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Zurich Herald, 1938-03-24, Page 3unbap *-77').0o01 • Leon 1 . o",•�IDpiMo{,� POUS,04-.o�►Q1MYW� .1 . ...... -.... ... _.. LESSON XIII. CORRECTING WRONG IDEAS OF RELIGION—Mark 7:1-13. Golden Text—This people honor- eth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. Mark 7:6. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time.—A.D. 29. Place,--Capernaum. 1. And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem. The reason Mark does not say "certain of the Pharisees and of the scribes," but only "cer- tain of the scribes," is most probably because these scribes were especially selected for their learning to match that of Jesus. The Pharisees form- ed the Jewish sect or party which laid utmost stress on the strictest outward observance of the law. They were utterly self-righteous, and cul- tivated a hollow formalism that was ostentatious to a degree, especially In observing ceremonies, fastings, etc. Jesus exposes them as arrant hypocrites. The scribes were the pro- fessional students of the law (Old Testament) . The present delegation w a sent up from the capital to spy upon Jesus, to discredit him with the peo- ple, and to find cause for legal ac- tion against him. Ceremonial Cleanliness 2. And had seen that some of his disciples {ate their bread with defiled, that as; unwashen hands. It ,will be iiotieed that in the margin of the Revised Version the word here trans- lated "defiled" is there translated "common:" The Pharisees did not seek by these washings to remove dirt, but the defilement by contact with profane things. 3. (Ter the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not.) N ashinge are frequently referred to in the Old Testament, especially in the regula- tions regarding ceremonial cleanli- ness. Holding the tradition of the elders. The elders were the leading Jewish teachers who expounded the law and applied its precepts to actual life, According to their views, the law of Moses was a system of pre- eepts which surrounded the whole of man's life and enveloped each part of human existence in its. embrace. Every action was thus looked on as legal or illegal. • 4. And when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe them- selves, they eat not. Because Jews would necesarily have to mingle with Gentiles in such public places as the markets. And many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels). 5. And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition • of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled „Lands? These men Ieave the disciples alone; they hold Jesus re- sponsible, hence "thy disciples," they who follow thy teaching and thy spir- it. These men are keen, they see that this one act of the disciples real- ly sets aside the entire tradition of the elders. Hypocrisy Exposed G. And he said unto them. Hardly anywhere else in the Gospels is the absolute pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ as a teacher so clearly revealed as here. In the few short sentences which now drop from his lips our Lord pierces the shell of all , this outer' formalism, and reveals a deadening hypocrisy in the depths of the Jewish heart. Our Lord here smashes to pieces forever the whole humanly constructed system of the wooden traditions or men, giving back to true, living, deep, religious life the pre-eminent place original- ly given to it by God. Well did Isa- iah phophesy of you hypocrites. All Of us have to watch ourselves con- tinually, as disciples of the Lord Je- sus Christ, that by words or gifts or actions we do not become ourselves guilty of hypocrisy, As it is written, This people honot•eth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. 7. But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as 'their doctrines the pre- cepts of men. 8. Ye leave the com- mandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men. Such an indict- ment, as this 'can be applied only to religious people. The Jews were re- ligious. 13y teaching and preaching, by saying prayers out loud in the synagogues, by joining in the songs to Jehovah, they were pretending to honor God with their lips. While they w7rshipped God, they slid not obey the law of God. 9, And he said unto them, Full well do ya reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tra- dition. Directly a precept made for an occasion becomes a binding tra- dition to be subsequently obeyed, it is evil. The first movement toward the mastery of the soul by tradition is the movement of that soul away from ininnecliaate, direct, first-hand fellowship with God. We should apply this teaching of our Lord to our present day, and be- fore condemning these Pharisees too severely we should be sure that we ourselves are not somewhat guilty of the some blind worship of human tradition. How many things today in our churches are not commanded by the word of God? What our Lord was getting at was that the Phari- sees made these more or less artifi- cial rules to be absolutely authorita- tive, and gave them an importance greater than the importance of the word of God. Now there may be many things in• our churches today which the word of God does not com- mend. The Lord now proceeds to give these men a powerful illustration of what he is talking about, showing them how, from their own mean tricks, they are guilty of dishonoring the law of God, pretending to be true to the tradition of the elders. 10. For Moses said, Honor thy fa- ther and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. Of course the re- ference here is first to the Fifth Com- mandment. 11. But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, 'Given to God; 12. 'Ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother. 13. Making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. The word.. "Corban" is a Hebrew word, which means, fundamentally, "dedicated," i.e., "dedicated to God." When once a Jew had dedicated any possession of his, any piece of property or any money to God, calling out the word "Corban" over this particular object, that money or property or object could never be used except in some religious way; the vow of dedication could never be broken. What our Lord is saying here is that some Jews would be so mean that when a hour came when their parents were in need, and they had the means to help their parents, rather than give them out of their sufficiency, they would pronounce "Corban" over these very things which they could have used to help their parents. That the case with the Fifth Commandment is only a single illustration, Jesus declares by addingethat the Pharisees keep do- ing many things that rob the divine word of its authority for the conscience. Thus these men, who imagined they had a case against Je- sus, not only have their answer, a complete vindication of Jesus 'and his disciples, but have an indictment launched against themselves, one for- tified by absolute proof against which no defense is possible on their part. A --C Tower of ,Profit Wby o1iege Students Beak Gramar Rules Ready to Risk Purity of Speech Rather Than Be Considered Af- fected, Survey by Specialist Re- veals—Avoid Sissy 'Te'rms American college students will break the rules of grammar any day rather than risk being considered of-, fected because they use too precise speech; according to a survey of stu- dents' vocabularies made public last week in "American Speech," a Col- umbia University press quarterly, says the Montreal Star. The survey was compiled •by J. M, Steadman, Jr., of Emory TyniversitY, of Atlanta. He found that men stu- dents in particular shied from words which they regarded as unmanly. Al- though he did not list the words men like, he discovered that "euphemisms' for unpleasant words, words associat- ed with death or sex for instance, are used far less frequently than most discussions wruld lead one to thank." "There is a horrible fear of using effiminate words," wrote Mr. Stead- man, "but no taboos on masculine words." Among words that he said were de- tested by men on the ground that they sound "effeminate" Mr. Steadman list- ed the following: Abhor, adorable, adore, beau, charming, chic, •cunning; cute, dainty, darling, darned, dear, de-. licious, delightful, divine, dolly, dread- ful, ducky, enhanced, exquisite, giggle, glorious, gobs, goody, gorgeous, graci- ous, grand, heavenly, heavens! for heaven's' sake!, limb, love, lovely, luncheon, marvelous, naughty, oodles, precious, shampoo, simply, stunning, sweet, tea -dance or dinner party, and thrilling. Mr. Steadman pointed out that the American speech seemed rich in words connoting contempt for culture, such as "highbrow, ritzy, swanky and highhat." Conversely, he found that "unpleasant suggestions" were asso- ciated with such words as "exquisite, sensibility, refinement, taste, culture and fastidious." There's a strong rumour in Paris that the famous Eiffel Tower, prob- ably the world's best-known land- mark, is to be demolished. But no- body in France believes it. They've heard the same thing before. Actually, the Eiffel Tower makes a large annual profit. It was first er- ected forty-nine years ago, and took exactly two years to complete. With- ing the first year it had more than paid for itself. During 1937, the last year for which figures are available, it was visited by more than three-quarters of a million people, and the receipts totalled $300,000. For a number of years the tower was used at night as the biggest 11- luminated advertisement in the world. It advertised a make of motor -car. Thirty boys and girls from Japan will visit Germany this spring and on their return home they will be accom- panied by 30 members of the Hitler Youths and the Hitler Maidens. • Drivers of all public vehicles and motor trucks in France must submit to a physical examination. IS THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY? • By A. R. WEIR What the Stars Foretell for Those Born on March 26, 27, 28, 29 30 and 31. Those born on the above dates conte under the Zodiac. sign ARIES. This sign expresses itself through the head—giving you great mental en- ergy and an enthusiastic but rather headstrong temperament. You have a strong constitution but overwork is your problem. You must avoid worry also. A journey is indicated and score benefit is indicated through elderly people. Your lucky color is red. For complete birthday horoscope for any birthdate in the year, send 10e to A. R, Weir, 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto. Please print ,your r:ar;7:a and address plainly. Gets .ey Back y Stomach yrs ump Dog Who Swallowed Five -Dollar 13i11 is Persuaded to Give It Up un Aviation trashes; Their Prevention Less Than Five Per Cent. Can Be Attributed to Mechanical Failure Major General James E. Fechet, formerly chief of the 'United States Array Air Corps has studied airplane crashes statistically and discovered that loss than 5 per cent. can be at- tributed to mechanical failure, says the New York Times. The pilot, the weather man, the airline operations manager, the mechanic are respons- ible for most of the accidents. In this human chain the pilot is obvi- ously the supremely important link. When we consider in this light the recent accidents in which aerial pas- sengers have lost their lives, the pro- posal for a more intensive physical examination of pilots made in Science by C. E. Ferree and G. Rand should commend itself to airline companies. The utmost care is taken in selecting the men who are to manage a plane in flight. But this is not enough. If planes are inspected before each flight why not their pilots?. A ten- minute instrumental test is enough to reveal subnormality in co-ordina- tion of eye, brain and hand, in other words those effects of fatigue, in- somnia, worry, temporary lack of mental efficiency which may cause a man to falter in a crisis. Messrs. Ferree and Rand would also examine pilots after flights for the purpose of determining susceptibility to fatigue, the amount of strain that can be safely imposed and the proper kind of aerial duty that may be safely assigned to a given man. Pilots' Fitness Important That these are not unreasonable demands is borne out by Major Gen. Fechet's testimony. The army has its flight surgeons. They have found that "annual or semi-annual exam- inations are not enough," and that a "smart medico to keep the pilots under daily observations" was need- ed. These flight surgeons "paid off in reducing airplane crashes." To Major Gen. Fechet an easy mind is so much more important than a sound body that, in his opinion, an aviator who is "worried and pre -occupied" is to be trusted less than one "subject to fits or fainting spelIs." Granted that a human being is not a machine, the safety of the public nevertheless demands that the fitness of an avia- 'cor to set out on a :flight should be as much a matter of concern as the fitne'ts of the plane in which perhaps twenty passengers are seated. The current issue of the Royal Bank Magazine contains this story told by E. S. Highstead: "The first teller at Stratford, Ont., was faced with a very grave situatian on the morning of January 4th (to start the year off right), when a lady of rather small stature and woebegone expression presented him with the tattered centre portion of a Royal five dollar bill and asked what could be done about it. Devoured End Pieces "After a few questions the lady divulged that the family dog in a playful mood had devoured the two end pieces ,containing the serial num- bers. The teller expressed his condol- ences as best he could and promised to write Head Office as per Rule 720. "But the lady was not content with this and you can imagine the teller's amazement when she arrived smiling- ly the next day before his cage 'with the missing pieces wrapped up in a paper towel. The story rushes to a conclusion. The dog had been hied to a vet, who gave it a good work-out on the stomach pump, with the subse- quent release of the valuable tit -bits, and everyone was made happy." Small weather balloons will be used by Bangalore Observatory to obtain data concerning the monsoon, the wind which brings to India most of its rain, Oldest Pastor The oldest clergyman in Great Brit- ain is said to be the Rev. Matthew Gold, (above) who preached regular- ly until five years ago and is now spendingµh.s time with friends in the Exmcrcr hamlet of Luckwell Bridge. Spending half a century abroad •in the minis:its, of the Methodist Church, in missions and frontier stations, he returned to Iingland some thirty yeera -aro, and was called to preach i r the hill districts of West Selnerset. Lev. Mr. Gold is 103 years of age. Tucketts present a new Phil Harris show over CFRB, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 745 to 8:00 p.m. This program is carried by a network of Ontario stations. Pretty fair entertainment! —0— "Flying o—'Flying Club Broadcast A new serial for ldds and grown- ups is now on the air—heard aeross Canada . The air adventures of Jimmie Allen. We understand that real flying lessons, clubs, squadrons, air races and everything connected with aeroplanes comes out in gift forum during this series. 4,000,000 members belong to Jimmie Allen Flying Clubs in the United States, and this Canadian series makes Jim- mie Allen an international organiza- tion. If our readers would like to learn practically all there is about flying a plane, building one, and ev- en entering it in air races, tune in to Jimmie Allen, heard locally over CBL 5:45 to 6:00 p.m. This is with- out doubt the cleanest kiddies show that we have ever heard—plenty of excitement and thrills but no blood and thunder business. Sees Through rig For Thirty Miles New "Magic Eye" Will Be Tested Out By Television Pioneer On Voyage LONDON.—J. L. Baird, television Pioneer, leaving for Australia, dis- closed that during the voyage he would carry out experiments with a "magic eye" to enable ships' pilots to see through fog for a distance of thirty miles. Mr. Baird said he had already car- ried out experiments in an airplane at Crystal Palace. "The set, which can be comfortably carried in the cockpit of a plane, en- ables the crew of a bomber to see on a ground-glass screen a town from 60 to 100 miles away," he declared. "The invention can be used for recon- naissance work, and will be invaluable to scouting planes, enabling them to ascertain the position of troops who are deployed." 10,000,000 H.P. Engine Pictured If one can imagine a giant sixteen - cylinder engine with its cylinders re- placed by the barrels of a sixteen - inch coast -defense gun, using the usual powder charge of such a gun as fuel and its ton -weight shell as a piston, he can picture a 10,000,000 horsepower engine. Such is the power developed in, the barrel of a coast -defense gun dur- ing the period the shell is travelling through the bore, according to Dr. L. Thompson, of the U.S. Naval Proving Grounds, at Dahlgren, Vo. There would, of course, he almost insuper- able engineering difficulties involved in building and operating such an en- gine, but the calculdtion is useful in giving an idea of the amount of en- ergy which is released in such a gun. It momentarily uses more power than the propelling power -plants of the battle Meet of the Navy. Sold—A Horse An American farmer recently looked at one of his horses, decided it had passed its prime, and sold it for 65e, Some time later his bro- thor-in-law looked round his stock and, deciding he needed another horse, bought one for $50. It was the same horse. —o— The nation's favorite serial dramas have been brought together so that they follow consecutively. Starting May 30th, The Goldbergs, The 0' - Neils, Ma Perkins, The Road of Life and Kitty Keene Inc., will be heard each Monday, through Friday from 1:00 to 2:00 pan. So far this is all Around The Dial RADIO HEADLINERS OF THE WEEK By FRANK DENNIS the information we have on these serials, but more is forthcoming and as soon as we have it, we shall Pali it on to you. —0— Winner Goes to New York April lst wil see the first Dr. Jack- son final program in this series of Airbreak Shows. The winner of this program will be sent to New York'• to be auditioned by the Columbia& Broadcasting System. The quality of the talent presented is much above the average amateur standing--audi there might be a possibility of a star being born on this date. The time--; 8:30, Friday over CFRB, —o— "A postage stamp or a postal card may save you a great many dol- lars on your fuel bill," says James Stewart, `blue coal' Heating Expert, whose regular talks on home heating are so much appreciated by listeners to "The Shadow" programs, heard over CFRB, Toronto, every Wednes- day evening. Mr. Stewart went on to say that hundreds of householders' have discovered how to get mora comfort and beter heating, and still" spend less for fuel, through following' the simple instructions contained its the free booklet—"First Aid to Bet.. ter Heating"—published by the pro -1 ducers of 'blue coal'. Those wishing, a copy of this very valuable little book need only send their name and; address to—`blue coal', 217 Bay St.,' Toronto. Leader Resigns A recent photo of Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett who resigned the leadership of the Conservative Party. Your H�.mdwrUiing Tells The Truth AbYour Char •ucter! By LAWRENCE HI :,BERT (Psychologist, Character -Analyst and Lecturer) Mom In deciding on marriage, should a girl choose security. without glamour or should she marry a man who will give her real companionship, but who is somewhat lacking in steadiness? This interesting topic is suggested by one of the letters I received this week. The girl's writing shows that she is very reserved. She is capable of much real affection, but she is not effusive when she meets people. There is nothing impulsive about her, She considers matters carefully, weighs the "pros and cons" before coining to a decision. Once she makes up her mind she won't be in a hurry to change it. In sending me letters from her boy friends she says, "please tell me what you think of these two friends, both of whore seem very fond of me. I have my own ideas about them, but should like to check with your con- clusions. I am particularly anxious to know as it is possible -I may have to choose between then shortly." Mr. A's writing shows a volatile nature, a little highly -strung and very expressive emotions. Unfortunately his .enthusiasms are not lasting; they are like summer storms that sweep up in an instant, flash for a brief per- iod, and then disappear. He will be "good company" but a none -too - sturdy tree to shelter beneath when trouble brews:! Mr. B's writing depicts a man who is solid and dependable but unimag- inative. His energy is constant; not a natter of fits and starts. He pur- sues his tasks quietly but firmly, and whilst other men may surpass him in brilliance he will win races in the game of Life because he always has "something in reserve" for the final pull. There you have a picture of all three. if the girl marries Mr. B. she need have no fears for her future security, but slie will hardly have the companionship that Mr. A. would contribute. The above case is an excellent 11- iustratiou of how a handwriting an- alysis can help. It does not relieve you of the final necessity of making a choice, but it is amazingly reveal- • ing of the innermost characteristics of people, especially the qualities which ere often obscured by mere surface indications. —o— Readers are invited to send sped - mens of their own writing, as well as' that of friends, sweethearts or rela- tives, for an unbiased analysis per- sonally prepared by Mr. Hibbert. En- close 1Oc for EACH specimen (coin or postal note preferred) to help defray handling charges. Enclose with stamped addressed envelope tot Lawrence Hibbert, Room 421, 73 W. Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont. Replies will he forwarded as quickly as posy Bible,