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LESSON IV,
RECEIVING VISION FOR SERVICE
Mark 9. 2 • 10
Golden Text: — This is my beloved
Son: hear ye him. Mark 9;7.
THE .LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time--At%tumn, A.D. 29,
Place—Probably on Mount kiermon.
The transfiguration of Christ is re-
corded also in Matt. 17: 1.13, and
Luke 9: 28-36, b di of which accounts
should be read with the one in Mark
to get as complete a conception ,'as
possible of this remarkable event.
peter has an additional account of this
inirace in his Second Epistle (1: 16-
18).
2. And after six days. That is, six
days after the confession of Simon
Peter regarding the Messiahship of
Christ. Jesus taketh with him Peter,
and, James, and John. These three,
the flower and crown of the apostolic
band, Peter, who loves him so much,
and John, whom be loved so much,
and James, who should first attest
that death could as little as life sep-
arate from his love. (Acts 12. 2).
These were the three whoaalone, were
with the Lord at the raising of the
daughter of Jairus (Mark 5: 37),`and
who were the only ones allowed to go
with -hint Into the Garden of Geth-
semane on the night of his betrayal
(Mark 14; 33, etc.), And bringeth
them up into a high mountain apart
by themselves. "The place q • the
transfiguration Is not definitely locat-
ed in the Gospels. Earlier tradition
almost unanimously fixed on Mount
Tabor. Modern opinion almost as un-
animously regards as most likely
Mount Ilermon.
counts) is—This is my beloved Son, in
whom 'I am well pleased bear ye hint.
Hear Ye Him
We are to hear Christ regarding our
own sinfulness, We are to hear him
as he unfolds the truth concerning
God. We are to hear him as he speaks
of life to come. We are to hear him
as he speaks of himself, the only be-
gotten Son of God. We are to hear
Mini as we hear no one else in the
world, dead or living.
8. ' And suddenly looking round
about, they saw no one any more, save
Jesus only with themselves, "Moses.
and Elijah had pa --^d. The glory had
vanished. The Heavenly voice was sil-
ent, and they saw J. ~us only. He 'was
the same Jesus that they had known.
But they never could think of him
again as they had thought of him be-
fore. For once they had been permit-
ted to look at him changed, altered,
transfigured.
9. And as they were coming down
from the mountain, he charged them
that they should tell no man what
things. they had seen, save when the
Son of man should have risen again
from the dead. 10. And they kept the
swying, questioning among themselves
what the rising again from the dead
should mean. What the rising from
the dead is refers, not to the resurrec-
tion in general, but to the rising Jesus
predicated to himself. On the fact of
the final resurrection of the dead the
di-ciples did not dispute, for they be-
lieved this. Jesus, however, bad spok-
en of himself rising from the dead
three days after his being killed. This
was a -different matter. If Jesus want-
ed to rise again, why should he permit
himself to be killed? How could the
Son of God be killed, and, it he could
not be killed, how could he then rise
from the dead?
Meaning of the Transfiguration
The life of Jesus was bound to reach
this point of transfiguration. It could
do no other. . In Jesus of Nazareth
there was the perfect unfolding before
heaven and before men, of the divine
intention as to the process of human
life. Beginning in weakness and limi-
tation, passing through difficulties and
temptation, gaining perpetual victory
over temptation by abiding only, at all
tines, and under all circumstances, in
the will of God, at last, all the testing
being ended, the life passed into the
presence of God himself, and into the
light of heaven, not through the gate
of death, but through the painless and
glorious process of transfiguration,
and as he was transfigured, he was
filled with the answer of God to the
perfection of his life.
The Transfiguration
3. And he was transfigured before
thein.
And his garments became glister-
ing. The word here translated "glis-
tering" is applied to (1) the glitter of.
arms or of polished surfaces; (2) the
flash of lightning; (3) the twinkling
of stars, and is therefore peculiarly
expressive, Exceeding white, so as
no fuller., on earth can whiten them.
A fuller was one whose trade was to
clean linen clothes.
We can never know fully exactly
what this transfiguration was. In the
circumstance that his glory was not
bne which was lent him, but his own,
bursting forth as from an inner foun-
tain of light, not merely gilding him
from without, we have tokens of
superiority, prerogatives of the Mas-
ter above the servants. The veil of
flesh which has concealed the glory of
the Godhead, was, as it were, with-
drawn, and the full blaze of ineffable
light broke forth from within, while
even his garments caught the won-
drous rays, and shimmered with the
dazzling brightness of sun -smitten
snow.
4. And there appeared unto them
Elijah with Moses; and they were
talking with Jesus. May it not be 'hat
Moses and Elijah are present because
of their peculiar and miraculous exit
from the world? Moses, as we know,
died )-1 a special way by the hand of
God. Elijah, as we know, 'did not suf-
fer death, but was translated in a
chariot of five to heaven. Moses of
course represented the Iaw, while Eli-
jah was representative of the prophet-
ic order, and thus in Moses and Elijah
and the Lord Jesus meeting together,
we have the trinity of the law, the
prophets, and the gasper
5. And Peter answereth and saith
to Jesus. Rabbi, it is good for us to
be here; and let us make three taber-
nacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elijah. The tab-
ernacles of which Peter spoke were
little booths or huts made out of
branches of trees or bashes, such as
were constructer for the feast of tab-
ernacles. Peter and his fellows were
. so taken with the sight of the felicity
they saw that they desired to abide
on the mount with 'esus and the
saints.
A Mistake
6. For he knew not what to answer;
for they became sore afraid. Had he
said, Let us stay here and make three
tabernacles, one for thee and one for
me, and one for James and John, it
would have had more of reason in it.
Think of Moses sojourning in a taber-
nacle, or Elijah settling down to rest
in a booth! The whole suggestion is
grotesque. For him, as for all men in
like circumstances, it were infinitely
better to say nothing. He had lost the
sense of the spiritual; and his mind,
moving wholly within the realm of
material things, imagined tha' the
spirits of the just made perfect Could'
iind, shelter in tabernacles constructed
of boughs. The mistake is by no
means an obsolete one. Men are still
trying to make tabernacles, one for
Christ,, one for Confucius, one for Bud-
dha.
7. And there came a cloud over-
shadowing them: and there name a
voice out of the cloud, This is niy be-
loved Son: hear ye him. This Voice
was heard in three critical horn's itt
Jesus' history; at his baptism (1:11);
here, and whoa he was tempted • to
evade the cross, to leave his nation,
and to go to the Gentiles (John 12:.
28). The full text of the Father's Wit-
less (combining the three Gospel ac-
A—C
Spurred By Spinach
We are told from childhood that
spinach is good for us, but few peo-
ple know why. At Carlsbad and
other famous watering -places, spin-
ach occupies an important place .in
the dietary because it reduces flatu-
lence and has a strong action on the
bowels. It is rich also in materials
for replenishing the blood stream,
and during the 1914-18 war spinach
juice was mixed with wine in the pro-
portion of 1 to 50 and given to the
French soldiers who had lost blood.
It contains saponin, which Pro-
motes digestion, has more mineral
natter than any other green vege-
table, and because of its high iron
content is prescribed In cases of an-
aemia. Spinach has more vitamin A
than any common vegetable, i' as
rich in vitamin B as butter, and con-
tains anti -scorbutic vitamins, too.
Churchill in Paris
Ex-Prenlnier's
on Becomes King's Bench Judge
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Hon. Cyril Asquith, son of the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith, war=time
robes and wig, with his wife, and their daughter, Jane (background), as
sworn in as a King's Bench Judge. 48 years old, Mr. Asquith is the second
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1,000 -Year -Old Dream Will Op
en Up Treasure House For
Germany Throughout Balkans
And Near East; Work to Be
Rushed.
When history finally appraises Adolf
Hitler's regime it may easily record
that he could have done few things•
contributing more to the might of Ger-
many than bring to fruition the 1,000 -
year -old German dream of a navigable'
waterway through the heart of Eur-
ope.
Hitler's dictatorship has provided
such a rapid succession of epochal
events that it is hard for -the outside
world to recognize another milestone
in anything so prosaic as a waterway.
Sti'l, there is vast importance in the
announcement that work is to be
rushed on the canal which will con-
nect the Rhine and Danube rivers,
thus providing a passage for ships a
distance of some 2,500 miles, from the
Baltie to the Black Sea.
" Significant Project
This will mark a seven league strl4e
in der Fuehrer's program for the crea-
tion of a great Germanic confedera-
tion. The significance of the river
proj.ct is this:
It will open up an Arabian Nights
treasure house of commerce for Ger-
many throughout the Balkans and
Near East.
It will enable her to undersell com-
peting countries because of cheap
transportation and easy access to
markets.
It will give her the materials she.
needs to make her independent of
other powers.
It will be of invaluable assistance
to her in extending her economic and.
political dominance in the Balkans.
Take one item alone — though a
most important one—that of the wheat
for lack of which Germany went hun-
gry
ungry during the Great War. The Dan-
ubian states grow more of this grain
than any of the so-called big wheat
c -tntries, barring the United
The mighty Danube will open up a
lot of territory for Germany. It flows
from Germany across Austria, along
part of the Czechoslovak border,
through Hungary, across a corner of
Yugoslavia, along the Rumanian -Bul-
garian border, and through Romania
to the Black Sea. Sixty navigable
streams join it from the North and
South.
Control of this waterway and o" the
Balkans would make Germany virtual-
ly iuvulnerable in war, so far as rap -
plies are concerned.
Mysterious visit to Paris by Winston
Churchill, (above), Bi itis. statesman,
aroused i tach speculation in England.
Ho's. seen; on arrival in Pane.
China's New Deal
22000 Years Ago
Chicago Scientist Says Reform
• Came Before Its Time
China had a "new deal" 2,00 years
ago, but the xperiment failed for lack
of_technicalknowledge, C. Martin Wil-
bur, of the Field Museum of. Natural
History, told the Mid -West branch of
the American Oriental Society, at Chi-
cago, last week.
' 'The enterprise was engineered, Mr.
Wilbur said, by a Prime Minister who
was named Wang Mang, who became
Einporer in 9 A. D.
.Advanced Socialization
"Gang Maug's social experiments,"
the .scientist related, "inehtded na-
tionalization and equal distribution of
land, govorntnent monopolies and the
manufacture of salt, wine and iron,
control of minds and other natural re-
sources, aid to farmers by agricttltur•
al price control through government
buying of excess crops in good years
slid through storage in government
granaries for sale in bad years, and
government loads 16 business for pro-
ductive enterprises at moderate rates
af•,interest.
Plans Avoiding
Ancient Curse
British Premier, shown in ceremonial
he left their Paddington home to be
youngest of English judges.
British Baronet Perpetuates 800 -
Year -Old Ceremony of Dis-
tributing Flour
An 800 -year-old curse lay behind
a ceremony held at Tichborne, Eng- -
land, in which flour was distributed
to 800 villagers of Tichborne, Cheri-
ton and Lane End, in Hampshire.
Sir Anthony Tichborne, 23 -year-
old holder of an ancient baronetcy,
helped to distribute the historic
Tichborne "dole" instituted in the
12th century. Each adult received
a gallon of flour; every child half
a gallon.
In the 12th century the aged and
ailing Lady Mabella Tichborne
crawled around part of the estate
while a torch burned. Her husband,
Sir Roger de Tichborne, had offer-
ed to give to the poor a portion of
the produce of the land enclosed by
his wife's crawling journey. Lady
Mabella vowed if the gift from the
estate were discontinued the Tich-
borne family would lack male heirs.
"I shall continue the ancient cus-
tom," said Sir Anthony at this year's
ceremony. "If I fail, legend says all
sorts of dreadful things will happen
to the family."
Be Indifferent,
Handling Bees
Expert's Advice Says Treat Them
"Yawningly"
If you are one of those who would
be on good terms with a bee, just be
nonchalant. Light a cigaret, yawn laz-
ily or appear quite indifferent to their
presence. If you must study them or
invade their homes, be a bit desultory
in your probings. There is no good rea-
son why you should ever give a bee
the slightest excuse for stinging you.
Dislike Quick Motion
That's the advice given this week,
to Windsor Kiwanians by one of the
big bee•and-honey men of the province
Dr. E. J. Dyce, professor of apiculture
at the Ontario Agricultural College at
Guelph, reports the Windsor Daily
Star.
A bee, according to Dr. Byre, is dis-
' «bed by quick motion on the part of
anyone or anything within its sight.
jdven the wink of an eyelash will at-
tract and arouse curiosity; hone() the
prevalence of bee stings on the eye or
face. Whether the bee fancies those
movements are coming frani another
bee or just an insect enemy probably
never will be determined. The feet Is,
that beekeepers, although they may
leave arms unprotected as far as tb.e
elbows or higher, usually cover their
faces, Even an experienced handler
doesn't relish being stung in the eye.
Don't Pull "Stinger"
If you disregard this advice and be -
conte the victim of an angry or cur -
sous bee, don't pull at the "stinger"
which Is left in your flesh, but rather
cut it off or slide it off with the use
of a fingernail. The soonor this is done
after the sting has occurred, the bet-
ter, Dr. I)yce explains.
• Their Food Prices
Highest In Years
Britain Sees Big Decline in Bacon
Produced From Home Pigs
LONDON, Eng. — Food prices in
Great Britain in 1937 were the highest
since 1930 and were 46 per cent above
the index figure for July, 1914, accord-
ing to the annual report of the food
council.
The council criticizes the govern-
ment's bacon production policy and it
says bacon output from home -produc-
ed pigs declined by 16 1-3 per cent in
1937. A greater proportion of pigs was
sold for pork apparently due to the
breakdown in the contract system.
Last December's census showed a
reduction during the year of 3i, per
cent in the pig -population of England
and Wales. The council suggests it
might have been wiser to leave curers
in restricted competition with ono an-
other rather than regulate their sales
by quota. It urges supervision of the
industry by an independent body such
as the bacon development board.
The highest average percentage in-.
• creases over the 1900 average were in
flour, bread, cheese, sugar and mar-
garine. Butter and meat prices show-
ed substantial increases.
Saturn's Lost Moon
The existence of a geometrical law
concerning the distances separating
not only the planets in the solar sys-
tem but also the moons of Saturn is
offered in support of the discovery
of the tenth noon of Saturn which
was reported by the American astron-
omer, Dr. W. H. Pickering. This tenth
moon, reported in 1905, has since been
lost and astronomers have been uu-
able to rediscover it.
That it should exist is claimed by
Dr. J. Miller, the English astronomer,
who offers the geometrical law in sup-
port. He shows in a communication
in "Nature" that the distance between
the moons, starting from the first
moon, and not the planet, are in close
approximation to the geometrical ser-
ies, 3, 0, 12, 24, and so on.
• If this is applied to the Saturnian
moons there is a place for one be-
tween 'Iapetus and Phoebe, which are
resp'ectively 3,09.1,700 and 7,918,700
milesfrom the planet.
Ethiopian ains
Embarrass Italy
Seen As Cause of Duce's Willing-
ness to Make Treaty Con-
cessions.
Vernon Bartlett, diplomatic editor
of the London f^ws Chronicle, last
week wrote that stiff resistance from
five Ethiopian armies as well as
smaller bands is seriously hampering
Italian effort i to dominate the colon-
ize the lands taken from Emperor
Haile Selassie.
Only this and the hope of loans, he
declared, can explain the reported
Italian willingness to promise to with-
draw all troops from Spain.
They've Been Gaining Ground
"The Abyssinians have been gain-
ing ground, particularly in the west,"
Mr. Bartlett declared. "The province
of Gojjam is said to have freed itself
almost entirely from Italian troops,
and recent reports said an Italian of-
fer of autonomy is dictated by stern
necessity.
"In the southwest there have been
serious revolts at Bako, Gimma, Kaffa
and Guarafarda. Italian garrisons
have had to be withdrawn from the
three last named places.
"Even in the centre the Italians
are unable to ensure order. The main
road from Asmara to Addis Ababa has
been cut in several places.
It is impertinent to disbelieve in
the existence of angels and demons,
declares the Bishop of Ely,
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willnot brenewed unless
she .gives up her pets.
Can A Handwriting ,, nalysis Help You?
By LAWRENCE HIBBERT
(Well-known Psychologist and Handwriting Analyst)
Every reader of these articles will,
1 suppose, at some time, say: "Can a
character -analysis help me?" and
"Exactly how can it help?" •
There are so many ways in which
a character -reading can be helpful. In
the first place it is beneficial in your
contacts with others.
In domestic circles it can promote
mutual understanding, and will in
many cases help to eliminate the dis-
sension that shatters the peace of so
many home'i.
In business and financial matters it
can steer you past the traps set by
the unscrupulous or over -optimistic.
And in love affairs it can be a guid-
ing star that leads you to happiness.
Any thing that facilitates your judg-
ment of others must be a boon, for
there is probably not one of us but
has lost money, happiness, comfort ler
security through miscalculating the
character of someone with whom we
have been in some way concerned.
And above all, character -Analysis
gives you a clear-cut picture of your
own character and potentialities, It
reveals unerringly what you are and
what yen might become. There is no
false modesty about a handwriting
analysis. It shows with crystal clear-
ness exactly what you are like.
One of my recent correspondents,
a girl of 20 years, told me that she
is in love with a married man. In
sending me some of her friend's hand-
writing she was obviously hoping that
I would conftrm her friendship,
Now I gave no intention of discuss-
ing the ethical angle of this case. in
any,event, it is unnecessary, for this
man's writing showed too clearly what
an unsuitable friend he is for this
girl. If she refuses to sever the
acquaintance she will pile up a lot of
unhappiness for herself.
I inoulion this ease to show that a
handwriting analysis plays no favour-
ites. It only tells the truth.
Can you doubt that it will help yau,
too?
Whatever your problem may be,
this well-known psychologist and
handwriting analyst can help you. You
can write to him fully and frankly, for
all letters are cpnfidential. "Send speci-
mens of the writings you wish an-
alysed, and enclose 10c for each spear
men (coin or postal note preferred),
Enclose with stamped addressed en.
velope, to: Lawrence Hibbert, Room
421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto,
Ont,