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Lesson,
October21.-Lesson III, -Christian
Stewardship, 2 Cor. 8: 1.9; 9: 6, 7,
15. Golden Text -First gave their
own selves to the Lord. -2 Cor, 8: 5.
ANALYSIS
I, THE FORCE OF A GOOD EXAMPLE, 8:1-5,
II. THE NEED OF CAREFUL SUPERVISION,
8: 6-9.
III.. THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTIAN
GiVII+IG, 9: 6 ,7,.15.
INTRODUCTION -This important let-
ter was probably written towards the
end of A.D. 56, when Titus had come
back from Corinth.
I. THE FORCE OFA GOOD EXAMPLE, 8:1-5.
V. 1, Paul refers to the Christians
in Macedonia in order to stir up the
mind of the Corinthians, and the cir-
cumstances of thee Christians are so
set forth as to reveal the intense gen-
erosity shown by them. The only ex-
planation Paul ^an find is that God
has given them this grace and liberal=
ity. The next verses mention some of
the qualities which distinguish this
kindness of the Macedonians.
V. 2. (a) The offering was made in
a time of great confliction. Severe
punishments had broken out, and they
had to endure incessant pain. This
was a test through which they passed
with great success. (b) The gift was
made, not with a grudging spirit, but
mut of an overflowing heart. They real-
ized what had been done for them-
selves by Christ. Often it has been the
case that the followers of Jesus have
conic to realize what are the secrets of
divine love in such moments of deep
trouble. (c) It was done out of pov-
erty and not out of wealth. The Rom-
ans had been very hard on Macedonia:
they robbed them of their silver and
gold mines and of other means of
wealth, and still continued to exact
heavy taxation. "The Macedonians
said that their nation was like a lacer-
ated and disjointed animal." Yet these
kind people did not suffer their own
need to prevent them from making
this gift.
V. 8. (d) They gave far beyond
their means, and did not stop to cal-
culate which was their proportion.
V. 4. (e) They came forward with-
out any effort on Paul's part to stir
up the gift, and they insisted upon
giving what they could. It was a, free-
will offering in the truest sense of the
word. They looked upon it, not as a
hard task, but as a real opportunity
and privilege, and they pleaded with
Paul to be allowed to participate.
V. 5. (f) They went far beyond his
expectations. They did not limit their
efforts to these gifts, but said that
. they were ready to meet his Will in.
any other way he could suggest. They
would send a companion to take their
contribution. These were the qualities
which distinguished this offering from
Macedonia, and account for the praise
which Paul bestows upon them. It
was surely a real incentive to orinth.
They must not fall below the standard
of their brethren.
II. THE NEED OF CAREFUL SUPERVISION,
8: 6-9.
V. 6. Paul was a careful organizer,
and knew that everything of this kind
would have to be arranged beforehand
with great thoughtfulness. Evidently
the proposal that Corinth should share
in the collection had been made some
time before, and the difference of opin-
ion which had sprung up between Paul
and the church had delay:a the gather-
ing of the money. But now that they
are reconciled Paul returns to the sub-
ject, moved by the hope that these
people will make an offering wo`rthy
of themselves. We must read the.whole
- passage in order to recognize the mo-
tives which are here actuating the
apostle. He knows how readilr suspi-
cion may arise in the case of the
• handling of trust funds such as these.
He will not do it all himself, but will
' take Titus and other members with
him that they may share the responsi-
bility. In vs. 20, 21 he tells them that
he must be above reproach. We -must
also read the opening verses of chapter
9 in order to see how firm Paul can be,
and how straightforward he is in all
his practical dealings. The church
can never be too attentive to any busi-
ness arrangements into which she has
to enter.
III. THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTIAN
GIVING, 9: 6 ,7, 15.
Paul is greatly agitated lest these
Corinthians should compare unfavor-
ably with other Gentile churches, and"
he now supplies three motives which
may urge thein to do their very best.
V, 7. (1) They will reap in propor-
tion to their sowing. This may not
seem to be a very high motive, but it
is one that works powerfully with us
all, and at times it was employed by
eJsus, See Matt. 6: 4, 6. •
V. 8. (;) All they have is due'to the
kindness and love of God. Their power
to work and to earn a living is the di-
rect gift of their Heavenly Father, and
they should seek to imitate the joy and
liberality with which God treats them.
God l'oveth a cheerful giver.
V. 15. (3) The greatest of all.Chris-
tian motives is the 1•oi'e of Christ who
came to save, us and who gave his life
that we might enter into eternal life.
Christ is the unspeakable gift. It is
an offering for which no words, -are
sufficient in order to describe its
magnitude, Then Paul reaches that
which 'is the purest of all Christian
motives, which is love. The one thing
that can melee our gifts worthy, both
in gnantity and quality, is the spirit of
sacrifice, which we learn at the cross
of Christ.
Serious Sheep Loss
Can Be Prevented
A Little Iodine in Food Will
Eliminate Goitre and
Improve Health
A Great Scientific Achieve-
ment
Science now offers a means of elim-
inating many of the losses which were
regarded as inevitable a few years
ago. Goitre in sheep, hairlessness in
pigs and joint -ill in colts, for instance,
can all be prevented as a result of
recent research. These three things,
which exact a heavy toll in Canada
each year, never visit the farm where
the stockman feeds a little iodine, ac-
cording to Lionel Stevenson, newly
appointed Provincial Zoologist in On-
tario.
Ioine, Dr. Stevenson points out,
costs less for ten years than the loss or
weakening of a single lamb. "There
is no substitute," he says; "iodine must
be present in the food. What you rose
on one dead, weak or runt lamb, would
pay for all the iodine required by your
flock for ten years. Why take a
chance with goitre when it costs little
'to insure your flock against such
losses."
Not only does the use of iodine pre-
vent goitre in sheep, but it also tones
up the general health of the animal,
according to Dr. Stevenson. There are l
larger lamb crops, greater gains in,
wool and meat, where iodine s regu-
larly fed with the food ration. .
The Canadian Co-operative Wool
Growers recommend feeding iodine in
the form of Potassium Iodide. Only
one, half ounce per sheep per year is
required, but this amount, while small,
is absolutely essential. "Buy medi-
cated • salt containing potassium
iodide," they say, "or pre:erably, pre-
pare it yourself by dissolving 4 ounces
of potassium iodide in a pint of water.
Sprinkle this over 100 pounds of salt
and Infix well. Let the sheep and lambs
help themselves every day. Don't Iet
the sheep get salt hungry."
English Speech
We are gifted with apt saeech
among ourselves. One of the trag-
edies of progress to me is the way in
which apt and racy speech of the
old England is disappearing under the
process of what for want- of a better
name R e call education. There is
nothing more remarkable .(and I
should like some time to address
some observations 'ori that subject)
than the amazing gift of- the people
of England to express themselves,
until they are taught' to speak a jar-
gon that expresses nothing. One day
on my walks in Wyre Forest I met an
old woman, who accosted me with this
salutation -a salutation that sounds to
me Elizabethan,. and that I defy any
modern educationalist to improve:
"May God, goodwill. and good neigh-
borhood be your company." Think
what education could do to that!
'those of us who are wealthy can send
our sons to expensive private schools
for four years, and then perhaps for
five or six years to Eton, and we can
finish up with four years at Christ
Church. Think our son will say that
to us? No, he will say, probably,
"Pip -pip, Toodle-oo." For literature, I
'take my 'stand every day by the side
of the•il1lterate, and I say to all of you,
"Maya God, .goodwill and good neigh-
borhood be your company." -Stanley
Baldwin, in "Our Inheritance.
We all finally come to do the "thio s
g
we swore we wouldn't.
He
ca .Elegant .For a Pet
SEA ELEPHANT QUITE SOCIABLE
is a guest in the Berlin Zoo and allows his host to stand on him when he is accepting a little light refreshment.
The British High
Commissioner
. .
Sir William Clark • has arrived• in
this Dominion to assume the duties of
High Commissioner for Great Britain
in Canada. It is forty-eight years
since Canada named Sir Alexander
Galt as her first High Commissioner
in London, but Sir William is the first
occupant of the complementary post
to be chosen by Britain.
In the first interview given out on
his arrival on these ' shores Sir Wil-
liam describes the functions which he
has come here to carry out as "an ad-
ditional channel of communication
between the Government of Canada
and that of Britain. .. Co-opera-
tion and interconsultation have for
long past, one is glad to think, been
the keynote of the relations between
the two governments and it is hoped
that the creation of my appointment
may make the bonds betweenthem
still closer. So far as in me lies it
will be my earnest desire to do every-
thing in my power• to further that
end.""
Such a declaration will confound
those pessimists who• see in the new.
appointment some sinister effort to
undermine the British Empire and to
weaken the cordiality of the'relations
now existing between. London ;and
Ottawa. -
Sir William Clark has had a wide 1
experience in •the machinery of gov-
ernment administration. .He is a maul
of outstanding talent and strong per.-
sonality, and .it is hardly likely that
he will ever .consent to ,be nothing
more than a transmitting agency be-
tween Ottawa and London. Sir Wil-
liam Clark announced that it will'be
his•first task to travel throughout Can •
-
ada from .eud.to end in Circler 'to gain
knowledge . of the country and to dis:
cover the varying outlooks or the peo•'
pie in the. different province's. - Such
a bourse has everything to co'i iuend -
it, and when he has returned to • Ot-
tawa he will be in a far better position
to interpret the negotiations in which
he is to play the part'oi go-between.
With , suck knowledge he will • not
merely be transmitter of communica-
tions, but a transmitter, interpretting
the Canadian view with a detached
and impersonal outlook, rather than
the mere official viewpoint of a Cabi-
net which is bound to be influenced
by the restrictions of political ex-
pediency.
The appointment of Sir William is
a natural outcome of the Imperial
Conference of 1928, by- which the
powers and privileges of the Gover-
nor-General in Canada were restricted,
the Governor-General becoming the
personal representative Of the Sover-
eign while the ttawa Government
transacted its business directly with
the Cabinet at Westminster. This
plan has worked well and the appoint-
ment of a High Commissioner should
ensure an even smoother running of
the machinery than created.
It is a tradition. in England that she
sends to Canada men of outstanding
ability and brilliant gifts. To the long
roster of men who have served the
Empire so, ably as Governors -General
must now be added those ,who •are -to
serve. in the exalted office 'of High.
Commissioner. It will be a post 'de-
manding ability and qualities of rare
tact and geniality. Sir William Clark's'
past record in the Board of Trade in
India and in other branches of Im-
peril service warrants the confident
expectation that he will set a standard
in the new, office worthy of the past
which will be diflcilt to surpass. Iu
so doing he will have the support and
the good wishes of the united people
of Canada. -Montreal Star.
A Great Scientific
Achievement
Ottawa, Canada. -The development
of Garnet -wheat, a new variety of
great promise, is almost an epic in
the "realm• of scientific achievement,
according to the Dominion Cerealist
at "the. Canadian Government Experi-
mental Farm, ' Ottawa; T.his new
wheat was placed on the market only
two years ago after almost half a
century of patient but determined
effort connected with its breeding and
evolution.
In.1914 Garnet wheat was included
in the regular variety test -plots at
the Experimental Farm, at Ottawa..
' In 1919 it was tested at the ' Experi-i
mental Farms in the Prairie Prov-
inces. In 1925 the Branch Farms were
able to sow 320 acres,from•which was
produced about 9,700 bushels. In 1926,
some 6,954 bushels of Garnet seed
I were offered to Prairie 'farmers with
a four -bushel limit to any one farmer.
•Some 2;826 farmers, including 862 sol-
di'er settlers,. secured two to four bush-
els lots' and this; together with seed
from increasing test samples by two
or three seed growers, made a' grant
total of some 14,000 bushels, or enough,.
to seed 12,000 acres.
This year Garnet wheat was ob-
served growing in • all parts of the
west. The section east of Prince. Al-
bert and north of Tisdale, Sackatche-
i wan, is practically a Garnet country,
It is an early maturing variety. It
usually ripens from six to twelve days
ahead of Marquis and'has consequent-
, ly enabled the area of wheat produc-
tion' to be extended much further
northward.
In 1903 it was reported wheat would
'never grow' in the Peace River conn-
try, Alberta. This year Garnet was
being cut here on August 21st. Crops
were more advanced- 'in the Peace
River district than further south, and
some of the west's finest crops were
seen there. In the Rio Grande section
l'of the Peace River: Country, on August
22nd( 31 varieties of wheat were iden-
tified, and of these 16 were Garnet,
seven Marquis, five Huron, one Tur
• key, one Ruby, and one Reward, which
indicates the way in which Garnet
wheat is spreading in Western Can-
ada. As an early maturer and good
yielder it has no equal. Its discovery
is regarded as an epoch-making con-
tribution to Canadian agriculture.
"A girl's trump card is her feminin-
ity," says a popular woman novelist.
That obviously means a short suit
these days.
Television Is
Show - Feature
Los Angeles Exhibit Proves
'New Subject 'Real.: Pub-
lic Attraction• -
Los Angeles -Television radio -casts
and receptions featured the sixth.an-
nual National Radio Exposition which
was brought to a successful close here
recently. . Record crowds were in at-
tendance
ttendance at.the Ambassador Auditori-
um, where the annual 'event was stag-
ed, every day of the six-day, run.
The.tele$ISion booth was always a
.center of attraction.'•Here "seers -in"
as well as "listeners -in" 'were afford-
ed an opportunity to witness all of the
steps in the process of television radio -
casting and .reception.
:Under the supervision of"a radiq
engineer images were radioCast from
gne;part of the auditorium and picked
up in another, and although in its
early stages of development with ain-
ple, room for improvement the demon-
stration was nevertheless interesting
and pleasing to large gatherings of
• radio fans. '•
] Iany improvements in bothcabinet
work and the instruments themselves
were noted, and the scores :of display
booths gave a comprehensive; view, of
the year's developments in the radio
field.
The cream of radio entertainment
from 15 stations throughout Los
Angeles County was heard during the
exposition given alternately on five
different stages in different parts of
the auditorium. When one program
was finished on a stage in one section
of the building the lights were turned
off on that stage and a stage in an-
other part of the exposition would be
illuminated and an other group of
radio stars would appear.
Abit of color was added to the
show when all the performers appear-
ed iu special costumes instead of
street attire which they ordinarily•
wear when appearing before the;micro-
phone. 1
A barrister was met by a friend the
other day in the street with a number
of law hooks. Pointing to the books,
his friend said, "Why,' -I thought you
carried all that stuff in your head!"
"I do," quickly replied the lawyer'with
a wink; "these are' for the judges."
MUTT AND JEFF -Bud Fisher
orestV(leal: Fire
tb
Caused by Smokers
A U.S. View of a Question
Vital to c-anada's Forest
Smokers have been responsible for
oyez' a thint,of all the man -caused for-
est fires in the national forests of
Oregon and Washington, according to
a report just issued by the U.S. Forest
Service; With a total of 293 man
caused fires so far this season, 100,
were started by careless smokers. Ac-
cording to a press bulletin just issued
by the Service, every time a careless
smoker throws a burning cigaret into
the dry grass or needles of a forest
floor he is giving the fire demons odds
of one to nine that It won't start a
Eire. We read:
"These odds, coupled with the fact
that there is ,smoked and discarded in
the United States the amazing total
of 171,232 cigarets per minute, day
and night, during the entire year, are
believed to account for the large per-
centage of man -caused forest and
brush fires that are started by
smokers. Even if only one-third
the cigarets consumed throughout the
country were smoked out-of-doors,
there would still be over 50,000
chances a minute of a fire, foresters
point out.
"To determine the fire hazard from
smoking materials, P. D. Sale and F,
M. Hoffheins, of the U. S. Bureau of
Standards, recently made a series of
tests with nine brands of cigarets and
eleven brands of cigars. The tests
were made by placing the lightikd
cigar or cigaret butts in a dry grass
pad attached to a screen.
"Some tests were made in still air;
others with winds of various velont-
ties generated by a small electric fan.
From measurements of.utts found on
concrete floors, pavements, and bare
ground, it was estimated that the aver
age cigaret butt is about one and one•
fourth inches long; so half-length
cigarets were lighted and burned down
to one-fourth inches for use in these
tests. Cigar -lengths used in the test,
ranged from the whole to any leugtb
sufficient for relighting and testing.
"In fifty tests each with cigars ani
cigarets in still air no ignition of the
grass took place. In a wind of one tc
three miles per hour the ignitions of
cigarets amounted to 41.2 per cent.; it
a three -to -four -mile wind 85.3 per
cent.; in a four-tb,five-mile wind, 50.E
per cent.; and in a five -to -eight -mile
wind, 57.7 per cent. -
"In cigar tests in a one -to -three-mile.
wind, the ignitions were 18.5 per cent.;
in a three -to -four -mile wind, 8.1 per
cent.; a four -to -five -mile wind, 25.4 pet
cent. The ignitions ,increased to 39.3
`per cent. in a nine -to -twelve -mile wind,
which was the highest in all the tests
that were made. :
"Cigarets took,' from 19.2 to 33.E
minutes to burn.. their full length;
cigars from 2.3 to 5.17 minutes. The .
average time the cigarets took to
ignite the grass was 5 to 9 minutes.
The cigars took on the average fox
the various wind velocities and
lengths all the way from 1 minute,
18 seconds to 4 minutes and 28 sec- .
onds.
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DOESN'T GAS ON THE STEPS
"Does your feller ever gas on the
steps with you In the evening?"
"1 should say not. He steps on
the gas with me In the evening,
fay dear."
Ethyl -He said he would kiss me or
die in the attempt. ' Methyl -And did
yqu let him? Ethyl --Well, he has no
life insurance, and I pitied his poor
old mother.
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