The Herald, 1906-12-21, Page 3Sunday school.
INTEliNATIONA.L LESSON NO. XII
DEO 30, 1900.
Rendew,--Read John 1; 1-14.
S i mmaryLeseon: 1. Topic: Love the
macrame duty of man. P'larle: tit J'eru-
e:abem, in the temple courts. The I-leir-
cdienm, Sadden:nee and Pharisee.e ask
'Ham lard gweatmculs; testnn Him . Aril
mere silenced; the great conesmmaavdineart
is given by Christ; we ,:amulet !love God
supremely; rain•, the world ate dlthe sept
lute verset all be r,emounreed; we should
love our neighbor; Jesus as10 the Jews
at hard question; warns His disciples
cuga,istst hypourify; .arias attention, to a
wi'do'w casting two mites into the tree
tsn:ry.
11. Topic: auusdin.o against fedse pro-
fession. Place:Ouu Nonni; Olivet. The
sulbjecte of Christ's kingdom are likened
to ten vir'gine; Christ is the Brit -Legroom,
end the ail represent* the grace of Uod;
the foolish virgins hand. the Tamp od pro-
fess'iee, but Lacked oil—true spin e:nal
life; they endeavored to make good their
preparation at the last :unguent, bet it
was iota late; the wise exe the erne
,Christians who not only have at ,>refes-
saon, but the love of God in the soul.
We should always be xead'y to meet the
Bridegroom.
TIL Topic: Reasons for fidelity to
darty. i'ilaee: Mount of Olives. The tal-
ents are given and the master takee; his
journey! two .semearies make a large
gain; the third buries his rnUenut; the
master's return, though del -eyed, is cer-
tain; eo Cheist will euxey come again;
two servants, come to their master and
bring the talents given thein and many
more; they are oonu aeadod and e ewurd-
ed; the idle servant has no increase, but
hand sayings and .excuses; he is cast
into outer dankness.
IV. Topic: The belieeea-'a heart devo-
tion. Plane: Bethany. It ie sax days
before the Passover, and Jesus is at tore
house of Simon the leper; .while sitting
at meat Mary anoints the ahead and
feet of Christ, using a pound of very
precious ointment valued at about fifty
dollars; the disciples are indignant and
:think it should have been sobdi -and given
to the poor; Jesus rebukes them nand
nn
oomende the woman, very highly;
Judas agrees to betray Jesus for thirty
pieces of ,silver, about twenty dollars.
V. Topic: The Lent's Supper. Place:
Jerusalem. It was Thursday; Jesus sent
Peter and John to Jernrsielenn to prepare
the Passover supper; they found a. lade
upper noom nvhxsre they made ready;
in the evening Jesus sit at the table
with Iiis disciples; He told them that
one of tiheiu would betray Him; they
were sorrowful, and everyone asked,
"Lord, is it I?" J•cts'us said it .would have
been better for that man neve¢- roc nave
been barn; He then told Judas the he
was the one; Judas left; Ja�-us eats. His
lest eirnpea. wwath, the remaining eleven.
VI. Topic: The agony of Jesus. Place
Gethsemane. Jesus and eleven disciple&
enter the garden; eight are left near the
entrance, Peter, Jaynes and John go with
Sm into the garden; Jesus agonizes in
prayer; is sweat is like blood; He prays
for strength; an angel is sent; three
times He asks His disciples to watch
with Him; three times Ile finds them
sleeping. We should watch and pray.
VII. Topic: The trial of Jesus Christ.
Place: The palace of Caiaphas. Jesus is
dent from Annas to Caiaphas, the high
priest; Peter follows afar off and thrice
denies the Saviour; the Sanhedrin is
hastily summoned; false witnesses are
sought and are found with difficulty;
at last two testify that He said He
could destry the temple and build it in
three days; Jesus is :silent; Caiaphas
asks Him if He is the Christ; Jesus
replies that He is; Caiaphas rends His
clothes; Jesus is condemned to death;
they mock and abuse Christ for some
time.
%IIT. Topic: Warning against wine -
drinking. Place: Probably JierustJktn%,
Isaiah's home. The drux.(kard folliows
strong drink; wine inflames; God's judg-
ments will fall on the drunkard; all
classes go down to death together. There
is nothing too bad or vile for a saloon-
keeper or for a man under the influence
of strong drink to do. The drunkard's
character is always bad.
IX. Topic: The worldling's treatment
of Christ. Place: Pilate's judgment hall.
Jesus is taken to Pilate, the governor,
who investigates the charges and finds
no fault with Christ; Pilate calls the
people together and desires to release
Christ; they demand that He be cru-
cified; three times Pilate urges His re-
lease; they demand the release of Bar-
abbas, a murderer; Pilate yields; wash-
es his hands; Jesus is scourged. Think
of the merciless Roman scourge, not
just the Jewish •scourge of forty stripes
save one, but a pitiless lashing that
tore the flesh from His back and breast
and arms and that with the cruel thorns
and mocking blows left His face more
marred than any man's (Isa, cii. 14.)
X. Topic: Jesus dying on the Dross.
Place: Calvary. Christ on the cross;
mocked by the soldiers; vinegar offered;
the superscription; the two thieves cru-
cified"with Christ; • one railed on Jesus,
the other confessed his sins and asked to
be remembered in Christ's kingdom; the
prayer answered; darkness from twelve
till three o'clock; Jesus cried witli a
loud voice and died; the centurion's tes-
timony; Joseph begged the body of
Jesus ;wraped it it' linen and placed it
in a new sepulchre.
XL Topic; The resurrection of Jesus
Christ. Place; Garden near Calvary.
Christ was crucified on Friday, April 7;
rose early Sunday morning, April 9; sev-
eral women were early at the -tomb; the
stone was rolled away; the women en-
tered the sepulchre; Christ was not
there; two angels appeared; their faces
were like lightning and their garments
were dazzling; the woolen were afraid;
the angels told them Christ had risen;
be was to go before them into Galilee;
the women ran to take the disciples the
word;; Jesus met them;; the story that
the Roman guard had been bribed;
XII. Topic: Jesus' parting words to
his followers. Place: lii and near Jeru-
salem. The disciples (Thomas absent)
are assembled in an upper room; Jesus
appears; the disciples are terrified; he
shows them his hands and feet and side;
asks them tohandle him opens the
Scriptures to then; after rorty days he
leads them out to Mount Olivet where
the ascension took place. Then they re-
turned
to Jerusalem with great joy and
Waited tendays in an upper roomfor
the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In due
time the Spirit cams upon them and as
a result of their preaching three thou.
sand were converted. Jesus is coming
again to take his people to heaven.
Golden Text—"His name shall be call
ed Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty
God, the everlasting Father, the Prince
of Peace" (Ise.. ix. 6).
Lesson I. "Wonderful" in wisdom. The
Pharisees and IIerodians had come to-
gether to catch our Lord in his words and
perplex him with hard questions. After
answering the puzzling questions and sil-
encing them, Jesus turned to his cate-
chists and naked them questions which
they could not answer.
II. "Xe ondorful" in watching. "Watch
therefore for ye know neither the day
nor the hour wherein the Son of man
cometh" (Matt. xxv. 13.) As the sen-
tinel watches for the foe; the sai•lee
for the storm; the watchman for the
thief; the wife for the absent husband;
so should the Christian watch lest the
foe defeat him, watch lest temptation
overcome him, watch for opportunities
to do good ,watch for the leadmgs of the
divine Spirit; watch for the approbation
of his heavenly Father, and thus he
watching for the coming of the Lord.
IIT. "Wonderful" in judging. "After a
long time the lord of those servants com-
eth, and reckoned with them" (Matt.
xxv. 19.) Daniel Webster, when asked
what was the greatest thought that ever
,occupied his mind, replied: "The sense
of my individual responsibility to God."
W. "Wonderful" in appreciation. "She
hath wrought a. good work- upon ine"
(Matt. xxvi. 10.) Let us immortalize the
good. A favorite motto with Frances
Willard, taken from an ancient sun -dial,
was, "I record only the hours that are
seen." The Book says, "yi'hatsoever
things are true .... honest .... pure..
lovely .... of geed report .... think on
these things" (Phil. iv. 8.) Chronicle
the bright, helpful things your friends '
do; speak of the sweet, pleasant influ-
ences\ that are about you.
V. "Wondeirful" in his memorials.
"Thie do in remembrance of me" (I. Cor.
xi. 24). A rich gentleman attempted
one: day while intoxicated to men an
avenue where a little street sweeper, to
'n'liom he head often given a nickel, was
waiting for a hueiryiang e:urriage to pass.
The street sweeper saw the gentleman's
danger and. sprang forward and threw
himself against him and needled him
back, but his own little feet slipped and
he fell right under the pranging horses.
'They picked his poor, bruised body up
aril carried it to 'the Motel near by. The
man: little Andy had saved was sober
now, and wept as he ,sadd, "Oh, Andy!
your Bee fpr me! 'glow can 1 bear it!"
But the tears the strong matin shed were
tears of repentance. He never touched
the liquor again. He spends all his time
ani3 strength and money sav in ' amen
from intenliperanre. "'How can I do
less," he sears•, "with the u•emembranee,e
of Andy's sacrifice always before ine?"
VI. "Wonderful" in submission. "v'ot
my will, but thine, be dune" (Luke xxid.
42). Christ's prayer was for deliverance
from a ,natural (teeth in the garden that
lie aright die a saerifioial death on the
enoss. But He would not even ask for
what God. ,had promised .except in a
spirit of utter submission to Has Fath-
er's will.
VII. "Wcnderfut" in forbearance. "He
is despised and rejected of mean (ha.:adi.
3). The betrayal of the Son of man
with n kiss is the most shameful act of
treachery in all history. But if you
have not ben born again, you have the
same sinful heart that led Judas to be-
tray Jesus end may be guilty of a e'rinpe
winch will lend you to something of the
shame and suffering that came to Judas.
VIII. "Wonderful" in warning. "Woe
unto them that are mighty to drink
wine, and men of strength to mingle
strong drink" (Isa. v. 22). We have here
a parenthesis of a ;great evil, intemper-
ance, from which there is needed a
mighty deliverance. Verse by verse gives
the pictures of the tyranny of drink,
the passion of drink, the poverty of
drink, the death through drink; from all
this we need the deliverance through the
"counsel of the Holy One of Israel" (Isa.
v. 19).
IX. "Woavdenful" in inaocenee. "llhen
said Pilate: I find no'fault in this man"
(Luke xxiii. 4). Pilate declared that
Jesus was an innocent man, yet he was
illegally tried by religion and state.
Never was man so innocent; never was
man so ill-treated.
X. "Wonderful" in his sufferings.
i
Farber forgive them for they know
not what they do" (Luke xxiii. 34).
While he hung a curse upon the cross,
the sinner's substitute, neither sun, nor
man, nor angel, nor God, could comfort
him. The Father turned away from his
beloved Son, while there was "laid upon
Kinn the iniquity of us all" (Isa. 'iii. 6).
He could bear it! And up from the
depths of his wailing agony there went
the wailing cry you and I can never com-
prehend (Matt. xxvii. 46). But we can
believe that he"died for our sins."
XI. "Wonderful" in his resurrection.
"He Is risen, as he said" (Matt. xxiii. 6).
The resurrection is the primal, miracle
(L Cor, xv. 14) ; the pivotal truth of
Christianity (L • Cor. xv. 14); the proof
of the scriptures (Luke xxiv. 45, 46) ; the
pledge of our acceptance (Rom. iv. 25);
the power of holy living (Rom. i. 4; the
promise of our immortality.
XII. "Wonderful" to endue with
power. "Tarry ye..,, , until ye be en-
dued with power from on high" (Luke
xxiv. 46). At Pentecost "the promise" of
the Fattier to the Son was redeemed, and
it is ours by virtue of our union with
him (Acts ii. 33). A. 0. M.
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HER NAME IS LA PEPANA, AND SHE IS GOOD TO ITALIAN
Cb-IILDREN.
Santa Claus' wife lives in Italy, says the London Express. The ideal
Christmas visitor in the minds of little Italian children is an ugly hut
boundlessly benevolent old lady, known. as Le Befana.
Throughout the land multitudes of little boys and girls chatter all
through Christmastide about La Befana, who is confidently expected to
4 come - silently' and secretly on the night between January 5 and January 6.
The historic myth of La Befana is a singular one. It is as curious
as the various stories of the Wandering Jew, or of the Three \Vise Men.
4 . Like many' other visitors to Cologne Cathedral, I have seen the three skulls
tdeclared- to rte those of the Magi, wlto -are reputed to have settled on
th Rhine, and to have died in the district. La Beane is the name
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given to ,the woman who, when it was known that these Rise Men were
about to pass by her buuse, scornfully refused to go to her window to
salute them, and to wish thein a blessing.
Ever since then she has been repenting her evil ways. fart of her
.. repentance is manifested in benevolence to little children. All through
the year she fills up her spare time in preparing presents in wonderful
verity, intended only for really good little children, of whom she is a sort
of patron saint, corresponding with the German St.. Nikolaus, celebrated
under his popularly abbreviated cognomen of Santa Claus.
Le Befana is supposed to be ugly simply because she is so very vener-
able, being nearly 2,000 years old. She brings dolls, trumpets, little
watches, all snrts of confectionary- and curious cakes, marbles and toys.
The reason why this happens on the twelfth day after (Christmas is simple
enough, and in perfectly consistent with the pretty myth.
The day is Epiphany, consecrated by the church to the memory of
the Magi. It is the date on which they are reckoned to have presented
their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the Holy Child. And as
Le Befana is associated with them, so she is sure to fulfill her kindly
office on Epiphany Eve. Thus the festival of January 6. called by the
church Epiphenia, is by the masses of the people, especially by the chil-
dren., known as La Befana.
Nut how is it that La Befana is regarded as the wife of Santa Claus?
J The answer to this query gives a curious sample of the way in which
by accretion alegend comes to be enlarged. Originally the boys and girls
of Italy knew nothing of any Santa Clans. He was not in any sense an
Italian patron saint. Familiar only with La Befana, they had no legendary
Santa Claus, with snow-covered cap, furs and bells, coming down the
chimney to fill.. their stockings with long -desired gifts. But as an idea
of foreign and modern importation. the tradition of this Northern friend
to children is gradually becoming Italian.
There are in Italy thousands of Anglo -Italian, .tustro-Italian. Swiss -
Italian, German -Italian and American -Italian families. No nation has
taken more cordially to foreign matrimonial alliances than. the Italian
people. The children in these households regard Santa Claus and Le
Befana as husband and wife. They often, when they have been very
good, receive visits from both.
The doctrine in their minds is that Santa Claus finds the wenn slimete
of Italy uncongenial, and that for the most of the year he live;; in the
frozen north, Left that his wife prefers the sunny south. and seldom visits
• the cold northern lag's.
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Christmas
Christmas fil d hrge place in the
world's life. 1 is almost univer-
sally absery =then ]ands. 1n
countless snotories all over
the world . r kmen are en-
gaged all. t r king every sort
of product, " i or useful, for
the holiday ma ( Hundreds of thou-
sands of pound - spent annually in
to be presented at
the purchase of
Christmas time.
Thus Ohristm,,ouches the world's
life at almost eV ri,pointt. It is a bright
day in the calm r.. But there is no
danger that .in i vast commercial and
social importance he most sacred mean-
ing of theday s being overlooked?
Christmasis firs f all a religious anni-
versary. It men ,, n.othing if we leave
out of it the truth of divine love and the
conning of the Son of God to this world
to reveal that love.
If we would keep Christmas fittingly
it must bring us to a remembrance of
Christ. Every true vision of the day
must show us the holy Child. with the
light of divine love shilling in His face.
We would worship again with the shep-
herds beside the manger. Christmas
with no worship in its observance, no
remembering of God, no thought of the
love of Christ, it is empty to all sacred
meaning. While we give and receive
gifts, it should be easy for us• to remem-
ber God's unspeakable gift. As we enter
. into the gladness of this happiest day of
the year we 'nay think of the joy with
which the angels celebrate the birth of
Christ. As we ylekl our :hearts to the
spirit of temderuess which pervades the
Christmas air, we may think of the
heavenly love which came into the world
' the night that Christ was born.
We keep Christmas truly only when
we let the love of Christ into our hearts
•and lives. • We write +Anno Domini in
our dates, but are we really making our
years years of our Lord? It may mean
very little to us that Christ was born in
Bethlehem a great many Christmases
ago; but if we keep Christmas its we
may it is not merely another anniver-
sary—it is the regal birth of Christ in
our hearts.
If we ]seep Christmas in our hearts
we will have love for each other and for
everyone. Christnnas means love—good
will to igen. It is a time for universal
amnesty. If we have been holding a
grudge against anyone we should now
put it out of our heart. It is a time
for forgetting ourselves and thinking of
others. The truest joy of Christmas is
not found in receiving, but in giving.
The happiest people are those who make
others happier. There is more of hea-
ven in pleasing than in being pleased.
The heart in whichChristmas is truly
kept is a gentle heart. It is full of kindly
thoughts an inspirations. It wishes ill
to none, but good to all, Then its good
wishes blossominto fruit. The wonder-
ful otutflow of kindness at Christmastide
is one of the most striking evidences of
spirit of Christ diefusing itself in the
world, pouring out through human, liveia.
It is Christ coming again and living not
only among men, but in men, reincar-
isating Himself in those who dove Him.
If we 'keep Christmas in our hearts
it will not only sweeten our lives, but
twill make us sweeteners of the lives of
others. A lady tells of gathering a hand-
ful of sweet briar when on an excursion
in the woods and inning it in her bosom.
She soon forgot it, but all day as she
rambled here and there she smelt every
where a spicy fragrance. On every wood -
path she found the same odor. The
other members of her party had their
handfuls of all sorts of wild flowers, but
she was surprised to find that all 'these
seemed to 'lane the same kind- of frtt,g-
ranee.
•
Late o t night, when she undressed,
there was the sweetbrier tucked away in
her bosom. All day she had carried
hidden on her own person the perfume
which she supposed conte from others.
"How good it would be," she said to her-
self, as she closed her eyes, "if I could
Bary a spirit in. my breast that every-
one I met should seem lovely."
If we keep Christmas in our hearts
our lives will be sweet, whatever the
condition. We will not be dependent on
the weather, nor on our health, nor on
our circumstances, nor on the disposi-
tions of the people about us. We carry
the secret of sweetness within us, and
wherever we go the air about us is per-
fumed with the love that dwells in our
hearts.
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The Ballade of the Mistletoe Bough.
I ane standing under the mistletoe,
And 1 smile, at no answering smile re-
plies.
For her haughty glance bids me plainly
know
That not for me is the thing I prize;
Instead, fro mher coldly scornful eyes,
lndifterence looks on my burs/aced guile!
She knows. of course. what my act implies—
But look at those lips! Do they hint a
smile?
I stand here, eager, and beam and glow,
And she only looks a refined surprise
As clear and crisp and as cold as snow,
And as—Stop! I will never criticize!
I know what her cold glance signifies;
slut I'Il stand just here as 1 am awhile
Till a smile to my pleading look replies—
But look at those lips! Do they hint a
smile?
Just look at those lips, now! I claim they
show
A spirit unmeet under Christmas skies;
A claim that such Lips on such maidens owe
A—something—the Custom justifies;
I claim that the mletletoe rule applies
To her as well as the rank and file;
We should meet these things in a cheerful
gulee—
But look at those lips! Do they hint a
smile?
ENVOY.
These customs of Christmas may shock the
'vise
And the mistletoe boughs may be out of
style,
And a kiss be a thing that all maids de-
spise—
But look at those lips, do they hint a
smile?
—Ellis Parker Butler, in the American Il-
lustrated Magazine..
When. Mother Reads Aloud.
When mother reads aloud, the past
Seems real as every day;
C boar the tramp of armies vast,
C see the spears and lances cast,
I join the thrilling fray;
Brave knights and ladies fair and proud
1 meet when mother reads aloud.
When mother reads aloud, far lands
Seem very near and true;
I cross the desert's gleaming sands,
Or hunt the jungle's prowling bands,
Or sail the ocean blue;
Far heights, whose peaks the cold Witte
shroud,
C
setae when mother reads aloud.
When mother reads aloud, I long
For noble deeds to do—
To help the right, redress the wrong,
It seems so easy to be strong,
So simple to be true.
Oh, thick and Cast the visions crowd
Ivry eyes, when mother reads aloud,
—Hannah G. Fernald, in The St. Nicholas.
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CHRISTMAS iN MERRY ENG MD:,
Throughout Great Britain Ohristrnsri fee
the great week. of the year. It is he'
one week when scattered farnilies snare"-
united,
r rwe'united, when tender memories. and'•cal'erl
associations are revrverl, when' fsii isdl
greets friend with cheery expansiNieneins-
in striking contrast with the character-
istic reserve of the English nature. Bassi -
noes 13 practically suspended in Losadera
for the five days succeeding Chriatmas-
eve. There is nothing left of the obso-•
lete orgies which so offended the Puritan'
element in the times of Cromwell.'• 11a=
would be an unimaginable English moan
arch who would forbid sup observation
of the twenty-fifth of December. Tlrc•ec-
ample is set by the royal family o1• the -
ideal way in which to spend the 'nappy,•
merry Christmas -tide which the Enaglizla -
people cherish. It is the custom of King •
Edward VIT. and Queen Alexandra to-
' pass the holiday quietly at Sandringham ,
and there to give personal supervision t+m•
the distribution of gifts.—Jane A. Stew-
art in Leslie's Weekly.
Song of the Filipino Bard,. -
tIl. P. Arehibold.)
Sons of Filipino sires,
Rise! the foe is at your door.
Rise and don your sprinting garmentc.-
As you've donned them oft before.
Rise and show the proud invader
You retain your ancient speed;
That you're swift upon the mountains. •
Swift and terrible indeed.
Let the nations laud the daring,
It shall not bo yours to die,
On the crimson field of battle,
While you have your feet to fly.
For the brave may lose their freedom.,
To some tyrant lord accursed—
If you wear the yoke of bondsmen
They will have to catch you first, -
Then fly, ye spark -brown patriots,.
While the day is young and bright;
When the foe lines up for battle
You'll be safely out of sight.
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headaches and was dizzy and nervous, and
doctors all failed to help me.
"Lydia E.Pidl.harn's VegetableCompound'
was recommended, and after taking it my
health begin to improve rapidly, and 1 thinit:t
it saved my life. I sincerely 'tope my experi-
ence will be a help to other girls who are+
passing from girlhood to womanhood, for -
1 know your Compound will do as much,
for them.
If you know of any yourAg 011 who lar"
tick and needs- motherly advice ask her•
p writ? lads. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and.
he will receive free advice which wig t
rut her on the right road to a strong,,
lealthy and happy womanhood. htrQ..t
1'inkharn is daughter in-law of Lydia ate.. -
Piet -drain and for tiler,ty-fine years bsge
been advising sick we;nen free of eharee,e