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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-07-10, Page 6SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON 11 CHRISTIANITY EXPANDS IN ASIA.—Acts 19:1-21:17. ,PRINTED TEXT Acts 19:8-10, 23-32. GOLDEN TEXT.—So mightily grew the. word of the Lord and prevailed. Acts 19:20. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.—The chronology of the Apostle Paul's life is a subject in which great differences of opin- ion are held, but we may date the events of our lesson, approxi- mately, A,D. 54 to 58. Place.—The great city of Eph- esus was on the western coast of Asia Minor, Miletus being about 26 miles below. Troas was on the same coast, though far north. The cities of Tyre and Caesarea were in Syria. In this lesson we have another illustration of the profound truth, which is continually emphasized in the narrative of the Book of Acts, that the gospel of the King- dom of God, the gospel of Jesus Christ, must face a host of an- tagonistic forces — false philoso- phies, pagan and sensual relig- ions, the power of sin in the human heart, and the selfish- ness of human nature itself. These must all be overcome if the gospel is to conquer, and conquer it did in these great events here recorded. Paul in Ephesus Ephesus was one of the great- est cities of the ancient world. The first experience of Paul in Ephesus of which we have record is his meeting with a group of disciples, the followers of the teachings of John the Baptist, a situation similar to that in which Aquila and Priscilla found Apol- los, in the section immediately preceding the opening paragraph of our lesson. Acts 19:8. "And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading as to the things con- cerning the kingdom of God. 9. But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separ- ated• the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10. And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks." Peul's ministry here was narked by special thoroughness of teach- ing, due probably to his experi- ence of errors among his earlier converts; by extraordinary mirac- ulous attestations, which seem to have been intended specifically to offset and overcome the power of magic and sorcery in Ephesus; by varied and widespread success, so that through the entire prov- ince his influence extended; by fierce opposition, of which the ex- citing demonstration caused by Demetrius was only one, and probably not the most serious; and finally by constant attention to the difficulties existing in dis- tant churches, the care of which pressed upon him daily. •The de- tails of Paul's life in Ephesus would furnish a story of physical, intellectual and spiritual acti- vity, marvellous for its intensity and versatility. Paul Preaches Against Diana At the end of three years, Luke tells us, Paul determined in his heart that he must leave for Jerusalem, and then pro- ceed to Rome. Paul struck at all the great cities he could reach in the Roman Empire, at least north of the Mediterranean, and the greatest of these was Rome, which he had not yet seen. "23. And about that time there arose no small stir con- cerning the Way. 24. For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the crafts- men; 25. whom he gathered to- gether, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our wealth. 26. And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuad- ed and turned away much people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands: 27. and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be de- posed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. 28, And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, say- ing Great..is Diana of the Eph- esiens. 29. And the city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Mace- donia, Paul's companions in travel. 30, And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him. not, 31, And certain also of the A.siatelts, being his friends, Rich Fugitives Live in Bomb -free English Resort "You'd never know there was a war on" is a con4ersationtd fromide around the luxurious Imperial Hotel, above, at Torquay, amed English Channel pleasure resort. sent unto hien and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre. 32. Some therefore cried one thing, and some an- other: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together." Their Concern Is Money Suddenly the whole city of Ephesus was inflamed and rising against the apostle and the dis- ciples, because so many were turning in disgust from the temple worship of Diana, and were no longer buying images either to offer as sacrifices or to carry home with them as objects of worship. The silversmiths who grew rich on this kind of traffic were afraid their business would be lost, and they would be de- prived of their large incomes. These silversmiths cared nothing for the truth of the religion their shrines represented but, their concern being money, they were determined that this man must either be put out of the city, or be put to death. What an ack- nowledgment of the power of the gospel, that the whole city should be he such an uproar over the message of one Jew, by the name of Paul concerning a crucified person by the name of Jesus t One thing the authorities couldn't do was to "laugh off" this gospel message, for it was actually trans- forming the lives of great multi- tudes of Epheslan 'citizens and visitors, and everyone in Ephesus knew it. Canada Builds Big Warships Rank Between Destroyer send Cruiser In Size Munitions Minister Howe told a ,group of 10 United States news- paper women visiting the capital recently that Canada now is con- structing a naval craft which ranks in size "between a destroy-. er and a cruiser." He declined to disclose the ton- nage of the vessels which he said were "long-range and larger than the usual destroyer," nor did he disclose the number under con- struction. "Those now under construction will be launched about the end of 1942," the minister said. One of the newspaper women asked if the ships would be used for convoy duty and he said they would be "useful for that purpose but will ibo used for patrol work oft the coast." SCOUTING.., Mr. Howe some time ago an- nounced it was planned to launch a destroyer -construction program in Canada and that British technic. al experts, were coming to the Do- minion to help get it under way. )1:11 $�YVi 11 iastt � CURIOUS WORLD t<erguson 1 • A former Boy Scout of Brock- ville and Ottawa, Scoutmaster of the Rothesay School, N.B., and a Rhodes scholar, Sub. -Lt. A. G. C, Whalley, of the R.C.N.V.R., was credited with the saving of three seamen when the destroyer Masbona was sunk by dive bomb- ers following the destruction of the German battleship Bismarck. ieut. Whalley dived from the deck of the destroyer Tartar to take a life -line to the men, who were thus brought aboard. Sub. -Lt. Whalley is the son of Very Rev. A. F. C. Whalley, himself a former Scoutmaster. The part being played by Chin- ese Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in the war -transplanted life of that country, and the value of Scouting and Guiding in helping shape the character of the boys and girls of future China are ack- nowledged by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek in her recent book. Writes the Chinese President's wife: "When we came to this river we were met by a proces- sion of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. I was surprised to see them in this far -away part of Western China, yet we encoun- tered them everywhere. The Boy Scout uniform is now part and ,parcel of the student life of China, no matter how fax or in what direction one may travel. "I have seen them here in sight of the snow -clad mountains of Tibet, away in the north-west near the burning sands of the Gobi Desert, in the loess regions of Kansu, in the tropics of Yun- nan, in the remote Kewichow, and everywhere through the vast provinces from North to South China. "They should have tremendous influence in time to come upon the character of our people, es- pecially the illiterate ones, so you boys and girls must always be 'good Scouts.' " Improve Your Conversati +'n Here Are Some Suggestions On How To Do It RADIO REPORTER By DAVE ROBBINS Frieling of the Three Treys, heirs moved up to a new Monday after. noon spot ou W B17N's schedule - 12:46 o'clock. This is a song -and -patter pr"o- gttutt in which two favorite WBEN singers clown a bit,sing some of the day's top songs and toss a few "BETWEEN OURSELVES" Comment ou world events, his- tories of famous regiments, and stories about famous musicians, artists and statesmen. come within the wide scope of R. B. Farrell, whose talks, "Between Ourselves" are a feature of CBC'S network at 12.15 p.m. on Sundays. Born in Halifax, N.S., Mt'. Far- rell was educated in England and at Dalhousie University in the Maritimes. Duril.rg the World War No. 1, he served first in the eau - adieu Navy, then as a recruiting officer throughout Canada, and as an infantry officer in England and France, .After the war he did a great deal of work for the Federal Department of Labour before going into journalism, (he Is now Assoc- iate Editor of the Ottawa Journal). This varied career may in part account for the wide scope of his broadcast talks. During the past four months, Mr. Farrell has received more than twenty-five thousand letters from listeners. These came from all parts of the continent, from the North-West Territories and the Yukon and from below Canada's 'southern borders — from house- wives and arehibishops, from sol- diers, and even from inmates of prisons. A large number come from the United States, although Am- erican networks do not carry Mr. Farrell's talks, These talks are haerd in this part of Ontario from CBY and CKOC. Tips on 'conversation are offered by Ruth Millet who believes that the average person (and that in- cludes the majority of us) hasn't a chance of becoming a witty or a brilliant conversationalist, in spite of the claims of all the "how to" books. It is possible to improve the quality of conversation in general, she believes. Remember these do's and don'ts (it's surprising how few people do remember theme) and your talk will be interesting en- ough and of a high enough qual- ity to get you by without irritating or boring your friends, she advises, To begin with, don't feel that when two persons are together for sev- eral hours one of them has to be talking every minute. Learn not to be embarrassed by silences. The person who isn't afraid of ocoas- onal silences is a restful person to have around. Don't grab the conversational Bali the moment your opponent drops or fumbles it. If you pick it up throw it back to him once. That is, if your companion is telling a story, don't wait eagerly for him to pause long enough for you to say, "That reminds me"—and plunge into a story of your own. Ask him a question, or make a comment on his story when he's finished. He thinks it is worth that much of your attention, or he wouldn't have bothered to tell it. Steer clear of talking about your health, your husband's os' wife's ,health, your children's health, your parent's health. Keep your stories as short as you can make them. Remember how pleased you always are when an after-dinner speaker talks for two minutes and then sits down. Don't bother too much about de- • tails. The "let's see, was it Mon- day or was it Tuesday" stuff drives anybody crazy, Don't tell a story that doesn't have any •point. If your stories al- ways seem to ramble and fall flat at the end, try waiting them out— end you'll be able to discover why. Following this advice won't make your talk sparkle, But 11 you follow it, your talk will be good enough to get you by. 1i"I1'1H Alt) p • 114E1141 TF.–rdT Z 4,1 Ll F r A i..fr /0 77.Ai' cA6 S. `•. �7E'± 1`14E Oita.E.15 ANC) i) /• M V "t5pr'i9I6E DA,Mw til . 0 ell mac, BV NB i!° (._:':. ._ $ '=.. REPORTS of the U., B. Forest Service for the year 1936 show that about 90 per ten! of the •apre9 �, burned over by forest fired Was unprotected land. App'ro?tinnVyaly 187,122,900 scree of 'nation. Lilly owned land ft under p:'oigr5�,lt?I41 of organised fire 'control aye- rterns, but millions of sores of prtVaiee and sante-owned•forest areas 'ire not,-»----+� NEXT: what would happen 31 alfa sore& sienPed moving in KS orbit' POP—No Time Lost 1.4MG. 95 Yc'ut LAV- Wt PRAt•1i- AND •a * * * AROUND THE DIAL Absolute cleanliness in hand Fair warning to sourdoughs, Eskimos, trappers, and other resi- ling and storing foods becomes dents of the territory of Alaska! more important as the weather The Yukon won't be the same next becomes hotter. Refrigerators month . . - Henry Morgan, ,VOR'e should be kept spotless. Wipe up wacky humorist, leaves New York . spilled foods immediately. Keep on a three-week vacation June 29th an eye on leftover foods; don't and he's going to Alaska, allow them to remain in the ice No fooling! Morgan really is tak- box too long. Besides ordinary ing his vacation in Alaska! daily care, give the box a com plete cleaning at least once a week with lukewarm suds and a c'aar rinse. * + * Comedians Lou Abbott and Bkrd Costello whom you recently saw in the film "Buck Privates," have gone into the cauliflower business with the purchase o8 Ritchie Fon- taine, promising lightweight con- tender. They join numerous other radio and film folks who leave done the same thing. Al Jolson„ Dick Powell, Bing Crosby and oth- ers all have a fighter ander con- tract. Usually it's a "break" for the fighter in that being "owned" by a big film or radio name helps him get fights. * * * Trivia: Swing-catt Benny Good- man is much in demand for "Loner Hair" dates as •featured clarinet soloist with. various high class sym- phony orios . . . Ott -leader Anson Weeks lost the use of his right arm in auto erash . . . Austrian tenor Richard Tauber is now giv- ing concerts in England ... Radio news -spieler Raymond Gram Swing is euroute to England for first hand dope. Refrigerator Care In Summertime * ► * Jim and Vera, who are really songstress Vera Holly and Jim m HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured inventor of a war vessel. 13 Shoe. 14 Ratite bird. 15 Hammer. 16 Black, 17 To lift up. 19 Couple. 21 Pile of fabric. 22 His boat had revolving 24 Fish eggs. 25 Swamp. 26 Additional message (abbr.) . 28 Surmises. 31 Dispositions. 34 Brads. 35 Stormed. 36 Hole for a shoelace. 38 Fuel basket. 39 Sneaky. 40 Ell. 41 Battering machine. 44 To splutter, BOAT BUILDER Answer to Previous Puzzle 1111 t]©9t01/1 9.1111N W 49 Varnish ingredient. 51 Long aperture. 53 Magistrate. 54 Shoe bottom, 55 Street car. 57 Yes, 58 Emanation. 5,9 Name of his boat. 60 His type boat is used for coast ---. VERTICAL 17 Carpets. 18 And. 20 His — was in America. 22 Stone supports. 23 Sprinkler. 25 Gongs. 27 To speak crossly. 29 No. 30 Sound of disgust. 32 Bugle plant. 33 Encountered. 37 A model. 42 Singing voice 2 rather. 43 Morning. 3 Boat deck. 45 Armadillo, 4 2000 pounds. 46 Your. 5 In. 47 Touched 6 Stingy. • with toes. 7 Arabian 48 Noun ending, commander. 49 Bereft. 8 Trick. 50 Exclamation. 9 Court (abbr.), 52 Japanese 10 To soak up. fish. 11 To fly. • 54 To woo. 12 Potpourri. 56 Mountain 16 He was a (abbr.). Swedish 58 Africa -- (pl.). (abbr.). -i ARG, YOUR INSTRUCTIONS Pop pROOGgOINCa ON LGAvcr -By. J. MILLAR WATT 'h