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LESSON
New Brazilian Minister to Canada and Wife
LESSON V
THE CHURCH ENLARGING
ITS FELLOWSHIP—Acte 8
PRINTED TEXT
Acts 8:1.8, 1447, 25
GOLDEN TEXT. --They there -
fere that were scattered abroad
went about preaching the word.
Acts $ :4.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time.--A.D. 36.
Flare. ---Samaria is the region
In Palestine lying between Judaea
and Galilee; Gaza was an old
city of the Philistines fifty miles
southwest of Jerusalem; Azotue
was thirty miles north of Gaza,
and Caesarea, a coastal city, was
located midway between Toppa
and Tyre.
This lesson is helpful to us in
the study of the consequences of
persecution in the Christian
church, namely, an even greater
dissemination of the Gospel than
was taking place before the per-
secution arose.
Saul the Persecutor
Acts 8:1. "And Saul was con-
senting unto his death. .And
there arose on that day a great
persecution against the church
which was in Jerusalem; and they
were all scattered abroad through-
out the regions of Judaea and Sa-
maria, except the apostles. 2.
And devout men buried Stephen,
and made great lamentation over
him. 3. But Saul laid waste the
church, entering into every house,
and dragging men and women
committed them to prison. 4.
They therefore that were scat-
tered abroad went about preach-
ing the word."
After the death and burial of
Stephen, the persecution still rag-
ed in Jerusalem. That temporary
protection which had been es»
tended to the rising sect by such
men as Gamaliel was now at an
end. Pharisees and Sadducees —
priests and people alike, indulged
in the most violent and ungovern-
able fury. The eminent and ac-
tive agent in this persecution was
Saul (who here comes for the
first time upon the stage of New
Testament history) : There are
strong grounds for believing that,
if he was not a member of the
Sanhedrin at the time of St.
Stephen's death, he was . elected
into that powerful senate soon
after; possibly as a reward for
the zeal be had shown against the
heretic doing. Before we have
read much further in the book of
Acts, we will find that he, who is
now the greatest persecutor of
the early Church, Saul, will be-
come the greatest preacher of the
Gospel of the grace of God which
the ancient world ever knew. Thus
is God able to work miracles with-
in the hearts of men, and to
mightily deliver His church in a
time of great distress.
The Gospel in Samaria
5. "And Philip went down to
the city of Samaria, and proclaim-
ed unto them the Christ." Sa-
maria was populated by a nation
of people utterly despised by the
Jews, and equally despising their
Jewish neighbors—semi-Jews we
might call them, who held rigidly
to the traditions and laws of the
Pentateuch, who were looking for
the Messiah. A Jew considered
himself contaminated even to go
through the country of Samaria.
But the love of God through
Christ in Philip's heart had given
hips a love for all men every-
where. Prejudices disappeared.
(We need this today as much as it
was needed then). Philip, the
evangelist, must not be confused
With Philip, one of the Twelve
ipostlee. 6. i'And the multi-
tudes gave heed with one accord
utto the things that were spoken
by Philip, when they heard, and
ow the signs which, he did. 7.
For from many of those that had
unclean spirits, they cause out,
crying with a loud voice: and
many that were palsied, and that
were lame, were healed. 8. And
there was much joy in that city,"
Philip proclaimed as a herald
the 1Iessiahship of Christ. He
preached also as an evangelist the
good news of the Kingdom of
God, and of the name of Jesus.
Undoubtedly Philip preached from,
the Ohl Testament, for surely no
New Testament book had yet been
written, but in his preaching he
continually pointed to the Mes-
siah, not the Messiah who was
still to come, but the Messiah who
had already come, fulfilling the
aropheeies that spoke of Him. in
preaching Christ, he preached
Jesus as the Messiah for whom
all Jesus and Samaritans were
looking.
Receiving the Holy Spirit
14. "Now when the apostles that
were at Jerusalem heard that Sa-
maria had received the word of
God, they sent unto them Peter
and John." We find this same
action again taken by the mother
Church in Jerusalem when they
heard of the great work which
was being done in the city of
Antioch (Acts 11:11-2i)), sending
Ea/Mabee to examine and report
to them concerning the conditions
of the revival about which they
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Photographed shortly after their arrival in Montreal, His Excel-
lency, Joao Alberto Lins de Barros with his wife, is shown above. He
Is the Minister to Canada of Brazil and the first Latin American dipIo-
mat of such high ranking to come to Canada. His first task here will be
to establish a Brazilian -Canadian direct steamship service.
had been hearing. Peter the
practical; John the poet. Peter
the man of deeds; John the
dreamer. When the work in Sa-'
maria had to be inspected, for
think that was the first aposto-
lic intention,—the Spirit, acting
through the apostles, sent these
two; the man of deeds, and the
man of dreams.
15. "Who, when they were
come down, prayed for then, that
they might receive the Holy
Spirit: 16. for as yet it was fallen
upon none of them: only they had
been baptized into the name of
the Lord Jesus. 17. Then laid
they their hands on them, and
they received the Holy Spirit."
The gift of the Holy Spirit -evi-
dence of the new life which re-
sulted from faith in Christ to
the Samaritan converts was here
granted through the agency of
the apostles, Peter and John, who
were sent from Jerusalem to in-
vestigate the work of Philip. The
mission of Peter and John, their
prayer, and the miraculous gifts,
also demonstrated the unity of the
Church. 25. "They therefore,
when they had testified and spok-
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RADIO REPORTER
Be DAVE ROBBINS
THE "BANDWAGON"
The new radio show with a de-
cidedly new twist to entertaining
thousands of listeners from ten of
Ontario's radio stations these
nights under the title—The B -A
Bandwagon. The Bandwagon is a
fast-moving musical show that has
plenty of pep and entertainment
value, but in our rated, its out-
standing feature is its community-
service
ommunityservice theme which varies accord-
ing to the location. Red Cross
Work, War Savings, Community
Weidare, traffic safety, encourag-
ing tourists, and many other prob-
lems of the individual community
are sparked by this new program.
Its growing popularity all over
Ontario proves its worth in the
very worthwhile effort it is making
in behalf of community life. In
Northern Ontario, the Bandwagon
Is heard in North Bay Thursday
nights at 7.00, Sudbury, Thursday
nights at 8.30, and Friday nights
in Port 'William. In Eastern On-
tario .at Ottawa Friday nights at
7.30, Kingston Friday' nights . at
8.00, and at Prescott Friday nights
at 6,00 o'clock. In Western On-
tario, at Windsor Thursday nights
at 8.00, and London Friday night
at 7.00, while in. Central Ontario, it
Is beard from CKOC at Hamilton,
Friday nights at 8.30, and from.
CFIiae in Toronto Saturday nights
at 7.30.
Tune in for the Bandwagon this
week,
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AROUND THE DIAL
Ned. Sparks, sour -faced comic of
many film hits, stars in a new
series of half hour fun program
that are heard over the Columbia.
dein each Sunday at 5.30 (Stand-
ard). The Ned Sparks show is a
Canadian program designed to at-
tract American tourists to' the Do-
minion, and includes all Canadian
talent—such as Safr Lee, well-
known Toronto singer -- Luigi Ro-
maaelli's Xing Edward Band —
and others. It should be an enjoy-
able allow.
Another new program which has
C.A.S.F. written. all over the susipt
and "witli.Love to My Sweetheart"
in every song is the feature which
tekes its name from the song "Over
Here For Over There," written by
vocalist Jess Jaffrey. Young Bob
Farnon of Happy Gang fame will
direct the orchestra and the pop-
ular Guardsmen are returning,
eigh strong, for this new variety
show, Several other names will be
starred for the feature each. Wed-
nesday night at nine.
NBC's Symphony O r c h e s t r a,
which closed its season under Ar-
turo Toseanini's baton last Satur-
day evening, will be replaced this
Saturday by a Summer Symphony
series heard over WEBR.
The Summer series will concen-
trate on lighter works and selec-
tions of lesser-known composers.
Reginald Stewart, noted Toronto
conductor, has been signed to ohm -
duct the opening four programs.
Radio Slants: Dinah Shore wants
to go to the Charlie McCarthy
show at an increase in pay but
boss Eddie Cantor thumbs down
the proposition , . . You'll be hear-
ing World Series Baseball announc-
er Red Barber on the sport end
of the newsreel in your theatre..
The name of the new "Lone Rang-
er" Is Brace Bremer . . , Walt
Disney will work with a Major
film company to produce "The Life
and Stories of Hans Christian An.
derson" . , It's not likely we'll
ever see Disney's "Fantasia"; the
cost of special sound equipment
is too high . . Kato Smith has
done a neat recording of "Little
Church in England" for Columbia
. Bing Crosby's work on "Camp-
town Races" for Decca is really
something .. , NBC comedian Bob
Burns and his Mrs. have taken to
bicycling .. , a 15 or 20 mile daily
spin.
en the word of the Lord, returned
to Jerusalem, .and preached the
gospel to many villages of the
Samaritans."
The apostles had ne power to
confer miraculous gifts; but the
feet that they prayed for their
bestowal shows that they recog-
nized the fact that Samaritans
had actually become Christians,
and that they (the apostles) gave
their sanction to the new step
which Philip had taken in preach-
ing the gospel to those who were
not Jews.
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ARTICLE No, 9
Probably the best garden soil.
for vegetables, flowers, grass,
and most shrubs too, is a good
loam. This is a soil that is not
all- clay or all sand. It is really
a mixture of both, plus a lot of
humus, or rotted vegetable mater-
ial like leaf mould. Now, of
course, one does not find this
ideal soil everywhere but it is
possible to create it out of almost
anything in Canada.
Heavy Soil
Heavy soil, for instance, can be
loosened permanently by the
spading or plowing in of some
well -rotted strawy manure or
lacking this vegetable growth such
as clover, quickly grown oats or
even weeds. In very small gar-
dens it is possible to secure a
load or two of sand, or loose
black leaf mould. This will also
help to loosen the heavy clay and
make .it easily worked. Just
plain cultivation alone will help.
The beginner with a brand new
piece of raw clay should not get
discouraged. Such soil is always'
hardest to work at first. Each
year will find the job simpler,
the soil improved,
Sandy Soil
Light, sandy soils ere always
greatly benefitted by the addition
of strawy manure or black loam.
The incorporation of vegetable
matter such as straw and weeds
or clover will add humus to the
sand and make it hold moisture
better and give it a more desir-
able body.
Take Your Time
Because we have long hours of
sunlight in Spring and Summer,
it really does not matter then if
our garden goes in late, as once
growth starts it is rapid, Garden
beginners are advised to ,have pa-
tience. There is no need for rush-
ing, in fact there are very good
reasons against such a course.
Real growth with most vege-
tables does not get underway until
the weather and soil begin to.
warns. There are some except-
ions, of course. Lettuce, spinach,
peas, nursery stock, should be
planted as soon 8.5 possible as all
like cool weather.
But for the medium hardy type
of vegetable—things like beans,
beets, corn and tomatoes—there
is no advantage in sowing too
soon. They will make little growth
in any case until the soil really
turns warns.
Even Balkan
Experts Differ
Pronunciation of Nantes in
News Proves Difficult
Balkan authorities in New York
differ considerably upon the pro-
nunciation of place names recently
prominent in the news. Take your
choice.
Skoplje, the important Yugoslav
centre, can be pronounced Scope -
lee yeb, according to the Slavonic .
languages branch' of the New 'York
Public Library, or more briefly,
Scope -lye, according to the Yugo-
slav Legation.
Ljubljana is Lyu-blya-na to both
authorities, and they also agree on
Sarajevo as Sara-yevo.
Bitolj Southern Yugoslav city, is
variously Bee-toll•ee and bee -toll..
A similar difficulty exists in ob-
taining the exact English spoken
equivalent of Greek names, al-
though the differences are not so
great.
For instance, the Struma vas
ley where the Greeks made their
herioc stand is pronounced Stream -
a and Stream -on, with the "n"
sound very slight.
Similarly the Nevrokopi plateau
is pronounced Novro-cope-e and
Nevro-cope-en. •
Cat Lost All
Its Nine Lives
Two Riverton, Wyo„ families
witnessed a blackout last week—
all because of a pole -climbing
cat.
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The cat scurried to tie" top of
an electric pole, causing .a .short-
circuit which blew a fuse. TM*
resulted in no lights for "the two
homes,
Total fatalities: the cite.
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