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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-02-18, Page 3Sunday School Lesson (February al, Lesson VIII—Jesus the Good Shepherd—John 10: 1.16, Golden Text—The lord is my shep- herd; I shall no want.—Psalm 23: '1. ANALYSIS, I, FALSE SSHEPIIERDS AND TRUE, John 10: 1-6. II. "1 AM TIIE POOR," John 10: 7-10, III. "I AM TBE Goon seMee ERD," John y1: 11-18. INTRODUCTION — John 10: 19-29 should foIiow 9: 41. The anniversary services commemorating the dedica- tion of the Temple (10:.22) would remind all patriotic Jews of the Mac- cabean heroes who had purchased so dearly the temporary freedom of their country. During the years of bond- age which followed, many false Mes- siahs won the confidence of the people, incited them to revolt, and left them only in greater disaster and servitude. The religious leaders were 'little bet- ter. They used their holy offices for their own ends. They were "thieves and robbers" in contrast with the true shepherd who loves his sheep. I. FALSE SHEPHERDS AND TRUE, John 10: 1-6. Perhaps, no other picture brings home more appealingly to the hearts of. men the love of Jesus than this allegory. In the name "good shep- herd," "good" means kindness, beauty, genuineness, all in one. Jesus never forget his Galilean boyhood and the stories he often heard -the shepherds tell how sometimes they had to protect their flocks from prowl- ing 'beasts of prey. He knew also that Israel's leaders in times past were sometimes called "shepherds," Num. 27: 17; Jen231 1. Wounded in .heart at the cruel way in• which the "shepherds" of Israel had treated the man whom he had healed, he could not but think of theta as false shep- herds. They had not come to their position of leadership and lower by the Gad - appointed way the door of love, but "by some other way,' v. 1. The true shepherd, comin,; to the fold in the morning, is admitted by the "porter" (v. 3), the•night. watchman. Several flocks have been in the same fold for the night. The shepherd gives his peculiar whistle or call, and his own sheep follow him out i o pasture. East- ern shepherds go before their flocks. They give them pet navies as W3 name horses and dogs. His sheep always know their own master, A Scottish traveler once changed garments with a shepherd in Palestine, and thus dis- guised, triedto call the sheep to him. They did not move. But when the shepherd, dressed like a Scottish trav- eler, gave his call, they came to him at once. • II. "I Air THE WOE," John 10: 7-10. Said Jeans to the man shoal the Pharisees had debarred from the re- ligions eommunity, "I'am the way of entrance—not they." No ecclesiastical court on earth has the power to shut a man out from the kingdom which has come through me." They who came before Him (v. 8) were the false leaders, political and religious, who had been deceiving the people. The true pastor of God's flock (this is theemeaning of "any man" in v. 9), entering upon his work through love shall have security (read "safe" in- stead of "saved") ; he will have free- dom to render his bit of service to his fellows (go in and out), and will be able to provide spiritual nourishment for his flock (find pasture). The thief (v. 10), those false na- tional and religious leaders—seeks only his own advantage. He bluffs his way along. but those who are in real touch with God are not deceived. Christ, men's true leader and shep- herd, makes life a richer, bigger thing for every Man, makes the man him- self a bigger man, more vital, v. 10. III. "T AM THE. GOOD SHEPHERD," John 11: 11-18. The abundant life that Christ offers • is possible only through the sacrifice of his own. Hence the simile changes. The false teachers are no longer "thieves and robbers," but timid men who run away when faced by danger; they have no real interest in their flock. From the mountain top of his vis- ion the inspired writer sees beyond the confines of the Jewish fold to the Gentiles. They are lost and wander- ing, but some day Christ will bring them ht too. Such was David Living - stone's vision. Engraved on the slab in Westminster Abbey which marks his grave are these words, "And othet sheep I have which are not of this fold." One fold, and: one shepherd (v. 16) Sir Malcolm Campbell Seeks New Record The Blue Bird has had several slight alterations, mainly streamiining under the direction of Sir Mal- colm Campbell who plans on sailing shortly to Day tona Beach, where be hopes to better his speed re- cord of 245 miles an hour. is better translated "one flock." The Christian Church is not a walled fold, but a flock whose unity consists in each me.nber of it hearing and follow- ing the voice of the Good Shepherd. This spiritual unity must ultimately show its existence by a visible out- ward union. Religious leaders the world over are today recognizing this. Hence the movements everywhere to- ward church union, that the world may know. Autumn Summer storms are hard storms, Autumn .storms are mild; Summer is a warrior, Autumn. is a child. Drooling through the forests, Sobbing o'er the plains, Comes the netted music Of the autumn rains. Summer skies are bright skies, Autumn skies are lead; Summer leaves are live leaves, Autumn leaves are dead. Skipping o'er the meadows. Ohruckriug in the trees; Flirting with the sunshine, Romps the autumn breeze. Autumn suns are shy suns, Summer suns are bold.; AuttLmu days are bronze days, Sumuier days are gold. Thrilling with the tonic, WILeu the days are fair; I-Iow the nostrils dilate, Drinking autumn air! Vernal rains, the glad rain:. Come When life is new; Aunt= rains, the sad rain's, Come when life- Is through. —By W. W. G. (Kingsbury) iu Porte (Ind.) Herald -Argus, , • Garden Chats `to remember that such things like let- tuce and onions, which are used fre- I quently and which will benefit from a Article NB 1 few pails of water during the dry weather, should be placed . near the Planning Will Help house for convenience sake. But why bother about gardening Put Flowers in Clumps now, with the echoes at New Year's, In flowers we must get away from celebrations just dying•'away, Your the straight row idea. It is all very average person may ask. True, here well and advisable to grow some such in Canada we have a bit of winter stili as sweet peas, of which we prize before us and it will be some weeks i flowers for cutting and for foliage, in before we can sally forth, spade in, _the vegetable garden, but in the regu- hand. But right at this point we , ar beds we should plant iu clumps of might as well start shattering --7 +;one colour and variety and generally sions by explaining that a good deity; arrange to have the small stuff at the of success in gardening, and not a lit ,-front and the taller sorts such as holly- tle pleasure too, lies in planning. '1h0 hocks, sunflowers, dahlias and cosmos more we picture what we are going to• toward the rear. We should plan to do, the better the results. It is not: have something blooming all the time necessary to worry over lack of means: and if we make our selection from the or experience. Study plants when you seed catalogue with this idea in mind, are drawing up plans. Put shade it will not be difficult to achieve al Planta in shady places, sun plants in most continuous bloom from late sunny places. Try to remember, if you' spring until the first frosts in Sep - haven't kept a diary, which plants did ' tember. well and vice versa last year. Do not' ^__ , forget that annuals should not • be' Salesmen plauted year after year in the same location, Disease carries over in thel Bishop Watterson tells the story sail. A good seed catalogue will helps of how a drummer on a train mis- us considerably in this planning. I took him (the bishop) for another General Vegetable HintsI commercial traveller and asked him r, it lie represented a big house. It we are fortunate in possessing a' "Biggest on earth," said the bis - fair sized piece of ground we eau use liop. a horse or tractor to do most of the =What's the name of the firm?" work. Sometimes this power can be' queried the drummer. rented from a neighbor if we are un- "Lord and Church." replied the im- able to supply it ourselves. Where perturable bishop. used it is best to space rows of our or -i "Hum; Lord and Church'', never clinary vegetables thirty inches ora heard of it. Got any branch houses Le yard apart, and the bigger or spread-' anywhere?" ing sorts like corn, potatoes, tomatoes i "Branch houses all over the world," or cucumbers three to four feet. This said the bishop. will allow easy and continuous cults-, "That's queer. Never heard of vation right through until the work is 'eat. Is it boots and shoes?" no longer required, and very little hoe- "No." ing will be needed. If, on the other "(fats and caps?" hand, space is limited and we want "Not that either." maximum results we can reduce the "Oh, dry goods, I suppose?" width between rows to fifteen and' "Well," said the bishop, "some ,call twenty inches, respectively, and can. it notions."—From Louisville Times. further economize by alternating early, and late stuff like spinach and carrots,' The Useful Whale peas and corn, so that the first named Practically the whole whale is used in each case will be used and out of tb.e way before the later sorts require for commercial purposes. Whale oil, the fall room. Ot course, where one of course is the thief product, and is plans an intensive garden of this kind used principally at the present time in. we will have more hand work, though making soap. Occasionally itis used this can be greatly lessened by the use as a lubricant , in combination with of hand cultivators rather than hoes, mineral oil, and recently a new use and we should also use plenty ee fer- has been found for it in an animal oil Wizen This may either well rotted for making margarine. Little whale manure or a good balanced commer- oil is now used for heating and light tial mixture high .in nitrogen, or bet- ing purposes. Fresh whale flesh is ter still, some of both. In all vege- ground into whale -meat meal for cat - table gardens it is essental to run rows tle feed, and both the flesh and bones absolutely straight, using a string are grouud into fertilizer. when sowing. Not only does this im- ---.._.c....---_. Prove the appearance but it conserves Other Ivory Besides the elephant's tusk, com- merce recognizes as ivory the teeth of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, cachalot or sperm -whale, and of some animals of the wild boar class such as the wart -frog of South Africa. One Way Air Mail Service at Altitude Of 10,000 Feet Started in Ecuador 4iiayagtvil.—]chador's recently In augurated air mail service from Quito to outlying towus le probably the world's highest and only non-stop sea - vice, since the take -off is more thou 10,000 feet above sea level and the planes return to their point of depar Lure without landing, Lataounga, capi- tal of the province of Leon, near the base of the volcano Cotopaxi and sixty- one ixtyone miles south .of Quito, is the only town on the route that has a landing field. Tulean, capital of the province of Carchi on. the .Colombian border 100 miles northeast of Quito, is the fur- thest outpost of the route and there and at other towns on the route the mail is dropped from the plane at- tached to small parachutes. This brings mail to the town from the capi- tal in less than two hours, but the re- turn mail, since the air service is one way only, takes two and sometimes four days. This will be one of the most difficult routes in the world to fly, both be- cause of the high altitude and the lack "Are yon trenbled badly with in- somnia?" "1 should say so. If I were to sleep two hours on a stretch I would think I was a regular Rip Van 'winkle." ___+ "Come In!" A chorus girl who had evolved from Brixton to Broadway by becoming the understudy of a famous French revue actress, having changed her name and adopted the accent, found herself star- red in Pittsburg. Holding forth to an admirer in the best of traditions about "zee difflcui- space and allows easy and thorough ties of zee Engleesh," she found her- cultivation. Another thing to remain- self interrupted by a knock at the, ber is to plow or spade the ground carefully before sowing and before we start, to have a plan on paper plotted roughly to scale. In our plan it is well of landing fields. On the 10.000 -toot Andean plateau the greater part of 49x0 country stands practically on edge,' other'bazard is added by the snow -coo ped peaks of the Andes that poke into the clouds for another 12,000 feet. The trip between the capital aa4 Tulcan by ordinary means of travel. takes two days or more while mule - back means about four or five .days, and it depends on the state of the roads whether or not motor cars caa get beyond Ibarra, the present termin- us of the railroad from Quito. .A. little rain makes the hills so slippery that it is hopeless to try to get through, a1 though the surface of to roads may be hard enough. Te greater part of the soil is a very hard clay called canva- gua which is a bit more slippery than wet soap, Air service between the coast and the capital and the interior would be out of the question without a line of radio beacons as at present it is large• ly a matter of blind flying, because there • is always a good bit of rain around 2,000 to 0,000 feet be=tween the shore and the highlands. Poet and Peasant The sunset's golden rods have railed the west, And steel -blue swallows cut with cres- cent linings Across the tawny metal of the sky; Like chinking of loose change a black- bird sings. My pathway lies between all close Together huddled like crouched in sleep, The curving fang of my scythe loose behind my grass -wet boots the open steep. There at the brown path's end my cot- tage stands • With new blue paint upon its wooden eaves; One wall all grey and flat and window- less, hung with a rough green rug of ivy leaves. when those trees have turned to rich black lace, when the stars are fastened on the night, Quiet within my secret armory I'll sit And burnish rhymes to beauty while I write. —M. G. Gower, in Poetry. Wouldn't Do "Why are you looking so fed -up?" "I bought a b6ok called `How To Make Love,' and now I don't know what to do." "Why?" . "Well, it says you take the girl's hand, look into her eyes, and say: `I love you, Beatrice'." "What's wrong with that?" "My girl's name is Lizzie. • door. "Entre nous . , ." she called out, brightly. these hills, creatures As swings crunch down One And And • Dobbs—"Sobbs asked ine to for- get my troubles this morning." Hobbs—"What for?" Dobbs—"In order to give axe a chance to listen to his." According to Will Rogers, there is nothing but human nature to prevent success at the disarmament confer- ence.—Mail and Empire (Toronto). Birds of a feather flock together— where a generous supply of bread crumbs has been scattered over the snow.—The Christian Science Moni- tor. Toade are not venomous, and scien- tists do not believe there is any con section with handling them and the appearance of warts. What New York Is Wearing BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON _GTOI't Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson F'ur- visloci With Every Pattern The s it.u:. - ...ria rt. c i . ,..: a in eggshell shade is tremendc.usiy smart this season worn with a black trans- parent velvet skirt. And simple to make! Well. 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