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LESSON VII
Jesus the Good Shepherd
John 10: 142
Printed Text John 10:1-16,
Golden Text—I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd iayeth dawn his
life for the sheep, John 10:11.
Time—Tete discourse on Christ as
the Good Shepherd was uttered iu
October .A.D. 29. The events recorded
its the last of the chapter took place
in December of that year and in Janu-
ary, A.D. 30.
Plaee—The events recorded in this
chapter took place in Jerusalem, ex-
cept the one found in verses 40.42,
which is to be located in Bethany be-
yond Jordan.
1, /Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He %that entereth not by the door into
the%fold of the sheep. The sheepfold
was a walled enclosure, with a strong-
ly barred door, through which alone
access could be had to the sheep.
Through this door the sheep were led
at night, after which the gate was
barred, A porter slept near the gate
on the .inside of the enclosure. In the
niorning the shepherd knocks on the
gate, it is opened to him, and he calls
his own sheep out. But climbeth up
some other way, the same is a thief
and a robber. A man who had no
right to go through the door, who
would not be allowed to enter the
door, and who would resort to climb-
ing over the wall to seize a s''eep is
truly "a thief and a robber."
2. But he that entereth in by the
door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3. Te him the porter openeth. The
sheepfold speak of the true church,
the body of Christ; the sheep, of
course, are those who are the true
followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Children of God; the shepherd is the
Lord Jesus, though he has not yet an
pounced himself as such. Professor
Plummer says we might take the por-
ter to be the Holy Spirit. And the
sheep head his voice: and he calleth
his own sheep by name, and leadeth
them out. Frequently three or four
shepherds will lead their sheep into
one sheepfold at night. It is one of
the most amazing sights in the Orient
to see a shepherd approach, say, seven
hundred sheep, belonging to four or
five different shepherds, and, by a pe-
culiar guttural sound, call his own
sheep out from amongst the others,
4. When he hath put forth all his
own, he goeth before them, and the
sheep follow ham: for: i;hey.•know his
voice, The• -shepherd goesIieforee• the
sheep because he knows the way. In
doing so, he is the first one to meet
prowling- beasts and to see places of
danger which must be avoided, Our
Lord has gone before us in conflict
with Satan, and has defeated him, so
that we follow in that victory.
5. And a stranger will they not fol-
low, but will flee from him: for they
know not the voice o: strangers.
Strangers, as far as Christians are
concerned, are those false teachers
and false prophets who would lead
astray the very children of God.
6. This parable spake Jesus unto
them: but they understood not what
things they were which he spake un-
to them. They did not understand
Christ's teachings because they were
not sincere; they were not really
seeking for the truth.
7. Jesustherefore said unto them
again, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep. Sir Wil-
fred T. Grenfell, the famous Labrador
physician, had an experience which
remarkably illustrates the -neaning of
this verse: "One of our party, as we
climbed, noticed a shepherd driving
his sheep into a large kind of cave
with an open mouth. In reply to her
question, he said: 'I am puting them
away for the night to be safe from
the jackals and dogs.' But she ob-
jected; 'There is no door to the cave.'
IIe replied simply: 'I am the door,' It
is the Eastern shepherd's custom to
lie down across the doorway of such
caves; and with his own life to pro-
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test the sheep."
8. All that came before pie are
thieves :and robbers, By this Jesus
does not mean that all the prophets
of the Old Testament and the true
priests of God in Israel's history were
thieves and robbers, but that all who
in themselves pretended to satisfy
the needs of men, to provide in them-
selves salvation from sin, had illegally
and falsely assumed such prerogatives
and, therefore, had robbed their fol-
lowers of the peace, joy, life, and hope.
which they falsely had promised to
bestow. But the sheep did not hear
them. It does not say that no one
heard them, for great multitudes did,
but the sheep, those who truly belong
to Go& whom God had called, would
not follow these false teachers and
shepherds. •
9, I am the door; by me if any Man
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and go out, and shall find pas-
ture. (Cf,' Matt, 7:14). A pian who
approaches God by believing in the
Lord Jesus Christ is a man who will
find entrance into the new life here
and in the glory to some, and is one
who certainly will be saved, for no
man scan come to Christ sincerely but
that Christ will receive him.
10. The thief cometh not, but that
he may steal, and hill, and destroy.
Satan is the great thief. I came that
they may have life, and may have it
abundantly. To follow Christ is to
know a richer physical life,�a clearer,
stronger mental life, a sweeter domes-
tic life, a more honorable social life,
and, pre-eminently, a true, eternal,
spiritual life, the very life of God.
11. I are the good shepherd. At last
Christ identifies himself actually as
the Shepherd of the sheep—the good
shepherd layeth down his life for the
sheep. It is very significant that al-
most every passage in the New Test-
ament that speaks of the love of God
for man and the love of Christ for
man also speaks of the death of the
Lord Jesus Christ for man (for in-
stance, John 3:16; Gal. 2:20; 1 John
3:16; 4:10).
12. He that is a hireling, and not a
shepherd, whose own the sheep are
not. The hireling was simply a hired
shepherd, who himself was not in-
terested in the flock, but was caring
for it simply for the money he re-
ceived. Beholdeth the wolf coming,
and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and
the wolf snatcheth them, and scatter-
eth them. The wolf represents any
enemy of Christ who, at the same
time, of course, would be an enemy of
the welfare of. Christ's own.
13. He fleeth because he is a hire-
ling, and Gareth not for the sheep.
The hireling flees because he is in-
terested only in himself and his own
welfare. Christ was concerned first
with men. He came to minister to
and to lay down his life a ransom for
ns.
14. I am the good shepherd; and I
know mine own, and mine own know
me. "The whole experience of Christ
as our shepherd gives him an increas-
ing knowledge of us.
15. Even as the Father knoweth me,
and I know the Father; and I lay
down my life for the sheep. "As the',
shepherd is always with the sheep,
and so deeply interested in them, the
shepherd comes to know his sheep
very intimately.
16. And other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold, Christ is here
referring to the Gentiles, as a great
company distinct from the children of
Israel, and yet, with them, equally the
sheep of his fold. Them also I must
bring. Literally, the verb should
read "lead." And they shall hear my
voice. Millions and millions have
heard the voice of Christ, through the
written word, and his -witnesses down
through the ages. And they shall be
come one flock, one shepherd. The
church of Christ is one indivisible
body, because it is the body of Christ;
each believer has the same privileges
as another; we are bound together by
a common faith, a common hope, and
one Lord (Eph. 4:5).
Stands By Stricken Cities for 50 Hours
Richard E. Nebel, Prooklyu, N.Y., amateur radio operator, who
lacked himself into his room for 60 hours to relay messages to
stricken cities that could not bo reviled by local stations, keeps
earphones on as he refac':co l.imself with a cup of tea.
Radio
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By VIRGINIA DALE
If you are still sighing with regret
over Helen Jepson's 'departure from
the "Showboat" program on, the
radio, yom will be delighted to heat
that she is going to make a motion
picture.
That ambitious young company the
Grand National that went over big
with "Great Guy," in which they
brought the too -long -absent Runny
Cagney back to the screen, is gang
to star her in a musical. And Victor
Schertzinger, no less, who piloted
Grace Moore to screen fame, is going
to direct Miss Jepson.
Movie officials are so jittery about
having Fred Astaire and Ginger .Ro,
gers careen around on roller skates.
for their next;: ohs,
ture 'Stepping Toes,':
they have taken eat
one quarter of a mil.
lion dollars insur7
a n c e against pro=
duction dela' "; due
to accidents. They
know how danger-
ous it is to give As-
taire a new toy like
that. He's likely to
Fred skate right up walls.
- Astaire So they are protect-
ing themselves from any spur-of-the-
moment antics he may innlge in,
Luli Desti is not going to be like
other foreign film stars who come to
Hollywood to make pictures. Ustlat
ly the newcomers spend about s%
days in New York, seeing nothing pi
our country but night clubs and Vie:
theatres, photographers and 'int-
viewers, before they rush to Holl -
wood by airplane or fastest.. train.
Miss Desti, on her arrival from 04.
land, persuaded Paramount officials
to let her drive across country in,4,a
leisurely ashion so that she coild
really. get acquainted with •us befae
starting work in our studios. She
won't even hazard a guess about haiv
long it will take her, because slie
knows that she will never be able
to resist going off her carefully -pia
ed route to explore side roads.
If good wishes make .good pieta
"Steel Highway," `will be ;one . of
best of the year. It was rushed i
production in order to keep Ann
gel so busy that she could not•,;'-
over the tragic death 'of her husks
Ross Alexander. In this picture
plays a leading role for the f
time. Another good reason why every
one is pulling for the success of this
picture is that a newcomer is One
other than William Hopper, sou 'of
Hedda Hopper. -
Young players In Hollywood have
every reason to be grateful to Hedda
Hopper, and- they are. They flock ,to
her for advice on clothes and for help
in studying their lines. Young brides
who grow panicky about playing hes-
tess at their 'first big party (and who
doesn't) consult her about refresh
meats and decorations, how many ex-
tra servants to get in, what entertain-
ments to offer and all that. And then
they usually insist that she be the
first guest to arrive, the last to
A few years ago, every visitor; to
New York made a bee -line for ;the
Hippodrome, just as nowadadys the
Radio City Music Hall is number "dile
on any list of sights to be seen, Bud
dy de Sylva has been brooding lately
over all the young folks who grew ;up
too late to see one of the thrilling,
dazzling, Hippodrome shows, and has
decided that something must be done
about it. So, he is going to make ` a
picture called "hippodrome" for Uni-
versal.
The amiable lunacies of the Burns
and Allen pictures and radio- program
go
rigbt ori' *in i;b.eir
more private life.
Just now they ( are
having a wonderful
time sending tele-
grams to Tony Mar-
tin, signed by • the
casting director of:
Twentieth. Century -
Fox, telling hint that
he must mend his
ways and live'` 'a
more quiet life.' And
the handsome six-
foot Tony couldn't
be more proper.
When Burns and Allen transfer ':their
broadcasting activities to N. 13, <7. on
April first, Tony will go right along
with them.
Gracie Allen
London's Most Succe ssful Career
Woman
Miss Gordon Holmes, London's most succ essful career woman, who holds the posts of joint
. managing director of the National Securities Corp oration, Ltd.; director of the Guardian Securities
Co„ and a directorship on the board of a Hungarian bank, She started as a clerk.
Government Board
On Wheat Suggested
WINNIPEG — Doubtful of prac-
ticability of reviving wheat pools on
a -contract basis, R. S. Law, presi-
dent of United Grain Growers Ltd.,
last week proposed the Turgeon
Royal Grain Commission consider
a Government Wheat Board and ap-
pointment of a Government Super-
visor for the Winnipeg Grain Ex-
change.
Confusion in the minds of farm-
ers in Western Canada as to the
best methods of meeting marketing
problems was noted by Mr. Law, as
lie summarized activities - of the
grain trade in all its phases. Be-
cause many farmers wanted a means
of selling their wheat to obtain the
average price of the year, the presi-
dent: of the farmer -owned grain
company said the Conunission should
investigate whether "it is feasible
for the Wheat Board to supply such
farmers with the type of selling they
desire." The board would pay an
initial price and interim payments
later, as warranted through dis-
posal of the wheat.
The Commission should also con-
sider advisability of appointment of
a sv.,pervisor for the Winnipeg Grain
Exchange, as recommended by the
Stamp Corn].ission in 1931; , Mr.
Law, said.
There are 10,000,000 cyclists in
Britain.
ODDS AND ENDS — Errol `lynn
insists that he is going to Borneo as
soon as he finishes "The Priuc$ and
the Pauper." 14ii Damaita may,think
otherwise, just as she did thol last
time he got all ready to start -- Ro-
mantic ruiners about Marlene ` Diet-
rich and Douglas Fairbank; Jr., may
be just rumors, but nevertheless when
she arrives in Hollywood soon to film
"Angel," Junior will be on his way
here. -- When friends borrow books
from Ilumphrey Bogart and koep
them more than two weeks, he 1
charges them five cents a day, and
gives the considerable •sum thus col-
t
leered0 Charity.
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She Cottons to Lace
Something new in lace is pre-
sented by Miss Dorothy Berner
as she basks in Old Sol's beams
in the south. This very latest
in swimming suits is made . of
leafy cotton lace and was design-
ed in France.
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The `,' � a
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Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY ENRY 3. BELL
With the co-operation of the Various Departments of the
Ontario Agricultural College
Question — "I leave your bulletin
No. 364 "Manures and Fertilizers," or
1931 and observe the mixture design-
ed to produce a 2-12-6 fertilizer, From
another source, 1 have the following
suggestion for the 2-12-6 formula: 500
lbs. Ammo -Phos 10-43, and 200 lbs.
Muriate of Potash, to give 700 'lbs. It
is claimed that the 700 lbs. can be
sown without any filler at the rate o1
70 Ibs. per acre, which should give
the same results as 2.12-6 sown at
the rate of 200 lbs. per acre. I would
be pleased to know from you if the
latter method and ingredients are
more. modern than those mentioned
in your bulletin, and also if it would
be quite satisfactory. Would sawdust,
reasonably dry, make a satisfactory'
filler to keep mixture.. from becoming
lumpy if it lay some time before be-
ing used? Also is it at all successful
to mix fertilizer with the grain in the
drill box when a fertilizer drill is not
available or does the fertilizer run
out first instead of • coming evenly.
with the grain?" H. • T., IRenfreiv%
County.
Answer — in answer to your first
question, hone mixing is not a ;'ew
practice. 1 saw it used with varying
success 25 years ago in New Bruns-
wick and Maine. The ingredient Am -
moult= Phospato,. 10.48, is a compar-
atively new product. 1t is"'highly con-
centrated and contains available ni-
trogen and phosphorus as guaranteed.
It has been mixed in the quantity that
you quote, which closely approximates
with the potash, tite analysis 2.12-6.
A.s to it being quite satisfactory, I ani
not prepared to say. Some claim to
have gotten good results from it. If
the mixture has been made carefully
and applied evenly, I see no reason
why it should, not give results. 1 cer-
tainly advise adding at tenet 300 lbs.
of tiller to make the mixture up to the
1/2 ton quantity, ;,ince I doubt i1 you
can get a drill that will sow evenly
and thoroughly in quantities of even
100 lbs. per acre.
In answer to your question about
sawdrst, 1 would not recommend it
as a filler since it takes up moisture
rather readily and is very light and
bulky. The best type of filler is some-
thing that is about the same specific
gravity as the fertilizer material, En-
gineering tests have shown that the
material that is heaviest. flows from
the drill more quickly than lighter
specific gravity material.
In mixing fertilizer with grain in
the drill box, this same point is ea -
countered since grain. is not the same
specific gravity nor the same size ker.
nel as is the fertilizer. t doubt if you
can get even application of fertilizer
through. the grain drill box, if fertili-
ger and grain are mixed together. Es-
pecia]ly is this the case if there is
much moisture in the air or if the
grain is at all clamp. There is also
danger of seriously injuring your
grabs drill. 11 you do sow the- mixture
through the grain drill box, be sure
to clean it out thoroughly.. imme-
diately after drilling has been cam:
pleted.
"Mistress of Housekeeping" is a.
new "degree" which German women
can earn. Candidates must be 24
years of age and have had five
years' experience in housekeeping
before they can take the two-year
course qualifying them for this -
London's Strangest House
Built on the foundations of the oldest historical monument litt
London -- the Roman Wall --- this odd house, No. 20 'Tower I•ii ,
only nine feet wick and 32 feet high, has been marked for demoli-
tion soon. It has three rooms, one over the other. The floor of flab
basement is formed by the Roman Wall itself,