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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-11-03, Page 2T, Sunday School Lesson. November 6, , Lesson VI—Amos pleads for Justice, Amos 5: 1, 2, 10-15, ` 21.24. Gplden Text—Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty' stream, -Amos 5: Z4. ANALYSIS. 1, A DIRGE AND AN EXHORTATION, 5: 1-17. highway, in farm and vineyard (vs. 16, 17). ILA SOLESSN WARNING, 6:18-27, The prophet rebukes those who de- sire the day of the Lord, vs, 18-2.0. There seems to have been a popular expectation that in some great war Jehovah Israel to victoryi the overtheir enemies mei to wealth and power. Amos turns this desired, day into a day of judg- ment upon the evil nation. Jehovah will indeed come, but in wrath and not with favor, and his instruments of doom will be these very fees whom, they hope to conquer; It will be e day of defeat and not of victory, of humiliation and not a triumph, in whichthere will be no safety and no escape for those who have sinned against their God. The feast days, solemn assemblies, and offerings are not acceptable, be- cause they have in them no content of -true worship.. For the same high emphasis upon righteousness and jus- tice, and upon pure worship, see Isa, 1:10-17 Jer. 7;1-15; Hos, 6:6; Mieah 0:6-8. The question of verse 26 seems to imply that such forms of worship were not ueed in the wilderness pee - lea, but that is quite inconceivable. The intention seems to be to intro- duce a comparison between the simp- ler and purer worship of that early period, and the ornate and idolatrous rites of Amos time (compare Jer. 7;21-24), II. A SOLEMN wA1tNI ie,' 5:18-27. III.- VI IONS OP INTERCESSIQNS AND A' PRIEST'S OPPOSITION, chap. 7. INTRODUCTION—Like the true pro- phets • of Israel in every age, Ames held that the mere formalities of religion were not in themselves pleas ing to God. He•eaw in Israel, at the sanctuary of Bethel, multitudes who offered their sacrifices at tho altars: and paid their tithes, and whe were careful to observe• the ancient feline, but to him it was not worship, but rather transgression against'God. He knew the'lives,' which these people lived, their many acts of injustice, their cruel conduct toward the poor, their greed, their .self-indulgence, their deeds of violenoe, and their dis- loyalty to Jehovah in the recognition and. worship of other gods. He saw doom coming upon a wicked nation end declared that Jehovah world not turn it .away: Iia reminds the people of the warnings Which' they have had, drought and famine, blight and locust swarm, plague and a recent earth- quake, yet they have not repented. In the greater calamity that is coming upon them they will -meet -an offended Led whose laws of justice and human kindneos they have net obeyed, And yet Amos, true prophet of a merciful God, hoeing agars let hope that a way of deliverance may yet be found, exhorts this sinful people to repentance, and intercedes •fer them with (?r i that they may he forgiven. I. A DIRGE AND AN EXHORTATION, 5: 1-17. The lamentation, or dirge (v. 1) is cast in the form of inverse of poetry (v. 2) with a peculiarly mournful rhythm, which pray be imitated in I:uglith as follows: "Fallen. na more to pilo, the virgin of Israel; Cut down \ l:en her land, uene to l]ft ler up Ii-.. Anes is a tieipating the eat- Inuit • which he excrete 1* fall upon I: '(1 , a 1 lea sbneent for its sins, and ie his prophetic v ..1n he sees it iia 4 -adv } r =ant, end the land i 11:: n into ruin and decay. The pro. el:••t - ices.:egos of warning and of ex - 1 .'. n were 4 ,ot I n ae early as B. C. eel, and in 722, .. tc r a long period ' of ,evil strife, and a lr..ng siege of the capital , ity of Bantarie by .1ssyHen aeie•:, th' kin„dant of Israel 'lune to an end. and many of h . ] co'ple were u .' , d away into captivity, see 2 Kip 11:8411 and 17:1-23. The pre- u., .:4' 4 er Amos was fulfilled. In v..3 the prophet describes the c '.iiten t+ which 103 country will ha eeimeel a: hresult of internal and hivaelen by foreign ene- reee Only ane -tenth or tho Hien vie to hr -,I OMTS will he left in the cities of le racl. Nee, rthelesehe believes in the mercy of God and urges repentance and seckirg of his Paver, if by any mean hie anger against them may be epi • 1 aed he may yet -deliver them. Jahre all la to be :ought, he declares, not in il.:. gorgeous and corrupt ritual of th' great sanctuaries at Bethel, Gilgai and Beersheba, but in just and upright dealing, by putting away their manifold transgressions and their weighty sins (v. 12). by loving and tieing Good and not evil. For ,Je- hovah :5 n:ir only the great- Gad, the Lord, maker afthe et:arry h aeons and ruler of light and c!..irkness, of sea and Iand het he is able to read the innerm'.st thoughts of men's hearts, and he is- the defender of the spotted against, the c,trnng (vs. 8-9, compare 4:1:1). • 77h; IAaie was both -the entranre to a wal.4,. tete and the broad squire within. The letter was the market place and the piece of public con - (Tepee, whee2 the judge, (,f the city held cia:ly sessien. An upright ,fudge who rebuked evil deers was hated. The prophet indignantly 'denounces the rich who oppress the poor; who hosed v; feudal la -its over their poorer neighbors, meting from them gifts of the produce of their labor in re turn for 'heir patronage, who took bribes and perverted justice, a par- ticularly despicable kind of sinners (v. 11-12). The dayef calamity, and so of wailing, for such ls. surely corn- • ing, when the cry of d,etress and' of mourning will be heard in street and III. VISIONS. 00 INTERCESSION AND A PRIEST'S OPPOSITION, chap. 7. In a series of dream visions Amos prays for the people of Israel, • be- seeching the mercy of God. upon this little nation of Israel. In the third of these h, predicts the fall of the royal house of Israel. The king mentioned is Jeroboam II. a short account of whose reign will be found in 2 Kings 14:23.29. This declaration made at Bethel, a sanctuary under royal pat- ronage, of eased the wrath of the chief priest, who ordered Antos to return 'at once to his own country of Judah. The prophet's simple defence of his divine commission and statement of his call to the prophetic office (vs. 14-15), is very impressive. British School System Praised They Express Genius of Em- pire's People, is De- claration Toronto. --,.The public schools are an expression of oue of the best and finest .ides of the genius Ot the Bri- tish peoples, and do their part to !strengthen and develop this genius,” said Dr. R. W, Livingstone, President and Vee -Chancellor of Queen's Tent- versity, Belfast, Ireland, speaking in Toronto recently, Dr. Livingstone admitted that there were certain drawbacks in the public :1011001 system, but expressed com- elete aseuranec that it serves more than any one feeler to bring out the I best and most desirable qualities of (English youth and develop unselfish ',community service to a high plane. Commenting on the Irish situation, the speaker said that Northern Ire - laud is no loss peaceful than Ontario et present, while the political slime- ' tem in the south is rapidly mending. II10 alarmed that "everyone would be glad to see the south settle its own piobiems, with prosperity and sue- ' cess to Itself." As They Breezed Along "I'm out to raise the wind fora very necessary thing these hot days" "And what is that?" "I'm going to blow myself to a now electric fan." Bloody But Unbowed. Beat me, kick me, cheat mo, lick me, Throw me down the stairs; Gash me, pound me, slash me, bound me, Make me say my prayers; Though we'll always have a fight, Life, I'll love you just for spite! —New York Evening Post. "MU 1 1' AND JEFF"—By Bud Fisher. A THANKSGIVING STORY Meeh and emee were two boys In school, Much was a little bigger than More; ,so that the aeluiol boys, in fun, used sometimes -to -call Much, "a little More," and More, "not Much." More had finer clothes, and more spending money than Hauch. Yet Much seemed very much happier then More. Be always• wore a smile. More usually had a frown, More` was always saying, ',Give are dais," and' "Give tee that," until the -boys in fun called Ulan "Give Me," Much, on the .other hand, was always glad for what he had, and he never forgot his man- ners. It was "Thank you for this," and "Thank you. for that," until the boys nicknamed hint "Thank you." So it carne about that the two were call- ed "Thank You" Much and. "Gim Me" More by all the boys in school, On the Friday afternoon before the Thanksgiving holiday, the boys sat restlessly In school waiting for four o'clock to come. Mr. Master, talked to them about: ' Thanksgiving. He said something about the Tranksgiv- ing Spirit and dropped a hint that this Spirit was a magician. But the boys did not pay much attention to him, they were too busy planning their holiday. When the gong sounded the boys A SMART NEW FROCK. rushed out of school and Thank You Exceedingly smart is this allies and Gim Me rode away In an auto - b y mobile, for. Thank You was to spend CVO one-piece frock having the modish the holidays at Gim Me's house, two-piece effect. The skirt has an The night before Thanksgiving, the inverted plait at each side, front and two boys went to bed in Gim Me's back, ann is joined to the bodice had- roam as usual, "What did Mr. Mas - Mg• a V neck, long sleeves gathered ter say about the Tranitsgiving Spirit, to wrist -bands or short sleeves with cuffs. A chic -bow is placed at the left the other day?" asked Thank You, shoulder and' a buckle finishes the belt ,"I don't know," said Gini Me. in front, No. 1643 is for Misses and "I Wonder if we could see the Small Women, and is in sizes 16, 18 Thanksgiving Spirit?" said Thank and 20 years. Size 18 (86 bust) re- You. But Giro Me did not answer quires 334 yards 39-ingh, or 256 yards him,; because he was asleep, Thank 54 -inch material, and 3 yard 39 inch You Shut his eyes for a moment and contrasting for binding. Price 20 when he opened them ho saw, aiding cents the pattern. on the footboard of the bed, the ROW TO ORDER PATTERNS. heartiest, happiest, and handsomest ,Thanksgiving Spirit you could Write your name and address plain- imagine. He wore a long crimson ly, giving number and size of such csl.t that was buttoned up with great patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in shiny buttons. It was furnished stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap h mpockets alLof which w�te it carefully) for each :neither and bnlglug- witany address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade- "Come with are and see my room, ` laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by invited the Spirit. Wrap a blanket return mail around you and step out of the win - Capital and Labor Edlubur h Scotsman (Cons.): Be. dew into my aeroplane." The two boys got 10 and whirred away. They could not see where they stopped, be- cause it was so clerk. "Is this where tween capital and labor in the ab- you live?" asked Thank You. "One street, as used by the economist, of the places,' answered the Spirit. "I there Is and always must be a fun always jive In other folks houses, and demented identity of interest. Bach I have a room" here," He lighted a is necessary to the other, and the pro- duct of 'both, in harmonious and ac- tive co-operation, is essential to the well-being of the whole namely, the divorethe community. The e of t lab- over from the ownership of his tools and instruments of production, com- bined with the divorce of economics as a study from philosophy and the humanities, have caused this great truth to be overlain or forgotten, to the great hurt of industry and the na- tion. The change has produced in the mind of the workman distrust, little box with. a silver ring in 1t. suspicion and rancour, While it has "Oh, thank Sou," said Much. At bred in the mind of the capitalist the these words the ring turned to gold. tendency to be selfish, hard, and inn "Thank you very much!" A diamond human in his regard for and. treat- carne out 1 nthe middle. Thank You ment of his fellow mon, has coovork was too surprised to say another candle and set it on a table "This is a pretty small room," said Gim lie critically. "Small? said the Tranksgiving Spirit, "Why I think it's big. At that, the walls and ceiling began to move, going farther away until the room was like a great reception hall. "Now, that you may have some - to remember your visit by, I want to give each of you. one of these," said the Spirit, as he handed eachboy a ers, in the production of wealth, A word. new spirit is abroad, and let us hope Gim Me looked at his ring. "Give t'Itat it will grow, deepen, and broad- en, act that peace and prosperity may abound to gladden the hearts of men, Easy Way to Clean Silver Put a teaspoon of salt and a like amount of soda in a new aluminum pan and pour boiling water over them. Place your tarnished silver in the solution. When the tarnish is re- moved, wash and dry with a soft cloth. The method will not injure the silver, which is cleaned as thor- oughly as by hard rubbing and is not scratched as it may be when pastes to see if it would become like Thantit or powders aro used. This method loaves the silver with a soft dull An- yea's, but it did not. "Give e a nicer one," he said. The watch stop - mea gold one," he said. At that the ring turned to brass. "I want a gold one, like Thank You's." At that the ring turned to tin, "Just so that you may know when Thanksgiving Day conies around, I will give you this," said the Spirit, as he handed each boy a fine silver watch: "Orr, thank you!" said Thank You. At that the watch turned to gold. "It is beautiful, sir!" The face became so shiny that you could see what time it was even at midnight. Gim Me watched bis gift a minute fah, which can be heightened to a high polish by rubbing with a chamois or soft cloth and the use of silver paste. "Looks like rain to -day," said the milkman, as ho poured the customary quart of milk. "It always does," replied the house- wife. , ped ticking.. "Ono like Thank You's." The watch shrank and be- came small and Iight. "Now it is time to go," said the magician, buttoning up his crimson coat. In less time than it takes to tell, they were back again in Gim mo'e room. The Thanksgiving Spirit tucked them into bed. "I hope that you will have a happy Thanksgiving1 Day,", he said, and disappeared. The two boys never' talked about their strange visit. They grow up to be men, Mr, Mach was never rich, and be had many troubles, but peo- ple said he was the happiest men in town, her. More was very rich, but he was diseonteuted. People' said that he \vas so anxious to have mora that he never really enjoyed the much:'that he lad.—Adapted from story by Jay T: Stocking in 'Tho May- flower Programme Book. Air News. Montreal Airport Well Under Way to Make Quebec City a Real Factor in Aviation - ORDERS MOTHS Ottawa The Montreal airport, the construction of which is now begin- ning, will, according to plans ap- proved by the govel'nnlent,be much more than a mooring etatiou for, transatlantic aerial navigation. Montreal is to be used as a general baee,for all airways in this part of the couutry. Recently, between St. Lam- bert and St. Bruno, 715 acres were purchased as a site for a mooring mast, and the initial' outlays are now authorized. : About $90,000 is to be spent on the site this fall in -prelimin- ary preparations for the mast, and also for the larger base. The property is to be levelled and graded, and a variety of smaller works carried on. To eucourage flying clubs in Cali ada, the Government has just placed an initial order for ten "Moth" aero- planes to be purchased from the De I•Ievitand Corporation of England. The contract price is $51,000 By the policy recently enunciated, the National Defence Department agreed to supply one extra aeroplane wherever a local club purchased an- other, and it is to prepare for this de- velopment that the 10 planes have just been ordered. They will be sup- plemented later. The Government has also decided to convert the old Rockliffe Rtde Ranges at Ottawa into a central aerodrome and seaplane station for carrying on expeeimontal hying by air and over water, and also to explore the possi- bilities of whiter flying. With that object in view the site is to be en- larged by the addition of 21. acres. Disaster On the Land London Observer (Ind.) : (Appalling weather this summer has ruined the British farmer.) Its onset bas no par- allel uuloss In the memorable '79 or in the earlier season which "rained away the Corn Laws." The ravages of flood and tempest are stupendous. Many a crisp has sustained not merely damage, but obliteration. Tho labor ' of a whole season has been washed I away, an dtho husbandman left with Ibaro hands. It 1s a tragedy that will throw a host of cultivators bankrupt, leave much soil derelict ,and—what is still worse -strike despair into the hearts of a whole community. If it were not recognized now that the plight of agriculture has becomea matter of national urgency, it would endorse the most cynical views of political psychology. No Doubt They Did Ready Orator—"Oh, yes, I can get up any time and make a speech and - think nothing of it." She—"Don't your audience usually thank the same way?" An auto -renting company in Berke- ley, California, has learned that an average of 2.,4 cents per mile Is saved on gas when its cars are driven over concrete highways as compared with earth roads. It is concluded, there- fore, that the hard surfacing of heav- ily traveled highways is in the in- terest of public economy. ritish Rescue Crew •,f Steamer Taken by Pir.. tes Thrilling Scenes When Sub- marine Goes Into Action in China R>. Mt BASE IS ATTACKED Hong hong,—The war against the pirates who prey on shipping along the Chinese coast has been carried in- to the pirates' stronghold at Bias Bay by a. British submarine. Thrilling Scenes. Thrilling scones were enacted dun. ing the rescue of the' -Meow of the Irene by the submarine L-4, The Irene, en route from . Shanghai to Amoy, was attacked by .the pirates, Captain Jansen, 1118 'seoond officer, and the engineer were at breakfast: when they appeared. The pirates shot the steward . in the chest and. overpowered the officers. The pas- sengers 10110 -robbed. After ordering the vessel to slow down, the, pirates: spent their time in gambling and eating, The Irene reached Blas' Bay that evening, The 'submarine L-4, which was an- chored near the shore, observed that the vessel was without lights and flashed a signal to .it .to halt, This was disregarded. The submarine then Area ,several •shots across the Irene's bow. Forced to Continue. Tho captain was on the bridge un- der guard. Ile rang for the engines to stop but the pirates in the engine' room forced the engineer t0 continuo. The submarine then dropped a shell into the , engine room. The engine was disabled. A pirate who was about to shoot the engineer was kill- ed. The crew of the Irene started to jump overboard and the submarine came alongside. The crew and, passengers were res- cued with great difficulty because of the heavy seas at the time. Of Course He Turned Red "After he kissed Sall did you no- tice how Ile turned red?" "That cheap stuff she uses always comes off." The Decay of Agriculture London Daily Mail (Ind. Cons.): No great nation has ever yet lived without a rural population. The health and stamina of the race must deteriorate if a poopie••Is' entirely di- vorced from the villages and the fields, and if the great swarming mod- ern. cities cannot draw fresh Iiloed into their veins from those whole- some sources. Aa England wholly made up of Ilio "street -bred people" seems unthln.kable. Yet we may have to think of it it the decay of agricul- ture is not arrested, Charge Radio Battery on Car "I take the six volt battery that is used In my ear, and switch it to the radio, putting the radio battery in. the car. By the time tho battery ou the radio is run down the ono in the car IS recharged. This eliminates the cost of a charger and also the expense and trouble of tatting It to a battery station." Gooseflesh Barred. An old Southern planter was dis- cussing the hereafter with one of the colored servants. "Sam," he said, "if you die first, I want you to come back and toll me what it's like over there. If 1: die first, I'll come back and tell you what it's like." "Dat suits me, Massa," replied the old negro, "but if you dies first, Ah wants you to promise me dat you'lI come back in de .daytime."—Christian Leader. When Is An Omelet Not an Omelet? .lee, MY Aewere of b@a)VCTION TCLCs Me 'cm -id -Vox 2ecmtsrvi PARTAKEN of Foote , r HAD OM@1.ET FIRST MY `(oUNG C-1JG-NI V L°Ain . --S, �� A MusHRoorn FOR Time FUL 4 .ro - e\' �o / • i I : THE IN AND LIFE: i'.�1 '. ". y _i, (>�% �_ i','!t'- h •t, • - iL Do tD k(00 7 Lace a. t `°�i �'��' v ii Nye '+' — x WAS CRAZY 1T- ANc SEC ME THINKING: [1 �1 '^'t"' °q„q,,. a � o • T l; • IT r cY,• �(�41 ABOUT iA5 ' ro - I11,, tlW5'»kl. `IGS, Yes Go oaf: �^l ` • \,. , x �e = .�Y .!s. .'i' ,,j�i>�� dI ', , )''V. J - kT'•. 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T f}§y °p %/// 1.. iI I(I : dal IIIINI II!I I IiI I II lull iIINIIIIIIII l , - 1 III IMO gt l N II IiiIN ill iII�IIINII'f is2r- lxai , i a r i \ } / ///.` !_ .94 .rte' - Liar sF ly Appeals to Leag .e Geneva -The charge that the Polish 'Government 1s putting in: operation a fa1"i'eaching scheme directed against the very existence of an Independent Lithuania is contain- ed in an appeal to the League of Na- tionE made by Lithuania against Po, land, which the League made public recently. Lithuania protest's to -the League hecaueo of the closing of Lithuanian schools in the Province of Vilna which formerly was part of Lithu- ania and the arrest of Lithuanian clergy there by the Polish authorities. The appeal charges Poland with Persecuting Lithuanians. Appeals ing to the Council under Article 11 of the League Covenant, which refers to the endangering of friendly rela- tions among undone, Lithuania asks the Council to establish Poland's re- sponsibility In the matter, Lithuania maintains in its, appeal •that eupproesioli of the schools, , ru Vilna Is a violation of the . Polish minority treaty of 1919 and that per- 11 secution of the clergy is a serious in fringement of Poland's concordat with .the 'holy See whereby Poland guaranteed the clergy , special legal, pi'otactlou. TIte Lithuanian appeal declares that this mistreatment of the clergy IS a violation of the League's' etipule- mbers malnaill juc antlond scrupulousthatmerespect for rstieabyo obligations. Sl Canadian , oute Wins Favor Compares to Panama Canal, e Says Massachusetts Man That the St. Lawrence waterway project, the making of a ship -way from the Great Lakes to the sea, be. carried out at once 0105 advocated by Orra L. Stone, general manager of the Associated Industries, at Boston. recently. "Once the project becomes an actuality I venture the opinion that the economists and historians of tho future will marvel that in the year 1927 -there were iconoclasts so obtuse as to fail to realize what this out- standing development of the St. Law- rence meant as an economic asset. I surmise the results will be compar- able to those that followed the oven- Ing of the Panama Canal.” .. Plum and Apple Jam Leeds,jorkshire Post: There was a time when Army rations were notori- ously bad. .Even when they ceased to be bad they remained monotonous, - That is no longer true. During the late war, in spite of the regularity- with egularitylvith which bully beef and "plum and apple" appeared, our soldiers were well fed; but In peace time his tastes and needs aro considered to an extent which the musket and powder genera- tion would have considered farcial. Wo aro assured that such dainties as fruit salad and sardines figure on his mane. Presumably they are not served together, even though war- time inured Tommy to some curious mixtures. But the broad fact remains that 1s4rlety and palatableness aro considered, as well as the scientific •el necessities of proteids and calories and vitamins, War Guilt London 1vbning News (Ind. Cons.): No kind god has given the Berman or any other nation the gift of seeing it- self as others soe it, and it was inevit- able that sooner or later e Germans should come to look upon agar as a sort of massacre of the innocents with themselves as the heroic and high-minded innocents. It ince been Bald that you cannot indict a nation. That is not true, for public opinion throughout the civilized world indict- ed Germany, and, having carefully examined tho evidence, found her guilty. It is true, however, that you cannot force a nation to indict itself. If, in the bitterness of rout and re- morse, a desperate cry of "peccavi" k goes up the mood of penitence evap- orates the moment the -sting of defeat and :the material evidences of disaster begin to disappear. Winnipeg, Manitoba—Indicating an increasing demand for prairie lands by incoming settlers, the Canada Coloni- zation Association, a subsidiary of the Department et Colonization and De- $ Velopnient of the Canadian Pacific Railway, has just completed the sale of five farms aggregating 1,640 acres at $130,000. Locations and prices were: 480 acres at Osage Sask.,$19- 000; 800 acres at McAuley, Man $34- 000; 820 aores at McAuley Sask.,$13; 000; 800 acres• at Ilawarllen Sask., $25,000 and 969 acres at Provost, Alla., at $38,000, '1 F rmer Parsnip-4h—ad a good day at market. His cattle fetched good prices, and so he bought a nice piece of cloth to have made into a suit of clothes. But on his homeward 0107 1}e lost it, a mistortune which annoyed Mrs. Parsnip very much. Over -bur - cloned with her grievance, she told a neighbor about it the next day, strongly condemning her husband's carelessness A weep later the neighbor. met Mr, Parsnip "Good morning, Mr, Pantile!" said the neigh- bor. "Hoard anything yet about your cloth?" Parsnip smiled sadly. "Yes," he said, solemnly and mournfully, yet philosophically, "I have—morning, noon, and night!"