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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-05-22, Page 6Sunday School Lesson JVIa) 25. Lesson VIII—Jesus Describes the Future of the Kinedom—Nlat- r. thew 25. 1-13. Golden Text—Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the 'time is. --Mark 13: 33. ANALYSIS %, THE PERIOD' OP WAITING, vs. 1-5. LI. THE SUDDEN CALL, V. 6, We cannot inipalt grace to, those who will not take it. V, 1.0. The wise virgins enter and enjoy the blessings of the fee along. with the bridegroom, arid the door is shut as if all further chances of enter- ing were now excluded. There is al- ways this serious tone in the teaching of Jesus. Notice that th the Sernion on the Mount Jesus had said, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven."V. V, 1.3. Here the lesson of the parable is given. Jesus means to lay stress upon. the duty of watchfulnes— Life is a probation where we have our op- . ' h III, THE FINAL RESULT, vs. . portunities for service and o INTRODUCTION— The twenty-fourth learning of divine truth; but the time and twenty-fifth chapters are directed 'is :very brief, and when this is over, to the disciples of Jesus, and to the we shall appear before the judgment whole Christian church, and are meant seat of Christ. to give solemn warning to all believers People ask whether Christ has come concerning the approaching return of or not. He came at the resurrection, Jesus, who will come to judge and rule and at every great crisis in history, the world. This truth of the imminent He comes to every one at death, but return of the Lord runs through the there still remains the great final day gospel of Matthew. This section in- when Christ will appear to judge the eludes three parables of warning: (1) world and to bring in the final king - 24: 45-51, the Faithful and Wise Serv- dote of heaven. ant; (2) 25: 113, the Ten Virgins; - ,(3) 25: 14-30, the Ten Talents. Here "United Empire" we notice how Jesus makes use of these parables to drive home simple Melbourne Arugs: This Bother - yet severe lessons on the problems of brook Empire, as it might be relied life and religion. There is nothing in portmanteau -wise, after the fashion of all the range of religious literature Lewis Carroll, is at present impos- to be compared with the parables of sible, if only because of Australian Jesus. policy. A. country which prohibits Some one has said that we may di- Africa and plunders its own people "Soapy" Smith was a tough guy. He shot men for the tun of it and rob - 1. THE PERIOD OF WAITING, VS. 1-5. the export of stud sheep to South 1 vide the parables into two groups. while selling sugar and butter cheaply whend butt Skull on Side of Rock Commemorates "Soapy" Smith was no g e ter to do. e a with the kingdom and can be distin- to wrap a cake of soap in. a five dollar bill. and selling it to a gullible cus- The first consists of those that deal to foreigners is a long way from be - guished by the formula which intro- ing in that state of grace which the tomer for a few cents. Because a that they called him "soapy" up in Skag duces them, "the kingdom of heaven United Empire requires. Australia way in the gold rush days of '98. But "Soapy" was too tough and too slippery consists of those that deal with the that kingdom. 7 , even for the rough frontier of the north. One day he was a bit slow on the is likened unto." The second „noup will have to be born again to discover individual. Here we have one of the ---4;.--, draw. He was shot and killed and buried with his antagonist, whom he prables of the kingdom, but it con- had mortally wounded, in the little cemetery adjoining the town. When cerns only one aspect of this doctrine. news of his sudden and long hoped for death arrived the townspeople appar- kingdom. as if it were t heady formed ently thought something should be done to commemorate the end of a desner- on the earth, and revealed itself in a I ate career Someone had said that "Soapy" was as hard as rock. So theY Sometimes Jesus treats of the present new ccndition of life and society. The Painted a skull on a cliff and lettered Soapy's name on it. To -day tourists seed parables refer to this present to Skagway stand and photograph this relic of a day that is on more. f uture aspect of the kingdom, which Alaska and the Yukon are sunny places of green hill sides and flowers, will be manifest when Chr'st returns of placid lakes and roaring rivers, of great peaks and deep valleys when the kingdom. However, there is also the on the clouds of glory. boats oruiSe up there in the eummer time. This year the service is to be V, 2. In Jewish marriages the usual augmented by the S. S. Prince Henry, of the Canadian National Stea.mships. bridegroom to co .uct the bride to The ONS "Prince Rupert" and the "Prince George," of the same line are al - the house of her husband who canie ready known for their comfort and seawbrthy qualities to the thousands of custom was for the friends of the forth to meet the procession and wel- come the bride. But in this case the imagery is changed, since the groom now goes into a far country to meet the bride, while the friends remain behind to be in readiness to welcome him on his return. V. 3. The lumber ter. was the sym- bol of completeness and here repre- sents the Membership of the kingdom. The division into two equal parts is significant. The ' iolish virgins had taken enough oil in their lamps for their immediate use, but bad made no provision for the future. Religion had made no deep and lasting effect upon this class of follower* The oil may be regarded as the presence of a genu- ine love for God and desire to do his will - V. 5. During the period of waiting for the bridegroom they all slumber. There is no appare. t difference be- tween the wise and foolish. No sug- 1.'stion of rebuke is made in the fact that they slept. "It intimates the nec- cessityinto the ordinary affairs of - this life. imake the best mother—and. conse- that lies on all of going down Disciples in the body cannot be occu_ quently the best child. I don't care piedalways and only with the expec.- where she spends the hours of her day, tation of their Lord's appearing." how much wealth enables her to give her children "advantages," or how hard she tries to be a "good" mother, dozen 'Red Claws" in China How can Russia and China, be, friends? ' Are "Moscow's red ohms". again grabbing at China. Atissia's duplicity with China has gone far enough, they say, Their concern is the more acute be- cause of an approaching Russian - Chinese conference. Those simple-minded people who think that China's grievances against Soviet Russia are to be remedied, de- clares the Canton China Truth, must have received a rude.shock when they learned that IVIoscow has all the time been conducting "a nou-stop intrigue" against China. This weekly goes on: "This state of affairs has reached an alarming stage in view of the fact that the two countries are running the Chinese Eastern Railway as a joint enterprise. "We are not alarmists or jingoists, for at this very moment Soviet agents are excavating the foundation of the country with a view to the eventual That is a view of the world's destiny collapse of the social and economic their machine-guns or their bombs. superstructure. which few have the iron nerve and "According to Kuo Min News masculine force to bear, and yet one may be proud to live in a time when i .Agency, the Commissary of Finance of the Soviet Government has decided such a spirit has shaped events to I its mould of tempered steel. !upon the appropriation of six million "Though few may emerge from 1 rubles for the economic exploitation these flaming plains that offer no shei., of NOTthern Manchuria. , ter but the mettle in a man's own I "A committee to be headed by the heart, and though these few resolute Soviet Consul in Harbin, and coin; \ in aim and act, may still find fate posed of representatives of various turn against them and deny them their Soviet commercial organizations in goal yet I feel as surely as I feel any -I IVIanchuria, will be appointed to attend thing at all that a gain will be scored I to the carrying out of the details of that can never be scored out. Moscow's new program in China. "For they who can come through 'This is a rather mild statement, this—and, as I say, there can only be but the same agency went on to say a few—what can there be thSt they that Soviet forces stationed near Man - 'could not come .through? And so I chuli total two battalions of infantry mending breed rising up, fearless and and cavalry troops, 120 field guns, 80 machine-guns, 11 armored cars, and 5 see in old Europe a new and com- fabulous, unsparing of blood and spar- armored trains. Ing of pity inured to suffering the "Friends of Soviet Russia may worst and to inflicting it and ready to argue that this has so far not done that builds machines and trusts to harm to China. But let us read stake all to attain their ends—a race any machines, to whore machines are not another story from the North China Daily News of Shanghai. soulless iron but engines of might "That Shanghai daily has• just pub- lished a report from Indo-China stet. ing that Southwest I'Cwangsi has gone Bolshevik. The towns Poseh and Lungchow have been in control of the Reds for three months." The Communists spread terror throughout those districts, we are told, and foreign missionaries and others were stripped of their possessions, even to the shoes on their teeth. , It is related in the same dispatch ----- that "a Russian emissary and a Shang- hai paid agitator appeared on the scene and set the place in flames." We read then: "Those who live in Shanghai, Han- kow, Tientsin, etc., may have no idea how the Communists behave Nvhen they capture a town, but the Canton- eee know very ,well what the Reds did when they were in control ot Can- partton on December 11, 1927. "The most densely populated of the city was reduced to ashes, and thousands of innocent 'people were killed. Besides, there were the usual lootings and outrages by ruffians and thugs who joined the Communists on the spot. "Of course no Communist coup d'etat was complete without the pre- sence of R7: from MOSCOW. how can the two nations m1intain. intrigue of Soviet Russia on China, friendly relations?" "In view of the sinister designs and Are Yon So Important If you ever feel very import and think you are indispensable, here is something that will take you down a Every twenty-four hours ninety-six thousand human beings leave this life and still the world gees on. If the world can continue to go on losing four thousand people every hour ,it may not miss ine much and it might not miss you very Much. the well-known Inside passage to Prince Rupert and Skagway. Two other new steamers now being built which it controls with cold reason tourists who each year make for the Canadian. National Pacific Coast Service, the Prints Robert and the and hot blood." Prince David, will ply between Vancouver. Victoria and Seattle. ALMOST ANYBODY ••••••–•"""""f"...,....,–.:–.- —"*".•"'""'"'""""""------..----.....' 'Necking may be pronounced inno- cent, but it's not spelled that way." Woman in the Home Frances F. O'Donnell hi the Forum (New York) : Whatever mode of life tends to develop the most perfectly rounded, the most genuinely success- ful, the happiest woman at the head of the home, is the mode that will TWO OR THREE DOLLARS No man can sit M misery's mental rocking -chair and wish himself into SI1CCOSS. Success owes you nothing. You owe success every faculty you possess. If you want success, the only way to win it is by intelligent industry. Until you get these truths firmly fixed in your head, your services are worth two or three dollars a day, no MOTS. "0, doctor. I have sent for you, cer. taiuly; still I must confess that I have not the slightest faith in modera medical science." "Well," said the doctor, "that doesn't matter in the least. You see, a mule has no faith in the veterinary surgeon, and yet he cures hill just the same." 11. THE SUDDEN CALL, v. 6. V. 6. Two facts about the second coming are very clearly stated in the New Testament: (1) There is the cer- tainty of the return. This we hear from the life of Jesus, and from all the apostles. The Book of Revelation is filled with this .prediction the c..rtainty of the return of the Lord. Behold I come quickly. (2) The sec- Mistaken i®r "Red" ond fact is the uncertainty concerning the exact time. Jesus told his dis- eiples that no man knew of the day and hour when the Son of man would return. Hence we hear so much of the suddenness of the return. He will cone. like a th.4.1 in the night. • III. THE FINAL RESULT, vs. 7-13. V. 7. Everything comes to an end, even the delay of the Lord, and now every one Is full of activity. "When life is closing behind, and eternity opening before us, we are all aroused." V. 8. The foolish virgins represent those who have not taken advantage of the long days of grace to listen to the call of the Saviour, and to follow his commands. V. 9. At first it might seem strange that the wise virgins refused to give a little of their oil to help out their companions, Why. would they ,not share their possessions? But the par- able makes it clear that this is nit - possible. If the wise give their oil there will not be enough for both, and the Lord will have none to meet him. The meaning is that there are certain things we can never give to (Altera - an unhappy woman is a bad mother. Whether or not she is conscious of the blight she casts upon her child, he will be influenced by her attitude of defeat and disappointment; Right where you are now, do the very best you can with what you've got and. do the thing now. Almost anybody can accomplish al - Most anything if they have all the tools and all the time they think is necessary. Detective Killed London—An anti-Communist coup went awry in Helshigsfors; Finland, an. Exchange Telegraph. dispatch said recently. To prevent Communists from smug- gling pamphlets into a barracks; authorities posted two plains -clothes army officers outside the building. Without informing the military, police stationed two plain -clothes detectives at the same place. The two parties mistook each other for Communists, and in the fight that followed ane detective was killed, the other was wounded, and one officer also suffer- ed, injury. .. In the three Britisb. Army centres where time -expired soldiers are taught electric wiring, building, motor build- Kingston the holiday ships move to the lower St. Lawrence and Saguenay DIVOTS. 1101i.day. From Niagara, Toronto and some trade, about 3,000 men are train. ' . ed every year, the vocations ranging Lake and rlver travel remain 'to Canadians the 'complete and from valeting and waiting at table to decorating. (Photo by Cando. Steamship Lilies.) trips. YOUR SECOND SET Beneath the surface of the skull, just '.above your collar button is a brain that you seldom use, and all be- cause you. must do some tall thinking before that brain wir work. He: "Something seems to be wrong with this engine, She: "Don't be foolish; wait until we get off this main road." yr Summer Days "Say, this novel is all bound wrong. It starts with the last chapter and ends with the first." "It's all right, only you've gotten hold of a copy of the 'Woman's Edi- tion'." perfect ing, and all forms of painting and This glimpse of the Laureutians and the lower St. Lawrence is typical of the summer days on nage famous A G t Lawyer TEN SHORT LAWS There are ten short laws to govern mankind and they all stun up like this —Play Fair. BEWARE" OF CAR STRAIN When the oar is new do not seek to force speed as suck action 'often! places an undue strain watch will Drove injurious to the euglue. Makes a Fat ,iailyard. MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER T1640, utskifOr sgeelpSle NfOlt 4/51N.:4 ,146 FrfTy...;' -'GRANTe'rmse: wAhtirOlie CAse Reeciet.seb: . Ins co.k,f, FArlit riewce, SAS -4 •661'454114 'M mi4), t4e-. Pt§isetriii thsti ;Oil) •' th0410014.11itk1S AM) 1001.1,PAits: CAGE. CLOSE.a),!!: • You 6A,Sp aetf, You tiek„peto LIKe. A FORK Iie.CPS AN ONSTISAL 4-ms4.04- • JUDGE. IS CitoOMD. T 'IL iiam: CAN'T DO -MAT% TD