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SCHOOL
LESSON
SUNDAY
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LESSON VII
BROADENING CHRISTIAN
HORIZONS: SAUL'S
CONVERSION
Act 9: 1-31
PRINTED TEXT, Acts 91 1-16
GOLDEN TEXT --I was not dis-
obedient unto the heavenly vision,
A.ets 26:19.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time—The conversion of Saul
took place probably in A,D. 36,
and later events in this chapter
are believed to hare occurred in
A:D. 37 and 38.
;Place—The city of Damascus
was approximately 150 miles
northeast of Jerusalem, in Syria;
the city of Tarsus was located lie
the southeastern part of Asia
Minor, on the Cydnus River, ten
miles from the seacoast.
Christ's soldiers are His cap-
tured enemies, Every soul won
from resistance to the cross is
sent out into the field to win
others. Of this the most noble
instance in Christian history is
the conversion of Saul. Jesus
Christ never encountered a bit-
terer nor an abler foe; Jesus
Christ never won a mightier cap-
tain for His army of light
The Zealous Persecutor
Acts 9:1. "But Saul, yet breath-
ing threatening and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest, 2. And
asked of him letters to Damascus
unto the synagogues, that if he
found any that were of the Way,
whether men or women, he might
bring them bound to Jerusalem,"
The reason he would bring them
to Jerusalem was to make sure
that they would be put to death,
for, though they might be pun-
ished by scourging or in some
other way in other cities, it would
be only in Jerusalem that a Jew-
ish convert would be condemned
to death,
(Saul, like the Saul of the Old
Testament, was of the tribe of
Benjamin, and had come from his
home at Tarsus, in Asia Minor,
to sit at the feet of the great
,Jewish teacher, Gamaliel. Saul
was a Hebrew of the Hebrews,
equipped with an excellent Greek
education, and a freed man itt
the Roman Empire).
The Voice From Heaven
3. "And as he journeyed, it
came to pass that lie drew nigh
unto Damascus: and suddenly
there shone round about him a
light out of heaven." Later we
are told that the time of the day
was "about noon" when the vision
was seen and Paul says that at
midday the light was "above the
brightness of the sun." 4. "And
he fell upon the earth, and heard
a voice saying unto him, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5. And he said, Who art thou,
Lord? And he said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest:" Our
Lord. does not call himself Mes-
siah, Son of Man, or Son of God,
but Jesus of Nazareth, the man
who was crucified. He recalls to
Gaul's mind His humiliation, suf-
fering, and death—all stumbling
blocks to the Pharisee; for what
Paul had to be taught was that
Testis of Nazareth was the Christ.
6. "But rise, and enter into
the city, and it shall be told thee
what thou must do." Saul had
received all that he could bear
lust now. Human agents, like
Ananias, could finish what Jesus,
by supernatural manifestation,
(tad here begun iu Saul.
Saul's New Life
"And the hien that journeyed
with him stood speechless, hearing
the voice, but beholding no man.
B, And Saul arose from the
earth; and when his eyes were
opened, he saw nothing; and they
led him by the hand, and brought
hint. to Damascus. 9. Andhe
was three days without sight, and
('lid neither eat nor drink." How
quickly things can change in one's
life. A man can be in the glow
of health one day, and be pros-
trate on a bed of illness the next.
Saui, this morning, was the furi-
ous this
of a terrible persecu-
tion. New, like a child, blind, he
is led into the city. No wonder
Saul neither ate nor drank dur-
ing those three days, which must
se,ve meant days of store, and
suffering, turmoil, and readjust -
'pent within his strong and tem-
1rsstuous nature.
"A Chosen Vessel"
10. "Now there was a certain
disciple at Damascus, named An-
anias; and the Load said unto
him in a visionAnanias. And
he said, Bell old, .1 am here, Lord,"
Ananias was a Christian Jew or
Damascus. ')•-1e must have held a
leading position in the local
Christian assembly; our Lord
44blected him as His agent of com-
Zjiitinication when dealing with this
sow convert, 11. "And the Lord
OW unto him, Arise, and go to
Vile street which is called Straight,
tstd inquire in the house of Judas
r one named Saul, a man of
'anus: for behold., he prayeth;
12. And he hath seen a man
named Ananias coming in, and
laying his hand on him, that be
Might receive his sight, 13, But
,
PetillitAs
Oil pipelines were strung across desert to Mediterranean outlets
its both French Syria and British Palestine after World War 1. Most
of Iraq's 30,000,000 -barrel annual output flows through Britain's pipes,
for she has controlled and protected the wells. This oil production la
nearly equal that of German-occupied Rumania; but only one-fifth
of Oklahoma's (U.S.A.)
Anan�answered, Lord, I have
heard from many of thin man,
how mueh evil he did to thy saints
at Jerusalem: 14. And here he
hath authority from the. chief
priests to bind all that call upon
thy name. 15. But the Lord
said unto him, Go thy way: for
he ie a chosen vessel unto me, to
bear my name before the Gentiles
and kings, and the children of
Israel: 16. For I will show him
how many things he must suffer
for my name's sake." These last
two verses seem to be almost a
summary for the whole future
history of the great Apostle, now
waiting in blindness for the com-
ing of Ananias. Saul was a
"chosen vessel" unto him. The
Lord has chosen you also, in ac-
cordance with your preparation.
For what are you preparing your-
selves?
Dive-bombing
Sliarrow
Mrs. E. P. Hindrichs, of Mem-
phis, Tenn., can't figure it all
out, but her wire-haired terrier
is fighting a losing battle with a
sparrow.
When the dog goes out of the
house, the bird swoops down onto
his back, gives the terrier a sharp
peck on the tail, and then flies
away again.
Several times a day for several
weeks this has been going on, and
each time the terrier has snapped
at the bird and missed.
Excessive Mental
Effort Harmful
It's More Likely Than Hard
Physical Labor to Cause
Hardening of the Arteries
That excessive mental work is
more likely than hard' physical la-
bor to cause arteriosclerosis—
hardening of the arteries—and that
more men than women suffer from
that malady, were among the recent
statements made by. a physiclau
connected with the Health League
of Canada.
A well-established • condition of
arteriosclerosis is made apparent
sty the rigid and tortuous condition
of the arteries which, to the touch,
feel like a string of beads, said
the speaker. The earlier symptoms
are less definite and often are so
slight as to pass unnoticed.
These symptoms, he pointed out,
arise from a diminished blood sup-
ply, resulting from the thickened
condition of the arteries which re-
duces their inner capacity. Natur-
ally, symptoms vary according to
the parts of the body which are
being deprived of a normal blood
supply.
Thus, if the arteries supplying
the brain are affected, there will
be increasing loss of memory, in-
ability to sleep properly, defective-
ness of judgment, irritability and
despondency. In the aged, suffe/rare.
are restless, even delirious, during
•
the night. During the day they are
drowsy.
III RADIO REPORTER
By DAVE
I"o
SPECIAL OBSERVERS
Those who have watched Bri-
tain stand off her enemies, and
those who have observed democ-
racy go down in Europe, have a
story of imperishable courage as
well as a message of urgent warn-
ing for the people of the Western
Hemisphere.
And because these war observers
include men of unassailable public
reputation who have shown a de-
termination to help Britain and
all other people striving against
oppression, a number of them have
been invited to participate in a
series of broadcasts now being pre-
sented by the CBC over its Nation-
al Network on Sundays at 9.00
EST.
Wallace Deuel, former Beriiu
correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News, Colonel. William Donovan,
President Roosevelt's special ob-
server who has "returned from a,
tour of the Near East, Virgil Pink -
ley, who travelled from Russia to
Spain to observe the effects of
Hitler's hand, Vincent Sheean,
Wendell Winkle., Who came to Can-
ada to help the Dominion's War
Services and who has said that he
will come again and speak in this
series, are among the distinguish-
ed Americans who will be heard.
John Bird, Editor of the Winni-
peg Tribune, who is at present.
overseas, Davidson Dunton, Editor
of the Montreal Standard, just
back, R. T. Bowman, the OBC rep-
resentative who has the distinction
of having beeu the first Canadian
in Britain to report the war, are
among the Canadians who will de-
scribe for their countrymen what
they have seen in. recent months,
ROBBINS
Gardening .
ARTICLE NO. 11
There is nothing to equal the
taste of vegetables that have just
reached the proper maturity and
are fresh from the garden. But
far too few people with plenty
of vegetabletheggarden
benefit of right at this
eir
door getthis
freshness. In most cases there
are a few meals of green peas,
baby carrots and beets, new po-
tatoes and corn, and that is all.
Either the rows are finished or
else there is nothing left but ma-
tured vegetables, which should
have been eaten days or weeks
before, when they were full of
flavor. With a little foresight
and planning, however, these un-
fortunates could just as easily
have had really fresh vegetables
coming on all through the Sum-
mer. They could extend even the
green pea season to over a month,
could have fresh corn from early
Summer until almost Christmas.
Spreading Out Season
There are two ways to achieve
this objective. First, the planting
season can be spread over several
weeks. Experts advise making at
least three sowings of practically
all vegetables, the first a week or
so before the regular time, the
second at the regular time and
the third a week or ten days later.
Second, by buying early, med-
ium and later maturing varie-
ties still more length can be add-
ed. With almost all standard
vegetables there are varieties that
are really days or weeks before
the average, and also others mueh
later. By sowing both kinds and
also a medium one, the season is
greatly lengthened.
Garden Pictures
One can do wonders with
flowers alone, but still more amaz-
ing results will follow where we
combine flowers skilfully with
grass, winding walks, shrubbery
and bits of stonework. In this
combining, however, we must take
care not to reproduce a jungle.
Flowers and shrubbery must not
be so crowded that they become
spindly and weak.
Little flowers must not be hid-
den by tall things like full size
marigolds, cosmos or zinnias.
Beds must be so arranged that we
can keep down weeds and remove
fading foliage. Above all we
must remember that unless we are
skilful it is best to use a fair
amount of lawn as a foreground
for our flowers. Lawns are almost
vital in creating garden pictures.
AROUND THE DIAL
What's New—the CKOC feature
OD. fashions and foibles for the
ladies—is now on a new time,
heard at ten each Monday, Wed-
nesday and Friday morning.
Bernice Burns has many np-to-
the-minute Ideas and tips in this
program that are worth hearing,
tips on clothes, makeup, table set-
tings, materials, and odds and ends
tor housekeeping.
Dial in and hear Bernice Burns
tell the world What's New!
* * *
At last the "Three Little Pigs,"
of storybook fame have names.
Thanks i'o WBEN'S "Story Hour
Lady."
Distressed that the tiny porkers
were individually nameless, the
story lady held a contest on her
Tuesday morning program at 9.30.
From a, mountain of assorted tags
and titles sent in by young fans,
she picked three that were ad-
judged the best — Blackie, Whitie
and Piukie — which are the names
by which WBEN's story Hour Fans
now. kuaw the trio of story -book
pigs.
* * *
The runuiug of the Icing's Plate
at Woodbine Race Course, Toron-
to, will be described in a CBO com-
mentary on Saturday, May 17, at
380 IIDST over the National Net-
work. Foster Dryden will describe
tate blue bloods of the equine world,
as they face the barrier and pound
down the home stretch to win Cau-
ada'•s famed turf classic trophy. ,It
is planned to send the program by
special beam to the Canadian
troops In Britain.
Human Body
Busy Factory
Five Quarts of Blood Per Per-
son; Two-fifths Red Cells
was in the veld looking for cattle.
that had strayed when, on round-
ing some rocks, he suddenly came
face to face with a big lion. The
two stared at each other in 'amaze-
ment. After a few tense moments
the farmer took off his hat and
said quietly, "Good morning."
Whereupon the lion turned tail
and slowly walked away.
Brazil, with a surplus of seta
oral million, cases of oranges,
wants to exchange them for Ama
erican apples. Orange export's
from Brazil are on the downward
path. The largest purchasers„
Great Britain and the Scandina-
vian countries, are unable to
transport them and the orange
market has been badly hit.
You have, if you are a person
of about average size and weight,
about half a bucket of blood in
your body — a little over five
quarts. About two-fifths of this
are the red blood cells, writes Dr.
Logan Clendening. They float,
pretty widely separated, in the
serum, but if packed down they
would constitute about two-fifths
of the entire volume, The rest
of the blood is the plasma, or
serum, which is a clear, yellow-
ish fluid. '
A chemist estimates that in this
half -bucket of blood there is dis-
solved a teaspoonful of sugar and
a tablespoon of ordinary table
salt, and about a tablespoonful of
sodium bicarbonate or ordinary
baking soda. There are about six
5 -grain capsules of nitrogenous
products in the blood, and about
1/100 of a grain of iodine. There
ix from a teaspoonful to a table-
spoonful of fat.
These substances are all in a;
state of flux and it is, indeed, a
very busy chemical factory. These
substances are, of course all der-
ived from the food. After diges-
tion they are carried to the liver
—most of them—and there chang-
ed into form's which the cells eau
utilize. Sonie part of then is
stored in the liver and the rest
released in the blood stream.
Courtesy Counts
An amusing story was told by
au Afrikander farmer living near
Cape Town, Many years ago he
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MORMON LEADER
HORIZONTAL
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famous
Mormon
leader in
Utah.
11 Touched with
the toes.
12 To elude.
14 Actor's part.
16 Accented
syllables.
17 100 square
meters.
18 Pertaining to
the Pope.
19 Gatherers of
honey.
20 Preferences.
22 Cooking fat.
23 Sea eagle,
24 Disputant.
26 Sheltered
place.
27 High.
29 Loiters.
30 Negative.
31 Light.
33 Promise.
34 Third-rate
actor.
35 Farewell!
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15 Minor churdl3
official.
20 To dangle.
21 Fodder vat.
24 Chubby.
25 Heavy spars.
28 Camel's hair
cloth.
32 Having no
head hair.
33 To prohibit.
34 European
mint.
36 Conceited.
3 Part of 38 Inner sole.
Roman month 40 Military
4 Masculine assistants.
pronoun. 41 Ant.
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language.
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49 Recipients.
51 Roar.
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caused
the Mormons
to settle in
Utah.
VERTICAL
1 Shipworm.
2 To express
displeasure.
43 Melody.
46 Ever.
48 Biblical
priest.
8 Russian 50 Southeast.
mountains. 51 Bushel.
9 Prickly pears. 52 Behold.
10 Fierce look. 53 Onward.
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