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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-05-19, Page 3�W,..o..N��.,.O.R•,.�1�'R.�p.,.fR.P'�p.�„,.�,w.0�0M► U1Ybap le55ort pkwvpor..w..r.I..!!.u. M. ....a..I ...gw uCa,aeo.oco.as _ _ LESSON VIII SERVING THROUGH CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP Mar 12:13.15, 2844 Golden 'Text.—Thor shalt love t,hy neighbor as thyself. Mark 12:31, THIS LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.—Tuesclay of Passion Week, April 4, A.D. 30. Place. --Jerusalem. 13. And they send unto certain of the Pharisees and of the 1ler..Jians, that they might catch him in talk. Be- hind this malicious purpose of these supposeilly honorable Hien was a hat- red of the Lord Jesus Christ, which had already prejudiced his case, and had closed the minds of these men to the truthfulness of his teaching and the reality of his Messiahship. These emissaries wore chosen, because they occupied different sides of the ques- tion prop- 'd 'to Jesus. On the ques- tion of -the paying of tribute, with all the corollaries, they would be divided, and Jesus must offend one or the other by his answer. The Heroclians fav - ed the Roman `tix, while the Phari- sees opposed it continually, demandin g for the Jewish people complete inde- pendence of Rome. A Conversational Trap 14. And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true. An unconscious witness to the impression which Christ's life and teaching had left, even upon enc. mies. ;And carest not for any one. had shown little consideration for men of learning and hierarchical rank, doubtless he would be equally indif- ferent to the procurator and the em- peror himself. For thou regardest not the person of men. That is a person's outward appearance or position. But of a truth teachest the way of God. The preamb' is skillfully arranged lvith the -view of disarming suspicion, and at the same time preventing es- cape. They er- luring Jesus to work his own destruction by means of an unguarded statement he might make. Is it law_al to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 15. Shall we give or shall we not give? The great rebel- lion against Rome, headed by .ludas of Galilee (Acts 5:37), had for its war- dry, "It is r -t lawful to pay trib'ite tb Caesar." Jewish patriots denounc- o'Il the payment of tribute. If Christ said "Yes," his accusers would de- nounce him to the people as an op- pressor. If "No," they could accuse him to the Romans as a rebel. But he, knowing .their hypocrisy. The word "hypocrisa" means, literally, "'acting," Said unto them, Why.make Yb trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it. The denarius is the name of the most simple Roman coin • which circulated throagh the empire, and in terms of which all public ac- coua`..s were made up. A denarius Was, in the time of our Lord, the daily wage of a laborer (Matt. 20:2ff.). 16. And they brought it, A-' he saith unto then, Whose is this imago and superscription? The image, of course, was the head of Caesar stamp- ed on the coin, while the superscrip- tion consisted of the Latin words sur- rounding the image on the edge of• the coin. And they said unto hint, Caesar's, All Roman emperors were called Caesar. The ' ;Hing emperor was Tiberius. Christ's answer was pe- culiarly a•omplete, The Pharisees had a maxim, "He whose coin is current is king of the 'and." The Things That Are Caesar's 17. And Jesus said unto them, Ren- der unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. When Jesus replied to their question, he made it a matter of payment, saying, if one would inter- pret strictly, "Pay to the Roman gov- ernment Roman coin." They them- selves were tacitly recognizing the government and availing themselves of their privileges under it by using its coin, and that left them no pretext for denying its rights. Jesus went far beyond what the Pharisees and Herodians ever expected in answering this question. One's entire duty of life is not defined by his relationship to government. "The things of God" are all that our relationship to him in- volves, contrition, faith, love worship, obedience, ' And if most of all he demands the love, the heart of man, here also he can ask, "Whose image and superscrip- tion is,ithis?" For in the image of God made he man, And they marvelled greatly at him. They wondered, per- haps, not so much at the profound Fruth of the words, which they could scarcely have realized, as at the ab- sence in them of anything on which they could lay hold. Two Greatest Commandments 28. And one of the scribes came, and heard then; questioning together, and ;tnowing'that he had answered them dell, asked him. The scribe fully re- 2lognized-'the supreme qualities of je- ans' teaching and the remarkable fin - i ty of his answer to the preceding guestion that had been asked. What bom.mandnient is the first of all To 'in;derstand the question and the airs' fiver we must recall that the rabbis oounted no less than 613 command fnents, 248 positive, 365 negative. Soule magnified the commandments about the sacrifices, others the Sab• teaching of the First and Second Com- mandments. This sentence absolutely prohibits the recognition of any gods but the one true God, and tlie_worship of any being other than God himself. 30. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God. This is a quotation from Deut. 6:5, and, as Rabbi Hertz has. said: "This is the first instance in human history that the love of God was de - bath laws, others the law and regu- latiens about circumcision. 29. Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, 0 Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is one. This verse sums up the mended in any religion. The love of God is the distinctive mark of his true worshippers. Love of God must be the outcome of knowledge of God." With all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The first phrase means that there is to be no part of our heart which does not love God. In the psychology of the ancient Hebrews the "soul" was the organ of the de- sires and affections. The "mind" here would seem to refer to the faculty of thought itself. When we are told to love the Lord with all of our strength, it means that we are to yield to him all the force and power which resides in our being, especially in our bodies. The keeping of all laws should be mo- tived by love; if it is not, then the moral value of obedience is lost. Every sin is a violation of the law of love, and every grace and virtue is an ex- pression xpression of love in one or other of its many aspects. 31, The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than then.. The scribe did not ask for the second commandment, but the statement .is incomplete without it. This second commandment does not stand in the Old Testament in the commanding position of the first, but is brought in only incidentally, in Lev. 19:18, where, moreover, "neighbour" is evidently restricted to a brother Jew. Jesus puts it in a commanding position and widens the meaning of "neighbour" to "fellow men." 32. And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he. 33. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. The scribe's answer is made of quotations from the prophets which 'exalt the moral over the 'ceremonial law (Ps. 51:16; Hos. 6:6; Mio.-6:6-8). His words seem to imply that some of the scribes were beginning to understand not merely our Lord's teaching about the spiritual meaning of the law, but also that there was a distinct sympa- thy between the idea of Jesus and those of the greater prophets. He seems almost the first -fruits of those of the sect of the Pharisees who after- ward believed. 34. And when Jesus saw that he ans- wered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. The scribe was near the Kingdom because he was deeply stirred by the answer. There is more than intellec- tual assent here. There is the stir- ring of a man's nature to its depths. And no man after that durst ask him any question. There are whole classes and levels of questioning which disap- pear or are chased away as clouds are chased awe • the moment you bring Jesus Christ upon the scene. And this because of his goodness, be- cause of his moral greatness, because of the quality of him. TORONTO.—A. S. Fulcher, Bank of Montreal accountant, who has been in the bank business for 25 years, says Toronto banks lost $25,- 000 a year in ink "filched" by per- sons entering the bank buildings and filling their fountain pens. "I figure just about every tenth person entering a bank either walks away with a penholder or fills his fountain pen," Fulcher said. Nobel Prizeman Dies Young Canadian Musicians Receive Prizes for Best Compositions 4491001, Vice Regal recognition was given to a group of young Canadian musicians in Ottawa last week when the Governor General officiated at the presentation of awards for the best musical compositions submitted in the contest recently conducted by the -`Canadian Performing Right Society. The Governor General showed particular interest in the winner of the special juvenile prize, 11 -year-old . Clermont Pepin, St. George, County Beauce, Que. The group ,includes: (FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) Miss Georgette Dionne, St. George, Que.; Eldon Rathburn, Saint John, N.B.; winner of the scholarship at the Toronto Conservatory of Music; Clermont Pepin, St. George, Que.; Miss Francean Campbell, Toronto; Godfrey Hewitt, F. R. C. 0., Ottawas; (BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) Louis Applebaum, Toronto; Hector Charlesworth, Toronto; Lord Tweedsmuir; Henry T. Jamieson, president of the Canadian Performing Right Society, Toronto. Officer Warns Pyr decreasing 1 Dr. J. T. Phair, Chief Medical Of- ficer for Ontario, Suggests Re- lationship of Disease to Sum- mer Flu in Report to Medical Association—Number of cases Up Even in Non -Epidemic Years lysis tario E4 Radio Can Locate Gold Blow Gr awn id Prospecting Is Done By Wireless Equipment — Presence of Ore Causes Buzzing Dr. J. T. Phair, chief medical of- The end has conte for the roman- ficer for Ontario, warned the Ontario tic, adventurous days of gold -pros - Medical Association at Toronto last pecting. It's good-bye to weather - week, of a steady increase in infantile beaten oldtimers and their horses. paralysis in the province during non- Science has sounded their death - epidemic as well as epidemic years, knell; Nowadays, the -prospector goes Dr. Phair, mobilizing medical forces forth by car and finds gold by radio. for an, expected outbreak this summer A ,laortable one-man .wireless ap- of the disease, said "it is not possible paratus.has 'been" devised which -can to predict with certainty a season of locate gold deposits within 25 feet increased incidence." • of the earth's surface. This equip - His suggestion of a possible rela- ment is already being used by some tionship between infantile paralysis 1,2000 institutions and individuals and the seasonal complaint affecting throughout America. children, called "summer flu" was a Hears 25 Feet Down highlight of his report, one of a sym- The prospector fits on earphones, posium presented by five Toronto doc- attached to the apparatus, and walks tors on infantile paralysis, correctly over a spot he judges may provide known as poliomyelitis. an ore pocket. The presence of such Identical Groups -Attacked a pocket is indicated by a loud buzz - The age group attacked by the two ing note in the earphones, which is diseases were in the main the same; also recorded on a meter. the time of onset of the diseases in An operator of one of these "elec- terms of seasonal distribution was al- Inciprospectors" has unearthed $1, - most identical; the districts of the 000 in gold and silver coins buried city in which the bulk of paralysis in an olda jug, and in Southern Aria cases occurred were the same as for zona another prospector found the summer flu. site of an old, buried smelter which yielded more gold and silver bullion than a horse could carry. Many Ontario doctors believe as a result of their clinical experiences of last year the convalescent serum;"de• rived from a person who suffered an attack of the disease, has unquestion- ed merit as a treatment, Dr. Phair said, but added logical arguments have been advanced in rebuttal. Believe Entry Through Nose Attempts to produce an immune horse serum, while successful in ex- perimental animals, has not been es- tablished as a useful agent in humans he noted. While there is a difference of opinion on the l• rtal of entry, most doctors favor the theory the germs in- vade the body through the nasal mu - rasa, although some evidence would indicate the theory of a gastro-intes- tinal invasion. "It is not possible to predict a sea- son of increased incidence of this dis- ease " is -ease." Dr. Phair said. "The inference based on previous epidemics that out- breaks in Canada begin in the west and travel east was exploded last year when epidemics occurred in Saskatch- ewan, Ontario and the Maritimes." Certain Areas More Prone "In Ontario last summer there were 2,6.50 cases with 2,544 reported which gives a ratio of about 80 to 100,000 people. No satisfactory explanation of its narked seasonal character has as yet been offered. ,The theory ad- vanced by Dr. H. B. Anderson of To-. route is of more than academic in- terest. "It is of interest to note counties with 1937 rates (of paralysis incid- ence) were adjacent to those showing a higher than average rate for the past eight years. Certain areas of the pro- vince appear particularly prone to greater than average incidence, while other districts remain year after year. comparatively free of the disease in • any form." Carl von Ossietzky, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize shortly after his With flumes racing in a Philadel- release from a German detention 'phis 'piano stare, it was a case of camp in 1937, Massed away in a Ber= lin sanatorium. After his award, "business as usual." Five pianos Germany 'forbade acceptance of wore sold while firemen wore tight -1 Nobel prices by any Guinan citizen. ing the outbreak. Expect The Best Crop Since 1933 Forecast Western Yield 70 to 80 Per Cent. of Normal So far as Canada is concerned, prospects are improving almost daily this spring for better crops and therefore for more money and more business- next fall, writes Welling- ton Jeffers, financial editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail. One auth- ority, whose sources of information and whose opinion has proved inval- uable in past years, stated that in his opinion the conditions in Western Canada justify expectation of the best crops since 1933, and that he considers it would be good betting, odds to say that the 'Western crop this `year will at the minimum be 75 to 80 per cent. of normal. Yet Allows For Deficiencies This opinion makes allowance for rather low crops in the very large section embraced in Central and Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeastern Alberta, which are still deficient in moisture and which could not be expected to stand up under any prolonged dry period in the growing` season. Even snaking their deduction, he thinks that the mini- mum expectation can be 75 per cent. of normal, "What do you mean by normal?" he was asked. "The general average for wheat for the Prairies is from 350 to 300 million. bushels of wheat, 200 mil- lion bushels of oats, 70 to -75 mil- lion bushels of barley and 10 to 12 million bushels of flax and rye. "Canadians have lost in purchas- ing power an amount of $90.,000,000 since last autumn, due to external depressions And the consequent drop in demand for some of our products. If the West comes through 'with even 75 per cent. of normal crops we will more than overcome that loss. If Saskatchewan alone gets three-quar- ters of an average crop, that alone should give somewhere around $75,- 000,000 more crop money than a year ago." ont's For Farm, Field and Don't start the cows to fore there is grass to be Don't forget to provide IN am grass be - eaten. sun shel- ter fox the hogs on pasture. Don't neglect dipping the ewes and Iambs just as soon as the shearri ing is done. ;Don't overlook' testing the seed corn, Looks are sometimes deceive ing, Don't give the colt too heavy a load for a few days, or until his shoulders become hardened, Don't keep a tubercular hen on the farm. Don't try to raise the pig crop in a yard - where pigs were kept the past season. Don't plant any but standard var- ieties of potatoes. Don't neglect spraying the orch- ard. Don't neglect to dock the lambs. Don't fail to trim the horses' feet before they start field work. Don't try to do field work before every field machine has been over- hauled. Don't forget the garden. Early vegetables are a treat. Don't overlook testing the drill to See that it is sowing the right amount per acre. Don't fail to plant some flowers and shrubs; brighten up .the farm surroundings. Go To School In Wire Cage We all know the familiar motor van that collects and delivers the kiddies to and from school. It's a staid, reliable -looking affair. But way out in Lemhi, U.S.A., the schol- ars get more of a thrill. Some cross the great Salmon River in a wirR pulley cage. Others travel six miles in a genuine covered wagon. The school driver covers 552 miles each' week. Those Sticky Coats Thanks to a new chemical discov- ery, macintoshes and aubber coats need no longer suffer from that' damp stickiness which often charac- terises then. They will feel like leather, instead. A coating of latex—the "milk" from the rubber tree—is smeared, over the garment, which is them dipped into a solution of sulphur, chloride and benzine. Two hours soaking in water fol lows, and the garment is free from; stickiness. Another Fifficult Problem Solved By H . ndw'iting Analysis By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Psychologist and Handwriting Analyst) .A lady reader writes as follows; 'as a "dog-iii-tlie-manger" relt:etai a "Some time ago I met a man who had been very unhappily married. After innumerable squabbles his wife left him, leaving a two-year old baby with her husband. After we had seen quite a lot of each other we realised that we were in love w ... We have been living together for over a year and the kiddie is very fond of me. No-one could be happier than we have been. The wife has consistently refused to divorce her husband, and now she is pleading with him to go back to her. This he refuses to do although he makes her an ample allowance... . Now, although I love him desperately, if I thought it was 'for his good and that of the child that they be reunited, I would not hesitate to give him up, much as it would hurt me. Do you think they could live happily togeth- er? Or would my sacrifice simply mean that the woman would complete the ruin of his ilfe that she started when they lived together previously?" The wife's writing shows her up as a selfish, inconsiderate and heartless woman. Her sole interest in life is herself. I do not believe she has any love for her husband, nor for their child. Her desire to have her husband back is inspired by selfisbuess as well to see him happy with another woman., My correspondent's writing, on the; other hand, shows clearly what a wealth of sympathy and love she has. No wonder that the man has fallen in love with her and that the kiddie is so fond of her. My sympathies in this case are with' the second woman. The key to the solution is money. I have little doubt that the man can use the matter of an allowance as a lever to gain german- out happiness. I know there are people who will say the husband's place is with his wife, no matter how ill-suited they are. I cannot subscribe to it in this case because the wife felt no qualms about deserting her husband and the kiddie. --0---- Have YOU any problems you'd like L.) disclose to this writer? Have you any handwriting you want analysed? Your own, or a sweetheart's, or per- haps you wish to know more about friends or relatives? Send specimens of the writings you want analysed, enclosing 10c, for EACH specimen. Send with stamped addre?sed envel- ope to: L. Hibbert, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont. All letters are confidential. This Machine Flashes Colors By Air Jean A. Lombard, left, explains the mechanics of the colorcodc ina- chine to Carmel Snow, in New York7 as the apparatus checks off colors radioed from Paris. The device permits accurate selection of color choice.