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SUNDAY
S CHOOL
L ESSON
February 13.
JESUS ON THE MOUNTAIN
AND IN THE VALLEY
Mark 9: 2-29
PRINTED TEXT, Mark 8: 2-8
17-27,
GOLDEN TEXT. — I believe;
'help thou mine unbelief. Mark 9 24.
Memory Verse: God , . , carcth for
you. 1 Peter 5: 7.
Time. Auttunn A.D. 20.
Place.—The transfiguration took
place on blit, Hermon, far fn the
north of Palestine; the healing of
the demon — possessed boy took
place near the southern foot of this
mountain,.
The Invited Three
"And after six days Jesus taketh
with him, Peter, and James, and
John, and bringeth them up into
a high mountair apart by theme
selves. And he was transfigured
before theta." Our Lord took with
Hint the three who aleo were with
Him in the Garden of Gethset-mane.
It was while our Lord was in the
act of prayer that he was trans-
figured. The word transfigured
implies more than a change of
mere outward- semblance,
The Transfigured Lord
"And his garusents, became
glistering exceeding white, so as
no fuller on earth can whiten
them." The business of a fuller
in ancient times was to cleanse
and whiten linen garments
The Heavenly Visitors
"And there appeared unto them
Elijah with Moses: and they were
talking with Jesus." We should
carefully note that Peter did not
selfishly ask that a tabernacle
aright be built for himself, but
only for his Lord and the two
visitors who had come from the
other world. Matthew tells us that
they were so awed and afraid that
they could not hear the glory of
the scene. They were amazed and
stupefied.
The Voice From Heaven
"And there carie a ,cloud over
shadowing them: and there cattle a
voice out of the cloud. This is my
beloved Son: hear ye him. And
LEADS CANADIANS
Major Gelieral Chris Yokes, 394,
5g Winnipeg and Ottawa is in con-
rand of a Canadian division in
Italy. He Is Canada's 31ounges
Ianeral, and commanded the '2n4
nfantry Brigade of the Canadian
tit .Division 1n Sicily where ha
Bran the 10..i),
suddenly looking round about, they
saw no one any more, save Jesus
only with themselves." .The repre-
sentatives of the Law and the
Prophets depart. The whole scene
was changed in a moment and only
Jesus, as the disciples had known
Hint, was seen. As the disciples lay
prostrate and stupefied with ter-
ror, and Christ touched them and
spoke His word of cheer, they
were relieved of their fears and
lifted up their eyes again,
The Disciples' Failure
"And one of the multitude - ans-
wered hint Teacher, , , bring him
unto me." We have seen the Sav-
iour's compassion: here we see
how great was His forbearance—
'how long shall I suffer you?' In
His words—`bring him unto me'—
we hear the note of love, of
authority, of confidence. He did
not turn away in spite of the
faithlessness of those present, but
confident of IIis inherent power to
cure the hardest case calls for the
love to be brought forward.
The Evil Spirit's Work
"And they brought him unto
him ., but if Thou canst do
anything, have compassion on us,
and help us." This was the work
of the evil spirit within the youth,
When the devil within hint saw
Jesus about to work, he thatched
his power against Christ's
Faith, Not Power
"And Jesus said unto hon, if
thou canstl All things are possible
to hien that belicveth." The father
had said. 'If Thou canst do any-
thing'. Jesus says, 'if thou canst
believe.' The question was not; 'Is
there lower', but 'Is there faith.'
"Straightway the father of the
child cried out, and said, I believe;
help thou my unbelief." How can
we fully and freely believe? First
we' must confess the faith that we
have, as this man dish Then eve
must appeal to Christ to be helped
against our unbelief, as this man
did. finally, we ,nest bring the
case to Christ.
Christ's Healing Power
"And when jcstis SIM. that a
Multitude came running together
But Jesus took him by the
hand, and raised hint up; and he
arose."
Christ's words center no more
into him shows the completeness
of the miracle and Christ's care for
the future of this youth in the
grip of Christ there was power,
healing power The weak ex-
hausted lad found himself pos-
sessed with new life and vitality
when his hand was grasped by
Christ. He was lifted; but even as
he was raised he found himself
able to rise with the new strength
which had entered into him.
The Book Shelf
The Colonel's Lady
By Helen Montgomery
!'There may be girls nowadays
who feel poorly equipped to cope
with Artily life, hat I am a little
main of -my position. of Most Ig-
norant Army Bride of All Time,
and I have no notion of giving it
up without a fight,
This is the way the Colonel's
Lady, Helen Montgomery (J'ones)
begins iter story of life as. au
Army wife; the most amusing
book we have seen in many
years.
Married in 1924, when Lieuten-
ant Jones was just graduated from
West Point, they spent a short
time at their first army post in
the United States and then sailed
for China. Despite domestic
crises precipitated by their 'lack
of knowledge of the Chinese
lat.guage - on one occasion they
were served "fried eggs and
cream cheese" instead of "frogs
legs and green peas" — they were
enchanted with the land and its
people.
After their return to America
the Jones were moved from one
host to another, struggling al-
ways tt make a lieutenant's pay
do for themselves and their
three children. In 1935 the tide
turned, Lieutenant Janes became
Captain Jones and they started up
the ladder that has ended in a
Coloneley.
The Colonel's Lady .. Sy Helen
Montgomery ... The Oxford Uni-
versity Press ... Price $3,00.
Battling Basutos
Basutos who are greatly es-
teemed as fighting sten in our
African army, have one big "de-
fect" which will tickle military
men greatly. whey actually love
drilling so much that they do it
their spare time as amuse-
ment.
The result is that, to find suit-
able punishment fol• minor de-
linquencies, C.O: s have solemnly
to forbid the offenders to take
part in any drills, regular, extra
or voluntary. It sounds very odd,
but the fact is officially vouched
for.
Skip -Bombing
The new technique of skip -
bombing was brought to success
in the battle of the Bismarck
Sea and in the Mediterranean, ,
says the New York Times. Skip -
bombing is a cross between dive
SHORTCUT ON THE ROAD TO ROME
At an unnamed Italian port Allied troops file aboard an invasion ship enroute to the surprise landing be-
hind the German lines, south of Rone. Expecting a bitterly opposed landing, Lieut Gen. isI.ark Clark's
forces were themselves surprised when the beachhead was established with very little resistance.
bombing and shelling. Sometimes
the bomb is aimed to bounce on
the water and ricochet into a
ship's side, and sometimes the
bomb is dropped earlier so that
it bounces, falls into the sea and
strikes the target below the wa-
ter line. In a third method the
bomb is released at a higher
level close to the ship to strike
before a vertical dropping posi-
tion is attained. At Pantelleria
low-flying planes skipped bombs
into caves which were used as
underground hangars.
The Husky
The husky is a dog native to
northern North America front
Alaska to Labrador. He is usually
wolf -gray in color (indeed, he has
some wolf blood in him) and is
nnuclt used for a draft and pack
animal.
Tlue name husky is said to be
derived from an Algonquin Indian
word for eskimo. In the early days
the white Missionaries called the
Labrador natives "huskennaws," a
form of the word esquinsaux. Cu-
riously enough, the name husky
was first applied to the natives
themselves and only later on came
to be identified with the esi:!mo
dogs,
lCLlS
of GIBER FARM
By
Gwendollne P. Clarke
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If this war teaches us anything
at all it certainly should make us
realize how interdependent every
country, every race, every indus-
try- and every individual is upon
the rest of the world. It is true
from the highest to the lowest,
No man—or nation—can live unto
Himself alone,. We find evideuce of
that every day—is the home, on
the farm, on the battlefield and
on the sea. And so often it is the
little things that count — little
people, little jobs and little boats.
Yes, especially little Boats..
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Do you remember the scene in
"Mrs. Miniver" where the little
boats rescued tate men from pan -
kirk? Little boats—not battle-
ships or destroyers, but small, un-
important pleasure yachts and
fishing smacks. And do- you Teal-
ize how dependent we still are,
upon the little boats for the safety
of our loved ones and for the ship-
ment of everything they need on
the battlefront. No, it isn't the
little boats that carry the .men
and supplies, but it is' the little
boats that make it possible for
the bigger boats to ride the seas
with their precious cargoes.
t N 4.
.Ail these thoughts have come
to me as a result of some verses
I received last week. They were
sent by a reader of this column
who, apparently, wishes to remain
anonymous. Here 1s the poem:
POP—Aged in the Wood
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"THE HOUSEMAIDS OF THE
SEA"
By David B. Cunningham
The little boats of the fishing
fleet,
Emily, Susan and Jane,
Sail out with steadfast hearts to
meet
Danger and death and pain,
Not theirs to. battle the great Graf
Spee,
But they must softly tread,
As they keep the mine -strewn sea
lanes free
From Penzance to Malin Head.
They proved their valour long
ago,
When Drake was matched with
Spain,
And now from Devon to Scapa
Flow,
They prove it once again,
As, out where the lurking sea -
mine floats,
They gamble with death and
life—
The little salt -lipped. fishing -boats
From Grimsby, Hull and Fife,
They seek their safety on banded
knees, -
p'or they see their duty plain,
And sweep the; floors of the coast-
wise seas—
Emily, Susan and Jane.
That poem almost mattes me
homesick. I can see those little
boats—not as they are now but
as they used to be. I can see the
herring boats along the quay at
Yarmouth . trawlers coming
into the dock at Ilarwich and
little boats with red sails off tate
coast of Somerset — "red sails iu
the sunset,"
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Oh well, this is 1944, and we are
a long way from England — and
on a farm, and we do find a few
little things to keep us occupied
from daylight to dark. Last week
It was things litre cleaning stove-
pipes and chimnneys. You see we
have finally come to the end of
that soft coal I have done so
much talking about so we really
went after those pipes in a big
way and then while I was clean-
ing flues and stoves Partner was
scraping the chimney. I wish you
could have seen the pair of us
when we were through! And ea
tually, we didn't have any callers.
Three times I went over the din -
tug -room floor on my hands and
knees—twice to wash it and once
to wax it. And after that I scrub-
bed the kitchen floor. The next
day I wouldn't Have gone down
on my knees for a fortune, That
lob done I set up a quilt for the
Red Cross and invited some
friends in to help with the work.
We didn't get it finished so that
will, be another job for this week.
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We are still enjoying the most
marvellous weather. It almost
seems too good to be true — we
keep wondering what has happen-
ed to Canada—"Our Lady of the.
Snows". Some farmers are begin-
ning to shake their heads—therm
is "a water-shortage—and what is
going to happen to the wheat and
clover? That Is what every farm-
er would like to know, bat what-
ever is likely to happeu, worrying
about it won't stop 1t,
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