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Zurich Herald, 1938-04-14, Page 3JU nday School Lesson LESSON ill. THU VICTORIOUS SERVANT (Easter) Acts 2; 22-36 Golden Text. — This Jesus did God rause up, whereof we all are w nesses. Acts 2: 32. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. --The day of Pentecost, May 28, A.D. 30. Place. --Jerusalem. 22, Ye men of Israel, hear these words: The apostle Peter begins the sedated pant of his sermon by remind- ing his audience of their great priv- ilege and honor in being members of - the chosen race, of which he also was a member, and in this they stood to- gether on common ground. Jesus of Nazareth. Many have been bearing rumors that this person had come forth out of the tomb ou the third day. This is the first time, however, that thousands of these Jews bad ever had an opportunity, of hearing one of the Christian apostles expound the significance of the death and ressur- ection of this man Jesus. Approved of God into you. The Greek word here means "demonstrated," "shown by ar- gument." By mighty works and won- ders and signs. Which God did by him in the midst of you, even as e e yourselves know. The miracles of Christ were so many, and had been performed in so many different ioeal- ities, and there were so many thous- ands of people in Palestine who could bear testimony to their reality, that none of these Jews, if they pretended to be in their right mind, could deny that Jesus had performed them during his ministry. Death of Christ 28. Iim, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowl- edge of God. That Christ should die upon a eoss, the Father, and the Son, and the holy Ghost always ' -few. Jesus.himself knew that this was his appointed mission, as he often said during 'his public ministry. Isis death upon the cross was the only way by which he could make propitiation for our sins, give us eternal life, and bring: us into the pies--- ee of f Nd (1 Pet. 3: 18). Ye by the hand of law- less -men. Here the reference to the Roman soldiers who did not have the law of Moses, and who ';ere, as the apostle Paul says "withoat law" Did crucify and slay. The death of Jesus, Iike the tragedy of Judas, had been foreordained, but that was no justilcetion of the actors; their guilt remained. The resurrection of Christ and• the descent of the Holy Spirit in all his Illuminating power had reveal- ed to the apostle Peter the •true sig- nificance of the death of Jests of Naz- areth; and now, instead of shrinking from the fact (Matt. 16: 22), he boldly proclaims it as foreordained of God. Illictic cotisciousnees to David 'n the composition of the psalm. 32. This Jesus did Gori raise up, whereof we all are witnesses. This is Peter's third argument e,oncerning the it- actuality of the resurrection of Cltrleut; first, it was inevitable that he should rise from the dead, because death had no hold on him; secondly, it was pre- dicted that he would rise from the dead by David, who, in suck predic- tions was a true prophet of God; in the third pdace, he, Peter, with the other apostles and many others, had actually seen with their own eyes the Lord Jesus Christ gain and again af- ter he had risen from the dead. The ground under Peter's feet when he was speaking of Christ's resurrection was just as solid and firm as the ground under his feet when he was talking about Christ's miracles and humanity. There is not anywhere in all of Christendom any argument, or any chapter, or any book which can stand the closest scrlttiny of scholar- ship, that can in any way destroy or harm the united, overwhelming proof that Christ carie forth from the tomb in his own body on the third day after his .death, as he said be would. 33. 'Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having re- ceived of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear. That Christ ascended to the right hand of Cod means, of course, that all that Christ did, God approved; that he has the right to sit at God's right hand, being God the Son. In other words, this man, a carpenter of Nazareth, who walked among these very Jewish people for years, whom they crucified, thereby rejecting, God had approved and raised up to sit at his right hand. 34. For Daviel ascended not into the heavens; but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand. 35. Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. This quotation is from Ps. 110: 1. St. Pet- er does not demand belief upon his own assertion, but he again appeals to the Scriptures and to words which could not have received a fulfillment in the case of David. In this appeal he reproduces the very words in which, some seven weeks before, our Lord himself had convicted the scribes of error, in their interpretation of this same psalm. No passage of Scripture is so constantly referred to in the New Testament as this 110th Psalm. The psalm was always regarded as Messianic by the Jews. In these four- teen verses Peter has carried the his- tory of the Lord Jesus from his hu- manity up through his death and resurrection to the very throne of God to which he ascended, from the earth to heaven, from humanity to deity, from then to eternity, from death to everlasting life—all molded, predicted by the very Scriptures which these men had heard taught, and had been reading themselves from the time they were boys. Both Lord and Christ Acts 2: 36,' Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hathmade him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified. The sermon of Peter is ebeat to come to an end, and he concludes it with a glorious sentence of climax. Ir. this one sentence he clinches his entire argument. In the word "Lord" power and sovereignty are there expressed; in the word "Christ" Ms saving work is indicated. What these Jews to whom Peter was speaking that day were to know assuredly is exactly what all men are to know with the same assurance today. I -le is our Lord and our Christ. His Resurrection 24. Whom God raised up. This is the fourth time the apostle has re- ferred to God in his relationship to Christ within two minutes of an ad- dress,. Here is the crux of Peter's en- tire argument. All of his hearers knew that one Jesus had lived, had performed miracles, had died upon the cress, but thousands of then were not convinced that Jest s had risen from the dead, and that is wily Peter de- votes more than 'tall of the second part of his sermon on Pentecost to an exposition of and a defense of the resurrection r" our Lord. First he speaks of it as absolutely inevitable —Having loosed the pangs of death; because it was not possible that he should be Bolden of it. A more literal translation Of the Greek word here translated "pangs" would be "birtlt- pangs,". the resurrection of Christ be- ing conceived . ; a birth out of death. 25. For Daviel saith concerning him, I behead the Lord always before my face; for he 18 on my right hand, that I should not be moved. 26. There- fore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh also shalt dwell in hope. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, neither wilt thou give thy Holy .One to see corruption. 28, Thou maclest known unto me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. Of course David himself first wrote these words, inspired by the Holy Spirit. David's Words 29. Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us, unto this day. For references to David's tomb, see I Kings, 2: 10; 2 Sam. 5: 7. We do not know today whnre the tomb is, but ail those who were listening to Peter en the day of Pentecost did know where the tomb was. 30. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of hie loins be would 'set one upon Ms .throne. 31. 11e foreseeing this spike of the resurrection of the Christ, that neith- er was be left onto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption, As David could not have spoken this psalm of himself, he spoke it of some other who was none other than the Messiah, the word "foreseeing" ascribes pro - A. --C Born In 1766? A "miracle man" has recently ap- peared in Allahabad and claims to be 172 years old. He is a Hindu, named Sannaysi, and is reported to have cured people of blindness and to have made old men young, IS THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY? By A, R. WEIR What the Stars Foretell For Those Born on April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. For the 15th to 20th the Zodias sign is Aries. For the 21st it is Taurus. People born between the 15th and 20th of April are usually headstrong, tempera/boatel and have great mental energy. They object to opposition, are very positive by nature and very definite about everything. They are witty, congenial and good hearted. Friends always have a good time In their company. Those born on April 21st love coin - fort and 'pleasure. They are trusts worthy, reliable and capable of rising to responsible positions. An import- ant change in business affairs is indi• eated and some benefit by speeula- tion. For complete birthday horoscope for any birth date in the year, send 106 to A. it. Weir, 78 Adelaide St. W. Toronto. Please print your name and address plainly. A New Departure -- Lie Detector Introduced hi Trial For the first time in New York criminal procedure, a lie -detector was introduced and its evidence accepted as ac- curate, when Raymond Kenney, on trial as a second offender, was found not guilty, duo to use of the detector. Fa- ther Walter Summers, S.J., is developer of the detector. es New Eur Withy Scope Economist Has Plan to Bolster Peace -- Suggests New Euro- pean Agreement On Collective Security. Creation of a new European pact within the scope of the existing League of Nations as a step towards ultimate collective security and posi- tive peace was advocated Last week at London, England, by Professor J. M. Keynes, noted economist. Constitution of such a pact would relieve the old League of its inop- erative organs and would be extreme- ly simple, Professor Keynes writes in the New Statesman and Nation. It would become the first offspring of the old League dwelling with amity in its ,parents' house and sharing its common interests and activities. Voting Power Under the proposed pact, partici- pating members would be called on to give definite undertakings to one another with the power to act by the voice of the majority. ,Professor Keynes suggests that voting power could be apportioned on the follow- ing basis. Great Britain, France, and Russia, 10 votes each; Poland and Czecho. slovakia, four; Switzerland, Holland Belgium, and the Scandinavian and Balkan countries, two each; and the Baltic States and Spanish provinces, one each. Suggests Sanctions Professor Keynes suggests sanc- tions attached to the new pact should be of three orders: financial assist- ance and rupture of relations; block- ade; fun military alliance. "Smaller powers with less than four votes should not be committed to join any sanctions without their own assent in any particular ease," the professor says. "Members of the pact among themselves of course accept the results of arbitration en- dorsed by a majority vote . . . re- nouncing altogether the instrument of war. Open for An American League "Their general staffs would be in regular collaboration with reference to air defence and blockade. But they should be concerned no less with the arts o9' peace and aim at becom- ing the nucleus of a new system of freedom of trade and intercourse sc that a citizen of the European league would again enjoy his own personal liberties.' When the European league decid- ed to act, members 01 the old League would be invited of their own free will to participate in the decision. "The hope would be for the bless- ing of other offspring, in particular an American league, headed by the United States, and perhaps by the Pacific and African leagues, and league for Middle and Nearer Asia." Stamps Changed New stamps to replace the existing five and ten ,shilling issues were re- leased by the Australian Postal De- partment this Montle. Above is the lai'ger denomination, the smaller is of the sante design but bears a portrait of the Queen aist.su:ri of the ming. pen "a f League Th nderstorms To Be Forecast Weather research scientists an- nounced last week at Cambridge, Mass,, they believed they had found a way to forecast thunderstorms 24 to 36 hours in advance. They found the method last summer was 90 per cent. accurate. Their progress was reported In the bulletin of the American 'Meteorologi- cal Society by Jerome Namias, re- search assistant at Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology. The forecasts are based on know- ledge of the "flow patterns" of the various levels of air in the atmosphere. Air Sounded Daily Each day the weather men take airplane, balloon and radio-meteoro- graphie soundings from all; over the country. These readings are plotted on maps. When the sounding points are connected with lines they show "valleys" and "mountains" along which flow moist and dry air •currents. The result is an "isentropic chart" or contour map of the air above the United States. When the moist air reaches frona. the surface of the earth to high lev- els, with dry air massed in the higher atmosphere, tIte radiational cooling ,between the two causes huge draughts which cannot be equalized, and along comes the summer shower or thunder- storm. Giant Panda Market Suffers 1g Slump Quotations Drop As More And More of These Rare Animals Are Being Discovered The world market in baby giant pandas pointed downward this week after the arrival itt Chengtu, China, of Floyd Tangier Smith, American .big game hunter, with four of the bear- like animals. News of his record catch came only a few days after the death of Su -lin, which was purchased by the Chicago Zoological Society for approximately $10,000. Mei-Mei, a younger panda, was placed in the society's zoo at Brookfield a short time ago. Both females were captured by Mrs. Will- iam H. Harkness, Jr., in the wilds of Western China. Su -Lin, who completed a year at the zoo on February 8th, won fame as the first giant panda ever exhibited in the United States. Commenting on Smith's big capture, Francis E. Manierre, a member of the society's animal committee, said "we certainly are interested," "That fellow got right in the middle of Panda town. Whether we will buy any or not is another question. We don't even know whether he will sell them.,, Zoo officials said Smith v as a part- ner of William H. Harkness, Jr., who died in Shanghai early in 1936 while Searching for a panda. At Chengtu, Smith said he would go to Hong Kong by chartered plane, thence to the United States by fast 'boat in order to get the animals, in• eluding three males, into a zoo before they succumb to climatic conditions. Hearts -Ease Since I gave my heels to the road 0 God and 0 Mary, What a heart -breaking load Has fallen from me. Since I .laid niy ear to the wind, 0 God and 0 Mary, What a load from my mind Has fallen from me, Corinne Thomas -.-(after an old Gaelie Soiig) in "Path of Beauty" Nazi Youths Must Start At Twelve A whole generation of "future Adolf Hitlers" is being groomed in Germany. At the age of 12, the pick of the boys of the nation are being launched on a course of training which will not end until they are 29 years old. The first stage of trains, from 12 to 18 years, will be completed at "Adolf Hitler Schools" of which there will be one for each of the 32 German dis- tricts. Here the "future Fuehrers" will not be taught but must work themselves into National Socialist ideology, according to Dr. Robert Ley, Nazi labor leader. Three Months Per Year Successful matriculants from these schools will next enter one of four "Universities for Nazi Leaders" for courses in rifle shooting, equestrian sports, Iight athletics, flying, skiing, mountain climbing, and spiritual de- velopment. Twelve weeks each year will be deeoted to practical work in political offices. The student is then released to com- plete his academic work or learn a profession after which he will qualify for the degree of "Political Leader" by a six -months study of the German east. Canadians Are Popular Abrt-ad Passports ]fake Magic —.-hut They Have Trouble In Establish- ing Nationality The most valuable thing a Canadian owns is his passport. But it Is only after he has travelled in Europe for some time that he realizes the citi- sons of no other country in the world enjoy hie privileges -- not even the Briton, says Gladys M. Arnold, in a Canadian Press despatch, The Canadian passports read."good for every country in the world." The average Canadian passes that by with hardly a glance. But if he looked into the passports of the people ofother nations and discovered the barriers and trouble and expense that present themselves automatically every time they wish to travel, he would begin to realize that he is among the favored. Doors Ajar The real reason for our unique posi- tion, however, is that we are, because of our Empire ties, a European na- tion, and the only one in North Amer- ica. Thus we may circulate freely in the Empire; pass European frontiers with the greatest of ease and find the American door at least always ajar for us. The person from Germany or Italy or France or England is pounced up- on, his passport examined minutely, his person observed carefully, and one feels that he must be at the very least, an arms runner or international spy. But us? Canada — Canadians? Who ever heard of them? And if so, what did they ever do? A harmless waste of snow somewhere in the north? Regretfully we are forced to realize that for those who guard the frontiers of Europe, we are of very little significance. "Might As Well Be French" If our passport is a magic one as- suring us safe-conduct in every corner of the world our nationality is another story. The Canadian has probably more difficulty than any other person in establishing his nationality. In European countries other than France our nationality is finally greet- ed in a guttural voice with "Ha, zoh--- Breeteeshl" In France they know about Cana- dians. The only criticism is that they , are almost too friendly. "Canadian?" they say, a smile broadening, "Cana- dian—tiens 1 You might as well. be French." "War has become a shameful and infantile futility, the exact antithesis of all creative effort."—Thos. Mann. African Penguins Make Themselves At Home This pair of black -footed, or rock -hopper, penguins from South Africa seem to be discussing their new home at the Marine Studios at Marineland, Fla. The birds are exceptionally fast swimmers. What Type Of Man Should By L. HIBBERT (Psychologist and u Marry? Character -Analyst) Should a girl marry a man whose ideas, interests and tastes are similar to her own? Or ehould she choose a man of a different type from herself, in the hope that they will complement each other? • Speaking generally, it might be said that there is more likelihood of happi- ness where a couple has a community of interests and a mutual outlook. But there are many happy marriages where the couple have different tastes and interests. Temperamentally, too, people often prefer opposites. The domineering, assertive man will marry a quiet, tim- id woman, and on the other hand, a self-willed and determined woman will choose as leer mate the man who "can't make up his mind on any- thing," Muck can be said for these tenden- cies. One •complements the other, as it were, However, there are cases where a divergence of interests between •a married couple results in indifference and a gradual loosening of the bonds. One cannot draw up hard and fast rules for ideal marriage, any more than one can formulate the ideal diet that will suit everyone. Much depends on the individuals. What is essential, however, is mu- tual understanding. A couple may have totally different interests and Yet live together harmoniously and happily, because each has a sympa- thetic regard for the other's ideas. Here is where a handwriting an- alysis is of the greatest help. A girl may be courting a young man for ages without really getting to know him fully. Ilnt a handwriting analysis will show the true characters of each. In love riftlirs it is n veritable divining rod. Handwriting shows the truth about people, whether they be sweethearts, business acquaint:ant:e, or friends. * * * Do YOU wish to know what your • handwriting shows about your own character, disposition and potential- ities? And would you like to kites, , what your sweetheart Is realiy like? Perhaps you have friends or business acquaintances you'd like to know more about? Send specimens of the handwritings you want analysed, and enclose 10c for EACH .(coin or postal note preferred), Enclose with stamped addressed envelope, to: Lawrence Hibbert, room 421, 73 West Adelaide Set,, Toronto, Ont. Ali letters are strictly confidential.