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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-07-28, Page 3f THE SALVATION ARMY XMAS APPEAL In hundreds of homes in Canada where need exists there is confidence that The Salvation Army will give aid. With your help we will not disappoint them, Please send your contributions to: COMMISSIONER GEORGE L. CARPENTER, t 20 ALBERT STREET TORONTO y School Lesson xw.•ge•o-1,4-9)-4.044-.V.0-0-0-9.4.41'- o Hr1111lI , LESSON ;.i CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP — 1 Jolla 1:1.7; Revelation 21:1-7 Golden Text — "Our fellowship le _with the Father, and with .his Son Jesus Christ," 1 John 1:3. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time—The first epistle of St, John and the Revelation of St. John were written toward the close of his life, the former probably about 90 A.D., and the latter perhaps as late as 96 A.D. Place — We do not know where John was when he wrote his epistles, but probably in the city of Ephesus, He himself states that, when he re- ceived the visions recorded in the book of Revelation, he was on the is- land of Patmos (Rev. 1:9), which is in the Aegean Sea, twenty-four exiles southwest of Asia Minor. The word translated "fellowship" in our lessen means "association," "com- munit, "joint participation." It is re- lated to a verb meaning "to enter into fellowship, to join one's self as an as - Societe, to make one's self a sharer or partner," and then it -also means. very significantly, "so to make another's necessities one's emir as to relieve them." Our Fellowship's Foundation ning." The beginning here is not, or course, the beginning of the life of Christ. or even the beginning of hu- man history, but it refers to a time long l efore man had been created, the very beginning of all things. "That which we have. heard." With this clause we paws from eternity into time, The first clause refers to some - thin, prior to the Creation. Here both the Creation and the Incarnation have taken n'^.re. "That which we have seen with our eyes, that which we be- held." The additional phrase 'with our eyes" rninbasizes the idea of direct personal e:•aerience in a matter mar- velous in itself. The vision was not of the seri within, hut in life. There can be no doubt that the exact word is used with a distinct reference to the incitation of the Lord after his resurrection, 'Handle me.' "Concern- ing the Word of life." The fact that 'Word' is printed in the text of the Revised Version as a proper noun, with the first letter as a capital, in- dicates that the phrase is to be taken as a direct reference to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, Christ is both the word of God and the life of man, Words of Eternal Life Jesus himself said: The words that i have spoken unto you are spirit and are life,' and the apostle Peter confes- sed to the Lord shortly after: "Thou hast the words of eternal aife' "And the life was manifested." This phrase simply means that Christ, who was from eternity, and lived in heaven out of sight of men, became stiff that he could be seen by men. "And we have seen, and bear witness." It is one thing to see and handle something and even to be convinced of its real- ity. It is another thing to bear wit- ness publicly, to others, concerning 'that which we have investigated and found true. "And declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the rather, and was manifested unto us." , "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship is with the rather, and with his Son Jesus Christ." Fellowship, in this verse, is spoken of under two -different aspects — there is tate fellowship which be- lievers have with one another, and there is tate fellowship which believers have with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ, Lot us be clear that there is no true fellowship, as John is speaking of it, except in a common belief, concerning the Lord Jesus Christ and an acceptance of hint as Saviour. Fellowship with God as to privilege is communion with him; as to responsibility, itis partnership with him. Fellowship with God means we' have conte into business with God, and that his etterprises are to be our en- terprises. With God fellowship is my privilege, to pour out everything that is iu my heart, saying anything, say- ing everything 1 am thinking. Con- verse with God reaches its highest'le- vel when alone with him. There is no sweeter fellowship in the world than that which believers have who are nutted in Christ.Where in all the world can such a fellowship as this be found, except among the Christian believers? It is love that has bound us together, and no other fellowship can ever be as permanent, as enriching, as genuine, as spontan- eous, as the fellowship Christ has gi- von to us in our common salvation. "And these things we write, that our joy may be made full." The joy is that serene happiness, which is the re- sult of conscious union with God and good men, of conscious possession of eternal life, which raises us above pain and sorrow and remorse. Walk in the Light "And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all" There are three statements In the Bible which stand alone as revelations of the nat- ure of God, and they are all in the writings of St. John: 'God is spirit' • (John 4:24) ; 'God is light'; and 'God is love.' They are probably the nearest approach to a definition of God that the human mind could frame or com- prehend; and in the history of thought and religion they are unique. The more we consider them, the more they satisfy us. The simplest intellect can understand their meaning; the subt- lest cannot exhaust it. The statement that there is no darkness in God, means first, that there is nothing hid- clen in God — he never expresses any truth, he never undertakes any act, in which the slightest shadow of un- truthfulness, or compromise with sin, can ever be discovered.. "If we say that we have fellowship with Bien and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth." The apostle John, in this very epistle we aro studying, says that a man who hates his brother, 'is in darkness.' "But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Walking in the light is presupposed as the condition for this application of the virtue of Christ's life and his death. The marvelous thing is that when you put your trust in the Lord Jesus, the blood of Christ cleanses et- ernally and completely in the sight of God. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth are passed away; and the sea is earth for the first heaven and the first no more." When John says that he saw a new heaven and a new earth, it is not to be understood that the earth itself has been destroyed, or that heaven has been destroyed. There are two words to indicate the idea of newness in the Greek language — one means something newly created, something brought for the first time into existence; the other one means something that has been changed, of renewed, or restored, arid this is the word here used. What a glorious day that will be when the earth will be restored to its original beauty, and all who are upon the earth will be in the perfection of God's image, without a blemish and without stain! "And I saw the holy city, new Je- rusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride is adorned for her husband." There are three Jerusalem in the Bible the earthly city by that name; our home in heaven is sometimes called the Je- rusalem which Is above, then there is the Holy City, new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven. "And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the taber- nacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God," Here we have the perfection of all fellowship, for God is now found actually, -dwelling with men, the consummation of all his purposes, for his 'redeemed people. "And he shall wipe away every tear front their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be any mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.' There is infinite wisdom here, infinite love, and infinite power, God Fun For All But the Turkey L"'•;4 F h' O h � / fi F Festive dinners are just a pain in the neck to the average turkey, but this bird is doing something about it. Small cause for hien to feel happy about the whole situation, with that convincing sign paint- ed on this restaurant window. By VIRGINIA DALE It is a toss up whether Madeline Carroll or Loretta Young will be the most -exquisitely dressed screen star this winter. Miss Carroll writes from Paris that she is having the time of: her life selecting costumes for "The River Is Blue" which she will start -making for Walter Wenger when she returns to Hollywood. Loretta Young was in New York recently buying fur coats, hats, and dresses by the score just as if she had not had any new clothes in ages. Hol- lywood designers have just about run out of ideas for Loretta since in her last four pictures she has had altoge- is not ignorant of nor aloof from the sufferings of men, nor is he, knowing man's deep tragedies,, powerless as he looks upon them, for he not only takes away our tears, but he takes away all that causes tears — death, and pain, and sorrow. Father and Son "And he that sitteth on the throne, said, Behold, I -.make all things new. And heaith Write: for these words s Wt e are faithful and true. And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the begin- ning and the end. I will give unto him thatis athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcom- eth shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Itt the last clause of the seventh verse — 'I will be his God, and he shall be my son' — we have the ulti- mate achievement of the great re- deeming work of God's only begotten Son. Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made mani- fest, what we shall be. We know that, if ate'shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is, (1 John 3:1, 2.) In,tbese..saven verses we have three"distinct forms of fellowship that which is repre- sented by a .city, that which is symbol- izedkby the loving relationship of a bride and Iter husband, and that which is indicated by the living, vital rela- tionship of a son to his father. D-3 titer some 80 changes of costume, and each one was supposed to be a knock- out. The extreme and bizarre clothes are the better she likes them — so she keeps designer,3 working overtime. , * * You will 1-e hearing a lot from now on about Ilona Massey, who nukes her American screen debut in M -G -- M'S "Rosalie." Officials of the com- pany are so delighted with her -oer- formance in a minor role that they are going to' give her the title role in "Pompadour," one of the most alluring beauties in history or drama. There is one popular radio player who will have to mend her ways if she ever goes into motion pictures—. and most of them do sooner or later. Alice Frost of the "Big Sister" cast comes out of rehearsals with her forehead all smudged. She holds a pencil in her hand, and in a moment of dramatic tension invariably draws the point across her forehead. * * * The jinx that has dogged the foot- steps of all Hollywood players who appeared on the Broadway stage this season has at last been knocked out. Frances Farmer broke the spell. She opened recently in "Golden Boy," a play about a prize fighter, and the critics went into rhapsodies over her deft playing of romantic scenes. * •* s: Radio performers develop some of the strangest hobbies, but for the present Tony Wons, the CBS philo- sopher, is leading them all. He makes violins. He makes violins with the utmost care out of any old thing he finds lying around the house. In- spired, possibly by Bob Burns and his far famed bazooka, he has made one out of a piece of tin stovepipe and the tone to his surprise is ex- cellent, The battle of the two great glam- orous stars of the screen, Garbo and Dietrich, turns out to be no battle at all when you see their new pictures, "Conquest" and "Angel." Garbo is so far in the lead that there is just no competition at all. "Conquest" is a lavishly - produced, historically -faith- ful romance of the time of Napoleon and Garbo as the lovely Countess Walewska has never been more ap- pealing, "Angel," on the other hand, is just an inconsequential modern triangle story in which the camera lingers on Miss Dietrich to the ex- clusion of any action. * * Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mc- Carthy will be in the cast of a new comedy that will fea- ture Irene Dunne and as a result she is the envy of all Hollywood as well as the public at large. Her out- standing success as a comedienne in "Vb. e Awful Truth" influ- e n c e d Universal to postpone their biog- raphy of Madame Curie a n d instead of that story to cast her in a comedy. Thus she has established herself as a dou- ble threat actress, at home in heavy drama as well as light farce. Charlie 1VIeCarthy * * ODDS AND ENDS — Constance Bennett is the envy of all the pamp- ered stars, because Alfalfa Sweizer of "Our Gang" comedies serenades her in his hilariously -uncertain tenor . Ken Murray and Edgar Ber- gen have evidently decided that they are in pictures to stay because they have both bought ranches out near Al Jolson's . . . Ann Sothern's sis- ter, Bonnie Lake, has composed a song and sold it for "Girl of the Gol- den West" . . . Kate Smith is toy- ing with the idea of trying motion pictures again. Chl, orate or Orange In Drunkenness Test A physician recommended that persons arrested for drunken driving be given a bar of chocolate or an orange to determine whether they are really intoxicated or suffering from insulin shock. Dr. Sidney Weinstein, a faculty member at the Univeisity of Penn- sylvania Medical school, deseribed the test at the convention of the Inter. - national Association of Police and Fire Surgeons, He said that diabet- ics suffering from insulin shock—se- rious temporary shortage of sugar in the blood—exhibit symptoms closely allied to those of intoxication. The sugar contained in a bar of chocolate or an orange will return a diabetic to normal in a short time. Dr. Weinstein said. 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