The Exeter Advocate, 1923-3-29, Page 66
alloonatit" Party
BY EMILY ROSE BURT
Just as the struggle wlsth windy
March melts into April foolishness,
you may appropriately think of a
"be1loonatie" party. Cut out little
brown paper balloons, with the invi-
tations, inscribed on a small white
basket -shaped card, below:
In our balloon, in our balloon,
We'll sail away up to the moon,—
Balloonatios we'll say we are,—
And stop at every windy star!
Decorate the roams with toy bal-
loons of all colors, to bob and how
cheerfully on long : _:cks and strings
from every chair back and window
pope. Everybody should be greeted at
the door with a request to wear a bale
loonatic grin during the evening.
Soon after folks have arrived, an
announce a balloonatie "meet," and in-
vite all adventurers to be teady at the
naval balloon station for tho start.
This is the signal for everybody to
gather at a certain spot and receive
one of the gay balloons unattached. to
strings or sticks.
The next announcement is the alti-
tude test. Ail who enter it must stand
In a row and strive to make their indi-
vidual balloons reach the ceiling by
Hint of puffs and deep breaths. The
most successful are set down by the
judges for future awards.
A speed test takes the contestants
iDown the Iength of the room, chasing
heir balloons with their lungs. Fans
tan be provided for this if you prefer.
An endurance test to see how long
the balloons can be kept in the air
is a third ext ting contest,
A 1 ancon battle, in which greens
and yellows attempt to bang and
"bust" re's and blues, is a thoroughly
lee -breaking occupation if the craved
heeds livening up.
The promised trip to the moon may
be carried out in the same way as
"Stage Coach" Each player is assign-
ed some portion of a balloon's anat-
omy or the name of a star or planet.
A. clever person must be selected to tell
the story of the balloonatios trips to
the moon, in which the various trials
and tribulations that real balloonists
have been known to undergo may
come in for exploitation. Each time
the ward assigned to any player is
'1
mentioned, he must rise and ,blow his
balloon. intro' the air, catch it again,
and sedown, On mention of the ar-
rival at the ,moon ensues the inter-
change of seats.
As if the company may not have
acted sufficiently like lunatics, the
next amusement may be a "luny" one.
The company should be divided into
two sides, and the members are to vie
with each other in dotg individually
or collectively something utterly ab-
-
smrd
One side may act a scene from
"Main Street"; the other side may put
on a 'meek minstrel show, or some
vaudeville parodies.
When it is refreshment time, the
balloonists are asked to come dawn
out ofthe clouds to earth and food.
Hot coffee is reviving in such a case,
and of course there should be sand-
wiches, which, to be entirely consist-
ent, may have filling of air currents
and -moon memories (currant jelly
and cream cheese.
The stars may be represented by
cookies or little cakes, or by b g,
luscious layer cakes, dusky as the
night with dark chocolate frosting,
but lighted by small star candles.
Big baskets filled with cracked
hickory and butter -nuts may have real
little balloons tethered to them as
they are passed, Little paper parasols
or wind-blown umbrellas will make
delightful favors.
After supper, play the old-fashioned
game of "Elements," The players sit
in a eircle, and one begins by tossing
a rolled -up handkerchief to someone
else, crying, "Air." As soon as the
player who catches the handkerchief
has mentioned some creature of the
air—gull, eagle, aeroplane, swallow,
or whatever it may be—he or she toss -
est it to another player and calls,
"Earth!". The recipient must name
some inhabitant of the earth—mole,
bear, girl, hog, etc, When "Fire!" is
called the player must keep silent
until tossing it on again.
The prizes for the bailoonatie races
should also be awarded after supper.
If you care to introduce dancing, put
on your liveliest records, and let the
baltloonatios end the evening in their
own way.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
EASTER DAY
The Walk of Emmaus, St. Luke 24: 13-21. Golden Text—
Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not
here, but is risen.—St Luke 24: 5, 6.
Lesson 'Foreword—The two who 1
walked out to Emmaus were suffering1
from an eclipse of faith. It is true
that before they left Jerusalem the ;
women had brought strange stories 1
from the tomb of Jesus, but these
stories the two could not credit. They'
required stronger evidence than that
of the women to convince them that ,
Jesus was still alive. Jesus' appear- t
ante to them is oharaceeristic of his
post-res'r rreotion appearances. Ile!
came upon them suddenly and vanish -1
ed just as suddenly. By such appear -1
ances Jesus convinced the disciples
t
that, though unseen, he was still near
at hand and could still hold fellowship'
with them. The barrier between the
seen and the unseen is only the thin-
nest shell, which he can break through
at any time,
P. The Stranger, 13-16.
V. 13. Two of them; two of the
Christian community in Jerueall;em,
not two of the disciples, One of them
was CIeopas (v. 18), and, according.
to some, the other was .Simon, while
others thank that it was Luke himself.
Went that same dray. Their Master
having been taken from them, the dis-
ciples were scattering to their own
homes. Among others, the two dis-
ciples who lived at Emmaus went back
to that town. Emmaus; a ^nimst diffi-
cult place to identify, but near enough
to Jerusalem (60 furlongs or 7%'
miles) for the two to have their even-
ing meal there and to return to Jer-'
asalem the same evening and find the
disciples still assembled.
V. 14. These things. The crucifixion,1
and perhaps the reported resurrection
of Jesus were the topic of their con-
versation. i
V. 15. Jesus . . drew near. While
they were absorbed in thought and
conversation, Jesus came upon thein
unnoticed from behind.
V. 16. Various conjectures have
been offered for their failure to recog-1
nine Jesus—that they were emotion-
a11y unstrung, that his appearance had
been disfigured by the sufferings on
the cross, or that he appeared in a'
transformed body. The evangelist;
evidently believed that this was the1
work of God himself upon their eyes.;
II.. The Conversation, 17-27. I
V. 18. To Oleopas it was incredible ,
than an inhabiltant of Jerusalem or a!
pilgrim to the passover there, shotekl
be unacquainted with the stirring 1
events of the crucifixion. It was the
talk of the day in Jerusalem.
V. 19. A prophet. This much at least
was certain concerning Jesus, that he
was a prophet His teachings and his
work's attested that the spirit of God
was in him in a unique way.
V. 2l. The Chief priests. According
ta a concession of the Romans, the
Jewish Sanhedrin had to right to de-
clare acoordinig to their own religious
lays upon whom the death sentence.
should be passed, but the Romans re-
m�
•
served the right to carry out the sen-
tence. Thus the chief priests were
ultimately responsible for the death
of Jesus.
V. 21. We trusted, etc. Not only had
the two recognized Jesus as a prophet,
but they had had hopes that he would
prove the Messiah who would deliver
Israel from the yoke of foreign op-
pression.. Up to this time no Jew had
thought that the Messiah would have
to suffer death to achieve his end, and
so the death of Jesus shattered their
hopes. The third day. They had dim
recollections of Jesus' prediction that
on the third day he would rise again
(v. 7), but it was now the third day
and he had not yet appeared to them.
V. 22. Their hopes, however, were
stirred by bhe favorable report of the
women. Although they .did not regard
this report as merely idle gossip, they
were not in a pe ition to establish it
as entirely trusttnnoethy.
17. 25. Fools, and slow of heart, etc.
The two had shown a gross lack' of
understandinf in their reading of the
prophets. , For, according to Jesus,
the prophets had pointed forward to
just such a Messiah as himself. It is
worthy of note that here Jesus re-
gards his death and resurrection as
the fulfilment of prophecy.
V. 26. Ought vat Christ to suf-
fered? The Jews had looked for a
triumpinnt, and not a suffering Mes-
siah. They had never supposed, for
instance; that Ise., ch. 53 referred to
Messiah, whereas Jesus identified
himself with the suffering servant of
that passage. "According to the de-
cree respecting the, Messiah as ex-
pressed in prophecy, precisely the
things which the two had allowed to
destroy their hopes were a confirma-
tion of them." (Plummer).
V. 27. Moses' and the . prophets.
The three divisions of the Old Testa-
ment were known to the Jews as the
Law (the books of Mases), the proph-
ets and the writings. Thus Jesus gave
them a running commentary on all
the references in the Old Testament to.
the Messiah.
III. The Disclosure, 28-31.
V. 28. The stranger gave the im
preserion that, had they not invited him
to their home, he would' have journey-
ed on.
V. 30. Although he was the guest,
Jeeus mistimed the role of host and
this unusual procedure helped the two
to recognize him, Took bread', etc. In
Palestine bread is torn apart by the
hand, and sometimes, the host tears it
off himself and then offers it to the
guests.. It has been commonly thought
that Jesus had a way, peculiar to him-
self, of breaking and blessing the
bread. If so, this too would help the
two to recognize him.
Application.
Many valuable lessons may be.
drawn from this. Faster narrative.
1. Our unawareness of the Great
wn;
Companion's ileaxues+s to us, Many
think that Christ. ' is mediated to us
by a priest or sacrament or chumh.
But he is near to us as aur breathing.
We have but to hear leis voice, and our
hearts will burn within us, It is a,
constant surprise to us, this nearness
of the Great Companion, And his
readiness to join in our wayside con
versation, and revive our:;sinking
faith.
2. The resurrection appearances,
meant the beginning of a new life for
the early Christians. When they be-,
came convinced that Jesus was living,
their faith in him reasserted itselif
with overwhelming force. . Nowthey
understood that the wayy of the erase
was the unexpected pathway that God
had selected for the fulfilment of his
plan.,. These early Christians were
filled with ecstatic joy, and soon they
set out to capture the world for
aria, the victoreous, risen Christ, who
wound• complete hies meissdanic task-
so they felt sure—bee a speedy return
to earth. It was a, sunrise of a new
epoch, both for these Christians and
for the .world. •
3. We can still walk with !).xist.
Henry Drummond gives the confession
of a man of outstanding intellectual
strength, in the high noon of his suc-
cess. He said, "I want to speak to-
night only a little, but that little' I de-
sire to speak of the sacred name of
Christ, who is niy life, my inspiration,
my hope, and niy surety. In looking
back upon my experience,& that part
of my life which stands out and which
I remember most vividly, is just .that
part that has had some conscious as-
sociation with Christ." After all is
not this the best sort of religion—
just walking with Christ and sharing
his high friendship?
4. The lesson -reveals Jesus as con-
quering death and all its terrors. Paul
phrased it thus --"Jesus Christ
bath abolished death." T. R. Glover
has a splendid passage to show how
Christ conquered the pagan world. He
"out -lived" him; he "out -died" him;
and he "out -thought" him.
How did the early Christian "out -
die" the pagan? That is our concern
just now. Why did he face martyr-
dom with dauntless courage? Glover
is speaking of Tertullian, a fanious
scholar and saint. "I stay here," he
said. What does it cost a man to do
that? People asked what was the
magic of it. The magic of it was just
this, --en the other side of the fire was
the same friend; "if he wants, me to
be burnt alive, I am here." Jesus
Christ was the secret of it.
Easter Lillies.
Majestic, stately, lovely as a dream,
TheeEaster lilies bow their heads in
prayer
Before the shrine and offer incense
there;
Like flowers of pearl the shining
blossoms seem;
Each golden calyx seems to catch a
gleam
Of light frim Him, the Altogether
Fair;
Each lily breathes a message on
the air,
The words of Christ form for each
one the theme,
"I am the Resurrection and the Life;
He who believes in Me, though he
were dead,
Yet shall he hive; and he who lives
in Me, e,
Shall never die. And lo! have I not
said
'I am the Way, the Truth that frees
from strife'?
Behold death swallowed up in
victory!"
—Elizabeth Scollard.
• Spring:
The Spring is here, rejoice, 0 heart
Bowed down with grief and care;
Lift up your head and look above,
The skies are bhie and fair.
Spring spread her manttle o'er the
earth,
And banished Winter's snows;
The birdls• are singing loud with mirth,
And gone are Winter's woes.
From their long sleep the flowers
awake
To greet the new born Spring,
And from the air fresh fragrance take
And live, and laugh, and sing,
So take fresih courage, look above,
0 heart bowed down with. care,
For all is fair, and all is love,
And .Spring is everywhere.
He who serves his country well has
no need of ancestors.—Voltaire.
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