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LESSON X1I.
KEEPING THE BODY STRONG
(A +Personal Aspect of Temperance)
Mark 6:53.56; Judg. 13:12-14;
1 Cor.. 3:16,17; Rom. 12:1, '2
Golden Text.—Now therefore be-
ware, I pray thee, and drink no wine
nor strong drink, and eat not any
unclean thing, swig. 13;4.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Tithe.—The events recorded by
Mark took place in April, A.D. 29.
The birth" of Samson occurred near
B,C, 1201. Paul wrote his epistle
to the Corinthians about A.D. 59, and
his epistle to the Romans within a
year or two of that time.
Place.—The events in Mark occur-
red on the plain of Gennesaret. Sam-
son was born in Zorah, a village
about twenty miles in a straight line
west of Jerusalem. , Corinth was one.
of the great cities of southern
Greece, and Rome was, of course, the
capital of the world..
53. And when they had crossed
over. It was in returning from the
eastern side of the Sea of Galilee
that Ch ist and his disciples were
overtaken by a storm which is de-
scribed in the preceding seven verses.
They carne to the land unto Gennes-
aret. This is a semi -elliptical plain
,on the western shore of the Sea of
Galilee, about three miles long and
something more than a mile wide.
a place of unusual fertility and
beauty. And moored to the shore,
i,e., they anchored to the shore of
Gennesaret.
54. And when they were conte out
of the boat, straightway the people
knew °hitn.
Healing Sick Bodies
55. And ran round about that
whole region, and began to carry
about on their beds those that were
sick-, where they heard he was.
What 'is made emphatic in this pas-
sage is not the people's faith so much
as their need.
56. And wheresoever he entered,
into villages, or into cities, or into
the country, they laid the sick in the
market -places. And besought him
that they might touch if it were but
the border of his garinent: and as
many as touched him were made
whole. See also Mark 5:27; Acts 5:
16; 19:11, 12. The garment was the
Muter robe, the tallith worn over the
tunic. At each corner was a tassel
with a thread or ribbon of blue.
There was no virtue in the garment
of Christ itself, and hundreds could
touch the garment, without faith,
and- receive no blessing whatever.
Christ simply honored• the faith of
these people by healing them when
they manifested such faith by eager-
ly attempting to come near him that
they might but touch the border of
his garment.
Instructions for Diet
(.fudges: Chapter 13)
12. And Manoah said, Now let thy
words come to pass: what shall be
the ordering of the child, and how
shall We do unto him? 13. And the
angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah,
Of all that I said unto the woman
let her beware. 14. She may not eat
.of anything that cometh of the vine,
neither let her drink wine or strong
• drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all
that 3 commanded her let her ob-
serve.. In the earlier part of this
chapter we are told that an angel of
the Lord had appeared to the wife
of Manoah, announcing that she
would have a son who should be a
Nazirite unto God all the days of his
life, and who would '"begin to de-
liver Israel out of the band of the
Philistines." In making this an-•
nounceinent the angel had told her
to drink neither wine nor strong
drink, and not to eat any unclean
thing.
It shoula be carefully noticed that
not only was the Nazirite himself not
to drink strong drink, but the mother
of the one who was to live under a
Nazirite vow all of his life was told
to refrain from drinking any strong
drink from the time of the concep-
tion of the child to the day of his
birth.
The question naturally arises as to
why then separated unto God for
particular priestly work should re-
frain from strong drink, and the ans-
wer is that it clouds their minds aiicl
inflames their hearts in such a way
that neither their thoughts, nor their
purposes, nor their acts, can be truly
holy when under the influences of
such beverages.
Temple of God
16. Know ye not that ye are a
temple of God, and that the Spirit
of Gocl dwelleth in you? 17. If any
man destroyeth the temple, of Cod,
him shall God destroy; for the tem-
ple of God is holy, and such are ye.
Paul is speaking in this chapter of
the responsibility of ministers, of
those who are building the Christian
edifice, which building is the temple
of God. A temple is a house in
which God dwells; and therefore, it
is added, "and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you." This indwelling
of the Spirit constitutes each believ-
er, every .separate church, and the
church collectively, the temple of
God. As in the ancient Jewish tem-
ple, in its inmost recess, the Sheki-
nah, or glory of God, was constant-
ly present, and conferred on the
building its awe-inspiring power, and
rendered any profanation of it a di-
rect offense to God, so does the Holy
Spirit dwell in the cnurch, and the
profanation of this temple by false
doctrine is sacrilege.
A Living Sacrifice
1. I beseech you therefore, breth-
ren, by the mercies of God. Through-
out preceding chapters of Romans the
mercies of God have been unfolded.
These mercies include God's love fox
men, his grace toward men, the send-
ing of his Son, who Is the very
righteousness of God, to ' men, that
men might be justified in God's
sight, the death which Christ died as
a prbpitiation for our sins, the new
life which we have in Jesus Christ,
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the
access that is ours to the Father in
prayer, our sonship and co -heirship
with Christ, our present sanctifica-
tion, our future glorification, and all
the hope of the life to some, togeth-
er with a consciousness that every-
thing works together for good to
those that love God, from whose love
nothing will ever be able to separate
us; these are the mercies of God
which should prove the motive power
of our life. God's mercy comes first
and our consecration afterwards,
never vice versa. To present. This
is a term associated with gifts for the
temple. This action is purely volun-
tary. Your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable to God. Sacrifices
in the Old Testament were presented
after the death of these sacrifices.
Our body is to be a living sacrifice,
i.e., utterly devoted to God in the
life which is lived in these bodies.
Which is your spiritual service. It
is to be noted that in the margin of
the Revised Version the word here
translated "spiritual" is said to mean,
literally, "belonging to the reason."
Consecration is intellectual as con-
trasted with• the uninteligent offering
of the animal in the Jewish sacri-
fices.
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Scientist Says IQ :s Not Fixed—
It May Go Up Or Down —
Whole Concept of Intelligence
Must Be Reformulated.
The IQ—short for intelligence quo-
tient as treasured by standardized
tests—is a variable element in the
composition of a human being, it was
pointed out in a recent paper by
Beth L. Wellman of the Iowa Child
Welfare Research station at Iowa
City.
It was once the opinion of most
psychologists that the IQ was fixed.
that, for instance, a child who had.
a low mental rating would never rise
above it, and vice versa. It isn't
so, Prof. Wellmaninsists, for "there
is now no escape from the fact that
children's IQ have possibilities of.
change over practically the whole
range from genius to feebleminded-
ness."
Slip Back To Moron Style •
Her paper was illustrated with
charts showing increases in genius
levels by children once average in IQ
and others decreases from average to
feeblemindedness.
Thus, she said, our whole concept
of intelligence must be reformulated.
"The demonstration of these
changes," she explained, "forces us'
to abandon the idea of an innate un-
changeable intelligence and to enter-
tain the idea that children may.
Unworldly Attitude
2. And be not fashioned to. this
world, In verse 1, we have, as it
were, the positive aspect of conse-
cration, and in this verse we have,
as it were, the negative aspect. The
word here translated "fashioned!!
means outward conformation. We
are not, then, to conform to the
world in its worldliness, eitherin our•
life, or our conversation, or our
pleasures. But be ye transformed
. by the renewing of your mind. The
word here translated "transformed"
is the very word used in the account
of the transfiguration of our Lord
(Matt. 17:2). Here it has a far
deeper significance than the preced-
ing word "fashioned," and refers to
that which is essential and real, the
very inner part of one's being. To be
a new creature in Christ is to have
a new mind. That ye may prove
what is good and acceptable -and per-
fect will of God. The result of this
purification is to make the intellect,
which is the seat of moral judgment,
true and exact in judging all spirit-
ual and moral questions. To prove
means to prove and approve, to test
and attest. By daily consecration we
prove that God's will is good and ac-
ceptable and perfect.
A—C
Youngest .Soldier
Safe Driver M.t
Have Road Sense
Importance of a Driver's Ability
to Judge Correctly and to Be
Prepared For the Unexpected.
It has often been remarked that
no driver .of a motor vehicle can be
considered to. be a safe driver unless
and until he has acquired a high or-
der of road sense, writes a corresp-
ondent in the Glasgow Herald. But
a question that has never been easy
to answer is: "What is road sense?"
The most direct reply I have heard,
the simplest definition, is that road
sense is the ability to put two and
two together and to use the total as
the key to the solution of a road
problem!
But such a definition tells nothing,
even though it has some underlying
truth. For myself, I would venture
to define road sense as the ability of
a driver to judge correctly, by ex-
perience of signs and portents ra-
ther than by direct evidence, when
danger threatens and how it can be
avoided, or when and where there is
-no danger despite its seeming to ex-
ist.
Road sense is not derived from
lengthy experience alone. I have
known men and women who have
Pond's "Ask Another" program
presents a new game to radio listen-
ers on Fridays 10 to 10.80 p.m., over
CFRB. The new gag is known as
What Have I Got, A rather hazy
description of things'is given by some
member of the east, and it's up to
the audience to guess what is meant.
For Example—I have two parallel
lines crossing another two parallel
lines, and,, a bunch of it's and o's—
what have I got? Obviously (?) a
game of X's and O's. If any of our
readers have any such stuff to offer
—just address it to Pond's, CFRB
Toronto. The regular business of
asking questions will still continue.
—o—
Tune Chasers
We had an enquiry as to the
whereabouts of the Tune Chasers,
those pixillatedmen of melody, gags
and Birds, Beryt Pearl, Bob Farnon
and Rai Purdy. The time has been
changed to 6.00 to 6.15 p.m. over
CFRB, Sundays, and the boys are
still very mach at it.
—o—
The .Or. Hagen Show, True car
False, originated last week in the
studios of CFRB, Toronto. Two
teams were picked, 6 men on one
side and six women on the other. All
participants were from the University
of Toronto—boys from Engineering
and girls 'front Household Science.
The questions asked were of general ,
interest and had to be answered by
either true or false. The teams are
picked at random—not long ago, Dr.
Hagen conducted a program of truck
drivers against a team of chorus
girls. The time -9.30 to 10.00 Wed-
nesdays.
• —o—
What! No Hisses?
Many strange things happen dur-
change in almost any amount" • 1 been driving for years without ac -
Race Intellectually Undernourished–''
Further, she added that "a func-
tional view of intelligence does not
conflict with the acknowledgment
that there is a biological basis for be-
haviour," but observes that the
changes have been demonstrated to
be due to environmental conditions.
"Socially," she concluded, "such
changes have far-reaching implica-
tions. Extreme upward changes are
beneficial to the child and to society.
Eventually we may be led to the con-
clusion that as a race we are at pres-
ent intellectually undernourished."
The paper, was read before the edu-
cational section of the American As-
sociation for the Advancement of
Science.
"lloy" martin, 15, member of the
Seaforth Highland Regiment, the
youngest soldior on the lad ti c1i
roster, right, stands lit ,.-,•tion in
Glasgow„ .Scotland, pr.or to
for service in China.
Plan to Uncover
Asia Mink r City
American Savants Will Dig to
Find the 2,000 -Year -Old Ruins
Of Ancient Van.
A little band of ditch diggers an-
nounced last week they would dig in-
to Asia Minor in the hope of finding
new information on the Bible story
of how the world began.
They are scientific ditch diggers—
archeologists of Brown and Pennsyl-
vania universities—and their ditches
will be dug this summer into the
2,000 -year-old ruins of the ancient
City of Van.
Prof. Robert P. Casey, chairman
of Brown's department of Biblical
literature and one of the leaders of
the expedition, and his associates
looked for "discoveries as important
as any in Asia Minor to date, includ-
ing those of the recent Hittite digs."
' New Light on Bible Stories
"If a sufficient number of ancient
writings can be found," he said,
• "translations may be possible which
would give the history of the king-
dom and reveal the now sketchy
story of international jealousy, con-
flict and conquest that marked the
opening of centuries of the first
leniunn."
Knowledge of the language used
by the •people of Van, the professor
explained, night shed light on the
'historical background of the Old
Testament's Book of Genesis as well
as the Boo:: of Tii„gs.
'quiring it to any greater extent than
other people who have been motorists
only a few months. Experience is,
however, an essential element; but
equally, if not more, important is
keen observation and recollection of
cause and effect. A driver posses-
sing road sense will instinctively
realise that when such -and -such a
thing happens—a perfectly innocuous
occurrence of itself maybe—it will
Probably be followed by some situa-
tion representing either a danger or
an opening for safety—or, again, no
danger at all.
Uncanny Foresight
A driver possessing road sense will
-often surprise his passengers (even
though they also may . be owner -
drivers) by his seemingly uncanny
foresight.
Inexperienced motorists while de-
sirous of acquiring road sense must,
while driving carefully, cultivate the
habit of watching other road users
and things seen on or near the road,
and making mental note of what they
are prone to do or omit to do in vari-
ous circumstances, both of their own
initiative and as a result of what
other people in front or to either
side of them do or fail to do.
Once A Trade Centre
The City of Van, tra,!e centre 011
the caravan routes which crossed the.
known ',.-rid 25 centuries ago, was
cicstro,•cd 1.y crn:'ii:;ing .Scythian
c:rini::i abozit. t;;;0. 13,C. 1-lur c (,list
which now cover the ruins
;,. no l.. E: ef Angora, three miles
sea .idc iiie c kern City of Van.
The Deal Island lighthouse in Tas-
mania, 957 feet above sea level and
probably the highest in the world, is
to have electrical equipment giving
a beam of 1,000,000 candlepower in
place of the present 3,000 candle-
power acetylene lamp.
Makes London Virit
round
The Dial
RADIO HEADLINE
OF THE WEEK
Ey FRANK DENNIS
ing a broadcast. Stan Francis, rs-
hearsing a show that was to be rap
corded on a disc as well as broadcast
corrected the script in the last re*
maining moments. However, one
little error escaped him " . , hilar.-
ous situation" and the word should
have been "situations." Stan no-
ticed it, but it was too late to tell the
announcer. During the program
when this part came upethe announ-
cer read "situation." Francis kindly
added the "s" at the end. The east
thought Stan was hissing the announ
car, but the recording showed that
everything was perfect and the word
sounded "situations."
—0—
Charlie Hannigan is sitting on our
desk right now—and just by way of
questioning—we had the audacity to
ask him if he ever took violin les-
sons, Whereupon everything that
was on the desk including the ink-
well and Charlie came flying at us.
Apparently there was a time when
Charlie could play DeBussy composi-
tions. Maybe you do have to be a
musician to play old time tunes. Any-
way, you can hear Charlie and his
Mountaineers every Monday at 8.00
p.m. over CKCL.
—o—
Thriller Program
The radio program "The Shadow"
sponsored by the producers of "blue
coal" and heard every Wednesday
evening over Station CFRB, is frank-
ly of the "thriller" type. But it is
a thriller with a difference, as the
star rule is played by Orson Welles,
whose "Julius Gaesar" is currently
one of New York's biggest hits, and
the entire cast and production is of
so much smoother a type that "The
Shadow" was recently honored with
the annual Pilot Radio Award—one
of airdom's most coveted honors.
Seventy feet beneath the busy Fifty years will be required to
Potsdammerstrasse men working on chart the coast of Labrador, accord -
Berlin's new underground railway ing to estimates. The British Nava'
found the bones of a mammoth be-
lieved to have lived 35,000 years ago. has started the job.
They Have Been Following The Hounds
Eamon De Valera, President of Eire,
:formerly the Irish Free State, arrives
in London for a conference to disw
cuss conclusions drawn from former
visits to the English Capital.
'230`4 m. as.•b { ^'
The Regent of Hungary, Admiral Nicholas von Horthy (left) and President
Ignatz Mosici of Polandchat n von Horthy's honor, eWarsa, Poland. recently in
ahunt held i
Your Handudrit ng Tells The
Truth About Your Character!
• By LAWRENCE HIBBERT
(Psychologist, Character -Analyst and Lecturer)
ed of the lure of personal propin-
quity.
It is a simple matter for a char-
acter -analyst to forecast how they
will get along together.
Joan had two beaux. She liked
then both immensely, and was in a
quandary when both asked her to
marry. Which should she accept?'
, I said of one, "he is deceptive;;
he will weave tortuous paths, de-
ceiving people by his very plausibil-
ity," The other one, I said, was
straightforward, more of a plodder
than a scintillating genius; a lover
of home life and yet not averse to'
an occasional jaunting.
Like a wis !girl :=he accepted the
second man. Only the other week
1 had a letter :t rom her, telling me
how happy she and her husband
v: ere, In a posi:i..ript she added,
"when you anal 1 the writings for
me, I was sot: a it.:, t dismayed, for
I had a secret pt'eierenco for the:
other man. flow Tacky it was for me,
that I took your advice, for the man
I rejected las turned out very bad-
ly.,5
12e,acl•srs are invited to send speci-
Now, handwriting tells the story
of the Character of a writer. If you teen c: their owa writing, as well
take the writing of a girl and lay it as that of their friends, sweethearts
beside the writing of her boy friend, or relatives, for an unbiased analy-
you have a complete picture of both . .i bort. per personally t ;cared EACH sped-
by Mr. Hib-
thein characters. The dispositions
of both are shown clearly, like an t.tcn (coin or nos:al note preferred)
aeroplane caught in the beams of a . tol helm defray Handling charges. iEn-
searehlight—not the things 'which close with stampad adds erred envol-
the each imagine about the other, ope too Lawrence Ribbert, Roam 421,
y shorn73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont.
but the unvarnished truths, I'cpl!es will be forwarded as quickly
of the roseate hues with which ro- aseell
mance has draped them, and divest- possible.
CHOOSING YOUR SWEETHEART
BY HIS WRITING!
Some of my readers, especially the
younger ones, will probably say,
"what an impracticable idea! Isn't
love a spontaneous experience, and
not a matter of choice?"
Yet most people DO exercise a cer-
tain discrimination when they fall
in love, even though it may be quite
subconsciously. For instance, girls
seek certain qualities in the men they
love. They believe that their sweet-
hearts cone up to the standard they
have set up in their own .minds. The
mere fact that a girl falls in love
with a particular man presuppeee.s
that, in her opinion, he has certain
characteristics she feels her man
should have.
There is the "nigger in the wood-
pile!" Love is so blinding an expe-
rience, blended as it is of physical,
emotional,, spiritual and mental at-
tractions, that. it temporarily be-
clouds one's faculties of judgment"
Then, we believe pretty much what
weWISH to believe!