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;tile) 25. Lesson VIUI--•Je8us. Desc:ribee
the Fieture ,of the Kingdom- Met-
" thew 25,1-13. Golden Text—Take
.ire heed, watch and pray: fin • ye
know not when tate tithe IseeeM,ark
I3: 33.
,4NALYSIS
14 THE PERIOD OF WAITING, vs• 1-ia.
• 111, seri SUDDEN • GALL, v 6.
III. THE FINAL RESULT, vs, 7.13
INTRODUCTION — The twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth. chapters• are direete.3• i
to the disciples of ..Jesus.; : and to the
3vh00 Christian church, and are meant
to gi a solemn warning to all believers
' concerning the approaching return•'of
Jesus, who.w�ill coine'tojudge and rule.
therpild. This truth of the imminent
return of the Lord ,runs :'through the,
gospel of Matthew:; This' section :in-
clndes'three parables warning:..(1))
•24f45=51,.the F,aithful•and• Wise Sere.
ant•; (2) 25 • 113,. the. Teri Virgins;
1(3). 25: 141.30•,,the Tell Talents. Here
eve notice •slow,' .Jesus makes' use or
• these• parables,to dtivg' •home• simple
yet severe lessons on the ,problems of
life and religion, • There, is nothing`in
• . all the range • of religious literature.
• to be compared with the 'parables of
• Jesus., •
I. THE PERIOD OF WAITING, vs: ' 1-5.
Some, one ,has said that:w.e may di
vide the parables into into two •groups.
!The' •first consists of those that deal
with the. .kingdom and' can ,be• diStin-
guiehed by `the formula which intro-
duces, them, "the kingdom of heaven
is; likenedunto." The second group
consists :Of those.. that deal with the
individual• Here we have. one of the
perahles of: the .:kingdom;, but it con-
• Ceras only -one aspect e)f this . doctrine.
Sontetrniesi•Jesus treats. of the present
kingdon.' as if it were ilYeedir. formed
on the. earth, and revealed •itself in a
Hew ccnditiOn of life nn•d society, The
seed . parables, refer to this •present
'kingdom. However, there is else tha.
'"•future aspect of• the kingdom; which
will be manifest when •Chr:st returns
On the clouds. of glory. •
V. 2. In. Jewish marriages the usual
custom 'was for. the, friends• of .the.
•bridegroom to copct the :bride, to
the ,'.house of • her 'husband 'who came
fert-heto rt -•tore~precession-aYid`�weet -
We gannet .impart grace to those. who'
will not take it.
V. 10. The wise ' virgins enters awl:
enjoy the..biessings of 'the feast along,,,
'with -'the bridegroom* and,--the-door ia,
shut as. if all further chances of ent&r
ing were now ecluded. There is aL
was this serious tone in tbe. teaching
of Jesoe, Notice" that in 'the. Sermons.
on the Mount Jesus. had said, Not
every one that sails .u.irto-ttie,• Lord,
.Lord; shall enter into the kingdom f
heaven." %
V:' 13 • Here the lesson of the prat bre
is, given. Jeiis, means.. to lay st .ess
upon the duty o, f.- watehIuines_. •..Life
is a probation !here we have Du. , bp=
po
rtunities for Service. at d..fa the
.
learning of divine truth; brat. the time
is very brief,, and when this is over,
'we shaall. appear. 'before the •judgment
,seiat,'of Christ:, ; • • '
• Peopie. ask whether Christ has come
or, not. He .cAnie. at the resurrection;
and at every great crisis in history':
He conies to every one at death, but
there stili remains.the "great final day.
when' Christ Will' appear to-j'ridge .the
Wm:IC:and to'`bring in the fnal king
doin:of heaveji. A. .
"United Empire"
Melbourne • Arugs: This •Rother-
'brook� Empire, as. it might be called
portmanteau -wise. after the fashion of
;Lewis Carroll; .is at ; present imPos-
sible, if .only •because of Australian
„policy.. A country which Prohibite.
the. export' of stud sheep to 'South ;, • • .
rs ' its: own' people • "Soapy`' Smith was a. tough guy. He shot•men for the fun of it and rob-
Africa and plunders P pY
while' selling sugar and butter cheaply bed them when there was 'nothing •bettet to do,., He had'.a trick of appearing_
ers 'is longway: from be -
to .foreign a
ing in tkat s e of; grace which tie
United Empire:•requires., • Australia
will have to be' born• again to discover
iyl
SkuU. on Side of R k Coi , meilnorates "Str apy" Smith
IA► u� I 'less War
•""I detest Liettten'an.t ,J nge:r'a pitt-
less-N•i.etzscltean;-phil0 *Y:
pad tribute• to •has hon sty, his cour
age 'and his extrabrdinary -power of
.eloquent, and yet exact description,
free,from- sentiiixentality an•d exclaim
`ation marks." ---A; Reviewer in the
Daily News..
Most readers who get Cope 1.25,
ley Lieutenant Ernest, Junge'r, will
agree with the foregoing, for the an -
times viewsbre typical o1?'the extreme
Section.'oPi the ;German military ' ma=
chine, • ruthless, in war . and making
•everything" subservient to. "the will
to wine". Here is a characteristic pas,
•• page ,which •speaks• for itself: -
• "Time works with h. vy tools, and
the` battle .for, somal slag-lieap of
horrors . over triose' wreathed' eni:oke:
rival conceptions 'et the •worid's, 'fete
are locked".in• demoniaa''st'rlfe, 1't
is net -a •question of 'the few.thousend
nte'n who •may :perhaps ..be -rescued.
from destruction; bit of the doxen• Or
two survivors who • area there 'in .the
nick of tinge` to turn th.e scales with
their machine•guns' or 'their.' bombe.
That is..a view. ot;•the world's destiiiy
wliich few have the . iron Nerve and
Masculine force to .bear,• and yet• elle,
m:ay••be•-proud tee ,in a time when
such a spirit, has 'shaped 'events to
its mould of • temper. ed steel. ' '
'"Though few •ms,y , emerge •: from rubles for the economic exploitation
s • flaming • lains that offer no•alier-La Northern Manchuria. V,
.the e g p t
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come the ide. •B,ut in. this case the
imagery is changed, since the . groom
'now. goes into a, far"country to meet
the bride; while. the friends'remain
behind. to;:be. in • readiness ,to welcome
hitt:von his return..•
V: 3. .The ;cumber ten was the sym-
bol of coinpleteress and . here• repre-
sents the membership of the kingdoni,
The. division "into'two _equal parts is
significant., The iolish virgins had
taken.ienough •, oil in their lanr"ps for
their immediate use, but bad made ne.
provision for the future. Religion. had
made no• deep, and. lasting effect upon
this 'class, of fallower� The oil'' may
•be regarded as' the presence of a genu-.
ine love for God and desire` to do' his
will
V. 5, During the period of waiting
for the bridegroom they all slumber.
There is no appare,:t difference be -
that kingdom. t '
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wrap a cake of• soap in a. five dollar bili and selling' it to a•:gullible cus-
few.:cents. Because of that they called.him "soapy'" up in Skag-
tomer for a
way iii .the goid, rush daysrot '98. ' But "S,oapy'". 'wee too tough. and too slippery
"en for, the rough frontier of the•, north..; One. clay he WW'as.a bit slow:on the
'ev
draw:- He' was ,shot and killed,' and buried with; his antagonist,, whom he
w.
had' mortally'• wounded, in the little cet�netery adjoining the town, When
news of- hit sficlderi and Tong hoped. for death arrived the townspeople appar-
ently thought soiuething should be done to commemorate the '.end of 'a. des'per-
ate career 'Someone had :said' that "Seale?' was +as hard as 'reek So `'they
painted a skull on a: cliff and lettered.•Soepy's name on it.: To -day tourists
to Skagway •stand and photograph this, relic of. a day 'that is on more.
Alaska' and the Yukon are• sunny places Of •green hill; sides and.. flowers,
of placid lakes and roaring rivers,• of great peaks and deep valleys when .tUe
boats erulee up there in the satnli-ler time This year the service is ;to be
auggcented by th•'S„ S. Prince He fry, of the'.Canaclian National Steamships.
The CNS '"Prince Rupert'' and, the "Prince George," of the same linedare al -
'ready known'. for their comfort anti.seaWortby equalities to the .thousand`s of.
Y
tourists wird each year. m ke the'vova'ge..uplxe icellknown "Insi.d•
e Passage'
to 'Prince Ru(lert and Skagway. Two other new' steamers now beingbuilt
for the Canadian National Pacific Coast Service., the Prince' Bohert and the and hot blood.". ,
Prince Dat:itl, will' ply between •Vencoever, Victoria end .Seattle.
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"Red 'claws m'
hi China
•
How can Russia and Gltima he
:friends? : Are "1Yioscow's red claws"" •
again, grabbing at. China...
Russla's duplieity with' China bee
gone far enough, they say.
Their concern is the more acute be-
cause . of an •appibacl►ing • Russian -
Chinese conteitence. • •
Those`• simple-minded pebple who .
think that. China's grievances against. 't
Soviet Russia are to be remedied, de-
clares the Canton Chiba Trutli, must
have. received a rude shock •when they
learned- that Moscow has all the time,
been .cop&uctitig '`a notestop. futrigee"
against Cliiria. This Weekly• goes on:
rine state of affairs has reached
an alartug .stat,e in • view of the fret
• :et 'the twee. .countries are running .Y
thee. Chinese', Eastern Railway "as :a
'Saint enntei prise. • . • •
"We axe.not, alertuiste o , jingoists,,
'for at.•th•ib very moruelit Soviet agents
ai:e excavating the foundation. of the
country with a..view •to the eventual
collapse of thb social and economic
p• tiperstructur•e. . '
"According, to kilo Miu , News
Agency; the Commissary a 1P mance •
of the Soviet Governnent'has decided;
upon the.ahpropriatiou of•six'nt11•liotl
ter but, the mettle in a man's own
heart, and though triose few resolute
in• aim and' act, may. still find fate
turn against thein and •deny them their
goal yet I feel as surely' as 1' feel._ any-
"A•comneittee` to be lieadedJy, ,ie- ~-
Soviet Consul in Harbin, 'andcom-
pos d of, repiesentatives .of various
Soviet commercial organizations .' in
;Manchuria; • will he appointed to attend;
thing at all that a ,gain win he scored to the. carrying out`' of the, details of
that, can never- be scored out: • 'Moscow's' n'ew program in Chin .,
"For they, who can' dime 'through • 'This is • a rather mild • statement,
this -and; as -I say,, there can only be brit the sante agency went' ou to say
a 'few—what can there be ,,that .they that Soviet forces stationed• nearMare
not• come through? 'And o chuff total tyvo battalions' of. Infantry. • '
see in old .Europe a -tie* Corn- and. cavalry .troops, 120 field'. guile, 80'
mandfng'breed rising''up; fearless and machine-.g,rns,,11 armored 'cars, and G
fabulous,, unsparing of bleed and• spar-. armored .trains. . •• ,
ing ' of • pity ,.iiiured! to suffering • the Friends . of • Soviet Russia may.
worst and; 'inflicting it and ready 'to. argue that this has so far riot done '
stake al
l•^to 'attain:1461T- ends, -a. race any • harm to 'China. Bttt let us rend •`�
that builds•machines and trusts 'to •ano;ther story froth 'the North Chin_ a .: •
kmaehiues eto^•whom-niachi•ne�s•'at'e-not Daily News o Slianghal
sonllets•,'iron, • but engines . of Tight "That 'Shan hal daily has junt.• jiub
which .it controls with ;cold reason
lished .a report:from •Ind'o-Cl iva stat:
itis that Southwest K•i engsi'has gone
Bolshevik,' The tows Poseh , and'
Lungebow have:been in control of the
Reds'for-three. months.".
The Communists 'yi)read.' terror
througrout.those.•districts, we are told,'
t a and foreign missionaries and 'others
were 'stripped of belt possessious,
even to The sloes on' their 'Feet.
It is, related in the same dispatch
that "a Russian emissary and a Shahg•' •
hal- paid* agitator appeared on the •
scene and set the »lace in flames.
We reatlthen: .
"Those who •live in (shanghai, Ilan-.
.kow, Tientsin; etc -may 'have no idea
how • the 'Commuhiste •behave -when
they capture a town, but time Canton.
ese know very well what" the Reds'..
slid when they were in coutrut Of Can-
ton on •Decenrbe,r II, 1927. •
' "The most densely populated. part,
of ,the, city was reduced to ashes, .and
thousands • of innd'cent people were
killed. Besides, there were"•the usual -
lootings and outrages by rufa'nsand
thugs Who joined the Contmuniets on
the spot. • • .
•
"Of course no Communist ,coup.
d'etat was campiete,syitliout the .pre-
se,nce elf Red agents from Moscow.
• "i.n •viow of the sinister designs and
intrigue of Soviet Russia • on China,:
'hose• can the two nations maintain '
friendly relations""
Are You So Important
If you ever feel very important, end
think" you are inclislien.sahie, here Is
something• that will ta•'.se you down a
' Every twen)y•four. Roars ninety-six
trhonsand,human. beings leave this life
and still, the world gets on.
If the world can continue to g6 on
losing •four thousand' people every
been:it may net miss ora ninth and it
might not Mks you yerp mu^•h.
TEN SHORT LAWS
• There are ten short laws to govern
'winkled and they all sum tip like this
TWO OR'•THREE DOLLARS
ALMOST ANYBODY •
NO coati tan sit la. misery's Int,entel Right v•liere you are now, do the
rocking -chair and wish himselflinto very best you. can, With what':you've
-success, ' • - •get and do the thiiig •no'w. -
• Success owes you nothing. You Ain'iost anybody can 'accomplish' al -
4, owe success'every..faculty you possess .most anything' if .they";have'. all the
If you waist. success, the only :away foals,' anis' ,111 -the time they .'think: is
'Necki'ng may be pi'oneunced fuuo• to:win' it is by intelligent industry. riecessery. •,
cent; but .it's not•spelled t a get tlieee7te tl— rush
.fixed .in your 'head, youse services are YOUR SECOND SET'
to s
Wolman 11n the Horne, more:
Frances P. •O'Donnell in the Fortelle Dist above • tour.-eni1•ar .button is a"
worth two.,or three dollars a 'day.,no
Beneath •tl
sue ace of the skull
'Brain that You seldom use, and all be -
(New York) Whatever ramie of life ° ,ib; doctor. I have Ant for, vou,
tween the wise 'and foolish, 1'To sug- 1 rounded, the most genuinely success-
r:"stion of rebuke is made in the fact
that they slept. It intimates the nec-
cessity that lies on all of going down
into the ordinary affairs of this life.
Disciples in the, body cannot be occu-
pied always and only with the efcpec-
tation of their:Lord'e• apiearing."
II THE SUDDEN GALL 'v 6
flit, the happiest woman at the- head
of • the home, is the mode that 1111
make the lest mother—and conse-
quently the best child. I don't care
where she spends the hours• of her day,
how much wealth enables ' her to give
her children"advantages," . or how
V:'.6...Two:facts about the 'second hard she tries to be a "good" mother,•,
coming are very clearly stated in the an unhappy woman is a; bad mother.
New Testament: (1) There is the cer-
tainty of the return. This . we hear
from :.the life of Jests, and from all
the apostles. The Book of. Revelation.
is, filled ' with. this•' prediction . of. the
c..rtainty' of the return of the Lord.
Behold I come quickly. (2) The se-
ond fact is the uncertainty ec ncernin�
the exact time. Je-sts told his lis-
ciples that no man knew of • the day
and hoer wleen the Son of enan'woutd.
return- Hence we hear so much: of the
' suddenness of the return. He will
come like a th''f in the night. • :
')CII, .TFIE F'INA1 RESULT„ vs. 7-13. ' +
V. 7.: Everything comes to an end,
even the delay of the Lord, and.now
every one is full 'of activity. '"When'
life is, closing; behind, and eternity
opening before us, we are all aroused:'
V. 8. The: foolish virgins represent
those who have not taken advantage of
the long clays of grace tb listen to the
call of the Saviour, and to' follow his
commands. •
V. 9. At first it might Seem strange
- that the wise virgins refused to give a
Tittle of their oil to help out their
companions. Why •would, they not
share their possessions! Slit par-
able makesit clear that this is' cm-
possible., If the wise give their oil
there will not; be enough for both, and
the Lord will havenone to 'meet hint.
The meaning is that there are certain
Whether or not she .i conscious of the
blight •she casts upon her child, he
will be iniliienced by her attitude of
defeat and d•is tppeiritnicgt.
Mistaken for "Red"
Detective Killed
London—An anti-Communist coup
went awry In hielsingsfors; Finland,.
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch said
• recently.
To prevent Communists from Smug-
glIng, • pamphlets. --into a barracks,
authorities posted two plains -clothes.
army officers outside the building.
Without informing the military, po#ice
stationed .two plain -clothes detectives
at the same place. The two parties
mistook each other,' for Communists,
and in the fight that• followed one
detective was killed, the other was
wounded, and one officer also suffer
ed lnjuty,
ter- c•anee you .must do some tall thinking :
i I must confess that . tave v' lc
not the 'slightest ...faith fn nreciern _.1. •
med'esi serene .r' "Well," said the He: "Something see•nis to be wrong
with' tlris. engine, it. She: "Don't
be foolish; wait until we get off' this
,main road,"
rfecti i 1 1
tends to develop the• inost'Pe y taiuiy, at 1 before.
that Brant �,tl. cot "Say,°this novel is all bbu+i•l wirong:
'doctor•, "that doesn't. matter ; in the
least. • You see, a :mere has no faith
in the veterinary surgeon, and yet
he'cures him, just, the same.
In the three British, Army centres
where time -expired soldiers ate taught
some trade, about 3,000 risen are tittle -
ed every year, the 'Vocations ranging
'from valeting and waiting. at table to
electric wiring, building,' motor build-
ing, • and all forms of painting and,
things • we can : never give to others- 'decorating.
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Summer Days
It starts with the last • chapter' and
ends with the first." •'
"It's all right, only you've ,gotten
hold of a copy of the 'Woman's Edi-
tion'."
Lake and • dyer travel•, main to Canediafi
Kingeton the holiday error move to the Title IcLien lose
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trips.
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and
perfect holiday, From Nlagerti, • toren o
• St. Lawrence and Saguenay rivers, - , .
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. allot& IA,', 'anada Steam'ehip Lines.)
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