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PAUL'S PARTING COUNSELS,
1 Timothy 6; 2 Timothy 4; Titus 2,
PRINTED TEXT 1 Timothy 6:646;
2 Timothy 416.18.
GOLDEN TEXT. -1 have fought the
geed fight, 1 have finished the
ctPurse, 1 have kept the faith. 2
Timothy 4:7,
THE LESSON IN ITS SI:;TT1NG
Time.—The First Epistle to Tim-
othy and the Epistle to Titus were
written between Paul's first and
second imprisonments at Rome,
probably A,D. 63-66, The Second
Epistle to Timothy was written
shortly before Pat11's martyrdom, A.
D. 67.
Place. It is not known from
which city Paul wrote I Timothy and
Titus. 2 Timothy was written from
Roane. The .Epistles to Timothy were
probably sent to him at Ephesus;
the Epistle to Titus to Crete.
"93ut Godliness with contentment
is great gain." Paul does not say
that contentment may be fount in
one's self, but in godliness.
"For we brought nothing into the
world, for neither can we carry any-
thing out." (See Job I : 21.) If we
brought nothing into the world, we
ought not to be discontented with
what the world has given us; if we
cin take nothing out of the world,
how foolish it is to spend our time
in amassing that which, wnel we
leave the world, must be left behind!
"But having food and covering we
shall be therewith content." The
poor man who is content with the'
necessities of life, shelter and food,
is Happier than the rich man living
in a palace, eating the richest viands
imported from every country on
earth, who still craves a larger
home, more elegant clothes, a larger
yacht, and a greater stable of horses
than he can afford.
"But they that are minded to be
rich," Paul does not find fault with
men for being rich. Many rich men
accept their wealth as a trust from
God, ca even as a burden laid upon
them by God, and devote themselves
conscientiously to its careful and
wise expenditure. What he says is
that, for those to desire riches, to
whom God has not given them, is
to open the door to serious tempta-
tion.—E. F. Brown. "Fall into a
temptation and a snare." The first
word refers to the inducement to
sacrifice duty and conscience to the
pursuit of wealth; the second, to the
ensnaring power of those connections
which wealth necessitates. "And
' many foolish and hurtful lusts, such
as drown men in destruction and
perdition." Probably "destrection"
refers to the effects of such pursuits
on .nen in this world, and "perdi-
tion" to the ultimate results in the
world to come.
".'For the love of money is a loot
of all -inds of evil." Most commen-
tators agree that the change in the
Revised Version from "the root" to
"a root" is not justified. The phrase
"love of money" is the translation of
one word in the Greek, a word used
in referring to the Pharisees (Luke
16::1.4). "Which some reaching after
have been led astray from the iatth
(see also Mark 13:22), and have
pierced themselves through with
many sorrows."
Many a home can bear testimony
to the tragedy Paul here depicts—
that when a family, once in moder-
ate circumstances, becomes, through
one cause or another, wealthy, its
members are greatly tempted to be-
come careless in their religious life,
to spend the Lord's day in enjoying
outings. or entertaining friends, but
the result of it all is that sorrow
multiplies, restlessness deepens, and
the joy of the former more simple
but more godly life has. gone.
"But thou, 0 man of God." A man
of God is one who has yielded his
life to God, in whom God works out
his purposes, who lives wholly for
the glory of God. Such men are few,
but they are the most precious dis-
coveriee in the world. "Flee these
things." That is, flee the things
against which Paul has been warn-
ing Christians in 'the preceding
ver.es, "And follow after righteous-
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness." The first two here refer
to our relationship to God. The sec-
ond two are the outstanding virtues
of a Christian man—faith toward
God and love toward our fellow -men.
The last group of two refers to
one's conduct during days of trouble
and difficulty.
"Fight the good fight of the
faith," This might be paraphrased
"contend earnestly for the faith",
i.e., do not weaken or retreat in the
great battle into tableb your life of
faith in God will lead you. "Lay hold
on the life eternal." We should seem
here to .have "the voice of the earn-
est friend standing at a critical cor-
ner of the course and rousing Tim-
othy to renewed energy. "Whereunto
thou wast called, and didst confess,
the good confession in the sight of
many witnesses." Where this c•onres-
sion was made and under what cir-
cumstances, we do not know.
"I' chargev.
1 thee in the sight of Crod,
D-3
who. giveth !fe to all things, and of
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius
Pilate witnessed the good .confess
Mot." Such a confession was Made
all during our Lord's ministry; but
it was when Jesus' life was hanging
in the balance depending on the de-
cision of Pontius Pilate that his
trust in the protective love of his
Father was most tried,
"That thou keep the command-
ment."
ommand-ment." `Commandment' here refers
to the entire. conduct becoming a
Christian, the law of love, the things
a Christian ought always to be
found doing. "Without spot, without
reproach, until the appearing of our
Lord Jesus Christ." The Second Ad-
vent of Christ is prominent in all
three Pastoral Epistles (.2 Tina. 4:1,
8; Titus 2:13). The fact that Christ
is coming back again, when truly
realized, is always an incentive to
the holiest endeavors.
"Which in its own times he shall
show, who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings, and
Lord of lords; who only hath immor-
tality, dwelling in light unapproach-
able; whom no man hath seen, nor
can see; to whom be honor, and
power eternal. Amen." Five things
are said here about God. He is the
blessed One, the solitary Ruler of
the universe, the only posscssor of
immortality. The Being who is in-
finitely remote from human cern-
tiny as dwelling not in acoeeeible
light, tied the invisible, zit leant to
the eye, whether sf sense or of nat-
ural intellect.
"At my first defence. no one took
my hart, but all forsook Inc; folly it
not be laid to their account:" (C1'.
Acts '7:00.) Patil here refers ers to the
preliminary trial of his seemed ini,.
prisonment which was celled the
prima actio. Isle had spoken in his
own defense, for, thoug'•i he hal
sought legal help, he . had
sought in vain. Perhaps there was
no advocate or lawyer in Romo„. who
would dura to defend such .a man
as Paul when it was known that
Nero was determined to ,hut him to.
death. .
"But the Lord stood by hie', and
strengthened hie,” The aged one,
worn low by labor, suffering; and
many sorrows, is not really left
alone there to his own feebtei,e;s.
Two are standing there, not one,
and the form of the Second, is like
the Son of God. "That through ole
the message might be fully .• pro-
claimed, and that all the Gentiles
might hear'." St. Paul is the. ardent
missionary to the end, 1 -lis own dan-
ger fades from his view as he thinks
of the magnificent opportunity which
his trial gives him to proclaim Christ
before the highest earthly tribunal
in the capital of the world. "And I
was delivered out of the mouth of
the lion." (See Ps, 22:21)..To what
Pau] exactly refers here it is -diffi-
cult to determine. He may here in-
dicate that, for the time being, he
was saved from a• martyr's death.
"The Lord will deliver me from
every evil work, and will save me
unto his heavenly cingdom: to' whom
be the glory for ever and ever.
Amen." Paul does not here mean to
say that he expects to be delivered
from ultimate death, but froir every
sin, from all the evil effeets..directe4
against him, and the evil influences
around hum, from all the evil efforts
directed against him, and the evil
int"ltie races aro tin(' him, from all that
would attempt to silence the testi-
mony given in Rome to the gospel.
No :at
Fo' 01 Home
Judge :Mott of the "'ainily and Chia
dren's court. in Termite was mie of
the speakers at u meeting of Wom•
en's lnsiitetes in London, Ont. Be
spoke about hays and homes and par.
encs, and is reported as having said:
"The home Ibat te4'uses, to allow the
boy to bring in his chums is taking
a grave responsibility." No doubt the
man was tight enough, but we have
no bey of' knowing ho v many such
hollies there are. There has been no
census taken so one could not make
even a good guess, observes tine Pet-
erborough Examiner.
Our belief is that the great major-
ity of homes where there are boys
or girls are glad enough to have the
children bring in their friends, and
that goes for the children when they
become older. It is something which
should . be encouraged. If the young
people in the hoose have friends and
they bring thong along with them then
the parents know they are not asham•
ed of them.
It always has been known there
are pertain homes where the smaller
children of the neighborhood like to
go, and the reason is they are wel-
come at such places. The mother in
such a home may have children of
her own, but she always seems able
to spread her attention to include the
wider circle, and the children from
other homes go there for the very
simple reason that they like to go.
Armistice Ceremony
At Are cle Triomphe in Paris is pictured in progresss above as France paid tribute to war dead on 18th
anniversary of signing of the armistice which ende d hostilities in late world war. Unusually large
throng turned out.
Difference of Opinion
Ree nelhee Pacific Ocoee ship strike is voiced above in heated fashion b key men at meeting of
41:1!:;`i ndrship-owners in Los Angeles. Left to right is the aired their opinions are Fred Harper
of :1 i"an-llawaiian Ship Company; Elmer Bruce, chairman
joint strike comfnfttee, and Walter
lixta of J
Sprsga.c of Greater Harbor Associathoti.
Farr
ueries
COncJiiclfrrl by PROFESSOR HENRY G. BELL
With the Co -Operation of the Various Departments of the
Ontario Agricultural College
fraitd.*4agy,:xyp�kn,,°yi lJ7t 8;,wh.#q.'vt lrM hY:n4a1J,';s,.:`:.
1, Question:—''On land where .pas-
ture is partly run out, will fertilizing
hielp to bring it back?" J. E., On-
tari:o.
Anslver:-The run -out condition of
rho pasture is signified by the grow-
ing amount of weeds which semi to
choke out the valuable grass and leg-
umes. Continaial pasturing is the
sante as any other continual cropping.
It removes larger quantities of min-
eral planta food, than is generally
thought. Early growth of pasture
grass depends to a large extent upon
the amount of nitrogen which is
available when the young grass be -
gine its growth in spring.
1n pasture fertilizing testa, we
have obtained distinctly profitable re-
sults on a beef pasture project where
4-12-6 was applied to a 11fty-acre block
of pasture at the rate of 375 lbs. per
acre, Thir was measured against a
similar area unfertilized. The results
were a material increase in pasturage
and great improvement in the thick-
ness and quality of grass grown. In
another test where fertilizer was ap-
plied to the soil, the pasture days
were increased from an average Jf
41 days to an average. of 110 days
per acre and the milk return was in-
creased from 54 lbs. per acre to 133
lbs. Fertilizer is usually best applied
in early spring as soon as the ground
is sufficiently clry to bear the team.
Fertilizer should be broadcast over
the young growing grass at not Tess
than 250 lbs. per acre and preferably
500 lbs. •r acre. This should give
good results for at least three years.
Experience shows that it ,vf;i not only
increase the herbage, but LOP miner•
ala especially will be effect in
bringing back clovers and other leg
umes which increase the protein
value of the herbage.
2. Question:—"What is the best
method of preventing and controlling
Hemorrhagic Septicaemia in cogs !' - -
R. W., Northumberland.
Answer: --Prevent by raising strong
vigorous pigs. To do this, start with
the most vigorous breeding stock ob-
tainable. Keep the premises in a
highly sanitary condition. Adopt th •
colony !rouse method of rearing pigs.
See that the pigs get bone and muscle
building feeds. Pigs out in the clover
fields, where they are naturally sup-
plied with Mineral matter and vita -
tunics,' will grow into disease -resist -
Inge robust pigs, while pigs that are
required to live within the walls of
a pen all their lives are Weaklings
from a health and strength stand-
point, Hemorrhagic septicaemia Is
more likely to kill the soft pen -
grown pig than the pig that has spent
the first five months of its life out
oar the soil.
Susceptible animals can be actively
immunized against this disease by the
use of bacterins or agressins. Pigs
should be treated early if losses have
been experience(, in pas, seasons, or
in any event before they are three
mouths old, it takes about 10 days
to produce active immunity against
the disease, so the aggressin or the.
bacterin, which ever is to be used,`
should be adniinistered at least 10.
days before exposure by shipment or.
otherwise.
As for treatment, employ good
nursing and have the pigs that show
any rise in temperature or have been
exposed to virulent hemorrhagic sep-
ticaemia organisms (Pasteurellosis
suis), injected with anti-hemmorha
gic septicaem:a Serum.
— Lionel Stevenson, Provincial
Zoologist, Out. Dept. of Agriculture.
3. Question:—"How long should
lime be sown on land before apply-
ing fertilizer?"—R. W., Northumber-
land.
Answer:—Lime is an active correc-
tor of soil acidity. When it is mixed
with fertilizer or applied directly
with it, there is a tendency for lime
to fix much available phosphate in
a form slowly available to plant
growth. For this reason, Bine and
fertilizers carrying phosphate should
usually be applied at different times.
if, the Lime is applied to cultivated
ground a week ahead of applying fer-
tilizer, no excessive fixation should
take place. If lime is being applied
to pasture or meadow previous to
applying fertilizer, to same, possibly
a period of two weeks to a month
should be allowed between the 'appli-
cation of lime and the fertilizer.
— Henry G. Bell., Associate Profes-
sor of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultur-
al College.
A good many times today we see
where some advertiser tells of .the
quality of his goods, and concludes
with a warning about refusing to ac-
cept a substitute. The same thing can
be applied with considerable force
and reason to the 'home. We have a
great deal of organization in the
community at present; everything
seems organized, and yet we have not
produced a substitute for a good
home. Nor can we. It need not be
an elaborate affair, nor ultra -modern.
It niay be a humble thing. Any place
which shelters a family can be a
great home. It can be, a place where.,
children like to gather and where ad-
ults find the atmosphere they need
and desire.. We have not yet produc-
ed a substitute for such a place. Nor
can we.
Champion Ice Sitter: Gus Sim-
mons, Chicago, sat on a cake of ice
for 26 hours. Disqualified because
his temperature was then 102 de-
grees.
CROSS ROADS, by Austin J.
Cross (Southam Press, Montreal)
is the work of a wandering Cana-
dian journalist consumed with a
passion for trains. As a boy of
twelve, Austin F. Cross would
leave his play to watch the trains
go by and copy down on;;ine num-
bers in a little red book. As a
harvester, teacher, tourist and re-
porter, he has boarded trains on
58 railroad7.
In addition to this train phobia,
Mr. Cross possesses a lively curi-
osity, imagination and a keen
sense of observation.
Torontonians will be amused
with the chapter entitled "Toronto
Not So Good," wherein the metro-
polis is slapped 011 one cheek anu
patted on the other. It has been
the rule of writers for some years
to scold, sneer and berate Toron-
to—methinks, it is about time that
this pastime pass into the limbo
of the lost—like "Bandies" and
"Knock -Knock 1 "
However, Mr. Cuss Is forgiven
since his "geography lessons" are
so engagingly told. The reader ob-
tains anew vision of Canadian and
Afnerican life ---in areas as widely
apart as Alaska, Mexico, the Rio
Grande country, Western Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal and
Saint John, N.B.
A book to be recommended.
"W1•I1CH WE DID," by Gregory
Clark, illustrated by James Prise
(S. J. Reginald Saunders,'l'oronto)
$2,00 brings rs closer to home.
Here we have the complete collec-
tion of Mr_ Clark's material, some
are reprints from "the Star Week-
ly" au0 others are published for
the first time. Those who are ac-
quainted with ties Writer's whf iisi.
cal style will .send no urging to
rush out and obtain a copy of this
delightful collection.
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BY MAIR M. MORGAN `��
When this book arrived on this
reviewer's desk, it was eyed with
some askance. The first sketch,
"A Sportsman Is One," Las 0 def-
inite appeal to that species of
mankind known as the fisherman.
This reviewer, being a woman, is-
sued a few polite sounds known
as laughter, and thought—oh! oh!
a man's book — and mentally
added this as an excellent Christ-
mas gift for dear Uncle John.
However. on turning the page,
her eye was greeted with "Ama-
teur Theatricals," as neat a bit of
drama from lift. as you'd care to
read about. So, despite the defin-
ite masculine appeal of these salty
humorous observetions, the recom-
mend this to women readers.
"For Art's Sake," plus Mr.
11rise's drawing, is a hilarious re-
count e- of two fishermen, win de-
cide that a spot of art is indicate:1
uud, armed with bresh and palette
(minus fishing tackle), scale down
beside a lake for three hours' seri-
ous painting. 'You fr.t . read Mr.
C'lark's description of the fun ria: t
follows,
A five-year-old accompanies :Jr,
Clark to the zoo in "Catechism."
Those who have had the pleasure
(?) of a like outing will recogni:e
the autt-mticity of this experience.
—Ant. an experience'it is—not .to .-
he repeated if you wish to remain
sane.
As a contrast to ';hese humorous
;Elites of life, ".Five :?piing Men,"
e pilgrimage on Vimy Ridge,
Makes one pause for a moment
and do homage to the 58,000
young men who died.
All in all, we'd say this collec-
tion offers full value—humor, pa-
thos, tragedy, and wr•• offer 1VIe.
Claris oar apologies foe looking
askance at his book,
ill re. reading foe these winter
nights and a good solution for the
"male list" for Christmas,