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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-10-06, Page 3Bundy School Lesson LESSON 11 SPIRITUAL WORSHIP Exodus 20;4-6; 32:1.8; John 4:19-24 Golden 'Text "God is a Spirit,; and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth." Johnf4:24. THE 'LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time — The Ten Commandments were given 1498 B.C. The conver- sation with the woman at the well took place in December, A.D. 27. Place — The Ten Command- ments, of course, were given on Mount Sinai. The city of Sychar is the modern village of El-Askar, five eighths of a mile north of Jacob's well. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image. The First Commandment forbids us to wor- ship false gods, the Second forbids us to worship the true God under false forms. - The Hebrews had come out of Egypt;. and Egypt was a land that was crowded with the images of a twofold mythology — of the old African deities and of the new foreign gods of the Shepherd Dyn- asty: The tribes had brought with them small, portable images of the Egyptian deities into the wilder- ness. Nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above. This might refer to God who dwelt in heaven, or the -angels, but also to the sun, moon, and stars, which were wor- shiped by heathen nations every- wheredn the ancient world. Or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Bowing Down to Images 5. Thou shalt not bow down thy- self unto them , nor serve them. What the second commandment forbids is the making of images to be used in worship. It has always happened again and again, in every country, in every age, that ultim- ately the deity represented by the image is forgotten, and the image itself becames the object of wor- ship. For I Jehovah thy God am a•jea- lous God, who will not -tolerate that the reverence due to him should not be 'given to him — whether to another God, or, as here, to an lin- age worshipped Visiting the iniqu- ity of the fathers upon the children.__ and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that do hate me. The iniquity here spoken of is that of polytheism, or idolatry, of having or making any other God, The history of the world also shows that the ungodliness of the fathers, is, as a rule of fallen nat- ure, followed by the sous. 6. And showing lovingkindness of them that love mo and keep my commandments. While God is abso- lutely just and absolutely holy, yet God loves men and longs to have them love liim. That is almost the only place in the first six books of the Bible where love to God Is mentioned. The Golden Cart 1. And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is be- come of him. When the people said that they did not know what had happened to Moses, they were tell- ing what was not true; and they knew it was not true. They knew that Moses was up there in the mount with Jehovah. Instead of asking Aaron or some other person to take the place of Moses as a man needing God's presence and power, they made the awful re- quest of Aaron, who was the high priest, actually to make for them gods who could lead them in the days to come. 2. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden ring0, which are in tires,: ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3. And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4. And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf. The .idea of representing 'God by so awful a thing as this is revolting, and yet when nen substitute a false relig- ion for the true worship of Gocl, they have always been known to Sink to unbelievable depths. And they said, ' These are thy gods, 0 Israel, which brought thee up out of the laud of Egypt. 5. And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To- morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah. 6. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt -offerings and brought peace -offerings; and the people sat down to oat and to drink, and rose up to play., See 1, Cor. 10;7. The Israelites should have been praying. They should have been singing praises to God for their 'deliverance. Instead of that they turned this sacred occa- sion into a carnival. 7. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and said, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have cor- rupted themselves. 8, they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have worshipped it, and have sacri- ficed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, 0 Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. How terrible it would be if God allowed us to go on in our sinful willfulness, and did not upbraid or punish us, correct and chasten us! Where would any of us be if God never put a restraining hand upon us? 19. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that -thou art a pro- phet. 20. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. It is clear from this verse that much of the conversation with this woman is not reported, for we do not have any record here of Jesus, speaking about Jerusalem, though he must have done so, 21. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountaki, nor in Je- rusalem, shall ye worship the Fath- er. 22. Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. The hour to which the Lord refers is, of course, the hour, when, through Christ, God is fully known and truly worshiped. 23. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. 24. God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship in spirti and in truth. That the Father seeks men to be his worshippers is but one of the many evidences, from God's call to Adam in the Garden of Eden down to the last "Come" in the book of Revelation, that God longs that mien should be with him, wor- shipping him, knowing him, loving him, and filled with his fullness. The worship which God asks for is spiritual woship, worship that is in spirt and in truth, New Moderator S a�+Srz: Elected Moderator of the Unit- ed Church of Canada at the eighth general council held in Toronto, Itev. Dr. John William Woodside, minister of Chalmers United Church, Ottawa, succeeds Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Bryce as head of the church. Thanksgiving .Lord, for the erring thought .Not into evil wrought; Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed and baffled still: For the heart from itself kept, Our thanksgiving accept. —William Dean, Howells Thanksgiving Celebrated By Indians First Festival Existed Centuries Be- fore Puritans Began Annual Celebration. The American custom of cele- brating Thanksgiving with feast- ing and family reunions did not begin with the coaling of the white man to these shores. Centuries before the arrival of the Puritans the Indians celebrated the yearly harvest -time with turkey, pump- kins and ball games, according to Te Ata, a member of the Chick- asaw tribe and wife of Dr. Clyde Fisher, writing in the magazine published by the American Mu- seum of Natural History. Thanks for Fruits of Soil "Many people believe that Thanksgiving on this Continnent originated with the Plymouth col- onists, in 1621," she writes. "Ad- mitting that these white settlers may have brought in with them a.. Thanksgiving spirit, it should not be forgotten that the distinctive :features of the American Thanks- giving are native to the country rather than to the settlers, and that the Indians had been offering up heir thanks for hundreds of years. Late in the Summer season that follows close upon the trail of the harvest, the native Ameri- can has, since ancient times, given thanks for fruits of the soil and of the chase to the Great Spirit and to the Earth -Mother. "Thanksgiving still exists among the native Indians today. Out to - The Oldest Horse In North America Dolly Was Driven Daily By Her Crippled Owner, Walter Carruthers, of Wingham Dolly, popularly supposed to be the oldest horse in North America, died last week. She was in her 42nd year and for the past 31 years had been driven nearly every day by her crippled owner, Walter Car- ruthers, of Turnberry Township, Huron County. His home is three miles from Wingham. Every day, except some of the extreme winter ones, Walter Car- ruthers and Dolly have made the three-mile trip to Wingham. They became almost a landmark, and older residents returning to Wing - ham always made sure to look up "Walt and Dolly." Ate Rolled Oats and Hay With reins hanging limply from her master's hands it was a fami- liar sight in Wingham to see the horse come up to the "stop" sign at the intersection and halt, then continue on around the corner and stop whenever some friend of the owner's hailed him from the side- walk. In all the 30 years the horse had never been on grass, her meals con- sisting of rolled oats and timothy hay. This was attributed as one of . the reasons for her longevity. His Car Stole ? No, Just Wasned Blanheian Owner Forgets He Told Garage To Take Maclaine Don't tell R. S, Carvolth, of Blenheim, about your embarrassing moments, he knows all about it. Mr. Carvolth reported to police that his car had been stolen from ward the place here the sun goes down, the Indians of the South- west still dance their thanks for the bountiful harvests." ire mayea ou USt L'y FREDDIE TES SLANTS Comedian Lew Lehr returned from Europe on the Queen Mary with Mrs. Lehr and daughter. Lew has several. comedy ideas up his sleeve for his new series with Ben Bernie. Andre Kostelanetz is hold- ing open house in his office on the 16th floor of the CBS building for' all his friends who wander in for the lowdown on his recent South American jaunt. Kenny Baker, the male vocalist for "Star Trea- tre" which makes its debut over CBS on October 5, had only six hours in New York after he ar- rived from England recently, be- cause of Hollywood commitments. While in England Kenny played the role of "Nanky Poo" in an English picture version of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado". VOICE -CHILD Betty Lou, co-starred with Tom- my Riggs in their new variety show over an NBC -Red Network which began October 1, is the first "voice" to reach full star status. True, Charlie McCarthy is a voice; but he exists for the eye in the physical shape of a ven- triloquist's dummy. Betty Lou is nothing more than the figment of Tommy Riggs' vocal chords and the picture of a little girl that his voice creates. Betty Lou was created one day in 1932 when Riggs' vaudeville and radio partner was stricken and had to be rushed to the hos- pital. Having to carry on alone, Tommy created Betty Lou. She was so popular that Rudy Vallee asked him to appear on his pro- gram. The one appearance ran in- to 39 weeks—a new record—and resulted in the new star roles in the variety show which Riggs and his voice -child will head this fall. NEW WORD GAME Mary Margaret McBride, CBS columnist of the air, has a new version of the "Word Game." She calls it "pet peeves," and applies it to "sissy" words which annoy her. For example, she dislikes "dainty", and won't use "cinema" or "motor" when she means the movies or an automobile. FINGER-TIP TUNING Among the many new engineer- ing achievements and improve- ments to radio sets announced this season, the new "Electromat- ic" Majestic Radio presents some outstanding features—principal of which is the "Finger -Tip" Tun- ing. Just the simple press of a button, and the station responds instantly and accurately. Ferninine Air Pilot HORIZONTAL 1, 5 Famous flyer pictured here. 10 Hodgepodge, 11 Pronoun. 12 To sharpen a razor. 13 Sour, 14 •Secondary law 15 Postscript. 16 Sheltered place. 18 Form of "be." 19 Electrical unit, 24 Collection of facts. 40 Grave. 23 Type standard 43 Monster. 25 Fiber knots. 45 Musical note. 27 Rabbits. 46 The tip. 29 She recently ..48 Beverage. set a new 49 Kettle. 'record for 50 Biscuit. --- flying. 51 Javelins. 31 Compound 53 Golf device. ether. 55 Duration. 33 To relax. 57 AIso. 35 Opposite of 58 Cubic meter. higher. 60 Writing fluid. 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James Robertson, local service station employee, had taken the car and was calmly washing it, as in- structed by the owner, while search was going on. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Netter "The warden asked what kind of a party the boys wanted for his anniversay and 1 said—open house!' POP -Every Man at His Own Trade 1 WAS A GUNNED IN THE. NAVY, SIR, YOU CAN SHELL THESE PEAS./ I USED TO HARPOON WHALES ! y J. MILLAR WA'l-'l,'. YOU CAN PICK UP ALL. THOSE. PIECES ris 72 PAPER ! t • :n. '.E 2 illz' ' i 3 w� � y / #:p�+: Igs 1J A r i r ' a 17 r; , • r 15 2 25 =' 7 28 1 e, 2�3 50 35 36,- 1,. P:%lki37 i 39 t„c 0'43 4 •:x : 45 �. 96 47 _ 'tea:: 48 i49 �,a, � 51 ■�52 �k 53 vE' 55 3o r: 57 DA 62 MN W- - 63 his garage and a search for the mis- sing auto was started. The car was soon found and was Mr. Carvolth's face red! James Robertson, local service station employee, had taken the car and was calmly washing it, as in- structed by the owner, while search was going on. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Netter "The warden asked what kind of a party the boys wanted for his anniversay and 1 said—open house!' POP -Every Man at His Own Trade 1 WAS A GUNNED IN THE. NAVY, SIR, YOU CAN SHELL THESE PEAS./ I USED TO HARPOON WHALES ! y J. MILLAR WA'l-'l,'. YOU CAN PICK UP ALL. THOSE. PIECES ris 72 PAPER !