaforth News, 1930-12-04, Page 2Sunday School
Lesson
ANALYSIS
L STEPHEN THE ZEALOUS PP,EACIHERR,
6: 1-15. B. FALSELY ACOUSED, 7: 1-58.
1II. Tap 'WARM, 7: 544.0.
December 7. Lesson X—Stephen (An
Early interpreter of Christianity)—
Acts 6: 7-10; 1: 64-60. Golden Text
—They chose Stephen, a man full
of faith and of the Holy Ghost.—
Acts 6: 6.
IN'rRODUCTroN—Chapter six of the
book of Acts records a new develop-
ment in the Christian movement in
Jerusalem. Two groups now appear,
'''the Grecian Jews," or Hellenists, and
"the Hebrews," The Tomer spoke the
Greek language. They were Jews who
had lived abroad, engaged for ;he most
part in trade, who hadreturned to
Jerusalem to visit friends, or to join
in the celebration of the ancient festi-
vals, or no doubt insomeeases out of
love for 'the holy city to spend their
last doe there. Of them E. r, Scott
writes, "It is Lot difficult to guess
why they, more than others, were at-
tracted to the new teaching (that is,,
the Christian teaching).. By their
contact with a larger world their out-
look had been L'oadened, more than
they were aware, and when they came
back to Jerusalem thee were apt to he.
bitterly disillusioned. Instead of the
religious ardor they had dreamed of
they, too, often found nothing but the
wrangling of worldly priests and the
endless hair-splitting a the interpret-
ers of the law. In the Christian con-
e, unity they breathed a Iarger and
more spiritual atmosphere. Here was
Judaism at its bee - set free from all
that narrowed and perverted it. Here,
if anywhere, was the real feeling for
religion-"
To this. group Stephen beloneed, and
iris understanding of the Christian
faith. as well as his attitude toward
the Jewish institutions, is of profound
interest to those who would fully ap-
preciate the growing life of the church
and especially the ministry of Paul
in the period that followed.
I. sTEPHEN THE 'ZEALOUS FRSACH£R,
6: 1-15.
There may have ueen a disposition
among the Hebrew Christiane to treat
the Grecians as outsiders and foreign-
t and the "murmuring" of the :atter
may have been justified. Where the
twelve apostolic leaders lied charge,
ail was well, but the members of the
Christian community had so increased
and its activities so widened that they
were fully occupied with preaching
and teaching. .And, they said, "It is
rot reason that we should leave the
word of God, and serve tables." And
so they advised the appointment of
seven "over this business."
Stephen, however, was not content
merely to serve tables "in the daily
:ainistration." He became a preacher
"full of grace and power," as did also
another of the seven whose name was
PLdlip, chap. 8: 4-8. In their case the
lower ministry led to the higher, the
less to the greater. It seems clear
that Stephen, in his preaching and in
the disputes in which he became in-
volved (v. 9), too' the essentially
-ChristianP osition that the law of
Mosesand the temple ritual were not
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el .enc to all men a new way of
b d n
faith.p Of course that was "to speak
blasphemous words against this holy
place, and the law" tv. 13), but only
to put them, as institutions of religion,
in their proper place, But the ene-
mies of Stephen distorted his words,
accu.:ing him of blaspheme and had
him arrested and brought before the
• council.
l7, FALSELY ACCUSED 7: 1-53.
In deadly peril of his life, dragged
adore an unfriendly tribunal, Stephen
preserved his enrage and serenity.
Those who sat in the council --saw his
lace as it had been elle fare of an
angel," chap. 6: 15.
Stephens defence of his teaching
-beim, the council presents er argu-
ment which linnet have appalled to
fair-minded men among his judges.
How the Telephone. Helped
"Great stuff!" exclaimed Jack Wright,. former captain of the local football squad, "Next best thing to being
with the boys is to bear fi'San yon regularly and to know how the team 'la shaping up." Jack's team mates
thought a lot of their captain and when the doctor ordered hie right at the very 'beginning of the sesta to go to
the mountain sanitarium for a complete rest, they arranged amongst themselves to call him on the long distance
telephone two or three times a week, The calls cost very little and as coach Hennessy said "those telephone
talks not only cheered Jack but they kept the teamraembeia tight .on their toes for naturally, they didn't want
to talk about anything but wins when they'spoke to Jack:"
that at firstethey had refused his-lead-
ceship (v. 35), and that in the "wilder-
ness they had not been obedient to his
authority (v. 89). ah a 'passionate
climax heturned upon his accusers
and charged them with resisting the
spirit of Cud as their fathers had
done, and with their last and greatest
crime, in that they had "become be-
trayers and murderers" of Jesus, the
Righteous One.
III. THE 5 ARrYR, 7: 54-60.
These last words of Stephen so
aroused the passions of the mob that
a furious attack was made upon him,
and he wasdragged forth from the
council chamber and the city and
stoned to death. One can hardly doubt
that the "'young plan named Saul" had
more than a passive part in the crinis.
It may be, indeed, that Saul had heard
the epeech of Stephen and that, though
he resisted the force of its argument,
both the speech and the conduct of
Stepen had made an indelible impres-
sion upon his mind. Both in speech and
in action that day Stephen the martyr
was a true interpreter of the Chris-
tian faith.
Ms enemies were insisting upcm the
divine and unchangeable authority of
Mosaic lee' and ritual. He shows thein
in a rapid review of their history that
God had appeared to Abraaam and
made covenant with hint long before
the time of alosc,;, that he had deliver-
ed Joseph and had given :Sinn favor
and wisdom before the Egyptian ruler
centuries before Moses led their fath-
ers out of Egypt, and gave them the
law at Sinai, and that Moses himself
was but one of that succession of great
leaders whom God had raised up in
Israel. He xemincled them that the
mon of Israel hail not understood the
ideliverance which God was giving
alien by the hand of Moses (vs. 25).
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'alum a man has mush to say he
r:f.tu weinpers It."
New Brunswick Hills
The Geodetic Survey of Canada, De-
partment of the Interiorl'in the course
of its work on the triangulation of the
'Maritime Provinces, has accurately,
determined the geographic positions
and elevations of a number of pro-
minent bills in northern New Bruns-
wick, sueh as Mount Carleton, 2,690
feet; Costigan, 2,197 feet; Bald peak,
2,036 feet:
Settlers Take UpLand 1
North tk Bay, No ay,
Ont,—During the past}
12 months 600 settlers have taken up,
land itteedistrict which is under
the Crown lands agent of Cochrane.
This area includes 16 townships from
the Quebec boundary west to FaugUier,
the greater number of these settlers
are in an area within a r•adlu of is
miles of Cochrane.
This is said to be the largest num-
ber of settlers to come to the district
since it was thrown open for home-
steading. Europeans have out -nem -
bend Canadian but quite a number
of native have come from the Wet,
particularly Manitoba.
The majority of the new arrivals 1n
the district are Finns, Hungarians
and Slays. In Pine and Machin
townships there are Iarge commun-
ities of Finns who still retain the
communal system under which they
lived in their own land. Six or
seven years ago there were practically
no Finns in Cochrane but today thea'
have 18 Finnish hotels there.
When Cats Were Rarities
Tile Manxcat is dying -out. Even in
the Isle of Man Itself the tailless breed
is becoming rare, white the mainland
type, complete with tail, is increasing
In numbers.
The Manx cat is, not a native of
Man—indeed, it is believed to be of
Japanese origin, though how it got to
the Isle of Man from far -away Japan
is something of a mystery. But, tben,
the ordinary domestic cat is not a na-
tive of Britain, and was comparatively
rare In Europe until late in the Mid-
dle Ages. It is believed to be the re-
sult of crossings between the Egyptian
cat, a sacred animal in ancient Egypt,
and the wild cat.
Cats without tails, or with rudi-
mentary tails only, are still common
in certain parts of the I ar East,
Ire Int 11.30 p.mJ"Did you know
I could imitate any bird you can
name?" She—"No, I Okln't, Can yon
imitate a horning pigeon?"
Mary—"Your insults have no effect
on me. You will not gain your point
in that way!" Martin—"What de I
want to gain?" "You want to make
me go to mother. But I will send for
her to come here,"
Airs. Cbat—"It says here in the
paper that a certain man hasn't
spoken to his wife for twelve. years,"
Mr. Chat (in name only)—"Give him
time. He may get a chance yet"
To Helen of Troy
By Helen Hoyt
Helen it is not'you they have clesired,
And it is not you they praise now in:
their songs,'
But you are a thousand women and a
thousand faces;
And the glances of many eyes glance.
out of yours,
And the anerement of your breath
Is not the alinement of one Woman,
that fails,
Ent your beauty is beauty itself,
And with that yon' have. held men's
love, their praise.
For never are they long in the delight
of one delight, ,
But they must taste at many springs
and far rivers,
Seeping not. any woman, but all wo-
manhood.
And you are that perfection and illu-
sion,
For they have made you after their
heart's wish
And call upon you by your name, your
beauty,
But 'tis not you they call—not Helen,
not Helen's face, ,
If you returned, would they remember
your footsteps?
Or be more eager to .look or follow
after
Or would they stop with you more
than they stop with us?
Stay then their story, and be immortal
and all -lovely;
For only youps is the beauty that 'can
bend them wholly,
It is the dream of love their love is
constant to,
The dream of love that holds, not we
that hold them,
Only yours the beauty they let bind
them, unwearied,
Anti never our beauty, the binding of
our single love,
O Trojan woman who died, who never
lived, whose beauty passed,
it is only the• dream of love that does
not die.
Mr. Wealth: "I am leaving town
for my health,"
Miss Seeker: "Do you always take
your doctor's advice?"
Mr.. DeWealth: "Thfs was my law-
yer's advice."
CHorne Cams
Ey
MALE ANN BEST
Ability, natural ab lines are like na-
tural plants, they 'need Pruning by
study.—Bacon.
Btiiid'ing
We are living in :, wonderful age,
I wonder if we realise just how won-
derful it is. Ordinary people live in
miniature palaces compared to the
shelter our less fortunate ancestors
enjoyed. It is appallina what nee-,
salt' things they had; to do without.
New we have electricity which wields
her magic wand' scattering comfort
and light broadcast so lavishly, What
is it? We use it but who knows what
it is? And out of the cauldron of na-
tural hidden wonders which have been
lying dormant until now, how marvel-
ously have the builders, thinking men,
and women, uncovered some new trea-
sure to lavish on our present civiliza-
tion. Each new thing invented of die -
'covered we. receive ,with wonder but
in, all too short a time accept and. use
it as a matter of course. Having these
things markedly lessens our tasks and
gives us Snore leisure but we fail to
use that leisure to develop our own
particular talents and individuality.
It may mean hard work with dis-
couragement for it is a fact that
things worth while. are ,not WW1 easily,
'but event' ;.one bas something which
only he or she can do and it is amaz-
ing how that something develops and
grows in we try, and we slowly but
surely push in to ohr rightful places.
So often we 'make the mistake of
thinking time is wasted if we do not
earn money with what we have learn-
ed. Itis true material things are very
desirable, no one denies that, but af-
ter all it is our.spiritual grotytlt which
counts. It is all we can take witb:us
into eternity so the thought comes,
"Are we helping and instilling in out
children a desire to build their Per-
sonalities?"
We so often nowadays hear this,
"You know, I never study my music
any since we have the radio. I
think we'll just sell our piano." We
forget because we have at some time
studied music, that the door leading to
an understanding and appreciation of
what we hear is always open to us but
for our children who grow up all too
quickly we have closed the door be -
cense they hear the radio but most
of it goes :over their heads and they
fail to either uuderstand or appreci-
ate the great world of pleasure which
music has to offer. They are not
building in their minds the storehouse
for music. It is a small and poor
building .and they cannot hear with:
the hearing of understanding. The
same is true of every vocation in life.
It doesn't matter what it is. It is
necessary to study it Ind then try to"
s we
ba learned our -
do .the thio ve
g
selves 'in order to broaden out into
what• eve should be. In each new
thing "learned we are really building,
always building iii invisible habita-
tfon,
Paper bags are a boon and a bless-
ing besides being convenient for pack-
ing separate iield lunches, they are
handy to slip a hand intofor disagree-
able small task fox instance it may
be neeessavy to wipe up something
spilt upon the floor when one's hands
are spotlessly clean, Put your hand
into a paper bag, take the floor "cloth,
'use it, replace it and still have spot-
less hands,
Rubber -tired castors will make a
convenient tea -wagon out of a table
too lore or too small to be of much
use otherwise.
Snuffling 'Inches
Little Betty's grandma used the old
fashioned method for measuring a
yard by stretching the goods at arm's
length, holding one end of it up to her
One day Betty calve to her saying,
"Smell this, Grandma, and see how
long it is,"
Twilight Hour Story—What is the
This is going to be a story about a
bird and the kind oe a bird I am sure
You know, and if you do -•not know
what this bird lodks like .asic your
Daddy to take you out to a farm so
you can see for yourself just what the
bird I am going to- tell you about
looks like.'
Buithen I am sure you have often
seen one almost exactly like the one
I 'a n going to describe. Perhaps it
may be you even have some of your,
own out in the back yard. Now can
von guess what it ie about? WeII, it
is about a chicken, a nice fat chicken
with pure pretty white feathers, Didn't
you ever wonder how she keeps so
clean? I, do: It seems she never has
to take a bath or have her face or her
hon—goodness, I was nearly going to
say "hands." Of course she hasn't any
hands, and that makes me remember
she has only two feet too, hasn't she?
Not much like pussy cat, is she? No
hands and only two feet. It must be
.funny to be made, like that, but then
she has things we haven't got. For one
thing she has those lovely white feath-
ers. Oh, don't they keep her nice and
warm, especially just now when it's'.
getting coed? Those feathers are even
better than a fear coat.
But we must get on with the story.
One day a good many weeks ago,
when it was still nice and warm out-
of.doors, this young Lady Hen, whose
name was Lucy, thought she would
like to have sono little fluffy baby
chicks. She didn't know what they
were like because she never had any
before, but someone tokt her, T believe
it yeas Miranda Sparrow, that she
could have some all her: very own, but
Miranda told her ."If you 'want those
little chicks you mustn't lay that nice.
white egg in the nest in the chicken
house the way you did • yesterday or
the day before.' I won't tell you to-
nigbt what tq. do but next week P11
tell you .what "to do with :those nice
white eggs so you can have some cute
little baby
chicks. So next
week lit -
tie boys and sitIs, if you rereal good
and shut your eyes now and go to
sleep in the nice dark which was made
so we could go to sleep, I'll promise to
tell you all about it.
The dark is :kind and cosy,
The dark is soft and deep,
The dark will pat my pillow
And love me as I sleep.
God made the dark so daytime
Could close its tir6Weyes,
And sleep ,awhile in comfort
Beneath the starry skies.
Next week—What Lady Hen Did.
A couple were walking down the
street and the Ville said:
"John, I'd lips that dross In the
window."
John—"Well, it's there, isn't it?"
Husband (fed up): "By George, I
must have .been crazy to marry 'you!"
Wife (Placidly): "You were, dearest
—I remember you said so every .day
for months."
Master of the House: "Br—Mary;
your mistress and I 'leave .been dis-
cussing matters, and, to put it plain-
be we suspect you of eaves -dropping.
However, to save further trouble
we—" Mary (breaking in): "I hoard
you, and I've got my 'box packed."
Peguis Post Office
Peguis post office in Manitoba takes
its name from Peguis, the Saulteaux
Indian obief, who was a friend of the
Red' River settlers and well disposed
to the whites in their efforts to found
a colony the ea19y years of the nine-
teentb ,gentury.
Salt in Manitoba
In Manitoba numerous brine springs
are found iu the area west of lalte
Winnipegosis, and brine has been en-
countered in drill holes in the distoiot
between Winnipeg and the boundary
of Saskatchewan.
Every day should be passed as If it
'were to be the last.—Pnblius Syrtis.
MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER.
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Change Your Type
Through Your Hair.
Smooth, Sleet,; Coiffure Favor-,
ecl by Fashion of the
Moment
How many of the feminine sex sud-
deltly pe01' late the mirror and turn.
pin' ]leads this way, teen that way, and
with every movement become 212010
and more dis-satisfied? Stich a sante,
ness—flow tired we are of theseine'
Personality. The next time you feel
this way, grab a comb and try parting:
the hair in a different manner. The -
results' are often startling and youi
have a new role to play—you are a
different person—the moment before -
you were a flurry, rather sweet indi-
viduel—Now, behold! Utter sophisti-.
cation Is yours.
Here are a few hints:—First study
the contours of your fee, ' If yours,
the thin face,' but irregular,features,
Perhaps yon find the center parting.
unbecoming—try a very loly parting..
Tho result will be quite'fascivating.
Wearing the hair low over the fore-•
head decreases the length of the face,
giving a hint of broadness, Which is.
most . becoming to the long, narrow -
featured person, but must be avoided
fa
By cobroadmbing ce, thhair back off the•
fbIorethehead, exposinge it, will make the
face longer and narrower --especially
if the ears .aro also exposed. This,
style is very severe and .only -becom-
ing to one with shell-like .ears and a
lovely skin. However, 'Dame Fashion
at the Moment decrees that the ears
be hidden. So if the hair' is short, it
can be combed back ananarranged tee
show ;just the tip of the ear. This
way the face will seem 'longer and'
less broad.
The broad -featured person may
achieve a slenderizing effect by comb
ing the hair so that It Covers the
cheeks, thus lessening the amount of
light space on the width of the face.
This is a very successful arrangement
for the peraon with dark bait,
Loose curls, light waves and unruly
hair should be eschewed by most pea
p1e .with irregular features. Loose
waves, quite indefinite as to -outline,
and quite sleekly fitting to the head,
will be found to be much Moro be-
coming to most people.
By -a11 means—remember this--
those
his—those who have round faces should
avoid long hair that is worn low on
the nape df the neck. This style of,
hairdressing is most successful for
those with Iong,. rather narrow fea-
tures. The fluffy, loose hairdress
dwarfs the features with a tendency to•
smallness or thinness. On the.other
hand, the sleek, close -fitting style has
a habit of making large features ap-
pear large
The bestr. time to try these new ef-
fects is immediately after shampooing..
Then the hair is not so stubborn and
set.
"A flapper silhouetted against the
fireplace mattes a grate showing."
Londoners Approve
New Style Buses..
London—London's new luxurious
omnibuses with inside staircases,
which have been tried out on cartes.
routes, "have proved so popular with'
the public that they will soonreplaee
all the old existing types in use, .it
has been announced,
The new vehicles with their large
near platforms have been found pal,
ticularly useful in rush-hour trafiie,
They Have six Wheels and;aecomme-
date more people.
Thereltave been about six different
types of'busesintroduced here since
the war. It was stated at the head-
quarters of the omnibus company that
while tits program now being curried
out suggests a stanclardizatlod•of two
types; the possibility was never ruled
out of the development of a better or
more convenient omnibus in the ftia
tm'e.
Tho new buses will be Put into sen
rice every week from no until the
old ones are entirely replaced,
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Wheeled Toys Display
Children's Jumping Jack
The trend in toylanl is to wheels.
Recent production figures indioate
au increasing popularity of elrilch'en'
automobiles, velocipedes, tricycles an
other wheel toys.
Scooters, however, fell off in pies
duction last year, There alae w
a decrease in the number of doll ee.
riages and doll carts manufactured.