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The Clinton News Record, 1928-10-18, Page 6Sun. jay Scho L' sson October 21—Lesson III,—Christ Stewardship, 2 Cor. 8: 1.9; 9t 6, 15. 'GoIdrV Text—First gave th own,setves to the Lord. -2 Cor. 8: ANALYSIS I. TII6 FORCE OFA GOOD EXAMPLE, 8:1-5. 11, THE NEED Or CAREFUL SUPERVISION, ion 7, el 5. 511..`q`H7•; "INSPIRATION POR CHRISTIAN GIVING, '9: 6 ,7, 15. INTRODt7CTIcx—This important let; ter was probably written towards the end of A.D. 56, when rfitus had come -"back from Corinth, i. TIIE FORCE OF A GOOD EXAMPLE, 8:1-5. V. 1.. Paul refers to the Christians in Macedonia in order to stir up the mind of try Corinthians, and the cir- cumstances of thee Christians areso set forth as to reveal the intense gen- erosity shown by them. The only ex- planation Paul can find is that God has given them Cris grace and liberal- ity. The next verses mention some, the qualities which distinguish th kindness of the Macedonians. V. 2; (a) The offering was made a time of great confliction. Seve punishments had broken out, and th had to endureincessant pain. Th was a test throe which w ch the pass with great success (b) 'ilhe gift w made, not with a grudging spirit;-bt out of an overflowing heart. They rea 'zed what had been done for then selves by Christ. Oftcn it has been 51 case -that the followers of Jesus have come to realize what are the secrets divine love in+ksuch moments of dee trouble, (e) It was done;out of po erty and not out of wealth. The Rol ons had been very hard on'Macedonia they ,robbed thea' of their silver an gold mines and . of` other means o wealth,,, and still continued to exa heavy' taxa""tton. The Macedonians said thattheir nation was like a lacer- ated and disjointed annual." Yet these needkind : ieople did not suffer their own prevent them from making this gift. • V. 3: (d) 'They gave far beyond their .means, and did not stop to cal- culate which was their; proportion. V. 4. (e) They casne'ferwardWith- out any effort on Paul's` part to stir up the, gift, --and they insisted upon giving what they Mild, It was a free- will offering in the truest' sense of: the word. They looked upon it, not as a -hart. task, but as a real opportunity and prig+liege, and they pleaded -with Paul to be allowed to participate, V. 5. (f) They went far beyond his expectations. They did not limit their efforts to these_gifts, but said that they were ready to meet his vf_11 in any other way he could suggest. They would send a companion to take their contribution. These were the qualities, which distinguished this offering from Macedonia, and account for the praise which Paul 'bestows upon them. It was surely n real incentiv'e to orinth. They must not fall below the standard of their brethren. IL THE NEED OF CAREFUL SUPERVISION, 8: 6-9. Holy L,:.. nd Routs a Locust Army Night Attack of Devastating 'Horde Turned Aside' by Flame Guns in a Weird Conflict With Ancient Enemy Jerusalem.—Why do hungry locusts migrate in.incrediblo hosts? Science cannot tell us' with certainty, though the plague goes back to Moses and whole libraries have been written on this` cloudy curse. Palestine has al- ways known this aerial'visitation,`so have Syria, Arabia, and India. The Bible is full of allusions to ag-rical- tural havoc wrought by the locust, swarming in numbers wherewith no effort of man can cope. Orientals seem from of old to have accepted these.de- vastating swarms as 'as. "act of Gods" But today the afflicted Holy Land has a modern Department of Agriculture which is not fatalistic, but able and anxious to' accept the hissing` chap of lenge, going forth to battle' against the is locust with every engine of War known to the modern laboratories of destrac- in tion. re A MOONLIGHT BATTLE, ey is In age-old Jerusalem -a well -drain - cd well-lighted ed and. prosperous Holy' as City --4 have been watching a'terrific it rout by moonlight of the aerial enemy, 1- with the Haifa Defence Carps and the 1- Tiberias -and Nazareth Field Cowan - 'e ies in full offensive array • using of fl'ahne-guns and new chemical bombs of p special design. 4 v- Advance forces. -of the •aerial foe u- were first reported lyse north of Am- .: man, in the lonely.tracts of Trans- f et V, G. Paul was a careful organizer, and knew that everything of this kind would have to he arranged beforehand with great thoughtfulness. Evidently the proposal that Corinth shquld share In the collection had been made some time before,' and the difference of opin- ion which had sprung up between Paul And the c'herch had delay-- the gather- ing of the money, But now that they Eire reconciled Paul returns tothe sub- ject, moved by the hope that these people will make an offering worthy of themselves. We must read the whole passage in order to recognize the mb- tives which at- here actuating the apostle. Ile knows how readil-- saw'. mon may arise in the case of the handling of trust funds such as these. He will not do it all himself, but will take Titus and other members with him that they may share the responsi- ,bility. In vs, 20, 21 he tells them that he must be above reproach. We must --also read the opening verses of chapter 9 in order to see how firm Paul can be, and Trow straightforward he is in all his practical dealings. The church can never be too attentive to any bust nese arrangements ihto which she has to enter. III. IFIL INSPIRATION FOR cI3nISTIAN GIVING, 9: 6 ,7, 15. Paul is greatly agitated lest these Corinthians should compare unfavor. ably with other Gentile churches, and he now supplies three motives which may urge then to do their very best. V. 7. (1) They will reap in propor- tion to their sowing. This may not seen: to be a very high motive, but it is one that works powerfully with us all, and at times it was employed by eautrs, See Matt. 6: 4, 6. V. 8. (2) All°they have is due to the kindness and love of God. Their power to work and to earn a living is the di- rect gift of their Heavenly Father, and they should seek to imitate the joy and liberality with which God treats them. God loveth a cheerful giver. V,15. (3) The greatest of all Chris- tian Motives is the love of Christ who name to save us and who gave his life that we might enter.into eternal life. Christ is the unspeakable gift. It is an offering for which .no words are sufficient in order to describe its magnitude. Then Paul; reaches that • which ,is the purest- of all Christian motives, which is love. The one thing 'that can make our gifts worthy, both in quantity and quality, is the spirit of sacrifice,which we learn at the crots ser Christ. • Australia Plans Radio Control Government to Take Over As- sets Before November, 1929 . Sidney.—The Federal Government of Australia has, taken over the 'con- trol ,of broaddhsting, achordiag'.to. a statement made public last week, All broadcasting stations shall' be owned ai(d operated by the Government. •In. addition to taking over the control, of the program 'stations, the plants and equipment of relay Stations will be un • der, federal management. Present plans cail for the broadcast- ing of complete news reports and en- tertatnment features throughout the. coma onwealth, Arrangements will be made with ex- fattng companies to take over their assetb and introduce the new' system Of broadcasting before the expiration predent licenses in'November, 1929; he estimated cost of placing the new stWxy;"A csai'ation is 8460,000. ordania., The defeyd'ers advanced at once, spreading out. over a space of 18,000 Palestinian dunume, or about seven'squaw °miles.. here the fray was fiercest. We had 'soon taken no less than twenty-seven tons weight of •Iive.prisoners, together with more than 100 bushels of eggs. These last, in clusters of from 26 to 125, are laid by the females in,littie holes scraped in the sandy soil by their hind legs. Behind our fiighting lines we ,had 500 modern ploughs, turning over the • ballistic and chemical gear, they met An Anta Ctic fsiarit Urea T "mechanised" forces lumbering out to P dy for ,Ship ent bury the dead—whose numbers no caravans of noughts could convey. There were many weary days and nights of work for those steam plough and mechanized shovels, and for gaso- line trench -diggers and fussy Ford tractors, Nor were the human . victors gay after routing these migrating swarms of devastation, Many of them had fought in bloody campaigns of the World War, from' Gallipoli to White Russia, and from Antwerp to the jungles of East Africa. And what our flame -gun experts said about swarming locusts in the Holy Land— in pure cockney and many other lin- goes—as they lurched home at sun- rise, weary and grim—cannot be printed in the story of the Insect Cam- lhaign.iN. Y. Times. British; Artillery Keeps Its Eye 13 ARTILLERY IN ACTION "SOMEWHERE IN SUSSEX" toys are iceenly interested in this incidentor th o divisional military operation of the Aldershot command England. The ritish High Commissioner Sir William Clark .has arrived in this. Dominion to assume the duties of High ,Commissioner for Great Britain in Canada. It is forty-eight . years since Canada named Sir Alexapder 'Galt as'r her first High Commissioner ill :London, 'but Sir William Is the first occupant of the complementary post to be chosen by Britain. In the first interview given out on hisarrival on these shores Sir 'liana describes describes the functions -Which ho has come here to carry out as °°`an ad- ditional channel of communication between the, Government' of Canada and :that of Britain.' , Co-opera- tion and interconsultation Have for long past, one is glad to think, been the keynote of the relations between the two governments' and it is hoped that the creation of my appointment May make the bonds between them still closer.' So far as in me lies it will be. my' earnest desire to do every- thing verything in my power to further that Such g declaration will confound these pessimists who see in the new appointment some sinister effort to in undermine the British Empire and to weaken the cordiality° of a relationa now between' existing- e London -n and CI We shall fight all night!" said our Commander -in -Chief. ' And so, as a pitiless sun sank over a'poor and stony land, and faint airs played in brief stifling twilight, the Tiberias and Na- zareth Field Companies sallied forth again with more than seventy of their. special flame -guns. A : great round moon, serene and pale, showed eerily now andthen through dark drifting locust -clouds. Into the thio; of these rose a squad of Royal Air Force planes. But these were soon forced down, with their radiators blocked and choked by enemy masses. FLAMES ROUT ENEMY, Was anything ever more wonderful as the moonlit advance of scientific troops against this recurrent Plague of Egypt? The hot Eastern night was telephoned to the fighting front that 1dle the endless ss host s were I con- tinuing no ion e • - tinuing to settle on the crops and treed. The enemy were routed at last. itIore clouds of hint seemed to turn back at Jisr Mejaniah, as though afraid to advance intoour far -darting fire -zones' Vast columns of locusts were soonfly- ing north-eastward toward the Syrian frontier. And immediately .our own authorities, iron their aeries in age- old towers in the Holy City, telegraph= ed news of the enemy's defeat and re- treat to the French Ministry of Agri eulibire in far Damascus. THE WEARY VITORS. At down the Tiberia. and 'N,s areth Field Companies packed up and left the field. On their way back to camp and barracks with their queer looking DISMANTL1:0 FLAGSHIP OF BYRD'S AIR FLEET Preparing the huge Ford all -metal trl-motor "FIoyd Bennett' for crating and shipment to the Antarctic regions. .Arrow points to huge gas tank in specially construction wing. • ground where the eggs had been de- posited. And our Arab and Hebre camp followers were seen dumping Mese eggs into' empty wells for un - sanctified burial, with shrieks of ex- cited triumph. - soon rayed and pierced with broad w tongues of dazzling flame, a mile long it seemed, that wilted and withered the locusts in countless myriads. We were now concentrating the assault on some ten square miles of invaded farm lands between Semakh and Daganiah. Here burned and scorched locusts 1ay in in- credible heaps. / AN ARMY OF DEFENCE. There were daylight campaigns wit British engineer officers in coinman of the attacking forces and soldier chemists and naturalists in trim khaki as well. The true migrator locust -was in full force against us darkening the Palestine sun in power ful yet curiously leisurely flight. The whole country appeared alive and cov- ered with twinkling adults, and with young wingless `hoppers" too, in var- ious stages of moult. Native Arab farmers say that the whole life of a locust is no more than a year, with only one or two broods. Eggs laid in the fall hatch out in the following spring. When quite young, the "hop- pers" show a gregarious habit. The. families will mass together until they are "as the sands of the sea for multi- tude." But by what laws they migrate in the search of food, and how they are led and directed on the march or in flight, still remain among Nature's baffling secrets. For all the tons weight we tobk, and all the bushel baskets of eggs, those enemy forces continued to advance es though they had suffered no losses at. all! Never have: I imagined such a spectacle as we witnessed on the classic Plain of Isdraelon between Megiddo and Nazareth. My horse was often fetlock deep in red insects' which had changed their color like chame- leons, from a dull 'yellow -green when preparing to swarm in search of food. At times; indeed, my Arab mare was past her knees in the: living, feeding masses that struggled upon grape vines' and ripening grain and fruit. Our scouts, both official and volun teer, continued to report fresh ,inva- sions, descended' apparently from' the blue without warning. New swarms were down and feeding greedily be- tween Jaffa and Haifa. Other . aerial army corps were. devastating, the orch- ards of Tulkeram, and also. the line from Hebron to Artuf and the Bab el - Wad, at the edge of the Shephalah farming districts. Even the roving Beduin were. wor- ried and afraid. It was; strange to see gayly clad patriarchs clown in Jericho at the telephone, praying for -deliver- ance to white magicians up there °in Jerusalem, where all knowledge was enthroned, and troops' of khaki war- riors armed with strange guns that shot out inextinguishable fires. So ours was a harrassed Department of Agriculture. And at. high noon, as disheartening battle swayed back and forth, there were human casualties in our scattered ranks. What wonder, seeing that tho temperature, even in thick orange groves, Was their above 106 degrees? d - Our flame guns, strategically placed to anticipate new out -flanking motions y of the invader, shot long bars of kill- ,' ing light in all directions, like the - searchlights of a naval squadron 'searching out unseen attackers in a dark and stormy sea. And to all this the howls'and yells in Arabic,. Hebrew and broken English, and you 'will vis- aulize the weirdest war scene ever staged in the Holy Lead since Joshua advanced upon walled Jericho with his destructive jazz. Toward dawn intelligence officers CHANGED AFFECTION Shet What kind of pets do you prefer? He: It used to be blondestill 1 met you dear, but now Ws brunettes. Marie Kiesem Hod do I know your love will he everlasting? Willie Neck- er—That's the way I always love 'em. Pr yer Of World forPeace Pia red ;n Armistice �i�tice ay O$ici 1 Sanction Sought by In- ternational Order and Woman's Organiza- tions During a two -minute silence at 11 o'clock on the morning of Armistice Day, citizens of more than 40 coun tries will individually offer a definite prayer for peace, If plans now formu lated are successful. Committees are now at work in 28 states, seeking official sanction of the plan, as the United. States' contribution to this simultaneous world prayer. Work is being done mainly by com- mittees of the International Order of Service, and by women's organizations reaching all harts of the world, it was learned in Boston at a meeting spon- sorell by Mrs. J. 11 Leland, one of the originators in the 'United States of the moment of silence, and attended by Capt. Max Wardell, secretary of the International :der of Service. - Iu Massachusetts, as an example effort is being made to have even' traffic stop during the two minutes endorsing this move. Radio, public speaking, church services and :notion set aside for silence on Nov. 11, Alvan T. Puller, Governor of Massachusetts, is being asked to sign a proclamation pictures will be called into use to further the plan. Captain Wardall believes that a brier silence, devoted to prayer, will tend to make a more fitting observ- ance of, the day than more martial celebrations and displays .of arms and troops. The International Order of Service, he said, is also trying, through Its chapters In 43 countries, to estab- lish an international Peace Week, to start on Nov. 5 and end on Armistice Day. "People must think in terms of peace and in an atmosphere of peace," said Captain 'Wardell. "Even with the magnificent gesture of the Kellogg treaties the work of establishing perm- t anent peace has just begun. The fir- ing of guns, parades had the constant showing of war films are but a few things that keep alive a war senti- ment, indicating the romantic side of war with Iittle hin of the worser as- peets, Si'. William Claris has had a wide experience in the machinery of gov- ernment administration, He is a man of outstanding talent and strong per- sonality, and it is hardly likely that lie will ever consent to be nothing more than a transmitting agency be tween Ottawa and London. Sir -Wil- liam Clark announced that it will be his first task to travel throughout Can- ada from end toendin order to gain knowledge of the country and to dis- cover the varying outlooks of the peo ple in the different provinces. Such a course hq everything to commend it, and when he has returned to Ot tawa he will be In a far better position to interpret the negotiations in which he is to play the part of go-between. With such knowledge he will not merely be transmitter of communica- tions, but a transmitter. interpretting the Canadian view with a detached and impersonal . outlook, rather thagn the mere official ;viewpoint of a Cabi- net which is bound to be influenced bye the restrictions of political ex- pedieney, The appointment of Sir William is a natural outcome of the Imperial Conference of 1928, by which the pohvers and privileges of the Gover- nor-General in Canada were restricted, the Governor-General becoming the personal representative of the Sover- eign while the ttawa Government transacted its business directly with the Cabinet at Westminster. This plan has worked well and the appoint- ment ppointment of a High Commissioner should ensure an even smoother running Of the machinery than created. it is a tradition in England that she sends to Canada men of outstanding ability and brilliant gifts. To the long roster of men who have served the Empire so ably as Governors -General must now be added those who are to serve in the exalted office of High Commissioner. It will be a post de- manding ability and qualities of rare tact and geniality, Sir William Clark's .past record in the Board of Trade 1n India and id other branches of Im- peril service warrants the confident expectation that he will set a standard in the new office worthy of the past which wili.'be difficult to surpass. In ao .doing he will have the support and he good wishes of the united people' of Canada,—Montreal Star. • The peach crop of Canada,this year will, it is estimated, total .087,690 t bushels, compared with 347,580 bush- L els last year, an Increase of 342,110 t bushels. The will of all nations is not pies. sure; it reality.—Pau' Boncour. An ill -suppressed hysteria showed uner Anitas efforts at composure. Higgins peered at them through his heavy -lensed spectaclesassivommelammelasamatemixosiamsegnieeNAIllevescalage, lgoloar Legs and the League London Sunday Dispatch (Ind. Cons.); We congratulate the young women who effected an entrance to the Council room of the League of Na. ions without the guarantee•of respect- ability afforded by stockings. If the vague has a fault, it lies in a slight endency to ekcessive detachment from common life. If its Councillors ollow the rest of the world in making the discovery of the female leg, ft may help to humanize them and can- not hinder the work for peace. Titles count for nothing nowadays. —Sir Oswald Mosley. Grim Old. London in Happy Humor LONDON iN HER GLot%Y Over the Thames river in foreground is the Weatm ' i ; iu back country hall is across the 'ver insterb ldge{I ground, the • Hungerford bridge, and back of that, Waterloo bridge. Th® r , on the right. The extraordinary clearness of a summer, day makes the buildings brilliant with light.' C •' 1lad 's Pre : , ier Visits 'Trenches Party of Distinguished Visi- tors From Dominon See r Work in progress Paris, -Premier 'Mackenzie IKing of Canada, accompanied by a party of distinguished- Canadian visitors to France, inspected the Vimy Monument and trenches occupied by Canadians, along Vimy Ridge, scene of some of the most bitter encounters of the Great War. The tour was a thorough one, and at its conclusion Premier Ring ex- pressed the opinion that all the unex- cavated trenches on the Iine the Can- adians held so' gallantly should be opened up so that visitors would be able to inspect the whole sf the posi- tion occupied by Canadian troops. Up to the -present only the main, series of trenches has been excavated 'owing to the expense involved in the work.' Pre.• Mier King stated, however,,that he be. Iieved Parliament would be willing to vote the necessary money to complete the He suggested' that plaster s s or replicas of trench wall carv- ings made by Canadian soldiers be fn matte uptrans to gfno onthe ahthibitioDominionn, in public stitu ' -After viewing the pedestal to the Vimy Monument, which is rapidly nearing completion, anti hearing an ex. planation of the'landsdape work being carried out, the, Canadian party left ter' Lille, where induerrielists inter ested in Dominion enieeI,rlses tendered a luncheon. Premier Ring, in replying to the welcome, declared that the Can- adian Legation at Paris was a symbol of goodwill between France and Can- adians in Canada on the one hand and the British 'Empire ' and the French Republic on the other. A private car placed -at their dis- posal by the French Government car- ried- the Canadian party during the journey, Premier Ring was accompan- led by Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, Sneak- ed of the Canadian House of Com- mons; Senator H. S. Beland and Mrs. Beland, Hon. Raoul Dandurand and Hon. Phillipe Roy, First Canadian' Minister to France. Major Seagrave Will Attempt to eat Rear rd {o5 Car Being Built Which Is Designed to Travel 240, Miles Per Hour London. Further particulars are now available of the remarkable auto. mobile with which Maier Segrave, who was the first man to travel at over 200 miles per hour in a car Is to attempt to establish a- new speed record on Daytona Beach, Florida, next March. Many features of the mecbauism still remain a closely guarde(1 secret, but it is designed to travel at least 240 miles an ]tour. The body is only 2 feet wide, the length 28 feet, and the weight ffr/s tons. . The Napier engine has been developed 50 give a maxi- mum of 1,000 brake horsepower with- out forced induction, The brakes are specially designed to reduce the risk of heat, since they will have to en - 8,1511a the car to pull up from 240 miles in four miles. One of the most remarkable tea, tures is the equipment of the car with telescopic sights. 13/lien travel- ing at 200 miles an hour or more it Is impossible to steer by ordinary ob- jects, and flags° marking the course appear merely as a blurred linea With the aid of telescopic sights shriller to those'usedwith a rifle, the car will be steered much as a bullet Is alined. Two huge targets will be 'erected at Daytonia on a scaffolding above the electric -timing wired, one at the start and the other at the finish of the measured mice over which the attempt will .be made. Raelt target will have a huge bull's, eye. The driver when gathering speed will get the oar's sight aligned with the bull's-eye on the first target and then drive straight for it, sighting on to the second bull's-eye as he enters the measured mils. Major Segravo's car is completely assembled. Its cost, which amounts to many thousands of pounds, is being borne by two Loudon business men. Tire week after his attempt on the land speed record, Major segrave proposes to attack the water speed record in a motorboat, 6 iOO,000-Wear®Old Fossil !)isc;.ivered in Central Asia Roy Chapman Andrews Finds Remains of Mammal Be- lieved to Have Been 25 Ft. High Bombay.—A. 0,000,000 -year-old fos- sil of the earth's largest mammal is among the discoveries announced by the American Central Asiatic ]]xpedi,- tion,'just returned to Peiping (Peking) from a throe -months' exploration in the interior of Mongolia. Roy Chap• man Andrews, the leader, says that the monster is probably related to the Baluchitherfum found in Baluchistan, and must have been at least 25 feet high and weighed 15. to 20 tons, Mr. Andrews failed to find traces of the "Pre -dawn _ man" who he is con- vinced existed 2,000,000 years ago, -but he is unexpectedly--compenstated for this disappointment by the discovery of important traces of mazzolithie cur• turn resembling aziliau culture found in Prance (in a cave at Mas D' Azil) and 1n its later stages In Scandinavia. Those; people appear to have dwelt among the Mongolian sand dunes about 20,000 years ago and were -,evi- dentlq vastly mora numerous than the Mongola to-daY. Mr, Andrews tlrinlcs 15 probable that as Mongolia became more and more arid they migrated into China across Siberia,' possibly ne far as Alaska.' Tho Andrews' exposition covered alto tether 5,000 miles exploring and map- ping much of the unknown, territory.