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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-02-04, Page 6C'UNDAY COO LESSON LESSON VL—FEB. 7, JESUS THE LIGHT of the WORLD JOHN 7: 1-9: 41. Golden Text: --I am the light of /the.. world: he that followeth Me ei..a1,t not walk in the darkness, but f"r4LJ have the light of life. John 12, Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him, "The Lord deals only with the special ease; and that only so far as it is an occasion for action and net a subject for specu- lation. We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can. work:—"We cannot think it strange that Jesus should connect the man's blindness with his own appearance on earth, born blind in order that Jesus might give him sight." When t am in the world, I am the light of the world.—"There is special reference here to Christ's giving light both to the man's eyes and to his soul." When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay.—"A medicinal value was attributed to saliva, above all, for disorders of the eyes. (See also Mark 7: 33; 8: 23). Neither are we without examples of a medicinal of clay. Still we must not suppose that, besides his divine power, the Lord also used natural remedies, or that these were more than conduc- tors, not in themselves needful; for other blind eyes he opened without employing any such means (Matt. 20: 30-34). And said unto hini, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by in- terpretation, Sent). He went away therefore. and washed, and came seeing.—The pool of Siloam was 50 feet long, 20 feet deep, and 20 feet wide, lying in the mouth of the Ty- ropean Valley. Water was drawn from it for the temple, and it was supplied by the Fountain of the Virgin. "The obedience was that of faith, feeble as yet, but real; and the reward that which is always promised to faith, even feeble, if real." The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that The Lesson In Its Setting Time.— All the events in this lessonoccurred during the week of October 11-18, A.D. 29. Place.—All the events in this les- son took place in the city of Jeru- Salem. Again therefore Jesus spake unto then, saying, 1 am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. In these nine verses we have a declarative statement by Christ, a repudiation of that statement by the Pharisees who heard Him, and a defense of the truthfulness of His words by the Lord Himself. Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed Elim, If ye abide in My word. then are ye truly my disciples. "Surrender of mind, heart, and will to the power of Christ's doctrine must be complete and en- during, There must be more than a mere recognition of the striking personality of Jesus. There must be the reception of His word into conscience and heart." And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free:— Later on, the night before His death, Jesus, in praying to the Father. again refers to the word of God as truth (John 1'7: 17-19). If men accept the truth which Christ teaches, that is, the truth ahout God, about sin, about Satan, about eternal life, about holiness, about love, men will be free from the power of Satan who deceives, from the bondage of fear, which is due to ignorance. from the power of dark- ness, from sin itself. And ashe passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. Blindness from birth is a condition which no man could change, especially no man could ever open his own eyes. All the beauty of life is shut out from the world of a man born blind. And His disciples asked him. say- ing, Rabbi, who sinned, this man. or his parents, that he should be born blind?— That the man's blindness was due to sin the disciples assum- ed: the question was, Was the sin committed by the man so afflicted. • or by: his parents!.., In one. way the - illestfeii seems foolish• for the man was born blind, before he ever could have sinned. Furthermore. the question is based on a false assumpt- tion. Not all suffering or physical handicaps are the ronsequenres of sin in some immediate ancestor. Parents of most devout faith have been known to have children of im- becilic tendencies, while there are parents who have given birth to children while living in scandalous sin, whose children have lived for years without any physical suffer- ing. Ultimately, of course, all suffering results from the fallen condition of the human race. sat and begged? Others said: It is I he: Others said: No, but he is like him, He said: I am he. — Here we have the first words from the man who was blind, "1 am he." His testi- mony must be received. He knew who he was. They said therefore unto him, Row then were thine eyes opened? The question is perfectly natural. It does not intimate any unbelief or skepticism, but a natural inquisi- tiveness. Anyone would, ask this question. He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anoint- ed mine eyes, and said unto me: Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away and washed, and I received sight. — The report of the blind man is vivid. accurate, clear, and ought to be convincing. There are no adornments here. It is a simple statement of fact. He relates what happened, but actually how Christ opened his eyes, lie does not know, and no one else does. We do not understand miracles: we believe them. The 1?ARIVIER'S CORNER, Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY 0. BELL With the Co -Operation of the Various Departments of the Ontario Agricultural College 1. Question:—"A farmer has just taken over a greenhouse which con- tains 25 tons earth prepared for to mato plant growing five years ago, but never used. This soil has been tested, is natural in reaction, con• tains a fair amount of nitrate, but is low in phosphoric acid and potash. Would an application of 0-12-10 or 0-12-15 at the rate of 25 lbs. per 1000 square ft. put this soil in suit- able condition for growing tomato plants this Spring?"—R,W., North- umberland Co, Answer: ----The addition of 0-12-10 or 0-12-15 fertilizer at the rate of 25 lbs. per 1000 square feet would be equivalent to a little over 1000 lbs. per acre. This is a fair appli- cation for outdoor use, but I would be of the opinion that this could be almost doubled for indoor purposes such as you recommend, You do not say whether or not the 25 tons of earth have been kept in a dry place and rain and snow have been prevented from failing on them. Of course, if this soil has been kept absolutely dry and no moisture has been added to it, microscopic life will be at a low ebb in it on account of lack of moisture. In this case, it might take the soil a short time to come back to its normal form. 1 believe the treatments you suggest would put it in fair shape for to- mato plant growing, 2, Question:—"I wish some infer - /nation regarding the building up of land which is in poor t'ondition. 1 have 45 acres fall plowing on which Sea Beats is Prey Angry seas seethe and his (Belgian trawler, Pierge ttcar} Lamorna, Cornwall, England,; drowned. t they roar across the deck of the which was flung against eI'ffs at recent gale. Four of the crew were By VIRGINIA DALE,,=! Of course you've seen Sid' Sill rs yie and laughed at him, in many a n? on and now you're going to hear hini the air with Al Jolson, whom yo I've also in pictures, but not recently.' he Silvers is something new under't he sun. He writes the very fnuny lir"-„lip, speaks; that is, he snakes them ba but he doesn't put them down'0 per. He just says them. Som iiY else takes them down. And ifs a 'very funny idea, 'during filming of a scene, in it goes au _. scene is done over again. E3ut +n; havoc that will create if he forgets himself and does it on the "air, since' radio scripts have to be written.°;and re -written, and then approved is so familiar with the eouuds that lvtickey and his go -players make,. Maybe some day we'll see that ,bis, ney feature-length picture that has been talked about for so long, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,1' ODDS AND ENDS — 17ver since he fiuislhed "The Gay Desperado” Nino Martini has been travelling around, giving concerts, and flying east each Wednesday -for his broadcast so. imagine how thankful be is that the opera season has started in New York Keeping him 1'iomne for the winter 13, 1'. Schulberg, the rnov'le producer, finally admitted that he and Sylvia Sidney will probably marry when his marital affairs are straightened out. — He and Mrs. Schulberg have been living apart for some time, — Richard Dix is taking out a patent for a thorn- less rose which he has developed at his ranch — Robert Young wig' ap- pear with Claudette Colbert in "She Met Him in Paris." which may con- sole him for losing out on "Love on the Run," the Crawford -Gable -Tone picture — Now they say it is Gladys George who will play the role of the mother in "Stella Dallas." and Pat O'Brien may appear with him as well as bis brother Bill. Mean- while his first picture tor Grand Ca- tional.completed at ast. How do you like the idea of a pic- ture with Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy and James Stewart in it? The. picture will be "Three '.Comrades•," and the author is the man who wrote "Journey's End " So the stor ought to be good. Once upon, a time studio executives would have screamed at the idea, of putting three such players in one picture, but nowadays the lig comeeeeees"ptan to give us as much for our money as they can. .. He.ve you been missing Mouse" from the screen? If you have don't worry — she'll return. You see her voice — ..-t is, the young woman who plays Minnie's voice — got married and she went off on a honey moon:. Beingthe voice for one ot. Walt Dis- ney's popular char- acters is a pretty good job — ant it means a contract for the actual own- er of the voice, too. because the public Minute Tee aY! 1 would like to sow oats and seed down with 5 lbs. of Timothy and 5 Ib. of Red Clover, and was wonder- ing if lime and salt would be a good thing to put on the land and if so, how much per acre? There is also 50 acres that I was thinking of summer fallowing and putting in Fall Wheat and the same mixture of grass seed. Would also like to know if lime and salt would be a good thing to put on for potatoes on land in good condition."—M. G., Oxford. Now it's Claudette Colbert ancl` tier: husband who are going to adopt a baby from that fa- mous orphanage .!n Chicago. Irene Dunne and her hus- band were the latest couple to do it — and Irene, Worse luck, had such' 1 bad cold during the first few days of the - lit- tle ittle girl's 'preserve in her new home that e e. A she couldn't go' near the infant :,lean Claudette while Claudette',has. Colbert been given trip; read to the screen version of "ToV;rich ' the successful stage play; snot, .she should be grand in it. Claire Luce, who was Fred Astaire's first dancing partner after his.sister deserted him for matrimony, is in Hollywood, with yearnings to be- come a motion picture actress On the stage she got along bea'tifully with the nimble Fred, but sh "s not making tests for REO, so app, rently she isn't being considered for hie.. part- ner on the screen. Practicallysevery- one else has been, apparentiyl4i,, The blonde Miss Luce has „e.' life- time on the stage behind her I-- that is, sho has her lifetime, as she',start- ed at the age of four. She ttasebne of the six or eight chorus girls in the musical dhow in which Miriam Hop kins and various other colebrities. were also chorus girls — and what tales they all tell about each Other in private! It looks as if James Cagney' wottl'd' break out again — not in a fight with, a motion picture this time, tint in a now venture, He is talking of riving the theatre in small towns,,so 'you may see him in person befog = ;long: It is said that Robert Moir :pinery Answer:—Answering your ques- tion regarding treatment of 45 acres of fall plowed land on which you purpose sowing oats and which land I understand is in poor condition. 1 wish to say that use of lime and salt cannot be recommended. With- out testing the soil, it is impossible for me to know whether the soil needs lime or not. If it is acid in reaction (or sour) lime will help. If it is alkaline or neutral, the addition of lime will do no good whatever. The addition of salt merely hastens the robbing of the soil of its fertil- ity. The sodium of the salt dis- places the potassium of the soil, hence benefit for a crop or two can be seen, but in general, the use of salt on the land corresponds to the use of the whip on the team. Most often more oats fed to the team strongly advise against put, yang en give better results in labour which lime where you purpose gra',ing to- can be obtained from them, similar tatocs, since Lime produces condi- ly, the addition of plant -food to tion where the potato scab ;thrives. This fungus disease is eortimon m most of our older soils. Walt Disney Diet Is Important To the Haman Race Doctor Says Height, Weight and Re istance to Disease Can Be Increased BIRMINGHAM — Piet can do great things for the human race, according to Dr. James E. Bowie, principal of Dundee School 'of Eco- nomics. Speaking here he said by the use of modern knowledge of diet the average height of the population could be increased two inches and the averageweight seven pounds. Resistance to disease could be con, siderab]y increased. Quantities of documentary evi- dence of tht Japanese Army's corn- plieity in the didsturbances in Inner Mongolia, which has been invaded, by a mixed Mongol -Manchu force, have been seized by the Chinese in a surprise capture of Pailingmiao. Jonkheer de Graeff, the Dutch Foreign Minister, speaking in the Second Chamber, said he did not Tsetse flies .do not lay eggs; they believe the rumor that the alleged bring forth living• larvae. German -Japanese secret treaty pro - African natives make blankets from vided for spheres of influence in the the stomach lining of elephants. Dutch East Indies. Passes Milestone Sir William Mulock, one of Canada's elder satesmen and for- mer noted jurist, who has just entered his ninety-fourth year. the soil• in the shape of m, ire or fertilizer, or both, will gi '; much better and more lasting res !,ls than the use of salt. With reference to the ,andling of the other 50 acres, ` would D-8 Pigeons T©e Winter's 1st Mark The ever-present pigeons in Bryant Par k, New York City, peck away industriously in search of food as the first heavy snowfall of winter covers the lawns. They probably felt, as did most New Yorkers, that it was pretty white of wiper to hold off so long. gsioidwow Pull For Race Honor leeetteeee leoge €ti x tOk s:t eee tee M The "A" and 1'13" crows of Oxford Un iversity strain away at their oars in race on Isis River for the honor of representing Oxford in t he anneal racing classic with Cambridge.