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LESSON VI
CO-OPERATING 1N SERVICE
Il7ark 9:30.41
Golden Text—U'or he that is not
against us is for us, Mark 9;40
TIII'l LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time.—Autumn, A.D. 29,
Place. -The words of Christ con-
cerning his death and resurrection
were spoken in Galilee, while the
rest of the teaching recorded in this
lesson was given in the city of Ca-
peenaum, at the northern end of the
Sea of Galilee.
80, And they went forth from
thence, and passed through Galilee
and •he would not that any man
should know it. "Our Lord left Her-
mon and the neighborhood of Cae-
sarea Philippi, and returned to Ca-
pernauin. As he wished to avoid
notice, he probably went from Her-
mon westwards, -
31. For he taught his disciples. He
meant to spend the time in the unin-
terrupted teaching of his disciples,
not merely the Twelve, but all who
remained faithful. The end of his
work was near at hand, and he spent
all his time in trying to prepare his
followers for the events. And said
unto them, The Son of man is deliv-
ered up into the hands of men, and
they shall kill him; and when he is
killed, after three days he shall rise
again. Christ, had previously an-
nounced his death to the disciples
when they were at Caesarea Philippi
(see 8:31), but here he adds one
detail, i.e., that he would be delivered
up to men, which means he would be
betrayed by some one to his ene-
mies. Such statements as this abso-
lutely contradict any theory that
makes the death of Christ an unex-
pected accident in his life. Jesus
knew it would take place, and, had
he chosen, he could have avoided
such a death on the cross. Inasmuch
as this predicition was most wonder-
fully fulfilled just when Jesus said
it would be, we cannot escape the
conclusion that he was what he claim-
ed to be, and that he rose from the
dead because God was satisfied with
his work on the cross, and his own
holiness prevented him from remain-
ing in the power of death.
Wanted Earthly Kingdom
32. But they understood not the
saying, and were afraid to ask him.
It was almost imposible to get the
disciples to abandon their cherished
dreams of an earthly kingdom. They
still desired- salvation without atone-
znent. They were simply afraid to ask
him because they guessed pretty well
what it meant. They did not want
to be brought face to twice with the
cross that lay ahead of him and the
issues it opened up for them. They
understood enough of Christ's mean-
ing to know that their hopes of an
earthly kingdom were doomed .. .
True Greatness
33. And they carne to Caperna-
um. Capernaum (Mark 1:21; 2:1)
had ceased to be the centre of
Christ's ministry, but it was a con-
venient terminus to the northern
journey and starting -point for a
fresh field of work in the south; and
Simon's or Levi's house (Mark 1:29;
2:15) afforded a shelter there. And
when he was in the house he asked
them, What were ye reasoning on the
way? 34. But they held their peace:
for they had disputed one with an-
other on the way, who was*
the greatest. What a comment
on the hardness, and the selfishness,
and the unspirituality, of the normal
human heart to find these disciples
quarreling among themselves con-
cerning their own position in the
kingdom, when they should have been
comforting the Lord Jesus as he ap-
proaches death, offering him 'the wor-
ship and adoration which were his
clue, and preparing their own hearts
by drawing near to God for the cri-
sis, which, actually. they were afraid
to face.
35. And he sat down, and called
the twelve. Jesus sat down in Ori-
ental fashion, his Iegs crossed be-
neath him, and we assume that the
Twelve, all of whom were summon-
ed, sat before hien in the same way.
This action indicates' that Jesus is
about to convey rather important in-
struction to the disciples, And he
saith unto them, If any man would
be first, he shall be last of all and
servant of all. The rank and stand-
ing of a disciple with Jesus is deter-
mined by the way he makes himself
a minister of all, by the character
and amount of eervice he renders to
as many as possible. He corrects the
false, earthly idea of greatness in the
minds of the disputing disciples, by
laying before them the true, spir-
itual reality of greatness. This he
prompts them to attain, And he
prompts them mightily by showing
that its atainment is posible for then
all.
Serving Others
36, And he took a little child, and
set him in the midst of them: and
taking him in his arms, he said unto
them, 37. Whosoever shall receive
one of such little children in my
name, receiveth me; and whosoever
receiveth zne, receiveth not me, but
him that sent me. Jesus impresses
the leson by an acted parable of pe-
culiar beauty. To care for a little
child or for one who, Eke a .child,
needs our sympathy, protection, and
guidance, and help is really doing a
great thing; so great, indeed, that to
do so in the name of Christ, and for
the sake of •Christ is really to render
the service to Christ. True great-
ness, then, consists not in attaining
rhe first place in the notice and praise
of the world, not in being served
by many, but in being willing toe
stoop down to a humble place, not
for the sake of self-effacement, but
in order to serve ethers for the sake
of: Christ. No doubt natural bene-
volence has its blessings for those
who exercise it; but that which is
here spoken of is something much
deeper than nature, and wins a far
higher reward. Unselfish deeds in
his name open the heart for more of
Christ and God, and bring on the
doer the blessing of closer commu-
nion with the Lord."
Virtue of Tolerance
• 38. John said unto him, Teacher,
we saw one casting out demons in
thy name; and we forbade. him, be-
cause he followed not us. A man
who did not belong to the recognized
company of disciples had been dis-
covered by the disciples using Christ's
name to cast out demons. It is a
remarkable evidence of our Lord's
influence that his name should be
thought so powerful. The disciples
reveal a contemptible spirit of intol-
erance when they attempt to prevent
the man from continuing in the gra-
cious work he was undertaking for
one single reason, because the man
did not belong to their particular
company. He was undoubtedly, as
the text clearly indicates, a true fol-
lower of the Lord Jesus. There are
many men throughout Christendom
who are not connected with any of
great denominations of the Christian
world to -day, who are doing a great
work for the Lord Jesus Christ. In
fact, there are some denominations
in our country which will not recog-
nize the Christian standing of mem-
bore of other dencminations, and will
not even allow them in their pulpits
to preach, because they have not been
ordained in exactly the way they
think ordination should be instituted.
When Christians are of one faith, and
one hope, and one doctrine, and have
one Lord, none other than Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, there is no
reason why they should not encour-
age ane another and approve one an-
other's work.
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New Type Truck Is Useful in Handling Plane Accidents
This is the first of the new, six -wheel trucks completed in Rockville Centre, L.I., for use as "crash trucks" by
the U.S. Naval Air Force. The truck holds a crew of fifteen, makes fifty miles an hour, has a special crane, and
holds ten carbon monoxide cylinders fox use in smother- ing flames.
ns Are Springing
11 Industry i:oms
In Alberta, New Frontier Opens
Up, One of Derricks and Drills
"Mushroom" Communities —
Millions Invested.
39. But Jesus said, Forbid him not:
for there is no pian who shall do a
mighty work in my name, and be able
quickly to speak evil of me.
To test whether one is fit to
perform an act is the performance
of the act. But here there was a
further question involved, whether
the man really belonged to the dis-
ciples of Jesus, and so had a right
to use the name that he had used in
casting out the demons.
That authoritative, unconditional
"Forbid him not" ought long ago to
erance and to have ended the temp-
erance and to have ended ethe temp-
tation to idolize "conformity" and to
confound union to organized forms
of the Christian community with
union to Christ. But bigotry dies
bard.
Spiritual Quality of Acts
40. For he that is not against us is
for us. The opposite law is given
by our Lord in Matt. 12:30 and Luke
11:23. One cannot be both for and
against the same person at the same
time.
41. For whosoever shall give you a
cup of water to drink, because ye are
Christ's, verily 1 say unto you, he
shall in no wise Lose his reward. See
Matt. 10:42. Here Jesus explains
what it means no; to be against him,
and how such a man is already for
him. A httle test may reveal the way
his heart inclines. Jesus sees the
spiritual quality of the act, giving
the drink for his sake,
Boils Eggs Inside Radio
How do you like your eggs? You
can have them done on a high-frequen-
ey short wave oscillator if you go to
Norman Clark, of 'Brantford, The de-
vice is a 3.7 meter affair and the egg
is set inside a coil, where in 15 min-
utes, it is "done" to within a shade
of hard-boiled. Clark, a Brantford boy
recently returned from the Washing-
ton Technical School at Seattle, where
he taught radio -physics, demonstrated
the outfit here last week, He said
his youngsters — Evelyn, five and
Norman, Jr., 21A — had their eggs
cooked that way, too, on Baster morn -
Ing, "Do you think this method will
ever replace the. old-fashioned sauce-
pan?" the experimenter was asked,
"No," he admitted 'frankly.
A new frontier is opening in Al-
berta—different from pioneer days
of the ealtle melt and the homestead-
er
It 1: a frontier of oil derricks, da-
ted with a 15 -trifle front with "mush-
room" communities and millions of
dollars being invested in the search
for "black gold."
Where but a few months ago cattle
grazed, oil derricks, giant frames of
steel and iron, shoot skywards while
huge drills plunge into the earth, in
many wells reaching a depth of more
than a mile,
It is the southern frontier in Tur-
ner Valley, Canada's major oil de-
velopment area extending far south
of the old Discovery well which
brought its first petroteum boom in
Calgary in 1914.
Picturesque towns, reminiscent of
mining communities with their false -
front stores, have been established
and more will follow this spring.
In the rolling foothills valley with
a background of snow-capped Rock-
ies, are the towns of Little New York
and Little Chicago. Little Brook-
lyn or perhaps a Tulsa—a name
hasn't been decided on yet—is in the
making but a short distance away.
Surrounded by wells which last
year played a major part in Alberta's
production of nearly 3,000,000 bar-
rels of oil valued at around $5,000,-
000, the "mushroom" towns are
thriving. Prosperity is there. Few
are unemployed.
A little more than a year old, ¶it-
tle Chicago has a population, of 2,000
end Little New York with 1,000, is
growing fast,
Southwest of Calgary
Taey are law abiding communities.
Crimes are few and they e is only one
policeman in the dirtriet-•-a member
of the Royal Canadian Mounted Po-
lice -who is stationed at Turner Val-
ley, pioneer valley town, 12 miles
away. Little Chi 'ag n has its lawyer
with traditional "law oillce" shingle
hanging over his doorway.
Calgary's Larger stores have estab-
lished
stablished branches in the oil towns, sell-
ing at "city pries," and there are
boat,ty shops, :modern garages and
inarhine shops, movie theatres and
community clubs.
Hearing cries for help coming from+
a farmhouse at Gisay, near Bernay, 1
France, police entered the house and
found a 12 -year-old girl whose hands
and feet were chained. When her par-
ents were arrested they stated that
they had chained her to cure her of
her heavy eating hab.it> .
Inspired By Disney
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In their wake the new towns have
left a ghost town, Hartell, five miles
to the north. It is practically de-
serted today. It's stores and houses
—on skids—have been moved to Lit-
tle Chicago and Little New York.
All this is but a short motor ride
from Calgary, 45 miles to the south-
west.
Another of the innumerable adapta-
tions from "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" is Vicki Lester's
"Snow White" coiffure. It was in-
spired by the little heroine of Walt
Disney's masterpiece, and features
two forelocks rolled under to con-
form with soft r»»'1 of her long bob:
Nati.: ; wide M unt
For Meteorites
Smithsonian Institution Encour-
ages Search For Valuable
"Stones From Heaven"
"Stones from Heaven" may be
worth more than "Pennies from
Heaven," the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington, D.C., said in request-
ing a nation-wide search for meteor-
ites.
E. P. Henderson, of the museum's
geology department, estimated that
thousands of meteorites — or frag-
ments of, shooting stars — are scat-
tered throughout the United. States.
Each meteorite, he said, would ''bring
a very good return for a day's work,"
although it wouldn't make the finder
rich.
Henderson said scientists had to de-
pend on the average citizen to find
the "stones from heaven," because
most "shooting stars" are high above
the earth and usually appear to fall
miles from their actual landing place.
White -Hot Exterior
Tho best way to recognize a meteor-
ite, Henderson said, is by its extraor-
dinary weight. Meteorites, often com-
posed almost entirely of iron and
nickel, are among the heaviest of
rocks.
The star fragments do not always
show signs of burning. The stones,
although actually burned because of
friction with aire probably are cool
enough to handle when they strike
the earth, Henderson said.
He explained that a meteoroid is
nearly at absolute zero -270 degrees
below zero Centigrade—when it en-
ters the earth's atmosphere. As the
meteor plunges through the atmos-
phere in a few secorids, the exterior
becomes white-hot before the interior
is heated above ordinary earth tem-
peratures.
"When the German strolls through
forest and meadow, the Briton walks
and works in his garden. His yearn-
ing for his garden Is the counterpart
of the 'wanderlust' of the German peo-
ple. Master of the wide world, the Bri-
ton seeks his little garden while the
German, within the narrow confines
of his homeland, wants to feel the
immensity of nature.
"In this attitude to nature lies one
of the greatest differences between
the two peoples."
Solid Stone Trees
A. forest whose trees have been
turned to solid stone has Just been
discovered in Northern Rhodesia. It
was stumbled upon by Messrs F. B,
Macrae and Gordon Lancaster, both
L,. vee of Flowers
Strong in Briton
German Writer Finds It One Of
Moat Distinctive National
Traits
Praising the Briton's love of flow-
ers, Dr. Kurt von Stutterheim, the
well known London correspondent of
the "Berliner Tageblatt," draws inter-
esting conclusions with regard to the
British character.
"It shows us how careful we must
be in saying that the Briton is the
greatest materialist in the world," he
writes. "However calculating he may
be, he spends enormous sums on 'use-
less' flowers.
"Where the German settles he
plants a forest, the French settler
makes a vegetable garden, but the
Englishman a flower garden, so that
the latter has come to be a symbol
of British dominance."
The Real British Season
Contenting on the extraordinary pro-
minence given by the press to "the
first crocus" and similar signs of ap-
proaching spring, Dr. von Stutterheim
says:
"Nobody can reproach the Briton
for his enthusiasni. Spring is the real
British season and spring flowers are
Britain's most beautiful flowers.
Different Attitude to Nature
"Britain, in spite of all claims of the
South, is the land of flowers.
well known for their .archaeological
worlc .in South Africa. The forest Is
tailed by the natives Viziwa, from rile
name of the small river neat its site,
wliioh is about seventy-five miles to
tl:e north of Fort Jameson, in ths±
Lundazi district.
It is thought that the infiltration oi
lime and other mineral -bearing water
has caused the wood to turn to stone,
The actual trees are small, their over•
age length being under two feet. A
variety of stone tools ohipped from
the forest show that in ancient tizne9
it was a regular toolshop for the na.
tives.
Adding Bees To
Farm Live Stock
One or two colonies of bees on the
farm will prove a profitable and in-
teresting sideline. Where alsike or
white Dutch clover are grown, bees
will gather enough honey to supply
the household needs and a surplus for
which ready sale can be found In the
immediate neighborhood.
Bees do not require a great deal of
attention. During the months of April,
May and June, when the colonies are
building up for the main honey flow,
which usually commences about the
first of July, bees require only enough,
attention to see that stores are pres-
ent and the queen has enough room
for maximum brood production. July
and August are the two busiest
months for the beekeeper. A 'thor-
ough weekly examination should be
given in order to control swarming,
and to provide supers for the honey
crop. Colonies headed by young pro-
IiSe queens in the Fall and fed ample
stores, will come through the Winter
in good condition if well protected.
For the beginner in bee -keeping, the
purchase of an over -wintered colony
from some reliable bee -keeper is
recommended. This colony is usually
strong, has a young queen, and plenty;
of stores and requires less attention;
to prepare for the main flow. Start-
ing with package bees requires some.
experience but once well established
will yield as much as over -wintered
colonies.
A Handwriting Analysis Will
Help To Solve Your Pr
By LAWRENCE HIBBERT
(Psychologist and Handwriting Analyst)
Most ot the problems that are raised
in my daily mailbag are representative
of the problems of many of my read-
ers, and I am dealing with one or two
individual cases in this article. YOUR
problem may be similar and perhaps
my answers will help you to dissolve
your worries.
Miss L. G. writes: "I am a steno-
grapher, just over 20 years of age,
and am .considered good-looking. I
find it easy to acquire boy friends,
but they do not Iast! Is there any-
thing in my writing which shows what
is wrong with me that I cannot hold
a boy friend very long?"
Yes, Miss L. G., one characteristic
stands out like a lighthouse. You are
sarcastic. You probably do not realize
that this is so; it is one of the traits
that people seldom realize they poss-
ess, but it is a very irritating one.
You say clever, but cutting, things
about people. This is a habit that ,nn
be checked and overcome. Watch
yourself; weigh up what you say and
then put yourself in the other person's
place, asking yourself, "How would I
like it?" In time you will find that
you have lost the habit—and then you
will keep your boy friends.
Mrs. E. C. writes: "I am a young
widow, living in a district where
Mems!
there are no eligible men. Through a
correspondence club I became ac-
quainted with two men, but have not.
met either one yet. I prefer the man
who wrote specimen A., but would
like your frank opinion of these two.,
men, both of whom wish to marry
me."
Your instinct is right, Mrs. E. C.
The writer ot specimen A. is muchl
more suitable than your other cor.i
respondent, and when I compare your';
character, as shown by your Izand-,
writing, with his, I cannot help but
remark how much you have in com-
mon. He is a little more easy-going
than you are and is probably a trifle
careless about money; he is not a
spendthrift by any means, but may,
allow himself to be imposed upon by;
friends, Your own character would,
be something of a brake.
Have YOU any problems? Would
you like to know what YOUR hand-
writing shows about YOUR character?
And have you a sweetheart, friends or
relatives you'd like to' know the real
truth about? Send specimens of the
writings you wish analysed, enclosing
10c for EACH specimen. Enclose with'
stamped addressed envelope to: Law-
rence Hibbert, Room 421, 73 West Ade.
laide St., Toronto, Ont.
What They Looked Like After the EIection
There were many casualties in the Egyptian elections. Here you see th
Wafdist (Nabas party) deputy front Damietta, bandaged heavily afte
receiving rough treatment following an electoral speech, On the right al
Hon. IVMohanzmed Bassiouny, president of the Senate.