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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-12-19, Page 6l,9 Sunday iSebool Lesson December 22, Lesson XII—The Child in a Christtr.n 'World (Christmas Lesson), Luke 2: 8.20, Caolden Text --Suffer little chi dt•en, .and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of ' heaven. —Matthew 19: 14, ANALYSIS, LYSIS, I. THE CIIU,ir AN1) THE IiXI*dGl7U1'X, Ltifaitt. 18: i-5; aVIark 9: 30, 37, 42; 10:• 13-16. 114 T.E1X7 BABE or BETULEX3EIDX, Luke 2: x-:, u. INTitofvcriov-..=When . all evil is banished from the world ;it will be a safe and happy plaee for little 'ehil- d:ni In the new and perfect city, o£ the golden age that is to creme, a prophet tells us that both old men and old ' women shall dwell .happily, and that "the streets of the city shall be full of ,boys and girls playing in the streets thereof`," Zech. 8: 4, 5. In the lenguage df.poetry another prophet tells of a coaling age oi: teace in whish fierce wild beasts -will be led by a little child, and an infant and will play with safety on the deadly serpent's' cion, Isa, 11; 6-9. The Gospels show clearly that there was .a warm place in .the heart of Jesus for little children. It =till be remembered with what solicitous ten- derness he responded to the request of a ruler to come and heal has little daughter. "Little 'eel," he said, "1 ani telling you to rise" (Moifatt's Translation). After the memorable experience in the mountain, when three -disciples bad a vision of his glory, his first act Was againto have compassion upon, and to heal a sorely-: afflicted child (Mark 5: 22-42; 9: 14- 27), The care of his apostles in their ministry for children is apparent in their letters, 2 C,r•i 12: 14; Eph, 6: ''` 1-4 Col: 3: 20, 21; Titus 2: 4. Our remembrance of hini at Christmas time, when we read again the story of the babe of Bethlehem, and the boy at Nazareth, is full of adoration and thanI.sgiving. In him' all childhood becomes beautiful and sacred 0 holy child of Bethlehem, ` Deseend to us we pray;; Cast ant our sip, and enter in; Be.born in us today. " •—Phltlips Brooks.' 1. HE CHILD AND 'OW KXNGDOhx, lgatt, 18: 1-6; Mark 9: 86, a7,'42; 10: 13-15se It was near .the end of desus' min- istry in Galilee. 1 -le was soon to tui n his face again toward Jerusalem and the last tragic act in the brief drama of his earthly life. There had been much controversy and much hostility aroused by his rebuke of the insincer ity and wickedness which he saw in the cities, and by his teaching of the infinite love o£ 'the heavenly Father as the central and all-important, truth of religion, displacing the ancient law and custom which Pharisees had made central. Jesus findsrelief. for the dis- tress of his'own mind, • and a lesson for his disciples in the simple faith of a littIe child. ' "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaves?» his disciples. ask, and he 'answers by calling to him a little child, who cares nothing for greatness, who is content just to trust and to love, compare Luke 22: 24-27.. "The main purpose of Jesus is not to talk of the child's relatioe to the king- doze, but of the spirit that his dis- ciples must have if they would enter that kingdom." "The disciples give the occasion for Jesus' Word in their pride, their self-importance, their anz- hition,"—Rail, The Teachings of Jesus. It is • the simplicity,, frankness, and willingness 16 learn; to, ether With the entire absence of self-conceit 'and pride, that is so admirable iu 'a little child, and, so worthy of imitation. To receive such an one is to share his spirit, tc iffend is to deserve szverest condemnation, Matt. 18: 1-6. Thetin- eident of the blessing of little chil- dren (Mark 10: 18-16) occurred some- what Iater. Of such, iia said,•.is the kingdom of heaven. • II. mg Senn or BETI•' ,Estnnr, Like 2:. 1-20. • It was in the reign of Augustds, the Roman emperor (B.C. 31 to A.D. 14), that Jesus -was born. The exact date seems to have, been about B.C. 8 when Herod the Great was king of Judea. It seems to .have been the cusl;om in • the eastertt provinces of the attire to require people to be enrolled in their original home, So Joseph and Mary had to return it. Bethlehem, "the city of th vich" •-probably Joseph's Mirth - niece ; birth -place; and there Jesu-• was bozzil • His . birth was royally heralded by aat gel of the Lord, and. a muleittt q of the heavenly host praising God, s', In al. the woeld the most impirxaant lute's= that night was the bad of Bethlehem. But on`iyshephercls.,,,abid- I+ig in the field, 'ieeping 'watch{*aver their flocks," saw the vision, and oai'cd about? the song: "Howe len y, hon Ailently, the won- drous itt is g'iVen{" The announcement made ,uy the lies get to the shepherds declares the, child to be "a Saviour, *Web is Christ the Lord," that .le he long-praixiised ,Vies, sial', t lir David, whose. coining had been*, ".+?id again and again th,'I'ougle-1 sever centuries of Israel's histoey'^{ e-1`ttlt. ei±a,in 1e xsaielli, the, 9 ants 11)'. ' o v the ` goosi tidings a great joy" is'i,li. bee not. fox Israel only, but "to all peop)e," and it remises, 'G'lory to God n the hig'hes't, and on. earth, peace, good will to mem" Robin's Christmas "What am I going' to have for Christmas this year?" Robin Red- breast asked ]die mother, "I'm afraid that you won't get any- thing; nything; 7iey bird," sighed his mother. "Father's been ill for so long .that we have spent, all ohm zuoue3!' and how I,'uh going to get you anything to eat en Ohr,istnias Day I' d'on't know. As for pi'esants—" slie sliruged her wings to show that they were out of the • tutee tion, Now when Rollin beard tills he, made up, his mind to de something to help his nhother. "How ooitl$. T earn some money?" he said' to him- self, and then be suddenly had a bril- liant Men: IIe decided to go .out carol singing. It WAS a cold, snowy day, so he snit on his` check cap and Muffler and. his -Wellington boots and off lee ftey. Heperched on a bough outside a nursery window where lie: could See some children and .ifp. he. pilre<1 "Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet; tweet Willi they heard hizn the children rushed to the window. Lighting the Lp "ok!" they cried, "a' dear little-� Fiery Cross of Empire Trade • A spienv id View of No York Architecture Largest oss l Foina by Cliance Tricks of Fate Led Hunter to Fifty*Ton Duoskur -The;morning,whnee i a rattlestialce,, led to the discover' o'R the' Iai^geat prehistorio creature ever found;' the acoideut,al stroke of geologist's pick into a slab of sandstone disclosed re• mains o4 the, dimly of all sea seri, pouts. 'How these luelel thuds took place, ' related ley Obarles I`z. Stern• berg, noted > hunter . of fossil moil, eters, who, iih sixty -years of sc:as elt- ing, has , uncovered mere than tLi'ae hundred specimens of prehistoric life. "Onoe 1was 'walking along the rim of a cliff in the Bud bands of Wyo• ming," he 'writes in the December issue of Popular Science -Monthly, "when T heard, seemingly at my feet, the deadly warning of a rattlesnake. I leaped to one side, sliiepecd, fell, slid over the edge of the .crag and came to a sadden stop sitting down on what apparently was a brown boulder ten feet /from ,the' top. ,The 'boulder' was the shoulder bone of the, largest dine- saur ever unearthed.. It eves nearly { eigthiy feet long, sixteen feet high at I • the shoulders,' and'iwebably weighed • silty tons; or more. Had it not been for the snake on the edge of the c]iff, that monster reptile, • Drobabiy five million years old, wouid'have remain- ;. ed undiscovered, ` ,; • ' "Such twists of fate make fossil hunting one of the most fascinating games in the world. Searching for • Aerial v:ie.v' A NEW HOTEL BUILT WHERE LAND IS DEAR AND•THE SKY'S THE LI4-1•T high' and' containing -2,500• rooms, which opens shortly, of New York's ire'vest hotel, 45 storeys i iglr . , 1 , „ robin singing in all this dreadful snow. Do let's throw hirie something." And they ran to the tea -table and collected handfuls of cake and bread -crumbs which they throw out to robin.. . He tied Ahem "lip Carefully td a cor- ner of his muffler and flew eolf to an- other house. Everybody was so pleased to hear. his cheer1u1 staging that whet at last it was time fgenliiiu to, go -home; he could hardly 'fly, he hail so n'tuch to. carry. I needn't;, tell ..yon:. hoS' glad •his mother was;.ta see ',he the tit -bits,. he had collected. Slue liaa'good news for him, too, for Father Redbreast ,was ever en much better, and kkiud Mrs. Thrush had sent overa great big pat cel of toys for Robin and his brothers and stisters. - So after all theRedbreasts had a happy Christmas.' Big Appetites Jo q, ri Xsht" ' .Ar •- to -Eat m y and Navy 15 Tons of Christmas Pudding London—While British soldiers and sailors in far corners of the umpire may notbe blessed 'with real "Chriet- massy" weather during the .festive season they ,are assured of heal Eng- lish fare. Tlie Arany, Navy anti Mr Force In, statute (affectionately known,- as "Daffy" , -which looks after the can- teens of ,British soldiers and sailors in all parts of the world; issues a leer figures which give some idea ot the fighting services' appetite. - Fifteen tons of 'plairi' puddings are being made; the puddings,, rangiug. from one to fourteen: pounds aDleoe, will 1111 30,000 pudding basins, Twenty- five hundred decorated Christmas cakes -will be made, many of them adorned with regienentaicrests' it id - ! Six tons of mincemeat will go into jars, 'while 1,251000 mince fries will be .ready for consumption. Dougihtuits hnd Eccles cakes are, being made in, Won - sands. One hundred and fifty lona of enrrante Will ; be utilized in. various ;trays. ._ Fruit tabes, a prominent place oft this garhantuase menti. The iigctr4 fol: fresh :fruits- have siared beyond calculation, while ;evaporated fruit salad is so popular that more than seven tons have to be provided dur- ing the Christmas period. .. • If, as .,is said, avert' day's weayther is, the setae.. on` the moon, What dolts the' rrratt fin the uioon •have, 'to talk MUTT MDIJi..- THE t e je bF M11{E, WWAArtiA "i tlielGe .1E. FF 1.: A Tour of the' Dominions 'by Lord Beaverbrook Sug- gested for the Future WILL NEED STUDY leondon is'asking, \till Lord Beaver brook carry in person to the Dentin, ions before +the next -Imperial ince the fiery cross of his Tenupire Crusade, and free. Trade within the Empire, • when it will not interfere with the proem' protection of key- he Fant- industries? !Moeller Country's industries. Designers Air Desi • rI Obviously there zv.itl_be a senior Seek to Muffle Noise of Flight Some; members of Parliament in this -nee. cafi .+c cu, r ru+vvn oda country are advising.the Canadian: +campaigu-appears to be doing iu the peer to make an extended tour of the Dominions in order to convince the in- dustrialists and politicians that . his suggestions for promoting Empire unity are -sound. ' rigid couutry--it is bringing to the light of day a ibt of interesting information about British industry and British :trade calculated to bring the old pol- ley of "laissez faire" lute disrepute; And certain politicians in the old_, a lot of information *bleb_ ordinarily country Who are skeptical of sudden escapes the vigilance ot even trade enthttsiams to re -organize the Eniptri;• and technical journals. are asking: It wilt not be surprising if Beaver- Has . Lard 'Beaverbrook euede iu;- brook makes a 'tour .., of the Empire . ,•n from responsible leaders of all' 'shortly, carrying. 'firs, fiery-L'i�gsfl of patties in the Domiulous. aud, if so, "Empire Unity. lHe�•ut;ohi'do a lot of what are their views on the. subject?, It is current -political gossip that a representative of the Beaverbrook pea•• pets t seu ;ht to draw out expressions •gnie esi p y g, oi-opinecr,(es from Canadian politician's -good es--2at; althougir-he would p •ob- ably not convert the Dominions to any extensive program' of free trade with- in the Empire. But he might, slim-: late Empire efforts to-niaet the inten- high up in'the councils of their party. sifieci" oonzpetition in the world zuar- The aforementioned politicians said ]tet all British' couutries will leave to that they would like to know a lot face from the United States in the more about' some of the : obscure near future. When President hoover 'points of the Beaverbrook ]umpire mil- gets has •domestic plans desigited to lay before venturing to express an ward off a btieiness depression in full- opinicir. working order, he will undoubtedly Particular Questions turn' his attentio.a to the job o organ - Some bu ins s• for h ex - Some of., Lord Bea'erbroelt s :uzs- zing America -11s s e 'vers to questions of particular inter- paiision of its export tratle—for an as- est to Canada are so involved that.11 saint ulnen the world •zrinrkets of a is felt that a face-to-face explanation magrittule and intensity surpassing even the pre-war elgort of Imperial ;Germany. • of his views' will be necessary to car- ry conviction and make 'converts to his projects. His principal paper., the Tabnidon_Dr press, is making a great play of how agriculturists in. Britain would benefit from a duty an wheat coming from . without the Empire. The question here is how can his Esnpire free trade scheme bring important benellts • to the, '] rttisilt farmer and at the same tine carry substantial beneilts. to tine Canadian graiu growers, " • Can Lord Beaverbrook have his Em - spire cake and eat it too? 'Corti ,Beaverbrook has •limitetlhis caumaign .for .free' trade within:the Empire fry thestatement that it•fs not proposed or desire.l • to sublect infant • or Iter industries in .the Dominions to unrestricted competition from tlhe By. BUD. FISHER `NAM A 'KITE , . TAVA. • May tants:" " Yes, but "faretiv'efl'' is: the only th tug it ever says to me." . • q l• frons to Curb Roar of Motors 'Held to be only Partially Successful. • fforts to eliminate the noise nuis- :e in hying have been only partially cessful, according to the aeronau- s branch of the Department of Com- rce, but the noise has been cozi- lerably reduced in some cabin anent bey 'the use of sound -proof ma-, ,vial in the walls and the 'rearr'ange,. Lent, of engines and mufflers. Sound -proof walls have not been ound to be entirely satisfactory by zierouautical enginers of the Bureau of •Standards, because to be really efii- cient they must be so heavy as to acid natterlally to the weight 'of the plane. Airplane designers have found, how- ever, Wet the engine noise can be made less objectionable if the muffler is placed behind tb.e cabin. Noise of the propeller ., cannot be lessened by any'sueh device—the only remedy sir far 'discovered being thej w.,- so'0und-Pi•o01 ~vat's, In rile mise of multi-znatored planes the • noise sonietlmes is:increased by;the• over- lapping of slip streams, causing the "beat'' that common • when .sound waves could e, •' ' ' This ""beat" can be eliminated by an arrangement of the engines' which does not. permit: the slip' streams to overlap; or by a:'change in the lines of the plane's fuselage, The' possible elimination of the noise of flying is of particular interest to air'transpcirt operators who carry, passengers, as they nnist.,make flying Comfortable and convenient. , The transport. operators also are .enteeest- ed in the work of engineers looking to the reduction' of vibration .in .the cabin caused ,by "the vibration of the engin .a " • The besesuggestioit for combating vibration is'that the ten;;ine should be placers on rubber mountings that would 'absorb' the shock before it could be'transinitted'to the fuselage., Engine nraieutacturers are Snaking the motors run More suloothly. ..London' Traffic Signals London—This big town's lack of automatic traffic signals gets Many a laugh from visiting motorists; es, pecially Americans • accustomed to the traffic -control towers of New • York. , Few of them know that London. tried' automatic trttiftc' signals sisty- one years ago, when 1'ew cork :wre lust getting' bac'; to normality atter the Civil ,War. • L4s SSP prehistoric shells and other- marine life oa the onetime shore of a great ocean in Kansas, I -dropped the •gee logist's pick I was carrying and Chef ebarp point accidentally struck a slab of sauclstono,,•flaking off a chip a foot, long and half as: wide. Beneath, Baric • .71 - l b t the' 1 11 1 roan agains e lza e ye ow sant t. stone, was the tooth -filled snout of at huge Asti. Careful excavation .reveal- ed it to be a Poxtheus molossus, a pre- historic fish fourteen feet.:long, lzrob,, ably able`.to destroy any shark .alive to -day. ' ".Sometimes, the specimen ahunter seeks is found right at the door of his tent, as was the case in one of my ex- peditions to ..Canada. ;Walled in by rain in the valley of a river in Alber- ta, I bemoaned the fate that prevented me from searching for fdssil cluck - bilis, belonging to the faintly of huge herbivorous dinosaurs. Yet, later the rain had..passed and I'stepped.from nig tent, S saw on the face of te near -by, cliff, clear, cut as . with a knife, the conaplete and; almost Perfect skeleton 'ot the, geeat:end, ter- rible Tyrannosaurus rex, king of .311 carnivorous diuosours. .The rain hats-'', . •.i, Washed earth 'and Some stone from the face of this' 'wail, *revealing the: - , ' fifty -foot lizard, . ,the ' terror'' of Chea;"'', • 1 t jgill g1es th its Or./ eel. earth • Blind, Pensioners Notice of Great Importance. to. Blind Persons Mr. P. I9.. Liixtoit,.;pxesident of lire • Canadian Federation of the, Blind, is desirous.. of 'obtaining information • about all blind persons in the Domini- on who are in need 'of pensions. In sending .in• rrame' and 'address the rea- son why the pension is 'required should be nienti'diled, ss tli full particu- layrs as to number , of people depen- .clbat, presentsalary,.andany, other in fernzatian that may appear valuable: It will greatly help toobtain the pen sion if reasons are given why blind people ,should .receive this aid ...from the Govermbefit. -'"'- . 'S,Ihe Ctteriidlan Federation of „8, the , 3ilincl- has been worldug hard fora • i, ' long time' to obtain pensions, and to this end is endeavoring• to have a bill introduced at the'next'session of the Dominion Parliament., • i All blind persons and those Interest .` ed si this movement are renuested to write to their -local member of Parlia Inept asking113 ttato give•.nueh a'tiili his full;silrpoi't• t.i ;, As then„e..hvil] be a meeting of the - 13oaVi.oht;{ 3sr;ectogs ;ofi•the •I:efielatibu• in Ottawa, early in January, fall infor- selatipn slteuld be•sent Ott deice to Vie headquarters,, Canadian Federation of the • eliei:tt,r+ 6980 Slietbroplke • Street West, Montreal. t; her ato3O'Ce'nts a Damon.' Rc Jy, VII4' A tAiCtE i I C ATC H 'Tlit” cRouNb. Tato! • 40 v/. tieh r.