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Zurich Herald, 1938-06-02, Page 3unbap cboot bQn ,+arvww++..v,•.rn.go.00n n4ru+r44.0 9mwnapa ,40.44wr _ ... .. _. 444,441640 LESSON X SERVING, BY PERSONAL pEVO'TI ON TO CHRIST 1 Mark 14:3-11, 27.3' Golden Text—She hath done what elle could. Mark 14 :8. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING 'Pince.--The supper at which. Jesus was anointed took place on Saturday evening, April 1, .D. 30. 'The ar- rangement of Juda with the chief priests to betray th Lord was made on Tuesday of the n xt -week, April 4, while Christ's fore telling of Peter's denial took place after the Lord's Supper on Thursda evening of that week, April C. Place.—The suppr scene was in Bethany. All the ret of the incidents of this lesson took place in the city of Jerusalem, The exquisite stor of the anointing of Jesus by Mary is also found in Matt. 26:6-13, and, with many added details, in John 12:-8. i r A s e e t Y e s Y 2 3. And while he was in Bethany. Bethany, is a little village on the east- ern slope of the Mount of Olives, just over the top, so that from Bethany the city of Jerusalem is not visible. It is to -day a miserable village of some forty or fifty poor homes occupied by fanatical Moslems. Here was the home of Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus. Undoubtedly Jesus found the home of his family the most perfect place of retreat for quiet. Here, Jesus was pleased *to reveal more of the human side of his com- plot nature than anywhere else. In • tthe house of Simon the leper. We know nothing more about this man. It is most probable that Simon's was the: most commodious home in Beth- any, and could most easily accommo- date the large cumber of guests who were invited to this supper, and that Simon's hone is not to be identified with`Mary's home, but that she was simply serving or waiting upon the table in Simon's house on that occa- sien. Simon, of coruse, must have been healed of his 1':rosy. As he sat at meat, there came a woman. John tells us her r de, Mary, not to be confused with Mary the mother of ..us, or with Mar• Magdalene. Hav-• ing an alabaster cruse. The alabaster mentioned iu the Scriptures is g•ener- - ally known as Oriental alabaster, to distinguish it from the modern min- eral called by the sam name. It was usually crystallin-, stalagmitic rock or carbonate of lime, end was of a semi -transparent natur.:. The name is connected - 4th the town of Alabastron i» "-''pt, wi-''re the stone was quar- ried. "It was highly esteemed for making small perfume bottles or oint- ment vases e.dlled alabastra. Of pure --'rd, very costly. frag- rant East Indian plant belonging to the genus 7^leriana •Ids a juice of dell ;ions odor used eit';er pure or mix- ed by the ancient:. An Act of ?ure Love And she ' -,Ice ' e cruse and pour- ed it over his ' -Id. In the hot and stifling clam ' , i` was grateful and re- freshing, and" to anoint one's guests was an order : o •tesy. The sisters had often pondered 'low they could sho ; their gratl.'ude for all he had been and all that he had do::a for them. He had healed Simon, and had given the sisters and their brother, ths hope of raven, by winning their souls to himself, he '+a' shown how truly be was the Messiah, by bringing back 1,^-or'us from the grave. Mary was left to give their ' and grati- tude express' - n. This act was purely volrnlary on illary's part, and certain- ly arose only from ' de love for the saviour. 4. But there were some that had Indignation am^ng themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? We are told by John that 'he leader in this criti- cism of Mary's beautiful act was Su - des. When we are thinking of hu- man love and `the charm of human personality, it is (_.congruous, it is a desecration, to introduce the thought of silver and gold. These things can- not be wei„hed. They are wit we may call the poet • of fife. False Yardsticks r. For this oiutnrent might have been sold for above three hur'red shillings, and g'. to the poor. And they murmured against her. The word here translated "shilling," as 'we have noted in a previous lesson, is the word "denarius," which is the equivalent oZ bout seventeen cents, and was the wage for a day'., labor in the time of our Lord. Our false measuring of things by a materialis" : yardstick will yield when money is involved to the most degrading and dishonorable temptations. 6. But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on ine. It should be care- fully observed that, as far as the re - Cord tells us, Mary sail nothing In de- fense of her own act. Tier act was a good work, one which possessed true Moral le nuty. The good--ess of the act lay in the grateful love which it displayed. 7. For ye Ica . the poor alwa ,s with you, and whensoever ye will ye can clo them good: but me ye have not al- ways. A --G All She Could 8. She hath done what she could. This is sometimes t '-en to mean that, while it may not have been - itch that Mary did, yet she did what she was able -to do. She had done all that she could, She hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying. Mary an- ointed the Lord, ith the presenti- ment of, as well as with the spirit of and divinely beautiful sympathy with, ghat death. itself. Her action was en- tirely a prophetic one. She was con- scioes of what she did. 9. And verily I say unto you, Where- soever the gospel shall be preached - throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be saoken of for a memorial of her. Mary's act to Jesus was the one memorial of the festive scene, the thing which did not pass away. It will thing which did not pass away. Mark 14: 10, 11. 10. And Judas Is- cariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests, that 1,1 might deliver him unto them. 11. And '- "y, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to g've him .coney. And he sought how he might conve- niently deliver him unto them.'Notice that Judas Iscariot is even here at this time, when his aw'ul sin ' about to be introduced, still numbered among the twelve apost'es. Judas deliberate- ly went to the - ief priests with the intention of betraying the Lord. The proposal came from him, not from the priests. As Matthew tells us, they gave him thirty pieces of silver, which was the equivalent of about one-third of the cos: of the nerd with which Mary anointed the Lo. d. Living For Self 27. And Jesus saith unto them. All ye shall be offended. The disciples will be trapped by what will happen to Je- sus; it will upset them completely. For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, awl the sheep shall be scat- tered abroad. This prophecy is found in Zech. 13:7. The shepherd here is, of course, the Lord Jesus. The sheep are his disciples. Fulfillment of this prediction is recorded in verse 50 of chapter. 28. Howbeit after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee. The I -••' 'ere declar.s that death will not be able to hold him, and that the shameful departing of the disciples from their Lord in an hour when he needed them will not mean their.per- mauent separation from him or he from them; they will be forgiven, they will be restored. 29. But Peter said unto him, Al- though all shall be offended, yet will not I. The words of Peter here are nothing less than sheer boastfulness. 30. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that thou to -day, even this night, before the cock crow twice, shalt deny me thrice. The crowing of the cock is not some casual crow- ing of some individual cock. Two crowings were di.,tinguished as time marks, one near midnight, the other just before dawn. Peter denied the Lord within four hours after his em- phatic assertion that nothing could ever persuade him to leave the Lord's side. 31. But he spake exceeding vehe- mently, If I must die with thee;'I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. They were all sin- cere, but none of them knew his own weakness. 4 New High Commissioner Sir Gerald Campbell succeeds Sir Francis blond as High Commissioner in Canada for the United Kingdom. They Helped Forge the New Anglo-French Alliance Premier Edouard Daladier (left), and the French Foreign Minister, Georges Bonnet, are shown on the steps of the French Embassy in London as they arrived to weld a new and stronger military partnership with England. cans-Lacific - ir btersts C 83 Mr. King Reveals Steps for Linking Canada, New Zealand—Islands Required—Britain, Australasia and U.S. Are Dickering Over Ownership. Negotiations with respect to owner- ship of certain islands in the Pacific Ocean are now being carried on as one of the preliminary steps towards es- tablishing an air service between Can- ada and New Zealand, the House of Commons was informed last week by Prime Minister King. Trans -Canada Is Link Though Canada does not figure di- rectly in the negotiations, the Domin- ion is vitally interested since the Trans -Canada Air Lines will provide the connecting link between the Atlan-• tic and Pacific services and will even- tually be part of the Empire scheme for an around -the -world service. The negotiations, the prime minister said, are being carried on between Great Britain, New Zealand and Aus- tralia on the one hand and the United States on the other. The islands com- pose a portion of the Phoenix group and other islands lying between Hono- lulu and Australia. May Be Part -Owner Though the prime minister gave no details, expectations _ are that this country will be part bwner iu the Pa- cific service, just as it is a shareholder in the trans-Atlantic scheme. Flights of an experimental nature on the At- lantic route, which were started last summer, are to • be resumed in the near future and it is believed that by fall the flying boats will be carrying mail and package freight. But it may be another year before passengers are carried. Mr. King made his brief statement in the House in answer to a question by W. R. MacDonald, Liberal, Brant- ford City, who quoted Lieut. -Col. A. J. Muirhead, under-secretary of air in the British Government, as saying that negotiations concerning an air route between Canada and New Zealand are now under way between the dominion and the United States. The prime min- ister said the negotiations were about the islands. �.r ice �.l Bringing ! eath To Dandelions Iron Sulphate May Be Helpful But Care Required If a root is not pulled completely, place a little ammonium sulphate, common table salt, gasoline or coal oil in the hole. After weeds are des- troyed by hand digging it is import- ant to start immediately growing a strong turf where the weeds existed to prevent new ones gaining a foot- hold. The chief objection to the use of strong chemicals on lawns is that they also destroy the grass as well as the weeds. ' Iron sulphate has been found ef- fective. for dandelions. The chief "irawback to its use has been the stain which it leaves upon clothing, walks and buildings or stonework. When it is used it should be diluted 1% pounds to a gallon of water. The solution should then be strained through several layers of cheese cloth to remove grit. It is best ap- plied with a pressure sprayer. One gallon will cover 300 feet of turf if properly distributed. One application of iron sulphate will not completely rid a lawn of dandelions unless they are very small. Two or three sprayings are required. The first just as the plants come into bloom in the spring. Sub- sequent applications should be at in- tervals of about two weeks. Iron sulphate will kill white clover and may injure, permanently, bent grass. Austria Is Told To Speed Ah ad LINZ, Germany. = Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, begin- ning a week's tour of Austria to in- augurate various industrial projects, speaking here told Austrians their proverbial easy-going node of life must end now during working hours. Goering, No. 2 Nazi and head of Germany's four-year economic self- sufficiency plan, turned the first spade of soil on a site near the Danube where greater Germany's most im- portant steelworks, to be called the "Hermann Goering Works," will be erected. The plant is designed to have a yearly production untimately of 4,000,000 tons. Must Prove Their Diligence On his arrival the field marshal was handed bread, wine and ham by the enthusiastic population, these being the chief products of the dis- trict. Goering told his welcomers: "The Austrian four-year plan is bot intended merely to check tem- porary unemployment but to lay permanent foundations for a better and happier life for corning genera- tions. "Austrians must now prove to the world that their proverbial slovenli- ness is a lie." Mining Firms Buying Farms Near Port Arthur—Gold Rush Is Spurred by Sensational Finds Sensational gold zalues found in diamond drilling to shallow depth have been followed by a:rush of gold miners and prospect..rs into the Township of Gorham, nine miles north of Port Arthur, The drilling was done by Gorham Gold Syndicate, headed by Dr. J. D. Wright,. well-known geologist, and going to a depth of about 60 feet under a good surface showing gave an average of $38.20 uncut and 'I19.40 cut across nearly four feet for a length of 300 feet. Some of the assays' bore cutting were given as high as eight ounces, The syndicate has been re -organiz- ed as a company, Gorham Gold Mines Limited, fully financed for drilling to a depth of 300 feet, to- gether with shaft, lateral work and further exploration. Meanwhile the Lakehead Gold Mines Limited, ad- joining, has been financed for a sim- ilar program, The Universal Exploration Syndi- cate is doing likewise, while other interested parties are buying up all the available farm lots in the vicin- ity. ' The territory was originally pros- pected by "Hard Rock" Bill Smith, whose original discoveries in Little Long Lae area were the present Hard Rock and Macleod-Cockshutt Mines. Formation is described as similar to Little Long Lac, including the banded iron formations so favorable to gold depositions in this territory. Having slept for 865 hours, the wife of a railway official of Sara- jeyo, Yugoslavia, awoke as if noth- ing had happened and asked for a drink. Insulin Hard to Get Dr. Charles H. Best, associate of Sir Frederick Ranting in the discov- ery of Insulin, told the English speaking union in Toronto recently that more than a million diabetics throughout the world were receiving treatment with insulin now. Diabetes among younger people was being greatly reduced, though there had not been much change in the gen* eral death rate, Obtaining of aufft' dent supplies of insulin was becomes, ing a problem. Canadians Travel • Most Impatiently Shipping Companies Say They're Always In &Scramble to Get Off When a Boat Docks Of all people, Canadians are about the most impatient when it comes to getting off ships, This is the consen- sus o#sensus of poinion among steamship peo- ple, The average Canadian forgets about immigration and customs, and thinks it's just like getting off a train, Inquiry leads to the sad. conviction that Canadians are either not very worldly, or hopelessly landlubbers. This is speaking generally, for season- ed travellers are the same the world over. in Agony of Suspense It is notable that when a ship docks, the experienced Britisher does not' make a dash for the gang -plank. He lets the Canadians put on their over- coats, wraps and furs, grab all the loose parcels they want, and stand around to swelter for perhaps half an hour. Meanwhile the Englishman, watches the scene, as if he were not', getting off at all. Then, when the less, experienced travellers, flushed and tired and hot, start to move off, he leisurely picks up his things and goes., On the quay, the Canadian seems to, think he can clear his baggage, ship -i ping men say, in about one minute. Ifj he can't, then—"there ought to be a law" doing something to somebody, be- cause he can't. It is noteworthy, say shipping men, that Europeans take an hour's delay as if it were merely a cloud passing across the sun. To the Canadian, it is an agony of suspense. CHARACTER FROM HANDWRITING CASES FROM MY NOTE. OOK By LAWRENCE HIBBERT (Graphologist and Psychologist) In recent articles I have quoted ac- tual cases from my mailbag, in the hope that other readers, with perhaps similar problems of their own, might derive some help and guidance. Here is a very poignant case that I dealt with some time ago. I received a letter from a girl who was not quite 18 years old, but who had been mar- ried for 19''months and had a little baby girl. She said: "My husband is serving a term in jail for stealing. But he is not a bad man; he only stole to provide for me and the baby. I send you his writing. Can you give me any ray of hope for our future? I love my husband so much." Her husband's writing showed that he was not as stable as he might be; he was too prone to take the line of least resistance. However he could overcome this. And he had certain tal- ent potentialities. I made suggestions for making use of them. Later on I had the satisfaction of hearing that this little fancily had re- moved to a town many miles away from their former home, and the hus- band was in a steady position and accepting his responsibilities. That wife's faith in her husband was jus- tified, but it was a handwriting analy- sis nalysis that blazed the trail that he was able to follow successfully. Mr. G. writes: 'If handwriting an-: alysis is so helpful, could it not be ized by business?" You would be surprised, Mr. G., it you knew how much handwriting an- alysis IS used by business undertak- ings. There are not a few large firms who .use it a very good deal. Insur- ance companies make use of it in the checking of applications at times, and' other firms take advantage of it when filling important positions. Do you wish to know what your own handwriting reveals? Have you a dear' sweetheart, friends or relatives you'd, like to know more about? Send speci- mens of the handwriting you want ag-� alysed, enclosing 100 for EACH specl- men. Send with stamped addressed en- velope to: L. Hibbert, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, Ontario, Please send as lengthy specimens as possible. Explorer's Son Is Wed In England Mr. Edward A. A. Shackleton, of London, England, and his bride, formerly Miss Betty Marguerite Homan, daughter of the late Captain C. E. Homan and Mrs. Homan, of Burley, New Forest, Hampshire, England, leaving St, Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, following their wedding which took place on April 27tb. The bridegroom youngest son of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton, famous• Arctic explorer, and the late Lady Shackle- ton, recently completed a lecture tour in the United States and Canada, ane was the. guest for a short time of Their laxcellanrits the Governor- General and the Lady Tweedsmuir, at Government House, -Ottawa. Mr. Shackleton is a nephew of the well known artist, Miss Kathleen Shackleton, at present in Edmonton.