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Zurich Herald, 1937-08-19, Page 2LESSON siOO LESSON XIII Mesages from Genesis -- John 1:1-5; Luke 17:26.32; Galatians 3;6-8; He- brews 11:1-12. 2 Peter 2:4.10. Printed Text , Hebrews 11:8-10, 17-22 Golden Text -•.- 'These all died in faith, not having received the pro- mises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. — Heb rews 11:13. THE LESSON IN ITS ,S.>ETTING Time — John wrote his Prologue -about 90 A,D, The teaching of Jesus recorded in Luke 17 was given in the winter of A.D. 30. Paul wrote the Ep- istle to the Galatians about A, D. 57. The date of the Epistle to the Heb- rews may be placed about A.D, 65-A.D 65. Place — There are so many differ- ent places recorded in various pas- sages that it would only be confusing to enumerate them, except to say that most of the examples of faith given in Hebrews are from events which took place in Palestine, in which country also Jesus tough, Paul wrote his Epistle to the Galatians while at Corinth. We do not know with cer- tainty where the Epistle to the Heb- rews was written, "By faith we understand that the world's have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which do ap- pear." There are fifteen special in- stances of the work of faith in this chapter, in addition to the general enumeration beginning at verse 32. Here in the third verse we have the first specific instance, namely, that it is by faith in God's revelation to us how. creation took place that we be- lieve that the world was framed by the word of God, i.e., by God speaking, and that the visible world was not Made from things that already in ex- istence. "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to hint that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts — and through it he being dead yet speaketh," The offering of Abel is re- corded in Gen. 4:4-5, where we read' that it 1, as accepted by God, who, at the same time, refused the offering of Abel's brother, Cain. The offering of Abel was a slain lamb, while the Offering of Cain was some product of the ground. It would seem that God had told these brothers that an ani- mal sacrifice was nei,essary .when making an offering for the atonement of sin, and Abel, by faith in what God had said, and carrying out God's command, showed himself to be a true man of faith. "By faith Enoch eves' translated so that be should not nteiegath; and•he was 'not' found, because God translat- ed him; for he hath had witness borne to him that before his transla- tion he had been well -pleasing unto. God." The reference here is to 'Gen. 5:24. Enoch pleased God becauaes he had faith in God, and God,., in turn, delivered him from death, and took him to glory because of his faith. This does not mean that all people who have faith should expect to be trans- lated as was Enoch. Hevener, it is clear from the New Testament Scrip- tures, that all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, when Christ returns to his church, will not die, but will be caught up to be with the Lord, under- going a change but not suffering the death (1 Thess. 4.17), "And without faith it is impossible to be well -pleasing unto him, for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarded of them that seek after him." To clues - tion God's justice is to show a lack of faith, and this is sometimes a hard point with Christians who have endur- ed must suffering or great losses. We must throw ourselves completely on the love of God and believe that he does all things well. "By faith, Noah, being warned of God, concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the right- eousness which is according to faith." Here again we note that faith on the part of Noah was not only a convic- tion of the truthfulness of the warn- ing of God, but actually acting in the light of that warning — God warned him that judgement was coming, and that only an ark would ever preserve him during the flood; Noah believed that warning and prepared the ark. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place Which he was to receive for an inheri- tance; and he wont out, not knowing whither he went." God's call to Abra ham, is recorded in Gen. 12:1-3. Abra haam had no idea of the nature or the location of that land to which God w:ae Calling him. He knew that God called him to go, and that God had Promised to give him an inheritance, email lie simply followed the leading of "`:hod until he came to that place that God then told him was to bo a perpet- 1ta1 possession for his descendants, "By faith he became a sojourner." ;The word sojourner ,means "one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship," and, consequently, "one Who lives on earth as a stranger." The idea. is perfectly expressed in 1 Xetcr 2.11, and also in Phil; 3:20 --• "ottr, ctiaenship is in heaven," "In the land of promise." Of course this re- fers to Canaan, which is called the Land of Promise, simply because God promised it to Abraham and his des- condants„ as we read continually in the book of Genesis. "As in a land not his own." Abraham never actually did come to possess the Land of Promise. It belonged to the Canaanites when God promised it to Abraham, and, dur- ing his life and the lives of Issac and Jacob, the land, except that particular portion in which ,their families lived, never was -their own. "Dwelling in tents, with Issac and Jacob, the heirs with hire of the same promise," This trait of dwelling in tents, pitched to- day in one place and tomorrow in an- other, indicates the . temporary, un- settled nature of Abraham's abode in Canaan, which his immediate de- scendants, Isaac and Jacob shared. ''For he looked for the city which hath no foundations." This city, of course, was not an earthly city, no matter how great or glorious it might be, but a heavenly city, "the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusal- em" (Heb. 12;22), which is so contin- uously referred to by the apostle John in the last two chapters of the book of Revelation. "Whose builder and maker is God." Literally this might read "of which architect and master builder is God." "By faith, Abraham, being tried, of- fered up Issac; yea, lie that had glad- ly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son. "Even he to whom it was said, iu Issac shall thy seed be called. "Accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back." The refer- ence here is to the events described in Gen. 22.1-14. There is one marvel- lous statement here which is not even found in the records of Genesis, name- ly, that Abraham believed when he was about to offer Issac, that God would actually raise Issac up from the dead, and that not in some long -dis- tant future, but, then, so that the pro- mises of God concerning the seed of Abraham would be kept. Abraham also knew that God's world would be kept, and he knew that if Issac died, the only . thing that could happen so that God could keep his promises would be that God would bring his dead son back out of death again. "By faith Issac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. The reference here -is to Gen. 27:26-29e, and 39 and 40. These promises to his two sons •concerned • the future in. which he had absolute confidence be-, cause of his faith in God's revelation: "By faith, Jacob, when he was dy- ing, blessed each of the sons of Jo- seph;; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his .staff.'.' The reference here is to the remarkable dying pro- phecies of Jacob, which lie uttered after he went down into Egypt, re- corded in Genesis 49. When it says he worshipped leaning upon the top of his staff, it simply means that he was too feeble to rise- and kneel, or stand, 'and that he bowed his head in an at- titude of prayer while resting his Bands, probably on the top of his staff while reclining on his couch. "By faith, Joseph, when; his end' was nigh, made mention of the der parture of the children of Israel, ala, gave commandment concerning'; ; bones." The reference here is to esis 50:24-25. Joseph, though' reds of miles away from the la na.= hat God had promised to his grea :rand- father, Abraham, to his grandfather. Issac, and to his father, Jacob, was absolutely persuaded that that land belonged to Abraham's seed, and that some day the descendants of Jacob would go back to that land to receive it according to God's promise. These mighty patriarchs lived, spoke, plan- ned, travelled, and blessed their chil- dren all in the light of, and in accor- dance with the word of God which had been given to them and in which they had such implicit confidence, To sum it all up, these mon lived by the faith in God's word. Wheat Stock In Store Decrease Canadian wheat in store on June 4 decreased 2,773,345 bushels come axed with the previous week and 107,584,336 when compared with the corresponding date in 1936. The amount in store was reported as 55,- 314,699 bushels compared with 58,- 088,044 a week ago and 162,899,035 last year. Wheat in rail transit amounted .to 1,550,107 bushels against 6,158,072 at a comparable date last year; wheat in transit on the lakes totalled 3,239,207 bushels as against 4,313,810. Canadian wheat in store in the United States amounted to 6,456,978 bushels, com- pared with 7,267,355 a week ago and 14,697,265 at the same date in 1936. Those with nothing to say usually take too long to say it. Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph. It is better to try to do something and fail than to do nothing and suc- ceed.—Sherbrooke Record. A girl can dress herself when a little tot, and when she grows up goes only half-dressed. — Brandon Sun, Movie 444 Radio By VIRGINIA DALI Joan Bennett is so homesick for the stage that she has signed up to work with a Cape Cod stock company this summer for a few weeks. .,Some of the motion picture producers who have planned busy summers for their players wish that she wasn't quite so thrilled at the prospect, IIer infectious enthusiasm has sent half of Hollywood scurrying to their bosses to ask if they can't have leave of absence too. Bette Davis wants to go, but Warners have big plans for her. Josephine Hutchinson wants her annual fling on the stage. And Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone are act- ing mighty mysterious, reacting plays and time tables. Add one more picture t6 the cur- rent list of those you simply have to see. Metro -Goldwyn Mayer's "Captain Courageous" 'is one of the finest pictures of all time, There is not a woman in the cast, but even the young girls who, do think any picture without torrid, love scenes is a tivashout confess that they never even miss the romantic angle in this one. It Xs the story of the Glouc- ester fishing fleet in which Spencer Tracy and young Fred- die Bartholomew do the finest acting of their careers. Indeed, it is the first picture in which young Bartholomew has had a chance to show that he is not just a sweet and handsome lad with pathetic eyes. He is a grand ac- tor. Freddie Bartholomew As soon as Ernst Lubitsch finishes directing Marlene Dietrich and Her- bert Marshall in "Angel" he is going to turn actor for a few days. Long ago when he was an actor in Germ- any, his great ambition was to play Napoleon, and just now it happens that Cecil De Mille is searching the highways and byways for a man to play Napoleon in 'Buccaneer." Lub- itsch got into costume and make-up, presented himself to De Mille, and he was hired` at once` Dime To o I:Kms Guide Ideal F g re The woman who plans'' to reduce should decide whether she wants to lose weight from head to foot or simply an inch or two here, and there. If the former, a diet as well as -exercise routines should be mapped out. If'; the latter, exercise and mesemas- sage-not diet—are what count. Witt'. of all, find out what your di- nemeions ought to be. If you are 5 inches and under 30 years of e, your hips should measure no ;'more than 37 inches; waistline no -more than 26; bust no more than 34. If your bones are big, therefore heavy, and if your flesh is firm and solid, you can weigh as much as 135 pounds, yet retain the ideal dimen- sions, However, if you have tiny bones and your flesh has a tendency to be soft, you may have to come down to as little as, 120 pounds to have hips that are no more than 37, and so on. In other words, dimensions— not weight—should be your primary con- cern. If your hips, when compared to waistline, legs and bust, are aboui three inches too large, start rolling on the floor each and every morning._ Simply lie on the floor with ankles together and hands clasped high above your head. Keeping shoulders and arms on the floor, slowly roll the lower half of your body from side to side. See that each roll exerts pressure on the fatty spots on hips and thighs. This exercise, if done every day, is sure to produce satis.' factory results. Law on Soil Drifting A couple of years ago the legis- lators of the province decided that the time had come to take some com- pulsory action, and a soil drifting measure was passed which made it possible for neighbor to sue neighbor if drifted soil caused damage to land. • We have never heard of the act being invoked, but it night be a good thing if it were, It alight focus pa- lit attention on the problem and bring about more concerted action in this phase of farm i eliabilitati n work in the West. There is a strong tendency, we live noticed, for fdrine, td'''say that sola elriftiiig control methods are fin "tor the other fellow," bnt they do riot apply them at glome.Lethbridge, Hditld. An obedient wife is one whose hug ban -"'d 'has told her to do what slle pluses, and `Who does it.--I{itchen Record, Milk Protection For Tourists Ordinary raw milk heated to 142 de- grees in a double boiler for thirty mi- nutes and then chilled is free from dangerous b i atter a, This process is called pasteurization, and from pas- teurized milk there is little or no like- lihood of contracting bovine tuber- culosis, diptheria, typhoid fever, un- dulant fever or septic sore throat, To� ionto and almost 5 other Canadian centres make pasteurization compul- sory for the protection of their Pee - pie. But when their people go touring the country, this protection, and the protection afforded by a pure water supply, can no longer- be exercised by the home municipality. It remains for the individual to demand pasteurized milk and government tested water at the resorts which he patronizes. The Health League of Canada is go- ing to promote this form of tourist safety by listing the resorts in Ont- ario which furnish guests with pas- teurized milk only. 'United States tourists are beginning to ask for such information, and to some this will no doubt be a deciding factor. It will, at 'any sato, do much to promote public health. There have been In the past, re- sorts which prided themselves upon giving their guests "milk fresh from the cow — not like the poor stuff you get in the . city." Such milk, unfortun- ately, may be full of harmful germs. The cow may have tuberculosis, or it may have been wading in a typhoid - contaminated poo]. Pasteurization is a simple process which removes the liklihood that any disease will be transmitted. Woven Mist Share Responsibility For etter G=1sve&'n e St Mrs. Roosevelt, - Says W'e're Werk, lag Un to a New Ern Of Citizenship SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Women must carry a large part of the responsibil- ity for bringing about better govern- ment and a better order of living, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said in an address at a dinner climaxing the an- nual State Conference of Democratic Women here. "We're just working up to a new era • of citizenship," Mrs.. Roosevelt said in discussing' women's civil responsibility.• • "We're doing a tremendous thing in this country," the speaker said. "We're proving that democracy can function. There are not so many democracies that we can afford to neglect doing' our share of the job, beeaiise the whole basis of democracy is the responsibility of the individual citizen, Otherwise we can very easily slip into the type of government we can see in other .countries today," "Any girlwho y w o is needed at home has a job just as surely as the girl who °Aerates a machine in a factory," "Tho fruits of the free spirit of the men do not grow in the garden of ty- ranny." Stanley Baldwin, You may be able to get Australia, China and Russia on your radio. But try and get ten dollars on it at the dealer's. Quebec Chronicle -Tele- graph, la She Said 1 She said, "X milnever endure It ---the weight of this pain." She not knowing that bodies procure' Somehow the strength to retain. Every grief that assails thein, She) said "I shall never survive!" She not knowing how one may be' bled To the bone, and still thrive. She believed that the end Of her life would appear any day. But her back and her heart learned to bend-- And end—And the years passed away. "Seeing Eye" Dog Is Guide Miss Ludy Senkeivitz, D.A.,. of 6th Avenue, Rosemount, Montreal— who lost her sight and her right hand in. a. dynamite explosion. at a ' pi;.uic six years ago—with her German Shepherd. dog "Vic",_ trained at. the "Seeing Eye" Institute,. Morristown,. New Jersey,to be guide and guardian of blind folk.. She has returned to Montreal delighted. with the new-found freedom that the intelligent animal helps. her. to obtain.. The special 'harness which. the dog wears,, wiin a rigid loop, handle,, enables Miss Senkeivitz to sense the movements of they. dog, The photograph shows the dog guiding her• through traffic.. Twilight Scene "Down Under" ix. crews which fought for supremacy in the head -of -the -river race on the River Yarra, near Melbourne, ee'1Australia, are shown in this beautiful twilight scene as they stroked up the garden boraered river in their final evening practice for the race. Tie -Up of Hollywood's Latest Love Birds The film colony's newest newlyweds, William i3oyd, star of the "Westerns," and his vivacious bride, Grace Bradley (picttireleft), and Dick Foran, singing cowboy, and Mary Piper Hollingsworth, who fele married in a Mexican hamlet, made these pictures of happiness in Hollywood.