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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-09-29, Page 3• ••••••-•••••••*--011-11r-v# y School "."-I'....""Surritia 'Lesson October 2, Lesson 1—The Christian's Devotional Life--Inattheev 6; a-16; 2 Timothy 3: 1417. (olden Text— Grow In grace, and In knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. -2 Peter 3; 18. ANALYSIn. I, THE azimut/eat AND HIS PRAYING, • Matt. 6; 5-15. II. THE CHRISTIAN AND MS BIBLE, 2 Tina 3: 14-1'7. INTRODUCTION—Row can I be a Christian in these complex and con - fazing days? Only as I keep the thought of God vivid in my own life. Therefore the Christian needs to pray and study the Bible. I. THE CHRISTIAN AND PRAYING, Matt. 6: 5-15. This passage occurs in that section of the Sermon on the Mount which contrasts the new piety with the old. Jesus refers to three types of prayer: (a) The "Boston Audience" Prayer, v. 5. Jesus v,"arns against making prayer a mere performance. The Jews had stated hours for prayer—morning, noon, evening. Some were careful to be found- in some conspicuous place, a crowded street corner, say, when the prayer -hour struck. There, sure to be observed, they prayed. An enthusi- aetic reporter mice described a certain .devotional effort as the "finest prayer ever delivered before a Boston audi- ence." Such prayers get what they want, publicity. "Reward" _means "paid in full." Vere 6 commends that secret communion with God which was Jesus' own method. (b) The Mechanical Prayer, v. 7. "Vain repetitions"—a lot of talk with- out much behind it. Prayer tends to become a series of conventional re- quests and set phrases which we rattle off without realizing their meaning, without any serious attempt to live up to them. Is this the reason why so many sincere Christian folk never go to prayer-meetiag? Prayer is not o be merely a "want list," Our Father knows already v. 8. It is cultivating xis friendship— tuning in the radio of the soul to catch the music and message of the eternal. When Jesus prayed, he met somebody. What he got ,from God, was God himself. Hs disciples, dull as they were, were wakened to the wonder and the power of it. They came to him and asked, "Teach us to pray like that." (c) The Model Prayer, .is. 9-15, First of all, Jesus would have us think of his Father as one un whom we are all dependent, "Our Father,' v. 9. Not my, but our, thus reminding us that we are members one of the other. Jesus would have us ask for no bless- ing for ourselves which does rot in- clude our brother, also. "Who art in heaven"—who occupies the position of supreme authority. See Isa. 66: 1. Love "la ailep cinveaftil se"HiS BOW adtan' thy name" mesas,. "reverenced be all that thy name stands far, Beauty, Love, Goodness, Fatherhood. May these characteristics and the relation- sinof brother which they involve be mare sacred to me th .n anything else in life." This aim is clearly impossible in a world organized on selfish, individual. istic lines where a man is forced to look upon his brother as a rival, even an enemy. Hence the petition, "Thy kingdom come." Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, v. 10. Jesus wants vs to pray fax a new era when jastice will prevail, when kindness will find expression, when purity will tri- umph. From the highest spiritual aspira- tions the prayer suddenly drops to enan.'s most coinmon physical need, bread, v. 11. Jesus knew that grind- ing poverty, as well as too much wealth, has eoul-destroying power. Hence the prayer—"enough for each day." Bread, not for me alone, nor for :mine of us, but for all God's children. The condition for forgiveness in v. la is not arbitrary. It is only the atti- tude that forgives that can accept for- giveness, "Lead 'us not into temptation." (v. 13), is probably better rendered, "Let us not enter into temptation." Al- though Character needs testing, the conflict is doubtful, and even desper- ate until victory is won. When a man realizes the issues involved, it is na- tural for him to seek to avoid the ordeal. II. THE centistrAN AND HIS BIRLE, 2 Tim. 3: 14-17. Paul emphasized the value of the Seriptutes for Christian growth, vs. 16, 1.7. Why read them? For the same reason that we read any other books—for what they say 'o us. The Bible shows us the way; of God with men. Inspired? We know it is inspired by the best of all proofs, because it inspires. 11 • New British Airpianea Displayed at Hendon Representattlyee Of the military and naval 'services. of nearly every nation in the world and of the chief foreign and imperial eivil air trana- poit companies watched at Hendon airdrome, near London, recently the demonstration of thirty-five different types of United Kingdom airplanes in the .course of a display organized by the Secietn of British Aircraft. Con- structors. In the aggregate the aircraft, aero engines and accessory equipment brought to the airdroine• were 'worth nearly $2,500,000. Aggregate engine p•wer of the thhay-five airplanes was approximately 20,000 horsepower, The small Singleseater aircraft, al! oif them capable of speeds in level flight considerably exceeding 200 miles an bour, were put through every aerian manoeuvre. One ma- chine made four consecutive upward spins witix the tail pointing almost vertically toward the earth and still had sufficient power in band to climb on to a level keel once more. Another climbed steeply for several seconds up - wide dawn and with the engine throt- tle elosed. And each was dived at speeds surpassing 350 miles an hour, falling vertically downward and fiat- tening out barely 100 feet above the airdrome. In sharp contrast the same planes were flown slowly across the flying field providing a demon-. stratien of wide speed range and ef- ficient. flying control. Bag new night bombers showed their places in Circuits of the air- drome, flying at first slowly and later moving at full !peed. with thunder- ous bellow of engines. One of the night bomber pilots made almost a complete circuit of the airdrome with hands held high above his head, not once touching the control lever es the big plane moved around. The performance of a new air liner designed for operation of the African air routes attracted much attention. This .is a monoplane with accommodation for seventeen passen- gers in a cabin said to be roomier than the most luxurious of Pullman rail cars. Driven by four air-cooled engines totalling 1,360 horsepower, the new craft cruises easily at 120 miles per hour and is capable of a maxi- mum velocity in level flight of more than 150 miles an hour. Marriage and Travel Boomed By Italian Fare Reduction Rome. --Rome may soon &come the honeymoon eapital of the world as a c aequence of reductions granted by the Italian State Railroads to newly married couples. It it, announced that newlyweds of any nationality, married anywhere outside the territory of the Kingdom of Italy, will enjoy a special • endue biona. of e .711.• pee:agent ate's= the Italian frontier to Rome and return. Some months ago the Ministry of Communications granted Italian hone estmooning couples, married anywhere in Italy, 70 per cent. reductions for journeys to Rome and return. The experiment wad highly successful. Even the Pope entered into the spirit of the thing and made a point of re- ceiving in audience all the couples who pine to Rome on their hoteymoon. Paris Is Steadily Replacing Trolley Cars With Buses Paris.—The ubiquitous trolley, a few years hence, will be a thing of the past in Paris. Its replacement by autobus is slowly but surely being effected. Some fifty trolley lines have been suspended during the past seven years by the Societe des Transports en Com- mun. These lines served sections of the capital and the outlying dietricts. During the first half of this year five lines have been discarded for the more comfortable bus. There is no doubt that with tile passing of the trolleys traffic regulation will be simpler, par- ticularly around the Opera and St. Lazare districts and several others where buses and trolleys conerge. Canadians Prefer Tea to Coffee Ottawa.—Canadians drink more tea than coffee, in the proportion of four to three. Statistics show that. the an- nual per capita consumpbion in the Do- minion is four pounds of tea and three pounds of eoffee, and use of both seems to be increasing steadily. But Cana- dians still have a long way to go be- fore they approach the enormous amount of tea consumed in the British Isles, There the per capita cortimap- tion is eight pounds a year. A practiaaj War Memorial • *sgetki0 i es- a a se • sla04Cnaa. i7nOtrntn'Annasennenen ''' eastaaana • e. San Francisco's war memorial is in the form of beautiful twin buildings, recently dedieated. Oue is a civic opera house, the other a veteran's building. •• • Indian Population Grows Contrary to a widespread impres- sion that the Indian section of Our population was steadily declining, conies a statement from the Depart- ment of Indian Affairs to the effect that the latest- census shows .a.ix ac- tual increase of over 14,000 since the previous census ten years ago, We have usually had drawn for us 'a nether pathetic picture of the pass- ing of a race—a page turned down M the history of the land. In the United States, as an actual matter of fact, the Indian population is de- creasing rapidly through intermar- riage. But it seems. that our more stimulating climate and the fact that there is relatively little inter- marriage here emblem to perpetuate the race. The care • devoted to the welfare of all radian connnunitlei in Canada is well known, and the De- partment may congratulate itself and stick another feather he its cap on the strength of the census return: The noble red man may have vanish- ed as a historic figure from our midst, but his descendants are still virile and still maintain some of the best traditions of their ancestors.—Mont. real Daily Star. Small Japanese Industries Hit That the smaller industrial estab- lishments in Japan have been more adversely affected during the last few years than the big concerns is in- dicated by a report recently publish- ed by the Japanese Bureau of Social Affairs showing an increase in the number of labor disputes from 2,289 in 1930 to 2,456 M 1931, but a dee crease in the number of workers in- volved from 191,805 to 154,528. In 998 cases the disputes developed into 864 strikes, seventy-six lock -outs and fifty-eight instances where the work- ers stayed on the job, but did as lit- tle as possible. The principal causes eaf disputes were atheadischarge wOrinerS,' reliaitiniqfkien‘rt mands for discharge allowances, in- creases of wages and the payment of wages in arrears. Of the 998 active disputes, 393 ended in failure for the workers, 351 in compromise and. 225 in favor of the workers' demands; 23 were reported unsettled, and in six cases the outcome could not be ascertained. A Poet's Vision He toiled for daily bread. His soiled hands Bear aatn ess to bis toil. Yet, unde- filed,The poet's soul within him, harkeu- ing, heard. Not thoharsh noises of the market- placeWherein men barter body, mind and soul, for paltry peace. But from the dusty counter -land through open door, And high above the clamour of the street, The mystic music of a lovely land, Su -kissed, and bearing evermore The soft, sweet murmur or a singing sea, And harpers, harping on a song - filled shore. --Gilbert Rae, in ,C;haniLers' Journal. • "That machinist is the most thorough man at his trade I know." "What makes you think so?" "He not only works all day, but everybodys attention and ham- mers every new idea advanced." Apple Harvest No other harvest is so richly scented Wale all the essences of earth and Or leaves the one who harvests more' ebntented When musky bins are filled beneath a stair. Bees menet wing this tang into their taverns, Or these plumed pirate squirrels hide away This gold and -mainsail in their tree - trunk caverns Through all the gold -flecked spacious- ness of day, Old orchards have a way ot over Till all the wicker baskets do same Aud ruddy cheeks roll off into clover As If they had it planned before we came. The peace and mirth of orchards and their glow Have filled hearts, too, before they turned to go. _Glenn 1Srard Dresbach, running the the Sisterhood of Plow" Foorrnecl Girls of Australia are joining the "back to the plow" movement which has been started by the United Asso- ciations to help young -women to go on the land. The organization is known as "Sisterhood of the Plow" and the first camp, called "Gouliston Training Camp,", boasts of eighteen girls who already are expert plovewomen. They include former stenographers, school teachers, nurses, store clerks who had lost their positions. The camp is on a twenty -acre farm, which the girls, have cleared and pre- pared for cultivation. Each expects eventually to manage her own farm. They live in tents and by 7 o'clock nnrMianneanneehandseataeneenaina came, the • • kt, On the Boards Jack Dempsey looks worries but he's not behind the bars—ouly studying his act. He declares five shows a day as hard work. The Little World ay Jan $truther in iaetion Spectator Ttough, God: in ,,seven, dive Tim World and an it ways Once for his own delight din fashion truly, Yet every man alive • Mast through his senese are Create a newiy, No beauty dwells on earth • Till eyes do give it birth; No rock, no stone, till a hand's touch bring concreteness; Fragrance, till breath be near; Music, till listening ear Draw forth its sweetness. And you, my little god, Whose rosy feet have trod But seven days' distance from your . own day's breaking, You, in my arms close curled, Tell me, what kind of world Have you been making? These things your treasures be— Low voices' liarniony; The comfortable rhythm of the hours; Kind 'warmth, surprising light, Food, and the podding, bright, Blurred shapes of flowers. Here dwells no hurt nor harm, Nor any worse alarm Than the small stupendous sound of your own sneezing: Wise though he be, and great, Could God himself create A word more pleasing? Size of Trout No Guide To Age, Experts Reveal The size of a trout is not necessar- ilya guide to its age, officials of the U.S. Fish Division of the Dept, of Conservation say. This, they point out, is frequently proved in rearing stations where it often happens that trout raised from the same batch of fry will range in length from two to seven inches when the ponds are sein- ed in September. The explanation of this is that here and there an especially vigorous trout has managed to obtain a little more food than the others or to live near the head of the pond where the water is fresher and contains more living organism on which to feed. These fortunate individuals grow more rapidly than the rest and early learn to use their superior strength to keep the others away from the most desirable feeding areas, themselves lying near the head screens ready to seize the choice flies, bugs and small organisms carried down the stream. The smaller trout must content themselves with the artificial food given them by the station, attendant, and, as a result, it is not long before they are in danger of being consumed by their brothers, who have grown to n.a.nailatatisaaniassaesseeseeee,.. Miniature Store Built By Grocer for Children A miniature grocer:, store along the same lines as the large one in which he conducts his business has been built and stocked by a northern grocer for the exclusive use of kindergarten pu- pils of the local school. The children, the grocer discovered, had played store for some time in the school room, using a few old boxes and calling their "store" by the xianse that the grocer used, He conceived the idea of giving them a real, up-to-date store to play in and proceeded to build it in the echoed.. He wrote to manufacturers for empty sample boxes of miniature editions of their products and stocked the small shelves in the usual way. A formal meaning day was held when the store was completed and the parents of the children were invited to attend. Moving pictures were taken and eandy favors distributed to the children. Each day during class the children are allowed to play "store" for one hour. A "manager" and his "assist. ant" are chosen by the teacher, and the class buys groceries in the same inanner in which they have seen their mothers buy at the real store. English Traders Trying To Curtail Mill Retailing Ashton -Under -Lyne, England. --The Chamber of Commerce here is ap- preaching cotton mill employers with a view to ending the practice of retail trading in mills in the Ashton district. Trading in chocolates, biscuits, and other commodities has developed so greatly in the mills that the chamber has been prompted to take action. '31 Record Year In Dairy Products Creamery Butter Producvion Sets New High Record— Ontario Lead in Cheese Output ootv;1•• • The production. of creamery butter, in Canada last year established a new, high record for the industry. The' peevious record had been set up is 1930, but even that figure was exceed.) ed last year by over 20 per cent, The: cutput of factory cheese showed a de- cline in 1931, but both cheese and but.: ter scored an advance in exports. On the other hand, imports of dairy prof ducts, not normally high, sank to very low proportions. The production of creamery butter in Canada in 1931 amounted to 225, 802,635 pounds valued at $50,168,738, the output in 1930 being 185a751,061 p unds with a value of $56,670,504, Ontario and Quebec ranked fairly close in volume of production in 1931, the former province producing 77,366a 710 pounds and the latter 69,653,540 p( unds. Alberta ranked third among the provinces in regard to production with 10 per cent. of the Dominion out- put, and was followed in order by Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, New Brunswick and, Prince Edward Island. Ontario pro- duced 34 per cent. and Quebec 81 per cent, of the Dominion total. All the provinces Awed increased output when compared with 1930. The factory output of cheese in the Dominion for 1931 was 113,704,10.9 pounds valued at $12,796,616. In the previous year production was 119,- 101,203 pounds and the value $18,089,- 870. Ontario was the big producer, among the provinces in 1931, her out- put being 84,229,045 pounds or 74 per cent. of the total for Canada. Quebec was second in importance with a pro- duction of 25,907,691 pounds. Ontario showed an increase over 1930 of nearly 3,000,000 pounds, but the Quebec out- put fell off by a little over 8,000,000 pounds. There were increases ia pro- duction in Saskatchevvan. Alberta aud, British Columbia. Germany Lists Newspapers Leipzig.—Germany has 4,647 daily newspapers. Of these, the German Newspaper Manual lists 1,814 as "non- partisan" ---by Tar the largest single group. Among the papers with definite party affiliations, the largest number 596, belongs to the Centre party and it- Bavarian offshoot, the Bavarian People's party, both Catholic. The So- cial••Democrats contra* 197 papers, the Nazis 121 and the Communists • 50. Eighty-one. dailies avof allegiance to ,the ,Geeman..Nationalistparty, which has not half the voting strength of the Communists, and nfty-eight de- scribe themselves as "democratic," that is, representative of the State party, though this is almost extinct. There are 363 "buergerlich," 562 "national," 212 "official" dailies. No information concerning their political tone. Berlin, with 147 dailies, has more newspapers than the whole province>. of Pommern. New Trade Opportunities (From "Canada".) The Canadian market is now opened wider than ever to goods from the Mother Country. On 220 tariff items new preferences re granted to British manufacturers. These will help to provide employment for thousands of British workers and pave the way back to prosperity. In return the Mother Country grants preferences to the products of Canada's farms and orchards. Cana- dian produce has always been as good as any in the world. Now it should be cheaper than foreign produce. tt is practical business to buy Canadian goods. See that the shops supply them. Bill—'My vacation starts next week." Tom—"Going away?" ]3111—"No, but my wife is," • MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER -Net-es's MUTT nee RIGHT cs&IT4MC0 6061, iota) MUTT'. Tai' MEAN BY BMG s'.rr me —1,:twattiAT? z Re.senirs IT: • '••••11,4 ‘NN, • Fatz-rt-te Lolte. Ofn MII<E, IT'S $CIAMELINIG- , The Uncrowned Champ *nee • •. e e nn' • ,• • ,„ A ••:i; . • 1.9 • •• .••••• • 0=0" rl'zme5irdit,..474;A:>• • • • \ •••• • 11 PhIirsIJm aes • " ••• V A