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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-05-15, Page 6--Sunday School Lesson May 18. Lesson Yll—aesus Teaching in the Temple—Matthew 22: 15-22, $4-41 Golden Text—Thou shalt love the Lord thy god with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thY mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.—Mat- thew 22: 3749. ANALYSIS I. TIM QUESTION OF THE PrISEES, vs. 15-22. II. THE QUESTION OF THE LAWYER, VS. 34-40. INTRODUCTION—With chap. 21 we enter upon a now division of the gos- pel. This continues to the end of chap. 25, and the entire section deals with the doctrine uf the second return of Christ to be the judge and ruler of the world. In shap. 21 he directs hit message to the nation as a whole, whereas in chap, 22 I- is brought into close relations with the different reli- gious parties. We notice how rii the powers of the country unite to bring about the death et Jesus, In this pre- set passage, 15-40, we have three dis- tinct questions put to Jesus, all with the aim of putting him in a false light. I. THE QUESTION OF THE PHARISEES, vs. 15-22. V. 15. In their previous attacks the Pharisees had tried to put Jesus into a wrong relatioa with the religious authorities, Matt. 12: 10. But now they change their tactics, and try to make him utter some sentiment which will bring down upon him the opposi- tion of the civil authorities. They know that they cannot get the support of Rome unless they prove that Jesus is a political agitator. V. 16. But since the Pharisees do not wish to show their hand openly, they employ some of their disciples who have no offleial standing, and they obtain the support of the Herod- ians also, thus forming a most un- natural union The Pharisees were the religious leaders of the people, and were not in favor of Romer. control. But the Herodians, as their name sug- gests, were defenders of the house of Herod, and therefore of the Roman rulers. There was thus direct opposi- tion between these two parties, but now under the common desire to bring about the ruin of Jesus they join in an unholy alliance. The manner of approach has all the outward appearanc • of respect. They address Jesus as a leading teacher, and they declare t'.at he is truthful and impartial, butt in 4- •ir hearts they are all the time plotting his ruin. It is a picture of hypocrisy indeed. V. 17. The question was a very liv- ing one. The Pharisees did not like the idea of their nation paying this tax to Rome. It was the poll -tax, levied on allpersor is, and was collect- ed by the imperial authorities. So much was this proof 4.f dependence disliked that there was a party called the Zealots, who advocated the upris- ing of the people in order to cast off the yoke of Rome. The question was a very insidious one. If Jesus said that it was right to pay the tax, then lie would alienate many of the Gali- leans who were Zealots at heart: but if he said that it was not lawful to pay, then he would bring clown upon his shoulders the attack of the Roman authorities. V. 18. Jesus sees through their plot, and determines to defeat it. He asks for a penny. This was the standard Roman coin. V. 19. The Pharisees, because of their natural feeling, would not likely have any such coins in their posses- sion, but one of these pennies is ob- tained and given to Jesus. V. 20. The image on it would be that of the ruling Emperor. Tiberius. V. 21. The rule of the Rabbis had been that "Wherever the money of any king is current there the inhabitants acknowledge that king for their law." If, therefore, the Jewish public used the Roman coinage they should accept certain responsiailities as the result of that. They must render to Caesar what is Caesar's. But Jesus puts the religious duty forward as well. Life and its blessings are the gift of God This verse lays down a most im- portant principle, that religion is inde- pendent of any definite form of civil rule. The church and the state are not necessarily to be united. These words of Jesus were much discussed in the succeeding controversies over the relation of the gospel to the em- pire. II, THE QUESTION OF THE LAWYER, vs. 34-40. V. 34. The Pharisees seeing that their foes, the Saducees, had sustains ed a defeat, determined to renew their attack, but they now take up a differ- ent line of approach. V. 35, The lawyers were interpret- ers of the written law, and represent- ed tbe more highly -educated c aSees. V. 36. The schools o the Rabbis dis- cussed frequently the comparative merits of the different laws; and it is suggested that here an effort is made to entangle Jesus in 'Ole religious dis- putes of these Jewish leaders, V, 37. But he refuses to be drown into the controversy and reveals the magnificent sweep of his 'vision. He carries up their thoughts into the highest 4: egions of the soul. He re- minds them of the fundamental fact that love is the only principle of life. This includes love for God as our Maker and Protector. We must sub- mit ourselves and all we have to him. - V, 39. But this love must lso be reflectea in our relations with our compaeions. Jesus assents that these two laws include the entire teaching of the Old Testament. In Delia G: 4-9 and Lev, 19: 18 we have these de- finite statements, and now Jesus unites them as the one universal law of con- duct. Greatest Plague of Locusts in History Sweeps Over Africa Loudon. — One of the greatest Plagues of locusts recorded in history was sweeping the coast of North Afri- ca recently from Morocco on the At- lantic Ocean to Irak on the Persian Gulf.o. More than ten countries have msuf- fered damage already amounting to tens of millions of dollars and recall- ing the Biblical plague mentioned in Exodus • "And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt. . . . They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land and all the fruit . . . . and there re- mained not any green thing." Great swarms of locusts have dark- e- ed the sky in various sections of Africa and the near East, and swarms which sometimes are 12 miles long have made a deafening noise in flight as incalculable millions of voracious insects moved over or alighted in Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Transjordania, Ar- abia and Syria. Much damage has been done as far south as Kenya Colony and Tangan- yieka, wh-re torrential rains halted the insect invasion. Swarms have advanced from coun- try to country, sometimes making flights of several hundred miles with- out alighting. Monkey Hunt in Church by Clergy London—Lula a female African monkey, made a dash for liberty re- cently when she slipped out of her cage in "Noah's Ark," a shop in Wat- erloo road, London, and scampered into the churchyard opposite followed by her owner. Round and round she ran and the chase was keen. Just by the church door a heavy hand fell on her, but, unfortunately, the owner of the heavy hand also fell against the church door and Lulu was once more at liberty. Inside the church were four people —three clergymen. Lulu hesitatingly crept aisle, blit soon all these were in. hot pursuit. • The monkey rushed up and down the aisle arid began to leap over the pews until she was cornered and se- cured by the clergymen, who promptly handed her back to her owner. ANGER Anger is the most impotent passion that accompanies the mind of man; it effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the man who is possessed by it, more than any other against whom it .is directed. It exposes him to laugh- ter and contempt, without any return in satisfaction and content, as most of the other passions do; it is a bar- ren and unfruitful vice, and only tor- ments him who nourishes it. It is an affected madness compounded of pride and folly, and an intention to do com- monly more mischief than that it can briugto pass; and without doubt, of all passions which naturally disturb the mind of man, it is most in our power to extinguish, at least, to sup- press and correct.—Clarendon. National research council scholarships are granted Lout graduate students in botany at University of Toronto: (1) S M Pady, graduate of McMaster (2) R. E. Fitzpatrick of Baxadoes; (a) G. A. Ledingham .of the University ot Saskatchewan; and (4) G. E. Thompson of Belmont, Ont., a graduate, of On- tario Agricultural College. Massey Selected For London Post Assumes Dudes of High com- missioner to Britain in Autumn Ottawa—Hon. Vincent Massey, Can- adian Minister to Washington, will succeed the late Hon, P. C. Larkin as High Commissioner to Great Brit- ain. The announcement was made by the Prime Minister, who stated- that Mr. Massey will go to London in the autumn. He will spend the summer months in Canada and afterwards go to his new post. The appointment is regarded. in the nature of 8 promo- tion, the London position ranking the highest in the service. Mr. Hume Wrong will be the Charge D'Affaires pending an appointment in Washington which, it is intimated, will not be made until Mr. Massey goes to London. Liquor Air Fleet Soon Ceases Trips . down the clergymen Over Detroit River Detroit, Mich.—The rum -running business across the Detroit River grew spectacular and daring by tak- ing to the air recently. A half-dozen airplanes wm.e put into service be- tween Canadian export depots and undetermined destinations this side of the border at about the time word reahed here that the Ontario liquor control board was warning exporters to move liquor stocks that were accu- mulating illegally on Canadian docks. But just as the traffic gained consid- erable proportions the aerial offensive is believed to have -collapsed. Duncan B. McColl, president of the Border Aero Club, sail the planes lit the traffic were all ofrAmerican regiss try. Wbither they had flown after leaving Canada, officials on ilea -tier side of the river were able to state. "They may have flown a consider- able distance into the interior," de- clared Col. Henry Pickert, United States Collector of Customs, "but whatever their destination I do not take this newest development serious- ly. "In the first place the border run- ning by river craft has already proven so expensive that bootleggers. au the Detroit side are gradually being forced out of business. To transport booze by airplane runs the cost still higher, in fact so high that the .ordinary thirsty individual cannot afford to buy it." Colonel Pickert declared the great- est interest at this time centers on the first of June, when it is expected that the Canadian law will go into effect, prohibiting entirely the exporta. tion of liquor to the 'United States. The bill designed to stop this traffic has passed the second reading at Ot- tawa, and comes up for the final read- ing the latter part of May. • CHRISTIANITY That is the true Christianity which effects the whole of life.—Spurgeon. "If the lower animals could devise a religion, they would certainly repre- sent the devil as a great white man." —Dean Inge. • Russo-Polish War In 1930 Predicted Prince Visits Parents by Air London.—The Prince of Wales, ac- companied by a pilot, flew to Windsor Castle yesterday and visited his par- ents. It was the first time in history an heir to the throne had visited the King and Queen at Windsor by air. King George and Queen Mary watch- ed from the castle as the airplane cir- cled and made a good landing on the golf links 'ear the east terrace. The Kieg granted an audience to Chancellor Johann Sehober of Austria. "The American business man spends so much of his vital energy in the acquisition of wealth that he lacks the strength to bold a woman's affection." —Dr. Fritz Wittels. Forest Fire Loss Heavy Last Year Generally Low Rainfall Ag- gravated Conditions— Heavy Expendi- ture The forest rho situation in Canada during 1929 was one of lbe most sew, ere ever experienced and might easily Have been the most disastrous in our history but for the development of fire fighting methods which has taken Place in more recent years through- out the federal and provincial forest services and. Other agencies interest- ed in forest fire protection says a Bulletin of the Department of Inter- ior, Ottawa. The portion of the Dominion chiefly affected during the past season con- sisted of an area extending from Western Ontario to the Pacific coast. Former Dictator of Lithuania • Believes Struggle is • Inevitable • London—A.ugustinas Waideriiiaras, former dictator of Lithuania, believes a war between Poland and Russia is inevitable this year according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. Waldemaras expressed his opinion In .an article In the Judische Stimme of Kovno, the Lithuanian capital, He was quoted as saying was would break out because of the alleged designs of Marshal Joseph Pilswiska Polish dictator, on the 'Ukraine and Lithuania. Waldermaras stressed Russia's sup- posed impregnability to attack, but advised Lithuania to choose skillful leaders able to take advantage of the circumstances and recover Vilna. What New York Is Wearing BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Diustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furnished With Every Pattern This area experienced very little snow- fall during the winters of 1927-28 and 1928-29. During spring and summer of last year there was almost a com- plete lack of rain, and this condition combined with extended periods of high winds served to create an un- paralleled condition of extreme drought throughout Western Canada. In tire eastern portion of. Canada, in- cluding Eastern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick- and Nova Scotia, dry per- iods were prevalent but were punc- tuated by occasional and timely rains, The outstanding feature of the 1929 fire season. was the extraordinary ex- penditure for supression action alone, the cost of which was $978,000. This does not represent the total cost of protection, but merely the cost of ac- tual fire fighting. In this respect it is • the highest figure on record for any one season in the Dominion. The greater part of this expenditure was incurred in Western Canada. The lack of precipitation previously men- tioned caused a recession of water levels in lakes ,rivers, streams and muskegs, and this effect combined with the high winds which prevailed for long periods, made control meas- ures exceedingly difficult, since fires starting, spread rapidly over large areas. Under such conditions large crews were necessary for weeks and in many cases months to finally ex- tinguish fires. During the year 1929, 6,685 fires were reported in Canada. With the exception of 1922, this is the largest number of fires for any year on rec- ord. The area burned over was 6,029,- 749 acres, of which approximately two- thirds was non -forested. The total gross damage aud loss is estimated at $6,202,495. Considering the extreme conditions which prevailed, these fig- ures reflect credit upon the protection organizations involved, inasmuch as in previous years, when the number of fires has been considerablyless, the areas burned and the monetary losses were very much greater. A little Dutch apron frock for small folk of. 2, 4 and 6 years. It's delightfully comfy and smart. It can be worn as apron now indoors to keep little daughter's frodk spic and span. With the warm days of summer, it is worn as a frock. The miniature diagram shows how utterly simple it is to make and laun- der. Style No. 3358 is suitable for pique, broadcloth, dimity, organdie, linen, printed lawn, Peter Pan prints, dotted swiss and batiste. The neckline, armholes and pockets are trimmed with rick rack braid. As a staart venation, they may be piped in contrasting color or white of fabric. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain. I , giving nuinber and size of such patterns as you want. Eileen 20c in stamps' or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER Mulock Praises Press of Canada Chief Justice of Ontario Ad. dresses Newspaper Pub,' iishrs .DUTY OF– NEWSPAPER Toroeto.—In a strong youthful voice, with many a jest and twinkle, a. tall man of erect bearing, despite his 86 years, addressed daily newspaper pubs Ushers of Canada here last week. He was the Right Hon. Sir William Mu - lock, Chief Justice of Ontario, and "grand old man" of the Canadian Bench and Bar. Sir William was a guest at the ant annual dinner of the Canadian daily newspaper publishers. The Chief Justice paid tribute to the press of Canada and in a sparkling address told many anecdotes relating to the business of newspaper publishing. He also outlined the moral duty which he considered a newspaper owed to its community. It was the duty of a newspaper to maintain a high level of courtesy and temperate reasoning, declared Sir William, and he remarked the Press of Canada had progressed a great dis- tance along these lines. The in- dividual was expected, though not compelled by law, to use restraint and purity of language and, it this was the case, should the duty not be all the more incumbent upon • a newspaper, "which speaks with a thousand tongues"? The press of Canada, stated Sir Wil- liam, had exalted the business of pub- lishing newspapers beyond the status of -mere money making enterprises anhad led to their being conduct- ed with due regard to the public inter- est. Canadian newspapers had taken a great patriotic part during the war and Canada could not be too grateful for services. Fairness Urged Sir William urged that the press treat public men with reasonable fair- ness. Many an honorable and capable public servant had withdrawn or had been driven from public life tes un- just attacks upon his public acts or personal honor, he said. Sir William declared newspapers to -day were- national in their circula- tion and influence. "Within recent years," he went on, "we have witness- ed in the Old Land two or three men, ambitious for political power or grain, owners of great newspapers, endeav- oring to undermine public control over Parliament by forcing their views upon the electorate. . . . Efforts for sinister purposes to utilize the press to mislead the people, by the people, for the people, and should such ef- forts be made in Canada, the remedy for defeating them rests with the peo- ple themselves." The Chief Justice said it would be an untortunate day for Canada should there ever be any owners of great newspapers here who, by reason ot the power arising from such owner- ship, should "become our real gover- nors, imposing 'their policies on the country and usurping the sovereignty of the people." "The Canadian people are to -day en- gaged in the task of nation build- ing," said the speaker, "and the press of Canada is taking a leading and a liable part in that great work. With the example of Great Britain before us ,we realize that for any people to become a great, lasting nation the foundation of the national edifice must be liberty and justice." The Slump in Silver Hong Kong Press: Only once dur- ing the last sixty years has there been a boom in silver, and that was during and just after the Great War. The belligerent Powers were forecl to re- sort to silver coinage for the time be- ing, but since then the slump has been steady and continuous, nor is there any indication of a revival. Bullion experts, M fact, are of opinion attat before long silver will cease to be re- garded as a precious metal. Persia is the latest convert to a gold cur- rency, and the import of silver into that country is now prohibited. Econ- omists have noted long ago that the tendency of ilver is to ,flow from West to East—in the opposite direc- tion to the march of eiviiizatiOil. arab disturbing fact now being revealed is that Eastern nations are also losing faith in tae'white metal. Of the great Oriental couutries, only China now stands four-square on the silver balls, Promise Shown by Shamrock V Loudon.—Sir Thomas • Lipton's yacht Shamrock V. performed satis- factorily, in her first trials under sail in the sea. Shamrock, which will carry Bri- tain's hopes in the•challenge for the America Cup, had no trouble in over- taking the 23 -meter cutter Candida and also kept pace with a speedboat for a short distance. Soldier and Statesman Prof. A. B. Faust in Current His- tory (New York) : The combination of soldier and statesman is rare. Few men in all history have achieved it. (inc at least there is whom his grate- ful countrymen have given the twofold stamp of approval. He is Paul von Hindenburg, second President of the German Republic, the fifth anniver- sary of whose election by popular vote occurred in April of this year. INDEPENDENCE Independence is one of the most marked qualities of human beings.— John C. Merriam. 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