HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-11-12, Page 6AN AMBASSADOR BASSADOR IN CHAINS.
Avis 25: 1-12; 28: 16-31; Romans
5:1-11; Philippians 1: 12-14; 4:
22.
GOLDEN TEXT. --- I can do all
things in hint that strengtheneth
me. Philippians 4:13.
TIIE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time. — Paul's first Roman im-
prinonment was about A.D. 61,62; his
lana] one, A.D. 66.
Place, — The city of Rome.
TIIE PLAN OF THE LESSON
SUBJECT: flow It Happened That
the Apostle Paul Went to Rome and
His Labors in That City for the Gos-
pel of Christ.
16. And when we entered into
Rome. Rome was the „enter of the
world as no other city was before
or ever has been since.
17. And it carne to pass, that after
three days he called together those
that were the chief of the Jews: and
when they were come together, he
said unto them, .I, brethren, though
I had done nothing against the peo-
ple, or the customs of our fathers,
yet was delivered prisoner from Jer-
usalem into the hands of the Ro-
mans: 18. Who, when they had ex-
amined me, desired to set me at lib-
erty, because there was no cause of
death in me. 19. But when the Jews
spake against it, I was constrained
to appeal unto Caesar; not that I
had aught where of to accuse my
nation. The decree by which all the
Jews had been banished from Rome
(Acts 18: 2) during the reign of
Claudius was evidently now no long-
er in force.
20. For this cause therefore did I
entreat you to see and to speak with
me: for because of the hope of Israel
I am bound with this chain. "The
hope for which Paul suffered was
twofold: (1) the expectation of the
Messiah as bringing in a kingdom
of heaven which was cherished by
every Israelite; (2) the hope of a
resurrection from the dead, which he
proclaimed as attested by the resur-
rection, which proved that Jesus was
the Christ, the Son of God."
21. And they said unto him, We
neither receive letters from Judaea
concerning thee, nor did any of the
brethren come hither and report or
speak any harm of thee. The Jews
do not say that they had never.
heard of Paul, but simply that they
had had no report from other Jews
outside the city of Rome, nor had
any of his fellow -countrymen spoken
evil of hint.
22. But we desire to hear of thee
what thou thinkest: for as concern-
ing this sect, it is known to us that
.everywhere it is spoken against. "It
is quite conceivable that in the capi-
tal with its two million inhabitants,
the Jews who had only recently re-
turned to the city should know noth-
ing beyond what is here indicated in
such general terms of a poor and
obscure sect who dwelt no longer in
the Jewish quarter."
23. And wken they 'had appointed
him a clay, they came to him into
his lodging in great number. From
the phrase "his lodging," it would
appear that. for the earlier part of
Paul's confinement in the city of
Rome, he "was allowed to accept the,
hospitality of the Christian body,
and, though chained to a .guard, yet
to be resident in a house which his
friends had provided for him, and
where he was, as far as he could be•
under the circumstances, treated as
their guest." To whom he expound-
ed the matter. The word here trans-
lated `expounded" means "to set
out," "to expose,' "to set forth," "to
declare," and is found in the New
Testament only in the book of Acts
(11: 4 18: 26, and 7: 21, of the ex-
posure of Moses), Testifying the
kingdom of God, and persuading
then concerning Jesus, both from the
law of Moses and from the prophets,
from morning till evening. What a
wonderful privilege it would have
been to listen to the great apostle
unfolding the glories of the Lord
Jesus as revealed in the Old Testa-
ment!
24. And some believed the things
which were spoken, and. some disbe-
lieved. Even the great apostle, with
all of his learning and power of per..
suasion with a blameless life, and
an overwhelming love for men, was
not able to persuade all who heard
hint that Jesus was the Chris'.;, the
Son of God,
30. And he abode two whole years
in his own hired dwelling. It is be-
lieved that Paul was tried before
Caesar, acquitted, and release and
that he made another intensive mis-
sionary ,journey, was brought back to
tome, was tried the second time and
executed by the Command of Nero.
During this second imprisonment,
Paul wrote the two epistles to Time
ethy and his epistle to Titus, And
received all that went in unto him,
81. preaching the kingdom of God,
and teaching .the things concerning
the Lord Jesus Christ. This is one
of the few places in Acts where the
full title "the Lord Jesus Christ" is
given. With all boldness. The apost-
les' early in the days of their per-
secution, asked God that they might
have boldness in proclaiming the
message he had given them (Acts
4: 29, 31 see Phil. 1: 20; Epb. 6:19).
None forbidding him, "The issue is
that tho witness is unhindered; in
spite of emperors, enemies, prison,
and chains.
6. For while we were yet weak.
Every sinner is utterly impotent to
deliver himself from the power of
sin, to wash himself clean from the
stain of sin. In due season Christ
died for the ungodly. The time here
referred to is the perfect time in
God's eternal purpose
Mark 1: 15),
7. i+'or scarcely . for a righteous
;nen will .one die: 'for peradventure
for the good man some one wot'ld
even dare to die. "The word right-
eous is applied to a maxi who does
all that the law or justice can 'de -
:nand of him.
8. But God conhnendeth his own
love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us,
For a good man some would die; for
a merely righteous man hardly any
one would die; but for us, sinners,
rebellious, vile, unworthy,'ungrate-
ful, dead in our sins, Christ, God's
only Son would die.
9. Much more then, being now jus-
tified by his blood, shall we be saved
from the wrath of God through him.
The argument here is that if Christ
so loved us as to pour out his own
blood that we might be acceptable to
God, we may be fully persuaded that
we are forever delivered from the
wrath to come.
10. For if, while we were enemies,
we were reconciles: to God through
(Gni.
4: 4;
the death of hi: Son, The word en-
caries is applied to men not only rae
descriptive of their moral character,
bet also of tho relat'on in cinch they
stand to God pi the objects of his
displeasure. "To be reconciled to
God does not mean to .have .our en-
mity to Cod removed, buthis enmity
to us taken out of the way, to have
his righteous justice satisfied, Much
more, being reconciled, shall we be
safer by his life. Literally we might
read, "1:ept safe in his life."
11, And not only so. but we also
rejoice in God through our Lord
,Tesus Christ* through whom we have
now received the reconciliation. The
benefits of our redemption are by no
means all in the future. The fact
that the future for us is one of se-
curity and peaee gives us a sense
of peace now, and the fact that God
so Loved us as to give his Son causes
us to continually rejoice in God now.
No 'natter what our circumstances,
no natter how disappointed we are
with ourselves, even if we ha`ve been
tempted into sin' nothing can dis-
turb or take away from us these
marvelous gifts of God's grace.
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Have a Peach of a Time ,at Apple Harvest
The bumper crop of apples harvested in Virginia thi s year- brings barrels of fun to these fair farmerettes
disporting themselves in huge pile of apples as they are sorted for barrels and cider mills.
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Farm aeries
COndilctcJ by PROFESSOR HENRY O. BELL
With the Co -Operation of the Various Departments. .of. the
Ontario Agricultural College
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1, Question: "What is the cease of
water core in turnips' What is the
rex iedy? Would the application of
some particular analysis of fertilizer
prevent the trouble ?"— G. W. M.,
Wellington.
Answer: As yet the cause of water
core in turnips has not been satis-
factorily explained, From observa-
tion, it has been noted that water
core occurs in largest quantity in a
crop that has suffered a definite set-
back such as drought early in its
growth, followed by a generous
supply of moisture later in the sea-
son. Indications are that water core
is more likely to appear on knolls
which are short of organic matter
and which are dried out early in the
season. Water core lias appeared in
largest quantity on gravelly..or sandy
loam soils especially on those which
contain considerable limestone. Dur-
ing the past two or three years, we
have made a number of tests of fer-
tilizers on turnips, and while profit-
able increases have ween obtained,
still there is no indication from our
tests that water core can be elimin-
ated by variation in fertilizer an-
alysis.
Within the past few days, we have
found turnips growing on medium
silt loam soils where water core was
entirely absent. On the other hand,
turnip crops on gravelly loam soils
not many miles distant, gave from
20 to 35 per cent. water core. Borax
applications varying from five to ten
pounds per acre were tried. On one
farm, less water core was found
where Borax was applied than where
none had been used. On the other
farms it had little effect.
2. Question: "I have a small patch
of strawberries. 'I think the ground
needs fertilizer of some kind. What
would you advise? How would you
advise using it and when? Do you
put it on the plant foliage, or how?
1,irhat quantity would you use? Of
what value is Bone Meal as a fertil-
izer?" F. P. S., Algomet.
Answer: In setting out a patch
of strawberries, greatest success will
be obtained by giving a generous ap-
plication of barnyard manure, prob-
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"Letters To Susan" by Mar-,
garet Culkin Banning (The Mus-
son Book Company Ltd., Toronto)
$1.75, is a handbook all mothers
who have daughters of college age
will welcome.
These letters are the outgrowth
of a discussion begun in Harper's
Magazine on the subject "What
a Young Girl Should Know." Mrs.
Banning attempted there to set
down from a personal and indi-
vidual point of view the differ-
ent kinds of knowledge and the
abilities which she thought should
be developed in the education of
the modern young woman, and
the reasons for them.
This discussion proved highly
provocative and led to widespread
correspondence, with requests for
reprints and extra copies. So many
demands reached Mrs. Banning
for an expansion of her ideas to
include all phases of the modern
problem that the volume came in-
to being.
Written in the form of letters.
Mrs. Banning discusses such prob-
lems as: Early Marriage; A Job
of Her Own; Petting; Drinking;
Other People's Houses; Loyalty;
Mental Security.
Here are a few thing:: Mm.
Banning expects her seventeen-
year-old daughter to do:
Meet strangers ' pleasantly;
handle her own personal expenses
on a small allowance and not isle
for additional money; dance well;
face stag lines at parties; read
intelligently; order food for
simple but formal meals.
Select many of her own clothes
and have suitable ones ready for
all her sports and activities; keep.
these clothes reasonably clean
and fresh; refrain from drinking
without being priggish; prevent
boys who "took her out" from
indulging in necking, drive a ear
without accidents, wash it, change
a tire if necessary; swim; ride;
play golf; take part in sports
generaly.
ably in advance of planting out the
strawberries, At sowing time use
fertilizer such as a 4-8-10, at the rate
of two bags per acre. This should
give the plants a good start. In early
fall, supplement this application by
a top dressing of nitrate of soda at
the rate of 200 pounds per acre
(other nitrogen carriers can be used
with good success). When applying,
this type of dressing, do so when'
the foliage is dry so that it will not;
stick to the plant. There is little;
danger of burning. if the fertilizeri
is not allowed to contact the plants,
in large quantities.
Bone Meal is valuable as a carrier)
of phosphate, carrying 22 pounds tri -
calcic phosphate to the 100 pounds.)
Since this phosphate it largely in'
organic form, it has to Nait decay or,
break down before it is available to
the growing crop. This takes place'
very quickly when it is applied to
the soil. It is not so readily availei
able as super -phosphate, but Bone!
Meal has the advantage of carrying:
about two per cent. nitrogen in the
tissues that adher to the bone.
3. Question: "A fruit grower in
the Brighton district has a block of
spy trees 20 years of age. These
trees are in splendid physical condi-'
tion and yield reasonably good .quan-4
titles of apples, but the -color each,
year is distinctly poor. These trees
receive liberal supplies of farmer
yard manure and cover crops are cut
and piled around the trees within a'
radius of the branches. The orchard
is cultivated within eight feet of
the trees each way. These trees have
not been pruned very much in order
that they make good growth. What
can be done to secure better color
in the apples?"—R. W., Northum-
berland.
Answer: 'Front the description
of the treatment, we could conclude
that the nitrogen supply has been
increased a little beyond the desir-
able balance, with the result that
ripening and color of fruit has been
retarded. We would advise prunmg
at the proper time, and to cut out
the nitrogen in fertilizer applied to
this orchard in the next season or
two. There is indication that phos-
phate and potash both have a bear-
ing on the color of fruit, hence we
would recommend fertilizing these
trees with 10 to 15 pounds per tree
of 0-12-15 fertilizer. Scatter this
quantity around the trees approxi-
mately to the distance covered by
the branches. Work the fertilizer
fairly deeply into the soil if pos-
sible."
4. Question: "When is the best
tune to sow fertilizer on meadows,
and the best analysis to use, also
the same about old pastures—what
kind to use, and when?"— N. E .B.,
Perth.
Answer: From tests conducted by
the O.A.C., it is evident that on
nixed meadows hest results on
meadows and pastures nave been
obtained from such fertilizers as 3-
10-5 and 4-12-6. These fertilizers
help early grass and give a constant,
vigorous growth. On old pastures,
excellent results have been obtained
in our tests from application of the
latter fertilizer, 4-12-6, at the rate
of three bags per acre. In applying
either to meadow or pasture, the fer-
tilizer can be sown broadcast on the
grasslands in the fall or in the spring.
Our tests seem to indicate that spring
application as soon as the ground is
sufficiently dry, is probably the most
practical in this province.
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Anna, the elephant at the Los Angeles Ton, has Ilia game in the bag (no, the trunk) as members of Loyola
University football team try to stop her during workout for heavy opposition ahead of them.
Dwarf apple and pear trees a foot
high that beer cxcellci,t and plonti•
fail fruit are reported to be the dis-
covery et an agriculturist in Omsk,
Siberia, who says they are highly re•
sistant to frost,
Every five minutes in Germany last
year about twelve babies were horn;
the year before the number was oruy
nine far ten minutes; the total births
of living children last year wan 1,-
261,000.
If ; ou are to believe the spell -bin -
dors in t" United States, the choice
before the American voter in Novemn
her is between the end of democracy
and the oligarchy of wealth, King-
ston Whig -Standard.