The Clinton News Record, 1938-02-10, Page 20A'GE-2
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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Monty Wallace has just arrived in
California, having broken the East-
West cross country airplane record.
Na alie Wade, mistaken by him for a;
newspaper reporter, writes the exclus-
ive account of Monty's arrival, and
succeeds in securing •a trial job with
a paper in exchange for the story.'Na-
talie becomes attached to Monty.
Although she discovers Monty's
love for her is not sincere, Natalie
admits that she loves him. She is
assigned by her paper to report Mon -1
ty's activities for publication. Jimmy
ale, the newspaper's photographer,
eeomes Natalie's co-worker.
Natalie interviews Jabe, Marion, a
ealthy airline builder, who decides
o build a record-breaking 'round` the
orld plane for Monty. Marion's'
aughter•, Sunny, exquisitely beautiful,
s attracted to Monty. She invites
stake to dine with her, when they
eet the aviator unexpectedly.
Natalie discovers that Sunny is,
ealous of her friendship with Monty,
nd that she is trying to prevent
hem from being alone. After drivel
ng to a mountain resort with Sunny
nd Jimmy, Monty again declares his
ove for Natalie.
EIGHTH INSTALMENT
Sleep came to her rescue then but
he awoke in the middle of the night,
pparently wakened by some •noise at
he door.
For an instant she: was terrified
ut she knew that help was within
all and so she went to the door and
pencd it. A man lay there, sprawl-'
d on the hall carpet and when she
ent above him she found it was lim-
y Hale, unconscious and clearly very
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drunk. alie when she visited the hangar of -
Her heart went out to him. as it nice a week, before the flight, "you've
had never done before. She , bent to got to' count an luck. You do every -
lift hien up and got him into the thing you can to keep luck out, but it
room. With the door swiftly closed creeps in in spite of all. It's only
so that be was safe from arrest for the bad luck I'll have to fight. Er -
his •condition and his midnight visit, erything else has been accounted for."
she helped him to her own bed, slit- I "You'll have to fight sleep, won't
led his mutterings and watched over you, Nlont? she questioned.
him the rest of the night. "That will be easy. I wouldn't be
She' fell asleep in the big chair ( able. to sleep a dime's worth if I were
where she sat and the sun was high staying home and somebody else were
when she waked the next morning: to making the flight after all this pre -
•find the boy still slumbering heavily. paration. It will be, easier to stay
In the very small cabinet kitchen awake when I know I've got the whole;
where eke prepared her breakfasts, thing on :my hands. Besides, it won't
she brewed for him some very strong, matter if I doze off now and then,.
coffee and broke out a can of toms- for the automatic controls will take
toes, remembering that he had spoken I care of the ship and there is an alarm,
often of their efficiency after much t system if anything goes wrong."
drinking.• The thought of Mont Wallace sleep -
Then slte waked him and laughed ing at the controls of the valient
at his consternation, ;little ship as it hurtled through space
"Great Scott, Nat: he cried in his , sent a creepy thrill of .fear into the
husky voice. "I didn't know I was girl's heart but she had a • note \ of
as bad as that. Let me. get out of the plane and used it for her lead
here before I wreck your.whole rep." that night.
She gave him coffee and insisted' Two days. later Natalie Wade drove
tbat he get into a cold bath, premiss to the airport with sinking 'heart,
ing him breakfast when he had swept This. was the day that Mont Wallace
some of the cobwebs out of his brain,: was to take off for the East. Re was
Over the darty slices of toast and,to refuel at Denver on the cross -con -
crisp bacon he• was r; •es^ntly a cern-1 Brent flight in order to see that eve
plete pi•eture of chagrin. His chin erything had been remembered. The
was rough and his clothes were hum last leg of the Eastern flight was to
pled. He protested that he was not be under cover of darkness.
fit to associate with her. ! "I'11 be meeting the days pretty
"Weren't you trying to forget some fast en this trip and I've got to get
thing last night, Jimmy? Isn't that used to it," he told her when she
why you drank so much?" asked about that feature of the pre
He grinned sheepishly. "'Yeats," he liminare start. That gave her anoth-
said, "and it took a lot." l er lead. "Days to be short for Wal -
"It's not a nice way to do, Jimmy, lace; the 'putile would read that
But I sometimes think it's better than night.
remembering too much. Let's let it In the m*dst of their conversation,
go at that." 'Jimmy Hale drove up. Ile had plead -
"But how am 1 going to get out of ed delay and Natalie had taken a
here without making it look bad for taxicab to the field. 'He drew her a -
you?" he pleaded. • • side and slipped something into her
(, The girl laughed. "Can you run,.hand. '
Jimmy?" she asked. 1 "Pretend this is your birthday,
"Sure, why?" • kid." he said. "I fixed this up for
Well, I'ni going out after a while you so you can shoot pictures yam --
and when I come back I'm going to self when you get in a emit"
find a prowler in my room. I'm go- ' She saw then that he had given
ing to make a terrible fuss and you'll her a small and very fast camera of
have to beat it fast" is tyre he had often described to her.
"I{id," he chuckled. "You're a She thanked him earnestly and then
genius. But you'd better wash up he jerked a' thumb toward the night
these dishes before you let anybody office.
in here." • i "Old Jobe Marion wants to see
. They laughed together and began you," he told her,
clearing away the breakfast things. {- He did net follow after as she
Jimmy was very busy after that crossed to the opposite side' of the
with mysterious affairs that seemed hangar and sought out the gray -hair -
to involve his being much with Sunny ed M A. C president,
Marion. He said nothing about all "Hello, Natalie," he said, smiling
this to Natalie even when they were up at her front his desk. "Do you
working together on some angle of know why I sent for you?"
the story of the great night. + "I. haven't an ideal in the world,"
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A man lay there sprawledon the hall carpet.
FRE McKILLOP MUTUAL ' Natalie herself was busy. She had
Fire Insurance Company access to the company files and each
Read Office, Seaforth, opt, day there was some difficulty that
Presndent' officers: - had to be ironed out' and that usually
, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- proved the basis for .her storyfor
'orth;Vice-President,' Thomas Moe- 'that day.
an, Seaeorth; Secretary -Treasurer,
VI, A. Reid, Seaforth. The refueling' stations' ons were already
Direotors—Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- set up. Each had a plane at hand
forth• James Sholdice, Walton; Wile 'and an auxiliary plane . available.
lam Ieppox, Londesboro' Chris. Leon-
ardt, Lublin; James Gtonnolly, God- Each head a sleet in charge and an
rich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. assistant pilot ready in case of em-
. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw- ergency.
g, Blyth; Frank McGregor; Clinton.I It.had not pro
List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin-'w n vee s. Ameri to fpr-
n, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; lots
eachc oplanes. American pi-
n,
Pepper, Brucefie'ld "R R fO in of. the countries desig-
o. 1; R. t•. McKercher, Dublin; R. R.
o. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, . Kincardine;
G. Jartnuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1.
Any money to be paid may be paid
the Royce 'Bank, Clinton; Bank of
Amerce, Seaforth or at Calvin
•tt's Grocery, 'God'erich,
srties 'desfring to effect insur-
e or transact other business will
promptly attended to on applica-
to any of the above officers ad-
ssed to their respective poet offi-
Losses inspected by the director
o lives nearest the Beene.
nated for refueling stations proved
available for the work at hand. It
was vital only that they have experi-
ence in the type of work attempted
and that they have uniform equip-
ment,
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ine,*iai arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows: ,
-Buffalo and Goderic6 Div..
ng -East, depart 7.03 a.m.
ng Fast. depart RAtem
fig' `West, 'depart 11.46 p.m.
g' West, idepart 10.00 p.m.
Tete nn, Huron & fleece
g' North, ar. ' 11:'26 lve. 11.47 p.m.
South ,ar '2:60 leave 3 08 m
It was not intended that . all the
stations would be used but that. they
should be ready if needed.
Each of the auxiliary pilots was a
radio operator and the short-wave
chain was in operation. It was from
the log of conversation teat Natalie
culled most of the information she
used for euhlicatioct
Mont Wallace, in active charge of
most of these arrangements as well
as the readying of the plane, had
grown less and less preoccupied as
the plans took shape. He was now,
thoroughly convinced that they would
go through and that nothing but bad I
luck could stop the flight.
"In a thing like this," he told Nat -1
]
•
"I've just arranged," he said proud-
] ly, "to have you snake the New York
trip with Wallace. It's all fixed
with the paper. There's nothing for
you to do but pack a bag and go."
1 Natalie seized Jabe Marion's hand
and wrung it excitedly.
"I—I've been dying to suggest it,"
she concluded her thanks, "but .I did-
n't have the nerve."
' Jimmy Hale had known about it.
He had brought,her the little camera
the girl replied honestly.
because he knew. Mont Wallace
grinned when he saw her coning to-
ward him. Then he knew about it.
too, she realized, and he was. happy.
Sunny Marion was nowhere to be
seen. Perhapsshe knew about the
plan, and was not happy.
Jimmy carried her off to fetch her
belongings.
He was as gleeful as though be
had been going along on that first leg
of the flight himself.
"It's a :great chance for you, ]cid,"
he said. "And whenyou take pictures
see that they mean something; don't
just stand 'en up and shoat 'em."
He showed her how to operate the
simple shutter of the camera.
"Take a lot of shots," he advised,
her. `Some of them are bound to be
no good but there's a hundred pic-
tures in one load of that thing and
some of them will turn out all right."
Natalie threw things into her bag.
Jimmy ,watched.
"You didn't ever find that prowl-
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YOUR WORLD AND MINE.
(Copyright)
_ by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD {
A man known to me makes gloves elepartment stores and to retailers of
and frits—in a wide variety of styles other classifications. He makes good
and qualities. He is able to sell all gloves and nits, and knows exactly
that he makes, and has been making what they cost him. He is in an ex -
money from"his business for many cellent position to meet the prices of
sears. He could enlarge his business,, competitors on gloves and nits of
i ut he does not want to make it comparable quality, and he does not
larger. He makes more money every fear competitors,
year than he can spend. He has enough
money saved up to assure himself
and his wife comfort for their re-
maining years. He has no children.
idle. His schooling had been very
little. He Iliad acquired no love of
se i books. He never travelled, The eld-
■ er he grew, the more dried out did
he became, When he dieh, theme were
no mourners. He Ieft nothing behind
•
I tell of this man because I look
upon him as being a very sensible
man. Why should he try to double
He goes to Florida each year—he and his business, seeing that he has all
his wife. Last year he and his wife the money he can use, with his own
and his wife's old age well protected.
This man lives contentedly and sim-
ply. His wants are few and simple,
and he can supply them all. He
wants . occupation, and has it. Why
should he strive to do more business.
I came across in England a man
somewhat similarly situated. He sold
fine upholstery fabrics, His business
was soundly established. He was get-
ting on in years, Hehad all the
money he could use. When men like
myself would urge him to go out af-
ter more business, we could not move
him. His business was of a size which
enabled, him' to be its manager—its
competent manager. He found ' his
happiness in his business. If he had
a larger business, it might begin to
eIt's a tri-motor.and you're coming worry him. He would probably have
back with us after the big hop -off." to employ others, and having more
They rushed to the field then. Mont employees would probably add to his
Wallace was waiting for her. Sunny burdens, , his labours, and his anx-
stood beside him, pouting a little+ reties.
But Mont's eyes were for the plane, I own that I admire men able to
for the final preparations. resist the temptation to be great mon-
whoprefer a little while the trim little, e y-makers—men p e#er to live
ship was surrounded. The whole field contentedly-, doing a kind of work
staff came to cheer and wish success
to the flight,
Then Sunny and Jimmy Hale ran
for their own plane.
Mont lifted Natalie almost bodily
into her place in the small cabin, The
motor revved up and roared. They
taxied across the field and then there
was a rush into the teeth of the wind.
They were off for Denver, Cleveland
and New York.
Once more Natalie Wade settled her
shoulder against Mont's arm, and
happiness flew with them as they
swept toward the mountains.
That day 'seemed like a dream to
Natalie, but it ended in nightmare
whenrefuelled theyref i 1
led at Denver. In
terror the girl watched while Mont
shifted a cabinhatch and climbed to
foot -rests above with his body whip-
ped by the angry slip -stream.
What if the ship should veer sud-
denly.and throw him from his place?
But she remembered then that there
was auxiliary controls' on the cabin
reef by which he could handle every-
thing but the lateral rudder.
She sate the fuelling ship mount
above them. She knew that it must!
hold steady for the proper contact,
that Mont must catch the swinging
fuel line and whip it into the tank
vent.
She could see little of the operation,
but she knew presently that it was a
success. She saw the other plane
swing off to the South and head back
to its field. Mont slid back into his
seat and closed the hatch.
He grinned at her, and inan in:
stant she was in his arms, clinging
to hint with hot tears streaming
down her cheeks. He kissed her hun-
grily, but he Iaughied at her tears.
They flew on then into the dark-
ness. There was nothing to guide
them but'Mont's instinct and the star -
glow of the night sky. There was a
beacon now and then, but they seemed
so few and far apart. makes us grow rightly, It is work
Natalie fought her terror through' which puts us inti the esteem and
the night. It was not impossible, it
seemed to her, that this boy could
circle the monstrous earth below in
this frail plane. He would crash. He
would die somewhere along that route
that had been a thin, red line on the
globe in the flight office!
Mont knew the Long Island flying
field and the towns that lay about as 'and at a hotel. He never acquired
bad habits. He Was thrifty. But he
became a recluse. He wasn't very
welcome socially, because he did noth-
Ing, and contributed nothing to the
rleasure of any company. He was
regarded as being "close"—a "tight
wad". He lacked social graces. He
showed no liking : for women, and
through all his life he remained - a
bachelor. He would not have been.a
success as a husband. Had he mar-
ried, he would have watched every
penny his wife spent. He read only
newspapers. He was lazy. 'He was
agreeable enough when you met him,
but he had nothing to talk about. Ile
joined no societies. If he went to
church, it was to take no part in
church activities. He dressed well.
He was respected in a rather negative
way, but nobody held . him in high
esteem. Nobody make him a com-
panion.
This man punished himself heavily
for his passimony, his idleness, his
non -participation fin the affairs of
the town where he lived. He, became
went to Europe.
This man watches his business most
carefully. He himself is aneffeetive
salesman of his gloves' and mets—to
er that was in here, did you?" he
grinned.
Natalie laughed.
"Listen, kid," Jimmy said. "I've
got more news for you,"
She looked np, snapping the lock
of her grip.
"Sunny is sore as a goat She
wanted to make that trip herself.
Now sire's going by another plane and
I'm going with her. We'll be there
a little while after you land."
"Jimmy!" the girl cried. "That's
grand!"
pleasing to them, and in whose doing
they can make all the money which
they can use. What is the sense in
accumulating a lot of money in ex-
cess of one's requirements? What
would you think of a man whose pas-
sion was the accumulation of furni-
ture, or cattle, or land, or ships far
in excess of his requirements?
Most men do not need more than
$10,000 a year to live very comfort-
ably—themselves and their family.
Most of us are ready to say that we
would be very well satisfied with an
income of $6900 a year. If we had
$20,000 a year, we would not be able
to use it all. Probably we would
force ourselves to use the whole of it.
We could ver s'1
y easily y find ways of
spending $20,000 each year ,but we
would be spending money for things
which are quite unnecessary to our
comfort and happiness. And how
much worse it would be for us if we
had an income of $100,000 a year.
An income of $10,000 would suffice
to give us all; the food needed for
us, all the clothing, all the furniture,
all the pleasures good for us to have.
Earnings in excess of $10,000 would
be used for indulgences, for extrava-
gances, and for investment. There is
grave moral danger to a man and his
family when they have a super -abun-
dance of money. The possession of a
lot of money does not assure happi-
ness; on the contrary, it is apt to
make those . possessing it very un
happy.
Many persons say, "If I had a lot
of money I wouldn't work". What's
wrong with work? Work is good for
us. Persons who do not work are not
to be envied; rather should the be
pitied. Work is a means by which
character can be developed. Work is
the means by which every one of us
can make a contribution to our day
and generation. It is work which
favour of others. It is work which
enables us to live wholesomely.
I am thinking of a man who had,
from his childhood, enough money to
enable him- to live comfortably. He
never did much work as a young man,
and in his 20's he quit working alto-
gether.
ltagether. He lived in a small town,
he knew the back of his hand. Every-
where he was hailed by friendly voice.
Ile turned his ship over to the start-
ing control station while Natalie tele-
phoned the Eastern newspaper con-
nections' for which she was to do her
story.
She had scribbled a diary of the
flight as they flew East. Now she
must find a• quiet spot to turn out her
lead. So overwrought was she by her
fears that she told Mont she didn't
believe she could do her work..
He hailed a cab .and hurried her
off to a tiny hotel where he was
known. Presently he sat beside her in
a pleasant room overlooking a quiet
street.
"Now, take your time," be said.
`Nobody knows where you are. No-
body can bother you till you are ready
for then. Do your stuff and then
we'll tell them where to come for it" 1
When he suggested that he leave
her alone so that there wouldn-t be
any distraction, she cried. out, "05,
please, Mont. Please stay here. I'd'
r le if you left hie here alone."And a colorless citizen, Ile was a cypher.
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so he satbeside her as she wrote. His character was not corrupted by
vices,but it was vitiated hi b-
Snrnrtisin: 1 the star was finished s v a d by s a
Surprisingly "3'
in -a short time, Messengers came stinance from everything which could'.
ruse ing at Mont's call and bore iti have made him strong and influen-
away., tial and estimable. He shut himself
She must get some sleep now, he out of homes and clubs. His rather
told her. And whenhe had kissedlimited income was sufficient only
her she threw herself on the wide,; for his board bill and his clothes. Had
white bed. But fear struck. then at l this man added to his income by
her heart. Sleep would not come. work, he would have been able to
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) dare more. But he chose to remain
him—no gratitude, none to lament his
passing.
I suppose that it is true that most
persons in this world want more mon-
ey than they can use, and it is true
that money -accumulation becomes the
ruling passion in the case of count-
less persons. Many will live meanly
in order to build up a fortune — a
fortune which others will obtain af-
ter they, the makers,of it, are dead.
It is quite right—indeed, it may be an
obligation—in a man to build up a
surplus for the sustenance of those
of his family who survive him; but
it isnot at all right when the busi-'
ness of building up a fortune robs the'
builder of the virtues of kindliness,'
courtesy, generosity, lovableness,'
charity, neighborliness, honesty, jus-
tice, and causes him to deny to his'
family their reasonable requirements.'
A man's wife and children would very
much prefer to have the breadwinner
give them a goodly measure of cam-'
fart and pleasure, and, in the case of
children, a good education, plus s�
sound character and a sane outlook
on life, than that he should withold
these things in order to build up a
fortune.
All. of us know persons who gave
themselves up to money -making and
who neglected their wife and children,
letting the children grow up without
the enrichments of a father's love
and direction. We have seen the chil-
dren turn out badly. We have seen
the old age of parents made sad and
bitter because of the waywardness of
their children. I am thinking of one
man who is drinking himself to death
because life has become ashes in his
mouth. He neglected his home life
when he was a younger man in order
to get rich. When I asked him about
his sons one time, he cursed them.
Good counsel is, Do the duty that
lies barest you. A. duty much near-
er than money -making is building
oneself up in the love of one's fam-
ily and in the esteem and regard of
one's friends and associates—this by
doing something which strengthens
one's character and which benefits
others.
roraACCO
R A IV 113:0,COOL. sMitiCE
CANADA'S PRICELESS
MUSEUM ,OP INSECTS.
Canada's national collection of in-
sects is an important factor in "Sys-
tematic Entomology". This statement
may evoke the question—What is sys-
tematic entomology and what has it
to do with Canada? Everybody
knows that entomology is the.ilepart-
ment of science dealing with the
study .of insects as a whole. .Fewer
people may know that Economic En-
tomology comprises the practical
work in combating insects which ul-
timately Would ruin the economic wel-
fare of the Dominion, and still fewer
are aware that Systematic Entomol-
ogy is .the basis or foundation of all
entomology, supplying as it does a
mong other things the discriminations
necessary upon which to combat in-
sect havoc on food, clothing, farm
crops, forests, and plants.
In Canada alone there are more
than 50,000 known species of insects
native to the country. Of that num-
ber, 3,000 are classified as destructive
'enemies, there are immigrants which
( enemies, there . are imimgrants which
have come to stay, such as the euro-
peen corn borer, the Hessian fly, the
European spruce sawfly, and the Col-
orado potato beetle, to name but a
few. Every year the material and
financial loss in Canada, as in other
parts of the world, is enormous, while
all the time the Entomological Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture,
is waging incessant warfare against
the insect menace to reduce the econ-
omic loss to a minimum.
1 Systematic Entomology, in provid-
ing the material for entomological en-
ergy, embraces the classification of
,insects, the study of their structure,
their habits and their whole life cyc-
' le, and the building up of a national
collection of specimens. It is work
that demands a very high standard of
scientific knowledge and infinite pa-
tience, a particularly essential requis-
ite if a scientist or research worker
hopes to attain even a modicum of
Iauccess.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FEBRUARY 13TH.
Introduction to the Lesson by
REV.-GORDON A. PED'DIE, B.A.
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t
a holy sabbath unto himself," Then
further the Catechism asks. "How is
the Sabbath to be sanctified?" "The
Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy
resting all that day, ever from such
worldly employments and recreations
es are lawful on other days; and
spending the whole time hi the public
and private exercises of God's wor-
ship, .except so much as is to be taken
up. its the works of necessity and mer-
cy." The next question asks, "What
is forbidden, in the fourth command-
ment?" To which the Catechism
answers, "The -fourth commandment
foabiddeth the omission, or careless
performance, of the duties required,
and the profaning the day by idleness,
or doing that which is its itself sinful,
or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or
works about otn, worldly employments
and recreations." Finally, the Shorter
Catechism completes its reference to
the Sabbath by the question, . "What
ale the reasons annexed to the fourth
conimandnient?" "The reasons'an-
nexe 1 o
c to the fourth commandment are,
God's allowing us six clays of the week
for .our own employments, his chal-
lenging a special propriety in the sev-
enth, his own example, and his bles-
sing the Sabbath day."
The attitude of the early Protes-
tant reformers towards the Sabbath
cley may be seen from. the above
Catechisms. But there is one aspect
of the Lord's day not mentioned' by
either Luther or the Shorter Cate -
Golden Text -M r�k 2:27,
The Commandment rectus, "Heinen
kr the sabbath day to keep it holy
Six days shalt thou labour and do al
thy work: but the seventh day is the
sabba':h of the rd thy Ged: in i
thou shalt not doany work, thou, no
thy son,' nor th daughter, thy man
servant, nor thymaid-servant, no
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is
within thy gates:For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth, the sea
and all that in them is, and rester the
seventh day: wherefore the. Lord bles-
sed the sabbath day and hallowed it.' -
(Ex. 20:8-11).
In considering his fourth command-
ment Luther, in bis "Small Catechis-
ism", asks the question, "What does
this commandment mean?" And the
answer which h gives is simple and
direct, "We should so foar and love
God as not to despise preaching and
his Word, but dem it holy, and Wil-
lingly hear and learn it."
The Westminster Shorter Cate-
chism deals muchmore folly with the
question el the Sabbath Day than
Luther, First, the Fleeter Catechism
asks, "What is required in. the fourth
eonu,,andment?" The answer states,
"The earth cop ntandnient requireth
the keeping holy to God such set times
as he hath appointed in his Word; ex-
pressly one wholeday'in seven, to be
' chism, but emphasized in the second
!half of the answer to the question is
'the "Heidelberg" Catechism, The
-1 question asks, "What does God re-
quire in the fourth comamuclment?"
1 The answer, "In the first place, that
the ministry of the Gospel and schools
t be maintained; and that I, especially
r ton the clay of rest, diligently attend
church, to learn the Word of God, to
r use the holy Sacraments, to call pub.
Hely upon the Lord, and to give Chris-
ten alms, In the seeoncl place, that
tall the days of my life I rest from
my evil works, allow the Lord to work
in me by his Spirit, and thus begin in
this life the everlasting Sabbath."
1
This last aspect of the meaning of
the Sabbath clay, that is, that it pro-
vides us with a concrete evidence
and opportunity` of ceasing from one
own weeks and brings us to remem-
brance that we have been set free
from the proud attempts of self-justi-
fication to which the are so prone and
ntacle partakers of an eternal rest by
Ithe grace of God,—this aspect finds
'its Scriptural reference in the Epistle
to the Hebrews. "There t•omaineth
'therefore a rest to the people of God,
For he that is entered into his rest, he
also hath ceased from his own works,
as God did front his" (Heb. 4:0-10):
(It is their refusal to enter into this
rest from their labours, and to listen
1 (as each of the Catechisms urge) to
the. Word of the Lord of the Sabbath,
Ithat causes the Pharisees to misun-
derstand, and to question, the action
of Jesus end his disciples, By doing
on the Sabbath day that which seem-
ed contrary to tradition, that is,
Plucking the cars of corn, the diseip-
les and Jesus made manifest the truth
that they trusted not in the mere out-
ward observance of works of right-
eousness; .and, while engaged in a
"work of necessity" (Shorter Cate-
chism), the disciples also, •being pre-
sent with the Lord, find in His -word
both the authority for their action and
the true source of their rest.
As with the "work of necessity",
described in the closing verses of the
second chapter of Mark, so with
"works of mercy", as, for exa:nple.,
the merciful healing of the man. with
the withered hand described in Mark '
3:1-6. Here too the "Son of man is
LORD of the sabbath," Here too s,elf-
righteousiiess is put to shame by the
anger• of the Lord, (verse G). Here
too the secret of "rest" is seen to re-
side in the obedient hearing of the
Word of the Lord on the sabbath
day: "Stretch forth thine hand", says
Jesus. Anel in faithful obedience
(where hitherto every effort ofhis
own had failed) the man "stretched it
out: and his hand was restored whole
as the other",—thus do the faithful.
find rest in the word of their Lord,
when they gather, with the infirmities
of their flesh, in the "synagogue" on.
the sabbath day.