Zurich Herald, 1931-10-15, Page 3•
Sunday School
• Lesson '1
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October 18., Lesson III -Paul in
Thessalonica and Berea -e -Acts 17:
1, 5-11: 1 Thessalonians a: 7-12.
Golden Text -Open thou mine eyes,
that I may behold wondrous things
out of thy law. -Psalm 119: 10.
'ANALYSIS
1. A GOOD START, .Acts 17: 1-4.
IL "BOLSIMISTS!" Acts 17; 5-9.
III. THE MN iviINP, Acts 17 1045.
INTRODUCTION -- Leaving PhilipPi,
the missionaries passed through Ana.
phipolis and Apollonia (v. 1) and
came to Thessalonica, the Salonika of
today. It was the capital of the pro-
vince and an important seaport. To-
day it is fast becoming a great mod-
ern cap -being laid out according to
plan -with a nee facade to the sea -
and having a population climbing to-
ward the 200,000 .nark. Paul prefer-
red the centres of population and eorn-
meree. The work, once established
there, would spread rapidly tb smaller
places. That policy carried Christian-
ity through the empire like a prairie
fire. Paul found in Thessalonica and
in Berea two very different types of
people.
I. A GOOD STET, Acts 17: 1-4.
Arriving in Thessalonica the trav-
elers found lodgings with Jason, pos-
sibly a fellow Jew. For three weeks
they 'reasoned" -carried on argument
and discussion --in the eenagogue.
They "opened" and "alleged," that is,
quoted Scripture passages to prove
their statements regarding Messiah
and Jesus of Nazareth, v. 4. Unwel-
come assertions such as these provok-
ed hot discussion and denial, 1 Thess.
1:2. Some of the Jews believed, and a
great many of the God-fearing Greeks,
including a number of women
the upper social classes. They would
be freer from superstition and narrow-
mindedness. Paul's faithful preaching
did what such preaching always does
-it divided his hearers. Some became
enthesiastic believers, others bitter
enemies. A storm was gathering.
II. "BonseirensTs!" Acts 17: 5-9.
The Jews, as usual, caused trouole.
It is always easy to raise a mob in
an eastern city. In Thessalonica the
material was close at hand --"Lewd
fellows of the baser sort (v. 5), the
market loafers, with nothing to do and
ready for any adventure. They mob-
bed Jason's house, but Paul and Silas,
prbbably warned, were not there. The
mob nevertheless must have its victim.
Jason himself was dragged out And
brought to the authorities. He had
harbored • those who had turned the
world upside down. It was the first
mob crying 'Down with these Bolehe-
vists" (Richeed Roberts), that is,
people who upset the existing order.
• The mob named them better than they
realized for "the followers of Jesus
• are in every generation a company of
areeeeeeee, eeeetweereee tura their evvrld
• upside &wit wberrever they do not find'
it love -side -up." Any effort to change
an existing order is dangerous. But
Christians must face the risks involv-
ed when theyrecognize that any co
inn-
dition is not accord with the Spirit
of Jesus. ,The Christianity that can
be comfortable in the world as'at pres-
ent constituted has reason to doubt its
own loyalty to its Master.
Jason was bouad over to keep the
peace, v.. The only way to do that
was to stos the preaching. It was a
clever way of attacking Paul through
his friends. The missionaries were
sent away that night. Loath to leave
his friends at the mercy of enemies,
Paul often longed to return to them,
but "Satan" (1 Thess. 2: 17, 18),
probably the "security" remanded of
Jason (v. 9) prevented him.
Forty miles west of Thessalonica
lay Berea. Livy considered it a
"noble" town. Paul found in it a
noble people, v. 11. They were gentle.
men. They listened to Paul's message
with an open mind. Then they exam-
ined the Scriptures, to which he re-
ferred for verification, to see if what
he said was true, v. 11. They did not
say "Thatis not what we were
taught," and therewith listen to it only
to denounce it. They evidently believ-
ed, as John Robinson, the "father of
the Independents," said to the Pilgrim
Fathers as. they were about to sail for
America, ". . . . the Lord hath more,
truth yet to break forth out of his
holy word." The Bereans were con-
cerned, not so much to have their own
opinions confirmed as to discover more
truth. As a result of their open.
mindednees, great numbers believed.
III. THE OPEN MIND, Acts 17: 10-15,
To reach Thessaly Paul had to tra-
vel to the sea. Paul, apparently
through depression or illness, was un-
able to travel .done. Some of the
brethren steyed by lilta ueetil he remit --
ed Athens. There. hte could not bear
to be alone-Timoilter and Silas nitist
come also, v. 15. 2 Co. 1.: 8, 9,
throws light Upon this myeterious ee.,
pression and trouble. 1? Paul, fol-
lowing Christ was an experience like
that of the .men of Puris who, in 1830,
were overthrowing the Bourbons.
They sent word to tho French phil-
osopher, Benjarnie Constant, "A ter-
rible game is being played here; our
heads are in danger. Come and add
yours," Paul was always ready to add
his. Ther :fore his influence is living
still.
What New York
Is Weating
BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON
Illustrated ansonaking T.,essort Fur-
azished With Every Pattern
Treats
If we were able to ask each etli
pint blank; "What would be tete
greatest treat you could have at til
moment?" the replies would be
tounding. They would also illtimig
human nature, I belleyeAlhat no sine
gle reply would demand a fortune, (la'
monds, a yacht, or a throne. All Won
be for some small, easily attaingi 41"e
thing, And not only is it the essence
of a treat that it should be something
sroalli but lavish gifts are not even
desired by those of us whose chief in,
terest lies in gratitude for lovie ;
thought. We should hear, in reply t
our question, even if we hate doubte
the silences of our friends, some vetr
reassuring confessions as to the
most immediate desires.
• So much for the general theory c
treats and for our own requirement
of a treat. Now grange it is that 1
seeking to give treats, on the ()the(
hand, we should so often make tli
mistake of painting the lily'
Poi-rayself, although I find tha,
many things, from rides in autom
biles to visits to the theatre, are e
longer treats, the receipt of an o
book is still an inexpressible tree,
Not a new book, but -an old one -a
most any old one, providing it isima
and classic. I am given handso
new books, which I do not care for. -
olden days my greatest treat'. was
be taken for a ride, either in Paris,
in Loudon, upon the front seat of
horse -omnibus or tramcar. Such rid
are my earliest recollection. They
main in a' memory as the epitome -4
happiness. Nor is this kind of tr
altogether removed 'nowadays. 1i,
horses are gone, it is true, '-witie Vet
rhythmical hoof -beats, and theony a
swaying which they impartecige, w
vehicle, but even an electric aAlic
or 'a mdtor omnibus can raiseirche
this time to a state of absorbs, .
templation such as no sraa118e,•
,...„
more plastic automobile can tick
An almost completely windlesSy,
mer day, with white flannel-clac1.41
eters at play upon the common; '..
perfect treat to me. So is a day ,
upon a sailing yacht. Aboard asess"
one can experience some of the
glories of sensation of which
beings are capable. The sight'o'
• sky and running water, sun glitte• t
upoa brasswork and the exquisitd I,t)
of the deck; the sense of easy
fettered motion, of remotenese,p
alley and adventure; the ern I
shedding of all feeling of repo'
bility for one's course, *oue's owns
ty and the safety of others-te-1
only a few of the splendours,r,„
ing. And as, for me, yaclitte,n; =ette'' ,he dropped down to feed. Five
experience enjoyed only once • tes later a buzzard was seen
he horizon to the east, and one
or three years, it is a treat
s' ..' laome the South. fe Twenty minutes
will always be a treat '
A3r- lit, , therb, were six of them fight-
Ikis a treat to Me to he
lark. It is a treat to be rya i ``4Sr,, jthaerrcatrngca.ss, and more were
Wiltshire downs, Or to sfend overlbk- at ' birizaiIVraye-RiTdilJ
tivelY recezglAsed by,:,...e„ littl Wit e, iv •Some people
1 have not seen for soiSe'finte.
a treat to walk upon the Sussex orthe
ing tho Sussex. Weald. It Is ti'l'Irect,..- .I.In this way, -when one drop
*inner.: . i znissed by his nearby
.1 s and they IlY• in his direc-
iese, ,,in turn, are missed Beatrice Powers, sibeermiee; rfeoslelinet.s
Extreme „simplicity of style makes
this a charming model for all -day
individuality.
It simulates a hip yoke and achieves
an unusually slenderizing effect,
through its moulded long -waisted bo-
dice belted at point most becotning to
its wearer. "-
When it so easily made -why not
have it? It combines plain dark green
silk with dark green crepe silk print-
ed in tweed pattern.
Style No. 3372 is designed for sizes
36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 45 inches bust.
Size 36 requires 3% yards of 39 -inch
material with % yard of 35 -inch con-
trasting.
Black crepe satin with pinkish -
beige crepe satin is very fashionable.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 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.
Quiet Seep?
tiurrowing Owl'• To Eligktod
1..crue:wiL:irstooYis°stl11
iiiii,01tleireis cowboys
aa
,s,wele-do" owl. Whet), one of
as is disturbed it bobs up and
Oral times, as though greet-
titriider according' to the rules
Nned feather -world etiquette.
'known as a burrowing owl,
is.ia reality unable to dig.
excavating their own homes
rp the dens of other desert
-such as prahle dogs and rab-
aee therefore often to bo
ing In the taidsl, of a prairie
ny. This is the source of Mae
belief 13garding the congenial
of prairie dogs, rattlesnakes Thine was the call to face with daunt -
rowing owls -a belief, how- less bearing
at Is 'purely mythical. A rat- All high adventure, all adversity,
•will eat •the young of a Until thy sons by their resistless dar.
dog and owl. An owl will also ing
young of a prairie dog, hence Had girdled earth with. realms from
halmqst an, impossibility tol sea to sea.
l'"'.4,ttiv.Limalirget along in the
,evOn. the poorest of Now in this age when out of cruel op-
rms,
element which has given
surd belief strength is the call
zeug owls when angry, In
o mighty soul of England, rise hi
splendour
• Out of the wrack and turmoil of.the
night,
And as of old, compassionate and ten-
der,
Uphold the cause of justice and of
right,
Thine was the consecration and dews
tion,
The world-wide vision and the world-
wide trust,
Which made a pathway of the tides of
ocean
And fruitful gardens of the desert
dust,
pression
The hearts of men are yearning for
release,
O Soul of England - England's great
•x, neexcavating several nests possession-
1.was always sur- Lead thou. mankind Into the way of
t the Tattlitg hiss which would • peace.
Orth from the nesting chamber Quebec. -Frederick George Scott.
neared the young. One un-
' with burrowing owls would
V. - •
Reported Engaged
seuredly believe that a rattler
`Ielowl. The . nest would then,
Soh:ability, be left strictly alone,
e lievestigator ,depart -his er-
tineory proved to his entire
nee, The food of burrowing
•Afeltein' to be extremely bene -
of birds which I was ob-
--ree,„
brought to the young in an
and 'tleenty minutes, 17 large
, 22 grasshoppers, 2 lizards, 1
nd 1 prairie jumping mouse. -
Life".", -
Buzzards Protected
aids are protedted almost
where they are found, as they
e beet of scavengers. When
pima' • dies on the western
-s these big birds slowly con-
' te to feast. They seem to
soineveay of signalling the loca-
of food to 'their companions
• away. Near Tuscon, Arizona,
er' a dead horse dumped on the
. When he was left by the
le there was, so far as I could
only one bezzard in the sky.
*Ircled about, and I hid myself
• some greasewood bushes be -
one another, even. at high
s end when. several miles
lia to read a witty book. -Frank
ton, in "Toltefielcl Papers." y
Whistling Low
Form of Mentality
"For long centuries the world has
been whistling Wherever and when-
ever it felt like doing so," declares
the Christian Science Monitor In
this editorial. "Man ha el Puekered
Up his lips and emitted more cr lees
tuneful' sounds to express various
emotions. The youth whistles for
sheer joie de vivre. .The farmer's
boy whistles, supposedly, to prevent
himself from getting too loneiy. The
business man 'whistles when the
price of goods goes up, and his cus-
tomers whistle when they feel the
result of the Increase. Man whistles
to bring his dog back; whistles for
a taxi; whistles -in some countries
-to attract the attention of some
dreaming waiter; and occasionally
employs whistling as a method of
expressing either approval or disap-
proval, according to the nature of
'the whistle,
"But all this has been quite wrong
-according to Professor Charles
Gray Shaw, of New York. In future,
if you care what people -and Prof.
Shaw -think about you, you will do
anything except whistle. Because
the Professor asseverates that to
whistle is to reveal a low mentality.
If you whistle -so he declares -you
are a moron, devoid of moral stamina
and possessed of an inferiority cora-
plex. `No great or successful man
ever whistles,' declares this oracle.
Well, we can recall quite a few who
did, including Lord Tennyson, Lord
Balfour, Disraeli, and Sir Arthur
Sullivan, to say nothing of W. S,
Gilbert, Sir Herbert Tree, and T. P.
O'Connor. But perhaps they all
were morons and possessed of a low
mentally -as Professor Shaw assays
such things.
• The world is full of people who
seem bent upon extracting all that
is left of the joy of living out of
life. They would impose every pos-
sible sort of negation upon us, and
leave us with nothing permitted
save to read what they write. But
the world, will in all probability con-
tinue to whistle, despite Professor
Shaw. Whistling is an outlet for
all sorts of emotional reactions. At
its worst it is not half as bad as an
auto syren, and at its best it may
be quite diverting. In any event, it
does nobody any harm, it costs no-
thing, it is one of the least annoy-
ing of noises, and we should miss
it if it were prohibited. Did you
ever hear a woodbird whistle ti, its
inate, Professor Shaw?"
Shamming Death
The so-called habit of shamming
death in a moment of danger or sur-
prise is common among wild animals
of almost every species.' The •
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• el
13
Britain Stea:df4i
•9bthat are farther awaystar, seen
ii
Above all other considerations, as itit wise
- •. forth:- Others claim that
cate their foctde, through an
.smell, but I have I iekwoo.,
reported to have married Runes
ed Germany in a beauty parade, is
a veteran Dos Angeles
Vancouver Province (Ind. Cons.)
seems to us, is that of demonstrating,
to the world that the people. a Greatd
Britain are still sufficient, to heir re!
sponsibility and their emeit,zaley eA
the capacity of self-government. W4
ens. Great Britain, under duress, be'You. work, I believe, for Blank &
temporarily suspended the gold st t, .*
.:1,14. ght to work." True and
. Co.," said the parent. "What are your
affirm once more their old reputatio Work
6E: , saying is, but we may sad- prospects of promotion?"
as honest traders and selarellaat cit e,,e-e; '
Dig nations,, has • not suspendede eVeii..W"'PrIct
ad. Great Britain, first of self -g dirkkeis,.. tieundoubtect fact. We -may , The young man smiled,
eee,, ,• sue endustrious people. We ope we've got."
That is an imminent sir," he replied. "My job is the lowest
"The very best in the whole office,
4;;,e,fi5dhae be-allsas atonudsend-an of
di t • blunder.
r'engliali has a' striking sermon
t,icielatry of work." All too
'1,O.scinie men turn work into
4 soP`ee. ?Men ought to work."
' V -ere are other duties they
eYect. We must not lose
kf.an, work, We must build
.31.i)'' c Meader. - Dr. Dinsdale
1 _ e.
CHANCE
- .4/1- may be great by ehaece,
' Tee'rer wise and good without
'1?Vaine for it.
1 , e --_.....-____
ndriving at a moderate speed
*nothing but selacontrol and
[tear bumper.
le .
eta apProa
h food "down actor,at Las Vegas, Nev.
"hence this latter theory can -
-believe they are. We believe thervet
14liusiness man for his daughter's hand.
The young man had asked the big
Plenty of Prospects
',•,,4gs.-"Walker Young in dAni-
An. 4
ltais explain their sudden
Sleep is far from motionless. The ,government at all.
-•. e.
average healthy adult during deep I
sleep makes some noticeable change
in, position on an average 02 once
every seven or eight minutes, it is
shown by experiments made at the 1
Mellon Institute for Industrial Re-
search.
The observations carried on by Dr.
H. M. Johnson show that every sleeper
has a repertoise of approximately a
dozen different sleeping positions. On
a typical night he will use nearly all
of them, changing from one to another She-"Ye,i, of course I clianged•
from twenty to sixty times according mind. Any woman has a rig 'e-1
to various sensations and body irrita- change her mind."
tions. The brain is r•ufficiently alert He -"If women used as much).
le,
to guarrthe sleeper's comfort but at In making up their minds as the,
the same time the momentary discom- in making up their faces they Wi
forts are kept out of consciousness. not change them so often." eller
„
Turn over any fiat stone reason-
ably distant from high water mark;
a hundred to one there will be a
shore -crab under it; also there may
be some weed. If there is weed.
and the crab happens to be among
it, he will not stir a fraction ot an
inch. Poke at him gently with 3
stick; he will make no effort to de.
fend himself, His big claws, his
legs, eeem nerveless. To all out-
ward appearances he is dead, and
he will remain thus indefinitely un-
less he is poked away from the weed
on to the bare rock.
Early Dusk
The moon is as frail as a disk of
cobwebs,
The willows are scarcely great
among the meadows
Where a thousand paper pennons
wave above the crops
And the black oxen walk slowly
homeward beside the Still ca -
Mals.
In the distant sky a kite is tugging
at its string,
The rooks caw among their nests in
the treetops,
Above the doors set deep in russet
walls
Droop broken branches of taint
green willow,
And the men and girls come front
their work in the fields
Carrying sprays of flowering al,
moad in their hands,
-Elizabeth S. Coatswortla, In"Foe
Footprints."
Lads th13 thrilling, two
admirers fighting' a duel over little
me?"
Burglary as a profession is likely to
prove, rather confining.
By BUD FISHER
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